Interlude Chapter #5: Squad Photo

Similar to every other day, Mizuki awoke to the sound of his door being pounded in as he heard somebody screaming as she was doing it.

Anko: "MIZUKI! GET. UP. NOW."

Mizuki groaned as he got up and walked towards the door, unlocking it to see Anko on the other end, smiling back at him.

She quickly let herself in before walking into the kitchen and sitting down at the table.

Anko: "So, what's for breaky Mizuki?"

Mizuki: "Omelettes"

As they were both orphans, they made a deal to always get together and have breakfast together, as it was much better than simply eating alone.

Anko suddenly had a light smile on her face as she started drooling thinking about it which caused Mizuki to let loose a faint chuckle.

As the Naruto World didn't have many of the dishes that existed in his, he was able to surprise Anko by showing off a wide variety of completely unknown recipes.

Mizuki quickly got to work with preparing breakfast, taking out eggs, cheese, and a wide variety of leftover vegetables that happened to be left in his fridge.

He then began to prepare the omelettes before cooking them, which only took him about ten minutes before he brought over two plates to the table that Anko was sitting at.

As he placed the plates down, Anko's smile only grew wider as the scent of the egg and the cheese mixed together with vegetables to create an amazing odour.

(A/N: ketchup on omelettes is the equivalent of pineapple on pizza and if you do it, your a fucking monster)

Anko and Mizuki: "Itadakimasu!"

As they said that, they quickly devoured their breakfast, savouring every bite.

Anko: "It's kind of crazy huh? to think that we are now officially genin"

Mizuki: "I Find it even crazier that the pedo snake passed anybody in the first place."

Anko laughed out loud at Mizuki's comment

Anko: "Yah..."

Although there was no mission scheduled for that day, there was something else that was planned for them.

Something that caused even Mizuki to shiver with absolute dread, fearful of what would come out of it.

The Team Photo.

(A/N: Being Photographed is fucking horrifying, just sayin)

Mizuki shivered at the thought.

Mizuki muttered under his breath.

Mizuki: "stupid-ass team photos, why the fuck to I have to be photographed next to that fucking pedo-"

Anko:"You say something?"

Mizuki: "nothing"

After finishing up their breakfast and cleaning the dishes, Mizuki glanced at the clock to see that it was just past 9:30, surprisingly late when taking into consideration the time that Mizuki normally woke up for the academy.

Regardless of this, it was time for them to get going, as they had to take their individual ninja photos at 10 o'clock.

Deciding to not risk being late for this, lest it reach Orochimaru's ears, Mizuki and Anko decided it would be for the best to leave a little bit early.

....

The line to get to the photographer for the ninja photos was painfully long.

Even though they arrived fifteen minutes early, Mizuki and Anko were still welcomed with a line that they had to wait in for another forty five minutes.

Idate came a little while afterwards, confined to the back of the line with a wait time significantly longer than even that of his two teammates.

(A/N: I used while instead of whilst for once, NOW GIVE ME YOUR POWERSTONES MUHAHAHA)

To pass the time in line, Mizuki was thinking of what he could do to make the photo he was using more interesting.

Whilst Mizuki could appreciate the fact that Naruto wanted to stand out with his clown makeup for his first photo, Mizuki felt like he could do something better...

Something that could make him and others like him proud across both of his lives.

And whilst slightly less flashy than Naruto's, it had something that his lacked.

That's right. Mizuki was going to introduce this world to *culture.*

It was time to make a Mother Fucking Jojos Reference.

......

Time felt like it was moving at a snail's pace, as the genin all stood in a line to get their picture taken and then run off to do something else.

After what felt like forever, Anko finally had her turn to go up to take her picture.

Her photo was fairly standard, a simple awkward smile towards the camera.

Anko then looked at Mizuki, who had an expression filled with dread as he looked towards the camera, much to her amusement.

Photographer: "Alright Kid, lemme take a photo of you."

Mizuki nodded and quickly created a shadow shadow clone which then immediately transformed into a certain something behind Mizuki.

As the jutsu created smoke, nobody was able to realize that a clone was summoned, rather believing that the *thing* behind him was what caused it.

Photographer: "You sure you want that thing in the photo with you?"

Mizuki: "Positive"

The Photographer then got behind the camera and gave a thumbs up before the flash occured as it photographed Mizuki's Portrait, alongside the humanoid in the background.

And although Mizuki seems calm on the inside, on the inside he was anything but.

Mizuki: {BEHOLD MY STAND: ZA WARLDO! IT ALLOWS ME TO STOP TIME! MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA}

Photographer: "All done."

Mizuki:"Thanks!"

He then went up to Anko, who had decided to wait for him nearby, to chat with her.

Mizuki: "Do we wait for Idate?"

Mizuki and Anko then glanced far down the line only to see that Idate would probably be stuck there for another half an hour at least.

Anko: "Hell No"

Clearly not hearing their conversation, Idate called out to them.

Idate: "Hey guys, wait for m-"

Seeing that they were about to be trapped their by Idate, as they very well knew that they could not refuse, Anko and Mizuki used what he would refer to as "the secret art of running away" and body flickered out of there, pretending that they had never heard their teammates plea for help.

...

Unfortunately for Mizuki, he still had one more challenge to usurp.

That of the legendary team photo.

Everybody arrived at the scheduled meeting spot for the team photos on time, even Idate, who was clearly still petrified after the previous day's antics during the exam.

In classical Orochimaru fashion, the snake arrived right on the dot for the team photos, not being one second to early nor so much as one second late.

Orochimaru: "Well than, let's get this over with shall we?"

Mizuki nodded his head rapidly in agreement before they all got into their positions for the photo.

Photographer: "1..2...3..*click*"

Similar to most team photos, Orochimaru, being the sensei, was at the back, with his hands on Idate's and Mizuki's shoulders as he wore his signature smirk

Anko was front and centre, giving an amused smile directed at Mizuki at his plight of taking a photo.

Idate had his standard dumb, oblivious smile as he stood to the right of Anko.

And our glorious main character stood to left, with a painfully awkward smile that by just looking at, you could tell that he was trying his hardest to remain sem-normal.

Anko: {Totally fine with strapping a bomb to your teammate and yet still afraid of getting your picture taken...what am I going to do with you Mizuki?}