Today is the day. It was what Arashi kept telling himself ever since he woke up this morning. This was the day in which he would no longer be an Academy Student. He would be Arashi Uchiha, Genin of the Village Hidden in the Leaves. He was honestly more than excited. He's been waiting for this day for as long as he could remember. To think that this was the first step he'd have to take in making a better name for his clan. He woke up earlier than usual and knew that his father would be walking in any moment now to make sure that he wasn't still sleeping. He was just now finishing up the make-up line that he put around and under his eyes. His father always wondered why he did it as it wasn't typical of a shinobi of their clan to do such. Arashi thought it was cool and his dad stopped bothering him about it so he figured it was all good.

As soon as he was putting the pencil down his father walked in to see him facing the window. "I'm ready." He said without turning around. He only knew his father was there because he heard the door open. His father nodded and walked back to his own room. "Today is the day." Arashi repeated for the tenth time this morning. He picked up his writing book and his bookbag before heading out of his room and heading downstairs. His mother was setting the table for breakfast and he grabbed a rice patty and started for the door.

"You're not staying to eat?" She asked him kind of startled by him rushing for the door.

"No, mom! Today's the day. I'm graduating! I'll eat this on the way!" He ran out of the door and jumped off of his porch.

She sighed, but then smiled. She loved seeing him happy, but was worried about the pressure his father put on him. He didn't show it, but she was sure it had to be affecting him.

Arashi ran through the village and thought to himself, [i]"Don't get too excited. Don't activate the Sharingan."[/i] It shouldn't be too hard to control himself. He had some self control. "It shouldn't be a problem. Today is the day."

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Arashi arrived at the Academy and immediately made his way into the class. He looked around at the students in his graduating class. Most of them were already there and he thought he had gotten there early. He moved through the class and made his way to his seat. The people he usually sat between hadn't arrived yet. It gave him some time to think about it all and take it all in. He pulled his book out of his backpack and started writing while waiting for things to start.

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Arashi stopped writing when their sensei started to speak. He could tell she was sad. She had grown attached to her class and he was sure most of them had grown attached to her as well. He knew that he did. When she said that she was proud of them he whispered to himself, "Today is the day."