"Oooh~ yaku-sama! I can't believe you betrayed me like this! So this is where we part ways under the sage's blessing sniffle~" a figure complained with pain in their heart.
"Furiko-chan! You misunderstand! she was nothing more than a guide to your palace! My heart is only held by the one I'm speaking to this very moment!...To tell you the truth.....she was actually giving me advice!...On what to give you for a special occasion I was planning but now that it's exposed I should give it to you now....." Another figure relented in hope. They bend the knee hands moving towards a "pouch" pulling forth an ornate gold plated box, opening it in front of the other's eyes.
"GASP~. Yaku-sama.....this is!?" She questioned with a tone of happiness. What displayed before her....an ornate ring matching the elegance of the box it was presented in.
"My promise! To always stay by your side.....Till death do us part. would you.....please be my one and only till the end of the sage's time.....my betrothed!" He speaks confidence continuously fueled by her increasingly elated expressions.
"Ofcourse!!~ You're the only one I want by my side till the ends of time! I can never be without you anymore!" She answered with pure happiness, dashing into yaku-sama's arms in a complete embrace.
With nothing more needed to be said. Both with expressions of complete blissful happiness they seal their fates together in a deep kiss!
"...THE END" The figure with platinum blonde hair shouted. Surrounded by a group of distinct people....all showing mixed reactions and expressions.
"What the hell...so it just ends like that?..." One of the figures exclaimed exasperatedly. This one also had blonde hair
"That was interesting.....not because it was good but because there was way too many unnecessary plot twists added in just to reach this point.....who even was the assassin that murdered princess furiko's sister and why did he do a 180 and help yaku and furiko get together from the sidelines....did he ever get captured one day..." A figure with black hair tied up in a spiked pony tail tried to analyze bits and piece's to come up with a more whole story in his head.
"Hahahaha your thinking too much shikasen, munch~ just enjoy it munch~ want some?" A big boned figure interrupted his companions rambling and offered much needed sustenance...
".....Your so good at storytelling I cant even compete with you in any shape or form." Ok that was just complete sass and sarcasm coming from another black haired figure with hair tied up in a bun. This time female.
"....." All you hear is a whole lot of nothing from the final figures mouth. His black hair done in a low pony tail with a almost half brooding half annoyed expression on his face 'what time is it right now...oh right, its 4 in the morning! FUCK YOU GUYS!' He internally berated his group 'You wake me up for this!?' He went straight to full brooding looking very much the one part of the same clan as the future lone avenger.
"This...is the toughest crowd I've ever seen! Usually this works well in the orphanages!" The storyteller, none other than Yamanaka inoue, waves her puppets around in exasperation.
"Don't compare us to the orphanages, those kids are pretty dumb." The brooder casually states, they sure have a way with words. Ofcourse this is none other than our resident uchiha mutoyuki looking like he actually just ate shit.
They all stare at him with blank expressions only broken up by-
"OH!~" The yellow haired boy who could be nothing more than our dear hitsugami yojin places his hand on yuki's shoulder solemnly. "I'm sorry for your loss." His head bowed as if to apologize seriously.
The yuki's reaction? A full mouth open and basically hitting the floor type deal "WHA!-"
"It's ok to cry sometimes..." Another one solemnly stated.....this came from none other than who we know as the secret nara kurama kanebiri's mouth.
"Again WHA!-" Yuki tried to re-emphasize his confusion but it seemed to have fallen on deaf ears.
"we understand your pain....we are here for you....." the big boned heavy eater who all of a sudden did something unimaginable.....STOPPED EATING....solemnly states, none other than our good akimichi choge.
"It's troublesome but the prices we have to pay for a modicum of peaceful life is always heavy." The one who spoke lazily but solemnly at the same time?.....none other than nara shikasen!
an entire group of would-be young shinobi lounging on a blanket on a small hill shaded by a lush tree, all had solemn expressions on their faces.....
"Again let me spell it out for you.....WHAT. ARE. YOU. TALKING. ABOUT!!!" The still confused yuki tried to get to the bottom of this weird situation.
"You've been brooding like someone you deeply cared about just died...Maybe that's actually the case! It's ok, you can have me shoulder to cry on.....Infact please do! we gotta get this out of your system." Yojin explains like he's the messiah that came back down from his ascension to comfort the people he left behind.
My eye twitches, not bothering to explain my sour mood is mostly because of them. "Where's the food anyway. Choge can't be the only one eating....he's always eating." I quickly try to deflect.
"oh! yeah!" Choge quickly produces a scroll "Courtesy of our bright master chefs!" with a flourish, the scroll was unrolled. chakra from choge was quickly applied and the contents of the scroll revealed itself in an eruption of smoke.
The contents revealed were an assortment of food groups. A feast if you will, including many types of meats, chicken, boar etc, noodles, salads, rice, fruits. as said before A FEAST!
"Ooooh! Let the sage bless the akimichi clan!" A cheer came from inoue, hands clapping in excitement. Seeing such feast no one can't help but let loose an anticipatory smile that mirrors their appreciation for the culinary arts of the masters....not even the most mute of personalities could.
"DIG IN!! DON'T LET IT GET COLD!!" With prompts from the generous akimichi clan scion, hands flew in fervor like possessed.
The ravenous sounds mixed with the sounds of bliss and flying complements echo throughout the clearing as the rising sun erupts from its hiding spot.
....
How time flies.....
3 years...
A few new household names quickly became topic on top of peoples tongues.
Shisui of the body flicker.
Chiyoko the searing edge.
Kazama the broken wail.
Minato the yellow flash.
Each name drawing pleased shrieks of enthusiasm from their respective fanbases especially that last one.....
But lets forget about those people we focus on the up and coming talents of the next generation.
"Ahem." The sound of a man clearing his throat could be heard throughout the classroom of previously loud students.
....."I regret to inform you....today will be your last class with me...." The man solemnly states.
...."YATTA!!!" The whole class erupts in cheer causing the man's eye to twitch....
"You better pass the exam....or else I'll see you back here and I'll make life even harder for you!" The man continued with a threatening tone causing quiet mutterings amongst the students.
"Now that just made me more nervous...." A random civilian student mutters.
"Damn dogen-sensei....." another civilian quietly curses their sensei.
"Haaahhh~....how troublesome." That one was from none other than nara shikasen.....
The mutterings continued among the students.....
"It's time to exit this place. We've been here too long." That comment came from none other than uchiha mutoyuki!
"We could of exited sooner hehe." The famed hitsugami yojin answered.
"YOU! made us wait so long, we would of been long gone if it weren't for you." Yuki claps back.
"H-hey don't blame me!.....I just don't believe in early graduations! I knew you guys wouldn't dare leave me behind!" yojin exclaims his face flashing red as a tomato in embarrassment.
"....Your amazing talent is a force to be reckon with. It even disrupted early graduation plans." The half lidded stare and obvious sarcasm, head propped on the desk its our resident nara-cough....I mean our great chill girl kurama Kanebiri. "How fortunate are we to be connected to such great person." she continued.
"It's been so long yet you guys!!-comrades aren't meant to be demeaned, when your back is against the wall who else can you trust but your comrade! This is why you must cherish your comrades as-" There it is again....yojin's passionate comradery speech....WAS SKILLFULLY IGNORED LIKE MANY TIMES BEFORE!!!
We shift focus to another group.
"....I haven't had enough sleep yet....maybe I'll take the risk and fail.....fighting a war is too troublesome." Shikasen the divine lazy man gives his two cents on the his point of view.
"Fail on purpose and I'll talk to your mom!" Without missing a beat the decisive yamanaka Inoue makes a threat with casual ease.
Shikasen's entire body turns to literal stone after hearing that!
"sheeeesh.....munch....going to his mom is foul, crunch....." Akimichi choge, the big boned makes a comment in admonishment.
Inoue shrugs "More like some motivation!" She smiles as she speaks....
we shift focus to another group.
"I'm surprised....I would of expected you to have graduated early." This comment was made by none other than our bug enthusiast aburame shinjiro.
"Hmph! I won't leave until I beat that uchiha to a pulp. He hasn't graduated early either has he." The target of that comment, the one with the all-seeing eyes, hyuga nidoro explains with a sour expression.....as if he's got endless bitterness when it comes to fellow dojutsu holding brethren. "I suspect he has unlocked the sharingan...I'm not sure how they're dojutsu works but I heard an uchiha gets drastically more powerful when they awaken it. After our first spar...following the next, It got extremely hard for me to keep up with him for a long while......such a jarring leap when we were more or less equal last time.....doesn't seem right........I plan to atleast force him to use his dojutsu in the exam!" Hyuga nidoro declares with determination...his pride wouldn't allow him to be so weak that he can't force his peer to use full power against him.
"........That's an interesting analysis.......I don't know much about the sharingan either.....but I assume it's not easily awakened like your clans dojutsu is....otherwise we would see every uchiha with them, even the uchiha kids younger than us.....What if he hadn't unlocked it and is just that naturally talented?" Shinjiro made some quick deductions about the state of our resident uchiha causing nidoro to glance at him with intrigue. "I have come to observe how many uchiha operate.....their pride and their demeaner.......based on my findings they're usually not the type to pass up looking superior every chance they get. They wouldn't resist flexing and showing off their sharingan the moment its awakened, wouldn't you think he would be the same? ofcourse their can be exceptions...ones outside of my focus group." Shinjiro finished his analysis of mutoyuki's character.
"You make good points....." Nidoro acquiesced. "But ultimately it doesn't matter....whether he awakened it and is just hiding it or he hasn't, we will let our final academy spar dictate who is superior, I've done so much to catch up I cant let it go to waste......." Nidoro was shaking......with resolve!
While they were making such hush deductions, they weren't aware that a another quiet student near by....was actually listening in if one were to look at him they could only say he was another unremarkable civilian not a waste but not outstanding either 'Better report this to my lord." they thought, there was no changes in his expression......a strangely mute personality...
Our resident academy teacher hachi dogen, let the hush conversations flow for a while before interrupting-
"QUIET NOW!!!" Was his shout.
The entire class instantly froze .
"Good, now for formalities sake, I'll state the basic gist of the final graduation exam for tomorrow." dogen-sensei gruffed out "It will start with a written test. Then a ninjutsu showcase of the 3 academy jutsu you've been taught as well as a jutsu of your own for extra credit if you choose to and finally end in a spar, no holds barred spar, use everything-ninjutsu, Taijutsu, genjutsu...hell even the dirt you walk on to win." As he said that last part, he specifically looked to kanebiri and then inoue......and we all know why.
"Be mindful of your showing during the spar, you've got more eyes than me on it this time......so don't embarrass yourselves out there." With that statement he then looked towards yojin.
"pptptpppp....."
We hear quiet masked chuckles in response to that....
The target of such mocking could only glare in indignation.
"That is all. Dismissed!" Dogen-sensei finally lets us go....
There was excitement on the faces of all students.......as they'll finally be freed from this prison called classroom ofcourse!
A whole bunch of 10 year olds walk out of the classroom separating and heading off to whatever different obligations they needed to attend to for the rest of the day.
I walk out twirling a kunai, to the left, yojin making up the front chattering about anything and whatever, kanebiri making up the left of yojin all droopy as always as if to say yojin's yapping are like lullabies themselves.
"I wonder who's team we will be on?" Yojin asked, excited.
"I dunno maybe you will fail and don't get a team at all." Was my mocking answer. He didn't like that one bit!
"HAH! YOU UNDERESTIMATING ME!! COME GET IT!!" Yojin prepares himself to scrap with me.
"Alright, lets just say you will pass....." Kanebiri pats his shoulder, calming him "We know you will lose to him anyway..." she muttered quietly.
"OI!!" Guess she didn't mutter quietly enough given yojin's reaction.........
Phew finally....another one.....So originally I was planning to show more academy stuff but after some long deliberation I decided that this is enough because long drawn out academy arcs just feels like a snooze and a pacing problem, even if you do stuff with it to make it interesting the characters are still just sitting in one room absorbing non-sense that we ourselves wont really care about, it's like area fatigue. Outside of basic jutsu and taijutsu techniques, what else is there to keep track off. So I decided to hit skip and do one big major fight to end the academy arc, this is like a buffer chapter. See you in the next one and I hope you will enjoy my second work as well.