A/N: I just wanted to apologize again for how late my last update was put out, but hopefully my schedule will start to settle down for a little again. I hope you all will continue to read and enjoy my story.
I do not own Naruto, but one day I shall accomplish many feats owning Naruto will be one! I hope.
The Ninja Academy
Anthony was back in his seat with one of his hidden shadow clones dispersing. The memories of how it was currently the written part of the exam. He glanced at the paper and all but smacked his head off the desk. His other shadow clone hadn't even started to answer any of the questions. "You all have five minutes left before the exams will be collected!" Called Iruka.
Anthony looked at his blank answer sheet and back to the three and a half-paged question sheet and asked himself, 'Why did my clone do this to me?' He looked at some of the questions and thought, 'At least it doesn't seem too difficult, well until you get to last section.' He took a quick glance at the clock and sped through the first three pages within the first two minutes and made it to the last section as Iruka called out the two-minute warning.
Iruka glanced up to see most of the class finished, but got a glance of hurried movement and when he saw who was making the movements he almost let his jaw drop. Anthony still had a few more questions it looked like and he only had about thirty seconds left. Iruka thought the test would have been simple for the boy, but then it wasn't Naruto's strongest point either. He sighed and glanced around at the rest of the students and noticed some were watching at Anthony's panicked movements with as much interest as Iruka had been. Anthony was one of the brightest students in most of the categories with few even getting close in his age group, then Iruka's timer went off as Anthony fell onto his desk with relief of finishing. Iruka and the rest of the class had trouble containing their laughter, but a quick blast of chakra coming from the boy helped calm them down.
As Iruka was collecting the tests he asked, so only Anthony could hear, "What happened there? I thought the test was pretty simple."
The boy turned so Iruka could catch a glare that even Orochimaru would cringe after receiving. With the boy whispering back, "It was simple, but the clone I left here to take the test didn't even touch it. I got here at your five-minute warning."
Hearing this Iruka allowed his surprise show for a split second, before collecting himself and putting the pile of filled out exam sheets on his desk. He turned and addressed the class, "You will all be given a few minutes to rest before taking the taijutsu section of the genin exams, you can leave your seats and talk with each other. This break will be fifteen minutes long." With that being said he grabbed the tests and split it with a few of the other chunin instructors to grade, then sat down at his desk to wait for the break to end.
Anthony was still receiving some questioning looks, but none were as focused on him as Himawari's was. He was slowly slumping lower and lower into his chair to get out of her unblinking gaze. He was saved from falling on the floor when Iruka started talking about the next segment. One of the judging chunin walked over and informed Iruka that they were finished grading the written part of the exam, so Iruka nodded and looked back at the students and said, "We shall now begin the second portion of the genin exams; shuriken and kunai accuracy." With that all of the students stood up and rushed out of the classroom and into the training field.
The students went outside and quickly got into a line so they would get to see their classmate's attempts and were in order of last names. After everyone was in order and the class had quieted down Iruka spoke. "In this part of the test we will be testing your proficiency in using ninja tools. The main segments will be judged based on your accuracy in throwing shuriken and kunai, but if student wish they can attempt to use other ninja tools either from the slim supply we have available or their own stores. With that being said will…" He glanced at the first student on the list, "…Shizura Arume step forward to begin."
Most of this year's students were civilian children and didn't really show to much talent, but some were doing well enough to pass so far in the tests. Iruka looked at the list and the only ones so far to pass with enough skill to actually be categorized as a decent shinobi prospects were Shiki Inuzuka and Himawari Uzumaki, but he expected that the next name on his list would be more than good enough to be on that list as well. "Will Anthony Uzumaki-Ranse step forward." He paused to give the boy time to make it to the starting area and when Anthony made Iruka said, "Start whenever you are ready."
Anthony took a breath to focus himself and then picked up all ten shuriken in his hands and released them and without pause picked up ten of his kunai and released them only a few seconds afterwards. He paused to allow each of the tools to strike their targets in the bullseye and then said, "I also want to throw senbon and a fuma shuriken." He started with senbon firing them all at once like he did with the kunai and shuriken, but he threw ten and mad a hand seal as he called out, "Kage Senbon no Jutsu" which caused the senbon to multiply from twenty into four hundred or so senbon which stuck the human like targets in multiple nerve bundles, some striking the with ten striking the bullseye marked, and a few striking the 8 vital points on the human target. He moved on to the fuma shuriken and threw it and made a hand seal calling "Kage Shuriken no Jutsu" the single fuma shuriken split apart into ten and each made a loud thud as they embedded themselves into the bullseye of ten different targets. Anthony took a deep breath before he turned and walked back to his spot in the line of his classmates.
Iruka shook of his shock and recorded down the information and looked at the judges who just nodded. He took a deep breath and let out a sigh before turning to the students and said, "We will now continue right away into the next part of the exams. The third part of the genin exams are to assess you in ninjutsu, during this assessment we will call you forward one at a time and watch as you perform the henge, clone, and the kawarimi jutsu. There will be the option to get extra credit by demonstrating other jutsus there will also be the option to show off your kekkei genkai. Now will the first person step forward to attempt this portion of the exam."
The civilian children went through and a few managed to perform a few of the jutsu, only three from that side managed to perform all three decently to pass that portion. Shiki Inuzuka passed this portion easily and even displayed some of here clan jutsu such as the man beast clone, which managed to surprise Iruka and the other proctors. She received full marks and a few extra points for her performance. Himawari Uzumaki also passed performing the kawarimi and jutsu easily and performed the shadow clone jutsu instead of the normal clone jutsu, a low ranking jutsu from wind, fire, and the water elements, and she also showed some of her limited knowledge in fuinjutsu. The proctors and Iruka were quite proud of her results, marked her down for her accomplishments, and gave her a good amount of bonus for her performance.
The proctors all looked up and watched the last person take up his position, they all expected him to pass easily. Iruka nodded towards the boy and said, "All right Anthony please perform the basic three jutsu."
Anthony looked at Iruka and nodded his head and made a simple hand seal while calling out, "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu" seven other Anthony's appeared beside him and each still holding the hand seal called out "Henge" then each were a different one a perfect image of all the previous and current Hokage, but standing at the end was Anthony looking slightly older with a hokage cloak much like the fourth hokage's with the words 'Hachidaime Hokage' (Eighth Fire Shadow). All of the proctors nodded their heads with a slight grin on all of their faces. After Iruka gave a slight nod the henged hokage clones dropped their hands and called out "Kawarimi no Jutsu" All of the proctors appeared where the first four cloned hokage were and Iruka was standing in place of the seventh with a few of the civilian students were where the other henged clones were just standing. The proctors were very proud to see how quick and how not even a slight puff of smoke was made when the technique was performed. The proctors all nodded and everyone found themselves back where they were before the jutsu was performed.
Iruka finished marking this down and looked up and asked, "Now that you have performed the basic three jutsu do you want to perform any more jutsu or any kekkei genkai to perform?"
Anthony placed a finger on his chin as if he was thinking, but a grin soon spread on his face as he said, "I guess I could do a few for you guys." This got a few chuckles from the ones listening, before he went through a fast-paced series of hand seals and called out, "Ice Style: Ice Spear jutsu" A spear of solid ice formed from midair and flew towards the open gate of the academy. He continued by making another hand seal and calling out "Wood Style: Wood Wall Jutsu" A wall of sturdy wood grew form the ground and managed to block the ice spear as Anthony made another few hand seals and called out, "Blaze Style: Summers Leaping Flames" Seemingly out of no were the grass started to flare and sent sparks around Anthony's feet and spread quickly to the wood wall, which was quickly covered in pale silver blue flames. "And now to put out the flames" Anthony cut his hand open and with no hand seals called out, "Ranse Family Secret Kekkei Genkai: Blood Style: Blood Running River Jutsu" This caused everyone's eyes to widen in surprise as blood flowed not only from Anthony's open cut but also from up under the ground and flowed over the green grass turning it a deep red color as it moved over the fire and slowly put it out releasing coppery scent into the air. Soon the dark grey smoke turned a maroon color mixing with the blood and Anthony's face contorted with a look of concentration as the smell, smoke, solidified blood, and the remaining liquid blood sunk into the ground and it seemed like it was never there to begin with. Everyone quickly looked back at the adopted son of the hokage and realized his small cut had closed itself.
"I think that should be enough to show you guys." Anthony said before he walked back to his seat and sat down to wait for the final part of the exam.
Iruka shook his head and glanced to where Anthony was now sitting and quickly made some more marks to record what he saw and to give Anthony some of his points. He then looked back at the proctors who looked just as stunned before a voice called out, "Water Manipulation Technique: Water Style: Wake Up Jutsu" Four balls of water formed above the proctors and after a the were fully formed dropped and drenched the unsuspecting proctors. The now awake proctors looked around saw the second hokage clone glaring down at them with the other six hokage chuckling at the predicament the proctors were in. The clone sighed before a small grin covered his face and he said, "Did you forget we were here?" Not waiting for an answer the chuckled and dispersed themselves.
Iruka turned to hide his chuckling from the students, but after a few seconds and recovering his composure he turned around and faced the class. He waited a few more seconds for the class to calm down before he yelled out, "Now after that short break and amusing show…" this brought a few chuckles and grins from other students "… which will be testing your abilities in taijutsu. Now will the first two; Shizura Arume and Shiki Inuzuka come to the ring to begin the final stage of the genin exam." The exam went quickly with Shiki showing of her clans taijutsu style, Himawari gentle fist and her byakugan for her match, Anthony used a style that none of the proctors had ever seen before, and the other students used the academy style.
The matches were mostly uneventful the civilian children fought decently, but were unable to achieve anything other than a draw amongst each other and the ones that fought Shiki, Himawari, and Anthony were later retested to be given a fairer chance. Even then they were unable to do much more than a draw.
"That wraps up this semester's results of the genin exams, we shall go back into the classroom and after the proctors and I reach a decision we will come in and announce the results." The class quickly rushed inside to restlessly wait for their results. Iruka waited for the rest of the students to go inside and the door to close before turning to look at the other proctors. "Himawari, Shiki, and Anthony?" The others nod "Anyone else to pass?" The others just shook their heads. Iruka nodded his head and they all walked into the building.
Iruka walked into the door and walked to the podium while the other proctors stood along the wall near the door. Iruka sighed and said, "For this semester's genin exams the other proctors and I have decided that Himawari Uzumaki is the classes top kunoichi with full marks and then some for this exam and this year's Rookie of the year with full marks and maximum number of bonus points allowed is Anthony Uzumaki-Ranse!" Some groans were heard, but no one really doubted the results. "Now I will call out and hand each passing genin there hitai-ate. Will Shiki Inuzuka, Himawari Uzumaki, and finally Anthony Uzumaki-Ranse come forward for their hitai-ate's. Now I will see you three next week to meet your teams and your team leader. The rest of you I hope to see for next semester's genin exam. Class is dismissed."
The three new leaf genin jumped out of the window and quickly rushed off to tell their respective parents know of their testing results.
A/N
I hope you guys are enjoying my story so far and this might now be a pattern for the timing of my story updates because of how school and my jobs are going. I hope you guys like my updates and as always review and PM me with ideas or what you want to see more of and check out my polls. I still need to see who you would like to see as the team leader for the new team 7. If its not on the poll, but you would like to see them be the leader put it in a review or PM them to me.