Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any of its characters(although that's fairly obvious, huh?)

A/N: Yay, second chapter! Thank you didntfindagoodname69 for reading my story, and I'll do my best to update this once a week, although it might be increasingly difficult with school coming up(uggghhhhhh). Anyways, I'll quit yammering, so enjoy the story!

Chapter 2: The Bell Test

Tetsuo woke up feeling kind of cold, and for some reason, he was sleeping on the floor of his room oppose to his bed. Why would I fall asleep on my floor? he wondered. As he started to stand up, he remembered why that had happened in the first place.

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Tetsuo had just finished up training with his older brother, and was about to go talk to Yukino, when he noticed something: Yukino had fallen asleep. He didn't want to wake her up, it was already late. Before Tetsuo started training, him and Yukino stopped for a bit to get some ice cream, stopping to eat it before they continued to the Hyuga Estate. Although things had gotten a bit more laid back in the Hyuga Clan once his mother, Hanabi, became the clan leader, they weren't sure how taking ice cream to the Hyuga Estate would be received.

By the time they got there, it was already four. Tetsuo went to go train with his brother, while Yukino sat on a bench to watch them. She noticed that Tetsuo was holding back against his brother, to make it look like he was weaker. As she watched them spar, she noticed that although Tetsuo sported a few bruises, and they would likely go away in a day or two. Why are they holding back against each other? she wondered.

They trained for four hours, during which, Yukino fell asleep on the bench. Once Tetsuo noticed she was sleeping, he thought through his options. Once he decided on a course of action, he moved to pick her up, but stopped for a second. What caught his attention that her light brown hair with blonde at the tips of her hair, was turning into a golden color because of the setting sun. He just stood there for a bit, looking at her hair, when his brother came over, wondering what he was doing.

"Tetsuo, why are you just standing there like an idiot?" he yelled.

His brother's comment snapped him back into reality. "I'm not standing here like an idiot, and please be a bit quieter. Yukino fell asleep." As Tetsuo said that last part, he picked up the sleeping Yukino bridal style.

"Oh, your little girlfriend fell asleep. I'll be quiet then."

"Yukino's not my girlfriend!" he exclaimed, his face turning pink. "Anyways, can you go ask mom if Yukino can spend the night here?"

"Sure," he responded, but then added in, "but you'll have to deal with her overprotective older brother."

"Okay, I'll talk with Hitoshi." with that, the two brothers split up, while Tetsuo continued to hold Yukino, making his way towards his father, Konohamaru. As he made his way towards the kitchen, he looked at Yukino's face and noticed that she was drooling. I'll have to tell her that when she wakes up, he thought. Once he was in the kitchen, he noticed his father was gorging ramen at the table.

"Hey, dad?" he said trying to get his attention, and thankfully succeeding.

"Yeah, Tetsuo? What is it?" said Konohamaru, noticing the sleeping Yukino in his arms.

"Yukino fell asleep while I was training, and I was wondering if she could stay the night here?" he asked.

"Sure, just let me tell Hitoshi where she is so he doesn't panic," he answered, sensing his son was nervous to talk with Hitoshi. Hitoshi was rather protective about Yukino when it came to Tetsuo. Or any boy, really. He could be as deadly as one of the Sannin when it came to Yukino. One Valentine's Day when she and Tetsuo were in their second year of the academy, Tetsuo got a ton of Valentines from his fangirls, so he gave some of them Yukino. When Hitoshi found that out, it took all of the teachers to stop him from attacking Tetsuo.

"Thanks, dad," said Tetsuo, calming down a bit. He then made his way to his bedroom and put Yukino under the covers on his bed. He left for a bit to go ask his brother if his mom was okay with it. Tetsuo found him and his brother told him that their mom was fine with it, actually sort of happy. Tetsuo then left to find some blankets for himself then fell asleep on his floor after having dinner.

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Tetsuo moved to his closet, put on a light brown, slightly poofy, long sleeve shirt, black pants that were easy to move around in, dark blue sandals, and had his headband tied around his forehead, in front of his dark brown hair, that was spiky like his father's. Once he was dressed, he moved over to his bed to wake up Yukino. He tried saying her name to see if that would work. Seeing that it didn't, he started shaking her, which she woke up to immediately, reaching under his pillow for something, but then seeing it was Tetsuo who woke her up, she stopped, although confused.

"Tetsuo? Why are you waking me up? And why am I in what appears to be your room?" asked Yukino.

"You fell asleep at my house while I was training. I didn't want to wake you up, so I let you sleep here," he responded.

"Okay. Thanks, Tetsuo."

"No problem. I can go ask my mom for some of her old clothes for you, since you're still in the clothes you wore yesterday," he said, walking out the door. He heard another thank you from Yukino as he made his way towards the kitchen, knowing his mom would be awake already, eating her breakfast. "Hey mom?"

"Yes Tetsuo?" said Hanabi, just barely swallowing her cereal before answering him.

"Do you have any of your old clothes that Yukino could wear?"

Hanabi suddenly stood up in an excited fit of giggles. She grabbed his wrist and dragged him to her and Konohamaru's room, opening the closet and revealing quite a bit of boxes that said old clothes. She started digging through the boxes until she came upon an outfit and whispered "perfect." Hanabi then shoved Tetsuo to kitchen, and told him to stay in there and eat breakfast. After that she ran to Tetsuo's room, scaring Yukino a bit. Giving Yukino the clothes, she then ran to the kitchen, fidgeting while sitting at the table.

Tetsuo had never seen this side of his mother. Normally she was the dignified leader of the Hyuga clan, although still a caring mother. But today she was acting like a little girl waiting for Yukino to come out. Tetsuo decided to shrug it off and not question it.

Once Yukino came out, Hanabi squealed and Tetsuo choked on his cereal a bit when looking at her. Her hair was put into a loose side braid that went to the right, with little strands falling out of it, and her light brown bangs that covered her left eye had been pulled behind her headband, exposing both of her blue eyes. Oppose to her normally somewhat unflattering clothing, she had on a short yellow kimono that stopped mid-upper thigh, with a red border on it. The kimono had a red obi and a sakura pattern toward the bottom. The sleeves ended right after her elbows. She wore tight black shorts that stopped just below the kimono, barely visible. Yukino even wore different shoes, black sandals that only showed her toes, and stopped just before her knees.

"Um, thank you for letting me borrow these, Mrs. Hyuga. I'll return them tomorrow," said Yukino, feeling a bit freaked out because Tetsuo kept staring at her.

"Oh, call me Hanabi, and you can keep that if you like it," she responded, surprising Tetsuo even more that morning. "Tetsuo, can you grab Yukino some cereal?"

"Sure mom," he said still in a bit of a trance from all the surprises that morning had brought.

"Thank you, Mrs. Hyu- I mean Hanabi, for letting me borrow these and staying the night."

"No problem Yukino."

Then Tetsuo's brother walked in and smiled, seeing a chance to tease his brother. "Good morning. I see that Tetsuo's little girlfriend is awake too," he said, trying to keep a straight face.

"She's not my girlfriend!" shouted Tetsuo, his face turning pink again.

"I'm not his girlfriend!" yelled Yukino simultaneously, her face also turning pink. Hanabi started laughing at this, and Tetsuo's brother soon joined in. "We better get going, Tetsuo, we don't want to be late, right?" said Yukino, trying to think of anyway to get out of the conversation.

"Yep, let's go," replied Tetsuo. They both had finished their cereal, and cleaned the bowls, so they bolted.

"Where are we going?" asked Yukino, after they had run for a while.

"Training Field 3, for the final part of our Genin Test," he replied.

"Oh, right. I wonder what it will be like? Considering that it's at a training field, it will probably have to do with combat. Since Himawari's the one conducting the test, we'll probably have to fight her. You said that she has the Byakugan, which means she probably can use the Gentle Fist, and specializes in taijutsu. If we want to beat her, it'd probably be better if we used long range attacks," finished up Yukino.

When Tetsuo first met Yukino, her skills at analyzing something had slightly shocked him, but now he was grateful that she had those skills. "So, Yukino, what makes you think that she'll let us take her on all together?" he asked, still trying to put that part together.

"Yesterday she said it was to test if we were ready to work on a team of Genin. What better way to do that then let us all attack at once to see how well we can work together?" she said as they arrived at the training grounds right on time. Although, both Himawari and Mamoru were late. They found some trees nearby, and decided to wait in the top branches for the other two to show up. Himawari showed up first, walking with Inojin to the training field. Inojin said something that made Himawari blush, then gave her a kiss on the cheek, and hid in the trees opposite to where Yukino and Tetsuo were.

"Do you know who that guy who was with Himawari a second ago?" asked Tetsuo, noticing that Yukino gave a soft awww when Inojin kissed Himawari.

"Yeah. He's Mrs. Yamanaka's son. He occasionally works at the flower shop with my brother," she explained to him. "Why don't we wait up here until Mamoru shows up. It's nice up here."

"Okay. It is nice up here. Very peaceful," he agreed. They sat up there for about 15 minutes in comfortable silence, enjoying the view, until they heard the yelling of a sleepy boy on his way over to the training field. Once the red haired boy got there, panting and trying to say something to Himawari, Yukino spoke up.

"I guess it's time to take the test. Let's head down," she said, jumping off the high branch, soon followed by Tetsuo. When they landed, they spread a ton of dust. Once their teacher and teammate stopped coughing, Yukino spoke again. "You guys took long enough to get here. I expected this from Mamoru, but you're supposed to get here on time, Himawari-sensei."

"Were you two up that tree the whole time?" asked Himawari, a bit worried that they may have seen her and Inojin.

This time Tetsuo spoke. "Yes, and we did see him, Himawari-sensei," he said, understanding what she was really asking.

"Well, let's just forget about that, and let me explain the test." Himawari then held up two bells and jingled them, to make sure her students saw them. "Your job is to take these bells from me. Whoever doesn't have a bell by lunch doesn't get lunch. You aren't allowed to eat your lunch before I call for lunch. Okay? Begin!" With that she instantly moved to at least 50 feet away from the Genin, prepared for them to run in immediately. Instead she saw the three huddled up while Yukino explained some sort of plan to them. They soon split up, with Mamoru moving to her left, Yukino moving to her right, and Tetsuo charging straight towards her, both of them now having activated their Byakugan.

Himawari wasn't going full out against Tetsuo, so she was fairly focused on the boy in front of her, who was incredibly talented for his age. With her attention on Tetsuo, she didn't notice Yukino start signing one of the water jutsus she knew. Yukino sprinted so she'd be right next to Himawari once she made her final sign. Yukino finished making her signs, and extended her hand to touch Himawari's shoulder. "Water Prison Jutsu!" said Yukino, pulling water from the air to trap Himawari. Once completely surrounded, Himawari couldn't move.

That's when Mamoru moved in. He specializes in using genjutsu, and although he didn't know many, he knew a few that could stop anyone for at least a few seconds. He cast a genjutsu on Himawari. Tetsuo then reached his hand through the water sphere, grabbed the bells, and pulled his hand back out. Once Tetsuo had the bells, Yukino destroyed the Water Prison, and Mamoru released the genjutsu he cast on her. Yukino and Tetsuo held onto one bell, grinning, while Mamoru held onto the other.

"Well, do we all pass sensei?" said Mamoru, hardly containing his smile that they pulled off their plan flawlessly on a Jonin.

Himawari stood for a second, then started laughing, a wide smile on her face too. "Yes, all of you pass with flying colors. I officially welcome you to Team 3. Let's go celebrate with some ice cream."

Then Yukino, remembering something, yelled to the trees on one side of the field. "Hey Inojin, why don't you join us?"

Inojin then appeared out of the trees, walking towards the group. "So it appears I've been discovered. Well, I would love to come with you guys, if you'll let me," he said laughing with them.

"Of course you can come, right guys?" said Yukino as everyone nodded.

"Thanks, Yukino, Mamoru, Tetsuo, and Himawari," he replied, addressing each one of them.

"No problem. Besides, I know how much you like to spend time with Himawari-sensei," continued Yukino in a teasing voice, causing both Inojin and Himawari to blush. "Alright, now let's go have some fun!"

"Yeah!" shouted Mamoru.

"Sure," said Tetsuo, although he was smirking.

With that the new team (and Inojin) left the training field for a day of fun.

A/N: Thanks again for reading this. Sorry this one's a bit short and a bit boring. Please review and I'll do my best to improve. Next Time: Our first mission is… WHAT?