"...and don't forget, you have to spar with each other tomorrow." - Kotsu finished her speech tiredly. - As Hokage-sama said, the first day is exhausting. - Kotsu sighed in his mind. - "As for today, you are free."
"Yes, finally the end." - Arata noticed - "but I'm so disappointed that we couldn't show our skills in sparring today." - Arata hung his head.
"Arata-kun, you don't have to be disappointed, I'm sure that tomorrow you will be able to show everyone how well you can fight." - Inuzuka Mei cheered him with a calm voice and her dog barked.
"Yes, I'll show everyone who is the best in this class." - said the self-proclaimed best ninja in the class with fire in his voice. When the class heard him, someone replied:
"Some brat thinks he is better than me, you are just a weakling who can only speak loudly. You will never be able to defeat an Uchiha." - said a black-haired boy with a sarcastic and proud voice. Everyone looked in his direction.
"Hmpf!" - The white-haired boy replied with disdain, then he turned his head to the blue-eyed girl and they left the room together. Now everyone looked at the door through which they left the room. It is not necessary to say what they wanted to say with this action.
Gritting his teeth, Arata looked at the door with a small anger and then turned his head to the group of Uchiha. They had the same expression on their faces and told him.
"Tomorrow, I will show you who is a weakling and kick your ass so hard that you will only be able to sit on the couch for 1 week." - Arata finally said to the boy.
"Bastard. Tomorrow I'll teach you some manners. If your family couldn't do it." - Uchiha said with a mirk on his face. After hearing this, Arata was ready to jump on him at the same moment, 3 Uchihas were ready to fight with 6 of them, but just as Arata was about to jump and beat the crap out of them, he felt a hand on his shoulder and stopped, turning his head to the left.
"It's not necessary to fight here, I understand your feelings, but you can do it tomorrow. If you fight them now, your father's reputation will be tarnished. But if you insist on fighting, we will support you." - Ichimaru tried to reassure his friend.
After hearing about his father, Arata calmed down a bit. He respected his father, even if he wanted to beat him because of his absence in his life. After calming down, Arata looked in the direction of the Uchiha and said:
"Just wait until tomorrow." - He looked at the scum with fire in his eyes and turned around to look at his friends, Gonda gave him a thumbs up, the others just nodded their heads. After that, they started to leave the classroom when they heard:
"They're just scared of us. Hahaha." - The second Uchiha said.
"Of course they are, how can mere students have any strength compared to us. Hmpf." - The third one said.
"Tomorrow, I will teach him some etiquette." - The first one agreed.
Arata gritted his teeth but didn't look back and just walked out of the classroom.
"Hey guys, let's go to Akimichi's restaurant and celebrate our first day at the academy. Don't let some idiots ruin our mood." - Ichimaru said with a calming smile on his face.
"Yes, Ichimaru-kun is right." - Nia said and copied the same smile from him.
"Alright, let's go, today Ichimaru pays. Yuhuuu." - Arata said.
"Yes, last time he promised to treat us with the most expensive meat in a restaurant." - Gonda nodded his head in agreement.
"Stop this game, even if you say so, I don't have enough money for it." - He shook his head disapprovingly and muttered - "What's wrong with that kid these days?".
Unfortunately for him, Arata could hear him.
"Sometimes, you sound like my old man. In those moments, you are a bit scary." - Arata replied.
"Maybe your father is right!" - Ichimaru grumbled. After that, they started laughing and joking around. Eventually, this defused the situation and they had a good time.
<< Next Day >>
Today morning, they all met in front of the candy store near the academy and bought some candy. After that, they went to the academy and when they entered the classroom, they were met with 5 cold looks from Uchihas and Hyugas. Today, they had History and Tactics, and after those 2, they went to the training grounds at the back of the academy building for sparring. When they arrived there, they saw 2 people on the ground, the left one was their class teacher and the second one was a man about 24~25 years old with 2 scars under his eye, he had brown hair and blue eyes.
"Hello kids, my name is Sarutobi Rauri, I will be your Taijutsu, Shurikenjutsu and Survival teacher for the next 6 years. Today, I will test your shuriken throwing skills and close combat techniques. It is not a big problem if you don't know the following topics, we are here to learn. Let's start with throwing. First one..."
They started throwing shurikens and kunais from a distance of 10 meters. It was not difficult for the children of the clan, most of them could already hit the target 5~7 times with 10 shurikens and 1~2 times with 5 kunais. Ichimaru had average accuracy, he didn't train in shurikenjutsu, he just did some everyday training and that was all, in their group, the best result had Arata and next was Mei. As for the class, the best was Uchiha Kamuri, he is the friend of Uchiha Tuki, the one Arata wants to beat. And second was Arata, after him was Tuki.
Finally, after this test was over, Rauri said:
"Okay, kids, not bad, it was better than I expected." - After he said this, some of the kids smiled happily, some of them smirked in satisfaction. After seeing their reaction, he continued. - "Alright, now pair up and start sparring. Your opponent is defeated when he is either unconscious or admits defeat. You can only use Taijutsu. If you can't find an opponent on your own, then we will. "The instructor finished.
The children started to pair up and obviously, Arata paired up with Toki, Ichimaru with a boy with light brown hair.
His parents are ninjas, I was yesterday. - Ichimaru said. - "Let's have a good fight." - and bowed to his opponent, the boy was surprised that he hadn't expected this and after he came out of his daze, he bowed his head and started to spar.
<< With Arata >>
"It's about time that someone understands his place." - Uchiha Toki said.
Arata didn't answer him and just took his stance. Seeing his opponent ignore his provocation, he was a little annoyed, but he also took a fighting stance. After that, Arata rushed towards him. In almost 1 second, Arata had covered 2 meters and was in front of him with his right hand ready to strike, Toki was a bit surprised by the speed of his opponent, but he blocked the fist with his left arm and tried to use the momentum to hit Arata with his left feet, but Arata blocked his feet with his right leg and caught the blocked leg with his left hand. When Uchiha saw the situation, he tried to spin and hit his opponent with his right leg, but just as he was about to start his spin, his opponent hit his knee with enough force to break it for any 6 year old child, but not for a ninja, even if he is also 6 years old. But the pain was so immense that Toki was distracted and couldn't start his movement, he also let his guard down, and then he got a punch in the face and couldn't get up anymore. He fell to the ground. Arata followed him and sat on top of him, ready to hit him, but when he started to move his fist, the instructor stopped his hand and announced:
"Sarutobi Arata wins." - When he finished his words, he turned around and saw that his friends were looking at him and they nodded at him, so he smiled and did the same.
After that, he stood up and gave Toki his hand to help him. When Toki saw this, he was a little surprised, but he didn't reject his hand. When he stood up, he looked at him but didn't say anything, just nodded slightly and walked away. Ichimaru saw this and just shook his head.
He had already defeated his opponent, although his opponent knew some moves, but he didn't really train physically and that was enough for Ichi to defeat his opponent. After taking the stance, Ichimaru attacked his opponent with full speed but not full strength, and for a little trained boy, his speed was too much, he tried to block his punch, but the only thing he could do was to cover his face with his hands, but he received the punch in the solar plexus, after that, he couldn't continue the fight.