{rewritten}
Soon after Hiruzen came over, Jiraiya and Sakumo soon followed.
'Surely, they passed the test, my cute little disciple really did some work… He thought outside the box and prepared an ambush on Minato-kun, even when his opponent pulled out a surprising technique, he was still calm enough to react in time'
Sakumo was looking at him with a stern gaze, analyzing him in his mind, while thinking about how to teach him.
'sigh, I can't plan fully yet, since I don't know all his chakra natures, but because magnet style is the combination of wind release and earth release, it should be safe too assume he can use those… earth release is definitely a yes, as proved by the earth release: hiding like a mole technique, but I have no idea how proficient he is with either of them, so I should test him as soon as possible'
Although his soon to be pupil lost, Jiraiya was no less impressed with Minato than Sakumo was with Yoshio. You could almost feel the anticipation from the teachers, but they were soon interrupted by Hiruzen clearing his throat, snapping them out of their daze.
"Minato-kun, Yoshio-kun, you both have passed this test splendidly, exceeding not only the requirements to become genin, but also exceeding my previous expectations of your abilities, which are clearly already beyond genin… you have soundly passed the graduation test, and will henceforth be considered adults and ninja of Konohagakure…"
"Thank you hokage-sama!"
Both Minato and I shouted at Hiruzen, and while we might have expected it and looked forward to it with anticipation for six months, it was still something else to actually achieve it.
"While I have already accepted you as ninja under my command, I am not the one who will pass judgement for whether Jiraiya-san and Sakumo-san wants to take you on as their disciples... But, guessing from their expressions, I'd say there is a high likelihood they will accept you"
Hiruzen chuckled after the last sentence, probably because Jiraiya and Sakumo were still deep in thought, only realizing shortly after that it was their turn to speak.
"You bet, how could I, the legendary toad sage of mount Myoboku, let such talent go to waste… he might not be a cute girl, but I'll definitely take him!" Keeping his final thoughts to himself; 'With his talent, he might be the one I've been looking for'
"sigh, Jiraiya-san, you never stop thinking about girls huh, by the way, how is it going with Tsunade, I heard she got a boyfriend… what was his name again? Dan Kato, right?"
"Urgh"
"Haha, you are so easy Jiraiya… anyway, back on topic, of course I will also accept Yoshio-kun as my apprentice, if he is willing that is"
"Of course, I'm willing, Sakumo-sensei"
I quickly answered back, even though I was still surprised by their interaction earlier.
'I never knew Jiraiya and Sakumo were so familiar with each other at this point, though, it is good to know Dan isn't dead yet. Tsunade might be a more valuable ally later, if she doesn't develop hemophobia… Dan should be the main cause of it, but she only mentally broke after Nawaki's death. Since I've already become friends with him, I don't want to just let him die'
"Good, you both accepted"
Hiruzen took a deep breath and puffed his pipe.
"Although I would like to give you more time, we are still at war and you two are some of the most important jonin in the village, so I can only give you about a month in the village to train you apprentices, before you are expected to go back to the frontlines"
"Hai! That is understandable hokage-sama, since time is scarce, I would like to begin as soon as possible"
Sakumo turned his head towards me, before he continued speaking.
"Yoshio-kun, you look like you aren't too exhausted, so we will begin training in one hour at training ground five. I have to get some stuff ready first, so you can use this time to relax a bit, ja ne"
As soon as he was done talking, Sakumo left the training field in a spiral of leaves.
'I have heard many things from the villagers about him, but he behaves an awful lot like Kakashi did… Just as playful, but minus being lazy and late…'
"Minato! I can't let you fall behind your brother, so we will also start our training in an hour, just meet me at the hot springs"
Soon all participants left the training field. Since it was the middle of the day by now, I decided to get some food, and therefore dragged Minato with me towards the Ichiraku ramen shop… Have I mentioned how good that stuff is yet? Fucking godly, it really was no wonder Naruto liked it so much, though it sometimes gave me flashbacks of my death in my original world...
After my quick meal, I went off towards training ground five to meet with Sakumo for my first lesson.
'This place looks… shady at best, why would Sakumo pick this place as our meeting spot?'
Training ground five was one of the larger training grounds, only behind a few others and the infamous training ground 44, known as the forest of death, not to mention some of the clan owned ones…
"Yo!"
'HOLY MOTHER OF BULLSHIT!'
I quickly turned around towards the sound, while I simultaneously released all the dust in my seal.
'He managed to sneak up on me, one of the best sensors in the village after Mito… I don't recognize his chakra signature, but that feat alone proves his strength. I better get ready for an all-out fight, if this goes south I should find a way to contact Hiruzen and inform him of the breach, someone at this level is out of my league! Huh…'
"Chill, my cute apprentice, no need to go all defensive on me... I guess your response is good, I wanted to test what you would do in the case of a surprise ambush by a stronger opponent. Turns out your reaction are pretty quick, even though I managed to sneak up on you…"
'So, it was just Sakumo… damn, I hope this surprise thing doesn't continue, or I might have a heart attack'
I breathed out, with a long sigh of relief.
"You seriously scared me Sakumo-sensei... By the way, what happened to this place?"
I began to retract my dust back into the seal, as I looked around.
'This place looks like it just experienced a forest fire, an earthquake and possibly a flood… at the same time'
The trees around me were black, burned to a crisp and turned into charcoal, while the earth was cracked multiple places, some having seemingly caused many of the black trees to get knocked to the ground. Furthermore, the cracks and craters in the ground had been almost completely filled with water, creating a miniature landscape with many small lakes connected by rivers.
"It certainly is a new look, huh. Well it's fine anyway, we're not going to do any hardcore training anyway, the main purpose were these"
He pulled out what was obviously a chakra nature testing paper, but also another dark piece of paper.
"Do you know what these are?"
"Hai sensei, that light one is chakra nature testing paper, which is used to test the elemental affinity of one's chakra. When said person channels some chakra into it, it will react by either; crumbling if it's earth, wrinkle if it's lightning, split in half if it's wind, burn if it's fire or get soggy if it's water…"
"Good, anything else?"
"It can do multiple at once, with the size of the sections affected, showing which has the higher affinity, but it is unable to cause specific reaction determining if an elemental kekkei genkai is involved, such as my magnet release... As for the dark one, I don't know, but I guess it is a version specialized for elemental kekkei genkai and the like.
"Good, very good, your guess is absolutely correct. Now take these and channel some chakra into it. I don't have any idea what specifically your magnet release will do, but let's try just do it, so we can find out"
I took the pieces of paper from Sakumo's and, with one in each hand, channeled some chakra into them. This led to a reaction shortly after. Out of surprise from the intense and spontaneous reaction, I let go of the dark paper, only to be even more shocked…
'???'
Both of us was looking at the paper, unable to fully comprehend the papers reaction…
"Is it supposed to do that sensei?"
"Probably not, I have never seen something like this before"
We both kept our eyes on the paper, our brains having short-circuited, and when I finally overcame the shock, I only had one thought on my mind…
'This is going to be a mess'