A/N Sup fukcers, Two here... well who else would be here seeing as its my page... Ignore that. SO speaking normally, welcome to my second story, and yes it will probably be uploaded as sparodicly but I am going to ensure I'm always a chapter ahead to ensure a steady stream of chapters. However remember the dreaded Tangents could strike at anytime! So please enjoy my brain child, it's my first story where I take a student of Konoha's academy to the S-rank or at least Jonin, only time will tell. He could die. We'll see. Peace fuckers! - Two
Village in the north of the Land of Fire 23:30 | Saturday 15th Dec 7 aNb (After Naruto's Birth) | Land of Fire
Darkness stifles the Land of Fire as the moon nears the pinnacle of its arc. Its rays of light doing little to help anyone who wishes to see beyond their direct surroundings, only shinobi prosper in such environments. The village itself is silent and devoid of life with all its inhabitants asleep, yet a small residence on the outskirts bustles with life. A small clan which for the past four years have called this village home, yet not without issues from the locals. Not many are open to a clan whose members each have their own snake partners and are all abound with chakra. Though none among the clan cares about such pitiful disregard for them as they have their own issues, the biggest being considered missing-nin but most for their lack of loyalty to any shinobi village.
Tonight, however, will change that fact as the youngest member of the clan is ready to leave their makeshift home. The first of his clan to ever want to join a ninja village, to use his skills for good, even if they pale in comparison to most because his training all focused on his clan's specialities. Though even with that he intends to leave and end the stigma of his clan.
A small boy enters the main hall of his clans residence, walking past each member who chose to be present for this occasion. His snake partner draped over his shoulders with it's head poking out past his right ear and it's tail wrapped around his left arm. The black snake's beady eyes are all the immediately noticeable by those outside of his clan, such as a few of his clan mates wives and husbands. They boys clothes are all dark, with only his white hair and golden eyes that are even remotely bright. A black plain shirt rests under his rather large black overcoat, which sleeves hang lower than his hands with slits in the sides. The overcoat has red accents on the collar, sleeve ends and the zipper on the front, mirroring his clans elected colours. The biggest thing that stands out from the boy is his elongated canines, mirroring a snakes fangs much like the rest of his clan.
Each clan member looks at the boy with mixed emotions, some worry for the young man who knows nothing outside of their clan. Others prideful at doing something they wished they had done themselves, those, in particular, holding gifts for the boy when the event is over. The leader of the clan sits at the back of the hall, on an embellished chair waiting for him to be approached. The boy takes his time, knowing this may well be the last time he ever sees his family, he stops just short of the clan head as he takes one last look around before locking eyes with his clan head.
The clan head dons an onyx black yukata with golden accents and a single golden sash around his waist. His sandals are the same as the boys, only accented with gold as well as the simple black on the base. Over his yukata is a long sleeved haori with the clan's symbol, a three-pronged swirl, on his right arm.
"Rakuyama Kaii, am I correct in saying you wish to go to Konohagakure to study as a shinobi?" The older man asks, stroking his ageing grey beard as he does so.
The boy holds his gaze with his clan heads, though he begins to shake with nerves. "Y-yes Koshiro-sama, I-I want to go places without being shunned. I w-want to be apart of something bigger than our c-clan."
"A noble cause, young one. How does your partner, Yuta, feel about your decision?" Koshiro forwards the matter, as he own partner slithers his way onto the man's chair, leaning on the back with his head facing forward.
The black snake hisses, in what everyone present knows to be agreeance of his master's words. "He wants to join me on my j-journey." Kaii nervously answers, his hands trying to find something to do.
The elder man smiles, standing from his position and shifting to his young clan mates front. "Then go Kaii, make us proud." A smile beams from the man, as his partner, slithers off of the chair to his side to inspect the young Rakuyama, before hissing in agreeance to his master. "Even Zeshin agrees with me, but given your age, I shall be sending your mother with you. Go, talk to your clan mates before you ready yourself to leave, and always know I'll miss you Kaii."
"Thank you Koshiro-sama." Kaii bows deeply, a smile creeping onto his face as he does, he rights himself before speaks again. "Where is Okaa-san?" He takes another look at his surroundings noticing her absence.
The hall erupts into chattering, with each clan member present having an opinion on Kaii's decision to leave. Kaii, however, takes this time to look for his mother among the people in the hall, taking in everything he can about each of them. Not wanting to forget anything about them when he leaves. After five minutes of searching the hall, the large doors open slowly and a small woman slithers in accompanied by a large purple snake. She looks to Kaii, waving him over to her which the boy follows striding across the hall with Yuta in tow. He closes the distance with ease, only stopping once in front of her.
"Okaa-san, Koshiro-sama has granted my request." Kaii exclaims, barely able to contain his happiness. "He also said that you will be coming too."
The woman smiles warmly, patting her son on the head. "He did? That's great and we will leave in the morning. I have already packed all our things, so let's spend the rest of the night with our kin before we leave. I doubt they'll be given many chances to visit us." She sagely advises guiding him back into the hall.
The rest of the night is spent in enjoyment, with Kaii receiving gifts ranging from special kunai to seal paper. None knew what he wanted to learn so they just got him everything they could think a young shinobi would need to grow and become stronger. The gift Kaii seemingly appreciated the most is, two identical tantos, each created with snake-like embellishments and the finest steel Koshiro could afford. Once the night turns to day the hall is vacated, with Kaii and his mother gathering their things for the long journey to Konoha. The start of his life as a shinobi.
Rakuyama Residence 19:50 | Wednesday 6th Dec 12 aNb | Five Years later | Konohagakure
Kaii rests himself lazily on his bed, looking to the ceiling with a dejected expression with both hands crossed behind his head. His partner lounges on the windowsill, mirroring his masters expression though not that anyone would be able to read a snakes features. It is nearly the day that marks his fifth year in Konoha, the day he chose to leave his clans safety with only his mother, Yuta and his mother's partner in tow. Nothing had planned out as he expected. Even the large shinobi village held his clan in low regard, noting that anywho partner themselves with snakes as outsiders and are not wanted. Given what the Snake Sannin had done and continues to do, it isn't something he can change despite his best efforts. Kaii once upon a time was optimistic, but years of abuse from his peers and those above him led to a drastic change in his demeanor. He is jaded with the entire affair and at times even went as far as attempting to leave, but his mother always stopped him. Repeating the affirmation he made to his clan head, and that this is now his home.
The door to Kaii's room slowly ajars itself, not opening more than a few inches. He knows full well who is slithering they're way into his room, his mother's partner and Yuta's mother, Risa. She makes her way up onto his bed, halting once in view.
"Risa, what do you want?" Kaii questions, picking himself up off of his bed with his elbows, his eyes solely fixed onto the royal purple snake.
Risa hisses out her orders, snake tongue is something every Rakuyama can understand. "Your Okaa-san has prepared your dinner and requests your presence." Each S being dragged out as if intended.
The boy sighs, manoeuvring himself off of his bed, picking up his jacket with his left hand. "Alright, I'll be down in a minute." As the words leave his mouth the snake leaves his room as silently as she came, while Kaii slides on his black overcoat, now stopping just above his knees.
The black snake resting on the windowsill slithers from his position down onto the floor and eventually onto Kaii's back. From there he moves onto his favoured position on Kaii's shoulders, with his tail wrapped around his left arm, though now his tail stops when coiled just above Kaii's wrist. With his partner now situated firmly on his shoulders, Kaii ambles to his door, opening it softly, and slithering down the hallway then the stairs. A smell becomes extremely apparent to him as he gets closer to the kitchen, his favourite dish, miso ramen with roasted pork fillet.
With that smell taking over his mind, Kaii quickened his pace to the kitchen startling his partner in the process. In a second he reaches the kitchen door, opening it with a little bit of gusto gaining glares from both figures present in the room. His mother keeps her glare for a moment before going back to her cooking, while Risa continues to glare as an attempt to chastise the young Kaii, not that her attempts work anymore.
Though he feels no reasons to, Kaii concedes to Risa's gaze. "Sorry Okaa-san, I will remember to not open the door so hastily next time." He bows as he does so, sliding into his chair awaiting his food.
"As you should be, you'll break the door one day." His mother returns, turning on her heel with a fully prepared bowl of miso ramen with roasted pork fillet and sauntering to the table to place it in front of Kaii. "How was your day at the Academy?"
Even the food Kaii enjoys so much can't make him happy when the academy is mentioned. "It was, as it usually is, a huge waste of my time. No one would spar with me even with Iruka-san ordering them too, all because I, very much like that damned Inuzuka and their ninken, have a partner who is a snake." The mood in the room sours as his mother sits down with a dejected expression. "Why the hell can he have a partner and it be cute, while Yuta is hated so vehemently?"
His mother thinks hard on his words, he already knows why the village holds such disdain for them yet as a child it's still hard for him to grip. "You know why Kaii, and it'll never change unless you make it."
"A waste of time, Okaa-san, they never let me change their minds and they go out of their way to exclude me." Kaii's voice grows darker and bitterer with each word. "Once I'm a genin they'll see what I'm made of."
"I'm sure they will." His mother smiles warmly, trying to subdue the darkness taking ahold of her son as she soon tries to move the conversation on. "Have you been continuing the training Koshiro-sama gave you? You'll never grow stronger if you don't."
Kaii takes a deep breath before answering. "Yes Okaa-san, though it does interfere with my other training and is causing a gap to grow between myself and the others. When will I be able to lessen the amount I must do?"
"Once you can control it without my help, then you and only then can you stop performing the training Koshiro-sama gave you." His mother voices sternly albeit lovingly.
"I understand, Okaa-san, I'll just have to train harder at both." Kaii's mood improves rapidly before he picks up his chopsticks and thanks his mother for the meal, tucking into it with no room for breathing.
His mother grins at Kaii enjoying her food before asking a final question. "How long till the graduation?"
"Just over a month." Kaii returns in between bites of his ramen.
With that, they both go about their meals, with Kaii taking his leave to train once done with his favourite meal.
Konoha Academy 08:15 | Friday 8th Dec 12 aNb | Two Days Later | Konohagakure
The sun shines over Konoha as the classes at the Academy all begin to enter their respective classrooms. Kaii slithers in late, noting that none present even want to be sat near him let alone in the same room. With a callous look he clicks his tongue while looking at them while striding to the back of the room and rests on the only bench void of any students. Not because the class lacked them, but because they'd rather sit four to three other benches then sit with the outcast with a snake. Yuta shifts from his position on Kaii's shoulders to the desk, with his head facing to the front and locking his gaze with the shinobi at the front of the room.
The man in question stands at five foot eight and dons a deep scar across the bridge of his nose. His black eyes shift their gaze around the room before settling on Kaii, as he is the only one late to the class. The man's attire was the standard Chunin gear for each Konoha-nin with no exceptions, his hair is tied back in a ponytail while his headband sits around his head. The leaf symbol dead centre and polished perfectly. He wears a rather annoyed expression as he continues to look towards the outcast, before sighing.
"Why were you late this time Kaii?" The Chunin lets out, though its tone is dejected at his student's constant tardiness. "You were not woken? You had to help an old lady?"
At first, Kaii chooses to stay silent but after a minute of eerie silence, he speaks. "I don't have a reason Iruka-sensei, I chose to be late." His voice lacks any emotion or remorse, which his sensei notes with his expression changing from annoyance to slight worry.
"You'll never be able to pass if you choose to be late and ignore my lectures." Iruka sighs again but elects to move past it as it's nearly graduation and he really can't be fussed with Kaii's lack of enthusiasm. "Okay class, today we are going to be having a set of spars for your taijutsu test." The entire class recoils at an early test, all bar the gloomy kid Kaii knows as the 'Last Uchiha' and Kaii himself. "After that, we'll be focusing on the three pillars of the last test on graduation day."
The class resign themselves to their fate, but not before a lone member of the class at the front raises his hand to the sky. He waits for Iruka to finally notice him, before pulling himself from his seat and asking his sensei a question.
"Iruka-sensei, does one of us really have to fight him?" His finger lands in the direction of Kaii, cutting another wound into the young man furthering his bitterness for Konoha. "He's weird and I don't think any of us should have to go near him, let alone fight him." The boy reasons, as any child would with almost annoying honesty.
Iruka almost yells but stops himself right as the words attempted to leave his maw. "You'll fight whoever I assign you, no trades or questions. Kaii is as much a part of this class as the rest of you, and I think it's time you actually called him by his name."
For the first time in a while, Kaii is shocked. Never before has a single of his sensei ever said that he was a part of the class, most electing to ignore him. Not that it bothered him after a while, realising he's never been wanted, but with those few words apart of his bitterness fades. If Iruka is able to see him as apart of Konoha, others can be convinced too. The boy at the front, however, disagrees, taking an annoyed expression before following the class, who after Iruka answered the boy got up to go to the training field behind the academy.
Kaii waits for a few more minutes, first for Yuta to coil himself back around his shoulders, and second for the rest of the class to leave. His still not ready to walk near them if he can help it, one act of kindness even if it's an improvement, he holds firm in his beliefs. No one will change unless he makes them.
Once all the academy students line themselves up in front of Iruka, he starts to call out names from his clipboard. First is two students Kaii knows little to nothing about and finds them both uninteresting. They oppose each other before quickly locking themselves into a mediocre taijutsu battle, neither wanting to back down, both wanting to do good. Kaii slips into a stupor, missing the ending of the first fight and the ones that followed until Iruka calls out his name.
"Rakuyama Kaii, wake up you'll be fighting next." Iruka shouts at the dazed Kaii, which he is able to ignore.
What he is not able to ignore is Yuta constricting on his arm. "Hm? Yuta what the hell was that for?"
"You're up next master." Yuta hisses, scaring the majority of the class with ease and causing them to move further away from the boy.
"Did you catch who?" Kaii turns to face his partner with a tilted head.
"The young Akimichi." Yuta supplies with ease, coiling tighter on Kaii's arm.
The young Rakuyama sighs, but relents and makes his way to the opposite side of the field to the Akimichi. As he arrives the latter takes up his taijutsu stance, placing the bag of chips he so often eats into his pouch. Kaii remains out of his stance, inspecting the foe before him to determine which style would suit the moment. He notes the Akimichi remains largely open yet defended all at once, along side the known hiden the boy contains, Kaii readies himself in a stance he believes will suit the spar. He shifts his centre of mass to help make him agiler, both arms in front of him ready to block any attack, his feet positioned wide.
Iruka fells his arm, within seconds the Akimichi launches at Kaii with the ferocity of a bear, with a burning will easily seen in his eyes. Kaii focuses on his movements, already fully aware he can't win, but that doesn't mean he can't do well. The gap closes with the Akimichi already on top of Kaii, sending fist after fist at him with no pause resulting in a loss of ground. Twenty seconds pass, yet Kaii still finds himself at a loss, not a single opening could be exploited with his current level of skill. With the fight progressing, the other students begin to bicker about the outcome, all agreeing that the outcast will lose. Kaii clicks his tongue, knowing they are right he decides it's time for a rather unorthodox skill of his.
The Akimichi lets up for a second, thinking he's done enough, but as he does a swift kick takes his legs out from under him. Within a single moment, he finds himself on the floor with Kaii twirling around in the air, his foot poised to land in the Akimichi's gut. Seeing it coming, the larger boy rolls out of the way and flips back to his feet, immediately charging back at Kaii with his right arm now poised to strike a feirce blow. That one single attack sends both Yuta and Kaii flying into a nearby tree, leaving no room for a counter attack and Iruka to announce the bout over.
All present cheer at the Akimichi's win as he proceeds to pull out his bag of chips again, eating a few while sauntering back to his friends. Kaii slowly rises from the indentation in the tree, his back is deep pain with a small stream of blood seeping from the back of his head. Iruka makes his way over to him and kneels by his side, a bandage in hand.
"You did good Kaii, now put this on and get to the nurse's office." His sensei smiles, holding out the bandage.
Kaii nods, taking the bandage and applying it to the back of his head, letting the sharp pain of the gauze happen without wincing. With that done Iruka returns to his job, while Kaii picks himself up off of the ground, slithering his way back into the academy and into the nurse's office. The walk is solemn with Kaii deep inside his thoughts, noting he's not anywhere near as strong as he wants to be, but while he still has to perform the training his grandfather gave him there is little he can do. Yuta again is forced to break his partner out of his thoughts for the very fact they are at their destination, the nurse's office. He knocks once and waits for a reply from the inside, which after a few seconds he gets in the form of an acknowledging call.
He pushes the door inwards, sliding in and closing it just as quickly. "Iruka-sensei told me to come here to see to my back and head." He bows as he finishes, noting that some respect should be shown to the nurse, even if she doesn't return it.
"Oh, Kaii-san, well come here and let me look at it." Her words show little care for the boy's safety, only that her job dictates she does something. "How did it happen?" She questions as Kaii stops in front of her, turning to show her his back.
"Taijutsu test, the Akimichi hits harder than I thought." Kaii supplies easily and attempts to add some small talk, only for it to be ignored.
"You should be fine, I expect you've had worse. Just keep the bandage on for a few hours." With that she returns to her work, gesturing with her hand for him to leave her office.
Kaii is about to click his tongue at her, but Yuta stops him from doing so while whispering in his ears. "Let it go, Kaii, we'll prove them wrong soon enough."
"Fine, we're off to our usual spot to train, okay?" Kaii asks his snake, removing himself from the office and back down the halls to the front of the academy. "I don't want to return to that stupid 'test'."
Yuta hisses in agreeance while Kaii exits the building, leaping to a nearby room and taking the ninja highway to the nearest training ground. Though gaining looks from Konoha shinobi as he does, seeing as no academy student really takes the ninja highway.
Training Field 18 06:05 | Wednesday 27th Dec 12 aNb | Two Weeks Later | Konohagakure
Leaping from tree to tree eases Kaii's nerves as he, along with his mother, progress towards the training field in which they continue Koshiro's training. A rather complex seal suppression training session that the two must perform every day before Kaii goes to the academy. An arduous task, but also one that really tests Kaii's limits and if he's to ever become a strong shinobi, one he must master and fast. His mother, however, is more than ready for him to start performing the training alone, seeing as he will not be in the village every day with her while out on missions.
They both land in a small clearing in one of the more forested training fields inside of Konoha, with no one in their respective sensory ranges. A natural talent all members of the Rakuyama clan posses, linked with the training each member goes through as soon as they can train. Kaii drops to the floor, his legs crossed with both hands resting on his knees, once done he proceeds to take off his overcoat and top. His mother takes up a position directly behind him, placing a single hand onto his shoulder, as the other forms a half rat hand seal. A large amount of visible chakra engulfs the woman, a deep purple much like her snake partners. Kaii experiences the same reaction, the chakra a dark gray instead. The two respective chakras begins to intertwine where Kai's mothers hand lays upon Kaii's shoulder, funneling back into the boy. Or at least what it would seem to any watching on.
However, the chakra shown is entering one of the two seals on the back of Kaii's shoulders. One at each side, linking in the centre of his spine. The seal themselves are unlike any seals used by those interested in the field, they're complex yet simple at the same time. Years of usage has refined the seals into a unfamothable lock on each Rakuyama's person. The very reason for the seal unknown to the wider world.
After half an hour, the chakra fades from the clearing and Kaii speaks up. "It was quicker today, a good sign I hope Okaa-san?"
His mother shifts her hand from the first seal to the second. "It is, in fact, it shouldn't be long until you can do this yourself. I'm proud of you, it took me far longer." The latter she says with a genuine tone, but Kaii still thinks himself behind because of his somewhat lack of other skills.
"It's not enough, but it's a start." Kaii comments, mostly to himself as he enters into mediation.
The same process repeats for the second seal, taking just as long to finish as the first. Once over Kaii dresses, picks himself up and looks to his mother. She nods and the two vacate the field the same way they came, leaving no indication they were ever there.
Konoha Academy 07:50 | Friday 19th Jan 13 aNb | Three Weeks Later | Konohagakure
The day of the graduations has come, all students were early as none wanted to be late and be failed because of it. Not that they thought they would be but nobody's going to chance it, except for Kaii. As usual, he is in the training field with his mother, performing their training, which Kaii was late to rise for leading to being late to class. Iruka and a man of equal height with white shoulder length hair, lounge at the front of the academy, dead centre of the doors. Keeping watchful eyes on each of the students, checking to see if they had all turned up before entering.
Iruka starts the count which only takes him a moment, before realising one is missing. "Kaii is missing, or did I just count wrong? Mizuki-san can you do a count to check." He asks politely, thought you'd think he is asking for a lot more with the man's reaction.
With a scowl, the white-haired man counts the students. "That brat is always late, just leave him out. He can serve another six months in the academy to set him straight." The disdain is not hidden well but Iruka tries to ignore it.
"Well, as long as he arrives before the end of the tests we will have to test him regardless." The diplomatic response comes back from the brown-haired chunin. "Let's get inside then." With that, he cups a hand around one side of his mouth. "Alright, the tests shall begin now, everyone inside and to your usual classrooms."
Mizuki pushes the doors in then disappears deeper into the building, leaving Iruka to tend to the students. Something Iruka is glad for as his peer seems rather off today, but he doesn't have the time to worry about it. The students funnel into the academy and then to their respective classrooms, leaving the chunin alone outside for a few minutes before the bell rings.
Ten minutes pass with the bell just about to ring as a young boy clad in a black overcoat and a black object wrapped around his shoulder and left arm lands in front of Iruka. Kaii and Yuta, fresh from their morning routine and ready for the test. Something they both believe they are over prepared for with the last three weeks being filled with an extreme amount of training which his mother decided to preside over. Kaii rises and looks at Iruka, scratching the back of his head in disinterest.
"Huh, not late for a change." Iruka sassily mentions to the boy directly in front of him. "Get to the classroom, your test will not take long."
"Yes, Iruka-sensei." Kaii nods, sauntering into the academy and finding his classroom with ease.
With the door already open, he simply walks in, to be met with two large tables. One containing a classroom full of brand new headbands with Konoha's leaf on the front, the other with two chairs. Mizuki rests in one and the second is empty, Kaii immediately reasons that it's for Iruka and proceeds to ignore it and go to his bench. The chunin shouts an annoyed look to the outcast, something the rest of the class does as he passes each row on his way to the back.
'Not long and I'll have to work with two of these idiots… great.' Kaii thinks to himself, as he ponders on which one's, in particular, he'll have to endure.
Once in his seat, Iruka enters the classroom and takes a clipboard from the table where his peer is sitting. With that in hand, he calls the first name off of the list, which to his surprise is Kaii's.
"Rakuyama Kaii, you're up first seeing as you like to disappear halfway through tests." Iruka calls while reasoning. "Follow me and Mizuki-sensei into the next room for the test."
The class all tense up as Kaii lazily picks himself off of the bench he just got situated in, with a quick click of his tongue he walks back past each row stopping only once inside the next room and in front of another table. The chunin say nothing as they plop themselves down at the table, knowing Kaii will know the first of the jutsu to perform for the test. Kaii creates the clone hand seal and tenses his chakra coils. With a puff of smoke around him, three standard clones appear behind me, each near perfect. Without pause he moves onto the second jutsu, the henge. With a simple three hand seal preparation, he transforms himself into Iruka, but fails to replicate his voice. Something both chunin presume to be from slacking off. The last jutsu is more of a where did Kaii go, as he performs it without warning and substitutes himself with a chair at the edge of the room.
Throughout the entire test, Yuta never left Kaii's shoulders. First, when the clones were created, Yuta created his own clones to sit atop them. Secondly, when he changed to Iruka's form he simply sat on his shoulders in the exact same way, albeit he seemed smaller due to the chunin being bigger than Kaii. Iruka takes a few notes before standing.
"You pass, Kaii." Iruka smiles warmly, standing from his position and striding to the door. "Grab a headband on your way back to your seat… and make sure you don't leave while I'm not looking."
Kaii feels weird inside, but does his best to ignore them and stay stoic, following the chunin back into the classroom. Once through the door he makes a move straight for the headbands and takes one of the few ones with a black band instead of the far more common blue. The cloth as well in very unusual, as its at least twice as long on either side, perfect for placing it around the owners waist. Which Kaii does, letting it rest diagonally with one side hooked through a belt hole to keep it attached to him. Losing a hitai-ate is extremely bad as a shinobi, and Kaii would be damned if he let it happen even if the village is not held that high to him at the moment. Without letting the class react or Iruka speak, he simply saunters back to his seat and falls into a stupor.
The rest of the graduation goes by with little issues, everyone passes bar one. The boy in an orange jumpsuit and bright blond hair, which Kaii notes as something he expected from seeing how poor the boy's chakra control is. Though like himself the kid suffers from a real lack of friendship, yet he found some solace in becoming the class clown. Poking fun at anyone and anything just for a sliver of attention from at least one person. Kaii is often his target, not that he really holds it against him as even Kaii knows that an outcast is easy pickings. With that Iruka takes his place back in the centre of the room with a smile at all of his students.
"Starting today you are all genin, tomorrow you will be greeted by your new Jonin-sensei. You have the rest of the day off so make sure you arrive on time tomorrow." Iruka announces to everyone, at the last few words his gaze fixed onto Kaii. "You may all go now, well done."
All of those in the class pick themselves up and leave, each converting to different degrees while a few silently take their leave. Kaii stands with a yawn, stretching himself out before moving to the window. Kaii leaps out of the window and takes himself to training field 18 to focus on some more training in preparation for tomorrow. Iruka sighs to himself before turning to Mizuki.
"I swear that kid will never learn, just like Naruto but at least he can perform when needed." Iruka comments lightly clearing both of the tables.
Mizuki clicks his tongue while taking his leave, with a simple wave behind him to his peer. The brown haired shinobi tilts his head at the man, still not understanding what is wrong with him, but work comes first so he clears it from his mind and refocuses on his work. Though with Naruto's fourth failure, Iruka wonders to himself will he ever pass? Does he simply need a push in the right direction? He doesn't have the answers but he'll be sure to ask Hiruzen about it whenever he can. The Hokage knows things about him that most don't and while there he can also look more into the mysterious Kaii, who even after about five years of living in Konoha still seems like he just arrived. If not he's certainly sure whoever is assigned as his sensei will figure it out.