On a bright afternoon in Feather Emperor City, Iruka stood on the training grounds of the Special Children's Education Class, taking attendance with a roster in hand.
"Miro Tian."
"Here."
"Yamashiro Xiangxiang."
"Here."
"Mitarashi Mitsuki."
"Here."
"Mitarashi Hongyue."
"Here."
Iruka lowered his head, called through the names one by one, then turned a page in the roster.
"Uchiha Tornado!"
"Here."
"Hm?" Iruka suddenly looked up in shock.
Whenever Little Tornado was called on before, she would always answer with a "Heh!" Yet today, she had answered properly... What kind of wind had blown in? Had his painstaking teachings finally corrected the personality of that great devil, Tornado the Demon?
Heh, how could that possibly happen unless the world was ending?
Something was definitely wrong.
"..." Iruka immediately became wary. He walked up to Little Tornado and scrutinized her suspiciously.
Little Tornado's gaze flickered, and she did not dare meet Iruka's eyes.
Iruka rolled up the roster in his hand and, with a smack, struck Little Tornado on the head!
Poof!
Little Tornado... vanished into a cloud of white smoke.
"So that was it..." Iruka shook his head with a sigh. He swept his gaze over the children, whose expressions were shifting uneasily, and formed a hand seal.
—Wind Release: Sandstorm!
Whoosh! A choking cloud of dust rose across the training ground.
Swish!
Ananda swiftly retreated from the dusty area.
"Cough, cough, cough..." Violent coughing came from within the haze.
When the sandstorm settled, only Xiao Feng remained. All the other children had disappeared!
They had all been Xiao Feng's Shadow Clones, disguised with the Transformation Technique!
"Haha." Iruka was so angry that he laughed. "Skipping class as a group?"
Xiao Feng apologized, "Sorry, Teacher Iruka... I know skipping class is wrong. I tried to talk everyone out of it,