Early in the morning.
Kiba Inuzuka arrived at Ye Fan's courtyard.
He wanted to go with Ye Fan.
He was afraid Ye Fan's habit of being late would strike again.
"Brother Ye Fan, hurry up! Today's a joint training session with Team 10. Aren't you excited at all?"
Kiba paced back and forth in the courtyard as he urged him on.
Ever since becoming Genin, these former classmates from the Ninja Academy had all been assigned their own mentors. Aside from daily training, they spent their time on routine missions, so they rarely had chances to meet.
It was rare to have an opportunity like this.
They could even train together.
Naturally, Kiba was looking forward to it.
He could not wait to show his former classmates how much he had improved lately.
"It's just joint training, not a competition. Why are you getting so worked up?"
Holding a watering can, Ye Fan watered several special medicinal herbs that had been transplanted into the courtyard.
Since they had only been planted yesterday, the herbs looked wilted and droopy. He did not know whether watering them would help them recover.
"Brother Ye Fan, you don't know this. Teacher Kurenai Yuhi already told us that this joint training is actually a competition between the two teams, meant to test the results of our training so far."
Kiba hurriedly explained.
"Oh? That sounds pretty interesting."
Though he said that, Ye Fan leisurely spread out the processed medicinal herbs to dry.
The weather was nice today. To keep the herbs from getting damp, they needed to be taken out and aired regularly.
By the time training ended, the sun would be setting, and he could put them away again.
"Brother Ye Fan, is there anything else to do? I'll help!"
Kiba did not want