Book One; Will of Fire (On Hiatus)

First Day At The Academy

I held Jiji's hand as I walked with him to the academy. I didn't take my bag-pack with me today because jiji said we wouldn't do any school today, as it is the first day after all.

I've also asked a lot of questions about the Academy and jiji looked more than happy to answer. I found out some pretty interesting things.

I was very curious at what we would be doing at the Academy. Jiji told me all sorts of classes were there, first was the mandatory classes. The mandatory classes is my worlds school stuff; Literature, Science, History, and Mathematics and languages.

The other hours were segregated to learn about chakra and other Shinobi ways. Like genjutsu, ninjutsu, taijutsu and weapons. These were actually split in two way days, First would come all the basics -History, Maths, Science, Literature and languages- then in the afternoon Shinobi training.

Plus sparing at the very end of the day. A workout were we did some light jogging and pushups. Nothing to extreme, but enough to pass to make Genin (eventually.) It was nothing like my workouts, mainly, none of that was too extreme. Sparing is changed to taking place on the end of the day at friday.

All in all-it started at Seven O'clock and ended at Five in the afternoon. Smack dab in the middle was a hour break for lunch or recess, some kids used it for both, or time to get homework done.

But no wonder why becoming a ninja was such a hard thing for the civilian families!-You had to have shit load of perseverance! I smirked privately to myself as I pulled on my shirt and shorts, I was pretty confident. I just had to fail so much so I become a deadlast.

On top of all that you 'could' stay after school, though at our age there were two programs 'available' to the children.

For girls-Kunochi classes.

For guys-Strength/Endurance Training

They 'weren't' technically mandatory but everyone knew if you wanted to pass you had to take them. But jiji somehow did something so I also could switch between Strenght/Endurance and Kunoichi Training. I dont know how, but I won't complain.

Strength training and Endurance training would be much like what I had started out on when I had started out training. I expected to be ahead of most the class already because of that similar training.

Kunoichi Classes. Kunoichi Classes worked very different. We were going to learn about Flower Arrangement, Flower Codes, how to Infiltrations in different diguises, where to hide weapons and how, sing, dance, cook, how to put kimonos on, make-up on, seduction, basic psychological and manipulation. Basic poison knowledge. And how to take care of ourselves.
It was a mix of Kunoichi training and how to become a perfect wife when you marry.

And there is many things about this that I dont like at all.

Thats why I'm relieved that I can switch between if we are going to do something that I dont like.

"We are here,"

My breath halted in startlement. I looked up, and my eyes widened like saucers. My mouth opened, huge..

Man, this is friggin'huge!

"Big..." I couldn't help but said in awe. I'm sure I was excluding sun rays and stars as I looked around in excitement.

I was pushed to the other children that were filed into a sitting space outside, jiji walked over to the platform smoking his pipe, his hands clasped tightly behind his back. Behind him was the Hokage Monument standing proudly in the glittering sun.

The speech was breathtaking. I know one thing for sure, jiji can talk.
I whirled my head around to see the other children watching him, gobbling it all. When I looked a bit more, I could see some of the other Rookie Nine. I could see the small pink tuft of hair hiding in another crowd. I could see the hair, that resembled the behind of any bird-species. I could see Shikamaru who was not listening, but watching the clouds that was peacefully swaying.

After the speech, we were called up.

Unsurprisingly, I was paired up with the rookie nine and many civilians. Many of them I havent seen in canon. So they won't make it. I looked around in awe as we walked to the classroom and ignored the whisperes of civilians around me. Our homeroom teacher was expectly Iruka.

Good, I thought, at least he is fair with the grades

But Mizuki isn't here...maybe he comes later? When-

I was cut out when the sliding of a door was heard. We are already here? I thought, surprised. Damnit, now I dont know the way to the classroom.

I looked around the other kids as they talked. Maybe I'm not the only one..

"Take a seat," Iruka instructed with a smiled...that turned a bit forced when he glanced at my direction. I sighed inwardly. Girl or boy, it's the same treatment. Sometimes I think being a girl is worse.

We took our seats and looked to our future teacher.

He smiled." Hello, I'm Umino Iruka. I like eating ramen from Ichiraku Ramen, while I dislike mazegohan. My hobby is going to the hot springs and my favorite word is reliance. In the next few years I'm going to be your homeroom teacher until you graduate and become official genin. Nice to meet you all."

He held a stack of papers." This is the time table of what we would be doing, it will maybe change in the next few months, and you will not get an extra, so be careful and take care of them."

He handed a paper to each of us and took a chalk and began to write on the blackboard.

"You will meet up here at 7am precisely. Tardiness will not be tolerated. 7am-11:30pm we will be doing the mandatory. 7am-9am will be history of our village. 9am-9:30am will be litterature. 9:30am-10am will be mathematics. 10am-10:30am will be science. 10:30am-11:30am will be lunch or recess.
And then it's the shinobi arts-Ninjutsu, taijutsu, weapons, genjutsu-
11:30-12:30 we will be talking about genjutsu. 12:30-13:30 is ninjutsu, and we will be doing different things about this. 13:30-14:30 will be taijutsu and 14:30 to 15:30 will be weapons and projectiles.
15:30-17:00 we will be doing exercises of all kinds, and sometimes you can just do what you want.
Sparings we have decided to hold that at the end of a month, to rank you in taijutsu wise."

He stopped writing and placed the chalk back, and then turned to us and smiled." But now that this is the first day, you will just get your supplies books and be excused for today. This is all."

I packed my stuff and left, pretty disappointed. I packed lunch for nothing. Now that it's only 20 minutes over 7am, I could go somewhere new and eat something as I train a bit maybe...

This is going to be some interesting years. And I'll bet my death on that I'll be shunned or bullied by the others starting tomorrow. Aa, why couldn't I have been reborn into a non important character in a non important village in a non important place. That would have been better. I think. I'm not so sure about it now. It's fun being here actually, and I can be what I always wanted to be.
Me.