Kaida meditated and practiced until 10 PM, finally mastering his fifth and st jutsu. He went to Yukihiro and demonstrated the jutsu. Seeing Kaida's dedication, Yukihiro smiled and said, "Well done, Kaida. Learning five jutsu in one day is no small feat. You take a day off to rest.

  I know you want to learsu from me, but to truly learn something, your mind must be in optimal dition. You've just aplished a month's work in one day.

  Don't overexert yourself, Kaida. After a day of rest, we start our training."

  Kaida relutly nodded, eager to start his training but uue with Yukihiro's reasoning. "Yes, Sensei, but will you personally teach me kenjutsu, or will it be one of your shadow es?"

  Yukihiro smiled, amused. "How did you know I'm a shadow e, Kaida?"

  "Once, you dispersed yourself before I left the training ground, and one of my es saw you. Not that I mind—I'm perfectly fine learning from a shadow e."

  "Hahaha, as you guessed, I've been using shadow es to teach you so I spend time with my cute little daughter. She's just 5 months old and already started crawling. I don't want to miss su important moment in her life.

  As, the life of a ninja is not so simple. I have to go on long missions frequently, which is why, when Lord Hokage asked me to train you, I eagerly accepted.

  Though at first, I trained you so I could spend time with my daughter, slowly, seeing your dedication, I wao teach you seriously. For the 10 days, prepare yourself for some interaining."

  "Yes, Sensei," Kaida replied, more like he ting an invitation to an amusement park rather than training hell. Then, he went bae, surprised to see Yomi waiting outside, asleep.

  "What are you doing out so te at night?" Kaida asked.

  Hearing Kaida's voice, Yomi jumped like a spring and turned around. "Why were you training so te? And why did you scare me like that?"

  "Sensei has to go on a mission after 15 days, and since our training period is only three months, I have just 15 days left to learn from Yukihiro-sensei. I want to learsu from him, but he said he would only teach me after I learned five elemental jutsu," Kaida expined.

  "So?"

  "So, I was learning those jutsu. That's why I got so te, Miss So-Smart."

  "You learned five jutsu in just one day? How?"

  "I've only learhe basics. They 't be used in an actual fight yet, but I'll have enough time to master them after 15 days."

  "Still, that's great…"

  *GROWL*

  Her sentence was interrupted by her stomach growling. Kaida ughed and said, "Hahaha, I haveen dinher, so let's eat something nice. My treat."

  "Okay," Yomi whispered.

  After eating, they both went home and slept for 10 hours straight.

  Though it was a holiday for Kaida, he still apanied Yomi to the training ground. After dropping her off, he went to the market and bought 20 pieces of wood. He returned home, made five shadow es, and began carving swords out of the wood using wind chakra. Sihey could now bisect stone, carving wood was easy. It was time-ing, but he had the whole day, and the task had a therapeutic effe him. It felt more like rexing than w.

  While Kaida was doing this, Yukihiro was talking to the Hokage about him.

  "Lord Hokage, my student has pleted his elemental training and has asked to learsu from me. He said you told him about my kenjutsu."

  "Yes, it's true. You're famous in all five vilges for your kenjutsu and are sidered S-rank if only kenjutsu is sidered. So, I don't think he could find a better teacher than you."

  "But Lord Hokage, my kenjutsu teique is only focused on killing. I don't think I should teach such a teique to a child."

  "Hmm, do you think Kaida won't be able to handle your teique and might go on a killing rampage?"

  "No, Lord Hokage. I believe Kaida has a good head on his shoulders. He always thinks and uands what I teach him rather than just following it mindlessly. But still, I thought I should ask for your permission before teag him my teique."

  "You have my permission, Yuki. Our vilge is in dire need of a new, powerful, and capable ninja. Training someone of your caliber will help stabilize the vilge."

  "Yes, Lord Hokage."

  Yukihiro bowed aurned, pnning to enjoy his st full day with his family before taking Kaida's trainira seriously.

  Oblivious to all this, Kaida had made 20 wooden swords and 40 shurikens from the wood he bought. At 5, Yomi returned from training. When she saw what Kaida had been doing all day, she was excited. Though she wasn't particurly ied in swords, she was thrilled about the shurikens. Even though they were just made of wood, they were sharp enough to be pared to metal ones.

  Though Kaida wasn't particurly tired, he still went with Yomi for an early dinner and slept early, knowing that the following days would be tough.

  The day, they went to the training area at 4:30 AM. Yukihiro was already there, waiting for Kaida. Kaida found it odd and approached Yukihiro.

  "Good m, Sensei. Why are you here so early today?"

  Ign Kaida, Yukihiro turo Yomi and said, "Yomi, Kaida won't be returning for three days, so you should tinue your training on your own, okay?"

  Though she wao ask why she assumed it was reted to their training and simply nodded.

  Kaida was fused, but Yukihiro just looked at him and motioned for him to follow. They arrived at a raining area, different from their usual one. Yukihiro looked at Kaida and asked, "Kaida, what's in the bag you're carrying?"

  Kaida opened his bag, and 20 wooden swords fell out.

  "Sensei, I made these wooden swords so I practice kenjutsu with the help of my es."

  "Well thought, Kaida, but kenjutsu also depends on muscle memory, so you'll have to practi your own as well. The teique will be useless if you 't execute it at the perfect time."

  "Yes, Sensei."

  "Seeing your dedication, here's something from me." Yukihiro handed Kaida a loangur box. When Kaida ope, he was surprised, happy, and shocked at the same time. Inside was a beautiful Japaana, simir to Yukihiro's, but the stark difference was that it was made of normal metal, whereas Yukihiro's swords were made of chakra metal.

  Kaida took out the sword and instinctively felt that it was a true masterpiece. Even though it wasn't made of chakra metal, it was still made of a very sturdy alloy that rivaled the strength of chakra metal.

  "Thank you very much, Sensei," Kaida said, bowing deeply to Yukihiro.

  "Okay, now let's talk about training."

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  (A.N: Yes, here es the time to Leave a ent and add this to your library, or your chakra will be sealed for eternity, and your lover will start behaving like Sakura did to Naruto *i super maniacal ughter here*)