The village hidden in the leaves, a vibrant place bursting with energy and life. Villagers carrying about their daily lives, children running down the street followed by a trail of giggles and to the gates, proud shinobi entering the village, presumably due to the successful completion of their mission.
The village hidden in the leaves was the home of a little girl called Haru. Her midnight black hair which flowed past her shoulders danced calmly to the winds breeze. She stood, holding a batch of light pink peonies in front of the ninja K.I.A stone. She put the flowers she was holding into a small vase at the base of the stone. Her face contorted into a sad expression, before looking down and shutting her eyes so tight as if trying to reverse time. Her tears slowly running down, hitting the earth's crust like little innocent rain drops.
She ignored the footsteps, that steadily made their way in her direction. The weight of a hand rested upon her shoulder. The hokage had approached her. His face stern, filled with lines etched deep into his skin telling a story spanning decades and eyes full of sorrow. Haru stared blankly at the stone. She had cried the night before and her eyes were red and raw, she didn't think she could cry anymore. She closed her ears and titled he head towards the sky.
The hokage too stared at the K.I.A stone before sharing his wisdom, "The life of a ninja is an honourable one young Haru, however not one without danger. Your parents were good shinobi and to their last breath survived and defended their village. Their sacrifice saved many lives and will not be forgotten." With the tilt of his head he bowed to the stone in respect, before leaving in the direction of the hokage tower.
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Haru woke up to the sounds of crashing, coming from her neighbour's apartment, probably fell off the bed again.
"DAMMIT! STUPID BED WATCH WHERE YOUR'RE GOING TRYING TO SLEEP HERE!". And I stand corrected.
She slowly got up and walked towards her calendar before making a small illustration of a bed underneath the date. Taking a step back she observed the rest of the month, more little beds, clocks, bugs, walls... She had to give it to the kid, he made life entertaining.
Today marks the end of Academy lessons, she thought whilst preparing herself a meal which consisted of cut up fruit, today's the day they get ninja instructors and teams.
Despite finding Naruto's attitude hilarious, I can't imagine being stuck on a team with him. It would be a disaster, an utter catastrophe.
Though he did not pass the clone jutsu the day before, she had heard that Naruto passed, through his yelling that night.
I should really consider moving the bed to the other side of the room. Whoever designed these rooms didn't consider a neighbour who spoke in their sleep and acted out their dreams. No wall is going to stop the sound of Naruto's voice from penetrating.
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I looked around me, unable to hide the discontent on my face from being woken up. Those two monsters had just entered the classroom.
"I'm first!" they both yelled, spreading their arms out attempting to smack the other in the face. They both shared an equality annoyed look at each other before beginning to smack talk.
"Back away forehead I was in here first."
"I was at least a tenth of an inch before you baka INO-PIG!" the pink monster screamed, butting heads with the long-haired blonde. Somehow that escalated into a fight raging on with all the girls in the class, of course excluding herself and the Hyuga heiress. Narutos head shifted to their direction with a dazed look of his face. Cue another mental fantasy, probably to do with marrying Sakura. Hella gross.
"Ninja's" she scoffed, more like desperate overgrown dogs fighting over a bone, or in this case the class and I quote 'hottie', the notorious Sasuke Uchiha, an arrogant but talented proclaimed prodigy in the making.
The once short and chubby young girl who cried at the K.I.A had grown over the years. Her previously long black hair had been cut shorter over the years, much shorter than any boy in the class. Which of course lead to her being mistaken as a boy on a regular basis, she was sure some of her own peers still believed her to be boy despite sharing the same class for years... The feminine features would be a give-away, however years ago a ninja wearing a mask covering the majoring of his face and eye had left an everlasting fashion impression on Haru which lead her into adopting a similar attire. She wore the standard ninja pants, with high neck jacket that was always zipped and a mask for extra protection, covering the lower portion of her face. As a whole it was rather difficult to pinpoint her gender, the above average height may also be a contributing factor into most people believing she was a boy.
She looked towards the commotion at the front desks, Naruto again at the centre of attention, had a hoard of girls fuming behind him, the slight push of the person behind had pushed Naruto forward – making his lips collide with the one and only Uchiha's. Hells spawns unleashed their cries before attacking Naruto. Its way too early for this thought Haru.
"SILENCE!!!! As of today, you are all ninjas. To get here you've faced difficult trials and hardships but that's nothing what comes next will be far more difficult. Now you are only genin, first level ninjas, all of you will be grouped into squads of three. Each group will be led by a jonin ninjas. We want each squad to have a balance of strengths and abilities so that how they've been set up." Iruka explains to the newly graduated genin class, before announcing the pairings. "Also due to an uneven number of students graduating this year, there will be one squad of 4"
"Squad 7, Naruto Uzumaki" Almost everyone braces themselves, Haru of course with a far different reason.
Now that I think about it though, it may not be so bad, if anything It would be convenient, I mean there'll always be someone who's in good spirits and Naruto does live literally metres away. There's got to be some benefit in that... "And finally, Haru Kasai"
Wait what... who else is in this team?
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