(12 years later)
*Teru's pov*
I walked to the academy, Ashi was at home. Today students graduate and become Genin. I wasn't really excited but it was another step forward. I entered my class and sat down in my usual seat, which was in the top row, corner near the window.
I have never talked to the other students but I do find some of them... interesting. Class has started now but Naruto and Iruka-sensei weren't here and that meant one thing. Naruto was in trouble ... again.
When Naruto and Iruka-sensei came back we all had to do the transformation jutsu again, it was a piece of cake for most of us, some kids still had a few flaws. Naruto on the other hand had his on a whole different level that almost made me laugh, almost. When Iruka-sensei started talking about the graduation exam I stopped paying attention, watching some birds outside the window, that was until my name was called. I walked into the exam room and quickly summon some clones. I decided to use the normal low ranking clone jutsu instead of the Shadow Clone Jutsu instead. After I passed I grabbed my head band and left the room. Since we weren't really doing anything today, other then graduating, I sat back down in my seat and put my head down. I listened to my classmate talk about excited or nervous they were about becoming ninjas. Too bad most of them will be sent back to try again since only a few teams actually pass. At the end of the day, almost everyone passed. The exception being Naruto. Everyone knew who Naruto was. To the adult villagers he was someone to outcast, someone they feared for reason unknown to our generations. To our class, he was the class clown, the doofus, the idiot who can't do anything but cause trouble. To me, a lonely boy looking for acceptance. Although I don't talk a lot, I have tried hanging out with Naruto but he's always running away from adults when he cause trouble so I've never really had much of a chance.
The class was dismissed and I headed home. The sky was beautiful today as the sun set. I had stopped and picked up Ashi before taking a walk around the village. I enjoyed walks when it get's darker. It's cooler, there are less people, the night sky always shined with bright stars, the moon. I stopped at a grill to eat dinner. There was a commotion going on with the currently ranked ninjas. A breeze blew passed me.
"So what's the commotion about?" I asked.
"Naruto stole a secret scroll." Kakashi told me as he put some steak on the grill in front of us.
"Naruto? Really? I don't think he even knew there were secret scrolls." I told him, flipping the meat.
"The Hokage thinks the someone has manipulated Naruto into stealing it." He told me.
"You don't seem to worried." I noted.
"That's because the Hokage's not that worried, he more concerned if anything."
That ended the conversation and we finished our meal in mutual silence. I saved some meat for Ashi. Feeding him outside the grill house as Kakashi and I said our goodbye's. Once Ashi was done, we headed home to sleep.
Ashi and I headed to the school. Today we weren't doing much, just getting assigned teams. I again sat down in the top corner. I was one of the first ones here it seemed. As time trickled by, more and more of my graduated classmates entered the classroom. Some less graceful then other, like Sakura and Ino who busted into the room like a herd of angry boars yelling about who's sitting with Sasuke. I rolled my eyes at that. I saw nothing special about my dark haired classmate. He acts like he's the only one who knows loss and pain. I mostly ignored him because he was's interested in making friends. I noticed Naruto in the room as well, with a headband. It seemed he had graduated wit us after all. I hid a small smile. Once he has a team he won't be lonely anymore. Naruto took note of all the girls arguing over who's sitting next to Sasuke and was now crouched on the desk in front of the raven, staring intensely. Sasuke returned the stare. I boy sitting in front of Sasuke stood up, accidentally bumping into Naruto. This small bump made for a very comedic kiss shared by the two boys. Oh, what god bestowed that small twist of fate on the two poor boys. Both boys pulled away, gagging and choking them selves, like they had just ingested sour poison. I was stifling a small laugh as the group of girls got ready to murder poor Naruto. The killing intent alone was enough to kill someone.
Once everything calmed down. Naruto sat next to Sakura, who sat next to Sasuke. Ino was behind her with Shikamaru next to her and I was next to him. Iruka-sensei entered the room with papers in his hand. He gave a little speech about what will be happening after we leave this class, how a jonin will be teaching us and what now. After the small pep-talk, Iruka-sensei started call out team number and who was on them. While I was waiting for my name to be called I was thinking about how they would partner up three men teams with an uneven amount of students.
"Alright, Team 7 is a four man team. Naruto Uzumaki," Iruka-sensei called out.
"Sakura Haruno."
Naruto cheers, Sakura sulks.
"Sasuke Uchiha"
Naruto Sulks, Sakura cheers.
"And Teru Dobutsu."
I smirked, This will be interesting. Naruto suddenly stood up and complained about why he and Sasuke were on the same team. Iruka-sensei gave him the answer, Naruto had the worst grades, Sasuke had the best. It was to balance it out. Sakura beat Naruto down when he was about to start another conflict. This allowed Iruka-sensei to carry on naming teams. Team 8 was Hinata Hyuga, Kiba Inuzuka, and Shino Aburame. I smile, Kiba and I were close friends thanks to his clan teaching me justus for Ashi and I to use together. A tracker team. The last team I cared about was team 10 which was Ino Yamanaka, Shikamaru Nara, and Choji Akimichi. I wasn't surprised there, their families are know for working well together, it was a formation known as the Ino-Shika-Cho. After that, I didn't really pay attention about who was on the other teams. After all the reams were announced, we were told to spend lunch together before our senseis come pick us up. I didn't move because it wouldn't work with pur team. Naruto would try something to get Sakura to notice him. Sakura would only focus on Sasuke. And Sasuke would ignore us all.
I was laying on the desk playing with a kunai, spinning it around my finger. All the other teams had left when their senseis' came to pick them up, and just our luck, team 7's was late. I had already figured out how our sensei is, after all, I've known him my whole life.
Sasuke was sitting near the bottom of the room, Sakura was standing, and Naruto was being and idiot and putting an eraser in the door. Sakura I really didn't know how to feel about, I don't hate her, but I don't really like her either. She became a ninja just to be around Sasuke. She was very smart but not that strong. She very pretty as well. I just hopes she can improve and not be distracted by Sasuke.
A hand was placed on the door. I acted quickly and threw the kunai. The kunai hit the eraser and it hit the wall and fell to the floor in the hallway. Kakashi was our sensei, like I predicted. He looked around the room studying the four of us.
"Hmm .. How can I say this ...?" he asks him self with a smile.
"My first impression is ... I don't like you guys." he told us.
Well mostly the other three. Kakashi left the room I jumped off the desk and followed him, Ashi close behind. The other three followed me. Once on the roof, Kakashi leaned on the railing, and the four of us Genin sat down on some steps.
"Well, lets begin with introducing ourselves." Kakashi said.
"What do you want to know?" Sakura asked.
"How about your likes, dislikes, ... your dreams for the future and things like that." he said.
"Hey, hey why don't you introduce your self to us first?!" Naruto blurted out.
"Yeah, you look kinda suspicious." Sakura said.
Kakashi started to just mumble words but all he really did tell the three was his name, then we went. Naruto was first and just mostly talked about ramen, while Sakura was annoying with squeals and looking at Sasuke. Sasuke was after her, all he did was give off a scary look and mumbled about getting revenge, then it was my turn.
"And you?" Kakashi asked knowing full well who I was already.
"Don't even try sensei, she doesn't talk, all she does is stare out a window. I don't even know how she passed and became a ninja." Sakura said in a smug way.
I let out a sigh.
"My name is Teru Dobutsu. I like sleeping, night time, training, purple, black, and steak. I dislike, morning, bright colors, annoying and obnoxious people, and the idea of revenge. My dreams for the future is to remain a ninja and help protect my home. My hobbies are training, walking around the village, sleeping, and ... many other things." I said.
The other three Genin look at me with some form of surprise on their face.
"YOU CAN TALK!?" Sakura scream.
"Yeah? And why is this a surprise? Just because I don't talk doesn't mean I can't, I just had nothing to say." I told her.
"Well said." Kakashi said clapping his hands once. "Tomorrow we start out duties as Shinobi."
Naruto got all excited and started asked what it was.
"Survival training." he told them.
My mind drifted off as Kakashi explained the Shinobi academy graduation system. When he was done everyone went home. I walked back to my apartment. When I was 10 I got my own apartment, it had two bedrooms, a living room, a kitchen area, and a bathroom. One bedroom, the bigger one, is used as a training room for Ashi and I. When I got home I fed Ashi because I didn't feed him the other day. I fell asleep at the school. I also gave him an extra treat as a sorry. Ashi and I trained a little before taking a shower together and heading to bed for the night.