Meeting Konoha 12

I have been thinking, as I usually do that a lot so most probably there is nothing new to it. I wanted to have a very good impression on my classmates and get in the same class as Naruto.

Fingers crossed as I have performed as best I can, but my lack of knowledge of basic three jutsu, could be a black mark for me to be kept in a graduating class of this year. And that too with only six months remaining.

I was waiting in a teacher's room. From the looks of it, this must be the office of Taijutsu sensei of the academy. Waiting for my results, this wait was making me anxious and questioning each and everything that I did and calculating possible scenarios that could have happened if I had done things differently.

Door opened and a chunin ranked ninja walked in, and with him there was someone I could recognise at first glance. The relief after seeing the person following the examiner was indescribable. I can safely say there is 99% chance my desire has been fulfilled, I will be successfully achieving the first milestone. I tried to keep my emotions neutral but the exuberance was not easily damped and maybe that was picked by both of them.

Finally examiner chunin said "From the looks of it, we don't even need to announce the results you have already figured out the outcome"

Iruka sensei turned and looked at the examiner and then looked at me and said "ok, we know that you have figured out the result, but still congratulations for excellent performance in your test, although there was no doubt you would be admitted, but with your fitness issues there were some doubts if it was right to put you in graduating class as per your request."

Examiner chunin said " congratulations you have been selected to enter graduating class, but there is a caveat. You will have to master all three basic ninjutsu and all three will be tested in three months for you. If you fail to show acceptable results we will be forced to demote you."

Now that is worrying, learning three foundation jutsu in three months seems tall order. Sigh, troublesome.

Shikamaru:"Thank you for your trust trust, I would work towards meeting criteria"

My answers seem to have the opposite effect from what I was hoping, both of them don't seem all that hopeful of me passing the test initially and now after my speaking they have their eyes twitching. I think I should re-evaluate how the above situation went.

What and how really I answered "Sigh, troublesome, tall order of expectations from the staff...(yawn)...sigh, will have to work hard, for passing this troublesome criteria, sigh.."

Ok now thinking back my answer might not have been ideal or instilling trust.

I have to work on becoming less Shikamaru, if I would.have been anyone else as an inherently lazy person it would have been a disaster, Shikamaru's personality is the best for me.

I was told my class room number and the location, as academy is inconspicuous and deceptively large. I was walking in corridors, when I saw her she was probably scouting for her future students, that means all the jonin sensei have been assigned teams. Yuhi Kurenai, konaha's own genjutsu mistress. She was walking towards me calmly, but I was anything but calm. If my thinking turns out to be correct and jonin sensei were finalized long before graduation exam then I may have been screwed big time.

She noticed my gaze on her and showed interest but didn't say anything and just walked by. Just like my dream of reaching the pinnacle of effortless life, by maintaining the known timeline intact. What is the most stressful situation for an intelligent person, that is I consider myself with acceptable average intelligence. I fear the unknown, the volatility of an uncertain future, this brings unprecedented complexities to calculating possible outcomes and these outcomes become so ambiguous that any sort of planning becomes useless. I may have started to hyperventilate just imagining this scenario, the shock of losing assurity of knowing the future was so much that I may as well quit before starting and go home and watch clouds.

I decided it was better to calm down first before reaching any conclusions, but the investigation for this matter cannot be dropped as the Konoha twelve to remain the same is crucial for my future knowledge and my sanity.

I reached my assigned classroom, I opened the door and entered as half day was finished and students were back from break, there was chaos l, similar to discount stalls on a sale day in the ladies floor of a clothes shop. And the owner of that stall was none other than Konoha's very own resident emo,...hehe Sasuke uchiha.

Few people noticed me, and soon Choji was near me enquiring about my test, and soon Ino interrupted him and also congratulated me for achieving my objective of coming to the graduating class. Under all the extrovert personality I can still feel that real care and happiness that she felt from my success. This was one of the side-effects of having as much Yin chakra as me, I was able to perceive emotions. How and from when you ask, since some time back and it is not as special as all shinobi are thought to be art of suppressing emotions.

I was soon approached by

Inuzuka kiba, he was trying to assess me like some sort of puzzle. I don't know what the sixth sense of this dog person has picked up but he seems to be intrigued by something. He introduced himself and told me he has heard a lot about me from our mutual friend Choji, and figures out his curiosity.

I heard a crashing sound, and the door suddenly opened.