Though We Are Different (DISCONTINUED)

Five

"What kind of friend would I be, if I were to just let you die?"

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Six months after starting the academy, Itachi's fame spread throughout the school with Arashi following shortly behind. Given the fact that the first-year classes had nothing to teach them both, teachers began to give them special homework and tests; different than what they usually given the other students.

Mastering everything that they had taught them, teachers reported that the duet is more than ready to become a genin. Exhausted from the third great ninja war and the Nine Tails attack, the hidden leaf village needed more shinobi. Judging by the teachers decisions, they picked out students who were ready to part take in the graduation exam.

After four months of starting school, the decision was made that Itachi and Arashi were going to graduate once the school year was over. The two easily passed the exam, simply just having to do a clone jutsu. Shisui had already taught them the higher rank of the jutsu, telling them both with a wide smile; "You will be a ninja and out of there in no time!"

Six months of school left...

"Hey you!" A voice from behind Itachi was heard, he stopped his movements, taking a look at who had called him.

"You're him right? Uchiha Itachi?" Three older students, probably from the school's seniors class, stood in front of him.

Itachi had no time to remember anybody's faces or names, in fact he didn't know anything about the other students or their grades, he kept his attention more on his training and what Arashi needed help with. Judging them by their height, Itachi assumed they were from the school's senior grade, one that would possibly be graduating with him.

"Do you know who we are?"

"No."

At Itachi's blunt response, the student who stood in the middle, the one who had done all the talking, glared slightly. "Cheeky brat, just like everyone says, huh?"

The older boy was quite intimidating, though Itachi still hadn't made any movement whatsoever. The boy growled, a smirk crossing his face as he opened his mouth. "My name is
Tenma Izumo, Fleet Foot Tenma they call me. There's no body in this school that doesn't know me."

"I've never heard of you." Arashi's voice was heard behind the four boys.

"And who are you!?"

Arashi walked past the three older boys, stopping in front of Itachi as she held out a lunch box. "Just a friend of Itachi's, no body special."

"Do you know why we stopped you?" Tenma asked, his smirk returning back to his face as he turned back to the younger boy.

"Not at all."

"What's up with this kid."

"Hold up, Hagiri." Tenma placed his arm in front of the tallest boy, stopping his movements.

"We're gonna make sure we teach this kid a lesson about school manners, just don't rush it."

"What about you guys? You're the ones bullying the first graders, don't you need to be taught about school manners?" Arashi asked, tilting her head slightly.