Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, I think we good here.

Also just want you to know that since I always watch the subs, which vary from site to site, canon dialogue may not be word for word. Because of this I may kinda skip over canon dialogue to avoid this, I'll will try to do this as little as possible though.

You know, imma just look up a script for the episodes and use that. I will also use the English words for the jutsu because it makes it a lot easier.

Thank you.

It was the day before the final graduation exam, and all throughout the academy, future shinobi were in their seats, dutifully studying to ensure that they would indeed be promoted to Genin and earn their place as ninja. Working as though with each word, they could feel their destiny, their potential for greatness, growing steadily closer.

At least that's what most students were doing.

In one classroom however, Kaori was being poked.

"Kaori, you have to get up. The final exam is tomorrow and you need to be studying." A light voice called carefully, using the pen to poke her once again.

Kaori squinted her eyes open to see Mikazuki, her closest friend, and promptly turned her head further into her arms, attempting to hide her face "Let me sleep Bella" she mumbled into the cave she had made herself. "I need to restore my chakra." She drew out the last vowel, hoping that would sound like a reasonable enough excuse.

"We both know that's not true" came the same slightly annoyed voice, and with it another poke.

Kaori lifted her head for a moment, before turning to face away from her friend, facing instead towards some vague direction in the center of the class. "Shikamaru" her voice was muddled by sleep. "I need you to defend my laziness" she pleaded.

The reply was sent back to her after a moment of silence "Too busy being consumed by my own" he said "do it yourself" came Shikamaru's voice, the murky quality telling her that he too had been attempting to sleep.

"Noooooo" Kaori groaned, turning her head back into her arms in defeat.

Shikamaru could be heard grumbling as well "you women are all so troublesome" he said, as he did often, earning a very quite chuckle of affirmation from the resident emo in the class, Sasuke Uchiha.

At this sound, Kaori turned her head to look at Mikazuki "I told you so" she said, a somewhat smug, but mainly dopey, smile growing on her face.

Mikazuki, narrowed her eyes, taking on a puzzled look for a moment before giving yet another annoyed sigh. "Even you have to admit that was a stretch. In no way does it mean that he's..."

Kaori starled up quickly with a slight squeak as the door was thrown open. Iruka-Sensei, their teacher, entered the room, dragging a tied up and kicking Naruto behind him before proceeding to lecture him in the center of the class.

By the time he had finished, all the students were lined up in the front, Naruto's actions having resulted in Iruka declaring that the whole class was required to do a re-take of the transformation jutsu test, regardless of whether or not they had already passed it.

Kaori shot Mikazuki a quick sympathetic glance, knowing that she had barely passed it the first time. The transformation jutsu had never been one of her strong suits and she just hoped the girl would be able to pass it a second time.

Sakura was called to go first, performing the transformation with nearly perfect technique.

"I did it!" She yelled happily, grinning widely "Sasuke, did you see that!" She called out to him, like the fangirl she was.

From beside Kaori, a grunt was heard accompanied by the words "damn Uchiha."

Kaori turned to the speaker, a single eyebrow raised, before realizing that it was just Yuuto. His apparent dislike of Sasuke was well known throughout the class.

Mikazuki turned to face him as well, her voice returning once again to its usual timid volume. "I still don't get why you hate him so much" she said before backing up her reply "he never really says anything, I can't imagine how he could have offended you." She told him, despite having told him on many occasions in the past.

Yuuto sighed as he turned to the two girls "as I've told you before, he hasn't done anything to offend me." He shrugged before smiling "you know, let's just watch. If we're lucky, we might actually score higher this time" he suggested, turning to see Naruto walking up towards the center to be tested again.

Kaori rolled her eyes at Yuuto's avoidance before turning to watch the rest of her classmates test, starting with Naruto.

Smoke surrounded him as he transformed before slowly beginning to fade away. When it finally cleared up, Kaori nearly choked on her own spit.

Instead of transforming into Iruka, as he had been instructed, he had transformed into a girl, similar in appearance to himself, with blue eyes, blond pigtails, and even whisker-like markings on the face.

Except that the girl was naked. Little clouds of the remaining smoke being the only thing shielding her view.

Kaori was desperately trying not laugh, and the rest of the students had mixed reactions, from Shikamaru's eye roll, to Hinata's bright red face, to Sakura's bright red face, though hers was red with anger. Iruka however, had earned himself a massive nosebleed.

Naruto transformed back with another cloud of smoke and a fit of laughter "Gotcha!" He yelled "That was my sexy jutsu!" He proclaimed proudly, pointing at the fallen Sensei.

"Cut the stupid tricks! This is your last warning!" Iruka yelled angrily at the boy before promptly sending him to the back of the line.

The rest of the re-test passed rather smoothly, everyone was able to pass it in the end, though some people had more trouble then others and soon class was being dismissed.

"Don't forget that the Graduation Exam is tomorrow" came Iruka-Sensei's voice to remind them as they all exited the classroom.

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It was the next day and everyone had gathered in the classroom, and were now waiting patiently for Iruka to arrive.

After about 6 minutes, their Sensei walked in, grabbing a stack of papers before speaking up "we will now start the Final Exam. When your name is called proceed to the testing room" he instructed his students before speaking up once again. "The final test will be on" he paused to check the paper is his hand "the clone jutsu" he informed them all before entering the testing room himself.

A few minutes later, the door opened and Iruka stepped in, calling out Shino's name and holding open the door, waiting for Shino to enter before following, the door closing behind him. The same thing happened when he returned for Choji, before the door opened once again.

"Bakkuso, Kaori" Iruka called out and Kaori stood, a confident grin on her face.

As she reached the door she turned to face the rest of the class "my dear friends, it has been my honor and privilege to train with each and everyone of you. However, it is time for the trial of a lifetime, quite possibly the hardest task we will ever have to face" she said with her tone mockingly serious. "I will see you on the other side, my brethren" she said before bowing dramatically.

Iruka-Sensei simply rolled his eyes at her antics before cuffing her on the back of the head, "Get in there" he reprimanded with a laugh as she turned to enter the room, the door closing behind her.

Kaori walked to the center, standing before a table of Leaf Shinobi, Iruka taking his seat among them. The one in the middle spoke up "Whenever you're ready" he told her before setting his pen down to watch.

Kaori tried for a smirk "whenever I want, eh?" She tried to joke but silenced herself at the unnerving glares the judges sent her way. She took a deep breath before making the hand sign.

She closed her eyes as she performed the jutsu, opening them back up again to see four clones at her side. She let out a cocky laugh. "So, how did I do?" She asked with a smirk as she made the clones disappear.

"Congratulations" said one of the judges, "you've passed" he told her, one of the headbands held in his outstretched hand, which she received with pride "now if you would please exit through the door on the right so we could continue with the examination" he said with a gesture towards the door.

Kaori nodded before exiting the room, headband in her grasp and a grin on her face, exiting into a school hallway. It appeared to be empty so after a moment of thought, Kaori went to lean against the wall, waiting by the door for her friends. She sighed, realizing that if they continued alphabetically, as she suspected, they had been, it would be awhile before Mikazuki came out, and even longer before Ino would be done.

Kaori settled down on the floor, getting ready for the long wait. Perhaps this way she could figure out who passed without having to wait the extra day.

It wasn't long before the door opened once again, Sakura coming out of the testing room, further confirming Kaori's theory that they were being called in alphabetical order.

"So did you pass?" Kaori asked once the door had closed.

The kunoichi smiled "With flying colors" She bragged, her hands clasped cheerfully in front of her.

Kaori chuckled "I thought so" she confirmed "you always do really well on these tests" she commented, earning a grin from Sakura.

"Well I better be going, my parents are probably waiting" Sakura said as she waved before walking down the hall, a slight skip in her step.

By the time Mikazuki came out, it had been about 45 minutes, and by the looks of it, Naruto had been the only one who wasn't able to pass so far.

Kaori grinned, standing from her position on the floor. "So, did you make it?" She asked desperately, sounding as though the answer was a matter of life or death.

Mikazuki smiled as she nodded, her head ducked to hide that her soft smile had grown into a full on grin.

"Yes girl!" Kaori cheered, clapping her hands together "congratulations!" She added after a brief celebration, before resting a hand on Mikazuki's shoulder. "Now we just need to wait for our flower child, and the circle will be complete." A grin grew on her face as well as it finally registered that her closest friend had passed as well.

"I really hope Ino makes it" Mikazuki commented before speaking up again as the thought entered her mind "so do you know who passed?" She asked.

Kaori shrugged "I'm not sure about Shino or Choji, but other than that everyone made it to Genin except for Naruto" she said with a nod to inform her that she was done.

Mikazuki leaned against the wall next to her "that's a shame" she said with a frown, "he was nice, seemed to have a tolerance to nightshade too." She said with a chuckle.

Kaori laughed "girl, I swear he found a ton of them during the training exercises" she said, realizing that it would probably be a lot quieter, and a lot more boring with him gone.

And on that note the door swung open, revealing Ino's confidence face. She smirked as she flipped her pony tail. "Hey flower girls! Guess who just got promoted to Genin?" She said triumphantly.

Kaori tilted her head to smirk at Ino "Sasuke Uchiha?" She suggested, deciding to poke fun at her friend.

Ino responded with an eye roll "Well of course he did, he's amazing" she said, her voice completely serious, before she seemed to return to the matter at hand. "But no, I was talking about me, we all passed!" She cheered. Holding out her hands to the two of them, who were currently sitting on the floor. With a single glance at each other, they reached out their hands, standing up, ready to face the world as Shinobi of the Leaf.

"You're not using it as a headband, are you"

"Not a chance"

Authors Note:

Yeah so I hope you guys like it so far, just want to let you know, Yuuto will have more of a focus in the near future.

Anyways, this is my first Naruto fanfic (and fanfic in general, but oh well) so I have no idea how this is going to turn out.

Thank you all so much for reading!