a shinobi's tale

Chapter 4 : bonding and training

I woke up early in the morning and prepared myself for another day of school. Except I had no idea that today would be far from ordinary. I sat down at the table after washing myself and brushing my teeth. I wolfed down a pot of instant ramen for breakfast and drank some water. "thanks for the food" I said to the empty room. Then I set out to begin my school day. I arrived at school and sat at the rusty old bench I usually went to since class hadn't started yet.

I sat and read my notes on jutsu's and chakra and enjoyed the sounds of nature. It would have been great and relaxing if there wasn't kids staring, pointing, making rude remarks and chatting about me and how abnormal I was. Then the bell Wrang for the start of class so I went in and sat down. Many student's stared and whispered rude things about me as I sat down. Then our teacher came in and everyone settled down. "good morning class!"He said merrily
"good morning sensei " we all replied. "today we will be learning about kekkai genkai"he said
many students glanced at me before looking back at sensei. I felt sick to the stomach. It was that word again kekkai genkai. People were talking about it outside and saying that I had one and if I mastered it I would be very dangerous. I had a bad feeling about this. "ok class who knows what kekkai genkai is?" he said
kurai raised his hand. "it's a special jutsu/technique passed down through blood line limits passed down through different clans genetically" he said
"well done kurai that's correct! also kekkai genkai makes certain shinobi stronger than others which means that in the wrong hands kekkai genkai can be extremely dangerous"said sensai

Everyone turned to look at me. "I can't believe she was even allowed to come here, she could kill all of us" whispered a student, I lowered my head in shame and watched my tears fall like delicate rain drops onto my desk "yeah she might even destroy the whole sch-" "That's quite enough" bellowed sensei "ochimiyo is a part of our class now and that means we treat her like a human, she is your classmate"
I was so touched sensei respected me instead of hating me like the rest. I wiped away my tears and got through with the rest of the lesson.

Once school was over sensei came over to me while I was reading at the bench I usually sat at. "hey ochimyio want to join me for ramen " he asked politely
"sure thank you Sensei" I responded half heartedly
So we went to ichiraku ramen together and I ordered a vegetable and meat ramen with naruto maki fish cakes and it was the best thing I had ever eaten. "ochimiyo I wanted to talk to you about something"said sensei
"of course Akihito sensei go right ahead"I replied
"I've noticed that lately you've been feeling depressed and you have been bullied and treated like a monster like when a bunch of people were talking about you " he said
I was speechless, sensei had witnessed everything that had happened to me, how was I ment to react to that?
"I - well yes it's true " I said hesitantly
"I see, ochimiyo let me start with this, do you know why I became a teacher?"
"no sensei why " I said
"because when I was only 5, my parents were killed right in front of my eyes by the villagers of my village because of our kekkai genkai, lava release and then they forced me to live in a isolated area outside of the village " tears started falling from sensei's eyes "I've never told anyone about this before except to you Ochimiyo, hardly anyone at the Academy even knows I have a kekkai genkai,  because we're alike each other, our childhood was so similar, we both lost our parents because of our kekkai genkai and we were both hated by society, we were thought into of as monsters" the tears turned to streams of water and I was so stunned that even I was crying too. I wasn't alone, there were others facing similar pain as me. But that word kekkai genkai, what was it and how did Sensei know I had that.
"sensei please tell me what is my kekkai genkai and how do you that I have one too and if you can, who were my parents " I pleaded. My heart was wrenching in my chest, it felt like it would burst out of my chest and run off. I was going to find out a bit about my past, at long last a few secrets would be revealed.
"ok ochimiyo, after what you've been through you deserve to know" he replied "I don't remember much nor am I allowed to tell you much but what I can say is that I knew your parents because your mother ran an orphanage and I was in it and she was so caring, she would hug us and make us feel safe and welcome and every night before bed she would tell us this "don't let your differences become an obstacle in your path to achieving your dreams. "

I sat there taking it all in, my mom was such a wonderful woman, I wish I could have heard her or remember her sweet voice or her lovely face but I still only knew a small amount about myself. "I was your mother's favourite and so when she was pregnant with you, I was the first person she told at the orphanage, that was the day she told me about her kekkai genkai the rinnegan, she trusted me to not be afraid and help look after you when you were born so that's what I did and everything was great until they were killed by the villagers "
I was so taken aback, I had rinnegan. What was rinnegan and why was everyone so afraid of me for it?
"so you see, I became a teacher because I wanted to educate the next generation so that no one would ever have to suffer the way you and I have ever again ". I could see the pain in his eyes, that same pain that was always tormenting me. " sensei why were the people afraid of kekkai genkai and why would they treat there own people that way because of it " I asked. " because normal shinobi are afraid of the emmense power of our kekkai genkai so they wanted to push us far away from society and get rid of us altogether, they didn't know what it was like to be born with something and hated for it even though it was out of your control" he replied "you see kekkai genkai is the strongest form of jutsu out there and there are three dojutsu which are the strongest of all kekkai genkai : sharingan, rinnegan and byakugan, these dojutsu grant you incredible visual prowess and can cause the destruction of villages if mastered enough. So that's why people who don't have it fear those who do as they fear that those people will lash out and destroy everything "

Then sensei did something I will never forget and it helped ease the pain in my heart, he hugged me. He gave me a huge embracing hug and said " that's why I promise to protect you ochimiyo and teach you as best as I can because I believe that you and people like you deserve to become shinobi and have great potential and aren't monsters that we should fear and distance ourselves from, I promise to acknowledge you more and not ignore you when your hurting "

"Thank you sensei, I promise I won't let you down " I said. I felt something I had never felt before. "sensei what is this wonderful feeling that warms you up and makes you feel safe and wanted". " that dear ochimiyo is the medicine that cures a wound to the heart, it's the only cure for a broken heart, that is love ". Love. What a wonderful feeling. Love is what I was missing all my life. Sensei walked me home that day and for the first time, I had a good nights sleep.

Sensei kept true to his word. I was training harder than ever, we learned shuriken techniques, clone jutsu and more! I never felt so content to be at school, it really was a second home to me. Then sensei had an announcement "students listen carefully, your graduation exams are coming up next week so keep practising and work harder than ever so you can become genin and become great shinobi, I know that you can do it!" I thought to myself how close I was to completing the first step of becoming a full fledged shinobi.

Later class was dismissed and we all left for home. I saw kurai walking down the street and went over to him and asked " hey kurai, could you be my training partner " he turned and said " sure, just keep up with me okay". I laughed and said I would try my best. So we started training today and practised kunai techniques until late in the night and I set goodbye and went home.

This day would always be an unforgettable day. 

Hey everyone ! I hope your having a good day and I hope you liked my new chapter. Votes and feedback and comments on this chapter are appreciated and I hope this story made your day. Btw I am totally against fan fiction that depicts love/romance and x reader junk so ya just thought I'd let you all know. 🥋💗🥋