Back on the field, Toru and Kakashi, the two handsome white-haired boys, were facing off officially for the third time.
The previous two defeats had done nothing to dampen Kakashi's fighting spirit.
Kakashi's eyes sharpened as he stared at Toru, his fighting spirit fully roused.
"Why do you look like you're about to kill me?" Toru teased.
Kakashi came back to his senses and said, "How can I stand a chance if I don't take this seriously?"
Stretching his limbs, Toru said, "You don't need to think about standing a chance. You'll be lucky if you don't end up in the hospital with Asuma."
"That's a really hurtful thing to say," Kakashi complained.
Toru smiled.
"The battle begins."
The two formed hand seals at the same time.
Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!
Earth Style: Earth Wall!
Boom!
The massive fireball crashed into the earthen wall, erupting in flames mixed with dust.
Kakashi seemed to have predicted the jutsu Toru was about to use.
In truth, it was a judgment based on Kakashi's understanding of Toru and his observation of Toru's hand seals.
Before the flames had dispersed, two whistles cut through the air. Two shuriken arced into the firelight, toward the other side of the earthen wall.
Then came two clangs, as though the shuriken had been blocked.
Almost at the same time, the ground beneath Toru broke apart.
Toru leaped up in advance, avoiding the pair of hands reaching out from underground.
Kakashi emerged from beneath the earth.
Since the Shadow Clone Technique created physical bodies by evenly splitting one's Chakra, even the Six Eyes could not directly tell them apart.
But Toru did not need to think to know that the one before him had to be a shadow clone.
Kakashi would not make the same mistake twice.
Toru