------------Training ground 8, 9:30 A.M------------
'...that...was not fun...okay either sensei is a sadist or she totally didn't forgive me for my earlier mistake of neglecting genjutsu...ouuu everything hurts...' I pant as I lay on the ground in the middle of the training ground. Hinata is now currently 'sparing' with sensei, 'or getting her ass whopped more like it...' I took out the Iryo-nin badge and pinned it to my chest. 2 quick hand signs and I activate the mystical palm Jutsu. I place it on my chest, '...ouch, yeh that kick hurt, who would have thought sensei could kick that hard...' I concentrate on healing my injury and notice I can hold the jutsu for a full minute now… '...Zoey, you are telling me that my 6 months of intense practice and studies is equivalent to this dumb badge...for fucks sake it's not even made up of gold...'
[You wanna talk logic when you are wearing a solid Iron plate all over your body because of a Kekkei Genkai that belongs to the Hidden Sand...]
'...'
'...I hate you, come on brain, we have above 90+ points in INT and WIS lets beat this bitch, come up with an awesome retort...'
'...am not wasting points on INT and WIS from now on...'
I dodge backward as Hinata came flying and landed on where I was sitting moments ago…
'...yeah am not spending anything on you Mr.Brain, wtf man, Hinata-chan came flying at you, don't dodge, catch her...'
*Sigh*
Seeing Hinata was out for the count I went towards her and started to heal her...The green glow reappeared as I sat down and watched a first-hand show of how to whip a genin's ass…
'...Roll credits, directed by Kurenai Yuhi'
I finish healing Hinata-chan as she wakes up and blushes but instead of running away like I predicted she closed her eyes and let the jutsu work. I stopped when her visible bruises disappeared and made my way towards Shino.
"Thank you, Tobi-san" As I was walking away I hear Hinata's thanks and I waved it away without turning back.
------------Training ground 8, 10:30 A.M------------
After healing another battered and bruised genin I sit down to recover my chakra as Hinata and Shino sit down beside me. Kurenai Sensei seemed to be doing something in her scroll as I lay down on the grass…
'...it was fun...no not that I am a machoist Zoey, yeah I see your judging stare...it is fun, being a part of a team, training together, helping each other… I miss Hayate-Sensei though, I should go see how he is doing...'
"Okay team, here is what I think your current strength is...remember, F-rank is academy level, E-rank is genin level, D-C rank is Chunin Level, B-A is Jounin Level & S-rank is Kage Level..."
"So, let's start with Hinata...D+ Taijutsu, F Ninjutsu, D Genjutsu, E+ Speed, and E strength...Your overall evaluation is D- ranked which means a high-genin to low-chunin so that's good...the most important aspect for you to consider is training in taijutsu, genjutsu, and your speed because Hyuga doesn't really need strength..."
'Okay, D-ranked genjutsu wasn't expecting that...wait Hinata knew Kurenai-Sensei from before, so she should have trained a little bit in genjutsu...wait lemme think sensei, okay fine go on...'
"Hmmm, let's see...Shino...E+ Taijutsu, D+ Ninjutsu, E+ genjutsu, E+ speed, E+ strength...your evaluation was a little tough Shino, your family bloodline is a little difficult to quantify but according to our fight I would give you a D- rank so you would be good to battle most of the genin's after gathering some battle experience..."
'...yeah Shino's bloodline is a little difficult to digest...hehe… anyway I did see that in the shop once and immediately placed it into the blacklist portion of my brain along with Byakugan...not easy to hide...creepy as hell...wasn't the most difficult decision I had to take...Ooo ooo my turn...'
"Finally...Tobi...C Taijutsu, you still need battle experience to get a C+ rating, C+ Ninjutsu, yeah you need more powerful jutsus and maybe a little diversity to increase that rating, D+ Genjutsu, you need a lot more versatile genjutsu's in your arsenal, C+ speed, C strength, and according to Hayate-kun and Yuki-san, C+ Kenjutsu, and B+ Iryo-Ninjutsu...Your final evaluation comes at C-ranked combat strength and with some months of experience you should be able to take on most chunin's in the village bar the most experienced ones..."
"Now I know your evaluation is above what is expected of a newly promoted genin so I don't want you to slack off...Here is the schedule planned for everyone for the next 3 months or until I deem you guys ready for a C-ranked mission...We will meet here every day at 7:00 A.M, then you guys will have a spar against each other while the other one has a spar with me...then from 10:00 AM till lunch, we will either learn teamwork or genjutsu...after that we will have lunch as a team so everybody should bring lunch boxes in the morning. After lunch, on alternate days we'll take up a D-ranked mission and the other days you will be free for personal training or rest...and Tobi you need to go to the Konoha Hospital at 5:00 PM baring mission days...Any questions?"
'Umm...that's a pretty solid schedule, I need to take some time to train kenjutsu and I guess everything else will be covered in that...by the way, Zoey why don't we use this Ranking system, its simple and makes much more sense than your tiers...'
[Caliberating system...Your request was analyzed and is being processed...I'll gets back to you when it is implemented...]
'...wait, you mean to tell me I had all this power to affect the system and I never knew...'
I am pretty sure a rain cloud appeared on my head as Shino, Hinata, and Kurenai-sensei had a puzzled look on their faces…
"Is everything alright Tobi-kun?"
"Yes, Kurenai-sensei"
She seemed doubtful but moved on as I replied in a depressed manner, "So as the first day, we'll start with genjutsu...now which one of you can tell me what is Genjutsu?...Hinata"
'...and here I thought after graduation I would be free, the world is a lie... be little, be naive, you belong in the world full of stars, don't wish, for things unknown, just stay behind your bars...'
[Stop doing poetry and listen to the lecture Tobi...I don't want to hear your whining later on missing a golden opportunity...]
'...'
*eye-twitch*
We are almost in the top 20 guys!!! keep pushing! here another chapter for your motivation!! Shoutout to Ashmodai for suggesting to use the E-S ranked system and since it made sense I integrated it into the chapter!! If you have any ideas please feel free to say them!! I am always listening!!
See ya tomorrow!!
Peace!!
[Training and Joys of D-ranks! - part 2]
*eye-twitch*
"...the main purpose of genjutsu is to deceive or manipulate one or more of the five senses of an opponent. Genjutsu are divided into 5 categories based on how they are activated, they are sound-based, sight-based, touch-based, smell-based, and taste-based. To activate a genjutsu you need to catch the opponent's attention for a split second so that your chakra can invade your opponent's coils...any questions?"
"Ummm… could we use taijutsu to activate a genjutsu if we can activate it by touch..."
"Good question Tobi-kun, No normally you can not use this technique while using taijutsu, because normally when you are fighting someone with taijutsu both you and your opponents are circulating chakra to your legs and thigh muscles to increase your speed or to your hands to hit harder...so if you try to slip in a little genjutsu while both your and his chakras are in a turmoil it will break the genjutsu...and to cast a bigger genjutsu you need more preparation and mental concentration which just isn't feasible in an equal level fight...you could, however, practice it against an opponent who is weaker than you, but it will take lot's of practice to seemingly merge taijutsu and genjutsu...any doubts"
I shook my head no and Kurenai-Sensei continued to go on about the best way to mold your chakra in preparation of genjutsu and how to attack opponent chakra coils…
'Look at the speed at which my genjutsu comprehension is increasing...will my medical knowledge increase at a similar rate if Yuki-san teaches me??'
'...hmm wonder if I could integrate genjutsu with my taijutsu...nah, I'll stick with learning chakra scalpels and integrating that into my style. Once I can fully master Iron dust control I think I can integrate that into my fighting style as well...'
After the genjutsu lesson, all of us sat together beneath a tree and were having lunch, everyone quipped up with something now and then so the conversation was flowing quickly. We discussed about our hobbies, where we envision ourselves in three years, and our dreams for the future.
'Weirdly enough according to everyone my answers were the most unexpected according to everyone...well sue me so I don't have any hobby...I guess I grew up a little different than everyone else chasing around for fleeting amounts of EXP, doing ridiculous tasks, and murdering cute little animals just for that notification of Level UP...In three years I hope to have a certain katana in my hands after I whop my sensei's ass...hehe...Kurenai-sensei didn't like that one but I guess everyone in the team has some psychological burdens...'
'Kurenai-Sensei is a worrywart, she is trying to handle us with a lot of care that I guess most Jounin's won't do...'
'Hinata...yeah let's not open that can of worms, even if I do like her sweet shy nature, her repressed personality is probably because of bad home conditions...'
'Shino, well he is probably the sanest out of us in his own weird perspective...I mean Shino's great in a stay two feet away from me but I trust you kind of way...He is also self-conscious about being ignored and being left out of the group so his weird in-between quips scared the heck out of me...'
'And the last one is me...Tobi...yeah I mean you already know it don't you Zoey? I guess you can say I am power hungry because almost every action I do is to increase my skill proficiency or to gain EXP...'
"Tobi-kun you are getting depressed again..." Kurenai-Sensei interrupted my tirade of thoughts as I look at her concerned expression.
"I am okay, Kurenai-Sensei...hey do you by any chance know where Hayate-Sensei lives?"
"...Yeah, his house is in the Jounin-district apartment 245"
"Thanks, Kurenai-Sensei"
"Okay, you can go meet him later because for now, we need to go take up our first mission as a team...Let's go"
I dusted my ass as I stood up and we walked towards the exit…
'Man! I so could have come up with some one-liner if my team didn't have Miss. Shy Queen and Mr. Quite Guy over here...nevermind I quite like my team...'
[Stop checking out your sensei's ass Tobi]
'...'
'Now you talk...'
------------Hokage-Sama's Office, 1 P.M------------
The Hokage's Office was a circular room with large windows framing 3/4th of its periphery. The windows provided a view of almost all of Konohagakure as it was the biggest building in the Hidden Leaf… The room contained a simple desk with the symbol of Konoha on the front of it and stacks of papers and scrolls on top of it. Behind the table was a simple chair on which sat, Hiruzen Sarutobi, the Third Hokage…
'Man he looks so old and the only thing my Inspect returns is a bunch of question marks...Hey Zoey, what would be Hokage-sama's Level?'
[...That would be Level 408]
*blink*
'Isn't that like a lot?'
[The man won 2 Shinobi World Wars Tobi...you either get stronger during a war or you die]
"Team 8! Reporting for duty! Hokage-Sama!!" Kurenai-sensei did a quick bow and the rest of us awkwardly followed half a second later… Hokage-sama puffed out a cloud of smoke and chuckled at us as he replied, "at ease team 8!"
'Okay...Zoey tells me I'm not paranoid and he definitely didn't look at me a second longer...'
[He was totally checking you out Tobi...]
'...why do you talk, why do I let you talk...'
"So this is the new team 8...What mission would you prefer Kurenai?"
"A D-ranked close to the village Hokage-sama..."
Hokage-sama rummaged through the pile of scrolls labeled D and finally threw a scroll towards Kurenai-Sensei...as Kurenai-Sensei opened the scroll a notification popped up in front of me…
[D-ranked Quest: Paint the new fence of Mrs. Takahasi's garden]
[Rewards: 500 EXP and 1SP]
[Faliur: Dropping a level.]
'...Zoey why is there a failure condition?'
'...Zoey?'
[Oh! I am not talking anymore]
'ZOEY!!'
[Fine fine!! Stop whining like a 5-year-old...every quest now has a failure condition after the recent upgrade. Well as you became a genin, you begin to matter in consideration to the world so your actions will have consequences, sometimes to you like dropping a level, and sometimes a little like umm...Flattening of the Hidden Leaf Village...]
'...'
Sorry for the late chap!! been a little busy!! gtg, so I'll leave with this short message!!
Peace!!
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