Into the academy

Torme and Mako first day at the ninja academy

The next day Waru sent the two children to the academy. Both of the children were looking forward for their first day at the academy. Mako took one step inside the school first, then Torme. Mako had a curious expression on his face while Torme had a blank expression yet he couldn’t help but feel a little curious as well.

 

There were many children in the academy some were chatting and some were running around. The two children split. “Hey everybody!” Mako shouted. All the kids abruptly stopped what they were doing and looked over at Mako. Mako grinned and started running and jumping showing off his fluid movements to everyone. All the kids were impressed with Mako’s movements. Some kids started calling him a show off which bothered Mako a little bit, but he ignored them. Children started surrounding Mako wanting to get to know him. Torme watched from a distance. Then suddenly, the bell rang. All the kids went to their classrooms and started chattering.

 

The classroom was a square wooden room that had 4 columns of wooden desks. Each wooden desk was to be shared by two students. The desks faced one black board in the middle. The classroom had a few windows to the left. The two brothers each picked a seat. Mako sat at the desk in the second column from the window in the thrid row while Torme sat at the 4th column to the window leaning against the wall in the second row.

 

“Nice to meet you, I am Mo Yaoki” one kid uttered to Mako and smiled. They were sharing the same desk. “Hey.. I am Mako Fushi” Mako replied. Mo was a young boy with light skin and soft brown hair that lied down straight barely touching his eyebrows. He had perfect round pupils that looked like they stared right through one’s soul. Yet, it wasn’t always clear what he was looking at. He wore a tidy white T-shirt and black shorts that had 3 white stripes on them.

 

To the left side of the classroom lied Torme who rested his back on the wall of the room and waited patiently. Then from the classroom door right next to him came a girl with untied brown hair that reached slightly under her shoulders and blue eyes.  “Lilly” somebody uttered from the back. She walked over to Torme’s desk and paused. She looked over at Torme who has noticed her presence and waited. Lilly wore a dark green shirt and a black skirt. Torme glanced back at her. “Alright” Torme said in a quiet voice. She understood the signal and sat down. Torme was now sharing a desk with Lilly.

 

Suddenly, the classroom quieted down as a tall man carrying a bunch of books walked in the classroom and sat down on the desk at the front of the black board. “Good morning children. I am Sabu sensei and I will be your knowledge teacher”. The tall man said. Sabu was a tall man who had short wavy brown hair and he wore a white suit. “Lets’ start with a little introduction about how our country came to be” Sabu sensei said. “80 years ago, a hundred clans used to be all at wars with each other for the sake of obtaining the most power”. “Then a man called Utormon Kou came and united the local clans”. “Through the aids of the clan’s alliance, Utormon Kou established new borders around the Nataro river and set the first blueprints to our present country known as Kawa”.

 

Mako listened in astonishment, Mo listened carefully, Lilly sat attentively and Torme stared with his mouth slightly open.

 

“Utormon Kou died shortly after Kawa was formed…”, Sabu sensei continued. “Hence, Jhinzo Kou became the next ruler”. “Jhinzo Kou completed the building of the country and created the very first bank which used Loros as our currency”, Sabu sensei finished. Mako was starting to get bored. He started zoning out. “Mako!”, Mo whispered. Mako quickly turned his attention to Mo who was pointing to the window to the left. Mo looked over to the window and saw a bird knocking on it from the outside. “May I have your attention everybody”. Sabu sensei, said. Mako turned his attention back to Sabu sensei who looked at him for a few seconds then proceeded to continue with his lesson. “Alright class, I am gonna wrap up today’s class. But first I am going take y’all’s names”. By the time Sabu sensei took all the students’ names, the class was over. Sabu sensei left the classroom and the children went back to chattering.

 

“Hey what do you think about Sabu sensei?” Mo asked Mako in an excited manner. “Ughh he’s a very tall man.. you know?” Mako said while scratching the back of his head. Then, a new kid entered the classroom. It was an older kid. He looked about 3 years older than Mako. Mako could tell he definitely didn’t belong in this class. The kid was wearing a white T-shirt with a black circle on the middle of it and grey trousers. He had short spiky brown hair that was stood up. And He had a nonchalant but strict expression on his face. The kid walked to the middle of the classroom and raised his voice and demanded the rest of the students to follow him. “We’re taking you all to the training room, where we will teach physical combat and discover your special abilities”, said the kid. Mako spaced out a bit on the ‘special abilities’ line. Torme was a little curious as well.

 

The kids started getting up and following the older kid. But just before Mako was about to get up. A kid from the back of his class approached him. “Hey your name is Mako isn’t it?”, said the kid. The kid had a dark skin tone, dark brown tall and sleek afro hair and he wore a red polo shirt and black oversized shorts. The kid was taller than Mako and spoke in a confrontational manner. “Hello?”, Mako replied. “you were the one showing off your movements earlier today ey?”, the kid said. “My name is Oneru kommuni. Let’s see if you can keep up with me”. Mako didn’t know what to say. “Hey Oneru what are you doing” a young girl interrupted. She glanced at Mako who was having a conversation with Oneru. Mako saw that they seemed to know each other. The kids, stopped talking and started following the older kid. Torme, looked back at Mako and waited back so that he was walking right by him. “So what was that all about?” Torme asked curiously. “ehh don’t worry about it”. Mako replied, ending the conversation. Lilly who was distracted in thought, looked back towards Torme and Mako.

 

“Don’t cause trouble Oneru”, the older kid said. “Whaaat? I didn’t even do anything yet”, replied Oneru who was smiling a little bit. The kids followed the older kid until he led them to the training room, where two men were waiting for them. “Alright we’ll take it from here Mono” said one of the men to the older kid. The man was wearing a black pullover and grey sweat pants. He had medium brown stiff hair and medium brown beard. Standing a little further back was another man who had long black hair that was slightly trimmed down from the sides giving it a smooth transition. He wore a dark blue shirt, black pants and a white headband. “Hello this is the training room where we’ll teach you the basics of hand to hand combat and your special powers”. “My name is Kanto Linmor, and we’re honored here to have Karu Dynora who’s a combat expert who has taken on dangerous missions for our country” said Kanto as he points to the man standing behind him.

 

“I’ll be watching over your fighting and discover all your talents”, Karu said. Kanto instructed the students to do some basic parkouring first as both the teachers watch them from above. Both Mako and Torme perform excellently with basic parkour. The teachers stay watching from above for a few minutes. “Alright let’s move on to the main obstacle course”, says Kanto as he introduces the students to main parkour course. Karu gets down from the spectator area and approaches the group. “This is the real deal. This is the course that adults practice”, Karu says as he catches the children’s attention. “Now it’s time for something more fun, we’re going to do a race.” “First to complete the obstacle course wins, but if you fall or fail a jump, you’re out” Karu continues. The student’s line up and get ready to race. Oneru slithers next to Torme. “You’re good”, Oneru says to Torme. “But not as good as you think”. Torme is offended and gets distracted. The students begin to race as the teacher says go. Torme falls a bit behind, but catches up later. Mako looks behind and notices Oneru running through the course carelessly, colliding with everyone. Oneru catches up to Mako and collides with him almost knocking him off. Mako stops for a bit to rebalance and catch his breath as he watches Torme passing him. “Go Bro!”, Mako yells to Torme. “Do you need a hand?” Mo says to Mako as he helps him get up to continue the race.

 

The two teachers watch the students from a distance. “Wow I didn’t expect the kids to get this competitive about the race” Karu says. “Yeah, look at Oneru. I can’t believe he’s going to win with that aggressive style of his”. “I kinda don’t want him to win”, says Kanto jokingly. “Oneru may be a trouble maker, but he sure is talented”, Karu replies. “At this rate somebody might get hurt; don’t you think Karu sensei?”, Kanto says. “Nahh, It’s going to be fine. Let’s not intervene yet. I’ll talk to Oneru after the race” Karu says. “You’re always too easy with the trouble maker type”. Kanto says in a teasing way. “Shut up! I treat them all equally” Karu replies back.

 

The two teacher’s attention suddenly switches over to Torme simultaneously who they notice is catching up to Oneru at an impressive speed. Torme gets close behind Oneru ,but there’s just a girl infront of him blocking the path between him and Oneru. Mako and Mo watch Torme who’s just about to catch up to Oneru. Oneru notices how Torme is so close by. Oneru keeps his lead and it seems like Torme is unable to get by. Torme walks straight into the girl knocking her off, opening the path for him to pass Oneru. “What!?” Oneru says in disbelief. Mako and Mo look towards Torme in disbelief. “Did you just see what that kid Torme did?”, yells Kanto. “You know? It’s not completely unheard of”, Karu says. “That kid! Even I wouldn’t push a girl off like that”         Oneru says to himself. “My stupid brother, what has gone to him” Mako whispers to himself. Torme gets dangerously close to Oneru ,but just as they’re about to reach the finish line Torme stumbles and slows down a bit, allowing Oneru to get 1^st place. Torme finishes in 2^nd place.

 

Oneru bends and puts his hands over his knees while panting as he looks over at Torme. He grins at Torme in a teasing way. “Oneru! We need to talk”, yells Karu as he appears from behind him. “You were being too aggressive, you need to be more careful when you’re parkouring”. “Nobody got hurt, right”, Oneru argues back. “No, you better tone down your aggressiveness Oneru”, “Do you understand!” Karu shouts at Oneru. Oneru turns away from Karu sensei with an annoyed look on his face. “Same thing to you Torme” Karu sensei says as he looks towards Torme. Torme looks towards Karu who has a serious expression on his face and doesn’t say anything. It gets awkwardly silent for a while until more students finish the race including Mako and Mo. Mako still speechless about what Torme did.

 

“Alright students let’s regroup back with the rest of the group, the race is over”. “Oneri, don’t give me that look”. The winning students follow Karu sensei back to the rest of the flock. “That’s your brother over there?”, asks Mo. “Yep, that’s my brother”, Mako sighs. “Can’t believe he really pushed a girl”, says Mo. “His name is Torme”, replies Mako. Torme overhears this conversation. Mako notices that Torme has overheard the conversation. “And he’s really stupid too”, Mako adds while trying to hide his smile. “What’s that!”, Torme says as he turns around abruptly to face Mako and Mo. Mo starts giggling. “Hey keep it quiet students”, Karu sensei says. “You just wait when we get back home!”, Torme says to Mako. “Shut up”, Mako replies back to Torme.

 

The students make it back to the group. Torme notices that all the students have eyes on him. “They must’ve heard about what happened”, Torme thinks to himself. Mako gets closer to Torme. “Hey you pushed Hotaru”, one student accuses Torme, but just before he says anything back Karu sensei stops the students from talking any further. Torme moves by the students and walks over to the girl named Hotaru. She was fair skinned, had long wavy black hair that hovered over her forehead to the side of her shoulders and she wore a grey shirt and black pants. She notices Torme coming and she has an annoyed look on her face. Torme pretends to not look at her as he walks towards her. “Hey..” Torme says. “You pushed me off”, Hotaru says in an annoyed voice. “Yeah sorry”, Torme interrupts. Hotaru is fascinated by Torme and is no longer annoyed with him. “Is that all you have to say?”, “You idiot, what were you thinking? You don’t even look sorry” Hotaru yells at Torme trying to sound more annoyed than she actually is. Torme looks overwhelmed. “Look I will make it up to you or something”, says Torme. Hotaru enjoys the attention she’s getting. “Just stop whining”, Torme further adds. Hotaru grunts at that comment, crossing her arms. “Hey what’s your name”, Torme asks shyly. “Hotaru Shintaki”, Hotaru says in a happy tone.

 

All the students regroup around Karu sensei. “Alright students, we’re gonna do something next level”, says Karu sensei. “We want to discover your powers, however I am sure most of you don’t know how to activate them, so I am going to channel my energy to all of you at once, giving each one of you limited boosted energies that should uncover your powers”. All the students listen in anticipation. Torme looks at his hands in worry. Karu sensei goes ahead and gives each student a piece of paper “Are you ready”, Karu sensei says one final time before starting the transfer. The students start to experience the effects of the transfer. Mako starts to shake rapidly, his excitement turns to worry. His left arm suddenly feels heavier as he notices brown pieces of stone surround his arm then the paper start spinning uncontrollably in his hands for what felt like the longest second. Then it all stopped. Karu has stopped channeling his energy. Mako’s eyes sparkle in wonder. Oneru’s eyes glow like a lit candle, and the paper in his hands completely turned into ash. Oneru acknowledges his powers then turns towards Mako. “Strange! Torme’s paper has remained the same”, says Kantu as both the teachers look at Torme in surprise. Oneru turns from Mako to look at Torme, Oneru also looks baffled, then he turns his face away and smirks cockily. Then, everybody’s focus shifts towards Lilly, who’s still glowing purplish red. To the teachers’ surprise, it seems that the girl Lilly is the most impressive. Lilly’s glow shuts down. “Hers are truly impressive, what class of powers were these??? Were they supernatural or… were they…”, Kantu exclaims. “I don’t know. But we shouldn’t make any claims like that when we don’t know for sure” Karu interrupts. Torme, looks at Lilly in curiosity and a bit of envy. “Ey?”, Mako says as he looks at Mo who has his paper cut in half.