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"Aww it's 6:00am already" said 12 year old Awayuki, Ayame. She got up and rubbed her bright amethyst eyes. After that she put her braided light purple hair into a bun with hair sticks.

Her outfit consisted of a long-sleeve fishnet shirt with a strapless purple shirt that had ribbons that she tied around her neck on top of that and a black parka over that, she had tight black shorts and black ninja sandals. Doing all that took about an hour including a shower before all of it.

"Hi auntie Yoshino!" Ayame said to Nara Yoshino.

She's lived with the Nara's since she was eight. Her clan was murdered by the Akatsuki when she was eight so since then she lived with her parents closest friends Yoshino and Shikaku Nara of the Nara clan.

"Good morning Aya, graduation test today right?"

"Yup I'm just going to eat then I'll meet with Tenten" She ate instant ramen and drank milk tea. She looked at the clock when she was done. It was 7:14am.

"Bye Auntie!! Make sure Shikamaru wakes up!"

On the way to the Academy

"Hey Aya" She turned her head and saw Tenten running towards her.

"Hey Ten! I can't believe it's the last day and the graduation test" Tenten was walking by her.

"I know this could be our last year if we do well"

"What do you mean if we do well we will do well, I mean look we are the top kunoichi" Ayame was the best kunoichi while Tenten was second.

"Yeah I guess"

"Who do you think will pass?"

"Hopefully not Maya and her friends!" they were Hyuuga Neji's biggest fan girls (Because almost every girl in their class is obsessed with him), and they loved to bug Ayame; not that she let it get to her or anything.

"Do you think Lee will pass?"

"Of course... well I hope so!"

"Well we're here"

"Yup"

Academy

Ayame and Tenten came in and sat next to each other in the corner farthest from Neji so they wouldn't get caught up in all the commotion.

"Hey I see Lee I'm going to talk to him really quick!" Ayame said this then jumped over their table to sit next to Lee.

"Hi Lee! How are you?"

"Oh hi Ayame, I'm fine"

"Are you nervous about the final exam?"

"Yes I have no idea how I am going to pass without ninjustu and genjustu!"

"Don't worry you'll find away" she turned to him and smiled sweetly, he blushed. "Well I hear footsteps I'm going to my seat"

"Thank you Ayame"

"No Prob"

"Students! We will now be taking the final exam so be prepared. I will be calling you to the room next door! First up Awayuki, Ayame!" said Iruka.

"Good luck Aya"

"Thanks"

You walked into the room next door and saw Iruka-sensei and a table full of hitai-ate.

"You just have to create three clones of yourself"

'I can do this just relax and I'll be fine' Ayame thought. She did the hand signs and

POOF

There were now eight clones of her in the room.

"You pass Ayame!"

"Thank you Iruka-sensei" she went to the table and picked a gray hitai-ate and tied it around her neck then left the room. When she got out of the room she jumped up and cheered.

30 minutes later

Most of them passed the test, including the screaming fan girls much to Ayame's distaste. They were back in the classroom.

"Alright students come back tomorrow and I will give you your teams and you will meet your sensei, DISMISSED" Everyone walked out of the room

"Boo Ya! I passed yay!" screamed Ayame while jumping up and down.

"You should really calm down Aya" exclaimed Tenten.

"But you're loud too!"

"Oh am I? Sorry."

"Let's go I think the Nara's are here already!"

"They know I'm sleeping over right?"

"Yeah I told them"

"Ayame! Did you pass?" Shikaku asked as he and his family walked towards her.

"Yeah, one step closer to being a jounin!"

The Next Day

"Tenten wake up! We have to get to the academy now!" her head shot up and she hurriedly got ready.

"We're going Auntie!"

"Bye"

They ran to the academy and made it there just before Iruka-sensei.

"All teams will be 3-man cells with the exception of one team that will be a 4-man cell"

(Only two teams important to the story

Of Course Team Gai

-Tenten

-Ayame

-Neji

-Lee

And Team 9

-Maya

-Rei

-Hiro (important for Chunnin Exams)

A few minutes after Iruka said the teams a man that had a weird bowl cut AND was wearing green spandex (a LOT of green spandex) came in.

"Where is my youthful team 6?"

"Hai, hai we're over here" Ayame said while raising her hand.

Ayame was sitting on top of the desk with Tenten on her left sitting on the bench facing Lee. Lee was on Ayame's right facing Tenten and Neji was leaning on the desk behind in between Tenten and Lee. They sat like this to 'chat' when they heard they were on the same team.

"Follow me" they went to the roof of the academy and sat like this Neji, Ayame, Tenten, Lee.

"Introduce yourselves so I can learn about my youthful students"

"My name is Tenten and I want to be great like Tsunade-sama"

"My name is Ayame. My dream is similar to Tenten's I want to become a strong and well-known ninja like Tsunade-sama. I'd also like to study to become a medical-nin as great as her."

Gai nodded then turned his attention to Neji who was sitting in the corner seemingly uninterested. Tenten seemed rather interested in knowing his dream as she scooted closer to be able to hear him clearly.

"I don't want to answer." He said simply.

"Me! Me!" Lee suddenly yelled out, scaring the crap out of Tenten.

Gai nodded indicating that Lee could speak while Ayame and Tenten listened carefully, wondering what Lee's goal in life was.

"Even if I can't use ninjutsu or genjutsu, I want to prove that I can still become an excellent ninja. That's everything to me!" he said and Ayame couldn't help but smile.

Neji suddenly chuckled causing everyone to give him a curious look.

"What are you laughing at? I'm serious!" Lee yelled, obviously insulted.

Ayame shot Neji a small glare wondering why he always did things like that.

"Even if it's only with Taijutsu, I'll carry out the job of a ninja splendidly!" Lee continued.

Neji just smirked at Lee as he spoke.

"If you can't use ninjustu or genjustu, you're not really a ninja, are you?" he paused for a brief moment. "They were saying that it was the first time someone graduated with Taijutsu only, right?"

Lee clenched his fist wondering where Neji was going with this. The lavender-eyed boy glanced at Ayame for a brief moment before continuing.

"That doesn't mean it's amazing. It only means it's rare." Neji said still smirking in an 'I rule' kind of way.

Lee's eyes widen in shock as he took a few steps back not knowing what to say. Ayame sent a small glare towards Neji though he pretended not to notice. She opened her mouth to speak but Gai beat her to it.

"If you're hot-blooded that may not be so." He said, giving them all thumbs up.

Lee suddenly turned around to face his sensei, surprise written all over his face. Ayame and Tenten just shot Gai quizzical looks while Neji seemed annoyed with his sensei.

"If you enjoy your youth with a good rival, by competing with each other and improving then I'm sure you can become an excellent ninja. However, that requires effort."

He then gave out a few laughs and flashed another grin with thumbs up causing them all to sweatdrop. Ayame and Tenten couldn't help but smile afterwards; Gai's words seemed to bring Lee's spirit up.

'Maybe he's not so bad and being in this team will certainly be an interesting experience' Ayame thought.