181. Rooky twelve meet again

181. Rooky twelve meet again

Months have gone by and Tomoka, Nozomi and Hinata found themselves walking the academy’s hallways in search of room three hundred one. It didn’t take them long to notice the genjutsu concealing the stairs nor the one changing the number of room two hundred one into three hundred one. They also ignored the obviously henged chunins “guarding” the room.

“So what was that about?” Asked Hinata with curiosity as she made some theories while waiting for an answer.

“Call it a preliminary exam. After all, if you can’t even notice this kind of basic genjutsu then you have no business taking the exam at all.” Responded Tomoka while shrugging a little.

A while later the trio came inside the massive classroom. Inside ninja from all over the world could be seen, from Kumo to Suna, from Konoha to Iwa and all small nations in between. Well, all except for Kusa, its hidden village had been wiped clean of ninja.

“Oh? What are a group of little girls doing here? Are you lost?” A large man with a Taki headband approached the trio with clearly unfriendly intentions.

“I do have to wonder. Do you have some kind of eyesight problem? And if so, get some glasses idiot, can’t you see our headbands?” Before Tomoka could answer Nozomi did so with such a remark that made Tomoka proud.

“That would be me, yes, though now I go by Satsuki.” In the past Satsuki wouldn’t have bothered to answer but things had changed now and so she had mellowed out a lot.

“W-what happened?” Ino asked, still in disbelief of what she was seeing.

“Naruko happened. By the way I am going by Ouka now and Naruto is Naruko now.” Responded Sakura with a tired sigh. The last few months had been hectic as she and her team had to explain the same thing to their acquaintances.

“That doesn’t explain much saku- I mean, Ouka.” Though it was extremely troublesome, Shikamaru was still curious.

“Well-” Before Naruko could start telling the story he was interrupted.

“Is, is that Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura?” Asked an incredulous Kiba as he pointed towards the trio. With a sigh Ouka told team Kurenai the same thing she told team Asuma followed by Naruko’s story of the events.

“Well well well, looks like you stuck to the names I suggested. Is Kakashi going by Kagami as well now?” Turning to look at the owner of the voice the three teams were met with team Yamato. A grinning Tomoka, a smiling Nozomi and a giggling Hinata.