After practicing leaf concentration and meditation for the whole night, Kaida and Yomi began their morning exercise at 5 am. It was just a modified version of what they used to do at the orphanage.
When they went back to the orphanage after the entrance exam, Hiroshi gave them a new training plan since their previous one would become useless in a month or two. Hiroshi strictly ordered them not to use weights as they were still growing, and it might hinder their development.
After completing the exercise, they took a bath and went towards the academy after eating a breakfast Kaida made using eggs, which was a variation of a normal omelette. They reached the academy five minutes before Kenji came, so they decided to get to know their classmates.
"Hi, my name is Kaida and this is Yomi. We are also in this class. I hope we will get along with each other," Kaida said with a smile.
"Screw off, show-off. Who wants to be friends with you guys?" said a boy from the Hyuga clan, and everyone started laughing.
They weren't bad by nature, but since two orphans had performed better than them in the entrance exam, their clans doubled their training.
Seeing their reaction, Yomi felt angry and was about to say something, but Kaida stopped her. Yomi thought he didn't want to fight, but Kaida said, "Leave them, Yomi. Their little egos took a hit because they were defeated by five-year-old children, and a girl at that."
"Shishishishi," Yomi laughed, and they both went towards a corner seat away from the other students.
Some students wanted to say something, but their class teacher Kenji arrived at that moment, so they had to stay silent.
Though Kaida was soft towards people he cared about or respected, he had no qualms in showing everyone who stood in his way that he was not someone they could bully easily. Seeing the tension in the class, Kenji made a 'bam' sound with his hand on the desk, and all students turned towards him.
"I don't think you guys have time to play like children. You people are in the elite class, so the expectations from you guys are higher than normal. If you have time, focus more on training than useless stuff."
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Kenji saw the tension between others and Kaida and Yomi, but he decided to ignore it since friendship can't be forced. He started teaching normally.
"Well, as I said yesterday, you guys will also learn the basics. So today, we will learn about hand signs and chakra control.
The hand signs help shinobi correctly gather and shape their chakra to perform Ninjutsu, Genjutsu, or any techniques. A technique is carried out by effectively executing the necessary fundamental hand signs in a certain order.
To perform each technique successfully in combat, a specific set of hand signs must be memorized and summoned. So, let's look at the 12 basic hand signs that every shinobi must learn.
Now concentrate, I will perform all 12 hand signs."
He performed all of them in this order:
- Bird
- Boar
- Dog
- Dragon
- Hare
- Horse
- Monkey
- Ox
- Ram
- Rat
- Serpent
- Tiger
After performing all hand signs twice slowly so everyone could easily follow his hand movements and memorize them, he continued, "We will teach you guys basic jutsu, which are the Transformation Technique and the Clone Technique. But first, you guys have to memorize all the hand signs.
Now let's learn about what each hand sign is used for...
(A.N- I am not writing each hand sign use as it is not important and just extra unnecessary knowledge.)
They continued the class for two hours. After that, they were given a 10-minute break followed by a two-hour theory class. At the end of the class, Kenji said, "Our class is now over. You guys can go and eat your lunch, but I advise you to eat a little less since we will start our taijutsu classes. Even though we are not starting duels now, the physical exercises are still not going to be easy."
Kenji left after the class, and both Kaida and Yomi went towards the garden to eat their lunch. While they were simply eating their nutrient bars, a boy from the Inuzuka clan, known for having dogs as their partners, approached them.
"Hi, my name is Ryota Inuzuka. Sorry for this morning's incident. Everyone has to go through very hard training because they lost to you guys. That's why their mood is off."
"It's not like we are angry or anything. If they don't want to be friends with us, we are okay with it. Let's leave them aside. How about you join us for lunch? I always wanted to pat this cute gentleman ever since I saw him at the entrance exam," Kaida said, moving towards Kiba with a treat in his hand.
Yes, he carried the treat since he was a dog lover even in his previous life.
Kiba, seeing the treat and not sensing any bad feelings from Kaida, jumped towards him, which shocked Ryota a lot since Kiba normally avoided strangers and only trusted his family members to be this friendly. This drastically improved Kaida's image in Ryota's mind.
"It's not fair, I also want to play with him," Yomi shouted, but this shocked Kiba, and he ran back towards Ryota.
"You scared him. He is still young, so you have to be gentle around him," Kaida said.
"How do you know so much about dogs, Kaida?" Ryota asked.
"Well, I read about them in the library after seeing him during the entrance exam."
"Woof woof," came the response from Kiba, wagging his tail left and right.