"Mom, where are you taking me?"

"You'll see."

The sound of that sent a shiver down my spine.

"WA-what are you going to do with us?"

"Calm down, it's like you think I'm going to kill you or something."

"Whew." I sighed

Moments later we pulled up to a building I never seen before.

"Where are we?" my clone asked.

My mom ignored the question, which made me a little scared.

The car stopped and we got out. I looked at the building I couldn't tell what color it was because it was so dark, it was huge, and it looked like nobody has been here in ages.

"Why are we at an abandoned warehouse?"

She ignored the question and opened the old dark door which creaked when she opened it. Now I could see inside and it was not like I thought it would be. It had great lighting, carpet floors, and furniture. In the middle was a huge stairway leading upstairs.

"Whoa!" my clone and I said simultaneously.

"Yea it's pretty awesome huh?" A voice said.

We turned to see a figure on the stairs. The light was so bright I can barely see him. I waited until I could see clearly and I saw a familiar face.

"Dad, what are you doing here?" My clone and I said.

"Hey, son welcome to the Training Grounds." My father said.

"The Training Grounds huh?"

"A place for the shinobi of this state to train and get missions from the hokage." My mother informed us.

"Wait, so ninja's, hidden villages, and everything else is real?" I asked.

"Yes, and you'll join them soon but you have to graduate from the academy." My dad said, "But first you rest. Your room isn't ready yet so I'll call someone to show you around."

"Good night, Cory."

"Night mom."

My parents climbed up the steps and little by little they disappeared into the light.

After 5 minutes of waiting someone came down the steps, a red/blond haired boy with blue eyes. Then I noticed it was a familiar face. It was my best friend Ryan Signmorou. I walked over to him as he climbed down the steps.

"Hey Ryan what are you doing here, are you a shinobi?" I asked.

"Hey Cory, so I see you finally unleashed your chakra and I'm still in the academy so we'll be in the same class." He said.

"Cool, wait, is Adam here to?"

"Well, he could be but I haven't seen him around."

"Oh, I see."

"Ok, let's get the tour started shall we."

Ryan gave me the tour. There were people running laps around the track to get some speed, people throwing kunai at dummies, and three-man squads practicing strategy.

"Wow, this place is so cool!"

"You haven't seen anything yet!" Ryan said excitedly.

We walked to a huge set of double doors made entirely of steel it seemed with no handle. It was so clean I could see my reflection through it.

"What is this?" I asked curiously

"You'll see." He said suspiciously

"Oh, I hate when people say that!"

Ryan put his hands together to form a hand sign with the two index fingers up and pressed together.

"RELEASE!" he screamed

The doors then opened as if on cue and we walked in to a small room encased in class and outside you can see nothing but darkness. Next to the wall farthest from us was a control panel with a lot of colorful buttons that glow in the unlit room.

"Whoa, what is this room for?" I asked

"This is the mission simulator, it's used to train squads for certain missions or just for a fun challenge to beat the best time."

"Awesome, can we try it out?" I asked as I reached to touch the control panel

"No, don't touch that, we are not allowed to use the simulator unless we have adult supervision or we are a graduate of the academy." Ryan said as he smacked my hand

"Aw, ok, so what do we do now?" I asked disappointed

"Well, I'll show you to our room so we can get some rest."

"Ok cool, wait did you say OUR room?" I asked

"Yea you didn't think you'd have your own room did you?"

"No, of course not, I would never think that." I lied

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Our room was a good size, it was well lit, it had a decent size window, also two sets of bunk beds, small weights, wood floors, a small wooden desk, and on the desk, scrolls (I think there Ryan's school scrolls).

"So is there anyone else in this room with us?" I asked curiously

"Well, in a couple of day's we are expecting a new student and maybe that person will be staying with us."

"Cool, so which one is mine?"

"Pick anyone besides that one, it's MINE!" He said angrily and giving me pissed off face while pointing to the bed on the right on the top bunk.

(Jeez, why does he have to be so crazy?)

"Ok, I'll pick that one." I said pointing to the bunk below Ryan's."

"Ok then, let's get to bed we have class in the morning" He commanded

I crawled into bed and got under the covers and instantly began to sleep.

(I wonder what the Academy is going to be like.)

Sorry I took so long I've been busy with a lot of stuff so I hope you enjoyed the chap and the rest to come.