Ryubi slid the door open and stepped into the classroom, with semime following close behind. They both found seats in the front row, right next to each other.
"I hope we are in the same squad Ryubi, don't you?" semime asked, breaking the tense silence between the two
"Yeah I do, just I hope we don't get paired up with that hyuuga girl, she has an ego too big for her own good." He replied, glancing up a few rows at a girl with jet black hair and silvery eyes, who was smiling triumphantly, as if she was the top graduate.
Just then shikamaru walked into the room with a clipboard in his hand "ok, before we begin, I would like to announce the top graduate this year." He paused, creating suspense "the top graduate is…..Ryubi!" there was a mixture of "boo"s and "great job"s coming from the rest of the class. Ryubi just smiled sheepishly.
"Ok, now I will call your names, give you a squad number, and give you the name of your assigned jonin" shikamaru continued "squad one will consist of hyuuga renie, akamichi kai, and hatake yami." The three called stepped down, were given the name of their jonin, and were told to depart from the room
"Ok, in squad two will be zimano semime, aburame kage, and Ryubi senme" shikamaru announced. Semime sighed in relief. Kage, semime, and Ryubi stood and headed down to shikamaru. "Your jonin is haruno sakura, meet her in the first floor main classroom" he said to the trio, who nodded in understanding.
The newly formed squad stepped into the hallway, and walked down the hall in silence, and the silence continued as they descended
to the first floor. When they reached the bottom, kage stopped and turned to his squad mates, studying them, searching for the best words he could to describe how he was feeling about this squad.
"Ya know, this isn't really a bad combination, the three of us." He said "I thought I would be placed in a squad with that hyuuga girl or that hatake kid" he continued
"We were worried about that too kage and we're glad we have someone who can attack from a distance, even if you are a little inaccurate" semime replied to his statement, adding in a sheepish laugh. Ryubi just stood there, silent for the most part.
"Shouldn't we get going? My dad said that I would probably be put under sakura, and that she's not all that patient." He said after a moment, and kage nodded in approval.
The three shinobi continued down the hall and turned into the main classroom, where they saw a woman in a red cloak with a white circle on the back with pink hair looking out the window. They waited a minute for her to turn and when she didn't Ryubi cleared his through, making her turn.
"Oh sorry" she said in a apologetic tone "I was just thinking about the day I met my squads jonin" she added with a slight chuckle
"heh, it's ok sakura-sensei!" semime said with a wide smile "we understand" sakura returned the smile and sighed, looking down, obviously thinking about the past. A few minutes went by before she looked up again.
"well, since we just met why don't you tell me about yourselves over dinner huh?" she asked them. Ryubi smiled, semime nodded excitedly, and kage looked at her, confused
"are you sure you want to treat us to dinner just to introduce ourselves? I mean, a meal for four isn't exactly cheap" he asked her
"it's really no trouble, I have been saving this for a while just for this occasion!" she replied happily, and led them out of the room to the ichiraku ramen shop. The original owners had retired, but their son had taken over and had upheld the great name, and the great food.
After a while, when everyone had finished, sakura began asking about each of her genin about their personalities and interests "so, Ryubi I heard you were the top graduate this year, so I decided to ask you about your life first. What are your interests and dreams, things like that?"
"Well for the interest's category, I don't really have any other than training and being with my friends. In the category of dreams, I hope to be hokage someday" he said crossing his arms and looking up at the ceiling. Sakura felt something stir inside her, something she couldn't explain
"I……haven't heard that in a long time…" she said, looking down at her feet "well anyway, what about you semime, what're your interests?"
She was slow to answer, obviously thinking about her answer "well, I am really interested in being the best ninja I can be, and I will work myself until i am my best, until I can't get any better. As for
dreams, I just want to grow up to be a defender of the village, protecting those I care for." She said, also looking up.
"That's great, and with my help I am positive your dream will be fulfilled. But for now I want to hear about you kage" she said, turning towards the bug-users seat.
"Well, my interests are not unlike those of Ryubi, I train until I am satisfied with the results, and then I spend time with those dear to me. As for dreams, I hope to become a great shinobi, like my father, and protect this village until the day I die" he replied, starring directly at her instead of at the ceiling like his squad mates
"Well, you too can reach that goal with my help, kage. But not until you all have your rest. I want you all to go get a good night's sleep and meet me at the academy at 9:00 tomorrow" she said, paring the bill and leaving the ramen shop
"well, I'll see you guys tomorrow" Ryubi said as he got up and left.
Stepping outside, he sighed, knowing he was going to be alone again for the night. He began to trudge home, thinking about what sakura said to him after he was done introducing his dream.
"She hasn't heard my dream in a while? What did she mean by that…"
Hey guys, sorry about that short first chapter but It looked longer when I wrote it, same with this one. Well, I hope you like by second chapter, please R&R. oh! I almost forgot to say thanks to jimthefox for the review!
