(Before I get into this I would like to point out that we are not in fact given a timeframe between graduation and the in exams in . With this in mind I am merely making a rough estimation based on text clues.)

  A few days ago the annou of the yearly in exams had been spread out in the vilge and was a joi this year between Konoha, the smaller vilges and Suna(Vilge hidden in the sand) who was allied with us. Many of my cssmates were pnning to attend in order to try and bee in but in my opinion only maybe six actually deserved that rank at the moment. Sasuke, Naruto, Neji, Rock Lee, Shikamaru and Ihe only cssmates I believed should be promoted but it wasn't up to me so it was entirely possible that those that pass would include some others as well.-

  The way the in exams worked while always slightly different each year was roughly the same. It was desigo test your will, perception, teamwork and finally but usually most importantly your bat ability. As I said though HOW they tested these things was never exactly the same with the exception of the bat ability which was tested via tour every year with only the winner being guaranteed promotion to in. Last years in exam was hosted by Suna and the tests involved a genjutsu and writte followed by a sger hunt iy for a four word code phrase that the teams had to figure out before rep to the finish lio plete. -

  There was some rumors that Suna pyed dirty to hold bae of enin from getting promoted but nothing came of them so they got ighis year we were hosting the exams however so the vilge kicked into high gear as everyone prepared for the exams in their own way. The restaurants and shops started stog up on local merdise, gambling houses and bookies piled up funds for the annual gambling pool on who was going to win this year.-

  The Hokage and shinobi of the leaf tightened security of the routes in the nd of fire though still x enough that criminals could still operate if they were crafty enough. I myself retty muaffected by the annou as I her o participate or take part iing it up. For me the exams would be little more than a sp event to watd cheer on my cssmates that were participating. Naruto pined about that quite a bit as well.-

  "Ah man this sucks! Why do you get promoted straight to in while we have to take this stinking exam?" he belly ached to me when we were hanging out.

  "Because I was as strong as a special Jonin when I got promoted and you are all at in level even if towards the middle of that level. Mind you I am referring to my own personal strength and not the strength of my beasts. You add those and I'd easily reach the upper tier of special Jonin rank at that time. It's different now as I am willing to bet my strength could t as Jonin at this moment even without my beasts and with them well, higher." I expined calmly while brewing some wild tea leaves I found in the forest.-

  The leaves were quite bitter if brewed normally but if you cut it with some milk and ho was quite least in my opinion that is. Naruto was of a different mind as he had long gotten into the habit of avoiding my tea sihe fvor didn't agree with him. My blonde friend didn't argue with me at this time since he knew from personal experiehat I didn't lie about stuff like this or about much to begin with.-

  "Any idea whats going to be in the exams?" he ended up asking after a few moments of silence.

  "I 't say for certain but I believe the first part should be a writte since I've been notig movement in the academy that suggests part of the exam will take pce there. Of course I may be wrong in which case pay what I've said no mind." I said casually.

  "Ah man I hate writtes!" Naruto pined.

  "Sorry to say but theres nothing I do to help you in this regard since I have no idea whats oest." I said with a shrug.

  "Yeah I know that but that does make it aer!" he said dramatically.

  "Rex Naruto, I think you'll do just fine so long as you keep your cool. You're ready to be a in so this exam should be a ch." I said with a smile.

  Naruto cheered up after that and we chatted about how his time with Kakashi went and besides a few small events worth noting it was all fairly normal. Ohing he did pin about was that Kakashi was rather stingy with ninjutsu and had only taught them each three jutsu and refused to teach them more until they mastered them.-

  I chastised him for being greedy as there truly wasn't anything wrong with this approach as all Kakashi's job was to ehat his students had a solid foundation to grow from which he achieved. Each of the mans students had a base from which they could build aire fighting system around iure if they were willing to put in the work on their own time.-

  They weren't like me where my power tio naturally accumute as my body matured and even if I sat on my hands until I physically matured I would only grow stronger. Not to say I would ever waste my potential like that but the point still stood. Hard work retty much the only path a shinobi had to grow more powerful uhey were a brokeence like me, Kakashi's squad was not. Don't get me wrong Sasuke and Naruto had frightening levels of talent but her were like myself where I broke all sorts of rules just by existing.-

  Hell I retly hit a growth spurt that had my reach six feet tall which wasn't massive for my age but definitely above average and along with that growth spurt came a massive amount of pure brutal strength. It was so bad in fact that I started wearing seals on my body that restricted my strength by nearly fifty pert and I could still uproot a tree with the air pressure of a single puninja biology was damn weird when the absolute pinnacle of physical power a thirteen year old could reach was so extreme.-

  I knew why I was s as well thanks to my iryonin training. See a shinobi's chakra lit between physical and spiritual energy and by me being a sage both those energies were pushed to their limits gradually over time. Naturally this also meant that my growth spurt also caused my already ridiculous chakra reserves to grow even further to match my new physical form. Unfortuhis also came with the dowhat I had to spend some time retraining my chakra trol back up to snuff.