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  The graduation exam for Naruto and his css has begun. Mizuki sat behind the table in the front while Iruka took several sheets of paper and distributed it among the students. He stood in front of the css and spoke.

  "The first part is a written exam. You have 2 hours. You are only allowed to hand in your paper at the end of the exam. So even if you finish early it won't make any difference. Do your best to score as much as you . Begin."

  Most of the students immediately went through the questions on the paper. Shikamaru was one of the few that took their time carefully reading all the questions.

  The Nara had a calm face as he sat up and browsed the problems written down on the paper. 'Mom will be mad if I just go about this exam as usual. Guess I o put some more effort into this. What a drag.'

  Nearby Kiba had a grin as he looked at his paper. "Alright Akamaru, wish me luck." "Arf." With encement from his partner Kiba began answering the questions.

  Sakura quickly looked through all the problems and smiled as she reached the st question. 'These questions are desigo test our knowledge on theory and critical thinking and problem solving. Still this is going to be so easy.'

  She was about to start writing wheiaruto sitting right o her looking pale as he stared at the paper in front of him. She knew he anig right now.

  Naruto gripped his head with both hands as he looked at the difficult questions. 'Oh man. This is so tough. I really hate this part of the exam. What do I do if I 't answer?'

  "Naruto."

  As the blonde boy was screaming in his mind he heard his name called in a small soft tone. He turo the side and saw Sakura giving him a small smile.

  "You o calm down. Close your eyes and take a few deep breaths." Sakura said in a small voice as to not attray attention.

  Naruto looked at her smile and he quickly calmed down. He nodded and smiled as he looked at her. "Thanks Sakura."

  "You've studied hard for this exam. You do this. Good luck." Giving her friend a small nod the pink haired girl turned her attention back to the papers in front of her.

  Naruto smiled and did as he was told. He closed his eyes and took several slow deep breaths. 'She's right. I got this. Just remember everything I studied. I do this. I will pass this exam and bee a ninja. One day I'm gonhe Hokage of the vilge. I 't fail here.'

  Opening his eyes Naruto gazed at his exam papers with a renewed determination. He carefully read the questions and began to write down what he knew.

  Iruka had been watg the iioweewo from the er of his eyes. He inwardly smiled as Naruto fidently began to write the answers.

  But it wasn't just Iruka that saw this iion. Mizuki was also paying attention to Naruto and when he saw Sakura encing the boy he became furious. He ched his fists underh the table. For a sed his face turned furious but he quickly trolled himself. But what Mizuki didn't know is that his split sed rea was caught by Hinata who became even more cautious and wary of the white haired in teacher. She quickly turned her head down and wrote the answers on a paper to avoid any attention from Mizuki.

  And so the first part of the Graduation exam had begun.

  —-

  Two hours had passed and Iruka collected all the paper and hahem to Daikoku Funeno. He was the teacher grading the paper of the graduating students while Iruka and Mizuki tinued on with the other tests.

  The students were taken out to the field and the ons accuracy test was on the exam. Each student had 20 kunai and 20 shuriken. Some of the wooden targets were in the usual round shape but there were alsets that looked like humans with red circles marked on the critical areas. Some targets had red circles at the ter and some had green. Two had a bck circles painted in the ter.

  Iruka expihe rules. "You have 40 ons and 4ets. You get 1 point if you hit the ter of a green target. 0.5 points if you just hit the wooden board with green targets. 0 points if you miss. Then for the red target, if you hit the ter you'll get 1.5 points. 1 point if you hit the board and 0 for a miss. The twets painted bck are positioned in your blind spots. Hitting them in the dead ter will get you 2 points and hitting the board will get you 1.5 points. Is everyone clear?"

  All the students nodded and Iruka tinued.

  "There will be a timer. Your points will increase based oime in which you plete this test. A perfect score is 2 points per board. But that will require perfect aim and speed. You least 25 points to pass."

  Sasuke looked at the field and observed the position of all the targets. 'The targets with green color painted on are in pin view and they're the easiest to get. But the red ones are partially cealed and the two bes are fully cealed, pced behind a boulder and a tree. The distance is also different and there is a time limit… I see… They also want us to use the correct on for the right target huh… Time to cut loose. This test is going to be iing.'

  Shikamaru g some of the members in the css and sighed. 'Sasuke, Naruto, Hibachi, Kiba… They all look really eager to get started…'

  He looked at the target course and his eyes narrowed. He brought his hands together as he thought about the test.

  'Time is limited and based on the way some of the targets are positiohey expect us to hit it while we're moving fast. Moreover, a few of them are pced at an angle so if we don't throw with the right teique and use the right force we might miss. We also o make a choice between using shuriken or kunai oargets. To get the best score we'll have to hit them as we're running, so determining which of the two ons we should use is also part of the test. If the ohrow hits the target but doesn't stid bounces off, it will t as 0 points… This won't be easy.'

  Iruka walked forward and called out the name of the first person to plete the ons Accuracy Test. "Sasuke Uchiha. Step forward."

  The young Uchiha grabbed the poud made sure all the ons were inside. He quickly got to the starting line and the instant Iruka started the time he rushed from his spot.

  Sasuke expertly threw several shurikens and kunai at every target that was in his path and they all hit bullseye. 'This is nothing pared to my fights with Daichi. I've gotten far better with my shuriken skills and my speed has increased thanks to my spars with him.'

  Sasuke was moving faster than even Iruka and Mizuki anticipated and they were shocked at the skills that were dispyed.

  'He truly is a genius. Just like Daichi.' Iruka had a smile as he saw the academy student accurately hitting the st target and reag the finish line.

  The students were also shocked at the sight. After Daichi left they had never seen Sasuke go all out so this was a shock for them.

  "Well, there goes my pn to take first spot." Kiba said with wide eyes and slumped shoulders.

  "It is a logical oute. He has been training every ce he gets." Shino said as he looked at the Uchiha.

  Choji, who was hem, agreed. "Just like Daichi. Looks like he's going to be the Rookie of the year for sure"

  "Wow… That's incredible Sasuke." Sakura said with a big smile as the Uchiha came near. He ignored her and leaned back against the wall as he looked at the instructors rec his hits and grading him.

  Naruto standing nearby frowned and ched his fist. "I'm gonna go even faster a you." He was about to walk over to the starting li was stopped by a hand on his shoulder. He turned around and saw that it was Shikamaru.

  "Shikamaru? What are you doing? I'm gonna take the test ."

  "Naruto. Don't let Sasuke distract you." The Nara said with a serious tone.

  Naruto was fused as he looked at the serious gaze of his friend. "What are you-"

  "This is a ons accuracy test. Not a race. If you run fast trying to beat his time and miss all the shuriken targets, you'll get a zero. Time is a sedary factor. The most important thing is to hit the wooden targets with accuracy. Do you uand?"

  Naruto's eyes widened as he remembered Iruka's instrus. He looked at Sasuke who just gave him a desding smirk. The blonde boy became angry but he closed his eyes and trolled himself. 'Shikamaru is right. I 't make any stupid mistakes and fail. This exam is my st ce.'

  Naruto stood back as Iruka and Mizuki were back calling the results. "Sasuke Uchiha. 80 points. A perfect score. up, Ino Yamanaka."

  "Wish me luck guys." Ino was a little nervous but she psyched herself up and fidently walked to the starting line.

  The accuracy test exam tinued for about an hour. After all the students pleted their run the results were published.

  The results of the future Rookies were such…

  Sasuke Uchiha. - 80

  Ino Yamanaka - 65.5

  Naruto Uzumaki - 41

  Shikamaru Nara - 62

  Sakura Haruno - 63

  Hinata Hyuga - 68.5

  Kiba Inuzuka - 70.5

  Shino Aburame - 66

  Choji Akimichi - 61.5

  Many others in the css had points ranging from 30 to 55. But Iruka was most surprised by Naruto's performanbsp;'I thought he would only barely pass. But it seems he's ahead of a few others. Looks like all his training has paid off. I'm gd Naruto.'

  The in instruct the ones with the highest points. 'All of them scored high points with Kiba ing in sed. They've all trained hard, otherwise they couldn't have gotten such high points.'

  Mizuki kept a smiling, kind face as he collected the ons from all the students. 'I made the right choice ging my inal pns. It looks like this brat will definitely pass the exam.'

  The future rookies minus Sasuke were all standing in a group. They were gd to have pleted this part of the exam.

  "Oh man. I only got 41 points. I thought for sure it would be more." Naruto sulked as he looked at his score.

  "Cheer up Naruto. You did better than some of the others in css." Choji said as opened a snack. "Here. Have some chips."

  The blonde boy relutly took a chip and chowed down.

  "I was half expeg you to just pass by the skin of your teeth. But you got 41 points. So cheer up you dolt." Ino said as she and Sakura giggled looking at Sasuke.

  "I guess. It was really tough. But I remembered what Daichi taught me during training st month and just went with it." Naruto said offhandedly but Ino's attention was instantly on Naruto.

  "Wait, you've been training with Daichi st month?"

  "Err… Yeah! He came to me one weekend and asked if I wao train with him. We went into the back hills and trained for a while. He taught me a few moves and I traihem."

  "How could you not tell me? I mean us. How could you not tell us?" Ino started shaking the boy.

  Shikamaru and Kiba had an idea as to what Naruto's answer might be and they silently motioned for Naruto to stop talking before he dug his own grave.

  "I guess I kinda fot. Oops." Naruto sheepishly chuckled and a vein throbbed on Ino's forehead as she saw Naruto's expression.

  Shikamaru just groaned in exasperation while Kiba facepalmed at the dumb ahe blonde boy just gave.

  Ino had a smile that sent shivers up Naruto's spine. "Why you…" But before she could do anything Sakura and Hinata quickly pulled her away.

  "You really don't know when to stop talking, do you Naruto?" Shikamaru asked, letting out a tired sigh.

  The boy grinned as he rubbed the back of his head. "It's a gift."

  The Nara boy looked at his friend with a deadpan expression. "It really isn't."

  As they were talking Iruka stepped in front of everyone and spoke about the part of their exam.

  "Now, we'll begin with your Taijutsu evaluation."