Bravo Dawn

**Date Completed:**
**Next Role-Play**:
**Users Involved:** User:GoldenPiece, User:Sekiro of the Mist, User:Majin Khi, User:MorellaVoltaire
**Setting:** Konohagakure
**Characters Involved**:
* **Academy Students**: Shōsei Uchiha, Hyūga Hanako, Shion Chikafuji
* **Chunin Instructor**:
* **Jonin**: Inuzuka Ashi
* **Kage**: Genjo Sanzō

The bright sun raged with a thousand summers. Bathing the hidden leaf in a dome of light untouched by the clouds. Within one such location the river beautifully have way to a waterfall of majesty. Near its bank a singular tree cast its branches over the rushing water. Within the furthest branch sat a young shinobi by himself. Reading a book about lightning chakra applications,

The boy had dark black hair shielding one of his eyes while the rest gathered along his shoulders in a calm fashion. Shōsei uchiha came here to be alone. While at first only his sister knew of the location unfortunately his teammates had an idea this is where he came to gather thoughts. It was already odd being the only male in their cell but peoples gaze gave him a clear idea of some of their thoughts.

With the only noise to disrupt his thoughts being the water Shosei didn’t exactly notice the person sneaking up behind him, either that or he simply didn’t care.

“He-Hello there.” Hanako mustered up, greeting her new teammate who looked more unwelcoming than usual. Hugging closely on the three that Shōsei sat underneath, she peeked onto him from below. Her short and curly black hair perfectly cuffed her entire head, only parting to reveal both ears, forehead and neck. Both of her lavender eyes were seemingly infatuated with Shōsei, but this was proven untrue by her next statement.

“I see you’re interested in Lightning Release. That’s actually my nature affinity.” She explained, as her interest of the book in Shōsei’s hands came out more like Hanako trying to make small talk. Hanako began to replay the awkward statement in her head, instantly regretting it.*”Ew gross, why did I say that..I sound like an idiot.” She said to herself, before internally facepalming.*

Shosei diverted his gaze from the book momentarily before looking down from the branch. Upon meeting the huga’s eyes the boy almost seemed surprised. “Wait really , I never would’ve guessed a hyuga possessed lightning affinity.” Quickly climbing down the tree Sekiro approached hanako being mindful of her personal space.

”but yea I’ve been looking into lightning nature for a while now. Im a failure in the the Uchiha clan. I don’t have any skill with fire style but lightning comes easy to me. To be honest I often feel insecure about it. Especially around my sister but it’s not about me.” Shosei said in an almost upset manner even if he spoke with a light smile.

“Lightning style isn’t strong suit, so I’m envious to say the least.” Hanako answered, before jumping away from the tree. The presence of of another being itched it’s way into the nervous system of Hanako.

Not far from where the two genin were, the blue haired genin Shion Chikafuji was looking around our of curiosity until she noticed them from a distance. She was a bit confused on how they looked different from her but she didn't think none of it as she took a deep breath.

"Ok Shion, this is it," Shion told herself, "go and introduce yourself to those two friendly ninjas over there." With that, Shion nervously approached them with a shaky look on her face. She tried to calm herself down but to no avail as she lifted her hand towards them waving.

"Hi, y-you must be my s-squad," Shion shook nervously.

Shosei saw hanako jump and to his surprise found himself slightly reaching for her. Stopping himself Shosei saw the figure of Shion greeting herself. Slightly annoyed all of them seemed like shy messes he still wanted to greet her.

“Well looks like two more people have found my hiding spot but we are teammates anyways. Shosei, it’s a pleasure to meet you.”

“H-Hanako, a pleasure to m-meet your acquaintance.” Hanako answered, walking back to meet shoulders with Shōsei. “Um, what’s your name?” She asked before continuing to nervously play with her curly hair.

"I'm S-Shion...," Shion replied in a hushed tone looking down, she felt herself feeling nervous once more as she tried to calm herself down.

So this was their team. Shosei felt a bit at unease so he tried thinking of something to help all three break the ice. Various places in the leaf felt like places one could stop by and be at peace. The tree was one for him but it might not have been for them two. The thought then pinged in his head like an alarm.

“So, Shion it’s happy to have you on the team. Same as you hanako.” Saying her nam made Shosei notice their proximity. “(She’s close, but I guess she at least seems somewhat more at ease)” he thought in his head but quickly carried on.

“Would you like to stop by Ichiraku, I can pay at least. Well only if you both want to, so we can get to know each other.”

“Oh! That’s my favorite…” Hanako’s shout slowly diminished into her normal low toned whisper. “And that’s very nice of you to offer to pay, but I wouldn’t feel right having you pay. I don’t think I’ve earned such that much gratitude yet.” She explained, as she adjusted her glance on Shion.

"S-sure," Shion replied rather quickly with wide eyes, "though, I feel awful that you'd pay for us...still thank you."

Shosei simply nodded in agreement, respecting their wishes and not putting up a fuss. Quickly the three made their way to the populated streets. Which where crowded by the various residents of konoha.

His mere presence drew unwanted stares and some bold townsfolk that tried to approach them three luckily he discovered a trick to dispel the populace. A simple look from his cold eyes accented with a stern side glare and they where gone. Smiling a bit afterward, had it not been for his trickster of a sister. Shosei would’ve never found the trick.

Hanako and Shion could probably sense Shosei’s mood, after all he was always portrayed as the sad Uchiha who would probably turn out like his ancestors.

“What do you usually order?” Hanako said suddenly, trying to divert the groups Shōsei’s attention from the judgmental eyes of Konoha’s citizens.

Snapping out of his sulk Shōsei turned his head back to Hanako, thankful of her presence more than ever.

“What I order? Hm well the Shoyu and seafood ramen are my favorite, I also enjoy shrimp Katsu with them, ever tried one? He said inquiring about the others taste, now looking at it these two almost seemed like the friendliest people he met even in spite of their shared shyness

"I-I love seafood ramen, it's my favorite actually," Shion replied with a shy smile, she was slowly but surely starting to warm up to her new friends.

“To be honest, it’s been some time since I’ve had any ramen. I’ve really forgotten what it taste like.” Hanako said, giving her own input on the matter. She didn’t exactly lie about ramen being her favorite, as it was her favorite during childhood. She hasn’t had the freedom to go and enjoy it since then, and this resulted in her really loosing the memory of how ramen tasted.

Making a surprised Shōsei’s eyes widened hearing the unfortunate situation. “No wonder Hanako was so eager, what other travesties have you endured madam” he said in joking manner while also giving Shion a look that suggested they reignite their friends taste for the food type.

What better place to do this than the always welcoming Ichiraku ramen shop. After the war and revitalization of civilization the shop was taken over by Ayame but in these years she grew a bit older so her son helps run the shop.

Approaching the elder woman looked a the three genin and rose in stature from the excitements. “Ah is that little Shōsei and company, my it’s been so long since I’ve seen your faces” Ayame said in her usual inviting and grandmotherly manner.

Following her a boy came out from the back and stopped the instant he saw the uchiha. “Oh it’s you, thought you’d be dead by now.” He said to Shosei who instantly rebutted with his own joking harsh comment. “Is that so and here I thought you’d burn your mothers shop down by now.” After saying this both stared at each other like they wanted to melt the others eyes of, only to break the silence by a laughter that gave away their friendship.

Hanako smiled gently as the exchange of remarks between the boys went on. A single bead of sweat appeared on her forehead, signifying how awkward she felt spectating the exchange. “Well, I see you two are best friends.” She joked, before turning to greet Ayame. “Very long time no see Ms. Ayame. How have you been?”

”I’m doing good dear. Don’t mind those boys they’ve known each other for years. There’s a look in your eye, don’t tell me you’ve taken a liking to shō.” Ayame stated giving a sly chuckle. Getting ready to walk out from the counter Ayame noticed all three had headbands on their person. “You all became official Shinobi. I’m so proud. Tell this old woman all the details.

Hanako’s brown cheeks flushed slightly red, as her eyes widened. The thought of liking him hadn’t yet passed her mind, but she wasn’t exactly opposed to it. “I-I don’t know what you mean.” She said subtly, turning away from Ayame as she started to twirl a curl in her finger.

"Ummmm are you asking about what we did before we officially became genin or," Shion asked in a confused yet shy tone.

The boy from earlier came back to the front to prepare multiple of the pots and knifes. Seeing his mother trying to figure out how the trio became a team. so he offered assistance while focusing on his prep simultaneous "She wants to know how your test went. also it would be nice if i had a fire." saying this he looked ay Shosei before flickering his hand and producing a flame. Ayame waved at him, instantly getting him to stop while she continued to speak to the children.

Shosei Came back to the group twirling multiple coins in his hands. neatly placing them in a stack he ordered the Seafood ramen with shoyu broth. while the company was appreciated he wondered where their teacher was. Glancing backwards Shosei made sure the others weren't looking before preforming multiple hand seals with one of his hands. The feat is usually preformed by those who are prodigy's or have a substantial amount of strength. But when you only knew one jutsu and studied books and scrolls about the manner alot it wasn't too hard. Forming three wires of lighting Shosei latched on to a nearby roof and catapulted himself upward.

Taking in a quick view Shosei saw nothing before lowering himself back onto the ground and returning to the others. "So Miss Ayame, Have you seen a jonin around here lately. We where supposed to meet up with our sensei. although he hasn't shown up we just decided to stop by. Your environment has always been friendly especially to outcast.