Playdough
AN: Kakashixangela, this takes place before the Kyuubi attack, at least by a couple of years. So Rookie Nine, alogn with Neji's team, are not born yet.
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Passion
Iruka Umino was a very bright shinobi, despite his chunin status.
From a young age he wanted to be one thing; the academy teacher. He wanted to instill the sense of honor and will of fire in the young kids minds like his past teacher had done for him.
And so, he became the youngest academy teacher the school had ever had.
Each teacher was given a class of students whom they were to teach from their first year there to their last.
However, the death of one academy teacher had left them short, and so Iruka had taken over for him where he left off; his students had been only fourth-years then.
Now, three years later, as seventh-years, his passion for teaching hadn't diminished in the least, nor had his love for his students.
"Ne, Iruka-sensei!"
He blinked, turning his head to look at the youngest member of his class. A prodigy; a girl who had barely turned six, Kagome Higurashi.
In fact, this girl was as passionate, if not a little more than him, about learning as he was teaching. She'd only been in his class for a few months now.
She was holding out a book to him and he recognized it as the one he lent her when she told him she wanted to learn more about the Shinobi Nations.
She was by far his best student, but that should have been expected with the company she kept.
He took it and gave a smile, which the girl returned whole heartily, a bounce in her step as she returned to where her friends sat.
He cleared his throat and the class quieted. "It's time to announce the teams you will be placed on."
He pulled out a pieced of paper, skimming over the teams before he began to read the first one.
"Team eleven's members will be InuYasha Taisho, Kagome Higurashi, and Miroku."
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