DISCLAIMER: I do NOT own Naruto or any of the main characters related to it or the secondary characters or ANY of them. But I wish I did, but its not happening…waaah
Naruto opened the door. "Ladies first," he said and let Sakura enter first. Sasuke turned to take the door, but Naruto shook his head. "I did say ladies first" he said as he smirked at Sasuke.
Sasuke rolled his eyes and went in.
Naruto noticed that Hinata's team was a few steps away, and so just decided to hold the door open for them, too. Besides, he wanted to apologize to Hinata about the day before.
He touched Hinata's shoulder briefly, and she looked up at him, a question in her eyes.
"Sorry…about…you know…uhhh… the…that…ummm…thing." Naruto said awkwardly, blushing heavily.
"…oh…uhhh…well, th-th- that's ok-k-kay, N-n-n-naruto." She muttered, embarrassed beyond words. She was blushing even heavier than he was.
She quickly entered the room, and Naruto followed her.
The room was huge, with rows of desks on the left side, and a clear, sort of circular space to the right. He saw a jonin in the center of the circular-like part, and he stared in fascination at all the students in the desks. All of his friends were there, plus a few others that he didn't know. He saw Sasuke motion to a desk in the corner, and naruto realized that he needed to sit down, and proceeded to do so.
As he sat the jonin called them all to attention. "So you guys are all chunin who think your ready to become jonin. Well, I am going to be blunt and just tell you the truth: before you can even THINK about becoming a jonin, you hafta pass a really simple test. Its not hard at all…or it shouldn't be. You see these?" he asked, holding out his hand for them all to see. He was holding a lot of bells, shaped differently and all of different colors.
"You hafta get these from me. You'll be assigned to a cell of 2 ninja, you and a partner. If you get paired with someone you don't like: deal with it. If you get paired with someone you don't know: get to know them if you want to succeed." The jonin said. " there is a bag here, on this table." The jonin said, gesturing at a table behind him that naruto had failed to notice before.
"Draw out a card. It will have a number on it. Find the person in this room who has that same number, and stand next to the desk with that number on it.
Naruto glanced at his desk in surprise and noticed that there was the number 3 taped to it. He was distracted from his thoughts when he heard the jonin's voice.
"When I call your name, come and get draw a card." Then the jonin started to call out names that naruto recognized, with the occasional name that was unfamiliar to him.
"Naruto Uzumaki." Naruto stood up as he heard his name, and walked to the table. He drew out a number, and looked at it, suddenly nervous. He glanced at his number and saw it.
He had the number 7.
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Hinata glanced at her number again. She had the number 7. She looked around for the desk with 7 on it, and did a double-take when she saw Naruto standing by it.
That cant be right…she thought. It just CANT be! She was nervous and excited at the same time, hoping against hope that he was realluy in her group, but embarrassed as heck that he would be in her group.
She reached the desk and summoned up lots of her courage. She took a deep breath, and naruto glanced at her. "N-n-naruto, are y-y-you part of this g-g-group?"
"Ummm… yea…" he said, looking around for his partner. Then she saw realization dawn in his eyes. "Wait, are you part of this cell?!" he asked her in disbelief.
She nodded, unable to speak in shock.
"Oh…uhh. Ok. That's pretty cool, huh, Hinata?" he asked her, smiling his heart-warming and sweet smile.
"Yea…pretty cool, I guess." She said, smiling at him shyly.
"Well, then! Look at that! You didn't stutter again! Progress! That's some pretty good progress, Hinata! Good job!" he said to her, smiling again.
She felt herself start to flush. "Thanks, naruto…"she said in a whisper.
"Anytime, Hinata. Anytime." he said, grinning.
She felt giddy with relief. I didn't stutter again!
She noticed that naruto was looking at the front of the room, past her. She turned her head to see what he was looking at. The jonin had risen out of his wooden chair, and stood in the circular floor again. He walked to the center, and then turned to face them all.
"It's time." He said. "Come at me with all you've got to get these bells."
Well that's it! I hope yall like it! Its been a loooong time, but u might hafta wait a wee bit longer. Sorry yall. But Ill try me best! Bye, guys! R&r, please, its my first fic!
