Three Dreamers
Scroll 5: Introductions and Interrogations
Haruka
After class we were told to wait for our New team leaders to come in and pick up our groups. "Alright guys, your new team leaders will meet you in here. I'm proud of all of you who passed, congratulations on becoming a genin" said sensei. He and the guy with the line over his nose (what was his name, oh Iruka) sat at the desk in the front of the room. We all waited for a good while seeing as it was thirty minutes before any of the team leaders were supposed to arrive. We began to hear bickering outside. Some woman was yelling at someone for back talking at her. "what do you suppose that was?" asked Lee
"I dunno…" I said. Bang! The doors flew open and a chunin flew through the double doors and hit the opposite end of the room. A few of the kids screamed in terror at the surprise. "Don't you dare back talk to me little boy!" said the woman. She was a bit taller than Iruka sensei. She had long black hair that was halfway tied back. Her eyes were green and holding a violently angry expression. Her stance was strong and steady, she wasn't someone you would think of messing with. She was slim with a sharp angled face and dark skin. She wore a white tank top complete with a jounin vest, along with red cargo pants and black bandaging from her hands to her elbow. Her arms were riddled with tribal tatoos. Her fist and teeth were clinched as she pointed at the smart ass chunin.
"If you ever speak out to authority like that again, I'll do worse than just slam you through a door" she yelled, she was scary!
"Um…Midori…the kids" said sensei. Did he say Midori? No, she couldn't be MY team captain, could she?
"Oh! Right!" she turned to face the class, "Alrighty then kiddies! I am Shizuoka Midori, head of team 13. If your name is Koyo Riinchi, Ryoku Ayame, or Mousoka Haruka (crap, that's me) then follow me! I'm your new sensei!" wow, either her voice projected really well or she swallowed a mega phone earlier. Either way, all of the kids in the class had covered their ears.
"um, Midori?" said sensei
"WHAT?" she yelled annoyed by the time she was wasting standing here.
"you're over twenty minutes early for pick up" he exclaimed while backing away slowly.
"So! These kids need to learn punctuality. A shinobi on time is a shinobi alive!" What the…? I'd never heard that saying before. I sank down in my chair, I really didn't want to head up there and accept that this was to be my new sensei. I looked over at lee who was trying very hard to hold in his laughter.
"hey! It's not funny" I whispered, "stop laughing. I can't help that I got a terrible one". His eyes were on me now and he took his hands away from his mouth. He was still trying desperately to hold in his laughter.
"I think she's um…psshhh" he gulped the laugh back, "q-quite a character. Hahaha". He was now laughing silently. So hard that there were tears coming from his eyes. I punched him hard on the shoulder. He quickly stopped and turned back to the front of the room. I got up from my seat and proceeded down to the front.
"You don't want to be late Haruka, she might kill you" exclaimed Lee as he mocked me. He was going to get quite the ass kicking later. I turned around and gave him the stink eye while sticking my tongue out at him. He just sunk down in his chair laughing his head off at my embarrassment.
Two other kids stood up and made their way to the front. There was a boy, he was short with big feet. His hair was light brown and messy as it sprang up from behind his black headband. He walked with a smirk and a cocky posture, probably a prankster. He wore a black tank top with a jacket and tan baggy pants.
There was also a girl a bit taller than me. She had short choppy white hair with a big purple bow in it. Her hair was striking against her dark purple eyes and darkened complexion. She wore a purple shirt under a black leather half jacket with tight Capri pants. Her gaze was straight forward and disciplined. I could tell she was a tough person. She was covered in chains from head to toe, I think she even had them on her shoes. She seemed out of place, something seemed wrong.
Wait, a girl? I thought sensei said that teams were made up of two boys and one girl, so why did mine have two girls?
I reached the bottom of the stairs to find Midori the violent eyeing me. "You seem odd, you look more experienced than the other two here" she said.
"yes ma'am I'm a year older than the others" I replied trying not to make eye contact.
"Sweet!" she turned and winked at Iruka and Sensei, "That means I have someone to look after these two munchkins". Riinchi pouted and turned away. Ayame didn't seem phased she stared straight ahead at Midori, very attentive. "Alright then! At attention soldiers…look alive!" she yelled, Ayame straightened up and me and Riinchi followed, "Now…March!". She began marching out the door. I heard Lee burst into laughter and fall out of his seat. He probably just about peed himself at the sight of me marching out of a doorway. At least I could provide him with entertainment and laughs before his soul was turned over to overly enthusiastic exploding jounin man.
Midori led us out of the academy and to a clearing at the training grounds. I had no doubt that we were training on our first day, this woman seemed like the exercise junkie type. We were ordered by our drill sergeant to sit down in a row from tallest to shortest. The role went from Ayame, to myself, and Riinchi last.
"Alright, there are two girl because the academy had an odd number of girls so our team has two girls instead of just one. But if you want one of you can pretend to be a guy if you like"
she grinned, "hrmm introductions, what can I force out of y'all?" she looked at us menacingly, I was near positive she was mental, "Tell me, your name, life goal, something interesting about your life, and…if you were a kitchen object, which one?" yep, she was mental.
"Let's start with…You!" she pointed to Riinchi, either way I was in the middle.
"O-oh…My name is Koyo Riinchi. My life goal is to surpass my older sister Naori. My life is interesting because I make it that way. And I would be….an egg beater because they spin around and have fun beating up…umm, eggs?" he sat down, I chuckled at the kitchen answer. He was funny, as long as he didn't prank me we might get along. Midori Sensei then turned to me.
"My name is Mousoka Haruka, my life goal is to become a jounin and find the people who kidnapped my family" everyone turned to look at me, "my family was kidnapped and disappeared when I was 4, I'm from the River country in the village hidden in the shadows. That was the interesting thing about my life, and if I were a kitchen utensil I'd be a spoon because then I'd get to taste all the good food before anyone else."
"Nice!" said Midori sensei, "you're the last one" she said turning to Ayame.
"My name is Ryoku Ayame, my life ambition is to become an anbu black ops member. My father has been training me to take over as head of the family since I was 5 years old. If I was a kitchen utensil I'd want to be a meat cleaver and beat the hell out of things tougher than eggs." She sounded like a pleasant person, I bet you can guess who is going to be psycho sensei's favorite student. Riinchi stared at her with large eyes and an open mouth.
"You- You're really Really creepy!..do you know that?" he asked, still stunned
"you're really…really ugly, did you know that?" Ayame said as she turned away.
"well it's good that Haruka is between the two of you! She'll stay there from now on" said Midori sensei, " anyway, I'm Shizuoka Midori. I'm a jounin and the head of this team. I expect you three to act like top notch shinobi now that you possess the title of Genin. I specialize in ninjutsu, taijutsu, and chakra controlling. I was born with a twin but we were separated at birth. And if I were a kitchen utensil…I would be a whisk, because it has the coolest name!" she yelled as she began playing the air guitar. She stopped and threw up a rock fist, once she realized we were still there she straightened up. "eh hem…anyway, that's all for today. Be here bright and early tomorrow at the crack of noon for your first training session".
"Noon? Don't most teams start in the early morning?" asked Ayame
"yeah, they do, but I like my sleep. I expect you to be on time since it's later and be sure to eat something before hand. Yeah, that sounds like enough responsible adult advice, See ya tomorrow." With that she poofed away, leaving the three of us sitting there in silence. After a few minutes of asking each other if it was really okay to leave, we got up and headed for home. It was weird to think that I wouldn't be going back to the academy tomorrow. I wouldn't be walking in to see Lee waiting for me in the top corner, now I had to get used to two strangers and a psycho.
I walked into my apartment complex to find Mokono and Kakashi standing outside of my door.
"Ah, Haruka, just the person we were looking for" said Kakashi
"Haruka, Kakashi needs to take you to the Hokage's office right now, okay?" exclaimed Mokono in a concerned tone.
"Am I in trouble?" I asked
"No, the Hokage just has some questions he needs to ask you. Let's go" Kakashi turned around and began walking back down the stairs, "Actually Mokono you might want to come too". We took off towards the Hokage's office, Mokono wouldn't stop asking me about my first day with my new sensei and telling me how much he admired my headband.
We reached the Hokage's office and Kakashi waved us into the room. Midori sensei was present too as well as Guy, well great the whole band of nut cases were here. The Hokage sat at his desk looking puzzled. He sighed looking at the papers in front of him, then he looked up at me.
"Haruka, let me start by congratulating you on receiving your headband, you're now a full Konoha shinobi. However, I have some files of you here from the River country. They say some interesting things" oh no the secrets out I'll be kicked out for sure. "Now they are from when you were four and last recorded in school. It says here that you didn't reach a fighting level above taijutsu." he peered at me
"No sir, four year olds in the shadow village normally don't learn nin or genjutsu until the age of at least 6." I responded, hadn't I told him that before?
"Alright, so how did you survive multiple rogue ninja attacks from the ages of 4 to 10 with just 4 year old level taijutsu alone?" he was getting suspicious now
"I trained as much as I could sir and…" I figured it was better to tell him, "I had an older sister who was old enough to use all three types of jutsu very well. She's the one who brought me here sir, I wasn't planning to stay until she knocked me out at the front gates and left."
"Ah, that explains one sibling in these records." he said
"I'm sorry sir…one? Are you implying there's?" I stopped short, confused
"yes, you have a second sister. A Mousoka Naomi, she's also listed here as an S-rank criminal, suspected to be part of the Akatsuki. " he looked at me again
"I-I have a second sister, Who's an Akatsuki member?" I was in shock, I stared at the floor with wide eyes and covered my gaping opened mouth, "I had n-no idea, no one ever told me of an older sister". Hokage sama looked at Midori sensei who was standing calmly with her eyes closed.
"she's telling the truth sir" said Midori sensei
"hmm….troubling. Very troubling, neither of your parents told you of her?" he asked
"n-never…I always thought it was just me and Anei"
"did your family ever mention any ninja who left the family?" asked Guy.
"Once, I heard my parents talking one night about a girl getting kidnapped and how tragic it was. She wasn't rogue or anything, it happened before I was born, before the rest of the family disappeared." I said
"Well, this means we'll have to keep an extra close eye on your protection, I'll leave that up to Midori and Mokono. And also, the river country sent this" he held out a package of papers, "it's your family history as recorded by the library, I figured it would be good for you to know a bit more about where you come from. I expect you to study these"
"yes sir Hokage sama" I bowed in respect, took the package, and ran home.
After leaving…
"it also says here that her sister Anei went missing and turned up in the sound village. Most likely under the control of Orochimaru" the Hokage sighed and looked back at the four jounin, "the river country has told me that these three are of vital importance to them. Especially Haruka, if anything or anyone is to come after her, even if it's a family member, you four are to stop them at all costs, even if that means killing them. Don't let her leave this city without supervision". The four shinobi nodded in silence, they understood the heavy task that would be put upon this girl if her sisters tried to take her away. "You are all dismissed, thank you" said the Hokage, and the four shinobi disappeared.
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