“The ‘Sexy Jounin’ Mitarashi Anko-chan! Now, come on Team Seven! Let’s get started!”
Seeing the entire classroom full of students and Iruka-sensei gaping at her for the sudden entrance and interruption, the trench coat wearing woman crossed her arms over her chest and tapped a foot impatiently.
“Well, come on you little runts! We haven’t got all day!” She directed her team, walking back out the door. Out the corner of her eye, she could see the three girls scramble to catch up. ‘Yup, keep ‘em on their toes, Anko-chan.’ She thought to herself with a chuckle.
Stepping out into the bright noon sun, the black haired jounin stretched her arms above her head, feeling her back pop slightly with relieved stress. Turning back to the Academy entrance, she placed a hand on her hip and watched her three new minions step out to stand before her.
“Okay, runts. Like I said, I’m Mitarashi Anko, but you can call me Anko-sensei or Anko-sama.” She informed them with a nod of her head and a grin. Waving her other hand towards the three girls, she directed, “Okay, you yours.”
Glancing amongst themselves, the blonde shrugged first. “I’m Uzumaki Naruto.”
Nodding, Anko turned her eyes to the black haired girl in the middle, like she didn’t already know who she was. “Uchiha Sachiko.”
And little pinky was last with, “My name’s Haruho Sakura, Anko-sensei.”
Clapping her hands together once with a grin, the trench coat wearing leader of Team Seven waved her students out towards the Konoha streets. “Now that that’s done with, let’s get going. We’ve only got a few more minutes to get there.”
Quirking an eyebrow, Naruko asked, “Where are we going and what’s in a few minutes?”
“Takahashi’s” Anko cheerfully answered, pointing a finger forward for emphasis, “and their first batch of freshly made dango!”
“Dango?” Sakura echoed in confusion.
“Yes, dango.” The woman confirmed with a nod, looking dreamily at the small café they were approaching. “It’s the best food out there and if I’ve got to sit through the ‘team introductions’ I’m going to have my dango!”
“I don’t really like sweet foods.” Sachiko stated with mild distaste.
Twisting her head around slowly, with a slightly manic grin, to glare at the black haired Uchiha, Anko serenely stated, “Don’t make me cut you, girl.”
Seeing the Uchiha cringe back slightly, Anko pushed aside the half curtain in the doorway to Takahashi’s and called out, “Heya, Kasumi-chan!”
The three girls entered right after to see a middle aged woman wave back to their jounin-sensei and call back happily, “Welcome back, Anko-chan!” Seeing the girls, the brown haired woman smiled and asked, “Are these your new students? That’s so sweet that you’re treating them to dango!”
“Treating them to dango… sure.” Anko echoed with a slight twitch of her eye but not correcting the older woman who made the best damn dango in Konoha. Deciding that discretion is sometimes the better part of dango, Anko sat down in a booth near the back of the room. Seeing her new students slide in on the other side, she started the conversation. “Okay, kiddies, let’s get one thing straight; I’m not your mom, so don’t expect me to wipe your ass or nose. Once you’re genin of Konoha, you’re considered adults; so I expect you to act like one or else.”
Hearing something off with the last bit of that, Sakura spoke up, “’Once we’re genin’? Aren’t we already genin since we graduated the Academy?”
All three students got uneasy feelings when they saw the evil smirk grow on their sensei’s face.
“Yeah, well about that, my little runts… You aren’t actually genin yet.”
“What do you mean ‘not genin’?!” Naruko cried out, fingering the Konoha headband on her forehead. “What is this then?”
“A meaningless piece of metal with the Konoha leaf insignia on it until you pass one final test.” Seeing the disbelieving looks on the pre-teens’ faces, Anko grinned widely. “Yeah, that look right there; wish I had a camera.” Waving a hand to clear the air, she explained, “You see, each jounin-sensei is allowed to make one final test before graduates are fully accepted as genin of Konoha and what’s great about it is the fact that the Hokage lets us make it whatever we want it to be.”
Seeing the growing dread on the girls’ faces, Anko laughed evilly. “Oh, it gets better, my little runts. See, these tests have a fail rate of sixty six percent! So, applied to you three, only one of you has a chance to be a full genin!”
“That’s bullshit!” Naruko exclaimed, slamming her palms on the table.
“That’s life! Deal with it, Blondie!” Anko snapped back, poking the girl in the forehead to make her sit back down.
“So, what’s the test going to be?” Sachiko pointedly asked as Kasumi placed a small platter of dango on the table between the students and instructor.
“See, that’s the thing, I’m not going to tell you till tomorrow.” Anko stated with a grin, grabbing a skewer with three green balls of dango on it. “I want you three to really think about it overnight about who really wants to be a genin and who doesn’t. If you think you’ve got the guts to hack it, meet me at training ground nine tomorrow morning at seven sharp.” Eyeing the three girls for a moment, she indicated the platter before her “Now, grab one stick and scram.”
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