The Seven-Scaled boy
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This is my fanfic, in case you haven't noticed. I hope you really enjoy the prologue and hope yu understand is just the prologue.
It was a cloudless day in the village of shizengakure. The sun shone brightly through the tree covered village.It was the time of the year when ninja school was about to be finished. That meant, all young enthusiastic gennins were gathered in the tower of kings.
The huge, majestic building was past the Archaic Forest. In the top of this tall structure resided five huge granite statues. Each statue was at the edge of the tower, with its arms outstretched and their eyes gazing to the distance. They formed a perfect five pointed star.
Wind blew through the leaves of the trees atop the tower, the lives of this new shinobis was about to start.
?Ok, now everyone please keep silent? called a young proctor ? we?re about to hand out the headbands.? He pointed to the stage, where in a limestone table blue headbands shone. All the boys, around 30 of them perfectly alined, turned their heads to the stage.
?This, is the very day when you people will begin your journey,? begun the head protoctor. His blue eyes were fixed on the crowd, his voice sounded reflexive and important. ?Your journey to become the best ninjas you can. In order to help your village grow and be prosperous.?
?Oh c?mon,? a young boy, around thirteen, whispered to his friend ? The same speech all the time.? He?s dark blue eyes gazed to the light-blue sky showing his boredom.
?I know Kintaro,? said his friend bordering on yawning ? the very same speech?. The boy scratched the back of his brown wavy, hair.
Time passed and the speech kept on and on. The beautiful morning had turned into a hot midday. ?That speech is taking a a bit too long? kintaro?s friend suggested in normal voice tone.
All of a sudden, as fast as lightning, ka-pow!. A kunoichi chuunin, dressed in a blue formal kimono, slapped him on the head with a fan.
?Ryuunosuke!? the pale woman whispered furiously at him ?How dare you try to interrupt the speech?? Her brown eyes were filled with embarrassment.
Ryuunosuke grabbed the back of his head as the pain beat ?was that necessary, sis?? he cried lowly. Kintaro giggled as low as he could but, almost immediately, the chuunin?s eyes were fixed on him
?Don?t make me do this again. Now stay with your traps shut for the rest of the speech!?
Finally, the unfathomably eternal speech came to an end. And the headband and scorecards sorting begun.
?Ame, Hikari? the old head proctor begun. Ryuunosuke fixed he eyes on her and quickly looked back to kintaro.
?That girl,? he said whispering ?is... ugly.?
?Agreed,? responded kintaro whispering ?she?s kinda chubby?
?Baika no jutsu...?ryuunosuke repeated in his mind as a joke. He hid his laughter quite well.
The calling of names went on, until there were only six left. ?Saku, Raikuna?. A elegant blond girl walked to the stage. Ryuunosuke was breathless and his eyes were wide open as the fair girl received her headband and wore it proudly on top of her long lace hair.
Luckily, he was at the back of the line with kintaro so nobody noticed. His heart beated as fast as a humming bird. A light punch in his left shoulder woke him up form the trance.
?Thanks, Kintaro? said Ryuunosuke ironically.
?What are friends for?? he said jokingly smiling.
?Katsu, Sai? A thing boy headed to the stage, his posture was of importance his eyes glared with superiority to all of the people there.
?Ahhh I hate him!? whispered Kintaro as he clutched his fist in fury
?Perfect A-boy, unique kekke genkai, clan of excelence, the ?genius?,? Ryuunosuke mocked the head proctor.
?Uchiha, Kintaro? called the serious voice of the head master. Victoriously Kintaro approached to the stage. There, he grabbed the brown scroll labeled ?4? and put his headband protector on. Every one applauded him. He got down the stage and headed fast, almost skipping, to his place.
Ryuunosuke stared amazed plaque. The metal brightly glowed. The symbol of nature, the tree was carved on it. ?So how was your scores??? asked ryuunosuke.
?Um,?answered Kintaro as he broke the seal around the scroll ?as expected. A in genjutsu, A+ in ninjutsu, B++ in shurikenjutsu, rat teacher.?. Kintaro?s eyes were wide open as he read the last score, taijutsu. ?C!??.
He couldn?t believe his eyes. He wasn?t the ideal hand to hand combatant, but to him, a C was outrageous. He held his brief, but intense wrath as the last headbands were given out. Ryuunosuke?s name was called.
His heart pounded, as he walked to receive his scores and the headband. The black headband was in the wrinkled hands of the old proctor. So as the scroll. Ryuu?s brown spiky hair was blown gently by the current. He took a short, but deep breath and got his scroll. Labeled just like Kintaro?s and put his black headband on. Right on his forehand, the headband was shown proudly. Everyone gave a round of applause and Ryuunosuke headed back.
Just after the last names were called, the proctor had one last detail to say. ?just after you boys, finished greeting your families,? he said seriously ?head to the room which your scroll is labeled like.? As he finished the sentence. The lines broke and all gennins went to talk to their respective families. After twenty minutes of cheering, chatting with relatives and showing the scores. The new shinobis headed inside the tower. Both Kintaro and Ryuunosuke went together.
?So?? Kintaro asked expectantly
?Oh yeah!? Ryuunosuke quickly opened the scroll ?A genjutsu, C ninjutsu, B shuriken jutsu and A+ taijutsu.?
?Aren?t you upset?? Kintaro asked as they were in the halls of the tower ?you got a C in ninjutsu!?.
?I was kinda expecting that,? Ryuunosuke replied monotonously ?I find it very hard to control chakra?.
It was already sundown. The golden orange light filtered thorugh the skylight. After some floors, they reached room number four. The wooden sliding door opened to a library room, with bookshelfs filled with scrolls and documents. They both saw the three empty, mahogany armchairs. The atmosphere was tense, none of them knew who was going to come through the door. As they sat, steps where heard on the rock floor outside the room. It was raikuna. Ryuunosuke?s eyes had glint of surprise. His team, he felt, couldn?t be better. His best friend and a pretty girl. He, secretly, smiled.
?hey, raikuna? said kintaro ?do you know why they made us wait here??.
?no idea,? her fine voice said as she shrugged ?mind if I take a seat??.
?Please do!? cried Ryuunosuke as soon as she finished.
Kintaro looked at him, ashamed but he knew this was going to be fun. Raikuna giggled and took the seat next to ryuunosuke. Kintaro, swiftly, hit him with his elbow. Ryuunosuke blushed and look away form raikuna to the front.
?So which were your scores?? asked ryuunosuke still blushed.
Raikuna?s eyes looked upwards as she remembered ?C on gen, A+on nin, A on shuriken and B++ on tai.?
?Pity the C on genjutsu, huh?? asked kintaro. ?Yeah, too bad.? She lamented ?but I really can?t get it. Illusions, in my opinion are useless.?
Kintaro pissed off ?Illusion are useless?! They can save our lives! And the more twisted it is the more damage it?ll cause to the enemy!. Right, Ryuunosuke??
Ryuunosuke snapped from his daydream ?Um...? Both raikuna and kintaro expected an answer that turned the tide to their side. ?Illusions rock, raikuna,? he explained ?the limit of them is imagination and chakra, of course. But, on our level, they lack of proper capacity to land a serious strike.?
Kintaro felt backstabbed but he knew it was because of raikuna the answer. He nodded in agreement to the statement, anyway. As he knew lack of proper damage part was true.
Time passed, and they kept on talking. But now, it was an impasse of chatter. Ryuunosuke gazed raikuna while she was holding hear against her hand. She was wearing a beautiful red flowered kimono. Her blond, long, lace hair was knotted and the headband was over her forehead. Kintaro, meanwhile stared through the window. It was night already. The time was passing as slow as a turtle right now. Just when all three kids where distracted a loud puff of white smoke appeared in the bookshelves opposite of the armchairs. Ryuunosuke quickly turned his head away of raikuna. As the smoke cleared, a man emerged. His green eyes were focused on them, he was smiling widely as he leant his tall body against the bookcases.
?Just and hour with you and I had a feast of information? his said haughtily ?A girl form the Saku clan, a boy from the Uchiha clan and a boy from the Tonbo clan.? ?So then,? kintaro said ?you were spying on us??
?kinda,? he answered quitely ?now, your names are...? he pointed to leftmost armchair ?kintaro uchiha? he continued to the rightmost one ?Raikuna saku? he finished with the middle chair ?Ryuunosuke Tonbe?. They nodded. ?great!? the man continued ?in my case, if you are wandering, is Minamoto. And I?ll be your sensei?.
He stood up, he was wearing the typical militar green jounin vest and blue shoes. ?Now, let?s see if you really deserve this,? he said as he pointed his dark blue headband which hanged fom his neck ?we are going to have the graduation exam tomorrow by 10 o?clock in the morning. Wait for me at the training field.?
Everything was happening so fast, they were speechless. ?See ya tomorrow!? he said in a very laid-back tone ?Don?t be freaking late or I promise you?ll regret it!?.All of a sudden, he vanished into thin air.
?Now this is a whole new level of awkwardness!? said raikuna angrily ?We wait for like an hour for him when it turned out he was always here! And now he just presents himslef and goes?!?.
?the best we can do, is to make him have a hard time tomorrow...?said ryuunosuke thoughtfully. ?I wonder what the test will be.? wondered kintaro.
They boy went outside the room and headed to their homes. The nightgale blew gently, Kintaro loved that sensation on his long spiky hair. Raikuna complaint all the way out of the forest. It must have been around 10 o?clock when they reached the iron gates. There was a path leading to the outskirts of shizengakure.
Kintaro held his arms behind his head as he walked wondering what the exam would be about. Ryuunosuke was talking with raikuna.
?So how are you planning to go tomorrow to the training field?? he asked.
?I don?t know, wanna pick me up?? she answered.
?of course!? he accepted ?hey Kintaro,? he continued ?why don?t you pick me up, and we go all together to the field??
?of course.? he answered as he turned back. ?Do you think it?ll be the typical bell exam??
?cliche? replied raikuna
?meh, with a sensei like that,? said ryuunosuke remembering the useless eavesdropping ? I don?t think so. Perhaps and 3-on-1 sparring, I don?t know?
They reached crossroads. A wooden sign with multiple arrows was at the middle of it. One of the arrows pointing to the left said ?western clan manors?. Another one to the right said ?nature country border?. And the one on the top, pointing to the north had ?Great tree avenue? inscribed.
?I think is time we split, huh?? Said kintaro ?bye raikuna!?
Both kintaro and ryuunosuke went to the left while raikuna headed to the avenue.
?I simply can?t stand that Kintaro,? thought raikuna ?he?s unbearable, reckless and proud.?
?Gosh,? kintaro thought ?That raikuna will be a pain in the ass. I hope she fails tomorrow.? He giggled as he kept his way to his Uchiha Manor.
Here went nothing. Hope you enjoyed the read. Any flaming/critcism/opinion/revies/etc are welcomed.
It was a cloudless day in the village of shizengakure. The sun shone brightly through the tree covered village.It was the time of the year when ninja school was about to be finished. That meant, all young enthusiastic gennins were gathered in the tower of kings.
The huge, majestic building was past the Archaic Forest. In the top of this tall structure resided five huge granite statues. Each statue was at the edge of the tower, with its arms outstretched and their eyes gazing to the distance. They formed a perfect five pointed star.
Wind blew through the leaves of the trees atop the tower, the lives of this new shinobis was about to start.
?Ok, now everyone please keep silent? called a young proctor ? we?re about to hand out the headbands.? He pointed to the stage, where in a limestone table blue headbands shone. All the boys, around 30 of them perfectly alined, turned their heads to the stage.
?This, is the very day when you people will begin your journey,? begun the head protoctor. His blue eyes were fixed on the crowd, his voice sounded reflexive and important. ?Your journey to become the best ninjas you can. In order to help your village grow and be prosperous.?
?Oh c?mon,? a young boy, around thirteen, whispered to his friend ? The same speech all the time.? He?s dark blue eyes gazed to the light-blue sky showing his boredom.
?I know Kintaro,? said his friend bordering on yawning ? the very same speech?. The boy scratched the back of his brown wavy, hair.
Time passed and the speech kept on and on. The beautiful morning had turned into a hot midday. ?That speech is taking a a bit too long? kintaro?s friend suggested in normal voice tone.
All of a sudden, as fast as lightning, ka-pow!. A kunoichi chuunin, dressed in a blue formal kimono, slapped him on the head with a fan.
?Ryuunosuke!? the pale woman whispered furiously at him ?How dare you try to interrupt the speech?? Her brown eyes were filled with embarrassment.
Ryuunosuke grabbed the back of his head as the pain beat ?was that necessary, sis?? he cried lowly. Kintaro giggled as low as he could but, almost immediately, the chuunin?s eyes were fixed on him
?Don?t make me do this again. Now stay with your traps shut for the rest of the speech!?
Finally, the unfathomably eternal speech came to an end. And the headband and scorecards sorting begun.
?Ame, Hikari? the old head proctor begun. Ryuunosuke fixed he eyes on her and quickly looked back to kintaro.
?That girl,? he said whispering ?is... ugly.?
?Agreed,? responded kintaro whispering ?she?s kinda chubby?
?Baika no jutsu...?ryuunosuke repeated in his mind as a joke. He hid his laughter quite well.
The calling of names went on, until there were only six left. ?Saku, Raikuna?. A elegant blond girl walked to the stage. Ryuunosuke was breathless and his eyes were wide open as the fair girl received her headband and wore it proudly on top of her long lace hair.
Luckily, he was at the back of the line with kintaro so nobody noticed. His heart beated as fast as a humming bird. A light punch in his left shoulder woke him up form the trance.
?Thanks, Kintaro? said Ryuunosuke ironically.
?What are friends for?? he said jokingly smiling.
?Katsu, Sai? A thing boy headed to the stage, his posture was of importance his eyes glared with superiority to all of the people there.
?Ahhh I hate him!? whispered Kintaro as he clutched his fist in fury
?Perfect A-boy, unique kekke genkai, clan of excelence, the ?genius?,? Ryuunosuke mocked the head proctor.
?Uchiha, Kintaro? called the serious voice of the head master. Victoriously Kintaro approached to the stage. There, he grabbed the brown scroll labeled ?4? and put his headband protector on. Every one applauded him. He got down the stage and headed fast, almost skipping, to his place.
Ryuunosuke stared amazed plaque. The metal brightly glowed. The symbol of nature, the tree was carved on it. ?So how was your scores??? asked ryuunosuke.
?Um,?answered Kintaro as he broke the seal around the scroll ?as expected. A in genjutsu, A+ in ninjutsu, B++ in shurikenjutsu, rat teacher.?. Kintaro?s eyes were wide open as he read the last score, taijutsu. ?C!??.
He couldn?t believe his eyes. He wasn?t the ideal hand to hand combatant, but to him, a C was outrageous. He held his brief, but intense wrath as the last headbands were given out. Ryuunosuke?s name was called.
His heart pounded, as he walked to receive his scores and the headband. The black headband was in the wrinkled hands of the old proctor. So as the scroll. Ryuu?s brown spiky hair was blown gently by the current. He took a short, but deep breath and got his scroll. Labeled just like Kintaro?s and put his black headband on. Right on his forehand, the headband was shown proudly. Everyone gave a round of applause and Ryuunosuke headed back.
Just after the last names were called, the proctor had one last detail to say. ?just after you boys, finished greeting your families,? he said seriously ?head to the room which your scroll is labeled like.? As he finished the sentence. The lines broke and all gennins went to talk to their respective families. After twenty minutes of cheering, chatting with relatives and showing the scores. The new shinobis headed inside the tower. Both Kintaro and Ryuunosuke went together.
?So?? Kintaro asked expectantly
?Oh yeah!? Ryuunosuke quickly opened the scroll ?A genjutsu, C ninjutsu, B shuriken jutsu and A+ taijutsu.?
?Aren?t you upset?? Kintaro asked as they were in the halls of the tower ?you got a C in ninjutsu!?.
?I was kinda expecting that,? Ryuunosuke replied monotonously ?I find it very hard to control chakra?.
It was already sundown. The golden orange light filtered thorugh the skylight. After some floors, they reached room number four. The wooden sliding door opened to a library room, with bookshelfs filled with scrolls and documents. They both saw the three empty, mahogany armchairs. The atmosphere was tense, none of them knew who was going to come through the door. As they sat, steps where heard on the rock floor outside the room. It was raikuna. Ryuunosuke?s eyes had glint of surprise. His team, he felt, couldn?t be better. His best friend and a pretty girl. He, secretly, smiled.
?hey, raikuna? said kintaro ?do you know why they made us wait here??.
?no idea,? her fine voice said as she shrugged ?mind if I take a seat??.
?Please do!? cried Ryuunosuke as soon as she finished.
Kintaro looked at him, ashamed but he knew this was going to be fun. Raikuna giggled and took the seat next to ryuunosuke. Kintaro, swiftly, hit him with his elbow. Ryuunosuke blushed and look away form raikuna to the front.
?So which were your scores?? asked ryuunosuke still blushed.
Raikuna?s eyes looked upwards as she remembered ?C on gen, A+on nin, A on shuriken and B++ on tai.?
?Pity the C on genjutsu, huh?? asked kintaro. ?Yeah, too bad.? She lamented ?but I really can?t get it. Illusions, in my opinion are useless.?
Kintaro pissed off ?Illusion are useless?! They can save our lives! And the more twisted it is the more damage it?ll cause to the enemy!. Right, Ryuunosuke??
Ryuunosuke snapped from his daydream ?Um...? Both raikuna and kintaro expected an answer that turned the tide to their side. ?Illusions rock, raikuna,? he explained ?the limit of them is imagination and chakra, of course. But, on our level, they lack of proper capacity to land a serious strike.?
Kintaro felt backstabbed but he knew it was because of raikuna the answer. He nodded in agreement to the statement, anyway. As he knew lack of proper damage part was true.
Time passed, and they kept on talking. But now, it was an impasse of chatter. Ryuunosuke gazed raikuna while she was holding hear against her hand. She was wearing a beautiful red flowered kimono. Her blond, long, lace hair was knotted and the headband was over her forehead. Kintaro, meanwhile stared through the window. It was night already. The time was passing as slow as a turtle right now. Just when all three kids where distracted a loud puff of white smoke appeared in the bookshelves opposite of the armchairs. Ryuunosuke quickly turned his head away of raikuna. As the smoke cleared, a man emerged. His green eyes were focused on them, he was smiling widely as he leant his tall body against the bookcases.
?Just and hour with you and I had a feast of information? his said haughtily ?A girl form the Saku clan, a boy from the Uchiha clan and a boy from the Tonbo clan.? ?So then,? kintaro said ?you were spying on us??
?kinda,? he answered quitely ?now, your names are...? he pointed to leftmost armchair ?kintaro uchiha? he continued to the rightmost one ?Raikuna saku? he finished with the middle chair ?Ryuunosuke Tonbe?. They nodded. ?great!? the man continued ?in my case, if you are wandering, is Minamoto. And I?ll be your sensei?.
He stood up, he was wearing the typical militar green jounin vest and blue shoes. ?Now, let?s see if you really deserve this,? he said as he pointed his dark blue headband which hanged fom his neck ?we are going to have the graduation exam tomorrow by 10 o?clock in the morning. Wait for me at the training field.?
Everything was happening so fast, they were speechless. ?See ya tomorrow!? he said in a very laid-back tone ?Don?t be freaking late or I promise you?ll regret it!?.All of a sudden, he vanished into thin air.
?Now this is a whole new level of awkwardness!? said raikuna angrily ?We wait for like an hour for him when it turned out he was always here! And now he just presents himslef and goes?!?.
?the best we can do, is to make him have a hard time tomorrow...?said ryuunosuke thoughtfully. ?I wonder what the test will be.? wondered kintaro.
They boy went outside the room and headed to their homes. The nightgale blew gently, Kintaro loved that sensation on his long spiky hair. Raikuna complaint all the way out of the forest. It must have been around 10 o?clock when they reached the iron gates. There was a path leading to the outskirts of shizengakure.
Kintaro held his arms behind his head as he walked wondering what the exam would be about. Ryuunosuke was talking with raikuna.
?So how are you planning to go tomorrow to the training field?? he asked.
?I don?t know, wanna pick me up?? she answered.
?of course!? he accepted ?hey Kintaro,? he continued ?why don?t you pick me up, and we go all together to the field??
?of course.? he answered as he turned back. ?Do you think it?ll be the typical bell exam??
?cliche? replied raikuna
?meh, with a sensei like that,? said ryuunosuke remembering the useless eavesdropping ? I don?t think so. Perhaps and 3-on-1 sparring, I don?t know?
They reached crossroads. A wooden sign with multiple arrows was at the middle of it. One of the arrows pointing to the left said ?western clan manors?. Another one to the right said ?nature country border?. And the one on the top, pointing to the north had ?Great tree avenue? inscribed.
?I think is time we split, huh?? Said kintaro ?bye raikuna!?
Both kintaro and ryuunosuke went to the left while raikuna headed to the avenue.
?I simply can?t stand that Kintaro,? thought raikuna ?he?s unbearable, reckless and proud.?
?Gosh,? kintaro thought ?That raikuna will be a pain in the ass. I hope she fails tomorrow.? He giggled as he kept his way to his Uchiha Manor.
Here went nothing. Hope you enjoyed the read. Any flaming/critcism/opinion/revies/etc are welcomed.
