Chapter 12 - Sensei

The next morning, Nori came in front of the ninja school and after a brief search found a group of three young children about 10 years old.

The first had a square face with thick eyebrows and smooth hair, he wore a sleeveless tight green suit, the second had brown eyes and hair with a senbon in his mouth and a calm expression and the last wore a bandana and a bleu outfit with dark glasses.

Nori slowly approached them, drawing their attention, then after a short silence said

"I am Nori Hisamatsu from now on I am your captain and your Sensei, I will teach you the skills to make you true ninja, now I will ask iyou all to introduce yourself by talking to me at about yourself."

"My name is Might Guy and I am currently 12 years old this year, my dream is to prove that you can become a great ninja without using ninjutsu or genjutsu," said the first with a voice full of determination.

"My name is Genma Shiranui, I'm eleven this year, I have no particular ambition." Says the second with a calm but slightly lazy voice.

"My name is Taka Ebisu, I have

12 years this year my dream is to become a good ninja, I have for hobby time the observation of landscapes (he observes the young girl in the bath). says the last.

After hearing their introductions, Nori could not help but sigh with disappointment, a Genin who could neither use genjutsu or ninjutsu, a boy resemblance to a lazy man without ambition and seeing the embarrassed look of the last one called Ebisu when he talked about his hobby Nori could already slightly guess that it was something disapproved by morality.

"Now follow me to training ground number ten, I'll assess your abilities."

Then the three followed Nori to the training ground, it was a large area with many trees and streams, the air was fresh and pleasant.

After a short look, Nori stared at his three new students before saying.

"Use all your strength and abilities to attack me." He told the three who were surprised by his request.

"But Nori sensei, what if you get hurt?"Asked Guy with hesitation

"Fool!" Says Ebisu while staring at Guy

"You don't see Nori sensei's vest, only ninja of Chunin's minimum rank are allowed to wear this, how you could hurt him!!!

"Keep your voice down, you're break my eardrums." Says Shiranui in a low voice.

Seeing the three without any sense of seriousness, Nori did not reprimand them, but said:

"If your strength doesn't satisfy you, I'll take away your genin title and send you back to the academy for another year."

The three quickly calmed down and began to panic a little when they heard Nori's words.

Ebisu threw a ball of smoke on the ground before disappearing, Shiranui pulled a Kunai out of his back pocket and attacked at the same time as Guy who was kicking several times towards Nori.

Nori always calm, caught Guy's foot and Shiranui's wrist holding kunai, before throwing them into the air with force.

But the very moment, several shuriken threw from a tree about seven meters away quickly reached him.

"My shirukens will reach it, impossible to miss it at this distance." Thinked Ebisu, while hiding behind the leaves of the tree from which the shurikens left.

But before his incredulous eyes, Nori suddenly disappeared, dodging the Shurikens, who then hit the ground.

"Where is he?" He thought, but suddenly a voice behind him came to answer his question.

"I'm behind you."

But before he had time to react, a terrible punch came knocking him in the stomach, causing him to fall to the ground.

Nori seeing Ebisu lying on the ground unable to get up, shook his head of disappointment and then leaned slightly to the right avoiding a kick from Guy and then with a punch the throw him a ten meters before dodged a small ball fire about one meter in diameter.

Seeing the ninjutsu used by Shiranui, Nori nodded for the first time with approval but soon he was even more surprised.

"Leaf Whirlwind!"

Guy that he had hit instead turned into a piece of wood and suddenly he felt a slight change in the air flow behind him, but thanks to his experience in combat, he unconsciously leaned forward, dodge a whirling kick from Guy, but what made Nori even more surprised was the explosive parchment, who suddenly appeared under his feet.

*Boom*

A small explosion occurred covering Nori completely, Guy quickly backed away and came next to Ebisu who slowly rose from the ground while holding his belly.

Then Shiranui quickly joined them, they stared at the cloud of dust caused by the explosion of the parchment with slightly worried facial expressions.

"Do you think that was enough?" Asked Guy of the other two.

"I think so, my explosive scrolls sound very powerful, they can even knock out a Chunin so well used." Says Ebisu, always squeezing his belly with pain.

But suddenly, a calm voice behind them shattered their hopes

"Well done, you cooperated very well and almost fooled me."

"Nori Sensei!!!!!" Shouted all three as they backed away as if they had seen a ghost.

"You cooperate magnificently, especially you Ebisu by pretending to faint, Guy you have excellent ability in Taijutsu and your surprise attack earlier could rival a ninjutsu of rank C, Shiranui you have already mastered a ninjutsu of rank c and you are decisive, it is a significant quality on the battlefield."

"Congratulations, you are fully qualified Genins, from now on you will be part of Konoha's Team 27." Says Nori with a slight smile while staring at the three boys.

"It's thanks to the power of youth!" says Guy in a winer posture while smiling.

Although Ebisu and Shiranui did not speak, they could both not help but smile with undisguised joy.

"We'll celebrate it with a good meal, follow your sensei!" Says Nori as he leaves the training ground, followed by three little ninjas.

...

"Goodbye Sensei."

"Tomorrow sensei."

Nori nodded in response to his new students and left them alone in the restaurant.

"Sir, here's the bill." Says a server

Nori took the tab with a calm expression but when he saw the price, he could not help but want to strangle his disciples.

"84,780 Ryô!"

It was at that moment that he understood the proverb, which said that being a teacher is an ungrateful task.