"Hitomi" Called a faraway voice.
"Hitomi" There it is again.
"Hitomi wake up." Who is that?
"Come on Hitomi, get up!"
I jerked out of my slumber to be greeted by Hinata's face up close to mine as she shook me awake.
"Hm, what's going on?" I asked as I rubbed my eyes, trying to get the sand out of them.
"Hitomi we over slept and we have the final exam today!" She exclaimed as she ran around her room looking for clean articles of clothing.
"Kuso" I cursed as I ran over to my bag and changed clothes, all traces of sleep disappeared off my face as I ran around trying to get my stuff together.
By the time we were done gathering our stuff we ran out the door with apples stuffed in our mouths for breakfast with 10 minutes until class started.
When we finally got to our class we were done with our apples and a few minutes late to class. Just as we opened the door we heard our names being called and the whole class staring at us with confused and amused expressions at our slightly reddened faces and our loud panting.
"Here" We said simultaneously after we had finally caught our breath and sat down in our seats.
"Ok class today we will be starting the final exam, when I call your name go into the next room to take the exam." Iruka-sensei said as he and Mizuki-sensei both went into the next room.
Chōji, Shikamaru, Hinata and I had been talking ever since then until one by one they left to take the exam, each getting wished good luck. That is until I was all alone. So for the time being I opted for gazing out the window, lost in my thoughts.
"Hitomi" I heard as I snapped out of my thoughts.
I quickly glanced around to find that I was the only one left. Since no one knew my last name, and I had kindly refused taking on Sarutobi as my surname, I was always put last in the line for everything. So seeing that everyone that was once in the classroom was not there didn't really worry me too much.
Let's get this over with. I thought as I crossed the now empty classroom and into the next one to see Iruka-sensei and Mizuki-sensei in there with a table full of headbands of different colors and lengths.
"Ok Hitomi all you need to do is make three clones to graduate." Mizuki said with a creepy grin encouraging smile.
I already knew that, we went over it a millions times during class. I thought with minor annoyance. "Ok I got it." I said, succeeding in keeping my annoyance out of my voice.
"Bunshin no Jutsu" I exclaimed as I made the Ram, Snake, and Tiger hand signs in that order.
The moment I finished making the hand signs three puffs of smoke erupted on both of my sides. When the smoke had finally cleared away there stood three perfect copies of me staring absentmindedly around the room. After holding the jutsu for a few more moments I let it drop and watched as smoke appeared again, only to disappear again with the clones.
"Great Hitomi, now pick a headband, you are now officially a Konoha shinobi." Iruka said as he smiled proudly at me.
"Thanks" I said as I let a smile grace my face as I picked up a short, black headband from the table and tied it around my neck as a choker.
When I walked outside I looked around and saw all the kids with their families getting congratulated. All except Sasuke, who was leaning against a fence looking indifferent about everything. And Naruto, who sat on the swing all by himself, without a headband.
As I started heading toward him I heard some women mention Naruto, so I stopped to listen.
"Look at that one." A woman said as she pointed at Naruto.
"It's that boy. I hear he's the only one that failed." "Serves him right." They sneered as they glared at him.
"Imagine what would happen if he became a shinobi." The other one said, going along with the other one.
"Isn't that the boy who is actually-" She was cut off as the other one said, "Hey! We're not supposed to talk about that."
Finally having enough of their nonsense I pushed my way through them, earning dirty looks from both of them, and over to Naruto.
As I neared him he looked up and saw me. "Go ahead, laugh because I didn't get a headband, and be disgusted with me, just like everyone else." He said as he sighed sadly.
"You're right I am disgusted but not for the same reason as everyone else, whatever it may be. I'm disgusted because you're just sitting here. If you really want a headband you should go practice the jutsu and prove to Iruka-sensei that you deserve a headband." I said with a kind but stern expression.
"Yeah you're right. Hey thanks Hitomi, you know you're pretty nice." He said as he smiled at me.
"Thanks" I said with a small smirk. "Well I gotta go, see ya." I said with a small wave as I turned to leave.
"Ok bye Hitomi." He said smiling his goofy smile.
Yes, Mission Cheer up the Knucklehead was a success. I thought with a smirk.
As I headed home I couldn't help but think about tomorrow. Tomorrow we get paired into teams. I hope I'm with Hinata, Shikamaru, and Chōji. Ugh, tomorrow is gonna be a crazy day, I can just feel it.