Ch-8

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The jonin walked in front of the podium and demonstrated the hand seals needed for the technique, "The jutsu you will be practicing today is called the Transformation Jutsu. It is a useful little jutsu that will let you take the appearance of anyone or anything you want. And yes, you can transform into the Hokage with this jutsu. However, I highly advise that you don't try to transform into the Hokage, as it is illegal. For today, you will try to transform into your chunin instructor with this jutsu. The hand seals are fairly simple: Dog, Boar, and then Ram. Remember, the most important part of the Transformation Jutsu is to study your target in detail and then making sure to create a balanced henge. You don't want to be shorter or fatter than your target once you transform."

A cloud of smoke covered Dan and when the smoke cleared, Dan had disappeared and was replaced with an identical twin of Chunin Kimura. The students clapped excitedly and looked at their jonin lecturer in awe as he transformed back into his original appearance.

"I will let you all practice the hand seals and the jutsu for some time. All of you are free to move around and help one another learn the jutsu. If you need any help, feel free to ask me or Kimura. After about thirty minutes, I will have all the students go one by one to see who transformed into Kimura the best. Whoever does the best will earn a special prize from me! Don't be discouraged if you don't do well though, you will get better with more practice. Today, I just want to see your best effort," The blue-haired ninja gave everyone a thumbs up and smiled, "So... Begin!"

The two adults stepped to the side and the students began to mingle amongst themselves. Instinctively, I looked around for Shikaku and Mikoto and found them huddled together towards the back of the classroom. When I joined them, Shikaku leaned inward as he smirked at us, "We might not be the only students to have practiced the Transformation Jutsu beforehand, so let's spend our time wisely. We'll work together, but remember this is a competition."

Despite his monotone voice, the Nara heir had a noticeable grin on his face. Just by looking at his expression, I knew that Shikaku was excited to test out his skills. My face and Mikoto's face mirrored his.

For the next half an hour, we keenly observed our chunin instructor more than ever before. I noted all the key details of the teacher and made sure to memorize the most noticeable wrinkles and lines on his face. His dark brown hair was tamed but had a few baby hairs sticking out towards the front. From a glance, his eyes looked green, but after closer inspection, I realized that the light distorted his eye color and his true eye color was a light brown. He was approximately five feet nine inches and wore the standard chunin attire.

When I was satisfied with the information I have gathered, I began to shape a mental image into my head and molded the chakra to bend to my will. The inner energy that was within me beckoned to my call and began to flow through my body like a river. When I wasn't focused on molding chakra, I usually didn't feel any different than my normal self. But when I closed my eyes and focus, I could almost visualize the chakra pouring out of my reserves. After several seconds of concentration, I began the hand seals.

Dog.

Boar.

Ram.

I was covered by a considerable amount of smoke, more smoke than when Dan did the jutsu. But when I looked down at myself, I found myself looking identical to my homeroom instructor. I touched my face to see if everything had changed and confirmed that my facial features had changed also.

What the anime never mentioned was how weird it felt when shinobi changed appearances using the Transformation Jutsu. It felt like I was wearing a bodysuit of the chunin instructor and everything, including my junk, felt extremely wrong and uncomfortable. It got a bit better as time wore on, but as I inspected myself, I felt like I was a lizard person hiding as a human in disguise.

It was cool but unnerving.

Standing next to me, both Shikaku and Mikoto were also doing the Transformation Jutsu. The three of us all looked at each other closely to detect any flaws. Mikoto pointed out that the lines on my forehead were too deep while I mentioned that Shikaku's henge was a bit too short. We slowly fixed the flaws that we found and then separated for the last ten minutes to practice by ourselves.

I wanted to spot any additional mistakes, so I walked out of the classroom and walked towards the bathroom in order to inspect myself in the mirror. Before I could enter the bathroom, I heard two adults speaking amongst themselves inside.

"Poor kids, they won't know what's coming..."

"So the rumors are true then. I've heard that more and more teams are being sent to the border. It looks like Iwa and Suna are gearing up to attack us."

I stopped in my track and edged a little closer to the pair of voices speaking inside the bathroom.

"Not right away, but probably in a year or two. Suna still needs time to get ready, since they were under our thumb after the first war. But once they're ready, the two villages will probably launch a joint invasion."

"And Hokage-sama is just watching them?"

"I'm sure he's doing something about it. But the war is inevitable. All the villages want revenge and glory. That damn Tsuchikage especially wants revenge for Iwa's defeat in the first war."

"That's why Dan's here? To advance their training a bit?"

"Yep, and he wanted to train the kids. He used to be here all the time back in the days."

I strained to listen in further, but the two chunin walked out of the bathroom noiselessly. I flinched at their sudden appearance, but neither of them looked like they cared as they walked right past me. I ran inside the bathroom and saw that my henge was still up. I almost forgot the reason why I even came into the bathroom because hearing the side conversation between the two chunin instructors threw me for a loop.

War was coming, and I was on a collision course right for it.