Disclaimer: See previous chapter. Still have a lot of ramen though.

Chapter 2 – Examination Time

"Uzumaki Naruto. Please follow me," was all that the Academy student needed to hear before he rushed to the door and replied "Here I am Iruka-sensei!" Naruto exclaimed, ready to show the examiners that he could pass this time.

"Very well. Come now," was the only response he got, though it sounded pre-recorded. Naruto suspected that it was to not show any favoritism over another student, so he let it slide.

When they arrived in the exam room, Iruka told Naruto to please sit down in the lone chair, and went to sit behind a long table that was set up. "Uzumaki Naruto, this exam will entail three parts: a question part, a practical part, and a … hidden part. Do you accept these terms, or do you wish to try again in the next exam?" asked a silver-haired chuunin by the name of Mizuki, whose face Naruto had never seen before.

"I accept these terms, because I REFUSE TO GO BACK TO THE ACADEMY AGAIN!" shouted Naruto, earning a grimace from Mizuki, a smile from Iruka, and nothing from the last member, a Hyuuga by the looks of her.

Iruka was the first to speak. "I am the one to test you on your shinobi knowledge through a series of questions. First, what are the two basic weapons and one supply item that every ninja should carry?"

Naruto had to think about this for a moment – he never quite got the hang of weapons, preferring Taijutsu over anything. After a while he finally said "Kunais, shuriken, and scrolls, from a summoning scroll to exploding tags."

Iruka responded keeping that prerecorded message voice he had used earlier. "Correct. Please name the ranks of a ninja, from lowest to highest and any additional information you may know." This was where Naruto shined; he had spent hours studying all the different ranks of a Ninja Village.

"That would be the Academy Student, Genin, Chuunin, Jounin, ANBU members which have equal status to a Jounin, and then the Kage, or Hokage in Konoha's case."

Once again, Iruka responded, and asked him his last question, which baffled Naruto: "How many Hidden Villages are there on the Elemental Continent, and who is allied with whom as of our knowledge?" Naruto had no choice but to give up, he never chose to study history, hating as he said those words.

"It is okay that you gave up, Naruto, I don't think anybody in the world save for the Kages know exactly how many Hidden Villages there are and who's allied to whom. This ends the test part for the exam, you have passed my test," Iruka told the very excited boy, but that excitement was quelled when Mizuki took the stand.

"I will examine you for the practical portion. Please demonstrate for me the Bunshin no Jutsu by creating 2…decent Bunshins," he said in a condescending tone, because he was well aware of Naruto's ineptitude at the Bunhin. However, what he didn't know was that Naruto had been practicing.

He molded some chakra, and then formed the ram seal, putting one hand over the other.

"Bunshin no Jutsu!" POOF! POOF! Two Bunshins appeared next to Naruto, much to his happiness and to Mizuki's disgust that he may have to pass the dead last of this year.

"Fine, you pass this portion of the practical. Next, you must perform a halfway decent Kawarimi on… that paperweight over there," Mizuki stated, pointing to said paperweight.

"No problem!" said Naruto, and once that was said he began to mold some more chakra, then formed the Tiger seal 1 and with a POOF! vanished, to be replaced by the paperweight. However, the paperweight was on the table, and was placed in front of the Hyuugan examiner. As such, when Naruto Kawarimi'd, he landed facing the opposite direction of her, making her stare at his buttocks. With a quick punch, however, that was soon rectified 2 and Naruto was eagerly awaiting the final part of this portion.

Mizuki gave some serious thought, and decided to play on his absolutely worst skill – the Henge. "Naruto, for the last part, you must Henge yourself into any one of the three of us perfectly," said Mizuki, confident that Naruto would fail. However, Naruto proved himself again, doing a perfect Henge into who else but Mizuki, if to do nothing but spite him. A vein began throbbing on his forehead, and with much reluctance said "Uzumaki Naruto…passes my test." And with that he nodded at the Hyuugan.

The Hyuugan said nothing, merely nodded back, stood up and jumped to in front of the table. She walked over to Naruto, and looked him in the eyes. He felt her gaze penetrating into the back of his head, and could have sworn he felt a dull poke on his skull. After this strange ordeal, she stood up, looked at Iruka, then reached into her pocket and pulled out…a forehead protector!

1 I don't know the right seals for half these things, so I'm gonna start making em up when I don't know them.

2 I could not resist this joke. If you don't get it, think of another word for butt that sounds like rectify.

A/N: Well? Comments? Criticisms? Cheddar Cheese? Please leave feedback, and I'll get to it.

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