Naruto Fan Fiction / Sailor Moon Fan Fiction / Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ Memoirs of a D-Day Veteran ❯ Chapter 3

Chapitre 3: End of day one

 

I was right; I had been late. Talking to Yakushi-san had kept me up. Makoto-sensei and the others had been anticipating my arrival. When I did arrive, Makoto-sensei made a motion with her head to join them. I bowed my head in shame of my tardiness and knelt before her, as Rei-chan and Minako-chan had been doing.

 

She cleared her throat. “Now that you have all retrieved your materials, we will begin your first lesson. First, all of you have excess leaves. You are each supposed to have four leaves. Take the excess and place them in a pile in front of me.”

 

We did as we were instructed and waited. Then Makoto-sensei said, “You all have lightning wildflowers. Bring them together in one group.”

 

We did this too, and knew what was coming. “Minako-chan, give me your second roll of bandaging tape.” As Minako-chan did this, Makoto-sensei said, “Now, pick up one of your banana leaves and lay it aside. Then, take one of your blossoms and place it in the center of the leaf. After that, rip off a foot of tape from your rolls and make circle around the flower.”

 

After we did this, she prepared one for herself. “Now watch carefully,” she said as she began to perform hand movements. I watched, and silently wondered if I could use the same strategy I used before. “Ami-chan, she said when she was finished, “This is what you will do.” She executed the same jutsu movements, only they were a little different, and fit for right hand use only. “Now,” she continued, “I want you to concentrate on the leaf, flower, and tape. Think of a shirt that you would want to wear as you train. It could be a tank top, crop top, midriff top like what Rei-chan is wearing— as long as you feel comfortable training in it. Watch first. Aratameru no Jutsu!” Makoto-sensei performed the jutsu and a thin layer of smoke covered the materials. I played the right-handed movements over in my mind as I thought of the shirt I wanted. The smoke cleared and revealed a forest green midriff V-neck shirt. “Your turn.”

 

One by one, we changed the items into shirts. Minako-chan went first. “Aratameru no Jutsu!” Smoke came and went away, and a yellow/orange tank top sat neatly in the grass. She squealed childishly as she picked it up and folded it.

 

Next came Rei-chan. “Aratameru no Jutsu!” Her shirt was a red halter-top that stopped a few inches above the waist.

 

Then, it was my turn. “Aratameru no Jutsu!” A small gust of smoke covered my leaf. I bit my lip when it started to clear and sweat dropped when I noticed that the shirt that was lying in the grass was not the shirt that I had imagined. The top I wanted was a short sleeve, sky-blue, off-the-shoulder top that came to my waist. Instead, I got a dark blue, midriff, off-the-shoulder top that had long, concealing sleeves.

 

“Huh? This isn't what I thought of,” I said.

 

Rei-chan laughed. “Guess I'm busted,” she said.

 

“You did this? But, how?”

 

“It was probably easy,” Makoto-sensei said, “because you were not completely focusing on what you needed. Rather, you were thinking about the jutsu. In order for a jutsu to be effective, your heart, body, mind, and all of the chakra within you must concentrate on that one thing. Otherwise, someone else would be able to do what he or she pleased with what you were working on. You're lucky, Ami-chan. Someone else might have turned it into something else.”

 

I blushed. I had actually been thinking about what I was going to talk to Sasuke-san about. I had already drawn attention to the fact that I had met him to Yakushi-san. And now Yakushi-san thinks I'm some revenge-seeking ex-girlfriend!

 

“Moving on,” Makoto-sensei said abruptly after that. “Go through the same process with the other items. This time, think of a skirt or pants that you would feel comfortable wearing.” She demonstrated again and this time, she came up with a loose fitting dressy kind of pants. The pants had a slant in the middle of each leg; the top part was forest green while the bottom was pink.

 

This time, I went first. I chose to summon a dark blue skirt that was identical to a traditional kimono skirt. (kimonos have a top and bottom in some cases) Minako-chan went next. She summoned a simple pair of orange shorts. Last was Rei-chan. She conjured up a red ceremonial skirt that had long splits on both sides and lavender trimming.

 

“Thirdly, I want you to concentrate on making some type of mesh clothing to go with your outfits. It has to cover up most of your remaining exposed body parts.” She did the jutsu a third time, and she received a pink colored mesh tank top.

 

Minako-chan made a navy blue mesh skirt that had splits on both sides. Rei-chan made a pair of lavender mesh leggings. I made a light blue mesh tube top that would be able to cover my torso.

 

“All righty, last one. Now I want you to think of an accessory that you would want to wear at any time of the day. It could be something for the arms, the neck, hair, legs— as long it doesn't get in the way of your training.” Makoto-sensei changed the last of her materials into a forest green-rimmed arm warmer that had rose pink fabric in between.

 

I thought about the accessory I should wear. When I couldn't really think about a definite one, I thought about the armband things that Sasuke-san was wearing. I would have chosen that, had it not been for the fact that I had a long sleeve top. I had smiled to myself then. Even if I couldn't wear it, I could mess with what Rei-chan was going to wear and change it into the things that Sasuke-san had. But first, my accessory…

 

“Aratameru no Jutsu!” I had decided that I should get a light blue hair ribbon to tie my short hair into a middle ponytail. Then came my payback. I concentrated really hard on Rei-chan's items and imagined Sasuke-san's armbands. I had started to absent-mindedly move my fingers. Then, for a split second, I saw the image of a gold necklace that had a red orb with the symbol of Mars in the center of it flash across my mind. I brushed it off, though. A satisfied smile came across my face when Rei-chan performed the jutsu and a different version of Sasuke-san's armbands came into view. They had dark red rims, and the middle fabric was a slightly darker shade of lavender.

 

“What the…?” Rei-chan said as she picked up the bands. “These bands… are so cute!” I sweat dropped. She looked at me. “Domo arigato, Ami-chan!”

 

“H-how did you know it was me?” I asked.

 

“It was easy. Who on earth would change my accessory besides someone who wanted a little revenge? Anyway, these armbands go much better with my outfit than that silly necklace.”

 

My head snapped up. “Necklace? You mean a gold necklace that has the symbol for Mars in the center of a red orb?”

 

She nodded. “Yeah. That's the one. How'd you know that?”

 

“Uh… good guess?”

 

Minako-chan looked at us before taking her turn. “Aratameru no Jutsu!” The smoke cleared and revealed a yellow/ orange-rimmed arm warmer that had navy blue fabric in between. It was an exact replica of Makoto-sensei's arm warmer, only it was for the other hand.

 

Makoto-sensei cleared her throat again. “Good. You three have successfully learned Aratameru no Jutsu. The next jutsu you will learn is Furikae no Jutsu. First, I want you all to fold your clothes and put them in a neat pile. Then, place your accessory and the extra foot of tape on top of the pile—like this. Next, execute the following movements while focusing on the pile of clothes.” Rei-chan and Minako-chan followed suit, while I observed Makoto-sensei as she showed me the right-handed form of the jutsu.

 

“Furikae no Jutsu!” A curtain of smoke engulfed me. I coughed a couple of times until the fog cleared. It was then that I noticed that the others were wearing their outfits, I was wearing my outfit, and that our old clothes were nowhere to be found. My first notion after that was that it was almost sunset. I was running out of time.

 

“Good job everyone. You have all learned two jutsus today. I know for a fact that you all learned a couple jutsus on your own, too. Ami-chan, you learned Kinobori no Jutsu and Kokoro no Jutsu. Rei-chan, you learned Irekawari no Jutsu and Terepooto no Insutanto no Jutsu. Minako-chan, you learned Suibori no Jutsu and Gyoukou no Jutsu. The last jutsu you will learn today is Taimu Kasho no Jutsu. This jutsu isn't easy to learn, but I believe you will learn it quickly.” Sensei showed us the jutsu, and it took a while for me to learn and remember the right-handed version. It was very long and took a lot of my strength for me to complete it. But finally, I did the jutsu and found that I could see things in different angles. I looked at the bag that Sensei was wearing now. I could actually see what was in there, which utterly fascinated me. Inside Sensei's bag was about a hundred mini-lightning bolt shaped woodcarvings. I could guess that they were for shape shifting and combat use.

 

“That is the end of day one in your training. Here are your initiative bands that show that you three are genin, or entry level kunoichi, from the Higashikazegakure.” She handed us each a blue cloth that had a metal plate in the middle. The plate had a symbol that probably represented the eastern winds (a feather-ish shape with a small diagonal branch that ran across the hitai-ate. on the top of the branch was a miniscule sakura blossom.). Sensei also gave us each a blue pocket that was supposed to be wrapped around our right thigh, and a pair of blue sandals. The pocket held various weapons. “The bands can be worn anywhere on your body—as long as it is visible to other people. The pocket holds many weapons, of which you will learn how to use tomorrow. This weapon— ” she took out the knife-like weapon that Sasuke-san had thrown at me earlier—“is called a kunai. Use it wisely.” Sensei stopped and looked at the setting sun. “You can use the next four hours to your advantage and practice, or you can take a look around. There's a village on the other end of the forest called Konohagakure. You three have permission to look around the village, but be back in time, or else you will be left behind. And remember, don't tell anyone here your real names. It's much too dangerous for information like that to be leaked out. You are dismissed.”

 

 

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TBC

- 4 - October 4, 2006