Arc I: Introduction

Introduction (前書き, Maegaki) is the first arc of the D&D Campaign and served as the catalyst for the beginning of the story. This arc predominantly focuses on the newly graduated Genin squads, Team Strike and Team Matsuhashi and their missions together as Alpha Squad. It began on Session 1 and ended on Session 3, making it one of the shorter arcs of the campaign so far. This arc is succeeded by the Chuunin Exams arc.

Meeting the party
The most important day arrived for the fledging party of young shinobi. The day of graduation. Genso, Satsujin, Shunji, Kokoro and Ichijo had to show the teachers that they were in fact ready to become Genin and represent the village in missions.

The most standard test is the demonstration of the Clone and Transformation techniques, to show their utlisation of chakra is in fact of a satistfactory level. Luckily, the five had in fact learned well, and all successfully performed the techniques in front of their teachers. Following this, the party gathered in the classroom to await their results and their Genin team compositions. This would be the most important news they would find out for years to come, these were the people they would train, travel and live with for several years.

After several teams had formed, it was down to the party to find out. A powerful female Jonin with purple hair walked into the classroom. He introduced herself as Matsuhashi. As the teacher read the names of the people in her team there was complete silence in the room. In the new Team Matsuhashi would be, Ichijo, Genso and Ryu Hyuga. So the new team left with their new sensei.

Finally, a tall man with short white hair and a calm demeanor entered the classroom. He introduced himself as Strike Nebimura. Those under him would form Team Strike, and those lucky Genin were: Kokoro, Shunji and Satsujin.

Training
The two teams gathered together. Strike revealed to them that although they were officially seperate teams, they would be working together inside one squad, Alpha Squad. This method has been trialled before with Masako Uchiha's teams. Therefore, Alpha Squad began their first training session together. A joint bell test. A chance for the young Genin to demonstrate their teamwork to their new Senseis.

During this practice session, the two teachers revealed their unique abilities. Known as a Saino, they are unique to each individual. Strike's, known as Phasing, allows him to become completely invisible (both chakra and physically). This has earned him the monkier, the Invisible Man. He used this to tease the team, although his drawback is quite physically painful, causing a burning sensation over his body. Matsuhashi's, allows her to completely halt the flow of time in an area, causing party members to be caught up in her intense fireball techniques.