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Tobi POV
Crack!
The stone of this mountain was not offering him enough resistance.
Two more of his precious organization had been eliminated.
And he could still do nothing about it.
Having to maintain his identity as Tobi was infuriating.
But it was still far too early in this game to be showing his ace.
He growled setting the stone ablaze.
Then he simply turned heading back for his room in the Akatsuki base.
He needed to think.
Yūgure was a thorn he needed to think on how to remove.
Plus, he still lacked any of the biju.
Yes.
He needed to plan.
He couldn't help the smirk forming under his mask.
After all, what did he care about the Akatsuki?
They were only tools.
Means to an end.
He was already forming a plan B.
If he couldn't have the infinite Tsukuyomi, he could still become the master of this world.
His smirk grew wider as he thought of Yūgure's leaders.
Oh, it was so obvious how to deal with them it was painful.
Yes, that was perfect.
It would break them.
There was more than one way to skin a cat...
And this way would be the most painful.
Normal POV
Sakuragakure had officially completed the conversion to a full Hidden Village.
Which meant the Academy they'd built was gathering students.
There was only a single class as of yet, the civilians unsure of allowing their children to become shinobi.
Still, a class meant someone had to teach them.
"You and I first, Koneko" Kisame chuckled as we walked towards the building "That way we know the poor kids will be able to survive the others".
"We are one of the more... mild pairs" I snickered. Oh, I was looking forward to watching the Zombies teach.
"Exactly. If they can't handle us, they aren't fit to be taught by the crazier ones" the Shark smirked, his thoughts probably going to the Zombies as well.
More walking found us in the classroom, eying the prospective genin.
"Ohayō, little ones. I'm Toki, and that's Kisame" I greeted as they practically bounced in excitement. These kids had no idea what they were in for.
"We'll start by seeing what you can do. Any knowledge of the shinobi arts you have. Show it" Kisame smirked at them.
The kids nodded and obeyed, some talking, others getting up to demonstrate.
We hadn't been expecting much.
Jashin, we hadn't honestly expected much of anything.
But what we got...
It was rather pathetic.
Even for civilians.
"These are our first genin?" I made a face "I feel like I should be singing 'I'll Make A Man Out of You' with that performance".
"Do I even want an explanation, Koneko?" Kisame arched an eyebrow at me.
"Honestly? Probably not" I grinned back at him.
The Shark shook his head and turned his attention back to the kids. "Sit" he ordered.
They obeyed instantly.
Huh, wonder if we were as terrifying to them as Ao had been for us.
"We've obviously got a lot of work to do" Kisame informed them bluntly "All Yūgure members will work on the basics with you. We will also have specific areas each of us can instruct you in. With myself, you'll be learning more taijutsu and kenjutsu".
"With me, you'll get long range weapons such as senbon or kunai" I smiled at them.
"Each of us also comes from somewhere different. Your elders will teach you the history of your own Village" Kisame continued "The rest of us will give you the history of where we come from".
"For the both of us, that means the history of Kirigakure" I clarified for the kids, who's eyes were wide.
"It is good to know others, be it your friend or your enemy. I suggest you take our lessons seriously" Kisame finished. He offered the children a smirk. "Now, let's get down to buisness".
"To defeat the Huns~" I sang, earning looks from Kisame and the children alike. "Sorry, I couldn't help it".
"Lesson one" the Shark drawled to the kids "All high class shinobi are insane. Some more so than others".
With that we began our lessons.
Lessons – 3rd Person POV
Kisame & Toki
The children found they liked the leader duo of Yūgure.
They were both easy going teachers, correcting when something was wrong, and giving praise when something was right.
When dragged outside to the training grounds they watched in awe as a target got a senbon neatly embedded in the center.
They started off with dull training kunai on much closer targets, pouting when they couldn't hit them.
"Not the puppy eyes" Toki complained at seeming them pout.
"Now you know how it feels" Kisame snickered "It's not even close to fair".
Under Toki's instruction slowly they at least started to manage to hit the targets.
Kisame then placed the famous Samehada down to start them on basic taijutsu.
"I feel like I should drag that green psycho here for these lessons" he muttered.
"You are not subjected these poor genin to Gai!" Toki glared at the Shark.
The kids didn't know who that was, they were just happy that Kisame-sensei and Toki-sensei were teaching them anything.
After taijutsu they each received poles.
Kenjutsu taught by one of the Seven Swordsmen.
They had no idea how lucky they were.
"Kisame-sensei... why do you look like a Shark?" one ventured.
"I was born like this" Kisame-sensei sighed.
"Yes, but why?"
"Cause he's so epic he needed to be part Shark" Toki-sensei grinned.
"Much like she was born with the ability to defy logic" Kisame-sensei smirked at his partner.
The leader duo received an A in the kids' minds.
Deidara and Itachi
"I'm Deidara, yeah" the blond greeted the kids.
"Itachi" the Uchiha introduced himself. "With us, we'll continue your basics, as promised".
"Specifically though, I'll be teaching you how to dodge, un" Deidara made a small cherry bomb for effect "And about Iwa, hmm".
"I will teach you genjutsu. How to make them, how to recognize them, and most importantly, how to escape" Itachi added. "I will also educate you on Konoha".
"And before you ask, this is just the way I talk, yeah" Deidara informed.
The children soon grew to like this duo as well.
Itachi-sensei's genjutsu allowed for much more interesting lectures since he could create images to help enforce the point.
"Deidara-sensei? What's on your hands?" came the inevitable question.
"Kekkei genkai, yeah" he sighed.
The kids thought him immensely cool after discovering he had the hand-mouths, and even cooler once he explained the basics of what a kekkei genkai was.
After much begging, Itachi-sensei was convinced to show off the Sharingan.
He refused to use it on any of the children, merely saying that it created stronger genjutsu that what he'd been using.
Dodge training with Deidara-sensei's bombs went... interestingly.
Most of the children ended up covered in dirt from moving too slow.
Itachi-sensei started off teaching them about chakra, and working a very basic and obvious genjutsu for them so they could begin to recognize what being in one felt like.
After their lessons, the kids gather together and discussed this partner pair.
They received another A.
Once more, the kids failed to realize exactly how powerful their teachers were.
After all, Itachi-sensei and Deidara-sensei hadn't put almost any effort into their illusions and bombs.
Kakuzu and Hidan
"I'm Hidan, little shits".
"I am Kakuzu. If any of you start talking like the idiot here, I'll kill you".
The Zombies received rightfully terrified stares.
"We're continuing your fucking basics" Hidan informed them "From me, you little bastards are learning more damn taijutsu and fucking weapons-based combat. I'll also teach you shits about my damn Village, Yagakure".
"From myself you will learn about chakra natures. You will also learn where and how to hit someone to kill them" Kakuzu informed "Takigakure history as well".
Ironically, despite this wonderfully friendly beginning, the children decided they liked the Zombies the best so far.
Hidan-sensei's weapons training was harsh, drilling them again and again on how to properly hold and use a weapon of their choice, but that made his very seldom given praise much more valuable.
Kakuzu-sensei produced these cool mask-beats things that demonstrated the five basic chakra natures. Once they had a better grasp on chakra and chakra control in general, he would teach them how to do nature transformations based on their affinities.
This made all the little students practice their control exercises until they dropped, wanting to know what element they had.
The vital points lesson began with basic anatomy. One through with that, Kakuzu-sensei tapped Hidan-sensei in the basic vital areas: head, lung, and heart.
"You won't be getting any fucking bloody lessons until we're damn sure you can actually fucking handle them" Hidan-sensei informed.
"You're just glad I can't kill you again and again in front of them yet" Kakuzu-sensei scoffed at him.
The children weren't sure how anyone could survive the blows being described.
But if Hidan-sensei could, he was even more awesome than they'd thought.
"Kakuzu-sensei? Why do you wear a mask?"
"None of your business, whelp" came the answering snap.
"Heh, you should fucking show them you stitch-face. Their faces will be damn hilarious" Hidan-sensei chuckled.
"No" Kakuzu-sensei produced threads from his skin.
"Cooooool~!"
The Zombie duo was given an A+
Zabuza and Haku
"I'm Haku and this is Zabuza-san" Haku offered the children a polite smile.
"You will listen to us, or I will ignore your training entirely" Zabuza growled in threat.
"Aside from continuing the basics, from myself you'll learn more about long range weapons. I'll also teach you more about kekkei genkai and advanced chakra natures" Haku shook his head at Zabuza "Instead of information on Kirigakure however, we'll be teaching you on what exactly it means to be a nuke-nin".
"I'll continue you kenjutsu" Zabuza snapped "and your general weapons-training".
The children weren't as sure about this partner pair.
Haku-sensei seemed alright.
He was calm and polite, explaining to them what exactly an advanced chakra nature was before showing them his ice-ninjutsu.
The children were also shocked to learn exactly what it meant that their teachers were nuke-nin.
"Don't worry senseis! We'll protect you!" one of them announced boldly.
Zabuza-sensei scoffed. Haku-sensei gave a smile "I'm sure you will".
Zabuza-sensei then took them to the training grounds where he and Haku-sensei furthered the education they'd already started receiving.
Haku-sensei was much quiet than Toki-sensei, but was still helpful when teaching them about long range weapons.
Zabuza-sensei was not as kind as Kisame-sensei but also not as harsh as Hidan-sensei when dealing with kenjutsu or other general weapons.
After discussion, the kids decided they liked this duo, just not as much as they'd liked some of the others.
They were given a solid B.
Juugo and Sasori
"Hello, I'm Juugo" he offered gently.
"Sasori" the redhead gave them a bland look.
"I'm not really from a Village, so I don't have any history to teach you" Juugo apologized, rubbing the back of his head. "I can continue your basic taijutsu education. I'll also show you how to track and to blend in with nature".
"I will educate you on Suna" Sasori informed simply "My specialty is poisons, so you will be learning about poisons and antidotes whenever I am here. You will also work on chakra control so that perhaps you may manage this". Sasori produced a puppet and made it obey his will with his chakra strings.
"Sasori-sensei, what good is that thing?"
The puppet whisked, flying faster than any of the kids thought possible, putting a dangerous blade close to the speaker's face.
"It is a tool. A dangerous and lethal one, given the right master"Sasori-sensei answered, withdrawing the puppet.
After this, the lessons were relatively calm.
Juugo-sensei's lessons involved getting dirty, so most of the kids adored them.
No one dared not to pay attention to Sasori-sensei when he educated them on how to recognize some basic herbs.
Not as physical as they other teachers, but the children were vastly impressed.
Still, Sasori-sensei scared them.
This duo was given an A-
Han andFū
"I am Fū 'ssu. This is just the way I speak 'ssu" the kunoichi smiled.
"I am Han" the masked shinobi nodded to them.
"From us, you'll learn about biju and jinchuuriki 'ssu" Fū continued "I'll also continue your education on dodging, genjutsu, and Takigakure 'ssu".
"From myself you'll continue learning taijutsu and as well as how to combine that with ninjutsu" Han stated "I'll continue the history of Iwa as well".
Fū made a hand sign, creating small images of the tailed beasts to start the lesson "These are the biju 'ssu".
The kids were fascinated about the story of the Sage of Six Paths and the creation of the biju.
Together Han-sensei and Fū-sensei told them the names of the biju and what it meant for someone to be a jinchuuriki.
Both revealed with biju they had sealed inside them.
They were both honest about the negative effects of being a jinchuuriki, both emotionally and physically.. Even admitting that a biju was capable of driving a jinchuuriki insane.
"Don't worry Han-sensei, Fū-sensei! We like you! We'll be your friends!" a child assured.
"Thank you" Han chuckled.
"We like you too 'ssu" Fū grinned.
The lesson turned to the positive effects of being a jinchuuriki and what one was capable of, especially if they could befriend the biju they shared their body with.
"So you can turn into a dolphin-horse Han-sensei?"
"If I have the need, yes" Han-sensei nodded.
"And you can become a beetle Fū-sensei?"
"Yep!" Fū chirped.
"Cooool~!"
The lessons from this pair were a considerable amount of fun for the kids.
Han was strict and gruff, but he was not above helping if one of them needed it.
Fū was energetic, practically bouncing from place to place in her lessons on dodging and genjutsu.
The kids decided these two were the second favorites.
They received the only other A+
Normal POV
"So, the shits aren't half fucking bad" Hidan mused.
"They are entertaining" Kakuzu admitted, in a good mood with the extra income.
"They're adorable 'ssu" Fū grinned "I wish I could keep them 'ssu".
"Koneko keeps enough strays as is. Don't you start too" Kisame sighed.
"No keeping the students" Han seconded.
"Aww~" Fū pouted then brightened to hug Haku "At least I can keep you!"
Haku blushed "Hai, if you say so, Fū-san"
"Some day I am going to get you to drop the san 'ssu" Fū pouted.
"It is interesting, teaching students" Itachi mused "They have potential".
"If they can ever learn to dodge, yeah" Deidara snickered.
"Potential?" Zabuza scoffed "Barely".
"They are a blank canvas" Sasori countered "Needing guidance".
"I like doing this. It's fun" Juugo admitted.
"I agree" I snickered "Poor little genin, having us as teachers".
"Hey, we're S-class nuke-nin, it's not like they could ask for stronger" Kisame laughed "Besides, beggars can't be choosers".
"That's true" I sighed.
Didn't mean that I wasn't going to pity them for dealing with us of all people.
Omake – Late Night Tryst, Hidan POV
He had to fucking admit, sneaking out was damn difficult.
It was a fucking good thing that he'd been the one with the damn clay bird.
Stealing shit from the old bastard's room would've been fucking impossible.
He made the sign to enlarge his shitty ride to Kumo.
It wasn't like he was fucking doing any damn thing he wasn't allowed to.
After all the damn teasing, the damn leaders here had been fucking lenient, allowing him to visit the cat-bitch whenever the fuck he wanted, so long as he wasn't busy with other shit.
So why the fuck was he sneaking out?
Because he didn't fucking want to drag the old ass bastard along again.
It wasn't fucking fun to have him along.
The old fucker sucked the damn fun out of everything he fucking could.
Because apparently doing shit like that is entertaining.
"And where do you think you're going?"
Jashin damn it!
"Fucking Kumo" he snapped at the old bastard.
"You know you're not supposed to go there alone. I'm paid to keep you out of ANBU cells" Kakuzu stated flatly.
"The broad wouldn't fucking throw me in there".
"Perhaps not. But that doesn't stop others from doing it".
"You're not fucking coming with me".
"Am I not?"
"I'll fucking pay you to leave me the fuck alone".
"Hmm". The old bastard was debating if he wanted to take the money and risk losing what he was already given.
"I'll also leave you the fuck alone for an entire damn day" he bribed.
"Deal" Kakuzu held out a hand for the ryo "I will kill you painfully if I have to rescue your ass".
"You won't have to fucking come rescue me. Now, I'm late for my damn date".
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Next time – "So, you're telling me we've got to protect a temperamental turtle?"
"Yes".
"Koneko, protecting Isobu means we're offering ourselves up as turtle chow. I'm a Shark. You have any idea how demeaning a death that would be?"
