"Ok guys, you've all graduated from the Academy now. I'm gonna announce the teams," Shino explained. "Team One..." the teacher continued to say the names of the members of the first six teams. "Team Seven. Sarada Uchiha," the four-eyed Uchiha looked at Shino after hearing her name. "Boruto Uzumaki." Boruto and Sarada looked at each other. They barely spoke, so perhaps it was a good way for the two to finally get to know each other. Then Boruto heard the name that made his heart stop with dread. Why him? "Daiki Hyuga."
Boruto stood up and yelled at Shino. "Hey! Why do I have to be in the same team as Daiki?! We don't get along at all!"
Daiki stood up as well. "My idiot of a cousin is right for once! If me and him are in the same squad, then that squad would automatically become the worst squad in the history of the Leaf Village!"
Shino eyed them both. "Sorry guys, I don't make the rules. You'd better file your complaints to the Hokage. Anyway, let's carry on. Team Eight. Himawari Uzumaki..."
"Hey sensei, why don't you swap Daiki and Himawari?!" shouted Boruto. "That'll make a much better squad!"
Shino sighed. "Boruto, I'm going to be completely honest. I completely agree with you. Unfortunately, however, I don't have the authority to change the teams. If I did, then Himawari and Daiki would be swapped straight away, but... well, you get the idea."
Boruto sulked in his chair as Shino continued.
"Team Eight. Himawari Uzumaki. Bran Lee. Taro Yamashiro. Team Nine. Raito Yagami. Tota Matsuda. Kiyomi Takada. Team Ten. Shikadai Nara. Chocho Akimichi. Inojin Yamanaka. That's all class. You're to wait here until your jonin sensei arrives. You can converse while I teach my substitute class in Room 397 down the hall, but if you're too loud then your Ninja CV may be affected."
With that, Shino Aburame left the room.

Boruto, Sarada and Daiki waited patiently in the room. Well, almost patiently.
"Arrrrgh! He's an hour late!" Boruto shouted loudly.
The blond ninja ran to the blackboard to get a board eraser, then slided the door to ajar.
"That won't work Boruto, this is a jonin we're talking about," sighed Sarada.
As if on cue, the door slided open and the board eraser hit the head of the man coming in. All three rookie ninja were shocked. Sarada was shocked about how a jonin fell for that trick. Daiki was shocked that this jonin was so casual as to what he wore, the headband and the weapons holster being the only pieces of uniform he was wearing. Boruto was shocked at the identity of his new jonin sensei.
"U-Uncle Konohamaru?" Boruto stuttered at his new sensei, who was Himawari's godfather.
"Boruto Uzumaki," Konohamaru muttered to himself, "...the ex-village troublemaker who still has a habit of pulling minor pranks... Sarada Uchiha... Sasuke and Sakura's kid... probably has Uchiha pride. That'll be hard to handle with. Daiki Hyuga... doesn't get along with Boruto at all... has a tendency to get sudden overconfidence which clouds his judgement, leading to failure. This squad honestly has almost no team chemistry whatsoever. However, if we fix that then this will become an extremely powerful squad... if you can pass one more test, that is."
"Test?!" shouted Boruto angrily. "We already graduated!"
Konohamaru smirked, "That was to simply select candidates who might become genin, junior ninja. Out of these thirty candidates, only nine are selected to become genin. These nine are split into three groups, the same groups in which they take the final test. It is the job of certain jonin to train and supervise these genin either until they turn eighteen or they promote to the rank of chunin. I'm going to test if you have the potential to become chunin at the very least. If you fail, you'll be sent back to the Academy. However, if you pass, then you'll be official shinobi of the Leaf. I'm not gonna go all Ebisu on you and not warn you about the difficulty of this test. These are the only words I need to say to you to tell you the difficulty: this test was created by the Second Hokage."
All three rookie ninja's eyes widened in shock. Tobirama Senju was known as the strictest, most hard-going, serious Hokage in the history of the Leaf.
"I'll see you three tomorrow at 10am sharp," Konohamaru said.

Boruto walked past Ichiraku Ramen on his way back home. As he did this, someone pulled him into the shop. Boruto spun round to see Sarada and Daiki.
"Woah, guys, what's up?" the boy asked his new teammates.
Sarada sighed, "Here's the deal, Boruto. I know the test Konohamaru-sensei was talking about, it was the same test the Sixth used to evaluate the Seventh and my parents back when they were Genin. The true test, the test within the test, is to see if we're capable of teamwork. Do you know what that means? Daiki, Boruto. I'm happy to work with you guys, but you two need to be prepared to work together."
Daiki got out of his stool and started to walk away, "No. Way."
Boruto stuck out his bottom lip and leant onto the ramen bar, "There's no way I'm working with that bastard."
"Oh come on!" Sarada shouted. "You guys are cousins remember? Your mothers are sisters, Hinata and Hanabi, can't you treat each other like family? Can't you work together like true shinobi rather than bicker like little babies? If you can't act like shinobi, then you'll never be shinobi. And think about it, if we pass this test, then we'll be part of the strongest line of master-students in shinobi history. Can't you guys just forget your differences and work together, at least until we become chunin? Because if you two work together, then I'm certain we'll become genin tomorrow. But if you don't, then we'll be Academy students for another year. Make a choice."
Daiki slowly turned around, "Hmph. All right then."
They looked at Boruto, who looked like he was making the decision of his life.
"Ugh, fine."
Sarada smiled at them both, "Great. Now why don't you come over to my place and we'll talk strategy. I'll see if I can get mom to help too, she's a genius when it comes to the brainy side of things. Though Shikamaru is better, mom'll be of great help. I also thought it would be a good opportunity for us to get to know each other."
"Sure," Boruto and Daiki both said at the same time, though reluctant to go with each other.

"Now then," Konohamaru said. "Before we start the test, let's get to know each other. I'll go first and you fill in the gaps. If you're not a complete idiot then this bit will be as easy as eating your favourite food. Ok. My name is Konohamaru Sarutobi, I'm thirty years old, I became a genin at ten, a chunin at twelve and a jonin at sixteen and I'm the grandson of the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi. My affinity nature style is Wind Style, but I'm also adept at Fire Style and Yang Style. I like eating ramen with my friend Naruto, who's son is sitting right in front of me and I dislike being forced into training drills with Rock Lee despite being a jonin already and someday I hope to surpass Naruto as Hokage. Well, you get the drill. Daiki, you go next."
Daiki moved into another sitting position, "My name is Daiki Hyuga, as I don't know the identity of my father, therefore I take my mother's last name. I'm twelve years old and I'm not an official genin yet. My grandfather is Hiashi Hyuga, the current leader of the Hyuga Clan. My affinity style is Fire Style, however I am adept at Wind Style and Lightning Style as well. Perhaps I should mention my Byakugan too. I like my mother, Hanabi Hyuga, for taking care of me for all these years and I dislike my father for not even showing me his face and Uzumaki, for his general annoyingness. I want to find the identity of my father and kill him, no matter what the consequences, even if it means becoming a rogue ninja. Sarada, you go next."
"Sure," Sarada shrugged. "My name is Sarada Uchiha, I'm twelve years old and I haven't officially been named a genin yet. My father is Sasuke Uchiha, the head of the Uchiha Clan, the Seventh Hokage's best friend and the reincarnation of Indra Otsutsuki. My affinity style is Earth Style, but I have some talent with Water, Fire and Lightning Styles. At some point I will awaken the Sharingan. I like eating bento and dislike the fact that Dad spends a lot of his time travelling outside the village, 'cos he's a really good guy. Someday I hope to surpass my father."
"I'm up next!" shouted Boruto. "The name's Boruto Uzumaki, twelve years old and becoming a genin today! My dad's Naruto Uzumaki, the Seventh Hokage, head of the Uzumaki Clan and the reincarnation of Asura Otsutsuki, while my grandpa's Minato Namikaze, the Fourth Hokage. My affinity style's Lightning, but I'm good with Fire, Wind, Earth and Water too. I love ramen, but hate waiting for my ramen to cook. I also dislike the fact that my dad spends most of his time working. I have the same ambition of surpassing Dad as Uncle Konohamaru, but I don't really have any interest in becoming Hokage, becoming a powerful jonin of the Leaf instead."
"Great, now we know each other well," Konohamaru smiled. "Now, come down to the training field and I'll explain the test."
Without warning, Konohamaru disappeared, leaving the three to find themselves the way to the training field.