its the day of the graduation exam and Gin felt confident in her abilities as she entered the academy doors. when she entered the classroom, everyone was seated and already starting the test! she rushed to her seat and acted like she had been there the whole entire time. when the written test was done, each student was called individually to an extra classroom so they could show off what they knew. Iruka-sensei and Mizuki-sensei judged each student on there ability to do each of the academy jutsu. when they got to Gin, she was a nervous wreck. she did ok untill they made her do the cloning jutsu. she was only able to produce 1 and a half clones. staring at her sensei's, she waited for the final verdict. when the answer came, she was as relieved as she could be.

"Gin, you were only able to make 1 clone, but thats better than what Naruto could do so i guess you can pass."

"Thank you sensei!" Gin exclaimed as she was handed her konoha headband. she walked out the academy doors to find her crazy grandpa waving at her to come to where he was settled at in the academy yard. while he was congradulating her, she noticed Naruto sitting all by himself so she walked over to him saying,

"Dont worry, theres always next year."

"You just dont get it, this is my third year failing. i'm just a complete failure."

"No your not, you just had a little bad luck, thats all."

you smile at him to try to reasure him, but he is still just sitting on the swing looking depressed. behind her, she heard people bad-mouthing him, saying that they were glad that he didnt become a ninja. she turned around hoping to find the source of the talking but just about everyone except the sensei's, hokage, and your gramps was the culpret (sp?). she couldnt believe that anyone could be so mean, let alone about half the village. later, she told this to her gramps and all he said was,

"Hmmm, that is troubling, but im sure Naruto is a strong lad, he can take care of himself."

Later that night, her gramps came into her room to discuss something.

"Gin, im going to be leaving tomorrow, i'll be back as soon as i possibly can, can you hang on without me?"

"Of course, as long as you leave me some books to read, i'll be just fine." she replied

"Good, im glad you turned out like me, because if you didnt, it would be very boring around here if you didnt."

"Well, i was raised by you so i dont doubt it." she continued her thought saying,"Also, if you write another book, send me a copy, pleeeeeeease!" she gave her best puppy face which always seemed to get the best of him so he complied to her demands saying,

"Of course, i need someone to preview my work to make sure its ok."

"Thanks gramps!"

"No problem."

and with that, the only exciting thing that night that happened to her was some jonin knocking on her door asking for the toad sage. seeing that it was 2 in the morning, Lord Jiraiya had already left for whatever his reason was for leaving.

(AN-sorry for the short chapter, i just plain couldnt drag out this one. deuces!)