"Iruka!!" He seethed as he saw the chunnin sitting at the ramen stand.
"What? What is it? Is there a problem," Iruka replied.
"My genins, their inept, not up to snuff. How did they even pass the courses?" He tried with all his might not to yell.
"Do you want to sit down?" Iruka asked his voice was calm. Yamato did so reluctantly as the sensei ordered him a bowl. "Who's on your team?"
"The little girl, the slow retard and the disrespectful skater," He told Iruka as he parted his chop sticks.
"Ah but two of those kids are amazing fighters," Iruka said indifferently.
"Those two are not mentally stable! The girls 8 she can't become a ninja. And the boy! I looked up his file, what he did to those kids!" Yamato whispered menacingly to Iruka.
"Keiji was only 5 then he didn't know what he was doing. None of the children died. And he tries and works hard. His soul is a good one. If he is given a chance he will be an excellent ninja." Iruka made an excuse for an old student. "Kaida is talent. The kage wouldn't put her on a team if she believed the girl wasn't mentally ready for it."
"She carries around her teddy bear; she should be at the academy or home." Yamato told Iruka.
"Her family doesn't have enough money for the academy. They home schooled her with the thirds permission. She then came to the official exams and passed amazingly. Anyway the girl is the clan's last hope." Iruka informed the steaming Jounin. The pony tailed ninja looked to the side to see Yamato attack at his ramen out of pure frustration.
"What about the other one?" He asked
"Zakuro? Oh I couldn't tell you." The chunnin blushed. This man was widely known for knowing all of his students extremely well. It was rare when he didn't know at least all their likes and dislikes. "She barely ever came to class, but when she did, she did her work. She was only rude if you talked to her. I never got a chance to confront her about it though, I tried once asking her to stay after class but she just left anyways" Iruka was always troubled by that one. The girl always tried to make herself invisible. Making sure nobody would notice if she was gone or not. He remembered more then once when he was checking attendance he would mark her absent when she was there, And then the next day mark her their when she wasn't. "I see no reason why you are complaining. They are genuinely nice kids." Iruka scolded Yamato.
"But why did I have to be stuck with the odd ones? I mean I saw the other Jounin teams there well put together. Each ability complementing the others. Mine look like they were randomly drawn from a hat." He seethed.
"I don't make the teams," Iruka said "Tsunada does, if you want to complain complain to her." And get myself killed? Yamato silently yelled in his head. The Hokage had not been in the good mood and had been prone to flinging people out the window when she was annoyed. So to express his anger he stared at the Chunnin finishing his dinner. Iruka got up and left. After finishing Yamato went up to the counter to pay, when he got the check his heart skipped a beat.
"Miss I only had 1 ramen you charged me for 16!" He said.
"Oh Iruka said you were going to pick up the tab," The girl said looking at Yamato. Yamato was going to kill that Chunnin.
"He ate 15 bowls of ramen?" He asked indignantly.
"No he only ate 1, Naruto was with him earlier," The cashier told him. Reluctantly Yamato paid for the meal. Why did he ALWAYS get stuck with the check? Right before he was going to leave the cashier stopped him.
"Oh Iruka left this for you!" She said handing him a note. Yamato took it and read it.
Give them a chance; you might learn something from them oh and thanks for the meal!
----Iruka.