OTOGAKURE NINJA ACADEMY
I had no internet for a long time! (dies)
I just got it back yesterday, but there was the whole 4th of July things I did.
So here are a couple of chapters (this one is much longer)
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Chapter Ten
Hinata's infatuation for Kimimaro only grew as the week went by. He was more then Hinata ever would have possibly expected. He wasn't just the pretty face show off everyone expected him to be. He was surprisingly easy to talk to, which was even odder being that Hinata couldn't easily talk to anyone in the first place. He was quite the unpredictable one, and he had Hinata hung like a puppet.
Hinata had awoken earlier then usual that morning. She quietly exited the room that Saturday making sure not to wake Anko. She was in a good enough mood to do some morning running laps.
The sun hadn't even risen from beyond the hills when she exited the school building as she took off in a slow jog on the dewy grass. She wore her shortest pair of red shorts with a white t-shirt, and her hair moved back and forth in the high ponytail placed on her head. In was rather humid, but still cool enough from the morning breeze.
She smiled brightly when she found her favorite person in all of Otogakure standing a few yards over. She went off her original course to take a detour over to the training field. She snuck up behind the silver-haired boy, but remained a few feet away from him as she called out "Kimimaro-San!"
The boy froze in a fighting stance position and merely turned his head slightly. He vanished with a small poof and reappeared quickly from behind the Hyuuga. "Good morning Hinata-Chan" he greeted calmly, but was highly admiring Hinata's outfit. Hinata bashfully turned around and smiled weakly. "Why are you always training by yourself?" she asked quietly. Kimimaro looked at her and shrugged. Hinata faced him and took a fighting stance that he had been in earlier. "Why do it alone?" she smiled sweetly. He smiled softly and remained on the grounds the rest of the morning helping Hinata train.
The relationship between the two was still fairly distant. Hinata was just too bashful to make any sort of move, and Kimimaro attempted to contain his cold emotionless ego that he had been known for. However, every once in a while they would pass each other in the halls of the academy, sharing a sweet smile with each other before they proceeded walking on. Suspicious rumors swarmed the school about their relationship, since they were always seen together, but it was just simply training sessions, and nothing more.
Hinata could feel herself becoming stronger by the day, and thanks to Kimimaro's extra training, she was clearly becoming better then ever. When she was told her team was about to head out on a mission, she felt she was ready.
"Team four, five and six, I will need to send you all on a risky B-Ranked mission" Kabuto announced to the gathered ninjas. "A B-ranker already? Sounds good to me!" the spider-nin Kidomaru proclaimed excitedly. "Affirmative, you all will escort the Kazekage to the hidden leaf village. However, it could get dangerous. There are many ninjas after him, so you'll all have to be extra careful. We are sending all of you because the Kazekage needs to bring a few others with him, and you'll all be needed" Kabuto explained while adjusting his large framed glasses.
The shinobi all nodded in understanding the terms of the mission and headed off to prepare. It was to be a long and enduring mission, mainly involving a ton of traveling by foot. Hinata, however, was thinking of the fact that they will be heading to her home village. She was too excited to see all of her good friends again, and the look on their faces when they saw how well she has improved overall.
Hinata let out a small squeal as she arrived in her dormitory. She leaped onto her bed and sat down to try to contain her anxious nerves. "What are you so excited about?" asked Anko as she entered the room soon after. When Hinata didn't answer quickly enough, Sasame already figured it out for her as she entered the room. "Excited to visit Konohagakure again Hinata?" she smiled. Hinata looked up at the orange haired girl and quickly nodded her head.
Anko smirked at the naïve thoughts of the young kunoichi. "If only it was all fun and games" she sighed. Hinata's mood was instantly put down slightly as she remembered that she was there for a mission, and not a long time visit. "I'm not trying to put you down or anything. I'm just reminding you this could be dangerous, and I'm worried you'll get hurt, so you'll have to be on guard for enemies, not focusing on old friends" Anko stated. Hinata nodded in agreement as she rolled into her bed. Sasame took her leave to rest for the last day of training before the mission.
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The days of the mission were growing near, and the final exam had just been taken to test the shinobi's knowledge.
"Oh look, the exam grades are posted!" yelled an excited red headed kunoichi the next day.
The remainder of the student groaned at the sight of the large printed poster sheet hanging on the outside of the classroom. Kabuto was found near the board, stapling the poster while inspecting the various grades. He sighed deeply knowing that Otogakure's grades were and never will be in top shape. Orochimaru never in particularly cared about the student's grades however, so he simply retreated from the crowd of student's heading his way.
"Damnit! Not again!" Tayuya screamed in frustration. "What is it now?" complained her spider-like friend. "Why else do you think I am mad Kidomaru? Kimimaro is at the top of the class again! Duh!" she screamed. "But you're second! Can't you be happy about that?" Kidomaru said sympathetically. "I'll never beat him, but I guess he deserves being on top" she sighed dreamily. 'God, so what does it take for her to notice me? Do I have to be smarter?' the desperate Kidomaru thought. He looked at his extreme low 27th position on the chart and sighed.
Hinata gasped at the sight of her being ranked third. Coming from Konohagakure, they were much stricter on academics, and she was used to applying a lot of effort into them. Anko was after her followed by Dosu of another team. Karin, Kin, and Juugo were all placed somewhere in the middle. Finally, Jirobo, Kidomaru, Sasame, Suigetsu, and Zaku were all ranked at the bottom.
Another silver-haired shinobi squeezed in behind Hinata to get a closer look at the poster. "Seventh?" he muttered to himself. His voice was somewhat screechy, but was low in a wicked way. A lone smirk traced his odd blue colored lips. "Not bad right Ukon?" he said quietly, seemingly to himself. Another identical body split off in a pealing motion from his right side. Hinata winced at the sight. "Pretty good considering we take turns with classes" the newly separated Ukon stated. The twins gave each other a small high five and gazed at the shorter girl below them.
"Oh what do we have here? She's kind of cute" Ukon sang in a little tune. Hinata shook a little from his eerie voice. "Don't scare her Ukon" Sakon said gently. "Oh that's right! She is our new teammate!" Ukon exclaimed. "Yes…now be gone, your being a pest" Sakon said in a frustrated tone. He pulled the twin back into his body until they were once again conjoined. "I-I-I" Hinata stuttered. "My name is Sakon" he introduced. "Hinata Hyuuga" she replied and shook his pale hand. For being a year younger then her, he sure looked older. "See you around" he said and waved.
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"You ready to go? I have a bad feeling today" Anko said shakily the next morning. The mission was tomorrow, and Hinata had been preparing some last minute things.
"Why do you say that Anko-Chan?" Hinata asked curiously as she tied her shoes. Anko sighed and looked out the small window as if to spot someone. "Oh, Kimimaro always seems to push us extra hard before missions to make sure we know what we are doing. I also think the other two teams will be joining us today" she said. "It can't be too bad" Hinata stated positively. "Maybe…well let's go to find out" Anko said. The two teammates rushed out the door and scurried quickly to the training grounds.
"Good afternoon everyone!" Anko exclaimed in a rather obnoxious tone. The set of eyes that belong to the group that had already formed fixed on Anko, some rolling. "Oh come one guys, you should all be pumped for the mission. Its tomorrow!" she tried again to raise the moods of her peers, which was returned by more ignorance.
The silver haired shinobi stepped in at that point. "Anko has a point, in an odd sort of way" he said calmly which earned stares and the attention from the others. "We will need to be working together as one large team now, so we will need to learn a little co-operation between each other" he stated.
"Who are you to be talking Kimimaro-Kun?" stated Kidomaru. He stood up from the rest of the group and found his chance to beat down at the charming prince of the school. "I mean, you are Mr. Independent yourself you know" Kidomaru protested. "Ah…" Kimimaro began. He felt a sense of defeat so he decided not to fight back. "I suppose that is true to an extent" he said coldly. Although Kidomaru hadn't finished his antagonizing. "I suppose all the special training for Hinata doesn't prove your point either" he said slyly, his lips curling into a confident smirk. Whispers of agreement were spoken around the crowd. Kimimaro glared at the younger boy, but merely threw the direction of his head towards the ground. "I don't think that is a sign of a good leader" Kidomaru teased. "Everyone here will be treated equally, and as a well balanced team" Kimimaro protested and turned his back towards the group.
Hinata face flushed in embarrassment, but the expression soon transformed into a state of worry for Kimimaro. Perhaps she was getting in the way of his position as a leader. The last thing she wanted to do was get Kimimaro into trouble. She remained quiet in the back of the group besides Anko and Sasame.
Tayuya snuck in glances at the Konoha native. "Well if you are so high and almighty, I suppose you can help show us the way to Konohagakure, am I right?" she asked arrogantly. "Why yes, I suppose I can" Hinata responded bravely. The girl's fiery red hair warned Hinata to stay away. "Hmph" Tayuya muttered and advanced towards Kimimaro, who returned a green-eyed glance at Hinata.
"I see you have met Tayuya" Sakon said as he turned to the Hyuuga. "I don't think she likes me" Hinata said bluntly, not realizing she was saying this out loud. Sakon chuckled oddly, putting him somewhat out of character to Hinata. "By the way this is Jirobo and Kidomaru, I don't believe you all have met" he said pointing to the two boys that stood next to him. "We've all been close friends for a long while although they are both a year older the Tayuya and I" he explained. The two boys examined Hinata shortly and nodded. Kidomaru looked too upset to speak, and Jirobo just didn't look like the talking type.
Karin meanwhile was in a heated discussion with Suigetsu. The whole team work talk that got brought up made Suigetsu complain and question Karin's leadership skills. Of course Karin didn't go too well with this. Juugo was always stuck in the middle of this, and often got angered by the constant quarreling. In fact, he was often found with Kimimaro instead.
"Well" Kimimaro suddenly spoke up over the group. "Shall we get started? I would like to go over in further detail about the mission" Kimimaro said. The rest of the group gathered around. Kimimaro went into further explanations as the last training session began.