The next day, Naruto got up early.
After breakfast, he ran off toward the waterfall.
On the way, he met up one after another with Sasuke, who had run out from home, and Kakashi, and the group headed to the waterfall together.
Then the three of them saw Guy, who had arrived at the waterfall long ago and was doing his morning training.
He had come at the request of his good friend Kakashi to serve as Naruto and Sasuke's taijutsu instructor.
"Morning, Guy," Kakashi said with a smile, raising a hand in greeting.
Guy raised his hand and stuck out a thumbs-up, grinning to reveal two rows of big white teeth that flashed in the sun. "Morning, Kakashi! Let's have a youthful showdown!"
Kakashi smiled a little awkwardly, then without the slightest hesitation extended his hand and took the stance for rock-paper-scissors. Guy understood instantly.
In the end, the result of this showdown was Kakashi's rock defeating Guy's scissors.
After the fooling around was over, Kakashi formally introduced his two students to Guy. "Guy, these are the students I mentioned to you before, Naruto and Sasuke. I'll be counting on you to teach them taijutsu today."
"Good."
Guy answered, then entered teaching mode without hesitation.
"Come on. Attack me. Let me see your level in taijutsu."
Seeing this, Kakashi retreated to one side and opened his Sharingan to watch.
For the past month, he had been the one teaching the two of them taijutsu, so he knew a little about their level. If he did not open his Sharingan, it would be very easy to fail to keep up with their movement speed.
Naruto and Sasuke exchanged a glance, sent out a bunch of Shadow Clones to handle their daily training, then, as if by prior agreement, removed the