Chapter 15

As I walk off the stage, there is a tense silence until the hokage cleared his throat

Hiruzen:"That concludes the preliminaries to the final stage of the chunin exams. We will reconvene in a month for the third stage. Until then, I advise you to train and improve on your skills..."

I stopped listening, thinking of what I'm going to be doing for the following one month.

I feel someone tap my shoulder. I look up to see that Kakashi had noticed that I wasn't listening and pointed towards the screen, where I saw my match up. Once again it was the last match.

Temari vs Uchiha Izuna.

I feel her looking at me. I return her gaze as she shudders involuntarily. I feel Kakashi pulling me as he walked Team 7 out of the arena.

As they walk out, they discuss what they are going to do with the next month. Kakashi dumps Naruto with Ebisu and takes me and Sasuke to a training ground.

Kakashi:"For the next month, we're going to be meeting here for me to teach you."

I finally figure it out. Kenjutsu. This would be a good time to get started so I don't hesitate to reject him.

Izuna:"Kakashi. No offense, but there is nothing more that you can teach me."

Kakashi raises a brow as he weaves hand seals before clutching his left wrist. Sounds of thousands of chirping birds fill the area as his left hand lit up with blue lightning.

He looks at me expectantly while I give him an unimpressed look. Without weaving hand seals, I simply raised my left hand. Sounds of chirping birds again refill the area as my hand lit up with silver lightning.

I discovered this one day during training. The normal color of my chakra lightning is blue but I realized that if I supercharge it with chakra, it turns silver.

Kakashi looks in shock while Sasuke seems used to my show of power but still looks in awe.

Kakashi:"How do you know that jutsu? And why is your lightning white?"

Izuna:"If you look in the bingo books and you're observant enough, then it's very easy. Kakashi Hatake also known as The son of the white fang, Kakashi of the sharingan, friend killer Kakashi..."

He flinched at the last one.

Izuna:"A-rank ninja known for the use of his own original jutsu; The Chidori. The steps to creating the Chidori are quite simple. Its basically just shaping lightning chakra in your hand while forming a very thin layer of protection between your hand and the lightning. Aren't I right, Kakashi?"

Kakashi instead of answering looks stunned.

Kakashi:"You analyzed my jutsu before even seeing it once?"

'Of course not.'

Izuna:"Yes"

Kakashi slumps a bit before getting back up

Kakashi:"That still didn't explain why it's white."

Izuna:"That...is a story for another time."

Kakashi looks dejected at not getting a way to turn his lightning white.

Kakashi:"So what are you going to do until the exams?"

I move into a thinking pose

Izuna:"It would be helpful if you could point out where I can find kenjutsu experts."

Kakashi looks visibly surprised.

Kakashi:"You know kenjutsu is not something you can master in one month. It takes time and effort.

Izuna:"I don't expect to master it within one month. I'm aiming to at least get the basics down."

Kakashi:"I'll introduce you to a kenjutsu master I know and we'll see if she'll train you."

She? I was happy because that meant that it wasn't Gekko as I knew that he'll soon die. That means it's probably Yugao.

Kakashi:"Anyway you're free to go, I'll see if I can introduce you tomorrow."

As I leave them, I pass by the hot springs hearing a creepy laugh. I could easily through the cloak of invisibility technique.

I see a familiar mane of White, spiky hair tied in a ponytail reaching down to his legs.

I turn the other way as I continue walking.

'Nope. I'm going to avoid entangling myself with Jiraiya as much as humanly possible.'