Chapter Three

Kai was looking around at his ‘classmates’, evaluating each of them based on their amount of chakra and by the confidence in their stances. Along the way, he frowned in confusion at the sight of a black-haired boy with absolutely zero chakra, making him raise an eyebrow.

Probably a taijutsu specialist, then. He reasoned before continuing on his way. A boy with a brown dog and the green-haired girl next to him were looking very confident, wearing matching smirks as they gave Yuki-sensei their numbers.

A brown-haired, lavender eyed boy looked confident as well and a few more students peaked his interest – like a girl who had buns in her hair, and a guy who had a red stripe across his nose and cheeks – but other than that, no one showed much confidence or high chakra levels.

Oh wait; there was that girl I sat next to. She had a somewhat high level of chakra. At least for people on our level. Kai thought, thinking back to the orange-haired girl who was a few people down the line from him.

“Alright, that’s everyone! We’ll begin right now! First match: Kai vs. Sentaro.” Kai blinked, stepping forward and looking down the line to see that the boy with the red strip was also stepping forward. Their eyes met – light blue to black – before they headed to opposite ends of the clearing.

As soon as Yuki let her hand fall, Sentaro was running towards Kai at full speed. Kai blinked, his mind turning as he thought of what he could do before he decided. Hands flashing through handsigns, Kai darted forward as well, his hand slipping past Sentaro’s defense and tapping him on the forehead.

The black haired boy reeled back in shock and the teammates watched in extreme confusion as he suddenly started screaming, dropping to his knees as he clutched his head.

Kai wasn’t seeing the training field though, he was in the middle of watching five copies of himself stabbing Sentaro’s hands and feet and then up his arms. He stayed away from the torso and head though, seeing as this was only a practice match.

After a few minutes, Kai made the sign of the tiger and returned to reality, watching as Sentaro’s body slumped to the ground and he frantically patted his arms and legs with wide eyes.

“Genjutsu, huh? Impressive,” Yuki-sensei observed before raising her arm, “Kai is the winner.”

Kai nodded before looking down at Sentaro. Walking forward, he bent down enough for his fingers to skim across the boy’s forehead before walking away. Sentaro blinked as he started to calm down for some reason, staring at Kai as he walked away.

The purple-haired boy ignored the stares of the other students and crossed his arms, staring blankly at Yuki-sensei as she called for the next fight.

“Raion vs. Jinsei.”

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Raion glanced at her friend with a grin, both of them heading over to opposite sides of the battlefield, Ikari letting out a bark of excitement. Raion smirked, her eyes meeting Jinsei’s wild ones. “You’re gonna lose.”

“Yeah right!” He grinned arrogantly before Yuki dropped her arm and they practically appeared beside each other. Lashing out, they both grabbed each other’s fist, coming at a standstill. Raion grimaced before ducking her head and sweeping out her leg.

Ikari jumped over her due to her dodging and Jinsei had to do a back handspring so he wouldn’t end up on his back.

Righting herself, Raion frowned before doing handsigns. Clones would be useless against an Inuzuka due to their senses, so Raion would have to rely on a jutsu that one of her cousins had taught her.

The only disadvantage was that it would drain 15% of her chakra each time she used it. That only gave her six chances.

Smirking, Raion decided it was worth it. Finishing the set of handsigns, Raion started to glow with lightning sparks. “Guroshirudo: Lightning Amplifier!”

It was a jutsu specifically used by Todoroki clan members, causing their Guroshirudo kekkei genkai shield to spark and crackle with a few hundred volts of electricity.

Darting forward, Raion headed straight for Jinsei as he started using Fang Over Fang with Ikari. They met in the center, a huge dust cloud appearing as the two jutsu collided. When the dust cleared, every student watching blinked as they saw Jinsei and Raion involved in a taijutsu battle, the remnants of Raion’s jutsu visible by the sparks seen every time her attacks hit.

Jinsei frowned at the jolt of electricity caused by each of Raion’s hits before he saw an opening and lunged forward, knocking them both off their feet as he tried to pin her to the ground.

Jinsei blinked in surprise, though, as a puff of smoke appeared and he was left only with a log. Eyes widening in understanding, he tried to get back to his feet but it was too late. Raion had appeared behind him and now tackled him, easily pinning him to the ground.

Both stared at each other, Raion looking smug while Jinsei growled. They snapped out of it as they heard clapping and turned to see Yuki-sensei with a surprised yet proud look on her face. “Raion wins. That was a very excellent battle. If only you two had this much energy in the classroom.”

Both sweatdropped before Raion got off her friend, helping him up before they headed over to the rest of the students. They got a few compliments and even a few questions about certain things they had done.

~

Nomaru sighed, having to watch two more three more fights – which were nowhere near as interesting as the first two – before she would finally be able to fight. But, finally, she was called out onto the field.

Facing her was a girl called Sora. Nomaru grimaced at her, recognizing her as one of the girls who teased her for her oblivious questions and made the transition into the Academy hell for her.

“What is it, Pumpkin-chan?” Sora questioned, making Nomaru’s yellow eyes narrow in anger. She hated that nickname so much but Sora just wouldn’t stop calling her it.

“Begin!” Yuki-sensei ordered.

Since Nomaru knew she wasn’t fast, she instead went straight to charging through handsigns. Getting to the twentieth one just as Sora was five feet away, Nomaru took in a big gulp of air before exhaling a shot of high pressured water. “Water Style: Liquid Gun!”

Sora let out a scream as she was hit square in the stomach, being thrust back across the clearing and being rammed into a tree trunk. The watching Academy students watched in shock, flabbergasted that Nomaru had taken out someone with the first hit. She was usually beaten and bruised before a decision was made.

“I love ninjutsu.” Nomaru mumbled, happy that her private tutors had focused on it more than taijutsu. She was so much more adept at the ninjutsu portion of training.

There was a groan suddenly and everyone glanced to where Sora had landed, watching as the maroon-haired girl pulled herself off the ground, wiping blood off her lip and glaring over at Nomaru. The orange-haired girl grimaced and started on another set of handsigns. Before Sora could even get halfway across the training field, Nomaru had slammed her hands across the ground into the puddles caused by her previous jutsu. “Water Style: Hidden Mist Jutsu!”

The training field filled with mist, blocking everyone’s vision immediately. Raion frowned, glancing over at Jinsei as they both started sniffing the air, their ears alert as they searched for the two girls fighting.

Jinsei picked up on her first with Raion not far behind. Nomaru had been approaching Sora from behind silently, her chakra masked to match that of a common squirrel.

Sora let out a squeal as Nomaru’s hands suddenly wrapped around her. Before she could react properly, she had been tied up by wire, her arms bound to her torso and her ankles tied together.

Smirking as her bully dropped to the ground in a struggling mass, Nomaru cancelled her jutsu and watched as the fog faded away. When the field was visible again, the class blinked at the sight of a tied up and struggling Sora.

Turning to Yuki-sensei, Nomaru raised a curious eyebrow. Smiling, Yuki nodded. “Nomaru is the winner. Now, cut her loose, would you?”

Nodding, the orange haired girl pulled out a kunai and cut away the wire before heading back into the line before Sora could gain her bearings.