The Adventurous Gamer Ninja - Daichi Hekima [Vol. 01]

Chapter 188 - An Ominous Warning

About an hour later the group finished and left the ramen stand with happy smiles on their faces. They said their goodbyes to Daichi and soon left. Except for two.

Shikamaru and Hinata stayed behind with Daichi.

"Should I be worried about Mizuki sensei?" Shikamaru asked his friend.

Daichi looked at the Nara and sighed. "You saw that huh."

"Um... I saw it too... Mizuki sensei was really angry... But... He pretended not to be when you looked at him." Hinata spoke in a low tone.

"You too?"

"You didn't answer the question. Should we be worried about him? I noticed that he really hates Naruto. Do you know something?" Shikamaru narrowed his eyes.

"When I first saw him, it was just a gut feeling. But after today's interaction... I have a feeling he's going to be trouble." The Genin replied.

"Should... Should we tell the adults or... or maybe the other teachers?"

Daichi shook his head at Hinata's suggestion. "And tell them what exactly. We don't have any proof that he's doing something wrong. We don't even know if he's doing anything wrong. And as for hating Naruto, half the village does that. No one's going to take us seriously if we tell someone without any proof. And if he finds out that we made baseless accusations about him, then who knows what he'll try..."

"So what are you suggesting we do?" Shikamaru asked, crossing his arms.

"For now, nothing. As far as he knows, you guys didn't see his anger and hate and think nothing more of him than your average teacher. But be careful. If he does something that you think is strange, tell me or Iruka sensei. You can trust him."

The Nara sighed and nodded his head. 'Normally I wouldn't bother with something like this but... Since he has a problem with Naruto, I guess I have no choice.'

Seeing Shikamaru agree, Daichi then turned to Hinata. "You can't tell anyone what you saw. Please keep this a secret."

Hinata reluctantly nodded her head and soon was on her way home. Shikamaru asked one more question before he left.

"Do you know why they hate him so much?"

The Nara didn't specify who, they or why but Daichi knew what he was talking about. "I do. But I can't say." Daichi had a somber expression and when Shikamaru saw that he didn't press any further for information and left.

Daichi sighed and slowly made his way home. 'I wonder how things will turn out? Will things happen like it did in canon or has everything gone to hell already... I suppose only time will tell...'

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"Yosh! I'm so pumped. Are you ready Daichi?" Lee was excited at the prospect of sparring with his friend again.

Daichi nodded his head and tossed a stone up in the air. Both of them were in the training field where they first met. Lee had found Daichi meditating and insisted on a spar which Daichi agreed to.

The stone reached its apex height and began to fall down to the earth. The second it touched the ground Lee and Daichi vanished from their spots.

Both Genin met in mid air with Daichi blocking Lee's fist and sending a fast punch aimed at the boy's chest.

Lee was unable to dodge the punch and so decided to attack at the last moment. He sent a swift kick aimed at Daichi's abdomen just as he was hit and both of them fell back on to the ground and skidded several feet.

Daichi didn't take any damage from the attack and was completely fine. He looked at his friend as Lee stood up. 'His battle instincts are getting better and better. I was right. Even with just training you can't improve that fast if you don't have some hidden talent... It's only been a few months. Time to see how far you have come.'

With that thought Daichi made the next move. He rushed at Lee and they began their Taijutsu spar.

Lee was surprised at the initiative Daichi took. 'He usually waits for me to attack but now... He must have been looking forward to this just as much as I have...'

Lee desperately blocked every attack Daichi sent his way but that was the best he could do. 'He's not giving me a chance to counter. His speed is incredible and it's taking everything I have just to parry his strikes. His Taijutsu form is flawless. I can't take any advantage.'

Daichi wasn't going all out but he was fighting with much more intensity than he ever did during their previous spars. 'I need to push him. I need to know where he's at and see if I can get him even stronger than in canon.'

Sweat started to slowly form on Lee's face as he pushed himself to stay in the battle. 'His punches feel a lot more powerful. So he was holding back so much during our previous spars...'

Lee blocked another punch and gripped Daichi's fist that was aimed to take his breath away and sent a high kick towards his opponent's face. The gamer tilted his body to the side to avoid the incoming leg strike. At that moment Daichi felt the grip on his wrist tighten and sensed the weight shift. He saw Lee letting go to attack him with a spin kick.

Lee slightly jumped and sent a spinning kick at his opponent only for Daichi to get under him and sent an attack at his leg intent on taking his mobility away temporarily.

Rock Lee sensed the attack coming and just before Daichi's strike landed he used a leg technique his sensei Guy taught him to avoid the blow and launch a counter strike.

Daichi quickly raised his hands to defend himself. He felt the kick land on his forearm and before he could throw a counter Lee back flipped away and gained some distance.

Daichi looked at his sparring partner who was taking several deep breaths of air. 'There is no way this kind of battle instinct can be obtained with just training. Either he's fighting Guy everyday of the week or he was born with a warrior's battle sense...'

Daichi smiled as he looked at his friend. "You can see that I'm not holding back much. In all our other spars you would have gotten knocked out by now. But look at you now. Even with me upping the intensity you're still standing. You've come a long way since we first met my friend."

Rock Lee smiled hearing the sincere compliment coming from his best friend. It only motivated him to keep going. "But I still have a long way to go before I catch up to you."

Daichi smirked after hearing that response. "If you wanna catch up to me..." the smile on the Gamer ninja's face fell and he became serious again. "You're gonna have to train a lot harder."

Both of them took their respective Taijutsu stances and their next round of battle began...

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