-A little earlier, another place-
"Haruto, wake up or you'll be late!" a 20-year old tan-skinned woman with short neck-length brown hair and light brown eyes called from downstairs, as she cooked. She wears a high-collared, yellow sleeveless blouse under a long red, loose-fitting dress and blue sandals.
In a flash a boy, twelve years of age, appeared downstairs, fully in gear. He is tan-skinned and has short, spiky brown, hair and a pair of big green eyes. He wears a black sleeveless hooded-sweatshirt over a short-sleeved green shirt and knee-length black pants. His headband is tied on his forehead, a shuriken holster attached to his left knee, and black shinobi sandal. "Hmm… you're in a hurry today Haruto…" the woman smiled.
"Today I become a full-fledged shinobi Suzume," stated Haruto with a wide smile, adjusting his headband.
"Hey, not so fast Mr., you haven't eaten yet!" the woman stated.
"Ah man! Not today Suzume" the boy snapped annoyed, "I wanna be there extra early, just in case I get a sweet ninja perk or something."
"Alright, alright" the woman laughed lightly. "Wait a minute" she announced, before scurrying to the back and coming back, "Here, take this" she said while putting a necklace with a ruby shard around his neck. "This is a very special necklace Haruto, please take great care of it," the woman smiled before kissing his forehead.
"Okay sis, I gotta run," the boy ran out of the compound at top speed. The woman merely let out a sigh and smiled at the sight. She then walked to a table with a portrait of a younger her, a baby, and two adults. She lifted the picture frame and smiled at it while thinking "Mom…Dad…he has really grown."
Haruto reached his destination in a record time, yet stopped just before the classroom, calmly walking in. All the other graduates seemed to already be there, chatting with one another and making a huge commotion. Haruto walked over to a seat towards the back. Although he didn't notice, a girl stared at him with surprised eyes.
"I still can't believe he actually passed…" the girl half smirked. She is fair-skinned and has waist-length white hair, along with teal eyes. She wears a white, short-sleeved kimono blouse with dark blue trimmings held together by a dark blue obi. Over her obi is her blue shinobi headband and under her kimono is a mesh t-shirt. She also has tight dark blue shorts and blue shinobi sandals.
"Haruto, ya big dope, what are you doing here!" announced a hazel-eyed boy his age as he walked through the doorframe, entering the classroom. The boy is wearing a short-sleeve auburn shirt that has a white hoodie under an open, navy blue sleeveless vest. His light brown hair is ear-length with a bang slightly covering his left eye. He also wears navy blue ankle-length pants, navy blue shinobi sandals and the standard Konoha dark blue forehead protector.
"Ah great you're here," Haruto said with a scowled face as the boy sat next to him, "Say, Daisuke, could you be any less loud?" added Haruto. Daisuke gave him an angry look: "Whatever Haruto, at least I didn't graduate dead last this year," Daisuke smirked with crossed arms as Haruto readied his fists with pupiless eyes.
"Hmm… what are you two doing here?" a boy asked, baffled by Daisuke and Haruto's presence. He has spiky silver hair, and small black eyes. His outfit is similar to Kakashi's during the Third Shinobi War. "Seriously, you two wouldn't last a day as shinobi," he added. Haruto, however, was not about to let all of this go and he quickly snapped: "Hey, Kokumo, do you see this, it's called a headband you old man!" Daisuke quickly added: "Yeah! Maybe if you take that stupid ask off your face, you'd see we got our graduation headbands, too!"
"My mask has nothing to do with—"the one named Kokumo started angrily, but he quickly calmed down, "It can't be helped…" Kokumo simply shrugged it off and walked to his seat.
"…And that's the 100th rule in the Shinobi Rule Book" said a girl as she entered the classroom, talking to another girl. The one talking has shoulder length orange hair and dark blue eyes. She wears a yellow sleeveless qipao-style blouse with orange sleeve trimmings and yellow fastening buttons as well as beige pants, a pouch adjusted to her thigh, and standard blue ninja sandals.
The girl next to her seemed very irritated but, she turned toward Daisuke and Haruto, blushed, and then waved. This girl has light brown hair, large blue eyes, and fair skin. She wears a purple qipao dress with white floral designs, with short sleeves, with a zipper, tight black shorts, standard ninja sandals, and a forehead protector which she uses to accentuate her face.
"Is it me or…is Kumiko waving at me," Daisuke thought as he blushed and waved back. Haruto noticed this and narrowed his eyes at his friend. "Hey… what's Daisuke all smiley about."
The girl named Kumiko then ran towards Daisuke and Haruto and they both blushed hard. Daisuke held out his arms, but Kumiko pushed both of them out of that way with: "Move you idiots!" She immediately dropped her aggressive attitude and began to blush at the boy in front of her. "Hey…uhh…Takeru I was wondering if…ya know…since you're sitting alone and all," Kumiko said as she looked away.
The boy merely looked at her and said nothing. He has waist-length, straight black hair tied back into a shoulder-length ponytail, with two chin-length bangs that frames both sides of his face, and dark grey eyes. His black forehead protector is worn directly on his forehead. He also wears a high-collar black shirt and white pants; under which he wore mesh armor that shown out of the sleeves and legs of his outfit. His outfit is completed with black hand guards, a simple black belt, traditional shinobi sandals, and a the Hagoromo clan sign on the back.
A girl walked down to where Kumiko was and grabbed her arm: "Back off Murasaki, I got here way before you! I should be the one sitting next to Takeru." She is a fair-skinned girl of average height with black eyes. Her most noticeable trait in her appearance is her long, mint green hair, which is always seen in straight, shoulder-length pig-tails with two chin-length bangs framing her face. She wears a sleeveless mesh armor shirt under a pale yellow stomach-revealing, short-sleeved shirt. Over that is an open, sleeveless red vest. She also wears purple black wristbands, and her forehead protector around her neck. In the back of her vest is a pink flower
"Oh well Nibana, I asked him first!" Kumiko argued and the girls continued to bicker as Haruto and Daisuke rubbed the bumps on their heads. Takeru merely thought: "Idiots…all of them."
-Elsewhere-
Kakashi sat at his desk, observing the purple ball before him with his dark eyes. He watched the events as they went on in the Academy. He observed Takeru along with the several jonin in the room, most notably Naruto, Shikamaru, and Hinata. But, Shikamaru was the first to speak: "The best student in the Academy this year, Takeru Hagoromo…that's him right?"
"Yes, that's him alright" Kakashi nodded. Shikamaru's is now twenty-two and has grown considerably taller and he has a more mature facial structure. His ponytail is further out and spikier. He dons a simpler chest-guard with only one pocket on the left side of it. The chest-guard is a forest green with clipped-on shoulder pads and high collar. He also wears taller sandals reaching more past his calves.
"He's of the Hagoromo clan, right Lord Hokage?" Hinata asked. Hinata is now twenty-two has changed her previous outfit to a slightly more revealing and form-fitting one. She is now seen wearing a light lavender, sleeveless kimono-style blouse with vertical lines, tied with a dark purple obi around her waist. She wears a pair of short dark navy shorts with thigh-high stockings, revealing parts of her upper thighs, and has changed her regular ninja sandals to black high-heeled boots. Hinata's hair has slightly increased in length and volume.
"Yes he is," Kakashi said gruffly, without taking his eyes off of the crystal ball.
"Haruto Sarutobi, eh..?" Naruto thought with a plain expression. Naruto is also twenty-two years of age, has grown taller again, has cropped his hair short, and moved the metal portion of his forehead protector to a simple black elastic headband. He wears a black uniform-style jacket with an orange zipper that features several buttons on the waist and sleeves, allowing him to fold up the left sleeve and rear coattails, giving him easy access to the pouches on the back of his belt. He wears a red armband with an Uzumaki crest on his left arm and his right arm was replaced with an artificial one, created from Hashirama's cells by Tsunade, which is completely covered in bandages.
-Academy-
"Alright everyone, take your seats" the man known as Iruka said. Everyone sat down, most notably, from right to left, Takeru, Kumiko, Daisuke, Haruto, and the orange-haired girl in one row. Iruka's now wears an Uzumaki clan logo armband on his left arm with the new standard flak jacket and high-top sandals.
"There were a lot of graduates this year…I just hope we made the right decision…" Iruka then set his eyes upon Haruto and Daisuke: "Those two are quite troublesome though…Should I have even promoted them as genin? What are you thinking Iruka! You are supposed to have faith in all of your students…Even the most idiotic ones….You learned that a long time ago" he summed up as the two took their seats.
The Chunin decided to shake this off and spoke up, gaining the attention of the class: "First off I'd like to congratulate you all on passing the final exam and becoming shinobi! But keep in mind you are only genin and the journey ahead is going to be very hard. From now on you'll receive duties, which you'll have to fulfill for the good of the village. As you know, there was a great turnout this year, more graduates than ever before. Because of that, you'll be divided into five-man teams, each under supervision of a jonin."
"A FIVE man squad!?" Kumiko and Nibana thought at the same time. "[l1] Looks like one of us is gonna be in Takeru's group, hm Kumiko?" Nibana chuckled. Kumiko turned around and said: "It's so gonna be me, just you wait Nibana." Kumiko said this confidently, much to Nibana's annoyance. Takeru, however, had different thoughts: "Groups of five…that's just more people in my way."
"I hope I'm in Kumiko's group!" Daisuke thought while fantasizing about their times ahead. Haruto seemed annoyed by the whole thing;
"I guess I want to be on a team with Daisuke, he's the only guy I can tolerate around here, and maybe Kumiko…But, DEFINITELY not Takeru!"
"He or she will be your guide during missions. Also, since we wanted to balance the teams, I have already assigned you to your cells, basing your placement on your skills and grades. Here are the teams…" Iruka began, reading from the list.
"Next is team number seven" announced the Chunin, completely ignoring comments that came from the members of the previous cell about the choice: "Haruto Sarutobi… Daisuke Ganseki… Emi Tomoko…Kumiko Murasaki…"
"Yea!" Haruto rose up with his hands in the air along with Daisuke.
"No…not these guys…" Kumiko sulked.
"And last but not least Takeru Hagoromo," Iruka finished. Daisuke and Haruto freaked, as Kumiko jumped for joy. Kumiko then turned around and stuck her tongue out at Nibana. Nibana clenched her teeth, balled her fists, and growled.
The orange-haired girl from before smiled, "I have some interesting competition…"
The girl with white hair looked at Haruto with indifference but, with a hint of disappointment: "I guess I won't be with Haruto…"
"Next," Iruka began, "Squad 8… Reika Ishanari…" the wavy haired girl looked up as Iruka continued: Miki Inuzuka…Kumori Tamagaki…Kokumo Hatake…and Tai."
Reika nodded while Kokumo crossed his arms.
Miharu Inuzuka smirked at the names called out. She is a girl that has an animalistic look and has spiky, shoulder-length brown hair tied in a spiky ponytail, vertical slit-like pupils, and elongated canine teeth and nails. She also has purple fang markings on her cheeks as well as a light shade of peach lipstick. She wears a form-fitting peach jacket which doesn't have any chest pockets and the front of her jacket is unzipped, exposing her cleavage. She also wears a pair of gray form-fitting shorts cut just above the knee.
Kumori Tamagaki didn't seem fazed by the events that occurred. He is a fair-skinned boy who has ash blonde, spiky hair and bandages covering his eyes.
"This shall be an adventure worthwhile" the one called Tai said. Tai is a fair-skinned boy with very black eyes. He has waist-length black hair tied in a single braid. He wears a tree green jumpsuit and an orange martial arts belt around his waist. His forehead protector is on his forehead and he wears blue shinobi sandals.
"Hey Nibana, what do you see in that guy anyway?" a boy next to Nibana asked, "He's not that cool…" The boy is tan with short light-brown hair, and steel-grey eyes. For attire, he wears a dark teal poncho and light green pants and blue sandals. His forehead protector is worn tightly on his left arm.
"You'll never understand Hibiki, he's just so dreamy…" Nibana blushed, but Hibiki scowled: "That guy's a total prick anyway… girls like you are such pansies."
Nibana laughed with pity on Hibiki, "Jealousy is a terrible thing Hibiki, and I'd really hate to be on a team with a guy like you."
"Next," Iruka began, "Squad 10… Nibana Kiyo…" the green-haired girl looked up as Iruka continued: Hibiki Sakumori…"
Hibiki looked up at Nibana and laughed, "Hey, what was that about hating to be with a guy like me?" Nibana gave him a dirty look and growled.
"Inorin Yamanaka…Choko Akimichi…and lastly Shikanari Nara..." Iruka concluded.
"I'm on a team full of weirdos!" Nibana sulked.
The one named Choko continued to eat chocolate and nodded at his name. He has spiky, black hair, red circle marks on his cheeks, and more robust physique. He wears yellow shorts, a light-green shirt with a yellow line down the sleeves, the kanji for "food" (食) on it, and his legs are wrapped in bandages. His forehead protector was styled on his right knee and he wears blue shinobi sandals.
Inorin Yamanaka has chin-length blonde hair tied in a ponytail and narrow green eyes. He wears a green lined mesh T-shirt under a short sleeved pale green shirt. His blue forehead protector worn around his left arm, He also wears black pants, and blue sandals.
Shikanari Nara was sleeping throughout the whole thing. She has somewhat of an irritated facial expression, waist-length black hair tied into a high ponytail and narrow black eyes. She wears a mesh T-shirt under a short-sleeved grey jacket with dark blue edges, adorned on both the sleeves and the back with a circle with a vertical line in it. Her blue forehead protector worn around her left arm. She also wears dark brown pants, and blue sandals.
"Hey Iruka-sensei!" Haruto rose up, completely upset, and pointed at Takeru "Why was I put in a squad with that brooding weirdo over there!" Daisuke wanted to stand up but thought: "I would normally agree with Haruto on this one but, I'm on a squad with the two most beautiful girls in class!" Daisuke stared at Emi and Kumiko.
Iruka looked up and half-smiled: "Takeru and Emi are tied for having the best scores out of all the graduates this year, and Kumiko has the best score on the written test. Haruto, Daisuke…You two had the worst scores compared to everyone." Everyone in the class laughed at this announcement.
"In your case, to create a balanced group, we put the two worst with the three best," Iruka concluded.
"It's okay you two, you're with me, Emi Tomoko…I'll recite every rule in my Shinobi's Guide to Success book to you and you'll be on your way to the big leagues," Emi assured them, much to their dismay.
"Make sure you stay outta my way…half-wits," Takeru said coldly.
"Hey! What did you say?!" Daisuke and Haruto said at the same time.
"Sit down idiots! Knock it off!" Kumiko said angrily.
Iruka cleared his throat and all students came to his attention: "You'll meet you're jonin instructors after lunch…Now class is dismissed."