First day at the academy

The next morning Yuta went to the academy to arrive 30 minutes before 8am, that's the time he was told to come to the academy for his first day. There he finds a large group of kids and adults accompanying them at the square at the academy entrance. There is a small podium there as well.

'It seems like there will be the traditional Hokage speech for the new students.'

Yuta comes closer to the crowd and stands at the back of the crowd facing the podium.

After waiting for another 20 minutes a few shinobi appeared at the podium, the crowd stopped talking and became silent. After a few more minutes Hokage appeared at the center of the podium.

'Hmm… this is Hiruzen, looks old. Well, it's the first character from the anime I saw here! Who would have known that it will be the Hokage himself!'

'When I look at him, I feel some kind of pressure, as if he emanates some kind of pressure around him. It's hard to explain, as if I'm standing not in the open air but deep underwater, it's almost suffocating!'

Everyone in the crowd have respectful expressions on their faces. Everyone is excited to see the Hokage.

After standing there for little while, Hiruzen starts his speech. As soon as he does, the pressure around him subsides, and now he looks like an old and dignified grandfather, that is encouraging his grandchildren to work hard for the village.

He went on and on about the greatness of the village they all belong to, about the will of fire and about how it's everyone's sacred duty to protect the village, about the glory of the village and importance of self-sacrifice. He had spoken for more than an hour straight!

When Hiruzen ended his speech everyone in the crowd start cheering, everyone is excited!

'That is terrifying! I feel like I'm in some kind of a religious cult or a sect! That was nothing else but a blatant propaganda! I didn't expect it would be like that!'

'Well, I knew that Hiruzen brainwashing kids, but I didn't expect it will be to this extend and he goes so openly about it! Even I felt somewhat patriotically and prideful! Hiruzen's speech is a dangerous weapon! It should be classified as some sort of mental attack of the highest rank!'

'Even I will need some time to clear my mind from this 'self-sacrifice for the village' bullshit!'

The crowd at the square starts to disperse, kids went to the academy entrance and adults went on their way.

'Well then, it's time to attend my first class I guess.'

With those thoughts Yuta went to find his class so he can observe his new classmates. Yuta wanted to compare his chakra reserve with the rest of the class to better understand how much of his capabilities he wants to hide for the time being, to not to draw unwanted attention to himself.

After all Yuta comes from the orphanage as a civilian orphan, if he shows too much now it might arouse some questions as how is he able to control chakra without any guidance for example. And Yuta doesn't have any reasonable answers for those questions. He can't possibly tell everyone that he remembers a lot of stuff about this world because in his previous life he watched the anime, can he?

If someone finds out that Yuta has some sensitive information that would be the straight road in to the Interrogation department for him. And as soon as some Yamanaka clan members' starts reading his mind it will be game over for him. With the knowledge he has on everything and everyone, it's safe to say that he is not coming back from there.

And as of now, Yuta is not sure of how much of his capabilities he can safely display at the academy, so the safest bet will be to not display much. Yuta already shown that he has good stamina for a civilian and that's it for now.

As Yuta enters the academy, he finds a board with names of the new students and their assigned classes, there he found his name on the list for the class A-1.

'A-1 huh… Why does it sound like the top class? A – is a first latter and there is number 1… Maybe it's just a coincidence, I shouldn't have ended up in the elites class, should I? No, of course not! I intentionally placed myself in the middle among other participants at the test after all. '

'This A-1 class only consists of 40 students and back at the day of the test there were around 60 clan kids, with 50 more kids that placed higher than me at the test – it's more than a hundred kids that should be better than me! How can I end up in the elite's class with this?'

'It's half an hour before classes starts, I have to go there and check for myself what kind of kids there are. I can compare my own chakra with them and find out if it is really the elites' class or not.'

With those thoughts Yuta goes to the A-1 class. When he enters his class, there he sees around 20 kids already there. Among those 20 many of them have characteristics of clans and clan emblems on their clothes. There is one Uchiha kid, two Hyuga kids, Aburame kid, and some other clan members.

'Well, it might be the elite's class, how did I end up here? Well, let's sit and wait until the other classmates are here, then I will use my sensory ability to check on theirs chakra to confirm my thoughts.'

Yuta goes on the unoccupied desk at the back rows and sits there. Some of the kids were a little interested in him but most of them were not paying him any attention.

After some time when it's almost time for the classes to start, all other classmates are finally here. With Yuta its 40 kids total.

'Well then, it's time to check how much chakra you guys have compared to me!'

With that thought Yuta concentrated on his sensory abilities to sense others chakra. As soon as he did the blond guy in the middle of the class flinched and instantly looked back at Yuta with an annoyed expression but keeps silent.

After that Yuta instantly feels unpleasant sensation as if he is seeing through by someone and the source of that feeling is clearly comes from the blond guy.

'That blond guy is probably a Yamanaka clan member, and he is a sensor. He most likely sensed me when I activated my sensory technique and activated his own sensory technique in response.'

'Well, what's done is done, seems like I pissed the Yamanaka guy on my first day. Well then, let's see how much chakra you guys have!'

'Wow! All of the kids here have more chakra than a normal civilian! It seems like this is the elite's class after all!'

'Well, Aburame guy have a little chakra compared to the rest, but I sense some other chakra inside of him, that should be his bugs, and all of his bugs in total have quite a lot of chakra.'

'Yamanaka guys has slightly more chakra than me. The Uchiha and two Hyuga kids also have more chakra than me. Almost half of the class has more chakra than me. It's almost all of the clan members and 3 civilians.'

'This class consists of 30 clan members of different clans, and only 10 civilians with me included.'

'Among 30 clan members 22 have more chakra than me. Among civilians only 3 have more chakra than me.'

'Wait a minute! Those 3 civilians aren't they are those 3 civilians that skipped the test by knowing D-rank jutsu? Yes, it's them!'

'How the damn I'm end up in this class? I don't want to attract the unwanted attention at this point in time! Being placed in the same class as the most talented kids is too much!'

'Well, maybe if I show myself as the dead last of the class, maybe it's okay then? I need to find out why I'm placed in this class. If I knew that I could travel back in time and fix it!'

'I have to think about it more. Maybe being here is not that bad, maybe if by scoring as the dead last I still can slip through the Danzo's radar.'

'Wait a minute! Maybe being in this class and showing my capabilities is not that bad after all. This way I can go from the opposite angle to fix this problem. I can do the opposite of what I wanted to do – I can attract more attention to the point that I will be at the position where Danzo would be unable to take me in to the Root silently!'

'I just need to somehow come up with an explanation of how I learned to control chakra and about my sensory abilities, everything else I can explain as me being talented. But those two things are hard to explain, I can't say that I meditated and focused trying to feel my chakra and then chakra around me for hundreds of hours! How did I know what to do to accomplish that? How did I know about chakra and sensory abilities in the first place? That is what kids learn in the shinobi academy or in their respective clans and not on their own. '

'Well, I still have time, I can travel for 10 days back now, so it's okay to go for a few more days like that and if there are some problems I can go back to the academy entrance test and try to do something differently.'

'Also, I'm in the elites' class now, and if I make some connections, show my hard work in training and studying then I will catch Hiruzen's eye as well and knowing him, he will not let Danzo force me in to the Root if I don't want it myself.'

'Let's think about that a little. This approach is not the safest one, but if done correctly it should work just fine. Danzo will not be able to drag me in to the Root against my will that way.'

'If I was at the mediocre class and showed some talent then sure, he can take me with not much of a hassle. But when I'm in the elite's class and show a good talent – it will make it difficult for Danzo. He will not be able to do it silently. He will need to ask Hiruzen first, and I don't think Hiruzen will approve it without asking me at least.'

'And if Hiruzen asks I will state that I don't want to join ANBU and want to graduate from academy and become a normal shinobi. I will slip some things like 'I want to protect the village', and some will of fire bullshit, and everything should be good.'

'Even if it didn't work, I shouldn't end up in the Root to early, and I estimate that I will able to travel for 30 days back in time after 2 more years of training, at that point I should be safe and in the worst case I will be able to constantly travel back and eventually reach the point in time when I can fix things.'

'I probably am worrying too much about the Danzo and Root. The probability of being dragged there is not that big, and I already have some plans how to further decrease it and in the worst case scenario I have the means to fix things.'

'I should just keep that in mind, stop worrying about it and do my own things.'

'I want to learn and master everything that academy can give me!'

With that thought Yuta relaxed a little and stopped worrying about Danzo. He deactivates his sensory technique and starts to think about what he will learn in the academy instead, a little excited about his first day at the academy.

But his excitement is short-lived as brainwashing did not end just on Hiruzen's speech…