32 Fighting Mikoto and Kushina

Mikoto's eyes widened with realization, she understood that there must be other things that she didn't know. How could she not realize when the matter with money was apparent? She should have thought more about how he got the money for their academy.

It would have been completely apparent at that time, she cursed herself as she saw him giving her a sad smile. She gathered her courage and asked him, "Okay, continue ahead Shun."

Shun nodded his head and started to speak, "She had written up some of her Jutsus as well as the combos of Hand seals that I should practice, she had also written down some stances for the Taijutsu and I practiced them together with a Shadow Clone."

"It helped me quite a lot as with the Shadow Clone, I had a sparring partner and could train with my Taijutsu very well. The rest that I used in my fight was my own brain and the techniques that I knew."

At this moment, both Mikoto and Kushina understood why he knew so much about it and got so strong. It was because he was training from the time, he was a 5-year-old boy with no rest, just training.

It was natural for him to get stronger but it didn't seem as if Shun was finished, he continued to speak, "After I met up with Kushina, I had a mission together with the genius commander and Ninja, Konoha's White Fang, Sakumo Hatake. You both don't know but he wanted to form a duo with me at that time."

"I wanted to get stronger, strong enough to stand on the same level as him and not have to look up to him. I wanted to support him against the enemies and not be a trash that held him back."

"As I was a shinobi at that time, I did have some access to the Konoha Library and brought back books on Elemental Chakra. Before that, I knew some basics on how to enhance my weapon with my elemental chakra."

Shun didn't stop as he told them about his training, the more he spoke, the more Mikoto and Kushina were surprised. It was indeed out of their expectations that he was training with such a mindset for so long.

They didn't think that they would be able to train for so long with such consistency, there were indeed some things that Shun didn't tell them.

'I should keep the matter about her Mother's death a secret from Mikoto. She shouldn't know that I am trying all this to rise in rank and investigate her mother's death. Besides, I wonder how Sakumo-san is doing now.'

He observed their surprised expression and spoke out, "So, are you happy now that you know all this." Kushina and Mikoto were speechless as they didn't know how to respond.

He smiled a little as he had kept some more things a secret but it wasn't time to tell them that yet. He moved his hands to the back of his head and spoke out, "Alright, let's go out. I will now show you my true strength."

He stood in front of a tree as he glanced at them with a smile graced on his face, he put his hands in his pocket and called out for them, "Alright, come and attack me now."

Noticing that his hands were in his pockets, Kushina spoke out, "Huh… Bring out your hands. It won't be fair to you Shun…"

Shun chuckled as he heard her words, "Kushina, if I bring out my hands then the fight won't be fair for the both of you. Now enough talking, come and attack me, both of you."

It seems as if Mikoto had realized his power and didn't say anything to him like Kushina did, Kushina was unsatisfied as she heard his response, she was a bit angry that he took them so lightly.

She had also trained hard for these years, she was one of the strongest persons in her class with only a single person who was challenging her in the Practical exams.

She knew that she wasn't on his level but she did think that together with Mikoto, they could take on Shun at his full power. They had trained together and were really good, they knew each other's strength and weaknesses and had trained together to cover them up.

Seeing the doubts in Kushina's eyes, Shun spoke out, "Think of this as a test for the both of you. I want to see how far you know each other's strength and weaknesses, and how you cover them up."

Hearing this, even though Kushina was unsatisfied, she nodded her head and had a determined expression on her face, it seemed as if she wanted to prove her strength to Shun.

It wasn't just her who wanted to prove her strength, the same was the case with Mikoto, she was also determined to prove her strength to him so that she could gain his recognition.

"Well, the battle starts now!" Shun yelled out with a calm and relaxed expression as he stared towards both of them.

Mikoto and Kushina turned towards each other and nodded as they suddenly disappeared from their spot, they were rushing towards Shun at their full speed without holding anything back.

Mikoto and Kushina tried to punch him from different directions so that he won't be able to escape from them but they didn't expect when he simply sidestepped and dodged their punches.

He continued to do that as to him their speed was quite slow, he displayed minimum movement yet he was still capable of dodging their moves with utmost precision. Mikoto couldn't even think that she would be able to achieve this feat without her Sharingan.

She and Kushina started to get more and more aggressive as the fight continued, it was as if their bodies were being warmed up after experiencing his dodging capability.

They were more attentive and focused on his each and every movement, after some time, Kushina was tired of watching Shun dodge her attacks.

She looked into Mikoto's eyes for a brief moment and both of them backed away and made some distance, they were in opposite directions and started to make some hand seals.

Both of them spoke out, "Water Style: Water Gun" And "Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu", Shun was the one who taught these Jutsus to them.

He had copied many techniques when he was destroying the Camps of different villages in the borders of Fire Nation. There were many who used Water Style and used this Jutsu, he copied it through his Sharingan.

He had taught them the techniques as he found out that their Chakra control was sufficient to use such a technique.

Against these techniques approaching him quickly, he stood there for some time before he rolled out of the way and let those techniques clash with each other.

It produced steam that covered the whole ground and prevented them from seeing anyone, Shun closed his eyes as he tried to anticipate their movements by listening to their movements.