A New School Year
January 19th and the Summer term begins...
"Okay everyone! Gather in the library for the first staff meeting of the school year!" Izzy's voice echoed through the loudspeakers of the mansion. The morning meetings usually started at about eight or so. Just before the students would be welcomed into the building for the first round of classes. However, this morning was different. Today was the beginning of the Spring term at the Domino Academy of Dueling and Shinobi Arts. This morning was to begin with a meeting followed by an elaborate student orientation. "Again!" Shouted Izzy through the fuzzy microphone. "All teachers and faculty staff must be present for the morning meeting!" The message rang loudly throughout the mansion and shook the cabinets in the kitchen. Tristan slammed his coffee cup down on the counter and covered his ears to block out the screeching from the speakers. "Okay Izzy!" Tristan exclaimed holding his ears tight with his eyes tightly shut. "Were coming man!" He proceeded out of the kitchen and was soon met by Joey as he walked up the foyer stairs towards the second floor library. "The morning meeting assembly, never get's old eh Trist?" Exclaimed Joey throwing his hands behind his head. "Yeah, it can't possibly get old since I can't forget the feeling of deaf ears!" Tristan states turning the corner down the hall with his friend. They pass by room after room swiftly to get to the meeting before the bell rang to announce the arrival of the students. They arrived at a double door entryway and pushed the heavy oaks open. Inside was a room of splendor. Books filled every nook and cranny of the library straight up to the ceiling. Ladders scaled the shelves on wheels for mobility and a large window sat center stage with it's balcony doors opening to a large balcony looking out into the city. The center of the room sat fur leather couches and a long black coffee table. This is where the team usually sat when the held their meetings. In fact, this was a center social point in the mansion.
The guys saw that Tea, Yugi and Duke had already been sitting and waiting for them with Izzy standing in the center of the room with a clipboard in hand. "Where are the shinobi?" Asked Joey looking around the room for answers to his question. "They already had a discussion about their own student orientation, and are getting the courtyard ready for it as we speak." Izzy explained as he thumbed through his papers. "Please take a seat you two." The boys sat down with kegs crossed eager for Izzy to begin and end his usual long speeches. Izzy had no problem leading a meeting on a count that he was the technician for the schools electrical equipment such as the duelist arenas, computers and everything else electrical in the facility. "Okay now that we're all here, let's start with the school chant." Izzy began raising a hand to salute. The others began to discuss the actual topics of the meeting as Izzy began the chant. Yugi placed papers on the table and began to speak. "Okay gang, this is a new year and our student count has doubled from last year. We expect over 100 dueling students and 100 shinobi students. We need to make the effort to ensure every student understands the programming and scheduling. Does anyone have any questions?" Asked Yugi looking around the room."Nope! All I know is that we rock!" Exclaimed Joey with confidence." That's exactly what I want to hear from the principal. "Yugi replied with a smile. "Can we discuss changes after the orientation's or after the classes?" Asked Tea holding a pen to her lip. "After the classes today we'll have the meeting to discuss our new operations." Replied Yugi." Joey, you need to look over the paperwork on your desk and come up with some ideas. I already gave Kira and Shikamaru their paperwork to look over." Yugi began to pass out the classroom keys. "Anything else before we go to the shinobi orientation?" They looked over at Izzy who was just about ready to wrap up the chant. He looked over at his housemates and figured that they had already finished with their meeting. "Okay..." He said winding down. "I guess we'll go to the orientation now." He walked out ahead of them a bit irritated.
Outside in the courtyard students new and continuing gathered in the seats outside in the courtyard ready to listen to the new student orientation. This would lay out the map of what the children could expect this year at the academy. Sitting neatly in the front row seat, Serenity Wheeler placed one leg over the other and waited in anticipation for the orientation to start. She volunteered on her days off from school to help her brother and friends out with the school activities and from time to time, school functions such as dances. There was no doubt that they needed her help today. Welcoming over two hundred students and over seventy returning students required the helping hands of all.
"I wonder what our new teachers are going to be like!" Shouted one student to the other. "Same here. I hope they're the real deal" "Quiet!" shouted one of the girls. "It's starting!" The crowd grew silent when they saw Shikamaru enter the center of the field. With a microphone in one hand and a clipboard full of notes in the other, he was ready to begin the orientation. "Okay everyone listen up" He shouted looking at his clipboard." "I would like to be the first to welcome you all to the Summer term orientation. Some of you where here last term and have come back, but most of you are new to our campus and we will spend the next twenty minutes laying down the rules for you." He turned the page and cleared his throat as he continued. "First of all, I'll start with introducing the shinobi students to their new instructors and trusted faculty staff here to assist all students with personal and medical needs." "But before I introduce you kids, let me remind you that these shinobi are famous for their work in recent history. Thereby learning anything from these shinobi will be like obtaining rare treasure." The kids began to whisper to each other in excitement. "Who are they?" One boy asked. "I have no idea!" replied the other. Shikamaru took a step back and began announcing names as he read them off the board. The Duelists watched from the balcony that looked out over the field with smiles on their faces. "This is my favorite part" Tristan stated. "It's always exciting to see the ninja's come out and show off." "That's just because you fantasize about being a shinobi duelist." Replied Joey elbowing Tristan's rib in amusement. "Stop guys." Tea said sharply." They're starting."
Shikamaru cleared his throat and began to usher out the shinobi's. "Your instructors will be known as sensei to all of you. This is a form of respect to your teachers and should be said with the utmost care." The shinobi's came out of the tent that sat by the posium and stood side by side to be addressed by name. Shikamaru started from left to right and addressed name and position of each person respectively. "This is Naruto Uzumaki. He will be teaching new comers basic jutsu hand signs and for continuing students, advanced jutsu and intermediate hand signs." Naruto waved and smiled to the crowd as Shikamaru continued his introduction." Naruto is the last known living Jinchuriki who harbors the ninetailed fox spirit. He is a world renown hero and master of very powerful technniques." "I'm looking forward to showing all of you guys what your capable of!" Naruto shouted with cheer. Shikamaru continued. "This is Sai. He will be enriching you with fine arts and filling your minds with knowledge of old shinobi history. He is respected as one of the greatest artists to ever walk the battlefield." Sai gave one of his signature grins and waved to the crowd. "Happy to be here and be of service." He replied shyly. "This is Lady Kira Hariyama. She will be providing all students with counseling and is a book of knowledge in HR for the school. Every now and then she will appear to help with exercises and in classroom study when needed. She is the princess of Konoha, this includes the region that Domino city was founded on. She is of the Neko hybrid clan from the land of Roses, and is one of the most powerful kunoichi in all the leaf." Kira waved to the crowd with a big smile. "I'm so excited to be meeting all of you, and I can't wait to get to know each and every one of you!" She cheered. "This is Rock Lee. He will be showing you all basic and advanced taijutsu techniques. He is also the school gym teacher and will be instructing all students. He is known as the Konoha's handsome devil and is also known for overcoming life threatening injuries to his legs and becoming one of the greatest taijutsu users in the world." Lee gave a thumbs up and took a bow. "I am so happy to see such youthful and eager faces here today! Let us create bonds through hard work and dedication! "Over here we have Sakura Haruno. She will be exploring organic chemistry and chemical compounds for basic medicine. She is also our school nurse and is providing care to all students. Sakura is known for inheriting her legendary strength from Lady Tsunade herself. She is a strong medic and one of very few shinobi's who is immune to genjutsu. Sakura smiled and blushed. "I am very happy to be here today. I hope all of you are just as excited as we are." Shikamaru walked forward and took center field. "And I am Shikamaru Nara. I will be teaching you how to wield weapons and how to make a strategy for any situation you may come across on the battle field. I am known as one of the greatest strategist's in the world and a serious Shogi junkie." Sai stepped forward with a speech in hand. " The policies of the shinobi student body are as follows: You must not be late to class or you will receive a point. Once you receive three points you will be sent to the principal for a possible punishment, depending on the severity of the offense." He turned a page and continued on. "Secondly, you must wear proper uniform when attending school. You are allowed to wear the following items sold in our game shop next door. The list of appropriate outfits will be provided in your syllabus and welcome packet." "That's my game shop you pail weirdo!" Duke quipped under his breath. "Thirdly, any bullying or profanity displayed on campus will result in immediate consequences." Kira stated with her arms crossed and giving one of her signature stares." "And finally, when dealing with your fellow duelist students, remember, all of you are learning amazing things at this school, and not a single one of you is superior or inferior to the other. Let me just make that clear now cause' I'm going to be really angry if I see anyone acting like a big shot when he's a little guys equal to the rest of us." Naruto stated with punching a fist into his hand.
Lee gave a thumbs up and smiled. "All of you are going to make fine shinobi's indeed!" "Yeah! Remember, you need to push yourself everyday and remember to study!" Sakura chirped with a fist on the air. "And that all of you are amazing and have unique but special things that set you apart from everyone else. That is something to be truly proud about!" Kira stated with her hands clapping. "And remember, don't ever give up! No matter how hard it may become or who may tell you otherwise, do not give up on your goals!" Naruto cheered with two thumbs up. Shikamaru stepped up to the microphone with a smirk on his face."Okay guys, let's start a great school year!" The children began to applaud and cheer. The ninjas bowed and walked back into the mansion. Izzy applauded from the balcony alongside the duelists. "Another great motivational yet stern as all hell speech." Izzy exclaimed turning his video camera off. "I'll say. Those ninjas are terrific at starting up the school year. Everyone is pumped up out there." Tristan replied. "Well, I guess were going to have to top them by making our speech even better!" Yugi exclaimed with excitement. Joey gave him a bored look. "Your totally right Yug. So what kind of colored paper are we handing out this year during the yard drill." He replied sarcastically. "Either way guys, this is the beginning of our second year as a mixed curriculum school! That is so exciting!" Tea cheered happily. The guys nodded their heads in agreement. "Your right Tea," Yugi replied. "This is going to be another awesome year for the entire school. We're making an impact on all of these kids and we need to be working as hard as we can to make them strong duelists and shinobis!" "Yugi exclaimed. "I agree!" Joey replied with a smile. "Now, again, what colored paper are we using this year Yug? Yugi gave him an irritated look and held his files close to his chest as he began to walk out the door. "Yellow." He replied under his breath. His friends began to laugh as they followed him out ready to initiate the new year for their student body.
Thank you for reading! I'm sorry it took so long to post this first part! This is serving as a way to usher everyone into the idea of what is happening and who the characters are. I will be posting the first story to this series in less than a week. Try and expect it on no later than next Tuesday. I will try to make weekly postings or more per week. I don't want to be one of those authors who doesn't post on a regular basis.
Happy reading everyone and enjoy everything that is fanfiction!
LadyKira19
