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How much money does this school have? Naruto stretched her back and stared at the numerous tall buildings behind the examination gate. The numerous city blocks, the buses, and the gates made it clear to her that Yuuei High was a school with a lot of funds. It made sense with two of the best heroes in the country coming from this very school.

She darted her eyes to the other examinees. Most of them had straight backs, chins up and smirks on their faces, while others fidgeted and kept glancing at the clock every few seconds. It made sense, considering how in the next couple of minutes their whole future was going to be decided behind those walls. All of their dreams might just come true or it would crumble like ashes.

Naruto could only wonder what made these kids decide to become heroes. She knew what made the kids of her home to become shinobi. The kids might have never talked to her, ignored her or made fun of her but Naruto always listened to them.

It was just a side effect of being an outsider.

Some of her classmates become shinobi because of expectations. Their grandparents and parents were shinobi, so it was expected for them to have the same job. She knew most of the girls decided kunoichi because of boys. A few of the civilian boys wanted to become a shinobi because of money. Out of all the jobs in Konoha, the job of being a ninja was the most well-paid job.

It was also the most respected job and if there was anything Naruto wanted…it was to be respected and loved.

Was it a good reason to be a kunoichi? Probably not but it was what drove her to try so hard when she started the Academy. She hadn't realized how naïve she was until Haku. The thought that a shinobi was a hero, loved and respected by the people changed when she met the boy.

He was the one to make her see how ninjas were tools to be used by the government and by other people. Sweet Haku couldn't even harden his heart to kill her or Sasuke, but would have been willing to do it if it meant protecting the person he loved. Haku made her realize what could make a person strong, but she doubted his belief.

How could she get stronger if the people she loved didn't love her back? Could she grow stronger without having the same love and care being returned back to her? Did Haku's belief about strength apply to everyone? Or was it just special to him? Those questions haunted her mind whenever she lay in her small bed and stared at the ceiling.

"Okay, start!"

Present Mic's voice boomed throughout the area. All of the examinees blinked and swirled their head up at the looming tower over them. What did he mean by start? Did the guy just announced out of nowhere the exam had just started? How could they start running through the gates if it wasn't open? Naruto flickered her eyes to the gate and frowned.

When did they open the gates?

Naruto furiously shook her head and straightened her back. Naruto weaved her hands together, blood pumping through her ears as she summoned hundred copies of herself.

"What's wrong? There are no countdowns in real fights!"

Naruto snorted and sprinted through the gates as Present Mic attempted to snap her fellow examinees out of their shock. Her clones grinned and followed right behind her, making sure not to push any of the examinees out of the way so that they could have their fun.

With the numerous streets departing from the main road, Naruto barked at her clones to separate from each other and start searching through the streets.

She weaved her way through the empty streets, blue eyes picking up for any subtle clues on where the robots might be. The roads were empty and none of the buildings looked destroyed, which made Naruto wonder where on earth could those robots be.

Naruto needed to get as many points as she could get, her future depended on it. The man never stated how many points they needed to get to pass and she had no clue about how well she did in the written exams. The chances she did well in the written exam was high but a part of her felt doubtful of her probability of passing the exam.

Even though she did extremely well in school in Japan, Naruto always carried a sense of self-doubt about her capabilities in written exams.

The walls of the building crumbled as the One-Pointer robot slammed out. Rubble fell down as it slid right in front of her. Its lone red eye directed at her, sparkling and twinkling as if mocking her and her abilities. Naruto curled her lips into a smirk, jumped up in the air and smashed her hand against the body of the robot.

The robot blew up with some of its pieces of it flying through the air, while other parts of the robot slammed against the other building. Naruto might not have a Kekkai Genkai (or a Quirk as these people call them) but she took great pride in her monstrous strength.

The strength that earned her the nickname of mini-Tsunade in Konoha.

"Clones? And super strength? What the hell is her Quirk?" A fellow examinee yelled. "At this rate, we won't get any points!"

Naruto ignored the complaint and continued sprinting through the streets. Broken claws, broken heads and other pieces of the robots littered the streets. Who destroyed them? Was it the clones? Or were the other examinees responsible for this?

She slowed down at the sight of one of the robots raising its claw at one of the frozen students. The claw seemed ready to slash the student and Naruto dashed straight to the robot. She didn't know how many points the robot had, nor did she actually care. A fellow student was endangered and he was scared out of his mind.

Naruto couldn't ignore it even if she wanted to.

The student's eyes grew wide as Naruto slashed through the robot, cracking it symmetrically in half. With her slender built, long blond hair and almond shaped eyes, Naruto wasn't the exact image of someone you would consider strong. It was the reason most people seemed to underestimate her when they first hear her dreams or learn she was a ninja.

She never liked it when someone judged her by her appearance.

"Thank you for saving my ass."

Naruto swirled her head around, blue eyes growing bigger at the sound of a stranger thanking her. The examinee smiled nervously, eyes meeting her own and the girl wondered what his game was. Was he trying to lower her guard and run away to get more points? Why would he thank her? No one ever thank her for saving their lives.

There was no way that person was being sincere with her not unless they wanted something from her.

She forced herself to smile. "You're welcome, but anyone would have done what I would have done."

With those words, she ran to the next street, ready to fight the next robots. Explosions echoed in her ears as the head of Three Pointer flew at her direction. Pinks lips pressed into a thin line, Naruto ducked. She twisted her head around, blue eyes following the flight of the Three Pointer.

"Take that sucker!"

That answers who did it. Naruto glared at her copy, who feebly shrug her shoulders at her. Weren't her clones supposed to act like her? She scanned the area. Just like in the other streets, there were pieces of robots scattered around the streets. But unlike the other streets, there seemed to be more examinees in the area.

"How many points did you get?" Naruto asked.

Her clone scrunched her eyebrows together, held her fingers out and tilted her head to the side as she counted the number of points that she got in total. "Thirty points!"

Thirty points from that clone. If Naruto was to consider the other clones then maybe she probably racked enough points to pass the practical exam with flying colours. Her possible bad score in the written exam might be overlooked when they considered her physical skills.

"You ruined one of my traps!" A purple-haired boy complained. Naruto swirled her head around and raised her eyebrow. The scowl on his face faded as his beady eyes landed on her chest, saliva leaked out of his mouth. If she wasn't a kunoichi or had years of experience with perverts, she probably wouldn't know why he had drool coming out of his mouth.

"Focus on the exam," She barked.

He is lucky that we are not allowed to hurt the other examinees or I would have punched him for that. It was bad enough she spent most of her Academy years being reminded that she had been one of the most fully developed girls. Now this asshole made her feel like something sleazy.

"You have got six minutes and two seconds remaining!"

Wow, was he trying to give them more pressure?

Naruto shook her head and jumped over the broken pieces of the robots, trying to find the next robot that she should attack. There were so many examinees with her and there was always going to be a possibility that someone had more points than her.

She really wanted enough points to pass the exams.

The sound of someone huffing and puffing snapped her out of her thoughts. To her right, an orange-haired girl had her leg crushed underneath the rubble. Orange eyebrows scruntched together as she tried to pull her leg from the spear. Blue eyes grew wide when she saw a Three Pointer rushing towards her.

Naruto took a deep breath and channelled her chakra to her hand. No one was getting hurt in her watch. She took a deep breath and launched herself at the Three fist slammed the back of the robot and the robot denotated, splitting into several pieces and flying all over the air.

"Thank you."

She ignored the girl's words and raced towards her. Blue eyes darted the arena and pink lips pressed into a frown at the sight of the other examinees charging through the remaining robots. Haven't they noticed someone was hurt? The Villain Points were important but so was rescuing people in danger. Wasn't it the whole point of being a hero to rescue people?

She knew she wasn't meant to be a hero. The things she had done and the type of person she became made it impossible for Naruto to be considered a hero. But right now this wasn't a matter of being a hero, right now she needed to save this girl from the pain. These people were too self-absorbed with everything to realize they should be decent people first.

"Stop pulling your leg!" Naruto ordered. She knelt down and forced herself to smile reassuringly at the girl. Immediately, the girl stopped what she was doing and just looked at her. Green eyes grew large and confused as the blond-haired girl placed both hand on the large rubble. Taking a deep breath, she lifted the rubble high over her head.

Naruto lowered one hand and offered a hand to the girl. A warm smile broke out of the girl's face as she grabbed the free hand to crawl herself out of the way. If it wasn't for the rubble in her hand, she probably would have dropped it.

No stranger had willingly gave her a warm smile before. It took her a long time to get someone back home to even look at her with something, other than cold eyes. This girl was just offering it freely. Did the girl want something from her? Was she planning something? These people couldn't just give something that freely.

Oh wait, she was being repaid for her deeds by a smile. Technically, this smile hadn't been given so freely.

"Thank you for saving me!" The girl declared, beaming and wincing at the same time if that was even possible.

Naruto didn't smile back. Blue eyes focused on the orange-haired girl, who cradled her leg. She was never good in the first-aid business. That part of the job had always been left to Sakura-chan; the girl always seemed to enjoy acting like the doctor in their team. But there was no Sakura-chan to check up on the girl and give her first aid.

It was up to her to do this.

Naruto took a deep breath and pressed her fingers lightly against the lower part of her leg. Wrinkles formed around the girl's forehead as green eyes shut tightly at the pressure. A small frown played on her lips as she tried to come to a decision on what to do.

There was no way Naruto could leave the girl alone not with an injury to her leg. She didn't know if she was allowed to physically leave the exam and just looking at the rubble and the other examinees, there was no safe place for her to put her.

Oh wait, she could make another shadow clone.

Naruto inhaled and pressed her hand together in a familiar hand seal. White smoke appeared, enveloping the small space right next to her. The girl frowned and green eyes grew wide as the smoke disappeared to reveal another clone.

"Take her to the school's infirmary," Naruto barked. The clone grinned, saluted and scooped up the girl into her arms.

"Wait! Why are you doing this time? Don't you care about how much time you are wasting doing this?" The girl demanded, attempting and failing to get out of her clone's hand. "I know you made clones but every point counts!"

She scowled. "Points! Is that all you care about? Anyone would do what I am doing because you are hurt! I don't know what it means to be a hero but I know heroes don't ignore someone in distress. What matters to me is making sure you get yourself patched up."

"But you should be focusing more…"

"I don't care about the points," Naruto declared. "Let me worry about getting more points and you focus on getting better."

"Three minutes left!"

The ground rumbled as buildings began to cracked and crash down to the ground. Screams echoed throughout the arena as the other examinees ran the other direction. Blue eyes darted to her clone. The clone nodded and charged the other way to where the gates were. Naruto had no idea what happened but that girl had to be taken away to safety.

Her ears throbbed as the windows, from one of the buildings ahead, fractured and splinted. The rumbles grew larger each second as the cries of distress of the other examinees became louder and louder. The smart plan would be to run away like the other students, but Naruto wasn't scared. She wasn't a coward and she would face whatever they threw at them with a smile on her face.

"What the hell are you doing? You should run away!" One of the examinees yelled. He didn't look anything special but the one thing that stood out about him, was the cylinder tape dispensers shaped elbows he had. Panic shone through those eyes. "The Zero Pointer is heading this way! The examiner wasn't lying when he said you should run away! That thing is monstrous and it is going to hurt everyone."

Run away? But why? Those cries and screaming made it clear to her about what should be done. How could they ask her to run away when she know people were going to get hurt? If there were real civilians in this area then they were going to get hurt. These people were going to get injured if the things wasn't stopped.

She couldn't let it happen.

Naruto focused her eyes on the large green Zero-Pointer heading their way. "All of you guys are scared right? You think that just because it is worth no points, because it is scary then it is better to run away. I don't think like that. A hero should be willing to sacrifice their life and destroy a villain because people are counting on them. If I leave that thing alone then people are going to get hurt."

Black eyes blew up at her comment and Naruto charged straight towards the Zero-Pointer. Get hurt? Physical pain was easy to deal with, the scars would heal and eventually fade. She didn't care about the pain she probably would get. Why would she? Naruto never really cared about her own life. She fought Gaara even though there was always a possibility he might murder her.

She tried fighting Orochimaru in the Forest of Death, despite knowing her chances of winning and surviving were low. Everything Naruto had done until she ran away, had always been to protect her teammates.

That thing is worth Zero Points? They have got to be kidding! The Zero-Pointer was larger than any building that Naruto had ever seen. Eights red dots shone down on the ground as the robot placed both of its claws on either side of the building. It gripped the building, causing blocks of slab to crash on the ground.

Naruto pressed her fingers together and summoned another fifty clones. With my clone's combined strength and the Rasengan , that robot won't have a chance of surviving. She took a deep breath and held her palm out as her clone helped her form the Rasengan. The energy swirled and whirled, forming a small ball of energy.

She knelt and launched herself straight up to the ground as her clones charged towards the Zero-Pointer. The Rasengan cracked the head of the robot as her clones punched and kicked all the available parts of the robot. Pieces and parts of the robot smashed, flying through the bright blue sky or crashing down on the ground.

If I can be willing to save the lives of my teammates then being a hero isn't going to be much different.

Naruto might never have pictured herself as a hero and maybe she didn't deserve to be a hero. Heroes should inspire trust and trust the people they vowed to protect. People had hurt her in so many ways. People, she considered to be her friends, betrayed her. People called her so many terrible names, but Naruto was willing to become a hero worthy of this country.

But her idea of what a hero should be and nothing like those heroes that she saw in television. Most of those heroes never seemed to put the people first. None of them seemed to tackle the children who had been abused by the people that were supposed to care for them. None of them had done any deeds that didn't bring up the fact young kids got discriminated for things that wasn't their fault.

Naruto was going to show them that even a child with her background could become a worthy hero.

She would prove it even if it killed her.

A/N: Please review and tell me what you think about this chapter. Please tell me if there is anything that could be improved on, the characterisation of the characters or if you have any questions.