Disclaimer- I do not own Naruto, or any of the characters except my own. I also own the plot.

Story inspired by- Cry Just a Little by PurpleHaze09, another KibaxOCxShikamaru story. (Very good story, go read it!)

Pass or not?

"In order to pass the exam and become a genin, you all need to successfully perform the clone jutsu. When you are called, come into the next room where you will start." Iruka-sensei said to us. I fidgeted in my seat, would I be able to pass? What would dad say if I didn't? I was so nervous, my owl, Jun, hopped into my lap and nibbled my fingers. I smiled at him, and ran my fingers across his sleek soft feathers. He didn't seem to be nervous.

I looked around the room, searching for my two best friends. I first saw Hinata, who was staring nervously at Naruto. I smiled; she was probably worrying about him. I knew she would pass; she was very smart after all and tried hard.

I continued to look around, and saw my other friend, Chouji. I smiled as I saw he was munching on some chips. He looked a little nervous but I knew he would do well. He and I had been friends for a while, considering we lived right next to each other. I had also been quite chubby when I was little, so I hadn't had many friends, but we banded together and became friends because we were the same. Since then I had lost my baby fat, but I still had some meat on my bones. In all actuality, I didn't want to be as skinny as Ino or Sakura.

Chouji turned around, caught my eyes and smiled at me. I smiled back and stuck a thumb up, my code for 'You'll do great'. He nodded and did the same. I giggled and went back to petting Jun. I heard a bark, and looked to my left. I saw Kiba's dog, Akamaru, was standing on Kiba's head and he was glaring at Jun. I glared back. Kiba himself was sitting a few seats down. There was no one sitting in between us, so I decided to talk to Kiba when Akamaru growled.

"Kiba, can you please tell your mutt to shut up?" I asked, annoyed. He looked over angrily.

"Can you tell your damned bird to stop shedding everywhere?" He asked, holding up a feather. I recognized it as Jun's. Jun himself hooted indignantly.

"It's called molting dummy. But you're so stupid I don't expect you to know the difference." I retorted. He glared and was about to say something else when Iruka called his name.

"At least I'll pass." He said, as Akamaru hopped in the front of his hoodie. He was gone before I could correct him. Kiba and I had always been somewhat enemies. He used to be one of the ones who picked on me because of my weight. I rolled my eyes and leaned back. At least I wasn't nervous now.

I watched as Hinata got called in, and Chouji, then everyone else. There were only a few people left, the only one I knew out of them was Shino, and he got called in next. I started to fidget again, when Jun hopped up onto my shoulder.

"You'll be fine, please don't worry about it." Jun hooted softly, and tugged a bit of my brown hair. I smiled at him.

"I know. I'm more worried about Chouji and Hinata. I hope they passed." I told him quietly. He gave me a soft head butt, and then flew up to perch on one of the wooden beams.

I started to play with my hair, it's a chocolaty brown with gold highlights, and came down to my waist. My eyes are a dark green, almost emerald in shade, and as I said before, I have a little bit of meat on me. I'm an average height for my age. Other than that, there's nothing special about me. My usual outfit consists of a white skirt (I have dark blue shorts on underneath. It's too hard to run around without them.) And a dark blue shirt that has a string to tie the little slit at the neckline with (1). My shoes were normal dark blue ninja sandals.

"Kimura Tsukiko, it's your turn." Iruka called from the door. I felt an onrush of anxiety bubble up, but I stood and walked to the door, Jun swooping down and landing on my shoulder. Iruka led me to the next room, and we walked in. He sat down at the table, and I stood in front of it. Mizuki was there too. I took in a deep breath and closed my eyes.

"Whenever you're ready." Mizuki said. I nodded, and got into position as Jun flew off to sit on the window sill. I flashed the hand signals.

"Bunshin no Jutsu!" I said out loud, and heard a few 'poof's and looked over to see three identical clones of me looking back. I grinned and looked over to Iruka and Mizuki. They smiled too.

"Congratulations, you are now a Genin!" Iruka said, and handed me a forehead protector. I released the jutsu, and took my Hitai-ate and felt pride bubble in my chest. Dad will be so proud!

"You can go home; tomorrow you will be assigned your team and jounin sensei. You did great." Iruka told me with a smile. I grinned, and Jun and I rushed from the classroom.

I burst through the front doors of the academy, and ran all the way home while Jun soared overhead. When I reached home, I was out of breath and a little ruffled up, but excited nonetheless. I threw the front door open, and ran inside with Jun following. I stopped in the front hall and kicked my shoes off while Jun landed on my shoulder.

"Dad! Dad! I'm home! Guess what?" I shouted. Two seconds later, I was in my Dad's study. He swiveled around in his chair to look at me and smile.

"What happened?" He asked chuckling. I grinned and hopped over, handing him my new, shiny, awesome Hitai-ate. His eyes got as big as saucers as I grinned at him.

"I knew you could do it! I'm so proud of you! Let's go out and celebrate! Where do you wanna go?" He asked as he scooped me up into a hug. I hugged back, grinning.

"Let's go get barbeque!" I suggested. My dad laughed and nodded.

"Sounds great. Go get ready and I'll be down in a minute." I nodded and left, Jun hooting happily.

My father and I look a lot alike; we have the same hair, the same eyes, and the same nose. Other than that though, I look like my mother. My mother passed away when I was young, I was only three when it happened.

She had gotten sick because she had to go to a village that was plagued by disease. It was her mission to try and cure it. She was a medi-nin you know. She cured the people, but got sick herself, and no one saw the signs, until it was too late. My dad had been upset for a long time after that, but he always tells me that I had been the reason he went on. He and I love each other a lot.

I don't miss her though. I don't remember much about her other than she always wore dark blue. That is why I wear the same color. My mother had black long curly hair and brown eyes, I only know that because my dad had given me a picture of her on my sixth birthday.

I was startled out of my thoughts when I heard the footsteps of my dad. "Ready to go?" He asked me as he came around the corner.

"Yup! Let's go slow poke!" I teased him as he laughed.

"Alright, you lead the way. Is Jun coming?" He asked smiling. I nodded as Jun himself flew in at the mention of his name.

My dad and I are a lot like Kiba and his family in how we use animals as ninja tools. Jun and I are a team. We train together, learn jutsu's together, and someday we'll fight our battles together. My father does the same thing, only he has a lot more birds, and his preferred birds are falcons.

We headed out the door, and I couldn't help but wonder. Who would my teammates be? I think I would die if I had to put up with Kiba the mutt. I just hope I can get Chouji or Hinata on my team. My eyes widened as I realized I didn't know if they had even passed! I guess I'll find out tomorrow though.

1- I saw Ino wearing a shirt like that during one of the endings, and I thought it was cute :D

Anyways, hope you liked it so far! I don't very much care if you leave a review or not, criticism is appreciated, but I'll update when I do, I won't force you to review just so I upload faster. New chapter will be up by 6/19. (Probably before)

Thanks a bunch for reading!

- Ashley (AKA Mrs. Shino)