Chapter 1: Welcome to Hanzo
The clouds rolled by the bright blue sky overlooking the Main Building of Hanzo Academy. Looking up at it in amazement, with his magenta-colored eyes, was a young lad of around the short height of 5'2 with chestnut brown hair with orange dye covering the tips of his front bangs. He brushed off the wrinkles that was on his white, button-up, formal shirt that he was wearing along with a navy blue blazer and jeans for the Hanzo Uniform before beginning to walk on the school grounds. He looked around the main courtyard, being told that he was supposed to be meeting the teacher for his class out front.
Finally resting his eyes on the front entrance of the school, the boy could see him as clear as day, a man who seemed to be in his forties, wearing a complete, black uniform and jeans, and had silver, shaggy hair. "So, you must be Toru." The man smiled down at the boy. "My name is Kiriya. I'm going to be your teacher here at Hanzo Academy." The boy merely stayed silent as he looked up at Kiriya. "Hmmm…just as your parents said, you're not much of a talker." Kiriya continued. "Alright then, come along." Kiriya motioned, the two finally setting foot into the school.
The building was massive for a school as it seemed to have five floors instead of the traditional three floors that a normal school would have. Not only that, but it also has two other academic buildings on the school grounds and a sports field off to the side. Leading Toru down a series of halls, him and Kiriya soon sat their backs up against a wall before Kiriya banged a part of the wall behind them. Doing this, some kind of mechanism activated that made the wall rotate, taking the two to the heart of the TRUE Hanzo Academy. While it's true students attend the actual school, it is merely a front to hide what is really being taught to a handful of people who are chosen. The real students of Hanzo Academy are taught to become Shinobis, masters of stealth and assassination.
Taking a flight of wooden stairs after traversing through a room with many whirling, hand-made mechanisms, Kiriya opened up a door that led into what appeared to be a mixture of a lounge area and a classroom. As to be expected, it wasn't empty. "Kiriya-sensei's back!" An enthusiastic voice could be heard from in front of Kiriya that Toru couldn't see who it belonged to. "Welcome back sensei." Spoke a more demure voice.
"It's about time. I was starting to get bored." Came a spunky voice next.
"Welcome back…" After which was a quiet-like voice.
"Kiriya-sensei!" Finally a bubbly voice was yelled out. From what Toru noticed, they were all female voices. He tilted his head wondering who these people were so he finally stepped out to look.
The first girl he saw had almost golden like eyes and had extremely dark-brown hair that was tied up in a ponytail where the hanging hair was wild and two strands fell down the side of her head, one on each side. The main thing that caught his eye about her was the red, ninja scarf the girl wore around her neck. The second one looked more disciplined with her night-blue eyes and calf-length, black hair. The third one seemed to be giving Toru what he could only explain as a motor-enthusiast looking down a new car model with her emerald-green eyes while her knee-length, blonde hair flowed behind her. The fourth one didn't really seem all that interested in the situation as her one red eye looked away while the other was covered by an eyepatch, the strand wrapping her twin pigtail, silver hair where the pigtails hung in a curve down to her knees. The final girl, who had short, pink hair, was already in front of Toru's face as he looked right into her pink eyes, already seeing that there was something special about them since he could see a plus-sign-like symbol in each of her eyes. From seeing all five of the girls, there were two things that Toru noticed they all had in common. One, was that they all wore the same school uniform, wearing a white, button-up, formal shirt and navy-blue skirts. The second thing…all of their chests were massive for their age.
"Sensei, who's the new person here~!" The pink haired girl chimed out as she leaned forward, closer to Toru, forcing him to lean back some since she was in his personal space. "This, Hibari, is your new classmate." Kiriya smiled, placing his hand on Toru's left shoulder. This set of news only made the pink haired girl even more excitable, "A new student~! Did you hear that girls~?!"
"Heh, yes yes Hibari, we can all hear." The long, black haired girl chuckled.
"I much rather prefer girls, but I can't lie, he's kinda cute." The blonde one smirked, still giving Toru that stare he caught earlier.
"Everyone, this here is Toru. Now I expect you all to show him much welcome to our little school as he will now be joining you all in your overall quest down the path of a Shinobi." Kiriya announced. "Toru, these are your new classmates." He started moving his hand to each of the girls, starting with the one with pink hair, "You've already met Hibari." Next was the silver haired one, "This is Yagyu." Then he went to the blonde haired girl and the black haired girl, "Your seniors, Katsuragi and Ikaruga." And then finally his hand stopped on the dark-brown haired girl, "And finally, your squad leader, Asuka." Asuka walked over on that note and held her hand to Toru, "It's a pleasure to meet you Toru. I have a feeling you will be a great addition to the team." She smiled. Toru looked at her and then at her hand as he gently placed his left hand over top of the one that Asuka held out to him. "He um…doesn't talk much." Asuka frowned some.
"Is he a-" Ikaruga started before Kiriya waved his hand dismissively, "It's a long story, Ikaruga. And one that his parents told me not to mention until Toru is ready." Toru looked away as Kiriya was explaining this. Asuka held her hand over her mouth, "Oh dear…poor Toru."
"Well then, now that we got our introductions out of the way. It's time we get to our lessons." The girls groaned when Kiriya announced this as they all went to take their seat, the seat right next to Asuka, up front, being open to where Toru is supposed to sit. Plopping his small body into the chair, Toru placed his arms on the desk and rested his chin on top of them, looking over at Kiriya. "Now then, since we have a new Shinobi among our ranks, how about we do a little revision week?" Kiriya began, "But let's make this interesting. Since you girls have been doing this for some time now, I would like each of you to take over the role of teacher each day to teach Toru a lesson of your choosing. How does that sound?"
"That actually sounds pretty cool, sensei." Asuka spouted out.
"Hehe, maybe I can teach him some of my groping techniques~." Katsuragi chuckled as she snuck up behind Asuka and started to fondle her breasts. "Ah~! K-K-Katsu-nee, stop it~! Not in front of the new kid~!" Asuka squeaked out, moaning slightly. Kiriya smacked his ruler against the board, getting Katsuragi's attention and quickly making her sit back down. "Now then, first lesson is a basic history lesson." Kiriya spoke, making Katsuragi groan at the idea.
"Now, as everyone knows, Shinobis were used all the way back during the Feudal Era. With the influx of Western Culture, the Feudal system collapsed and Shinobis were thought to be a thing of the past. However, even though time has passed, the nature of business hasn't changed. There were those who needed the aid of the ones who dwelled in the darkness. It is at this point that the use of Shinobis has diverged into two paths, the path of righteousness and justice of the Good Shinobi, and the path of wickedness and deceit of the Evil Shinobi. We are those on the path of Good, doing what we believe is right and work for those who have a righteous cause." Kiriya explained. Toru seemed to have been the only one really listening since the other girls have already learned this history by heart. Asuka took a minute to look over at Toru, wondering if he was actually getting this. When she looked at him, she noticed that his magenta eyes were completely fixated on Kiriya, showing that he was listening to every detail of the tale her teacher was telling. Asuka soon looked away and leaned her head against her hand, dozing off into a daydream.
By the end of the class when the school's bells were ringing, Asuka jolted back up to attention as she looked back to see Toru was still paying attention, right down to the last minute. How does he do that? Asuka thought, looking to see that everyone else was preparing to leave. "Now, tomorrow Katsuragi will be taking the first lesson." All of the girls, except Katsuragi and Toru, leaped for a split second, looking at Kirya wide eyed. "Y-You sure that's a good idea, sensei?" Ikaruga asked, worried.
"Oh come on guys. I'm not gonna bite him too hard~." Katsuragi chuckled out.
"No complaints. Katsuragi will give Toru's first lesson tomorrow, starting off the revision week. Dismissed." Kiriya announced right when Toru got up to start walking out. "Eh, hey Toru?" Asuka called out, making the boy stop to look back. "Um, me and the girls usually all walk back together and head out to my Grandfather's sushi joint. Would you like to join us?" Toru just seem to look at her as his expression turned a little sad. He looked back to where he was walking and headed on out before anyone else could leave. "W-Was it something I said?" Asuka walked forward some, feeling a little guilty.
"Don't think about it too much, Asuka." Ikaruga comforted, "He literally just met us. My guess is, he's shy."
"I don't know…something about that boy rubs me the wrong way." Yagyu joined in on the conversation.
"Yagyu, you say that about everyone you meet." Katsuragi narrowed her eyes at her gloomy classmate. "To be honest, I'm more curious at what this boy can even do. I mean, he was sent here, one of the best Good Shinobi schools in Japan."
"You know, that's actually a well-made point Kat. I'm shocked." Ikaruga giggled out.
"Oi! What's that supposed to mean!?" Katsuragi lashed out, making the entire group laugh. Just outside the door, on the winding staircase to the classroom, Toru was standing against the wall, out of sight, listening in on their conversation. He gave out a sigh before continuing to walk on down the steps back to the rotating wall.