Disclaimer: I do not own the Naruto universe, but I do own Esclar Omaki, his family, Yuki Mantomoto, Taiyo Hatanaka, Karasu ,Kawaii Takenaka, Sharaku Kikuchi, Toshiro Okamoto, Ichizo Hirose, Hokichi Sanaguchi, and Hisaki Takata

Summary: Esclar Omaki wasnt always a missing nin. He once led a normal life. This is his story up to where he defects (hence the name)

Special note: Esclar is NOT my official OC. My official OC is his sister, Sylvi Omaki. This story also takes place four years prior to the beginning of the Life of a Cloud Kunoichi.

Esclar Omaki walked toward the Academy building with a blank, unreadable expression on his face. He had graduated the other day, and he had to be at the Academy to be put in teams. He pushed his spiky bangs out of his face as he entered the building, looking confident a bit smug.

As soon as he entered the classroom, he regretted not coming up with a plan. Finding a sest and sitting down with in it wasnt a problem. When the girls came, that was a problem. Esclar was a talented shinobi, and alot of girls fell for him, for looks and skills. Their would always be a cat fight for who gets to sit with Esclar. Yesterday the female graduates had a fight on who was on Esclar's team. It was tiring sometimes.

For now, Esclar sat at his desk and rested his chin on his hands. He set his mouth into a thin line while waiting for class to begin.

The doors burst open, and brown haired Yuki Mantomoto and blonde and beautiful Kawaii Takanaka burst in. They shoved each other to get through the door first. They grunted as they bumped and shoved each other with their shoulders.

"Get a move on it!" Taiyo Hatanaka's voice shouted. He must be waiting behind the scuffle.

When Yuki and Kawaii finally made it into the door, Taiyo came in and simply took a seat near the front. He shook his red-blonde hair out of his face. Yuki however headed to where Esclar was sitting. Esclar sighed inwardly. He always tried hard not show much emotion, but he could not describe how much frustration swallowed him when girls wanted to sit next to him.

"Hi Esclar!" Yuki chimed. "Mind if i sit next to you?" She squealed hopefully and folded her hands togetger near her pale face.

Esclar ignored the arguement that followed.

"No I'm going to sit next to him!" Kawaii shouted. She zipped over to where Yuki stood.

"I was here first!" Yuki protested loudly.

After more retorts, HisakiTakata shouted. "Class! Take your seats!"

Yuki, looking extremely proud of herself, quickly moved in next to Esclar, while Kawaii, looking very sulky, took the seat above her

"First of all good job and congratulations on getting here," said Hisaki. "As of now, you are only genin, level one ninja. The challenges are minimum, but they gef harder as you advance to chunin and jonin." Hisaki cleared his throat. "I will now announce the squads."

"You know," said Kawaii. "One of us girls have to be on Esclar's team."

"Yeah," Yuki said dryly. "And its gonna be me."

"Everyone knows Esclar loves me," Kawaii lifted her chin.

"No, he loves me," Yuki shot back.

"Next squad: Yuki Mantomoto,"

Yuki turned her head to the front.

"Taiyo Hatanaka,"

Taiyo sharply moved his fist in a small circle.

"Esclar Omaki."

Yuki squealed with delight, Taiyo banged his head on the desk, and Kawaii looked horrified.

"He's supposed to be with me!" Kawaii fumed.

"If you mean Taiyo, go ahead!"

"Hey! You should know I'm a person, not a pawn," Taiyo said really anoyed.

"I meant Esclar!" Kawaii shouted.

"Too bad! Love conquerors all!" Yuki shot back.

Other classmates were staring. Well, at least the boys were staring, girls were throwingnin some comments. Hisaki didnt really seem to know what to do at first. He stood dumbfounded, but then decided on a plan.

"Girls! Girls! Return to your seats!" Hisaki hollered. "There is no need to fight over a boy!"

"If he's that hot, he's worth fighting for," Yuki mumbled under her breath.

The boy sitting next to Kawaii, named Sharaku Kikuchi, sighed. "Seriously, why the heck do you need Esclar? Its like without him you die. Your purpose for living is to fawn over Esclar. So annoying."

Kawaii glared at Sharaku. "You don't understand a thing, do you?"

"Obviously I don't understand anything about Esclar. I'm a boy, not a girl," Sharaku said.

Kawaii rolled her eyes. "I'd hate to be stuck with you."

"Next squad: Kawaii Takenaka. Sharaku Kikuchi."

Kawaii let out a scream of horror and Sharaku a smirk like a smart Alec. In front of them, Yuki giggled like a small school girl.

"Giggling should be outlawed," Taiyo groaned.

"You're so dull," Esclar comment, speaking for the first time since class started. However, he did not look at Taiyo; he maintained his concentration on the blank chalkboard. "I have to be on a genin team with you?"

"Seriously?" Taiyo asked "Am I that bad a guy?"

"You sorta are," Esclar grunted. Taiyo grunted in response and turned away. Yuki broke into another fit of giggles. Taiyo rolled his eyes. "What now?"

"Kawaii got stuck with Toshiro Okamoto!" Yuki exclaimed between giggles.

"Toshiro Okamoto," Taiyo repeated. "You mean the bloke who takes up three spaces?"

"Presicley!" Yuki couldn't stop giggling.

"Oh god," Taiyo moaned. "Stop giggling. You're giving me a headache."

Yuki indeed did stop giggling and glared. "You're so dull."

"Really?" Taiyo sighed.

Esclar smirked. "I'm not the only one who thinks you're dull." Yuki squealed at Esclar's reply. "And you," he turned his attention to Yuki. "Are so childish. In fact, if it were up to me, I'd create a team where I had the best jonin for a teacher, and I was the only other member. I have no use for dull boys and childish girls."

Yuki's eyes brimmed with tears. She threw her headonto the desk and began to sob silently. Esclar took no heed of this. Instead, he and Taiyo glared so lethally you could practically see lightning between them.

Hisaki's voice interrupted. "You'll meet your new jonin teachers after lunch."