the academy
Sakura was excited today they were going to have a special class for kunoichi. The teacher had said that it would be one of her essential classes at the academy. They were separated from the boys and they said that they didn't need to learn what we did and that they would have the same normal classes that they had until now.
She was curious why they had this class and they didn't? Sure if she had friends she would ask them or they would think of assumptions together. But they seemed to avoid her she didn't quite understand why not everyone enjoyed talking about the classes to see if they learned everything they needed from her? What they were learning was interesting they talked about social etiquette, talking like a lady and many more interesting things but she was fascinated by the normal classes the ones they shared with the boys since they talked about more interesting things in her opinion the teacher told her that she could take books out of the academy library if she needed more feedback when she asked the sensei. She was excited she couldn't wait for the classes to end. She was fascinated when she walked in there everything was so impeccable ordered almost mystical she wants to know more. When I asked the librarian a woman in her 20s with brown hair what books she recommended to learn more about what she saw in class, she took her to where the books she needed were. She was fascinated by the variety of books. When they gave her the book she needed, she sat down in a chair, took out her notebook and began to write down what she needed. Once she had finished, she continued reading, it was all so interesting that she only stopped when she heard a soft clearing of the throat. The librarian was speaking to her.
He had told her that they were going to close but that she could come in the morning when the academy ended. She was very excited to read more books and learn more, maybe that would impress her mother to know the new things she was learning at the academy. Certainly she was not happy about her tardiness, she had told her that she was worried about her tardiness, she had tried to explain to her but she just sent her to her room and said that she would bring her food when she changed. Certainly she returned to the library the next day still fascinated by the books, they made her feel that she was accompanied and that everything made more sense. At this point, formal classes began to become a little easier for her and well, who is she to complain.
The next kunuichi class the teacher was giving one of her many lectures "Kunuichis not only have to master the art of ninjutsu that every male shinobi learns but the feminine arts and feminine wiles as well when inside enemy borders they will depend on being able to pass themselves off as normal women without that skill even the simplest espionage task becomes an unmanageable task today we will learn the art of ikebana flower arrangements" she took us to a field of flowers the teacher said that flower arrangements are something that a woman in any woman wants to land learns sooner or later in her life and that we had to learn how to do it in order to infiltrate places more easily or to be able to go unnoticed better. She told us to look for the prettiest flowers and make the arrangements that she would say how we could improve giving us advice or what we needed.
This class was not good with flowers although pretty ones did not attract her attention that much so she only picked the flowers that were remotely interesting to her. Well that was until a girl from her class interrupted her. "Hey in front of the marquee so you don't know how to make flower arrangements either and you're a boring idiot in bad taste." She really didn't care about this girl Ami always with her biting comments. Well yes she admits that at first they did affect her, she even cried once but after hearing them almost every day and normally they began to stop affecting her (it hurt a little sometimes on particularly bad days) so she just had to pretend. It was easier plus she left faster when she had what she wanted and left her alone with her things when she finished telling her the same old things she pretended to go cry to another place more secluded from the others while she settled in another more hidden place she didn't want Ami to find out something caught her interest it was a bee it was on an echinacea flower (She thinks the name was very strange but she had to learn it since she had to take a test to see if they had understood the material so far if we had that almost at the beginning with the kids to detect edible things or well was it really just some flowers that we had to learn but it got out of hand oops? well in the test there were many types of flowers she found it boring to have to memorize just a little but she passed 100 percent which made her parents happy so it was worth having that type of information in particular) the bee was perched on the flower While she was grabbing something that she wasn't sure about she noticed that it had something on its hind legs it was something she couldn't reach see was something yellow or orange she was about to approach.
Until she heard footsteps she quickly hunched over thinking it was Ami or her teacher whichever of the two it didn't matter she wasn't even halfway through her flower arrangement. But it wasn't either of them it was a girl with yellow hair and blue eyes she had seen her before normally she was accompanied by other girls or boys I think her name is Ino Yamanaka she is popular from what she had seen from afar but why is she here it would make more sense for her to be near the rose bushes with the other girls she wasn't sure why the girl Ino is here she doubted there are pretty flowers around here so. why is she here was to check if she is crying or is it because of something else that I am missing.
"So you're the girl who gets made fun of for having a flat forehead?" I looked at her in surprise. She just came to insult me like the rest. I looked at her a little impressed by her nerve. I quickly adjusted myself so she would think I was crying. I wouldn't be surprised that she was Ami's friend and was going to check on her. "Sorry, I didn't mean to insinuate anything bad. My name is Ino Yamanaka and who are you?" I guess I have to answer otherwise she will hold a grudge against me and become another Ami it is bad to have only one I don't want another besides this girl is by far more influential with those in the class than Ami I have to be cautious as mom says "Sakura" I answered a little hesitant to mention my last name she was not stupid I had seen children leave aside classmates just because they were told their last names especially those of older years she was not totally sure about it because "So Sakura I heard around that you are not good at making flower arrangements" Said the girl Ino smiling as if she was amused by the matter she was not sure why I have to speak carefully "Why do you think you are going to make fun of me?" A little harsher than I supposed if I am dead the girl made a slight grimace on her face "I'm not here to help you you know so you do not ruin your perfect story" perfect history? Maybe she's been watching me maybe she wants me to help her study or something else besides she didn't seem upset with my comment I have to be careful I don't rule out Ami though that girl is smart she had to see something on my face as the girl spoke quickly explaining herself "You know, it's not like I'm stalking you or something I'm just saying something that everyone in the class knows" Or well I already knew what they were saying about me but about my grades so far we just started the year no more than 3 months ago and well in the tests I got it right or now I see where that came from "Well if you want to help me how am I supposed to fix this?" Ino observed the arrangement and made a slight face.
“Yeah, maybe we should look for more flowers for your arrangement,” she said as she stood up. Was it that bad? Well, it doesn’t matter, I would still like to keep seeing the bee. I had read in passing in some book that mentioned bees, something about their wings or something like that. Well, naturally I wanted to know more, but it was getting late and the academy library would be open for a very short time, considering the return and going for my things. Well, I can go tomorrow and maybe come back here, it’s quiet. With a sigh, I went after Ino.
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I was able to get a good grade on the flower arrangement subject thanks to Ino, she was a great help, it was nice to have company, although I didn't fully trust the Yamanaka so I refrained from talking much, the girl didn't seem to care much.
When she left the academy she went to the same forest where she had seen the bee to see if she could see more and maybe learn more about them or other animals since she is there. The road was longer than she remembered maybe she had to ask her mother to accompany her in case she got lost. No she was working she could not ask her to spend her breaks to look for and see insects or she could ask Ino to accompany her. Haha what a good joke besides it is probable that if she told her she would think that she is weirder than she probably thinks and she will probably tell Ami and if that does not happen. She arrived at the clearing which if it is quiet I could hear one or another bird singing around there if this place would be good to read or relax.
She didn't find the bee or another animal they probably left when she got there or something but she did find a boy he looked older no she wasn't entirely sure was he covered in a jacket? She wasn't sure but it was big it covered most of his body she wasn't sure if it was a boy or a girl although he walked hunched over what boys normally chose to walk like perfectly it could be to throw off those who had no idea maybe nosy girls like her she probably hadn't seen a ninja headband yet so it's probably not a ninja maybe a year older. While he was hiding behind some trees (he had probably already detected her if he is a year older) she was fascinated with him or her? or more specifically with what he was doing he was checking insects. How could that even be possible? Well yes she was doing it in front of me (probably to show off) and I knew it wasn't a trick of the light or anything like that they were following her orders she could see it clearly which was fascinating but what was her purpose in doing this if she's showing off because for me to see the difference between us wait... I don't think she has detected me yet while the boy was gasping for air trying to catch his breath I realized that if he was practicing it must be very difficult for him to handle them and probably stressful that was the word I'm not sure.
After taking a break he lived to focus on the insects that seemed to come out of him? And he began to handle them again. He has been doing that for a very long time (if we do not count the fact that he was here before her probably) it seemed that he had not noticed Sakura's presence yet. He must be too tired not to notice it or maybe he did notice her but was allowed to see? while the boy got up tiredly she suddenly threw a kunai at the tree where she was she covered herself with the tree (well it seems she was not allowed to see) she felt the pressure of the kunai pass by the side of her head she cringed and became smaller in the tree while she covered herself with some bushes and made sure her hair remained hidden with her clothes it was revealing according to sensei she heard footsteps approaching she held her breath trying to make as little noise as possible she heard a murmur and the presence began to move away when she no longer heard any more footsteps or any other sound she waited a moment before coming out of her hiding place she felt her heart pounding in her she doesn't know what the upper part of her body is called well she was excited it means that insects can be controlled how was that possible? She kept wondering. As he looked at the sky he realized that it was starting to get dark. “Damn, my mom is going to scold me.” And this time she would be right. Night is almost falling now, where did I come from?
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While searching in the library I found a book about bees and other insects, yes, also something we saw in class, but well, just something about the posture in short-distance combat, but oh well. Today they had seen shinobi history they talked about the 3rd shinobi war a global war that involved the elemental nations in an armed conflict they had not gone into much depth on the subject but she was curious about the subject it is unlikely that they had an in-depth test on that subject but she wanted to be prepared anyway she will look for a book about it and an indication of how it was possible to control insects she doubted that there was a book about it well I wish well she knew it was possible when she asked sensei about something related to that (I did not mention insects or well not entirely) he told me that it was through chakra that in general only a member of a clan could do it here in Konoha that gave to understand that in other villages there were also others from another clan that could be or something halfway similar which is interesting also talked about some techniques that are derived from what some animals and insects can do she did not fully listen to that part well now she knows that it is possible with chakra I think I remember that they had said that chakra is the source of life of the living beings or something like that, I'll have to investigate more. "Well, is there anything else you need to know or is that all?" Coming out of his mind, he quickly answered. "One more thing, is the test going to include the third shinobi war?" Sensei just gave him a look.
While researching shinobi history she realized that it talked a lot about some of the clans' achievements. She wasn't entirely sure what shinobi clans were, just something about a group of people I think family with techniques that they kept to themselves, so she went for another book to research the clans. She would tell the librarian "excuse me where can I find general information about the clans?" The lady looked at her and pulled a book from the shelves where she was. It seemed that if she had to ask them for more information, where is she? Mm, she was dying of curiosity. Clans are groups of related families with special techniques that other shinobi don't have. These skills are of great help on the battlefield and give an advantage to the villages by providing them with their knowledge that they collect in exchange for the village giving them a safe place to be. There are more things, some of a political aspect if that is his name, which speak of the complexity of the dealings of a clan to the village, which has words that I do not fully understand so I will leave it for later, it also talks about the clans in Konoha and a review of their abilities known to the public or rather what they are related to, such as the ability to control the shadows of the Naras or some more distinguished ones such as the dojutsu of the Uchihas or Hyuga does not know what a dojutsu is and really was not very curious about that, which well she will investigate later. It seemed that the shinobi born to civilians as they were cataloged seemed not to stand out much, only a few stood out, which I suppose was understandable considering the extraordinary techniques of those clans that were the ones that stood out the most, growing up in a clan seems to help you a lot in that of training and other things ...
He learned some things about bees plus about their physiology yes apparently that is a word also some other shinobi history of Konoha which in comparison to other storytellers of clans with other clans is the most descriptive saying that a battle broke out in the Northwest of Konoha saying that they were able to intercept messages from some spies the message of that attack was from the insect tamers of Iwagakure did not describe well the insects they use but from what I understood they are wasps considering the description well Iwagakure tried to invade them with their insect tamers and they were intercepted by the Aburame clan the battle was close until the Aburame took advantage and overwhelmed the other tamers who in comparison their insects were larger than those of the Aburame the fight that called "The great battle of the insects" by the surrounding shinobi did not seem to mention which clan the invaders of Iwagakure were, those of the Aburame clan apparently have a pact with the Kikkai insect. How do you form a pact with an insect? It's like I give you something and you give me something? Well according to this, the shinobi who were not tamers stayed away from the battlefield, even when they approached the village they could not interfere, one would think that with area techniques you could disaster those insects but it seems that they are not more complicated, they were good at overwhelming the shinobi with their number and more with the techniques that these tamers used.
She didn’t mention anything else about the bug wars I’m going to look for a book on them I also need something that will inform me about them if I want to be a bug tamer I need to research more on them as much as I can. As I sat down to read the books I grabbed I realized that I was late and I didn’t want my mother to get mad at me again for being late I put the books back in their place they weren’t in separate sections from each other I got ready to leave just as she was leaving the librarian stopped her “Hey girl do you know there is a book lending service so you can take them out and then return them at a later date” she was shocked she didn’t know something could be done that would make my research easier “when would I have to return them?” I asked if even though I could read them in 5 days each if I gave them my full attention since I still had to think about where to find them, the areas and all that, which yes will have to have it longer "depends on how long it will take you to read them, you can request them for 1 or 2 weeks which is the maximum" with a disinterested tone she answered me "The 2 week one would be fine" yes the 2 week one will be fine if I have no inconveniences of course "okay let me write it down and I can take it with me what is your name?" She said that while taking out a large notebook from her desk "Sakura, haruno sakura" good what teacher does she give you and your year of academy" "karakawa satoshi first year" the lady nodded finishing writing and searching in her desk she took out a paper where she quickly wrote something down "okay miss haruno here it is grab the books you need and bring them to me so I can write them down" I quickly went for the books I already had in mind which one I needed...
Yes, I'm late, but her mother doesn't scold her much, instead I ask her about the books. I explain that the librarian told me about the loan service. She sighed and told me that she only said not to stay up late reading and that dinner is on the table and that she will come down when I finish changing. If today was a good day.
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Today began the formal taijutsu classes which to be honest was bad, they had already had some classes but they were sporadic in general over the course of her first year they were preparing for us to gain a little muscle mass, first in the 2nd year she could say that now the battles were more intense, she had already fought twice and they had won very easily, she had to ask the teacher for advice to improve, he gave me some book recommendations, I had to train a lot more so as not to fall behind in the score to a qje this was not graded sensei is giving extra points for the fights, those who perform best and she is falling behind compared to the others, well over the course of the first year she was in the middle classification of the class if that hurt her pride a little but she was to blame since she spent more time with research in the library but well at least in the other classes she is one of the best so she does not need the extra points but she will have to train more in the training camps the girl Hyuga is good at taijutsu and she's not falling behind with the other boys if she's training more to improve. Yes that meant spending less time in the library which she wasn't very happy about. The teacher also recommended more books on taijutsu, he told her that they could correct some more things about her way of striking and about her center of gravity. He told me that there was a more expensive library than the one at the academy near the center of town. I didn't get to hear exactly where, so I went to the librarian, she told me that it was by a jasmine tea shop and that I had to go straight from the academy and go left at a dango stand and continue straight and I found it. Yes she will have to go ask her mother if she could take her or if she would let her go alone, which I doubted.
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Her mom took her which was great since she got to spend some more time with her while dad wasn't home. I was going to ask Ino if she wanted to come with me but I decided not to. I listened to her say that she'll debut with her clan if Ino is in a clan, the Yamanaka to be specific.
As I approached the front desk I realized how huge this place really is. The receptionist was a man of maybe 40 - 50 years old, he had blue eyes and brown hair with some gray, and a friendly smile. There seemed to be more people around, from the sounds of leaves and scrolls being unrolled. There were a few shinobi here and there from what I could see.
“Hello excuse me do you have a taijutsu area?” I could hear her almost whispering she felt herself blushing she wasn’t good at talking to new people she knew that but mom just accompanied her she told her she was going to go back to run some errands she would take about 30 or 40 minutes and she would be back “If it’s in section 4 are you looking for something in particular?” The man spoke calmly “about positioning? What other topics are there besides?” I really wasn’t too sure but I think sensei mentioned about that “well the taijutsu thing is in section 4 for the academy there is the stuff about positioning, how to arrange yourself, etc. and the basics of genjutsu and ninjutsu but mostly they are the fundamentals that are in section 2 and 3 respectively” Well she didn't know what genjutsu or ninjutsu was but it sounded interesting I'll have to take a look when I get what I need “thank you very much” with a settlement the gentleman fired me well section 4 taijutsu the 2nd should be genjutsu and the 3rd ninjutsu respectively I need a more complete guide to taijutsu and some introductory volumes on genjutsu and ninjutsu now that I think about it the academy library doesn't have them I don't think so if only I haven't searched enough well let's start right away.