Chapter 1

Sigh, another ordinary day in school. The gentle cool breeze of air touched my skin as I watched the trees swaying against the wind. It's sunny and it's lunch time. I'm currently staying in one of the kiosks of our campus. It was near the wide oval and there are only few students on the kiosk so it's quite comfortable, except for those people that keep on chatting. Can't they stop for awhile? Can't they keep quiet just like me? I wish the school to be quiet most of the time but I know that it will never be, right? That's nature and as what I'm watching now, I'm silently enjoying nature's blessings. I glanced on the wall clock and its 12:30. Thirty minutes more and classes will start. I groaned at the thought of seeing our teacher in science. Uhghh… He's so pathetically boring that I just have to sleep in his class. But once in a while, I listen to him. Good thing I never get caught because I'm staying at the very back seat. ---- 30 minutes passed. I picked up my bagpack and walked with my classmates as they proceed to the science room where my creampuff of a teacher awaits. We walked through the halls of the science building; yes every subject has its own building. As we get closer to our room, I begin to feel a bit sleep. Soon, I arrived in the room and we took our seats. Originally, I was seated in the front but I figure out that he'll caught me sleeping or copying whatsoever so I went to the very back and it's pretty spacey there. I sit all alone in a long bench-like chair with a long rectangular table, isn't that nice? When he gets worst, I just lay down the bench and sleep as if he's not discussing. He won't notice me at all. You know why? Because he's so busy teaching the wonderful things of being a shinobi. If you think that I'm the only one who does that, well you're wrong. Some of us do that too. They even sleep in front of his very face but I'm not like that. I rather sleep in private. I remember when he saw someone sleeping and he scolded the hell out of him. Then his voice shook me out of my thoughts.

"Good afternoon class" he said. The students lousily said,

"Good afternoon Iruka-sensei" then we keep quiet.

"This afternoon, we will discuss about our new lesson and then have our NAT review", he said. Darn, it's NAT exam. I hate to imagine myself failing it but at the same time I don't feel like passing it. His was so gentle yet strict in a way of being fatherly. And for me, he's. So. Boring. God, will I ever understand a thing? Well, he's currently babbling err I mean discussing about uh Reproduction. Stupid reproduction. He went talking for long minutes then interrupted by Naruto, the Kyuubi holder when he ran out of the window to skip class. Sigh, doesn't he know proper planning? I'll teach him if I have time. But for now, I'll sleep first. I slept late last night so I'm really sleepy since in the morning classes. I lay down the bench and I was hidden by the table. I used my bag as my pillow and rested my head comfortably. I placed my leg on the bench while the other is used to balance me on the floor. I covered my nose and mouth with a hanky and dozed off to sleep. I was near the door so it's kind of windy. Science is officially nap time. Maybe some time I'll bring blanket and pillow or maybe a bed. I better save my energy coz we will have a shuriken and kunai practice after this. Shikamaru is sleeping too and I'm glad he does. ----I think it's already 45 minutes since I slept. I opened my eyes and yawned. I looked outside and to my surprise, I saw Kakashi-sensei smiling at me. I looked away in embarrassment and checked at what is happening in the class. Whew, it's almost over. I stretched and fixed myself. I looked back to Kakashi-sensei and he's still there. I bet he's waiting for Iruka-sensei. After awhile, Iruka-sensei noticed Kakashi-sensei and he went to assist him. "Kakashi-san, what can I do for you?" Iruka asked. Kakashi just laughed, "Oh nothing. I'm just fond with your student who just slept through the whole period" he answered while looking at me his smile never fading. I looked down and avoided any unwanted attention. Iruka was confused, "Who?" he asked. He laughed, "Ah never mind. I came here to give you these." I sighed in relief. Kakashi handed him a brown envelope. "Good bye Iruka-san!" he disappeared in a poof of smoke.

Soon, we had our shuriken and kunai practice in the oval. Iruka-sensei was with us. We filed in one line and each of us had our turn. The one who hit nice will have greater grades. Hey, it's my turn. "Okay here's the kunai. Focus and then throw it, okay?" he asked, I just nodded. Stupid kunai, stupid shuriken, stupid target post, stupid everything. "Uhm, are you listening?" he said while waving a hand across my face. I mentally bitchslap my face for spacing out. I nodded again and muttered a short sorry. I didn't feel like throwing though I slept so I can do this thing. I sighed and clutched the kunai lightly. I slowly aimed for the target and lousily throw it to the post. "That's not the proper way of holding and throwing the kunai." He said. But then it hit perfectly bull's eye. The students gave a chorus of 'whoa'. I smirked at my work and looked back at Iruka-sensei. He sighed and said, "Next." It continued for hours then we had our shuriken training. Damn this Uchiha, he's freaking good. Except that he's an emo. I know his life story very well and that's the reason of him being emo. I would like to tease him emo over and over again but he might get angry and beat me up or his fan girls will do it. I shudder at the thought. Oh well, I hit the bull's eye again. I think I'm being lucky these days, I really wonder why. Oh there's the Hyuuga again. He's so cocky and I think he's kind of pissed at the other shy Hyuuga. They're cousins and also, I know their feud. Now, you must think that I'm a paparazzi hm? Heh, I'm so showbiz. --- Soon, we finished the whole practice thing. Actually, all the academic subjects were done in the morning and only the Science is in the afternoon. I rather do the morning class than this training. Duh, it's so tiring. And it's so hot! I think ninjas really are amazing. Imagine burning yourself under the sun? Wow, that's cool.

I left the academy all by myself. I never was with anybody but I do communicate and socialize. Hey, I have friends also. But I don't feel like being so attached to them. All my classmates are 12-13 years old. I'm actually already 15. They all know why. Because I'm a transferee, I came from another village but it's still in the Fire Country. I did attended school but it's not ninja academy. My family sent me in Konoha to learn the ways of being a ninja. I was under the care of the sandaime. He's really a very kind man, never mind his grandson. I attended ninja academy when I was 8 or 9 but I quickly catch up to their lessons. Now I'm one of the top students in the class. I should be, of course because I'm older. I walked down the road to my house. My parents have properties and some business in Konoha ( we had in other countries too). Soon, I reached the house and unlocked the door with my key. I went inside and turn on the lights. It's already 6 pm and I'm hungry. I plan on cooking but I'm lazy so I just ate sweets and chips. After hours of reading horror books, I finally retired for the night.