Iruka...
Chuunin Exam: Part One
"You dumbass! Don't practice stupid skills!"
Though Iruka was surrounded by other Genins, he was apart from his teammates. He sat alone looking at the exam paper. He held a pencil and twirled it around his fingers. The Chuunins chosen to root out cheaters for his row caught sight of his pencil tricks. The pencil stopped rotating and Iruka performed some one handed seals. Not only had this feat caused the Chuunins' attention to look at his hand, but also that of his neighbours.
When he stopped forming seals, his neighbour burst out that his paper was blank. The instructor requested that he leave with his teammates. Iruka would never admit that he officially cheated, because that is what the permanent records registered.
The Log
"This is no time for pranks, moron!"
Under the eyes and over the bridge of the nose, Iruka had blood running down his face. Turning his neck to the side, he was able to swab his chin against his blue sweater, but the blood continued to pour. His mouth was dry though he had to start spitting out the blood. He had lasted most of afternoon and evening tied to the log.
Who came to see him was the 3rd Hokage. The aging ninja reached under his Hokage hat and untied his forehead protector to wrap around Iruka's wound.
"You could have untied me," Iruka said and the Hokage tightened the bond. The metal plate was on the side of Iruka's face. "I thought you were going to help me."
"You stole and defiled a ninja's forehead protector," the Hokage revealed, "this is as easy as life gets."
With that, the Hokage left. It took Iruka an hour to stumble onto the truth that the robe was no longer binding him to the log in the ground.
Pre-Test: Ino
"I would always act like an idiot to get people's attention."
After Iruka had heard that all of his former students were to be enlisted to become Chuunins so soon, Iruka pleaded to test them one more time to see if they lived up to their new teacher's evaluation. At the flower shop, Iruka would find Yamanaka Ino.
Ino rested behind the counter with shears in her black apron. She greeted him like any other customer; she smiled and got back to her magazine.
"Hello, Ino," he said to her.
"What brings you here?" She asked.
"On behave of a request made my Shikamaru," Iruka said, "I have come here to say that neither of us thinks that it would be in your best interest to go to the Chuunin exam."
"What?" Ino said slamming her magazine on the counter, "what did he say to you?"
"Ah..." Iruka wondered, "He said it would be troublesome."
"That sounds like him," Ino removed her apron, "he doesn't want me to show up so he can also not show up. I'm going to confront him right now."
And with that she was out of the shop.
"And I just heard Shikamaru said that he wasn't going." Iruka complained.
Come-Come Paradise
"So this is it..."
Kakashi halted Iruka as he was carrying a box of books to the dumpster.
"There may be something good in there," Kakashi said and put the box on a table of a shop. He commented on books as he put them to the side. "I've seen the movie. Samurai suck. Movie is pending. This book is too thick. Hey, what's here?"
Iruka pulled the copy from Kakashi's hands and laughed contritely.
"Never mind this," Iruka warned.
"Don't you usually scratch behind your head, smile widely and close your eyes when you are nervous?" Kakashi asked.
"Am I that predictable?" Iruka laughed as he normally did in these situations. Kakashi took this opportunity to steal the book back.
"Come-Come Paradise?" Kakashi read and opened the cover. He immediately put a hand over his mouth. "Times like this, I'm glad that I wear this bib."
He walked away with the book.
"Will he like that book?" Iruka wondered. "I confiscated it from one of my female students."
Gambling
"Who told you that?"
The evening was dying down at graduation since many of the graduates decided not to stay very long or graduate on time. A group of smokers started up behind the corner so Iruka joined them.
"Hey, Kurenai, Asuma, and Shiro," Iruka said. He took a beer bottle from Asuma and used his ninja vest to open the cap. Generally, the piece of metal under the chest pocket was to cut oneself to draw blood for performing summoning. "Shiro, you are too young to be drinking, and smoking, and gambling. What are you playing?"
"A solitaire game," Asuma commented, "I can't beat him. Gai could win, but he had a bit too much to drink."
"I wish this graduation would be more festive." Iruka stated.
"What's in good spirits of sending children to war?" Kurenai asked. "A Green Day song is not going to lighten up the mood."
"Who said that?" Iruka questioned. "It's not just a Green Day song; it is the Green Day song."
Chuunin Exam: Part One
"You dumbass! Don't practice stupid skills!"
Though Iruka was surrounded by other Genins, he was apart from his teammates. He sat alone looking at the exam paper. He held a pencil and twirled it around his fingers. The Chuunins chosen to root out cheaters for his row caught sight of his pencil tricks. The pencil stopped rotating and Iruka performed some one handed seals. Not only had this feat caused the Chuunins' attention to look at his hand, but also that of his neighbours.
When he stopped forming seals, his neighbour burst out that his paper was blank. The instructor requested that he leave with his teammates. Iruka would never admit that he officially cheated, because that is what the permanent records registered.
The Log
"This is no time for pranks, moron!"
Under the eyes and over the bridge of the nose, Iruka had blood running down his face. Turning his neck to the side, he was able to swab his chin against his blue sweater, but the blood continued to pour. His mouth was dry though he had to start spitting out the blood. He had lasted most of afternoon and evening tied to the log.
Who came to see him was the 3rd Hokage. The aging ninja reached under his Hokage hat and untied his forehead protector to wrap around Iruka's wound.
"You could have untied me," Iruka said and the Hokage tightened the bond. The metal plate was on the side of Iruka's face. "I thought you were going to help me."
"You stole and defiled a ninja's forehead protector," the Hokage revealed, "this is as easy as life gets."
With that, the Hokage left. It took Iruka an hour to stumble onto the truth that the robe was no longer binding him to the log in the ground.
Pre-Test: Ino
"I would always act like an idiot to get people's attention."
After Iruka had heard that all of his former students were to be enlisted to become Chuunins so soon, Iruka pleaded to test them one more time to see if they lived up to their new teacher's evaluation. At the flower shop, Iruka would find Yamanaka Ino.
Ino rested behind the counter with shears in her black apron. She greeted him like any other customer; she smiled and got back to her magazine.
"Hello, Ino," he said to her.
"What brings you here?" She asked.
"On behave of a request made my Shikamaru," Iruka said, "I have come here to say that neither of us thinks that it would be in your best interest to go to the Chuunin exam."
"What?" Ino said slamming her magazine on the counter, "what did he say to you?"
"Ah..." Iruka wondered, "He said it would be troublesome."
"That sounds like him," Ino removed her apron, "he doesn't want me to show up so he can also not show up. I'm going to confront him right now."
And with that she was out of the shop.
"And I just heard Shikamaru said that he wasn't going." Iruka complained.
Come-Come Paradise
"So this is it..."
Kakashi halted Iruka as he was carrying a box of books to the dumpster.
"There may be something good in there," Kakashi said and put the box on a table of a shop. He commented on books as he put them to the side. "I've seen the movie. Samurai suck. Movie is pending. This book is too thick. Hey, what's here?"
Iruka pulled the copy from Kakashi's hands and laughed contritely.
"Never mind this," Iruka warned.
"Don't you usually scratch behind your head, smile widely and close your eyes when you are nervous?" Kakashi asked.
"Am I that predictable?" Iruka laughed as he normally did in these situations. Kakashi took this opportunity to steal the book back.
"Come-Come Paradise?" Kakashi read and opened the cover. He immediately put a hand over his mouth. "Times like this, I'm glad that I wear this bib."
He walked away with the book.
"Will he like that book?" Iruka wondered. "I confiscated it from one of my female students."
Gambling
"Who told you that?"
The evening was dying down at graduation since many of the graduates decided not to stay very long or graduate on time. A group of smokers started up behind the corner so Iruka joined them.
"Hey, Kurenai, Asuma, and Shiro," Iruka said. He took a beer bottle from Asuma and used his ninja vest to open the cap. Generally, the piece of metal under the chest pocket was to cut oneself to draw blood for performing summoning. "Shiro, you are too young to be drinking, and smoking, and gambling. What are you playing?"
"A solitaire game," Asuma commented, "I can't beat him. Gai could win, but he had a bit too much to drink."
"I wish this graduation would be more festive." Iruka stated.
"What's in good spirits of sending children to war?" Kurenai asked. "A Green Day song is not going to lighten up the mood."
"Who said that?" Iruka questioned. "It's not just a Green Day song; it is the Green Day song."