Might Guy

After spending some time imagining things about Uchiha Feiyu, Kakashi also set aside his genius pride and began asking Uchiha Feiyu for guidance instead.

Although Uchiha Feiyu had already mastered the White Fang Sword Style, he was actually entirely an experiential learner—he had relied on Hatake Sakumo's possession ability to directly experience how his own body performed the White Fang Sword Style before learning it. He knew how to do it, but not why it worked. His theoretical understanding of the White Fang Sword Style was probably even less than Kakashi's!

Fortunately, Hatake Sakumo's soul was right beside him. Whatever Kakashi did not understand, Hatake Sakumo could explain it, and Uchiha Feiyu only needed to repeat it afterward.

With Hatake Sakumo, the creator of the White Fang Sword Style, present, Kakashi's questions were naturally easy to answer. Even when some of them went beyond the scope of the inheritance scroll, Hatake Sakumo could still provide answers with ease.

This made Kakashi even more certain that Uchiha Feiyu had been a disciple his father had secretly taken in. However, since his father had never mentioned it before, and Uchiha Feiyu had not brought it up now, Kakashi pretended that he knew nothing.

After the training and instruction ended, Kakashi took the initiative to keep Uchiha Feiyu for a meal. Though he could not be said to have completely emerged from the gloom, he had clearly improved greatly.

However, just as Kakashi was about to head into the kitchen, someone knocked on his front door again.

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

Uchiha Feiyu was slightly surprised by the knock.

After Hatake Sakumo's death, many ninja had either felt ashamed or remorseful. Aside from coming to offer condolences shortly after his death, they had stopped visiting altogether. So who could be outside now?

"Probably that idiot Guy... He's been knocking on my door a lot lately."

Hatake Kakashi spoke with an indifferent expression, but sharp-eyed Uchiha Feiyu could clearly see the corners of his mouth lift slightly. If not for his Sharingan, it would have been hard to notice through that mask.

Though Kakashi called him an idiot, after his father's death, only the hot-blooded idiot Might Guy of today would ignore the atmosphere and come to the Hatake Residence every day.

As for Uchiha Obito, Kakashi's future best friend, the fact that he did not even know about White Fang's death and had to be told by Namikaze Minato showed that his relationship with Kakashi was not yet all that close.

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

Uchiha Feiyu blinked and spoke. He had a pretty good relationship with Guy. Though one of them loafed around while the other was all about youth, making them seem like complete opposites, they were both oddballs among ninja, so they found it easier to get along than they did with ordinary ninja.

Kakashi did not answer Uchiha Feiyu's question. Instead, he went straight to open the door. Guy's booming voice was loud enough for Uchiha Feiyu to hear clearly even while sitting inside.

"Kakashi, come train in the spirit of youth with me!"

"Sorry, I don't have time."

"Then let's have a passionate match! I recently mastered an amazing move..."

"I'm going to eat lunch."

"Oh, then I'll come find you this afternoon! Youth must not be allowed to stagnate!"

Just as Guy had been brushed off by Kakashi in a few words and was about to leave, a voice suddenly came from behind him.

"Why not stay for a meal, Guy?"

Guy froze slightly. Having already turned around, he looked back and saw Uchiha Feiyu walking out from behind Kakashi.

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

Normally, Guy would not have been so confused. Kakashi was merely a little cold and arrogant, not some social phobic. It was perfectly normal for a few friends to visit his home.

But Kakashi was not in a good state right now. He should not have been inviting anyone over... Or rather, even if someone wanted to visit Kakashi's home, he would probably chase them out, right?

As he thought this, Guy glanced at Kakashi again, only to discover that Kakashi was doing far better than before. Though his mood was still somewhat low, he no longer looked lifeless.

Guy might look like a hot-blooded youth with no brains, but having personality issues did not mean he had brain issues. In fact, Guy was rough yet attentive. He had always cared deeply about Kakashi's situation, so he naturally noticed that Kakashi had improved.

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

"After lunch, we can do some special training together. That way, you won't have to keep running back and forth."

"Really? That's wonderful, thank you! This is the passion of youth indeed! After our special training, I'll run another thirty laps around Konoha to celebrate!"

Thick tears streamed down Guy's face. Ignoring Kakashi, who was muttering, "I don't want to train with that idiot," he excitedly shoved past Kakashi and entered the house.

After muttering a few complaints, Kakashi obediently headed for the kitchen and continued cooking.

Well, even before Hatake Sakumo died, Kakashi had always had a bit of a tsundere streak. Even if he was somewhat touched by his friend Guy's concern, he still acted as though it were a troublesome bother.

When Kakashi brought several dishes to the table, Uchiha Feiyu became even more certain that he was in an excellent mood—the table held both meat and vegetables, making for quite a feast. Even considering that ninja had larger appetites than ordinary people, there was still far more food than necessary.

"Still... this guy already knows how to cook at eight? The ninja in this world mature far too early."

After lunch, Guy was the first to spring up and ask:

"Kakashi, Feiyu, let's begin our training! We'll start by running around Konoha upside down..."

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

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

Without hesitation, the two rejected Guy's training method. In truth, this sort of extreme taijutsu training was not popular among ninja at all.

A ninja's strength came from Chakra, and even taijutsu was no exception. Without Chakra, a body of flesh and blood could never split mountains or shatter rocks.

Thus, although most ninja trained their bodies, they only did enough to maintain their condition. No matter how much they trained their muscles, it would not greatly improve a ninja's taijutsu.

In fact, if he had not practiced the Eight Gates, Might Guy could have trained himself to death with his methods and only become a taijutsu-focused Special Jonin—and that was only because his taijutsu talent was exceptional enough to reach that level.