Graduation Exams

It's been two weeks since our camping trip and as of now, I'm hanging around at Grillby's. I know what your thinking 'What are you doing here'? Well, you see it all started after the camping trip.

Flashback

It's been a day since our camping trip and right now it's midnight and I'm walking around town thinking about what a bummer it was not tasting anything from the Eternal Carp. I stopped and looked to my right and I could see Grillby's. I decided to go in there in my original form. Upon entering everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at me. I looked down and walked up to a barstool.

"So what happened to you kiddo" I looked up and I could see the bartender looking at me.

"Yes I know it's you from the day of the Kage meeting" he clarified while still looking at me.

"Wait how do you know it's me," I asked looking at him in shock.

"You are a moron, you're wearing the same clothes from that day" he responded while cleaning a pint.

*sigh* "Do you want to hear my story?" I asked him.

He smirked and responded, "Why not everyone else is listening as well". Looking around me I could see that everyone else was listening to what I was going to say. Having no choice, I told everyone here about what happened to me and how I lost my humanity to this so-called 'original' form. After I told my story everyone seemed sympathetic but they didn't show it.

"So tell me, sonny, are you used to it now" looking back I could see this dude smoking a cigarette.

"Kind of" I responded before another person spoke up.

"Must have been painful" "Yeah I would beg for death to end the suffering" again looking for who said that. That was until I find this married couple's who was wearing a cloak.

"Again, it was painful, nothing too bad" I reassured before a big cut me off.

"Oh yeah sure, experiencing burning skin until your bare-bones is not bad," said this huge guy.

"Hm, I'm sorry for you kid," said a lonely person playing a card game at a round table.

"Still kid, you not getting a drink from this place ok," the bartender told me.

"It's ok I can't eat or drink anything anyways" I responded.

"Really what do you eat or drink then," said the lonely person at the round table.

"Uh, the only thing that I can taste and drink is ketchup" I responded while some people laughed while others just questioned me.

"Wait are you serious that you drink ketchup," asked the bartender. I nodded and went back to looking at him. He seemed to understand that I do drink Ketchup because he pulled on out and handed it to me. I looked up at him and he nodded at me. Taking the bottle and taking a swig, I smiled and continued to chug it down.

"Man I never thought I met someone who drank something like this" claimed the lonely person.

"Ha, well anyways I never got your names, you mind telling me what your names are," I asked.

"My name is Grillby" claimed the bartender. "The lonely guy playing by himself is Lester. The couple by the huge table is John and Yoko. The huge guy next to them is Escanor he's really strong but doesn't worry he's such a softy. And the dude smoking is Drago but we call him Capitao"

I looked at everyone and waved at them and they did the same before looking at Grillby and smiled. He seemed to smile before claiming that I have to pay for that bottle. I grabbed my money and paid my tab while looking annoyed. I turned around to leave the bar before Grillby called out "You always welcomed here at Grillby's".

I turned around and said that I'll visit tomorrow.

End of Flashback

And since then I have been hanging out at Grillby's drinking their ketchup which is good for my taste. And right now I learning how to play poker with Lester. Poker is really fun except for the part where I lose all the time. Anyways I was enjoying myself until Grillby spoke that it's getting dark. Nodding at him I bid everyone goodbye before teleporting to my room.

"Huh, I wonder how he does that" Grillby spoke.

"I wish I could do that" claimed before Lester before going back to his poker game.

At the bedroom

When I teleported to my room I could see on my clock that it was 8:00 p.m. Heading to my bed and taking off my slippers I fell on top of my bed and fell asleep waiting for my test tomorrow.

At the academy, the next day

Right now I am currently sitting in my classroom taking a boring paper exam which I already finished while I could see everyone else struggling. I laughed at this and began waiting for our test to be over so we can get to the real deal in this exam.

And wouldn't you know our test is already over? And standing in front of the group was Shino sensei. Shino sensei was explaining about the last test where we were supposed to take these bells from the sixth Hokage. While we are doing that a Jonin level sensei and another sensei from the academy is supposed to protect the sixth Hokage. After he explained what we were supposed to do, he led us all to a field where we can see the sixth Hokage, a bow-legged sow and plain looking shinobi.

"This is Anko Mitarashi, and that's Konohamaru Sarutobi and finally the sixth Hokage Kakashi Hatake" Shino spoke before looking at us.

'Hey it's big bro Konohamaru and old man Kakashi' I thought while I smiled on the inside. That was until I realized that we have to take the bells which were on old man Kakashi and handle two shinobi. And from everyone else's reaction, they also noticed that they're facing actual shinobi who's been to hell and back.

Everyone was thinking up a strategy for defeating our opponents but was soon cut off as Shino started the test and all three of our opponents ran to the field. I was about to suggest that everyone stay together but it didn't happen as everyone around me went in their directions.

Thinking about going after Konohamaru until "So what's the plan Boruto" I looked behind me and I could see Mitsuki and Sarada standing there.

"We'll go after and take down Konohamaru and regroup with everyone," I said as we all ran towards where Konohamaru headed. After a few minutes of walking, we could see an opening, and there in the middle was Konohamaru. He seemed to be standing there waiting for something to happen.

Looking to Sarada and Mitsuki and them looking at me. I nodded at them and told them to wait for any kind of signal. After they'd agreed to the plan I walked out of the bushes and walked towards Konohamaru.

"Ah Boruto I expected better from you" he called while getting into a stance. Saying nothing I continued walking towards him getting my kunai ready. Seeing that I'm not going to say anything, he charged at me with the speed I never faced. Quickly ducking I swung my right hand intending to non-lethally stab him in the stomach. He managed to twist his body and grabbed my arm and threw me near the bushes.

After landing on my feet and quickly summoning shadow clones. Commanding them to flank him while I faced him head-on. With my clones covering his flank he will have no choice to focus on me for now. Throwing some shuriken and kunai, which was worthless as he dodged them all and send a flurry of punches. Thankfully I jumped away from his barrage of punches before me and my clones decided to rush and hold him down.

Getting the signal Mitsuki also wrapped his arms around Konohamaru then Sarada came from above and punched him to where the force knocked my clones off their feet. Looking at Konohamaru's unconscious body thinking to myself, until my friends asked me what's wrong. "Do you think he was going easy on us?" I asked.

"Yeah, he was, was not even genin yet" Sarada responded.

I nodded while looking where Anko last went which was West. "Sarada, Mitsuki I want you to gather your friends and gang up on Anko. I have to check something real quick" I spoke while looking at them. They looked at me in worry and I gave a reassuring nod which they finally left to handle Anko.

Looking to where Kakashi was heading which was North, I went to go confront him. I could sense Kakashi's soul which was on top of a huge tree. I decided to run up to where Kakashi was to see if I could get any info about him. Reaching the top I could see Kakashi reading 'Icha Icha Paradise'.

'Lucky I wanted to get one' I thought before heading up to him.

Closing his book Kakashi spoke, "Boruto I'm disappointed, to think that you're better than everyone else, leading you to abandon them".

'I have the power to back up what you said but that's for another time' I thought while I was still walking to him. He seemed to close his book and put it away and got ready. Quickly pulling out a shuriken and lobbed it to him. He seemed to dodge without care and when he looked back at me, I was already in his face winding up a punch.

He simply ducked and grabbed my throat and began to squeeze. 'No I can't dispel my Henge, not now' with newfound rage I kicked Kakashi in the balls. He let go in shock while he was comforting his children I summoned shadow clones to distract him while I left the area. 'It seems Kakashi cares about teamwork' I thought before regrouping to where Sarada was at.

After a few minutes of me running, I managed to find Sarada and a few of my friends. Looking ahead I could see Anko sitting near a campfire while I could see ChoCho, Iwabe, and Sumire tied up. Sarada explained what happened and asked me for the plan.

"Ok Wasabi and Lee you're going to distract Anko with your speed. Then Namida with your Jutsu you going to help free our friends and maybe take out Anko at the same time" I said.

"But why me, how do you know I won't fail," Namida asked while sweating nervously.

"Just be yourself and you'll be fine" I responded while smiling which she smiled a little before being determined to do this. After a few minutes of wait, I signaled Wasabi and Lee to start their distraction. Looks like Anko took the bait as she chased our distraction team. I then signaled Namida to free our captives, this is where the fun begins.

From behind Namida was Anko as she wouldn't fall for such an easy trick. From where I'm at I could hear what they were saying. "Oh, what are you doing here all by yourself" Anko spoke all quietly.

Looking behind her I could see Namida nearly cried and I quickly plugged my ears. My friends looked at my confused before being deafened by a loud shriek coming from Namida. Once the shrieking ended I could see Namida crying and Anko lying down unconscious. I laughed while congratulating Namida on her performance, a 10 out of 10. While I was doing that everyone was annoyed that I wasn't the only one affected by her screaming attack earlier.

"Okay next up is the Hokage and while Sarada was regrouping with you guys, I fought him for info" I claimed before they looked at me with wide eyes. I continued "He cares a lot about teamwork and hates those who abandon their comrades. So we should come up with a plan to take down Kakashi together" I finished.

"Well how about you fight him Boruto while we wait and trap him with a Light Sealing Jutsu," Shikadai said.

I nodded and headed to where Kakashi was. They seemed shocked that I would be okay with the plan but followed me none of the less. As I saw the huge tree the Kakashi was currently residing, I began to think of ways to get Kakashi weak for this plan to work. Well, might as well wing it since I'm already at the top.

I guessed that Kakashi was expecting me because I could see him getting all tensed. Walking out he looked at me and massaged his nuts before getting ready to attack. However, I went on the offense as I summoned clones and tried to kick his nuts again and again. He seemed to be more concentrated on his nuts than me so why not pressure him in that area with more clones.

After a few funny minutes of my clones attempting to smash the smash ball, my friends decided to surround him and trapped him with the Light Sealing Jutsu. Kakashi seeing this a bit too late tried to run but it was in vain as he couldn't move. I was about to move forward until I saw purple lightning flashing around him. Jumping back just before he discharged that said lightning to everyone, but thankfully they still held on to the Jutsu. And finally, I charged in and stole the bells attached to Kakashi's leg.

Kakashi, noticing me stealing the bells, stopped the test, and claimed how we all worked together and passed after his lecture. And as of now, Shino sensei is now giving us our own

Hitai-ete to all of us. I looked at my shiny new forehead protector and I could see my smiling reflection. After we got our Hitai-ete we were told to go home and come back tomorrow for our team.

Teleporting at the entrance of my house I called out that I passed the exam. Hearing this my mother and Himawari congratulated me and hugged me before claiming that I was tired and needed a nap. After locking my door I quickly put on my Hitai-ete and teleported to Grillby's.

When I teleported at Grillby's I could still see how some people would get scared seeing me appear out of nowhere. But anyway I told them that I passed my Graduation exam. They all cheered and ordered drinks for all of us, wait for what.

"Don't be scared kid, this will maybe burn for a bit unless your a little bitch" claimed Escanor.

"I'm not scared, I'm just surprised that Grillby is even allowing me to drink off of his tab," I said while Grillby was fuming while cleaning a pint. After taking my first shot of alcohol ever, well let me tell you something. Fireball, taste like heaven, burns like hell they say and man are they correct. It was very sweet until I felt the burning sensation of alcohol in my throat.

They laughed at me and we continued to celebrate. That was until it was 11:00 p.m. and that I had to sleep early tomorrow for my team, whoever they will be.

End of Chapter