Chapter 32 - Dai sensei (1/2)

Knocking on the door, Minato didn't have to wait for long before somebody opened it.

”Oya, if it isn't Minato. How are you today?”

”Hello, Madam Maito. Good day to you. And thank you for asking, I'm fine, in fact, I'm very well today, I just successfully graduated from the academy!”

Ushering him inside, she asked, ”I see, did you came here to say that to my husband?”

”As sharp as always. Yes, unfortunately, I was ȧssigned to a new sensei so I won't have that much time to train under Dai-sensei”

Before his wife could respond, Dai appeared from a nearby room, but not in a youthful manner.

”You can stop to call me sensei now young Minato-kun, we are of the same rank so I don't have anymore the qualifications for this”

Looking incredulous, Minato exclaimed ”Are you a fool Dai sensei? Why should I care about the fact that we're both genin? You're still far ahead of me and I have a lot of things that I still have to learn on taijutsu from you! If you don't have the qualifications to be my sensei, nobody has it!” 'All the things that Jiraya will teach me, I already know them. And Dai's taijutsu is far better than even Minato as its peak, if I lose such a teacher it will truly be a big loss. Only with a guy like him could I successfully merge multiple fighting styles, he is the genius at Taijutsu, not me. Even if I have the knowledge, it's useless if I can't applicate it properly.'

Maito Dai was moved to tears, even if people criticizing him didn't affect him, having somebody looking up to him like that is really good.

”Minato!” He lunged at Minato, embracing him while crying waterfalls. The latter was trying all he could to escape but he was physcially weaker than Dai, so he could not force himself out and accepted his fate. He could have escaped with some cheap tricks but he let Dai have his way for today, seeing that he was really touched 'Ah, I'm sullied. I'm sorry Kushina. I'm sorry Mikoto. I'm sorry Tsume. I lost my manly hug vɨrġɨnɨtƴ to eyebrows.'

Looking over them, Madam Maito was glad. It has been a long time since her husband has shown such truthful emotions. Even if he often cried, it's more a mannerism that anything, but here, those were reals tears of joy.

”Yoooooosh! If we have two time less to train, I will train you two times harder. And if we have a hundred time less to train, I will train you hundred times harder! Let's fan our flames of youth Minato!”