Another Brick in The Wall

Kai walked into the classroom in his long black sleeve shirt, black slacks and boots. It was kind of nice outside, it was cloudy and cool, which is the weather he preferred, the chances of getting sunburned are less likely, unless you are swimming! Which he wasn't. He took a seat in his usual spot and looked around for Zatoichi. This was normal procedure for him, he's late more than he's on time! But, at least Zatoichi makes it to class!
He had a bone to pick with Zatoichi, you see, they were working on building a greenhouse together for a project. A ten foot by ten foot hole had been built to start the project, for some reason, the hole was now back in! Of course he wanted to know why and he figured his best friend and partner in crime, Mr. Zatoichi would know why!
Needless to say Kai wasn't happy about this, but resorting to violence was not on Kai's agenda or part of his personality if we are being honest! He was even going to start this conversation with Zatoichi. Kai’s really not good at starting the conversation but he's sure if he clears his throat and looks at him while cutting his eyes maybe Zatoichi will ask the question ‘what’ in which case Kai will proceed to ask about the hole!

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Zatoichi arrived fashionably late for class. He had stopped for coffee at the little tea house, which was where met his new found friend, the Shinkou kid, Youta! Besides he hadn't really been able to sleep the night before so coffee was a necessity! He decided to take a seat next to his friend and housemate, the basement kid, Kai Uchiha! Since Kai was sitting next to the stairs in the end seat at the table, Zatoichi literally sat on the table, slid in front of Kai across the table and stood up on the table before climbing into his seat!
“Kai! What's up? Sorry I was late, I had to get some coffee before coming to school!” Zatoichi said as he patted his friend on the back. “What's with the look on your face? Is this about the hole? Look, I have a lot of explaining to do, but first you have to promise to be understanding and not get mad ok?” Zatoichi began as he sat his elbows on the desk and leaned his head against his hands preparing to tell him the story of what happened a few nights ago.
“I may or may not be in a little bit of trouble thanks to the purpose I used for said hole!” Zatoichi began as he waited for Kai's reaction before continuing.
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Kai had his arms crossed still cutting his eyes at Ichi. He wasn't exactly sure what the use of his hole had been but he knew it wasn't used for the purpose he had intended!
“The holes purpose is a greenhouse or lab for educational purposes, Zatoichi! Now what did you use it for?” Kai asked as he tried to ignore the friendly gestures Zatoichi was trying to use on him. Kai wasn't the touchy feely type of person. However he did try a sip.of Zatoichi's coffee. Kai liked coffee and he might forgive Zatoichi if he gave him his coffee and dug the hole back out for him. Yeah, that sounded fair!
“Fine, tell you what, let's barter…you give me this coffee and dug the hole back out and we'll call.it fair, I won't be mad and everything is fine. Deal?” Kai asked, taking the coffee and scooting it back in front of him. He then reached his hand out and waited for Zatoichi to take his hand and shake it! Any deal involving Kai getting coffee was a good deal, but this was an excellent deal because Kai would get his hole back without having to get dirty himself!

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Did Kai just take his coffee? The fuck? Nooo…then again a mad Uchiha is rather dangerous and Zatoichi can't even use Byakugan yet! Very well.
“That cousin of mine, Sephora, yeah she came home late the other night after sneaking out and actually fell in the hole, I took the tarp off it. I used it for a trap because it was actually right where she normally walks, and she fell in and well…her and I kind of got into it…long story! Anyways I will dig the hole back! Take my coffee, it's yours.” Zatoichi said as Kai took the coffee.
“So the office assistant at the front said something about a new teacher…you know anything about that?” Zatoichi asked Kai. Changing the subject was safer than continuing the current one! As mentioned before, an angry Uchiha is dangerous and he didn't want that at the moment considering he was already in trouble at home!
“Maybe it's someone who will let us just chill and not do anything and I don't see anyone at the moment so I can pretend I wasn't late!” Zatoichi laughed as he sat on the table with his back to the center of the room. The other kids in the class laughed at him and a couple told him to shut up because they were studying. He shrugged it off; they didn't bother him.
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The teacher would rush into the classroom as though he was running late. He would turn to the class. “Everyone settle down and pair up. Once you have paired up let me know I have asked a chuunin to come in and help each pair prepare and get you all ready for the Genin exams.  You know you must learn at least the most basic clone technique and the substitution.”  He would turn to the door and say, “Chunin, would you please join me here?  Everyone welcome them here.”  

Earlier that morning, Youta would walk his new compatriot to class. He would start walking towards the exit, and the teacher would walk over, panicking, “Youta! Youta! Yes, you can solve my problem. Can you fill in? I need one more chunin to help get these kids ready for the Genin exam next week.Someone called in sick.” Youta would say, “Sure, I guess. I will make sure they know the basics.”  

Back to the present: After Youta walked in, he saw all the students and the young boy he had met that morning. The teacher then looked at the pairs and started assigning chunin to the students. He would point to Zatoichi and Kai and say, “You two, this is Youta Shinkou. He will help you with your techniques. Please be respectful.” He would walk away, and Youta would say, “Good to see you again. Let's get to work. Tell me what you know.”

Kai listened as the instructor announced for them to pair up. Of course, Kai already had his partner, Zatoichi Hyuuga! Was this a good or bad thing? Only time would tell. As much of an idiot as Zatoichi could be, he was quite a mastermind when it came to certain things. Was this Sephora he spoke of, Kai's half sister? Kai would have to look into it later, he knew there were other people in the house he just wasn't sure who everyone was! As they announced the Chuunin coming to help them, he noticed the white haired man. Youta Shinkou, was this the guy that Zatoichi had met up with that morning? He did just say the pleasantries, ‘Nice to see you again,” to Ichi!
“You must be the guy he met this morning. Nice to meet you sir, I'm Kai Uchiha.” Kai Said introducing himself to Youta. “As for what I know, I know the clone jutsu and the transformation jutsu.” Kai said in his normal unexcited voice! Just typical Kai to not get excited unless he expresses a typical emotion.
Sitting in his seat without even getting up, he made the sign for the clone jutsus, sure enough, he had it the first try! As the clone dispersed he made the sign for the transformation jutsu. Now this one took two tries to get. The first one he tried to turn into Zatoichi, but it came out more of a blob! Now he got it the second try. Then it dispersed as quickly as the clone jutsu.
“I still need to work on the transformation jutsu however.” He said as he looked at Youta. Poor guy had to deal with Ichi this morning, he was sure the silver haired Hyuuga was annoying the poor man. “Now this kid never does much, I'll be surprised if he knows how to do any jutsus!” Kai quipped at Zatoichi with a sideways small as he looked at his friend.
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Zatoichi rolled his eyes as the instructor began to speak, now he would have to work. Suddenly, a familiar name was mentioned and a familiar face came over to them!
“Kai, it's him! That's the cool Chuunin guy with white hair I was talking about!” Zatoichi said excitedly as he fell backwards off the table.
“I'm good!” Zatoichi said, bouncing back up as he nodded to Youta to acknowledge he knew he had spoken to him. Wow, Kai had actually been working on his Jutsus. Now Zatoichi knew those specific Jutsus because he had used them before. What ninja kid hadn't transformed into something else at some point to avoid getting into trouble? Or used the clone jutsu to clean their room for them because they just didn't want to do it?
“Oh this is a piece of cake!” Zatoichi said after Kai was done. He cleared his throat as he made the sign for the transformation jutsu. Now he did this one quickly because he knew if he transformed into Kai it would make him mad, granted he would get a laugh out of it, he wasn't that mean!
Quickly making the signs, he transformed into Kai and then released the jutsu.
“And now, onto my favorite one…” Zatoichi announced as he made the sign for the clone jutsu. Zatoichi appeared standing beside himself!
“Good job cleaning the room this morning, thanks!” He said winking at the clone. The clone flipped him off as Zatoichi laughed and released the jutsu.

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Youta would look at both of them and continue.  “Alright, you need to make sure that you are ready for the Genin exams next week, so you need a few techs to ensure you can keep up with the other Genin. So I guess if you two could show me what you techniques you have learned through this class. I can see if you two are ready to go or not.”  He would watch them perform their techniques if they had them and then wait for them to ask questions.  He would watch their hand signs to ensure they could form them right to focus their chakra.  He would then activate his Meigan to watch the chakra flow and ensure they had no problems.

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“I'm surprised he knew those jutsus! I misjudged you Z.” Kai said as he raised an eyebrow after he watched his friend and housemate perform the Jutsus.
“I only know those two Jutsus, I have been studying up on different jutsus, but I spent most of my time learning those two specifically.” Kai said as he felt a little embarrassed. However he knew he had to try the transformation jutsu one more time. “I really need to get the transformation jutsu down! I'm not sure what I keep doing wrong.” Kai said, confused. He made the hand signs yet again and made a blob that looked like a bunch of people mixed together. As he broke the jutsu he decided to try to focus his energy a little better.
“Maybe if I…” he broke the sentence off as he focused carefully and made the hand signs one more time. Sure enough he made a perfect replica of Zatoichi before breaking the jutsu and turning back into himself!
“I finally got it right that time. I have tried to do the substitution jutsu a few times, but I can't quite get it down. I still need to work on it a little more but I am sure I will get it eventually!”Kai smiled rather proud of himself for not giving up.

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Zatoichi smiled at the compliment from his friend Kai, well technically Kurasa, but he knew better than to call him that.
“Thanks Kai, yeah I don't know very much about other Jutsus either, I was working on trying to walk up the side of a building like I saw a kid in our class so, but both times I tried I fell! But I managed to keep up to the second story before I fell down last time! Unfortunately that's the best I got so far.” Zatoichi said as he looked from Kai to Youta.
“You got any words of advice for us or any jutsus you can show us to help us prepare? You're a Chuunin right? You probably know a lot eh?” Zatoichi said hope his white haired friend could help them out. This meant a lot to both of them, Kai and Ichi! The more you know the higher you go, kind of a saying they have in school amongst all the kids and Genin hopefuls!
“Do you happen to know anything about different clans doujutsus by any chance?” He was wondering considering what happened earlier where he swore his eyes switched to Byakugan for a split second.
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