It's been three months since Yuto's first week in the ninja world. He molded himself well over the three months because of his "hard work" in the first week.
He got the grandpa blade master, a chakra metal blade, paid in full with his "hard-earned money", and not to mention his use of his charming good looks to slip into the good graces of the Uchiha family.
Today was the day he would take his early graduation exam. He had already studied all six years of material and was ready to start developing his skills under guidance from village instructors. He planned to invest the money he had left from his father as a down payment for a place of business. He'd use the business to pay for tutors and specialists.
Yuto stepped into a private classroom at the academy. He was so tired, but he needed to fill out applications and study. He sighed, looking at the empty room with one desk in it. He pulled a few material scrolls as he needed to study for the upcoming graduation test. He made sure to get to the academy early, unable to get more time to go over poor subjects. He ranked fourth in his class despite completing all six years of material. Unfortunately, he couldn't go back and redo the work the previous yuto already did. He had bags under his eyes because he hadn't slept in days. He'd been filling out applications to the medical department for a trainee position. He submitted files of his academic scores he got from Moreno. he had taken the basic medical tests required by the academy, passing with perfect scores, and put them in his application.
He was now studying seal theory. Today was his academy test, and he planned to get a few hours of rest before his afternoon training scheduled for five pm. He got out of the chair feeling a bit drowsy and dehydrated. He bent down, unrolling a scroll on the ground, channeling some chakra into the scroll. There was a puff of smoke as there was a water bottle. He rolled up the scroll, walking out of the room as he twisted the top with his teeth before gargling it down.
He slapped both his cheeks with his hands, waking his brain up with the stinging sensation on his face. He walked into the designated written test room. Since he was graduating early, he would be doing a lot more than the basic three academy jutsu.
As he stepped in, he was met with the chunin for his test oversight. Yuto gave the man a disinterested look, grabbed the testing sheet, and walked to one of the seats in the back of the class. He knew the man would be frustrated, having to walk all the way to the back to hand him all the things he needed, because he planned on asking for anything that would make the chunin move his ass.
Yuto held back a grin as he looked at his pencil and broke the led.
"Shinobi san, would you mind handing me a pencil sharpener?" Yuto said innocently.
The man sighed before grabbing a small sharpener and walking all the way down to hand it to Yuto.
Yuto grinned, seeing the man already a little frustrated as he was just getting started.
After an hour of fucking with the chunin, he breezed threw the academic and practical knowledge test and fell asleep. He was taken from his sleep by an eraser being thrown at him. he looked up sluggishly, bags still under his eyes, as he saw the smug face of the chunin.
"Times up," he said.
"Yeah, yeah, I finished ages ago, what's next?" Yuto said before letting out a yawn.
The chunin scoffed, "Go to the room across the hall for the theoretical knowledge test," the chunin said begrudgingly.
Yuto walked out without a word, rubbing the sleep out of his eyes. he had barely gotten an hour of sleep. Theoretical knowledge was his best subject despite all his recent scores being perfect. He'd been learning through study and reflection and exploring theoretical frameworks, and his critical thinking was already unmatched. He pulled out a chocolate bar to get some sugar in his system to get a little energy for a likely taijutsu spar. But he had no way of knowing; he had forgotten to ask Itachi about his early graduation test.
He walked outside, seeing the third chunin for the day. He was so tired he didn't even care to acknowledge his test proctor. He saw the familiar forehead protector as it was similar to a beanie in his previous world. he saw the sinbon hanging out of the man's mouth as Yuto grinned. He was going to be an ass to everyone from the original story. He looked up with a bored expression.
"Alright, kid, last five minutes with me. You'll be scored based on how effectively you counter my strikes and shot selection choice because I doubt you'll hit me," Gemma said.
"Am I only allowed to use taijutsu?" Yuto asked
"This is a combat exercise, so anything besides ninjutsu and genjutsu," he said.
Yuto nodded before unsheathing his tanto and spitting on the ground.
Yuto was a little upset about the no-ninjutsu rule, as he was interested in testing his grade two spitball in combat. He made sure not to piss off Gemma until after the fight. He had no plans on getting pummeled into the ground because he angered the wrong chunin.
"You can attack whenever you'd like," he said, starting a timer, throwing it to the side before pulling out a kunai. Yuto scoffed before taking off in a burst of speed, slashing at the chunin relentlessly. His short blade danced in the air before delivering a chakra-enhanced kick to the chunin's gut. There was a loud impact, but Gemma didn't move back an inch as Yuto noticed Gemma's free arm blocking the kick's intended path. Yuto spent around lashing out with a backward kick, which Gemma rolled under and slashed his kunai down. Yuto parried the kunai with his blade before he spat a normal glob of spit at Gemma's face, which Gemma dodged, tilting his head, but Gemma just barely parried the horizontal slash intended to cleave him in two.
"your not bad, brat," Gemma said before performing a leg sweep, sweeping Yuto off his feet. Yuto quickly sprang into a back flip, stopping his back from hitting the ground as he flipped into the air again, throwing a flurry of shuriken at Gemma. Yuto landed on the ground seeing seeing Gemma effortlessly deflecting and dodging the shuriken.
Yuto ran in close, dropping into a chakra-enhanced slide tackle, kicking up dust to block Gemma's vision. He frowned, seeing Gemma simply jump back, avoiding any surprise attacks from the cover of the dust cloud. Yuto flew out of the smoke with his blade forward and his fist clenched. He ran closer to Gemma, throwing dirt out of his clenched fist. Gemma covered his eyes with an arm as Yuto took that opportunity for a downward slash. Gemma's experience prevailed, blocking the blade with his kunai despite his vision being blocked by his arm.
Yuto frowned, slamming his foot on Gemma's and grabbing Gemma's arm, his blade still locked in a battle with Gemma's kunai as he cocked his head back for a chakra-enforced headbutt. Gemma predicted the headbutt after Yuto's blatant attempt to restrain him. Gemma kneed Yuto's shin, forcing Yuto to release his hold on Gemma's foot. Yuto felt Gemma escaping his grip on Gemma's arm and changed his attack to a glob of spit. Gemma casually ducked the glob of spit and planted a kick in Yuto's gut, forcing him to release his grip on Gemma's arm.
Yuto flipped, landing on his feet as he spat at the ground and dusted his shoulder with a disinterested look on his face. "fucker" he spat out. Yuto hid it well, but that kick hurt like hell. Yuto saw the bored look on Gemma's face as he decided right there and then, he'd kick Gemma as hard as he could in the balls. Yuto walked forward calmly with his tanto in front of him before throwing his tanto at Gemma as he bolted into a sprint. His hands moved as fast as his legs. Gemma leaned, dodging the blade, but Yuto had already closed the distance already throwing a head kick. Gemma placed both of his hands to the side, his kunai still in his hand, blocking the kick.
Gemma drove his kunai at Yuto's neck, but was surprised to see Yuto's teeth coated in chakra biting on the kunai. Gemma was forced to let go of the kunai, jumping back from Yuto's kick just enough for Yuto to pick up the blade. Yuto snatched his tanto out of the dirt, spinning into a horizontal slash, but he stopped his attack, lifting his leg for a kick in between Gemma's legs.
"What the hell is up with this kid?" Gemma thought, snatching Yuto's kick out of the air. He was about to push Yuto back with his leg, but saw the hilt of his kunai from earlier coming at him from Yuto's mouth. He pushed Yuto back by the leg in his grasp and dodged the kunai hilt coming for his head.
Yuto clutched his blade again, ready to plan a new attack, but the timer rang.
Yuto scoffed, "Looks like you lucked out," Yuto said with a scowl.
"Don't get cocky, brat, I was taking it easy on you," Gemma said
"Yeah, yeah, tell your chunin bud's why your vest has my spit on it. If this were a real battle, I would have cast genjutsu from the chakra in my spit, and your fate would have been sealed," Yuto lied. He had no idea if that was even possible and was putting up a front as usual.
Gemma looked down at the specks of spit on his vest with a frown
"Crafty brat, are you?" Gemma said, replaying the fight in his mind.
"he used high-level combat tactics, mixing in diversions and changes in speed and direction. "I can tell how hard he works just from the bags under his eyes. While a tricky opponent and very unpredictable, he lacks combat experience and physical capabilities, but he makes up for it with his quick kinjutsu and sharp adaptability. I suspect he'll reach chunin-level strength in a few years if he keeps working how he does now, that's if his cocky attitude doesn't get him killed in the field.
"Yeah, yeah, what's my score, sinbon boy?" Yuto said disinterested
Gemma sighed, "93%, I had to deduct points for your suddle tells in the battle, and you discarding your weapon along with your hasty strikes, you left openings that I didn't act on, unable to gauge your skill in close combat," he said, bored.
Yuto frowned at his score but gave a nod after closing his eyes, remembering the events of the fight.
"I see, I left open five openings that you could have exploited but chose not to, I assure you, it will be corrected," Yuto said in a knowing tone.
Gemma was a little surprised by that "such analytical prowess, to be able to recount all the flaws after just the mention of it." he recounted the whole fight in a second, Gemma thought, his sinbon almost falling out of his mouth from his shock, but he quickly closed his mouth.
"So what's next?" Yuto asked impatently.
"Your other shinobi skills are accounted for from your material completion; you just need to complete the ninjutsu portion," Gemma said in a bored tone.
Yuto nodded, making his way to the designated room, sucking on a lollipop. He walked, his bags under his eyes more distinct. The chunin looked over, seeing Yuto walking into the room, looking like literal shit.
Yuto walked into the room, sighed, and spoke.
"Alright fucker, what do you need me to do?" Yuto said with a yawn
The chunin frowned, but still explained.
"Just complete the academy basic jutsu, and you'll be given your regulation headband," he said with a sigh.
Yuto said nothing, forcing back another yawn, and made one hand-seal. His place was taken by a chair from the other side of the room.
The chunin looked were the chair was replaced with Yuto, seeing Yuto's hands already in a different seal. There were two puffs of smoke as the illusory clones looked just as tired as Yuto did. They faded away into the air as Yuto's hands sloppily shifted into the next seal. There was another puff of smoke as he transformed into the chunin in front of him. The chunin wrote on a clipboard for a bit before tossing a headband to Yuto.
"Alright, congratulations on passing," the chunin said.
Yuto grabbed the headband, tucked it into his pouch, and walked out casually, waving over his shoulder.
"Geez, does that kid sleep at all.
Yuto walked around the academy grounds. He knew he had training later, and he needed to study his medical textbooks, granted to him by the academy, but he didn't care. He leaned up against a tree and dozed off instantly.
His headband fell out of his pouch as his body tilted over. The headband dropped flat on the ground as the sun beamed on the metal plate with the leaf village insignia on it.
Gemma was leaving the academy grounds, as he only volunteered to help the academy for the commission points. He caught sight of the sleeping yuto under a tree, letting out a soft chuckle. He noticed the headband on the ground next to Yuto.
"he actually passed, good for him," Gemma thought.
[Be sure to give me your powerstones]