Sakura Haruno Meets Rikimaru Nara

She laughed sheepishly. "Well, you kind of looked like him from behind and I almost thought you were when I saw your mask." she admits.

"Ah, I see. Some people I have met made jokes saying that the two of us might be related since we look alike. I do not see the resemblance" he said as he shrugged his shoulders.

"That usually what people say when they're compared to looking like another person." she said with a soft chuckle.

"Indeed. Though, I have no idea why people compare me to the Copy Ninja. I doubt he has effectively formed a fighting style that allows him to use weapons on all four of his limbs like I have" he said as he pointed to the sword on his back, pulled down his left sleeve to show a dagger attached to a mechanism on his left wrist and pointed to the folded up tiger claws on his shinobi sandals.

"Perhaps, but you'll be sorry if you underestimate Kakashi-sensei, trust me. He may not be able to do what you can, but he's got some tricks of his own..." she said.

"Oh, I know. The Copy Ninja is famous for a reason and only a fool would underestimate him. I doubt anyone has actually seen his true power, considering every time he's fought someone he had to protect someone, so he wouldn't be at his full power. I will one day approach the Copy Ninja and spar with him to see how powerful he really is" he said to her calmly.

She nods a bit. "Good luck with that, my teammate and I have fought him together before and it was anything but a walk in the park. He's learned a lot since the last time we fought against him."

"I see. It comes as no surprise though. No matter how powerful the student becomes, the teacher will always wind up victorious" he said with an understanding nod of his head.

"Hm, not necessarily, maybe not now, but I think it's possible that someday the student will surprass the teacher once they've learned everything from them." she explains with a small frown.

"That would only happen if the student learned abilities on their own without the teacher's knowledge. The sensei teaches you everything you know and so therefore, they know everything they taught you" he lectured in a seemingly lazy manner, making him sound a little like Kakashi.

"I guess that's...partially true." she admits with a sweat-drop. She couldn't help but notice the way he lectured her, it sort of reminded her of Kakashi.

'These guys are alike in more way than one...' she thinks.

"Forgive me for lecturing. I have wanted students of my own to train but my master the Amekage has decided my talents would be better suited for Hunter-nin" he explained as he apologized in a calm manner.

"I see...I can understand that. I think maybe someday I'll want to have students of my own to teach them what I've learned from Lady Tsunade and Kakashi-sensei." she admits with a faint smile.

"Indeed. Most of us desire students to teach to pass down our skills" he said with a nod of his head.

"Yeah, I've really learned a lot from my teachers and I hope to pass their teachings to my own students." she said with a soft smile.

"Indeed. I heard Kakashi has invented his own series of Assassination techniques. I believe they are called the Chidori and the Raikiri. Is this true?" he asked her.

"Yeah, that's right. His moves seem to be a lot stronger than the last time I saw them." she said with a small nod.

"Impressive. So I'm not the only one to come up with a series of Assassination Techniques" he said in a thoughtful manner.

"Apparently not, he just seems to get stronger and stronger." she said with a soft sigh. "But I guess that's what's expected of someone who's copied over a thousand jutsu and is listed in the bingo book."

"While I have not copied a thousand jutsu, I have invented plenty of my own, not to mention I too am in the Bingo Book" he said in a neutral tone of voice.

"Really, that's pretty impressive..." she said in slight awe.

"Let me show you" he said as he took out a bingo book and opened it to a bookmarked page. It showed Rikimaru wearing a pitch-black Hunter-nin mask with his left hand stabbing a target into their heart with a dagger while his free hand chopped another target's head off with a sword. He also had his tiger claws stabbed into the chests of two other targets. It looked like he killed them all at the same time.

She stared at it in awe but she couldn't help but wince a little at the gorey images. "You really seem to have your jutsu down and know how to use them effectively I'll give you that..." she said, staring at the bingo book.

"Indeed. I have another pic in the bingo book" he said as he showed her the second pic, where he had his fingers together and pointing straight out at his target. It appeared that he had stabbed his somehow stabbed his opponent with his hand as if his hand was a Dagger.

"You must be pretty well-known if you have two pictures of yourself..." she commented with a sheepish look, sporting a sweat-drop.