Alrighty there has been a slight delay in everything for the past few days, what with my nephew staying the week to my internet to everything else. Just feeling out everyone's characters and where a lot of them would fit best and in what situations. I've checked in with a lot of people over the past few days about updates on how I believe their characters are going, and those people know who they are.

If you do not see your name, do NOT panic. I've looked at all the OCs and nearly all of them are good. Alot of them, great. If you do not see your OCs name right now, or if you see the name, but they're not apparent for a few chapters in the story, do not worry. It just means I have that specific character set to appear later down the line. There were some I really really liked, but just had no space for them, at least for now. *Sigh*, Choosing was hard :/

Keep in mind though there will only be a Rookie 9. I received ALOT of great OCs, and some might still appear, but for now, this is all I can manage.

Genin: Rookie 9 (Plus Nanashi)

- Hiroto Hyuuga (M)

- Aika Tsukino (F)

- Saya Syaoran (F)

- Masaaki Yamauchi (M)

- Hiruko Amemori (M)

- Aozora Hattori (F)

- Shirou Sasaki (M)

- Oda Nogami (M)

Jounin:

-Yukio Mizuno (M)

-Genkaku Yamauchi (M)

-Tsubame Yoshida (F)

I probably missed out some people but just watch out for your names in this arc. I got a lot of OCs to work with so I hope I do all of them justice. If you feel like I should portray your OC in a certain way that I'm not doing right, feel free to PM me about it, cause this SYOC thing is a new experience for me, so work with me guys :D

Chapter 1: The Best Graduating Class

Nanashi looked down slightly as he walked to his final session in the academy. The thoughts of the child he saw being cared for by his parents left a ill feeling in his heart. It was a good day and any other student who graduated would be happy to start anew in the world of ninja. Though Nanashi didn't really care for it too much. For Nanashi, it was just a way to find himself.

He walked through the academy doors and all the usual faces were there. Nothing out of the ordinary, not like there would be anyway. Some people saw him as he walked through the door, others continued their conversations. It was just any other day, only with a lot more enthusiasm. A boy with frizzy brown hair walked toward Nanashi. His eyes a few shades darker than his hair, looked up at Nanashi's headband and he smiled.

He rose his hand and bumped his knuckle on Nanashi's headband. "How's it feel to finally get the heck outta this academy Nanashi?" He continuously bumped his knuckle on his headband.

"Hey, Kohaku. It feels nice, I guess. I don't know really, I haven't really had the chance to 'take it in' yet, y'know?"

"I hear that," Kohaku grinned at Nanashi, but the endless bumping of the headband started to annoy the latter. "You can stop now..." The bumping continued as if he said nothing. Nanashi grabbed his hand. "Kohaku stop." The anger built up to the point where veins could be seen welling up and moving awkwardly in his head.

"Whoops...heheh, sorry I got mesmerized for a second." Nanashi took a minute to understand Kohaku's mindset. How was it possible to become mesmerized in banging his head? Nanashi deduced that he just loved messing with him for some twisted reason. Shino Aburame came through the door, asking everyone to take their seats so he could say a few things. Kohaku and Nanashi looked at Shino for a good second and Kohaku whispered in Nanashi's ear. "I know it's probably too late to say this, but isn't Shino-sensei kinda, y'know, weird?"

Nanashi walked passed him, as if having nothing more to say to him. "If you want to have your ass bit by insects, fine by me, but I'm not getting caught talking bad about Shino-Sensei, see ya." Kohaku just watched him as if he were the biggest party-pooper the world had ever seen.

The class sat down and listened to what Shino had to say. Shino was never the type to give compliments, even when the compliment was deserved, but his time as academy instructor had mellowed him out a bit.

"I would like to say congratulations to this year's graduating class. The Leaf Village has not seen a more impressive graduating class since the year I was in the academy. This is something to be proud of." The students showed confidence in their faces, ready for more. "But now you move on to bigger and better challenges. You all will be placed in teams of 3 and you will then carry out missions with your new instructors."

"Teams of 3?" Nanashi said under his breath. Shino took the paper from the table and started calling out the names of Team 1. Soon it was Team 2. Team 3 came along.

"Team 3. Masaaki Yamauchi...Oda Nogami...and Saya Syaoran." The three students found one another from different areas of the class, and made eye contact with the other. Saya rolled her eyes, knowing that she'd been paired up with Masaaki, a hyperactive, muscle-head boy with brown straight long hair and brown eyes with a baby's face. He wore a white long sleeved shirt with black gloves and standard black pants with bandaged ankles and black sandals. He's a member of the Yamauchi clan, who specialize in earth style jutsu and strong taijutsu.

Oda, an average boy with a not-so-average appearance, with white hair, caramel skin, and silver eyes boy and a member of the Nogami clan. A clan that doesn't really have much recognition other than having large chakra reserves and wild appearances. He usually wears a red hooded long sleeved shirt and white shorts with bandaged legs and red sandals.

Saya, a young girl with a great head on her shoulders. Member of the Syaoran clan, a clan that can understand wolves as if they were human. Dark blue hair with dark green eyes and a well-toned body that's still in the process of developing curves. Taller than most in her class and has visible scars on her hands, left outer thigh and a bite mark above her right ankle. Wears a battle suited dark purple kimono with silver accents with the clan symbol of silver fangs and a dark outline of a wolf's head on the back of it. A short dark silver skirt with slits on each side, and elastic black shorts that stop just above her knees. Black, long fingerless gloves with a fang on the back of each one, standard blue headband with standard blue sandals

Team 4 was announced right after, then it was team 5. "Nanashi, Shirou Sasaki, and Aozora Hattori." Nanashi looked over at Shirou, who sat three seats across from him. A good looking kid with a cute face, but a mildly mature personality. Black hair with grayish tints that is in a pony tail and chin length bangs that frame both sides of his face. Gray eyes with a black long headband. And a standard ninja outfit without the flak jacket and wears an apron like cape around his waist with black gloves and the Sasaki Clan symbol on the back of his top. A clan that excels at unique chakra releases.

Aozora Hattori was the cutest girl in the class and probably the most dedicated when it came to the academy. A fair skin complexion with blue, "pupiless" eyes and wears a blue headband in a way that styles her black, short hair like Sakura. She also wears clothing strikingly similar to Ino's first appearance, except it's blue and there are no bandages covering her stomach, so it just shows her bare stomach, and instead arm warmers, she didn't have them on, but she normally wore black gloves with a white circle on the right palm and a white outline of a circle on the left, also wearing a white circle on the back of her top, the crest of the Hattori Clan, a noble clan known for their all-around ninja prowess and exceptional skill in Yin and/or Yang releases.

Nanashi looked her way as she focused her attention on the name callings, as if she wasn't phased by being grouped with him and Shirou. Team 6 was called, then Team 7, then it was Team 8, Hiroto Hyuuga, Aika Tsukino, and Hiruko Amemori.

Hiroto, a mildly rebellious kid with the white eyes of a Hyuuga, a skin tone paler than most, and an athletic body with slightly longer arms and legs, making him the tallest and lengthiest int he academy, albeit not by much. He has small scratches and cuts that have been accumulated over childhood playing. And he wears clothing similar to the traditional Hyuuga style, but different enough to differentiate him from the rest. He wore grayish black mid-calf trousers, bandages that go down to his grayish black sandals, a slightly high collared semi-traditional looking white shirt with short sleeves and black trims with his clan's symbol on the back. To differentiate himself, he wears a bright red hooded sweater and also has his arms bandaged.

Aika, a girl with beauty that rivals Aozora, with long brown with "hime" styled bangs and ruby colored eyes, a white short sleeved shirt with open fingered gloves and ruby colored pants with ruby sandals and a ruby headband. Unlike the others, she is not a part of a clan, but she has abilities that would say otherwise. Aika was a few seats away from Hiroto, and looked his way, with rosy colored cheeks. She sat next to Kohaku, who already took notice of what she had for Hiroto. He nudged her with his elbow, showing a creepy grin that basically said "I know all of your secrets". She slammed her head on the desk in embarrassment, kinda interrupting the whole grouping.

"S-Sorry!" She yelled out in a soft but loud voice. She noticed Hiroto looking up at her, then she passed out in her seat, which was a common occurrence. Kohaku proceeded to fanning her with his hand until she woke up.

Hiruko, stubborn and blunt, near antagonistic towards his fellow classmates. He had orange spiky hair that was slightly slicked back like Yahiko, black eyes with grayish tint and a black headband. His outfit was similar to Sasuke during the chunnin exams, except the shorts were pants that stopped about mid way at his calf muscles. He was the minority among the class. Not only did he have the worst scores, but he really believes he's better than the scores dictate.

"Tch!" He scoffed at the thought of working with a rebellious brat in Hiroto and a shy wuss like Aika, at least that's what he thought of them. The final teams were called and the session ended.

"These are the teams. You will meet up with your new teachers at midday. Do whatever you have to do now, but it's probably best to get better acquainted with each other now to get the growing pains out of the way. That is all, you guys are dismissed." Shino ended the session. The teams looked at one another and who they had. Some rejected the idea, some loved the idea, and others were neutral. But none of them knew what would actually come from all of this.

Next Chapter: Team Bonding...?

That was it! I just wanted to get the characters and their designs out of the way first and foremost, since writing descriptions of people is probably my biggest weakness. There wasn't much characterization now, but all of that should be fixed next chapter. At least somewhat. Tell me what you guys think so far.

If you have any advice with how to handle your characters, then tell me (preferably by PM) but anything else can obviously be placed in the review.