As we walked back home our guard suddenly appeared out of nowhere and escorted us home, yet as we walked David stopped walking.
"Hey I have an idea," he said to us and started walking into the shopping district.
We soon found ourselves standing in front of the grocery store.
'David no" I said to him as I watched David reach into his backpack and take out both his headband and belt before putting them on.
"I turned to look at Ana who was already putting on her headband and belt.
'Guys we cant, the special is already over" I said to them
'Yeah, but there's a special that doesn't end," David said to me and I knew what he was talking about.
Unlike the half-price special where we have no choice but to fight the housewives, there's a kind of special where everyone that has a little bit of money fights for food that's already made.
There's not a lot of it, so if you can get your hands on a plate your lucky because it doesn't matter what age you are, .no one is pulling any punches.
Ninjas are never involved in these fights and if they are, they are the retired ones.
"Sorry, but can you guys not get involved," David said to the guards as he handed one of them his backpack.
'Damm it" I said as I looked for my headband and belt.
We all gave our backpacks to our guards and walked into the store, we could feel everyone's eyes as we walked up to the half-price food section, and immediately our guards walked away from us.
There was no one around and all of the plates were still giving off steam, meaning that they were still hot so they were ready to eat the moment we paid for them.
We walked up to the plates and I watched as David picked up a grilled pork plate, Flare roared at me and I noticed someone was running towards David.
I kicked David out of the way and noticed that he had let go of the plate, but the guy that had attacked him graved it before it could spill.
"Ahhhh!' the voices of men and women screaming suddenly came from all around us, it was as if we had triggered an alarm, and all of a sudden we were forced to fight for our lives.
There were so many people and we were soon separated from each other, plates exchanged hands so many times that I couldn't even count them at the end we weren't able to get anything.
We sat on the floor exhausted next to us were several people of varying ages, most were older than us and a few of them were younger than us but we were all exhausted and hungry.
We all looked at each other and then we started to laugh, David now had a black eye and Ana was just looking at the ceiling.
"Wow," I said as we laughed, and soon everyone else was laughing
'So same time tomorrow" A man aid
'Yeah" everyone else said to him as they got up and began to look for something cheap to eat.
Our guards walked up to us and helped us to our feet, after that we just went home and luckily for us our moms were waiting for us with a hot meal.
We didn't know it at the time but Hana and Mikoto had seen the whole thing happen.
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"You know we could help them," Hana said to Mikoto who sat next to her at their usual spot.
'Yes we could, but if we train them any more than we already have, they will be in even more danger' Mikoto answered Hana
They both knew that it didn't matter anymore, the children's fates were already sealed, they were already being watched by several people and the fact that they now had guards to watch over them meant that the people living inside the Senju area must have seen something the children didn't.
The winds blew across their faces and they briefly enjoyed its gentle touch.
"So how are we going to explain all of this?" Hana asked Mikoto who immediately smirked
"Explain what, they are our students, they asked us to train them and that's exactly what we are doing," Mikoto said to Hana
"So have you seen how Naruto has been doing?" Hana asked Mikoto
"Yeah, actually he failed his first ninja exam so he's forced to pass another year in the academy, if I remember correctly Hinata is in the same class as him" Mikoto answered Hana
"So should we inform David that his clan still has a member from a branch family living in the village?" Hana asked Mikoto who only stayed quiet.
"I don't know, there's a chance that the council will step in between them and that it could pace them all in even greater danger" Mikoto answered Hana
"Well it's time to leave, we will just have to see the results of tomorrow's fight," Hana said to Mikoto as he got up and walked away.
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We all looked at each other we had our black clothes on and our white coats on, but unlike yesterday we all wore our headbands and belts, I don't like to admit it but when I wear thee things I feel a little bit more confident.
The only thing that was left was for us to put on our masks.
Our mom accompanied us this time, lie yesterday Hinata had left earlier than us, but for some reason, both Nenji and Hana had come to pick her up and walk her to school.
Even before we reached the academy we could feel the tension in the air and we soon found that the school had been divided by every class.
Our moms stepped back with the guards and we all walked up to meet the other misfits.
"Alright let's do this" David said to us before he walks away from us and tries to open the front door, unfortunately, it's locked and David has no choice but to walk back to us.
"What do we do now," a girl asks us.
"We check the other doors" I answer her as we all look at each other and after a few minutes a few of us run to check the other doors but everyone comes back with the same news.
All of the doors are locked.
We all look around and notice that several students are either checking the windows or spying on everyone else, and we can feel the clock ticking.
"Hey guys!" one of the girls says to us as she holds a piece of paper in her hands
"Look at what I bought yesterday," she says to us with a smile o her face, but she was one of the ones that had gone to check the doors.
"We all gathered around to see what she bought.
"One of the lunch ladies left t throw out the trash and I put a rock on the door, we can get in through the kitchen," she said to us while whispering.
We all looked at each other before we all began to move
We knew that the rest of the school would chase after us so we moved as fast as we could without running.
Some of the students turned to look at us, but they just kept watching everyone else.
We arent a combat class, so we aren't a threat to them.
After a while we saw it, the door was opened but only a little bit.
The moment we made a break for it, everyone would be on top of us.
Then we heard it, the doors started to open and we saw some of the teachers starting to walk around.
We acted as if nothing was happening before one of us ran up to the door and opened it.
"Now," Henri said to us and we all ran at once towards the kitchen door.
A couple of people managed to get in and everything seemed to going just fine when we all started to feel the hairs on the back of our heads stand, alerting us of danger.
We all began to look around and then we looked up.
There on the roof was not one but several students from different classes looking at us.
They all ran back and we were sure that they had gone to tell everyone else, so we began to push each other out of the way.
"Scatter!" David screamed as we heard the rest of the school running in our direction
I watched as David removed the rock from the door and closed it he wanted to run inside with us, but there wasn't enough time, so he just slammed it shut.
Fortunately, a lot of us managed to get inside, unfortunately, both Ana and David had been left outside with a couple of other students.
"Open the windows!" screamed as we ran to our classrooms, luckily no one was inside and we began to look for our friends through the windows, some students saw us but we didn't care, because we were looking for our missing members.
Then we saw them running away from a large group.
I graved one of my classmates and threw him in front of us.
"Open the window!" I screamed and he did just that, I watched as the rest of the misfits managed to get inside, but they weren't alone a lot of the other classes had started pouring in.
We all ran as fast as we could and then we heard it.
The sound of footsteps coming towards us, a teacher was coming.
Normally it would be suicide for us to enter another classroom, but we needed to hide and so we all went inside.
"What are all of you doing here!" we heard the teacher yell at the other kids and we saw when the group ran away from the opened window.
Soon there was no sound anywhere and we all slowly opened the doors, and we all began to run.
Then the bell rang and all of the doors opened all at once, unfortunately, we found ourselves standing right in the middle of them all.
We could feel everyone's eyes on us, the front- back- left- right and our classrooms were just in front of us.
"Run for it!" I screamed and all at once, everyone charged.
I do know why for whatever reason everyone outside began to fight each other, as they tried to get in.
The strongest of them all caught up to us, but before they could hit us or throw us back someone else graves them.
The hallways had become a battle field and it was everyone versus everyone.
Some students tried to run up the stairs, their goal was the same as ours, stay away from the fight, but some of them were dragged back down by everyone else.
We finally managed to reach our classrooms, and we pushed and pulled each other inside, and we all looked at each other.
"Oh good, you are all on time," our teacher says to us as someone s kicked inside our classroom.
'Yes can I help you" Our teacher asks the boy
"Sorry I tripped on my shoelaces" the boy sys to our teacher before taking a deep breath and running out of our class
Then we heard it, not one but several teachers screamed as they ordered everyone to stand in the hallway.
We were supposed to get into our classroom not fight, and especially not get caught.
'Okay, it seems we found the trouble makers" our teacher says to us before he looks out of the door and waves at someone.
"Now considering my class is so well behaved I think all of you deserve a treat," he says to us before he signals to us to follow him.
We all follow him out the door and into the hallway, we walk past everyone that is now cleaning the hallway and we follow our teacher up the stairs on the second floor, before walking down its hallway, then we did that with the third floor.
All the while our teacher happily hummed as he walked past the glares the other students gave us.
We soon found ourselves on the roof.
"Go on have your fun, all of you get the rest of the day off," he says to us as he opens a chest that was on the roof
"I put this here knowing that all of you could get to class so let's have a picnic and then all of you can run around without worrying about being attacked," he says to us but I can't help but feel as if somethings wrong
Regardless he's our teacher and we soon see all of the other misfits arrive before their teachers say the same thing to them
"By the way we have an announcement to make, seeing as you are all good students," the teachers say to us, but their voices are completely devoid of any warmth
"We believe that we only need to accompany any of you during recess anymore, so feel free to run around with your friends," the teachers say to us, and we all paled when we heard that
They were throwing us to the wolves.
"Can we stay in the classroom?" someone said to the teachers, his voice carried his panic emotions.
"Sur but we won't be there, second and third years protect the first years and each other, now enjoy your day off" the teachers say to us