>>5794313>>5794319>>5794323>>5794327>>5794328>>5794330>>5794358>>5794362>>5795093>>5795126>>5795193It was finally the day you've been waiting the for these last four years: Becoming genin. The energy of the classroom is intense. Not only because you were graduating, but because the teams you ended up in would dictate a lot of what happened to you for the next several years. Sometimes the standard genin trio could be a lifelong partnership, sometimes it would break apart with relative speed as people branch off into more specialized directions (ANBU, the different corps like the sensor corps, etc.), but no matter what it was a pretty major event.
A pretty major event that was completely outside of your control, you think, as you collect a standard headband from where they're laid out on Juro-Sensei's newly replaced desk. You had several options from headbands, to armbands, to even belts, but for now the classic headband was your pick. You weren't trying to make a fashion statement.
"Alright, listen up." Starts Juro-Sensei. "This is our last true day together as one big group, but don't be too broken up about it. You'll be able to see each other as much as you want when you're not busy so don't start with the teary goodbyes. Konoha-nin are all in one big happy family and you're always going to have support from each other. I'll be seeing all of you when you're old enough to drink anyway, so let's just get a move on. We're cohort two so our team designations are Teams 4, 5, and 6. Sometimes there's an obvious rhyme or reason for a team being formed, sometimes there isn't. I had my recommendations, my recommendations went to the academy board, the academy board presented them to your prospective jonin team leaders, the jonin team leaders haggled for who they wanted like you were trading cards, the final lists were approved by Lord Hokage himself. Sometimes teams are balanced purely based around putting the strongest students with the weakest students for team balance, sometimes they're organized around a gimmick like the classic Ino-Shika-Cho pairing, sometimes it's just straight-up personality compatibility. In the end, your team is mostly up to what the jonin who fought for you wanted. If you have questions, take it up with them."
He pulls out a scroll. As if he doesn't have the teams memorized, come on.
He clears his throat and squints at it as if he's having trouble reading it, then dramatically rolls it back up and sets it down.
"Hold on, I need my reading glasses..." He says as he begins rummaging around through a drawer for some comically thick reading glasses you've never seen before.
"Why did you pick the LAST DAY to become a comedian, Juro-Sensei?! You've wasted my best years!" Exclaims Katsuro.
"Alright, alright. And for the record, I'm just Juro to you now. No more, no less." Juro explains with a mischievous glint in his eye.
"Team 4, under Ichiro Akimichi-"
