Yazuki Ayaka's family had moved to Konaha when she was three, from a town in the northern part of the Fire Country. Even after they moved to the shinobi village, they had never really had much to do with the shinobi of Konaha. Ayaka had grown up with the other civilian children, during average civilian things. So when Ayaka joined the academy, she had had no previous training or knowledge of shinobi ways.
Most of her classmates had come from shinobi clans; they had secret clan techniques, symbols, and had people who could train them at home. There were only a few, like Ayaka's friend Ten Ten, who were in the same position as Ayaka was; they were new to this too.
Even though this left her at a slight disadvantage compared to her other classmates, she was very determined to make the most of her academy training. This was because she had a reason to become stronger.
Within the first month of being an academy student, Ayaka had used the academy training grounds frequently outside of class hours, to practice her taijutsu and throwing skills. When she had first become a ninja-in-training, she didn't have much of an idea of the skills she needed, and when she attended more of her classes, she found she was not that great at most of them. When she first started training outside of class hours, her progress was slow, but gradually improvement was made, so that she was equal to, and even surpassing her classmates.
When Ayaka had found out that that academy had a library, and she was allowed to use it, she had been absolutely ecstatic. Ayaka had always liked to read, but her parent's shop had never really stocked books about being a shinobi, so she found having access to the academy's library very helpful when it came to her new lifestyle; and of course, she read as many of the books there as she was capable of reading. Within her first year at the academy, Ayaka had managed to read through most of the books in the library. Considering she had, she put herself through extra training, and she still helped her parents in their shop after school, this was quite a feat.
In her later years at the academy, she didn't read as much, but instead spent longer on training to put into practice what she had read in the books about ninja techniques. She found one exercise in a slightly worn book that had her hold leaves to her body with her chakra. She found this to be very helpful, though she got a little frustrated when it took her so long to show improvement. It improved her chakra control, and made it easier for her to perform the jutsu they learnt in class.
During the six years Ayaka was in the academy, she took in as much from her teachers as she could, and she trained nearly every spare moment she found. While her taijutsu was average, and her collection of ninjutsu was rather small (they didn't teach much more than the basics at the academy), she had a keen intelligence, and a willingness to learn that surprised most of her teachers.
It came as no surprise to anyone, then, that Yazuki Ayaka managed to pass the academy's graduation exam, and become a full-fledged shinobi of Konahagakure no Sato.
Yazuki Ayaka was walking along the side walk that led from her house to the road she took to get to the academy. It was a sunny morning, though there was a slight chill in the air, and the street vendors and shop owners were getting ready for the days business. Ayaka was munching on a bread roll that she a taken from the kitchen, and waved to the familiar people she saw most every morning.
This was a routine morning for Ayaka; she had walked this way, and seen these people every morning for the past six years. It would have been a completely average day, if not for one detail: the fore head protector engraved with the symbol of Konaha. It was the last time Ayaka would walk to the academy as a student, because today she was going to the academy with the others that passed, to find out who her genin team would be, and to meet her new sensei.
Ayaka was actually rather nervous about this, though a bit excited too. She had a few people in her class that she kind of knew through Ten Ten, but other than them, she didn't really know any of the others. The one person she was really hoping to be put in a team with was her best friend Ten Ten, she got along well with her not just as a friend, but they had trained together outside of class and could fight together, too. Ayaka didn't really know much about the rest of the kids, and didn't really know what to expect if she was put with them.
The excited nervousness that had been with her since she woke up that morning grew tenfold as the academy came into sight. She walked in with a group of other graduates, and followed them through the corridors to classroom 5. Ayaka stayed back as the rest entered, and stood outside as she calmed herself down and prepared herself for the new stage in her life. When she was ready, she walked in.
** Hello again everyone! I am back! Yay... I wrote something, I am so proud of myself XP... Anyway, I hope you guys enjoy it... It's not much, but it has done what I needed it to do it terms of plot and stuff; though it hasn't really come out of my brain how I wanted it too. I hope its not too bad, though. Ohhh, something exciting... I have a bit more of a plot idea... Yay!
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