Second Chance

Chapter 02

Chapter 02: The academy exams

"What hit me?" Naruto groaned as he sat up holding his head.

'That would be the jutsu that you used to bring yourself to the past, kit.' The kyuubi retorted. Shakily standing Naruto cursed as he saw the date. 'Lovely final exams. I have a pounding migraine, no idea of how well I am going to work in my younger, weaker body and no plan on how I should go about this now that I know what to expect.'

'Well that would be your fault for not planning ahead of time.'

"I couldn't plan ahead. I had no idea where the jutsu would send me. All I know is that it would be a time where I existed and that would be able to handle the memories and chakra coming back with me. I can still use your chakra right? Or am I going to have to work up to that again?"

'I will be able to tell you more when you are at full strength. By the way at this rate you are going to be late.'

"NO FAIR!" Naruto yelled as he ran (as best as he could) out of his apartment and towards the school. Mentally he prayed that Sasuke was having a much better time than he was.

Across the village another lone figure was sitting up rubbing at the back of his head groaning. 'It worked. Good. Where am I? Oh my training field. Judging by the positioning of the shuriken over there and the equipment I have on me, I am somewhere near the academy graduation.' Sasuke worked out while massaging his head. After a second he smiled at himself. He had managed to perfect his timing and the jutsu to pull it off. Wincing he glanced at the sun's position he cursed. He was going to be late. 'Well I suppose if I need to I can take advantage of my near god like status that they have given me. This is going to take some time to adjust to. I should get to the academy. I'll try and work some of the specifics out at lunch with the hokage.' Freezing in mid-step Sasuke cursed. 'I am going to have to make sure that I don't say that to him.'

Naruto and Sasuke actually met half way to the academy. They only needed to take one glance at each other before they knew that the other was suffering from the same migraine. Snickering they sped up and started to race to the academy. Their rivalry had been reignited somewhat. Bursting through the door they both gave sheepish looks at Iruka and Mizuki.

"Sorry Iruka-sensei. I was helping the dobe with his aim. I can't say if it has improved any though." Sasuke quickly explained knowing that Naruto would pick up on the excuse to keep him out of trouble.

"Hey watch it teme! I was doing pretty well until you startled me by yelling that we were going to be late! Besides who gets up at four in the morning to practice kunai and shuriken anyway?" Naruto huffed in a manner that was befitting of his younger days. Shaking his head Iruka groaned.

"Take your seats but do try to be more mindful of the time next time." He lectured getting a nod from both of the boys. "Alright now that everyone is here we can start the final exam. This exam will be held in several parts. The first will be a test of your academic knowledge. This will test if you have been paying attention to my lectures over the years, following that will be accuracy. You will be tested on your kunai and shuriken technique. Following that will be a test of your taijutsu. This will be a tournament style test in which you will spar with each other, your performance will be watched carefully and you will be graded based on your performance. Your parents have been invited to watch the tournament as well, so try not to goof around. We will break for lunch after that. Immediately after lunch has ended you will be tested on genjutsu and finally ninjutsu. Any questions?"

"Iruka-sensei, does the winner of the tournament get extra credit for winning or no?" one civilian born student asked.

"No the winner will not receive extra credit for winning the tournament."