“I’m not sure,” Naruto said thoughtfully. “I hate that political bullshit, but we’ll probably need your family’s influence if we’re going to make this town a better place. Let’s go with not pissing them off for now, and see how it works.”
“Wait, you aren’t saying we might go through all this again?” I asked, concerned.
“Oh, hell no,” Naruto reassured me. “We are officially done with the chuunin exam. From now on our reset point is now, in this world, just after we get our vests.”
I froze, and stared at him for a moment. “Holy crap,” I breathed. “That worked. We aren’t tied to the exam anymore. Naruto, do you realize what that means?”
“It means we really are going to fix everything,” he said easily.
“You goof! I was getting all worked up because I thought you were going to say the wish was over and done with, and even though I never want to do this again I was afraid we might regret not being able to reset some day. But you made the whole problem go away!”
“I’m just that awesome,” he grinned. “Come on, I’ll treat you both to ramen. For old times’ sake.”
We walked away together in the morning sun, chatting about inconsequential things.
It’s finally over, I thought triumphantly. I had to become a goddess and save the world to do it, but I finally passed that stupid test!
I wonder what my jounin trial will be like?