after acing the written exam i followed the others out to the target area making sure i stayed behind shisui to keep away the familiar faces that still haunt my dreams, who happen to be in amongst the crowd.

i watched as the hokage stood next to mizuki keeping a careful eye on each kid as they were called up i smiled when i saw that there were exactly 10 targets.

i hope shisui managed to get the aim and flip down perfectly. i thought as his name was called.

he smiled a face splitting grin and strutted up to the shuriken taking them all and holding them like i had taught him, i saw the hokage glance at me and a nodded to him to give him conformation.

looking over to shisui again i watched as he took a deep breath and flipped his hands shot out like lightning and the sound of shuriken hitting wood was heard.

after that there was the sound of shocked kids and a proud hokage, my name was called up next and i silently stood infront of Mizuki as he searched for me unaware that i was right in front of him.

i tugged on his sleeve and watched as his head flew down to me and he glared at me and with a very obvious fake smile he told me to go.

taking all of the shuriken i turned around to leave and casually sent them thudding to the targets behind me and walked over to stand next to shisui he looked at me with a huge smile and lifted me up onto his shoulders.

i started braiding his hair bored as we waited for the others to finish and when i was done his whole hair had braids running through it some with little feathers or string i had on me in them.

in my opinion it looked like a birds nest but rinako the red head who i saw on the first day told him she liked it so it must have been okay.

walking back inside i sat back in my seat and looked out the window waiting for my name to be called when it finally was i left the nearly empty classroom to finish the final test.

inside the little room there were two desks with konoha forehead protectors of different colours behind the desks sat mizuki and the hokage.

i waved to them and ji ji told me to do the clone jutsu to pass, i nodded and formed the kage bunshin hand seals after releasing the perfect amount of chakra fifty clones appeared around the room.

mizuki looked at me distastefully " Fail!" he drawled looking at me with a victory smirk, the hokage looked over at him and clipped him over the head with his hand "Ignore him naruto you pass" i smiled and walked forward to ji ji.

he handed me a envelope and reached inside his pocket and pulled out a pure white headband (

i looked at him curiously and he spoke " okay naruto that envelope has been given to only one other from the academy you both show great potential and don't tell anyone" ji ji said, i nodded confused and left to my house to read the letter.

i cooked up some instant ramen and ate half of it before reading the letter :

dear skilled academy student

since you are reading this you have shown potential

you have been nominated to join other skilled ninja,

in joining a new training corpse in anbu,

join the other nominees at the hokage's office at 5:00pm

i smiled happy that i had a chance to show the villagers that i don't want to be a monster anymore and that i can help protect them.

glancing at the clock i packed my ninja tools and tied my white headband on my head and left for the meeting at the homage's office.

using my shadow step i managed to go undetected through the main streets of konoha and take the easiest route to the hokages office.

once i made it there i gently opened the door to his office and slid inside, taking note of about 11 other young ninja.

the first one i noticed was shisui with a pure white head band just like mine, smiling i flipped into the air and landed on his shoulders he started a bit until he realised it was me.

he was talking to someone and i looked over to see itachi also here he was holding his navy forehead protector in his hand and shisui was tying on a pure white one.

looking around i noticed that we were the only three with white headbands, i smiled at shisui and jumped over onto itachi's shoulder and tapped hello itachi onto his arm.

he turned to me and flashed a closed eye smile "hi naruto i'm not surprised to see you here" i grinned.

looking to the front i saw ji ji standing next to a heavily bandaged man with short dark hair and an aged face.

"hello everyone i am danzo, the people with black headbands i would like you to form a group to the right" danzo said.

once almost all the people was over at the right he spoke again " alright you guys are the weakest in the room and need the most improvement you will be squad 3"

i heard grumbles from the other side of the room and waited to see what the next group would be

"okay now the people with navy blue headbands please stand in a group over to the left"

in a second they were all over to the side waiting for further instructions, noticably better shinobi.

"you are a strong group and you consist of some of the strongest shinobi however you lack teamwork, you will be group Z"

"and finally" he said, "people with white head bands step forward" i flashed closer to him with itachi, shisui taking a little longer than us.

he looked me up and down with a cold stare and i felt shivers run down my spine this man is not to be under estimated i thought.

he studied us carefully before speaking "you are a group of prodegies with the proper training you will become the best shinobi we have, you are the strongest team but you lack experience.

you will be the only team that can take missions during the next year of training, you will be squad A.

i cast a glance over to the other two in my group and nodded to myself the old man knows what he's doing alright, if he put me with anyone else i woudnt be comfortable, i thought to myself.

i tuned back in to danzo "alrigh squad 3, squad, A and squad Z, tomorrow you will meet at anbu headquarters for your training, this will be your new home for the next year so dont expect to be going back to you house.

bring everything that you need and be ready". "DISMISSED" i left the building via the window and headed home for the last time in a long time.