More and more people came in the fifteen minutes after the warning bell. All of them seemed nervous just to be there, let alone take the actual test. Sasuke came in and sat beside Naruto, who instantly smirked. Sasuke scoffed.
"What are you so happy about? We all know you're going to fail."
"Oh, I'm always happy!" 'Ah, Sasuke just as I remember him... he's even got the stick way up his ass today, wow it's a real honor."
"Hn," he grunted in reply. Naruto just smirked even wider. 'Let's see if we can't give that stick a big pull... or push; whatever happens, happens.'
"Yes, I'm always happy. In fact, welcome to my happy world!"
"Great, just what I've always wanted... I'll look for an apartment right away..." Sasuke replied sarcastically.
Naruto grinned. "Good, and now that you're all nice and settled, you can get your shit and leave... only people who smile are allowed in my happy world," he said cheerfully. Sasuke's eye twitched.
'There's something different about him...' Sasuke thought, staring at the blond idiot. Sasuke noticed the gloves & asked with a snotty tone, "What's with the gloves, dobe?"
Naruto looked to his right and smirked.
"Why?" he asked in a childish way.
"Because."
"Why?"
"I asked a question, idiot."
"Why?"
"Cause that's how smart people gather information, not that you'd know anything about that."
"Why?"
"Cause you're an idiot."
"Why?"
"You were probably dropped on your head as a baby. But only you can truly answer that."
"Why?"
"Because I don't know why you're an idiot."
'He he Sasuke thinks he's got the upper hand because he's insulting me but he'll get annoyed soon,' Naruto thought, then continued with yet another"Why?"
"Will you just shut up?"
"Why?"
"Argh!" There was a moment of silence
"...why?" It was then that Iruka came into the classroom; he noticed all the girls staring at Sasuke while throwing the occasional glare at Naruto, who was an amazing fan-girl deterrent with his annoyingness.
'Heh heh, this'll be a cinch! What kind of ANBU would I be if I couldn't pass the genin exam! I'll pass everything easy.' Naruto thought, turning his attention to Iruka.
"Ok, the genin test will be composed of primary weaponry, meaning how well you can use the basic weapons, a test on theory and history, an obstacle course, and primary jutsus: you will be asked to perform one of the basic jutsus you have learned this year. You need to pass three out of the four tests to pass. Any questions?"
Iruka waited to make sure no one raised their hand. "Ok, good luck to all of you," he said as he passed out the test. Naruto instantly paled at it. 'Damn...' he thought, looking at it. "Oh yes only ANBU in history to fail part of a genin exam." The fox then proceeded to burst out laughing.
Naruto sighed and wrote down what he hoped were the answers. After 30 minutes he got up and handed the paper in. Iruka took it and quickly marked it.
"Good job Naruto, you passed!" 'Thank god! Pride intact...'
"You got a 55" Iruka said happily. "Then again maybe not!" Kyuubi burst out laughing again. Naruto put on a big grin and walked back to his seat to wait for the other parts in the exam.
He easily aced the weapons test, which involved ten shurikun, ten kunai, and twenty targets. He hit the right targets and even threw all ten shurikun at once to show off. He then grabbed the ten kunai, threw them, and went on his way. All hitting the bull's eye. The obstacle course was also easy, although he needed to go at it in a slow jog. The jutsu he had to do, of course, was the bunshin.
He was up after Sakura, who completed it by creating four clones. 'Still can't create those things to save my life. Simple stuff, oh no, but hard stuff, hell yeah.'
"Well, Naruto, could you create a minimum of three clones for us please?" Mizuki asked.
"Don't worry, Naruto, even if you fail this, you still will pass overall." Iruka said, knowing clones were his worst. Behind Naruto, Sasuke smirked knowingly. 'Ha! The idiot will fail,' Sasuke thought as he saw Naruto take his stance.
He easily went through the hand seals. Iruka, noticing the seals were different, raised an eyebrow. Naruto stopped on a cross seal and behind him about twenty poof sounds were heard. The few students who were still in the classroom turned to look.
There were Naruto clones in all the seats at the desks, all grinning happily. There were a few around near the original. Mizuki chuckled.
"Just what you've always wanted, eh Iruka? A class full of Narutos." Iruka's expression was caught somewhere between putting his head through a wall or running over and hugging Naruto.
Sasuke stared at the 'Naruto' closest to him. He pushed him out of the way, wanting to upstage him. When his hand made contact, he smirked, thinking he'd found the real one. He then punched it on the arm on hopes of getting a yelp of pain and also making him move. A popping noise was heard and the clone disappeared in a poof of white smoke.
"The hell?" he asked no one in particular.
"Do I pass?" asked Naruto, grinning at the confused Sasuke as he dispelled the rest of the clones.
"Uhhh, yeah, you pass. Wasn't that kage bunshin though?" Iruka asked quietly. Naruto nodded.
"Ok, then, who's next?" Iruka gave a look that said 'I'll talk to you later.' Sasuke went next and managed to create as many as Naruto, but still didn't understand what it was he had done. 'That clone was solid, it wasn't a normal one,' Sasuke thought to himself as he left to the other class room behind Naruto to wait to get their headbands.
Naruto sat in an empty seat and waited. A few minutes and many angry glares from Sasuke later, Iruka announced that they would all need to meet back at the academy tomorrow to be put on their three man teams and meet their Jounin instructor. They then were called up one by one to receive their headbands. Naruto was called up last and Iruka untied his own headband and gave it to Naruto.
"I'm proud of you, Naruto! You're finally a ninja!" Iruka said happily.
'One good thing about being twelve again... I can act upon impulse.' Naruto jumped at Iruka and swung his arms around his neck. However, the momentum made them both fall backwards over the desk and ended up lying on the ground. Once they got back Iruka placed a hand on his shoulder
"How about I treat you to ramen? You can tell me how you learned kage bunshin." Naruto grinned and went back to his seat in the middle row.
"Dobe," Sasuke muttered from behind.
"I HEARD THAT SASUKE-BASTARD!" Naruto yelled at Sasuke who was seated at the very back. 'Oh how nice it feels to once again obey the impulse and not have to worry that people are actually expecting me to think before speaking.'
"Um yes anyway... congratulations to all of you who passed and we'll see you tomorrow." Iruka said. All the students began to leave. Naruto waited for Iruka to finish talking to Mizuki, glaring at the traitor, though he didn't seem to notice. Iruka signaled for him to wait outside so he did.
The first thing he did was look for Hinata, but when he found her, she was with her father. He instantly went the other way. Her father never liked him much.
When Iruka came out, he kept telling him that he was happy for him and giving him lectures. When he asked about the kage bunshin he lied and said he was bothering the Hokage and found the scroll, studied it and that's how it happened. After Naruto deprived the ramen bar of its supplies and Iruka his money they said their goodbyes and went home.
Once he got home Naruto changed, set his alarm, and slept, dreaming up ways to annoy the people around him.