["I get a mission too?"]
[Kakashi blinked, pointing at himself.]
[Naruto shot him a glance. "Feel free to ignore it."]
[Hearing that, Kakashi instantly grinned. "How could I?"]
[He cleared his throat twice and stepped forward.]
["I saw this scene coming."]
["Let's cut to the chase."]
['As for me… I'll see how Naruto arranges things in a bit.' Kakashi felt helpless.]
[Zzzt—]
[Kakashi raised his left hand.]
[The Chidori's distinctive chirp rang out.]
["Chidori."]
["An A-rank jutsu my teacher created."]
["It requires Lightning-nature Chakra."]
["There's one more."]
[Whoosh whoosh whoosh—]
[As his words fell,]
[Kakashi lifted his right hand.]
["This… is Rasengan, a jutsu my teacher—the Fourth Hokage—developed."]
["It's more versatile; no nature, but harder to learn."]
[Hearing that, Sakura's delicate brows drew together.]
["It feels like… Kakashi-sensei, you based Chidori on the Fourth's Rasengan, right?"]
["Well… yes, but that doesn't change the fact that at twelve I was a genuine prodigy—the first Ninja in Konoha history to graduate the Academy and immediately make Jonin."]
[Stung, Kakashi showed no embarrassment; instead he recited his own glory days.]
[Sakura rolled her eyes.]
[Their unreliable Jōnin Instructor was kind of petty.]
["All right."]
["Make your choice."]
["One: Chidori. Two: Rasengan. Three: learn neither."]
[Kakashi beamed at Sasuke.]
[Sasuke: "…"]
["You think we're stupid?"]
["We'll take both."]
[Kakashi's smile froze.]
[The answer caught him off guard.]
["Fine, then train both."]
[Naruto clapped; Kakashi moved to Sasuke's side.]
[The real Jōnin Instructor—Naruto—stepped up.]
["Settled."]
["While helping build the bridge later, you'll train and still focus on the job."]
["Starting with Sakura."]
["Mm!" Sakura nodded eagerly.]
["Lightning isn't your element, and it needs hand seals—doesn't suit your style."]
["Your Chakra control is excellent… so pump iron with one hand and spin Rasengan with the other. Shouldn't be hard."]
[Sakura blinked, full of questions, but stayed quiet.]
[Naruto pulled a storage scroll from his jacket.]
[Unsealing it produced a crate of water-filled balloons.]
[He grabbed one.]
[Held it in his palm.]
["Use Superhuman strength with this hand; watch your Chakra split."]
["School… won't be applied to you yet."]
["Wait until you've mastered true Superhuman strength."]
[Naruto didn't mention he wasn't great at teaching that part.]
[They'd find Tsunade first.]
["With the other hand hold this water balloon, inject Chakra, control the flow, and burst it."]
[Pop—]
[As soon as he finished,]
[the balloon in Naruto's hand writhed violently and exploded.]
[He flicked the water away. "Step one of Rasengan."]
["You saw the key, right?"]
["Random… rotation… stable Chakra?"]
[After a moment's thought Sakura answered.]
[Naruto gave a slight nod.]
["Good," he smirked. "Off you go."]
[She nodded and jogged off; Naruto re-sealed the crate.]
["Mind the shape transformation."]
["Once you can do Rasengan, you'll have shape change down."]
["Training Superhuman strength is like training Mystical Palm."]
["Got it~"]
["I'll keep practicing Mystical Palm on breaks."]
[Sakura took the scroll and smiled sweetly.]
["I'm going~"]
[With that she left first.]
[Sasuke and Kakashi were left looking at each other.]
[Mei Terumī: "Team 7's real Jōnin Instructor: Uzumaki Naruto."]
[Kakashi Hatake: "…"]
[Garlic-bird garlic-bird.]
[Facts were facts;]
[no arguing with them.]
[On second thought,]
[with subordinates this outstanding,]
[he could still hold his head high… right?]
[Sakura Haruno: "I so envy the me in the black frame world~"]
[So did he!]
[Sasuke clenched his fist silently.]
[School… way too tempting!]
[And in that world there's a Naruto who isn't even the Jōnin Instructor yet outperforms the real one.]
["Chidori… I don't know it either."]
["But the principle isn't hard to see."]
["If I'm wrong, Kakashi-sensei, fill in."]
["Sure." Kakashi nodded.]
["Rasengan focuses on Chakra shape change."]
["Chidori focuses on Lightning-nature change."]
[Naruto looked at Kakashi.]
[Kakashi straightened. "Right. Chidori's a Lightning Release A-rank,]
[same difficulty as Rasengan."]
["Condense a mass of Lightning Chakra in the hand into high-current."]
["Devastating piercing power."]
["Because of the chirp—like Might Guy says, a thousand birds singing—"]
["it's unsuited to certain missions."]
[Sasuke watched the Chidori in Kakashi's hand, eyes flickering.]
[Naruto pondered. "Pros: Lightning Release,"]
["huge piercing force,"]
["and being Lightning it stimulates the body—pair it with pseudo-Superhuman strength and your speed only climbs."]
["Needs superb dynamic vision."]
["Perfect for you."]
[Naruto looked at Sasuke; Sasuke's Sharingan had opened unnoticed.]
["Of course, the flaws are obvious."]
["Needs a stance and taijutsu synergy,"]
["and that shrill sound equals instant exposure."]
["But once you've learned Chidori you've mastered Lightning-nature change."]
["Sasuke, your task is simple—same idea as Sakura."]
["Got it."]
[Sasuke inhaled and nodded at once.]
[Seeing that, Naruto dipped his head; Sasuke already knew how to train.]
[So Naruto said no more.]
[Kakashi shrugged; hopefully Sasuke wouldn't later ask how to work, stay calm, and train at the same time…]
["Then I'm off." Sasuke looked at Naruto.]
[Only after Naruto nodded did he turn away.]
[Only Kakashi remained.]
[Naruto had done it on purpose; Kakashi was a senior and the Jōnin Instructor—face had to be saved.]
["Kakashi-sensei, priority one: recover."]
["These days your depleted body's bounced back; no more Chakra anxiety."]
["Time to look like the genius you are,"]
["instead of fondling that little imperial uncle every day and day-dreaming…"]
["So… nothing else urgent—how about you find yourself a wife first?"]