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"Iruka-sensei? Wh-where is Naruto-Kun?" Hinata asked shyly, prodding her fingers as she approached her sensei in class. Iruka looked down at her, smiling a little bit at the girl who loved his most unpredictable student. "Don't worry Hinata, he'll be here soon. I think he's just recuperating a little after celebrating all night at becoming a ninja." Iruka said, Hinata smiling and nodding while blushing brightly at the thought of Naruto.
"You know Hinata, you can always train with Naruto after this. You can both train to become better ninja so you have something you can approach him about, just build up your courage and ask him after today. I don't think he'll say no to you." Iruka said with a playful smile, Hinata blushing even brighter with what Iruka said. "But s-sensei... what could I tr-train with him on?" she asked meekly, Iruka rubbing her head.
"Well you're great at Taijutsu Hinata and Naruto isn't all that great in it, so how about that? You could help him get stronger and he can do the same with you. Just find something you think would help him out and use that as a chance to get closer. I'm sure he'd appreciate it a lot." Iruka said with a winning smile, a little chibi version of him celebrating in his mind at the fact he was able to convince Hinata to get closer to the one she liked. His thoughts were cut short however as the classroom door opened, everybody looking over to it with their jaws dropping.
A young man had stepped into the room with some rather surprising attire on. He was wearing a red facemask and his leaf headband covering his right eye, his hair was blonde with tints of white and red, his one visible eye was a bright cerulean blue that felt like it was staring into their very souls. The clothing for his torso was rather different as he simply wore a mesh shirt which showed off the rather ripped physique underneath and a duster coat but the coat itself seemed to have seals dotted around it and a large variety of pockets that were containing different items. As for his pants he stuck with a pair of pants similar to what the Konoha Jonin wear but it had two black dragons coiling around the legs with their mouths resting where the boy's belt buckle would be.
"I apologise for my lateness Iruka-Sensei. It's unbefitting of me to show tardiness on the day of team placements." the boy said, stunning Iruka even more when he recognized the voice. "Naruto?" The classes jaw's dropped even more with that one name being spoken, even Sasuke of all people looked up in shock. "No way is that the dobe! Naruto can't look that badass!" a random student shouted then found themselves pinned to the wall by ten kunai, the only thing showing they'd been thrown being Naruto's outstretched hand.
"I'd thank you to not insult me. I'm in no mood to be insulted today. I wish to know my team then prepare myself for missions. Now shut up." Naruto said coldly before turning around and smiling at Hinata. "Hey Hinata, I hate to ask but, can I sit with you during the placements? I doubt anybody else wants me sitting with them." he asked with a sheepish little smile, different from his usual smile which Hinata noticed right away.
"O-of course.. l-let's sit." she said shyly, taking her seat while inwardly screaming at her good luck. Not only was she getting on a team but Naruto even wanted to sit with her! Plus she approved of the new look as she found him to look rather yummy with the clothes he was wearing. "So Hinata, who's team do you want to be on?" Naruto asked, jolting the young girl out of her thoughts. "O-oh! Um... y-yours would be n-nice... you always make me smile... and you're strong... we could get strong together..." she replied, poking her fingers together with a shy smile on her face which Naruto couldn't help but tease her about. "Aww, you should smile more often Hinata! It makes you look really pretty." Hinata couldn't help but go bright red at his words, inwardly screaming to herself not to faint but it was not to be, as she passed out instantly. And she couldn't even enjoy the fact that she was now lay in Naruto's lap with him stroking her hair.
"Okay everyone, now that everybody is here I'm going to announce the team placements!" Iruka called out, pulling out a scroll which had all the teams listed on and he began to read up until he got to team 7 at which point the Chunin Izumo rushed in and whispered something into Iruka's ear, the males eyes widening a little but he nodded in confirmation. "Ah, Team 7 has had a change in it's members. Team 7 is now going to be Sasuke Uchiha, Sakura Haruno-" Sakura's cry of "IN YOUR FACE INO!" made Iruka pause for a moment before finishing off with "And Kiba Inuzuka. Your sensei is Kakashi Hatake." Kiba groaned in disappointment and Akamaru whined while Sakura hung her head depressed. "Team 8 is Shino Aburame, Hinata Hyuuga and Naruto Uzumaki. Your sensei is Kurenai Yuhi." Hinata was still asleep at this point due to her little fainting incident but Shino knew she would be over the moon to find out she was in the same team as Naruto. Shino himself was actually quite happy that Naruto was on his team as he seemed to just be very similar to Kiba, albeit louder. "Team 9 is still in circulation from last year so team ten is Shikamaru Nara, Ino Yamanaka and Choji Akimichi. Your sensei is Asuma Sarutobi."
"Your sensei's will be here soon... I just want to say I'm so proud of you all and I hope to see all of you reach the highest rank you are able." Iruka finished, smiling as he left the classroom while they all waited for the Jonin sensei to arrive.
"So Naruto, what's with the new get-up?" Kiba asked, walking over to the boy with Akamaru sniffing at him curiously, Naruto just giving a small smile in response. "I just felt it's time to dress like a real Shinobi, I can't always wear that kill me orange jumpsuit. Plus I'm a lot stronger than what people thought and this is my way of showing it. We can always spar sometime, I'd actually like to fight you at full strength Kiba. If you're fine with that." Naruto said, Kiba nodding.
"Of course! Hell, if you're telling the truth about holding back your strength I wanna see how strong you really are. You might actually put up a fight too." Kiba said with a feral grin, Naruto laughing with him. "Yo Naruto. You seem way different than normal. Also, you're constantly on edge. What's the deal?" Shikamaru asked as he walked over, frowning at Naruto who stared the other male down. "I simply on't wish to be caught off guard by anything Shikamaru, even in the village there may be somebody who is not one of us. I'd rather be on constant guard with nothing to fear rather than not be on my guard and get stabbed in the back. It's happened to too many good Shinobi., I don't wish to be one of them." Naruto responded, Shikamaru shrugging in response and accepting it. "Alright, well, good luck with your team."
Not long after, the Jonin came into the room and got their teams, Naruto, Shino and Hinata going away with Kurenai Yuhi.
an hour later in Training Field 8
"Okay everybody, I'm Kurenai Yuhi, I'm gong to be your Jonin sensei from now on. I think the first thing to do is to get to know each other. Hinata? Do you want to go first?" Kurenai asked, Hinata nodding shyly.
"My name is Hinata Hyuuga... m-my likes are cinnamon buns and... a certain person who I think is very strong... I don't like bullies or people who hate others f-for no reason. My dream is to become a great wife with the person I like.." she said, only stuttering slightly which Kurenai seemed rather happy about. "Wonderful Hinata. You next Shino."
"My name is Shino Aburame. My likes are training with my bugs, adding more bugs to my hive and finding new types of bugs in the world. My dream is to become the greatest head of the Aburame clan and to find a never before seen type of bug." Shino said in his usual monotone style of voice. "Thank you Shino, your turn Naruto."
"My name is Naruto Uzumaki. I like training in different styles of fighting, ninjutsu and kenjutsu, I also love doing fuinjutsu. My dream for the future is to become the Hokage and be the greatest Hokage to the most wonderful wife of all. I already know who as well." he said with a smile, Kurenai smiling but noticing Hinata's dejected look.
"That's nice Naruto. Well, you all have one more test before you can become Genin. You'll have to try and find me within one hour. And I'm going to be using most of my tricks to avoid you. Good luck." Kurenai said before dissapearing from sight, the three of them realising they'd all been in a genjutsu.
"SO a time limit on finding our sensei huh? Hinata. Your Byakugan is perfect for this. Let's go find our sensei!"