A/N: Long time guys! I'm sorry for the wait! I actually didn't like this chapter and just kept rewriting it! But ehh, excuses, excuses. Please enjoy!

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"You just had to call him a country hick."

When the team had arrived at the main gates they found a note tacked to the ground by their sensei's toothpick instructing them to an unknown location waiting for them. They were now staring out a wheat field that stretched out as far as the eye could see. Genma suddenly appeared in a puff of smoke, a wheat stalk replacing his usual pick.

"Howdy."

"Booooo," Naruto called with a bored look.

Genma sent him a glare.

"What? That was a good one!"

"Ehh. It could've been better," Shikamaru added in with a yawn.

"U-Um-" Hinata started quietly.

"Yeah," Naruto cut off not hearing Hinata.

"G-guys?"

"It lacked substance."

"E-excuse-"

"Why you little-"

"Excuse me!"

"Finally."

"There you go Hinata!"

"Good job, brat."

Hinata's eyes widened as she looked at her teammates and sensei.

"What?" she asked perplexed.

Genma decided to take the wheel.

"If you want to be heard, you gotta speak," he raised his thumb, "up."

Hinata looked at them to see them either smirking or smiling. She smiled too.

"S-so you guys heard m-me t-talking?"

They nodded.

"T-This whole time?"

They nodded vigorously, smiles on their faces.

"And you didn't shut. up."

Their smiles fell off their faces as they began to feel a threatening aura emit from the Hyuuga even though she was still smiling. The three males on the team quickly turned around forming a small huddle.

"Shikamaru how was that a good idea," Naruto said in a whisper, which actually surprised Genma a bit.

Naruto can whisper? Whoa.

Shikamaru nodded his head.

"Trust me, she learned something."

Genma just watched the two from his spot in the huddle quietly. Quite frankly…

His team was weird.

Well technically…they weren't his team yet. That's what they were here for.

After Genma straightened and cleared his throat.

"Attention."

The three genin lined up next to each other at full attention. He hadn't actually meant it that way but now seemed like a door way to unknown possibilities.

"You guys are not going on a mission-"

"What! What do-"

"But you guys should treat this test with the importance of one-"

"Why is this test so impor-"

"If you guys could stop interrupting you'd find out," he switched his wheat to his usual pick, "Right?"

All three genin became silent.

"This is a test to see which teams become genin. If you fail…you will be sent back to the academy."

"N-No…"

"Way…"

"Figured as much," Shikamaru said with a sigh.

All eyes turned their attention toward him.

"It only makes sense. Some of the kids who made it wouldn't last a second on the field. Also there were obviously to many for them to be sure that each individual was capable."

"Hmm?" Naruto scratched his head with a confused sigh.

"T-The f-f-first t-te-…the the first test the one at the academy…was just a qualifier? So this must be…" Hinata didn't even want to finish as dread and nervousness washed through her.

"Yes," Genma answered nodding his head with complete seriousness.

The atmosphere seemed to get tense.

Well for everyone except Naruto that is.

"WHAT? I DON'T-"he paused after receiving glares from everyone, Hinata included…"I don't get it."

"This is a test," Shikamaru started mentally preparing himself.

"Of our truest abilities," Hinata finished, a new resolve in her voice.

"Ehh?" Naruto sighed.

He didn't get it, but it seemed serious.

More serious than all the ramen in the world disappearing…

Psh.

Yeah right.

Genma looked over all the genin and found himself hoping they would pass. Which was pretty odd…Could the genin already be growing on him?

Psh.

Yeah right.

He cleared his throat, "Right so your test is to find,"

All the students tensed in anticipation.

"This toothpick."

"H-huh?"

"WHAT!"

"Troublesome."

Genma smirked and spit the pick out of his mouth letting it land somewhere far out onto the field.

"You have an hour-"

"WAIT THAT'S-"

"Begin."

"Hinata."

The nervous and confused girl turned to see Shikamaru crouched his hands in an unusual position.

'That sounds odd…,'Hinata blushed and shook her head. She remembered hearing Ino saying something about that position….

Or rather she remembered overhearing Ino who was yelling at Sakura who was crowding around Sasuke who just so happened to be insulting Naruto…

She digresses. That meant that Shikamaru was thinking out a strategy and that he was standing now meant he thought of one. Shikamaru looked kinda cute like that...She suddenly felt an added heat to her shoulder.

"Hinata."

She blushed realizing that she had obviously been in her own world for too long.

Shikamaru smirked for some unknown reason making the girl blush made him oddly happy…

Must've been that dango…

"Your byakugan if you please."

Hinata's blushed deepened. How had she not thought of that! And why did it feel like butterflies were racing in her stomach just from Shikamaru's touch…

Damn that dango…


"Amari! What are you doing?"

Said girl was staring apprehensively from her boss to the food she had just dropped.

She chuckled nervously, "Would it be crazy if I said I thought I heard the…dango sneeze?"


"Byakugan!"

Hinata surveyed the field and soon found the pick that their hopefully-soon-to-be sensei spit out.

"10 kilometers forward 3 to the left."

Inwardly, Shikamaru was thoroughly shocked at the fact that their hopefully-soon-to-be sensei was able to get it to go that far.

"We should-"

"I'M ON IT!"

"Wait Naruto!"

But alas, no one ever pays attention to the last minute "waits".

Naruto sped off in the direction Hinata gave him, said byakugan user and Shikamaru, reluctantly, in tow.

Seeing that they arrived at the spot Hinata reactivated her byakugan and pointed to a spot on the ground.

"There."

"Yes!" Naruto bent down to pick it up, not even considering the possible traps.

Shikamaru sighed and braced himself for what was to come, not even bothering to tell Naruto to wait.

Naruto picked it up and suddenly a pop and a cloud of smoke was present before them.

"Congratulations. You pass."

Shikamaru felt his eye twitch as he saw Genma's smile. After studying his face, he figured out what really happened.


xX What happened…Shikamaru Style Xx

"I'm Genma and I'm a very lazy person who never plans ahead, la la la! Oh whoops, la la la! I didn't feel like setting any traps to test them so I'll just pass them any way, la la la! Who cares about the principle of the thing, la la la"

…Or something like that.


Hinata looked at her teacher and felt as if something was off. This was obviously to easy. She had a fairly good idea of what actually happened.

xX What happened…Hinata Style Xx

"I'm Genma, o-hoho! Whoops forgot to set the traps, o-hoho! Oh well, o-hoho!"

…Or something like that.


Naruto looked from Hinata to Shikamaru to their sensei.

He knew what went down.

xX What happened…Naruto Style Xx

"I'M GENMA, HUZZAHHH! THOSE AWESOME KIDS ARE TO AWESOME TO PASS, HUZZAHHH! ESPECIALLY THAT BLINDE SOON TO BE HOKAGE, BELIEVE IT! HUZZAHHH"

…Exactly like that.


"So," Naruto spoke up first, "Since we passed can you treat us to-"

"NO DANGO!" Shikamaru and Hinata yelled in unison causing both to look at each other and blush.

"I wasn't gonna say-"

"Dango it is then," Genma sighed with an evil smirk.

The trio sighed.

Genma smirked again. He was really starting to like these kids.


A/N: Hope you liked it! Oh and another reason I haven't updated was because I'm in a total Katekyo Hitman Reborn phase! :)

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