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Summary: How would Naruto's life have been if he had a teacher who wasn't lazy and didn't play favorites? If he had a team mate that believed in him?
Prologue: A tragic ending, a lover's destiny, and the birth of a sage.
Once upon a time, long before it became the hidden leaf village, a forest stood that extended far across the land. This was not just any forest though; this forest was the home of Lord Kaito master of the fiercest wind also master of the hottest flames and Lady Hazuki master of the water and mistress of the gods. The two lived in a beautiful castle surrounded by animals. They were very much in love though their personalities were opposite. Lord Kaito had temper hotter than the fiercest sun and the stubbornness of the strongest mountain. While Lady Hazuki was the kindest gentlest soul, the land had ever seen. Lady Hazuki was a fair-skinned woman with hair the color of the night sky. Lord Kaito was a tan man with hair the color of blood.
Though the two had s many differences, the love between them could not have been any stronger. They finished each other's sentences, could feel when the other was near or endanger, and their fighting styles complemented the others perfectly. Lord Kaito fought with a sword made of from a mixture of the fiercest winds and the hottest flames. Lady Hazuki fought with arrows made from the coldest of water and the hardest of stone. Though his sword was strong lord, Kaito preferred to fight hand to hand in close combat. While Lady Hazuki preferred healing to fighting and was hesitant at hurting anyone. They lived a peaceful existence that is until lady Hazuki was given a gift from the gods.
She could see farther then the forest and could sometimes see faint glimpses of the future. Lord Kaito, gifted with the ability to see deep in the heart of others and heal wounds made to their souls. The things they saw were amazing. Lord Kaito's brother and Lady Hazuki's dearest friend Lord Raiden master of the most frightening of lightning and master of the darkest flames was not so pleased. He could not understand why the gods too did not bless him. Was he not brave enough? Was he not strong enough?
His jealousy only intensified as the seasons changed. Lord Kaito, though given the ability to see into the hearts of others could not see what his brother was becoming. Lord Kaito could not see what his own ever-growing power was turning him into, a monster. Lady Hazuki was not so blind. She could see the darkness bubbling under the surface and on the night, she confronted Lord Raiden when the stars could no longer be seen. He denied Lady Hazuki's accusations and tried to convince her it was in her head but she would not be swayed. Lord Raiden who had lusted after Lady Hazuki for sometime decided to confess his feelings in hope of gaining sympathy.
Lady Hazuki, shocked she was by this confession and Lord Raiden mistaking her shock as a rejection grew angered. He pulled Lady Hazuki into a harsh kiss and forced himself upon her. He then fled the lands not knowing the consequences his dark, shameful actions would have. Lord Raiden left the lands and allied with Lord Hebi a wicked man who was master of snakes. As it turned out Lord Hebi had seduced Lord Raiden with promises of power and vengeance. When Lord Kaito discovered his brother's betrayal, he was enraged. Lady Hazuki tried to calm him but to no avail.
Lord Kaito and Lord Raiden both trained hard for their impending battle. It was on the night Lady Hazuki fell ill that Lord Raiden attacked. He came wielding a sword of lightning that roared like thunder when it clashed with Lord Kaito's sword. The two battled fiercely neither giving an inch. While the two fought, Lord Hebi ravaged the forest. Lady Hazuki, still weak from her illness, rushed to the battlefield. She threw herself, between the two and was gravely injured but it was not Lord Raiden's sword, which had pierced her chest.
The sword, which had injured Lady Hazuki, was Lord Kaito's sword. Lord Kaito fell to his knees in anguish at his actions while Lord Raiden sword still drawn stood before him. Lord Raiden lifted his sword preparing to end Lord Kaito's life when he heard laughter. He lifted his head and saw the land in ruins and Lord Hebi laughing. Lord Hebi then ties Lord Raiden with bindings made from snakeskin. Lord Hebi tries to absorb Lord Raiden and take over his body but lord Raiden enraged by this attacked Lord Hebi. Resolving to end his life, Lord Raiden breaks free of his bindings and cuts off his head. He turns around to finish off Kaito and gasps in surprise.
He looks down and finds Lord Kaito's sword sticking out of his chest. Lord Kaito drags knife clean through Lord Raiden. Lord Kaito then stands and bows his head begging the gods for forgiveness and the power to make sure this never happens again. The sky glows a blood red and Lady Hazuki's body along with Lord Raiden's vanishes. Lord Kaito then feels a deep burning in the pit of his stomach. He cries out in intense agony as his body morphs. His once green eyes turn a bloody red, his nails sharpen, and his hands become claws.
He falls on all fours no longer able to stand on two legs. His face begins to change. He throws back his head and howls in pain as blood red fur shoots out of his skin and covers his entire body. He struggles against the changes but cannot make it stop. Nine long furry tails shoot out of his backside. Lord Kaito no longer able to handle the pain collapses. Even though he is unconscious, the changes continued to happen.
His body grew s seventy-five stories high. The gods had given him what he wanted but at what cost? His body disappeared in a flash of light. His body joined with eight others morphed together to create a ten-tailed monster. In the after life, Lady Hazuki is offered two wishes for her sacrifice. She wishes to be with Lord Kaito and for their unborn child to live. The gods then released Lady Hazuki and Lord Kaito's child, a little baby boy, who Lady Hazuki had found from her midwife she was pregnant with that very morning, outside the home of a local priestess. When the woman lifted the baby, he opened his eyes revealing two Rinnegan eyes. The priests took the baby inside her small home. It is a thousand years before the gods' release Lady Hazuki's soul and allows her to be reincarnated. Lord Kaito is sealed inside a newborn baby thus merging his soul with the child's. Two souls lost in tragedy, Will they get the ending they deserve, or is death their destiny?
Chapter one: a different team
Naruto woke up that morning feeling wonderful until he turned over and looked at his alarm clock expecting to see 6:00. Instead his clock read 7:30 Naruto panicked and threw his alarm clock out the window
(Meanwhile on the street below)
Sasuke was making his way to the academy. He had decided to take a different root that morning so he could stop at the weapon shop on the way. Sasuke was doing his usual morning pep talk "I will kill Itachi! I will kill Itachi! I will avenge my clan! I will kill Itachi!" he said to himself. He was so caught up in his brooding that he didn't notice the alarm clock falling from the sky. BAM! Sasuke was knocked unconscious.
(Back with Naruto)
Naruto paused on his way to the bathroom. "Why do I get the feeling something good just happened" Naruto wondered aloud before shrugging and rushing into the bathroom. Naruto quickly shed his pajamas and hopped in the shower. After a hot shower while brushing, his teeth Naruto was dressed and looked all over his apartment for his headband. "I know I left it somewhere" he said tearing the place apart. "I'll never find it" Naruto said falling to his knees. He crawled back into his bedroom and laid back down giving up hope.
He rolled over, looked at his nightstand, and found his headband sitting there innocently. "I found you' Naruto yelled happily hugging it to his chest. He tied around his forehead and ran out the door not having time to eat breakfast. Naruto was running so fast that he didn't notice the unconscious body of Sasuke resulting in him tripping and falling flat on his face. "Damn you Sasuke!" Naruto yelled getting up. Sasuke ignores Naruto and brushes the dirt off his clothes. Naruto once again begins to rush off toward the academy only to be tripped by a square shaped rock with holes in it.
"Why is it always me?" Naruto asks the ground. "Hey Boss" Konohamaru says climbing out from under the 'Rock'. Naruto rises to his feet once again. "Bye Konohamaru I have to go to an important meeting" Naruto yells as he dashes down the street. "Wow boss is so cool" Konohamaru thinks with stars in his eyes. Naruto burst inside the classroom "I made it!" he yells out. A student turns and asks the question on everybody's mind "Who the hell are you". Naruto looks around the classroom seeing a bunch of unfamiliar faces and his eye begins to twitch
(MEANWHILE IN THE HIDDEN SAND VILLAGE)
Gaara was beating the crap out of some enemy ninja and was about to go for the kill when suddenly he heard. "DAMNIT HOW THE HELL DID I END UP IN THE WRONG CLASSROOM!" The enemy ninja took advantage of this distraction and made a run for it. Gaara looked back at his enemies and was surprised to see them gone. "Don't worry mother I will find them" Gaara said before walking slowly after his prey.
(WITH HINATA)
Hinata woke up at 6:00 and got ready for the day. After a quick shower and getting dressed Hinata went to the kitchen for breakfast she sat across from her sister with Neji to her left and her father at the head of the table on her right. A branch member came and sat Hinata's breakfast in front of her. Hinata smiled quietly thanked the woman and began to enjoy her plate of scrambled eggs with strawberries, toast and jelly. Neji made a noise of displeasure when the woman handed him his plate of poached eggs and waffles. Hanabi growled at the woman when she handed her a plate of sunny side up eggs and pancakes. Hiashi gives the woman a fierce death glare as she hands him his fiber rich cereal, hard-boiled egg whites on whole-wheat toast, and an English muffin for his high blood pressure.
The branch member quickly retreated to the kitchen. "Hinata" Hiashi said gaining Hinata's attention. "Y-yes father" Hinata stuttered nervously. "Today is your first day as a ninja correct?" Hiashi stated. Hinata smiled thinking her father was finally showing interest in her. "Y-yes it is" Hinata said. Hiashi nodded his head and began to eat his meal.
Hinata was about to finish hers when Hiashi said, "Try not to prove yourself anymore of a failure then you already are". Hiashi stated getting up and walking away. Hinata lowered her head. "Yeah, don't bring shame to the clan" Hanabi said, enjoying the sight of Hinata's misery, following after her father. Neji sighed "it's a waste of your time trying. It's your destiny to be a failure.' Neji said before standing up and leaving. The branch member came out to collect the plates and Hinata rose to her feet to help. "That is alright Lady Hinata. I got it" the woman said trying to take the dish. "It's no problem" Hinata says before taking the plates to the sink. "Thank you Lady Hinata" the woman says bowing. Hinata smiles "You're welcome" she says before grabbing her weapons pouch and heading out the door. Hinata walked to the academy dejected. "Neji is right I'm hopeless" she said to herself. Suddenly an orange blur shot past her in the direction of the academy. "Naruto-kun" she whispered before rushing toward the academy spirits lifted.
She ran at top speed toward the schoolyard ignoring the strange looks she was receiving. She ran past Sakura and Ino who were also running toward the academy. She burst in the classroom with a bright smile on her face that instantly turned into a dejected look. Naruto wasn't there. She dragged her feet to her desk and laid her head on the desk looking like someone died. "What's wrong with you" an uninterested voice asked. Hinata turned her head shocked to see Sasuke sitting next to her looking blankly out the window.
"N-nothing" Hinata stuttered sitting straight up trying to pretend she was not depressed. Sasuke glanced at her from the corner of his eye at Hinata. Her eyes were watery, her bottom lip was trembling, her shoulders were hunched, and there was a dark cloud over her head. "You still look like a kicked puppy" Sasuke said before going back to staring out the window. Hinata deflated like a popped balloon and sank in her seat. Sakura and Ino burst in the classroom arguing over who made it first. Sakura makes her way to where Hinata is sitting.
"Move Hinata so I can sit next to Sasuke-kun" Sakura demands. Hinata gets ready to stand up when Sasuke puts a hand on her shoulder. "Did you ask if you could sit next to me?" Sasuke asks giving Sakura a fierce glare. Sakura shakes in fear. "N-no" Sakkara whispered. Sasuke gives her a look and she runs quickly to find another seat. Iruka walked into the classroom smiling.
"Hello class" Iruka said before going into a long-winded speech about the responsibilities and dangers of being a ninja. Usually Hinata would listen but currently she was too deeply depressed. Her eyes were glazed and she was staring into space. Iruka sighed seeing that none of his students were paying attention. "Okay so team one is" Iruka began but was cut off by the door being kicked open. "Finally!" Naruto yelled from the open doorway. "Naruto, your late" Iruka scolded. Naruto walked in and began a long-winded excuse about stupid alarm clocks, sneaky headbands, sleeping bastards, square shaped rocks with holes in them, and wrong classrooms.
When he was finished, Iruka sighed and mumbled something about keeping him away from Kakashi. "Go sit down' Iruka said pointing toward the last empty desk which happened to be next to Hinata. Hinata watched him approach and began to hyperventilate. "What do I do he's coming this way" Hinata thought panicking. Sasuke saw her panicked look and realized the cause 'So the Hyuuga has a crush on the idiot' Sasuke thought before kicking her in the leg 'Accidently' of course. Hinata felt the kick and forced herself to calm down.
"Hey" Naruto said brightly. Hinata blushed "H-hi Naruto" Hinata said softly. "What are you doing here Naruto" Shikamaru, who is sitting behind him, asks. "Yeah Naruto" Sakura said, sitting next to him, butting into the conversation. "Only people who graduated are supposed to be here," Sakura said. Naruto opened his mouth to respond but Ino, who was sitting next to Sakura, cut him off "Yeah how desperate can you get? What the first three failures weren't enough? Get real Naruto you will 'Never' become a ninja or Hokage," she said.
Then she and Sakura began laughing. Hinata looked down at her desk memories of the conversation with her family this morning flooded to the front of her mind. "Shut up" Naruto said angrily. Sakura and Ino stopped laughing and looked at Naruto. "You see this headband" Naruto said pointing to his forehead with his thumb. "I am a ninja and I WILL BECOME HOKAGE! Believe it!" Naruto said proudly. Ino and Sakura huffed before going back to gushing about Sasuke.
Hinata looked at Naruto in awe. Her eyes sparkling with adoration 'Naruto is so cool!' she thought. Sasuke gave a quiet "Hn" and went back to brooding silently. While this had been going on Iruka had continued naming teams. "Team seven will be NarutoUzumaki" Naruto looked up excitedly. "SasukeUchiha" Naruto head slammed on the desk. Sasuke made a noise of acknowledgement. Now was the decisive moment.
All the girls in class were sitting on the edge of their seats. Which one of them would get to be with their beloved Sasuke? "HinataHyuuga" Hinata head snapped up it was a surprise she didn't get whiplash, then she fainted instantly. "No! I want to be with my Sasuke-kun!" Ino and Sakura sobbed/shrieked. "Team eight will be SakuraHaruno" Sakura paused in the middle of crying. "KibaInuzaka" Kiba and Akamaru stopped daydreaming about chasing cats and looked up. "InoYamanaka" Ino returned to sobbing mumbling about dog breaths and big foreheads.
"Team tenShikamaruNara" Shikamaru yawned. "ChojiAkimichi" Choji paused in his snacking. "ShinoAburame" Shino said nothing but a faint buzzing could be heard from his jacket. "Congratulations!" Iruka said before walking over to his desk and pulling a rope, which no one had noticed was hanging from the ceiling, making confetti rain from the ceiling. Iruka looked at his students expecting to see a bunch of smiling faces. Instead he was met with eight death glares, not including Hinata who was still knocked out. "Iruka-sensei I don't mind being partnered with Hinata, though I would have preferred Sakura, but why is a genius like me partnered with duck butt over there" Naruto complained pointing at Sasuke.
Hinata who had just woke up looked at Naruto sadly. 'Of course he'd rather have Sakura. Who would want to be partners with a pathetic loser like me?' Hinata thought. "Well Naruto, Sasuke got the highest marks in the class while you got the lowest" Iruka reveled. Naruto looked embarrassed. "This meeting is over. Make sure you return this afternoon to meet your new sensei" Iruka said before leaving.
(LUNCH TIME)
Sasuke headed to the roof in hopes of avoiding rabid fan girls who were literally foaming at the mouth. Sasuke was surprised to find Hinata was also on the roof. "What are you doing up here?" Sasuke asked darkly. Hinata looked up her cheeks still puffed from the rice ball she had been enjoying. "E-eating lunch" she said quietly. "Hn"Sasuke said before sitting on the bench next to her. He tried to ignore the hunger he was feeling.
'Stupid falling alarm clocks, Falling from the sky, and making me crush my lunch. I bet Itachi dropped it!' Sasuke thought. His stomach growled loudly gaining Hinata's attention. 'Here" she said handing him an extremely large boxed lunch. Sasuke looked at Hinata like she was crazy. "I made lunches for my team mates." She explained. Sasuke accepted the lunch and opened it expecting something horrible. Instead, he found rice balls, sushi, Teriyaki chicken, stir-fried pork, and a jelly bun.
He took a small bite and was surprised to find it was good. He glanced over at Hinata who was watching his face for any signs that he liked it. "I-it's horrible isn't it?" Hinata asked. Sasuke gave a quiet "Hn" but continued eating. They sat in silence for a few minutes when suddenly Naruto once again kicked open a door carrying a large duffle bag. "Hn loser, do you just run around kicking doors in all day?" questioned Sasuke. Naruto rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly
'Well I saw this Anbu guy do it once and it looked really cool so" Naruto began but Sasuke interrupted. "Idiot, it was a rhetorical question." Sasuke said. "Oh, wait who you calling an idiot you bastard!?" Naruto yelled. Hinata looked at Naruto nervously. "N-Naruto-k-kun" she stutter quietly. "Huh" Naruto question forgetting about Sasuke. "W-would y-you l-like to join us for lunch" Hinata said holding out a boxed lunch for Naruto.
"Sure" Naruto said before sitting on the other side of Hinata, causing her to blush, and digging in. "Mmm, Hinata this is really good!" Naruto said. Hinata smiled. "T-thank you N-Naruto-kun" Hinata said quietly looking at the ground. That's when she noticed the rope, duck tape, gag, a bottle of chloroform, a rag, a blindfold, a small jar of tar, and some feathers had spilled out his bag. "N-Naruto" she said uncertainly Naruto looked up "Huh" he said until he saw where Hinata was pointing. Naruto jumped up stuffed all the stuff back in the bag.
"Crap, I almost forgot" Naruto said before pouring some of the chloroform on the rag. He then crept up behind Sasuke, who was busy eating, and covered his face with it. Sasuke struggled for a while before collapsing. Naruto then tied him up with the rope, blindfolded him, put the gag on this mouth, covered his mouth with duck tape, and then proceeded to cover Sasuke in tar and feathers all in the course of three minutes. Hinata could only watch as Naruto picked him up and stuffed him in the roof closet. Naruto transformed into a perfect henge of Sasuke and left. Hinata was still staring at the place where Naruto had been when he comes back through the door "We never speak of this" he said grabbing his lunch before leaving. Hinata shook her head and decided to pretend this never happened.
(With Naruto)
Naruto disguised as Sasuke walks toward Sakura, who is busy daydreaming, and says "Hello Sakura" he says. Sakura blushes "Hi Sasuke-kun "Sakura says shyly. Naruto sits down next to Sakura and they sit quietly for a while eating there lunches. "What do you think of Naruto?" he blurts out suddenly. "Naruto is the biggest idiot on the planet. He is nothing like you Sasuke-kun.," she says missing the sad look on 'Sasuke's' face. "He does have some good qualities right?" he asks hopefully." He has no taste, no style, has no manners, has no common sense and his dream of being Hokage is absolutely nothing but a joke" she said heatedly destroying Naruto's hope.
"So you wouldn't go out with him," Sasuke asks quietly already knowing the answer. "Not if he was the last man in the galaxy. You couldn't pay me to go out with that loser," she says. Naruto opens his mouth to say something but Sakura was not done. "He is stupid, lazy, incompetent, foolish, and just dose not no when to quit." She says and Naruto feels his heart shatter. "Me go out with him? There is no way in hell!" she says fiercely leaving no room for doubt. Naruto drops his henge "Thank you Sakura, you don't have to worry I won't bother you" he says sadly
"Not anymore" and walks off. Sakura has the decency to look ashamed "Naruto wait" she says but Naruto is nowhere in sight. "I'm sorry," she yells but it is too late for that. Naruto is gone and for the first time she is not sure he is coming back.
(With Hinata)
Hinata had released Sasuke from the closet after Naruto had left. She was still struggling to untie him when Sasuke woke up. "Mmf"Sasuke said mouth still covered. Hinata ripped off the tape and Sasuke spit out the gag. "What happened?" he asked. Hinata thinks for a moment before replying "F-fan girls" she lied quickly. Sasuke nods understanding.
Once Hinata frees him, he looks down and sees that he is covered in tar and feathers. He looks at Hinata who averts her eyes. "F-fan girls" she says again hoping he won't ask questions. Sasuke shudders and picks up his lunch. "I'm going to go home and get cleaned up" he says darkly before leaving. Hinata sighs in relief. She then decides to go back to class early.
When she goes back to class, she finds Naruto sitting there with his head down. 'Should I ask him what's wrong.' She thinks taking the seat next to him. She opens her mouth to say something then pauses 'What if he it's something I did' she thinks worriedly. 'Maybe my lunch made him sick' she thinks panicking. "N-Naruto-k-kun" she whispers. Naruto's head snaps up and he looks at her.
"You know what bugs me?" he says angrily. Hinata's eyes widen "M-me?" she asks. Naruto shakes his head "People who underestimate me!" he says angrily. "W-who does that?" she asks quietly. "Who doesn't?" he snaps causing her to flinch back. "Sakura, the villagers, heck I can't think of a single person who doesn't think that I'm an idiot, or a loser, or a joke, or a failure," he states. "I-I d-don't t-think your any of those things." She stutters.
Naruto looks at her curiously. "A-actually I-I t-think you're amazing" she said quietly. Naruto looked at Hinata in surprise. "What?" he said. Hinata looked at her hands and began poking her fingers together. "I-in m-my eyes y-you are a proud failure! When I look at you, I get an intense feeling in my heart b-because
You are not perfect; because you fail, you have the strength to get back up. I believe that's where true strength is." She said passionately loosing her stutter. She turned her head towards Naruto and found him looking at her with an awestruck expression. "I-I think you're an incredibly strong person, Naruto-kun and I am very happy to be your team mate," she said softly. Naruto smiled brightly
"Thanks Hinata-chan" Naruto said cheerfully. Hinata's face turned bright red. 'Hinata-chan' she thought. Naruto looked worried. "Are you alright Hinata-chan? Your face is turning all red! Are you sick?" he asked leaning really close to her face. Hinata found herself staring deeply into sky blue eyes 'They have little flecks of green' she thought before fainting and hitting her head hard on the desk.
"Holy shit! Hinata are you okay?" Naruto exclaimed rising to his feet. Hinata just continued to lay there not moving. "Speak to me Hinata-chan!" Naruto yelled shaking her.
(Meanwhile just outside the classroom)
Iruka was heading back to class after enjoy a nice peaceful lunch. He was about to open the door when he heard. "HINATA-CHAN, PLEASE DON'T DIE!" Followed by "OH MY GOD I KILLED HER! I KILLED HINATA-CHAN! DOES THIS MEAN I HAVE TO GO TO PRIZON! I'M TOO YOUNG TO GO TO JAIL!" Iruka slowly opened the door expecting the worse. Instead, he fond an obviously passed out Hinata being held bridal style by an openly crying Naruto who was babbling about going to jail. Iruka quietly backed out of the room closing the door behind him.
(One frantic visit to the hospital later)
Naruto, Hinata, and Sasuke sat waiting for their sensei. Team eight's sensei had already taken them and team ten's sensei got them. Naruto was about to complain when the door opened. In the door way stood a woman about 5-7 in height, she had long sliver hair that stopped at her waist, she had almond shaped amber eyes. Her features looked like they were chiseled from stone. She was wearing black Anbu style pants, with a tight black top, a black jounin vest, and ankle boots. "Are you team seven", she asked.
Team seven all nodded. "Good, meet me on the roof you have two minutes," she said coldly before disappearing in a puff of smoke. Team seven coughed "That's our new sensei?" Naruto asked. The team stood and rushed to the roof. Their sensei was leaning on a railing. "You are late" she said glaring at them. They go to their seats.
"Okay so here is what I want. You are all going to tell me about yourselves. I want your name, hobbies, likes, dislikes, and dreams." She said. "What about you?" Naruto asked. Their sensei raised an eyebrow. "What about me?" she asked. Naruto made a face. "We don't know anything about you!" he shouted. Their sensei sighed pushing her up to stand on the very thin railing.
"My name is ShioriTashio but you will address me as Tashio-sensei; my hobbies are training, fighting, torturing, killing, maiming, and more training. My likes are meat preferably rare, dogs, wolves, hunting, and training, sword fighting, and killing. My dislikes include loosing my prey, the color pink, fan girls, fan boys, arrogant pricks, emo jerks, loud-mouthed idiots, people who cannot speak for themselves, and children. My dream is to become stronger than all those in the Tashio clan before me." She said all of this while pacing on the railing. Team 7 gulped. "This is our sensei?" they thought. She looked at them coldly. "Any questions?" she asked darkly. They shook their heads quickly.
"Good, you may begin." She said pointing at Naruto. "My name is NarutoUzumaki; my hobbies are eating ramen, comparing different ramen, pulling pranks, and gardening. My likes are ramen, especially Ichiraku's ramen, pranks, Oshiruko. My dislikes are the three-minute wait for the water to boil to cook ramen, showoffs, jerks, or loosing, fresh vegetables. My dream is to one day become the strongest Hokage ever! Then everyone will finally treat me with respect." Naruto said excitedly. Hinata looked at Naruto fondly and Sasuke looked bored. Shiori pointed to Sasuke. "My name is SasukeUchiha; my hobby is training to get stronger. My likes are Omusubi, pocky, training, and Tomatoes. My dislikes are natto, weaklings, losers, people who get in my way, and sweets. My dream, no my ambition, is to rebuild my clan and to kill a certain person." Sasuke said then went back to his usual brooding. Hinata looked worried and Naruto looked scared. He scooted way from Sasuke.
Their sensei looks at Hinata. "M-my name is H-Hinata H-Hyuuga: my hobbies are f-flower pressing, cooking, t-training, and making medicine. M-my likes are cinnamon buns, flowers, training, s-sweets, and zenzai. My dislikes are seafood, h-hurting people, the Hyuuga e-elders, and being a f-failure. My d-dream is to one day become head of my clan and to o-one day w-walk beside the person I most a-admire." Hinata said poking her fingers together. Naruto gave Hinata thumbs up. Sasuke gave Hinata an unreadable look. Shiori looked at them emotionless "If we become a team I will have to work hard to turn you into suitable ninja." She said casually. "If we become a team?" Naruto and Hinata asked at the same time. Shiori leans back against the railing. "Tomorrow we will do a survival test to determine if you are truly meant to be ninja. Only nine of the twenty-seven graduates can officially become Genins." She says. Team seven protests but Shiori silences them with a look. "You will meet me at the training grounds at 5:00 am sharp, Bring your weapons and be prepared for anything." She explains. "You better take this test seriously because if you don't I WILL KILL YOU" she said darkly before disappearing in a whirl of leaves. Hinata is shaking looking terrified at the spot where their sensei used to be. "D-do you t-think she w-will really k-k-kill us?" Hinata asked fearfully. Sasuke shrugs "Most likely." He says before walking away. Naruto pats Hinata on the shoulder. 'Relax Hinata- chan, she will not kill us", Naruto says. Hinata continues shaking. "H-how do y-you know", Hinata questions. Naruto grins. "Because we will be prepared tomorrow," Naruto gives her another pat on the shoulder and leaves. Hinata looks towards the spot where there sensei last stood. "I hope you right Naruto," Hinata says before heading home. She has another training session tonight.
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Author's note: okay I know you all have probably read a hundred stories where Naruto and Hinata are on the same team but I am going to try to make mine different from everybody else. Therefore, I am going to let you vote on the pairings all except Naruhina and a few others because I am a die-hard naruhina fan. Yes there will be a naruhina/ sasuhina love triangle but it will be naruhina in the end.
*Sasuke
1) Haku (Female)
2) Sakkara
3) Rin (an Oc who will be introduced later)
*Haku
1) Sasuke
2) Kimimaro (if you want him to live)
3) Zabuza
4) Sai
5) Gaara
*Ino
1) Choji
2) Sai
*Lee
1) Sakura
2) Guy (weird I know)
3) Gaara
4) Haru (An Oc who will come later)
I will take suggestions for other pairings too.
Here are the pairings that I am not changing.
1) Shino/Kiba
2) Jiraiya/Tsunade
3) Kakashi/Iruka
4) Shikamaru/Temari
That is all! Next chapter: LIVE OR DIE: A DEADLY SURVIVAL TEST!