Before his annoyed gaze, the first of the students began to pile in. He heard them long before he had seen them, the gaggle of girls chirping away at each other right up until entering the room. All three smiled as they entered, though two of the three’s expressions quickly soured as they took in the atmosphere of the room. The blonde, who Manabu was willing to bet money belonged to the Yamanka’s, grunted and shot him a look, only to be glared at for a moment before being promptly ignored and finding her seat. Her friend followed shortly after, seemingly unphased by the teachers surly demeanor. Even from his spot at the front of the room, the man could sense the static chakra surrounding her, prompting a slight sigh to escape from his lips.
‘Yamanaka, Santaru and...’ Turning his gaze to the third girl, he was almost surprised as darted to her friends, sheepishly avoiding the burly man’s stare.
‘Won’t get far hiding behind her friends.’ He mused, turning his gaze to the door as the next student arrived.
"Hello. I`m Maiko, nice to meet you." The young girl stated, apparently ignorant of the meaning of the words
‘shit down and shut up’. Making a slightly tsk sound with his tongue, the massive Jounin simply glared at the girl, watching her like a hawk as she found herself a seat. Aside from her strange eyes, the girl had no remarkable traits, at least nothing outwardly apparent. It was of little concern to Manabu, but what concern him was the student’s disregard for his written instructions. If this was a sign of things to come, the older man was going to be an unhappy individual.
Next came two boys, both about the same height and age from what the teacher could tell. The first to enter wore his hair tight and shaved, hopefully for practicality and not a some sort of statement, while the other young boy’s was long and spikey.
‘Getting all types today.’ He thought, making sure to give both boys and equal amount of death stare. Neither made the mistake of speaking up, one settling near the middle while the other sat behind the pack of girls, procuring and cradling some sort of scroll.
‘That had better be for notes.’ He thought, just as yet another child walked through the doors.
This one was going to be a matter of some concern. Instantly, just from his gait and demeanor, Manabu could tell this young boy was about to be a thorn in his foot. Though the shortest boy to come, he seemed to compensate for it with pure attitude, as the Jounin was about to find out.
"Ain't it a shame?" The boy asked rhetorically, his voice instantly bringing an outright scowl to the man’s scarred face. The boy, seemingly unaware of the term
‘don’t poke the bear’, kicked back in his seat smugly, the bottom of his foot facing directly towards the front of the class where Manabu stood.
"I mean, you seem like a hands-on, straight-to-the-point kinda guy, and you're stuck in here with nothing to do but lecture us students until each of us gets the lesson through his or her skull, right?"
As he spoke, a fourth boy entered the room, standing behind the cocky child as he spoke and politely waiting for a lull.
"Yep . . . too bad you can't give us a demonstration instead of a lecture." Fighting hard to contain his building rage, Manabu stared blankly at the new arrival as he approached, for a moment his mind a thousand miles away in the middle of a heated battlefield. Snapping back to reality, the man shot a muscular arm out and snatched the scroll away, giving it a cursory glance as the boy spoke.
“I am Hotaka Kyo, I have been assigned to assist you in your instruction of the class.” The scarred student stated, stepping away and assuming a position behind him. Tossing the scroll to the floor, Manabu only nodded, his eyes fixated on the young boy with his feet on the desk.
As if sent straight from some personal hell, yet another young boy strode into the room, announcing himself loudly and proudly. If this wasn’t bad enough, he made a spectacle of dragging his desk to directly position in front of the towering Jounin, his scarred forehead crinkled in disbelief.
“Well, I’m ready.” Slowly turning his head to face his ‘assistant’, he spoke at last, his voice low and cold.
“Shut the door.” He snapped, pointing with one massive arm in the direction of the entrance. Patiently he waited for the boy to follow his order, the behemoth of a shinobi waiting calmly for the boy to return to his position before beginning.
“My name is Akimichi Manabu. I will be teaching you about the basic legalities of Kumogakure.” Snapping up from his seated postion, stretched for a moment, ignoring the loud crash as the desk slammed into the wall behind him.
“Normally, I would begin by having you all go round and introduce yourselves, maybe make a lil list of crimes.” As he spoke, he paced back and forth slowly, his heavy footsteps resonating in the quiet room. Snapping to a sudden stop, the tall man bent low and glared directly into the eyes of Ai, the Jounin completely dwarfing the small student in every aspect.
“But not today.”
With a sudden growl he booted the boys desk backwards, sending both desk and student sliding through the narrow row between desks all the way to back of the room before slamming to a halt at the wall.
“Primary, or crimes not resulting in physical harm, are dealt with largely in private court. For instance, if that desk were to have broken, it would have been destruction of property and thus, a Primary offense.” Glowering at the student he had sent careening into the wall, he dared the boy with his eyes to speak out of turn again. His expression was clear, the boy had been issued his only warning.
“I want you all to write down an example of a Primary crime, and how you feel it should be dealt with. If you’re ill prepared, there are pencils and paper in your desk.” Calmly, the man strode back to his desk, now wedged firmly against the wall. Assuming his earlier position on the desk, he rubbed his eyes with a one massive head, heaving out a great sigh in the process.
“My assistant here will collect the papers when your done. And be quick about it!”
[Wow! There are a lot of you! I'm going to set a 5 day posting period for this, though I hope we'll be able to handle it much faster than that. Anybody who is late to the party but would still like to join, just come on in. As usual, if you have any questions go ahead and PM. I, unlike Manabu, actually like helping you guys.]
