章 2: Graduation assessment and attention

After looking at his status Ren when and got ready to leave the orphanage to head to the academy when he was about to walk out of the door of the orphanage he heard a shout from the matron

"Good luck little Ren Show them how talented and great you really are, but make sure your back before curfew."

As he heard this a smile came to his lips as he shouted back

"I will."

As Ren walked down the streets of Iwagakure he looked around taking in the bustling surrounding and the ninjas of different ranks moving about heading while he was thinking of the future and the upcoming war.

' I'm six right now and I was born right at the end of the first ninja War even if I don't remember how long it was between the first and the second war it should be no more than 20 years leaving me 14 years to raise my rank and get enough strength to protect myself, should try to get Onoki's attention if possible and try to get him to train me but that would be difficult, to say the least after all he is a Kage a stubborn person after all but I should be able to reach at least low Kage level in this time frame and then there is the change in my personality probably from before I got this body the change isn't to big just I'm less cold whether that is a good or bad thing is left to be seen.

As Ren was walking down the road so absorbed inches thoughts he could still notice civilians glances at him and talking and the more he walked towards the academy the more obvious it became, taking a look at what could have caused this he realized that it was because he was going to graduate the earliest in his generation.

ignoring them he continues on his way to the academy where he enters and heads for the testing area, upon arriving in the field to the left side of the academy he spots two figures one he recognized as his academy teacher shu and the other was a short man floating beside who can only be the Tsuchikage Onoki, walking up to them he greets them.

" morning shu sensei and Tsuchikage sama." he says as he bows

" morning Ren." his sensei responds and he only received a grunt from Onoki.

"Boy you applied for early graduation do you know what that means, you could die easily on a mission without living even half of your life."

" I am aware but leaving the academy is the best way to get stronger for me right now so I can protect the village if I die then so be it I have made my choice " Ren answers with a resolute voice.

"Good, to pass this exam all you have to do is fight a genin of the village and win, Kango come over here."

As Onoki finished talking a teenage boy appeared in front of Ren he had short brown hair, black eyes, a big nose and was wearing the official uniform of ninja of the village and looked short for his age. he looked at Ren and then at Onoki.

"Is this who I am to be fighting?"

"Yes it is Kango this is Ren he is the one taking the test you two can get started anytime," he said as he moved away with shu

As soon as they moved so did Kango as disappeared and reappeared in front of Ren as his fist connected to Ren's body Which was replaced with a log and Ren's body appears behind throwing a kunai to Kango back which he dodges as he utilizes the body flicker technique to move away.

After their exchange which was really just them testing each other Ren moves his hands starting to make hand seals.

"Storm Release: Laser Circus"

he pushes forward his right hand as streams of flowing lightning speed towards his opponent.

Hearing the technique used by Ren Kango was shocked but knew he had to defend his self as such he used a Jutsu of his own

" Earth Release: earth wall"

A portion of the earth in front of him raised up to block the attack when the attack of Ren collided with the wall it stopped for a moment before continuing forward into the wall coming out the other side which gave Kango enough time to jump out the way leaving the attack to fly pass him destroying the ground as it made contact leaving behind a pit. as he heard Ren's voice

"Explosion Release: targeted explosion"

Then his instincts screamed at him to move but it was too late the ground he was standing on exploded sending him flying backward into the ground, immediately after he scrambled to his feet as he was met with a kunai to his neck just enough to draw blood by Ren.

with his eyes full of unwillingness he muttered

"I surrender."