if you asked me what was the academy to you, I would say it was a very informative place, I learned a great deal about the history of the village, how it formed, who formed it, the most influential clans in the village, the famous shinobi in the village history, you see,
Before the ninja villages came into being, there was the Era of the Warring Clans, where ninja was organized into small mercenary clans that knew nothing but battle. Two such clans were the Senju clan and the Uchiha clan, who have warred against each other since the time of their ancestors and are revered by others as the strongest ninja clans. Eventually, intending to end the countless bloodshed, Hashirama Senju used his power as leader of his clan to enter a truce with the Uchiha clan despite reluctance from its leader, Madara Uchiha. Afterward, the two clans formed the first shinobi village where Madara and Hashirama had met as children: Konohagakure — a name invented by Madara himself.
Hashirama Senju used his Wood Release abilities to produce much of the villages' infrastructure. This ability and his ideals were two of the reasons he was chosen to become the village's leader, the Hokage.
However, not being named Hokage and fearing that the Senju would oppress his clan, Madara attempted to gather support to overthrow Hashirama. But after his kin ostracised him, Madara resolves to deal with Hashirama himself by enslaving Kurama the Nine-Tails to do his bidding. The epic battle that ensued, causing the formation of the Valley of the End while Madara was presumed dead, resulted with Kurama sealed within Mito Uzumaki, a member of the Uzumaki clan who was known for their unique chakra, who became the Nine-Tails's first known Jinchūriki and created a tradition on it for the close ties between the Senju and Uzumaki clans.
At some point, Hashirama came to bind some other tailed beasts and gave them to the other newly formed ninja villages to promote peace. well, that about history,
In the first two years in school, they thought us about theory lessons, which are typically framed in a ninja-context, and in fact, are learned to facilitate later instruction in tactics and strategy. Students learn the Shinobi Rules, how to strengthen their minds and bodies and receive special lectures from veteran shinobi. Academy students are also taught how to awake chakra and the basics of hand seals,
In the next two years, the teachers took us through the handling of ninja weapons and tools, like shuriken and kunai, learning how to throw and wield them through target practice, and instructed on the basics of trap-setting. we also delved deep into hand seals, chakra and Chakra Control,
In the last two years of school, we started Taijutsu classes that serve as the Ninja Academy's equivalent of physical education. In taijutsu class, students are engaged in physical activities to help train their bodies and develop their stamina where Sparring is common.
Ninjutsu classes provide the bulk of what potential ninja learns at the Academy. Students are taught about chakra, how to manipulate it and use hand seals, and ultimately how to use techniques such as the Transformation Technique and the Clone Technique.
Genjutsu classes are focused less on how to create illusions and more on how they work. Students are taught how to determine if they are trapped in a genjutsu, and then how to release themselves from it,
the academy for me was a bit awkward, at first, I didn't know how to fit in, imagine an old man surrounded by a bunch of six years old kid, so I chose the silent way, I was a damn status in class, interacting only with the teachers in my first two years until one day in my home from the academy I found one of my classmate's seating alone in the park laying some kind of board game alone, I think it shogi because I played some with my mom, well it the only game I played with her after she bought me a bunch of childish game that I didn't touch to this day, so I went and took the seat next to him, I didn't say a word, I just started playing and moved a piece in the board, he frowned at me but he didn't speak, just continued playing, by the end of the match, I lost to him, I know it shameful to lose to 9 years old kid, but this new game to me and I got to hand it to him his a fucking genius in the game,
I looked at him and said "good game, I am Urahara Yami "
"oh thank you, Shikamaru Nara," he said with lazy tone and then we parted ways
At least I found someone to play shogi with, well my mother suck at the game, at every Saturday evening, I meet with Shikamaru in the park, exchange some pleasantries, play a game of shogi, then go home, that the close thing I can call a friend, you see Shikamaru wasn't a talkative person, he was lazy, he prefers cloud watching than playing with other children, Shikamaru has narrow brown eyes and a typical expression suggesting he is either bored or irritated. He has shoulder-length black hair tied in a spiky ponytail.
in my last two years, I started having a small conversation with other children, there were 2 other children who left an impression in me other the Shikamaru
the first Naruto Uzumaki, a boisterous, exuberant, and unorthodox kid, who wouldn't stay silent, he is known for his pranks in the village,
he has yellow-blond, spiky hair and blue eyes, his trademark characteristics are the three whisker markings on his cheeks. Naruto was rather short for his age, he wore an orange and blue jacket with a white collar, a white swirl with a tassel on the left side, he also wore orange pants with a shuriken holster on his right knee, blue sandals.
next would be the emo of the class Sasuke Uchiha he is cold toward others, unmoved by and uninterested in what they do or thinks of him, choosing instead to keep to himself. he has black eyes and spiky black hair with a blue tint. Sasuke's hair has hung over his face as bangs since he was a child, he wore a navy blue, short-sleeved shirt with a high collar, and white shorts, well he is considered handsome by most girls near his age.