Chapter 28: Team Eight

Chapter 28: Team Eight

"Alright, everyone, back to your seats. Team assignments are being made."

The century kiss was but an interlude.

Iruka Umino soon appeared at the door of the classroom, putting an end to this charade.

The girls, still seething after the beating, reluctantly returned to their seats.

Naruto Uzumaki, whose head was smashed into a pig's head, sat behind Izayoi.

Alongside him was Sakura Haruno, who couldn't be Sasuke Uchiha's classmate, so she took the back seat.

When Iruka Umino ascended to the podium, the noisy classroom went quiet.

Every eye turned to Iruka Umino eagerly.

Looking at the classroom and seeing that no one of the students he had taught for six years had been eliminated, Iruka Umino couldn't help but smile and feel relieved.

Then he cooled down and smiled, "Congratulations for graduating successfully. You are now full-fledged ninjas."

After that, Iruka Umino removed the file board that he was carrying and continued, "But you are now just apprentices becoming ordinary, still rookies among ninjas. In order to stand on your own, you have to become a group of three and train in teams with experienced Jonin teachers."

"Next, we'll be starting the team assignments, Team One."

Iruka Umino didn't waste words and started calling names straight away.

As he was saying out the names.

The class sighed together.

All of the sighs were girls.

While Izayoi had been 'busy' with Hinata, one of the top three students in the class, rather a large number of girls still liked him and wanted to have the same team as him.

But now they could not be in the same team with Sasuke Uchiha or Izayoi, just bad luck.

But the other girls were afraid and excited.

There were two boys and one girl in each team, and there were only ten girls in the whole class. The fewer girls, the greater their hope to be in the same team as Sasuke Uchiha and Izayoi.

"Team Six."

Then came Team Six's turn. Iruka Umino read off the members of this team: "Minako, Sawano Genichi, and. Kiba Inuzuka."

As he said this name, Izayoi's eyes blazed, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up slightly.

The result was announced!

Hiruzen Sarutobi chose to make a sacrifice of Kiba Inuzuka and put his money on Izayoi, the best student, out of Kiba Inuzuka, Shino Aburame, and Izayoi.

Evidently, Izayoi's success in dominating the powerful ninja families and earning the prize of best student for many years persuaded Hiruzen Sarutobi of his potential to become a pillar and wildcard.

The Inuzuka family had amazing connections, yet their battle power had to collaborate with ninja beasts, and it was difficult to build top-grade Jonin titans.

Unlike the Aburame clan, who possessed other unique and powerful insects, like the Uchiha clan's three-tomoe Sharingan, they were almost invincible in direct combat.

Between these two clans of ninjas, Hiruzen Sarutobi chose to sacrifice the Inuzuka clan.

Only the Inuzuka clan would not be dissatisfied.

After all, Konoha was never short of perceptive ninja clans. Not counting the Hyuga clan with the Byakugan, the Aburame clan was also adept at odor perception, and there was some kind of extraordinary insect that no member had anymore, but in case of an emergency, it could be remade—the Micro Scent Insect.

The insect had a thousand times greater sense of smell than ninja dogs.

As long as they smelled something with someone's scent, they could accurately locate it even if they were a hundred miles away, which was outrageously outrageous.

In the attack aspect, there were also nano-level poisonous insects, which could raise top-notch Jonin, and even Kage-class giants were very terrified of them.

Although the Inuzuka clan was lower class, they were still one of the ninja clans.

Izayoi never thought that Hiruzen Sarutobi would be so courageous, going and wagering on him and injuring the Inuzuka clan.

He did not know that Hiashi Hyuga had played a big role in that.

Hiruzen Sarutobi had already felt very remorseful for the Hyuga clan when Hizashi Hyuga sacrificed himself for the village.

Now that Hiashi Hyuga had dropped by, he only hoped his daughter would be on the same team as the top student. Of course, Hiruzen Sarutobi could not refuse this small request.

He originally had planned to invest in Izayoi, but he was only deliberating how to set it up.

Hiashi Hyuga's visit only sealed the deal.

"Team Seven, Sakura Haruno, Naruto Uzumaki."

"Yay!"

At that time, Iruka Umino had already summoned Team Seven.

Upon hearing that he was teammates with Sakura Haruno, Naruto Uzumaki was thrilled, but Sakura Haruno appeared desperate, hoping for nothing for her future.

But the next name called by Iruka Umino changed everything.

"Sasuke Uchiha."

"Yay!"

Sakura Haruno stood up and waved her arms, celebrating.

Then she turned around to Ino Yamanaka with a triumphant face, like a winner.

Ino Yamanaka and the other women classmates clenched their teeth seeing this scene.

"Team Eight, Hinata Hyuga, Shino Aburame, and. Izayoi."

When she overheard that she was on the same team as Izayoi, Hinata barely grasped Izayoi's arm and said happily, "That is wonderful, Izayoi-kun, we are on the same team."

"Yes, seems like we are lucky today."

Izayoi, expecting the result, smiled and shook his head.

This team arrangement made him greatly happy.

After six years, Izayoi was used to having Hinata by his side.

He didn't want to be separated from Hinata.

"Team Ten, Ino Yamanaka, Choji Akimichi, and. Shikamaru Nara."

When he heard the last name, Iruka Umino put aside the file board and gazed at the students who had been with him for six years, instructing, "Students whose names have been called, remember the names of your team and teammates. Jonin instructors will come to take you later. Do not exit the classroom during this time."

After that, Iruka Umino exited the classroom.

No one said goodbye to him. Everybody was looking forward to their life as a ninja.

They were unaware that in the future another difficult challenge had been waiting for them.

"Team Three, come out."

Iruka Umino returned only after two minutes.

Middle-aged man clad in a green vest appeared before the door of the classroom looking serious and majestically and immediately the room became quiet.

Team Three, who was summoned, stood up awkwardly, as if they had gone back to the period when they had just entered school six years ago, and trailed behind their Jonin teacher.

"Team Five, come out. I'm your Jonin instructor."

"Team One, come out."

"Team Nine, come out."

"..."

One Jonin after another showed up at the classroom door, each time removing three students.

Before long, many seats in the classroom were vacant.

At that time, an adult woman, not wearing a green vest but normal clothes, with a hot physique and long black curly hair, stood by the door of the class.

There was a flash of red eyes sweeping through the remaining students, and finally coming to rest on Izayoi and Hinata, and smiling, "Team Eight, come out. I'm your Jonin teacher."

She then talked and left.

"I'll go first, goodbye."

Izayoi welcomed Sasuke Uchiha and Naruto Uzumaki, and then exited the classroom with Hinata.

And as for Shino Aburame, the highest ranked student with a very low sense of presence, he had long since vanished.

(End of this chapter)

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