The twelve-year-olds sat in the room, talking, bragging about how the passed the test in the most spectacular way cough-Naruto-cough, or just listening, whatever they wanted to do. They were going to get their team assignments today, and there was a sort of tense excitement in the air.

Although they were all expecting the door to open, they all jumped when they heard it opening. Iruka walked in, holding a scroll.

"You will be sorted into three man cells."

Some were angry, some were impatient, some just plain didn't care. A few felt melodramatically strong cough-Sasuke-cough. All were hoping for certain people to be in their cell, or not be in their cell.

Iruka began with some people that are completely irrelevant to our plot, so I'm going to skip over that part and ignore them. I will start with our favorite team, team seven!

"Team seven will consist of: Uchiha Sasuke."

Sasuke was suddenly interested in what the tangent-loving teacher (Sasuke's words, not mine) was saying.

"Uzumaki Naruto."

Naruto couldn't believe it. Just when he though he was rid of that dumb teme. "And Hyuuga Hinata. Team eight will consist of: Inuzuka Kiba."

Kiba woke up suddenly, having heard his name mentioned. Who was on his team?

"Aburame Shino."

Shino wasn't paying attention anyway.

"And Haruno Sakura."

Sakura thought it was just her luck that she was stuck with insect kid and dog boy when bugs and dogs scared her.

"Team nine will consist of: Nara Shikamaru."

Shikamaru woke up, decided he didn't care, and fell back asleep. All in two seconds!

"Akimichi Chouji."

Chouji continued munching on his potato chips, happy that he was with his friend.

"And Yamnaka Ino."

Ino sighed. Why did she get stuck with a glutton and a sloth?!

The rest of the people aren't important, so I'm just going to skip over them. I'm not very good at prologues.

At the Hyuuga Compound

"Hinata-sama, you will be on a team with an Uzumaki Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke. Your father instructed me to tell you not to hold them back." The servant bowed and left the room. She didn't wait for a response, for one would not come. She knew Hinata had no idea who these two boys were, for sending Hinata to a school would have been useless. Hinata was a fast learner, kind, not really cut out for a shinobi, though.

Hinata sat in her room. Uzumaki Naruto. Uchiha Sasuke. Two names that meant nothing too her. She would spend many years with these people, unless someone died, or they were disbanded or something. Most likely she would know them better than her own sister. And yet they would hate her, oh yes, they would hate her. There was absolutely not doubt about that. She glanced around her room. It was plain, sparse, nothing special. She had not personalized it with any sort of poster. The only interesting thing about it was her book collection. Because of that event, she had retreated into the realms of fiction, the only place she was safe and wanted. Yes, she had lots of friends there.

Hinata is not strong, she isn't smart at maths and such things. She isn't good at memorization. She can't perform some of the simplest jutsus. She is naïve and childish. She has the lowest self-esteem possible. All she knows of herself are things that she hates, and because that is all she knows, she hates herself.

But she is not all bad, as you, reader, already know.

She is kind, and cannot bear to see anyone suffer. She is beautiful. She can write quite well. She understands human nature, and is sympathetic even with a cold blooded murderer. She is observant, and happy go lucky. She can see the smallest spark of light even in a place where light has not existed in an eternity. Most importantly, she is strong.

After all, she hasn't given into the voices yet.

The ones that have been with her since her world became all silence and tiny letters on the pages of a book.

Instead, she smiles.

And, if there had been anyone who cared, she would tell them not to worry.

The voices helped her get through the silence.

They stopped her from going truly insane.

Besides (here she would smile) you're just jealous because the voices only talk to me.

Sasuke and Naruto have been waiting the classroom for a little over a hour. Their sensei and their other teammate haven't arrived yet.

"Who the hell is Hyuuga Hinata anyway?!" Naruto screamed, tired of the silence.

"Shut up, dobe." Sasuke glared at Naruto. Sasuke has very sensitive ears.

"What did you say, teme?!" Naruto slammed his hand down on the table. Just then he had a brilliant idea.

Naruto grabbed a chalk eraser, and balanced it above the door. He giggled.

"Baka, a jounin won't fall for that." Just then the door opened and the eraser fell on a girl with black hair and big, pale lavender eyes. Her hair dusty with chalk dust, she picked up the eraser and gazed around the room. She immediately guessed that the blonde was the one who put the eraser up above the door, because he was rolling around on the floor laughing. The other boy was looking at her in disgust. She reached her hand up to her hair, ran it through the hair, and then looked at it. It looked like a ghosts hand. She started laughing at her hand, and how funny it looked. From another person's point of view, this whole situation would seem hilarious. Suddenly, she just couldn't control her laughter, and she doubled over.

Sasuke stared at this girl, unable to avoid a dumb eraser. How lame can a person get? She ran her hand through her hair, and then suddenly started laughing. She didn't make any noise as she laughed, but by the expression on her face and the way her breath was coming in short gasps, he could tell she was laughing. What a strange girl. Most girls had a high-pitched giggle, or a loud, raucous laugh. This girl was completely silent. She slowly stopped laughing, and stood up. Both Naruto and Sasuke were staring at her. What kind of a girl laughed at getting hit by an eraser?
"Are you Hyuuga Hinata?" Naruto asked, intrigued by this strange girl.

Hinata nodded, and took a seat on the near a window.

"I'm Uzumaki Naruto, the future Hokage!" Hinata looked at him, her head cocked to one side, as if evaluating him. After a while, she smiled at Naruto, and nodded her head yes. He looked stunned. "Wait, what do you meant by a head nod?"

Hinata did not respond, but just looked Naruto straight in the eyes.

"Well, what do you mean by nodding your head?" The girl still did not respond. Naruto grew fed up with her, and decided to replace the eraser above the doorway. After doing so, he retook his seat and tried to look innocent.

Hinata inwardly sighed. Two minutes in and she was already making problems. She wished that he could have understood, but apparently her teammates hadn't been informed or didn't care.

After a length of time that could only be described as a few hundred forevers, the door opened and the eraser fell for a second time, this time upon a gray-haired man who appeared to be in his twenties. Naruto fell down laughing, Sasuke sighed, wondering why he always got stuck with the losers. Hinata just looked at the man, with a mask covering his face, and his head band covering his left eye. He looked over all of them and walked to the center of the room.

"My first impression of you all is, I hate you." Naruto anime fell and Sasuke anime sweatdropped. Hinata just lowered her eyes, and wondered how she had managed to mess everything up so soon.

"We'll go around one by one and introduce ourselves. State your name, your likes, your dislikes, your hobbies, and your dream."

"I know, sensei, how about you start." Naruto grinned evilly.

"Alright. My name is Hatake Kakashi, I like a lot of things, I don't dislike that many things, and my dream is none of your business. But I have lots of hobbies."

"All we learned was his name." Grumbled Naruto.
"You, you next."

"All right! I'm Uzumaki Naruto, and I love ramen and Sakura! I hate the three minutes that you have to wait until the cup ramen is ready. I also hate Sasuke-teme over here. My hobbies are training, and eating ramen. My dream is be Hokage so that everyone will treat me properly!"

"Good, now you."

"My name is Uchiha Sasuke, I don't like much of anything, and I hate most everthing. I have no hobbies other than training. I don't have a dream, but my ambition ins to revive my clan and kill a certain person."

"………….Alrighty-then. Well, I'll star – ."

"WAIT! You forgot about Hinata-chan." Naruto hated to see anyone left out, but he mostly just wanted to find out about this girl.
"Are you kidding? Do you really not know?" Kakashi was smirking at them, mirth sparkling in his eye.

"Know what?" Sasuke did not like being uninformed. In fact, it irked him to no end.

"Hinata-san is mute."

Cliffhanger!

I just had the idea for this and had to write it down. There will be minor plot changes up to the point where Sasuke leaves Konoha. After that point, I'm making it all up. Anyway, suggest Hinata pairings in your reviews please! I've got some ideas so far. For example:

SasuHina

NaruHina

GaaHina

And maybe some others. Anyway, I know this plot thing has been done to death, but I think the whole Hinata being mute thing will really help set it apart. If I'm way off, and this story stinks, don't be afraid to tell me. Just don't insult Hinata, and don't insult my writing. If it's just and overused plot, that's fine, but anything else I count as a flame and that means people die. Anyways, I hope you like it! Remember to Review too, okay? Thanks!

P.S. I don't own Naruto