Helping A Brother

Chapter 3

*Graduation Test Day*

"Are you ready, Sasuke?" Asked Naruto. "We're finally going to get out of this academy, and into some real missions and training."

Naruto now wore black shinobi pants, a fishnet shirt, and a long, black trench coat over it. The trench coat hid his kunai holster on his right thigh, and his equipment pouch on the back of his hip.

"What do you call 200 push-ups and pull-ups, 500 sit-ups, and a fifteen mile run everyday, all with 20 pound weights on?" Asked the Uchiha.

Sasuke wore a black, shortsleeved shirt with a high collar and the Uchiha crest at the base of the collar on the back. He wore a black pair of shorts with multiple pockets, and his kunai holster on his right thigh. His hands and forearms were wrapped up with white tape.

"A warmup." Was Naruto's simple reply.

"Whatever, loser." Sasuke said coolly.

Before Naruto could get the chance to respond to his friend, Iruka started the introduction.

"Good morning, everybody." Started Iruka, getting multiple, halfhearted "morning"s in response. "We will now begin the graduation tests. First section is a written exam."

There was a chorus of groans emanating from the class, with the exception of five students. Shikamaru Nara, as he was sleeping, Shino Aburame, as he believes that would be illogical, Hinata Hyuga, as she was staring at a certain dog lover, and finally Naruto and Sasuke. They just knew that could easily ace the test.

After all of the tests were passed out, Iruka gave the signal to start. As soon as that happened, every student flipped their paper over, wrote their name, and began reading the first question.

1.How many kunai and shuriken are needed for a basic D rank mission?

Naruto had to go through all the information he had on missions and  their required equipment.

After a few moments of contemplation, Naruto stumbled upon a realization. D rank missions are, for the lack of a better word, chores of the village. Therefore, weapons of any kind would not be needed.

'This is just a trick question to throw people off.' Thought Naruto. 'I'm sure Sasuke saw through it as easily as I did.'

Right next to Naruto, Sasuke was having similar thoughts to his blonde friend's.

"Did they seriously think any of us would fall for this trick? Well, besides the fangirls.' Sasuke thought with a shudder. 'I'm sure Naruto saw through it as easily as I did.'

The remainder of the test was quickly passed through by the two top students. This was obvious, as ten minutes after the test had begun, both students stood up simultaneously, and walked to the front, each getting cheers from their respective hordes of fangirls.

'Kill me now.' They both thought with a sweat drop. They then returned to their respective seats, avoiding eye contact with any life form as much as possible.

Once they were seated, another twenty minutes went by before the last of the tests were turned in.

"Okay, class, seeing as our weekly spars told me everything about your taijutsu I need to know, when I bring you into the next room for the ninjutsu portion, I will give you your overall score." Stated Iruka. "First up is Shino Aburame. Follow me." Once Iruka was finished speaking, he grabbed the completed test and walked into the next room with Mizuki and Shino following shortly.

"Hey, Sasuke, who do you think is going to make Genin?" Asked the blonde Uzumaki.

"The clan heirs will most likely pass, either by skill or intimidation, I'm not sure. Kiba will probably make it through with his taijutsu. That Takahashi guy might make it passed, he seems to be somewhat skilled. Other than that, I'm not too sure." Replied the Uchiha.