Academy
13-0...That is the score Uchiha Mikoto privately challenged the publicly acknowledged the biggest nerd bookworm, Haruto, the Orphan Of Konoha...
Of course, other than these 2 no one knew of it. It was a deal of great pride for the Prodigal daughter of Great general of Konoha forces to lose to some random orphan.
13 Times she challenged Haruto, 13 Times she lost to Haruto and to make the matter worse, other than waving his left hand around, he didn't even once move from his position.
Even though he considers her, an annoying proud little girl who doesn't understand that she is not the best in the world, he acknowledges her talents...Her footing that was so bad 13 days ago, improving at breakneck speed, if she is not considered to be a great talent, he don't know what to call himself, who took more than 1 year to perfect his footing back when he was learning magic in the academy, and they called him genius for doing it. She was more of a talent than he ever could be.
Indeed, if Haruto and Mikoto start at the same line, he never was his match, the matches from the start were unfair to her, to begin with.
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Times passed, 1 year was gone in a flash, and Uchiha Mikoto and Haruto spent much time together, fighting
They were not friends, at least not in the traditional sense, he thinks of her as a Crazy Girl, and for her, he was a nerd, the kind girls hated the most.
They hated each other, yet, despite that, they were always together, fighting and insulting each other...
Her, spending so much time with him, It was much of a disappointment to Uchiha Elders. After all, no matter what she was a royalty while he...he was a commoner...an Orphan with no background what-so-ever. They belong to two different worlds.
Apparently, He read and write so much that teachers stopped giving homework because whenever the teacher gives the homework, he wrote so much and in so much detail, they had to spend more than 4 hours just to check the homework.
But he was nothing but mere average, he was after all a wizard, and no matter how much study he does, he sucks physically, mages don't need intense physical exercises like he had to go through every single day in academy, they rely on mana and some basic exercise to keep their body fit, and able to contain the mana.
A few months Later...The Once in a Lifetime Genius...Namikaze Minato entered the academy...He was an Orphan Just like Haruto but his talents are something, that even Haruto admits are the highest he ever saw in someone...Truly a village with Great Potential...
Every one opinion on having Civilians as nothing more than a cannon fodder slowly started to change.
Weathers Changed, Leaves fall, a Lifetime of Book Ended, and with that, 4 years have been gone by...
And Today was the Graduation Day,
This is it...
Graduation day
Institute's Big 4, were fidgeting and nervous, after all, they had hell lotta more to carry on their soldiers, and unlike Orphans who could score low marks yet pass, If they score low marks, they will bring shame to their Prestigious Clan's Name.
" Who brought these twerps in? " Fodder #1 replied
" Go to your mama's little boys " Fodder #2 added
Obviously, they knew who they were and were trying to intimidate them albeit quite childishly and unsuccessfully
He lazily sat down on his seat.
"Don't you dare fail on me, I will win against you one day", came the voice of a lady from near him
'Sigh...Crazy Girl', he wished to lazily wave her off, but doing so will attract more attention to him
"Yea, Goodluck to you as well", he smiled, ready to wave her off
''Hn'', and she goes to her seat, they have been together for many years, and despite them doing nothing but fighting and insulting each other, they knew of each other habits quite much
They were not friends who will laugh, eat, and enjoy together
They were friends who can trust, that the other person will guard their back while they look at the front
All Students waited till Akihiro sensei came in and made some speech.
"Alright then first we will have the training course evaluation".
After a few laughable attempts at the obstacle course from some of the fodder shinobis who were immediately failed due to their incompetence.
"Haruto" A chunnin instructor called him out for the demonstration
The obstacle course consisted of a few drills that he remembered were normally done by cadets in the military, he saw it in his previous Life.
'Interesting'
3...2...1...Start!!!
Haruto whose eyes were closed were opened at that very moment, the air chilled at a particular place...and Haruto Disappeared...and appeared at the finish line.
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"H-How did you do that?", asked Sensei
"Well, I just froze the air at the finish line and moved through water molecules in air and stopped using the frozen air...It's quite simple, Ice Release Really...
" C-congratulations Sato -San you have passed the first round "
"Thank you sir", he said bowing down
Moments Later, Fugaku, Hiashi, Senju, Mikoto all passed with flying colors without even breaking a sweat.
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" A low birth like you can never become a good Shinobi " The Hyuga sneered at Haruto
"Jealous?"
"No, as if...a Hyuga like me would ever be jealous of your skills... I am far superior to you in every way possible"
"Silence!"
"My name is Inari Yamanaka and I will test you in your ninjutsu skills! "
"First up, Ikari Uchiha! perform the three basic academy Jutsus and one specialized Jutsu "
"Hai! Sensei"
The Uchiha member blurred through seals quickly performing the required seals for the academy three.
His hand blurred through some motions before calling out
"Katon: Gokakyou no Jutsu "
A medium sized fireball appeared as it threatened to consume the small lake near our academy
"Damn He's good", said someone from the crowd
Next Up was the Hyuga
He performed the standard seals required for the academy three before using the required hand seals to put up a small mud wall.
Next Up...
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"Haruto...In the previous Test, you already performed the specialized Jutsu, Perform the academy three"
"Hai"
He blurred through the hand seals for the academy three and performed the three Jutsus.
Inari sensei Smiled and declared " You all have managed to pass the ninjutsu exam, Congratulations".
"For the final evaluation, you will be paired up randomly against your future comrades of the leaf for a fight. The one who manages to impress the judges with their skill and resourcefulness will be the one who will graduate" Inari sensei finished while guiding them to the training ground
"The first match will be Haruto Vs, Sarutobi Ken"
Haruto was standing on one side of the examination ground against him was one of his class-mates
"Alright...set...Start", said Sensei
Ken moved as fast as possible
Snake → Ram → Monkey → Boar → Horse → Tiger
"Katon: Goukyaku no Jutsu" (Fire style: Fire Ball Jutsu)
A fireball made its way towards Haruto who didn't even move from his original position...
The fireball was just an Inch away from Haruto when he muttered
"Ame-no-Ukihashi"
Fireball disappeared into thin air, nothing fancy happened, no explosion, no big movements, no nothing, just a fireball which suddenly disappeared
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Everyone else, other than Mikoto who has seen it countless times already, were shocked to say the very least, it was space ninjutsu, the boy could do extremely rare space ninjutsu
'They are wrong, it's not Space Ninjutsu, it's Ice Ninjutsu', thought Mikoto
She was not wrong, it's not space magic, but ice magic, he just stored moving fireball into his ice world.
The very same fireball appeared directing towards Sarutobi from the side
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He flipped back to dodge
The Moment Ken was on his feet again, there was a kunai on his neck from behind, with Haruto standing behind him
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"How", muttered Ken
"Ame-no-Ukihashi store is my Ice world, I can store non-living things inside it and teleport it anywhere I can see, and What I usually store Inside are My Kunai, of course, It can store Jutsu as well; like I did with your fireball, though I need to teleport it fast"
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(1 week Later)
Team 3: "Sarutobi Akira, Uchiha Fugaku, Akimichi Shijiro...Sensei: Yamanaka Shouji
Team 8: "Hyuuga Hiashi, Inuzuka Tsume, Aburame Shibi...Sensei: Saurtobi Inyusha (Don't mind me, I just suck at the name)
Team 12: "Hiazshi Hyuga, Uchiha Mikoto, Haruto"...Sensei: Hatake Sakumo
That day, Haruto celebrated his graduation with his only 2 friends, the hope of the young Generation Namikaze Minato and Uzumaki Kushina...
[Academy is always the boring part...It will get excited as the action Novel should be when the kids, enter the War]