Episode 14: Rinji's Squad
Rinji was sitting at a desk, fiddling with a pen. He was leaned back in his chair, his feet up on his desk.
Also in the room was all three of his squad. They were all sitting at their desks, doing something. One of the guys was writing something, and his arm was moving really fast. He handed one of his papers to the guy next to him, who read it and then drew a picture of it.
He handed it to the girl, who gave a thumbs up.
"Can I read it?" Asked Rinji.
"You can read the manga just before it gets published." Said the guy who was writing it.
Rinji smiled. I remember when these guys were just pups. He thought. It's been a year sense I got these guys in my squad.
A scarless Rinji was sitting on a some steps. In front of him, at the base of the steps, was his squad.
"Hey, guys. I'm Rinji Toichi- I'm going to be your sensei. But Rinji-sensei doesn't sound quite right, so I think you guys can just call me Sensei. We should introduce ourselves. Being as we're going to be working together- we should tell each other our jutsus. Okay?"
The one guy nodded.
"Alright. I'm Rinji Toichi- as I just said. My jutsu requires no hand signs, and it's a Kekkei Genkei. It activates only when I draw blood, and I go into a rage and I can't be stopped unless my enemy gets defeated. Then I'll pass out. I can survive any injury, as long as it draws blood. If it doesn't, then I can be beaten just like anyone else. I like to sleep in, and I dislike my jutsu. I became a ninja because my clan forced me to, and I became a Jonin because I figured if I was going to be a ninja I was going to go all out." Rinji pointed to the first guy.
He had long red hair, and blue eyes. He was wearing dark blue and dark green ninja gear. He had his hair tucked under his headband so people could still see it. "My name is Yozo Shinato." He told them. He didn't sound angry when he spoke, but he definetly didn't want to be there. "My jutsu... I don't have one. I use Taijutsu."
"Hm? Didn't your clan teach you a jutsu? Or do you have a Taijutsu type clan?" Asked Rinji.
"I don't have a ninja clan. I'll explain how I got my Taijutsu in a minute. I like to write manga, and I hate that manga is under apreciated. I became a ninja because I got in a slump in my writing a while back, and I needed something to do. So I went to the ninja acadamy for a day. I got inspired, and I realized that being a ninja would help with my writing. So every technique I know was taught to me by the acadamy, or I learned by myself."
"Alright, the girl." Rinji said.
She had light brown hair with blonde streaks that was long and went down passed her shoulder blades. She had blue eyes, and she was wearing a dark pink shirt, and she had a light purple mini-skirt and she had long purple leggings underneath. "I'm Kiku Ishikawa." She said. She spoke calmly, like she wasn't in a rush to get done. "I'm an expert in the Metal Style Jutsus. I like to practice, but I dislike annoying people. I became a ninja because I had nothing else to do. I had no special skills, aside from being able to fight. I had no other options. So I became a ninja."
"Alright, the last guy."
He had a black head band, and black hair. He also had green eyes. He had a black shirt on, but with no sleeves showing his partually muscular arms. He was wearing black pants as well. "Well..." He said. "I'm a support type ninja. I'm no good by myself, but I can help people quite a bit when I'm fighting with them-"
"Son."
"Yeah?"
"Your name."
"Oh yeah! My name is Hiro Osada. My jutsu... is like I said- a support jutsu. When I use it, it transferes my chakra to someone else. It requires only a little bit of chakra, and I'm also a good medical ninja. I'm also good at manipulating my chakra."
Back in real time, Rinji set his pen down.
"We finished the first chapter, Sensei." Said Hiro, proudly setting a small stack of papers on Rinji's desk.
The cover showed a picture of a teenager wearing all black, and he had a crow sitting on his shoulder. He had spikey typical Shonin protagonist hair. Behind him, a girl with long hair was standing, her back to the hero but she had turned her head to show her face. She was wearing a flowery kimono, and it was hard to see but she had the hilt of a sword in her sleeve.
"Seems cool..." Rinji opened the first page, and started reading.
Back before he passed his squad, Rinji was sitting up in a tree, in the outskirts of the Village, just before the maze.
Rinji had three backpacks at his feet, and his squad quickly showed up.
"Hey guys." He said.
"Why'd we need to come here?" Asked Hiro.
"Well," Rinji said. "I'm going to take you guys into the maze. The Kinkage's not allowed to help you, but he won't hinder you."
"What does hinder mean?" Asked Hiro.
"Hold you back." Answered Yozo.
"Oh, thanks." Said Hiro.
"Here are the rules: all three of you must make it back here before sunrise tomorrow. In these backpacks I have all the utlities you will need. You're permitted to use any jutsu you want. The only rule is that you must go through the maze, you can't go over, or under. Don't keep me waiting."
"Let's start!" Hiro grinned.
"Like the protagonist of my series says, let's get this over with." Said Yozo.
"I'm ready." Kiku was serious.
Hiro was standing on the far end of the maze, far away from the exit. He drew a kunai, and he pointed the end of it to the wall, and he scratched it. It was just a scratch, it wasn't deep at all. But that wasn't what Hiro was going for. He pointed his kunai at the wall, and he stepped closer to it so the end of his kunai was touching the wall. He walked forwards, his kunai scratching the wall.
Yozo was across the wall from Hiro. Yozo looked around, and he walked down the passage, walking the exact opposite way as Hiro. Yozo stopped before he turned, and he tied a wire to the end of a kunai. He hurled it to the wall, and he started walking.
Kiku was several walls away from both of the boys. She made a hand sign. "Metal Style: Jutsu." The wall in front of her went down, and she stepped forwards, and went to the next wall. "Metal Style: Jutsu."
After about six walls, Kiku was nearly out of chakra. She couldn't force another jutsu if she wanted to.
She was panting, and she was sweaty. She opened her bag, and she drank from her water bottle. She was careful not to drink all of it. She found a protein bar, and ate it. But she still didn't have enough chakra to get through the wall. Then she got an idea.
"HIRO!" Kiku. "YOZO!"
Hiro turned, and he ran in the direction of the voice.
Yozo did too.
Hiro and Yozo encountered each other. "Hey, you heard Kiku scream, right?"
"Yeah. She's down here." Hiro said, and the two darted in that direction.
Kiku smiled at them. "Hey, guys..."
"So that's the plan?" Asked Hiro.
"Yeah." Said Kiku. "But if you guys can't do it, then we'll fail. Assuming that your jutsu is capable of it, then we'll be able to pass."
Hiro nodded. "I'll help. But it won't work without you, Yozo."
"Like the hero of my story- I will help others in need." Yozo put his hand on Hiro's shoulder.
Hiro made a hand sign. "Chakra Transfer."
Suddenly, Kiku felt chakra flowing into her. She stood up, and she made a hand sign. Several walls came down.
They all stepped forwards, and then Kiku did the same thing.
The continued to do this, until all of them were out of chakra.
Hiro ate his and Yozo's bar, but he still had almost no chakra. He still transferred as much as he could to Kiku, knocking him out.
Yozo looked around. "Damn. Our squad mate comes before the mission. If we fail and he lives, then it'll be worth it. But if we pass and he dies- we lose. It's like a story."
Yozo picked Hiro up.
Kiku nodded, and then they divided Hiro's weight into to. They both ran up the wall, and then jumped over to the next two walls, and there stood Rinji.
"Yo guys cheated-" He stopped when he saw that Hiro was unconscious.
Rinji made a hand sign, and green energy glowed at his hand and he used it go have him recover chakra.
"So wait a second-" Said Yozo the next day. "We still pass?"
"Yes. The point of the exercise was to make you guys use teamwork. With Kiku's Metal Style, she could bring the walls down. But she would run out of chakra too soon, and that's when Hiro would come in and transfer his chakra to her. And then he'd run out of chakra, and then Yozo would come in and transfer Hiro his chakra and Hiro would then transfer it to Kiku. But I didn't think that he'd try to force another jutsu- I figured you'd stay in the maze for the night and then get here in the morning."
Notes: Just so you guys know, Rinji isn't Renji Abarai. I can't believe I didn't notice that their names were so similar until now.
Do you guys like that Rinji's and Hiro's squads are going to become main characters? I'd appreciate a response.
