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I haven't really thought about it! I'm just making things up as I go along, haha. In my mind, the roles are still there but the people are different. You can contribute your ideas if you want, the lore can be a group effort.
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Gotcha. All right, one more question. Just for the sake of uniformity, are we using the localized terminology (technique instead of jutsu, master instead of sensei, Mr. instead of -san and so on or...? 

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Yessss!! - I love this idea! Pelt the children with arrows. I thought the bell test was the practical test.
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They should be glad it's pelted arrows, unlike the suna infiltrators, they don't have to say, 'I used to be a shinobi like you, then I took an arrow in the knee.

Anyway, I think in canon, they passed the academy tests and then were given the secret tests to be on a genin team with the teachers. Fanon often send those that fail to the 'genin corps' while afaik in canon failed ones were supposed to be sent back to the academy (at least that's what Kakashi said).