Training with Juzo again

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Thanks for your understanding

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Yukina arrived at the training ground where Juzo and Zabuza were waiting for her.

When Juzo saw Yukina, he cracked a smile and started greeting her: "Oi, little Yukina, how are you doing?"

Yukina smiled back at Juzo. She bowed to him, and then she started greeting him, "Juzo sensei, good to see you too. I am thrilled that you are going to train me again."

Juzo's smile got wider when he heard this, then Yukina turned to Zabuza and started greeting him too: "Hey, Zabuza, how are you doing?"

Zabuza nodded to Yukina and returned her greeting, "I'm doing well, Yukina; you better not slow me down."

Yukina's eyebrows twitched when she heard this, and she was about to reply to Zabuza's comment, but Juzo interrupted their argument by saying, "Alright, you two, stop arguing. Let's focus on the matter at hand."

Zabuza and Yukina calmed down and listened carefully to what Juzo was about to say.

When Juzo saw Yukina and Zabuza were paying attention to him, he said to them, "Every day in the morning, you two will spar in taijutsu for two hours."

"After the spar, you two will have a break and have a snack to restore your strength."

"After the snack, you two will start training in shurikenjutsu for two hours, and then you will have a lunch break."

"After your lunch break, you two will start training in Kenjutsu for two hours."

"After the kenjutsu training, you will start working on mastering your water affinity. Any questions?"

Both Zabuza and Yukina shook their heads when they heard what Juzo said.

Juzo was satisfied at Yukina's and Zabuza's response, and he continued, "If you two are able to master the first exercise in water change in chakra nature, I will let you do a C-rank mission."

When Yukina and Zabuza heard this, their eyes shone with excitement.

Juzo then sat on the ground and ordered Yukina and Zabuza, saying, "Now start sparring in Taijutsu and don't stop until I say so."

Both Zabuza and Yukina nodded their heads at Juzo; they took their Taijutsu stance, and in the next second, they charged towards each other.

Zabuza and Yukina began throwing punches and kicks at one another while simultaneously blocking each other's strikes.

Yukina grimaces when she blocks Zabuza's strikes and thinks to herself, "This guy became much stronger than before. I need to take this spar seriously."

Suddenly Yukina's speed increases tremendously, and she starts throwing punches and kicks at Zabuza with incredible speed, forcing Zabuza to give up attacking and focus only on defense.

Juzo smirked upon witnessing Yukina's aggressive tactics, and he continued to observe the sparring match.

Yukina faked a kick, and Zabuza fell for her feint. When she saw an opening in Zabuza's defense, Yukina punched Zabuza hard in the face.

"BAAM."

Yukina's punch caused Zabuza to fall hard on the ground.

Zabuza growled in frustration when he fell on the ground.

He stood up, looked at Yukina with annoyance, and charged at her.

Yukina and Zabuza then continued sparring; their Taijutsu spar became very fierce.

Yukina uses her speed to counter Zabuza's pure physical strength, forcing him into a defensive position once more.

Zabuza was struggling against Yukina's rapid strikes because they were becoming sharper and faster with each second, which stunned Zabuza.

Juzo kept observing the spar between Zabuza and Yukina while thinking, "This girl's talent always amazes me. She is improving with every second that passes. I wonder how strong she will be when she matures."

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With Fuguki

Fuguki arrived at the village gate at 7:30 a.m.

He noticed that Nangetsu was waiting for him along with a middle-aged man and a middle-aged woman.

The woman had long purple hair tied in a ponytail; she has an elegant face, big purple eyes, elegant eyebrows, fair skin, elegant eyelashes, and a curvaceous figure.

The woman was wearing the standard Jounin attire of the Hidden Mist Village.

The woman's name is Haru; she is an elite Jounin and part of the Kiri medical department.

Next to Haru stood a middle-aged man. The man's name is Satochi Hayashi; he is also an elite Jounin of the Hidden Mist Village.

Satochi had an average face, short brown hair, sharp brown eyebrows, tanned skin, and a lean, muscular physique.

Satochi was wearing the Hidden Mist Village Jounin attire just like Haru.

Fuguki nodded to the trio and said to them, "Thank you for coming, you three. I will explain to you the details of our mission when we leave the village."

"For now, let's wait for Raiga and his team."

The trio nodded their heads to Fuguki in understanding, and they waited for Raiga and his team to arrive.

After 5 minutes, Raiga and his team arrived via shunshin.

Fuguki then turned to his team and ordered, "Alright, everyone, follow me."

Raiga commanded his team to follow him as well.

The two teams quickly exited the village and started traveling at a rapid pace to the port.

After exiting the Hidden Mist Village, Fuguki said to his team, "Our mission is to go to the land of Whirlpool and retrieve the Uzumaki clan scrolls."

All the Jounins widened their eyes when they heard this except for Raiga, but Fuguki ignored them and continued, "According to our reports, two teams from IWA were spotted at the Land of Whirlpool. If we can avoid fighting them, that's best; if not, we must kill them all and erase all evidence of our involvement."

All the Jounins nodded their heads in understanding after hearing Fuguki's words, and they continued traveling towards the port at their fastest pace.

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With Yukina 

After Zabuza and Yukina finished their taijutsu spar, they started eating a snack to regain their strength.

After finishing their snack, Juzo instructed them, "Now we will start training your shurikenjutsu." Your aim is to hit me with your shurikens. If you can't do so, you will run 50 laps around the village and do 100 pushups, 100 situps, 100 pullups, and 100 squats."

Yukina and Zabuza sweatdropped when they heard this, and Zabuza said to Juzo, "You can't be serious, sensei!"

Juzo scoffed when he heard Zabuza, and he ordered him and Yukina, "Stop wasting my time. Let's begin immediately."

After hearing Juzo's order, Yukina and Zabuza grabbed some shurikens from their pouch and started throwing them at Juzo.

"SWISH, SWISH, SWISH, SWISH."

Juzo easily bent his body and dodged the shurikens without any effort; however, Yukina and Zabuza didn't give up, and they kept throwing the shurikens at him one after another.

Juzo continued to dodge the shurikens with ease, but he noticed that Yukina's shurikenjutsu was rapidly improving with every second.

"Incredible, this girl's talent is monstrous as always. I never met anyone improving this quickly."

After two hours, Zabuza and Yukina were on their knees, breathing heavily, and their wrists were hurting. 

Juzo looked at them and said, "You two disappointed me. You know the punishment: start running."

Without any complaint, Zabuza and Yukina stood up and started running laps around the village.

After they finished running 50 laps around the village, they started doing 100 pushups, 100 situps, 100 pullups, and 100 squats.

After they finished doing these exercises, they started sweating profusely and returned to the training ground.

Juzo handed Yukina and Zabuza two bento boxes after they made their way back to the training ground.

He then said to them, "Eat up; you will need your strength."

Yukina and Zabuza grabbed the bento boxes, and they started eating the food without any restraint.

After they finished eating, he grabbed his executioner blade and ordered them, "Now it is time to start your Kenjutsu training. Attack me with the intent to kill."

Both Zabuza and Yukina nodded their heads, unsheathed their katanas, and charged at Juzo.

Zabuza and Yukina attacked Juzo at the same time, but Juzo swung the executioner's blade hard at them.

"CLANK."

Zabuza and Yukina brought their katanas in front of them to block the executioner's blade.

The force behind Juzo's swing was strong, and it forced Yukina and Zabuza to skid backward a couple of meters.

Yukina smirked in excitement after seeing how powerful Juzo's swing was.

She then charged at Juzo again without restraint, while giving him a bloodthirsty grin.

Yukina started attacking Juzo from multiple different angles all at once with her katana.

Juzo grinned when he saw Yukina's incredible improvement in Kenjutsu; he then thought to himself. "I have no doubt that this girl could become one of the seven ninja swordsmen in the future."

"CLANK, CLANK, CLANK, CLANK."

Juzo used the flat side of his executioner blade to block all Yukina's strikes.

He then narrowed his eyes when he noticed Zabuza was sneaking behind him while he was defending against Yukina's sword strikes.

Juzo used his leg as a whip to kick Yukina away so he could confront Zabuza.

However, his eyes widened in surprise when he kicked Yukina's afterimage.

When Zabuza noticed that Juzo had slowed down after Yukina dodged his kick, he thrust his katana at Juzo from behind without any hesitation.

Juzo easily sidestepped and avoided Zabuza's strike without even looking.

"BAAM."

After dodging Zabuza's strike, Juzo kicked Zabuza hard in the chest and sent him flying.

When Yukina saw Zabuza's ambush fail, she charged at Juzo again and started swinging her katana in a wild arc, but Juzo easily dodged Yukina's strikes and attempted to kick her away too, like Zabuza.

When Yukina noticed Juzo's intention, she quickly used her new jutsu that she invented and dodged Juzo's kick again, leaving an afterimage behind.

Juzo smirked when he saw Yukina's afterimage again and said to himself, "That jutsu of hers is quite useful; things are becoming interesting."

Juzo saw Yukina's legs trembling for a second; he narrowed his eyes and thought, "I see this jutsu of hers has a drawback; her body is not strong enough yet to use it continuously."

Juzo then dodged another sneak attack by Zabuza and he punched Zabuza hard in the face.

"BAAM."

Zabuza fell harshly to the ground after receiving a punch to the face from Juzo.

Yukina cursed when she saw this. She closed her eyes and started taking deep breaths to calm down.

Suddenly, she heard a sharp whistle coming from her katana. She opened her eyes and looked at her katana in confusion. She then asked herself, "What is this sound I am hearing from my katana?"

However, she didn't have a chance to contemplate because Juzo charged at her, and he started overwhelming her with his strength.

"CLANK, CLANK, CLANK, CLANK."

Juzo repeatedly sent Zabuza and Yukina flying.

Yukina stood up shakily and coated her katana with chakra, then she swung it in the air, sending a chakra-flying slash at Juzo. 

"SWISH."

Juzo raised his eyebrow in surprise when he saw the chakra-flying-slash flying towards him.

He quickly swung his executioner blade upward to counter the chakra-flying-slash.

"BOOM."

Juzo effortlessly dismantled the chakra-flying slash. "This girl is something else; she bastardizes the chakra-molding technique used by the samurai of the Land of Iron and uses it in her kenjutsu."

Juzo then charged at Zabuza and Yukina again and started attacking them aggressively.

"CLANK, CLANK, CLANK, CLANK."

After two hours, Zabuza and Yukina were lying on the ground, and their bodies were full of bruises. 

Juzo smirked when he saw Zabuza and Yukina's condition. He grabbed them and carried them to the hospital to receive treatment from the medical ninjas there.

After half an hour, Yukina and Zabuza received treatment from the medical ninjas, and they returned back to the training ground.

Juzo stood in front of one of the lakes on the training ground and said to Yukina and Zabuza, "This is our final training session for today. I will now teach you the first exercise of the water change in chakra nature."

"To master the water element, you need to master four exercises."

Yukina and Zabuza nodded in understanding after hearing Juzo's explanation.

Juzo bent down and touched the lake with his palm, causing violent ripples to instantly form. 

Juzo looked at Yukina and Zabuza, then said to them, "This is the first exercise of the water change chakra nature; it is called the water ripples exercise. To complete this exercise, you need to use your chakra to create these water ripples."

Zabuza nodded his head in understanding, but Yukina said to Juzo, "I already know how to create ripples on the lake, sensei."

Zabuza was surprised when he heard this, and Juzo raised his eyebrows. He then ordered Yukina, "Alright, girl, show me."

Yukina nodded her head obediently. She bent down and laid her palms on the lake. After a few seconds, violent ripples surrounded the lake, but those ripples weren't as strong or as fast as Juzo's.

Juzo nodded his head in satisfaction and thought to himself, "It seems Fuguki-senpai taught Yukina this exercise before he asked me to take over her training."

After coming to this conclusion, Juzo said to Yukina, "You haven't mastered this exercise yet, girl; keep practicing." Your ripples must be as strong and fast as my own."

Yukina nodded in understanding and began practicing the exercise at the lake.

Juzo then turned to Zabuza and said, "Zabuza, use the other lake to do the exercise. Yukina is way ahead of you."

Despite his frustration, Zabuza nodded his head. Juzo watched as Zabuza walked towards the other lake and began doing the exercise.

Juzo sat on the ground and carefully observed both Yukina and Zabuza.

He noticed that Zabuza was struggling to create ripples on the lake, just as he predicted, but when he saw Yukina's performance, he widened his eyes in shock because she was improving at a rapid pace.

Every time Yukina created ripples in the lake, her skills advanced significantly.

The ripples she created were getting stronger, and the speed of the ripples she was creating was getting faster.

Juzo scoffed when he saw her progress and said to himself, "Her talent is unbelievable, as always; at this rate, she will master this exercise in no time."

Juzo continued to observe Yukina and Zabuza as they trained, smiling when he saw Zabuza begin creating ripples on the lake.

"These two are the future of our village. I need to train them well." 

After making up his mind, Juzo continued observing Yukina and Zabuza carefully.