I'm awoken by my name being called. Seems it's my turn to throw shit at a post. Yay. I yawn as I walk over to the line drawn in the dirt. Alright. I draw a kunai and raise my arm. Okay. aim for the middle and see how close it gets. Or cheat. Fuck it. I'm gonna cheat.
A pulse of chakra has my shadow lashing out in a black line that connects to the target's shadow. A line of darkness is now connecting me to the target. Alright. I flick my wrist and start sending a line of metal at my target. Ten kunai jam into the bullseye and ten shuriken surround the kunai. There. Done.
"8 out of 10. I saw the shadow trick. Good trick but I'm not giving you a perfect score for it." the teacher announces.
I shrug and walk back into the classroom. Now what? Oh. right. The jutsu test. Explanation? Sure.
After a close combat test followed by an accuracy test we are tested on jutsu. This test is designed to figure out what kind of ninja you are and how a team can be formed with you as a piece. Most villages use balance as their goal, not the leaf village, the leaf village prefers specialization over anything. An assault team, a recon team, a capture team, and finally a wild card team. Normally the highest scores in the fights and jutsu tests are used for the assault team while the rest are handpicked by the jonin of the village to form the other teams. I'm curious where I will be placed though. I'm a long range support type but my summons and shadow form can offer heavy firepower.
Lets see, the clan heirs each show off a clan jutsu, the orphans show some basic stuff like a fire or water ball. Ooh. Naruto showed off his rasengan, how shocking. Here we go. James.
James stands in front of the class and runs through a few hand seals.
"Bone armor jutsu!" James roars.
White bone flows over his body as James is transformed from a stocky big guy, into a pure white juggernaut of rock hard bone and jagged spikes on his joints and areas of attack. James shows his mobility in that form before the jutsu ends and the bones recede.
"Alright. What was that jutsu for? How would you rank it? What are the weaknesses of it?" asks the teacher.
"The bone armor jutsu is meant to drastically increase my defense and slightly increase my offense with the spikes on the knuckles, feet, elbows, knees, and forehead. I would rank it as a C rank jutsu due to the usefulness of it. Main weaknesses are the high startup chakra cost since moving that much bone needs a lot of chakra. It's pretty easy to keep up but any damage will tax my stores since I need to use chakra to fill the damaged areas with fresh bone." James explains.
The teacher nods and dismisses James after tossing him a headband with the leaf village insignia on it. James ties it to his forehead as he returns to his seat. The teacher makes a few notes on his clipboard before calling up jake.
Jake runs through hand seals and I feel a pulse of chakra sweep the classroom as the room is turned into a lake that everyone is now swimming in. pretty good work. Jake releases the jutsu after a minute before looking at the teacher.
"What was jutsu? What are the uses of that jutsu? What are the weaknesses of it?" the teacher asks.
"It was the false surroundings jutsu. Its uses are for disorienting an enemy or just for fun since it's pretty fun to make someone think they are in a forest instead of a classroom. Weaknesses are the long chain needed to cast it, the obvious wave of chakra that is felt by anyone above genin level, and the fact that I need to imagine every single detail about the new area. Every. Single. Detail. For the whole time that the jutsu is active." Jake explains.
The teacher nods and tosses him a headband before dismissing him. More marks on his clipboard before he calls me.
I groan as I walk down the steps. Why can't I just go back to sleep? The teacher gestures for me to go ahead. Fuck it. High level but easy. I bite my thumb and make five hand seals.
"Summoning jutsu." I intone calmly.
A rush of smoke floods the room and it dissipates to reveal my new footstool. I'm now standing on a six foot tall eight foot wide alligator snapping turtle.
The turtle growls and snaps at a few people before it goes still. Good boy. I cross my arms imposingly and smirk at the shocked teacher.
"We all know the uses and weaknesses of the summoning jutsu. Just describe the uses and weaknesses of your contract." the teacher informs me.
"Alligator snapping turtle contract. Unlike the turtle contract of the might clan, these turtles are bred for war and power. Alligator snapping turtles are juggernauts of defense and while slow, they can snap through the bones of a boss summon at adolescent age. Water and earth techniques are the bulk of their arsenal with a few turtles having a few tricks i'm not gonna say. They are especially powerful when teamed with the speed and aggression of the crocodile summons, of which I am the holder. Alligators are pure aggression and are fast enough to give a kage a run for his money if they get off guard. They aren't as strong as the turtles but the speed helps with landing a critical blow before you can defend." I explained before dismissing my turtle.
"How are you the holder of two contracts? I thought you could only hold one." The teacher is confused. Great.
"You can hold as many contracts as you want. Whether the summons are willing to listen to you when you also summon something else is another matter entirely. Most summon clans are selfish with their summoners. The toad clan won't let you sign the monkey contract and vice versa. The alligator turtles and crocodiles however, are allies and even live in the same place. They know that they are better together than apart so they allow their summoners to summon both clans. I can't summon toads since the toads would try to get me to abandon the other two, but I'm content with my summons. They compliment my style perfectly." I explained before grabbing a headband and walking to my seat. There. All done.
The teacher makes a few more marks on his clipboard before he walks to the door and exits. Sweet. Back to sleep. I drift off in my seat.
Two hours later.
Jake nudges me awake and the teacher returns with a group of people that are all dressed oddly. The hokage joins this group and holds a sheet of paper. The old man clears his throat before he starts speaking loudly to the large room.
"Team one will be naruto uzumaki, sasuke uchiha, and william nara under the jonin kakashi hatake.
Team two will be composed of jake kurama, kiba inuzuka, and hinata hyuuga under jonin kurenai yuhi.
Team three will be composed of shikamaru nara, ino yamanaka, and choji akimichi under jonin asuma sarutobi.
Team four will be composed of james kaguya, shino aburame, and sakura haruno under jonin sam higarashi." the old man starts before I interrupt him.
"Why are the teams so fucking dumb?" I called out.
"What?" asks the hokage.
"The teams are fucking dumb. The assault squad would benefit from having me switch with sakura haruno due to her potential in close combat from her abnormal strength and high chakra control. The recon team would benefit from having shino aburame switch with jake kurama, shino has his bugs to search a larger area than jake could." I will explain.
"What makes you think the squads are what you say they would be?" asks the hokage.
"The teachers. Kakashi hatake is known for his combat prowess and ninjutsu arsenal, this makes him an assault type. Kurenai yuuhi is a mistress of genjutsu and very skilled at infiltration, this makes her a recon type. Asuma sarutobi is skilled at his use of wind ninjutsu and close up combat, he is also good with traps thus making him a capture type. Sam higarashi is a wildcard and thus gets the remnants of the class to mold them how he wishes." i explain to the old fuck.
"Regardless of my type. I agree with the hokage on his choice of teams. Naruto and Sasuke will provide close up damage while you aid them from afar through defenses or summons." kakashi chimes in.
He is a tall man with gray hair slicked up into a high spike that aims to the heavens. He has a face mask covering his face from nose down and his headband is tilted to cover his right eye.
"I don't care if you agree. You are the worst of the jonin and honestly should be stripped of your title and that ill gotten sharingan eye." I snapped at him.
"What makes you say that?" asks Kakashi as his visible eye narrows.
"Let's see. You flaunt your status as a sannin level ninja by arriving at everything late by three hours, always acting like it's no problem for anyone to waste their time waiting for you. You never train since you're always standing at the memorial stone pretending to mourn your team or wandering around the village reading your pornographic book in public. All your ninja fame, all your power and aside from one of your techniques, all of your ninjutsu, is gained from that sharingan eye. If you didn't have it then you'd be a chunin at me where i'm wrong." i lecture the arrogant fucker.
"I don't pretend to mourn my team. I'm speaking to them at the memorial." Kakashi snaps.
"Oh wow. I'm so sorry for speaking the truth. If you actually were mourning them then you would throw yourself into suicide missions like you did when your father killed himself. He died and you damm near kill yourself. Your team dies and you just sit around all day. That either makes you a liar or a hypocrite. Mr 'your team is your life and never abandon them' or is that just so you sound more intelligent than you actually are?" My voice is filled with hatred for the bastard.
Kakashi goes silent and his eye goes wide before he vanishes in a swirl of leaves. Body flicker. The hokage clears his throat before he announces that my suggestions for the teams are smart and he makes them official. I look at my friends and we all nod before following our new sensei. Wonder what he can teach us.