Naruto: The Life Changer

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Third Objective: Last at least four minutes in a spar with Umino Iruka

Objective Completion Reward: +100 EXP, +1 VIT, +1 STR.

Objective Failure: + 50 EXP.

Bonus Objective: Make Iruka actually put some effort into sparring with you.

'Jeez, whatever this box thing is, it's really grinding on my nerves. I already know that the chunin-sensei have to hold back a lot when they spar with students.' Naruto thought sourly.

"Ready, Naruto?" Iruka asked, drawing the blond boy's attention back to the chunin.

"Ready!" Naruto replied and assumed the basic ready stance of Konoha's Hakage Style that he had been taught.

Iruka frowned again. "Naruto, what is that supposed to be?"

"The basic stance." Naruto replied in a confused voice.

"It's similar, but subtly different." Iruka said, "It's a weakened version, I would say. The position of your legs is weak, leaving you vulnerable to low attacks. On top of that your arms are out of position, leaving you open and vulnerable from all sides."

"But…Mizuki-sensei taught me this stance…" Naruto protested.

"Did he now?" Iruka muttered to himself, "Well I'm correcting it. Place yourself like this."

The scar-faced chunin demonstrated the correct stance to Naruto, who shifted himself to mimic his teacher.

"Hey, this doesn't feel uncomfortable like the first stance does." Naruto commented.

"No fighting stance should feel uncomfortable, Naruto." Iruka told him, "In a way, it's a good thing that you were uncomfortable with the first stance, as it will be easier for you to unlearn that one and then commit this one to muscle memory."

"Whatever you say Iruka-sensei." Naruto replied, "Just so long as I can kick the Teme's ass in a spar."

It took almost an hour for Naruto to perform the stances and kata of the Hakage Style to Iruka's satisfaction. In that time, a small box popped up stating that his hard work had made his STR go up by one.

"Alright, that should do it." Iruka said at last, "Just practice those in your own time and you'll do fine. Ready for that spar?"

"Bring it on, Iruka-sensei!" Naruto declared with an air of confidence and moved towards the sparring circle, followed by Iruka.

Iruka brought out a coin and held it up. "We'll start when this coin hits the ground, alright?"

When Naruto nodded, Iruka flipped the coin into the air with a soft metallic {chink}. The coin spun lazily in the air before beginning its descent to the ground as Naruto and Iruka tensed themselves.

The coin hit the ground with a soft thud.

Naruto exploded into motion, a fist flying at Iruka even before the dust from the coin's landing started to rise. Taken off guard, Iruka dodged to one side and struck out with a kick he deliberately slowed down so Naruto could see it coming.

Naruto ducked under the kick and lashed out with a low kick that hit true on Iruka's leg. It being the only thing keeping him upright as he was in mid-kick, the chunin began to fall.

'Not bad.' Iruka thought as he slammed a hand onto the ground and sent a mildly strong and fast kick at his student.

"Crap!" was all Naruto could say before the sandaled foot connected, sending him stumbling back a couple of feet. He had to admit that Iruka-sensei really knew his stuff. He had only been sent back as far as Sasuke had sent him on the previous week's spar when he had lasted two minutes against the Last Uchiha.

"My turn to attack, I'd say." Iruka grinned at Naruto as he leapt athletically to his feet. He telegraphed a basic right straight at Naruto, but turned it into an elbow strike halfway.

Naruto, having spotted the feint just before it had happened, leapt to one side and drove his fist into Iruka's side, actually making Iruka stagger back clutching his side.

'For such a small kid, he packs quite the punch!' was what Iruka was thinking as he held his side, 'He's pretty quick on his feet and knows how to make the best use of the fact that he's much smaller than me. Time to up the difficulty to the next level, I think.'

Up until this point, Iruka had only been using the equivalent strength of an academy student who was average in Taijutsu, but now he used the abilities of a student who specialised in Taijutsu.

Naruto ducked under a punch, dodged a kick and blocked a strong backhand. He was completely on the defensive now, which had always been the problem for Naruto. Even if his Taijutsu had been good, Sasuke was faster and he had trained in a far more advanced style than the Academy's Hakage Style.

'I need to keep my cool.' Naruto though, 'Iruka-sensei is fighting at just above my level of strength and speed, meaning he isn't super fast. If I can read his strikes, there'll be a pattern that I can take advantage of…I hope.'

Iruka kept up the onslaught for a couple of minutes while he easily read Naruto's plan in his eyes. He made a mental note to teach the kid a poker face as it was far too easy to read him.

Naruto made his move as Iruka drew his arm back from a punch. He grabbed onto it, used the arm as leverage to forcibly pull Iruka down to his level before leaping up and slamming his knee into the Instructor's chin. Not entirely a part of the Hakage Style, it was nonetheless effective, making the chunin see stars for a moment.

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