_-Chapter 2-_
Academy

Later that day they would go to the academy. As they got ready, they looked at each other and kept thinking the same thing, don't blow our cover.

As they walked out the door and down the street to the academy, they spoke to each other about how the day was going to go, about how their plan was to keep a low profile. Some most of the time, they didn't keep that to the maximum…

The spotted it, the academy was rather small - well - smaller than the ones that they had been to. They walked forward and into the doors of the school. They prayed to themselves that they wouldn't do anything too rash.

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"Well, today we have to do something a little bit different." Iruka says as he looks at all of his students, besides the blonde that was sitting in front of the room tied up. "We have new students."

Everyone started to talk about them almost instantly. Saying things such as, "what are they going to be like?" or, "how strong do you think they are?"

"Quiet!" Iruka yells - they all are silent. He clears his throat. "I'd like you all to meet one of our new students. Please welcome Miyama Mae."

The leader of the three suddenly appears. Her violet hair fell over her shoulders as she bowed. Her eyes met the classes and they were struck by her grace. The shuriken on her back intimidated the rest of the class, she lightly smiled. But they couldn't see it; she was hidden under a mask.

"Another new student is Miyama Aiko." Iruka says as the second oldest appears before them. Her violet hair fell to the back of her waist and her black and red outfit showed her energetic side.

Choji blushed as chip crumbs fell off of his chin as he stared at her. 'Wow…this girl is pretty! I hope she's on my team…'

Shikamaru looks at Choji and sighs, but he straightens his back to not look like a "slacker".

"And we have Miyama Karena."

The youngest appears; she bends down at first and stand up. Her long violet hair went down to her knees. It was tied at the end with a lilac bow. The samurai sword on her back was long and its metal shined in just the right light.

"Everyone, these are the Miyama sister's. Please treat them with respect." Iruka says with a smile. He puts his hand on Karena's shoulder. She glare's at him, he doesn't seem to notice though. "Why don't you girls find an empty seat to sit in?"

Mae sat in the back next to Ino and Shikamaru, Aiko sat next to Shino and Choji, and Karena sat next to Sakura. Behind her was Sasuke.

Iruka suddenly turns to the blond idiot that was on the ground. "Tomorrow all of your class mates will pass the final and graduate from the ninja academy but the last two times this day came around, you flunked every course you'd taken in the secret arts. So you choose now for all your stupid tricks? You moron!"

"Sir, yes, sir…" The blonde says; he blows off what his teacher had said.

Iruka is furious. In rage, he turns to the rest of the class and says, "Today in class we'll be practicing on our shinobi fighting skills."

"WHAT?!" the class yelled except for the Miyama sisters.

"All you have to do is beat the person that you are up against. I'll come around with a box, and all you have to do is pick a number and the person who has the same number will fight against you. Got it?"

The class sighed in misery.

"Now, will all of you come up here and stand in a straight line?" he asks.

All the students moped their way down to the floor where Iruka was standing. He took a box off the table and brought it around to every student. As all of the students began picking their numbers, the kids asked the previous people what number they got and asked if they would want to trade to fight this person or another person. Some sighed when they found out who they would be fighting.

As it came around, Mae picked her number – five. Aiko had picked three, and Karena picked thirteen. Karena sighed, she was one of the last one if not the last one. She wanted to fight a little bit earlier, she was disappointed.

"Now, all of you have a number. So whoever had the number one come up here," Iruka says as he places the box back onto his desk. Hinata, a shy girl with short blue hair, and Shikamaru, the slacker, came up.

"Now, you two will have to battle each other to see who is better. I will rate you on your skills. Just don't go too overboard. This goes for all of you too!" he shouted to the students. "Now ready, on my signal…begin!"

As he shouts the signal, Shikamaru begins to do a few hand signs.

"The art of me and my shadow!" he says as he kneels down and his shadow suddenly shot out and started heading for Hinata.

Karena looked over and Mae, 'What do you think is going to happen? I never expected to fight someone on the first day!'

'I know; we can't do anything about it though. Please…try to go easy on these people. They're really not that strong…'

'Anyone with eyes could see that, Mae. I'm just a little worried that I might…you know…'

'Don't kill anyone please; we'll be kicked out of the village for sure. As I said, go easy on them.'

Karena looked forward again. Shikamaru had won. They walked back to their places in line, they looked rather shaken up.

"That was very good you two," Iruka says as he writes something on his clipboard.

As he was looking on his clipboard for the next fight, the blonde looks over to Hinata.

"Good job, Hinata!" he whispers. He said it with a dorky grin.

Hinata blushed, "Th-Thank you…Nar-

Naruto was called and he rushed to see who he was going to fight.

Karena looked sighed in her mind; this was the same person who was painting the Hokage faces…what an idiot.

'What do you think this kid is going to end up like?' Karena thought. She looked at his…stance. She didn't even know if she could really call it that…

'Eh, he's probably just some loser who thinks he's all that. No big deal. It's not like he's going to become the strongest ninja alive. We don't really have to worry.' Aiko thinks as she crosses her arms and watches him try and punch the opponent; he misses and ends up on the ground.

'I'm not so sure…I'm mean, we all start out at the bottom and look at how much we've grown. It's been a while but we have gotten so much stronger. This kid could do the same.' Mae thinks as she points out that the blonde finally punched the guy in the face.

"Yes! Direct hit by Uzumaki Naruto!" he cheers to himself in victory. Everyone doesn't seem so impressed. They don't even care. Karena notices.

'You have to feel bad for him…hearing all these people's thoughts is depressing. It…it's almost as if they wish he were dead.' She thinks as Iruka sends him back to his place in line.

"The next battle is number three!" Iruka says as he checks his clipboard again. He smiles as he see's Aiko start to move towards the front.

'Wish me luck!' Aiko thinks as she dances to the place. Her pixie like figure was graceful and elegant, yet somehow she still gave off the vibe of she was going to kick someone in the butt at any moment.

'You don't need any…' Karena thought as she rolled her eyes mentally.

'I know; I just like saying it!' In her thoughts the other two could see her smirking and sticking out her tongue in a childish way.

Karena looked at who Aiko was up against, she didn't look that strong… Her pink Chinese styled shirt was short on the sleeves; it gave her room to move. She had a rather big pocket…it must have been stuffed full of weapons or…anything that she really wanted.

"Do you really want to fight?" Aiko asked tauntingly, the smile on her face could fit the devil himself.

Tenten pulled out a scroll and it summoned a weapon. Her smile was just a devious. "You bet!"

"Begin!" Iruka yelled as he jumped out of the way again.

'You really think that Aiko is going to go easy on her?' Karena thought as she avoided her question away from Aiko's mind.

'Well…I'm not really sure. She could really kill her…I'm not sure if she'll be able to handle herself.' Mae thought as she watched as Aiko pulled out her fans. Oh no…

"Then you've got it!" Aiko yelled as she made a stance with her fans.

"Fan's? That's it?" Tenten laughed.

"Well, these fans will be your doom." Aiko said back, insulted.

'Take it easy, Aiko…' Mae thought as she tried to calm her sister down. She knew that Aiko hated it when she was underestimated.

'I will…sort of.' She thought back.

Aiko ran to Tenten with amazing speed. Tenten was taken back as she suddenly felt a sting on her arm. She fell back clumsily and looked at it. She was bleeding.

"How did you…?" Tenten whispered more to herself than anyone.

Aiko started to perform a few hand signs.

'Easy…' Mae and Karena both thought.

"Twin blade fan destruction jutsu!" Aiko yelled as she jumped in the air and waved her two fans back and forth. Tenten was thrown back against the wall. She coughed and cried out a little in pain when she made the impact. Her back felt as if it was split in two.

"This battle is over!" Iruka yells as he goes to Tenten and looks at her arm. She pulls it away and starts to wrap a bandage around it.

"Good battle, Aiko!" Tenten says as she stands up and puts out her hand.

"Yes, it was a good battle," Aiko shakes her hand and smiles.

Aiko walks back to Karena and Mae's side and folds her hands behind her back, dancing again like an innocent child.

'Don't you think that was a bit much?' Mae asks through her mind. She was a little disappointed, that was too close of a call.

'You told me to go easy on her, so I did.' She replied simply.

'Easy huh?' Karena thinks as she rolls her eyes again.

'Hey, Iruka-sensei wanted to rate us on how strong we are right? So I thought I would give them a little taste.' She shrugs her shoulders in her mind.

'You're taste was more a like a five course meal.'

Aiko shrugs it off, a little bit offended, but she doesn't mind. She smiles secretly.

The battles continued, meanwhile Mae, Aiko, and Karena all rated on how well the battle went on and what the potential was from each student. There wasn't much potential at all…

All of a sudden, Mae was called up. She tilted her head a little and noticed the person who came forth. His aura was dark and cold. She knew almost instantly that he was alone. She walked forward.

"The next battle is between Mae and Sasuke. Let the match begin."

Sasuke had dark raven black hair, his eyes were charcoal black and as cold as ice. He looked at her with a bored look.

"What is your full name?" Mae asked with interest. His face looked…familiar, or at least similar in some particular way.

"Uchiha Sasuke."

The words rang in Mae's head. She smirked underneath her mask. 'This could be my only chance!' She pulled out the shuriken from her back, "Uchiha, eh?"

Sasuke ran at Mae with full speed. He was a little quicker than she thought, but she quickly stepped aside and threw her shuriken at him. Sasuke dodged and leaped into the air before running at her again. He started to do some hand signs.

She recognized them right away. "Grand fire ball jutsu?" she practically laughed at him. "Alright, I'll play along."

She started to do hand signs of her own and she felt chakra rise into the palm of her hand. Her hand glowed with a black color. The middle was red and it was burning like a flame. Karena could tell the smirk she had on underneath her mask.

'Mae! You're supposed to go easy on him!' she thought as she looked as Sasuke's fire ball went soaring at Mae.

'Relax…this is personal.' She thought back as she ran at the ball and thrust her arm out at it. The ball of energy collided with the fire ball and the impact blew her and everyone else backwards. Karena and Aiko quickly recovered and stood up and looked at Mae, their emotionless faces depicting nothing. Although in the inside they were quite worried about their sister.

Mae got up only seconds later, she looked at Sasuke. Her eyebrows furrowed. Mae still was flawless looking. It was as if the impact did not even affect her at all.

Iruka sighed and clutched his head; he had hit it on something. He looked over at Mae. 'She recovered so quickly… It doesn't look like she has a scratch on her!'

As he thought of Mae, he looked at Sasuke who was not getting up.

"This match is done!" he says as she struggles to get up, he felt a little cut on his arm. He walks over to Sasuke to see how he was doing.

Mae walks over to him as well and bends down. She looks at him with impassive eyes.

"You fight well." She says. She looks over at Karena and Aiko; they were showing her the disappointment in their eyes. She looks over at Sasuke again. 'If he can't even scratch me, he won't ever even get close to him…'

Mae walked back to her sisters and got mentally scolded by the both of them; more of Aiko than anything.

'How could you do that? You told me to go easy on them and look at what you do!? You almost blow up the school!' Aiko yelled in her mind to Mae.

'Sorry about that…I got a little carried away…' she thought back as she looks at who was up next - some guy with a jumpsuit and another with a dog in his coat.

The match was quick, and Aiko was still criticizing Mae about her fight. There was only match left. Karena was excited, it was finally her turn.

Karena stepped up to the floor and looked at her opponent. Her long blonde hair swayed, it matched her blue eyes perfectly.

"Ino and Karena," Iruka says as he grabs his clipboard from the ground and shakes his head a little. He smiles and looks at both of the girls. "Begin."

Ino immediately starts doing hand signs. Karena narrows her eyes a little bit, recognizing the jutsu right away.

"Mind transfer jutsu?" Karena says as she laughs to herself. It was so weak to her.

"That's right! No one can escape this jutsu!" Ino says with a smile on her lips. She concentrates at Karena and makes an O with her hands and points it at Karena. "Mind transfer jutsu!"

Karena wasn't fazed at all. She rolled her eyes and untied the sword from her back and held it in front of her. As Ino let out her soul, Karena just stood her ground. Ino's spirit came towards her, inching closer and closer. All of a sudden, Ino's spirit was blocked by her sword. Karena deflected her technique upwards, her technique had missed.

Ino's eyes widened, knowing that she couldn't do anything about it now. 'No!'

Karena smirked, 'Yes…'

Ino fell to the ground. Karena sighed.

"I didn't wait for an hour just to lose to some girl her lost her spirit." Karena says as she stabs her sword into the ground and starts to do hand signs. She points to Ino and her body raises up. She was standing on her own. She stood slowly, but surely. She had retrieved her soul for her.

Ino stares at her, her eyes wide. "Why? You could have won!"

"I could have, but I actually wanted to fight." Her face was emotionless. Karena gripped her sword and pulled it out of the cracked floor. Her eyes closed and reopened quickly as she looked at Ino with an icy look, "Prepare yourself!"