Kaida and Yomi stood ready to demonstrate their progress in ninjutsu. The Hokage turo Kaida.

  "Kaida, I want to firm something first. One of my Anbu ninjas mentiohat a student caused a deafening roar two days ago, and the description he gave matches you. Did you create that sound?"

  "Yes, Lord Hokage," Kaida replied, bowing slightly. "I apologize for the disturbance. I ractig my transformation jutsu and made the sound by mistake."

  "No harm done, Kaida," Hiruzen responded with a gentle smile. "But you show me that jutsu?"

  "Lord Hokage, there is a slight issue with that," Kaida hesitated, gng at Yomi, who blushed slightly. "If I use the jutsu with my clothes on, they'll get ruined..."

  Hiruzen chuckled warmly. "No problem at all. Let's have Yomi take her sed test first, and then roceed with yours."

  Yomi nodded, determined. Hiruzen instructed her, "Alright, Yomi, show me all three jutsu, one by one."

  "Yes, sir," Yomi replied. She quickly formed the hand signs for the first jutsu, and in an instant, a cloud of smoke enveloped her. When it cleared, a wooden log had taken her pce, and she was now standing 50 meters away.

  Both the Hokage and Kenji nodded in approval, aowledging her profi the substitution jutsu.

  Without missing a beat, Yomi began sprinting toward them, perf hand signs for her jutsu. Another small explosion followed, and five es appeared, running towards the Hokage and Kenji from different dires.

  Despite the clever tactic, both experieninjas could easily distinguish the real Yomi from her es. After surrounding them, she dispelled the es and seamlessly transitioned into the hand signs for her final jutsu, transf into a perfect replica of Kenji.

  Hiruzen ughed, impressed by how fwless the transformation was. "Excellent, Yomi! You've mastered all three jutsu. You may return to the academy now; we'll follow after Kaida pletes his test."

  "Thank you, Lord Hokage," Yomi said with a bow before heading back to the academy.

  Now, only Kenji, Hiruzen, and Kaida remained oraining ground. The Hokage looked at Kaida and said, "Alright, Kaida, you may begin."

  Kaida nodded and swiftly performed the substitution jutsu, reappearing 100 meters away—double the distani had covered, showg his superior chakra trol. He then ran back, f hand signs for the e jutsu.

  *Puff*

  Nine es materialized, each armed with a kunai, rushing towards the Hokage and Kenji at full speed. Ohey had surrouhe two, Kaida dispelled the jutsu, knowing full well that the experieninjas had been trag his real form all along.

  After these two jutsu, Kaida did something ued. He began to remove his clothes, leaving only his underwear. her Hiruzen nor Kenji reacted, remembering Kaida's earlier warning about the jutsu's effe his clothing.

  Kaida started f the hand signs for the transformation jutsu. Although he could have performed a standard transformation like Yomi, he khe Hokage wao see the jutsu that had caused the uproar in the vilge.

  As he pleted the hand signs, a white mist rose from the ground, enveloping his entire body. The mist swirled and expanded, growing rger and more defined.

  *Puff*

  When the mist cleared, Kaida had transformed into a majestic golden lion with a dark golden mane. He adjusted his vocal cords a out a powerful roar.

  **ROOOAAARRRRR!**

  The roar was even louder than the one before, sending shockwaves into the forest. Kenji was stunned, realizing that while transf into an animal wasn't unheard of, Kaida's transformation was extraordinarily detailed and realistic. Even the Hokage was taken aback by the dispy.

  After finishing the roar that had caused the previous uproar, Kaida dispelled the jutsu and quickly dressed himself.

  Once he was fully clothed, Hiruzen spoke, his voice serious. "Kaida, do you realize what you just did?"

  "Yes, Lord Hokage," Kaida replied. "I transformed into a lion using the transformation jutsu. I've studied in the library and also transform into a monkey, a dog, and a cat." He assumed their surprise was due to his ability to transform into an animal.

  Hiruzen sighed, then began to expin, "Kaida, iandard transformation jutsu, you don't actually bee the figure you transform into. It's more like wearing an illusionary skin, which limits chakra use. But you... you fully transformed into that lion and could still use chakra naturally to enhahe roar. This ability, if developed further, could make Konoha the most powerful shinobi vilge in the world. So tell me, how did you do it?"

  "I didn't do anything special, Lord Hokage. I just thought about the anatomy of a lion as we were taught, and this happened naturally," Kaida answered. But he thought to himself, *So just thinking about transf like Ben 10 bring such results? I should probably keep this to myself for now since I've already shown more than enough to attract the vilge's attention.*

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