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Chapter 2:

Naruto spent the last week preparing for his final academy test. He even studied his books no matter how much he hated it. He practiced his throwing and taijutsu too! He didn't want to let his jiji down. Jiji told him that he was expecting him to graduate and he promised the old man he would pass. Naruto Uzumaki never goes back on his promises!

The books were boring and seemed to drag on, but he noticed as he read, it seemed to get easier and easier. Before he knew it, he got through Konoha History in two days! After that he tackled his other books and managed to get most of the material down that would be needed for the tests. Even after getting through all the books, he still hated reading!

Despite the fact that all he got was another Bunshin technique, Naruto worked on it for some time and managed to create several clones without them looking dead. He could even touch them! That meant that they could fight! How cool is that!?

Now he knew he could pass! He could pull off a henge, do a kiwarimi and create Mizu Bunshin. While it was not the regular Bunshin required to pass, his jiji told him he could pass with it. Now he just had to do well in the written part and the weapons test, which he always failed at.

But it wasn't his fault! The kunai and shuriken given to him were always bent or rusty, meaning they didn't fly right. He wanted to bring his own but it was against the rules because you could use specialty weapons to correct yourself during flight, which was cheating. That meant nobody was allowed to use weapons for tests other then the ones they gave you, and they always gave him the crappy ones.

But this year will be different! Iruka told him that he would make sure nobody messed up his test so he could finally graduate. After that he was just a skip, hop and jump away from being Hokage!

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Naruto walked into the academy with a bright smile on his face. He was prepared to pass and he knew that nothing could hold him down now. Maybe Sakura-chan would finally go on a date with him and stay away from Sasuke-teme.

He strolled into the class and looked around for a moment before he finally spotted Sakura-chan. He walked up to her and Ino who were fighting about Sasuke-teme and decided to ask before the test started.

"Hey Sakura-chan, after the academy test do you want to go on a date with me?" Sakura turned her attention to Naruto who was standing behind her and looked at him with disgust. Then she hit him over the head with a giant bash, leaving him on the floor with a large bump on his head. "No way Naruto-baka! I'll never go on a date with a loser."

Naruto got up from the ground with the smile still on his face and tried again. "But I won't be a loser soon. I'll finally pass the test! After that you can go on a date with me!" Sakura looked ready to hit Naruto a second time, but Ino as if her and Sakura were friends again decided to bring in her opinion on the situation." Naruto-baka you've failed the academy test more than anyone! What makes you think you can do it this time." Now Ino and Sakura stood shoulder to shoulder as if they were no longer love rivals, just so they could insult Naruto together. In the back of the class, a lazy Nara was muttering about confusing and troublesome women

"But I studied and now I can do the Bunshin no Jutsu. Just you wait! I'll be walking out of here with a Hitai-ate on my forehead." Naruto declared while pointing to his chest with confidence. "Yeah right. A dobe will always be a dobe. You'll never pass Naruto." Naruto turned around to see Sasuke walking down the steps into the Academy. At that moment Sakura and Ino swooned before going back to fighting for Sasuke's love and insulting each other. Naruto looked at Sasuke with anger and pointed to the duck haired emo. "Just you wait Teme! I'll be a genin and then I'll finally become Hokage! Believe It!" Sasuke was going to say something back but was cut off when Iruka entered the room.

"Alright everyone. Today is the genin exam. I want you all to be prepared and ready to take the next step in your lives. Being a genin is not an easy job but..." Iruka noticed that alot of his students were still not listening and a tic appeared on his forehead. "YOU BRATS BETTER GET IN YOUR SEATS BEFORE I MARK YOU ALL AS FAILED! NOW SIT DOWN AND SHUT UP!" This seemed to get their attention because all the students stumbled to their seats and sat down. Many looked with determination as they wanted to become genin, but others looked bored like Shino and Shikamaru. Iruka cleared his throat and handed the tests to Mizuki so he could hand out the written portion. "Alright. Now this portion of the test takes one hour, once I tell you and you have received your test, you may begin. They are face down and you can flip them when I say start. Cheating will mark you as a failure and you will be escorted out." All the tests were passed out but for some reason Mizuki spent a longer period of time grabbing Naruto's test out. Iruka ignored it for now and focused on the task at hand. Mizuki passed all the tests out and stood off to the side of the class. Iruka waited a moment and set the timer for one hour. "Now Begin!"

And with that there was a rustle of tests being flipped over and pencil scratching against paper. Iruka watched as all his students worked diligently on the test except a few who looked like they didn't study or a certain lazy Nara who fell right asleep. Iruka couldn't do anything to Shikamaru that would actually make him take the test so he simply sighed in defeat.

Iruka continued to look around until he noticed that Naruto was having alot of trouble judging by the way he looked. He knew that Naruto studied and that he should do fine on the test, but the blond looked so frustrated. Iruka decided to do a walk around on the students to 'see how well they are doing'. As he passed some students, he noticed that many were doing well and that some even finished the test already, like Sasuke and Sakura. The timer just passed the quarter point of the time limit! Then again, they had been studying the material for years so they easily breezed through it. When he reached Naruto, he noticed that there was a genjutsu placed on his student's test! So that meant the Hokage's warning was not unwarranted. He discreetly released the genjutsu with a whispered 'kai' and kept walking around.

Naruto was having a hard time. None of the crap on the test was stuff he studied. The questions were really difficult and he couldn't come up with an answer for any of them. The quarter mark of the test hit and he felt like he was gonna fail again, just like last year. He studied so hard and he was still gonna fail! It was unfair! Just when he felt like his hope was lost, he noticed that the questions on the test changed. Now they were much easier and were based on the material he studied. He wondered what just happened then he realized that someone used a genjutsu on him! He could never detect those and it seems someone used that against him again! It was just like all the other years! But at least this time, someone helped him so he could pass. Naruto looked up from his test to see that Iruka was back at the front of the classroom. The chunin looked up to Naruto and gave a quick wink before looking at something else.

Naruto couldn't help but smile. He could do this! Now he could finally pass the genin exam without being tricked or sabotaged!

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After Iruka released the genjutsu, Naruto was able to get through most of the questions with almost no problems and finished the test two minutes before the timer ended. After the test were collected by Iruka, the class was led outside to the training ground for the taijutsu and throwing portions of the test.

Iruka started calling names for the taijutsu portion to fight against Mizuki so they could determine how skilled the students were. They would fight in a ring vs the chunin and had to stay in as long as possible. Mizuki would be going easy on them so it would not be impossible for them to do this part of the students needed to last at least three minutes to get a good grade. If they managed to get hits on the chunin while defending themselves, then they earned extra points. Iruka went through each student one by one, some doing better then others

Most of the students varied between getting hit early and not getting a good time or trying to hit the chunin for extra points and getting knocked out of the ring.

Ino and Sakura barely managed to stay in the ring for the required time, though Sakura stayed alittle bit longer.

Hinata stayed in for her needed time and a minute more but was too nervous to try to hit Mizuki.

Choji got knocked out about 30 seconds before time was up.

Shikamaru got the required time and forfeited right after, leaving many to sweatdrop at the Nara's laziness.

Kiba went in recklessly and got kicked out a minute in, but also got two hits on Mizuki.

Shino simply defended himself and stayed in for the time and an extra half minute after that.

Sasuke went near last and stayed two minutes pass the time limit as well as getting three hits on the chunin. He walked off smirking and mouthed 'dobe' to Naruto before being swarmed by his worshipers. This only angered Naruto but he didn't have the chance to start anything because Iruka called him up to fight. Naruto walked up to the ring and looked up to Mizuki, who looked at him with a cold smile. Naruto didn't know why, but that way that Mizuki looked at him gave him a bad feeling.

He got in his sloppy defensive stance and prepared himself for the fight. He knew that he could pass! All he had to do was get through this, the throwing portion and the bunshin, then he was a Ninja! He was so caught up his thoughts that he didn't here Iruka begin the fight and if not for his instincts then he would have had a fist hit him straight in the face.

Mizuki charged right in with an attack hoping to finish the fight quickly but Naruto reacted and dodged the attack. Naruto rolled over his shoulder and went for an attack but Mizuki sidestepped him and kicked him hard in his right side. He was pushed to the far edge of the floor and felt like all the wind was knocked out of him. He knew that if he was kicked out early then he would fail so he pushed himself and charged against Mizuki again and attacked ferociously, hoping to take the chunin by surprise. It seemed to work as he got a hit on him, but was also knocked away with a punch to the gut. Naruto didn't have time to recover as the white haired chunin charged at him with the intent to knock him out of the ring again. Naruto got up and started blocking the incoming hits but the chunin was too fast for him and he was quickly losing ground. He was nearing the edge of the ring so he decided to try something else. He duck and slid under the chunin's legs and kicked up to the chunin's groin. Mizuki released a high pitched scream at the sudden unexpected attack to his nether-regions. You could hear the collection of gasps and winces at Naruto's dirty deed, and some boys even covered their own crotches in response. Naruto got out from under the chunin and couldn't help but laugh at Mizuki's face. Iruka couldn't help but let a small smile creep up on his face as well at the situation his fellow chunin was in but he quickly covered it.

Mizuki cupped his now squashed balls in pain and let a single tear fall from his face before turning to the blond laughing at his expense and looking at him with hatred. He charged at the blond and kicked him out of the ring before the boy had the chance to prepare himself. Naruto flew out and the timer was stopped. Iruka called the match and wrote down Naruto's score.

Naruto managed a time of two minutes and nine seconds with two hits. While it was not a perfect score but it was still much better than many of the other students did. That brought the blond to an average score because the extra points he received.

Iruka smiled at the score while also contemplating what happened in the ring. Naruto did well but Mizuki seemed to try much harder to knock Naruto out then any other student. Then there was the fact that Naruto's test had a genjutsu on it. It could not have been on Naruto's test before he gave them to Mizuki, so perhaps his fellow chunin was the one trying to make Naruto fail. While he had no concrete proof, he would make sure to watch his white haired assistants for the rest of the exam. Maybe he should report his findings to the Hokage after the exam.

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The academy students all walked back into class to finish the final portion of the genin exam. Naruto and the rest of the class just finished the throwing test and he was very happy. He was handed shuriken and kunai that weren't bent or rusted by Iruka so he did much better then usual. He missed few but he got a couple of bulleyes too! While it wasn't a great score, it was much better then usual. Now all he had to do was get through the bunshin and he passed!

He watched as student by student went down to finish the exam. While some came back with headbands and smiles, others didn't and had sadder expressions. Naruto saw Sasuke get called and he saw the duck butt emo turn to him and mouth 'dobe' again before walking in.

While Naruto wanted to run in and insult Sasuke back he knew he was not allowed in during another person's test, so he clenched his fists and gritted his teeth. Then a stroke of realization struck him. Naruto smiled and now saw that the best way to prove the teme wrong was by coming out a Ninja and passing the exam! Maybe after that Sakura-chan would go out with him!

"Uzumaki Naruto." Iruka called out to the top row of desks. Sasuke already finished and was back in his seat with a smirk plastered on his face. Naruto hopped up from his chair and headed down to the testing room. Now was his chance! He studied endlessly on the new bunshin jutsu so he felt confident and ready. He saw Sasuke mouthing the 'dobe' to him again. Naruto got mad, but instead of charging at the duck butt, he stuck his tongue out and continued into the test room.

Naruto walked in to the small room and saw Iruka and Mizuki waiting there for him. He smiled at the scarred chunin but was wary of Mizuki. He seemed to be looking at him with a smile but there was something hiding underneath it, but he couldn't put his finger on what it was.

"Alright Naruto, can you please do a Henge no Jutsu?" Iruka asked while giving him a look of 'don't do anything stupid'. As much as he wanted to, he knew not to do the Oiroke no Jutsu again. So he smiled and decided to try something new. Naruto went through his hand signs and screamed out:

"Henge no Jutsu." A puff of smoke enveloped the young blond. After a moment of silence the smoke cleared to reveal a spandex wearing man with large eyebrows, a vest, leg warmers and a bowl shaped hairdo. Both chunins looked at the henge in fear, wondering if Naruto did a Kiwarimi instead of the Henge.

"Yosh! Now come with me young chunins as we explore the power of springtime Youth!" The man said while flashing a blinding smile at the two.

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Elsewhere in Konoha:

A spandex wearing man with large eyebrows suddenly sneezed in the middle of team warmups

"Gai-sensei, are you alright!" A mini-me version of the spandex wearing man said.

"I'm alright Lee! Perhaps there is a person talking about me or the power of youth in our wonderful village!"

"Yosh! The power of youth shall triumph over all!" The two green spandex wearers then ran and embraced each other in a hug.

"Oh Lee!"

"Gai-sensei!"

"Lee!"

"Gai-sensei!"

A genjutsu like no other seemed to form behind the hugging duo in what looked like a sunset with waves crashing upon a beach. Everyone in the vicinity looked away, including the other two team-members, in fear of going blind. The same thought went through the minds of the Hyuuga and bun haired girl:

'Why can't we have a normal sensei?'

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Having enough of the joke Iruka got himself out of his shock and decided to speak up.

"That's enough Naruto. Good job on your henge not only in matching the look but also in personality. Now please change back." The Henge of Gai poofed yet again to reveal a smiling Naruto. Iruka had a small smile on his face but Mizuki looked less than comfortable.

"Alright, now we need to see Bunshin no Justu. Can you do that for us?" Mizuki smiled sinisterly at this information. The demon needed to do a bunshin to pass so he could still use him despite doing so well in the other parts of the test. He watched as the blond nodded and prepared himself for the Bunshin. He knew he could not create a bunshin and all he had to do was wait. Sadly he was not prepared for what happened next. Mizuki watched as the blond went through handsigns that did not match the Bunshin no Jutsu then the brat screamed out "Mizu Bunshin no Jutsu!"

There was a poof of smoke revealing 2 clones that looked exactly like Naruto in every shape and form with no deformities and problems. The whiskered blond jumped in joy and Iruka smiled at his student's excitement. Mizuki seemed too shocked to do anything other than have a blank face with no expression. The two clones then dissipated into water, which only seemed to surprise the white haired chunin more.

"Congratulations Naruto! You have passed the Genin Exam! I now proudly bestow upon you your Hitai-ate as a genin of Konohagakure!" Iruka placed a headband with blue fabric and a metal headplate in the blond's hands. " Now you need to remember that as a genin..." Naruto tuned out everything after he looked at his new shiny hitai-ate with glee. He had finally passed the genin exam! After failing so many times he had done it!

Naruto ran out of the testing room in happiness ready to show everyone that he passed and maybe get a date with a certain pink haired kunoichi, then he would run to the Hokage's office to celebrate with his jiji by eating ramen!

Naruto dashed out of the room leaving Iruka with a smile on his face and a mentally seething Mizuki who was now plotting how to get the scroll of sealing.

"Well... we still have a few more students to tests. Come on Mizuki, please go get the next student." Mizuki seemed to hear Iruka's words and did what he was asked but he didn't respond, only walked out of the testing room to get the next student with a blank but dangerous look on his face.

Iruka knew what that face meant right from the start. He had experienced how people dealt with emotions by hiding them and he could read those people pretty well. Mizuki was plotting something and it was probably not something good. Iruka just hoped that it didn't involve Naruto getting hurt. Mizuki probably blamed the boy for the Kyuubi attack and was sabotaging him. From the genjutsu on the test, to using alot of force against the blond, to almost giving Naruto bent kunai. The white haired chunin had it out for the blond today and definitely had some aggression towards him for giving Naruto working shuriken and kunai earlier in the day. This last transgression basically cemented his belief that Mizuki didn't want Naruto to pass. 'Yes, I'll definitely have to report all this to Hokage-sama' the scarred chunin thought before preparing to for the next student.

(End Chapter 2)

I added alittle more fun into this chapter. What do you guys think of the Gai cameo? Let me know and thanks for reading. The next chapter is most likely about the scroll of sealing.

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