Chapter 69 - Becoming Genin.

[Chapter Size: 2000 Words.]

Third Person POV

Konoha, Year 36.

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"Minato, tell me exactly what you were doing," Tsuna says, looking at him while crossing her arms with a questioning look. 

Minato had already taken a bath and returned to the place, immediately leaving as soon as he saw them to avoid being questioned right away and went to the bathroom, he changed his clothes afterward and returned to the kitchen. Although they were relieved that the blood wasn't his, they still looked at him with suspicion, wondering where he had been and with whom he had fought, because that was definitely human blood. 

"I was training, then I came across a group of ninjas from the Wind Country on the South Coast," Minato ended up admitting, there was no reason to hide it after they caught him. 

"South Coast? What do you mean? It's hundreds of kilometers away," Hanabi commented, a bit surprised. 

"It's true, but I can use the raijin to teleport there," he spoke calmly. "Since I needed to find a very calm place to train and it ended up being the south of the country." 

"Well, that's amazing," Mikoto admitted. 

"If he said he was facing Ninja from the wind village, then I believe him, Dattebane," Kushina declared. 

"Well, anyway, I'm surprised with you. What are you doing here?" Minato finally asked, after all that confusion, seeing that the girls were calmer. But still scratched his head wondering since when his house became so accessible... 

"We came to surprise you. We don't know what will happen next week, but it's quite likely that we will part ways. And we are all your friends, so we decided to do something for you. We just didn't imagine that we would find a blood scene," Tsuna said still with a somewhat suspicious look. 

"Well, and what are you doing there in the kitchen?" Minato said, feeling grateful for that. 

"We were making a cake. Come, let's eat. We were almost done before you arrived," Kushina spoke with a big smile. 

Although Mikoto and Hanabi were more reserved, they enjoyed the evening, they ended up serving themselves with the cake made by the girls while they talked and Minato commented on his current training a bit and listened to the girls, their conversation yielded some laughter, while the five people talked, Minato looked satisfied at the four women. It would be their last times together, as far as he knows, so he wanted to enjoy it, since, even Hanabi being the person he knows the least there, still, he could consider one of his best bonds. And he had also made a promise to her and intended to fulfill it in the future. 

The night went on while the four girls and Minato ate and laughed, until the night finally ended and Minato, at least, took everyone home. After that, he returned with the Raijin and rested, satisfied. 

Minato still continues training, still going to the South Coast, meeting Guren, as they continued their training. Then, finally, the week passed and the long-awaited day arrived: the day of the academy approval. Unlike just doing the three basic jutsus, the students, at least, had to do a rank B jutsu to pass, since this was the class that the village invested the most resources in its history and hoped to find a large group of elite jōnin coming out of there in the future. 

The morning period started with written exams and the 3 basic jutsu, which everyone did well in. During the midday period, the class was quite united during lunch while they commented on the next stage. 

"Man, doing a B jutsu... when you're 11 years old... that's so problematic..." Shikaku Nara murmured. 

"It won't be that difficult..." Chouza Akimichi commented eating a snack. 

"..." Inoichi Yamanaka was silent. 

"You always complaining about things, Nara." Tsuna commented on the side. 

The conversation continued, Minato didn't participate much in it, but occasionally talked with them, since he was thinking about other things. 

As soon as the class returned, all the children headed to the training field. The teacher Fuuma was waiting with some Jonin and even the Hokage showed up. Doing the classic test of the circuit, Kunai throws, and even a sparing with jutsus like the previous years, all the children performed these tests, with Minato continuing undefeated, Akuma Uchiha came out of his fight against Minato with a lot of anger after losing again, never even coming close to winning the first in the class.

Then came the final test, performing a level B jutsu. Despite consuming almost all the children's chakra, and them practically fainting as soon as they performed the jutsus at that age, the vast majority succeeded. Kushina used a large water jutsu, Tsuna performed a great earth jutsu, Hanabi also did a great earth jutsu, and Mikoto performed a great fire jutsu. 

Minato was called and executed a series of jutsu creating the chidori in his hand. The lightning appeared, surprising everyone, with the Jonin evaluating him performing a Rank A jutsu, as the only one in the class, while everyone was drawn to the lightning sparking from Minato's hands. Mikoto seemed to have been enchanted by the Jutsu, from what Minato noticed. 

As soon as the tests were over, the teacher began to distribute the headbands with the leaf symbol with a blue fabric to tie around the head. Minato was satisfied; he had finally become a ninja, with his maximum score in record time, feeling finally like a genin with his headband tied on his forehead. He was the best student in Konoha's history, however, the village had no idea of his real power, which pleased him, since he managed to hide it for years, otherwise, he would have big problems if the Hokage or his group of elders had discovered his abilities, as they might see him as a threat. 

Minato ended up celebrating with the class, since Chouza Akimichi invited everyone to a large barbecue restaurant. Although he did not have as great a friendship with the class as he did with the girls, he went with them. They celebrated together with the entire class. The next day, they were going to pick up their Jonin teachers. So, all the children were anxious. 

Thus, after returning home late, Minato rested and returned to the academy the next day, already knowing who his teacher would be. Many students were already waiting impatiently, however, one person was missing. 

"Where is Kushina, Senju?" Mikoto asked, looking at Tsuna's side, which was empty at that moment. 

"She had to be called to something else, her situation is a bit different from ours..." Tsuna commented with a somewhat sad look. 

Minato knew why, but stayed silent with a bitter feeling about it. 'I'll see her later...' He murmured internally. 

Then, Professor Fuma appeared, "Hello everyone!" He announced almost in tears. "Before we start, as a teacher of this class, almost every year, I am very proud of all of you. You have become splendid ninjas, a pride of the Village, and will make the Village even prouder in the future, protecting all the people from this place. Remember, the will of fire is strong in all of you, and it won't be long before we hear of your great deeds. So, I am very proud to have been part of your growth. I hope to see you someday when you are in great positions." Fuma started to cry, like a baby and everyone seemed to feel something for the teacher, since, like it or not, Fuma was a part of everyone's childhood there, almost with a paternal vision. 

"Now let's start with the next step..." He said swallowing his tears and began talking about how things happened, about their Jonin and how the teams would be formed. "Now to the teams." He announced, picking up a clipboard with the names and speaking the first teams. 

"Team 1: Chouza Akimichi, Inoichi Yamanaka, and Shikaku Nara." He declared, and Minato was not surprised by the trio. 

"That sounds like a lot of work..." Nara commented as always. 

"Team 2: Hizashi Hyuga, Hiashi Hyuga, and Tsume Inuzuka!" Fuuma announced again, and Minato saw it as a team completely geared towards tracking. 

The teacher continued announcing the teams until team 6 caught Minato's attention. 

"Team 6: Tsuna Senju, ...." Minato did not pay attention to the other members, but to Tsuna, who looked not very surprised and exchanged some looks with him. 

"Team 7: Mikoto Uchiha, Hanabi Hyuga, and Minato Namikaze!" Minato was surprised with his name declared last, many looked at him at that moment and even murmured how he could be in a team with two girls and it was unfair to all the other boys.

"It looks like we're together..." Mikoto murmured with a certain joy in her tone, and Hanabi didn't seem to dislike the combination, Minato also nodded in satisfaction. 

The teams continued to be called, and there ended up being 9 teams instead of 12 due to some students not being able to pass over the years and being transferred out of the elite program. 

"With that..." Fuuma lowered the clipboard and looked at everyone, "I can only wish you good luck!" He said while starting to cry again, no longer seeming like a Chunin of the village. "Now, I am leaving. The other teachers will come and call you to take you to a place where you can talk about your future. Goodbye!" He left the room amid tears, and everyone bid him farewell as well. 

A moment later, Jonins began to enter the room, calling their team by number. And, at one point, Tsunade Senju, famous in the village, entered and faced all the children who swallowed hard at her gaze, while Minato seemed amused by it. 

"Team 6, let's go outside!" She declared as an order, and her daughter stood up before nodding one last time to Minato and leaving with her future teammates. 

"Our teacher seems to be the last..." Hanabi murmured, with only 4 teams remaining while more and more Jonins entered the room. 

At one point, a pale man entered, and Minato saw Orochimaru looking at him for a moment, which made him a bit uncomfortable with those eyes staring at him; he wasn't the only one, many children were creeped out by the elite Jonin, a while later, he called team 9. 

In the end, Hanabi was right as the last team was called, leaving only Minato, her, and Mikoto in the room. A moment later, a person entered, wearing a Jonin vest and with white hair. Minato murmured: "He finally arrived, at least it wasn't as late as Kakashi." He smiled, and Mikoto looked at him before asking: "Who is Kakashi?" Minato just smiled at her "It's nobody special right now..." He said before turning back to Jiraiya staring at them with a fun smile. 

Jiraiya, who was already in the middle of the room, pleased, looked at Minato among the girls. "Well, it looks like you are my students, and it looks like we ended up in the same team, little Minato, what a coincidence..." he says, leaving Minato with a small smile, with this guy pretending ignorance. 

He continued speaking to his 3 seated students. "Well, then let's go upstairs, since I want to start with the introductions," he declared. Doing so, he disappeared from the spot, and the 3 future students began to stand up.

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