Sea Serpent
By Kawaii Chibi Shun
Disclaimer: Kishimoto-sensei owns the series Naruto. I'd be perfectly content with just Iruka or Tobi, but unfortunately, I'm only a fanfiction writer.
Author Notes / Summary: This is my entry to Sillymail's Twenty Themes contest found at: http:// www . fanfiction . net / fr / 727876 / 31340 / 2113517 / 1 / #2238393. The contest also gives the option of claiming a pairing not to be duplicated by another entrant, in the case of my story Iruka x Anko.
Please also note: Canonically, Anko is 24 at the Chuunin Exam, and Iruka is 23. She graduated at age 10, he at 11. Additionally, the chapters are in chronological order unless stated otherwise.
1. Clothing
Ninjas were expected to wear black. Or if not, another dark color.
The most recent Shinobi War was just ending, so things were just beginning to return to how they were in peacetime. Classes were still arranged roughly by age at Konoha's Ninja Academy, but the process of shifting the average graduation age from ten back to twelve had barely begun.
The group of nine- and ten-year-olds currently assembled for weapons practice were all expected to graduate as part of the next class or the one following, most among the last to graduate early due to war casualties, and were expected to already dress like shinobi.
Which is why ten-year-old Mitarashi Anko was so surprised that the good proper shinobi-length trousers and tunic over fishnets of a year-younger classmate were nearly snow white.
Umino Iruka, eh? She'd have to keep that name in mind.