*~Chapter 1~*

Hinata-sensei stood at the front of the classroom, looking as shy as usual. Only a few of the students were actually paying attention as she tried to tell them she had an announcement. And still, they went on. She looked at her feet and twiddled her fingers.

"U-uh… Excuse me… umm…" she stuttered out. She could never get her voice heard. Finally having enough, a young girl with dark red hair and black eyes groaned and turned to the class.

"OI! SHUT UP!" She yelled. Everyone became dead silent. Hinata nodded to the loud girl.

"T-thank you Kazumi-san." The girl nodded at her sensei. Hinata looked at the entire class. "O-ok class, I'll take one at a time into the backroom to t-test you. Line up in front of the door please." She said and tuned into the back office. The class did as they were told and lined up. "I'll take the first one." Hinata called from the room. The first student, Nami Tomodachi, walked into the room with a smug face.

"This'll be cake." She said as she closed the door. Moments later, she walked out again, holding a leaf village forehead protector. She smirked. "See? Told you." She walked away triumphantly. Kazumi glared at her as she walked by.

"N-next!" Hinata called. The next girl, with oddly colored hair, jumped slightly. She gave a heavy sigh and walked to the door. Hinata looked up from her desk and smiled. "C-come in Yizue-chan." The girl gulped and walked in.

'I-I can't do ninjutsu or genjutsu… I'm screwed!' She thought to herself. And the door shut.

"Hmmm…" Nakasu, a foreign exchange student, turned around in her spot in line to look at the person who made the sudden noise behind her. She looked up; she was close to other people in the line, so that's not what made her cheeks get colored in a light pink. No, it was the owner of the sound, Toshiro Uchiha. He was the most talented and attractive guy in her class. Every guy wanted to be him, every girl wanted to be with him. It was as simple as that.

She shook herself out of her thoughts.

"What?" She asked him about his earlier sound of pondering. He looked at her.

"I wonder how Yizue will do." He said. "Being the fact that she can't do nin or genjutsu." He looked straight forward again. Nakasu looked back as well.

"That's right…." The girl said to herself. The door creaked open. Nakasu and Toshiro moved their heads into a position where they could see their friend. She was looking at her feet as she took a step out. She looked up with a sad expression. Nakasu looked at the ground but Toshiro put a hand on her shoulder.

"No, wait." He said to her in a hushed tone. She looked at him and he nodded towards the girl who had just walked out. "Look." Nakasu looked at her and Yizue instantly smiled. From behind her back, she brought out a leaf ninja headband. Nakasu sighed with relief. Toshiro looked at Yizue.

"Yizue-chan, well done." He said. The girl blushed and scurried away. He smiled to himself and watched the people go in and out of the room.

"N-next please." Hinata called. This went on for a good while before it got to Toshiro. He had a list of the names of all the students in the class and was checking off who went. He read them out loud,

"Nami Tomodachi, Yizue, Mitsuki Fuyu, Deiara Uchiha, Aki Michiko, Kiki, Goshen Nagura, Black Rose, Kazumi, and Sakaira." He mumbled. The door opened and the ninja that was before him stepped out. His name was Ichirou Aburame. He was the son of Shino Aburame, the head of the elite bug clan, and Kurohana Aburame, the laziest ninja you will ever come into contact with. Toshiro let his finger travel down the page until he came upon Ichirou's name. He put a check mark next to his name. "Check." he said to himself.

"O-ok. Next please." The raven-haired boy heard his sensei call. He looked back at a random girl behind him and handed her the paper and pen. She blushed and looked at him.

"Hold them until I come back." he said and stepped into the room, closing the door behind him. He heard the door click and walked closer to his teacher's desk. Hinata looked at him.

"A-are you ready?" The raven-haired woman asked her student. Toshiro nodded. Hinata looked at a paper in front of her. "What is one of the simple jutsu a gennin should know and can you show me?" She read from the paper. Toshiro stood up straight.

"All gennin should know the art of the doppelganger." He did the hand sign and a replica of himself appeared beside him. Hinata nodded and the clone disappeared.

"Name three of the simplest weapons a gennin should have." Hinata said.

"Kunai, shuriken, and paper bombs." Toshiro answered formally. Hinata-sensei nodded again.

"What is Chakra?" Ah yes, the vital question. Toshiro took a deep breath.

"Chakra is the source of all life and the supply of energy we ninja use to perform jutsu. Once we are low on chakra, we can no longer battle. If we run out of chakra, it can be fatal." He said. Hinata smiled as she wrote something down on the paper. The white-eyed woman looked back at the Uchiha.

"One more question; Why do you want to become a ninja?" Toshiro really had to think about this one. He knew the simple reason as to why he wanted to be a ninja, but he knew this wasn't meant to be a simple question. He looked up at his sensei.

"I want to be a ninja because…" He paused. "I want to be a ninja because I want to give life." Hinata raised an eyebrow. "I want to give life to those who have given up, to those who think there is no hope left in the world. I will help the helpless, and carry the weak on my shoulders…" The Uchiha student bowed. Hinata smiled and stood up from her chair.

"Come here." She said. The boy did as he was told and walked over to another table. He looked at it as he neared it and saw that is was covered with leaf village headbands. His face brightened a bit as his sensei picked up a headband and handed it to him. "Toshiro Uchiha," She said. "Gennin who graduated at the top of his class." She smiled at him brightly. "Congratulations Toshiro-san." And she turned back to her desk. Toshiro held his headband in his hands.

"Gennin…" He mumbled to himself. He was finally a ninja.

*~NINJA~*

Hinata looked at the new gennin, holding a clipboard and pen in her hands. Nakasu sat in her seat, twitching eagerly, her sand headband clutched in sweaty palms.

"O-ok…" Their sensei started to get their attention. "I will now read off the teams…

Team 6

Sensei: Okihi UchihaSabaku no NakasuIchirou AburameToshiro Uchiha

Team 2

Sensei: Rock LeeMitsuki FuyuYizueAmami Kaze

Team 1

Sensei: Sabaku no TemariBlack RoseDeiara UchihaRini Hanai

Team 5

Sensei: Shikamaru NaraNami TomodachiNaomi UchihaKazumi

Team 4

Sensei: TenTenGoshen NaguraAki MichikoErika-kun

Team 3

Sensei: Ino YamanakaKikiSakairaNoelle

A-any questions?" She asked. They shook their heads and some of the girls in the room groaned.

Nakasu blinked.

'Did she just say…??' She looked over at Toshiro and blushed. She was actually on his team? 'No way!!' She felt her heart flutter. Since she had first come to Konohagakure, he had always been so nice to her. He was her first friend here. But since then, she started to have different feelings towards him. She suddenly felt an evil aura around her. She froze and looked over her shoulder slowly. A group of Toshiro fan girls were glaring at her through the open window. The red-headed sand kunzite smiled and waved awkwardly. 'I guess I just made some new… ''Friends''.' She thought to herself.

*~NINJA~*