Chapter 2 - A Rude Awakening: Genin, Meet Your Sensei!

The meeting of Cell 4 was a rather awkward one. Syusuke and Tsubame knew each other, but were more acquaintances than actual friends. And Ame had never really talked to either of them. Regardless, Hato didn't seem to mind. In fact, she had not stopped staring at Ame since she had walked in.

"Um, Hato, not to be rude, but is there something I can help you with?" Ame asked, trying not to sound as uncomfortable as she felt. Hato blinked in surprise.

"Oh wow, I'm sooo sorry Ame, I kinda got lost in my own thoughts." Tsubame said with a nonchalant laugh. Ame laughed humorlessly and looked at Syusuke, a quiet boy who always had a sweet smile on his face and his eyes seemingly closed. Ame wondered if he was sleeping.

"But Ame, what's it like living with the Sakura? I bet you never got hurt as a child, huh?" Tsubame asked excitedly. Ame blinked in confusion and then sighed. Another one of her mother's many fans.

"Actually, I trained a lot with my father and my mom only helped out when I overdid it. Otherwise, I was on my own." Ame explained. To her surprise, Tsubame didn't seem shocked at the revelation.

"Interesting. So can you do any medical techniques? Sorry I keep asking you all these questions, but I want to be a medic-nin one day so I was kinda hoping maybe you had some pointers." Unlike many of Sakura's other fans, Tsubame had a certain gravity when she spoke about being a medic. 'She must be really serious about being a medic-nin, Ame thought.

"Well, I know the basics, but that's about it. I'm more interested in my dad's TaiJutsu than being a medical ninja. If you want, I can talk to my mom though. Maybe she could-"

"Oh my gosh, no way!" Tsubame blurted out, accidently cutting Ame off. "I'm nowhere near ready to train under Sakura. I can only hope that I'll be able to some day work under such a legendary medic-nin!" Tsubame continued, her eyes glazing over as she began to dream about her potential future. Ame tried to snap her out of it, but to no avail. With a sigh, she went to sit by Syusuke.

"She really is pumped about her dream, huh?" The slightly feminine-looking boy asked in his usual relaxed, soft voice. Had it not been so smooth, Ame might have jumped at how suddenly it came.

"Oh, Syusuke, I didn't know you were awake. But yeah, Tsubame really is determined. What about you, Syusuke? Do you have any dreams for the future?"


It had been a quick skirmish between Cell 1 and Kawasura and his thugs, but the latter had been soundly defeated. Regardless, they continued to throw insults at Chomaru as they ran off with their tails between their legs.

"Ugh, what jerks!" Mesu exclaimed, stamping her foot. Inoue crossed her arms.

"I know. Ugh, Chomaru, don't worry about them. They're just a bunch of jealous losers. You're a super talented ninja." She exclaimed with a smile. Chomaru beamed at her.

"Yeah I know, I'm just sorry you guys had to get involved in it. I'm especially sorry to you Mesu. They had no right to say what they said about your dad." Mesu stopped her seething and sighed.

"I'm not even worried about Chomaru. I know my dad's a good man and a good Hokage. Besides, with the ass-kicking we gave them, they'll never say anything bad about us and our families again!" Mesu shouted, pumping her fist into the air. Chomaru followed suit, and Inoue laughed pleasantly at the two.

"So you three at Squad 1, hm?" An adult's voice asked. The trio turned to see a medium-height woman with short black and light grey eyes. She wore a white robe over her flak jacket and a pair of black pants.

"Um, who are you?" Mesu asked defensively. As the daughter of the Hokage, she was no stranger to being approached by strangers and she knew there was a squad of ANBU ninja within earshot of her. The woman put her hands up defensively.

"Forgive me, I am Takamine Yuri, the Jonin instructor for Squad 1." The woman said, equally aware that there was a guard somewhere close by. Yuri made a quick mental note to talk with the Hokage about the guard. It would be an unfair advantage during missions and the girl would never grow if she got used to having ANBU appear at her beck-and-call.

"Oh alright then, yup that's us!" Chomaru exclaimed happily. Inoue gave a sheepish grin.

"Chomaru, you can't just go announcing stuff like that. Mesu is the Hokage's daughter." Inoue whispered, causing Chomaru to go red.

"Er I mean, um, we might be Squad 1. If you're really our sensei." Chomaru said with renewed suspicious. Yuri gave a sheepish laugh while Mesu sighed.

"It's nice to meet you Yuri-sensei. I'm Nara Mesu." Mesu introduced politely. Taking the hint, Chomaru and Inoue introduced themselves accordingly.

"Well then, it's a pleasure to meet you three and I look forward to working with you. Now that we've all been introduced, would you three like to run some errands with me?"


"Oi, you're pretty old aren't you? Are you sure you should be a Jonin instructor?" Ryo asked bluntly, causing Hikaru to laugh. Iruka simply shrugged.

"I probably am too old to be doing this. But if the Hokage thinks I'm enough to handle you three, then what does that say about you?" The former Academy instructor asked nonchalantly. Both Hikaru and Ryo glared at him.

"What was that?" Hikaru growled. Iruka smirked. Reminds me of Naruto back in the day, Iruka thought with a smile.

"So then, let's talk about your goals in life. I think that'll be fun, no?" Ryo and Hikaru grumbled incoherently about the implied insult while Yakumo smiled to herself at the joke. Iruka quickly glanced at her. She certainly didn't look like she was capable of causing chaos in an entire village. Still, Shikamaru had put him in charge of her for a reason.

"I hear you three are the best in your class when it comes to your specific skills," Iruka began causing Hikaru and Ryo to perk up. They clearly enjoyed being referred to as the best.


"What the hell is up with this fatass?" Kagewa grumbled as he and Aomaru, who was currently in his Man-Beast Clone state, landed next to Tate and Kosame. Three were covered in sweat by now as they faced off with their dark-skinned and admittedly fat sensei. Regardless, the man was impossibly fast for his size and in the fifteen to twenty minutes since he had arrived on the Academy rooftop, squad 6 had been unable to touch him.

"I don't know! No one that fat has a right to be so fast." Tate said as he leapt into the air and unleashed another volley of weapons towards Issa who easily dodged to the side and was made his way towards Kagewa.

"Fang Over Fang!" Kagewa shouted as he and Aomaru lunged towards Issa at a speed most individuals would find impossible to keep up with. Issa however, disappeared, only to reappear behind the duo. Noticing a sudden increase in temperature, Issa dodged to his right in order to avoid a massive fireball from Kosame, who looked stunned.

"Are you serious?" Kosame shouted incredulously. Without hesitating, Tate threw two shuriken that spread out to flank Issa who disappeared again as the two shuriken collided with each other and exploded.

"Kosame, now, he can't doge in the air!" Tate shouted as he began summoning and throwing weapons at a rapid pace towards the airborne Issa. Kosame nodded and followed suit, launching small fireballs into the air. Issa let out a bellowing laugh as the massive amounts of weapons and fireballs connected with his location. When the smoke cleared, all that was visible was the charred and otherwise demolished remains of a tree branch.

"Hey chibi, that was pretty dangerous." Issa said, appearing behind Tate, much to the latter's shock. And then Issa's words registered in Tate's mind.

"Who the hell are you calling chibi, you fatass-sensei!" He snapped, causing Issa to laugh. Despite his annoyance, Tate had to admit; Issa could probably eat him. After all, Tate was no bigger than a 7-year-old and even that was being fairly generous.

"Like I said you three, they call me "The Tank" Mihotoko Issa and I'm gonna whip you three into tip-top shape! Gotta say though, you brats gave me a helluva workout. I think I'll have some barbecue. Also, meet back here tomorrow afternoon. I'm out." Issa said, before walking off.

"Wait, what the hell? What do you mean "I'm out"? You can't just fight us like that and then walk away!" Kagewa shouted, although he was clearly exhausted. At this Issa stopped. He turned around, eyed his team and scoffed.

"I'll tell you what, you three got guts I'll give you that. You also got a lotta talent individually and a lotta potential as a team." Issa began, actually being serious for the first time since he showed up. "But you three need to work on covering each other's asses out there." Issa continued before pointing towards Tate.

"Chibi, you're way too small to be going after a guy like me head-on. You got a good head on your shoulders, so use it." The fat Jonin said. As if to prove his point, Tate sank to the ground as did Kosame, who Issa pointed to next. "Girlie, you're an Uchiha right? You're far too valuable to be sitting there trying to waste me on your own. Don't put so much pressure on yourself."

Finally, Issa turned to Kagewa and smirked. "And you Dog-boy. Look at ya, you're the only one left standing. You're the strongman in this group. You got a brain in Chibi and an Uchiha in Girlie. They're the ones the enemy's gonna go after which means you're the one who's gotta play both defense and offense. You gotta be your teammates backbone."

Kagewa stared at the man, stunned. Here was this obese man with no shirt, looking absolutely ridiculous. And yet, he was brilliant. Then, just like that, the man was gone. The three Genin of Squad 6 just sat on the roof of the Academy in a stunned silence.

"W-What the hell is our sensei?!" Tate and Kagewa exclaimed loud enough so that all of Konohagakure could hear their struggle.

So yeah, I think these long chapters are gonna be a thing. There's just too much going on in each chapter. Poor Squad 4 keeps getting left out. Don't worry though, they will get some love. And by the way, there you have the first official couple of the story: LeeSaku. Anyway, I hope you continue to enjoy this. Props to whoever can get the easter egg and please leave reviews, they make me feel good about myself.