Chapter 13.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. I take the characters and fucked 'round with it
Please enjoy Chapter 13 of Bonds.
lThe fifth year (A/N: I made a mistake with the ages of the girls and the boys so imma clear it up now. The girls started the academy at 6 now 11. The boys are 3 years apart they are 8 years old, I hope this makes more sense) for the girls was an exciting one. Kinda like being drunk on happiness and fear at the same time. You can't pick so you go with the flow and enjoy whatever wave your on. Kari sighed as Kit snuck out the window of the classroom along with MJ and Kirin. Shino- sensei stepped out when another teacher had called his attention and he had them write the last bit of notes from the board in their notebooks on standard medical dressing. She'd finished her notes only to see her sister slip out the window with her other two friends.
"Idiots," she muttered. She'd take no part in it. Kari was baffled as to why MJ'd follow such nonsense when her father would notice her own absence. Kit, ever the insomniac couldn't sit still to save her life and when Kari had attempted to stop her she only replied with "I'll be back before sensei" and skated off.
Kari laid her head down, copying her deskmate who was long asleep. Shikadai Nara, the smartest in the class, but also the laziest. Lazy as he was he had a temper to match the raging winds of Suna when provoked, though that was common knowledge. She could hear the annoying crunch of chips from Chocho stuffing her plump face, as beautiful as the girl was, all she did was eat and was subjected to Inojin's harmless taunts of "chubs".
Metal Lee who sat in the front with the mischievous twins Hizashi and Hatomi scribbled away at his work. She heard Hatomi let out a loud guffaw and the girl ran to the unlocked windows and shut that hatches sealed, locking the skipping girls outside. Kari never knew why Hatomi would subject herself to the obvious brawl that would follow such things. Kit would have a fit, MJ held grudges at the worst times and Kirin was Sakura-sama's daughter. An idiotic move indeed.
It wasn't as if Hatomi couldn't fight. Quite the opposite actually she was the best female Taijutsu specialist in the class. She ranked 3rd though, Metal Lee then her twin Hizashi who favored his father's fighting style more while Hatomi favored her mother's. Metal also had the best quality clothing seeing that Yusa-Sama was a renowned seamstress, in fact the white colored kimono- like shirt with lavender roses on the hem with a lavender obi and dark purple tights came from Yusa-sama as a gift. Kari's hair wouldn't go into twin buns so they were in two French braids that was tied off with white bows.
Sure enough chaos ensured once the girls came back to a locked window and saw Hatomi snickering. None of the other students dared to get up or face Hatomi herself. That didn't matter though because MJ had left her ninken RaiRai in the room who carefully used his nose to flick the latch to the opposite side. When he was done he jumped away and back to his resting place under MJ's blood red jacket.
"So jerk wanna explain why you locked the window?" Kit scowled standing in front of Hatomi's desk.
"Hmmm..." Hatomi tapped her glossy pink lips, as if she was seriously considering her answer. She smirked when she came to one," 'Cause I could. Don't be leaving class 'n you won' get locked out."
"It ain't ya business what I do, fool," Kit fired back. "Yous mad we don't invite you... cousin."
"Never," came the clipped reply.
"You is. Look at you already so mad, Hahaha. Seeing you vexed is enough for me, ion needa put my hands on-"
"Watch it, Kit. Go 'n sit down like your sister," Hizashi intervened.
"Shut it. You ain' say that when she locked the latch, so don't say anything now Hizzy. She's always starting sum, let her pay for it for once."
Hizashi didn't say another word, but Hatomi wasn't done.
"Don't speak to my brother like that. He's supposed to speak up for me you little-"
"My sister hasn't said a word because I can handle myself or 'cause she don't care. Keep it, up Tomi, I ain' scared of you or your brother. Your gonna pay if you continue." Kit pulled jerky out of the pocket of her black knee- length sleeveless vest and bit a piece off, smiled and skipped up to her desk in the middle of MJ and Kirin and started to scribble the answers into her notebook, finishing right before Shino sauntered into the room.
Class continued like normal, except for the slight sound of gritting teeth. Soon, the bell rang and the students ran out of class, pushing and screaming at the others to "get out their way". MJ, Kirin, Kari and Kit were the only ones left. Shino smiled at them.
"Girls go on home, Kiba's there. You don't have to wait on me," Shino shooed. The girls cheered, Kari's very subdued and they ran off in the direction of the Aburame compound . It was a huge mansion with rows and rows of rooms, nicely furnished. Shino and Kiba lived on hall 9 while MJ lived on hall 7. Hall 2 was the living room, kitchen and the dining area where EVERYONE ate. They moved in after Shibi-sama apologized for his misguided actions toward his only son and said they would be happy to have him. Soon they arrived at the compound giving nod to the guards. MJ tore the door open running down to hall 2. Immediately they see two doors. The right one was the living room and the left was the kitchen. They choose the kitchen and went to the back where the large pantry was.
Kirin got 4 bowls and filled them with hazelnut, soy, anko and hanami dango along with some regular mochi for herself and Kit, strawberry for Kari and warabi for MJ. Once everyone had a little of every dango and their preferred mochi Kirin waited. MJ was getting water bottles and apricot onigiri Joii the cook had prepared for everyone. RaiRai had stolen one and ran to her room where his bowl was, the room had a doggy door. Kit had the actual lunch they were gonna eat. Just some ramen she quickly cooked on the stove. It was 15 minutes to make for the 4 of them but it was enough. As Kit finished filling the bowls, a sleepy Kiba walked in, in some grey sweats and a black large t shirt that looked to be Shino's, Akamaru was also there at MJ's feet quickly.
"Hey girls, you've been busy," lazily gesturing to the snacks in hand. He got side hugs, cheek kisses and agrees in response.
"Hey papa and yup. Kit, Kari and Kirin are staying over so we'll be holed up in my room," MJ said putting the onigiri in a flat bowl.
"Make sure to come to dinner, or you won't get any," Kiba kisses the top of MJ's head and ruffled all the others hair. "'N lemme help you with that Kit" he took two bowls from her and walked out the kitchen, down to hall 7 and walked more than halfway down the long hall to a door decorated with the inuzuka clan marks. He growled lowly for the key which was tossed his way before Akamaru caught it and pushed it in the door, then with a lot of doggy concentration twisted it to open.
Everyone laughed at Akamaru's smug face. Inside the room was a pale blue wall with a nice shiny wood bed frame along the wall on the opposite side of the door. At the foot of the bed was a dresser and the front of the room was a long bay window like thing, and the whole top come off with room inside. That was organized and filled with things for RaiRai.
RaiRai's living space was a black grid cage with all sorts of decor on the outside of it. On top of it had a black blanket, MJ used it to cover his cage so he could sleep. On the inside, it was pure fluff. Not one part of the bottom or sides where RaiRai could curl up was hard. A plaid soft throw blanket was the base, with an actual tan dog bed next, that had "bumps" where the cage opened so he could lay his head. RaiRai was a pitbull as well so he didn't shed, and since his chakra was attached to MJ's he grew like her to, so he was still quite small and said dog was napping in his bed right now. His dog bowl was to the side of that which only had water in it since he'd finished his dinner and went out.
MJ's closet held out door clothing mainly while her drawers were inside clothing. She also has a desk and chair, that had magazines strewn about on it along with her many, many hair products. Kiba set the food on the desk and headed back to his room Akamaru following. The girls plopped themselves on the queen sized bed, giving out the snacks accordingly.
"Kit why'd you snap on Tomi like that?" MJ munched on a hazelnut dango.
"Ehhh! Was I supposed to let her do that? It was completely uncalled for, ain't no ones said nothing to her for her to be doing allat. I tell you any other situation, I've hit her, I swear it. I was stepping out class is why I didn't. Mama and Papa would've known why I fought and it would be a mess," Kit ranted angrily chewing the Mochi piece by piece.
"Yup. 'N that Hizzy. He always jumping in when that girl don't need a jumpin' in," Kirin fumed.
"I can't do much with Papa being sensei"
"Glad it ain't me, then I couldn't get away with half as much. Dad's a strict one and mom doesn't play when it comes to stuff like that. Even Uncle would get both me and Tomi. That mans' evil, pure evil. Uncle Neji's stupid strong and Kari's on her way to that. Midnight, the old cat loves telling assassination mission especially from when ma was 13"
"13!!" Kirin and MJ exclaimed.
"Yea, I had that same reaction. But, that was how it was back then. Being a ninja was much stricter than it is now. I heard it was brutal. Mom was abused in her household by her entire family growing up, especially her dad who fucked with her already fucked up head. He also beat her senseless under training but it was a easy cover" Kit explained.
"Auntie smiles so much and is real nice. Why would anyone hurt her?" Kirin asked.
"Ion know, beats the hell outta me"
Kari spoke, "Because she refused to beat her sister in a serious match and faked the fight. Mom threw that fight to save Auntie from the caged bird seal, that mom has on her forehead now. She also didn't want to seem stronger or Uncle Neji would lose what little attention he had, she would upset the balance of the family. She shouldered it by herself"
"That's crap!" Kirin exclaimed. "Pure crap. Auntie was still a kid then, why was she shouldering the weight of a family that doesn't care?"
"'Cause she does. She still does. Ma still loves Auntie even though Auntie don't treat her like a sister. More like someone beneath her. I hate calling her Auntie but, ma'd kill me otherwise"
"How'd she survive being alone for so long?" Kirin said tactless.
"She wasn't alone, she had dad and papa, they would never judge her, tear her down, never have never will. The both love her like family, in fact most here do. The inuzuka's adore her for sure and they never fail to express it publicly."
"Say how is it living here," Kit asked.
"Ohmygosh, ITS AMAZING! You'd think the place was stiff but it's not. Everyone is friendly and it's not uncommon to see lots of roughhousing and teasing go on, even the elders encourage the babies to tumble. That being said they also are very good at boundaries and I think they always try really hard to help Papa fit in more since he's not blood bound to them. Papa's as rough as it gets, and his mouth is a reckless one with sharp fangs."
"Ohhh yeah, I heard Kiba-sama rips people throats out with his teeth," Kirin said excitedly.
"He has. Ino-sama, Shika-sama, Lord Seventh, Sasu-sama, Neji-sama, Dad, Hinata-sama and the others even saw it. Lord seventh admitted to screaming when papa just spit out chunks of bones, flesh, blood and veins onto the floor. Seventh said he reminded him of a vampire with the way his teeth were coated in blood," MJ sighed.
"Gory," Kirin added," My mom punched someone's head clean off, she said she almost threw up though."
"Momma's attacks aren't nearly as flashy, but she caused a seizure during a battle and with her twin lion fists she hit someone in their chest and it caved in," Kit supplied.
"Father easily torture someone with the use of his eyes, and gathered his needed information in seconds," Kari stated proudly.
"I like it. Less messy," MJ said and the other girls nodded in agreement.
"Shoot we've been talking so long it's dinner time," MJ shooed the girls out her room, and growled at RaiRai to get moving. She locked the door and showed them out to the dining room that was behind the kitchen. Hundreds of Aburame in casual clothing or dirty missions clothes came out their rooms. They were chattering excitedly and MJ steered them to the back table where a bunch of kids and teenagers were. She picked four seats and sat them down before saying," I'll be right back don't move"
MJ and RaiRai went to Shino and Kiba who were seated with the late 20 and early 30 year olds. She hugged both of them and talked for a little.
"Hey MJ you made it down," Shino said ruffling her wild soft curls that were in a high ponytail.
"Papa made sure to remind me," Kiba hmped.
"Because you'd stay there eat all your snacks and not eat dinner which is fine for you but not for your guests silly."
"I would do something like that"
"See. So what'd you guys talk about?"
"Hatomi, she and Kit almost fought, and we talked about some kills you guys made," MJ shrugged.
"MJJJJ. Y'know I'm not exactly proud of ripping someone's throat out with my teeth. I've always had the gory kills cause of the way I fight and I'm not proud but it's how I was taught," Kiba pouted. Shino kisses his cheek and rubbed his stomach out of view from MJ.
"It's fine, Kiba. We've always said it's fine and it doesn't change now," those words have a different meaning. Your fine, your safe, I'm here, Konoha 12 is here, team 8 is here, you did your part in keeping us alive.
The words helped and Kiba snapped out of what could have quickly gone south much to fast. Shinobi life affected them at the worst of times, it's not uncommon for people to scream at dinner or cry tears during training. It made some of them immune which is worse. MJ smile dropped for a second when she realized what she'd accidentally done, but brought it back quickly giving her biggest smile.
"I love you guys so much. I gotta go, I can't let them be there by themselves," Shino gave her a grateful nod. MJ scurried off back to the table, apologizing and putting food onto her plate, and put a plate of meat on the floor for RaiRai.
The rest of the night were filled with smiles and happiness. If only the smiles could stay forever. Not in this military run world.
B-O-N-D-S-B-O-N-D-S
Kit sighed as she flicked through her abundant notes. They were color coded, coded, pencil and pen and doodled on. Everything she needed to know about being an assassin was in there. She sat in her classroom along with 29 other kids who were thinking the same thing.
'When the hell has being bored been apart of training?!' Kit was tempted to do something like stir up Jester so they could argue and laugh but knew Anko was vindictive enough to string 'em by their toes in the nude. So no kit wouldn't start but it was killing her. This was a patience test. No pencil, pen, hair, desk scratch, fingers, or anything that could be played with and of course you can't crumple a bunch of paper and kick it around the room which sounded like a whole lot more fun than it 'ought to.
5 more minutes then they could run like bats out of hell to their the Genin program classroom. While she was trying to be an assassin when she passes her chunin exams she goes into the division and goes through ranks like that. So does all the other programs except code breakers who aren't even allowed to be have their precious notes outside of campus, and can't be alone without their trained guard animal, that is dangerous big, capable (some) of human speech, understanding it and sending out messages, they will even kill their partner be it necessary.
She dropped her head onto the desk ready to nap out the long 5 minutes. 'What's Kari doing? We graduate today. Yay'
Kari laughed as Kokoro made an anatomy joke. It was about acupuncture and asking if Hyuugas did the same and she couldn't even answer. They were going over the nervous system, how to break down a person, senbon uses and poisons, she was sad as it was packing up time anyways.
She packed away her many, many, many books that she needed in her box. They all had on as hunter-nins thrived on knowledge but sometimes they couldn't remember so it was easy to keep it in reused metal boxes that were covered in seals, and put in a safe that was locked with another seal that reacted to blood and 4 hand signs.
It took forever to lock away everything so that's why they packed up early. However, today was not a normal day. Today they got their genin teams. Today is they day they would graduate. Ahh real genins was a refreshing thought. So they only had to seal the boxes and carry it home after school. The class cheered as Kokoro waved them off, saying she can't wait to the dawn of the hunter-nins.
Both girls when the bell rang, left class. One hauled ass and the other left with a sad smile on their pretty faces.
B-O-N-D-S-B-O-N-D-S.
"Hello my amazing students. Today is a very, very important day. Today is the day you take that exam, get placed, and leave with your Jonin-sensei and start your real ninja career. Some of you are in special placement as you have a goal of being a tracker, strategist specialist, a hunter nin, an assassin, ANBU Black Ops and more. Before you shoot your nerves to ease them I have a little something," Shino pulled his clipboard of his desk and said," looking at your yearly scores, none of you should fail this test. That's how amazing this class is."
MJ choked down a snicker. She knew that no more than 5 teams would really be genin. Sure they'd pass this test but not the next coming up. Not the one their Jonin sensei has made for them.
"With this being said. I know from the upper classmates or former classmates that said you just have to cheat. Don't. I will find out. I will see it. Do your own work. Pass this on your own, or I'll fail you and add 2 years onto being here. Yes, I can do it. Take your drink of water, roll out your wrists, crack your knuckles, necks and knees and lets being this writing portion of your exam."
As Shino says this his bugs come out and set the papers onto the desks. Immediately pencils fly to the papers, writing the first thing to mind so nothing is blank. Soon the scribbles stop, their getting stumped, and confused, erasing and second guessing. Shino held back a smirk. He made the test easy, he knew each of the Jonin-senseis and made sure they knew to fail them if they deserved to be failed. Those tests wouldn't test some teamwork. It's not natural no matter what's said. Human nature says think of yourself. Those will test your will, morals, humanity and intelligence. It'll see if you can follow orders and make quick decisions. It'll see if your even worthy to touch the shinobi forces. Just as Shino predicted all passed the test.
With an evil smirk Shino said," CONGRATS! Welcome my fellow shinobi to the forces. You'll do Konoha proud, Listen out for your names little ones" the class cheered and hugs filled the classrooms.
"Team 10. Shikadai Nara, Inojin Yamanaka, ChoCho Akamichi, your Jounin sensei is Moegi." Said students walked out when a orange haired lady with loose twin tails walked in waving them out.
"Team 15. MJ Aburame, Hiro Kinishami and Kitai Uchiha your Jounin sensei is Rock L-"
"MY YOUTHFUL STUDENTS FOLLOW ME ON THE PATH YOUR WOMEN AND MANHOOD!!" A man with a bowl cut with hair as black as tar and a green jumpsuit with orange warmers. The girls slinked out the room with sour faces and Shino chuckled .
"Team 9. Kirin Uzumaki, Hikari Uchiha, Mitsuki your Jounin sensei is Shinami Nara". A women who looked like she needed A LOT of sleep, sleepily looked to each of them with pink gem eyes. Somehow she made it looked painful. The baggy black bodysuit with black sandals and her hair tired in the signature ponytail, slouched out the door.
"Team 6. Hatomi Hyuga, Hizashi Hyuga, and Metal Lee, your Jounin sensei is Kiba Inuzuka." Kiba entered the room and gave a fanged smile before walking out.
"WE GOT UNCLE" the three screamed excitedly before racing after her.
Let the tests begin.
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A/N: I got this up on time, Whewwwwww. Just as promised and next chapter will or should be more fun. Ik I have a few Oc's and they are fillers but I kinda like them. I was hard pressed for who to put for that last damn team. Kiba or Hinata, Kiba or Hinata, Hinata or Kiba. I'm still not fucking 100 on it. It's reallllyyyy hard but it doesn't matter anymore I I put it down. Review and tell me if it you liked it or not. I'm also thinking about posting on AO3(AOOO) I also got some shits in the works but again I'm nervous. Time for my outro.
See ya later my little Moon clan
-Moonz outtie ;)