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  Shin, Kushina, and Mikoto left the exam area. Mikoto stared at Shin, her mouth slightly agape.

  "Shin, how are you s?"

  She was astonished. One-Pung a in? Even most Jonin couldn't do that.

  "It's not that I'm strong; it's that he was weak."

  Shin didn't sider himself strong. pared to powerhouses like Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha, he was still a fledgling.

  "Kushina, aren't you surprised? Did you know Shin was this strong?"

  Mikoto looked at Kushina with envy. Living with Shin, she must have known all about his abilities.

  "Of course I knew. And I'm strohan that guy, let alone Shin."

  Kushina was irohan Kimura, the in they had faced. She might bat experience, but her raas undeniable.

  Kushina's strength robably at elite in level. sidering her knowledge of Ninjutsu and Fūinjutsu, she might even be parable to a Tokubetsu Jōnin.

  But her bat experience was g. Her actual fighting prowess robably at the level of ae in.

  Mikoto was also quite strong. She had awakehe Sharingan, and even though it was only at the oomoe stage, it still gave her an edge against in.

  Even without Shin's help, she could probably hold her own against Kimura. She was talented.

  They returo the to await their team assigs.

  Soon, Minato, Akiko, and Tsume Inuzuka returhey had been a team.

  "You're back already? Did you pass?" Minato asked.

  "Failing the graduation exam would be embarrassing. You defeated the in, right?"

  Shin asked.

  They must have defeated the in to be back so soon. Minato and Akiko were both strong; there was no way they would fail.

  Judging from his usual performance, Minato's strength was easily in level. Akiko, chosen as a Jinchūriki didate, had been trained by Mito and robably just as strong as Minato.

  As for Tsume, she was from the Inuzuka d was also parable to a in.

  Even Minato alone could defeat a i alohe three of them together.

  "Yep!"

  Minato was beaming. He was still young and inexperienced, so defeating a in was a big deal to him.

  The future Minato, at his peak, wouldn't even blink at killing a Jōnin.

  A while ter, Nawaki returned with the Hyūga brothers. They had also defeated their oppo.

  "Shin, that in was so weak! We crushed him!"

  "Yeah, in are pretty weak," Shin agreed.

  "Shin, we're not officially i. It's not good to say that," Hiashi said.

  "I meant the average in."

  Shin was referring to the average in. There were exceptions, of course.

  The future protagonists, Naruto and Sasuke, and Might Duy, Might Guy's father, were all Genin, but they were far from average.

  Soon, everyone in the css returned. As the elite css, they had all passed.

  If even the elite students couldn't pass, the regur csses would have no hope.

  Tanaka-sensei ehe , carrying a box.

  "You are all officially Shinobi now. Here are your forehead protectors. e ahem."

  The box taiheir forehead protectors, a symbol of their graduation and their atus as Shinobi.

  "Also, team assigs will be annouomorrow m, so please e back then."

  Tanaka-sensei dismissed the css. Nawaki invited his friends to celebrate, including Shin and the others.

  As dusk fell, Shin and Kushina said goodbye to Mikoto and headed back to the Senju pound with Nawaki.

  "Hey, Nawaki, where did you get the money?" Shin asked.

  Nawaki had treated them to dinner. Where did he get the money?

  "Sis hasn't borrowed any money from me for the past few years. I've been saving up. And now that I'm a Shinobi, I'll be making my own money."

  Shin shook his head. Did Nawaki really think making money as a Shinobi was easy? Small missions barely paid anything, and the high-paying ones were dangerous.

  Back at the pound, Shin stopped Nawaki before he could go to his own residence.

  "Nawaki, you dream of being Hokage, right? Now that you're a Shinobi, you'll be fag danger. Be careful."

  Naaused, then smiled. "Don't worry, I'll be fine. You and Kushina should be the ones being careful."

  Nawaki left. Shin and Kushiuro Tsunade's courtyard. To their surprise, Tsunade was home.

  "Surprised to see me?" Tsunade asked, notig their expressions.

  "Yeah, you said you'd be gone for a few days on a mission. What are you doing here?"

  Shin's eyes swept over Tsunade's figure. Her most noticeable ge in the past four years was... well, there..

  He couldn't fathom how she had gone from an 'airport' to a 'mountain range'.

  "The mission was celed. Now hurry up and make me dinner. I'm starving."

  "Hmph, why should Shin cook for you? We already ate. You're on your own," Kushina stuck her to at Tsunade.

  "Shin, if you make me dinner, I'll give you a surprise tomorrow."

  Tsunade ignored Kushina and looked at Shin expetly.

  "A surprise?" Shin looked at her thoughtfully.

  "Hey, what's with that look? I hate that know-it-all expression."

  "Fine, I'll make you dinner. I look forward to your surprise." Shin smiled and headed to the kit.

  Kushina and Tsunade gred at each other.

  "Why don't you make your own dinner? Why bother Shin?" Kushina grumbled.

  "Duh, if I could cook, I wouldn't be starving," Tsunade rolled her eyes.

  Tsunade's cooking skills were... well, let's just say they were on par with Kushina's.

  "Wait, you said you already ate?" Tsunade suddenly remembered Kushina's earlier ent.

  "Yeah, we had Yakiniku. Nawaki treated us. It was delicious, crispy and juicy," Kushina said, deliberately trying to make Tsunade jealous.

  Tsunade gritted her teeth. That little rascal, treating everyo his own sister!

  Of course, Nawaki had no idea she was home.

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