If Naruto hadn't jumped backward and dodged Sasuke's attack with his hand, he might have been in trouble after receiving the upper kick, but Naruto did so as he drew his kunai and jumped further away from Sasuke.
Sasuke, who witnessed Naruto regaining his balance and dodging his attack with such agility, did not miss his opportunity to strike while he was doing both while also pulling out his Kunai, which he had not anticipated.
Not only did Naruto land on the ground, but he also used the same momentum to rotate his body and launch a roundabout kick.
That slammed into the guard that Sasuke had drawn out the moment he saw him rotating like that.
But the strength behind that kick, did used Naruto full weight and momentum, causing him to back away with the force behind that attack.
"He is good." Sasuke thought, and Naruto agreed, that the guard who took the brunt of his attack was pretty solid, and that Sasuke had some experience with hand-to-hand combat like this.
"He excels at hand-to-hand combat and isn't even employing his best Ninjutsu, which is what he does best." Sasuke sensed that Naruto was catching up to him, and he grinned with excitement at the prospect of a new rival.
Naruto felt the gap between them.
'But he is not unreachable.' Because he had previously used the act of pulling out his kunai to fake the roundabout kick, Naruto sighed as he pumped up his mind and pulled out the weapon.\
But now that the element of surprise had passed, he was prepared to take Sasuke on head-on.
Wait!
We don't need to take this situation so seriously when the acting is good.
Both Naruto and Sasuke shared the same thought at that precise moment as they grinned and shook their heads in agreement over whether to continue this conflict.
Naruto and Sasuke were both certain that they would be late for it.
Hokage Sarutobi received shocking news once more as a result of this small deed by Sasuke and Naruto, but he was pleased to see Naruto maintaining his Taijutsu proficiency with Sasuke, which was encouraging for both Naruto and him.
When Sasuke and Naruto, who had returned to the academy, walked over to the gate, many girls stared at the two of them together.
When Sakura and Ino Yamanaka, who were running in the direction of the academy, saw it, they both experienced a strange feeling because these two pairs were difficult to spot like this and working together.
Due to the bloodline refining syrup's one restriction, which is that it must be consumed as part of the host's diet, both of them suddenly felt queasy.
So, after taking a quick glance at each other and the academy, both of them turned to run as quickly as they could toward a hotel, leaving Ino and Sakura speechless and wondering how they were both attempting to miss the class together.
"I am hungry, man." While they waited for the meal, Sasuke and Naruto used transformation jutsu to sit on the restaurant table.
Naruto muttered. When Naruto saw Hinata approaching from behind and was trying to hide from a certain guy.
"You have the ability to use transformation jutsu." When Hinata passed by, she heard Naruto's voice and easily recognized him.
"Eh, Naruto-kun." Naruto grinned and nodded, taking a closer look at Hinata as he wondered how she came to recognize him in that way.
"Hmm, alright."
Hinata transformed and sat beside Naruto, where Sasuke laughed bitterly as he thought how transformation jutsu can be this useful if the other user is not some kind of do-jutsu user.
"What happened? You looked quite troubled." When Hinata, who had now changed into Ino, sat down next to Naruto with a sigh of relief, she turned to face the hungry-looking Naruto.
Whoever was seated next to Sasuke appeared to be in comparable condition.
"Is everything okay? People today seemed pretty hungry to me." After realizing how close to Naruto she was sitting, Hinata muttered and her ear began to flush.
"Yeah, we don't care about other people, but we're both just hungry. But hey, Hinata, don't you want to hurry? Given that the academy must be getting started soon, you do not need to wait for us." Naruto turned to Hinata for advice, who shook her head with a blush.
"I did not have much for breakfast either, so I am also feeling quite hungry." She spoke in a small voice, and Naruto and Sasuke nodded, as it was fine to have an extra member with them.
Meanwhile, Iruka in the class was left speechless as he looked at the class where Sakura, Ino, Shikamaru, Choji, Sasuke, Hinata, and Naruto were not present.
He felt that today everyone was trying to avoid him for a certain reason.
Hokage, who was observing the situation through a crystal ball, noticed that the Naruto changes were also having a variety of effects on the entire class, and he began to consider ignoring this day as his mouth began to twitch.
But he still wanted to think about why Naruto and Sasuke, who were almost there, ran away clutching their stomachs to a restaurant, and why it was related to the previous spar.
Winter had already begun to fall, and Naruto was beginning to become aware of Hinata as those few months progressed. Naruto was going back to the class when he found a certain quest that had popped out.
[Visit Hinata birthday event and gave her a ring as an present.]