The Yellow Flash and The Village of Mokugakure

[Minato Namikaze]

Nostalgia was in the air today. The improvised training grounds reminded him of his time as a student. Jiraiya sensei was a tough teacher back then, and he could only imagine what sort of influence the man had on his son. Minato sighed at the thought of his sensei passing his perverted nuances onto his child. But there wasn't anything he could do about it now.

'So, what now?' Kakashi asked as the blonde surveyed the area. He was, no doubt, forming a plan as to what they were going to do.

'Well' he began, dropping the small pack and sleeping roll onto the rocky ground and turning towards his companions. 'I was thinking we could just have a sparring match.' the former kage finished, a grin appearing on his face as he pulled his kunai from the pouch on his backside and shifted himself into a somewhat defensive battle stance.

'I've gotten a lot stronger since we last trained like this, sensei.' Kakashi spoke as he drew his chakra sabre. He couldn't see it, but Kakashi was definitely grinning under his mask. Minato didn't doubt his former student's words. He could see just how far Kakashi had come since he'd last seen him in action. In fact, Kakashi was probably more of a match for the former Kage now, especially with the Omniverse limiting his abilities. This training session was going to be a quite interesting one. 

As the two men stared each other down, waiting for the other to make the first move, they both realised that they had neglected to notice their other companion. As if in sync, they both turned to face where Kito had been standing. Only to find that the boy had disappeared.

'Twin Dragon Palms!' Kito roared as he slammed one of his lightning covered hands into the ground between the two, reorienting himself in a single movement and swiping at Minato with his palm. Minato leaned backwards into a back hand-spring, putting himself some distance away from the young boy's onslaught. The young boy then turned to Kakashi, who had found himself surprised at the boy's mastery over chakra, and swiped at him. The silver haired ninja leapt backwards, narrowly avoiding an electrical burn from the boy's technique.

'Not bad, you definitely caught us off guard.' The golden haired shinobi smiled. 'But we've got a lot of experience under our belts.' The man smiled as he brought his kunai up and positioned it in front of his face. A small glimmer of light reflecting off of it's metallic surface. 'Do you think you can take us?' Minato finished, his words sly and, somehow, seemed just as sharp as his kunai.

Kito said nothing. The boy just let the lighting, that currently covered his hands, speak for him. It's high pitched squealing reminded him of the first time Kakashi displayed his chidori. But now wasn't the time for reminiscing in old thoughts, he was in the midst of battle. Well, a sparring match. But if he didn't pay attention and stay on guard, he could still incur some substantial damage. Albeit, this was his fault as he always wanted his sparring partners to not hold anything back.

As the man's attention turned to Ktio, Minato launched himself forward. As he approached the boy, and his technique, he tossed a single kunai at his opponent. Kito, having seen this ability before, deflected the kunai with his lightning covered right hand and watched the man disappear. Without hesitation, the boy thrust his free hand up in the air, predicting where his senior would reappear. 

Jutsu clashed with jutsu as the Yellow Flash used his rasengan to parry the boy's lightning style technique. The jounin grabbed the handle of his kunai as it fell through the air, only to find that Kakashi had taken this time to strike. A volley of shuriken whirled through the air towards the clashing duo. Minato teleported just in the nick of time, catching two shuriken in his left shoulder before returning to his previous position. 

'I'm glad I prepared a backup. But Kakashi knew that already...' The blonde thought to himself as he removed the shuriken from his arm, never breaking focus on his two opponents. Small flecks of blood sat on the tips of the star shaped pieces of metal. Minato tossed the shuriken aside, embedding them into one of the training dummy's head – his aim was still as good as ever – before returning his attention back to the match. Kito had turned his attention to his closest sparring partner, Kakashi, the two of them engaging in close quarters – blade to blade – combat. Kito really did remind him of Kakashi, even as he watched the boy train with the very person he was being reminded of.

Minato lifted his second kunai from the dirt, waiting for the perfect moment to get back into the fray. It was amazing how far Kakashi had come, and how strong Kito was at his age, it seemed almost impossible for the jounin to insert himself back into the fight, until his former student managed to create a gap between himself and the young boy.

Minato tossed one of his kunai between the two, leaving a flash of yellow light behind as he teleported between the two. The man swung his arm, moving into a spinning movement as he caught the boy's stomach with his forearm, launching him across the field and into one a large tree trunk that jutted out of the ground. The blonde continued his movement all the way around, raising his kunai and catching the copy ninja's blade between the prongs of his trident-like kunai knives.

'The Omniverse may have slowed you down a little, but you're still fast, Minato-sensei.' Kakashi asserted, eagerness in his voice.

'Yeah. I am a little bit slower than I used to be.' Minato grinned, excited to battle his former student. It had been quite a while since the two had trained like this and the former hokage was more than enthusiastic to see just how far his student had come.