The Bug and the Exam
'Why do I even bother?' I asked myself in my head after Ino Pig and everyone else left me alone for the first time all morning. "Maybe I should just kill myself." I said this out loud but I doubt anybody could hear me, seeing how I was alone. In fact, the only thing that probably could hear me was the lone bug that crawled silently in front of me.
I was very interested in bugs, so I bent down and allowed it to crawl on my index finger. "Do you hate me?" I asked it, "Do you wish to see me dead?" It flew away when I said this, though I couldn't tell if that meant yes, or no.
Instead of finding out which way it went, I thought about everything Ino Pig called me.
"You're such a loser, Roza."
"Why are you even here?"
"Yeah, Loser, why don't you just die?"
A school Bell rang nearby, which made me jump. Everyone ran to the door of the academy, except for me, Hinata, and Shino.
Hyuuga Hinata was a quiet girl. She had bluish hair that was very short and she wore a whitish jacket. She walked on first, looking at her own feet.
Aburame Shino was a boy who spoke on rare occasions. He had messy brown hair that was a little spiky and he wore a white trench coat and tinted sunglasses. He glanced at me before turning away to walk second.
I merely stood where I was, looking at the very blue sky. 'Maybe I'll just skip again.' I thought to myself.
"You coming?" asked a boys voice. I snapped out of my trance and looked to see Shino facing me outside the door. We stared at each other for a while. My heart stopped for a millisecond. Then he said, "We have our finals today."
My eyes went a little wider, "Oh! Right." then I walked swiftly to the door as Shino disappeared inside the building.
When I approached the door to my classroom, I opened it and stepped inside.
Right at that moment, the late bell rang. 'Whew!'
"You're lucky, Roza" Iruka said. Most people giggled when he said my name. Roza, my name, meant 'loser'. So my teacher was really saying, "You're lucky, Loser."
I made my way to my seat, last chair, last row, as Iruka explained the final exam.
I didn't really listen. I thought about this morning when Shino waited for me at the door. I wondered if maybe I should glance at him, just a little peek. He was looking at me. I looked away as my face grew hot.
I listened more closely to what Iruka was saying. But all I heard was that we have to make at least five shadow clones to pass, but they had to be acceptable.
'This is going to be pretty simple,' I thought to myself, trying to ignore the kid with tinted glasses 'I should be able to get it, no problem.'
One by one my classmates walked into a different room. Some came out with their hard earned headbands, some came out empty handed and depressed, others didn't come out at all.
Finally, my name was called. I stood up, pushed my hair out of my eyes, and made my way to the empty room.
Iruka and my other teacher, Mizuki, were set at the very front of the room. There was a desk that Iruka sat at, and Mizuki stood behind a table of the headbands.
"Well, Roza." Iruka said. I nodded and got into my stance.
My feet were spread far apart, my hands made the sign and I focused my chakra. Five Roza's appeared in a puff of smoke. They weren't solid, but it wasn't very noticeable. I looked hopefully at Iruka.
He smiled at me and nodded to Mizuki who walked across the room and handed me my headband. I grabbed it and we shook hands. Then I walked to Iruka and shook his hand as well. "Congratulations!" he exclaimed, "You are now a ninja. I'm very proud of you Roza! You may go now, if you like."
I looked at my two teachers and smiled at them warmly. "Thank you. You have no idea what this means to me." tears ran down my face as I ran to the open window and jumped out of it, feeling the warm summer breeze as I landed.
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