Chapter 13: Might Guy

After doing some more brain-filling regarding Uchiha Feiyu, Kakashi also set aside his genius airs and instead began to consult Uchiha Feiyu.

Although Uchiha Feiyu had already mastered the White Fang sword technique, in reality, he belonged to the purely experiential school—he had learned it by relying on the Possession ability of Hatake Sakumo to directly experience how his own body performed the White Fang sword technique; it could be said he knew *that* it worked, but not *why* it worked, and he understood less of the theory behind the White Fang sword technique than Kakashi did!

Fortunately, however, the Soul of Hatake Sakumo was right by his side; if there was anything Kakashi didn't understand, he could simply let Hatake Sakumo provide the interpretation, and then Uchiha Feiyu just had to repeat it.

With Hatake Sakumo, the creator of the White Fang sword technique, present, Kakashi's questions could naturally be answered with ease; even for some questions that went beyond the scope of the Inheritance Scroll, Hatake Sakumo could still provide answers quite easily.

From this, Kakashi became even more certain that Uchiha Feiyu must be a disciple his father had taken in secret, but since his father hadn't mentioned it before and Uchiha Feiyu wasn't bringing it up now, Kakashi simply pretended he knew nothing at all.

After the training and guidance ended, Kakashi took the initiative to have Uchiha Feiyu stay behind, preparing to cook him a meal; clearly, although Kakashi hadn't completely emerged from the gloom, he had already improved quite a bit.

However, just as Kakashi was about to head to the kitchen, the sound of knocking came from his front door again.

"Huh? Is someone else coming? Kakashi, do you know who it is?"

Uchiha Feiyu was slightly surprised upon hearing the knocking.

After Hatake Sakumo died, many ninjas, whether out of shame or regret, had stopped visiting after the initial period following his passing when they had come to pay their respects; who could be at the door now?

"It's probably that fool, Might Guy... He's been coming to knock on the door quite often lately."

Kakashi Hatake said with a cold expression, though the observant Uchiha Feiyu could clearly see the corners of his mouth twitch upward slightly; if not for the Sharingan, it would have been truly hard to notice behind that mask.

Although he called that person an idiot, after his father's death, only this hot-blooded idiot, Maito Gai, didn't care about the so-called atmosphere and ran to the Hatake Residence every day.

As for Uchiha Obito, that future good buddy of Kakashi's, judging by the fact that he didn't even know about the death of the White Fang and had to be told by Namikaze Minato, it was clear that his relationship with Kakashi wasn't that close yet.

"It's Guy... Is that guy here to challenge you to a duel again?"

Uchiha Feiyu blinked and spoke up; his relationship with Guy was not bad, and although one was a slacker and the other was all about youth, appearing to be two extremes, because they both belonged to the outcasts among ninjas, it was actually easier to communicate with him than with those ordinary ninjas.

Kakashi did not answer Uchiha Feiyu's question but went straight to open the door; Guy's loud voice could be heard clearly even by Uchiha Feiyu sitting inside the room:

"Kakashi, let's engage in a youthful workout together!"

"Sorry, no time."

"Then let's have a hot-blooded battle! I recently mastered a powerful move..."

"I'm going to eat lunch."

"Oh, then I'll come find you again in the afternoon! Youth does not allow for stagnation!"

Just as Guy was about to leave after being brushed off by Kakashi in a few sentences, a voice suddenly came from behind him.

"Why don't you stay and have a meal together? Guy?"

Stunned for a moment, Guy, who had already turned around, looked back and happened to see Uchiha Feiyu walking out from behind Kakashi.

"Feiyu?! Why are you at Kakashi's house?"

Under normal circumstances, Guy wouldn't be this puzzled; Kakashi just had a cold and arrogant personality, he wasn't a social phobic, so it was perfectly normal for a few friends to come over.

But Kakashi's current state was not great; it should have been impossible for him to invite people over as guests... or rather, even if someone wanted to visit Kakashi's house, they would likely be chased away by him, right?

While thinking this, Guy glanced at Kakashi again and discovered that Kakashi's current state was much better than it had been at the start; although his mood was still a bit low, he was no longer the lifeless shell he had been.

Don't let Guy's appearance as a hot-blooded youth with no brains fool you; having a problematic personality didn't mean he had a problematic brain. In fact, Guy himself could be considered someone who was observant despite his rough exterior, and he had always been very concerned about Kakashi's situation, so he naturally noticed the improvement in Kakashi's state.

"I came to do some special training with Kakashi, and I'm staying here for lunch; how about it, Guy, do you want to stay too?"

"After we finish eating, we can all do some special training together, which will save you from running back and forth."

"Really? That's great! Sorry to trouble you! As expected, this is hot-blooded youth! After the special training, I'm going to run around Konoha 30 more times to celebrate!"

With eyes streaming tears like wide noodles, Guy ignored Kakashi, who was muttering "I don't want to be with this idiot," and looking incredibly excited, he squeezed past Kakashi and walked inside.

And after Kakashi muttered a couple of things, his body obediently ran to the kitchen to continue cooking.

Well, before Hatake Sakumo died, Kakashi's personality already had a bit of a *tsundere* feel to it; even if he was a little touched by the concern of his friend Guy, his mouth still maintained an "it's such a bother" attitude.

By the time Kakashi placed several plates of food on the table, Uchiha Feiyu was even more certain that this guy was definitely in a very good mood—the dishes on the table included both meat and vegetables and were quite sumptuous; even though a ninja's appetite was larger than an average person's, the amount of food was still quite generous.

"However... this guy is only eight years old and already knows how to cook? Speaking of which, the ninjas of this world mature a bit too early."

After the meal, Guy was the first to jump up and ask:

"Kakashi, Feiyu, let's start our cultivation! Let's start by running around Konoha while doing handstands..."

"I don't think we agreed to that kind of cultivation!"

"Sorry, I really can't accept that kind of training method!"

The two of them refused Guy's exercise method without a second thought; in fact, this kind of physical training that exceeded one's limits was not popular among ninjas at all.

A ninja's power came from chakra, and even *taijutsu* was the same; without chakra, a flesh-and-blood body could never split mountains or shatter rocks.

Therefore, although the vast majority of ninjas would train their bodies, they only did so to maintain their condition, because no matter how one trained their muscles, the boost to a ninja's *taijutsu* was not significant.

In reality, if not for the Eight Inner Gates, Maito Gai's training method, even if practiced until death, would only produce a *taijutsu*-type Special Jonin, and only one with outstanding talent for *taijutsu* could reach that level.

(End of chapter)