Hinata was lost in her thoughts until Iruka started calling out the seventh team, "Team Seven: Uchiha Sasuke! Namikaze Naruto!" Hinata couldn't stop her heart jumping into her throat, but pushed it down.

She already knew she wouldn't be on Naruto's team. He was way above her, "And…" Iruka had to go onto another page, "Is it too much to ask to use a smaller font if the team is going to be split like that, "Uchiha Sasuke, Namikaze Naruto, and Hyuuga Hinata!" Hinata's eyes about popped out of her head and she jumped, "You'll make up Team Seven! Team Eight: Haruno Sakura, Inuzuka Kiba, and Aburame Shino!"

Hinata's heart, she was positive, was going to come out of her chest. She…was on Naruto's team? H-how? Why? She was way below him! Gaara looked at the shocked girl beside him. Okay, he was 99% positive that his father knew of Hinata's crush on Naruto. Why would he put them on the same team? Gaara shook his head. He wasn't the Hokage and he trusted his father's judgement, even if he didn't understand it himself, "Team Nine: Namikaze Gaara!" Gaara turned at his name, "Kazeki Fuuki," Gaara felt his blood run cold; crap… "And Hitomi!" great, now Gaara had to deal with his abusive best friend when she had permission to actually hit him...absolutely fantastic, "And Team Ten will be Yamanaka Ino, Nara Shikamaru, and Akimichi Chouji!"

"Why do I have the laziest students in the class," Ino whined, "Why does Sasuke get the good team?"

"These are your teams," Iruka put the papers on his desk, "Your Jounin Senseis are outside and they will call you by teams to leave. I hope you take everything far more seriously. Enjoy your lives as ninjas!"

Jounins came in one by one to pick up their teams, "Team Eight!" a female Jounin called.

Sakura, Kiba, Akamaru, and Shino stood up and left with Kurenai, "Team Nine!" a woman looking almost exactly like Kurenai said, "Oh, Iruka," the woman said as Gaara, Fuuki and their brown haired and eyed teammate walked over to her, "Dai's going to need to be picked up."

"Hai," Iruka stated, "I'll leave as soon as I get this paperwork to Hokage-sama."

Kurenai's younger sister, Akikazu, nodded before leaving with her team, "Team Ten!" the youngest son of the Third called.

Ino, Shikamaru, and Chouji, eating chips, walked over. Soon it was just Sasuke, Naruto, and Hinata in the classroom. Hinata played with her thumbs while Naruto tapped his finger on the desk, "I'm about to go get Tou-chan," Naruto said deadpanned, "Hinata-chan, do you see any more Jounins?"

Hinata activated her Kekkei Genkai for a few seconds before deactivating it, "I see Kakashi-san, but I don't think-" Kakashi entered the room.

"Yo," Kakashi stated, closing the door behind him.

Naruto blinked, "Kakashi-nii?" he asked confused, "You're our teacher?"

"Yep," Kakashi stated smirking, "Sensei thought that, because you three have known each other for so long and are slightly more advanced than the other Genin, that you would need a teacher that knows where each of you are."

Naruto gave Kakashi a look. Kakashi sighed, "Fine," he stated, "He wanted someone he trusted watching you three. Orochimaru is after Sasuke," said boy tisked in annoyance, "You hold the Kyu-" Naruto glared at Kakashi, "Err…Kurama-san, and Hinata is the heiress to one of the most powerful clans in Konoha. The third if I'm remembering correctly. The first being the Uzumakis, the second being the Uchihas, and the third being the Hyuugas…damn, pretty powerful team we got here, ne?"

Hinata blushed while Naruto and Sasuke smirked, "Alright, so," Kakashi stated, "Seeing how we all know each other quite well, give or take a few things," he glanced at Hinata, who blushed and looked away from him, "We'll skip the boring part and get straight down to the test."

"Why?" Sasuke asked, "Shouldn't you give us time to prepare?"

"Probably, but I don't want to go home to Kushina right now…she's out of pickles again…" the three teens sweat dropped.

The four entered the seventh training ground, "Alright," Kakashi said facing the three, "This should be pretty straight forwards," he held up two bells.

"Figures we'd get this test," Naruto smirked.

"Yes, yes," Kakashi put the bells on his belt, "But you have to get them from me and I don't really want to go home to Kushina until Sensei's home so…ja ne…" Kakashi disappeared.

"Hinata/Hinata-chan," Naruto and Sasuke said in unison.

Hinata held up a hand seal with her eyes closed before opening them, "Byakugan," she said to herself, her Kekkei Genkai activating, "He's sitting in a tree reading…" she trailed off, "Does Hokage-sama know he reads those books?"

Naruto raised an eyebrow, "What books?" he asked.

"Never mind!" Hinata said quickly, eyes going back to normal, "He's about 15 feet that way," she pointed to her right, "So, what's the plan to get the bells?"

"Good question…" Naruto stated, "…What kind of books was he reading?"

Hinata's face turned bright red, "Uh…" she said nervously.

Naruto grinned, "I got an idea…" he stated smirking.


"One word to Sensei and I'll kill you," Kakashi hissed to Naruto as they walked home.

"Hai," Naruto grinned, "But you have to admit that was a pretty great plan."

"Henging as Kushina and Sensei while I'm…reading…was not funny," Kakashi stated, "But…very resourceful and very clever…"

Naruto grinned and opened the door to their house, "Tadaima!" he yelled.

Minato came out of the kitchen, "Why are you back so late?" he asked.

"I went ahead and got the test out of the way," Kakashi stated, "…Kushina was out of pickles…"

Minato snorted, "Well, seeing how we told Naruto and his friends both stories of when we took the bell test, I'm guessing you didn't get to get away for as long as you hoped," he stated.

"Nope," Kakashi stated, "Did you at least buy a lot of pickles this time?"

Minato nodded, "So, how'd you get the bells, Naruto?" he asked.

Naruto grinned and Kakashi sweated slightly, "Sasuke henged as Kaa-chan and scared the pee out of him," Naruto stated.

Minato covered his mouth and turned away snickering, "It wasn't funny," Kakashi stated, "I honestly thought she was going to kill me…"

Minato chuckled, "Well, dinner will be done shortly," he said, "And apparently, Akikazu got Gaara's test out of the way as well. Akikazu ran him a little dry…" Minato, Naruto, and Kakashi looked into the living room and saw Gaara asleep on the couch with his head in Kushina's lap and said mother running her fingers through his hair.

"Ouch," Kakashi stated while Naruto went over to his slightly older brother.

Kushina smiled at Naruto, "He okay?" Naruto asked sitting on the arm of the couch beside his mother.

"Yes, just mild chakra exhaustion," Kushina stated, "Apparently, Akikazu was wanting to play target practice with Fuuki. Even though they fight, you know Gaara's protective of her."

"Well, yeah," Naruto stated, "There's a reason the Kazeki Clan is dead. Their weakness is so well known and easy to execute."

Kushina hummed, "Where's Nee-chan?" Naruto asked.

"Training with Hana and Itachi," Kushina stated, "She should be home soon."

Naruto nodded, "Now, what's this I heard about you scaring Kakashi with a henge of me?" Kushina asked.

"Admit it mom," Naruto stated, "You're terrifying-more so than usual-when you're out of pickles."

"Well then," Kushina stated, "Make sure we don't run out of pickles then."

Naruto sighed. Gaara opened his eyes slowly, "Hey Gaara," Naruto said.

"Feeling better?" Kushina asked.

"A little," Gaara looked at Naruto and frowned, "You got the fucking bell test, didn't you?"

Naruto grinned, "What makes you think we took our test?" he asked.

"Because Kaa-chan was out of pickles and Kakashi-nii is terrified of her when we're out," Gaara stated, "Well, he's terrified of her anyway, but more so when we're out of pickles."

"Show off," Naruto stated smirking.

The front door opened, "Tadaima!" Temari called.

"Great, everyone's home," Minato said, "Naruto, Temari, help me set the table."

"Hai," Naruto called and got off the couch to help his 16-year-old Chuunin older sister.

"Isn't it Gaara's turn?" Temari asked.

"He's got mild chakra exhaustion," Minato explained, "Shukaku-san should have him up and running again by morning."

"Why does he have chakra exhaustion?" Temari asked looking worriedly at her brother.

"His sensei got their test out of the way and apparently thought Fuuki had a target on her forehead," Naruto stated and he put chopsticks down.

"Ah," Temari stated.

"Why does everyone suddenly understand when that's stated?" Gaara asked.

"Because you're very protective of your friends," Kushina said smiling, "It sweet and cute."

Gaara gave his mother a deadpanned look and Kushina giggled.

A/N Wow. A lot of people were waiting for this sequel. I hope I live up to your expectations. For those of you who wished my luck on my finals, I got 2 A's, 2 B's, and a C. I'm happy with that. Anyway, I own nothing except my OCs. Please R&R! Thank you!