"We will now be announcing the Genin teams for your training!" Shino told the class, the brief chatter being hushed by various people with eager, anticipating looks on their faces. All of them were wearing their shinobi forehead protectors with upmost pride, that new form of village identification being the only adjustments to the majority of the pupils, however, some of them, such as Sarada had gone through subtle attire changes.
She now wore an outfit resembling her mother's when she was the same age, however instead of the girly colour pink that was favored by Sakura, she had chosen a subtle mix of black and crimson. It suited her ebony hair and red glasses quite a bit, well, that was what Bolt thought - not that he was looking at her in particular, she just stood out a bit compared to all the other girls, not that it really mattered. Bolt himself was wearing a larger bolt around his neck, as well as his forehead protector gleaming brightly in the sunlight, emended beneath his mop of curly blonde hair.
"You will be put into groups of three to train and go on missions with. In addition, you will also have a jonin sensei to help train and guide you through your missions." Shino explained, reaching for the neatly written register he had prepared on his desk behind him. "Am I clear?"
"Yes sensei!" the class chorused back enthusiastically.
Bolt was practically bursting with excitement, although there was another feeling at the pit of his stomach he just couldn't shake off. It felt like a swarm of butterflies were in his stomach, constantly colliding. He glanced around at the class again, wondering which other two pupils he'd be put in a group with. He didn't particularly hate anyone, though he had found his amount of friends had been slowly declining after people began to avoid him a few days after the hokage prank. He was going to have to work with new friends now, anyway, so he didn't bother worrying.
"Shikadai Nara, Chocho Akimichi and Inojinn Yamanaka!" he called out the new Ino-Shika-Cho generation, who didn't look surprised in the slightest. "You will be team...10."
"Lee Jr, Haruna Aiko and Ryuu Oshiro!" he read out the next team. Haruna, the girl who had gone first with her impressive water style jutsu sighed at Lee Jr, who had clenched his fist in a determined fashion, where as Ryuu, a strong minded boy rolled his eyes from across the classroom. "You will be Team 3."
Shino read out two or three more teams, none of which included Bolt at all. He was getting decidedly impatient.
"...and Next, we have Bolt Uzumaki," he read Bolt's name with a slight lit as Bolt flinched. "Yuuto Yoshida. And lastly..."
Bolt felt the tension as he glanced across the room at Yuuto. He had always joined in with his pranks but always managed to sneak away and shrug off any blame. Bolt knew he was clever, so decided to stay wary of him.
"Sarada Uchiha. You will be Team 7."
Sarada nodded, not looking fazed in the slightest. Bolt wondered what it would be like to work with such a cool and cold girl like her.
"The last team is Team 8, now let me see...Well, you should be able to tell, but the members are Hoshi Hyuuga*, Itsamo Matsu and Jiro Aburame." Shino said, lastly noting a member of his clan was there, though he didn't know him closely.
"That is all. Your Jonin teachers will be here any minute now. It's been, I guess I should say, a pleasure to teach you, and good luck to the future!" he smiled a small smile whilst the pupils gave their happy farewells, though overcome excitement.
They were finally there, the next step to becoming a great shinobi.
*She is the (none-canon) daughter of Hanabi.
"Hey guys, my name is Rikatu Satomi, and I'm gonna be your Jonin sensei while you guys are genin."
Inojin, Shikadai and Chocho looked up to a fairly buff man with short and spiky straight hair, framing his face, which was tanned. On his wrists were several leather ties, looking like they had been worn forever and couldn't be taken off without being cut by a blade. He had a lazy smile on his face, but his eyes were quite sharp, making him look like he could be extremely serious as well as light hearted. His forehead protector was at a jaunty angle; his attire was the regular flak jacket with a few more of the leather weaves sown into it.
"By the way, I'm aware of your formation training that your parents are teaching you, and I can assist in that, though I mainly have my own training methods. I am however, well acquainted with your mother, Chocho, so I know basically what you're doing." he explained with a grin, making Chocho, who felt a little tense - mainly from nerves, but also, lack of constant snacking, ease up a little at his easy going manner.
Shikadai looked like he approved as well, but Inojin looked a little skeptical. However, in order to get into good terms straight away, he just nodded plainly back and introduced himself.
"Team three!" announced Rock Lee, pushing his fist in the air. "My name is Rock Lee, but you must call me Lee-sensei! To avoid trouble in mixing up names as Lee Jr is clearly my son, you will simply refer to him as Lee!"
"Oh god..." muttered Ryuu, clearly feeling like he had been put into the wrong team as Lee and his son talked rapidly amongst each other with over the top hand gestures, constantly mentioning 'youth'. "You can't be serious!"
Haruna on the other hand was biting her lip, trying to keep a straight face as the happenings in front of her were too hilarious to ignore. She was disappointed she didn't get in the same team as her best friend Hoshi, but she always looked on the positive side, and that was the fact the team she was in now, looked fun.
"You don't look very enthusiastic..." Haruna remarked with a slight smirk, but the boy just shook his head with disbelief.
"Okay, well this is the first time I've had a team before...uhh..."
Hoshi, Itsamo and Jiro looked up intently at their new sensei, who was tall with shaggy brown hair and distinctive red Inuzuka markings on his face.
"Ah. My name is Kiba Inuzuka, but I guess you can call me Kiba-sensei...You look like a nice bunch - a bit resembling to my old team actually." he introduced himself with a grin, looking at each of them, Hoshi and Jiro in particular.
"Hey, you!" he said, pointing at Hoshi, who glanced back at him with uncertain lavender hinted eyes. "You're a Hyuuga girl, right?"
"Yes, Kiba-sensei, my name is Hoshi - I believe you were on the same team as my aunt, Lady Hinata?" she said, sounding a bit too informal. "I've heard, well let's just say, quite a lot about you."
"Eh? Be careful, or I'll kick your ass!" Kiba retorted fiercely, much to the mischievous Hyuuga girl's glee. "Aren't all the Hyuuga meant to be obedient and observant?"
"My name is Jiro Aburame." Interrupted the shady looking guy, with the same style glasses as the whole of the Aburame clan. "It's nice to meet you."
"Yeah, and you." Kiba replied, getting his cool back. This kid must be some descendant of the Aburame clan. He thought. I wonder if he is closely related to Shino.
Kiba turned around to look for the other student, but when he looked back, he had gone! Suddenly, he heard one of the pups he had brought along to train a little pant and huff, its happy scent definitely telling him that he was happy in some sort of way. When he looked behind him, the boy, presumably Itsamo, was petting the dog on the floor with a broad beam on his face.
"D'ya like him?" Kiba asked, making the boy glance back up at him. "He's one of the pups of my old companion. He's almost big enough to come along on missions with me. You know, he's really taken a liking to you."
The boy blushed a little, getting up from his knelt position on the floor to beside his sensei, who looked, if anything a little curious.
"I..I love animals very much," he commented, fiddling with a curl of his orange hair quietly. "Especially birds, though I love dogs too..."
"Awesome! I think we're going to get along very well!" declared Kiba to his new team mates, who nodded in response. "Let's go, team 8!"
"Konahameru-bro!?"
"Bolt, you have to call me Konahameru-sensei now, because I am the sensei of this team. Treat me like I'm any other Jonin sensei, now, please."
Konahameru smiled down at the three bright looking pupils stood before him, each looking completely different from the next. Of course, being close and looking up to Naruto all his life, led him to often hanging out with his children, and particularly Bolt, as his infectious energy reminded him of what Naruto was like when he was younger and when he had looked up to him so. He also knew that Sarada was an Uchiha, as well as Sakura's child, though he didn't know much about her, apart from the fact that she may possess the sharingan, but he really didn't have a vast amount of knowledge on that. The last boy in the team, Yuuto Yoshida, looked like the cool, confident type, however he didn't look arrogant despite the intellectual look on his face when he looked at the others.
"So, my name is Konahameru Sarutobi. What about you; please will you tell me your name, your dreams and your likes as well as your dislikes?" Konahameru addressed his new team.
Bolt instantly threw his hand up with a cheesy grin on his face, getting a nod of approval from his sensei, who noted the slight roll of the eyes from the Uchiha girl next to him.
"My name is Bolt Uzumaki! I like my mother's Ramen! I want to be the Hokage one day because my dad is one, though I'll probably be better, you know. I don't like boring lectures or when my dad tells me off." he declared loudly, making Sarada wince next to him.
Konahameru gestured for the boy next to her to speak.
"My name is Yuuto Yoshida! I like mystery solving and decoding things. I also want to be the Hokage someday, though I know I'll only achieve it through hard work...though I may find a short cut...I dislike people who are lazy and also...Ramen." he explained with a confident expression on his face.
"WHAT!" Bolt shouted out loud. "You don't like Ramen!"
"Bolt, be quiet! Sarada, you're next." Konahameru shushed him, though he found his blurted opinions quite comical.
"My name is Sarada Uchiha. I like books and people who keep promises. I want to find my father and then after I grow up travel the whole world just like he did. I don't like liars and sweet things." she said, simply with a calm and cool aura, though the words 'promises' and 'liar' were heavily instated.
"Well then, now that everyone's introduced themselves, how about we get onto some training?" suggested their sensei with a grin. "Who'd up for it?"
WHAT! You don't like Ramen!
NARUTO CRIME!
I'm trying to develop back stories and characters for the OC'S so if they weren't that descriptive you know why. None of them are canon unless they have been in the previous chapters. Okay, goodnight (or good morning?) and see you soon.