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Harri felt like he was going to pass out. What were they thinking? He couldn't sit by a Hyuuga! That was the exact opposite of everything that he had ever been taught by his Daddy!
Izu took pity on the poor frozen waif of a child. Gently guiding 'her' to her seat. Getting more and more concerned as the child seemed to pale to the point of 'her' skin becoming almost transparent as he guided her closer to her assigned seat. The child almost recoiled as the young Hyuuga princess looked up from the picture she was doodling.
"Sit me next to the boy with the scarf!" Harri squeaked. He could already feel her chakra around her eyes acting odd. The girl giving him a confused unnerved look the moment he got within a few feet of her. Seeming to shiver as he got closer. She began to rub at her eyes. Harri was sure he was going to pass out.
"W-what? He's a bit too... boisterous." The teacher stuttered, feeling something almost like static electricity prickle at his scalp.
"I-I, please can I sit closer to the door?" Harri insisted feeling like he was suffocating as everyone stared at him. He could feel the chakra under his skin wanting to lash out, he was thankful that he had remembered his necklace. He was sure something awful would have happened if he wasn't wearing it.
"O-okay... Are you alright? Do you need a few minutes?" Izu asked, quickly realizing that the child was trembling uncontrollably.
"Huh? Umhum. I'm fine." Harri instantly confirmed, unwilling to show weakness and embarrass himself.
Izu frowned, not believing Harrison even slightly. "Alright, well you can sit in Yuno's seat. She's not here today. Now be nice to her Hiko!" He finally said after a few seconds of unnerving staring. He guided Harri to the only open seat in the outer row near the door. He made sure to have 'her' in the first row so he could continue monitoring. He had a feeling that Harri could either feint or have trouble breathing at any moment. Poor thing, what were they thinking putting this delicate already sickly child in such a stressful environment? How did the council expect her to even make it to the point of Genin?
"Thank you." Harri said in a quick curt murmur. Eagerly sitting and getting his things out. At the same time Harri tried to sit up straight and tried to make his shaking as unnoticeable as possible. He may be weak but he couldn't let them know that. Only his Daddy, Shika, and Shikaku, and Mai could see him like that. He now knew that they wouldn't pick at him for it.
Harri could tell he was going to get sick of being called a 'she' all of the time to. It was different if it was just a couple times a day. This was now going to be all day everyday. He much rather be called a he and even thought about announcing it but so many people had been dead serious about not letting anyone know that he was a boy and he wasn't sure if he wanted to risk something happening to himself if he was foolish and told someone untrusted that he wasn't one.
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Most of the day Harri tried being as unnoticeable as possible, staying quiet and small. He was bored out of his mind, already knowing everything that was being taught. Was he really that smart or did Shika and his daddy-dad really work with him so much that Harri was on way more advanced materials than what they were teaching? They couldn't really still be learning how to read and write, right? Harri spent most of the day reading through a book about Chakra points and what would happen to the human body depending on what ones were hit. He didn't get everything he was reading but he was getting enough that he was learn.
It was hard to teach oneself how to do the Black clan's rarely learned, Grimm Lightning Palms style. His father had hated it but it was most suited to Harri. It was in many ways very similar to the Hyuuga's Gentle Fist style. Though wasn't as refined.
Itachi have baulked at the idea of teaching Harri the Black's, Grimm Lightning Palms fighting style, as it seemed to be similar to the Hyuuga's Gentle Fist style. The fighting style that most Black clan members used was similar to the fighting style that the Uchiha used but it wasn't at all suited to the way Harrison moved or his build at all. The Black clan was apparently made up of mostly tall physically strong members which the Uchiha like style was more suited to.
The other style was all about skill, speed, accuracy, and destruction. One had to have a specific chakra for it and like the jutsu that had nearly killed Shisui, it couldn't be used by a human as it required a form of chakra, specifically lightning chakra that human's couldn't even attempt to copy without major injuries. Though it could be copied to an extent like most Taijustsu.
To perform the Grimm Lightning Palms fighting style they simply channeled sharp controlled threads of powerful lightning chakra through their fingertips to electrocute an enemy, instead of a more refined form of chakra like the Hyuuga that was able to hit with such sharp procession that they could disable and reenable limbs in moments. The user of the Grimm Lightning palm then, aimed for more vital spots, like the heart and lungs. It was a style meant more for consistent brutal neurological damage, organ paralysis and rupture than temporary disablement, used for a quick brutal kill.
From the little that Harri had read about the Hyuuga, several learned a chakra-less version of the Grimm Lightning palms style form by watching one of its last users surviving at the time, practicing. It became very popular among the clan as it was considered a divine fighting style and they eventually turned it into their highly effective Gentle Fist Technique. Being able to see Chakra points and Chakra coils made it much easier for them to learn and far more accurate. Harri was sure that it would take him many years, probably human lifetimes, to truly master the fighting style to the extent of a Hyuuga as he had no Byakugan to guide his strikes without someone to teach him. He also had far less control than a Hyuuga.
A lot of it still was pretty confusing but Harri felt like he was finally getting a hang of some of the harder, simple techniques on his own. 'Oh, he was aiming too much to the right, that's why that special training dummy wasn't being badly damaged! He wasn't actually right on top of the Chakra point. Next time he was sure that it would at least blow a chunk out of it now.' Harri pulled out a sticky tab and put it next to the diagram he had been studying.
"Miss Uchiha, it is time for our daily exercises." Izu said in a friendly tone. Curious, he leaned over Harri's book to see what he was reading. His eyes widened at the detailed diagrams in the book and the paragraph he was able to see about Chakra. Could 'she' actually read and understand all of it? Itachi was a child prodigy after all... No, no, he was getting ahead of himself. "Where are your notes? Were you taught how to write yet?" Izu asked as gently and quietly as he could, not wanting to embarrass the child if 'she' had not been taught. He was startled by the look he was given by the shy child, pure indignation.
"Of course I can read and write! Shika and my Daddy taught me ages ago!" Harri said, puffing himself up, feeling completely offended at such a question. He may have been pretty weak but he wasn't stupid!
"Well, I was just concerned. Now let's go out with the others, okay?" Izu said, feeling a bit awkward. Did the child understand what she was reading? That book seemed pretty advanced for a 6 year old... Izu forced himself not to think about it. He doubted the child understood that much.
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Harri was surprised by how easy a lot of the exercises were, though he was terrible at ones that required great strength. His lungs held up better than nearly everyone else's though and he found that what they considered to be long distance running to be a piece of cake even with his sometimes delicate acting lungs. He ran easily as much just chasing Mai around the compound and around town practically every day!
During that time Harri did everything to avoid the Hyuuga as much as possible. She was unnervingly interested in him throughout the activities, looking frustrated. Harri had even taken Konohamaru as his partner. He was the youngest boy in the class and seemed to be obsessed with bragging to Harri about who he was and how great he was. Harri hardly even noticed as he was more focused on being upset about the fact that the boy was nearly an inch taller than him and wasn't quite even 5 yet! How was that fair? Harri was literally the smallest student in class and he was pretty sure he was the oldest too by at least a couple of months!
Harri decided he was done with the medicine ball after the 3rd time of literally being knocked over with it. It wasn't just embarrassing it hurt pretty bad to! He was ecstatic when Izu decided that Harri had done enough and that he would be throwing Kunai, something he had gotten pretty good at over the years. Itachi had decided early on in his training as he wasn't strong that he would need to be accurate. He also told Harri that it was foolish to allow others to truly see how skilled one was. He was no where near the level of great or fantastic yet but Harri decided that it was probably best to aim to be average he wasn't sure how good one needed to be to aim for that but he would at least try to have two of his Kunai not stick, Sasuke always complained about getting attention and Harri knew he was pretty good already. Not as accurate as Sasuke but more so than most kids.
Okay, Harri took a deep breath as he stepped up, it was his turn. A strange swimming sense of deja vu struck him, of metal in his hand and choking nerves and messy hair like blood then a dull almost phantom ache in his side, a familiar voice reassuring him. He let the breath out, feeling nearly as sick as when he had entered the classroom that morning. "S-sensei, may I go sit? I-I feel kind of sick." Harri managed to spit out between clenched teeth.
"Of course! Are you alright? Do you need to go to the medical bay?" The man immediately asked, not liking the odd gray color Harri had suddenly turned, at all.
"Yeah. Just don't feel good. I-I don't think I need to go. I just need to catch my breath." Harri insisted, getting as far away from the group as possible. He sat down on a bench, hunching over on himself. What was that? Who was that person with red hair? Who was that person speaking to him? It was so familiar but the voice was too quiet, too distant, even then for some reason it nearly filled his eyes with tears. It was still so close the smell of blood still caressed his nostrils.
"Harri, what are you doing here? Shouldn't you be with your group. Are you okay? You aren't looking very good." Shikamaru asked walking up to his friend. A group of other, older, children were speaking to each other around him. Harri was glad he didn't see Sasuke among them.
"I'm fine. Just feeling a little sick. Must have run too much." Harri assured his friend.
"Tch* liar, really you alright?" Shikamaru asked, plopping down next to Harri, facing him and giving the younger boy a serious frown.
Harri picked at the hem of his shirt, refusing to look at Shikamaru. "I'm fine, Shika." He murmured, nibbing his lip.
"Right. Well you don't have to tell me now but you know I'll fox what ever it is out of you, right? I always do. I know running isn't going to do this to you. You could easily keep up with our bunch if you tried and probably get done with your laps before at least a couple of us." Shikamaru grumbled.
"I don't feel like talking about it." Harri said, not even sure how he would be able to bring something like what he had experienced up. He was sure he would sound completely crazy if he had. He felt like he had gone crazy for a second. Nothing like that had ever happened to him before and Harri had never heard of someone hearing voices and getting flashes of people unless they were insane.
Shikamaru let out a suffering sigh, "Why must you act so troublesome? Keep this up and you'll get yourself so worked up that you will never be able to take that necklace off! I'm sure it can't be good for you to have it on so much. You're going to make yourself sick, I'm telling you!" He said, looking a worried. "You coming over again?" The boy suddenly asked, the idea of leaving Harri in that cold house likely completely alone wasn't one he even wanted to think about.
"Um, yeah, I talked to your daddy-dad. It's always too cold at home. Sasuke hates when I turn the heat up. Says it gets too hot." Harri explained, looking a little brighter.
"Yeah, you can sleep with me again, It will be nice, then we can play with Mai before bed and dad can cook us up something on the grill again." Shikamaru said, already getting a bit excited for the end of school. Harri was always the best to hang out with. He wished that he never had to go back home to that cold house.
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A little over a week went by and Harri had decided that he didn't want to go to school. Shikamaru was right, it was super boring! How could his friend stand going for so long? He already knew everything they were teaching! They weren't even into Jutsu yet! Harri already knew several family Jutsu! He also found out that he was apparently in the little kid class which was humiliating. Now he had to get ready for some awful school tournament to show how much students had improved their skills.
Harri wasn't even sure how he was going to be able to fight. What if he accidently blew someone's arm off? That was a real possibility with the Grimm Lightning Palms style! He was too young. Harri didn't have enough control yet and what if a Hyuuga recognized his fighting style? It was far too similar to theirs not to! He was convinced it was going to go bad. Adults were even invited to watch their children in the competition! They would know there was something strange about him.
Sasuke wasn't helping anything either. He had stormed over to the Nara's compound and demanded Harri come home with him, dragging him by the arm. Harri for once had enough of his cousin ordering him around and dragging him about like a rag doll and flipped out on him. That was the only way to describe it. Harri still wasn't sure what had gotten into him because he was both completely horrified and confused by his own behavior. He had ended up knocking the older boy over, then holding him down and bashing him into the ground and shocking the crap out of him while bawling his eyes out and screaming at him. He was sure he looked completely insane especially as literal bloody tears got all over the place. He just felt so overwhelmed though, he couldn't take it anymore and he hadn't even actually realized he was shocking his cousin at first. He just needed it all to stop. He couldn't take it, any of it, just being around Sasuke was so stressful Harri felt like his heart was being crushed every time he yelled.
Shikaku had been there the whole time standing in stunned silence for several moments before rebooting and attempting to calm Harri down enough to get him away from his cousin. He then rushing the older boy to the hospital. Harri had thankfully not been intending to really hurt anyone and his strange Chakra must have picked up on it because it really didn't do much damage. Shikaku was sure that he could have easily killed his cousin if Harri either didn't have any intent at all or had the intent to seriously harm or kill. He of course had made the excuse of Harri accidently messed up on a Jutsu he and his cousin were practicing together. The young Uchiha was only in the hospital for a couple of hours for some minor observations. Surprising Shikaku when he asked if Harri was going to come and sit with him with this unnerving desperate look in his eyes.
Shikaku said no. He didn't think that it was a good idea to put the two together again so soon. He was sure that Harri was beyond distressed by what he had accidently done. Sasuke had been mean and belligerent and possessive to the point it was beginning to worry the Jonin. He was far too aggressive and intense to be around someone as insecure and meek as Harri. Who hadn't had any issues since the weekend. Shikaku didn't think that Sasuke was good for the delicate boy at all. One had to be gentle and patient with him, Sasuke was far from that with anything let alone Harri.
Shikaku held no ill will towards the boy, he was only 8 and had a terrible trauma happen only months ago, but he was not the right person for taking care of Harri in his opinion. Well a child in general shouldn't have been taking care of another child especially a sickly one. Shikaku had never seen Harri act that way before and he felt like it was a wake up call. An adult needed to step in before something serious happened. They at least needed someone to look in on them.
The day after the incident, Sasuke showed up again. Insisting that Harri came home with him. Of course the goat messed that up. Refusing to move an inch from the porch where they were all sitting playing Shogi. Mai had no interest in leaving, snorting and completely ignoring the boy she flopped down next to a nervous looking Shikaku and sprawled out on the raised deck, giving the boy a bored look. Sasuke groaned, patting his legs and cooing to the goat, feeling like a complete idiot. No way would Harri leave if that stupid little beast stayed though. Sasuke flushed an unattractive red as the goat, still eying him, flopped her head into the Nara's lap and bleated in pleasure as he began to thoughtlessly scratch her ears. The young Uchiha dug his nails into his pant legs and gritted his teeth at the audacity of the annoying little monster. Why did she have to hate him so much? She was literally friendlier with the mail man and the Vet than she was with him! Harri ended up deciding that he was going to stay again. Ugh, he hated that horrible beast!
Sasuke came over everyday after that determined to get Harri to come home. He was even to the point he was ready to go to the council over them. Harri was his! He was all Sasuke had left, his betrothed. Why couldn't he see that? Sasuke was just trying to take care of him! How was he supposed to make anything better for his cousin if he wouldn't even let him be around him? Ugh, and he kept putting that stupid bow in his hair, he was so much prettier without it. It made his beautiful emerald eyes almost look like stars when his sky black hair was down. Stupid Nara's twisting up his cousin! They acted like he, Sasuke, was the problem or something! He would be getting Harri back he didn't care what those idiot Nara's thought. He was Sasuke's not their's!
The thing Sasuke didn't know was that Harri had already had a talk with the Shikamaru's father. Harri had decided the morning before his first day of school that he would be going back home that Friday, which, was also the day of the school wide tournament.
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"This is goin' be so awe-some!" Konohamaru cheered along with his two other friends. Several other children agreed, also excited.
Harri was terrified. He was convinced he was going to accidently kill someone. He practiced and practiced for the last few days on less damaging points and on controlling his Chakra better but it was just him teaching himself. Harri was scared that he was doing it all wrong. The dummies he was practicing on, in the rarely used training grounds near the Uchiha clan compound, were at least splintering less but that may be because they had replaced them with better ones. Ever time he went back new ones replaced the badly damaged ones he would leave behind.
What worried Harri the most was that about 1 out of every 10-15 strikes ended up looking like no damage was done even though there was an explosive noise and shrapnel but it was an illusion. Much to Harri's horror, giant holes were left in the backs of the training dummies. Ones that if left on a person would have had their guts hollowed out and scattered to the four winds, big.
Harri decided that he would need to completely focus on fighting with his palms which was a major part of his fighting style anyway. He hadn't really practiced that much on that though, not on his own at least. He had been more focused on trying to learn the different points to hit and refining his control of his abilities so he wouldn't end up blowing someone to pieces! Harri couldn't stop pacing, fidgeting so much that he had been asked if he needed to use the restroom twice.
"Harrison? Against Konohamaru!" was finally announced after watching several fights take place. There had to be at least a couple hundred people there not including the students.
A makeshift stadium with bleachers was set up around the area that the older students trained at. Every seat was taken by eagerly watching parents and family members. Harry felt like he was going to be sick, no like he was going to pass out! He was going to clobber the Hokage's grandson. Oh, this was not good! He would forever be known as the kid that beat down a 4 year old, the Hokage's 4 year old grandchild! Why him?
Harry groaned, tying up his hair in a low ponytail. Could he just say he felt sick and forfeit? Wait he already asked that, no, no he could not. Ugh, being a dog sitter really sounded great about then. At least he didn't have to fight the Hyuuga girl. He was sure that she would use the Byakugan and if she did that it would be game over for his secret.
"Alright, no weapons, just hand to hand." Izu insisted.
Harri nodded slipping into a painfully similar stance to the Hyuuga's gentle fist style. He wanted to moan at his misfortune. Harri outstretched his arms his palms facing the other boy. He did quietly groan when the other boy slipped into a relatively sloppy boxing position. Oh gods, he hoped he didn't hurt the other boy too much! It was probably a good thing he decided to keep his necklace on, Harri decided.
"Begin!"
Harri couldn't look, he slipped his arm under the other boy's, palm outstretched. The moment Harri felt his palm hit he could tell it was all over. Thank goodness he was aiming for the boy's chest and not his face was all he could think before Konohamaru went fly, tumbling across the training field howling in pain. Harri couldn't remember the last time he felt so guilty! He immediately rushed to the writhing boy, clawing at his chest. He didn't think he put that much Chakra into his strike, it shouldn't have done that much damage! At-at least he didn't think so?
Konohamaru was immediately carried off of the field. Harri following. "Is he going to be alright?" Harri asked, feeling like he was being choked.
"Yes, Healer Kabuto says that the strike tore some connective... stuff right here." Izu explained in a gentle tone. He pointed slightly to the side of the center of his chest. He was still surprised his quietest, meekest student had actually been able to do that!
"Oh, so his third rib and st-sternum aren't connected anymore? Harri said with a pained wince. "Could you tell him I'm sorry? I didn't mean to hit him so hard! I was just trying to knock the wind out of him, honest!" Harri said, looking ready to cry.
"Yeah, of course. Get back over to our class, okay? I'll go check on Konohamaru and be back in a couple of minutes alright? Please tell Mizuki to continue." Izu said, patting Harri on the head before walking into the medical tent set up to the side of the field, rubbing his eyes on the way. He swore the had seen the whites of Harri's eyes beginning to turn red but that couldn't be true. Huh, maybe he needed to lay off of the caffeine pills for awhile. He was obviously not getting enough sleep anymore.
Harri did as he was told and a hour later he was back fighting. The boy he had to fight was a bit harder than the Konohamaru, though he was a grade ahead of him. It took 4 hits and a kick to the back of the knee to have that boy go down. Harri avoided moving much as he didn't want the Hyuugas to notice him anymore than they probably did. He had noticed a few leaning forward in their seats after the third strike on the older boy. He swore the one he had seen only days ago was absolutely fixated on him which was extremely unnerving. As long as Harri didn't have to fight for more than a few moments he was sure he would be fine.
Two more fights and Harri realized that he and Hanabi were the last two in there grade left and she seemed to be losing against the some strange looking boy in a kimono with a turtle mouth and bulging bug like eyes. Great, hopefully he got someone really weak again. He really didn't want to get beat up too bad. He just wanted to get through this whole thing without being noticed too much. Though the intent stare the whole Hyuuga clan was giving him had him suspecting that he wasn't doing as well as he had hoped on that end.
"Choji Akimichi against Harrison Uchiha. You may now use non-life threatening Jutsu from here on out."
Harri paled. The boy was way bigger than he was! How was he supposed to strike him down in 5 or less moves? He didn't want to actually hurt the boy! Choji was his new friend and he brought him strawberry cake everyday now that he knew Harri loved it so much, Choji was a sweetie! Harri took a deep breath, removing his necklace. Glancing at the Hyuuga clan to make sure none of them had their Byakugan activated. Harri then tucked it into his sash. It shouldn't take more than half a dozen hits if he were to focus some chakra into his palms with the necklace off. Like the other fights Harri decided to try and end the fight as quickly as possible. The idea of fighting was eating away at him and he was sure he would lose his nerve if he were even given a moment to think on it.
"You may begin."
The man had hardly finished speaking before Harri launched himself at the other boy, completely changing tactics from before. Palms outstretched. Choji hardly managed to stumble out of the way. Instead of hitting the other boy Harri hit hard earth making an explosion of dirt into the air. Choji was faster than he thought though, snatching him out of the air and squeezing the life out of him. Harri grimaced in pain using the dirt in the air as cover so he could send a flash of electricity through his body into the other boy. He was sure that the other boy had nearly just broken his ribs. Harri immediately struck Choji as the other boy's grip instantly loosened from the pain he was in.
"Dust cloud friction, particle explosion!" Harri quietly growled, throwing himself as far away from the dirt in the air as possible after sending a wave of electricity through it. A bang shook the area. A big bang... One that was much larger than intended. Harri yelped as the blast sent him flying tumbling ass over head into a tree, rocks pelting him. Ow, yeah he wouldn't be trying to do that again anytime soon! One should not try to do a jutsu in the middle of a fight that they had only successfully done twice in there whole lives. Not a good idea! He had a feeling that the pain he was feeling was far less than it would have been if Choji had broken his ribs though. Gah! Choji!
Harri forcing himself to his feet, ignoring the sharp pain in his arm and the uproar the crowd was in as well. Harri was sure he must have gotten hit in the head harder than he thought because it was absolutely killing him and everything was a bit blurry and he swore he could hear a groan. He needed to make sure that Choji was okay, played over and over in his head once he could actually begin to think again. Everyone almost seemed frozen in their confusion, too startled to react.
Harri eeped as the dust cleared. Massive pieces of rock and turf were thrown everywhere. Wow, that is not what he had meant to do at all. It was just supposed to knock the other boy away, not kill him. Oh gods he had just killed his new friend! Harri wasn't sure if it was from the head injury or because he was freaking out but his stomach rolled in such a way he couldn't help but gag. Within seconds a large peace of packed dirt was pushed to the side. Choji moaned in pain slowly easing himself to his feet and spat out a mouth full of dirt, coughing. "Ugh, remind me not to ever grab you like that again. Nearly blew me up." Choji complained, trying to shake some dirt from his singed hair.
"I'm so sorry! I accidently made my jutsu too strong! Are you hurt?" Harri fretted, running over to his friend and hastily examined him once he realized that he was indeed still alive.
"Huh, yeah, not ganna feel great in the morning or anything but I'll live." Choji assured Harri looking him up and down. "Though I should be asking you the same thing. Is your arm okay?" The boy asked.
"Harri!" A furious sounding panicked voice barked.
Sasuke grabbed Harri and pulled him to his chest, wild eyed. His rushing to the field seemed to trigger everyone else as after that several others rushed to the field.
"Did he hurt you?" Sasuke hissed jerking back when Harri yelped in pain.
"What? No, I got hurt when I messed up my Jutsu! Choji didn't do anything to me." Harri insisted.
"Are you both alright? What happened here?" The medical-nin that pretty much appeared out of thin air asked.
"I messed up on my Jutsu... Didn't realize it would end up being so strong.. I'm really sorry! I didn't mean to blow every-thing up!" Harri croaked. Feeling beyond embarrassed by his screw up.
"Are both of you okay to continue fighting?" The man asked, eying Harri's hand clenched over his arm.
"I-um-"
"I forfeit! Harri is going to win either way! You deserve that win. That explosion was awesome! You'll go father than me anyway!" Choji immediately spoke up and gave Harri a cheerful thumbs up, making Harri blush scarlet. He wanted to thank the older boy but the words got stuck in his throat. All he managed was grateful look which made Choji grin.
Sasuke snorted, he was sure the other boy was just afraid his cousin would pummel his double wide backside!
The sound of arguing hit Harri's ears as he walked back across the damaged field. The Hyuuga's were pointing in his direction and looked to be speaking to the Hokage. Oh, that had to be bad. The Hokage at least seemed to be disagreeing with them.
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Harri had been victorious in 2 more, much less exciting fights before being matched up with the 3rd person left he really didn't want to have to fight, Rock Lee. He at least wouldn't have to deal with any more pathetically executed simple Ninjutsus but Rock Lee was already very skilled at TaiJutsu. Harri was sure much more so than himself. The only thing Harri had on his side was speed and he still wasn't sure if he was anywhere near as fast as the other boy. His own Ninjutsu at the moment was too unruly and unpredictably in its strength to safely use, likely from how stressed he was. In truth if he were to use Ninjutsu he was more likely to kill someone than disable them at the moment. He had a feeling most of the time he had been fighting had been as much of a set up as possible though. Harri was small and sickly and was prone to attacks and such when he was stressed or over exerted. Of course they would want to make it easier for him.
Harri ignored his throbbing arm when he slipped into his fighting position. Grimacing in pain when he had to immediately go in defense, blocking rapid hits and twisting out of the way to dodge older much larger boy's attacks once the okay to begin was given. Harri bit his lip, the only way he wasn't going to end up hurt bad was if he actively fought back, great. Yeah, he was sure he wasn't going to end up winning this older boy was far more skilled than he was.
He had actually been surprised by how lucky he had been so far on his line up as most of Harri's opponents had been pathetic fighters. But now all that was really left were the good ones minus a loud orange wearing blond one who looked to be street brawling with everyone but he must have been doing something right because he was winning.. Neji Hyuuga, Rock Lee, Sasuke, some bug boy, Surprisingly Shikamaru, the scary shark toothed kid he remembered from when he was younger from hidden mist, and a couple of the upper years were the main ones left.
Once he got the opportunity Harri struck out with an open palm forcing the other boy back with a startled 'oomph' Okay he would go in with a 5 lightning palms strike, that should give him enough time to adjust the chakra in his fingertips so he could hopefully cause the other boy pain and not to have a blown off limb... he really really hoped he didn't end up making Lee his first one arm victim... Harri was a terrible misjudge of how much Chakra he was focusing though...
Lower stomach, left shoulder, right shoulder, between the second rib, upper sternum. He could do this. Harri forced lighting through his arm. Lee yowled in pain from the unexpected shock he got from the smaller boy's guarding arm.
Harri immediately stuck just as he mentally recited to himself. Stomach, shoulder, shoulder, second rib, sternum. Forcing the other boy far enough away that he could retreat for a moment, trying his best to focus his chakra into his fingertips in only small levels. It was like trying to wrangle a snake covered in oil, his chakra was just so strong and out of control it felt like an unmanageable task, even with his necklace back on.
"You are quite skilled for your age but I will not give in! I do not like hitting girls but I must fight Neji! He is my greatest rival! Please surrender so I do not have to harm you! There is no shame in surrendering to a more powerful opponent during a spar." Lee assured Harri, throwing himself back onto his feet and getting back into stance.
For a second Harri considered it. Nearly easing out of his fighting stance and saying the words even but then he heard a cheer, Shikaku was smiling at him waving. He couldn't stop. How could he let anyone be proud of him, cheer for-for him if he wasn't even trying his best? The tell tale burn he was beginning to recognize as his boy trying to produce tears, flashed through his eyes. He was going to give them a reason to be proud of him. His important people.
Harri slid back into stance. "I'm sorry, I can't do that. I have to at least try." Harri explained, his voice soft and nervous.
Lee grimaced but nodded, "I can respect such a decision." Was all he said before springing at Harri.
All Harri could do was dodge again, frantically trying to think of a way out of the fight. He had no doubt that the Hyuuga knew now, that he fought much like them. Right as Lee cocked his arm back Harri jabbed with two fingers instead of his palm. If he was going to do this he didn't even care if the Hyuuga saw anymore. He just didn't want to get his face beat in like the last kid that fought Lee! If he had any chance of slowing Lee down he would have to preform the first stage of Beast's Rotation, Premonition of the Apparition. He knew how to do it in theory but had never successfully done it.
The bug eyed boy was instantly on his feet again seeming to be encouraged to fight far harder than before. Nearly knocking Harri to the ground with what Harri realized was the first serious hit the boy had landed on him. Lee hadn't been trying all that hard before. Harri could feel panic swell up in his chest at that realization. The boy had hoped that Harri would give in quickly, now he wanted to end the fight.
"I can do this!" Harri coached himself, though he didn't feel anymore confident about it than before he had said anything. He would need to put ample chakra in his hands and arms, lengthening it as much as he could in his fingertips and almost stringing it in a dome around himself as he moved his arms in a specific pattern while striking out and flexing in rotation. This was going to be such a horrible failure and if it didn't end up being he was going to have a crowd of freaking out people because supposedly if produced properly the shade of ones 'true self' would be visible. Which ended up normally looking like giant ghostly wolf like dogs with scary glowing eyes according to what Harri had read. It was hard to do all of that when the other boy was raining blows down on him though. He needed some relief or he was going to end up in the hospital, of that Harri was convinced. He managed to duck under the other boy's arm and started his rotation.
Within seconds Harri had managed to begin to form a luminescent dome of green. Its color almost like the Glow of light-green emerald, though Harri could already tell his defensive barrier was weak, imperfect. There were quite a few holes even. Harri was too slow and didn't know how to do his fighting style well enough to properly preform the specialized Taijutsu. He was playing with things far outside of his current skill level and he was quickly becoming physically exhausted. He needed to come up with a plan but nothing came to mind. Not a single thing, other than taking his necklace off and he couldn't do that. He was sure the Hyuugas who were already freaking out would know exactly what he was if he did that and he was pretty sure he would end up killing quite a few people if he let his Chakra get out of control. He was too anxiety filled for it to do anything but lash out.
Harri's lungs suddenly felt like they wanted to seize up, not liking the exertion. He tried to force back a cough, his eyes left the other boy only for a moment, not even a second and he wasn't there anymore. No this wasn't good! Harri was sure he had gotten behind him. Harri managed to twist on his heel just in time to block a strike, kicking the other boy in the side. Forcing the last of his physical strength into the blow. A crunch filled the air and he was sailing across the field into the stands, agony filling his entire body as he crashed into the metal so hard he swore it bent before his head hit, making everything blur out.
"Harri, shit! What the hell are you all doing standing there? Get help!" Shikaku snarled, practically chucking people out of his way.
"Is the princess going to be alright? What was that Jutsu she was using?" A man asked, getting annoyingly close.
"Really you're asking about crap like that right now? What the hell is wrong with you?! Where is that medic?" Shikaku growled. Really now the Hyuuga had to come over? Next thing the Hokage was going to have to investigate to. It would be nice is a gods damned medic would think the situation interesting enough to mozy on over as well! He would take Harri himself but he wasn't even sure if he hadn't broken his back or something the way that he had landed! It was obvious that at least one of his legs were broken. Oh great, the Hokage was rushing over. Why did everything have to end up being a circus? So troublesome!
"Is the Heiress alright? Where is the medic? Yunin, assist the Uchiha princess immediately!" The Hyuuga patriarch insisted, his eyes widening slightly at the sight of the child.
"I am here! Sorry, I was finishing up wrapping the burns on the Inuzuka Heir's chest! I had not been notified that anything had happened." An exhausted looking white haired youth explained. Immediately channeling mint green chakra into his hands and running them over the child's body.
I will use my Byakugan to assist you." The stern man insisted.
The teenager shook his head, "No it's fine I am already very skilled at detection. There will be some severe bruising, a rib is cracked... let me see... sprained shoulder and ow, this leg has a pretty good break in it, clear across though.. It's a clean break so that's good. She has a pretty bad concession to though, She's going to need to stay in the hospital for at least a day for observation once she wakes up." The white haired teen said, wincing in sympathy.
Shikaku still crouched, his brows furrowed, he swore that the Hyuuga clan leader looked displeased no, furious that his medic had been rejected. No it was the offer to use his Byakugan... What Harri had said about Itachi warning him not to be seen by the Hyuugas flashed through his mind. What a drag, maybe the guy hadn't been being paranoid about something for once? That fighting style Harri used, which he was still floored over, was weirdly similar to the Hyuugas. Did he steal it or was there something more too it? Did it involve Harri's mysterious mother? No he couldn't let himself get caught up in a puzzle at that moment he had to focus on Harri!
"Do you need any assistance?" The hokage immediately asked his face full of grandfatherly worry.
"Oh, no it's fine sir! Myko is bringing the stretcher." The teenager assured.
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Harri was far from pleased when he woke up in the hospital. Shikaku had managed to keep the staff from finding out that he was a boy, somehow, but he was still in a hospital gown and someone had obviously given him a bath. Harri didn't really want to think much on it. Sasuke was sitting next to him, much to his surprise.
Harri couldn't pick what was worse. The pain in his head, in his side, or leg. His back hurt really bad to! He should have just forfeited the moment that the fight started. That would have been the smart thing to do but Shikaku had looked so proud of him and Shika had praised him before he had gone up! And Choji even forfeited for him. And-and Sasuke was even happy with him and Sasuke was never happy anymore. He hadn't wanted to disappoint them. Harri still wasn't sure why he was in the hospital though. Getting a bit banged up shouldn't have put him in the hospital...
Wait, why couldn't he move anything but his toes? What was stiff on his leg? Harri immediately tried jerking his legs to his chest, shrieking in pain. He sat straight up at the burning pain that speared through it which in turn made him howl and writhe in pain, as he tried to use his arm, he now realized was in a sling, to clutch his aching side and back that felt like someone had run him over with a herd of crazed buffalo!
Sasuke of course jerked awake, panicked by the sounds of agony. He immediately tried calming his cousin down as staff rushed into the room, alarmed.
After explaining what happened to him they gave him some very heavy duty pain killers which practically knocked the boy out for the rest of the time he was there.
Unbeknownst to the pair a huge fight was breaking out between several clan council members over what was to be done with Harrison while he was recovering. For once the Hyuuga were very involved in the not uncommon fights though they had been interested in possibly taking in the last of the Uchihas before they were adamant now. Shikaku had gotten 3 clans on his side, they thought that it would be best if the children were to stay with a more neutral member of the council. Especially as he was already familiar with them and his son was best friends with Harrison assuring them that he would feel more comfortable in his care. After several hours of debate they had decided that it was best if Harri were to be given a few days off of school and that as Sasuke requested, he would take care of him. Shikaku was ready to kill someone. What the hells were they thinking?! It almost would have been better if the Hyuuga's had gotten their way. At least Harri would be monitored by an adult then. Even if they were a bunch of sneaky stuck up assholes seeming to be up to no good.
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Sasuke ended up taking meticulous care of his cousin. It was almost creepy how attentive he was behaving once Harri was sent home from the hospital. Constantly hovering around Harri and possessively fussing over him, acting almost like he was in heaven over his cousin being injured.
Harri was half convinced his cousin was going to kill Shikamaru out of jealousy when he stopped over to hang out for a while. If Sasuke had a developed Sharingan, Harri, was sure he would have long kill his friend with the sheer intensity of his venomous glares. He was frankly pleased that his friend's parents weren't both on some mission, Harri had a feeling there may have been a hole somewhere out back if they had been. Sasuke was beginning to get out of control. And yet Harri couldn't help but love the attention he was getting from his cousin and how, though unstable and obsessive, sweet and gentle and attentive Sasuke was being with him. He had never been so kind to him before. Bringing him sweets and cooking and he had even taken to cuddling up with him at night... Though it was more like desperate terrified clinging, Harri wasn't cold anymore, and he was a bit unnerved but he couldn't complain about feeling neglected or lonely anymore so that was nice. He wasn't really picky when it came to attention anymore so crazy obsessive snuggling was pretty okay to him.
Harri had decided to keep Mai at Shikamaru's house though as he didn't think that it would be a wise idea to let his cousin take care of her especially with how much they hated each other. It didn't really matter though since Shika along with his Dad stopped by with her every time they came over which was at least for a few minutes a day. So it wasn't like he wasn't able to see her. Harri was sure that Mai would never allow them to not let her see him daily, she was far too attached.
Harri wasn't sure how he was supposed to get to school on time when he was given the okay to go back. He could hardly even get around on the crutch he had been given. They were clunky and heavy and they lived half the town away from the school. He really wished that he could have stayed over at Shika's. They lived only a 5 minute walk away instead of nearly 30 minutes. He didn't want to agitate the council or Sasuke though. More Sasuke then the council as he actually had to live with him and Harri was pretty sure he was getting crazier every day even if he managed to trick the town's people.
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"Sorry I am late Izu sensei! I live pretty far from here and I still don't have the hang of crutches." Harri explained, panting a little. His rib was still killing him and his arm was throbbing from the bookbag thrown over it. Sasuke had been unable to help him as he had been selected for some sort of early morning class cleanup along with Shikamaru. Even Choji had to come in early. Harri was sure that Shikamaru was the least happy about it as he knew his best friend liked to sleep until the very last second, especially now as his mother was due to get back to the village any day and she would never allow him to sleep in.
"Oh, Harrison! I'm glad you are feeling well enough to get back to class! Come out here with me, I got something for you." Izu said, smiling at Harri as he grabbed a stack of books. "Don't worry I am sure that Iruka isn't going to be upset with you. You were actually placed in your uncle's class, isn't that great? Everyone was so impressed with your written scores on the exams after being here only a week and how well you were able to fight that we have all decided that you are far too advanced for my classroom. I am sure it wasn't nearly challenging enough so we have decided that Iruka's class is more suited to you. Then, besides getting to be in a harder more interesting class, you also get to be with your uncle and that boy you always spend time with... I think his name is Shikamaru? Anyway, I'm sure with scores like your's, you could motivate him to do better to!"
Izu led Harri to a door. "How did you learn to fight so well anyway?" The man asked in a conversational tone.
"Daddy taught me a little. I've been teaching myself mostly." Harri said, clunking into the room through the held open door before the man could respond. Because of that Harri completely missed the surprised look on the man's face.
"Oh, Izu! You brought my new student. I'm not sure if you remember me but I'm Iruka. You can call me Iruka Sensei! Now you can sit up front here until your leg is healed. It will be about the time I change up my seating chart by then so you may end up somewhere else. I wasn't sure if you would be here today or not but I put a pillow in your chair just incase since I was told your back's in pretty bad shape, their's a cushion on the chair I sat their for you I also moved the bench a bit so I could put another chair there so you can rest your leg up if you need to." Iruka said, immediately falling into mother hen mode he practically snatched the books from the other man's hands, ignoring him otherwise and led Harri to his assigned spot.
"This is Harrison Uchiha. She has been transferred from class G1B. Please try to be extra helpful with her she doesn't know how we run this classroom at all yet so I am expecting all of you to help her learn the rules! Also try not to be rough with her, as she is probably very sore still and still has broken bones from the fight she was in." Iruka said to his students in a sweet tone of voice. Harri had a feeling a beast was lurking under his honeyed tone. His suspicions were practically confirmed when all of the students seemed to pale and nervously laugh or tensed up, nodding in fearful agreement.
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"So why's the new girl hanging out with us? Shouldn't she be with all of the other girls?" A blond haired boy grumbled.
"Why would Harri be hanging out with the girls? Women are troublesome banshees! Harri isn't anything like them. Right Harri?" Shikamaru insisted, helping Harri arrange the pillow behind his back, against the wall, as they were all sitting on the floor because it was too wet to eat outside like they often did.
"Y-yeah, I guess." Harri murmured, ducking his head.
"Well my name is Naruto Uzumaki and I'm going to be Hokage! Believe it, so remember my name! Because it's my dream!" The blond haired boy nearly yelled puffing himself up with a grin.
"Yeah... Harri B-Uchiha. I don't really have any dreams... I just kind of want to have a bunch of dogs and kids... " Harri said nervously rubbing the back of his neck with his uninjured hand. This kid was weird.
"How are you an Uchiha? I thought the jerk butt over there was the last one!" Naruto said puffing his cheeks and narrowing his eyes suspiciously. Harri thought he looked very much like a fox kit when he did that.
"Where have you been? Nah, Harri's actually the Heiress of the Uchiha clan!"Choji said through a mouth full of chips, offering the bag to Shikamaru for a moment.
"Eeew! So she's like that jerk wad then! Why is she hanging out with us then?" Naruto blanched crossing his arms.
"Don't you dare say that about Harri! Harri's awesome and super nice and can cook really good food! Harri's the best!" Choji nearly yelled his face getting red and a vein throbbed in his forehead at the very thought of another person comparing his new friend to that bully! Harri was the nicest!
"Yeah, Harri isn't a drag at all. Harri has actually been my best friend since I was 3 or 4 so I think I'd know... Bringing up the dog thing, I really think you don't need to start collecting dogs Harri, I can already see it turning into an issue in the future. I don't want to be hanging out with the equivalent of the crazy cat lady living near Choji's family's compound." Shikamaru said with a shiver. He was pretty sure one of those days she would fall or die and be eaten by them or something as thin and vicious as they all were. He was more changing the subject to calm everyone down than start a conversation about the cat lady though.
"Ugh, don't compare Harri to her! She's the meanest old witch lady ever! And her whole yard even smells like a letterbox that hasn't been changed in years!" Choji said, looking a little sick at even the thought of the smell around the woman's home. Harri wasn't anything like her!
"I'm just saying, that Harri isn't going to be allowed to live alone or make any major decisions ever, if he does that." Shikamaru pointed out.
"He has a point. I don't think we can let you decided things on your own if you do end up that way..." Choji reluctantly agreed.
"I'm not that bad! Dogs and I have an understand that's all!" Harri said, glaring at his friend and playfully pushing him with his good arm. He didn't want to mention that he could kind of understand what some of them were saying sometimes. He didn't think it was a normal born trait in humans.
"Cool! So I guess you like dogs to? This is Akamaru, he's my best bud!" Kiba said, excitedly pulling the sleeping puppy from his hood a light blush on his face. The princess liked dogs to? That was so cool! "Hey buddy, this is Harri, that princess I told you about!"
The puppy stretched. Sniffing a bit Akamaru instantly perked up, jumping from his master's arms and ran over tail wagging giving Harri baby eyes and rolling onto his back in Harri's lap. Making Harri coo adoringly. "Who's a good baby? You are!" He gushed, instantly scratching the puppy's belly.
"Whoa! Akamaru's never acted like that with anyone but me before!" Kiba said, confused looking his eyes narrowed a bit out of jealousy.
Shikamaru raised an eyebrow but decided it wasn't worth it. "Dogs love Harri so much it's almost weird. They love Harri so much that we can't even go by that one dog park near your clan's place or that big black dog with the missing ear and red eyes pretty much pins us in."
Harri rolled his eyes. "His name is Baku, Shika. And this is why he doesn't like you! You never remember his name." Harri said.
"W-wha'? Are you sure that was Baku? He is absolutely vicious! He hates everyone! He is like the meanest dog alive! Mom's even nervous around him since the old hag died!" Kiba said, nearly choking on the PBJ he was stuffing into his mouth.
"What? No, Baku is a total sweety! He's the sweetest baby alive other than my Mai and this little angel~" Harri said using baby talk when referring to Akamaru.
"Wait are you talking about that one that ran me up a tree last week? That huge one that's the size of a bear or something, that's covered in all of those scars and keeps leaving dead cats and rabbits all over the sidewalk? Wow, yeah, you should stay away from him!" Naruto insisted, looking highly alarmed.
"No way he's fenced in! How is he getting out?" Kiba asked, looking ready to wet himself. He didn't want to go anywhere near his sister's clinic if that psychotic brute was running lose!
Shikamaru gave the boy lazy, half hearted incredulous look. Even Choji looked at the boy like he thought he wasn't the smartest cookie.
"Uh, you do remember that you raise Nin-Dogs right? That fence is maybe 4 feet tall. A normal dog that size could easily get out of there. You would need to put up some sort of high security prison fence to keep that beast inside!" Shikamaru pointed out.
"Oh, right... I didn't think of that." Kiba laughed.
His stupidity sometimes almost caused Shikamaru physical pain. It would be a drag if Harri caught it, he was going to have to watch out for that closely.
"Hhnnn, Harri, what are you doing sitting on the floor? Come on, I'll help you up, you're sitting with me." Sasuke growled, pushing the crowd of girls swooning around him out of the way.
"But I thought you were setting it all up for meeee~" A pink haired girl whined.
"No he was doing it for me!" A pale blond haired girl said, glaring at the other.
If looks could kill the one Sasuke shot the girls would have burned and buried them.
"Come on, you are not sitting on that hard dirty floor especially with those losers! You'll catch their loseritis!" Sasuke said, sneering in disgust.
Harri sighed, grimacing. "Sasuke that's kind of mean don't you think?... Never mind, alright help me up, I'll sit with you for a bit... you have to promise me that you will stop being so rough when you spar Choji if I do that though, okay? He has nothing to do with how hurt I am, I am. I should have stopped the fight before it even began. I knew that there was no way that I would win and still fought." Harri calmly explained.
Sasuke didn't seem to hear a word he said before agreeing. Smirking smugly, like he had just won something. He strutted over helping his cousin to his feet once Akamaru had jumped out of his lap, refusing to give him back his crutches. Giving Shikamaru a superior look, before helping his petite cousin away.
"Wow, are you sure they're related? No offence but Harri's kind of a push over and Sasuke's such a jerk!" Kiba said, frowning at the pair. Harri looked stressed as he sat by Sasuke. The horde of angry girls practically had steam coming out of their ears as they glared at him. Even though Harri was thought to be Sasuke's niece it was obvious that they were all quite jealous.
"Harri kind of just gives in to what ever Sasuke wants. I think Harri feels guilty for what Itachi did. I don't think Harri was very attached to anyone that died but Sasuke was." Shikamaru confessed.
"Why would he feel guilty for what that crazy Uchiha dude did?" Naruto asked.
Shikamaru ran a hand down his face, "Well...-"
"Why might Harrison Uchiha feel guilty, you may ask.? Because Itachi Uchiha is Harrison Uchiha's father. Everyone knows that. Harrison is known for being gentle and shy and kind and a very caring person. Harrison was known to be very attached to Itachi so it must be a terrible burden knowing that Sasuke goes without parents because of the person the princess loved most. Sasuke is rude and brash with Harrison but Harrison probably puts up with it because they only have each other left." A boy with sunglasses and a grey jacket nearly to his nose spoke.
"No one asked you bug boy go away and take your creepy bugs with you, no one wants them in their food!" Kiba growled.
"Well no one wanted to hear your loud mouth today or have to be in the same room as your smelly dog but we both have to just live with both 'annoyances' don't we? By the way my insects do not eat conventional food so it wouldn't have mattered anyway." The boy sniffed walking away. He was just answering a question. He didn't understand why that group of troublemakers had to always be so rude or how Harrison had any interest in interacting with any of them. Harrison was always so quiet and polite, completely the opposite of the others. It was illogical that the princess would have willingly stuck around such brash barbaric individuals... Though as Shikamaru said, they had been exposed to each other since they were very small children. If Harri had been exposed to someone more like himself as a small child he was sure that they would have ended up being good friends. Maybe he should attempt to pursue a friendship with this other child. At least to make sure that Harrison didn't end up being drug into trouble making with the others... He highly doubted that would end up happening though. Harri, like himself seemed to be very against rule breaking.
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Over the next few years Harri thought himself to be greatly improving. Though Sasuke was still a pain. He was a little closer to him than before... Though, Harri had a feeling that Sasuke thought them the best of friends and had become extremely protective and possessive of him.
Harri had also found out that he had very poor Genjutsu abilities and he had learned that he had no talent in pretty much all of the basic school jutsu. He was literally completely incapable of producing even a wisp for a clone. Instead he would accidently let off terrifying explosions, same with the log substitution jutsu. It just ended up creating a splintering chard bomb. And his Henge was completely atrocious. The only reason he managed to pass the tests to graduate was because he had such a high score in the written portion and because of his abilities when it came to Ninjutsu and partially to Taijutsu. Even though it was pretty much unheard of for a Uchiha to be so terrible at Genjutsu, Harri was still considered a prodigy just not in that particular art. Instead Harri was very talented at, odd because of his gentle non-combative nature, destructive Ninjutsu. At least that was what everyone else thought. He let them.
Harri along with several other students were instructed to tie their forehead protectors on. Harri decided that with his hair getting so long, nearly to the lower part of his shoulders, that he would tie his around his neck. It would help hide his necklace then and give his neck some protection, that then he wouldn't have to deal with his hair tangling up in the metal either. He was now a fully fledged ninja, something to be proud of, especially at his age. He was happy that so many were so proud of him, happy with him, but Harri didn't feel pride like he thought he would on graduation day. He was filled with nerves and dread. This was not what he wanted to do with his life, not at all. He hoped that he just ended up staying a low level genin then he could spend his time safe in the village cleaning homes and watching babies and catching pets. He was sure that would be pretty entertaining. Watching Sasuke actually have to take care of someone's house or weed a garden was going to be hilarious. Harri was sure the other boy would end up completely embarrassed, especially if they had to watch kids or pets! He was likely to be terrible with both. Harri had to be positive, it was going to be fun!
He did feel bad for Naruto though. Even if the strange caged feeling energy the boy was always emitting put Harri on edge and his boisterous behavior always intimidated him to a degree, Harri did like the boy. No matter what people told him Harri thought that Naruto was sweet at heart. They didn't really know each other well at all because unlike his other 2 friends, he actually tried in school and didn't skip... That and he was too busy trying to keep his cousin from having some sort of jealously fueled nervous breakdown. But he did think that Naruto seemed nice and the little time Harri had spent with Naruto made him like the other boy. He did think that Naruto really should have tried to practice a little more though. Naruto was all about fun and games when being a Shinobi required the ability to become serious and often times involved life and death situations. Harri really hoped the other boy learned that lesson he didn't want him to have to sit in the Academy another year it was bad enough how the other children treated him. Harri was sure that Naruto could become a good ninja if he put the effort in.
"Alright so the students that passed, please come back tomorrow morning to meet your senseis!" Iruka called to the class.
"Yes Iruka sensei!" The students called. Eager to join up with their families to show off their new forehead protects the students dispersed.
Harri had a nagging feeling he wasn't going to be enjoying the next day few days. His stomach dropped as the memory of his father insisting that his Harri would never become a Shinobi seemed to fill up the entire space of his head. He really hoped his Dad didn't hate him for becoming something he never wanted him to be... Or even what Harri wanted to be.
End Chapter 8
I was worried that I rushed a bit but I really want to actually get to the main part of the story! How did it sound, alright? You get to see what team Harri gets on next! My fanfiction account has been acting really weird so if this looks weird or is missing stuff please tell me so I can report it. I had to try for over 2hrs to get this to upload for some reason. And when I did the first time I had to delete everything because everything was weird and a bunch of stuff was deleted in random places. I hopefully fixed the problem but not positive.
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Next Chapter hint: Complaining and eating and Unreliable Teachers(oh my!)