A Changing Vision Of The Future

Chapter 9: Graduation part I

It was the day of the graduation for all the ninja in training from the academy. Their chance to become accepted as a Genin and an adult in the society of the Shinobi world. For Uzumaki Naruto was it a big day too, it was his third time trying to graduate from the academy.

He may had failed the exam two times before but this time he was determined to pass the exams. He had to pass, it would be one of his last chance to become a ninja before he would be removed from the ninja program.

If that happened he would never get the chance to become a ninja anymore or even becoming Hokage, one stronger than the Fourth. He couldn't afford to fail because he could not get that stupid Clone Jutsu done without summoning a half dead bushin.

Most of the exam's tests were ok, well... for most of the students. The first part of the exam was a written test, not a very good thing too for the blonde... they had about an hour to fill all the questions on the sheet. There number of questions was high, probably so they could test the fastness of the students by judging the number of questions answered.

Most of the questions were all about everything and something, like the shinobi rules, the three shinobi prohibitions, some history of the village Konohagakure and much more crap and I am not going to tell all the boring details.

After the first part of the exam they headed to the academy training grounds where they would take the second part. The second test was shuriken and kunai aiming.

The main objective was that you had to move and keep maneuvering while throwing the projectiles to the target. Most of the students had average scores and some were perfect. Naruto only had barely an average score, just enough to pass the portion.

The third test was the Taijutsu spar against each other while the two Chunin observed them. many of the civilian children had trouble with this part because they didn't really train with their families like the clan's children did. The young Uzumaki was an exception, he was an orphan and did not belonged to a clan nor had a family that could help him train with that kind of stuff.

Naruto was paired up against Ami, Sakura-chan's bully. She was a civilian and not very strong. It was easy to beat her, however the Taijutsu style he learned from Mizuki-sensei felt awkward and did not make very much sense. He rather used his own style, it suited him better and made more sense to his body.

The rest of the spars went on quickly, most children that were from a clan exceled in the Taijutsu and quickly gained the upper hand against the civilian children, when they were paired up against each other. Soon they finished the third portion of the exam and went back inside the academy.

On a table were lying the blue Konoha leaf headbands shining and glistering, waiting to be worn by the soon to be Genin.

The classroom was getting filled with excited children that hoped to pass the last test to finally become a real ninja today. When the Iruka-sensei and Mizuki-sensei walked into the classroom the class became dead silent, curious what was going to be the final exam.

The silence was broken when Iruka-sensei spoke up, 'We will now start the final exam. When your name is called, proceed to the testing room. The final test will be on... The Clone Jutsu.'

'Ugh! That's my worst technique! Great. I'm never gonna pass!' Naruto thought, bringing his hands to his head in panic.

One by one the children their names were called out to enter the room where the Chunin would determine if they would pass the Ninjutsu exam and become a ninja of the Hidden Leaf.

Naruto looked at his classmates that went into the room and when they came out. Most came back with a smile on their face and the Hitai-ate in their hand. Up until now no one failed the last test or came out with a sad face because they didn't pass.