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Thud. The Shuriken thudded against the wall, piercing the wood with ease. I throw another shuriken lazily. Thud. I watch as It lands a hair's width from the last. "Ren!" Thud. "Ren!" Ren's mother burst into the room. "Ren! What are you still here?! You're going to be late!" I blink. "Late?" My mother sighed in frustration. "For your first day as a Genin! What did you think, Baka?!" I sat stock still for a moment, my mouth open. "Oh…" "Yes!" My mother half screams. I sat motionlessly for just a moment more as I let this sink in, before bolting out of the house, shouting a hurried 'Bye!' to my mother as I run past her. How, oh, how could I have forgotten it was today! I screamed in my head, as I ran down the streets of Sunagakure, the Village Hidden in the Sand. I'm dead. Soooo dead.
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"You're late." Yep. I'm definitely dead. I look up at my sensei. He glares down at me with annoyance. "Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry." I say bowing my head rapidly with every word. "Sorry, sorry, sorry." He doesn't look satisfied. "Sit down with the others!" He barks. I slink past him hurriedly. The greater distance between us the better. I look up. Shoot. Of course, I have them in my team. Of course I wasn't listening when they read out the teams. Of course I asked my sensei whose team I'm in but not who's in my team. Of course. I death glare at my two new team members, and they death glare me right back. But their so much scarier…. I quit trying to death glare them and sit down as far as I can from them, but no too close to our sensei. Our sensei stands in front of us, glaring critically at each of us in turn. He's tall and muscular, with short spiked, black hair, and cold blue eyes. He looked quite young for a jounin, and he could have passed for handsome, if he smiled, which of course he didn't. "What are your names?!" he barked. As if he doesn't already know. He glared at me as If sensing my thoughts. He pointed at random. "You. What's your name?" "Ryo Fukui." I glared across at Ryo. That lucky bastard. He had everything going for him. He was a genius in just about everything, and there was no denying that he was extremely handsome, with his dark, ruffled looking hair, fair complexion and clever black eyes. Our sensei pointed at the boy sitting next to Ryo. "And you?!" "Shoji. Shoji Takahashi." Another Genius. And although he's not as good looking as Ryo, he's still quite handsome. His hair was a strange pastel orange in colour and it was quite long, brushing his shoulders. His eyes seemed an almost impossible dark blue, almost navy, and incredibly bright and inquisitive, seeming to dance around with mischief. I'm so screwed. These guys are going to kick my ass. "Hey! I'm talking to you!" I jump back in surprise as my sensei roars at me, his face inches from mine. "Ye-yes, sir?" "YOU'RE NAME!" I can hear Ryo and Shoji sniggering. "R-Ren Ki-Kimura…." Sensei draws back. "Kimura, huh? So you're the half-breed." I turn red, but not with embarrassment, but with anger. I dig my nails into the palms of my hand, till they start bleeding. Control your anger. Control your anger. Our sensei stares at me for a moment longer. "My name….." he said, for once not shouting. "…is Takeshi Tsukino." We all nod. All of a sudden we watch with startled surprise as our sensei smiles. For a moment I think he might be a really nice guy, before I notice his smile is more like the cruel grin of a beast before it eats you. "And now…" he says, his voice now an icy cold whisper. "Now….Let's go see what you losers are up to." I gulp. I'm dead. Soooooo dead.
