Maikeru leaned against the wall outside of the Ninja Academy. He looked at the out of place spray paint that attached itself against the wall. In his opinion, it wasn't bad, for art, but it was plastered against something that was government owned, which is unacceptable! Maikeru looked to his right as one of the teachers walked out of the door. Maikeru was approached her high class look, her chin up and her stall standing.

"Hello Maikeru Otsuka. Are you here for your mission briefing? And stand up straight, young man!" Maikeru immediately did what he was told. "Umm...yes ma'am. To both your question and order." She pointed to the graffiti that was painted on the wall. "Former students of this academy have formed a street gang, and have been causing a bit of a disturbance among the village. You must seek them out, and bring them to justice."

Maikeru gave a nod, and raced off to to search for the juveniles who were running amuck. He stopped at a similar looking graffiti. He swiped his fingers along the wall, and saw the brilliant colors on the tips of his fingers. Still fresh. He took another look at the painting. The colors matches so perfectly, so fresh, bright, and vibrant. They were true artists. But, unfortunately, they were using their gifted talents for wrong, rather than for constructed reasons. Maikeru shook his head and moved on. He stopped briefly to look around. Than he saw two kids laughing mischievously. They were dressed in similar blue and black colors, and. stained with the cl They were obviously grouped together, their clothing stained with paint. If that isn't suspicious I don't know what is.. One of them ran infront of a woman with a big smile. The other got on all fours behind her. The one in front shoved her over. Maikeru ran after the two hoodlums, easily catching up with them. He grabbed their collars and pulled them up. "Hey! Let us go." Maikeru chuckled as they squirmed. "You two brats are coming with me" The one in his right hand begun to spaz out. "Not yet we are." His foot was met with Maikeru's face. Maikeru srumbled backward and held his face. "You little...." They both made their hand seals. "Shadow clone jutsu!" They both created five clones, making them 12. Maikeru didn't have the slightest clue of which one was of them were real. Maikeru took a battle stance. He didn't want to do sincere damage to them, because they were still just children. They all preceded to take out a kunai, Maikeru reveared himself from rethinking that decision. Maikeru took out a kunai if his own. "You kids think ya hot stuff? Than fine. Show me what you got!" He parried most of their attacks, but got some minor cuts. Though, he struck at each one, and eventually got down to the originals. "Let's end this!" they both said in sync. Maikeru raised an eye as they both charged at him. Maikeru held out his fists, as they both ran straight into them. He tied them up and had other Iwagakure ninja take them into custody. Maikeru knew there were more, and raced off to find them.

Maikeru had knowledge. The wear cobalt blue and black. Eventually he found another pair. They were twins. One of which had a casing strapped to their back. It was an oddity, and he had to assume that it was dangerous. Maiker approached them casually. "Hey. You two. You're coming with me." Immediately one jumped and kneed Maikeru in the gut. He dubbled over, and as he did so, the other twin removed the casing from his back, opened it, and revealed a humanoid puppet. Maikeru was fell, as he was leg sweeped by the Taijutsu using juvenile. "Well, looks like we have a grown up thinking he can tell us what to do, ey Sho?"
"It appears so, Ko." Maikeru folded his legs, into is abdomen, and kicked uo to his feet. They were older than the last two, and more experienced. "You kids are really riding my nerves. Maiker spun and elbowed Sho in the face, but was slashed by Ko's puppet, which had a hand that was replaced with a kunai. Maikeru realized their tactic: Because Maikeru was only one person, he couldn't focus on them both at one time. So when he goes on the offensive against one, the other would take advantage of the situation. Maikeru thought of a simple solution. "Shadow Clone Jutsu!" Maikeru created an exact copy of himself. The other kids realized he had realized their style of sync and teamwork, and made a hand seal. "Shadow cl-" Maikeru cut them off as he punched Sho in the face and Ko side kicked him, knocking them both out. Maikeru called for other Iwagakure ninja, and had them tied up. "Put them with the others, tied up and at the academy."
Maikeru made his way back to the ninjas academy. To Maikeru, those kids were annoying, obnoxious, and complete brats. But they were still brilliant. Maikeru just needed to convince them that they could be so much more. Typically, Maikeru wouldn't care, but he was an Iwa nin now. When the four of them felt his presence, they all glared and growled at him. He leaned against the wall, and toom a deep breath, and cocked hus head.
"You know something? You kids are really somthing. You two..." he pointed to the younger graffiti artists. "I've seen what you two can do. Your art is amazing. The colors really pop out." Their faces loosened into smiles, their egos getting a little bigger. "And you two..." he pointed to the older ninja. "You are so young and you already know strategies. That is a great talent. If you stay in the academy, I can guarantee you will become Shinoni commanders in the future. All of you can become something great. You just have to make the right choices."

Maikeru untied the children and watched as they went back into the academy. Maikeru felt satisfied, and left the academy.

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