Kaori Shadows: Academy23:25

The next morning, Kaori woke up and remembered that she was to start at the Konoha Ninja Academy.

'Great,' she thought. 'Weak little ninjas. I'm already as strong as my mother. Then again, my father did call her weak.'

Kaori got ready and Kakashi walked her to the academy. She entered the classroom and everyone automatically looked at her. Some in disgust and some in awe.

"Iruka, this is Kaori. She's a new student and she's from the Land of Shadows. She will be joining your class," Kakashi greeted. With a little shove, Kaori was now standing next to Iruka-sensei.

"Why, thank you, Kakashi. Kaori, I want you to sit next to Sasuke. Sasuke, raise your hand for Kaori," Iruka ordered. A boy with blackish blue hair raised his hand. Soon enough, all the girls in the room gave Kaori a death glare.

'What's their problem,' thought Kaori. 'Well, might as well find out.' With that, Kaori activated one of her kekkigenkai's. She read the mind of a pink haired, green-eyed girl.

'Oh, I hate that new girl already! She's sitting next to my Sasuke-kun! That bitch is going to pay!'

'Hmm, so I'm guessing this Sasuke guy is the school's heartthrob. There doesn't seem to be anything special about him. Well, he is sort of cute. Whatever, Kaori, you only have one goal in life: to avenge your clan,' Kaori thought.

"So today," Iruka began. "Is when we will start our graduation test. First I'll start with Naruto." A blonde boy with blue eyes stood up. You could already tell that he was going to fail.

"Okay, Naruto. Make a doppelganger," ordered Iruka. Naruto did some hand signs and made a poor looking clone. "Naruto, you still need to practice. You'll try again tomorrow. Next up is Kaori."

"Oh, let's see what the new girl has up her sleeve," a girl with her hair in two buns said.

Kaori went to the front of the classroom, did a few hand signs, and formed over two thousand doppelgangers. Everyone looked at her in awe.

"T-those are r-r-real clones. Not substitutions. How did you manage to make those," Iruka asked shocked. He hasn't seen anything like that in ages.

"Hm," was the only reply. Kaori just stood there and waited until all of the clones were gone.

"Um, why don't you have a little spar with one of the town prodigies, Neji Hyuga," Iruka suggested. Neji stood up and walked outside to a field, Kaori and the rest of the class followed.

"Okay, when I say 'start' you may begin. Three….two….one…start," Iruka yelled and stepped back. Kaori just stood there waiting for an attack. Neji came at her with kunai and shuriken.

Kaori dodged everything with ease and went after Neji. She made three clones and used the element of ice to freeze the ground. Kaori soon combined that with the element of earth to make it difficult for anyone who walked on the ground.

Neji started to slide, and the entire class was in shock that someone could actually beat Neji. Iruka, out of everyone else, was shocked the most. He had not see this amount of strength since we was little. Kaori was at the level of ANBU at only the age of twelve.

Kaori soon used a fireball jutsu, which stopped Neji in his tracked. She was soon behind him and put a kunai to his throat. The spar was over.

"That was totally amazing and full of youth," yelled a boy in green spandex. "My name is Rock Lee! You are a beautiful lotus blossom, will you go out with me," asked Lee. Kaori just started to walk back to the classroom, before she was stopped. She turned around and saw Kakashi and Iruka.

"Kaori, we had no idea you were this powerful. You're as strong as the Hokage himself," stated Kakashi. Iruka walked next to Kaori.

"Kaori, you are as strong the strongest ANBU member in Konoha. We need you as an ANBU. You would be the youngest in Konoha history," explained Iruka.

Kaori nodded her head and walked away with Kakashi. All the students watched her go, especially a certain boy with blackish blue hair.

A few hours later, Kaori was in a meeting with the Hokage, a few ANBU, Kakashi, and Iruka. They were discussing whether or not Kaori should become an ANBU or not.

"She has great skill, just as good Itachi Uchiha," explained one ANBU member.

"Remember though? Itachi became a rouge ninja and killed his entire clan except for his younger brother, Sasuke," snapped another ANBU.

"Well, Kaori's different than Itachi. She may be cold and whatnot, but she would still be a good addition to the ANBU squad of Konoha. Oh, and Kaori? Sasuke is a student in your class, you may have met him today," explained Kakashi.

Kaori thought to herself, 'Hmmm…maybe that's why that Sasuke kid gave me a jealous glare when I beat Neji in a spar. He must want to avenge his family too, just like me.'

"Well, I think Kaori would be an excellent member in the ANBU. She may be very young and all, but she's still as good as all of you. So, she will be omitted into the ANBU and you must all treat her with the utmost respect," the Hokage ordered.

Kaori was then taken into a back room to get the ANBU mark on her left upper arm.