51. Showing off pt1


    <span style="font-weight:400">“You did great! I’m so proud of you!” As soon as Nozomi reached her merry group of misfits Tomoka began pressing her while hugging her from the side. This in turn generated a reaction from the two girls in Tomoka’s friend group. Nozomi felt pride swell in her chest as some embarrassment mixed with something else tinged her cheeks rosy red. On the other hand Hinata couldn’t help but frown and pout in jealousy.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Hinata Hyuga'''' Having her name called suddenly caught the girl by surprise. However, she quicklyposed herself before walking forwards. In her mind she needed to do better than Nozomi. Herpetitive nature ignited for one and one reason alone. She wanted to be praised and maybe even hugged by Tomoka, not that she would ever admit to thetter one.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Like before the timer began and with practiced ease Hinata got to work. The Hyuga n was never recognised for their bukijutsu, or ninjutsu, or anything else that isn’t their gentle fist or byakugan. However, she is different. Due to her constant and relentlesspetition with Nozomi she had improved drastically in those fields.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Weapons flew through the air as theynded on target each time. Hinata’s hands moved at high speed throwing weapons until her time ran out. In her hand weapon number nine was just about to leave but didn’t. Her final count had been eight wless hits. Hinata’s brows were furrowed into a deep frown.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“You did well” With a smile Tomoka ced a hand on hinata’s head softly petting it. Hinata felt conflicted, On one hand she liked the feeling. On the other, she knew this was nothing more than a constion reward. Her frown became even deeper once she saw Nozomi’s smug grin. In her mind she vowed to train harder, she would win next time.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Tomoka Fushi” Tomoka’s turn finally came. With ease of movement she went forward Analyzing the targets while formting different methods for maximum efficiency. However, before that she had to do something else.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Sensei! I told you to just call me Tomoka” With a deceivingly cute pout she red at Iruka.


    <span style="font-weight:400">[Don’t fall for it, human! This demon is worse than me!]


    <span style="font-weight:400">‘Shut it fox, He is already under my grasp’


    <span style="font-weight:400">Done with their little banter Tomoka prepared. In front of her were a total of five targets with different sizes as well as distances from her. The biggest target is also the closest one while the smallest is the furthest away. Another thing to note is that all of them are nailed to a tree, and this was what made her mind.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Begin”


    <span style="font-weight:400">As soon as the timer started Tomoka took her first kunai and threw it to the nearest target. Her movements werenguid and slow disregarding the fact that she was wasting time. As the Kunai flew through the air a loud whistle could be heard. Then it struck the target, splitting it in two while perforating the tree behind. The same was repeated four more times.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“I believe I said this was a bukijutsu test Tomoka” Iruka finally broke from his astonishment and came to a conclusion.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“I don’t understand sensei?” Of course Tomoka yed dumb.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“You used an air jutsu to improve their cutting power didn’t you” Iruka was having none of it. The strange whistle had been clue enough.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“No I didn’t. I just infused them with my chakra. That''s not a jutsu is it?” She wasn’t wrong but that wasn’t what Iruka wished to hear. He had been warned about this one, a cheeky and smart girl that enjoyed messing with people.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Fine, I will let this one slide, but no chakra usage in the taijutsu test or you will get detention” He simply let go of Tomoka for two reasons. First he didn’t want to deal with it, and second her disy didn’t affect the results of this test anyway. After all, coating the weapon would be meaningless if they didn’t hit.


    <span style="font-weight:400">To tell the truth Iruka didn’t care much for the amount of shuriken and kunai thrown but instead for the hit rate and what targets were hit. As long as a student was able to hit all five targets without missing once he considered them to pass wlessly.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Don’t worry sensei, I won’t. After all, I don’t want to hurt my fellow ssmates… much” Thest part came as nothing more than a whisper that even she could barely hear.


    <span style="font-weight:400">[I wonder who will be the poor bastard to be matched against you]


    <span style="font-weight:400">‘Hopefully Sasuke, he is the only one I won’t feel bad for beating into the ground’


    <span style="font-weight:400">[Bullshit! You won’t feel bad no matter who you beat into the ground, I have seen how you train Naruto, Hinata and Nozomi]


    <span style="font-weight:400">‘Touché’