The Hidden Leaf Village was thriving. Trees lined with brilliant green leaves swayed in the calming wind. Clouds parted, prepairing to unleash the glorious rays of sun down onto the few passersby up this blowing whistle of trains alerted villagers to hurry along on their way to work. Keys rattling and metal sheets being lifted filled the market place as store owners readied for business, exchanging pleasantries before the healthy competition began for the day. Metal pricked against stone as a prideful set of builders finally neared the end of the latest addition to Hogake Rock. Lord Seventh himself, Naruto Uzamaki.

Where was the man himself? Why, he sat idly in his office holding up a picture frame of his perfect family in his bandaged hand. Every now and then when he wasn't swamped with his duties he'd have the time to wonder why he was blessed with godsend of a wife, but cursed to barely see her. The blonde man chuckled at the sad irony before a knock at his door gained his interest. Leaning forward in his seat, he sat the frame back onto his desk and cleared his throat. "Come in, Shikamaru." He ruffled his hair into a presentable style as his black haired adviser entered his office.

"Morning Lord Hokage. Ready to keep this thing on a roll?" He smirked gleefully at his boss.

"You know it! Hm' I still can't believe we did it sometimes. It-it's not perfect but it's damned close enough for one lifetime's worth of work." Naruto enthusiastically pumped his fist. A bit of childlike humor seeping through his grownup demeanor.

Shikamaru knowingly nodded as he reached around to scratch the back of his head. "No one else could have done this y'know?" He smiled at the man he'd worked with for years and come to admire long ago.

"Anyway, not much news today things seem to be as boring as they have for the past few weeks. The Academy graduation ceremony is being moved up to two days from now. Per request of the teachers. They're really betting on this years class." He informed Naruto who's eyes perked in interest.

"We'll see then. Wouldn't be shocking if this next generation of shinobi is the best we've seen. Look at all the achievements we've made everywhere else." The blonde chuckled.

"Right... I'm sure you're not just saying that because both of our children will be taking part, no?" Shikamaru shook his head before turning to make his leave.

"What? We've got a lot to be proud of Shika!" Naruto gleefully exclaimed as his office door shut softly behind his adviser.


AND BOOM! WE BACK! Yeah so I tried this SYOC before but like it flopped because I love self sabotage for some reason? Omg Lol XD but seriously I took all of the SYOC stories I wrote before way too seriously and it took the fun out of writing. So now that I'm not an unaware tryhard anymore we can get this story on the roll.

The premise of this story is that it'll follow a class of young Genin as they find their ninja way and become better people and all that good stuff. There'll be drama, comedy, action, adventure, and just a smidge of romance because the main characters are only like 12 so yeah.

If you're interested the form is on my profile to fill out so please do so. And applications will be open for about 4 days to a week. Depending on how many applications I get. I want to accept about 9 ninja in total (not including sensei, Chunin, other Jounins, ninja from other villages, other kages, and other side characters like that) The 9 ninja will be the main characters and start out as Academy students who quickly move onto to Genin to start their ninja career. All the info you need is on my profile.

This takes place in the same time as Boruto would be. But it's a slight AU. I don't know if I'll replace the main characters from boruto with the ones from this story or if I'll just have them show up in the background. You guys tell me I'm open to either.