Master of Genjutsu

CH-19 Strike Three and a Pervert?

Naruto and Shino walked into the hospital. Looking around, they saw that there were a few nurses milling about and talking as the information desk had two sitting nurses, no patients were in the waiting room. The two had headed over here immediately after leaving the Forest of Death. Naruto because Sakura had informed him that Kakashi had left to take care of something, which was code for he was checking up on Sasuke, and Shino because he wished to see how Hinata was doing.

The two genin walked up to the information desk, "Could you please tell me where Hyuuga Hinata and Uchiha Sasuke's room is?" Naruto said as Shino stood next to him.

The information desk attendants both grabbed clipboards and flipped through a few sheets before the one on the right said, "Hyuuga Hinata is in room 325, she is allowed visitors." she informed them, Shino and Naruto nodded to each other, Shino walking off towards the stairs as Naruto waited a bit longer.

"Uchiha Sasuke-sama is not being allowed visitors." the desk clerk told him finally. Naruto quirked an eyebrow.

"Why not?" he asked curiously.

The attendant frowned, "Actually, I can't say.. they didn't tell us." she clarified when Naruto opened his mouth to speak again. Naruto sighed and nodded, turning to head up the stairs when he saw Kakashi walking towards him, his book oddly absent from his hands as he walked towards him.

Naruto moved closer to his sensei, "I have a request Kakashi-sensei." Naruto said.

Kakashi's eye widened in surprise, before it narrowed, "Okay, but I have a question before you request anything from me." he said seriously, his lazy tone gone from his usually apathetic voice. Naruto nodded in response, genuinely curious as to what his sensei might ask, "I know that you have speed that you have been hiding from the team, but what else have you been forgetting to tell us about?"

Naruto gained a slightly surprised look at the question but it was prevalent to Kakashi's place as the teacher of his team. The fact that Naruto had skills that he had hidden even from Kakashi spoke volumes to other teachers towards Kakashi's mettle as a teacher and as a professional because he was the captain of said team.

"Some Genjutsu that Kurenai-sensei taught me along with my speed is the only things I have trained..." Naruto said after a brief pause, "and my chakra control is now on par with Sasuke's, in relation to our chakra pools at least." he finished with a nod of his head.

"Genjutsu?" Kakashi blinked in confusion.

"Yes, Genjutsu, I figured out a way to bypass my huge chakra pool to contain my illusions so I can cast them, it's what I used to defeat those thugs that attacked Tazuna's house back during the Wave Mission." he replied, "Anyways, could you train me in some Ninjutsu for the finals... my Genjutsu is decent but I think I'm going to need some destructive power to face my opponents, since I don't have an actual taijutsu style." he asked without leaving Kakashi anytime to process what he said about Genjutsu.

Kakashi seemed to blink and answered in a bit of a haze as if his mind was working to catch up to what had been told to him, "Uh, sorry Naruto-kun but I had already found someone who will supervise your training, I have some other business to take care of and don't have the time to look after you." he said.

Naruto closed his mouth, his lips forming into a very tight line as he looked at Kakashi, who kept Naruto's gaze. The two stared each other down for almost 2 minutes in the middle of a corridor before Kakashi looked away and Naruto's eyes gained the icy look they had back when he was first hurt by his team, "You plan on training Sasuke exclusively, is that it?" Naruto asked in a quiet voice.

Kakashi didn't answer, "I see, so, who was it that is supposedly supposed to train me in your place?" he asked, his voice cold and emotionless as he stared up at Kakashi.