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Chapter Thirteen: The First Day
When Iruka woke up the next morning she felt tired. Then again, I did walk all the way from the Hidden Cloud to the Hidden Leaf, so I guess I have a reason to be tired. She slowly got out of bed and walked down the stairs into the kitchen.
She found her dad making a big breakfast for the two of them, so she couldn't help but smile. She sat down at the table, pulling her school schedule out of her backpack that was leaning against the wall and look over it:
Umino, Iruka
1) Math
2) Chemistry
3) Shinobi History
4) Physical Education
5) English
6) Music/Choir
7) Homebase
Iruka looked up at her father. "Dad," she began. "What senseis teach each lesson?"
Her father smiled. "You'll figure it out eventually," he told her. "Just ask around to see who has the same class when you go to it. It won't be long before you'll be able to memorize your classes, so just don't worry about it, okay?"
Iruka looked at her father and nodded. Her dad smiled bigger and served them the breakfast.
Meanwhile, Aiko woke up and dug out her schedule and reviewed the classes she had. It read:
Inuzuka, Aiko
1) Physical Education
2) English
3) Chemistry
4) Shinobi History
5) Math
6) Music/Choir
7) Homebase
She sighed and muttered, "This is great. Why did they have to stick me in P.E. for first hour? I would've much rather had English first hour!" She sighed. "Oh well. I can't change it now. Time to eat!" she added as she bounded down the stairs.
Murasaki had just come into the bathroom to get ready for school when Shikamaru slipped her schedule under the door and through the space. Murasaki sighed in annoyance when she saw what it was and what it read:
Nara, Murasaki
1) Shinobi History
2) Math
3) Chemistry
4) English
5) Physical Education
6) Music/Choir
7) Homebase
She sighed, folded the paper and slipped it in her pocket. She decided she would look over it when she got to the academy.
Aiko, Iruka (both sensei and daughter), Shino, Shikamaru, Murasaki, Sasuke, Naruto and Kiba all arrived at the academy at the same time. Aiko saw Sasuke and waved. (Just to let you know, Shinta goes to school with her, too, just like Akamaru goes to school with Kiba.) Sasuke held Naruto's hand behind their backs. Shino and Shikamaru looked at each other and nodded. Murasaki stood beside Shikamaru and their dad. Both Irukas stood next to each other while watching all the other students entering the academy.
Shikamaru noticed his dad looking at Murasaki with reassurance for it seemed as though she was scared, even if she didn't show it. Shikamaru gave Murasaki a brotherly hug and took her hand, leading her into the academy. The others followed behind them and into the academy.
All the students were in class and Murasaki, Aiko and Iruka (girl) had just found and entered their classrooms when the bell rang. In Murasaki's first hour, her father was teaching. In Iruka's first hour Kakashi was teaching the class. Finally, in Aiko's class, Iruka-sensei taught it.
It turned out that Murasaki, Aiko and Iruka did very well in their classes. Lunchtime came after fourth hour and the three kunoichi sat by a tree that was spread from the others. They were discussing what had happened in their previous classes when Shino, Shikamaru and Kiba walked over to them. Naruto and Sasuke joined later on, but they didn't hold hands in fear that someone would notice.
They were eating their lunches and cracking jokes when the bell rang to go back to class. The lunches had been finished, so they threw away the paper bags and went inside to their fifth hour classes.
Fifth hour rolled by quickly and sixth hour was next. The kunoichi all had Music/Choir that hour, so they entered the room and began warm-ups with everyone else. The teacher (Kurenai) walked in and said, "Let's begin our singing for the day. Is there anyone in here that doesn't know the song Every Heart?"
No one raised their hands, which made Kurenai smile. "Then let's begin," she said. "Now, I want you all to separate into your voice ranges."
Murasaki went into the soprano section, but Aiko and Iruka went into the alto section. Kurenai looked at the three with doubtful looks, but motioned for Murasaki to come forward. Murasaki walked over to Kurenai at the piano.
"I'm going to test your voice, okay?" she said. "Nothing bad will come out of that, now will there?"
She picked a somewhat low note for a soprano, but Murasaki barely hit it. Okay, she's definitely NOT an alto, Kurenai thought. She might actually BE a soprano.
Kurenai kept going higher on the piano and Murasaki hit them flawlessly. Kurenai, as well as some of the other students, appeared surprised at how high Murasaki went up the scale. Even some of the sopranos looked impressed, but Aiko and Iruka weren't surprised. After all, the three of them were cousins, so they knew each other's voice ranges. Kurenai noticed this and felt more relieved. However, when she reached the highest note on the piano (you all know what that is!) and heard Murasaki reach it, her eyes grew wide in shock.
Murasaki noticed her expression and stopped. "What?" she asked. "Did I not hit it right?"
Iruka shook her head. "You hit it, like always," she told her. Murasaki let out a sigh of relief. "Thank goodness!" she exclaimed. "I thought I couldn't reach it anymore!"
Kurenai became so amazed that she patted Murasaki on the head. "You will be my top soprano," she told her. "You will have to help the others to reach anywhere near there, but I have faith in your talent."
Murasaki blushed. Shikamaru was standing outside the door when he heard all about Murasaki's position and smiled. "That sounds about right," he told himself. "She was always good at singing. In fact, she always used to match Mom's voice when she was old enough to memorize the lullaby she sang to us. Murasaki..."
Shortness again, but I don't really care! Also, sorry for lack of updating; finals, Christmas shopping and spending the night at friends' houses really take a lot of time out from writing! Also, no idea what's gonna be in the next chapter, so you're just gonna have to ride the wave, okay? You know the drill: read and review! Good night!