Naruto continued to observe his classmates Iruka left the room. Even though the teammates moved somewhat closer the ones named Haruno and Yamanaka still fawned over the last Uchiha heir. He decided to sit on one side of Shino and Hinata sat on the otherside. After a quiet greeting, seeing as Shino had an unseen blush, he stopped the conversation there. Hinata did have a tiny smile at the two interact, seems the byakugan does see everything.

The teams started to leave with their senseis as team ten called, Yamanaka yelled revenge against her pink counterpart. Then a woman with raven hair, red eyes and a ribbon dressed walked into the room, calling for team eight. The three got up and followed her out into the hall.

"Now, team eight, I want you to meet me at training ground 30 in 15 minutes" With that she held up a ram sign and wavered out of sight. 'A genjustu user' Naruto thought to himself, 'maybe she could help where Jiraiya lacked expertise.'

Naruto would have shunshined the group there if the grounds were far away, but it turns out it was only a ten minute walk.

…

As the group arrived in a comfortable silence, the found themselves looking at Konoha's Genjustu Mistress. "I'm glad you guys found it okay, now let's sit down and introduce ourselves" she smiled.

"Tell us your name, likes, dislikes, hobbies and dreams for the future, you on the left, would you please go first"

Shino nodded, "My name is Shino Aburame, I like a insects, my clan and… mhm. My dislikes are people who kill insects mercilessly and ignorant people. My hobbies are collecting insects and Tai chi. My dream for the future is to be a wise clan head." Kurenai nodded at the typical Aburame answer.

"In the middle please, Hinata-chan." Kurenai said with a smile. Hinata blushed in response.

"My name is Hinata Hyuuga. My likes are tea ceremonies and also Tai Chi. My dislikes are bigotry and arrogance. My hobbies are flower pressing….um my dreams. My dreams are to unite my broken clan."

Naruto noticed that she seemed unsure but he could tell she had a lot of potential underneath it all. Kurenai turned to him and gave him an expecting look.

"My name is Naruto Uzumaki. My likes are training and meditating. My dislikes are ignorant people and perverts. My hobbies include gardening and reading. My dream is to one day reclaim my clan status and name, and become the hokage when jiji is through." He smiled at the end.

'Jiji?', thought Kurenai, he must mean Hokage-sama, but how would he know him. "Well, my name is Kurenai Yuuhi, my likes are genjustu and my boyfriend Asuma and my bestfriend Anko. My dislikes are perverts and chauvinists. My hobbies include going to the hot springs. My dream is make each one of you a great shinobi. "

She stood up. "That being said, we need to take the genin exam to see if you can function as a team, so you three have 2 hours to find me and tag me" She started to waver out of sight, like mist in the wind. "Good luck" Her voice carried on the wind.

…

"Well congratulations team 8, meet back here at 0800 for missions and training" She shunshined away to give her report. Hinata bowed to the both of them.

"I must return home, have a good night."

That left Naruto and Shino in the clearing, if you listened you could hear a humming sound coming from Shino, faint it was though mesmerizing.

"Ano, Shino-kun," Naruto started, Shino blushed slightly at the title. "Would you like to have that date now?"

Shino tried to calm himself down, the hive mind in a fluster with hormones coming from the host.

"Hai, Naruto…-kun, I would like that." Naruto beamed and the two set off at a comfortable pace, side by side, in comfortable silence.

They choose a quiet little restaurant near the edge of town, with dim orange and red lanterns lighting the dark wood table. Asking for a quiet corner seat, they ordered calamari appetizers and tea.

Shino peered at Naruto from behind is dark shades, pondering the enigma that was the blonde. "Naruto-kun, why did you ask me out?" Let it never be said, that Shino beat around the bush.

"I thought you were cute, smart, cool-headed," he paused to drink some tea, "someone who could understand me."

"All that from a glance?" Shino inquired, with raised eyebrow. Naruto smiled, which made butterflies dance in Shino.

"Yes, I am very good at reading people." He took a bite of calamari. "Why did you agree?"

Shino was quiet. Pondering his answer…why did he agree?

"I was curious about you, and drawn towards you." Naruto nodded, seemingly happy.

The date ended, as Naruto took Shino's hand and walked him to the Aburame compound, both happy with the outcome of the evening, the parted with a deep longing stare and a goodbye. They promised each other to go out again soon, perhaps a movie.

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In what seemed like a blur of vaguely torturous tasks set down to only annoying the young innocent Genin, team 8 developed a habit of going to eat at a dango bar after every training day. Sensei Yuuhi had a friend, who was by all accounts, nuttier than chunky peanut butter, but she was good people, and sensei enjoyed her company. It is why the team was amusingly observing their teacher back out of a dango eating contest.

"I forgot, I have family training, I shall see you both tomorrow" stated Hinata, hurrying out of the restaurant.

Naruto and Shino glanced at each other, nodding and slipped out as well. Kurenai didn't notice her pupils were gone because she was fighting off a blush while Anko made lewd comments about her and Asuma.

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TBC…

Sorry folks lost inspiration at the moment…it'll come back.