13 Chapter 12
Class is about to start while waiting for Iruka sensei, everyone has their own methods to kill time, whether socialising, reading or even looking out the window. One of mine I picked up over the years was utilising my chakra strings to take peoples stationary and hide them around the room.
It trains my stealth skills and thread manipulation skills while still being entertaining watching kids find their lost pencils behind the curtains or in a cupboard.
I watch the time tick by Iruka is late today, this wasn't an uncommon occurrence, no that he is a bad teacher but collecting Naruto when he was playing pranks would sometimes cause him to be tardy.
"Excuse me for being late" Iruka says as he slides the door open dragging in Naruto who's been tied up so he can't escape.
Putting him down he starts to lecture Naruto
"Now listen, Naruto," he says seriously
"You failed the last graduation test and the one before that. This is no time to be goofing off, you fool" he chastises
"Hmph" Naruto turns his head away in defiance
Suddenly Iruka turns around to everyone in the class and angrily says
"We will have a re-take on the Transformation jutsu, Even those who have already passed will take it" He orders, not listening to any of the kids complaining
I already passed the Transformation jutsu test previously and so have most other kids in the class. Although most kids had no particular problem doing it, for those with lower chakra like myself it was irritating to waste so much of a scarce resource on a test.
At least that's what I thought, but maybe kids just aren't born to like tests.
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"Sakura Haruno, Here I go," A pink-haired girl says
"Transform"
Her transformation produced a disguise that looked identical to our teacher Iruka. A pretty good job but it is difficult to mess up the transformation anyways.
"Ok," Iruka says in an approving tone
"I did it" she cheers in a conservative fashion
"Did you see, Sasuke?" She asks, clearly wanting his approval
So that's why she's so happy, most girls at a young age were infatuated with Sasuke. I myself was not that handsome with dark green hair cut modestly in a traditional sense, with it being spikey but not falling lower than the collar of my shirt.
"Next, Sasuke Uchiha" Iruka continues
Sakura sadly returns without receiving his approval, well he is quite cool, so it's not that I can't understand
"Yes" Sasuke responds calmly
Without even a second to delay after he walks up, he transforms into an identical copy of Iruka sensei.
"Ok" Iruka responds satisfied
"Hebi, your turn" He calls out again
"Understood" I respond respectfully
"Transform"
Following the trend, I also transform with a single hand sign into our teacher leaving no room for mistakes.
"No problems" Iruka continues
"Now, Naruto Uzumaki"
"This is a real pain" Shikamaru complains
Naruto walks up with a confident attitude, even I don't know the results. The last time he failed to perform the transformation jutsu perfectly, thinking about those results I don't expect a perfect transformation
"Transform"
A large amount of chakra is infused into the transformation, way more than necessary and definitely way more than I have in my system.
I watch closely to see the results of this abnormal transformation
*poof*
Once the smoke disappeared what was left was a female version of Naruto, wearing much less than desired. Already sensing Iruka's disappointment I lock in to watch.
"Hahaha, how was it, my sexy jutsu?" Naruto laughs loudly holding his belly
"You fool, stop making idiotic spells!!!!!" Iruka yells and lectures
I quietly chuckle to myself watching this amusing scene
Ending the day on this high note, I look out to the open window, birds caw as I feel the days of the academy coming to a conclusion. Soon we'll graduate, soon we will become shinobi, even though it is my goal, I'll miss these peaceful days.
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"We are now about to begin the graduation test, when your name is called proceed to the next classroom, The test is on the clone jutsu " Iruka instructs the class
I smile inwardly, Appreciating myself for putting in the effort to practice this rudimentary jutsu.
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"Hebi, You're up" a monitoring teacher calls me in
Walking in the room, I see a single table with rows of Leaf village headbands sitting on it for those who passed. A few headbands are missing likely from the people who went before me.
Sitting behind the table was Iruka and another white-haired teacher. Iruka then spoke up to instruct
"Now, perform the clone jutsu"
Putting together a couple hand signs, I focus my chakra
"clone jutsu"
Four identical clones of myself appeared seemingly satisfying both proctoring teachers
"I can say confidently that you passed, Hebi, I believe you will make a fine shinobi," Iruka says
I bow my head in appreciation as I walk up to receive my headband
"Thank you very much," I say
I put my Headband on, a wave of satisfaction runs over me, a sign that I've made some progress since I first started. My path of shinobi starts, low-rank ninja, Genin
As I turn around to leave, just as I'm about to leave I give one more bow of respect to the teacher who's been teaching me for six years.
"Thank you for teaching these past years," I say respectfully
Leaving as quietly as I came
