Twice Kakashi's Size

"Might Guy, where did you get your jumpsuit made? I want one too. Let me see whether you've hidden some secret training method inside it."

Hearing this strange request, Might Guy said, "My father gave me this jumpsuit. If you want to prove your strength fair and square, come with me. I'll have my father make you one too."

Uchiha Ling followed Might Guy to his home.

His house was in a very remote area. Land was cheap there, but transportation and everyday facilities were inconvenient. Still, with the father and son's leg strength, no distance was really far.

The moment Might Duy heard that someone wanted to learn their taijutsu training methods, he hurriedly said:

"Guy, how can you look so unhappy? Your classmate recognizes your training. You should be happy!"

Might Guy shot Uchiha Ling a glare. How could I possibly be happy?

Uchiha Ling said, "Sir, I don't mean anything else by it. I just thought Might Guy must have hidden some secret training method in his jumpsuit, so I came to verify it.

"But seeing how poor your home is, with nothing but bare walls, there probably isn't any secret at all."

Might Duy gave an awkward chuckle. "Guy, your classmate is really humorous."

"Is that humor? That's just plain bad manners."

Might Duy said, "Eh? Don't say that. It's a good thing that someone wants to be friends with you."

Uchiha Ling put down three thousand ryo. "I'm not wearing it for free. I'll pay."

Might Duy became a little unhappy. He could laugh off being called poor and destitute, but offering him money was going too far.

No matter what, he was an adult. How could he take a child's money?

Uchiha Ling ended up wrestling with Might Duy over it.

Might Duy clamped down hard on his hand, as if it had been caught in an iron hook.

Might Duy's knuckles were as hard as lumps of iron.

Was this talent and heredity?

Uchiha Ling couldn't win the struggle, and in the end, the money was stuffed back into his clothes.

"Fine. Since you're so poor yet so principled, Mr. Might Duy, and I can't beat you anyway, there's nothing I can do."

Might Guy couldn't stand it anymore. "Dad, don't make one for him. I regret bringing him here."

"Don't!" Might Duy said. "It's only a jumpsuit. Our jumpsuits get worn through all the time. Don't I make them often enough? I'll take your classmate's measurements right now."

After seeing Uchiha Ling off, Might Guy was in an especially bad mood after being mocked several times for his family's poverty, so he wandered around the village.

Compared to Uchiha Ling, even the cold and distant Kakashi seemed much more pleasant.

Thinking of Kakashi, Might Guy decided to check whether Kakashi had returned home.

Kakashi carried out dangerous wartime missions, and bad news about him could come at any moment. Might Guy went to Kakashi's house several times every week.

When he arrived outside Kakashi's home, he saw someone drawing the curtains.

The afternoon sun was still out, yet Kakashi was closing the curtains. Might Guy felt sorry for him. His own father had plenty of flaws and was poor, but at least he still had a father. Kakashi did not even have that.

Poor Kakashi liked staying in the dark.

"Kakashi! Open the door! Kakashi!"

Might Guy pounded hard on the door.

Kakashi opened it reluctantly, his eyelids drooping.

"Kakashi, why didn't you tell me you were back in the village?"

Kakashi said, "I'm taking the Chunin Exams next week. Stop bothering me."

"The Chunin Exams? How am I bothering you? I can be your taijutsu sparring partner. Even Uchiha Ling said my taijutsu was strong. He acknowledged my taijutsu ability."

"Uchiha Ling?"

Kakashi disliked that person and shut the door.

But Might Guy suddenly became fired up.

For several days in a row, Might Guy blocked Kakashi everywhere he went.

When Kakashi ate, Might Guy hung upside down from the ceiling.

"Let's settle this with a match! Kakashi!"

When Kakashi trained, Might Guy skipped theory class and clung to him, insisting on being his sparring partner.

When Kakashi went to the restroom beside the training ground, Might Guy hung from a tree next to it and shouted, "Let's settle this with a match!"

Looking down, he noticed that Kakashi seemed to be built differently from him.

Might Guy's face filled with question marks.

Seeing Might Guy's expression, Kakashi stopped adjusting himself in annoyance, feeling uncomfortable all over.

But after seeing Guy's expression, then looking down and back up again, he guessed that their anatomy might be different.

Thinking back to the way Might Guy looked in that jumpsuit, it did seem... very different.

The two went deep into the woods, and Might Guy pulled open his jumpsuit.

Kakashi asked in confusion, "Is that a chestnut or an acorn?"

Tears streamed down Might Guy's face. He vaguely understood that something seemed wrong, but he couldn't bring himself to say it aloud. He could only change the subject and nearly beg, "Let's settle this with a match, Kakashi!"

Kakashi shoved his hands into his pockets and left the woods.

"I won't tell anyone, Guy."

"Don't go... Don't go..."

Two trails of tears hung on Might Guy's face, and even his voice had grown quieter.

Not only had he failed to settle things with Kakashi, but he had also suffered a blow no one his age should have had to bear.

For several days straight, Might Guy was listless and depressed.

Until his father, Might Duy, said, "Guy! I've finished making the jumpsuit for your classmate, Uchiha Ling! Go spar with him!"

Might Guy hesitated. He really did not want to see Uchiha Ling.

It was one thing for Kakashi to know his secret, but Uchiha Ling absolutely could not find out. Uchiha Ling's mouth was like it had been dipped in poison, more poisonous than even the venom of Advisor Chiyo from Sand Village in the legends. If Uchiha Ling discovered anything, wouldn't he be finished?

"Fine!" Might Guy pulled himself together. "I'll go find Uchiha Ling right now!"

At the training ground after school, Might Guy handed the jumpsuit to Uchiha Ling.

"Uchiha Ling! This jumpsuit was sewn by my father himself. It's highly elastic and has very little wind resistance. It's perfect for taijutsu training!"

Uchiha Ling said, "Wait for me. I'll go change in the woods nearby."

A few dozen seconds later, Might Guy saw Uchiha Ling walk out of the woods.

Might Guy couldn't help glancing downward. "Why did you stuff a towel into your pants?"

"What? I didn't stuff a towel into my pants. That would be so uncomfortable. I'm just built like this... Wait!"

Uchiha Ling's expression turned utterly shocked. He stared at Might Guy's jumpsuit as if he had discovered some earth-shattering secret.

"Guy! I understand now! To protect the most vulnerable part of a man's body, you developed the Shrinking Yang Secret Technique?"

Might Guy was struck dumb as if by lightning, standing frozen in place with his mind spinning.

Using Kakashi as the standard, he was only 0.2 Kakashis, while Uchiha Ling was 2 Kakashis!

[There is a ninja near the host whose defenses have been broken. The Defense-Breaking System is activating...]

A smile curled across Uchiha Ling's lips. Using the Partial Multi-Size Technique wasn't in vain. Might Guy, your defenses have finally been broken!