Chapter III- Sensei
"HURRY UP, CHOUZA!" An excited and slightly impatient Inoichi exclaimed, pushing his friend ahead of him toward the academy.
"I WANT TO KNOW WHAT OUR TEAMS ARE!" he continued, giving a final push through the academy doors and into the academy.
The whole group rushed through the door and made their way past the other students who were looking for their team.
Inoichi scanned the wall intensely, then jumped up and gave a big, "YATTA! INO-SHIKA-CHO ONCE AGAIN!" The other two knew what this meant, and joined in along with his cheering, with Shikaku regaining his calm and lazy disposure after a few minutes, while the other two continued on.
Kushina looked at the wall, scanning for her name.
"I want to be in the same team as Minato…" she thought to herself before finding her name. Her face lit up at the sight of the paper, and fell again when she saw that she had not been put on the same team as her blonde friend. However, her disappointment was relieved when she saw that she had been put on the same team with her other hyperactive friend, Hizashi Hyuuga. They also had an ice cube, Fugaku Uchiha. With her team in mind, she marched toward them, giving them a big smile. Hizashi returned it, and the Uchiha just gave a "Hn."
Minato on the other hand, was looking for his name on the wall. He, too, wanted to be on the same team as his "friend," but then again, after seeing her walk up to the other two boys, he knew he hadn't been put on the same team. "Oh well, I'm sure that we'll see each other a lot anyway!" He scanned the paper and finally found his name, along with Shibi Aburame's and Toshio Haruno. He surveyed the room, looking for his team mates, until he found them.
Shibi Aburame was a tall, mysterious boy with a huge overcoat covering the lower half of his face and sunglasses covering his eyes. His forehead protector now kept his wild brown hair up, and he gave off a very strange aura, as if one got on his bad side, they would definitely regret it. Toshio Haruno on the other hand, was quite different from his quieter team mate. He had warm green eyes and spiky brown hair that seemed more tame than that of Minato's. He had a warm smile on his face, and motioned for the blonde to come over. Sensing a bit of relief that he was at least a bit welcome, he walked over to his team and started making brief chatter with them.
From the corner of his eye, he caught a flash of red, and turned only to see none other than Kushina Uzumaki. She turned around sensing someone look at her, and turned around to give him a big smile. He nodded and smiled in return, understanding the message being sent:
"It's okay, we're still friends, so I'll see you around!"
They both returned to chatter with their team mates before they set off to their respective classrooms.
Kushina entered the class room 7B with her team mates.
"I wonder who our sensei is…" she thought aloud, looking inquisitively at her team mates.
"ME TOO! Let's hope he's someone super strong and awesome!" The ever-lively Hizashi Hyuuga exclaimed, looking at the quiet Uchiha to add into something.
"I just hope he's strong." added the onyx-haired boy, subsequently crossing his arms and leaned on a table.
Hizashi and Kushina smirked as they found a new way to annoy the boy. They suddenly repeated what he said and counted the words on their fingers, before screaming in front of his face, "WOW, THAT WAS A WHOLE FIVE WORDS!"
"Hizashi! It's a miracle!"
"KUSHINA! HURRY AND RECORD THIS, IT'S A NEW RECORD FOR A UCHIHA WITH A STICK UP HIS-"
Before he could finish, the Uchiha slapped him upside the head with irritation evident on his face, and his face, throwing a glare for good measure at Kushina.
Kushina opened her mouth to retaliate before a 'POOF!' resonated throughout their classroom, and a tall man with silver hair appeared in front of them.
The redhead, who was new to this town, didn't really know who he was or what kind of reputation he held in the village, but from the looks of it, he was pretty well respected. Hizashi and Fugaku immediated bowed down and she followed suit, not wanting to look rude.
"Hatake-senpai." They murmured, and they brought themselves back up.
"Ah, so you guys are my new students!" he said with a small smile on his face.
"Who do we have here?" he inquired, pointing at the only female of the team first.
"Good morning, sensei, I am Kushina Uzumaki. I just moved into this village not very long ago!" He nodded and then turned to the Hyuuga, who was standing on her right.
"Good morning Hatake-sensei, I am Hizashi Hyuuga!" he said with his normal exuberance and then turned to Fugaku, who was on Kushina's left, with the same expectant look as the older man and Redhead gave him.
"Good Morning, I am Fugaku Uchiha." He said quietly, ignoring the silent cheering of his team mates as they whispered, "THAT MAKES THE RECORD UP TO SIX WORDS!"
The older man scanned all of them and nodded, then proceeded to introduce himself.
"Good morning everyone, I am Sakumo Hatake, and I will be your sensei for these next few years. Just so you know, I am strict on rules…" he started, earning a small groan from the two over-enthusiastic kids in his team, before continuing with, "but I'd like to let you know that sometimes, there are situations where rules can be broken. Like my own sensei told me, those who break the rules are trash, but those who turn their backs on their team mates are lower than that. You three will have to get along with each other. This is a three-person TEAM, no one is to work alone, understood?"
He looked at the three children in front of him, all who nodded at their sensei.
"Great! Now let's get to know each other a bit more! Tell me about your likes, your dislikes, and your aspirations!" He said suddenly in a cheery mood, surprising all of them. He smiled at them and pointed at Hizashi to begin first.
The white-eyed boy looked up at the ceiling, put his index finger and thumb in the "thinking" position, and sat on the table behind him before continuing.
"Hmm…I like…training with my father, and making him proud. I also like Hiashi being my brother when he isn't the ice cube that he lets everyone think he is…I also like dango!"
The others at first nodded in approval and surprise at his sincerity, and then sweatdropped when they heard the rest of the sentence. Not noticing a thing, the young long hair boy continued on with a frown on his face as he talked about his dislikes.
"I dislike spicy things, since most of my family has low toleration for it, and my goal is to try to end the cursed seal tradition in my family, even though I'm not branded with it…yet."
The dark tone that the boy ended his short speech with surprised his team mates, and resulted in a nod of understanding from his sensei.
"Next…Kushina, please continue."
She nodded before continuing.
"I like salt ramen, making new friends, and training. I dislike coffee or anything bitter! I also dislike people who make fun of my red hair." She added that last remark menacingly and clenched her first, before smiling and continuing with, "My goal is to become the FIRST FEMALE HOKAGE!"
The silver haired man cocked an eyebrow at her exclamation but nodded in approval nonetheless.
"This girl has got spirit."
At last, he turned toward the stoic boy on the far left. The boy shifted his weight to his other leg and leaned back, looking at his sensei.
"I like training. I dislike people who are disloyal to their family and friends. My goal is to become the head of my clan one day."
"Ne, ne, Fugaku, what's your favorite food?" Hizashi asked, wanting him to open up more to the rest of them.
Fugaku, who was just about to slap him if he and Kushina started up with the loud word count of his sentence, looked surprised and uttered out, "Tomatoes."
Sakumo smiled a little bit, glad that his team was already beginning to get to know each other a bit more and stop fighting.
"Alright! Tomorrow, you guys will be given a test to see if you are capable of becoming true shinobi. If you three do not pass it, then you will fail and return to the Academy, understood?"
The three looked incredulous, all thinking the same thing.
"I worked this hard to get to this point just to have it POSSIBLY taken away! I don't think so!"
The teacher chuckled at their expressions and continued on with his short lecture.
"Don't eat breakfast—you might puke it back up. Come prepared to fight, you guys aren't reading books anymore, you three will actually be training now. I want you to become strong shinobi. You're my team, afterall."
He smiled at them and nodded, then in the same way he came, he left.
The three of them looked at each other, and Kushina was the first to speak.
"So guys…what now?"
The two males looked at each other and shrugged.
"Let's walk home then!" Hizashi said cheerfully, with the other two agreeing silently and walking out the academy doors with him.
"Say Fugaku, you like tomatoes huh…" started Kushina, and the three new team mates started chattering along, starting to bond like a real team, and finally getting the cold and apathetic Uchiha to open up, just a little bit.
Minato stepped into room 12B with his two brunette companions.
"So, you guys finally got here!" A spiky, white haired man said from his spot on the desk, where he sat cross-legged looking at his new pupils.
The blonde's eyes widened as he opened his mouth to speak.
"J-Jiraiya-san?" He exclaimed loudly, before bowing respectfully.
"Ahh Minato, polite as always." Responded the older man, surveying the three boys he is now taking under his wing.
"You know our sensei, Minato?" asked the Haruno, giving the blonde boy an incredulous look.
"Yep! He's a friend of my dad's, he comes to visit every so often and trains me when he has the time."
"YOU GET TRAINED BY A SANNIN?" exclaimed his team mate—the one who actually talks.
"I said sometimes!"
Minato defended himself quickly from the ambush of questions that were sure to follow from the brunette by quickly turning to his teacher with a pleading look on his face, urging him to get on with the introductions.
"Hey! I am your sensei, Jiraiya OF THE LEGENDARY SANNIN!" He jumped up and landed on the floor striking a pose in front of his students. He frowned as he surveyed his team a bit more.
"Hey, this sucks. They gave me an all-male team."
The three young boys sweat-dropped, knowing the lecherous intentions behind his frown, already imagining what kind of "training" they would be going through. Despite this 'setback', the Sannin continued.
"Alright, so let's start with the normal stuff. Tell me your name, likes, dislikes, and goal for the future. Uhhh…you, the quiet one, start first."
Whether he knew it or not, Jiraiya received a glare from 'the quiet one' behind his dark sunglasses before he began talking.
"I am Shibi Aburame. I like tending to my bugs. I dislike people who kill my bugs—even if it's accidental. My goal is…"
The other three males in the vicinity leaned toward him with anticipation, wondering what kind of goal (probably bug-related) a guy like this would have.
"…not to be revealed."
Three palms met three respective faces.
"Alright, next, Minato."
"I am Minato Namikaze. I like to train and read. My favorite food is curry. I dislike people who pick on others, and my goal is to become a strong and respected Hokage!" He said with a smile.
"Okay, you're last!"
"My name is Toshio Haruno! My favorite food is anko dumplings! I like to read and do puzzles, I dislike people who make fun of others…and anything sour. My goal is to become the head of my clan!"
The white-haired man nodded in approval of his students, happy with what he was hearing, although Shibi needed a little more social skills.
"Okay, I am your sensei, Jiraiya, as I have said earlier. From this day forward, you guys won't be getting it easy, so you better suck it up right now! I'll raise you all to be fine men, as a shinobi, and with the ladies." He finished smoothly with a wink, making the hair on the back of his students' necks to stand up.
"Minato doesn't need any help with that."
Minato flushed red and started stammering, denying everything that Toshio just said. But the damage was done. Jiraiya verbally pounced on the boy like a tiger who just found fresh meat.
"Oh really now? Have you had a girlfriend yet? Is she pretty? Should I tell your dad about this? How far have you gone? USE PROTECTION!"
The boy couldn't get any redder, before stammering out once again.
"J-Jiraiya-s-s-san! N-no, I haven't had a girlfriend yet! I'M ONLY TEN!" he exclaimed, disgusted at what the sage was thinking.
"Good, good. Your father wouldn't be too happy about that. You're much too young. We'll wait a year."
The boy's eyes widened with fear, before shaking it off and smiling timidly at him.
"S-so…when are we going to start training?" he said, hoping that the question will change the topic, which it did.
"Ah, right. So starting tomorrow, you three will begin your shinobi training! First, I need to put you through a test to make sure you are capable of continuing as shinobi. If you fail, you will be sent back to the Academy."
The three boys blanched at the prospect of having the spend another year at the ninja school while all their fellow classmates were already being ninja.
"Don't eat breakfast—you'll puke it up. Just be ready with all your weapons. Dress like you're NINJA. You three are no longer students."
"Hai, sensei!" the three of them responded, although the Aburame's was a little less enthusiastic than that of his comrades.
"Now, you three go home and get to know each other more. I have some…research I have to do." The man gave a lecherous smile and 'poof'-ed away, leaving the three young boys in fear of what he's actually doing. Pushing it out of their mind, they started making their way through the hallways of their school, and onward home.
Hey guys! I'm glad that the story has been doing well, but I feel as if it could do better. I like to keep one chapter ahead of the one I'm posting (such as, when I finish this chapter, I'll put up chapter 2, etc.). So that's how it's going to be over the summer. During the school year, however, it will vary from weekly to bi-monthly, so I'm trying to finish as much as possible over the summer! I hope you enjoyed this chapter! The next one will be more entertaining, and will be coming SOON. Please send in reviews with any suggestions on how I could improve the story, or just words of encouragement! Reviews give me inspiration to finish the chapter, and that means faster updates! YAY!
Tomorrow's my birthday, so I decided to update, YAY!
-Kishiko-chan!