Yugao got back on her feet and grabbed her sword. However, Fujin raised his palm and said, "Enough. That's sufficient combat for today."
Yugao nodded and sheathed her sword again. Suddenly, she looked behind her. At that instant, a strong wind blew through the area. Numerous branches were broken. Yugao struggled to keep standing. A massive amount of water suddenly landed on the fire that was spreading, dousing it and covering the area with steam.
After the winds passed, Yugao asked, "What is that?"
Fujin replied, "Looks like my clone decided to end the battle. Let's go and check on them."
Just like Fumito, Yugao also sensed the fight happening at the other place. But she was still surprised that Fujin could unleash such destruction with just a clone. Both flickered towards where Fumito and Bunjiro were.
The winds had finally calmed down. Fujin and Yugao saw Bunjiro sitting on the ground while breathing heavily. Despite wearing a mask, they could see that he was scared. Sensing them, Fumito climbed out of the ground. He looked at Fujin. This time, there was no disdain in his eyes. Instead, there was admiration and respect.
Fujin looked at his clone who dispelled himself in response and passed all the memories to Fujin.
Fujin said, "I have seen enough for now. We will end the fight here."
Neither Bunjiro nor Fumito objected. They didn't want to be on the receiving end of such a devastating jutsu again. Fujin looked at Bunjiro and said, "Take a good rest, your chakra levels are very low."
Bunjiro nodded and replied, "I will."
Fujin looked at Yugao and Fumito and said, "Though the cuts on you are shallow, get them healed as well. We will meet back in our room after 3 days. I'm not sure when we will be assigned missions or which missions we will be assigned."
He looked at Bunjiro and explained, "Generally speaking, easier missions are assigned when a new Anbu joins the unit. But, Yugao and Fumito have a lot of experience. So we may be given tougher missions to start off. So be prepared."
Bunjiro nodded again and said with confidence, "Don't worry Captain. I'm prepared."
Fujin nodded and said, "Good. Let's meet later."
He flickered away leaving his three subordinates together. Bunjiro said, "I never thought that the gap between an Anbu and an Anbu Captain would be so strong."
Fumito shook his head and said, "You are overthinking. He is just too strong. I don't think my old Captain would stand a chance against him. I wonder how he trained to be so strong at just 14. And why isn't he famous? I never heard of him until today."
Yugao said, "I guess he did missions that were classified. So he never got any credit for them. Still, I didn't think that I'd be so outclassed in swordplay. I'll be returning to my training."
Fumito nodded and said, "I will be doing the same. Bunjiro, after you heal and rest for some time, visit the training facilities. Instead of resting at home, meditate in the Water Training rooms. Considering how strong our captain is, our missions might be very difficult."
Bunjiro replied, "Alright. Thank you for the tip, Fumito-senpai."
The three visited Konoha Hospital before going their own ways.
Meanwhile, Fujin had created 60 Shadow Clones to continue learning the seals while he went into the Wind Training room to meditate. While meditating, he analyzed, 'Hiruzen gave me quite a strong squad. Yugao's swordplay is as good as I expected. But her skills with Elemental jutsus were a surprise.
As for Fumito, despite being a Yamanaka, his skills with Lightning jutsus and his ability to form combination jutsus with allies is very impressive. And he didn't show any Wind jutsu which is supposed to be his main element. But I guess that is to be expected. After all, advancing to Jounin rank with just the Yamanaka secret techniques is extremely rare. And it is even more difficult to become an Anbu Captain.
Bunjiro is the biggest surprise though. Though rank A and S jutsus seem cool, in a battle, the most effective jutsus are the ones that can be spammed or affect a huge area. With Water Shuriken and Raging Waves, he covers both these areas. Though he will have to improve his movement and reaction speed. But, that will improve as he goes on difficult missions.'
While Fujin was analyzing his team, one person had a very dark face. Sitting in his office, Hiruzen was watching Fujin with his crystal ball. He thought, 'I gave you a team. Go hang out with them, train with them, and make friends. Why are you back in the training rooms? All that effort only managed to keep him away for an hour?'
Hiruzen immediately began doing his paperwork while thinking, 'I need to find a suitable mission for his team. A mission that will keep him away from the village for at least two weeks.'
Takao, who was helping Hiruzen with the paperwork, looked at him in surprise. He wondered, 'Why is Lord Hokage going through his paperwork with such enthusiasm?'
The next day, Hiruzen sat in his chair while looking at 3 files on his desk. All these 3 files had a mission that needed an Elite Jounin level ninja to lead. Hiruzen looked at the first file and thought, 'This mission will be a long-term deployment in the Land of Water. It would have been an excellent mission to test how good Fujin is beyond fighting and killing.
Unfortunately, I don't want to risk sending him on another long mission in a major village. I'm afraid he might drag Konoha into that civil war. I'll let Renjiro take care of this.'
He opened the second file and thought, 'Suna and Iwa are signing some sort of treaty or at least an understanding in the Land of Birds. Considering the current situation, an alliance between them could prove troublesome for us. However, Onoki should see the bigger picture and realize Kumo's threat.
Fortunately, Onoki and Rasa aren't meeting. Still, it will be best if this meeting goes bad. But Suna should be hunting for Fujin. It's not a good idea to send him there. I'll let Eagle lead 3 Anbu squads with former Root ninjas here.'
Finally, Hiruzen opened the last file and thought, 'The leaders of the Ide family and Kagawa family from the Land of Grass are going to meet in Ide territory. Though very few in the Land of Grass support Iwa, Ide is one of them. In fact, they are the most significant.
They control a large territory along their borders with the Land of Earth. Shikaku believes that this meeting is a trap to kill the head of the Kagawa family who supports Konoha.
I'll send Fujin's team here to ensure that the head of the Kagawa family returns safely. Since this meeting is supposed to last for over a week, they will be away from the village for at least 2 weeks.'
Hiruzen decided to assign the mission to the Land of Grass to Fujin's unit.
While Hiruzen was picking out a mission, Yugao was training extremely hard along with Hayate. Sounds of swords clashing could be heard for hours in their training ground.
Finally, Hayate said, "That's enough for today. You need to rest."
Yugao stopped and sheathed her sword. Both went out to grab a meal. Hayate asked, "What's gotten into you today? I haven't even seen you train with such intensity?"
Yugao sighed and said, "I was assigned to a new team yesterday. The Captain arranged a sparring session. He parried my Hazy Moon Night slash with ease. During the fight, I couldn't land a single hit on him."
Hayate was surprised. Even though he was teaching Yugao, her strength wasn't far from his. He asked, "He sounds very powerful. Who is your new captain?"
Yugao replied, "Suzuki Fujin."
Hayate tried recalling, but he couldn't remember anything. He said, "I don't think I have ever heard of him. Is he a Veteran ninja who keeps a low profile by hiding in the Anbu?"
Yugao shook her head and replied, "No. He is just 14 years old. I looked up his information as well. But I didn't find much on him other than the fact that Senju Renjiro was his teacher and that he was the champion during his Chunin exams."
Hayate was shocked. He asked, "A 14-year-old boy defeated you in swordplay? Which style did he use?"
Yugao had a bitter smile as she said, "None. I couldn't make him use any."
Hayate was left speechless. He thought, 'Seeing the intensity of her training and her voice, she should have been defeated very thoroughly.'
He muttered, "A 14-year-old genius who is already an Anbu Captain. Looks like our village will have another strong ninja in the future."
Yugao nodded. To cheer her up, Hayate changed the subject and talked about the stuff she liked.
Just as Hiruzen expected, Fujin's name would slowly be known among the generation that was around 6-8 years older than him. These were the batches that had graduated from Academy right after the Third Great Ninja War and hence had very high numbers. Due to this, Fujin's reputation would slowly build up in the village.
