Slowly the students formed a line in front of their former teacher. The man then started calling out the new cells.
"Three students will be sorted into a team and will be led by a Jonin instructor. Take some time to talk to your new teammates and then head out to your specified classroom."
Shadow looked around for his teammates. Not having grown up in the village he didn't know these people that well.
"Hey, you're Shadow right?", a voice called out from behind him.
Shadow turned around to face a young girl, whose long black hair obscured most on her face.
"I'm Mari.", she said, hand held out in front of her. "I think I'm on your team."
"I'm Shadow.", he said, shaking her hand.
"Nice to meet you."
"Shadow, huh?", called out another boy behind the two. "Dumb name."
"Who are you?", Shadow asked.
"Akado. I guess I'm on your team too."
Shadow held his hand out and Akado grabbed it.
"I heard you're strong.", Akado said, increasing his grip on Shadow's hand. "We should fight some time."
Breaking his grip Akado walked off to talk to some other classmates.
"I'll catch you guys later.", he called out over his shoulder.
Mari sighed. "Don't mind him. He can be a bit of a dick at times."
"I've noticed"
A few minutes later -----------------------------------
One by one the teams stared to clear out until only Shadow and his team remained.
"We should head out pretty soon.", Mari said to her newly formed team.
"No way.", Akado barked. 'I've spent way to long in that stupid classroom just to have to go to another one."
"Then what do suggest we do?", Shadow asked, stepping forward.
"We fight."
"What could that possibly accomplish?"
"You know..", said Mari, "I actually agree with Akado for once."
The pair looked over at her.
"I mean, we obviously don't know that much about each other so a sparring match may clue us in to each others strengths and weaknesses."
"So, you man enough to fight me?"
Shadow smiled. "Bring it on."