Chapter 2 ~School~
Attending school wasn't that bad, it was boring but wasn't bad. The Uchiha kid wasn't a half-ass genius; he was actually pretty good in her opinion. She sighed again, class was taking forever. There was no point in her staying in this academy any longer, she was ready to graduate and live a life of an accomplished ninja. Kaira would often challenge Itachi to something when she got bored. Slowly he warmed up to her challenges and just her in general. Rather than giving her a curt nod, he would give her a warm hello and the more time they spent together the more he warmed up to her.
Ninjutsu class: simply teaching the basics of ninjutsu. A very, very boring class for the duo both could already clone and transform themselves with ease. They often thought used the class to think up different combinations of the ninjutsu they already knew. So the class wasn't completely useless, but none the less their Jōnin wouldn't have much to teach them because they were teaching themselves. They actually would occasionally cut this class by leaving their clone in class. It happened to be Kaira's favorite class, because they could show off their skills by cutting.
Taijutsu class: building up stamina and train the students' bodies. Mostly a boring class unless the little devils got bored. Often times Kaira would challenge Itachi to something very random, which often invoked chaos in the aftermath. Itachi would never say it, but once in awhile a smile did creep across his face while all hell broke loose.
Genjutsu class: just teaching the students about genjutsu and how to break it. For Itachi this was in his blood. So often he used a genjutsu on the teacher for the first five minutes. Kaira would simply let out a few giggles whenever Itachi used it. This often caused the teacher to use the two of them as examples of genjutsu, which they didn't mind at all. It is Itachi's favorite class, because who the heck wouldn't enjoy placing their teacher in excruciating pain.
Graduation finally came around, Itachi graduated at the top of the class and Kaira was in the middle of the class. He walked up to her after graduation with his forehead protector, actually on his forehead where it belonged. Hers was well tied around her right arm, lopsided. He smiled a warm smile. They were on the same team because of her average grades, not that they didn't plan it that way.
"You could have been the top of the class," he stated ever so calmly in his ever so sweet voice.
"Not without screwing you over," she replied just as calm. Their sensei had walked over with their third teammate, a 100% flunky that managed to graduate, his name Damu. Itachi and Kaira stole a quick glance and knew the other was holding back a sigh. The three of them looked like there was no way they could work together. Itachi had dull, black hair; dark eyes that were red when using the Sharingan and a face that was calm with large tear troughs. Kaira had mostly blue hair with a small brown section, being her original hair color tied in its usual gray ribbon; green eyes that hid a storm of emotion and a face that was either smiling and welcoming or stern and hating. Their teammate had short cut bright flaming red hair, with pale pastel eyes, and the look of an idiot plastered on his face. The missions were often tedious and long because of the lack of teamwork between the three.
Two worked perfectly together, they had been stuck as seatmates for the entire year at the academy. They had learned the other's ways in silence and in challenges. It was simple enough, any ninjutsu needed, she had you covered; genjutsu, he had you covered; taijutsu, the two worked like a well oiled machine. The third on the other hand, well he was just there to take hits while the other two took the enemy down. The sensei didn't really ever do anything…at all. He watched and waited, he didn't help them and when they were near death, he told them to run and get stronger. It was a miracle none of them were dead. Their past few missions were not easy to say the least but luckily they caught a break this week and didn't get any assigned.
