Naruto: Pride - chapter 6 (Patreon)

After my meeting the Hyuga, I resolved to graduate early and asked the professor to take the test, which was surprisingly easy; the test consisted of two parts, a written part to make sure you know everything they would teach you until the graduation year, and a practical test, where they test, your ability to handle weapons, Jutsus and Taijutsu.

The written test was a piece of cake; I had already read everything within the academy curriculum, which made this poor excuse of a questionnaire to see if I was ready or not to kill people alarmingly easy. Then there was the practical test, where I had to demonstrate the three basic academy jutsus and explain their applications, which was even easier than the written test, then there was the Taijutsu test, which had me on edge, considering I had not beaten Neji yet, but apparently, being able to do the academy katas was more than enough to give me full marks.

“Here you go,” The teacher, who I never bothered to learn her name, handed me my forehead protector that I tied to my arm; I refused to wear a shining beacon on my head.

“Thanks,” I smiled; if my information was correct, she would now assign me to a Jounin teacher, who would personally teach me until I became a chunin.

“Well, I would normally assign you to a jounin instructor now, but only you have graduated from my class, so… wait on the teacher’s lounge until I figure out what to do and where are you supposed to go,” The teacher said, flickering out of the room with a poof of smoke, a technique I wanted to learn, and now could, it was within the Genin part of the Konoha library.

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After waiting for hours, the teacher flickered back into the room, “Alright, so… fortunately for you, the class that graduated yesterday had uneven numbers, so you are on team two, with Mori Yakanawa and Yuki Suki, and your Jounin sensei is Ka.. oh, wow, am I sorry for you, your sensei is Kakashi Hatake, see you in a week,”

See you in a week? “I… what?”

“Your teammates are coming to this room right now, so… you know, get to know them, and make friends, it might help you in the future, near future,” the teacher smiled, whispering the last part.

“A brat?” Yuki, who I assumed was Yuki for the name, scoffed at soon as her eyes laid on me, “Why do we have to babysit him… It is so unfair…..”

“Yuki, he graduated seven years earlier than us; he must know what he’s doing,” Mori placated the retarded female that I was cursed to have as a teammate.

“How long do we have to wait for Kakashi?” I asked the teacher.

“Yes,” she answered, leaving in a poof of smoke.

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Five hours, it took five hours for the white-haired bastard to arrive at the room I was waiting for him with the other two bugs, with the excuse that a black cat carrying an old lady with groceries had put him in a conundrum, where he didn’t know whether to help the old lady out or avoid the cat carrying her.

“Now, how about you tell me a bit about yourselves?” Kakashi inquired, his only visible eye closing, “Hobbies, likes and dislikes, and maybe goals if you feel like it,”

“I will go first,” Yuki stated with a smirk, “My hobby is to be the very best, I like being the very best, I hate those who slow me down, and my goal is to be the strongest shinobi ever!” she giggled, she won’t get to chunin, I will kill her before that happens, there is no way I will tolerate such idiocy in front of me for that long.

“My turn!” Mori said, raising his head, “I love baking, I like swimming, I hate…. Bugs and things like that, and my goal is to become a medic-nin that can help everyone!”

“Hmm,” Kakashi hummed uninterestedly.

“I suppose it’s my turn,” I sighed; this was a waste of time, he had to read our file before meeting us, “I don’t think it’s a hobby, but I enjoy reading a lot, I hate… I hate being trapped, I suppose, and my goal, well… that is personal,”

“My, aren’t you a mysterious one,” Kakashi smiled, or at least looked like he was smiling, hard to read a man who only shows one eye, “Alright, I suppose it’s only fair I introduce myself, my name is Kakashi Hatake, I like what I like, I hate what I hate, and my goal is not something I can share with kids,”

“So… all you gave us was your name….” Mori chuckled with a confused expression.

“Yep,” Kakashi nodded, “Anyways, are you ready for your real test?”

“What do you mean?!” Yuki exclaimed, “We all passed the test already… well, at least I did, I don’t know these two,”

“That is part one, but what about part two?” Kakashi chuckled, “It will be… a survival test to see if you three have what it takes to be a Ninja; now… I’ll be waiting for you in training camp two, bye-bye!” and with that, he disappeared.

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As I jumped through the roofs of Konoha on my way to training camp two, I wondered what would the test be like; the way Kakashi behaved and acted… was almost as if he was certain we would fail; his entire body language screamed that.

“Don’t get in my way, brat, do as you are told, and I will tolerate your annoying presence,” Yuki hissed close to my face, which made me smile.

“Careful now, I bite,” I whispered, paralyzing her with the Jutsu Shikaku had taught me.

“Guys, we will be late for our test!” Mori reminded, and I reluctantly let the girl go.

“You will pay for that….” Yuki promised.

“Adorable,” I smiled, inviting her to try and take revenge for what I did; I was, after all, itching to take a life; it has been so long since I killed someone.