These were only beginner traits....white rank being the lowest.
But both could evolve.
And both were exactly what a future medic-nin needed:
memory and comprehension.
"Raizen?"
He closed the panel and was packing his things when a soft voice came from the doorway.
"Why are you still here?"
Rin peeked in, her eyes filled with curiosity.
"Isn't that something I should be asking you, Rin Nohara?"
Raizen countered as he finished packing his things into a cloth bag, slinging it over his shoulder while walking toward the doorway.
Looking outside, he could see Kakashi already far away.
Obito stood near the school gate, seemingly waiting for someone.
"Didn't we agree to teach Raizen some ninjutsu today?"
Rin said gently.
"I see."
Raizen nodded slightly.
Whether Rin stayed because she felt obligated…
or Kakashi had something urgent and left her behind…
didn't matter much to him.
Rin, Obito, Kakashi.....
their little triangle of affection was nothing short of dramatic.
Rin clearly liked Kakashi;
even gifting him a special medical pouch with a hand-sewn charm made that obvious.
Obito liked Rin.
And Kakashi and Obito were best friends.
A messy triangle with no easy solution.
"Shall we go?"
"Mm."
Rin nodded and walked beside Raizen.
Kakashi had vanished completely, swallowed by the bustling crowd.
"R-Rin… are you really planning to teach this guy ninjutsu?"
Obito blurted.
He had no intention of letting Rin and Raizen be alone together.
Opportunities like this should be his.
"Raizen came to Konoha alone. We should help each other," Rin said.
"…Fine."
Seeing her insist, Obito couldn't argue further.
Thick-skinned, he followed them until they reached a training ground.
Konoha had more than fifty such training fields for shinobi to hone skills and gain experience.
Each one had a different structure and size.
Sometimes they were used as exam sites...such as in the Chūnin Exams.
Although the three of them were still academy students, they were permitted to use these facilities.
From the moment a student enrolled, they were considered preparatory shinobi.
Even with the possibility of repeating years, anyone who learned the basic Three Body Technique could eventually graduate and become a genin.
Training Ground Three.
"Perfect. No one else is here," Rin said after scanning the area.
She cleared her throat softly.
"Obito, you need to pay attention too. At this rate, you won't pass the graduation exam."
"Hehe, I know, Rin."
Obito scratched his head, smiling sheepishly.
His Three Body Technique was… well, awful.
Thus his reputation as the class dunce.
"But I'm still better than him," Obito said, pointing at Raizen.
He was full of confidence.
No matter how bad he was, he still had formal training.
Raizen, coming from the outside with rough chakra extraction skills...
how could he compare?
He was from the Uchiha clan, yes, but Obito had heard plenty about this "outsider Uchiha" from his grandmother.
Dozens of eyes in the clan were watching Raizen.
The Land of Lightning had left deep scars...Second Hokage slain by Kumo, and the war ending only a few years ago.
Hatred was still fresh.
Obito's own parents had died on the battlefield.
Many other clan members shared similar tragedies.
Shinobi were mercenaries dancing on the edge of a blade...
never knowing if tomorrow would come.
"Obito."
Rin frowned lightly.
"That's no way to talk to a classmate."
It's fine. Please begin the lesson, Rin,"
Raizen said calmly, ignoring Obito.
He still didn't know if Obito had already fallen under Uchiha Madara's gaze.
Raizen wasn't going to gamble.
Distance was safest.
Being an Uchiha in Konoha meant carrying an original sin.
The massacre of the clan, Danzō's obsession with the Sharingan....
Raizen would one day face all of it.
And time was short.
Not long after graduation, the Third Great Ninja War would erupt....
the bloodiest war in history, where even children barely old enough to hold kunai were forced onto battlefields.
Alright then. To learn ninjutsu, the first step is tree-climbing training,"
Rin began explaining.
In the original manga's Wave Arc, Kakashi taught this too....
but nowhere near as thoroughly as Rin did now.
Raizen listened intently, occasionally asking about parts he didn't understand.
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