p class="MsoNormal"Jay walked into the academy for what he believed the last time. The week since he had first become a genin had been boring, he had gotten 2 other trench coats and nothing. He spent most of his time reading. It was an amazing book called "Tales of gutsy ninja". The author was some guy called Jiraya, but what intrigued was that the main character was named Naruto. That led him to believe that his friend's parents named him after the main character in the book and he researched all the people who owned the book. There weren't many, which really disappointed him./p
p class="MsoNormal"strongBased on physical similarities, none of them had any real similarities to Naruto. In fact, the fourth Hokage is the only one with real similarities, and that's only because of the blond hair. I don't even know what he looks like other than the hokage faces on the mountain side. Wait, why would no one have a single picture?/strong/p
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p class="MsoNormal"He was interrupted from his thoughts, when he sensed someone behind him. He went into auto-pilot and flipped the person and brought out his kunai. "Calm down! It's just me, Dattebayo." Naruto yelled out in panic./p
p class="MsoNormal"Jay put back his kunai as he sighed. "Don't sneak up on me like that Naruto." Meanwhile his fan-girls squealed and screamed into the air. Jay just sighed in annoyance. Everyone calmed down when iruka entered the room./p
p class="MsoNormal""Congratulations on the passing the exam, from now on you are no longer academy students. You will be put in teams and trained to be a ninja of Konoha." Iruka said. He then started on teams./p
p class="MsoNormal""Team 1 will be…"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Really Jay could only remember three teams. "Team three will be… Hyuga Hinata, Uchiha Sasuke, Akimichi Choji." All the fangirls groaned in disappointment and some were actually demanding Iruka to put themselves in Sasukes team. One word from Iruka shut them up though./p
p class="MsoNormal""Team 8 will be… Uzumaki Naruto…" Iruka started. Naruto jumped up and down and cheered loudly./p
p class="MsoNormal""Nara Shikamarua and Yamanaka Ino." Iruka finished. Shikamaru groaned and Ino started complaining./p
p class="MsoNormal""Team ten will be… Inuzuka Kiba, Haruno Sakura and Aburame Shino." Iruka said. Finally after Jay was the only one left Iruka started "Since we have an odd number of students passing, a jounin has accepted to take Jay on as his apprentice." Jay nodded./p
p class="MsoNormal""Now, your mentors will meet you in one hour. Go and finish up lunch." Iruka stated. However just then something came in view. Three kunai launched themselves straight at them. Jay, Sasuke and Shikamaru had thrown them./p
p class="MsoNormal"The thing skillfully dodged and crashed into the window. A human came out with a banner that read "Mitorashi Anko. Badass teacher."/p
p class="MsoNormal"Everyone, even Naruto just stared at her. "Team three, you're with me."/p
p class="MsoNormal"Iruka just sighed. "Anko-san. We still have an hour left before the scheduled time. They have lunch now."/p
p class="MsoNormal"Anko laughed awkwardly. "I.. uh… just wanted to take them out for lunch. That's right, I'll kill two birds in with one stone."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Team three, go with your sensei. Everyone else, go get lunch." Iruka ordered./p
p class="MsoNormal"For Jay, lunch was nothing less than a battlefield. His enemy: fan girls. They would group together and try to capture him. He shuddered thinking about what would happen to them if they were able to get ahold of him. In fact, he learned his skill in blending in with the surrounding to evade capture./p
p class="MsoNormal" Finally after 1 hour was up, he headed back to the academy classroom and sat in a corner. One after another adults showed up and took their genin's./p
p class="MsoNormal"He noticed Narutos teacher was man with a cigarette in his mouth and the fire county symbol on his pouch./p
p class="MsoNormal" Shino's teacher was a female with red eyes./p
p class="MsoNormal" After about an hour left, Jay was the only genin left. He got bored and started reading "Tales of a gutsy ninja." Again./p
p class="MsoNormal"In the back of his mind he wondered how the other genin teams were faring./p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal"emAbout 2 hours ago./em/p
p class="MsoNormal"Sasuke, Chouji and Hinata had followed Anko to a dango shop and ordered. "Alright, let's get introduction down before the food arrives." She declared./p
p class="MsoNormal""Like what?" Chouji asked, a bit excited at the prospect of food./p
p class="MsoNormal""Tell me your likes, your dislikes, your hobbies, your goal, and your favorite torcher method." Anko answered./p
p class="MsoNormal"Hinata let out an "Eeep!" at the last one./p
p class="MsoNormal""Just kidding, take the last one out; but tell me the rest." Anko said./p
p class="MsoNormal""M-my n-name is Hyuga H-Hinata. I-I l-like t-those w-who d-don't g-give u-up." She blushed, thinking of Naruto. "I-I d-dislike p-people w-who p-push o-others d-down and are r-rude. M-my h-hobbies are gardening and my g-goal is to be a g-good n-ninja so my c-clan w-will be proud o-of me." Hinata finished/p
p class="MsoNormal"Anko nodded. strongFrom her blush earlier, she might have a crush on someone; but thank god she's not a fan girl. She's a bit unconfident for a Hyuga though, we're going to have to work on that./strong/p
p class="MsoNormal""Alright, thank you Stutters-chan." Anko thanked./p
p class="MsoNormal""S-stutters-chan?" Hinata asked surprised./p
p class="MsoNormal""Unless you lose your stutters, that's your name." Anko told her./p
p class="MsoNormal""Your next, chubby." Anko told Chouji./p
p class="MsoNormal""My name's Akimichi Chouji and I like food. I dislike those you hurt other over their appearance and my hobbies are eating and gazing at the clouds with my friends." Chouji said./p
p class="MsoNormal"Anko nodded. "Thanks chubby, your next duckbutt." /p
p class="MsoNormal"Sasuke gritted his teeth and answered. "My name is Uchiha Sasuke, I like Ren who I consider my little brother. I dislike loud and annoying people. My hobbies are training and playing with Ren. My dream, no it's not a dream because I'm going to make it a reality. I will protect those I care about and kill a certain man."/p
p class="MsoNormal"Anko was surprised. strongGiven his past I can understand him being an avenger, and his looks must have attracted lots of fan girls. Yet, I don't understand where this desire to protect people comes from. Not that I'm complaining./strong/p
p class="MsoNormal""Emo." Anko declared. Sasuke didn't react to her declaration however./p
p class="MsoNormal""My name is Mitarashi Anko and I like Dango and torturing people. I dislike a certain snake. My hobbies are torturing people and my goal is to kill the snake I mentioned. On that note let's eat lunch."/p
p class="MsoNormal"Hinata was still a bit creped out after the information that Anko revealed about her-self. After a while Anko explained how they weren't fully genin yet and that they needed to pass a test./p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal"Back to the present:-/p
p class="MsoNormal"Anko's team was not the only team that received the test. Every team had been told that. Everyone but Jay that. He was still in the room, reading the book and waiting for his mentor. 2 hours had passed since he arrived from lunch, but he didn't mind. He enjoyed peace and quiet, especially since he never had any in the past. strongBad Jay, you're not Suzaku anymore. You're hatare Jay, a genin of Konoha./strong/p
p class="MsoNormal"Finally the door slid open to reveal a man with a mask covering half his face. His headband covered his left eye and his hair was white and it went upward./p
p class="MsoNormal""Hatare Jay?" He asked Jay. When Jay nodded, he pointed toward the roof. br / "Meet me on the roof in less than a minute." He then disappeared in a puff of smoke./p
p class="MsoNormal"strongHe meets me two hours late and all he says is to meet him on the roof in less than a minute. Not happening./strong/p
p class="MsoNormal"Taking his time, Jay goes to the roof 5 minutes after the given time. "You're late." Greeted Jay./p
p class="MsoNormal"Jay ignored him in favor of the much more interesting book. "Alright, put it away." The jonin ordered./p
p class="MsoNormal""First of all tell me your likes, dislikes, hobbies and dreams for the future." The man asked./p
p class="MsoNormal""My name is Hatare Jay, I like this book and my trench coat. My dislikes are war and those start war and my dream for the future is to live in a war-free world. Oh I almost forgot, my hobbies are reading "a tale of a gutsy ninja" and living." Jay stated./p
p class="MsoNormal"Kakashi looked at him boredly. strongThe third Hokage was right; he does look like a brunette Minato. He even reads the same book he does. Hmm, weird dream and his last hobby are a bit weird. /strong/p
p class="MsoNormal""My name is Hatake Kakashi, I like a lot of things and I dislike only some things. I don't have many hobbies and I don't have much of a dream." Kakashi informed, looking at student./p
p class="MsoNormal"He was replied with a dead-pan stare from Jay. strongApart from his name, I didn't find much else./strong/p
p class="MsoNormal""Alright, time to go to business. Usually genin have to pass another test put by their jonin instructor to truly become a genin." Kakashi reveled in Jay's eyes widening. "However, you are not a normal genin. You are my apprentice, per say. So basically, you're already a genin. There are conditions though, since you are my only student I will still be sent on missions. During that time you will have to train yourselves and you are not allowed on missions." Jay nodded./p
p class="MsoNormal""Good, now meet me at training ground 3:00 am tomorrow morning." Kakashi told him. He then disappeared./p
p class="MsoNormal""Meet me at the training at 3:00 am he says. He probably won't show up till seven." Jay complained./p
p class="MsoNormal"He then walked out of the academy and into the road. After a few minutes' walk, Jay saw an orphanage and went towards it. As he entered the orphanage the lady at the front desk saw him and smiled. "Welcome Jay."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Hello Kineko-san, I'm here to see the kids." He greeted the lady./p
p class="MsoNormal"Her eyes immediately put on a warning look. "Be careful with them, they're always so rowdy when you visit."/p
p class="MsoNormal"An awkward look entered his eyes, as he remembered his times with the kids. He opened the door to the play-ground where all the kids were playing. One by one they noticed him./p
p class="MsoNormal""Hey! Jay-nii sans back." One yelled and they all ran up to him with excitement and full of childish innocence./p
p class="MsoNormal" He played around with the kids for the rest of the day, and then he left for home promising that he would come by again./p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal"strongI knew it, that guy has absolutely no time sense at all. /strongJay cursed. It had already been three hours since three and his so-called mentor didn't show up. In his spare time Jay read for about an hour. After that he had trained for about 2 hours and now he was taking a break. After all, if that son of a kunai showed up then and ordered him to start training, he'd be dead. Of course he couldn't die because of his curse, but you guys get the idea./p
p class="MsoNormal"After about 20 minutes of resting, a small pop appeared. Out of the smoke Hatake Kakahi stepped out with an orange book in his hand. "Sorry, I got lost on the road of life."/p
p class="MsoNormal"Jay blinked./p
p class="MsoNormal"Kakashi eye-smiled./p
p class="MsoNormal"strongIs this guy for real, does he seriously expect me to believe that? A three year old wouldn't believe that! Heck, even Naruto won't believe that and that's saying something. /strongThen something struck Jay. strongWait, he wants me to get mad. He's trying to make me look like a fool, don't follow his rules Hatare. It's time to change the rules./strong/p
p class="MsoNormal""Yeah, it's really confusing isn't it? So many twist and turns and cross-roads and T-junctions and many others." Jay replied after he regained his composure./p
p class="MsoNormal"Kakashi just nodded while he was thinking. strongInteresting, this kid regained his composure so quickly. Did he realize that I just do that to annoy people? /strong/p
p class="MsoNormal"Kakashi smiled a real smile, however the mask made sure that Jay didn't see it. strongIt also looks like he's been training. All my previous kids just rested until I got here and then started yelling at me. This is enough to make me want to keep him./strong/p
p class="MsoNormal""So, let's get on with training. Follow me." Kakashi walked away at a quick pace, not waiting behind for Jay./p
p class="MsoNormal"strongIf we're not training here why the heck did he want me here? /strongJay thought annoyed./p
p class="MsoNormal"They walked for a while until Jay saw another training grounds; Jay thought he heard voice from there./p
p class="MsoNormal""Aren't there other people here in this training ground?" Jay asked. Kakashi nodded, but didn't elaborate./p
p class="MsoNormal"When they reached the center of the training ground, Jay blanched back as if he saw a ghost. There was someone standing with his hands on his hips. Jay shook and Kakashi took notice of it./p
p class="MsoNormal"Kakashi followed his eye-sight and understood why he was trembling. There, standing in all his glory was Might Guy. He was wearing his usual outfit… which consisted of GREEN SPANDEX, and bowl cut hair with EXTRA FURRY eye-brows./p
p class="MsoNormal"strongSo much green! Who the hell is this guy? I think I'm scared for life." /strongJay thought horrified./p
p class="MsoNormal""Yosh! It was so youthful of you to bring you youthful student to train with extra-youthful students!" Guy put himself with nice guy pose. His hand was straight out with a thumbs up and his teeth widened in a smile./p
p class="MsoNormal"strongWait, did his teeth just shine? /strongJay was horrified now./p
p class="MsoNormal""Right, this is my newest apprentice, Hatare Jay. I brought him here to work with you." Kakashi told Guy./p
p class="MsoNormal""Hello there Jay, meet my most youth-ful students." Gai said and left his students to introduce them./p
p class="MsoNormal""Hi, I'm Rock Lee." Jay stared in horror as a mini-Guy appeared. strongI'm definitely scared for life./strong/p
p class="MsoNormal"The girl walked up to him. "Hi, I'm TenTen. That guy who's sulking over there is Hyuga Neji."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Hi, I'm Hatare Jay and I just graduated from the academy." After he finished Neji let out a scoff. Jay glared at him. "What exactly are you scoffing about girl-boy?" Jay challenged./p
p class="MsoNormal""I'm wondering why I have to train with a newbie. No matter how good you are you're just a rookie."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Well I bet this newbie will beat you to the ground." Jay challenged./p
p class="MsoNormal" "There is no need for a battle, fate decrees that I will definitely win." Neji told him and walked away./p
p class="MsoNormal""I'm sorry about my teammate. He's just a jerk." TenTen told him./p
p class="MsoNormal"Gai looked disappointed at Neji. "You three decide and start sparring. I'll go to Neji." Guy told him./p
p class="MsoNormal""How do we decide who's going to fight?" Jay asked./p
p class="MsoNormal""We usually decide by taking a random piece of paper. If it says fight you fight." TenTen produced three pieces of paper and the three took a random paper./p
p class="MsoNormal"He opened up his piece of paper. It said FIGHT./p
p class="MsoNormal"He showed it TenTen. "Yosh, I will youth-fully cheer you two on from the sidelines." Lee declared. Jay nodded, as he realized that his opponent was TenTen./p
p class="MsoNormal""3… 2… 1… Fight!" With a speed that Jay could only follow with his eyes Lee disappeared from the middle./p
p class="MsoNormal"Just then Jay's eyes widened as some sharp piece of metal flew toward him. He dodged toward the right, his eyes widened again seeing another set of sharp projectile aimed at him. He dodged it by doing a 180 around it. He suddenly threw multiple shuriken up in the air. TenTen glanced up at it for a second, but that second was enough. He ran with a ninja wire almost invisibly in his hands. He kept dodging the shuriken by a hair breath. strongDamn, she's getting closer each shot. Good thing my plans set in motion./strong/p
p class="MsoNormal"strongYou think that I wouldn't notice that those shuriken were just for distraction. I'll cut that ninja wire to pieces. Still, for someone who just reached genin he did good holding up this long against me./strong/p
p class="MsoNormal"Meanwhile in the branch, Kakashi noticed what Jay was doing. strongI must say, I'm impressed. For a new genin he certainly can make good traps. I wonder if Guy's student will notice the trap./strong/p
p class="MsoNormal"TenTen let a lot of projectiles loose. 10 or so headed toward him while the others headed straight for his wires. She grinned and stepped on a cut wire. strongDamn, she cut the wires. /strongJay grinned despite himself. strongShe's good. If she hadn't underestimated me, she might have won this fight. Too bad, she fell right for my trap./strong/p
p class="MsoNormal"With a swift motion Jay unsheathed his blade and ran straight for her, at a speed that surprised her. She wasn't that pressured though, she knew people who were faster. What she didn't expect was to be pulled from under her foot. "What?" She asked surprised./p
p class="MsoNormal"Jay had pulled out the ninja wire under her leg and tripped her. He reached her and kicked het toward a tree. It wasn't any tree, that tree had a shuriken imbedded in it. She was heading straight for the projectile. TenTen grinned. strongDoes he think that I can't dodge that, what a rookie mist- wait is that an explosion shuriken? Oh no, I'd better get out of here quick./strong/p
p class="MsoNormal"A second later, the tree blew up and Jay rushed over to the closest side that she could have went to survive that blast. He hadn't meant to kill her, he knew that she would be able to escape that. However she would be injured, he could take her on after this./p
p class="MsoNormal"He looked around to realize that she wasn't there. Suddenly a barrage of projectiles barraged straight at him. strongHow many does this woman have? /strongJay thought bewilderedly./p
p class="MsoNormal"He jumped up really quickly looking down to see where TenTen was. He was suddenly hit from behind and before he fell to the ground he was held upside down with his own sword to his neck. Jay looked to see TenTen sticking under the tree./p
p class="MsoNormal""I surrender." Jay said seeing no other option./p
p class="MsoNormal"TenTen nodded and released him./p
p class="MsoNormal"The next fight was between Jay and Lee. This match was nothing similar to the first match. While the first match was a wait for it by thinking several steps ahead this match was just a brawl./p
p class="MsoNormal"Rock Lee easily outclassed him in speed and strength, however Jays eyes could see normally at mach 2 level. If he hadn't had his eyes he would have lost in the first 2 seconds of the match. Because of his eyes, he had lasted for about 5 minutes before Lee landed the finishing blow. Jay was covered in bruises while Lee only had one bruise that Jay cause on his entire body./p
p class="MsoNormal"Seeing him Jays eyes widened. He had sent a Kunai to where Lee was going to go to. However Lee had dodged it perfectly, but his kunais had torn the bandages on his hands. strongHoly, how much does this guy train?/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal"His whole hand was covered in bruises. Lee noticed his staring. "There is something I have to prove to somebody. I have to prove that I, who cannot use either ninjutsu or genjutsu will become famous on taijutsu alone./p
p class="MsoNormal"Jay then realized something. strongHe's right. He didn't use a single jutsu this whole time. I have no excuse, I lost. Completely. /strong/p
p class="MsoNormal"Jay got up. "I won't forget you. I will beat you." Jay declared./p
p class="MsoNormal" /p