Chapter 4new friends and the Genin exams
Outaimaru was later shown to his new home. It was a small sand house near the entrance of the village.
He was told the former owner had recently been killed on a mission and no longer had a need for it.
Outaimaru was happy to finally have a place of his own and even happier to know the next day he started his training at the academy.
They had given him new cloths which were much better suited for the desert climate which Outaimaru much appreciated.
He wore tan pants with a kunai pouch tied to the right leg. He also wore a white sleeveless shirt and a tan chunin jacket that had belonged to the former house owner.
He figured it was alright even though he was not even a genin yet.
When the mourning came he decided to strap his father's katana to his waist for easier access.
After getting dressed and eating a small breakfast of instant Ramon and a rather large glass of water he rushed towards the academy.
This cycle continued for days as he trained and studied the ways of the ninja. In time he had made good friends with Timari and Konkuro, and to everyone's surprise he even got Garra to talk to him, not much but still it was more than anyone else could have expected.
They had gotten in many fights but after a while learned to understand each other and how much they had in common. They lost their mothers, hated their fathers, were greatly misunderstood and a bit out of place in the world.
Timari and Konkuro tried the hardest to understand them but it takes experience, and a kind no one wants. It takes the experience of pain and loss.
To lose one's mother and hate their father changes you in sometimes ugly ways. For Garra it made him a monster full of hate and pain, with an inner demon to back it.
While in Outaimaru's case it made him a bit socially awkward, it's not that he didn't like people but it was more that he was afraid to get close in case of losing them and when he tried he always got clumsy and did something stupid.
And to add to that he had an inner demon he did not understand and because of this feared it resisting its presence, which was a task he found impossible especially on the full moon when Arashi was most power full.
He would lose control and this scared him more than anything else.
He had many nightmares where he was the one who killed his mother or of him killing all he knew, which he always woke up from screaming and in a cold sweat always having to apologies to his neighbors for waking them up.
Finally after all this time, the genin exams where on their way and Outaimaru was exited.
He would finally get the chance to prove himself and go on dangerous missions, and with that he hoped to come across at least a clue of his families' location.
Outaimaru got out of bed did his usual mourning routine and then rushed outside to head towards the academy.
When he opened his door he was surprised to see Timari standing outside with her hand raised about to knock on his door.
"Oh. Timari what brings you here?" Outaimaru asked caught off guard.
Timari rubbed one leg on the back of the other shyly "well I… I'm nervous and maybe a little scared about the genin exams. Do you think I'll pass?"
Outaimaru shrugged "hell I don't know probably."
Timari crossed her arms "thanks! Very supportive!" and she stomped of with a huff.
Outaimaru sighed "smart one Outaimaru now she will never talk to you again"
He then began his walk to the academy now a little depressed.
Outaimaru entered the exam room to see Timari, Konkuro, and Garra standing at attention waiting for him. Timari glared at Outaimaru giving him a bit of a guilt trip.
The genin exams were even easer the Outaimaru expected when the final part came around and it was Outaimaru's time to use transformation jutsu.
He was told he had to take the form of any ninja in the room and look exactly alike. Outaimaru looked around at the group and when his eyes came upon Garra a smile came across his face. "Transformation Jutsu!" he said while putting his hands together.
Outaimaru puffed into a cloud of white smoke and were he stood a naked female form of Garra stood giggling.
The instructors exchanged glances while Timari and Konkuro's jaws dropped.
Garra glared at the naked female version of himself until Outaimaru finally sighed and turned into a perfect copy of Garra. "you guys have no since of humor." Outaimaru said with a shrug.
The instructors exchanged glances once more before agreeing "you all pass."
Outaimaru smiled as Timari let out a relieved sigh. Then he turned to the instructors "that's great but who will be our sensei?"
"Me!" answered a voice from behind him and the door opened letting a sand shinobi through "the name is Hiroshi and I will be you fours sensei."
Hiroshi wore typical sand shinobi attire with a veil covering the left side of his face. For weapons he had three giant shurikan on his back.
Outaimaru grinned "so when do we begin?"
Hiroshi looked at the eager genin "sooner than you think."