Naruto Gaiden: The Next Generation

The written exams

Honoro's POV

Oh why the written exam? GOSH I HATE THE WRITTEN EXAM! What's the whole point anyway? It's not like your opponent's gonna go and ask "What's the best way to counter my attack?" mid-air!

Maybe I shoulda revised more on the weapon features or somethin'...

UGH. I wonder how the others are feeling.

Touka's POV

As I walked to my exam seat, I reviewed all the things I'd memorised for the exam. Yep...yep...definitely did that. This'll be easy! Hopefully, that moron Sachiko won't screw everything up. Even HONORO has more of a chance than she does.

"Uhhh, Touka? Toooooukaaaa?" A voice forced me out of my trance. I looked up to see Sachiko, looking unusually uncomfortable.
"What?" I replied, bored.
"Well, it's just that you kinda look stressed. And annoyed."
"And I should care why?" I raised my eyebrows.
"Uhhh, never mind." She replied hesistantly.

Sachiko's POV

That's odd. Touka seems off today. Although after the whole drama with Sensei, it seems understandable but still. It's so unlike her. I sighed and simply waved the thought away. The exam was currently my main priority.

About 10 minutes after finding our seats, a man with oddly-shaped, black hair entered the room. I heard a few snickers and remark about his hair. Even I couldn't help but smile at his pineapple-shaped hair.

"I will hand the test papers and I expect complete silence. The cloaked men on the sides of the classroom will be observing you in order to be sure you aren't cheating. You may not use any form of communication or jutsu to cheat or aid you in this exam," he said as he handed them out," Now, begin!"

I opened the paper and paused. What on earth was this? Clearly a lot of people agreed with me because they were all looking at their paper in confusion as well. Even Touka herself was stunned.

Touka's POV

This didn't fit anything we'd learnt. Something's up. Why give  us a test where all of the questions are impossible to answer? And why not just let the teacher supervise us?

"Team 3 out!" yelled one of the cloaked men, making everyone jump.

I lookeed subtly towards Honoro to find he was flying though his paper and only paused temporarily when Team 3 were called out.

Honoro's POV

How did they end up out? Oh well, almost finished... Aaaaaand done! Hang on, what's Touka doing? Is she... No way! She's using her Sharingan! She was cheating? Ohhhhh, pleeeease don't get caught! Otherwise we'd all be in trouble.

Sachiko's POV

That's it. I've had it, I'm just gonna have to cheat. I was a total master at this. I used to do it all the time in Science. Luckily I managed to steal Honoro's answers as he reviewed his work.Thank god, I made it!

"Team 8 out! Team 2 out!"

3 teams already? Dang this school is no joke.

"Stop! The exam has ended. And to those of you who are still here, congratulations you passed!" The man said.

He smirked as the faces of confusion increased.

"This exam was not a test of knowledge but rather, a test of stealth and awareness. The aim was to cheat but to not get caught as you may encounter such circumstances in your Chunin missions."

Touka's POV

I breathed out a sigh of relief. Thank goodness, we all passed. But if the written part was so hard, then we were all going to have to work hard for the physical. I groaned. This was going to be a long week.