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A/N: Maybe some misspelling here and there BUT if not, then YaY! Enjoy!
First Impressions sucks
Have you ever walked into a room where everyone looked at you like you had something on your face?
Well that's how it was like on my first day of class in a new place. I got to this village yesterday and enrolled this morning, so here I am in front of the class with the teacher introducing me as the new student and will be joining them for the rest of the term.
The academy I enrolled in is a Ninja Academy, one out of two in the nation. It was either here in the woodsy scenery or in the other one where there's sand EVERYWHERE; in the desert of the Sand Village. Needless to say I prefer the woodland then the sand traps. Anyways I heard good things about this academy, some of the greatest Shinobi (ninja) are from this place. The name of this place is called the Village Hidden in the Leaves and literally it is hidden in the leaves. Besides that, it's also called Konoha. I rather call it that then the long version.
Anyhow I should describe myself: I have very short auburn hair with baby blue-ish streaks here and there, short even for a girl, mostly in the back and a little longer bang just over my left eye. Eyes are a mean shade of Violet, and believe me; I've looked around for people with the same shade and color, and pierced ears with various studs and rings.
Don't know if this is weird or not BUT I have fangs, like vampire fangs but mind you, I ain't no vampire. I may have the fangs but my skins tone is darker than what is consider the right color of a vamp, which is lighter and paler. What can I say, I love the sun. My height comes to 5ft something and I work out…A lot!
Now to describe my clothing, besides the fact that it is expensive and custom made, well my jacket is. You know how most girls' clothing line and fashion consist of dresses, skirts, flowers and/or Pink. Ugh, I despise pink.
Anyways back to the subject; I wear ninja issued boots that are mid-calf and black, midnight blue khaki cut-offs with pockets everywhere for anything and a dark grey sleeveless shirt. My jacket, my beautiful black leather jacket that reaches down to my knees and has dark blue flames at the bottom hem, has many pockets seen and unseen. The accessories I wear is a necklace with the letter 'R' on a black cord, arm bands on my wrists (one of which has spikes), Silver, white, black and mood rings on my fingers. I'm either categorized as Goth or emo, I don't know, but I don't really care, because I look good.
I know I'm different, kind of hard not to know that, knew that I was different my whole life since the day I was born, because I wasn't like most normal babies. I'm not saying everyone is different, some are, and just NOT everyone is born with a tail.
Yes I said it, a TAIL! A dark brown furry tail, I sometimes hides it by wrapping it around my waist to make it look like a cool belt, other times I just let it hang loose behind me. Surprise quite a few people with it. I like to show it then keep it a secret but it does give an element of surprise when I'm up against enemies or jerks. Well I guess we'll see what happens in this class when I reveal it.
My new teacher/sensei finished addressing the class about my newness and now I must tell
"A little bit about myself", well here is goes…..
"Hmmm…. umm… good morning everybody, uh…kind of nervous here so I'll just start with the basics here: My name is Roxanne, I'm from a small village very, very far from here. I just got here to the village last night and enrolled this morning with the Hokage" with that I smiled to add a little effect.
Wide eyes and whispering all around, just what I was expecting, even the teacher seemed unnerved by my little display of teeth (lol).
"Um… ok (fidgets) so tell us a bit about yourself. Like what are your likes, dislikes, personality, dreams and whatever else you'd like to share" he says to me while he sits on the edge of his desk.
"Sure, why not. My likes are training and fighting." I noticed some heads and ears perked up as I mention this.
"What can I say except I LOVE to train and fight, must be in my blood or something. I have a lot of energy and training helps to release that energy. I like to cook also; well technically I like to eat but cooking makes that better. Reading is what I like to do when I want to unwind and relax. If I get a chance to visit a library, I would read every single book and scroll in the facility. I also like to travel, A LOT! I've been traveling for as long as I can remember, going from village to village, and meeting new and interesting peoples, checking out the scenery and culture and just plain learning anything. Music; is my life, I just love listening to whatever is available wherever I am, especially when I'm training. The beat and rhythm goes great with exercising but the flow of it also helps with relaxing tense muscles. Whatever, I Love Music!
Now my dislikes, which I will make it perfectly, clear so there is No Misunderstanding; I Hate and I mean Exclusively, despise stuck up, spoiled, self-centered, ill minded, hypercritical, snobbish, little insignificant bastards or bitches. People like that are just not worth talking to, and excuse my language but that's how I feel. As for my personality; I'm an easy going, carefree kind of person unless you piss me off then that's a whole different story. I learn quickly since knowledge is my forte, and the least of my bad habits is swearing, so don't mind me if I put a little 'F's and 'S's in my sentences. My goal or dreams in life is to learn all that I can, get stronger then I am now and maybe help those in need along the way.
Oh! I almost forgot the most important thing I like to share with you all"
With that I turned sideways so it shows one side of me and put my hands up above my head. Good thing my jacket is long and wide because I can easily unravel my tail without being exposed. With my hands up, my jacket slowly rises up and over my arms, I turn back facing them, then with a flick of my tail, my jacket is thrown on the teacher's desk. Calmly swishing back and forth behind me, I held my hand out to it and presented it:
"This, boys and girls, is my tail. Tail, this is everybody" My tail waved a little hello to them and the classroom is eerily quiet, you could hear a pin drop. Wow.
Like cartoon characters with their eyes popped out of their heads and their jaws slamming down on the ground, made me smirked evilly. Even the teacher's eyes were the most biggest, probably never even expected something like this to happen in his life.
I waited a couple minutes until their eyes went back to their heads and the teacher cleared his throat.
"Yes I have a tail. I guess it makes me different, but so what? I don't care what you or anybody else thinks of me. This tail is what makes me, me and I wouldn't change it for all the money in the world" Arms crossed over my chest, I stood my ground and wrapped my tail back around my waist. The teacher getting his composure back stood up and laid a hand on my shoulder.
"Well that's great that you stand up for what you believe in and I admit that I find it unusual that you have a tail but I must say, it suit you." Looking up at him, I smiled
"Thanks teach. I keep it wrapped around my waist most of the time, so it's hardly noticeable" Shrugging at this, the teacher smiled and went around his desk to the blackboard.
"Call me Iruka-sensei, everyone does. So why don't you find an empty seat and we'll get started on today's lesson" Grabbing the chalk, he started writing today's lesson plan on the blackboard.
I turned towards the desk and snatched my jacket off of it, putting it back on and face towards the class, whom are eyeballing me. Looking around the vast classroom, I saw some empty seats here and there and made me wonder where I should sit.
The angle of the classroom is different than what I have seen in any other schools or academy, because the ground floor is not leveled but slope upwards so that all the desks and peoples in the desks can see the front easily. I just guessing here but I think it's that way so the teacher can have a good view of the students if they try to misbehave and make my job easier to find a seat to choose from.
Looking more closely now at the students, most of them were either fidgeting or whispering among themselves. Do I look intimidating to them?
Anyways to decide where to sit, I glanced at the person sitting next to an empty seat, and let me tell you: they all look nervous on whether or not I'll be seated next to them.
All of them look nervous…except for this blond guy, he looked more bored then nervous. When Blondie then looked my way, my breathe hitched, as I saw the bluest eyes that I ever laid eyes on and I have seen the ocean and I'll say this: the ocean doesn't have anything on him.
Keeping our eyes locked, I smiled as I walked up the steps and stopping at his level, I walked around his seat and sat down. With a smile, I thrust my hand out to him,
"Hi, name's Roxanne. What's yours?" He looked surprised that I sat down next to him and introduced myself. A smile of his own, he took my offered hand and shook it
"Naruto, Naruto Uzamaki. Please to meet you". Damn, that smile could blind a person if looked at directly.
"Pleasures all mine, Naruto Uzamaki" Still smiling and keeping eye contact, we let go of each other's hand and at the same time we turned towards the front to pay attention to the teacher as he spoke.
"Alright class, we'll begin today's lesson by copying down what I have written on the board. After that, we will review a little bit on chakra control, since I know some of you don't really understand it, maybe on ninjutsu and genjutsu too". Hmm I thought to myself as I wonder what I'll have for lunch today, maybe I'll even ask Naruto to join me if he'd like.
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Needless to say, lunch came pretty quick, but before the bell rang, I noticed a guy with a funny looking ponytail, a couple rows up, with his head down on his arms and snoring. By the looks of it, he's been asleep for a while now. As I was turning back to the front, I saw a guy on the same row as me and Naruto, looking right at me. He's is very pale looking person, and had this small smirk on his face, very unnoticeable to most, looking at me. Before I could ask him 'what the hell he was looking at', the bell rang. I looked away and turned to Naruto, whom was about to get up, so I grabbed his arm.
"Hey, do you know anywhere we can get a good lunch around here?" I casually asked him. He looked a bit taken back with my question, probably thought I didn't ask such a question, so I repeated the question.
"Oh, well I know this great ramen stand and it is famous in the entire nation, you know?" Both standing up, I linked my arms with his.
"Is that right? Well why don't you show me where it is and we will have lunch together, what do you say?" No response from him but I did see his cheeks turning a bit pink. As we walked out of the classroom together, all the students in class stood there shocked at the sight of us walking out, arms linked.
At first, we walked in silence, due to the fact that there was still pinkness on Naruto's cheeks, from being surprised, embarrassed or shy, I don't know which but he did loosen up after a few minutes. I thought it be best if started a little small talk while he lead the way to this ramen stand.
"Naruto, tell me something, what do the kids do for fun around here? I mean, is there like a theater around here or a coffee shop; Or what do YOU like to do for fun?" He glanced at me a bit then stared straight ahead, thinking about my question.
"Well some of the kids at the academy do all sorts of stuff: some work at their parents' shops, some go cloud gazing on a nice grassy hillside, some hangout at the training grounds and do some exercise, others help out after school with the teachers, you know volunteer their free time. I don't know what they do there though." Good enough but that still didn't answer my last question.
"Ok then, but what do YOU like to do for fun, Naruto?" I stare at him, waiting for his answer.
"Oh ok well…personally I prefer to train, in the forest around the village. Usually work on what needs to be worked on, you knows? Like my chakra control or what we learned in class. That kind of stuff, sometimes when I feel restless and want to get a good laugh, I do a couple funny pranks on people or the teachers, or once in a good while, I pull one on the old man Hokage. One time, I snuck into his office and stole his book, his favorite book. You know one of those dirty novels that older people like to read?" I nodded
"Well I snatched it out of his desk drawer and ran like hell to hide somewhere, and I thought to myself that he might not notice it was gone until later. Boy was I wrong. A few minutes later, I could hear someone yelling my name from a long distance away, and next thing I knew, I was being chased all over the village by the old man. Who knew an old man could run so fast? Well he caught me and whacked my upside the head with the book. He had this crazy look in his eye when he told me to Never and I mean Never, to do that again. I mean the look he gave me when he said this, is the same look a cat would give a mouse before he is about to eat it. So from then on, if I wanted to keep my skin intact, I never tried to steal his dirty novel again" He said with a laugh and a shiver. I giggled with him because I could really picture it in my mind, the crazed look on the hokage's face.
"Ha that's funny. It's good to know you have a sense of humor and playfulness to you; I would enjoy a good prank now and then. So if you'd ever need a partner in these little exploits of yours, then count me in. It'll be a good laugh" I said smiling at him. Once again he blushed, gave a small smile and nodded.
When we reached the ramen stand, I realized it really was a stand, with a kitchen in the back and a counter separating it from us. There were stools to sit on lined up against the counter and an old man yelled his greetings.
Naruto yelled back a greeting and introduced me as a newcomer and a first timer for ramen. The old man smiled at me and nudged Naruto on his arm in a hinting kind of way, in which Naruto once again blushed but this time full on blush. I smiled and chuckled at this obviousness.
As we sat down, Naruto suggested his favorite would be the first thing to try, I agreed. While the old man got busy cooking our order, Naruto started telling me about the first time he tried ramen. It happened to be what we ordered, which is called Miso Pork, and since that day many years ago, ramen became his favorite. I asked him how long our lunch hour was and he replied back that it was at least an hour and a half.
So I suggested that if it's that long then we should at least try a couple different bowls of ramen. He hesitated.
"I don't know, I don't think I have enough money for a couple more bowls".
"Hey, don't worry about it, it's only fair since you showed me where it is, that I pay for a couple more bowls" He persisted, so I insisted more until finally he gave in. Cheers!
Four bowls each later; we said our goodbyes to the old man cook and headed back to the academy, talking a bit about ourselves and I found out that we have quite a few in common.
Like how we both didn't have parents growing up and have been on our own for as long as we can remember, also how we both like to train and fight that can last hours until we're exhausted but could still make it back to our own beds. Naruto has a great sense of humor and tells me about all the pranks he did when he was younger, all of which were funny as hell.
Then I found out that we both don't have much or any friends, at all. For me, I know it's because of my tail and are afraid of me that I might be a demon in disguise, people don't bother to give me a chance to get to know me as me.
Sad ain't it? As for Naruto, he doesn't know why they don't want to hang out with him or even talk to him, like he's diseased or something. Sometimes the villagers stare at him and call him names, most people would just walk away when he shows up anywhere.
This is sadder. I told him how the people back in my old village did those same things to me when I was younger but an incident happen and that resulted in them accepting me. I didn't go into detail because I would rather keep this part to myself but Naruto kept insisting that I tell all. Shaking my head I told him no but when the time is right, he'll know all, so until then for him to drop the subject, in which he did so with a smile.
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