hello all, I am seiji and this will be my 12th or so fanfic story and my 1st naruto fanfiction story. always wanted to make this after watching the naruto series (which I'm still watching shippuden) well hope you like it
this story takes place all the way at the beginning as those in naruto's class who passed the graduation exam are gathered in the classroom to wait anxiously what teams they will be put in as they have just become genin. naruto and sasuke have their usual squabble, sakura and ino drool over sasuke, and hinata prayed that she will get a chance to be closer to naruto. iruka sensei walks up to the front of the class to make his announcement
"ok class listen up. everyone here has successful passed and you are now officially ninja, however this is just the beginning. in order to fulfill your duties to konoha you must work your way up the ladder as a reliable shinobi. as such, as of this moment you will all be put into squads of 3. you will train, do missions, and work together as a team and later you will be assigned a squad leader who will show you the way. the squads are made by a balance of skills and abilities, that's how we set them up. I will now announce the squads" says iruka
a few moments later after announcing the first 6 squads iruka speaks.
"now squad 7... naruto uzumaki"
naruto perks up hearing his name.
"choji akimichi"
choji sits and calmly eats his bag of chips
"and... hinata hyuga!"
hinata gasps a little shocked then smiles a bit.
"yay, I get to be with naruto after all" she says to herself
"aww man... I wanted to be with sakura..." says naruto with his head on the desk
"just great... I'm pairing with food boy and weirdo girl... well at least I'm not with sasuke"
iruka continues announcing the groups. squad 8 being sasuke, ino, and kiba and squad 10 being shikamaru, sakura, and shino. after learning their pairing everyone leaves and heads for their designated meeting spot. hinata arrives first awaiting to see naruto. choji arrives next then naruto slugs along behind him. seeing naruto, hinata blushes a bit.
"h-hi naruto. g-guess we're together now huh?" she says with a shy smile
"huh? oh y-yeah yeah, should be fun hehe" says naruto
"hmm, where's our squad leader? I'm hungry" says choji
"eh? I think we're supposed to meet him or her later on, but what are we supposed to do right now?" says naruto
"um, naruto.." says hinata
"hmm? what is it hinata?" says naruto
hinata starts fiddling with her fingers and blushes feeling naruto staring at her. she looks away shyly.
"um well uh.. since we're a team now... we should spend this time getting to know each other. you know, learning each others' strengths and abilities and such" says hinata
"oh... hey that's a good idea. good thinking hinata, I guess we should do that huh" says naruto as hinata nods
"although... I still would've preferred having sakura on my team too" he thinks to himself
"oh and also... since we're all here, maybe we can eat lunch together too?" says hinata
choji's ears perk up a bit hearing the word lunch. he hops to his feet.
"lunch? did you say lunch?! oh yes, yes, we should have lunch now! let's eat!" says choji
"whoa, whoa, calm down food- I mean choji" says naruto
"oh, we can all eat our lunches together" says hinata giggling a little
"yeah we should do that, but first we must get our lunches from the academy. we better get em" says naruto
"right" says hinata nodding
"ok then, to the classroom!" says naruto pointing in a direction
"classroom, ho!" says choji
the three walk together toward the academy. hinata, who is walking slightly behind choji and naruto, gazes at naruto from behind as they walk and blushes. a bit later the group is back at the meeting spot eating box lunches. naruto and hinata have 1 while choji has 3 and is just about finished scarfing the food down.
"damn choji, me and hinata haven't finished eating our box lunch yet and you're already done eating 3 of them, yeesh" says naruto
"ehh, what can I say? I did say I was hungry before" says choji licking his fingers
"a healthy appetite I guess" says hinata giggling
"yeah healthy appetite is right. I just hope he doesn't eat the boxes next" says naruto
"so um naruto... how did you... like yours?" says hinata shyly
"eh? my food? it was ok, I would've preferred some ramen though hehe. oh yeah, when's our instructor or whoever getting here? he better not keep us waiting" says naruto
"oh, not sure... they should be here anytime now..." says hinata
10 minutes later the 3 of them are still waiting at their meeting spot. a bit angry, naruto stands up and shouts at the world.
"agh, did our squad leader get lost? where the hell is he?!" says naruto
"oh... I-I'm sure wherever they are... they have gotten tied up with something and that they'll be here shortly..." says hinata
"yeah.."