Academy Days [Part 6]
-4 Months Later-
I continued working on more subtle arts of shinobi. I also worked to improve my Shunshin and finally managed to grasp an advanced application of it, Zanzō Bunshin (Afterimage Clone). I can now create dozens of afterimages and swap between them in a moments notice.
And today is finally my graduation exam.
The written exam was very easy. With Sharingan's eidetic memory I knew every question. However, I only answered 87 percent correctly.
The ninjutsu section was even easier. I showed I can do the academy 3 and for extra credit I showed Fire Release: Great Fire Ball Jutsu.
For taijutsu section I was put up against a non-clan child who did not took his training serious enough. I kept my strength and speed at the level of a High Genin and defeated him in 3 moves.
He rushed at me with a punch to the face, I ducked under him and pushed him off balance. He managed to keep on his feet but he wasn't able to continue after a quick kick to the face.
Genjutsu portion was a joke. All we had to do was break free from an E-Rank Genjutsu and weren't even required to cast any.
Needless to say I passed with flying colours. I waited for my results for an hour. Overall, I scored the third highest in the class and was told to come tomorrow morning for registration.
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-Next Day-
I went to take my ninja registration picture. 'Honestly how do they have cameras that takes colour pictures but still have no idea about cars or telephones.' I thought to myself.
Photographer takes the picture and pastes it into a ninja registration form:
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Name: Uchiha Daisuke
Mother's Maiden Name: Uchiha
Father's Name: Uchiha Hayato
Clan Status (if any): Member of the Uchiha Clan
Academy Graduation Age: 10
Ninja Registration Number: 012206
Reason's For Joining: I wish to become a strong shinobi and make my late parents proud of me.
Pledge Of Loyalty To The Village (To be Filled By The Shinobi or Kunoichi): I, Uchiha Daisuke, pledge my loyalty to the Village Hidden in the Leaves, Konohagakure.
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It was awfully similar to the academy registration form, but it's not important. What is important is I can finally get some mission experience.
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-Uchiha Compound, Daisuke's House-
*Knock*Knock*Knock*
I move towards the door and open it. To my surprise I saw the Clan Head, Uchiha Fugaku.
"Hello Daisuke-kun, may I come in?" he asked in a weirdly kind tone
"Please come in, Fugaku-sama." I motioned him to come in "Would you like a cup of tea or maybe a glass of water?" I ask politely, trying to cover up my little freak out.
He shakes his head "No thank you. I'm here today because you have managed to graduate by the time you are 10 and have shown acceptable level of talent, even for an Uchiha." he takes out a scroll and opens it.
There were many Uchiha names on it. 2 that stood out the most were Itachi and Shisui. "This is the Crow Summoning contract. According to clan law any Uchiha that graduates Shinobi at least 2 years in advance is allowed to sign it."
"Can I ask few questions about Crow summons." he nods, giving me permission "What are the advantages of crow summons, can i sign another summoning contract even after signing it, is there a reverse summon jutsu for crow summons like those of Sannin and finally why hasn't anyone told me about this summoning scroll before?" I asked in a rapid succession.
"In that order... Crows usually act as a support for our genjutsu and ninjutsu as well as distractions and useful for espionage. It is possible to sign more than 1 contract, but it would be best to inform the Crow Boss before signing it. Unfortunately reverse summon of the Sannin is a high level summon jutsu and Crow summons cannot perform it. And you weren't told about this because no common Uchiha is informed about this, we only want talented Uchiha to know about the contract. Now ... Would you like to sign it?" he waited for my response.
'I guess it is best to sign it since it doesn't have a reverse summon and it has many advantages. Crow style genjutsu is quite powerful.' I thought to myself before saying "I'll sign it Fugaku-sama." he nods his head as I bit my finger and signed my name in the scroll.
He takes the large scroll and passes me a smaller one "This scroll explains the summoning Jutsu. Learn it and destroy it." and he leaves with a Shunshin.
After he left I started to think 'So this is how Shisui and Itachi got their summons, makes sense I guess. The clan doesn't want no talent Shinobi to use their summons.'
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-Next Day-
I still had to wait 3 days for team selections. I wanted to take a walk around the lake but something was different.
There was no longer any glares. People were actually smiling at me. Saying good morning. Wishing me luck as shinobi.
'Ar-Are they for real? For years they hate me and now that it has been revealed I'm one of the more talented Uchiha's they change their minds about me. What the hell is wrong with people!??!' I thought to myself as I was fuming with anger.
'They blamed ME for the death of MY parents for YEARS and now that it has been revealed that I will one day be a powerful shinobi they do a 180. What the actual h*ll?
I know this was a good change, but still. How can they treat an ORPHAN like that and change their mind so easily? This was insane, made me so angry that I-I wanted-I wanted to shout, curse and beat the crap out of them, but I knew I couldn't.
SO... I took a deep breath and count to 10, it relaxed me a bit, but I decided to avoid the clan for the rest of the day. Not sure what I might do to them.
I made my way home, sit down and meditated.