Ch-7

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I mentally shuddered at the fact that Mikoto managed to completely dominate an opponent while using new fighting moves that she had barely practiced. While I was one of the best students at taijutsu in my class, Mikoto was towards the top of the rankings as well. Her speed and tact during spars were almost second to none. Whenever we sparred at the Academy or at the training grounds, we would usually be even throughout the match.

Outwardly, I gave her a broad grin and patted her shoulders, "You did fantastic, Mikoto. I could hardly keep up with your movements. Shikaku and I were going to head to the training ground to get some extra practice in after school ends, do you want to come along?"

The Uchiha heiress' eyes gleamed, "Do you even need to ask?"

As we were chatting between ourselves, a chunin instructor came up to us and frowned, "It's time to go back to your classroom, students. We have a special guest instructor coming in today for the next lecture, so you'll be learning some brand new material."

"What are we learning?" Shikaku asked, suddenly looking very interested in what the chunin had to say.

The chunin gave him a wry grin, "You'll find out if you go inside, so get moving."

After everyone had gathered in the classroom, the "main" chunin instructor, a male shinobi named Kimura Yasutoki, walked to the front of the room and quieted us down, "Alright kids, listen up! We were originally going to start our class on jutsu much later, but one of my old friends from the Academy wanted to help out today. He was insistent on helping you get started on using jutsu early, so you'll be learning some chakra theory and an E-rank jutsu today."

Some of my classmates let out cheers as they were excited to learn how to use jutsu. As for me, I was entertainingly observing my classmates, as I had already practiced the Academy Three jutsu beforehand. While the Academy Three jutsu weren't taught till the end of the year, but I had learned them from Mikoto and Shikaku, who had both learned it early on due to their respective clan statuses. The three jutsu were much more difficult than the anime had made them out to be, but I was slowly getting the hang of it. The most difficult part of learning to use jutsu was controlling my chakra since I had never used chakra before the Academy.

Chunin Yasutoki slammed his clipboard onto the board and glared at the students, "I know all of you are excited to finally learn a jutsu, but be respectful of your guest lecturer. He's a busy man, but he took some time off his schedule to teach since he loves to teach. All of you are to be on your best behaviors, am I clear?"

A wave of affirmatives swept the room, satisfying the academy instructor. "Good, I'll bring him in now."

The chunin stepped outside for a few moments and stepped back in with a male shinobi by his side. The shinobi had long, pale blue hair and emerald eyes, which sparkled when his eyes swept the room. He wore a standard Leaf shinobi outfit, wearing a pocketless flak vest and black pants. Although I had never seen him before during my time in the Hidden Leaf, he looked vaguely familiar.

"My name is Dan Kato, and I'll be your instructor for today!" The man gave a friendly smile to the students.

I pounded my right fist into the palm of my hand. Of course, he looked familiar, he was Tsunade's boyfriend! Since the Second Shinobi War hadn't happened yet, the blue-haired shinobi was still alive and kicking. I had read about his abilities and remembered that he was a fairly formidable jonin.

My mind refocused on the jonin as he continued his lesson. "Now I know all of you are excited to learn a jutsu, but before we get started, we'll be going over some basic information to broaden your knowledge of chakra and jutsu. In order to use a jutsu, you need to utilize the chakra within you and mold it. In class, you should have learned that chakra is created when you mold two different forms of energy. Can anyone tell me what the two forms are?"

Only a few hands were raised in the air, with my hand being one of them. Dan scanned the room and turned to look at me. He pointed at my direction, "Yes! And your name, please."

"Hiroyoshi," I responded, "The two energies are physical energy and spiritual energy."

"Hiroyoshi is correct!" Dan exclaimed jotting the words "physical" and "spiritual" onto the board, "In order to use a jutsu, these two energies are absolutely necessary. Now, can anyone tell me what the two energies are and how they can be trained?"

This time, Shikaku answered the question, "Name is Nara, Shikaku Nara. The physical energy is collected from our body's cells directly and can be trained by doing physical exercise such as running or lifting weights. The spiritual energy is derived from our minds and can be trained through mental workouts such as studying and meditating."

Dan beamed at Shikaku, who muttered a very faint "Troublesome." "Excellent work Shiakku! And you are correct! The physical energy is our body while the spiritual energy is our mind. You can not live without the other, and the same thing applies to chakra. If you attempted to mold chakra without one of the energies, you will fail to use any jutsu as you will be unable to mold chakra properly. One of the reasons why I'm telling you this is that it is important to train both your mind and your body. I'm sure some of you hate exercise, while others hate studying, but it is important to balance the two and work hard in order to become great shinobi."

"The other reason is that you will be tired by the end of this lesson. Since your bodies and your minds haven't fully been trained or developed, you will be exhausted after trying the jutsu a couple of times. Especially since none of you have any experience practicing chakra control! Don't be discouraged if you run out of chakra very fast! With practice, you will learn how to control your chakra effectively and grow your chakra reserves. Now before I bore everyone from my lecture, let's begin the practical part of the lesson."