Naruto: Tango with Death

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A black haired man dressed in green spandex punched and kicked a rock until it turned into small rubble. He then looked at us, and sporting a large grin he made a thumb up and yelled, "I can feel the power of youth brim out of you!"

Well, who could it be other than Might Guy. Shisui smiled awkwardly and said, "Might Guy, a pleasure to meet you. This is Sukaina, she is the one you will teach."

Guy nodded and took out a green spandex out of thin air and grinned, "Yes, I have prepared a gift for you!"

Shisui leaned over to me and said, "If you want to go…"

I smiled and approached Guy, and took the spandex in my hand. To my surprise, it wasn't actually spandex, although it was rather rubbery. However, I shook my head and asked, "Don't you think this is a little… inappropriate, for a lady to wear?"

Guy looked a little stumped for a moment, before his eyes widened. Faster than Minato himself, Guy dived into the ground, bringing his forehead to it as he kneeled and cried out, "My apologies for this presumptuous gift!"

I couldn't help but chuckle, and turned to Shisui as I said, "I think I'll be fine."

Turning back to Guy, I added, "I came here to be trained in Taijutsu. I heard you were a great Taijutsu Master. Would you be willing to teach me?"

Jumping back on his feet, and his forehead bleeding, Guy once again grinned and said, "I would teach anyone breaming of youth!"

I nodded, and asked, "Do you want to know of my level first?"

Guy nodded and said, "Yes, but before that, a little warm up. Since you are empowered by the power of youth, let's do 5000 push ups, 5000 pull ups, and run around the village ten times!"

Shisui gaped, and I froze for a moment, before asking, "Seriously?"

Guy grinned and said, "Don't worry, I'll be running with you! To encourage you, I shall even run on my hands!"

A little speechless, I eventually nodded, and so we started our training.

I might have strengthened my body, that wasn't something I could do. However, knowing Guy, and his mindset, I decided to continue training until I hit my limits.

And I actually managed to surprise myself! While I did not reach Guy's insane requirements, I managed to make 3524 push ups, 1600 pull ups, and run twice around the village. It took me time, and I fell on the ground unable to move at the end, but it felt good to surpass my limits.

Panting on the ground, I lightly said between breaths, "What's Taijutsu to you, Guy-san?"

Guy, who was doing standing push ups while on his arms, stopped for a moment, before asking, "Why the question?"

I tried my best to shrug, but found myself unable to, so I simply said, "To better understand what I need to work on."

Guy remained silent for a moment, before saying with his usual grin, "Taijutsu is all about breaking the limits! I don't like being called a Taijutsu Master, because no one can master Taijutsu! It is a limitless art that will always have something in store for even the greatest masters!"

I nodded at that, Guy opening the Eight Gates to fight against Juubi Madara was one of the coolest scenes in Naruto Shippuden.

While I thought about this, Guy said, "You have a very strong body for your age, Sukaina. Now, we should see how good you are in terms of techniques."

I lazily looked at him and said, "I need rest."

Guy grinned and replied, "Of course, I'm allowing you ten minutes of rest."

I rolled my eyes at this, and forced myself to sit as I started meditating. My body quickly began recovering, strengthening itself more than usual as I had trained past my limits. Of course, it couldn't be compared to when I directly absorbed Yang Chakra, but at least this was a balanced way to train.

Before I knew it, the ten minutes were up, and as I opened my eyes I saw Guy ready to fight, taunting me with his finger.

Releasing a breath, I got up, before suddenly using the Body Flicker. I tried to do something similar to the Shunshin Flash, using my fist this time, but I failed as I reached Guy with my fist cocked back.

Guy easily dodged my punch, slightly lowering himself as he punched my ribs. He wasn't even fast, he used a speed much slower than mine, yet I felt myself unable to dodge as the fist lightly hit my ribs.

It hurt a little, but Guy restrained his strength. I took a few steps back, rubbing my side, before I jumped at Guy, aiming my palm at his chest this time.

To my surprise, Guy countered my palm with his own, but the moment our palms touched I found my own hand slipping out of my control, completely breaking my stance as I once again got hit.

Stopping for a moment, I asked, "Don't you specialize in the Strong Fist?"

Guy also stopped, and looked at me with surprise as he asked, "What makes you say that?"

I shrugged and replied, "Gentle Fist doesn't need a very strong body in the first place."

Guy grinned before explaining, "I do specialize in the Strong Fist, but thanks to the power of youth I also mastered some of the Gentle Fist! As any Taijutsu Master should!"

The Gentle Fist wasn't the Hyuuga's technique. Actually, they used a variation of the Gentle Fist, the Hyuuga's Gentle Fist, but because the Gentle Fist was much less popular than the Strong Fist, so it was generally called the Gentle Fist.

In Taijutsu, the Strong Fist specialized on breaking the enemy's bones with external attacks, and was favoured by most Shinobi because it was easier to master at the early stage.

On the other hand, the Gentle Fist used precision to overcome a stronger enemy with less strength. For the Hyuuga, they could strike the Tenketsu Points of their enemies, so they specialized in neutralizing their targets by striking their weak points.

However, the true Gentle Fist was much more complex than that, as it required one to know exactly how the body worked.

And Guy showed me the power of the Gentle Fist through our sparring session. Maybe it was because of my age, or because of my gender, but Guy didn't seem to dare to use the Strong Fist against me.

When I struck out, he would react with an impressive reaction time even I couldn't hope to match, moving the least possible to get right out of my range, before using my own power to defeat me.

After getting thrashed for around ten minutes, we finally stopped as Guy grinned, "Youth has given you much vigour!"

I cupped my fists in a martial arts greeting, and Guy said, "You have started training in the Strong Fist in the Academy, but you do lack some important foundations. This resulted in you relying too heavily on your strong body. Fortunately, you are young, so it is still time for you to correct those mistakes."

I nodded and asked, "Are you going to teach me then?"

Guy kicked the air multiple times as he replied, "Of course! I always wanted a student to pass on my techniques to."

Wait, was I taking Rock Lee's place? I hope not, I quite liked his character. However, I wasn't going to let this get in my way.

So I slightly bowed at Guy and said, "Thank you for teaching me, Guy-Sensei!"

This made Guy grin harder as he then gave me the rest of my day.

And so just like that I made my already busy schedule even busier. I had trainings with Kushina, the Uchiha Duo, Guy, Fukuro Temple and my Team. That did not leave me much free time, and was it any other situation I would probably burn out before achieving anything.

However, the ever present threat of a war with the other nations, as well as threats I both knew of and didn't gave me the motivation to get as strong as possible, and as fast as possible.