"Naruto-kun."
Hinata waved to Naruto from inside the school. She had arrived fairly early, but her family was still watching from outside.
Two pairs of Byakugan, one big and one small, fixed on Naruto after Hinata waved to him.
Hiashi: This feels so annoying.
Neji: Mm-hmm, same here.
"Boss, I came to cheer you on for your exam today."
Konohamaru clutched his pants, first giving Karin a slightly frightened look, then speaking to Naruto.
"Oh, thank you so much!"
Naruto happily patted Konohamaru on the head, then handed him over to Ebisu.
After all, he had an exam to take and had no time to look after Konohamaru.
"Be good and study with him, okay? Once my exam is over, we'll go have a feast together."
Konohamaru nodded obediently. Today was quite an important day for Naruto, and as his little underling, he naturally did not want Naruto worrying about him.
"Okay, boss!"
Konohamaru climbed onto Ebisu's shoulders and watched Naruto enter the school.
"I wonder when I'll get to graduate."
Konohamaru folded his arms, the long scarf around his neck fluttering in the wind.
"Young master, you'll be starting school soon."
Ebisu interjected.
"Shut up."
Konohamaru kicked Ebisu with his foot.
"Yo, Naruto, you're so slow."
Leaning against a tree, Sasuke cast a casual glance at Naruto as he came in and spoke.
"Well, I'm pretty much on time. Iruka-sensei isn't here yet either, is he?"
Naruto looked around but saw no sign of Iruka-sensei.
"Are you an idiot? Iruka-sensei is already in the exam room."
Sasuke looked speechlessly at Naruto, who had dragged their teacher into his excuse.
"Mm-hmm, Iruka-sensei got here really early."
Hinata nodded earnestly as she spoke to Naruto.
"Uh, okay..."
About ten minutes later, the teachers came out of the school building. The students