Game of Shadows by Adrian King1

Chapter 17

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto nor The Gamer. I own nothing, really.

Chapter 17

'Wall Climbing is a surprisingly good work out exercise,' I thought to myself as I simply walked on the wall that was built just for me to train my Chakra Control on. This time, the Earth based structure was without any holes created by my mistakes, which was a major improvement from how it had been throughout the last week of classes.

As for how it was a good exercise... well, do I really need to explain? Anyone that gives the idea a moment of thought would realize it. Which isn't to say that I did, just that it is that obvious. After all, while wall walking, one needs to keep their entire body in standing position but parallel to the ground. And let me just tell you, that isn't an easy feat at all.

It was so good, in fact, that I wouldn't be surprised if-

[Intermediate Chakra Control Exercises has gone up a level.]

'Not what I was expecting, but I'll take it,' I thought while suppressing an amused smile. It wouldn't do for me to start smiling out of nowhere.

"You are doing very well, Eiji," Iruka commented as I kept walking. It was nice seeing the teacher with a relaxed smile instead of that determined or annoyed expression that he usually wore in class. Chakra Control class was an exception after all, since everyone had to seat and do their exercises in silence. It also helped that the students actually wanted to do the exercises, most of the time anyway.

"It's a lot easier than the Leaf Concentration exercise was at the start. Guess I got the hang of it since then,"I mused as I walked, making it look a lot easier than it actually was. A slip in my concentration and I would fall right on my ass. It was tiring both mentally and physically, but it was still awesome, especially when I took a moment to think that I was freaking walking on the wall.

I had to stop myself from doing the exercise with my hands too to pull a Spider-Man... I saved that for the privacy of my room.

"So," He started again, and I pondered for a moment if he actually wanted to talk or he just wanted to see if he could distract me to make me fall. "have you decided on which electives you'll sign for?"

"Yes, actually," I answered with my voice slightly strained, a bead of sweat rolling down my forehead. "Ninjutsu and Medical Training," I added, with a smile forming on my face. I was quite excited by the prospect of those classes. I really couldn't wait to start flinging jutsu around. Maybe it was childish of me, but which Naruto fan hadn't wanted to use a jutsu at least once? The dream was real for me, and I had already had to wait for an entire year. One could only have so much patience.

"And?" I blinked at his question and turned my head towards him. "What will you take for your third elective?" I blinked again and a smirk tugged at Iruka's lips.

"Third? We can only choose two," I said as a frown formed on my face, it intensified as I heard him chuckle.

"Oh my, this is going to be a great year, I can already tell," He laughed, much to my confusion. "Don't you remember that I said you could take one more if you kept your grades and performance up?" I blinked once more before face palming. Also, with my focus gone to shit, I promptly fell on my back, although I couldn't bring myself to care.

"I... forgot," I muttered, my voice muffled against my hand that still covered my face.

"Well, it's good that I reminded you then, you have time to think about it now," He reassured me, although his face-splitting grin didn't much help my annoyance.

"I'll probably take Genjutsu," I replied as I stood up and dusted myself. I didn't need much time to consider it, really. I had gone through all the options before choosing after all. The only contender Genjutsu had was Bukijutsu, and while using a weapon sounded badass and very usefull... I had foreknowledge. With so much Sharingan bullshit being thrown around, I needed a way to deal with all those illusionary jutsu.