Naruto --> Ninjutsu Over Boys --> Part One (Name: Kyoshi Misanagi)

You walk down the halls at the academy. You have already been given your timetable and now you are heading for your first class (which is also registration). You finally find it. It is one of the last classrooms down the first hall. There are other kids, your age, younger, and older, chatting around and running around. Even in this friendly environment, you don't feel completely welcome. You enter the classroom timidly (you hate first days at new schools) and you see a dozen other students, your age, in the classroom before you. You look around at the class. There are a cluster of girls around a certain boy wearing a blue shirt. He's igoring them and staring straight ahead. You can tell that two of those girls, one wearing red and the other wearing purple, are arguing about who should sit next to that boy in the blue shirt. In the centre front row, there is a chubby boy eating chips. In the last row, there is a girl with strange white pupil-less eyes sitting quietly there. On the left side of the classroom, there are three students (two boys and one girl) talking amongst themselves. One of the two boys is wearing a weirdly looking green outfit and he has really thick eyebrows. The other boy also has those same strange white pupil-less eyes as the quiet girl in the back row of the class. The girl with those two boys is wearing a pink sleeveless chinese-design top and her hair is tied up into two buns. Suddenly, the two boys and the girl look in your direction.
As though on cue, the teacher walks into the room. He appears to have some sort of horizontal scar across his nose. Everyone returns to their seats. You just stand there. Luckily, the teacher spots you. He gives you a friendly smile. You smile weakly.
"New student, right?" He asks you. You nod.
"Okay." He says and the class gives him their full attention, "We have a new student who has just transferred from the Wind Country. Her name is Kyoshi Misanagi."
At the sound of 'Kyoshi', the students start whispering. An interested look spreads over the faces of the boy in the blue shirt and the boy with the white pupil-less eyes.
"She's from the Kyoshi clan...?"
"Her father's like, really famous..."
"Kyoshi, huh?"
"She must be really strong, then."
"She doesn't look that strong..."
"Kyoshi transferred to Konoha...?"
"Okay. Okay." The teacher says to the class, then he turns to you, "You can call me Iruka-sensei."
"Okay." You say softly.
"There is an empty seat next to Naruto. Yes, in the second row." Iruka points to an empty space next to a boy with yellow hair.
As you walk up to your seat, you hear whispers.
"Ooh. She's next to Naruto..."
"Bad luck..."
"Why did Iruka put her there?"
"It was either Naruto or Chouji..."
"I'd take my chances with Chouji rather than Naruto..."
You sit down next to the yellow haired boy, supposedly called Naruto.
"Hi." he says to you, "I'm Uzumaki Naruto!"
"Misanagi..." You reply softly.
"Nice name." He says to you.
"Thanks..." You say shyly.
"Anyway, welcome back from the holidays, all..." Iruka says to the class. The chubby boy seated in front of you is still eating his chips.
Iruka starts teaching about different types of techniques. You listen attentively and occasionally take notes. Naruto just peers over at your notes. He appears confused as he listens to what Iruka is talking about.
Your next class is Maths (yes, even in a ninja school, you still need to learn other subjects too, otherwise how will you get smart and stuff?). You sit next to Naruto the whole day and you can tell that he is not the best student.
"What does the 'x' in this equation stand stand for?" Naruto whispers to you. You explain the whole process of rearranging the formulae to eventually find 'x'. He still appears confused.
After Maths, everyone is let out to go to lunch.
You sit alone at a table, eating a riceball for your lunch, while you easily complete your Maths homework. Suddenly, three figures walk up to you. You look up from your Maths homework. It's the two boys (thick eyebrows...white pupil-less eyes...) and the girl (two buns in hair).
"You're doing your Maths homework now?" The girl asks you.
"I suppose." You reply and finish solving a slightly harder simultaneous equation.
"I'm Tenten." She says to you, "You're Misanagi, right?"
"Hi." You say. You look at her, then at the two boys.
"This is Lee." She gestures to the boy with the thick eyebrows. He flashes you a shining smile.
"This is Hyuuga Neji." Tenten gestures to the boy with the white pupil-less eyes.
"Hi." You say, gazing into Neji's pupil-less eyes. You recognise his surname, Hyuuga.
'The Hyuuga Clan is supposed to be the strongest clan in Konoha.' You think.
"Too bad you have to sit next to Naruto." Tenten says to you.
"It's okay." You say.
"Well, has Iruka-sensei told you who your mentor is yet?" Lee asks you.
"No. What's a mentor?" You ask.
'An extra teacher?' You think.
"It's for extra training and if you're in a good team, you get missions. We three are in a team under Gai-sensei." Neji explains.
"Oh." You reply.
"Our team has managed to get C-ranked missions, even though us Genin are supposed to have D-ranked missions only." Tenten adds.
"I see." You say.
'So this team must be good.' You think.
"You haven't been given a hitai-ate yet?" Neji asks you. You shake your head.
"Don't worry. Just wait until Iruka-sensei tests you. When you pass, then probably you'll be put into a team and given a mentor." Tenten says to you.
"Hope you get into our team." Neji says sincerely to you. You blush slightly, turning away.
They leave you while you complete the last few questions of your Maths homework.
You get up, ready to leave. Your next subject on the timetable is meant to be 'time spent with your mentor'. Since you don't have a mentor...Iruka-sensei asked you to visit him in his classroom to spend the remainder of that lesson there.
"Misanagi!"
You turn, hearing your name. Naruto is running up to you. He skids to a stop when he reaches you.
"Hi, Naruto." You say.
"Hey." He says, "Did Iruka-sensei give you a mentor yet? My mentor is Kakashi-sensei!"
'Kakashi?' You think, 'My dad knows him...My dad mentioned the name 'Kakashi' before...'
"No." You tell him, "Who's in your team?"
"Sakura and Sasuke!" He says. You take note on the way he says 'Sakura'.
"Ok..." You reply. You have no idea who Sasuke and Sakura are...
"Anyway, I hope you're in my team!" He says to you.
"NARUTO!!"
Both Naruto and you see a girl storming angrily in Naruto's direction. Naruto swallows nervously.
"Naruto!" She yells. You recognise her as one of the two girls who were fighting over the blue shirt guy. She was the one in red.
When she sees you, she suddenly cools down and smiles at you. Naruto sighs.
"I'm Haruno Sakura!" She says.
'And I'm the smartest girl in our class!' Inner Sakura adds.
"Hi." You say, "I'm Misanagi."
"So...you know Naruto..." Sakura says to you. She gives Naruto an 'I-will-kill-you-later' look. He gulps.
"Yeah." You reply, "So you're the Sakura in Naruto's team..."
"Unfortunately..." She sighs sadly, then brightens up at once, saying, "But at least there's Sasuke!"
"Who's Sasuke?" You ask.
"You don't know?" Sakura asks, horror-struck, "He's like the coollest, cutest, bestest-"
"Best." You correct her, "Not 'bestest'."
"Oh, yeah." She says, "anyway...he's really hot..."
"So, are you friends with Tenten, Neji, and Lee?" You ask her.
"Uh...not really." Sakura says, and leans in, "They're really good."
"I see." You say.
"People say that they're like the best of the best. They're the best in each of their individual fields. Neji, I think, is like a clan prodigy or something. Lee is some taijutsu expert. Tenten is a natural weapons expert." Sakura say softly to you.
"Oh. What about your team?" You ask.
"Sasuke is the best! He's so strong, and cool, and...HE'S RIGHT THERE! Sasuke!" Sakura runs in the direction of the blue shirt guy she was arguing over with another girl before class.
'So that's Sasuke...' You think, 'He is kind of cute...so was Neji...'
"Hey. Misanagi." Naruto says to you, "If possible, could you -uh- help me with some of my subjects and stuff?"
"Sure." You say.
The bell rings. Lunchtime's over.
You grab your books and head down to Iruka-sensei's classroom. He's in there, sitting at his desk. You just sit down at your usual place in the centre second row of the classroom.
"Iruka-sensei." You say.
"Yeah?" He asks.
"Tenten said that I had to take some test to get my hitai-ate and a mentor." You tell him.
"It's just a few written tests and a few pratical ninjutsu tests." He says to you.
"When can I take them?" You ask, "I know this is my first day here, but when could I take the tests?"
"Whenever you are ready." He says.
"What about now?" You ask, "I can do the written tests now."
"-Uh-Okay." Iruka says, a little surprised that you want to do the tests now. He looks at the time. Then he reaches into one of his desk drawers.
"There are two written tests." He says to you. You nod. He takes out a few sheets of printed paper and clips them together. He gives them to you, saying, "You have an hour to complete this. You can take the second written test tomorrow if you want."
"Sure." You say, writing your name clearly on the test paper. You flip it through the test paper. There are 40 multiple-choice questions. You look at the first question. Easy. Question number two. Simple. Question number three...
After double-checking all your answers, by the end of the hour, you hand up your finished test paper to Iruka-sensei.
'One step closer to being a ninja.' You think as you exit the classroom.
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