The Naruno brothers sit in a room with portraits of their relatives and discuss. What can they even talk about? And where are Iruk and Kenji?!

"You saw their mother, too, didn't you?" Kenji followed up with a new theme.

"Yeah. And I heard you made fun of me." I gave him a little nudge on the shoulder.

"What? You're the one who started it. She knew I was with Aki. You must have talked her out of it."

And he hit me back with a nudge.

"Nah! I told her, but she didn't look surprised, so she already knew, baby boy."

"Who are you calling a boy!? I am older than you! But.. Don't worry, in return I told her you were going after Fuyu." "

WHAT?! I don't want it. I'm into girls!"

I've only been poking him a little bit until now, but now I've really pushed him. How dare he put me in a heap with that walking reaper who murders people with that look of his.

"What do you mean? Come on!"

Kenji threw me over, and we got into an eye-popping fight. I mean, I hope it was fake.

“You want to fight?!"I challenged him.

"Yeah! Let's do it. Let's try our new spells!"He said all the greedy fighting and got off me.

"Okay!"I agreed, and he surged quickly.

We were both standing about a hundred yards apart. We were like boys. Wait we're the boys. It would be boring if I couldn't fight anyone here.

"A gust of wind."Kenji cast the first spell on me.

The wind began to rush past me. If I hadn't stopped him with my shield, the gust would have increased, leaving scars on me.

"Leaf storm."

"Winddisks."

I started dodging his spells and trying to get close to him. The closer I get, the better I can beat him. I was determined not to give up. We haven't fought since the goblin attacks, and now we have a new power. We have to test it.

"The force of the westerly wind!"I shouted, and the strong wind was on Kenji. It was swiftly avoided, but I had counted on that.

"Speed."I whispered, and as the spell is called, it works. I quickly got to Kenji and was able to strike. From the height from which I had now leapt upon him, I shout another spell.

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"Bear's paws."

My fist was wrapped in a green light that looked like a bear's paw. I aimed it squarely at his astonished face and approached him with a cry of delight. Suddenly I stopped. I couldn't move. I fell to the ground.

"It's not fair!"I protested and spat out a piece of grass.

"Sorry. It would hurt me. And your mind can't block this, so it's easy." Kenji stood over me and watched me murder him with my eyes. He just smiled and shook my hand. I gladly accepted it and continued my standing defense.

"Yeah, but if I could, you'd lose!"

"I'm not denying that. You're a very good magician. You look aggressive in the process of fighting, and you're scary, but you're good. I think you'll pass the exams."

"So are you. but. I probably won't win if I'm up against you."

"You don't have to be against me. According to the rules, you can make a non-offensive pact with one person. So they won't pit you against each other. I mean, until it's necessary, but I don't think it ever will be."

"Really ? That's great!" My eyes suddenly lit up.

I didn't want to fight Kenji. He's a friend, and I know I have to become stronger to beat him. Kenji is very strong, though he hides it, he's an amazing magician. So far, he's always been the first to resonate with the elements. I know it's not about speed, but I think it's already showing his great potential.

"Don't worry, I want to enjoy you in the end."And smiled mischievously.

"You bet! It's gonna be a blast!"I smiled back with the same coin.

"What are the four of them talking about, anyway?"I asked and looked up at the mountain to the house.

"I don't know.. Are we going to find out?"

"That you're hesitating."

We both made a quick dash back to the house. We ran up the first two floors as fast as we could. We slowed down at the third floor and went slower.

We have to be like mice. They're vampires, and they hear everything. I stepped gingerly on to the first step. The one below me creaked a little. I looked at Kenji, who was halfway up the stairs. We both froze. Now you wouldn't even feel our pulse. We still don't have much access to their room. Well, it's more like their office or something. The voices continued to come to life, and I continued to climb. We were there. We squeezed against the wall and shuffled carefully toward the door. Now we're undercover spies. We were both even wearing black clothing. How ironic. We got to the door and there they listened to their conversation.

“In Taiyo something's going on. I don't know what, but it's coming soon. I've heard rumors before, they were gossip, but we know it."Aki said in a serious tone.

They all looked solemn. Even Natsu, for whom it was a miracle.

“We've got to hurry up in training. I have bad premonitions, too."Haru agreed.

“Yeah, it's just weird that the wizards have moved up the trial to next week."I heard Fuyu's voice.

Kenji and I both froze. This is a joke, right? Why they did it. Kenji began to hop strangely from one side to the other behind me. He was probably scared. I'd reassure him if the klutz didn't push me and I'd fall out of the doorstep.

"You idiot! Why did he push me?!"I yelled at him.

"It wasn't him, it was me."He said, in a murderous tone, a blue-eyed demon standing next to a trembling Kenji.

I, too, began to shiver and sweat. Hell, he knew about us. How long do you think he's known about us spying? Eeeeh Iruka, you're dead. I looked him in the eye. They burned through me even more. It's that dark aura around him again. He's so scary.. I laughed nervously and scratched the back of my neck.

"Ha ha. Fuyu! Friend forgive I didn't know about you."I tried to iron it out, but judging by his expression, it was too late.

"You've been spying again?"He called from Aki's office.

"No no no. We. We. We were just passing by."Kenji explained, but he didn't get away with it much either.

"Well, at least now you know you don't have much time. Within a week, you must learn to control fire and water.” Fuyu chuckled.

"So no dalliances. Let's study! Right now!"He shot Natsu out of his chair and grabbed us both and threw us over his shoulder.

"And then it's my turn." Fuyu whispered, so that only me and the blond man could hear.

We're going to die.…