Chapter 43 - 43 (2/2)

”Okay!” Ryo hasn't seen Obito and Rin for quite a long time.

”Yugao, we're going to the academy to see our classmates' graduation exams. Do you want to go?”

”No I can't Ryo Nii-san, I want to practice harder.”

After some hard work, Yugao was finally calling Ryo Nii-san instead of Ryo san. This made him really happy.

So he and Kakashi went to the Ninja academy and were there just in time to catch up with Kurenai taking the exam. Passing it was no problem for the girl from the prestigious Yuhi clan.

After that, it was Asuma's role, whose exam went smoothly, as its subject was fire release.

”Next, Might Guy!”

Whenever Guy was tested before, students laughed. His Ninjutsu skills were bad, and he couldn't perform Genjutsu. He was only good with Taijutsu.

The school's graduation assessment is generally based on testing students with all 3 techniques. But now that there's a war that's about to break out, Konoha needed more Ninjas, more Cannon Fodder to enter the battlefield.

Guy was able to impress the 3rd, and the director put him in the elite class because of that.

Unlike other kids, children in the elite classes were the one that are expected to be the pillars of the future of Konoha. These kids usually end up with elite Jonins as instructors.

The drums of war were knocking. So the teacher was free to determine the subject for each student. For Gay, it was Taijutsu, so he excelled with ease.

(Translator note: Didn't the 6 year old Kakashi beat Guy in the the Chunin exam? Now Kakashi is 8 so, shouldn't Guy be a Genin already? Well, maybe this is all the butterfly effect or something.)

”Next, Obito Uchiha… Obito Uchiha… Are you there?!”

The examiner's deliberate repetition made the students laugh out loud. Because he was an Uchiha, he was put in the elite class. But his performance was only slightly better than Guy's, and he had this problem with punctuality. He was turning little by little into Konoha's ”King of Late”.

The subject of Obito's exam was [Cloning Jutsu]. The Uchiha clan teaches this technique to their children at a very young age. So Obito had no problem with it.

Later on, it was Rin's turn. Like Sakura, she had great Chakra control.

After the last student's exam was completed, all of the members of the elite class had easy success. Afterwards, their teacher gave them a lengthy speech, after which he offered them their forehead protectors. With that, Obito and the others officially became Ninja.

”Rin, Obito, this way!”

”Kakashi Yaro, Ryo Kuzo, I graduated too!” Obito's was being the usual Obito as he was yelling to the two.

”Kakashi, Ryo, what brought you here?” Rin asked.

”We were bored and we came to see your exam.” Ryo answered her.

While the 4 were chatting, other student noticed the two familiar faces.

”Are those Kakashi and Ryo?”

Both of them have been established as examples for the students. Kakashi was the youngest graduate in the history of the academy, and the youngest Chunin ever. Ryo was a great medic with skills comparable to those of Tsunade.

”Kakashi, Obito, Rin, this sounds like trouble. I didn't come to deal with all of these students, I just came by to see you and invite you on a barbecue to celebrate your graduation. See you guys in the barbecue shop next to the 3rd training ground.” As Ryo finished his words, he activated his lightning Chakra mode and instantly left.

Kakashi also did the same thing, and left them there. Obito and Rin looked at each other and rushed out of the crowd towards the Barbecue shop.