Naruto: I, Naruto, started with the Rinnegan

"Live-fire training will be conducted this afternoon!"

Iruka waved his hand and led the students to the playground.

However, Iruka encountered a problem when it came to assigning sparring partners.

The sparring partners are matched according to their strength and are usually fixed.

However, Naruto often missed classes and didn't have a regular opponent.

The few students who also didn't have a fixed opponent, apart from Sasuke who didn't express his opinion, were all unwilling to spar with Naruto.

They were afraid that they would end up killing themselves in the process.

"Sasuke, are you alright?" Iruka asked, his gaze fixed on Sasuke.

Sasuke crossed his arms and said coldly, "It doesn't matter."

I'll win no matter what.

Iruka then looked at Naruto, who nodded in agreement. "Just a mere Sasuke, I can easily suppress him."

"Alright, you're the first one, so step forward now."

Naruto and Sasuke stood facing each other.

"The seal of opposition."

Without any verbal sparring, they silently forged a bond of antagonism.

"start!"

With a loud shout from Iruka, Naruto and Sasuke charged at each other, beginning a classic elementary school-level taijutsu duel.

Naruto punches Sasuke, Sasuke kicks Naruto, their fists and feet collide, they stumble backward, and then charge again.

Iruka praised, "Your fundamentals are very solid..."

He's no match for a Chunin, and he's no match for a Genin either.

However, compared to other students at the Ninja Academy, Naruto and Sasuke's taijutsu skills were outstanding.

bang bang bang...

After exchanging over a hundred blows, Sasuke was panting heavily, while Naruto only had a little sweat on his forehead.

The two sides were clearly not on the same level in terms of physical strength.

"No, I'll lose if this continues!"

The thought of possibly losing to a guy who often skips class made Sasuke's face darken, and he crossed his arms to block Naruto's kick.

boom!

Sasuke used the momentum to retreat, his hands flying, and he took a deep breath.

"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"

Due to limitations in age and chakra, the fireball wasn't very big or fast, and Naruto easily dodged it with a roll.

shhhhhh...

A row of kunai flew towards Naruto, who hadn't even had time to get up yet.

puff!puff!puff!

The kunai hit Naruto precisely, causing the surrounding students to scream loudly.

Murder!

Iruka cautioned, "Calm down, look carefully..."

A puff of white smoke flashed by, and "Naruto" turned into a piece of wood.

"Substitution Jutsu! When?"

Sasuke was stunned. Suddenly, he heard a whooshing sound beside him and caught a glimpse of a fist rapidly approaching from the corner of his eye.

Without time to think, Sasuke leaned back to dodge, the fist grazing his face.

Bang!

The two fell to the ground, with Naruto on top of Sasuke and reaching out to grab Sasuke's neck.

Sasuke grabbed Naruto's wrist, pushed him off with a forceful movement, and pinned him down, gritting his teeth as he said, "You lost..."

"You're dreaming!" Naruto pulled his wrist away from Sasuke's grasp, struck Sasuke's chest with his elbow, then flipped Sasuke over and took control again.

"You're the one who should admit defeat, Erzhuzi."

"This is impossible!"

Sasuke used all his strength to push Naruto away, but Naruto tried his best to suppress him.

The two kept switching positions, rolling around the entire playground.

The surrounding students were speechless. It had started off so excitingly, but it ended up like this.

One student asked curiously, "Teacher, who will win?"

Iruka pondered, "It should be Naruto, his stamina..."

The girls in the class expressed strong dissatisfaction: "How could he possibly beat Sasuke? Sasuke is the best."

The next moment, a boy excitedly shouted, "Look, the result is in! Sasuke lost!"

Naruto grabbed Sasuke by the neck and asked, "Are you admitting defeat?"

"I...cough cough cough, admit..."

Sasuke was exhausted and powerless to resist; his eyes rolled back as he was being pinched.

"Sasuke has given up. Naruto, you've won. Let go now, or you'll hurt him."

As they were talking, Iruka ran over and told Naruto to let go of his hand.

Kushina and Minato, who were inside the sealed space, quickly said, "Even if you don't want to be friends with Sasuke, don't be so cruel. They're classmates."

"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing, I won't strangle him... And who said I don't want to be friends with Sasuke? It's precisely because I want to be friends with Sasuke that I'm being so ruthless."

Naruto released his grip, stood up, and reached out to help Sasuke up. He said earnestly, "Although you are not as good as me, don't let your spirit be clouded. Many people are not as good as me, and you are just one of them. You are not special."

Iruka was speechless. How come he never noticed Naruto was so narcissistic before?

Sasuke shook off Naruto's grip, touched the red marks on his neck, stared at Naruto, and said coldly, "I hope you can still say that when I defeat you next time."

Although Sasuke hates failure, he is not afraid of it.

After losing to Naruto, he calmly analyzed his gains and losses and found that his skills were similar to Naruto's, but his physical strength was far inferior, which was why he lost.

Sasuke pondered: "Improving physical strength requires more training, but that takes a long time to be effective. However, if I want to defeat that guy as soon as possible, I can only start with technique."

Throwing of concealed weapons, use of ninjutsu, physical combat techniques...

Remembering Naruto's arrogant demeanor, Sasuke didn't waste a moment. He quickly made a training plan for himself and immediately began training.

And so, on the desolate and lonely Uchiha training ground, the small figure continued to work until late at night.

...............

One week later.

Ninja Academy.

Another practical training session.

Before Iruka could even assign an opponent, Sasuke stepped forward and challenged Naruto to a duel.

"Dare you?"

"certainly."

The two stood facing each other, and simultaneously turned to look at Iruka.

"Since you're willing, I won't object, but I have only one request... Friendship first, competition second. Don't ruin things, and don't cause serious injury, especially not you... Naruto!"

Iruka glared fiercely at Naruto and sternly commanded, "Don't you dare choke Sasuke!!!"

Just as Naruto was about to explain, Sasuke interrupted, "That's too long-winded. He didn't even have a chance to choke me."

The sky cleared, the rain stopped, and Erzhuzi felt invincible again. Naruto said with interest, "If I could reach your neck, then..."

Sasuke retorted defiantly, "Even if you strangle me to death, I won't say a word!"

Naruto chuckled, "Iruka-sensei, you heard this yourself, so you'd better be my witness later."

Iruka, his head throbbing, cried out, "Don't choke me!"

Sasuke said impatiently, "Let's get started!"

Iruka, still not entirely at ease, repeated, "No one is allowed to choke you," before saying, "Form the hand seals of opposition... Let's begin!"

bang bang bang...