It had been several weeks since entering the academy and it was as I expected, contempt of lower social classes, noisy students, teacher on the verge of depression, propaganda, etc...
I opened my eyes while still groggy, I was currently in my wardrobe and had just woken up in a very uncomfortable position which made my back and neck hurt, the only two things who followed me in my reincarnation.
I opened the door and yawned forward, I reeked of sweat and dirt but I didn't care, it was dark outside and the rain could be heard.
I walked into the orphanage while all the other children were sleeping, I went outside as I got in the rain and the village was submerged in Kirigakure.
Are you wondering what am I doing ? A child alone in a city plunged into darkness with the mist blinding him ....…..training...yes it's disappointing.
I walked through the dark and damp streets of Kirigakure as I feeled the mud and the corpses of insects that were stuck to my feet which was extremely unpleasant, I was afraid that a piece of glass or something like that would pierce my skin.
I walked through the night and dirty streets of Kirigakure where I could die at any moment, it wouldn't surprise me that there are several people around me waiting to be able to ambush me to steal my belongings which were two pieces of rags for clothes, organs to sell and a pouch containing 5 senbon.
After several long minutes of walking in the rain, I finally arrived in front of my training area which was still surprisingly unnoticed through the years, I wonder if it's fair because I don't see anyone or if I just have a huge stroke of luck and no one cares about this little corner.
I know what you're saying to yourself right now, but he's a complete dumbass this guy he's going to catch a disease and die like shit and you wouldn't be totally wrong.
Well yes but no, I have two theories, the first is that thanks to the chakra the people of this world have a better immune system, my second theory is that the people of Kirigakure are more resistant because of theadaptation to the dangerous and humid environment of the village.
I went into the forest area and placed myself under the trees with thick branches and thick leaves which helped block out much of the heavy rain that was present on Kirigakure that evening.
I stood with my back to a tree and began to meditate as the world faded around me, I focused on feeling my chakra through my entire body, from my feet to my head.
I continued my meditation session before hearing someone approach, I was not a sensor but I knew full well that it was not Ameyuri, when she came towards me she was discreet and tried to attack me.
"OROKANA !" A child's voice said and I turned my head to see Haru running up to me as I was shocked.
"How does that asshole know I'm here ?" I said to myself, it was still pitch dark so Haru should be sleeping, the fact that he's here scares me a little.
I got up and put myself in a fighting stance and rushed at him as I punched him in the stomach which made him fall to the ground and moan.
"Hey ! Why did you do that ?!" He cried with tears falling from his eyes as he stood up and sniffled.
" Sorry " I said rubbing the back of my head, if I did this it was to make sure it wasn't Ameyuri , you have no idea how many times she told me. had with that damn academic jutsu.
"Otherwise what are you doing here at this hour ?" I said to Haru who seemed very excited
"I saw you go to this area so I followed you" he said with a big smile which really scares me.
"OOOOOOOKKKKK" I said as I felt my heart race, it's not normal that a kid stalks you but it's Kirigakure after all.
"So is this where you train ?" Haru asked , looking around which was just grass, trees and two rocks.
"Yeah" I replied wearily as I made him understand by my intonation that I wanted him to leave, even if it was mainly to avoid having to bury a corpse if Ameyuri arrived.
Have you ever tried to hide a corpse with nothing than earth in a shinobi village? Well I have to say it's pretty boring and complicated.
"COOOOOOL !!! Do you want to train with me ?" He said with stars in his eyes, I didn't feel like beating him up but at least that will train me....…....as pitiful as it is.
And then I must admit that he has a face to want to be hit, he did not have to be born with that face.
"Ok" I replied as I ran over to him and punched him that sent him flying to the ground.
"Ouch !" He said as I approached him and pulled his left arm before kicking him in the left knee.
" Why are you doing this ?!" He screamed in pain as I snorted in amusement seeing him yell at me in anger, my amusement quickly turned to laughter as I suddenly got serious which surprised him greatly.
"You think the enemies are going to wait for you to prepare yourself" I said in a neutral tone as he understood, I have to admit that I now understand why Ameyuri thinks it's fun to hit me while giving me obvious lessons.
We continued our "training" as he screamed cries of pain, we both had smiles on our faces as we seemed to be having fun even though we were practicing killing.
We were so focused on our training that we didn't even notice the rain had stopped.
I jumped from tree to tree around Haru who did not know how to walk on trees, I increased my speed as well as possible which he made him have trouble finding me , with the haze and the speed as well as my camouflage techniques (as bad as it is), I was almost undetectable for a beginner like him.
While he was looking for me, I jumped behind him and gave a violent kick to the back which made him fall then I followed by a tackle which keeps him on the ground while he wriggled to untie himself but never succeed.
"Urg ! I 'm giving up" he said as he lowered his head as I giggled and moved away to let him get up when he tried to punch me which I intercepted before punching him foot up into the arm which made him hiss in pain as he laughed.
"AHAHAHAHAH ! At least I would have tried !" He said, rubbing the back of his head before sitting down and sighing.
"How do you manage to be so strong ?" He said as I had flashbacks to the workouts Ameyuri was putting me through .
"You don't want to know" I said with a shudder as I remembered the day she almost cut off my testicle, which meant I had the biggest fright of my life that day.
Note to myself : when I become shinobi, create pants with reinforced protection on the genitals.
I was looking at the sky to see that the sun had just risen, I had quite a short time left before going to the academy, I sighed thinking that I was only going to spend a few years and then kill a random person to become a genin and took it easy on me until the next war.
I stopped thinking and regar da Haru sleeping, snoring, I sighed and took Haru by the collar of his shirt and put him a slap that woke him, he hissed in pain and rubbed her right cheek was red because of the violent slap I had just given him.
"We have to go to the academy" I said to Haru showing the way to go to the academy, he stood up and we started walking side by side towards the academy, after several minutes we finally arrived and entered the cylindrical building which was the place where I had to give the most effort not to die stupidly.
Unlike Konoha, I had no risk other than showing my "talent" because I could justify that I am training with Ameyuri and I will have no chance of getting taken to a secret program like ROOT.
Some of the students who had just come look at us strangely, it was probably because of our huge dark circles and our zombie face.
Older students clearly did not care because for them was training and make sleepless nights stay was just normal if it was for training, but there is always few laxist students in their training who would die during the examination.
I kept walking down the halls and saw a large index card with a list of names on but couldn't make out what it was due to my blurred vision caused by fatigue, and honestly I really didn't care.
I swept my gaze didn't see Ameyuri which made me sigh with contentment, I walked into the classroom as Haru continued to talk to me but I didn't care and didn't listen to him.
I sat up and closed my eyes to sleep with my eyes up, it was a skill I gained in math class in my old life.
In short, I slept on my feet because I was really tired from the sleepless night I had had, my body was 6 years old so it's normal that it can't stand such great fatigue.
I swayed while I was still groggy, I felt someone put their hands on my shoulders and knock me down, I fell to the ground and groaned before opening my eyes to look bored and tired, I was too exhausted to be mad at some little shit that thought it would be funny to piss me off.
I heard laughter as I saw that it was two eight year old boys looking at me contemptuously, I stood up and looked at them as he walked over to me.
" So ? Baby boy is sleepy "said one of them as the class continued to laugh, I groaned back and was ready to step forward, I saw a figure come up in front of me and saw that it was Haru who had a fierce face.....well fierce for an eight-year-old.
"Stop ! You don't touch him !" He said as the two bullies continued to laugh, he got angry and rushed forward with a war cry before being quickly beaten up by the two children while the other students laughed at him.
I sighed and walked over to the two bullies cracking my fists, they noticed me and gave me a defiant look which I responded with a smirk, one of the bullies got annoyed and walked towards me as 'he was about to speak.
"Your next line is : Looks like I'll have to teach you your place !"
" Looks like I'll have you teach you your place !" He said as he realized what had just happened, I took advantage of that moment of inattention to grab his arm and grab it before kicking him in the face which broke his nose and knocked him to the ground as he moaned with his nose covered in blood, it was only a minor injury for the academy students but I guess it was too much for him, considering his corpulence and cloths I would say he was the son of a rich merchand, he will probably abandoned with the other who was his twin brother.
The other bully rushed at me and being mad with rage, I dodged to the right, making a perfect imitation of Vega's dodge from Street Fighter, all that was missing was the mask and the rose petals.
I kicked him in the thigh bone which made him kneel as I kicked him in the chest with my palm which made him fall to the ground while standing on the ground.
I looked around to see the students still looking at me with so much contempt, it was Kirigakure after all, I couldn't hope to gain respect by beating up two feeble idiots.
I shifted my gaze to Haru who stood up with a few scratches, he rubbed his nose and laughed as I sighed when I saw him being reckless while ignoring the contemptuous looks of the other students he was receiving.
"If that asshole could stop looking like that blonde asshole that would help a lot" I thought as I returned to sit with Haru who spoke to me about how bravely he had faced the two bullies and held himself up. hero, he seemed to have forgotten that he had been beaten up and humiliated in front of everyone.
I continued to sleep when I felt bad enough, I couldn't wait to be shinobi to earn some money so I could take hot showers and sleep in a soft warm bed.
And I who had nothing to do with little Africans who fought for their lives, I am now in a worse situation than them.
I never thought I had to fight for what I took for granted before.
I was still sleeping when I heard someone enter the room, I opened my eyes to see that it was Itsuki-Sensei who had a neutral look on his face.
I got up and started to listen to the theoretical lesson that our teacher was giving us, it was a lesson on how the relations between villages work, it was not very interesting and was certainly a lesson put in the school program for stalled.
I closed my eyes and continued my standing nap as I saw to my right Haru who was already sprawled on his desk.
I looked at our teacher and saw that he seemed to be fed up with Haru's disrespectful behavior, he hadn't noticed me because I was standing with my head down which made it seem like I was noting.
Our teacher took his kunai and threw it at Haru and made a tiny scar on Haru's cheek which made him suddenly wake up, the kunai planted himself in his desk.
"WHAT !" Haru said looking around sharply before glancing at our professor who was very pissed off, he felt Itsuki-Sensei's gaze and seemed to be a little scared as he saw our professor smile.
"Kid, since you sleep in my class I guess you must know everything already, so tell me what are the prerequisites for a peace treaty ?" Itsuki-Sensei asked.
"I-I don't know sir" Haru said lowering his head in shame as we could hear sneers coming from the other students that made Haru's body shake as I saw our teacher sneer and then resume his lesson.
I patted his back and gave him my thumbs up with a neutral face as he wiped a tear from his left eye and gave me a smile as he try his best to pay attention to the class.
Keyword : try
This idiot was still dozing but I can't blame him because it was probably his first sleepless night at eight.
Our teacher continued our class and spoke in a monotonous way which was worse than my English teacher in my last life, I was currently wondering if Itsuki-Sensei put us all in a Genjutsu as a large part of the students seemed to be doing nothing understand or sleep.
"Well, now that we are done with the theory class, it's time for the Bukijutsu training class" he said with a sigh.
"NOW PICK UP YOUR ASS AND FOLLOW ME !" He bellowed as we got up and followed him, we went down the stairs to the first floor and took a door leading us to an area at the back of the academy, it was a forest corner with targets attached to trees.
Itsuki-Sensei went to what appeared to be a storage room and walked out with boxes with the letter C marked on them, we approached him as he put the boxes down and then opened them to reveal some shuriken which were all worn out and looks like a free trial fot the tetanus, the other social classes probably had new shurikens but I guess there wasn't much budget for us lower social class.
"Good ! I want you to take 5 shuriken each !" Sensei said as the other students rushed to pick up the less damaged shuriken.
I was one of the first to grab my five shuriken and quickly withdrew to avoid conflict, stepped back and saw the students fighting for the best shuriken while Itsuki-sensei watched them bite, scratch and hit each other with a neutral look on his face.
The students in my class ended up taking their shuriken and looking at each other with anger, some had bite marks, others had cockades, etc...
"Good ! I want you to line up and grab a target then start throwing your shuriken !" Said our teacher without further instruction while some were lost, others like me budge and went to take the targets, i had taken one which was quite isolated from others because I would avoid taking me a shuriken of one of my classmates in the face.
I put myself in front of the target and grabbed a shuriken in my right hand, The throwing is done with a sharp blow of the wrist which allows a rapid rotation of the star.
The shuriken spun and sank into the tree next to the target, I sighed and tossed my other shuriken in as much focus as possible but unfortunately they all landed on the ground or in other trees which really frustrated me.
"Looks like I have no talent for the Bukijutsu" I said to myself sadly as I looked at my classmates to see that some had managed to plant their Shurikens in their target by luck, I now looked at our teacher who was taking a nap....…damn this laxismy the administration has to hire such fleets as teachers, it was probably the teachers in the classes that were like that, I'm sure the upper castes had teachers who are super motivated and competent while we grapple with the weak chunin that nobody wants for missions.
I shifted my gaze until I landed on Haru who seemed to succeed in throwing his shuriken, picked up my shuriken and approached him watching him as he managed to hit his target while his face was lit with joy.
"Hey Haru ! How do you do ?" I asked to him as he turned his head to look at me with a smile as he rubbed the back of his head, chuckling like an idiot as I looked at him with a look that promised painful death if he didn't tell me.
"I don't know ! I'm just good I guess" he laughed without noticing my murderous gaze as I looked at him sullenly before turning back to my target.
"Damn, even he's talented at something !" I thinked as I remembered that it was a phrase I said often in my old life where I was just a bland human with no distinct talent or quality.
"I guess some things do not change" I thought with a sigh as I looked into the sky, i stopped to daydream and focused on my training, I take one of the shuriken star-shaped and focused on me my throw.
I swallowed as my concentration was at its peak and my eyes were on target while my hands were sweaty.
I started my throw as time passed extremely slowly but also extremely quickly, the shuriken was thrown and it spun for a very short period of time as it crashed into the target and my eyes grew incredulous.
The shuriken had hit the upper left edge of the target, I was ecstatic to have pulled it off, it was probably luck but it was just so good to be able to land a shuriken throw.
Throwing was very far from my senbon throw that I had trained as hard as I could since I had obtained them which meant that I had almost perfect precision with them.
I held back from screaming in happiness as I stepped forward to grab the shuriken planted in the target I was withdrawing, however my happiness was short-lived.
"Ok kids ! The Bukijutsu class is over and it is your rest hour of the day !" He said as my face darkened.
The students went to the boxes to put their shurikens away, which I also did with a sigh when I knew that I could only train during school hours.
Guess the goal is to make us perfect meatshields and not proficient shinobi, I bet that skilled shinobi that were in C-classes just either have huge talent or luck that can't qualify. that as obscene.
Wondering what we do during this hour of break ? Eat, chat, read, etc...
On the other hand the fact is that we cannot leave the academy....does anyone perceive the problem ?.....I cannot eat because I have no food and it is out of question begging me to go because I know that one will tell me to go fuck youself into all the cases.
I hate being an orphan, if only I had been born into a clan without a kekkai gekkai it would have been so much easier for my progression as a shinobi and all the other perks.
My stomach growled as I sighed, I got up and wandering around the building looking Ameyuri so she took me to the library, it was about time that bitch fucking respect her promise.
I searched the huge building and I must say that it really hurts from going down and up the fucking stairs, after several minutes of walking or I received several pushes, spitting and all other forms of disrespect, I arrived in front of Ameyuri who was quietly missing her lunch and that of the others who gave her so as not to get beaten up, I coughed her eyes and she noticed me and laughed when she saw my nose slightly bloody from a fall caused by an asshole of a higher caste.
"AHAHAHAH !!" She laughed loudly as these classmates started laughing at me, I walked over to her and stood in front of her as I pricked one of the bento box and started to eat it while everyone had their breaths cut off seeing me steal something from Ameyuri.
I continued to eat as she stared blankly at me , let go of the benton box and made a noise as it hit the floor, burped and looked at Ameyuri who was still looking at me neutral.
"Take me to the library you want, assholes of this academy and the fucking building really pissed me off" I said as she stood up and placed in front of me and looked down the head because I was smaller than her.
She punched me in the stomach which made me kneel down as she kicked me in the face which made me fall to the right as I groaned but nothing more because I was too used to this pain.
She grabbed my foot and started dragging me out of the room as we walked through the academy until we got to the library where she let go of my foot.
"Orokana, dear Orokana , you know I like you but well off of trying to make the male has lpha when you is not one, see you tonight for training" she said, starting to go away without looking back.
"Urg" I moaned as I still felt the staircase slam against my head, I stood up and rubbed my head as I looked at the bookstore and entered it.
The academy library was full of books and was watched by three chunin, why so many shinobi to watch basic books ? Well if an enemy shinobi got in here he could find out what the students of Kirigakure are learning and report it back to his village, so it's crucial that this area be defended no matter what it appears to be.
I walked through the rows of books until I found the book I was looking for, it was an anatomy book, a classic introductory book for any good aspiring iryo-nin.
I took it in my hands and put myself on one of the benches as I started to read it and I have to say it was really very interesting, I continued to read and memorize the most things even though I knew that I should make a lot of returns through the library just to memorize this book but also to learn academic jutsu like the Rope Escape Technique which is rank E.
I must say that the academy was quite generous and provided the academic jutsu in their library, well I say that but it was just the basics but hey at least I will not just have the class time to train myself, this is already that.
I kept reading and took breaks every five minutes to do my best to memorize and then look at the clock so I didn't miss class.
And I have to say that my memory has improved since my last life, probably because I don't have the screens and all the waves (especially Twitter, hello feminists) to destroy my brain and the fact that children learn well faster than teenagers or adults.
Time passed slowly because even though I was interested in this book, learning about human anatomy was damn boring, tirelessly I was learning to be more efficient in my senbon throw.
Finally, I looked at the clock to see that class was resuming in five minutes, I sighed knowing I couldn't borrow the books, I got up from my bench and walked over to drop the book where it was stored.
I turned and left the library as I walked through the academy, climbed the stairs and walked up the stairs until I got to my classroom, walked in and went to my seat as Haru was there in sleeping.
I sat down and patted the back of violently Haru for it to wake which made him grunt and open his eyes.
"What !" He said rubbing his eyes before seeing my finger at the clock, he turned to me and thanked me as he started typing chat with me.
"aaaaaaaaaaaaaaah, It really pisses me off ! Why can't we learn jutsu right away ?!" He said as I sighed.
"Because if we don't masterize the fundamentals we're going to get screwed on the battlefield" I told him seriously as he pouted.
"Hey ! The second great shinobi war ended just a few years ago, I doubt there will be a new one anytime soon" he said while smiling stupidly, but i knowed that a new war would take place in a few years, unfortunately I did not know how long it would take place, if I had been in Konoha it would have been easy to find my way in time but there I could only hope that I am in the generation of Kakashi to have a few years to train before the start of a new war even bloodier than previous ones.
I looked up and saw our teacher go with a stern air, he slammed the documents and took a while chalk began its course on the rules of Shinobi.
Itsuki-sensei spoke in a tired voice as I listened to the lesson without more interest as the Shinobi rules who could be simplified to "Shut your mouth and obey".
I looked around to see that Haru was already asleep, I sighed as I leaned back on my desk as my tired eyes listened and watched the class that I could qualify as unnecessary.
"And with a bit of luck I'm sure the upper caste classes will learn more interesting things" I said to myself with a sigh, as I daydreamed I saw a chalk coming in a while ago until I got to my skull.
"Wak !" I said as I rubbed my eyes as I looked at our professor who was pissed off as he threw a second chalk at Haru who had the exact same reaction.
"I'm sure you must know the fourth rule of the shinobi code if you are asleep, right ?" My teacher said with a smile on his lips as he seemed to enjoy humiliating his students.
"A Shinobi must always put the mission first" I said to my teacher who seemed surprised for less than a second before throwing another chalk at Haru who was awake and then resuming his class as if nothing had happened.
The sound of the rain could be heard from outside as the teacher continued his shinobi rules lesson
Finally after several hours Itsuki-sensei put his chalk on the table as he sighed and left with his things, some students were taken aback while others got up to leave the academy.
I looked to my right to see Haru sleeping, sighed as I stood up grabbing the back of Haru's T-shirt and tugged so he fell to the floor.
I left without looking back as I heard an "ouch !" From Haru which made me sneer mockingly at him.
After a few seconds I found myself in front of the academy, I felt the cool and humid air of Kirigakure while my vision was obscured by the haze constantly present on the village.
I walked slowly as I walked through the village, I felt the bloody and oppressive vibe there was, I knew I could die with every step I took and no one would care about my corpse except maybe Ameyuri who would be sad for about half a second before returning to practice, that was Kirigakure's harsh reality.
I walked through the streets of this rotten village as I sometimes passed large bright buildings with large walls that had clan badges, the other dwellings were cylindrical buildings of gray color.
Some of its buildings were clean and seemed untouched by dirt or poverty while the rest seemed to be plagued with vice, poverty and garbage which was both material and human.
In these dirty streets there was everything, rats, bandits, gangs of children, prostitutes addicted to drugs. It was a deadly place where only the children of clans were safe because local gangs and other illegal trafficking were obviously managed in secret by the government and the clans.
Obviously I avoided these streets and passed by, I would not like to be raped by a drugged bum.
I continued to walk the crowded streets southwest of Kirigakure or various vendors and restaurants lit surroundings. Very many people passed in these streets and were mostly from the upper classes, there were families, old people, merchants, loners, groups of women and even a few shinobi who were mainly genin but people stayed when even away from them.
Kirigakure was separated into several zones. There was a shinobi outpost in each district to closely monitor the village but also a market.
The north-eastern zone which was the affluent district representing 70% of the northern zone or were the clan houses, the academy, the large public bookstore only accessible to the upper castes or shinobi, the hospital and the tower of the Mizukage and all kinds of theaters and other entertainment.
The northwest area representing 30% of the northern zone was the district shinobi who have the training fields, bars for shinobi, shops for shinobi, etc...
The southwest area which was the merchant district where all merchant transactions were located and where the restaurants and merchants of various supplies were located, was also where the orphanage was located which was north of the merchant district.
The south-eastern area which was the poor district where the red light district and other illegal trafficking were located and which had two shinobi outposts unlike other districts.
The southern areas were separated from the northern area by a river and only connected by a bridge over the trading district showing how Kirigakure did not care about his poverty zone.
As for my training area, it was located in a small forest area near the river at the intersection between the merchant district and the poor district.
I wandered around as my eyes were lit by the countless street lights as I walked among the crowds of people, smelled the smells of food, heard the noises of chatter and saw the different colors present in the stores and the restaurants that were different from the streets I usually walk through which are gray from the dirt and trash present.
Unlike these places, it seemed that the haze in the street was almost imperceptible from the so many lights, it was as if this place was just a nocturnal shopping street present in any village, it was enough strange because this kind of place contrasted with the rest of Kirigakure.
I walked quietly through this street before finally extricating myself from it and finding myself in the gloomy and dark streets of Kirigakure, I walked quickly because I didn't want anything to happen to me.
After several minutes of racing I finally arrived in front of my training area while I was out of breath from my race.
I leaned against a rock and began my meditation as I did my best to remember the contents of the book on human anatomy that I had read in the academy's library.
I continued to meditate as I noticed the sky had turned dark and Ameyuri should be there, it was unusual for her to be late.
I stood up while closing my eyes and grabbed two senbon from my pouch which was attached to my waist, I concentrated before suddenly opening my eyes and throwing them at the tree where a target was engraved.
The senbon spun and stuck in the woods where I was aiming, I smiled confidently as I approached to grab the senbon.
As I was about to grab the senbon, I stepped back at the last moment and saw Ameyuri chopping the tree.
She turned to me and continued to swing her swords which I barely dodged, I rolled to the right and kicked her which she intercepted with the back of her blades, she tried to slice my legs. but I got up quickly and threw him two senbon, one is plunged into her right calf and one in the left side of her chest.
"Urg" she said as she threw away the two senbon, I was annoyed because I had missed the places to paralyze her.
I looked up and noticed something on his forehead, it was a hitai-ate !
She noticed what I was staring at with a stunned look as she put her tanto away and started to laugh at my reaction.
"So ? Surprised ?" She said swelling her chest as I sat up, I recovered easily from the shock as I knew the exam would not be for long, that was probably to be that morning's list, I should have taken more 'Warning.
"Well yeah" I said as I looked at her hitai-ate as she looked proud of her
Before I could say anything, she pulled my arm out as I was forced to follow her.
I followed her as we walked through the mist-invaded shopping streets of Kirigakure, the streets were crossed by many people from different social classes, I had trouble making out these people due to the pervasive mist.
We walked for several minutes before arriving in front of a candy store, I looked at Ameyuri who gave me a smile before we stepped inside.
Hey ! Hope you like this chapter
I decided to make a Kirigakure map as crude as it is, I am also thinking of creating more OCs to give more life to the world. If you have any suggestions I would gladly take them
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