Professional... otaku?

School life II.

Because of the fight Dix handled he was given an official reprimand as a formality, but in reality anyone he met looked at him with some amounts of respect. He was able to beat four bullies that were two years above him, without breaking a sweat at that. For the other students, and even the teachers, this was eye-opening. Even though it was a fight, something nobody liked, because of it word of Dix's strength still spread in the whole Academy. In his class he was the hero everyone liked.

There were many comparisons between him and Sasuke, as the latter was the 'prodigy of the Uchiha clan', which actually died out, so he wasn't some sort of 'young master' anymore. Still the girls seemed to like his stoic, cold and quiet demeanor. Soon the class broke into two camps, one which favored Sasuke and one that favored Dix. Neither of them wanted the attention, but was swept up by their classmates' enthusiasm. The class was turned into two halves, the side near the windows was Sasuke's territory, while the door and everything near it was Dix's kingdom.

Soon it was time for the class to finish its first year in school. Everyone had to take a written test and would have to repeat the year if they failed. It was only history and math and some other stuff. It was a walk in the park for Dix, and could be considered easy for most children, but many of them were quite worried about it. A few even managed to fail and had to drop a year. Dix was in the same room at the test as one of the failing students, who had a mental breakdown at the pressure that wasn't actually there. Dix was quite amused at the sight, and almost laughed out loud when the kid rushed out of the room, but knew it would've been extremely inappropriate, so he just kept to himself.

After the year ending tests there were two months of summer break. Dix had time to polish his skills and continue learning the five nature transformations. He was already done with wind, fire and was close to finishing lightning. Only water and earth was left. Next to mastering an element he would also learn as many jutsus and techniques as possible related to it. Also he wanted to keep his relationships going, so he hanged out quite a lot with Shikamaru and Choji, also Kiba joined them sometimes, even though he was hyper-competitive. Dix wouldn't let him beat him in any contest, so he was a constant challenge and reason for improve for Kiba.

Next to this he would sometimes hang around with Hinata, sometimes with others, and sometimes just alone. It was something like a 'date', but she was only 9 years old, which was a huge problem for Dix. He was a bit interested in her, but she was soooo young. And Dix is not a pedo for sure. He even hated the idea. He decided to temporary take on the role of 'older brother', so it wouldn't get awkward nor questionable.

He spent a lot of time with his classmates so he slowed down a bit with his training, while he also kept on sending out clones to fight criminals in the region. There were really few of them by then, as Dix kept roaming everywhere possible and would track down criminals and camps to the end of the world. This meant he had around 500 clones out of the village near the woods and all around the region overall. That is a huge number, and is probably more than the actual army of some of the nations without a Ninja Village.

Having 500 or more clones going for years was a bit scary for him though. So many clones running at once would mean his experiences keep stacking and stacking, and maybe sooner or later his brain would hit its limit. He was afraid that soon his memories and knowledge would get replaced. He was anxious, but still, unless he encounters this problem, he had no other choice but to push forward with everything he had. He was growing with extreme speeds, which didn't seem to stop anytime soon. Actually, even though most people would experience a sharp drop in growth speed as they reach higher and higher skill levels, because of the clones, he was able to keep the growth fairly linear, or even a bit better.

Dix decided, in order not to restrict his growth, after finishing the nature transformation training he would start going after the Flying Thunder God Technique. He calculated that this will take around 4 months, and he would have to approach the Third at the half of the school year, in the winter. At that time it was still summer, so he had a ton of waiting left for him.