Benji watched the two boys walk into the building. A Chunin teacher that looked friendly was leading them into a classroom and near the front of the room. There were windows there, and Benji wanted to make sure they were safe, but she knew that they would want her to find out how they did later. She darted away, intent on doing a few quick missions to get some extra cash for the ramen party they would have later; as all of them had a strong love for it.

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Naruto smiled at the man. He quickly introduced himself as Uzumaki Naruto. He let his brother state his name a little softer. He waited patiently for the man to tell them who he was.

"Hello, Naruto. Hello, Gaara. I'm Umino Iruka."

The man had spiky brown hair that he kept up in a loose ponytail, out of his face. He wore a constant smile, and on the bridge of his nose he showed off a deep scar. He wore the typical outfit of a Chunin, and his headband was indeed worn as such.

Naruto liked him, but Gaara was a little slower to come to this realization. Gaara still had some trust issues, and this person was no exception.

"Alright, you two! We are going to work on the books, first! I'll give you a short test on that, and then we'll see how well you do with Taijutsu and stamina and all of that! Sound okay?"

Both boys nodded and Iruka smiled at them. He handed them their tests and a pencil. Silence echoed through the room as Gaara and Naruto circled the answers to most questions, sometimes writing out the answer. To them this was incredibly boring and easy. Benji had made them read many books, often slipping them extra dessert if they read up on history or any other material that was covered in the academy.

Naruto finished first, running up to the desk where Iruka sat, slapping it down with a large grin. Gaara raised an eyebrow at his brother's behavior but walked slowly to pass his in, not wanting to be bothered to run. There really wasn't any need.

Iruka quickly scanned them, eyes wide as he marked their grades. He flipped them upside down and nodded at the door, still smiling.

Outside, there were a few trees and a small clearing where Gaara figured they held the spars. The worn mats were stacked in the corner, in a wooden box to shelter them from the weather. The grass smelt freshly mowed, and a few picnic tables were in the far left corner, probably for lunch outside when it was nice.

Gaara also noted the wide space in which they could leave in if they were attacked. Benji had told them to fight if they were forced to, but if they could run for it. There was no shame in running if you knew you were outmatched. Gaara acknowledged her words as true. If they got into too much trouble, they didn't want anyone to see Gaara smush a person flat. It would show how much of a monster he was. Even though it wasn't him, but a sand demon sealed inside of him.

Iruka led them to the clearing, grabbing the larger mat while doing so. He plopped it down and flattened it out.

"Okay. The rules are, you may use whatever Taijutsu you know. The only exceptions are moves that could kill; only friendly sparing moves. We should stay on this mat, but if we need to we will use the entire space of the courtyard. One on one. Ready?"

Naruto nodded and eagerly stepped up to the mat. He wanted to go first. He got into the basic stance and waited for Iruka to do something. Gaara stepped away and sat at a picnic table, nerves jumpy. He didn't want to be ambushed, and he looked around every so often during the fight.

Iruka made the first move, lunging forwards with his palms aimed at Naruto. Naruto ducked easily and darted in, tapping Iruka on the leg once and darting out. Iruka smiled and nodded. "One point."

Naruto smiled, pleased with himself, and he dodged another aim at his head. He tried to get inside of Iruka's defense again, but Iruka was ready this time. He tapped Naruto on the head once as he jumped over him. Naruto scowled and flipped onto one hand, spinning and using his right foot to connect with the older ninja's side. The teacher let out his breath with a large "oof" and landed on his hands. He jumped backwards and switched to his feet.

Naruto rushed forwards, his left arm cocked back and ready to punch. Iruka got ready to dodge his left side, but right before Naruto could hit him in the stomach he noticed what really happened. Naruto faked him out used his right hand to punch a little lighter than he would have if he could have used his other hand. Iruka was startled enough to drop to the ground in defeat.

"I won!" Naruto jumped up and down in happiness. He smiled and ran over to Gaara, giving him a high five. Gaara couldn't help but smile, and he got up and walked over to Iruka slowly. He really wanted to test his abilities on someone who wouldn't hold back. He wanted to see where he was as a ninja. And to do that, he needed the teacher back to full strength.

Finally Iruka nodded at Gaara and got into the basic form he had used against Naruto. Gaara just stood there, staring at the man, examining his stance.

"How about we change this a little?" Gaara asked him curiously.

"How so?" was the man's cautious response.

"I was thinking about how the other kids spar. They use light taps, correct?"

Iruka nodded and Gaara continued,

"Well, how about we so the same. See how many times we can tap the other person in however many minutes as you wish."

Iruka nodded. "Fine conditions. I'll accept. The time will be three minutes."

He went over to the bow with the mats and reached deep in. He pulled out a timer and set it to three minutes. He set it down next to Naruto and he walked back over to the red head waiting for him.

"Please do not hold back" Gaara's soft voice just barely made it to him. Iruka was surprised but nodded. If this child wanted to lose, then so be it. He nodded at Naruto and the whiskered boy hit the start button. "GO!"

Iruka waited to see if Gaara would do anything. He held back, but when Iruka did not move either, he sighed and ran for him. Iruka tensed, ready to jump. Gaara suddenly disappeared, ending up above him. Iruka got a tap to the head before he spotted Gaara in front of him again. He was back to where he was standing before. Iruka noticed that his large gourd was now to the side, just in reach but not strapped to his body.

Gaara grinned so suddenly at him that the more experienced ninja was taken aback, and before he knew it, he felt another tap on his head. He shook his mind free of thoughts and ran quickly at the boy, watching him with sharp eyes. He managed a tap to the leg, when Gaara tried to jump over him. Iruka grinned, knowing that he had to teach him to apply chakra to his legs to get better jumps.

The red head swept his leg out under Iruka's, and when he jumped the boy poked his leg, then his head after he flipped the man by the arm. Iruka scored another one when Gaara failed to duck in time. He got hit in the stomach and the wind was knocked out of him when Iruka gained his fourth point. Gaara's eyes narrowed and Iruka vividly why he looked so menacing.

Gaara ran at Iruka, one hand palm up and the other in a fist. He shoved his fist into thin air and discovered that Iruka had disappeared. He looked around him and then felt a tap on his head. He had looked up at the last second, though, and hadn't managed to dodge in time. Gaara, frustrated, used his speed again and whipped around and around Iruka, making the dust rise slightly. Confused, Iruka shielded himself by jumping into the air. Gaara leaped up as well; managing two more taps right before the timer went off.

Panting hard, Iruka looked over at the red haired boy. He wasn't nearly as winded as him, and he showed no signs of fatigue. Iruka smiled at him. "Congratulations. You beat me."

Gaara nodded, smiling slightly at Naruto as Iruka turned to put the mat away. He picked up part of the blue cushion and helped bring it over to its spot against the wall. He stretched before reluctantly putting his gourd back on. It was very cumbersome when practicing Taijutsu, but it was still needed. He used it to carry his sand around so he could fight.

Finally Iruka handed them something different. "Here, see how many of these you can get into the center."

While Gaara and Naruto chucked some kunai and shurikens at the training posts, Iruka grabbed his clipboard. He wrote down how they did on the tests and how he thought they both did on the fighting portion. He watched in amazement as both young boys hit every kunai in the center. The shurikens were a little more spread, but still in the general location of the center.

Suddenly he was curious and he rushed to grab some senbons and a few swords.

"Can you use these?"

Gaara nodded, but Naruto looked down awkwardly. He shook his head and pointed to Gaara. Gaara reluctantly took some senbons and threw them at the wooden logs. Most of them hit, but a few out of thirty missed. Iruka wordlessly handed Gaara a sword and held his in two hands.

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Benji wished they would hurry up. Surely it wouldn't take them too long, right? She glanced at a store she was walking past and stopped short. A slow smile crept across her face, making her whisker marks look more defined. She walked into the shop and bought what she had seen in the window. Well, really three.

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Iruka gasped for breath. These children knew more than they let on. He finally finished testing them. Actually, he finished long ago. He just wanted to see as much as he could. He ended up trying to battle them both, allowing them full use of anything. Gaara opted not to use his sand, because he felt it was an unfair advantage. He admitted defeat a minute ago, but he was still panting.

Now he waved them inside, and he wrote something on his clipboard. He had realized awhile ago that they got nervous and put more energy into things when they noticed him jotting something down. His final grade was written in red and circled down at the bottom, and he had several things he had to write up in a note to give to their mother. He smiled kindly at them and told them to rest, get some water, and use the bathroom if they needed.

He knew he was going to put them in his class. He wanted to put them to the real test – seeing them grow as children and ninja, along with how they interacted with their peers. Especially that, because he knew that both boys contained demons, even though they were only the jailers, not the actual demon. If they were the demon, they wouldn't be trying to get into a class, they would be destroying everything. Besides, they were just innocent children. Wanting more than anything to fit in.

He glanced up slightly as both males left the room, headed for the bathrooms. He smiled and leaned back in his chair. He had finished the note to their guardian and written up their grading and filed their records. Now all there was to do was put them in his class. And tell them, of course.

When Naruto came back into the room, followed closely by his adopted brother, he smiled broadly at them.

"Well, I'm happy to say you do very well. Here are your grades and a note for your parent."

He handed them the envelope and watched as they stared at it nervously. He withheld a laugh. They had done better than they thought. They had the will, and power, to do almost anything they wanted. Hell, they could probably fly if they wanted to.

"You can open it now if you'd like, but the note should only be read by your mother" he said kindly.

He watched with amusement when Gaara shook his head. "We are going to wait until mother sees what we got first. Thank you" he said softly.

Naruto looked crestfallen until Iruka said, still amused, "You can go now"

He watched at they rushed out, both still clutching the thick envelope.

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Benji waited outside the building, just arriving moments before she saw the two burst out, holding between them a bulging manila envelope. The anxiousness on their faces meant they hadn't opened it yet. She smiled slightly and was glad she had hidden their presents in scrolls.

"How'd you do?" She asked casually.

"We don't know yet"

"We were going to wait for you to open it, so we could know all together."

She nodded, still smiling. "Alright. Let's go to the ramen stand, then. Or would you like my ramen instead?"

"Yours" was the instantaneous response.

Again she grinned widely. She added one thing to her ramen that no one else even imagined adding, and to them it tasted like heaven. They rarely had it, saving it for special occasions like birthdays. Or this.

"Well, let's go then!"

She jumped away, pulling the envelope into her hands as she passed them on the way to their house. They followed close behind, not wanting to miss out one bit.

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Benji set their bowls in front of the two. They dug in, still nervously waiting for her to open the envelope. She sat down in her chair and ripped it open. She pulled out their scores and smiled.

"I knew you guys would pass. Why were you so worried?"

They smiled and took a large bite of ramen. Naruto slurped his until Gaara asked,

"Wait, what was our actual score?"

Benji laughed. "I was waiting for one of you to ask that. Gaara, you and Naruto both received the same score. A perfect one-hundred."

The young ninja's dropped their chopsticks. "Really?!?" "Nani?!?"

Benji smiled, amused and proud at the same time. She passed them their papers and Naruto hugged his to his chest. She grinned at Gaara and he slipped it into his pocked. No doubt he was going to put it on his wall. He had pictures of them on a large bulletin board in his room. It covered an entire wall, and he put the things that mattered to him most up there. Well, pictures and movie stubs and whatever he could from when all three did something together.

"So, you have about two weeks before you go back there. Continue training anyways, because no matter how smart and strong you are now, you can always get better. Being Hokage is a lot of work, Naruto. And Gaara, you still need lots of control. So, after ramen should I teach you two something new?"

After ramen they went outside and did their course while Benji set up what she needed to teach them some helpful Justus. And she would talk to them about the other kids, too. It wouldn't hurt.

So because chapter six was so short (and took forever to upload) I decided to post this chapter. xD; I worked so hard on this, you better be happy!

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