Chapter 42: Fujin Vs Hoka

Hoka and Fujin were facing each other and were 10 metres apart. Renjiro announced, "You can use everything you know in this spar. Ninjutsu, Genjutsu, Taijutsu and Kenjutsu are all allowed. But don't hurt each other fatally." Both kids nodded.

Renjiro announced, "Fight!" As soon as he said that, Hoka activated his Byakugan and rushed forward as fast as he could to engage Fujin in close combat. However, Fujin just flickered away. On gaining sufficient distance, he prepared one Wind Explosion jutsu in each hand.

On seeing that, Hoka stopped and quickly started using hand signs for Rock Shield jutsu. Fujin recognized the hand signs and threw one wind sphere on Hoka. That put a lot of pressure on Hoka, but he managed to create the rock shield in time. The wind sphere hit the rock shield and exploded, creating a lot of winds. Seeing that his jutsu worked, Hoka sighed in relief, and put his guard down for a moment.

That turned out to be a mistake, as Hoka's Byakugan saw a wind sphere heading towards him from the left. He tried to jump away quickly, but the wind sphere exploded near him. The explosion created more winds, which hit Hoka while he was in the air. The winds threw him off course, causing him to fall badly. Hoka quickly got on his feet, only to see one more wind sphere headed straight towards him. This time, he didn't jump and instead tried running away. However, more and more Wind spheres kept heading towards him. For the next 15 seconds, Hoka just kept dodging. The winds created by the explosion had created small scratches all over his body, and his clothes were in a very bad shape.Ñøv€l-B1n was the first platform to present this chapter.

Finally Hoka adjusted himself, and began dodging the wind spheres properly. He used his Byakugan to see the wind spheres as soon as they were launched, and dodged in the right directions. Fujin thought, 'Excellent. The rate at which I'm creating the wind spheres is just one fifth of what I'm truly capable of, while their power is one third of their max power. Still he's struggling so badly. Oh well, time to end this farce I guess.'

Fujin halved the number of wind spheres he was throwing. This allowed Hoka to close the distance between him and Fujin. He thought, 'Finally! He slowed down. Time to finish him with my Gentle Fist.' When the distance between the two was just 10 metres, Fujin began moving backwards. Hoka thought, 'It'll be annoying if he creates the distance again' and increased his speed.

Hoka nodded his head and said with determination, "Yes sensei. I will work hard on my Ninjutsu too." Renjiro kept his kind smile, and sighed in relief internally, 'Finally, I got another kid on the right track! I have to admit. The old man's tactics in handling kids are the best. No wonder he was able to train 3 Sannins! Anyways, my team is finally set.'

He then looked at all 3 of his students and said, "I hope all of you have realised the importance of rank C jutsus by now." Fujin, Hoka and Mieko nodded. Renjiro continued, "In terms of Ninjutsu, your next focus will be on learning and mastering rank C jutsus. Until I say otherwise, none of you will attempt to learn a rank B or higher jutsu."

He then advised the kids more and ended the day by saying, "This will be your today's assignment. Fujin, you and Mieko will take Hoka to the village hospital and see that his wounds are tended to. And Fujin, meet me here at 2 pm." He then flickered away.

On the way to the hospital, Hoka was walking in an awkward manner. The morning training followed by getting several cuts took its toll. Seeing him wobble, Fujin said, "Sorry about that." Hoka replied, "It's okay. Don't worry about it." Mieko said, "Yeah, it's just a few cuts. Stop wobbling and walk faster." Hoka, however, replied with his usual stoic face, "Perhaps if I slept for over 2 hours during the morning workout, I might have been able to walk properly." Hearing that, Fujin chuckled, while Mieko became very embarrassed.

Fujin and Mieko accompanied Hoka in the hospital. Hoka was asked to go to a ward. First a civilian doctor arrived, and cleaned all his wounds up. 5 minutes after the doctor left, a medical ninja arrived and healed all the cuts on him and advised him to take rest for the remaining day. Fujin observed the entire process, and then looked at Mieko with a hint of jealousy. He sighed thinking, 'If only I had the sharingan. I'd have just copied Mystical Palm jutsu and been done with it.'

They then said farewell to each other and left.