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*Graduation Test Day*
"Are you ready, Sasuke?" Asked Naruto. "We're finally going to get out of this academy, and into some real missions and training."
Naruto now wore black shinobi pants, a fishnet shirt, and a long, black trench coat over it. The trench coat hid his kunai holster on his right thigh, and his equipment pouch on the back of his hip.
"What do you call 200 push-ups and pull-ups, 500 sit-ups, and a fifteen mile run everyday, all with 20 pound weights on?" Asked the Uchiha.
Sasuke wore a black, shortsleeved shirt with a high collar and the Uchiha crest at the base of the collar on the back. He wore a black pair of shorts with multiple pockets, and his kunai holster on his right thigh. His hands and forearms were wrapped
/up with white tape.
"A warmup." Was Naruto's simple reply.
"Whatever, loser." Sasuke said coolly.
Before Naruto could get the chance to respond to his friend, Iruka started the introduction.
"Good morning, everybody." Started Iruka, getting multiple, halfhearted "morning"s in response. "We will now begin the graduation tests. First section is a written exam."
There was a chorus of groans emanating from the class, with the exception of five students. Shikamaru Nara, as he was sleeping, Shino Aburame, as he believes that would be illogical, Hinata Hyuga, as she was staring at a certain dog lover, and finally
/Naruto and Sasuke. They just knew that could easily ace the test.
After all of the tests were passed out, Iruka gave the signal to start. As soon as that happened, every student flipped their paper over, wrote their name, and began reading the first question.
many kunai and shuriken are needed for a basic D rank mission?
Naruto had to go through all the information he had on missions and their required equipment.
After a few moments of contemplation, Naruto stumbled upon a realization. D rank missions are, for the lack of a better word, chores of the village. Therefore, weapons of any kind would not be needed.
'This is just a trick question to throw people off.' Thought Naruto. 'I'm sure Sasuke saw through it as easily as I did.'
Right next to Naruto, Sasuke was having similar thoughts to his blonde friend's.
"Did they seriously think any of us would fall for this trick? Well, besides the fangirls.' Sasuke thought with a shudder. 'I'm sure Naruto saw through it as easily as I did.'
The remainder of the test was quickly passed through by the two top students. This was obvious, as ten minutes after the test had begun, both students stood up simultaneously, and walked to the front, each getting cheers from their respective hordes of
/fangirls.
'Kill me now.' They both thought with a sweat drop. They then returned to their respective seats, avoiding eye contact with any life form as much as possible.
Once they were seated, another twenty minutes went by before the last of the tests were turned in.
"Okay, class, seeing as our weekly spars told me everything about your taijutsu I need to know, when I bring you into the next room for the ninjutsu portion, I will give you your overall score." Stated Iruka. "First up is Shino Aburame. Follow me." Once
/Iruka was finished speaking, he grabbed the completed test and walked into the next room with Mizuki and Shino following shortly.
"Hey, Sasuke, who do you think is going to make Genin?" Asked the blonde Uzumaki.
"The clan heirs will most likely pass, either by skill or intimidation, I'm not sure. Kiba will probably make it through with his taijutsu. That Takahashi guy might make it passed, he seems to be somewhat skilled. Other than that, I'm not too sure." Replied
/the Uchiha.
"That's a pretty fair assessment. And your opinion on teams from your view on the potential Genin?" Asked the seemingly curious blonde.
"Hmm, well let's see. There's three Genin on a team. They'll most likely want the Ino-Shika-Cho trio again. Then, seeing who's left, using Hinata, Kiba, and Shino, they'll make a tracking squad. That leaves me, you, and Takahashi. That is, if my predictions
/are correct." Deduced the ravenette.
"Do you believe that your predictions are incorrect?" Asked the living 20 questions.
"There's always a chance of maling a mistake. For instance, The Pink Banshee could actually pass, become a Genin, and get placed on a team with us." Sasuke said, eliciting a shudder from both of the genin-to-be.
"I really hope you're right about team placements." Replied Naruto.
"Sasuke Uchiha. You're up." Stated Iruka as he poked his head through the door. Once his announcement was finished, he pulled his head back into the room.
"Good luck, bastard." Called out Naruto as Sasuke was about to walk through the door.
"As if I'll need it, loser." Stated the Uchiha before walking through the door.
"Arrogant prick." Muttered Naruto.
"Hey Naruto."
"Ahhh!" Naruto screamed, falling out of his seat. "Don't do that, Ino."
"Sorry, I just wanted to sit next to you." Replied Ino, who wore a purple blouse and skirt, with wrapping on her torso.
"Yeah, whatever." Was Naruto's reply.
"Don't be like that. Don't you want to go on on a date with me?" Asked the platinum blonde.
'Might as well take a page from the bastard's book.' Thought Naruto. "Hn."
"And you say I'm emo. Get out of my seat, Ino." Demanded Sasuke, wearing his new forehead protector, as he approached the two blondes. Once her name left his mouth, Ino immediately complied with the command.
"Naruto Uzumaki. You're up." Called out Iruka. Naruto quickly got up and walked towards Iruka.
"Good luck, loser." Called out Sasuke.
"Wow, Sasuke, you're so considerate." A certain Pink Banshee fawned over the black-clad genin.
'Why do I have to deal with the banshee? I wonder if Naruto will trade fangirl clubs.' Pondered Sasuke.
Meanwhile, in the exam room, Naruto was being lectured on what he needed to do in order to pass.
"Okay, Naruto, do a substitution, transformation, and/or clone. You need to do two out of the three to pass. You may begin."
With a quick ram seal, Naruto went up in smoke. When the white cloud had dissipated, in his place was Kakashi Hatake. Kakashi wore the standard Jounin outfit, which consisted of black shinobi pants, a black, long sleeved shirt with an Uzumaki swirl on
/each shoulder, and a Jounin flak jacket. He also wore a face mask that covered everything below his nose. His forehead protector was pulled down over his left eye, leaving the only actual visible part of his face, his right eye. His hair was a strange
/greyish-silver, that spiked up to the left.
"Good job, Naruto. Now you can either do the substitution or th-" Before Iruka could complete his sentence, Naruto, still transformed into Kakashi, erupted into smoke. The smoke quickly dissipated, revealing Mizuki where Naruto was. When Iruka looked
/beside him, he saw 'Kakashi' sitting in Mizuki's seat.
"Once again, good job, Naruto. You can have your pick of forehead protectors." Stated Iruka.
With those words, Naruto stood up, grabbed a basic forehead protector with a black band, and walked out of the room while tying it to his belt loop, which was underneath his coat.
As the blonde walked out of the room, everyone was surprised to see that he didn't have a forehead protector. Sasuke was the first to speak up.
"Hey loser, did you actually fail?"
"Of course not," replied Naruto. "I just like my placement better than where it usually goes." As he said this, he parted his trench coat slightly to show off the metal with the Leaf village's insignia carved into it.
"Oh Naruto, you're so cool." Cooed Ino.
"Sasuke's better. He's probably rookie of the year." Argued Sakura.
"As if. Naruto is way better. Have you seen those whiskers? They are totes adorbs." Stated Ino.
"Alright, class, settle down." Commanded Iruka. Once everyone was seated and quiet, albeit the use of a Big Head Jutsu was needed, he continued. "Although many of you did not pass, I'm still proud of each and every one of you. Only half of our original
/class has made it this far. Although some of you did not pass, do not look down upon yourselves, for if you give up now, you will ruin your chances of ever becoming a talented shinobi. Keep practicing, and once your remedial lessons are through, I'm
/sure you will pass. For those of you who made it through this time around, meet back here in one week for team assignments. You are all dismissed."
"Hey Naruto, wanna go on a date with me? You know, celebrate us becoming ninja." Asked a hopeful Ino.
"Yeah, that's a good idea, how about it, Sasuke?" Asked an equally hopeful Sakura.
"Umm, sorry, we have things to do." Replied Naruto.
"Yeah, training and stuff like that." Continued Sasuke.
"See ya!" They both finished before running out of the door.
*Time Skip*
"Man, we barely made it out of there." Huffed an exhausted Sasuke.
"Tell me about it. But it does look like you were wrong, the banshee passed." Stated Naruto.
"Damn, I guess you're right. I just hope she's not on our team." Replied Sasuke.
"I agree, that would be torture. More for you than for me, but torture nonetheless."
"Ugh, don't remind me. Fangirls are the bane of all great shinobi. The Fourth Hokage, the Legendary Sannin, you and me, and countless others."
"Agreed. Well, let's start training. We only have a week before we do that official Genin test."
"Oh yeah, I forgot about that. I wonder what it'll be."
"Well, it all depends on our sensei. Anyway, enough talk, let's take the run up to 20 miles. Let's go."
"Are you serious? You're such a slave driver." Even as he was complaining, Sasuke took off after the retreating blonde.
The next day has Naruto at the Hokage's tower turning in his ninja ID photo. It was a fairly basic picture of Naruto simply standing in place with his trench coat covering most of his body. But there was one problem.
"You need to retake it." Stated the Hokage.
"What? Why?" Questioned the blonde.
"You must have your forehead protector in plain view." Replied the elderly man.
"Whatever, I'm not retaking it. No matt-" His response was cut off by a little kid rushing into the room.
"I've got you now old man!" Shouted the small boy, before promptly tripping over his scarf. He quickly got up, trying to discover who tripped him. He soon spotted Naruto.
"You tripped me, didn't you!?" Shouted the small boy, pointing and accusing finger at the older boy.
"What!? Why you little brat." Naruto replied, picking up the boy by the scruff of the neck. He reared back his first, about to punch him in the head, when he heard a voice come from the door.
"Honorable grandson, you must not rush off like that." Called out a man in dark glasses, a bandanna styled forehead protector, and the basic Jounin outfit, minus the flak jacket. The man suddenly froze when he saw the infamous 'demon brat' holding the
/honorable grandson.
'I can't let that… thing near the honorable grandson any longer. There's no telling how he might poison the young boy's mind." The apparent Jounin thought.
"Unhand Lord Third's grandson, you filthy pest."
'Filthy pest? So he's just like the villagers.'
'Ha, now that he knows that I'm the Hokage's grandson, there's no way he'll hit me.'
Naruto soon came back into focus, and punched the young Sarutobi's head, forcing him out of Naruto's hand, and to the floor.
'He…he actually hit me.'
'That demon brat hit the honorable grandson.'
"Whatever, I'm out of here. See ya later, old man." Said Naruto as he walked out of the door, leaving two stunned males of differing ages. The first to recover was the older male.
"Now Honorable Grandson, you must never associate with the likes of that boy again. Follow my instructions, and you will be on the fast track to becoming Hokage. Now, let's get ba-" The man paused, looking around for the young boy. "Where did he go!?"
"I believe he followed after Naruto." Supplied the Hokage.
"Oh no, I must not let him corrupt the Honorable Grandson." Shouted the man, before running off towards the two younger males.
'Oh Ebisu, what happened to you?' Pondered the old Hokage.
Naruto was walking down the streets, contemplating on what he should do now that he had turned in his ID photo. Before he could come to a solution, he saw someone holding up a sheet meant to blend in with the fence. But there were two problems. The most
/obvious being the hands and feet of the perpetrator were clearly visible. The second being the the sheet was sideways. Completely throwing off the intended camouflage.
'There's only one person I know that could be so clumsy to actually mess up camouflage this badly.' Thought the blonde. Without missing a step, Naruto threw four kunai, effectively nailing the small boy to the fence.
"Hey! Get me out of here!" Shouted the trapped boy.
"You got yourself caught in that trap by using such a poor disguise. Get yourself out." Replied Naruto while continuing his stroll.
He was walking for a few more minutes when he stumbled upon an idea. He then jumped into an alley as fast as he could without being noticed. Who walked out was a boy around fourteen. He had shaggy brown hair that fell just below his ears. He had a dark
/green hue in his irises. He wore black shorts with a white tank top. He wore his forehead protector in it's rightful place.
He continued his trek, taking a few turns until he stopped in front of the store he was looking for: Upon's Weapon and Equipment Store. The brunette walked through the door, immediately being hit with a blast of cool air.
"Hello, young man, how may I help you?" Asked an elderly woman, who Naruto figured was Upon.
"Hmm, well I was wondering if you had two sets of 30 pound leg weights."
"I believe I do. Go check in that rack over their." Said Upon, while pointing at a rack near the entrance.
"Thank you, ma'am." Replied Naruto, before walking over to the designated rack. Here, he found multiple different weights. Ranging from five pound arm and leg weights, to 100 pound arm and leg weights.
'Ah, here they are.' With that thought, Naruto grabbed two packages of 30 pound leg weights and took them back up to the front desk.
"Will that be all?" Came the kind voice of Upon.
"For now, yes." Stated the still-transformed Naruto.
"Your total is 6,000 ryo." After Naruto payed the required amount, Upon continued with "Have a nice day."
"You too." Came the reply.
Once Naruto was out of the store, he quickly jumped into another alley, and came back out as the real him, not five seconds later.
'Now, time to get back to my apartment.' Thought the blonde. He then jumped onto a roof, and started traveling by rooftop towards his place.
A/N: This is definitely my longest chapter yet. Over 2500 words. That's definitely an accomplishment for me.
To Alonglongwaytorun: Sorry about that, there were some mess ups with the story, so I decided to delete it and redo it.
This will be my last chapter for at least a week. Km going to Texas until the 15th, so I can't update until at least then, but it does leave me plenty of time to write, so there's a plus.
I hope you enjoyed the chapter. Until next time.