18 Class Sparring

When Katsumi woke up in the morning, she found a note from Yasui, saying that he had left for the Academy.

She understands that he couldn't be with her all the time, so she didn't mind. She also had many things to do, according to the tasks given to her.

But… she spotted the writing materials which she had just bought yesterday. It seems to have been used already. The papers were written on, and the ink is still fresh on the brush.

"Did Yasui not sleep at all?" She wondered as she went up to the desk and picked up a piece of paper. She had always been curious as to what Yasui wrote to get all of his revenue. He briefly spoke about it, but he didn't go into details about his book.

"This–!! How could he know all of this if he hadn't experienced it!!" Katsumi held the paper in both hands and breathed heavily. The part she read had the details of a particular scene in the novel…

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Yasui headed to school once again.

Although he found school to be very boring after they stopped talking about fuinjutsu, he still wanted to go. Getting food from the lolis in his class isn't the only alluring thing anymore.

He's going there to test out his Genjutsu. Although he isn't supposed to, he wanted to do it anyways.

He had practiced it for a long time yesterday, and he finally got the basics of a technique down. However, he was still able to find flaws when he used his clones to do Genjutsu on himself. So, he wanted to use his classmates as human test subjects.

When he's in the class, he will try to use his Sharingan to put his classmates into the technique and see if they notice anything odd. Practicing this way will surely help him improve.

"Good morning, Yasui!"

"Shit–!" Yasui prepared himself when he heard Tachibana greeting him. This girl nearly gave him a heart attack last time.

"Hehe, you look a little jumpy today, Yasui!" Tachibana locked her arms with Yasui and pulled him into the academy.

Phew… Yasui felt relieved since the girl didn't have any surprise for him today. But why is she interlocking her arms with him? It's so hard to walk.

"Tachibana, you!! How can you grab Yasui like that!?" Another familiar voice caught up to Yasui and Tachibana.

Yasui felt his other arm being locked, and his eye twitched. What's he? A prisoner being escorted to his jail cell?

When he saw who the other person is, he felt that something is wrong. Did his vague rejection from yesterday not work? Why is it that Ino is acting bolder than before?

"Ino! Why are you holding onto Yasui's arm!?" Tachibana exclaimed as if surprised. Her free hand covered her mouth. She had never seen Ino approach Yasui before.

"I can ask you the same thing, Tachibana!" Ino struck out her tongue and retorted.

Fuuu~

What a pain. Yasui rolled his eyes. From this day forward, he planned to sneak in when he comes to the academy. Walking so openly is attracting too many bees and butterflies.

"It's still flat today. Two at that…" Yasui commented, and this comment was heard by the two girls.

"Ahh, Yasui! You idiot!" Ino nudged Yasui's arm with her own and shyly ran first into the classroom.

"Flat? What do you mean, Yasui?" Tachibana clearly didn't get what Yasui said. So, she ran after Ino, hoping to receive an answer.

Finally free, Yasui was able to enter the classroom and find a seat. Where at? He sat directly next to Sasuke.

"Go away," Sasuke spoke with an annoyed face. Just by himself, he had already received much of the girl classmate's attention. Now, Yasui is adding to that and multiplying the attention by two? It's so unbearable.

Seeing Sasuke's stuck-up attitude, Yasui winked at him and said: "NO."

"Tsk." Sasuke was annoyed and went off to another spot, surrendering the window spot to Yasui.

Shortly after, Naruto and Iruka entered the classroom one after the other. His classmates had already arrived before this.

"Alright, class! Today, we're going to do a class spar. Follow me one by one, and we'll head outside." After taking attendance, Iruka led the class outside with a clipboard on hand.

"Oh?" Yasui didn't expect a spar today. Well, everyone in the class knew this was coming except for him. He was the only one out of the loop because of his time in the hospital.

The class soon gathered in the center of the school field, and Iruka began to explain the day's activities. He explained how to make a proper Spar Sign, and he also explained the importance of it. Then, Iruka even went into detail about the history of the spar sign.

"Bla bla bla… you always start by showing your opponent a one-handed sign… bla bla bla…"

Yasui wasn't even listening to the speech. Like him, Naruto also wasn't listening to Iruka's prolonged speech.

After finishing the boring speech, Iruka announced the first sparing pair.

"Alright then, first up! Naruto Uzumaki!"

"Yes!" Naruto jumped up with one hand in the air and came into the white circle that depicted the battlefield.

"Is he the one…?"

"My parents said not to speak to him."

"He's the one guy I don't want to be paired with."

Yasui heard the non-important girls of the classroom talk to one another. Their remarks reflected how the village currently sees Naruto.

"And Sasuke Uchiha. Step forward."

Sasuke also came forward and entered the ring with Naruto.

"Sasuke!!"

"I wish I could do the Unison Sign with Sasuke!!"

The girls cheered, clearly taking the side of the handsome Sasuke. In comparison, Naruto received all of the hate.

This made naruto jealous of Sasuke's popularity. He ground his teeth and told himself that he is going to beat Sasuke up and steal his popularity.

This fight proceeded after Iruka explained the rules again to Naruto. However, the fight didn't last long.

Sasuke managed to pummel Naruto to the ground instantly. He sat on top of Naruto as he stared at the blonde boy with his vengeful eyes that were full of hate.

When Naruto saw Sasuke's eyes, he compared them with the eyes that he always received from the villagers. Eyes full of hate and disgust. Eyes that seem to want to erase everything in their sight.

And…it's stronger than the usual eyes that he received before. But… it's not for him. Those eyes are looking for someone else.

"Sasuke wins! Now, both of you make the Unison sign."

Hearing Iruka, neither Naruto nor Sasuke wanted to do the Unison sign.

After getting up, Naruto jumped over the field gates and stared back at Sasuke before running away.

Iruka didn't chase Naruto. Instead, he continued the class spar.

The classmates paired up one after another and sparred. If they mastered any new jutsu, they would try to execute it and score some cool points among their classmates. Anyhow, no one will get injured with their jonin sensei here.

"Next! Yasui and Hibachi!"

Like Sasuke, Yasui also received the cheers of his classmates, making his opponent jealous. They both did the unison sign, and the battle began.

Yasui scrutinized his opponent, and… isn't Hibachi that kid that tricked Naruto into going to the battlefield in the hills where the kunoichi spies laid in wait!?

Yasui immediately became annoyed at the kid's droopy eye looks and headband. This kid needed to suffer. And to do that… he'll just use…

GENJUTSU

Yasui used a genjutsu technique that he learned—Demonic Illusion: False Surrounding Jutsu. The effect of this jutsu is to change the vision of the target, confusing them with their surroundings. It's just a C-rank jutsu that the clan had collected to compliment the Sharingan.

This jutsu wasn't particularly hard to master. However, if he used it on skilled people right now, they would definitely see a lot of mistakes.

With just one look into his eyes, Hibachi immediately began swinging his arms into thin air.

This confused many of the classmates, but Sasuke and Iruka narrowed their eyes. They knew exactly what is happening. Yasui had already put Hibachi into a Genjutsu!

Hibachi made a fool of himself and fought the air before walking out of the ring. All this time, Yasui didn't even move one step.

His first test… is a success.

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