Second chances

chapter 5:the genin exam

"Ohayo(1), Naruto-kun!"

The boy in question turned to see a bluish-black haired girl heading towards him as he entered the Academy

. He smiled."Ohayo, Hinata-chan. Where's Sasuke-teme?"

"Over here, dobe," the boy replied with a smirk.

The fox vessel had become good friends with her and Sasuke over the last six years, which seemed to make positive effects to both of them. Hinata became less shy around people and Sasuke had lightened up considerably in comparison to the old Sasuke before the time-travelling jutsu. Unfortuneately, this seemed to make his fangirls think that he was even more handsome than before, the exact reason why in the Academy, he sat at the end of the bench with Naruto and Hinata sitting next to him, like a human shield.

It was the third year the students failed, but today was going to be different, Naruto knew. Sasuke was still the rookie of the year and Hinata was average. In short, Naruto had to be the dead last so that the three had a good chance to be in a group, which wasn't very difficult to do.Suddenly. the three heard screaming and loud footsteps approaching them very quickly, which revealed to be Sakura and Ino.

"HA! I CAME FIRST, INO-PIG! I GET TO SIT NEXT TO SASUKE-KUN!" Shouted Sakura, doing a victory dance.

"DREAM ON, FOREHEAD GIRL! MY TOE CAME FIRST SO I GET TO SIT NEXT TO SASUKE-KUN!" Shot back Ino.

It was at this point that they saw Naruto and Hinata sitting next to their precious 'Sasuke-kun'. Wailing in agony, the two slowly sat somewhere else.Pretty soon, the class was filled with the other Academy students eager to recieve their forehead protectors as sign that they were growing up. Finally, the two chuunin Iruka and his assistant Mizuki entered the room.

Naruto had to suppress a slight growl as he saw the sinister white-haired man walk inside. He knew what he had to do, and he knew that he was going to hate it.

"Alright, class, today is the day of the exams, where you all have a chance to become full-fledged ninjas. You are to do the Shuriken, Bunshin and the Henge test to pass," said Iruka. "First off, it's Haruno Sakura's turn."

The list went on, until finally-"Uzumaki Naruto! You're up."

Gulping silently, Naruto walked up to the platform and performed his shuriken test first. He made his first mistake to his plans by throwing them with deadly accuracy, much to his chagrin and the awe of all students in the room. He needed to fail, not become the rookie of the year! Gritting his teeth, he steeled his resolve (and his dignity) and began to do everything in his power to be the deadlast and fail.

When asked to do a henge of Iruka, he decided to have a bit of fun and exploit the fact that he was isolated from his friends and classmates. Doing the seal of the ram, he concentrated his chakra and transformed.

"Henge!"

The result was a naked beautiful blonde girl which left poor Iruka with a large nosebleed and a laughing Naruto.

"Hahah! I call it the Orioke no jutsu, my ultimate technique! No one can defeat it!"

"YOU DUMBASS! DON'T INVENT STUPID SKILLS!" Screamed the instructor.

After a few minutes of him cooling down, he then said, "Now, for the Bunshin test. You are to make three perfect bunshins in front of Mizuki-sensei and I."

 'I've seen Naruto do the Bunshin no jutsu perfectly,' thought Iruka. 'There is no way he could fail this!'

How very wrong he was.Instead of three perfect bunshins, as expected of the exam, he ended up with only one clone... which looked dead. In fact, it looked so grotesque and hideous that Iruka felt... no, knew the blond did it on purpose.