A week later I went to Sarutobi's office. Only to find out that he wasn't there, which was peculiar seeing as he spent most of the day there. As I turned around to leave, the sunlight glinted off of something shiny on the desk, catching my eye. Turning back around I swiftly made my way up to the desk to see a bunch of weapons carefully laid out across the desk. There were three types; throwing knives, a star-like object with pointy edges and a long gleaming sword. Wow. I thought in amazement and slight fear as I recalled that night. "Be careful with those, you might hurt yourself." Said a voice breaking me out of my reverie. "What are they?" I asked, not remembering the names of the weapons that were used so much in my clan. "Well those are kunai, these are shuriken, and this is a katana." He said as pointed to each one. "Do you know what they do?" "I think so, don't ninjas use them?" "You're correct, ninjas use these weapons to hit their targets." He said as he demonstrated by picking up a kunai and throwing it at the wall. "Sarutobi can I have this?" I asked as I picked up the katana and experimentally swung it but almost knocked over a stack of papers from the unexpected weight. "I don't know. I'll tell you what, I'll give you this kunai to practice with and when you master this I'll give you a shuriken and when you master that I'll give you this katana. Deal?" He said as he stroked his beard. "Okay." I said with a small smile as I took the kunai and left his office.

After I left the office I went to the training grounds to practice with the kunai. My first try hit the ground right in front of the tree. My second try hit the bottom of the tree. After a few more tries I had finally reached the middle ring on the bulls-eye that I had set up. Ugh why can't I do this? I thought frustrated as I threw the kunai, only for it to hit the middle ring again after spending hours practicing. What am I doing wrong? Wait a minute. I thought as I ran through the movements on how I threw the kunai without actually throwing it. Hm, there must be difference between how I throw the kunai and how Sarutobi throws one. I thought as I looked back on my memory of Sarutobi throwing it. His stance, how his elbow bended, his finger movements, everything. This was easier to remember in fuller detail than other people because of my photographic memory. Well his arm stopped moving when it got in front of him, and his fingers were wrapped around the handle like this. I thought as I readjusted my hand and fixed my elbow. "Alright let's give it a try." I said as I stepped back and threw the kunai at the target. Only for it to hit two more rings toward the bulls-eye. Ugh I've been out here for hours and I still can't get the stupid bulls-eye! I thought as I glared frustrated at the target. Hm if it's not my movements then maybe it's the speed and force.

So for a few more hours I experimented with different amounts of force that could be used for throwing a kunai, and how it affected its speed. By the time the sun was setting I had managed to get 6 out of 10 bulls-eyes. Yes I finally did it, albeit it still needs some work but I still did it non-the-less. I thought with pride. Huh, it's getting late…How long have I been out here? Whatever, might as well go home, don't want Sarutobi to worry. I thought as I watched the sun slowly go down. I grabbed the kunai and the target and quickly ran home for dinner.

Timeskip: A Few Weeks Later

I had finally managed throwing the kunai and had proved it to Sarutobi, who in turn gave me more kunai to practice with. By this point in time I have already pretty much mastered throwing multiple kunai from both hands, with the occasional miss from time to time. Sarutobi assured me that I wouldn't be able to perfectly hit the bulls-eye until I was older and had practiced for many more years. But as compensation for practically mastering it he gave me some shuriken to practice with.

"Alright. Go!" I said as I quickly threw my kunai and shuriken all around me. They all hit the bulls-eye except for the occasional two or three misses. Hm, almost perfect. I thought with pride as I grabbed all my weapons and targets and headed home for dinner after spending most of the day training. When I reached my house I went upstairs and put away my weapons then hopped down the stairs into the dining room to see the food that was awaiting me, along with Sarutobi.

While we were eating we were having random conversations from how our day went to Sarutobi's worst enemy…paperwork. All of a sudden a question I had not expected came up. "Hitomi how would you like to go to the academy. You're very good." "Really I can be a ninja?" "Haha, hold on there you still need to graduate from the academy to become a ninja. But yes you can go. Besides all that training you do will catch you up with the other children. So do you want to?" "Yes thank you Sarutobi." I said with a small smile that I had not given in what seemed like a very long time. "Good, so class starts at 8, you know where the academy is right?" I nodded. "Good so wake up early and I won't be there to wake you up thought, I'll be at the office." He shuddered at the thought of tackling his mountain sized stack of paperwork. "Okay." I said as I finished eating and said good night as I went upstairs. I brushed my teeth, put on my pajamas, set my alarm and went to sleep, all the while thinking about how my first day at the academy will be.