Two hour passed soon and there was no sign of the teacher as only Kozuki squad was left in the room.
Kurenai was already mad tired of waiting and Kozuki also started to lose his patience.
Creak...
At this moment, the door was push open as a figure walked in.
He was wearing Konoha standard Jonin Attire but what the most noticeable was his face having some resemblance with Kurenai.
"Father" shouted Kurenai in surprise as she didn't expect her father to be here.
"Congratulations on your graduation" said Shinku Yuhi looking towards the three of them.
"Father, why are you here?" asked Kurenai a bit confused.
"Well, I'll be your Jonin Instructor" said Shinku surprising them.
"I am quite late already, so without any delay let's have a brief introduction I'll start with myself" said Shinku as he coughed slightly clearing his throat.
"I'm Shinku Yuhi, a Jonin of Konohagakure and your teammate Kurenai's father. I don't have a dream but I have a responsibility to protect my village and my family" said Shinku introducing himself causing both Shizune and Kurenai to look at him with worshipping eyes.
"My name is Kurenai Yuhi my dream is to be a strong Ninja just like you, father and what I like is..."Kurenai didn't say more but she looked at Kozuki from the corner of eyes as her face turned red, as she giggled thinking of something.
Looking at his daughter, Shinku was left speechless as the corner of his mouth twitched.
Shinku then looked at Kozuki since he discovered his daughter sneaking a peek at him, though a bit unhappy that someone robbed his daughter.
"My name is Kozuki Shiro, there are not many things in particular that I like, my dream is to be the Strongest Swordsman ever and to be strong enough to protect that smile" said Kozuki looking at the sky as he would never let anyone hurt Kurenai.
Shinku was shocked as he could sense genuine care from his words as he wondered how could a child of this age have such firm will.
Kurenai was also shocked hearing his words wondering who could it be.
"My name is Kato Shizune and my dream is to be an excellent Medical Ninja" Shizune also introduced herself as the introduction came to an end.
"Well, tomorrow early in the morning arrive at the exercise field, don't be late" said Shinku to them as he left with his daughter.
Saying goodbye to Kato, Kozuki went towards his home as he knew his days as a Ninja have finally began.
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Hokage Office,
"These are the students who graduated Lord Hokage" said the Chunin Teacher handing the form to Sarutobi.
Usually, Sarutobi is the one who sorts students into teams but this time there was no one worth his time in the class so he left it to others.
"Hmm... this Kozuki Shiro" thought Sarutobi looking at his profile as he remembered this kid's taijutsu was even better then Kakashi.
"How's this Kid" asked Sarutobi about Kozuki to the teacher.
"Lord Hokage I have taught for so many years but I have never seen anyone with such Taijutsu skills and most importantly he always carries a sword with him but no one was able to make him use it" told the teacher about his thoughts to Sarutobi.
"The strongest swordsman huh" said Sarutobi looking at the dream that Kozuki had said written on the report as he smoked.
Similar scenes also happened at a place filled with darkness as Danzo was also reported of the latest situation of ninja academy.
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Kozuki didn't knew that even without doing any thing extraordinary he started to appear in the eyes of Hokage and Danzo.
But even if he knew he won't care since he had enough strength to protect himself now.
Arriving back home, Kozuki started the daily training session as even if he was strong he could still be killed if overwhelmed by enemy's number.
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The next day,
After getting up and washing to freshen up, Kozuki arrived at the exercise field as Shizune was already standing there.
"Good morning" said Kozuki to Shizune arriving beside her.
"Good morning Kozuki-Kun" said Shizune politely.
"No need to be so formal just call me Kozuki" said Kozuki waving his hand in a carefree manner.
"Okay" nodded Shizune as she was still nervous with new friends.
"Good Morning" as both of them were talking to each other, they heard a shout and saw Kurenai running towards them wearing a white training dress.
"You're late" said Kato angrily to Kurenai.
"Sorry" said Kurenai sticking out her tongue playfully.
"Where's your Dad" asked Kozuki.
"He was on his way, oh look there he is" Kurenai pointed towards a direction as Kozuki saw Shinku coming towards this way but unlike yesterday he had a sword fixed at his back.
"You're here already" said Shinku looking at the three of them.
"I have read your report your grades don't matter to me if you couldn't satisfy me with your performance I'll send you back to the Academy"
Shinku made a Circle on the ground as he stood within it as he looked towards them.
"Your task is to make me step out of this circle, you have only one hour try your best otherwise you know the consequence" said Shinku as both Kurenai and Shizune became worried but Kozuki had a relax expression on his face.
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