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[Sprios]

Strung high above Konoha's shinobi academy entrance waved a banner, silky and vibrant red, billowing to life with each breath of wind. Its purpose was singular: to honor those who passed the village's rigorous ninja courses, licensing them as full fledged warriors of the village. These children would take up arms against any threat posed, to wield their swords and kunai against and ward off those who might harm others with less strength. The certifying scroll they would receive today was proof of their ability and loyalty to the Land of Fire, their Hokage, and the civilians of their village. It was a the start of each fledglings journey to hone themselves officially. 


Beside the scroll came a newly printed headband, weighted with honor and responsibility. Each glistened on the foreheads of new genin, posing as a symbol of protection and, at times, destruction, depending on your alliance. It was truly a momentous occasion, one that most of the the graduates relished. Though class remained in session for the day, there were no lessons to be taught; instead, celebration was held. The academy chunin supplied snacks and praise to their students--especially those that carved a permanent spot in their hearts. Some also quaked at the mere thought of certain students being released into the field, for though their scores may have indicated an ability to fight, each sensei was aware of their students' individual weaknesses and practicality in a real fight. While their combat and tactical skills might be impressive in the classroom, battlefields were a completely different story Violence and deception maintained the possibility to nestle in each mission, hidden just around the corner, out of sight and scent. It was a given that some of these students would eventually get injured in their ventures--and worse case scenario, be killed. So while the graduation was certainly a time to be prideful in the newly recruited genin, it served as a bittersweet occasion as well. But the looks on each graduate's face showed only determination and cheer. Nobody knew quite what lie ahead, and perhaps, at such a tender age, that was for the best.


Called one by one, each ninja made their way to the front, receiving diplomas and forehead protectors, before returning to seats. Daisuke Sensei cleared his throat, his pose as casual as always, with back slouched and propped against the chalkboard. His eyes skimmed once over his class in its entirety. "Congratulations on becoming genin. From this day forward, you are officially shinobi." He allowed a brief pause for the information to soak in before continuing. 


"Now, each of you wield individual talents that will serve the village." Suddenly his infamous mischief expression appeared, the corners of his mouth piercing beyond their usual half smirk to a full blown grin, eyes twinkling in delight. Clearly, he was about to enjoy expressing whatever thoughts rolled through his mind. "These talents can be cultivated and strengthened on their own, but eternal solitude is not the way of our ninja. No... As you know, the shinobi of Konohagakure work in teams of three. So now, I will reveal each team, and their respective leaders."

 

[Sprios]

Most of Sensei's spiel had gone in one ear and out the other; they didn't warrant Shoya's gaze, nor his attention. Instead, he slacked over his desk with knuckles pressing into the side of his face. His head angled towards the window. While many ran their fingers over the engraving of their new military apparel, Shoya paid it no mind. He hadn't even put it on yet, the leaf headband sprawled carelessly on the desk before him. It would probably fit. It probably made him look like a bona fide Genin™. He knew these things, so adorning the apparel seemed moot. 


That is, until a nosy boy next to him drove elbow first into Shoya's ribcage. The adjacent boy in question jerked his chin at the band in near simultaneous motion, beckoning Shoya to show the brainless object some respect. As he withdrew from clouds and back to reality, Shoya could feel a handful of gazes mark his quiet situation. The slowly molding tension nearby hung in the air like a scent. It made Shoya's nose tingle. While he found no reason himself to wear the headband outside of missions, the majority appeared to hold such behavior in poor regard. 


Heaving out a sigh, he extended one hand towards the navy, cotton band before knotting it behind his head. "Happy?" Shoya grumbled, relinquishing his attention to wander elsewhere again. Seeing as his table mate didn't a.) spew some nonsensical rhetoric about pride (and probably prejudice) or b.) shovel that damn bony elbow into his torso again, it seemed safe to assume adorning Konoha's symbol proved satisfactory enough. 

 

[AiAi]

As Daisuke-sensei continued rambling on about the path a shinobi takes and whatnot, Mitsukuni Haruka stared down at her hitaiate. Her mind was wandering from various topics such as she definitely must change the color of the sash to what exactly does it mean to be considered a fully fledged shinobi? She was now officially a kunoichi of Konohagakure, yet why does she feel so empty? As if she was missing a point in becoming a kunoichi. 


Haruka shook her head to clear it of such unnecessary thoughts. Her mismatching eyes scanned the room as her teacher spoke about three-man teams. She wondered how that will turn out. Though what really caught her attention was whether or not everyone in this room will become ninjas. She had an inkling of a feeling that not every student from the academy will be given the right to become shinobis, not because they did not pass the graduation exam...but more of the fact of whether or not they can survive. Plus with the amount of all these genins, it would be a bit too much. Or perhaps that was just her negative thoughts taking over once again. 


Her eyes hardened slightly, survival...what a funny word. Not wanting to be trapped in her thoughts any longer, Haruka decided to look around the room to see who she might be placed into a team with. Hopefully they will get along...hopefully they can keep going until each becomes a jounin. She stared at her teacher, tentatively awaiting his announcement of each students and their team. Sighing to herself, Haruka decided to tie her headband around her neck for the time being, finding it too common to tie around her forehead. 


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[Elowyn]

Soraya of the Arato clan stared down at the piece of shiny metal fastened to the navy blue cloth. It symbolized so much yet felt so light in her palm. She was listening to her sensei talk while considering what this meant for her. She endeavored to make a list: Number one, it meant that she was one step closer to becoming a medic or sensory shinobi. She wasn't exactly set on which she wanted to become, but that would be a question for another time. Number two, she now could protect more of the villagers. Now she thought about the orphans in the orphanage where she volunteered on weekends, their smiling faces and the way the young girls would cling to her dress when she came to visit them and teach them how to make paper shuriken or the recipe to her mother's prized savory bread. Number three, Tomoe her lizard would now have to accompany her on missions more which could prove to be strengthening to their relationship. Number four, this was her chance to grow strong. 


A minor commotion in the room distracted her from her thoughts. One of the graduating boys was elbowed and was getting several stares for not neglecting his headband. She realized that it was the kid with the unusual black eyes and his razor-like teeth and inwardly she shuddered a bit. There was something about that boy that she did not like and even intimidated her, although she would never admit it. What was his clan name again? It was Ishi... Ishi... Soraya gave up. 


Finally, she tied her headband around her left bicep decisively and looked at Daisuke-sensei just as he was about to give out team assignments. She hoped that no matter who she was put with they would be more friendly than the black-eyed kid. 

 

[Starbee]

Hide clenched the headband and scroll with enthuisiasm, and almost skipped on his way back to his seat. Today was finally the day he would become an official shinobi, and here was his proof. Of course, being a shinobi wasn't that simple, and even Hide knew that, but Hide was too excited to care at the moment. Hide took the headband and tied it around his forehead, as was custom of new genin. 


Not long after Hide had done so his eyes caught a scene only a few seats away from him. One of the graduates was elbowing another one who seemed to ignore his emblem. Better yet, it was that kid with the dark eyes and shark teeth. Hide stared at him, annoyed. What's that guy's deal, anyways? 


Hide was barely listening to Daisuke-sensei's spiel since he sat back down, but the ending pulled him out of his thoughts. Hide looked around at the other graduates. His class was full of strong and cool students. With his kind of skill he could probably fit well with any of them, he thought. All he really hoped is that they weren't like that dark-eyed kid. 

 

[Penance]

Akubi was laying his face on the desk, head band around his forehead. He knew very well that what sensei was talking about was very important but.....sleep was so nice. Sadly that annoying metal thing on his head made things uncomfortable so without even sitting up he untied the headband then retied it to his arm "much better.......hello sheep......" Andddd he was out like a light again.


A pair of genin sitting next to him just stared in disbelief "how can someone just sleep through graduation?? That's like sleeping through a funeral it's just rude!" They whispered to each other "I'm not surprised though......after all he slept a lot in class. What I AM surprised about is the fact he graduated........"


"Hey.......are those cookies in his pocket?"


"heheh they are~ try and get them I'm starving." Before the student could even begin to reach for them Akubi slowly lifted his head up and glared death and hate at the two. They flinched at this and looked away whistling innocently. "That's what I thought......." Then he went back to laying on his face like nothing happened

 

[Sprios]

Daisuke's class of newly acknowledged genin showed, for the most part, little interest in the chunin's great reveal. His mahogany gaze descended on every pair of eyes still lingering elsewhere. They dropped on those with eyes closed, too. In a half-assed effort to gather the class' attention, Daisuke flopped his wrist and hand about in a meek wave. His shoulders rolled under the protective green vest they supported. Followed by a brief pause, the chunin slapped his palms together, index fingers pointed skyward. Immediately his hands vanished in a blur of seals that gave way to thick grey smoke. It bellowed out like dry ice, plume slipping across floor tiles then rushing the ceiling. Like a perfect screen radiating outward from Daisuke senpai.


Now, this wasn't unusual. As a shinobi of extreme versatility, Daisuke claimed several accomplishments during his time in the ninja world. He stood as a sort of dilettante among his colleagues and accompanied teams of all expertise on peculiar case missions for the village. In general he was just a kind and helpful guy. But like most he wasn't without flaws.


Through his entire summoning, Daisuke's grin never faltered. Smoke curled and wafted through the air, followed by the thick stench of muddy farm animal and a bell chime greeting. Now the slender ninja loomed above the ground, legs straddling his new mounted beast. Positioned underneath him sat a hulking brown and white bull with a pipe clamped beneath its snarling teeth. It hissed out a puff of smoke from the pipe, ashes and embers tossing about while its gaze locked on the formerly chaotic student body. 


As the smoke cleared, Daisuke senpai could hardly keep from chuckling. He was a chunin in charge of inspiring young shinobi. To him that sometimes meant abruptly inviting your summons into the classroom. Opportunity to apply jutsu was something Daisuke found quite often. And, well, if it worked then it worked. This grumpy old cow had a way of making people clamp up quick. Tomo, a ninja beast contracted to several of Konoha shinobi families lacked the patience and joyful ambiance of his summoner. In fact, Tomo was just about the complete opposite.


An angry bull and the equivalent of a smoke bomb in a small room proved significantly more effective in gathering attention than Daisuke's flabby hand wave was. Even the more troubling students kept eyes peeled on the scene unfolding.


Tomo's brows furrowed and he emptied his lungs in one astounding, cacophonous moo.  Every chair vibrated as the sound waves drove through it. Papers and the cloth ends of headbands whipped off the desks. At the end of the sound, the silence itself seemed nearly deafening too.


Also rather ordinary for class: Tomo was pissed. And Daisuke looked like he couldn't be happier. 


"Are we all listening now? Hmph, ya filthy village rats. Daisuke, stop having me babysit." Tomo's voice was gruff and brimming with annoyance. 


"You won't have to anymore! Not for this class--they graduated! I just needed them to shut it so I can list team assignments and get lunch."


There was a brief pause, and Tomo spoke again. "Every day I regret my contract with you. Get on with your list then. And YOU." His head whipped to the group of students that had been fussing about some food in one of their pockets. Newly crowned genin hardly compared to their (occasionally animal) senpais' senses. Tomo had seen the whole thing. "I suppose we'll start with you. Daisuke! What team is this young man on?"


After rustling through some papers, he was finally able to give an answer. "Akubi, Taidana is on a three-man squad with Masumi Mori and Mitsukuni Haruka. They will comprise Team Ito with their jonin captain, Shiro Ito."

 

[AiAi]

Haruka averted her eyes from the window when she heard a sudden puff from the front of the classroom. Raising an eyebrow she recognized the hand symbols, it was the symbols for the summoning jutsu. She turned to fully face the front as she was curious what kind of animal will be summoned. She blinked a couple times as she was met with the sight of a...cow? Or err would he be considered a bull or an ox...? She shook her head as she was confused slightly but with one loud moo from the cow was enough to gather every students attention in the classroom. Haruka closed her ears when he made the loud noise. It was so loud like a horn. 


She listened to what her teacher was saying along with the rest of the students. Personally, Haruka thought that her teacher was one of the better teachers in the Academy since he always found ways to gain the students attention and also motivate them even further into wanting to become ninjas. Half the time the students would be chattering about that one jutsu sensei showed the class and such were commonly discussed topics in class. 


She listened attentively as he began to finally announce the teams. Haruka leaned forward when she heard the first team being listed out. She blinked a couple times, did he just mention her name in that? Looking around Haruka tried  to see who her teammates were. So one was definitely that boy who was arguing with the other two students about food...but who was the other one again? She never really paid attention to her classmates so she wasn't too familiar with faces. Huh and her teacher for the team was Ito-sensei? Wonder what kind of teacher he will be. 


Haruka raised a hand, "Sensei, once our names are mentioned, are we dismissed from the class?" 

 

[Penance]

Akubi immediately sat up from his desk and looked around in shock and confusion once he heard the bull moo "im awake I'm awake I swear!!" Akubi paused looking around then blinked ".........oh sorry." He smiled nervously and slouched in his chair and let sensei resume his speech ignoring some of the laughs from other ninja


when he started announcing teams he grumbled and laid his head back on the desk "why do I have to work with water users...? I use fire.......that's like oil and water man........oh hey cookies~" he hummed happily and started to eat the cookies he had stashed in his pocket

 

[Scavenger]

Shiru had been sitting underground listening in to the spiel that Daisuke was giving to his class, as he listened he was debating how best to make an entrance, after all nothing gets kids attention like a good entrance. As soon as he heard the signature puff of a sumoning his eyes widened and he dropped significantly further into the ground, he knew Daisuke well enough to know what came after. Even a couple of meters underground he still heard and felt the vibrations from the Mooooo. Once it finished Shiru rose back up to a good listening depth he heard the quick banter between Tomo and Daisuke, chuckling he got ready to rise up through the floor to greet his students but then he heard one of the girls response to getting an assignment. Breaking out into a wide ssmile he quickly moved underground to the space directly behind her seat and silently rose out of the ground and placed his mouth next two her ear. "You could leave but then you might miss important instructions" he whispered, only a hint of mirth in his voice.


@AiAi


@Penance


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[AiAi]

As Haruka was awaiting for Daisuke-sensei's answer to her question, she felt an uneasy feeling rise within herself. Then suddenly she felt a voice whisper into her ear from right behind her seat. She stood rigid in her seat as she never heard this voice before. Her eyes were slightly widened as her mouth parted in slight shock on top of that a slight blush dusted her cheeks as her ears were quite a sensitive area for Haruka. Unsure of who this individual is, Haruka stood still and just listened to what he had to say. Her eyebrows furrowed slightly, then slowly but surely she turned her head slightly to be eye to eye with the unknown person. She blinked a couple times, he was a few years older than her...so why was he even in this classroom? Her eyes flickered to a hue of gold for a slight second as she was a bit more wary of him. Haruka however, wasn't one to make much of a scene and so she looked at the guy and then glanced back over at her teacher, "Hey Daisuke-sensei...do you know this...person?" she was very tempted to call him a weirdo but she held her tongue as she was unsure of this individual's abilities. 


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[Starbee]

Hitomi was a bit annoyed. Even after they graduated, the teachers were still pulling out tricks on the students. She should be happy that she finally graduated though, right? Her band was tied casually around her neck, proof that she was finally a shinobi. Though now that she was here Hitomi felt a bit uncertain of what would come next. Sure, she knew she'd be put with a team of other ninja for missions. But what would this even mean for her? There were quite a few talents in this class. 


Hitomi shut herself out of this, trying to focus on Daisuke's speech. Maybe she'd be put with someone normal, she thought. Of course, it didn't take long for Daisuke to break out Tomo. Hitomi knew what was coming next, and barely flinched as the moo reverberated across the room. But not long after Daisuke began to list off the teams, she saw something she didn't expect. Right behind one of the girls an older ninja appeared from underneath the floorboards. She's heard of such techniques before but this guy still seemed to have popped out of nowhere. Who even was this guy? Was he one of the teachers? Would they all show off like this? 


Either way, Hitomi became less sure on how she'd feel about her team. 

 

[Sprios]

A single team had been announced and displeasure was already surfacing. To Shoya's surprise, the first complaint came from one of the previous napping bodies. His head swiveled in time to catch the Taidana clan not in midst of complaint.


it probably took Shoya less effort to roll his eyes than not, yet he refrained. The sneer couldn't be helped so easily, though. But honestly, he didn't want to work with a water user? By that logic he was incompatible with a fifth of the shinobi population. What a loser. 


"Actually, it's like fire and water. If you mix them you could probably boil people to death." Shoya found himself thinking outloud, bemused with the concept.  That's certainly be an interesting addition to his swamps, if the water was scalding...


"It's possible!" Daisuke chimed in. "Of course, if the water and fire uses don't attack in perfect conjunction one jutsu may negate the other."


"Through missions you'll discover the strengths and weaknesses of your teammates, and how to work them into your own regardless of element or specialty. This ability to mold and adapt with others is going to keep you alive during war. So if you want to eat more cookies, Akubi, you had better learn to get along! Otherwise those dreaded water users will snuff out your flame." Daisuke followed up with a teasing wink aimed at the boy in mention. 


"And, to answer your question, Miss Haruka, I do happen to know that man: that's your team Captain! Ito Sensei doesn't have a house so we let him crawl around in the dirt under the academy. Don't get too close to him--I don't think he knows what a bath is. And I suppose you're free to to if he says you are, but that's his call entirely. Play nice, you two!"


it it had been just a passing glimpse, but Daisuke could have sworn Haruka's eyes had flickered to a brighter color like yellow or gold. Odd, has that ever happened before? When he racked his brain for details nothing he drew up nothing. After exchanging a look with Tomo, who either missed it or remained unconcerned, the chunin decided it must've been a trick of the light. Had it been anything more, though... Well, team Ito was bound to be of interest in the future anyway, with Shiro's kekkai genkai. Daisuke had a pretty strong gut feeling about that.


Speaking of interest, it was about time this session ended and Daisuke dismissed the genin. They were already squirming in their chairs with inpatience. He cleared his throat and Tomo exhaled a muzzle full of wispy pipe smoke. "Alright! So our next team will be lead by (placeholder I forgot the new jonin' name rip meeee) and comprised of Hide Nakano, Shoya Ishiguro and  Soraya Arato. You're another hodgepodge of elements; no complaining!" 

 

[Starbee]

Hide perked up as Daisuke-sensei called his name once again, only to slink back down as soon as he heard the next one, pouting slightly. "That figures," he said in his mind. Still, maybe things wouldn't be so bad. Soraya was pretty nice and friendly, right? But Shoya seems kind of mean. Hide glanced over at the sharp-teethed boy. Shoya kept to himself a lot though, didn't he? Maybe he's one of those guys who's better once you get to know him. Either way, Hide knew he was now stuck with him, so he might as well make the best of it. Besides, between the three of them, they could probably pull off a variety of ninjutsu, plus whatever their jonin does. Speaking of which, who was their jonin again? It was definetly another name Hide didn't recognize. Then again, maybe a high level ninja wouldn't be the kind the entire village knows about? Hide's eyes darted across the room looking for some clues about their jonin leader. 

 

[Scavenger]

Shiru Ito
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Shiru morphed his face into a small pout when she questioned Daisuke, "Oh, your no fun are you, I was at least expecting a jump". As he used his blink to move to the front of the room he overheard Daisuke's comments about him. As soon as he arrived at the front he clutched both of his hands over his heart and staggered back "Oh Daisuke, why do you wound me so, Anyway you're using old info now" the smirk was back on his face in full force, Speaking up he made sure his voice could be heard by the class "Masumi Mori had been assigned to a private tutor and so will no longer be on this team, her replacement is Hitomi Sasaki". Taking this opportunity he looked over the class properly and picked out his team members, the first was the girl that he had appeared behind, she looked quite fragile but the way that she had shrugged off his appearance and the confident way she was sitting hinted that there may be more underneath. Next was the boy who was complaining earlier about the elemental match up, he two was very skin and looked fragile, also by the way that he was acting it was fairly clear that he was going to be a lazy one, and finally the new addition, the girl was muscular at least compared to the other two and stood out. At the mention of the next team a slight grimace passed quickly over his features. "Well then team Ito will meet in training ground one in 8 minutes, if your late your going to be heading back to the academy." As soon as he was finished he vanished again to the roof of the academy with little more than a slight whirl of wind in the class room where he was. As soon as he reached the roof he used a Shunshin to get to the training ground and crouched in the upper branches of one of the trees.

Takeshi Hideaki
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Takeshi heard his team called out and pushed open one of the small doors at the front of the classroom. He really didn't want to be here, he had applied to be a jounin sensei a long time ago when he was just begining his work in T&I but he hadn't got a team. To be honest he had mostly forgotten that he had ever applied so suddenly finding out that he now had a team due to a shortage of people who had signed up to be senseis was just a pain. He would much rather be in his lab at the moment or down in the basements of ANBU headquaters. As he came out he observed the entire class with a wide variety of different people, picking out his team he saw one of them had the distinctive eyes of the Ishiguro but the others had no distinctive clan markings. So one clan child and 2 regulars, this would at least prove interesting. "Ok, team Hideaki will meet on the roof in 10 minutes". Although Takeshi may have to test a team nothing stopped him from coming up with such a challenging test that the were unlikely to pass. As soon as he finished speaking he turned around and walked back through the door that he had just opened.


@Sprios


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@Nyctophiliac

 

[Elowyn]

Ishiguro! That was it: Shoya Ishiguro. Soraya's shoulder slumped a infinitesimal amount at being in a group with the scary guy. A moment later she straightened again with a new determination gleaming in her dark gray eyes. She would get along with him no matter what and treat him equally as her other teammate, Hide Nakano. The sensei, now her sensei she supposed, also struck her interest. Takashi, or Hideaki Sensei to her, had a long scar down his face. She wondered how he got that. It kind of matched his blunt and serious demeanor.


Slightly excited and looking forward to the first team meeting, she pushed her chair back and left the classroom and headed to the roof for their test. Anxiousness battled with excitement in her chest, and she tried to calm herself down with a few words her mother had always told her... focus on your dreams and they will come true. To this short saying she hung on to. Her goal right now was to fly through her sensei's test. She'd do her best! From deep in her consciousness she felt the tug and knew it was her summoning animal, Tomoe. "Summon me, Sora. I want to be there for your first meeting and the test." 


Eagerly she performed the hand seals using one of her many bracelets, this one with a lizard pattern running in a circle around her slim wrist. The large lizard appeared in a puff of smoke similar to the bull that Daisuke sensei had appeared in. "Come on, let's go together!" Soraya extended her arm, happy to have her partner accompany her. Tomoe soothed her nerves just by being there.

 

[Starbee]

Hitomi watched as Shiru vanished. So this was her new team after all. While her new "leader" seemed eccentric at best, the other members didnt seem so bad, she thought. Abuki seems rather lazy, but that wasn't anything she couldn't handle. Haruka also seemed decent enough, but wasn't she part of one of those kekkei gentai clans? Ok, she really didn't know either of them that well, but neither struck Hitomi as problematic. Perhaps Hitomi could at least hold her own in this team. She almost smiled at the thought.


She grabbed her bag and equipment and began to head out towards the training ground to meet with Shiro. When she first arrived on the site she tried to look around for her new sensei, paying little attention to her other team members. 


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"What."


Hide wasn't quite sure how else to react to his jonin sensei. This guy seemed rather serious. Usually Hide ha no problem with these kinds of folks when he wasn't being scolded by them, but something about Takeshi seemed almost scary. Still, Hide refused to believe that his sensei would be that bad. He probably just needed to warm up to Hideaki-Sensei a bit. 


Hide moved out of his seat and out towards the roof. While unsure of what to expect next, Hide was still excited to on an official shinobi team. He tried to contain himself however, not wanting to make a bad impression this early.  He glanced over at his teammates. It would probably good to be on good terms with them, but with Soraya's giant lizard, maybe that wasn't the best place to start. Hide came over to Shoya, and, offering his hand, tried to make some small talk.


"So you're Shoya, right? Looks like we're gonna be on the same team." 

 

[Sprios]

At the mention of his name, Shoya's lips curled in a tantalizing smirk. It didn't matter much who the new members of his team were, only what they could do. And his new sensei, he seemed like he could certainly do something. The man had ambled so nonchalantly into class, sought out his genin assignment like a missile and left issuing commands. Shoya crossed his ankles beneath his seat, in an effort to keep them from trembling . His heart raced. From their briefest of encounters, Shoya could tell that Hideaki Sensei exuded a certain darkness from him. It caught the young shinobi like a hook, pulling the very curiosity right from him. Damn, if Shoya didn't do something soon, he might overflow with excitement. 


He wanted to know what was under the surface of his sensei. He wanted to dig his fingers deep into the man's personality and rip until his true colors bled out. Someone that made such am immediate impact had to be nothing less than extraordinarily powerful, Shoya thought. An alpha to contend with. 


The student body began to shift as teams adjourned. He had ten minutes to blow until the next meeting, so in an effort to re-collect himself Shoya opted to stick around and hear a team or two more. Time counted down reliably and Shoya's heart slowed. His composure returned, and he became satisfied enough to move towards whatever his next scenario on the roof might be.


 On the way appeared one of his teammates atop the stairwell. It was natural that Shoya sized up the boy, whose hand was extended in greeting. He took on a quizzical expression, "Guess so." before taking pause to predict what might be awaiting them beyond the big slate door they lingered before. "Hey, how many people you think sensei's killed in his life?" From the feeling Shoya was picking up on earlier, it seemed like the number might be high. Hell, maybe they'd be the next two, or three counting their absent final member.


Only the roof lay beyond.


Without waiting for an answer to his odd query, an over-eager Shoya thrust the doors open, sporting his signature jagged grin.  Light filtered in around his body, casting his shadow over Hide while startled birds fled from the tree branches surrounding their location. "Time to begin." The words were uttered quietly, and mostly to himself. 


ooc//lol star you ninja edited while i was finishing my reply. should hopefully be up to date now tho

 

[AiAi]

Haruka was sweatdropping at her new sensei, apparently, as he pouted at her. She blinked a couple times, "Uh, sorry?" but her attention was soon directed towards the other side of the classroom where one of her classmates spoke up about water and fire elements working together. She glanced over at the Taidana boy, she personally didn't have anything against those of her opposite elements so she wasn't sure how to respond to Taidana's complaint about her element. Haruka frowned slightly, it wasn't like she chose this element to begin with. Well at least she can get rid of his fire if he accidentally started a forest fire or something like that. Once again her thought process was stopped when Ito-sensei, her sensei, spoke up about the new replacement. Well...that was fast. Haruka simply stood up in response to her sensei's final announcement and began to head towards the training ground, she gave one final bow to Daisuke-sensei before leaving. 


After a couple minutes, Haruka arrived at the training grounds. She looked around to see that one of her teammates was here, her name was...Sasaki Hitomi, was it? Haruka approached Hitomi and smiling softly she offered her hand while saying, "Hello, my name is Mitsukuni Haruka, hope we get along. Ah and by the way, if you're looking for sensei, I'm sure he is hiding somewhere in the trees until all of us assemble." Haruka assumed Ito-sensei was just hiding in a tree since there was plenty of trees to hide in, unless he did that weird underground thing again...Haruka looked around to distract herself from that odd feeling she got when he surprised her earlier. She looked around to try and find the Taidana boy. Hopefully the two will get along even though their elements are opposites. Now that she thought about it, her team wasn't that bad. At least the three of them can get along...hopefully. Haruka let out an inward sigh and just waited for their sensei to appear. 

 

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Takeshi Hideaki


Takeshi headed up to the roof with one minute to go, he had just finished setting up everything for his test, while it wasn't impossible it would definitely stretch them. He just walked up the side of the building because it would have taken to long for him to reach one of the stair wells. As he reached the roof he saw his 3 potential genin all standing around, the Ishiguro had a dangerous glint in his eyes but that was something that could be very easily removed. The other noticeable aspect was that the girl with two tone hair had a large blue lizard on her shoulder. "Ok, everyone listen up. You are not yet officially genin, you have to pass one more test assigned by me." As he said this a slightly evil smirk found its way onto his face "I hope that you're all well rested because your test will start in 4 minutes. You're assignment is simple, you are to retrieve a scroll" he pulled a small inconspicuous black scroll with white bands around it out of the inside of his coat. "Like this one from a small box on the top of Hokage monument, you have until 10:00 am tomorrow to try and retrieve this scroll, additionally you are not permitted to purchase any supplies from stores inside the village until the end of the exercise". Takeshi's grin had been growing throughout his entire speech, also after he had shown them the first scroll his hand moved back into his coat where there was a small puff of smoke and withdrew a scroll of similar size to the first one but it was white with a red band at each end he just pushed his thumb over the seam ready to unroll it.


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The young girl noticed a few glances from her new team, including her sensei, at Tomoe. Some people are intimidated by the large scaly creature she knew, as it wasn't uncommon for a young orphan to stay back away from the creature. Then Soraya would helpfully encourage them forward until they could touch Tomoe's long tail. Currently, her summon clung to her vest and was around her shoulders with its tail wrapped around her upper arm to anchor its body better. She didn't doubt that they would get used to the lizard and possibly even appreciate Tomoe.


"Ok, everyone listen up. You are not yet officially genin, you have to pass one more test assigned by me. I hope that you're all well rested because your test will start in 4 minutes. You're assignment is simple, you are to retrieve a scroll like this one from a small box on the top of Hokage monument, you have until 10:00 am tomorrow to try and retrieve this scroll, additionally you are not permitted to purchase any supplies from stores inside the village until the end of the exercise".


Sora blinked. Well, that was straightforward enough. But they haven't even formally introduced themselves yet, and were a team only in name. She felt a bit intimidated by Takashi's growing smirk, but the girl raised her hand- the one not occupied by Tomoe- anyway. "Excuse me, Sensei, but shouldn't we introduce ourselves first at least?" she managed to squeak out.


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Hitomi turned as he heard her name mentioned. It was one of her teammates, Haruka.


"Oh, hey. Name's Sasaki Hitomi. Nice to meet you, I guess." 


Hitomi took a minute to study her new teammate. One look at her differently colored eyes told Hitomi that Haruka did have a dojustu. Probably. 


"Just thought I'd try to keep an eye out in case Ito has any more surprises." 


Hitomi looked around again. Where was that Abuki kid? It was about time for their jonin to show up and he was nowhere to be seen. He probably dozed off again, she thought. Figures. 


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"It wouldn't surprise me if that number was high" Hide responded dryly, barely noticing Shoya ignoring him. 


     The question seemd kind of off, but Shoya's apparent suspicion towards their sensei relieved Hide a bit. At the very least, he wasn't the only one concerned. Whatever was in store, Hide then decided he'd be ready to take it. With two probably skilled shinobi at his side, what could go wrong? 


    He headed on up to the roof, fidgeting around as he waited for Hideaki to show up. Hide was starting to feel impatient as it ticked down to the last minute, but then he finally got their first task. It seemed like a pretty straightforward test. Hideaki grin was a bit unnerving, perhaps telling Hide that there was more to it than that. But Hide was still eager. He had his first task as a shinobi, and was two seconds away from leaping off and getting a head start when he heard his other teammate, the girl with the lizard. 

 

[Penance]

Abuki had in fact dozed off and was laying on the table sleeping with cookie crumbs on his face. The two sitting next to him sighed and the pathetic sight and nudged Akubi "dude your team is leaving you......."


akubi sat sat up and looked at him confused "team....?" He asked with a yawn before it finally hit him. He quickly looked around and saw his team members were gone and ran after them "Wait up! Sloth behind!!" 


"He's screwed......"


"no doubt."


after a while of running, much to akubi's dismay, he arrived at the training grounds panting heavily "I'm.......here......yay" then he fell over on his side getting ready to sleep "what'd I miss?"


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[AiAi]

Haruka smiled and nodded her head at Hitomi. She looked around as well trying to see where their teacher could be. She glanced back over at Hitomi, she was much taller than Haruka, but she seemed... nice. Haruka noticed the tough appearance Hitomi tried to hold, but hopefully there is something else underneath the tough exterior. 


Haruka heard a noise from behind the two and turning around she spotted their last teammate, Taidana Akubi. She raised her eyebrow as he began to lay down on the ground as if ready to sleep. "Ah you did really miss anything really. My name is Mitsukuni Haruka by the way. Nice to meet you. Hope we all get along." Haruka greeted Akubi just like how she greeted Hitomi. 


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Shiru Ito


Shiru dropped to the ground behind the group of possible genin who had assembled on the ground. "So how are you guys doing, as much as I would love to say that you were now Genin you do have one test left to do but that will come in a minute." A soft non aggressive smile currently adorned his face. "For now lets introduce ourselves, name, likes, interests, dislikes, goals, stuff like that. While we're at it why don't you guys describe a little about your skill set so I can get to know about how we can work together".


While he was speaking Shiru observed the team, the Akubi kid was lazier than he had thought but that wasn't a big problem after all laziness doesn't prevent brilliance, just look at the Naras. The slightly fragile girl, Haruka, had the distinctive heterochromic eyes of the Mitsukuni clan, he remembered a bit about them from his earlier studies but he wasn't sure what had exactly happened to them, just that they had left the village leaving one behind, however her file showed that she had apparently inherited their dojutsu making her a dangerous opponent even this young. The final girl was the one who was built slightly more like a combat specialist with more height and noticeably more muscle mass, she would likely be the front line fighter of the group.


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