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Kyuubi

Ch 6 - The Test

The test, in itself, was relatively easy, considering who was taking it. Haruno Sakura, highest written exams test scores in three years. Uchiha Sasuke, genius prodigy of the Uchiha Clan. Uzumaki Naruto…deadweight from the neck up. He was the only reason the test was as easy as Jiraiya made it. He had opened his scroll, looked at it for a minute, and then swore he felt his brain seep out of his ears. No way could he do this!

Alright, no problem, if Sasuke can do this, then I can too! Number 1…If a ninja has 64 chakra remaining, how many times can he use the Kawarimi no Jutsu and still have 30 chakra left? What the… Naruto looked at this, with a blank look on his face. He decided to try another one first.

Okay, question two! How many shuriken would a ninja need to create 30 Kage Shuriken using only 4 chakra for each shuriken? …Right! On to the next one!

This went on for a while, Naruto reading each question, breaking his brain, then looking at the next one, then finding that he had reached the end of the page only answering one question (Question twenty-seven: The title of the Kage of Fire Country is ). He was looking back at the paper and realized that it didn't feel like a normal scroll, like something was placed on the back. He looked at the other two to see if they felt it as well, but they were too busy with calculations and writing. Naruto decided that he would act on an impulse, and trying his hardest to get the chakra right, he touched his scroll, formed a half-Tiger, and whispered "Kai." He saw the words on his page dissolve, form a blank scroll, then re-write themselves into a message.

Congratulations generic student. This is a prerecorded message. You have successfully found the secret of the scroll, and thus receive an automatic 100. The other two may receive this score as well, if they figure it out or if they answer the questions correctly. Please return the scroll to me, and feel free to pass the rest of the time in your own accordance.

Sincerely,

Jiraiya-sensei

Naruto read this and, feeling pleased with himself (Take that Sasuke-bastard!) he rolled up the scroll, chucked it at Jiraiya, and not even caring if the frog master responded to it or not, walked over to a tree, sat down, and took a nap. Sasuke watched this, and decided the idiot just gave up, and continued on his happy, but oh so ignorant way.

About 20 minutes later, Naruto and Jiraiya were awoken from their naps with a loud yell of "DONE!" from the bubblegum hair and a soft "Finished" from the Uchiha. Jiraiya grabbed their scrolls, read over the answers, checked them off, and told them their scores.

"Sasuke, you scored a 92, well, though in one question you answered in such a wrong fashion you must be a real idiot. The answer to 'What kind of Jutsu can be accomplished with a blood signing?' is not 'Shuriken,' but 'Kuchiyose,' though that's expected because you weren't taught that in school. Still though, well done." With that, he turned to Sakura.

"You received a 99. The only reason you took the one point penalty is that you spent half the time looking over at Sasuke instead of focusing on the task at hand. A kunoichi should not be distracted so easily from her mission." Finally, he turned to Naruto.

"Blondie here received a 100 beach-" he ever got to finish because Sakura responded with a loud "WHAT!" and Sasuke just stood there, raw envy coming off of him in waves. "Yes, a 100, because he found the secret."

"What secret?" asked Sakura, and Sasuke was wondering that too.

"Let me demonstrate." He touched the scrolls, formed the Half-Tiger, said "Kai," and presto, the congratulations wrote itself onto the scroll. "I don't blame either of you though, the Uzumaki clan was known for its affinity for seals." He turned and smiled at Naruto, who just stood there with a big smile that showed off every last one of his teeth. Just like Shuhan. Well, he is the nephew of the grand Yondaime.

Jiraiya clapped his hands, and the scrolls disappeared, presumably back into the container. "Right, now that you finished part two of the test it is time for the final part!" He grinned and looked at the ninjas. Sasuke looked confident, Sakura looked scared, and Naruto looked…Naruto. "The final part of the exam is… survival!"

"Survival? What does that mean?" asked Naruto, always the slow one. Sakura and Sasuke just stared at him, both thinking the same thoughts. This idiot graduated…how?

"Survival! Exactly what it sounds like! You must survive my final test for 24 hours. If you do, you pass! There are secondary objectives, however, and completing them will earn you these." Jiraiya explained, pulling out several scrolls Naruto immediately recognized as jutsu scrolls. "The red ones are Ninjutsu, the blue ones are Genjutsu, the yellow ones are Taijutsu, and the pink are a special kind of Ninjutsu, medical jutsus." He showed these, remembering from when Iruka told him how much each person seemed to favor one kind over the other (Sasuke – tai, Sakura – gen, Naruto – nin. He still didn't know who'd go after the medic jutsus). "These will be hidden all around the area, and you must collect them. At the end, however, you may swap scrolls with other people. The person who collects the most scrolls also gets a special scroll and a cash prize," he finished up, thinking about how much that'd motivate them.

Naruto's ears perked up after hearing the winner got a special scroll, and immediate wondered what it was. He didn't have time to think long, however, as Jiraiya put them all away and began hopping to training area 32, a place used for survival training. "If you want these scrolls, come and follow me!" he yelled behind him, then felt several chakra flashes and knew his team was following him. Let's see if they can finish my final test. If they can , they are truly worthy to be Konoha shinobi. He was thinking this because only one team had ever finished his course, was the team that HE was on.

Team 7 arrived at TA32, a little winded but charged up for the most part, Sakura being the exception. She needs to work on her stamina. Naruto and Sasuke were just hyped to go, both ready for the prospect of a new jutsu or seven. Jiraiya decided to let Sakura catch her breath, then explained the rules. "In TA32, I will hide a total of 20jutsu scrolls, handwritten by myself. The level of the scroll will tell you the difficulty of finding it." At this Naruto made a mental note: Low-ranked jutsus easy finds, high-ranked hard to get. "Whoever earns the most scroll points gets a special scroll, from a selection of three. Now, scroll points. Each scroll's rank determines the point value. Basically, a D-rank is worth 1 point, and an S-rank would be worth 5 points. This way, just finding easy scrolls won't help you win. There is a key scroll at the center of the area, and when three hands are laid down on it – different hands – it will activate, and the test is over. You have exactly one day. Begin." With that, Jiraiya threw his scroll container in the air, released the seal on it, and in a bright flash of light, the scrolls were gone and so were the genins. The race was on.

A/N: Well? Is that an original final test? And what jutsus should I place in the scrolls? The breakdown, FYI, goes like this: 6 D-rank, 5 C-rank, 4 B-rank, 3 A-rank, and 2 S-rank (cookie for who guesses these already-planned ones.) Questions? Comments? Cheese? Lemme know so I can fix them!

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