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The Copy
How long has it been I've finally become a proper ninja. After everything I can't afford to mess up now or I'll never make it to the top and get the truth. Oh well lets begin.
Sliding open the door a young ninja with konoha headband stood in the door way. His black hair reached down to his shoulders, the fringe just hiding his eyes. The formal shirt of his clan was slightly open at the top with the collar neatly folded over, his trousers were neat and his shoes nicely polished. Suddenly a voice came over the crowd "Hey Raven over here I got us some seats." A girl with red hair was waving like a maniac and pointing to an empty seat next to her. Raven stepped slowly over towards the girl. Three young lads stepped out in front of him blocking his path, the biggest of which attempted to punch Raven in the face. Stepping back slightly the blow went passed his face. Stepping forward Raven put out his hand and shook the boys hand who had attempted to punch him.
"Seriously if you weren't so bad you'd actually hit someone." Raven smiled shaking the hand of his oldest friend.
"Yeah well I'm just keeping you on your toes. Besides you'd be bored without me and you know it." It was true Haru Hyuga a tall slim boy who always wore his clans training robes and bandages had always been Raven's friend and training partner the two of them had been through all of their training together and were now about to start their lives as ninja together.
As smoke started filling the room all students in the room bolted to their seats. Their sensei whilst relaxed hated tardiness and would hand out severe punishments if you weren't in your seat when he arrived. As the smoke cleared a man in his late 30's wearing the typical chunin outfit stood at the front of the class. He hoisted a stack of papers onto his small desk at the front of the class.
"All right you've all passed so far but now the real fight begins. Everyone your about to enter into your 3 man squad which is going to be led by a senior jonin teacher so find your sheet, find your team mates, then find your sensei and begin your new ninja life." The man at the front vanished in another puff of smoke.
"Right lets get our squad and go!" Haru exclaimed looking over towards Raven, who was staring out of the window. Haru smiled and poked Raven in his side causing him to jump up and out of his seat. Turning back round Raven stared back at Haru, who simply smiled. Raven lent over and grabbed his squad sheet looking down the list he saw his name and his friend Haru's name. The third name didn't please him what so ever Inochi Yamanaka, the local flower girl who had no interest in being a ninja and had only joined due to her family lineage of being good ninja. Raven swept his hair back and looked at who his sensei was Theo. Theo was the only thing down as his sensei's name, no last name. Room 607 A building 12 o'clock. By this time the other two members of his squad had gathered together.
"Erm are we gona get going I don't want to be late because of you two idiots." Inochi bossed with both herhands on her hips slightly scrunching up her green dress. Her blonde her was covered in flowers from her family's shop.
"Yeah, yeah were coming so hold your horses." Haru said as he wandered down the stairs.
"Well we've got about 30 minutes so were not going to be late so don't worry about it. But still lets go." Raven said getting between Haru and Inochi. The two of them looked as though they could've come to blows at any point. Inochi just brushed her hair and turned walking out of the room.
"Hmm some diva we've got here." Exclaimed Haru.
"Just try and get along with her will you. You never know when you might need her help." Raven said as he walked out of the room Haru chasing after him.
Theo was sat on a desk waiting for his students as they entered the room. Theo wore a long , heavy, black cloak and two bandanas covering the majority of his face. His gloves were thick and heavy matching his boots. The three genin stood there a minute thinking he must've been from the interrogation department of intelligence. Theo took once deep breath before he spoke.
"You three must be my new recruits. Kinda scrawny but I guess I'll beat that out of you. Right now stand at attention and state your full name and passing merits." Theo didn't take his eye off of either of them or move a muscle as he spoke.
"Inochi Yamanaka Taijutsu C NInjutsu C Genjutsu A." Inochi spoke with a tone of great authority about herself. Theo just smirked.
"Haru Hyuga Taijutsu B Ninjutsu B Genjutsu C." Haru smiled as he said thinking he could beat Inochi at two out of three things. Theo smirked again.
"Raven Taijutsu B Ninjutsu B Genjutsu F." Raven spoke knowing Inochi was laughing at him and about all the times that he had failed Genjutsu training.
"I said full name not your first name soldier." Theo spoke authoritatively.
"I don't know it all I know is I was found with a raven hovering over me as a baby so that's how my carer named me." Raven didn't bother meeting his new sensei's gaze, he knew his thought already, great another war baby.
"Right either way Theo Rober Taijutsu S Ninjutsu S Genjutsu S and if you wanna get that good you've gotta train harder than you've been doing. Right now first test combat training I want you to go three minutes in a ring with me and show me what you've got and if I deem it satisfactory you'll pass if not I'll kill you." Theo's killing intent with that statement made the room turn cold. "So of to the training grounds you go." Theo's tone changed and slowly he stood up and walked out with a distinct mechanical clink about his right arm as he used it to help himself up.
On the training ground the three genin stood on one side of a ring drawn on the ground, big enough for two people to do combat sparing, just. Theo took off his jacket gloves and boots, this exposed a mechanical right arm and partially mechanical left arm. Raven looked at it and new it was the price of war.
"Right who's getting in first?" Theo asked looking amongst his students
"I will!" Haru raised his hand as he stepped into the ring taking up the typical Hyuga stance.
"Nice energy we'll start when the bell rings."
As the school bell rang Haru stepped forward aiming to land a strike. Theo side stepped and swung at the back of his head. Being used to this move Haru went on his hands and kicked at his sensei's stomach. Landing a hit Haru smiled, taking his stance once again Haru went in for a flurry of blows, none of which hit their target as Theo evaded with ease. Theo then struck at Haru forcing him back and in one blow to the stomach he sent Haru out of the ring and on his back gasping for breath.
"One minute forty three seconds not bad. Next student." Theo just took his stance not looking at Haru who was rubbing his aching gut.
Inochi stepped into the ring. The bell rang again and both of them were off. Inochi formed symbols and as Theo struck her she disappeared only to reappear at his neck holding a knife to it.
"Move and die." She smiled coyly. Theo just grabbed it with his right hand and broke the knife in two. He then grabbed Inochi and threw her out of the ring and into the school building.
"Fifty seconds." Theo took his stance as Raven entered the ring tying back his hair with a chakra string. Raven took no stance he just gazed at his opponent waiting for him to move. Theo just stood in stance waiting.
"What's the matter are you scared." Theo asked obviously trying to get Raven to lose his cool and move.
"No I'm just tired is all." Raven answered. Theo thought knew he'd have to move first and be carefull of a counter. So leaning in with a casual easily dodged right he swung for Raven. Stepping backward from the blow Raven looked at Theo's eyes. As Theo swung in with a left body shot Raven saw the whole movement and the next right hook to his face. (It's happening again what is it?) Raven thought to himself. Stepping forward into the small opening Theo left Raven swung up at his opponents jaw. Theo was taken aback, (no child should be able to read a blind spot like that they've not had enough experience yet), was all that went through Theo's mind as Raven laid out a flurry of shots. No shot connected. Theo thought that there must be something else must be going on. He couldn't sense any change in chakra since they began, maybe the kid was just good and should've been graded higher. But still he wasn't about to lose to a rookie. Backing off he invited raven in who stopped and stepped back.
"What's the matter, had enough?" Theo asked confused.
"No I just know what you're trying to do." Answered Raven as calmly as when they'd began. Theo rushed in swept low causing Raven to jump, then swiping high Raven ended up with no room to move and in came a left connecting with Raven's chest knocking him out of the ring and into the stack of training mats.
"Two minutes nine seconds. Not bad." Theo put his jacket and gloves back on. "Meet back here at five for training and your first mission." Not looking back at his students Theo walked off of the training ground.
"Well I guess we passed then." Haru chuckled as lay on the ground. Sitting up Raven looked straight ahead. (It's stopped now. But what is that double vision all about its like I can see what he's going do before it happened).
Back at his house Raven opened the front door. Suddenly a voice yelled from another room.
"You're late. Dinners cold. Eat and go to bed." The old woman who looked after Raven was sat in her armchair counting money as usual, all of which was brought in from her adopting kids then sending them to the ninja academy then charging them for their rooms. She was a cold scrawny old woman the kind that always wore nice dresses and jewellery but never worked for any of it.
"Yes Ma'am." Answered Raven as he looked ate his dinner. (Tomorrow first mission nearly out of here) he thought as he ate his cold dinner.