The Path of the Great Sovereign 8 Do You Still Think We're too Small?

I Listen intently to the words that Lord Third just say 'We will be great help in the upcoming events huh. Seems like the political waters have been muddled and war is already on the horizon but it would appear he doesn't know when or how.' Before i could open my mouth Shisui says his piece.

"So lord Third if we do as you say and become Anbu what degree of freedom does that entail? Or will we be 'Special Anbu' that will be a secret to even the other village elders? Because if its the latter we will be more than happy to accept to your request."

'The synergy with these three is beyond what I first thought, to be able to make a suggestion to your superior in such a tact manner is something not many Jonin can do!' The Third Hokage understands their reasoning behind this suggestion. 3 Young Uchiha that are not even old enough to be admitted to the Academy will now graduate from it, There are certain elders that do not wish to see the Uchiha birth such talents.

"That is acceptable." The Hokage raised his hand and an Anbu appeared, He then whispered something in his ear then the Anbu disappeared. "From now on you Three are an S-Rank secret, none of the elders will know that your Anbu squad even exists. Now head downstairs to take the Written exam and practical exam when you have completed it you will get your Anbu training masks."

The trio saluted the Hokage and began making their way down the stairs. When they arrived they notice a Anbu shinobi in front of them. "Follow me." He voice is cold and devoid of any emotion, its like he doesn't see children but specs of dust that are too insignificant to blow away.

They are lead into a room with three tables and test papers and writing utensils are placed on each table. "This will be your written exam you have 1 hour to complete the tests, your time starts when you sit down." The Anbu said that and took a seat on a chair that was not in the room when they arrived.

The three sat down at their respective tables and began the tests, but when they flipped over the papers all three of them were in disbelief.

'Wow' Itachi was taken aback.

'Really' Shisui was in Shock.

'...'Ichizo just stared blankly at the papers in front of him.

3 Minutes and 49 secs. That's how long it took them to complete the written exam. The only reason it took that long is due to Ichizo staring at the papers thinking it was some sort of trick. 'THERE IS NO WAY!' was a thought that was getting played over and over again in his head like a broken record.

'The Academic standards of this world are abysmal.'

[That is Correct ichizo. This world took the sword my seriously than the Pen and rightfully so. Because between the Warring Period and now, not much time has been set aside to actually correct this.]

'I see.'

After handing their papers to the Anbu he then escorts them to a secluded outdoor training area in the forest.

"Usually the graduation test is done in two parts, You display that you can use a jutsu Rank E or above then you get your Headband. After that you get put in a team, with 3 Genin and a Jonin Captain where he or she determines if you have the skill set required to be a Leaf shinobi.

The emotion in his voice changed however he was still down-talking the Trio. 'So what if they are smart these runts have nothing but brains, You need both brains and brawn to be a member of The Anbu.'

"However you three have been given a special test by Lord Hokage. If you pass you will join my squad if you fall you will return to where you came from and go to the Academy like normal students. Besides who are you intimidating with how small you are?"

All three of them became immediately infuriated, this was the first time they encountered someone like this. He was narrow-minded and on a high horse that was tall enough to make the people beneath him break their necks just to get a glance. Yet they were unable to say anything because he is the person that has to pass them. A maddening situation.

"The objective of the exam is simple, the 3 of you verses me. If you can force me to use ninjustu you win. Ready? Begin.

As soon as he said begin the Trio disappeared like ghosts in the forest with their Sharingans active they began to stalk their prey. 'When taking out an enemy that is far stronger than you the direct approach will almost never work. You have to wear the enemy down before going in for the kill.' These words Fugaku said during training has been thoroughly reinforced and beaten into their heads.

With the cover of the trees they begin throwing shuriken at their target. Hundreds of cloned shuriken are launched from three separate locations.

'They are good, but still young and naive.' The Anbu jumps sideways and attempts a combat roll to leave the area of impact.

However the Shurikens hit each other and change directions, each of the three streams of shuirken go in a different direction in an attempt to entrap him. 'NANI!' Flustered he forces he right arm into the ground to stop his momentum and uses his left to push off the ground bringing his legs into the air to preform a flip then combat roll behind a nearby tree for cover.

Despite his best efforts through the eyes of the Sharingan he looks like he is moving at a snails pace. From two directions one in front and to the left of him; shuriken are once again being launched. He tries to avoid this by jumping to the right and onto the tree Branch but he feels something ominous from the rear and above him.

He looks up a Giant fire ball and behind him the same thing. He begins to sweat intensely not only from the heat but due to the pressure these small innocent looking brats are putting him under.

'No Ninjutsu? WHAT A JOKE LORD THIRD. THESE KIDS ARE MONSTERS. ANIMALS, WHAT DID THE UCHIHA DO TO RAISE SUCH BEASTS.' His earlier arrogance was gone and in its place was nothing but respect.

He throws a Kunai that has rope attached to it at the highest and right most branch to escape the incoming calamity. Once he reached this branch he looks around to see 15 Red Sharingan looking at him from every direction. It looked like a pack of wolves about to devour and herd of sheep. 'THE SHARINGAN!!! ARE YOU SERIOUS LORD THIRD? WHAT ARE THEY FEEDING THESE KIDS OVER AT THE UCHIHA.'

"Do you still think we are to small and not intimidating?" But before he could answer heard something that dreached his entire body in cold sweat. From 15 Voices "Katon: Gokakyu no Jutsu!"

Chapter end