Other World Chimera
Some lessons

The next day soon arrived and the three stood inside the fourth training ground waiting for their sensei to appear. Or so it seems.

“Hinata, use your byakugan to scan the area. I doubt sensei will make us wait too long. In fact, I'm sure he's hiding somewhere around here. ” Listening to Tomoka's words, Hinata did as instructed. He began scanning the area steadily until he found a tree that had chakra marks.

"There, the tree has chakra marks" After finding its target, Hinata is about to disable her byakugan but Tomoka stops her.

“Not yet, have you completed a full scan? After all it could be that Tomoka's klon” is right and the fact that she hasn't completed the scan yet. Moments later he detected another signature hiding underground.

“There is another one underground about five meters in front of us”

"Remember Hinata-sama. The greatest tool a ninja has is misdirection. Whenever you encounter something, make sure it is not a trap or your own senses will be your worst enemy. After saying that Tomoka started walking towards the tree that Hinata pointed to first.

Coincidentally by walking straight towards the tree he had to walk on the second signature first. As she did so, Nozomi was about to warn her, but before she could, Tomoka turned around and placed her finger on her lips while winking.

As soon as Tomoka stepped right above the underground signature, a pair of hands broke through the ground grabbing his ankles. The next instant Tomoka had been buried until his neck was on the ground while Yamato jumped up and stood in front of him.

“Oh no, I got caught~” Hearing Tomoka's indifferent attitude, Yamato felt something was wrong.

"Just kidding" Tomoka's voice came from somewhere else in the forest as she emerged from behind a tree.

“As I said, misdirection is the key. We can't be sure if this is the real Yamato-sensei or the one in the tree. As far as we know, none of them are real. The same can now be applied to myself. Am I the real Tomoka?

"Emm, what's going on?" Lost Hinata had to ask because this situation was too overwhelming for her.

“To put it simply, our exam started right when sensei told us that we were dismissed. We had all day yesterday to prepare for the test and it will really start as soon as we walk inside this training ground. Did I miss something sensei?” Yamato had to admit that he was impressed. However, he must remain calm.

"You're right."

“Then why didn't you tell us !?” Nozomi feels a little betrayed because Tomoka can tell them and make it easier for them.

“I didn't tell you because some lessons are better learned through experience. It's one of those -” At that moment Tomoka's relaxed attitude turned serious.

“-Don't ever let your guard down, forever. We are shinobi and the difference between our life and death can be as small as seeing a puddle or not. Who knows, a left-nin might be hiding in that puddle” Hearing Tomoka's words, the two girls started to think.

Thas right. If not for Tomoka telling Hinata to scan the surroundings, they would not have noticed the ambush at all. Were it not for him, Hinata would not have continued her scan after finding their "target.

“There will come a time when we cannot protect each other. When the time comes, I don't want any of you to die because I'm inhibiting your growth by being overprotective.” Yamato almost smiled hearing Tomoka. He was worried about the same thing. Part of the exam is to pay attention to this as well.

“Alright, said Tomoka. Now let's start the more normal part of the test.” The one who spoke this time was Yamato who was hiding in a tree.