"Connect the Helix array with the Gavarian Finch Lines…"

"Intersect those two Tesla Rays.."

"Don't forget the Blue Horania Arrays…"

"Oi! Get ready!"

I was interrupted by an irate Honoka smacking me upside the head, narrowly making me miss the unfinished seal I was working on on my desk

"Oi my ass! You could have just blown us both up!"

"Shut it, that thing wouldn't have dont shit. Get ready, we have team assignments today. Or did you forget?"

My mind stopped for a moment as I flipped through my memories, sure enough finding out that team assignments were indeed set one hour from now

The shunshin to the bathroom almost blew off all of my papers and notes..

After a quick shower and an attempt to cover up the bags under my eyes (giving up after a minute of nothing happening) we both ran out of the door to class

In case you're wondering, the graduation exam was a breeze. From the point on after opening up our chakra pathways, training got almost laughably easy - of course making me up it immensely. Seeing as how I wasn't going to be specializing in Ninjutsu, I put all of my time into Taijutsu, Bukijutsu, as well as Fuinjutsu. That seal I was working on was a 'modified' storage tag. Not any better than what you could get in shops for a few thousand Ryo, but good practice

Anyways, the only Ninjutsu I practiced were the academy three. The henge was really my only issue, having a hard time memorizing how people looked at every detail. Closest I could get was Firu-Sensei seeing as how I had been staring at her every day for the past four damn years

"You two! Almost late! Be more professional next time. You're ninja!"

Speak of the devil…

"If we were allowed to jump across the rooftops, we would've had time to spare, Firu-Sensei~"

I was shut up by the glare sent our way, heeding the silent command to shut up and sit in our seats

"Late again? I feel sorry for your future teammates…" was the first thing out of Hirou's mouth as soon as I sat down

"Shut it. At least I'm better than Kakashi"

"Kakashi?"

"Bah, nevermind. Shut up though"

We were left smirking at each other as Firu called role

Continuing on from before. The other two of the A.3 were not too difficult. The clone was easy, in the fact that all I had to do was increase my reserves a little bit to get to the needed three (for the extra credit of course)

The Kawarimi? Well, you saw me use a Shunshin - which by the way was such an accomplishment - what do you think?

"Now then, listen up! I won't be repeating this again!"

The class went silent

"I'm not going to give you all a sappy speech. You should all know what it means to be a ninja. If not, your deaths will be quick"

I could tell who wasn't ready by who started sweating profusely at that.

"I'll be announcing teams now! Listen well"

I tuned out, immediately. The class was mostly civilians and the occasional clan member. I really didn't care about anyone else than my group

"..Team 9! Hirou Hyuuga, Honoka, and Tenten Higurashi. Sensei is Hisa Hyuuga!"

Well shit

"Team 10! Akira Wasanou, Hiruko, and Eiji! Sensei is Might Guy!"

...Son of a fucking bitch

The class was empty, everyone having already been taken away by their respective Jonin sensei. Honoka had tried to say goodbye to me multiple times, however I was too lost in my thoughts to reply back to her

Even now, I still was

Ok…

No big deal..

I'm only just paired up with one of the strongest characters in Naruto…

Definitely have not just irreversibly ruined canon, no siree

"YOUUUUUUTH!"

Add onto the fact that I'm paired with Akira and the little Sasuke clone, it doesn't make things any better

Hnnnnnnnnn

"OHOHO! I can see that this year's students need to fan their flames of YOUTH! Meet me at training ground 4 in 5 minutes my youthful students!"

I never even noticed him enter or leave the classroom as Guy said that. I shook my head in frustration, letting out a heavy sigh before opening the window next to me and disappeared in a swirl of leaves, Hiruko surprising me by following right after me in his own shunshin, leaving Akira alone in the empty academy classroom

She blinked once

Twice..

"Eh?"

"Wait for me!"

Words could not describe how nervous I was at this moment

If I couldn't get this team to make Chunin by Next years graduation, Canon will not be able to be recovered..

At all

I'm basically replacing both Neji and Lee. Both of whom are essential for the Konoha Crush arc, and basically most of the series after that. If Lee isn't here, he won't have a chance to go up against Gaara, nor will he learn the eight gates, which - who knows what that'll do to the great war - if it even happens in the first place..

Neji as well. He was the reason why Naruto trained as hard as he did for the finals. Hell, if he doesn't almost kill Hinata… Would they even get together at that point?

No

They would still get together no matter what. That's a ship that can't just be broken like that

But still, the butterfly effect that would happen without those two around - trained by Guy as well - would be catastrophic. Tenten.. I'm not sure really. She might be fine under the Hyuga but..

Hell, I shouldn't be complaining this much, my presence in this world was bound to make some ripples eventually..

"..Ji.. Oi! You hear what Guy sensei said? Introduce yourself. You know, likes, dislikes,stuff like that?"

I raised my head and saw the expectant face of Guy, Akira's annoyed face and the deadpan of Hiruko

"Oh.. Eh.. My name is Eiji" I bowed slightly "No last name, Orphan"

Guy's face gained a hint of pity to it. Likely remembering the Kyuubi incident. Not that I really cared

"Uhh.. I guess I like my roommate - Honoka, Reading, Watching the clouds pass by.. Stuff like that. I don't necessarily not like anything.. I do have a hobby for practicing Fuinjutsu, specifically Juinjutsu." Guy's eyes hardened at that mention. I could tell he was going to want to talk to me about that little tidbit. Not that I minded - better to get it out now than later and make em not trust me

"I guess a dream of mine..? To become strong. Stronger than the ANBU, stronger than the Kage.. Stronger than anyone"

Silence reigned for a few moments, making the air uncomfortable. I guess I said that a little too super villain-esque for their liking. Meh

Guy's booming laughter cut the tension

"HAHA! YOUR FLAMES OF YOUTH BURN BRIGHTLY, YOUNG EIJI! An admirable dream, I must say! Just be careful how you use that power, hm?"

I grinned and nodded at him, making his smile somehow sparkle brighter before he turned to Hiruko

"You next!"

Not gonna lie, I was a little interested to see what he was going to say. The kid hadn't spoken more than 10 words since we started the academy. Hell, I don't even know how powerful he is, seeing as how he never showed up for any of the Spars or Shurikenjutsu practices that we had

I mean, now that I think about it, we were the team 7 of this generation, weren't we? I, somehow, stole the Rookie of the Year position from Hirou by a few points - my taijutsu and shurikenjutsu having just beaten him by that narrow margin. Akira

Only reason why Honoka didn't get it was because of her control, damn chakra tank..

Hiruko had become the dead last just because of his lack of attendance. So I wonder..

"My name is Hiruko"

HIs voice came out smooth and flowing, like honey. It made me wonder if he ever spoke more than 100 words in his life

"I don't particularly like anything.. Neither do I really dislike anything"

A pause as he scratched his chin, looking down at the ground

"My hobbies? I do like making puppets, if that counts?"

Eh? A puppet master? Well then.. Guy seemed to have the same reaction I had, with the glint that flashed through his eyes

"A dream.. I guess.. Is the same as Eiiji-San's dream. To become strong. And to protect.. Those who are not able to protect themselves.."

Oh?

An idealist?

It seems like this will be fun, hehe

A grin flashed across Guy's face as he nodded towards the now silent Hiruko, not saying anything as he turned to Akira, seated to my left

She took that as permission to go ahead, of course

"Good morning! My name is Akira Wasanou! Hmm.. My likes.. I guess number one would be my family! Then it would be my friends - Hirou, Honoka, Eiji and everyone. Dislikes? Fish! I hate fish!"

She did. I tried taking her to a sushi place once with the gang and she almost ripped my hair out of my skull, shouting things like "I will rip your heart out and feed it to the sun gods" or "Your hair will make a nice wig"

Never again have I tried feeding her fish

Never

"A hobby of mine is exploring! I love to find new things and learn their history!"

God she was such a history freak. I'm pretty sure she knows more about the history of this world than me, and that's saying a lot

"I don't really have a dream… but if I had to make one, it would be finding out what my bloodline can truly do~"

She finished off with a large grin and a nod, verifying that it was her dream either to us or to herself

Guy looked down at us from his spot on a large boulder. At one point I thought he had died or something with how he wasn't moving until a large grin broke out on his face

"YOUTH!"

Ow my ears

"I almost want to pass you all right here and now! But orders are orders" Guy slumped over and a raincloud almost seemed to appear and start raining over his head for a few moments

"What orders, Guy-Sensei?" Akira asked

"A test. I must test you all to make sure you are all ready to be Genin"

Hiruko quirked an eyebrow while Akira's face paled. I didn't show a visible reaction because I had already known about this, of course

"Aren't we already Genin, sensei?"

He shook his head

"No. Not yet. Do not worry, my test is not too difficult, not like my Eternal Rival Kakashi's test! Mine is designed to test your FLAMES OF YOUTH!"

I should probably start bringing ear plugs to the training grounds, shouldn't I?

"Meet me here at Three A.M tomorrow! That is all for today!"

Guy flashed a grin at us before disappearing completely

I looked over to the other two

"Make sure you each have a full breakfast. Do some research on him and don't train too hard tonight. I'm off to do some of my own"

"Eh? Waitwaitwait!" Akira stopped me. It seemed Hiruko stood up halfway through to do the same thing

"Hmm? What's up"

"How come you're so calm? He just said that we weren't full fledged genin yet! We might be sent back to the academy!"

"Because I already knew about the test..?"

It really wasn't that hard to find out

"HAH?! WHERE?!"

Ok, before heading home I'm buying ear plugs, I dont give a fuck

"The library? Where you can find pretty much anything?"

I removed the bluenettes hand from my arm while she froze from the sudden realization

"Wait, when did you gain access to the library? I thought you could only get a card to open up the books once you were 13?" Hiruko stepped up and spoke himself

"I bribed Firu. That's all you need to know"

They didn't get to say anything else as I left in a Shunshin, sending me to the front door of my apartment

"I'm home!"

"OH! EIJI!"

Honoka ran out from the livingroom, a large grin on her face

"Hisa-Sensei is so cool! She has this cool bloodline, right? The same one as Hirou! She took us out to training ground four and went Pew Pew! 'I'm the most powerful jonin in the village, fear me!" and the rest of us were like "Oh no! Don't kill us Hisa-Sama~~! We'll serve you for the rest of our lives" Then she laughed all evilly and said "Good.." in this deep and menacing voice..."

"Ok ok, chill out. Start from the beginning"

The huge smile on her face was all I needed to see as I realized I wasn't getting any training done tonight

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