Releasing a long-winded sigh, Kazuo turned around and headed to the door before swinging it open.
"Im ready Minato Senpai or should I call you Sensei now?" Kazuo said as he gave Minato his shining fanboy eyes.
It clearly made the man uncomfortable, however, it was a good way to increase his familiarity in Minato's eyes as well.
'Or he might just as well be faking his expression entirely, it is quite likely at that. A shinobi like him becoming uncomfortable that easily? Yeah quite hard to believe.' Kazuo thought as he gave the trio in front of him a soft smile.
Minato returned it with a twitching smile of his own before nodding his head.
"All right Kazuo, then let's get going."
Immediately after the four shinobi used the body flicker jutsu to disappear from their location.
Even though they were moving at high speeds, it was still clear.
The difference between Minato Namikaze and Kazuo.
'I've already mastered the Body Flicker however his speed is much higher than mine, so it's clear that he is holding back. Does it relate to his overall physical status?' Kazuo wondered as he gazed at Kakashi who was slightly behind him and Rin who was clearly lagging behind the others.
'She still needs hand signs to perform the Jutsu, Kakashi doesn't however his mastery is still ways away from actual mastery.' Kazuo thought as the scenery around them quickly changed.
From the bustling streets of the hidden village to a green forest filled with trees.
It was at this moment that Minato jumped into a clearing in the middle of his forest.
A moment later Kazuo landed behind him, followed by Kakashi and lastly Nohara Rin.
Turning around, Minato gave Kazuo a soft smile as he said.
"This is Training Ground Seven, it has been reserved for us for around a week, it is one of the safer training grounds when compared to others around the village, thus it is mainly used by newly graduated Gennin teams. Specifically team seven." Minato said as he explained whilst motioning to their surroundings with one hand.
Nodding his head, Kazuo replied.
"I see, It's much better than the training ground one which I usually use, that one has barely any privacy at all," Kazuo said as he rubbed his cheek.
Kazuo had been trying to increase the amount of body language used during his acting, this way he could pose as a more believable thirteen-year-old who was completely loyal to the village.
The action could be as small as rubbing his cheek to display slight nervousness or scratching the back of his head to look embarrassed.
It was small actions like these that made an actor.
"Now then, how about we start this with a spar to get us started? And I also need to gauge at just what level you are Kazuo." Minato said with a smile as he turned toward Kakashi.
"What do you think Kakashi?"
Hatake Kakashi, the young gray-haired ninja simply nodded his head, no words leaving his mouth, though Kazuo wouldn't have been able to notice the movement of his mouth even if he had spoken, it being covered by a mask.
"What about you Kazuo?" Minato questioned as he turned his gaze towards him.
Nodding his head quickly, Kazuo appeared excited as he replied.
"I would be more than happy too, I haven't really had a lot of sparring partners before, and I wanted to see just how strong Kakashi was too," Kazuo said, his voice light as he turned toward Kakashi.
Rin quickly made distance as she backpedaled to their cut tree stumps and sat down on the grass.
"All right then, I'll be here to stop you if anything dangerous occurs, no lethal moves are allowed, besides that everything else is," Minato said as he held up his left hand.
Kakashi and Kazuo immediately changed their stances.
Both twisted their bodies as they entered their combat stance.
Immediately a large disparity was noticed.
Kakashi had a completely unknown stance to Kazuo, while Kazuo's basic academy taijutsu stance was completely clear in front of Kakashi's eyes.
'I can't use my explosion tags and even if I could, it's a waste to use them against Kakashi in a spar.' Kazuo thought as his eyes grew focused.
A glint appeared in them for a brief moment before Minato's raised hand fell down and the Sparring match officially began.
Immediately, both of the young shinobi created distance with one another using the body flicker jutsu.
The short distance of only a few meters had now widened to over thirty.
Instantly as soon as Kazuo stopped the bodyflicker, his hand moved toward his ninja bag and he quickly took out four shuriken which he threw toward Kakashi.
Their aim was perfect however none of them hit the target.
Kakashi had taken his short sword out and made a swirling motion, quickly stopping every single shuriken and rebounding them back toward the ground.
'It won't be easy' Kazuo thought as he saw Kakashi quickly making hand signs, the speed of their execution was clearly leagues above his own.
The Jutsu was completed in less than a second.
Immediately, Kazuo saw the ground before him start to extend.
He knew this jutsu very well. He had already died from it after all.
Without using any hand signs, Kazuo quickly performed the substitution jutsu and replaced himself with a log that he found nearby.
With the release of smoke, the stone spears that should have pierced Kazuo's body instead went through a log of wood.
Kazuo didn't hesitate for a moment as he made a single tiger hand seal.
A clone appeared instantly and ran toward Kakashi, hoping to divert his attention whilst Kazuo headed underground using the hiding-like-a-mole technique.
Kakashi who was on the other side of the field saw Kazuo charging toward him.
Immediately he changed his posture and ran toward Kazuo as well, his short sword in his hand.
The Shadow clone had a kunai in his hand, and a moment later the blades of their weapons clashed.
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