Through My Eyes
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Every shinobi's story is different. Yet we all go through similar things… Like every one of us, or mostly everyone, go through ninja academy… We then normally graduate to become Genin, do a few low ranked missions and take the Chuunin Exams to improve our rank. Then from this point we decide whether or not we want to improve any more. There are those very few who do things a little differently but that's the main path that most of us take in the beginning to start our shinobi life.
My name is Satō Kagami and before I tell you my story I guess you deserve to know a little about me. First the very basic stuff… I have dark brown hair, dark brown eyes and fair skin. I'm average height and weight… I live in the Hidden Leaf Village, Konoha and I'm the same age as the members of the Rookie Nine. I attended Konoha Ninja Academy along with the Rookie Nine and I did become a Genin the same time as them but my team mates and I are not apart of the Rookie Nine. My team mates are Aoki Toshi and Nakamura Tamasine. Together we are known as Team 3…
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Chapter 1: Graduation
Graduating from the Ninja Academy is one of the most important events that could occur in life. It's going from a simple Academy student to becoming a Genin, another step closer to doing what you want in life. My graduation day wasn't what I exactly expected… To graduate we need to pass a written test and perform a jutsu that the sensei decides on. From time to time there are exceptions to this where some students got through. Anyway, the written test was a breeze and the day came when we had to do our jutsu… This is where my story starts…
I walked into the class room like I did every other day and sat down in my usual seat in the middle of the class room. Within moments Iruka-sensei walked in and the last day of school began.
After checking attendance Iruka-sensei said, "We will now start the final exam. If your name is called, come to the classroom next door. The subject will be the replication technique." When Iruka finished there were a few murmurs around the room of how easy the test would be and I agreed.
The replication technique was the easiest jutsu that we had learnt through out our academy years. So for me it was a sure pass. But I did notice the reaction that Uzumaki Naruto had… You see Naruto was the worst student in class, to state it simply… There was just nothing that he could do right; I guess that he would have some difficultly with this final exam.
"Satō Kagami," I heard Iruka-sensei call. I took a deep breath in and got up to go to the classroom next door.
"Good luck, Kagami," Hyuuga Hinata whispered to me as I walked pass her to get to the door.
"Thanks," I simply replied and gave her a sweet smile. Hinata was a close friend of mine and we had been through a lot together. Our families also happened to be good friends with each other as well, so I guess you could say she was my best friend. Any who, I went into the classroom next door and inside was a large empty space. At the front of the room sat Iruka-sensei and Mizuki-sensei behind a wooden desk which had many forehead protectors on them. I walked to the centre of the room and placed my hands in the right hand seal. I channelled my chakra for this technique and yelled, "Bunshin no Jutsu!" When the smoke cleared there were four copies of me, two on each side.
"Well done, Kagami," Iruka-sensei congratulated, "you have passed the final exam. Here's your forehead protector." He said holding out my new forehead protector.
"Thanks," I smiled and took the forehead protector out of his extended arm. I then bowed to both Iruka and Mizuki and quickly went out the door to the other classroom.
Soon all the other students went in for their final exam. Everyone but Naruto passed. All of the students and our parents were then gathered outside being congratulated on becoming Genin and Naruto watched from a distance sitting on the wooden swing.
"Hey, that kid is the kid. He's the only one who failed," I heard a woman's voice say in a rude tone.
"Serves him right," another replied equally rude.
"If he becomes a ninja, it's only going to cause trouble," the first woman stated.
I heard all this and was starting to feel sorry for Naruto. Sure he was a trouble maker and stuffed up sometimes, ok a lot of the time, but why were people being so mean?
"Congratulations, sis," a voice called out to me bringing me back to reality. It was none other than my very annoying brother, Haruko… Today, out of all days, my parents were sent on a mission and Haruko being older was asked to look after. Even though I can look after myself… Anyway, I turned to see if Naruto was still sitting on the swing but it turned out that he had left.
"Thanks," I replied quickly realising I hadn't said anything.
The rest of the day was a blur… I got more congratulations and stuff like that… Nothing too interesting… All the graduates were told to organise a profile to hand in to the Hokage tomorrow and that the day after that there would be an explanatory meeting. The explanatory meeting was to find out who would be taking us and training us… But we weren't told all that much more.
The next day came and went without too much action. All I really did was give the Hokage my profile and did a bit of training. Nothing else…
The explanatory meeting day came and I went to the Ninja Academy and into the classroom that I once use to spend everyday in. A few students were already inside chatting away about what they did over the last day… I wasn't really paying any attention, it didn't interest me… Anyway, I sat in the seat that I would normally sit in on any average school day, in the middle. A few moments passed and a few more students entered the room.
"Why are you here?" Shikamaru's voice asked. I looked up to see Shikamaru talking to the one and only Naruto. "Today's explanatory meeting is only for those who graduated," he explained to Naruto, as I watched in interest to see why Naruto was here.
"Hey, can you not see this forehead protector?" Naruto asked pointing a thumb to his forehead. I looked up and indeed there was a forehead protect, he must have done something to graduate. "Starting today I'm a ninja!" He then exclaimed in his normal hyper-active voice.
I signed and put my back against the chair to face the front of the room. Looks like Naruto can prove those rude women wrong, I thought thinking back to graduation when those two women spoke of Naruto as if he were a monster. I couldn't help but smile at the thought that Uzumaki Naruto the resident troublemaker was now a Genin along with the rest of us. A few peaceful minutes passed by but that soon ended… Loud footsteps came echoing towards the room and I could guess exactly who it was.
"Goal!" Ino and Sakura both yelled at the same time. I was right once again Ino and Sakura had been arguing about something.
"I win again, Sakura," Ino managed to say between breaths of air.
"What are you talking about?" Sakura asked. "My toe entered the class before yours by a centimetre." Now this started yet another argument between the two of them and there was only one thing that could really stop it… And then start a new argument… If you hadn't guessed it was Uchiha Sasuke…
I guess I was kind of use to it by now though… What else was I suppose to expect from those two anyway… Sure they were alright sometime but it was normally them just arguing instead of talking like mature people… All well soon I'll be out of this academy and be on my way to becoming ANBU. If I haven't told you yet my goal in life is to become an ANBU… I don't really care about becoming Hokage; it's just not me… Anyway, back to the explanatory meeting… So I lay my head on my desk and waited for the last few students to arrive… And for the argument of who could sit next to Sasuke stop.
Something quite unexpected happened next… There was a silence and I turned just in time to see Naruto's and Sasuke's lips connect. I had to try so hard not to burst out laughing… Naruto and Sasuke were, and probably still are, arch rivals and now their lips were connecting in a kiss. They both started gagging and I saw the fire in each and every girl's, except Hinata and I of cause, eyes light up all glaring at Naruto. They all then jumped at Naruto and started beating him up saying things like, "Sasuke's first kiss was meant to be me," or something… Well with that I lay my head back on the desk and continued to wait for Iruka-sensei to arrive. Iruka-sensei walked into the room unnoticed. He cleared his throat and a few students quietened down.
"Starting today you are all official shinobi, but…" Iruka-sensei started to say as the room quietened down. "You are still new Genin. It's only going to get harder from here." He now had every student's attention as we all continue to listen to each and every word. "You will be in a group of three, where you will accomplish missions under a Jounin-sensei," he said as there was an outburst within the room.
I on the other hand saw this coming… Having an older brother has both its advantages and disadvantages… I guess this was an advantage to know that we would be placed into groups.
"A group of three?" Students around the room continued to ask…
"We've arranged the groups such that overall abilities are equivalent," Iruka said once everyone quietened down a little. "I will now announce them."
He went through the first two groups and I can't seem to remember what their names were but I guess it's not really all that important.
"Now, 3rd group," Iruka-sensei stated and I waited patiently for my name. "Aoki Toshi, Nakamura Tamasine and Satō Kagami," he read out and then continued on with the other groups.
I turned in my seat to look at my two team mates… Back then I had no idea what both boys were like and could only take in the small amount of information that I knew… I had only spoken to both boys a few times before during training and stuff and they seemed kind enough. Toshi had black hair and eyes… Fair skin and was probably a little taller than myself… Tamasine had a sort of orange coloured hair and pale blue eyes. His skin was fair just a little darker than mine. He was taller than both Toshi and I by a few centimetres, making me the shortest in our group. With that I took one final look at my two new team mates and listen to the remaining teams.
"Next, 7th group," Iruka-sensei called. "Uzumaki Naruto. Haruno Sakura."
"Yeah!" Naruto cheered on hearing he would be in the same team as his crush.
Sakura on the other hand had a very different reaction. "I'm with Naruto…?" She said lowering her head down at the thought of being stuck with Naruto.
"And Uchiha Sasuke," Iruka-sensei finished and this time there were opposite reactions from Naruto and Sakura. "Next, 8th group," Iruka-sensei said completely ignoring Sakura and Naruto. "Hyuuga Hinata."
"Y-yes," Hinata said in a very quiet and shaky voice.
"Inuzuka Kiba and Aburame Shino," Iruka-sensei then finished the 8th team. Like many of the other groups I don't remember who was in the 9th team nor do I think that they're important. "10th group," Iruka-sensei said and it was obvious who was in this group due to there only being three Genin left. "Yamanaka Ino, Nara Shikamaru and Akimichi Choji," Iruka-sensei concluded and it was just about time for us to go out for lunch.
"Iruka-sensei!" Naruto voice yelled and echoed through out the room. "Why is a top-student like me in a group with this guy?!" He then exclaimed pointing at Sasuke.
"Sasuke graduated with the highest scores," Iruka said looking up from his papers. "And you, Naruto, had the worst scores. This happens because we want to evenly divide abilities between the groups." Learning this information Sasuke started to taunt Naruto and only stopped because Sakura yelled at them to stop… Well yelled at Naruto to stop. Once they stopped Iruka-sensei started talking again, "I'm going to introduce Jounin sensei's in the in the afternoon. Meeting adjourned until then!"
We all made our way out of the classroom and into the hall. This is where I saw Hinata and had a chance to finally talk to her.
"Hey, Hinata," I called to her and she stopped for me to catch up.
"H- Hello, Kagami," she said in her quiet voice.
"Looks like you have some pretty skilled team mates," I said.
"Yeah, not just a pretty face am I, Kagami?" Kiba's voice came from behind me.
"No, but a baka too," I replied calmly as Hinata giggled quietly. "I was more referring to Shino but I guess you have some skill…" I then said and Kiba lightened up a bit. It was our sort of way of communication… I would make fun of Kiba and he would make fun of me… It was never anything too serious.
"Well anyway, you want to eat lunch with us, Hinata?" Kiba said and motioned to Shino who was waiting at the door.
"Umm… W-well," Hinata stuttered.
"Hey, don't worry about me I probably should be looking for my team as well," I said. Hinata than said a quiet goodbye and followed Kiba to Shino. Then the three of them walked out the building leaving me by myself… Well at least that was what I thought.
"You just going to stand there?" A voice came from behind startling me. I turned around to see Tamasine leaning against the wall and Toshi standing not too far away with his hands in his pockets.
"No, I was just about to look for you guys," I replied.
"Well, then let's get going," Toshi said. The three of us then walked out of the building and found a spot where we could have our lunch and talk.
Time passed by quickly and I learnt a little more about my team mates and they learnt a bit about me. It was soon time for us to return to the academy to be introduced to our Jounin-sensei.
All the teams were asked to go into different rooms and we all did as instructed. We waited for a few minutes and soon the door slid open. In walked a tall man with a sword almost his height. He had dark grey hair and grey eyes. His skin colour was quite similar to Tamasine's and something that was a little odd was that he didn't were the same clothes as all the other Jounin-sensei. Behind the Jounin was Iruka-sensei.
"Ok, Toshi, Tamasine and Kagami this is your Jounin-sensei, Asa," Iruka-sensei introduced. "So, I'll leave you to it." Iruka-sensei then walked out the door and slid it behind him leaving us in an uncomfortable silence.
"Well, I guess I should introduce myself…" Asa-sensei started. "I'm Kimura Asa… I normally get assigned the toughest of tough Genin, so you three must have some skill. How about you introduce yourselves now… Tell me your name, what weapons you commonly use, whether you use ninjutsu, taijutsu or genjutsu and anything else I should know…" Asa-sensei said. I looked from Toshi to Tamasine and waited for one of them to say something.
"I'm Aoki Toshi… I use kunai, shuriken and fuuma shuriken. I know everything that there is to know about genjutsu and am a quick thinker. I can come up with a working plan of attack within seconds," Toshi explained.
"Ok, so a genjutsu master… Aoki I've heard that name before but I can't seem to remember… Are your clan members masters in genjutsu?" Asa-sensei then asked Toshi.
"Well, yeah, though our clan was always in the shadow of the Uchiha clan… But we have found way to surpass the remaining Uchihas,"
"Quite interesting… How about you?" Asa-sensei said motioning to Tamasine.
"My name is Nakamura Tamasine. I often don't use weapons but if I have to I use the common kunai and shuriken. I mainly use ninjutsu and according to doctors I have double the amount of chakra compared to a normal shinobi. Also, I don't tire easily," Tamasine explained.
"Good, so you're the one doctors were talking about a while back. I heard that there are some side affects, is it true?" Asa-sensei asked.
"Not exactly a side affect but a curse. And part of the curse won't allow me to tell a single soul… The person has to figure it out… So far only a doctor knows what it is and I heard recently that she was murdered along with her a lot of medical secrets," Tamasine said.
"What an interesting group of Genin so far… So what about you?" Asa-sensei asked me.
"Well, I'm Satō Kagami. I use odd weapons compared to other shinobi, I use acupuncture needles and a tessen (iron fan)," I said before Asa-sensei cut in.
"So, you're from the Satō clan that specialise in the understanding of the human body and even though you can't see the chakra points like a Hyuuga you still know exactly where they are. Am I right?" Asa-sensei asked.
"Well yeah, you don't need Byakugan to know where the chakra points are and not only that but we know exactly where each presser point is. So if you hit a critical spot it can kill them instantly or paralyse them," I explained to my team.
"Quite interesting, anyway continue with your introduction," Asa-sensei said nodding.
"Well, I am somewhat a taijutsu user despite the fact that I use weapons and I do have a great understanding of all taijutsu. I also have a great understanding on medical due to my clan history…. And I can open the first chakra gate… I also have great accuracy according to many Jounin I've met," I concluded.
"Interesting group I have here… So a genjutsu master, with the ability to surpass the remaining Uchihas and could quickly come up with a plan of attack. A ninjutsu master, with double the amount of chakra and at the same time is cursed. And a taijutsu master capable of surpass any Hyuuga and uses odd weapons…" Asa-sensei said with a smile on his face. "This is going to be a fun couple of years… If… You are 3 of the 9 Genin that pass."
Hearing this I was left speechless… What does he mean 3 of the 9 Genin…? I thought.
"What?!" Toshi yelled in disbelief.
"Oh I didn't tell you, did I?" Asa-sensei said mocking us and suddenly he had an evil look in his eye. "Only 9 of the 27 who graduated actually become Genin."
"What?!" I said finally finding my voice. "So, how are the 9 chosen?"
"Oh, don't worry you'll find out in time…" Asa-sensei replied with that evil look still in his eye.
"Well if you're not going to tell us we better keep our guards up because as far as we're concerned the test could be anything," Tamasine said calmly unfazed by the news of having to go through another test to actually become Genin.
"Tamasine has a good point there," Toshi said. "But hey, so what all the teams are equal remember? So, every team has an equal chance of passing," Toshi quickly added in.
"Too true," I said realising that both my team mates were right. "I just can't believe we have to go through another test…"
"So, be on your guard and I'll see you some time soon," Asa-sensei said and he then disappeared with leaves whirling around in the spot that he once stood.
"So, do we have a plan to pass this test?" I said looking at my two team mates.
"We can't plan for something if we don't know what it is," Toshi replied doubtfully.
"But we can think this way…" Tamasine started. We then moved into a small circle to hear what Tamasine had to say.
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