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Chapter 38

EDITED: 4/14/17- minor spelling and formatting errors

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38

"Open your textbooks to page 37. Daisuke, please read the passage."

A tall, brunette boy stood up and started to drone on about the theory behind casting illusions and how this differs from ninjutsu in terms of chakra mold and control. While her student read, Akira watched the clouds drift idly by.

She had returned from her three-day hiatus and resumed teaching basic shinobi skills. Iruka had warned her that her number of paid leaves from work are starting to fill up, and the next time she absents herself then she'll not be paid. That would mean another minus to her measly salary.

Akira sighed. She'll have to take up low-ranked missions in order to sustain her lifestyle (which isn't extravagant, by the way) and the mere thought of cleaning another person's yard made the kunoichi grimace. Not that she'll actually be assigned genin-ranked missions but after she pissed Tsunade off big time, Akira was sure that the Hokage would not think twice on punishing her with such menial jobs.

Daisuke had finished reading the assigned page and Akira temporarily left her musing to focus back on her lecture. She walked back to the board and wrote the important points of the passage.

"Right. So genjutsu is a technique that assaults your enemy's senses. As humans, we are dependent on our vision, and the loss of the sense of sight is a handicap that most people are unable to adjust to. Therefore, it is imperative that you learn how to cast illusions in order to outsmart your foe."

Akira weaved seals. She ignored the surprised gasps of the children and waited for their reactions to subside. And then...

"Huh?! What happened?"

"Why is it so dark?!"

"Sensei?"

"Relax," said Akira, approaching her students. "It's just a simple genjutsu designed to fake an illusion of darkness. At the end of the week, you should be able to master it by theory, and by next week, you should be able to perform it."

There was a collective gasp of amazement and anticipation among the children as they marveled at the simple genjutsu. After letting them get used to the sensation, Akira dispelled the jutsu.

"It's one of the basic jutsu that will save your skins when you're out on missions," Akira continued. "The theory is on page 38 to 39 of your textbooks. Read it, and afterwards we'll practice it. Raise your hand if you have questions."

The class shuffled to read about the genjutsu while Akira sat down to write some notes. After several minutes, Akira discussed the finer points of the genjutsu. She was in the middle of discussion when she felt a disturbance from Yuudai's chakra signature.

"Yuudai? What's up?"

From the deep forests of Konoha, Yuudai howled his reply. "Hime, the Hokage summons you to her office."

Unable to hide her frown, Akira asked, "Right now?"

"No Akira-hime. She told me to instruct you to drop by immediately after your class."

"Any idea on what it's about?"

"Sorry Hime, but Tsunade-sama only told me to deliver the message."

Akira smirked. "They must've ran out of messenger birds for them to approach you."

"Not really, Hime-chan. It was just coincidence that I was nearby when the Hokage was about to send a genin to you."