Just establishing training basics here.
Yugao manged to reach the academy training grounds, just in time to watch Mika slip under Lee's kick, jamming his fingers behind Lee's knees making the boy hiss in pain and trying to recoil, but before he could move Mika grabbed his leg and threw him at the slyly moving Neji with extreme force for his small frame. As the other two struggled to get up, Mika was there, socking Neji's harshly in his diaphragm, knocking the wind out of him.
As Lee moved to hit Mika, the boy weaved around his punch, grabbing Lee's overextended arm and socking his armpit harsh enough the Lee could not dodge Mika hitting him with a chakra enhanced palm that sent him stumbling out of bounds. Neji, seeing an opportunity rushed Mika who easily flipped over him, crouched low and spun knocking Neji's feet from under him. Her protege was on Neji's back, grabbing his arms and pulling them back with a foot on Neji's neck.
"I win."
Neji nodded. "Ow, let go."
Mika obeyed, and it was only here that Yugao saw that his arms were covered in bruises and burns, specifically chakra burns from a Gentle Fist User. 'He must have been hit by Neji for a while and adapted, that is all that would explain how he managed to do so well when I came onto the scene.'
Pleased, Yugao leaped out of her hiding place and onto the training grounds. Only Mika did not cringe in shock.
"Yugao Sensei? Am I late?"
"No, I just felt like picking you up." She walked over to him, moving through a few handsigns, before her hands glowed a soft green. "This is the Mystic Palm, it is used to patch up wounds." She moved them over his bruises, slowly healing them. The boy smiled at her for a moment, then went contemplative.
"Can you teach me this technique?"
"It is an A rank jutsu... but I am sure you can manage." Once she finished, she went over to the other boys, easily patching them up. "Boys, I must steal Mika for today."
They both nodded. "You must be Yugao!" Lee bellowed reminding her far too much of Gai. "He told us about you."
Neji nodded. "It is good that he is getting a personal mentor, with his potential it would be a waste otherwise."
"I agree. Now, Mika... I want to show you something." She grabbed his shoulder, and used three Body Flickers to reach his training grounds. The boy shivered, holding his head, making her laugh. "That is the Body Flicker. It is an E rank jutsu, but it is beyond useful. I once knew someone that could elminate entire squadrons with it... that will be what we work on today, as well as the Mystic Palm. I think we can work on it for one hour each day, bar Saturdays in which we can allow for... let's aim for three hours. Healing is a precise art, but do not practice on your own. You could kill someone, or yourself.
As for the rest of the time... Tuesdays and Thursday will be mostly combat training, with Saturdays being for learning new things. I want you to be a master of sensory basics, chakra control basics, and genjutsu detections as well breaking them. Over the next few months, we can also work on tracking basics and obviously combat of all types. Anything to give you an edge. Sound fair?"
He nodded, excited on a level she never saw before in him. "I am going to be scary when I get older."
"That is the goal... now... let's start you on the body flicker. I want you to, eventually, start doing laps with the body flicker. It is a beyond useful jutsu, so let's get the basics down."
And so she watched, and showed and learned with the boy she came to admire, hoping he would not follow the mistakes of his forebearers and become an enemy of the Leaf.
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Love your Ninja Overlord,
Mika.