Hatake Kakashi sat in the darkly lit room, waiting for the Hokage to come so he, along with the two other jonin, Yuuhi Kurenai and Sarutobi Asuma, could pick out children for their genin teams. Since there were only eight new ninja that passed the exam, one team would have to only consist of two genin. He planned on leading that team. Finally, the Sandaime Hokage walked into the room and sat in his large chair at the head of the table.

"So, there were eight passing Academy students..." The Hokage looked over a paper. "That's three teams. Two consisting of three genin and one with two." The older man explained to himself.

"If it's anything, Lord Hokage," Kakashi spoke up. "I'm willing to take the two-manned team so I can focus my attention on the Uchiha boy. I don't really care who else is on my team." Asuma and Kurenai glared at the lazy jonin, both knowing another reason why he only wanted a two-manned cell.

"There will be no need for that, Kakashi." Umino Iruka walked into the room, completely worn out and he looked like a tornado had made a direct hit on him. The four adults sitting there noticed that he didn't have a headband on. "Uzumaki Naruto passed the exam."

"How did that happen?" Kurenai was curious. "I thought--" But Iruka cut her off by explaining the battle between Naruto, Iruka, and Mizuki.

"I see. So Mizuki betrayed us?" The Hokage asked, after Iruka was done with his story. He didn't look surprised.

"Mmhmm. That means there will be three three-manned cells." Iruka leaned back in his chair. "Meaning Kakashi won't get to be lazy." He chuckled to himself. The scarecrow-haired ninja didn't say anything.

"Kakashi, you wanted to train Sasuke, right? Well, why don't you take Naruto, too?" The old man turned his attention toward the silver-haired ninja. Kakashi just nodded.

"I'll take Nara, Yamanaka, and Akimichi..." Asuma looked at the Hokage, allowing his voice trail off as he lit another cigarrette.

"Then I'll take...umm..." Kurenai flipped through the papers. "Inzuka, Aburame, and Hyuuga."

"That leaves you with Uchiha, Uzumaki, and Haruno." Iruka looked at him.

"Kurenai, why don't I take the Hyuuga." Kakashi offered. Kurenai looked puzzled. "Maybe it'll be good for the Haruno to be on a team that doesn't hate eachother." Kakashi thought back to a fight he had noted while walking past the Academy playground one day. Sasuke and Naruto were fighting while Iruka was trying to break it up.

"He's got a point." Iruka said as he looked down. "Plus, Hinata has a very low self-esteem, so maybe being on a team with Naruto will be good for her." Iruka's lips curled into a smile as he reminisced about the Academy's past days. "Hinata always watches Naruto, anyway. It might break her heart if she's not on a team with him. It might be nice for Naruto, too, if he's on a team with someone that believes in him." Kurenai nodded. Kakashi was surprised, but didn't look it, keeping his cool face on.

"Then it's settled." The Hokage stood up. "Kakashi will look over Naruto, Sasuke, and Hinata. Kurenai will look over Sakura, Kiba, and Shino, and Asuma will look over Choji, Shikamaru, and Ino. I expect you all to be at the Academy tomarrow on time." The last two words were mainly focused toward Kakashi, but he didn't say anything. He gave a long stare at the three jonin before saying "Good luck," and walking out the door.

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Hyuuga Hinata dreaded getting put on a team, because she knew she wouldn't be on a team with Naruto. He hadn't passed the exam, so she might not see him until she had a day off. She sighed as her steps took her closer and closer to the Academy, where students were flooding in so they could be assigned a jonin instructor. She walked into the room just when she heard one of her comrades say, "Naruto?! What are you doing here?!! This is only for passing students!" She gasped as she looked down to the seat below her, where the blonde-haired boy was sitting.

"What? You don't see the headband??" Naruto didn't even take his head off the desk. The other boy just walked away and Naruto gave a chuckle because he had won. Hinata giggled. Then came a soft voice.

"Excuse me please." Hinata noticed the pink-haired kunoichi, Sakura, standing by Naruto, her eyes focused on him. Hinata saw Naruto's face light up at her. Then came the ever-so obnoxious "Move it, Naruto! I'm trying to get around you!!!" Hinata and Naruto both looked at the person Sakura was looking at. Naruto glared at him, thinking the same thing as Hinata.

'What do girls see in that jerk?' But Sakura can't read minds, so she simply pushed past Naruto and sat down in the seat in between them. She stared with dreamy eyes at the raven-haired boy, who didn't even glance at her. Uchiha Sasuke stared straight at the front of the room, not letting anything disrupt his thinking. Just then, Naruto hopped in front of Sasuke, propping himself up on the desk.

"What are you looking at?" Both the boys asked, giving eachother evil glares. Then, someone behind Naruto bumped into him. The entire room gasped at the sight. The boy had made Naruto and Sasuke kiss.
"O-oops! Sorry!!" The boy said as Naruto and Sasuke turned away from eachother in disguist. It was quite funny, their reactions.

"Naruto, you--!!!" Sasuke spat on the floor.

"My mouth! It's poisened!!" Naruto yelled, clutching his throat. Then, he stopped, feeling the bloodlust. Sakura and a few other girls gave him an evil stare.

"Narutoooooo!!!!" Sakura punched her fist into her hand.

"W-wait, Sakura-chan! It's not like that!! Really! Uh..." He looked up at the girl right before she, along with about five other girls, threw punches. By the time they were done, Naruto didn't even look like a person. Hinata felt really sorry for him, but she didn't say anything that might boost his spirits. She was too shy. Finally, Iruka-sensei came into the room with a clip board.

"Alright, everyone! I'm about to announce off teams. When I'm done, report to the room assigned!" He started announcing off teams, not that they were in order. "Team 10, Akimichi Choji, Nara Shikamaru, and Yamanaka Ino. Team 8, Aburame Shino, Haruno Sakura," Hinata saw Sakura's eyes light up as she looked at Sasuke, hoping they would be on the same team. "and Inzuka Kiba." Sakura instantly deflated. Hinata giggled. "Team 7, Uzumaki Naruto, Uchiha Sasuke," Sasuke and Naruto glared at eachother. "and Hyuuga Hinata." Almost all the girls in the class glared at Hinata, especially Sakura. Hinata sank in her seat, embarrased out of her mind. But inside she was screaming "YEEEESSSSSS!!!!! NARUTO-KUN AND ME ARE ON THE SAME TEAM!!!!!" Not that she let her emotions get the best of her. She smiled secretly at the blonde, praising Kami-sama for the wonderful gift he bestowed upon her.

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Sasuke, Naruto, and Hinata sat bored in the small room, waiting for their jonin instructor. "Man! This isn't fair!" Naruto looked out into the hallway. "All the other teams left already!" Sasuke raised an eyebrow as Naruto put a chalkboard eraser into the door. Hinata stared wide-eyed at the genin's prank. "Serves him right for making us wait.

"Dobe. Do you really think that will work on a jonin?" Sasuke glanced at him.

"N-Naruto-kun..." Hinata blushed. "I don't t-think that's such a g-good idea... O-Our sensei m-might get angry..." She stared at Naruto. Naruto smiled back at her, making her blush deepen.

"Don't worry, Hinata! It's just a little prank!" He said, sitting back down on his chair. Just then, a hand appeared in the doorway. It pushed the door aside, making the chalkboard eraser fall right onto the silver-haired jonin's head. It made a small plop on the floor. Naruto stared at the jonin with a wide smile. Sasuke didn't even flinch at the words then spoken, but Hinata made a horrified look.

"Well...from first impression I'd have to say..." He began in a calm and collected voice. "I HATE YOU!!!!!" He yelled at his new genin team. All three of them, even Sasuke, gave a surprised look.

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"Well," Kakashi began. He and his genin team sat on the rooftop of the Academy. "Since I don't know anything about any of you, why don't we discuss ourselves? You know, hobbies, likes, dislikes, hopes and dreams for the future. Stuff like that." He suggested. No one started talking.

"A-ano...Kakashi-sensei...s-since we don't know a-anything about you, w-why don't you start?" Hinata looked at the jonin with curious and embarassed eyes. The scarecrow-man sighed.

"Alright." He began. "My name is Hatake Kakashi. I like a lot of stuff, and I dislike a lot of stuff. My hopes for the future are none of your buisness, but anway, I have a lot of hobbies!" He smiled underneath his mask at Hinata's and Naruto's expressions.

"Y'know..." Naruto looked at his team. "He said a lot, but all we really learned was his name."

"Why don't I learn about you, now. Let's start with you, on the right." Kakashi-sensei pointed to Naruto.

"Me? Well, my name is Uzumaki Naruto. I like the bowls of ramen at Ichiraku-jii-san's place. I like it even more when he decides to give me ramen for free! I dislike the 3-minute wait after he puts the boiling water into the bowl. My hope for the future is,"

'It seems like his entire life is focused around ramen.' Kakashi thought to himself.

"To one day become Hokage-sama! Then everyone in the village will have to acknowledge my exitence at last!" He exclaimed. Kakashi raised an eyebrow. "My hobbies are...pranks and practical jokes, I guess."

"Very good. Now, how about the young lady on the left?" He nodded toward Hinata. She blushed and gulped.

"M-my name is Hyuuga Hinata. I-I like...well...I like flower pressing and...a-ano..." Her blush deepened. "A-Anyway...I dislike..." She thought about something. Then she shook her head and sighed. "M-My dreams for the future a-are to be a g-good leader for my clan." She looked at her feet. Kakashi nodded and looked at Sasuke.
"Why don't you finish us up here?" He asked the raven-haired boy. Sasuke didn't take his eyes off Kakashi as he spoke.

"I don't see why I should talk about my likes when I like almost nothing. I have too many dislikes to list. I don't have any 'dreams', that's just a word to me. But what I do have is determination and there is someone I have sworn...to kill." Hinata and Naruto felt themselves shudder.

"Well...let's get started now that we're all finished. I expect you three to meet me in training area 14 tomarrow morning. You can go and have the rest of the day off. I'd advise that you didn't eat breakfast tomarrow morning unless you like vomiting." He took a breath, giving Hinata the chance to ask a question.

"A-ano...Sensei...what are we doing t-tomarrow that's so extreme?" Both of her teammates gave a curious look at their sensei, wondering the same thing.

"It's another test."

"What?!" Naruto exclaimed. "But we already passed the Academy exam! Why take another test?!" He jumped from his seat.

"To see if you're all really worth my time." Kakashi said cooly. "See you tomarrow morning." He said before dissapearing in a puff of smoke. The three genin looked at eachother before Sasuke got up and walked off the rooftop, leaving Naruto and Hinata alone. Hinata blushed as she stared into her crush's face.

"A-ano...Hinata..." Naruto looked at her. "W-What do you really think of...y'know...being on a team with me?" He finally got the question out. After staring at him for a moment, she finally understood why he was asking her that question. She had watched him for so long, that she knew about all the evil and hateful glares the villagers gave him, and she knew he was wondering if she was that kind of person. She looked at her feet before answering him.

"I-I think that w-whoever get's put on a-a team with you, Naruto-kun, i-is a very lucky person." She felt her cheeks turn a dark shade of crimson, so she refused to look up at him. But she knew, by the sound of his voice, that he was excited.

"R-Really?!" Naruto was practically jumping up and down. "You're not just saying that are you?" She shook her head, feeling her face burn into another shade of red. "Thank you, Hinata!" He said, throwing his arms around her. Her eyes widened as her face turned so deep of a crimson it looked like she might explode. He finally pulled away from her and looked at her face. "Ah, Hinata? Are you sick?" He asked, putting his hand on her forehead. She instantly went into a vegetable stage.

'Naruto-kun...Naruto-kun's touch!' That was all she could think about. Then he took his hand away from her head.

"You don't feel warm." He shrugged his shoulders. "Oh, well. Hey! I got an idea! Since it's already lunch time and we haven't eaten, why don't I treat you to ramen and Ichiraku's?" His eyes lit up when she looked up at him. He then reached into his pocked and pulled out two coupons. "I have these coupons for a free bowl of ramen. I was going to use both of them, but it'd be better to share!"

"N-No, Naruto-kun. Y-You should use b-both on yourself, like you o-originally planned. I-I don't want to g-get in the way..." She looked at her feet.

"I want to share with you, Hinata! Besides, I should get to know my teammates!" His smile widened. "You're much nicer than Sasuke-temme, anyway!" Hinata looked at her feet again.

"M-Maybe Sasuke-kun is still in the b-building and we c-could invite him, t-too." She held back a smile. "Y-You should get to know a-all your teammates..." Naruto stuck out his bottom lip and crossed his arms.

"Hinata, do you not want to be alone with me?" He asked, worried almost.

"N-No! That's not i-it! I-I don't mind e-eating alone with y-you, it's just that," She looked at her feet. "I-I don't know Sasuke-kun very w-well, so I thought..." Her voice trailed off.

"Join the club. Sasuke's so stubborn and mean that no one really knows him." Naruto looked up at the sky. "But, in a way, me and him are similar, y'know?"

"H-How?" Hinata hadn't really noticed before, but Naruto can be really sincere sometimes.

"Neither of us... Nevermind. I wish I could tell you my life story, but we have to get to Ichiraku's before the lunch rush!" He said, grabbing her hand. He jumped off the Academy roof, just to land safely on another rooftop. He pulled Hinata along as he jumped from roof to roof. Hinata was wearing a deep shade of crimson.

'Naruto-kun...is holding my hand!! If I died now, I'd be happy.' She thought to herself. She sighed. After awhile, they jumped off the another rooftop and landed in front of Ichiraku-jii-san's place. Hinata had never eaten here before. Naruto pushed the curtain aside and walked in with Hinata, just then letting go of her hand.

"Naruto!" Teuchi-jii-san greeted his best customer. "Who's your friend?" He asked, looking toward Hinata.

"This is Hyuuga Hinata. She's my new teammate!" Naruto took a seat on a stool right in front of Teuchi. Hinata sat down next to him, a light blush coating her face. She nodded in greeting and he smiled back.

"Isn't there another one? I don't know much about being a ninja, but I do know that there are three-manned cells." He looked from Naruto to Hinata and back. Naruto just turned away on his stool, sticking out his bottom lip and crossing his arms, so Hinata spoke up.

"U-Uchiha Sasuke-kun c-couldn't...ano...m-make it." Hinata poked her fingers together, cursing herself inside for doing it.

"Uchiha, eh?" He asked. "Naruto's told me about him. I heard he was real stuck up. Is that true?" Hinata didn't have the chance to say anything before Naruto spoke up.

"Yes! He's so stubborn! And he hardly ever talks, but when he does, he says something mean!" Naruto began listing off faults about Sasuke while Teuchi handed Hinata a menu. Then, Hinata and Naruto felt bloodlust creeping. Naruto slowly turned around to see Sakura standing there, along with a tall boy who's high collar and sun glasses didn't allow you to see his face, and another boy with his hood up and a small dog.

"You're not talking about my precious Sasuke-kun, are you, Naruto?" Sakura asked in a sweet voice, but it was mechanical and evil sounding all the same. "Because that would be stupid. Knowing you, though, it's not surprising." Her cold eyes stared at him. "Like someone as stupid as you could ever be Hokage, especially when you can't even learn to keep your mouth shut!" Naruto didn't say anything, but prepared himself for the oncoming pain she was about to inflict on him. Before he closed his eyes, he saw her fist enclose. After a few moments, Naruto wondered why there was no pain. He slowly opened his eyes to see Hinata, standing over him, holding Sakura's fist. Both of their arms were shaking.

"What? Hinata?" Naruto asked her, but she didn't say anything. She refused to take her eyes off Sakura.

"How dare you say such mean and cruel things to Naruto-kun!!" Her Byakugan activated, making Sakura tense. "Why must you be so mean to him all the time?! He never did anything to you except compliment you and praise your hard work! Why do you have to take out your sorrows on him?!" She flicked the pink-haired girls hand away with her own arm. "You don't have to be mean to anyone, especially Naruto-kun! Maybe you should talk to him once in a while and get to know him before you judge him! Then maybe you can respect him and his dreams because," Hinata took a step forward, making Sakura take a step back. "He will be Hokage someday!" She slowly walked back to her stool. "If you ever want to take your pain out on someone, try a pillow or a tree!" She sat back down and looked at the menu again, deactivating her Byakugan. Sakura, Kiba, and Shino wearily walked out, leaving the two other genin alone.

"And don't you ever try and scare off my best customer again, you brat!" Teuchi shouted after the three ninja.

"Ah, Hinata..." Naruto couldn't say anything except, "Thank you. And you know, you didn't studder the whole time you were talking!"

"Y-You're welcome, Naruto-kun." She said, blushing.

"No, seriously, Hinata! That was amazing! I've never seen anyone stick up for me like that! I guess..." He looked at the ceiling. "...you really don't mind being on a team with me." He smiled at her and she smiled back. "Anyway, Ojii-san, I want miso ramen!" He leaned forward, propping himself on the table with his elbows. Hinata contiued to scan the menu before she decided on what she wanted.

"I-I'll have the p-pork ramen." She handed Teuchi the menu. He nodded and went off to prepare their food. While he was gone, Naruto talked about random stuff, and Hinata couldn't help but smile. When he asked her a question, she ususally shook her head yes or no, not trusting her words. Finally, the food came.

"Idatakimasu!" Naruto said before slurping up his ramen like lightning.

"I-Idatakimasu..." Hinata barely whispered before she began eating. Hinata didn't get done with her ramen until Naruto was ordering his fourth bowl.

"Oh, do you want another bowl, Hinata?" He asked with ramen still in his mouth. She smiled and shook her head.

"N-No, thank you. I-I'm quite full, actually. B-but I'll wait for you to g-get done, Naruto-kun." She blushed and poked her index fingers together again.

"Thanks! Y'know, Hinata," He said as Teuchi put another bowl in front of him and Ayame took his other one. "You're a pretty cool person." She felt her blush deepen as Naruto smiled at her. She couldn't help but smile as he dug into another bowl, evenly slurping up the noodles with his chopsticks. Finally, he got done and he paid for his meal. Hinata began taking money out of her pocket, but Naruto stopped her. "I said I was treating you, remember?" He asked, setting the two free meal coupons with his other money.

"A-Arigato, Naruto-kun..." She said.

"No problem! I like treating my friends!" He smiled, making her blush. "Bye, Hinata!" He said, turning away from her and walking off. She didn't say anything, but inside she was celebrating. Naruto-kun...she had just been on a date with Naruto-kun! She sighed, pushing the memory to the back of her head as she turned away and walked slowly to her home.

'Naruto-kun...'

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WEEEEELLLL?!?!?!? Is it good? I think so, but, hey! I'm the one writing it. This suddenly popped into my head a few days ago...

"A FEW WEEKS AGO!!!!" My conscience yells from the back of my mind(Who just so happens to look exactly like Kyuubi).

Alright, alright, FINE! A few weeks ago. Anyway, I hope it was good! This is just the first chapter, and I'm sorry if the characters were a little OOC, but I just started. Oh, in a few chapters, Naruto and Sasuke both will get very OOC, but it's part of the story line, so...

I'm not sure about pairings yet, but I know that this will probably be a NaruHina. Other pairings will come in later chapters!

I wonder if the entire story line of the Naruto series would change if Hinata were on a team with Naruto and Sasuke...wait! That's why I'm writing this story! To find out! HAHAHAHA!

Oh, and, for your entertainment, here are a few translations:

-kun: Most commonly used on boys. It means you hold the person in respect or you cherish that person. Naruto cherishes very little people, which is why he doesn't use this on boys.

-chan: Vise Versa of -kun. Most commonly used on girls.

-sensei: Meaning teacher.

-jii-san or Ojii-san: Old man or grandpa.

Gomene: I'm sorry or sorry. I don't know if I've used this one yet.

Arigato: Thanks or thank you.

Idatakimasu: Used in the Japanese language to say "Let's eat!" Or "Time to eat!" It's very formal and proper, which is why all characters in the Japanese Naruto say it before eating. The 'u' on the end is silent!

I think that's all of them! Tell me if I missed any!

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