15 15 Jonin Instructor

Konoha.

Swish!!

The sky was still kinda dark but the gradually rising sun illuminated it little by little, a cool breeze blowing early morning as well.

At the vast training ground with a river running in the middle, stood a figure with arms across his chest, he looked eight, a short sword hung on his back, standing straight with some expectation in the red ringed eyes.

Thup!

At this moment rang the sound of footsteps, taking Shinku's attention as he looked towards it.

Good Morning!

Arriving near Shinku, the figure who had just arrived greeted him with a neutral face, nodding at him as well.

Good Morning!

Shinku responded calmly, nodding back at Naoki as well, though parting his lips again to speak next moment.

"Guess we're both early, so you wanna wait or...

Clink!

Shinku didn't complete his words, just reached and held the hilt of his sword, looking at Naoki eagerly, the desire to fight in those red ringed eyes clear.

Shinku was truly convinced at his defeat yesterday, still he wanted to fight Naoki again, as it would make him understand his weak points more.

"Let's leave that to some other time as we aren't that early"

"Look!"

Finished Naoki as he pointed towards the entrance of the training ground, a figure about the same age as them walking towards them.

*It's just the first day and I already feel like retiring, really troublesome"

With a tired look and no energy of the morning, Sayuri walked towards Shinku and Naoki, complaining about her life inwardly.

"Good Morning!"

"Yawn~

Nevertheless, with all these thoughts inside her head Sayuri arrived near Naoki and Shinku, greeting them with a tired look, yawning immediately after that.

"I think we all arrived kinda early, so...

Sayuri stopped midway and walked towards a tree, lying down under it and then speaking "Wake me up when Sensei is here"

Immediately after that, Sayuri closed her eyes and went motionless.

"A True Nara!"

This was all Naoki could say inwardly, she truly lived upto her surname.

.....

Shinku had nothing to say as well, suddenly finding this future teammate not so reliable.

Poof!!

But just when Naoki and Shinku also started to have thoughts of doing something else like training rather then waiting, there was a burst of white smoke near them.

The eyes of both Naoki and Shinku widened, as they didn't even notice someone was near them all the time using transformation jutsu.

"It was pretty much expected, but I'm still disappointed"

From the white smoke, a cold voice sounded, the fuzzy figure gradually getting clear as he continued to walk towards them.

"What's the point of having strong taijutsu or ninjutsu if you can't even use them in a battle and get taken down suddenly?"

Asked the figure who completely appeared before them, looking down at the brats before him with a cold look in his brown eyes.

The figure was quite handsome, shaggy black hair reaching his brown eyes, a cross mark on his chin, dressed in a black outfit, a shuriken holster on his right thigh, the konoha headband completely covering his forehead.

To his question, Shinku seemed kinda pissed at himself for letting his guard down though Naoki looking at the figure seemed to have gone in a deep thought.

A while later,

"My name is Shimura Danzo, and from now onwards I'll be your jonin Instructor"

"The first impression you have made is quite disappointing, but since Hiruzen thought you are worth my time, I'll keep evaluating you"

"But remember if you turn out to be useless, you'll be sent back to academy"

"Now introduce yourself and tell your goals as a shinobi briefly"

Said Danzo to the three brats standing next to each other before him, the girl having kinda embarrassed look in her eyes, as earlier she was caught sleeping.

"My name is Shinku Yuhi from the Yuhi Clan, I like practicing kendo in my idle time and my future goal is to become a capable illusionist swordsman"

"Oh... Interesting!"

Told Shinku about himself, a light flashing in the eyes of Danzo, seemed to understand what Shinku wanted to do, finding it a good goal.

"I'm Nara Sayuri from the Nara Clan, I play shogi in my free time with my father, and my goal, umm... probably to become a chunin and transfer to strategic department under my clan"

"...."

Said Sayuri her future goals, Danzo with a normal face and no surprise on it whatsoever, over the years all the Nara he had met were more or less like this, so he wasn't surprised.

Finally it was Naoki's turn, who all the time seemed to be thinking about something, his brows furrowed.

"Well~it is what it is, thinking much won't change anything"

Knowing it was his turn, Naoki shook his head to clear the thoughts in his head, understanding what happened can't be changed, he had to live with it.

Tilk chapter 25 at p@treon.com/Yuki7145, 10 chapters ahead.

(A.N:- I do wanna explain this that it won't be a story with danzo finding Naoki mysterious and trying to catch him, study him stuff, it's too cliché, and in fanfics danzo is portrayed as a petty antagonist too much, I'll try to portray him in the way I see him, not just a brainless villain