Academy Admission (3)

Though Nikko didn't get the 1st position in the 2nd test, he caught the eyes of the Jonin in charge of the academy and that was for the clever uses of strength he showed in the 2nd exam. Most of the child tried to give their all in first phase or save their energy for the last phase to get good position, but only Nikko was the only one who was consistent in his position in more than 13.5 km after mishap is few steps, though he had chance to burst his energy out in the last moment and get 1st position. But he didn't do it as it would put him into a vulnerable position after he finished his race.

It was like he is a experienced ninja who is on a mission and determined to finish it cleanly and is also capable of thinking and quick adaptability according to the situation. This is not something a child of his age should generally possess even though this is the shinobi world and people matured very early in this world due to constant power struggle and war. The Jonin secretly noted this finding in the files readied for Nikko and decided to monitor Nikko for more to find anything interesting before reporting to Hokage.

After the 2nd test finished, candidates get 2 hours of break to fresh themselves to attend the 3rd exam which is a general aptitude test. In this test generally the academy tests the strength, chakra volume and chakra elemental affinity of the potential students so that they can give them the suitable instructor who will help them grow as a ninja capable of safeguarding the village.

At first Minato went for the test and get Genin level strength, Genin level chakra volume and 3 elemental affinity which are Fire, Wind and Lightning which made most of the parents who were there for watching the test of their children envious as they know their child may not be on par with him in future and the Chunin instructor was also stunned as it was about 10 years that a genius is coming to attend the academy after the Legendary Sanin and Chunin instructor was quite happy also as Minato is a civilian ninja just like him. Though Hidden Leaf village is the most broadminded ninja village, there are still class differences among ninjas from civilian background and clan background.

Next was the Fugaku who have Special Chunin level strength, Special Chunin level chakra volume with two elemental affinities- Fire and Lightning, Just like his son Sasuke from the anime's one of the protagonists. Ajima also has Genin level strength but he lacks slight chakra volume with civilians (High). But he has affinities in Earth, Fire, Water and Wind release which is quite shocking to the general peoples' point of view. But as his father, 3rd Hokage and his grandfather, legendary ninja Sarutobi Sasuke both have 5 natural elemental affinity, it was quite expected by the Chunin instructors that Ajima will also be a genius.

After him, many children participate in the 3rd exam but none gets the attention like Minato, Fugaku and Ajima. At last came the turn of Nikko. Though the parents and civilians had no idea about him and were ignoring his test, the Jonin was very interested.

But as the tests begin, results disappoint him as Nikko gets civilian (High) level in both strength and chakra volume. Though intelligence and endurance is necessary for a good ninja, one thing remains supreme and that is power. Power can back up many things which others can't and for this was the reason the jonin was disappointed as again one of the potential good seedlings will be actually a waste seedlings. But the elemental affinity test changes everything.

At first the chakra paper in Nikko's hand splits into 4 parts as soon as he infuses his chakra indicating his affinity with Wind. After one by one, the 1st part catches fire and turns into ash indicating Fire, 2nd part wrinkled indicating Lightning, 3rd parts of paper turn into dust indicating Earth and last part turns into a damp paper indicating Water elements affinity.

As soon as the jonin instructor saw his elemental affinity test result, he went into a shocked state. Like it is not that there were never any people with 5 natural elemental affinity. Even the current Hokage also have this, but still it is so rare that one in a million people have this.

Though the jonin instructor was happy and somewhat become elated, he didn't forget his duty towards the village and thus decided to keeps the test results secret as he needs to consult the Hokage first and told all the participant to come back tomorrow to get the results and further instruction and went to the Hokage office in a flick leaving our very own Nikko in the academy testing field alone.