Chapter 5

I forced myself towards my classroom. How am I supposed to make friends? I made friends easily because they came towards me but from my experience in my previous life is that they won't come to you unless you are cool. I started shaking my head because I didn't realize that I am trying to befriend 5 years old kids.

But I don't want to be the center of the class. Hanging around the background is enough for me. But how I am supposed to make friends. If there was just a person like me I would thank God a million times. I silently prayed to the person from above (if there was one).

I joined the kids that were entering the classroom. They all had a huge smile on their face that I had before seeing the class assignments. The worse thing was they were all talking to each so I assumed they were already friends. I let out a resigned sigh I took a sit in the back otherwise I would stand out since I am the only one without someone to talk to.

I claimed my seat at the left corner of the classroom. I don't know why the teacher was so late but I took this chance to take a nap. I placed my arms and head on the desk and closed my eyes. I hid my presence so that someone bothersome won't sit next to me.

Even though I tried to block all the sound I could still hear those kids giggling and talking the whole time. When will the teacher actually arrive? I opened my eyes and rose up. I suddenly noticed that someone actually went to sit next to me. I startled but for some reason, he did as well. He had purple eyes, shoulder-length, white-colored hair and pointed shark-like teeth. He wore an outfit very similar to his brother's, which consisted of a black, sleeveless shirt, light-purple-colored pants. He carried a water bottle attached to a belt around his waist and wore bandages around his neck.

I need to pull myself together. I am way older than this brat it will be easy. "Hey," I said while waving towards him. He waved back. "How are you?" I asked. "I'm okay. What about you?" He replied. "I'm okay as well. Just a bit tired." I stated. "Me too. I was a bit too excited for my first day so I slept very late. My mother had to yell me awake." I chuckled. "It seems we were in the same situation. I don't know which one of us is the lucky one. My sister nagged me awake." He laughed as well.

"Is it okay if I ask you a question?" I gave him a questioned look but I nodded. "I am pretty confident in my sensing skill. That's why I am asking why I couldn't sense you." I laughed sheepishly and scratched the back of my head. "I was trying to avoid people so I hid my presence. But I'm not good with it. When I try to hide my presence, it gets hard for me to sense someone close to me. I have this error already for years." A small smile covered his face. "It seems we had to the same idea. Every desk has 3 seats so I took the middle one so that 2 friends won't get the chance to sit next to each other. My father said that I don't need to pay attention to weak kids since I am from the 'Honorable Hozuki Clan'. But you are different. I am glad that I actually have some to talk to. If it is possible, I could help you out with your problem." We continued to ramble for a while. For some reason, we were able to answer each other even though we said way too much to remember everything.

"I'm sorry. I think we forget something." he apologized. "I'm Hozuki Mangetsu." He introduced. "I'm Nishiki Hiroyuki. Yuki is fine." We both laughed. "And mine is Terumī Mei. It's nice to meet you, pretty boys, as well." The girl that interrupted our conversation was tall for her age and gender. She has green eyes, and ankle-length, auburn hair styled into a herringbone pattern at the back, a top-knot tied with a dark blue band, and with four bangs at the front. Two bangs are short, with one covering her right eye, and two are long, crossing each other on her chest, just below her chin. She wore a small smile. "To those other dumb children you guys are invisible but I can clearly see you guys. Can I take a seat here or do you want to wait for the teacher to fill this place with an oblivious kid?" When she said that our late teacher entered our classroom and ordered us to take a seat. Mangetsu and I both looked at each other and approved it to let her sit next to us. Our teacher coughed loudly.

It made the classroom silent. Our teacher was an old man. He was a baldy as well. He wore pinstriped material which our village shinobi wear as bracers and greaves which merge into their sandals. Underneath this, they wear a full-black shirt and pants over which they wear the villages' standard grey flak jacket. "You will be all calling me Kitamori-sensei. You brats will be under my care until graduation. Let's start with the lesson. We will start with Kirigakure history."

Aside from our teacher. My first day at the academy was a success.

Kirie POV

Kisame was keeping his distance from me when we walked towards our classroom. How am I supposed to follow class when I got separated from my twin and put me together with Chibi Kisame. The cute little shark is walking in front of me. I just couldn't help it but hug him. And now he is turning his back towards me. I was closing my eyes and crying inside myself. I bumped into someone. It was actually Kisame that stopped walking in front of me. "I don't know what it is but there is some chakra around your face," he spoke. It seems he found out. I guess I need him to shut him up about it somehow so I decided to dispell the genjutsu on my face. "I was bullied a lot in my village for my teeth. So I hid it with genjutsu. If I did it with a scarf than it would look like I was hiding something to everyone." I explained while showing my pointed shark-like teeth to him.

I hated them because it actually decided my fate. The only people with those teeth all became one the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist. I wonder which of Swordsmen would be my teacher. Since Kubikiribōchō and Samehada are already reserved I hope I will get a nice epic weapon. It actually worries me that I am accepting this situation way too easily. I need to find a way to prevent the Sanbi sealing into Rin and prevent the massacre of the original Akatsuki. I can't interfere with Naruto' birth because I'm from another village. It would be nice if I could take care of Naruto. I snapped out of my thoughts when Kisame started shaking me. "What's wrong?" I asked him. He gave me a skeptical look. "I don't know what's wrong with you but we need to go the classroom. Did you forgot we are at school?" I sighed. t might be a bit fun with my new friends but graduating. I'm so happy that we got divided into pairs but I also feel sorry for Yuki. Knowing him he will try his best to make new friends and doesn't avoid them. "I see. Let's go." We both entered our classroom.