"Can you teach me the Kage Bunshin-yolo?"
"Now, why would you want to learn such an advanced hidden technique? How did you even know about it?" Sarutobi ask back, a little hint of surprise on his voice.
"Only idiots answer a question with another question, y'know? And..."
"You just answered my question with another question of your own." He interrupts me to point out. Too bad for him, I can completely ignore all of my hypocrisy.
"I wasn't finished, though. As I was saying, I need to learn the Kage Bunshin for training-yolo. Whatever training I decide to do, will go much faster if I am able to perform the Kage Bunshin." I explained. I have at the very least as much chakra as Naruto, but probably a little more, so I should be able to rip the full benefits of training with some clones. Kinda weird how Naruto was able to learn the Kage Bunshin when he couldn't even learn normal Bunshin. I guess he was just lazy? He did spend an awful amount of time painting the Hokage's statues and getting into trouble to get people to pay attention to him. Not that I don't understand him, but since he could…
"We will discuss this later, we have arrived." Sarutobi said. I looked and there it was, the academy. Really big, with places to train shuriken throwing, running, and a big building for taking classes. Was there more classes aside from Naruto's? Everyone who became a Gennin was from his class.
Oh, seems that while I was lost in thought we got inside. I should be more alert, I'm in ninja world now.
"Iruka, this is the kid I told you will be attending your classes from today onwards." Sarutobi introduced me to my new teacher, Iruka, who will soon be forgotten in the story. Poor guy. "You don't need to worry about him, he couldn't attend before due to some circumstances, but he is by no means behind the other kids." Yeah, circumstances. Like showing up from nowhere with legendary eyes. "Saitama, introduce yourself to your new teacher."
"What? Ah, yeah. My name is Hagenin Saitama, it's a pleasure to meet you-yolo." His face twisted a little bit, almost unnoticeable. I bet he is questioning my 'yolo', but it's not like I chose to do this.
"Well, I will leave him in your hands. I'm a little busy, so I will take my leave now. Saitama, behave yourself and listen to what Iruka tells you."Sarutobi said and left.
"I guess it's just us now, huh?" I say, a little nervous. I was never good at meeting new people.
"Nope. There is a whole room full of kids your age waiting for your introduction." I kinda forgot that for a moment, this is supposed to be a school. Been some time since I went to one.
As we approached I could hear the voices of the other students in the class. Couldn't make out who was talking though.
"Hey, do you think it's a guy or a girl?"
"Who cares about that?"
"This is a weird time to be coming to the academy, he must be another troublesome kid like Naruto."
"Shut up, Shikamaru."
"Shut up all of you." Iruka says opening the door to the classroom. " I can't leve you kids alone for one second. You were all supposed to be doing self study, but you were talking so loud that we could hear you all the way through the hallway." Typical school kids, even if they are ninjas.
"Teacher, is that kid the new student?" Sakura asked. Oh, no. I forgot, but I have the Sharingan, i'm almost an Uchiha, and this means all the girls will love me. What a sad life I will have, but I guess it was meant to be. I resign myself to fate and smile at her. Oi, why are you showing this disgusted face?
"Yes, this is Saitama, you will be studying together for the next few days, try to get along with each other." Iruka turns to me, "Do you want to say something about yourself?"
If I say something, maybe I will just end up making a bad first impression with my verbal tick. I will act aloof and disinterested, at least I may get the 'cool and mysterious' title. "Not really." After saying that I could hear the kids whispering.
"Did you see his face? I think he is embarrassed ."
Ugh, I can feel my face getting warmer. Getting flustered by little kids only makes it worse.
"Okay then, you can seat anywhere you want."
I went straight to the back seats, those are always the best ones, even when I had to climb stairs to get to them. No one I know is sitting beside me, just some filler characters.
"Hey there." The kid seating to my right, a boy, said. "You shouldn't pay attention to the other kids making rumors and talking behind your back, there will always be people like them wherever you go. Anyway, I'm Shitake Haru, nice to meet you." Looks like there are some nice kids in this class. "Also, I saw the creepy smile you threw at Sakura. Just a word of advice, give up. She is crazy in love with Sasuke, the class' genius." Was my smile creepy? I should train my smiles on the mirror at home, and not smile at all until I get good at them.
"You're right, thanks. Not about the creepy smile though, it was neither creepy and it didn't have any meaning behind it except that of friendship between shinobis. I'm Hagenin Saitama, as you already heard, nice to meet you too-yolo." Damn, I knew this would happen. He is looking at me a little weirded out. C'mon, you guys lived with Naruto yelling 'Dattebayo' all your lives. Or worse, 'Believe it'. Why am I the one that annoys people? Should I just tell them I have a disease that makes me say it? Nah, that would only make things worse.
"Do you finish all your sentences like that?" The girl sitting next to Haru asked. Well 'girl I never met' that's none of your damn business. "My name is Shitake Kaede, and I am this idiot's older sister, nice to meet you."
"Yeah, by two hours, how impressive." Twins, huh?
"Nice to meet you too Kaede. And not all sentences, I haven't figured out the rules yet."
"What do you mean by 'rules'?" Haru asked.
"Exactly that, rules. It means I don't know how it works or why I do it-yolo."
"I see."
"We will be going over everything we have learned the past year to make sure all of you are ready to become Gennin. Let's first leave the classroom and go to the training ground outside to test your shurikenjutsu and taijutsu."
It's my first day and I'm already training. The shurikenjutsu was pretty easy since I had the basic Gennin training imbued onto me, but I was just average at it. It's enough to pass, but it leaves a bad taste in my mouth. As for taijutsu…
"Now, Saitama and Sasuke you will be next." It seems like I will be fighting Sasuke. This is almost like a dream come true. Not the Sasuke part, just the one where I get to fight using superpowers. I was a fighting enthusiast ever since I was a kid. My father was a Bruce Lee fan, who passed his passion to me. Movies, anime, manga, manhwa, manhua, UFC, etc. Everything that had fighting in it, I would consume. This gave me some pretty good ideas of taijutsu techniques I can use here, but the bad part is that I have poor chakra control and I won't be able to perform them so soon.
"Are you both ready?" Iruka asked, and after a nod from each of us, he yelled "Fight!"
I got into my stance, a little of boxing, but wider and less defensive. Sasuke went on the offensive, lunging towards me preparing a punch. What are those kids learning? His punch is completely telegraphed and easy to counter. For people being brought up to become fighting elite, they use too many wide movements to attack. Yes, it can give more power to the punch, but it's also easy to avoid and leaves you in a vulnerable position. I don't even need to counter, here. Jab, jab.
"You moves are too predictable, even without a Sharingan I can see right through them-yolo."
"Really? Because your punches sting as much as mosquito bites. And what would a wuss like you know about the Sharingan?" I think I struck a nerve by mentioning the Sharingan. I wished I had permission to use the it, just to see his face.
He again comes at me with a punch, the kid just doesn't learn. I throw a jab again, but to my surprise he stops me by grabbing my wrist with the other hand. Ha, didn't see that one coming, but it doesn't matter because I also have two hands. I hold his shirt and pull him towards me, while moving my other fist towards his face. He dodged it by moving his head to the side and jumping into the air to kick my head. Such a risky move, should I punch his balls? A guy named Saitama punching an edgy ninja on his balls, where have I seen that before? I stop my musings as I realize what he is doing. After I ducked down, he passed his leg over me and used the arm he was holding to put me in an armlock. I had to give up on the fight.
"After all that talk, you went down pretty easily." Sasuke said looking at me with a smug face.
"Your win changes nothing, asshole. Your movements were still easy to see from a mile away, I just got distracted-yolo."
"Yeah, right. Losers sure do love to make excuses." Man, do I hate this kid.
"Don't let it get to you, Sasuke is the best in the class at everything. Losing against him doesn't mean you're weak." Kaede consoled me after my loss. She's kinda right, but it's frustrating nonetheless since I was fighting with a handicap. And I do realize Sasuke also didn't use his Sharingan in the fight, which makes this worse. Can't wait till I get my Kage Bunshin so I can just humiliate everyone.
"I won't, thanks-yolo."
"Yeah, but what was that fighting style you were using?" Haru asked, more interested in fighting than in my self esteem.
"That was just a style more focused on precision and speed rather than power. I find it better to hit my opponents more, where I want, and without leaving myself too open to counterattacks."
"But your punches looked weak." This guy… Is he trying to make me angry?
"That was just a punch to throw him off. Did you notice how his attack was stopped by it? Even if it's weak, it disrupts his fighting rhythm, and it can also build up damage-yolo. But the point is this combination." I say taking a stance. "With my left hand I throw a weak punch to throw the enemy off, then BOOM-yolo! I throw a strong punch when they are open."
"I see, you did try doing that to Sasuke, but he dodged." Kaede observes.
"Yes, and his high kick was also very risky, but I didn't realize he was going for an armlock. Think about it, I could've punch his balls anytime I wanted."
"I guess? That's disgusting, though." Kaede said. I guess I shouldn't be talking with a girl about punching balls.
"You're right, but shinobi must make difficult decisions." I say in my defense.
"Okay kids, we're finished here. Let's get back to class and solve some theoretical problems." Iruka announced after the last fight.
Those problems were pretty easy. I only got the bare minimum to be a Gennin, which is why I was completely average at throwing shuriken. But those problems were mostly math and physics, and I was great at those when I was in high school. Dunno if I can calculate the air resistance on a shuriken in the middle of a fight, but i'm pretty good on paper. I even helped Haru and Kaede.
"This will be all for today. You guys can leave now." Ugh, school is still as boring as ever. I'm completely tired from just one day of it, can't wait to graduate, be done with it and do some ninja stuff. I better go to the Hokage's office and learn me some Kage Bunshin.
"Hey, Saitama." I turn my head as I hear Haru calling me. "I was thinking, and if it isn't going to bother you, would you train taijutsu with me?"
"Are you sure you should be asking me? I lost my fight today-yolo."
"Yeah, but the things you said made sense, and, uh, I just think you failed to put them into combat. If we train together we may be able to help each other."
"Sure, I guess. I have something to do now, but how about we start tomorrow after class?"
"That's good."
"Cool, I will be going now. See you tomorrow. See you tomorrow Kaede."
"Oh, you're leaving already? See ya."
On my way out, I see Naruto leaving the academy. I would talk with him, as fellow jinchuuriki that we are, but I decided against it. I will already interact with him a lot from being in the same team, and the kid is kind of annoying, so I just left.
"Do you really want to learn that technique?" Sarutobi asked me.
"Uh… yeah. I wouldn't have asked you to teach me If I didn't." He looked at me a little annoyed when I said this. He may be getting tired of how disrespectful I am, but i'm special, so I can get away with it. For how long, I don't know.
"Okay, I will teach it to you. But this is a very difficult technique, I will give you a scroll explaining the technique, but you will have to learn it by yourself."
"You won't teach me?"
"I'm already allowing you to learn the technique, i'm busy, so you will have to learn by yourself."
"Okay. Have you prepared the things I asked?"
"Not yet, I will give them to you after you graduate."
"That was all I had to say, give me the scroll and I will take my leave-yolo."
"Sigh. Here, take it."
"Thanks."
How did Naruto master this in a night? I have been trying it the whole day and i'm not even close to succeeding. I will stop for now and do some long time planning. I may not remember all of the manga, but it's better to write everything I do remember while i'm still remembering, and then plan around it so I can become Hokage or whatever I want to do. I'm still not sure about what I want to do, but I should at least plan my power ups. I already have some ideas for taijutsu technique that I want to try. The problem is, what if someone find my notes? This could be dangerous, I guess I will write them in a different language then. I can understand their writings, not because it's written in english, but because I naturally understand it. This must mean that if I write something in english, no one here would understand it.
I start writing. First, everything I remember. Not just the things that happen, but about the world. The history, jutsus, important characters, how powers work, everything I could remember. Then I start writing what I plan to do. I don't want to change the story much, but I don't want to be bound to it. It helps that most of the changes I want to make are all in Shippuden.
Well, time to sleep now.