53 ch53 Bell Tes (2/2)

While shikamaru was thinking all of this, Asuma finally decided to make a move as he used the Bushin Kage and made 2 clones one headed at the direction of Shikamaru and Choji while the other headed to Ino and Guy. This got all of team 10 on alert, looks like Asuma wanted to test them in combat.

(Clone fighting Shikamaru and Choji)

Asuma appeared just behind them with a leaf shushin giving them a heads up that he had arrived. Shikamaru jump backwards as Choji got in front of him as he expanded his right arm to clash against Asuma. The hit was stop by a giant shadow of a hand that pop out from Asuma shadow as he had just done a rat symbol handsign. This shocked Shikamaru since he recognized the secret jutsu of his family but this one look different since the shadow took physical form and pop out of the ground matching the since and strength of Choji blocking the attack. After the impact both disengaged as Shikamaru did his own family secret technique to stretch and connect his shadow to Asuma to bind him and immobilize him.

Success, he manages to connect on time with his shadow paralyzing Asuma. Sadly for an instant looks like he forgot he was against a clone from the beginning when he notices he also couldn't move along with Choji. Both where immobilize by the real Asuma who was behind them and his shadow connected to both of them. The Shadow clone force break himself from his binding and move forward to tied up both Choji and Shikamaru to the logs in the middle of the field.

(Clone fighting both Ino and Guy)

Asuma clone got near the tree where both Ino and Guy were standing and immediately used the tiger sign with his right hand as he swing it at the tree cutting it clean without effort. Ino and Guy had no option but to jump out of it, while taking distance from Asuma. Guy was specially on alert since he knew that his teacher was strong. But at the moment he was focus on the Asuma in front of him, he got a surprise on his blind spot from behind on his left side of his face by Ino. The kick was extremely sharp and decently fast sending Guy to the floor some 3 meter away. Guy rolled fast and got up taking distance now from both Ino and Asuma. Cleary confused on why Ino just kick him and also cutting his head band with that sharp kick, revealing his left yellow eye with 3-tomoe Sharingan. As this happened Asuma looked impressed as Guy closed his right eye since it would disturb his focus from his [AS] on his left eye.

Guy tried to analyze the situation but he couldn't get around it. Since Ino dashed at Guy with kunai on both hands at Guy. Ino suddently body flicker as she appeared behing Guy but he had already predicted her movement thanks to his [AS] what shock him was that Ino look like she knew taijutsu combat pretty well as Ino used attacks that aim at tricking and aiming for blind spots against her sharingan. The Asuma then just got in as he would throw some shurinken to disturb Guy 's combat flow. Letting Ino to manage to connect several punches and kicks at vital parts like his kidneys and under his armpits numbing him. Guy was trying to hold back since he didn't want to hurt Ino. Trying to talk to her to get her from whatever genjutsu she had fallen too since that was his only guess. Guy at the moment was not as good with his [AS] yet so the most he knew what to do was basic hypnosis to make the enemy to fall asleep which was a basic genjutsu but it was not working agains Ino.

Eventually after some rounds Asuma got Guy from behind with a judo chop to the neck. By the time they manage to wake up they were all tied up to the logs in the middle of the field. Also the alarm clock show that they only had 1hour and 30 minutes left for the exam to finished.

Asuma:  ”You guys still got 1 and a half hours, to try again. I hope you guys try harder.” He said as he was now smoking one of his medical cigars and puffing smoke in front of his students.

So a second round was initiated, this time everyone was focus on getting the bells while at the same time on alert since Ino inform his team that for some reasons his teacher knew the body-mind switching technique of the Yamanaka. This confirm what Shikamaru saw too which it looked like the signature skill from his Nara clan combine with something similar to the Akimichi by demonstrating how that shadow arm imitated the size and strength of Choji's expansion jutsu. Which made him had 2 conclusions, one was that his teacher analyzed them and manage to copy them to some extent or option 2 he already knew their family secret jutsus, which meant their family patriarchs willingly gave them to Asuma for either to guide them or as a type of bribe to take them as disciples.

Not only have that, Shikamaru noticed Asuma was showing them his superiority. By mocking them using their own jutsus. Using shadows from the Nara, expanding using brute force with it by mimicking the giant arm of Choji with the shadow jutsu. Using the Body-mind switching technique of the Yamanaka and showing his understanding of Taijutsu using the body of Ino to demonstrate his finesse in combat while not over straining Ino's body.

So in this final dash to get the bell they all started working together as they did a overly complicated maneuvers, with trickery in combination with clones, shadow binding kunais, and the physical attacks of both Choji and Guy to finally manage to trick and get the bells from Asuma.

Shimaru was the first to get them and to pass them to the other 3 members. Telling Asuma that he didn't mind to return to the academy.

Asuma laugh at that as he explain the whole point of the exercise was teamwork and that indeed it was a trick all along but it did had some truth since not all teams manage to graduate with all 4 members and there were some 3 members exceptions out there.

After Asuma officially passing them, they all started bickering with him. Like why he knew their families secret techniques. Asuma just laugh it out saying they gave it to him to guide them in the future, as for Guy well he knew the lighting techniques of his dad because he used to train with him when younger.

By the end of the day Asuma did gave them an ultimatum that he will train them to be better than their predecessors so no slacking off or lazing around was going to be tolerated on his training. Making Shikamaru to get depress knowing his peaceful naps were going to be cut short along his cloud watching hobby.