The tap of wood on wood made no sound; there was only one kunai, and only one shuriken. It had been a pain to even get them this far. The group encircled their target, knowing that the tools were the only way this would work. These ninja knew they could never get close to the man without being noticed. The two ninja weapons were passed around, waiting until someone had a clear shot. Finally, the kunai exited the circle into one person's hands. He had a shot. He began tying a chakra-wire around the circle on the hilt. After he was done, he gave the signal. Two bird chirps, a type common for this area but very uncommon at this time of day. Then, it was time to move. The ninja who'd received the shuriken took a deep breath, exhaled, and threw. Less than half a second later, the kunai was thrown, Sharingan eyes burning red behind it, one comma in the left, two in the right. The shuriken struck first, only brushing the back of the target's flak jacket. The man spun, just in time to miss the kunai hitting the ground silently behind him. The man's eyes narrowed.

"Who.." He did not get a chance to finish. The man who had thrown the kunai channeled fire chakra down the wire, then twitched his finger, to which he had tied the other end. The heated kunai sprung up, right behind the unsuspecting man, and-

"YOWCH!" The senior class academy teacher shrieked as the end of the hot wooden knife slapped his rear. The class was in tears of laughter, as some rolled on the floor, a few of even the most toadying of the students managed a smile, and some had silent seizures in their seats. All except one. Mitsuki Six glared around at the room.

"Alright!" The teacher seemed to have recovered. "Who was it? Fess up, or you don't get to go to lunch!" A lot of people's eyes twitched, until Shikara Nara passed Chota Akimichi a couple of bags of chips. This kept the Akimichi heir silent. The entire class had gone silent poker face as the teacher scanned them. He knew the Uchiha had thrown the kunai, but he didn't have any proof. Unless….

The teacher focused on the Uchiha, who kept his face in that holier-than-thou-now-shut-face-and-bow-down expression, which was a tell. Kikato never did that except on formal occasions. Still, it wasn't enough proof. He took a couple steps toward the pre-teen, scanning in peripheral vision, until. There! A yellow flash as Runato Uzumaki shot a worried glance toward the Uchiha. Bingo.

"Runato Uzumaki and Kikato Uchiha have detention until four o'clock today." The room was silent for a moment. Then Kikato had two words to say.

"Dammit, Runato." It was at this moment that Runato proceeded to explode.

"WHAT DID I DO YOU IDIOT FREAKING FIRE-CHAKRA USING GIVEAWAY!" Proceeded by lots of expletives that the teacher was in shock that a twelve year old would even know. He was distracted for the second time then. He didn't notice Kida Inuzuka opening up the window. The next second, every clan heir along with a few other students were out the window, except Shina Aburame, Mitsuki Six, Hitachi Hyuga, and a few other non-clan who hadn't been involved. The teacher raced to the window, intent on catching his wayward students, until the bell rang. Then there was no longer any point, and the teacher decided he didn't care.

"I can't believe we got away with that!" Runato shouted as the group raced along the rooftops. They had separated shortly after they had escaped their teacher. Now their group consisted of Kikato, Runato, Shikara, Chota, and Kida.

"Of course we did!" Kida said. "It's cause we're the best!"

"Aroooound!" Runato followed up.

"No one's gonna get us down!" Kikato finished.

"What a drag." Shikara groaned.

"I'm hungry," Chota grunted. "How about ramen?"

"I'm always up for ramen!"

"Eh. I could eat."

"Sure, why not."

"Let's go!"

The group continued leaping along, until they arrived at Ichiraku Ramen, something that had been around since the time of the Seventh Hokage. And, surprisingly, it was still here, by the time of the Thirteenth Hokage. The group of five got seated and made their orders. Later, after their meals were almost finished, they began to talk. Chota started it off.

"Genin Exam."

Shikara went to respond. "It's a drag, what else?"

Chota was hesitant. "Do….d'you think we're all gonna pass?"

"What?" Kida snorted. "Of course, we're gonna pass. Any of us can do clone and transformation, and most can do substitution multiple times in a row!"

"I don't think he's talking about that," said Kikato.

"Well, what else could he be talking about?" Questioned Runato.

Chota was a more confident now. "No, not the first part. The actual test, with our Jonin leaders. What about that? I mean, that's the one unpredictable part of all of them."

"Not really," Kikato spoke up. "Remember, each of the 'Rookie Nine' teams are always the same, even six generations after the fourth war. So I see it like this. Team Seven will probably get some form of teamwork test, given that Runato and my fighting styles are completely different, and because Six is a dick." That sent chuckles around the table. Mitsuki Six, sixth generation Mitsuki, was generally referred to as Six. She was also a stickler for rules and regulations. All. The. Time. After the chuckles died, Kikato continued. "Team Eight will probably get some tracking test, with Aburame bugs, Hyuga Byakugan, and Inuzuka smell and ninken. Team Ino-Shika-Cho will get a combination test, seeing where your combo jutsu skills are strong and weak. Just prepare for those and we're good. Then, before we know it, Chunin exams!"

"Little early to be worried about Chunin Exams, squirt." The group jumped as a ninja bearing Police Force armbands with the Uchiha sigil in the middle walked up. Kikato smiled.

"Hey, Satako. How's life?"

"Good, though," he paused to check his watch. "Shouldn't you be getting back to school?"

By the time Satako heard Kikato's; "Later, Satako!" and Kida's "Oh shit!" all five were halfway down the road and out of sight, a dust cloud flying behind them. Satako Uchiha looked on with a smile, remembering his own academy days. Then he realized that he should be returning to HQ, and there was no way in hell he could get back fast enough. Oh well, nothing for it, I guess. Satako took one last look at his out-of-sight cousin, before his Sharingan activated, shifted into a three-point star, and swirled him away.

[End]

Hi. Couple things I want to explain here. First, technology is the same as the beginning of Naruto. No computers or video games, because I don't feel like writing that in. Second, Satako is not an enemy, and may or may not appear again. The only other thing I'll say is that in this timeline, most Uchiha have Eternal Mangeyko. Read and Review.