HEY! SORRY FOR THE LATE UPDATE! SCHOOL IS JUST HARD FOR ME AND I GET SLEEPY AND OTHER THINGS! I ACTUALLY HAVE ALREADY DONE THIS CHAPTER BUT SOMEOW IT HAD GOTTEN DELETED! SO I HAVE TO WRITE IT BACK OVER!

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THE PRESENT

Iruka stood in ashock at the annoucment that the heir of the Hyuuga Clan wall flower would dare to challenge the prodigy of the fourth. He always knew Hinata had confidence somewhere in herself, but he never knew she had wanted to all this time go head collision with the boy she so desperately admired. Iruka had suspected that she always had a crush on him, but this was telling him otherwise. That maybe the young girl spirit has risen to the point to make believe tales that she believing she could defeat the carrier of the Kyunbi is like saying she could beat the entire shinobi world. Iruka didn't know the full potential of the heir before him, but he knew if she ever set herself a goal of a high executives. She had a hell of a lot of work to do.

Her partner Eyochoto jaw even dropped the slightest. In his mind he had thought she was just a kind and nice girl who would avoid challenges such as these neverless a huge engagement to fulfill the promises of doubt towards herself. Never in his life would he seethed so high or low to challenge one of the most prestige clan in this entire village. Challeging Naruto was like challenging the fourth himself. Eyochoto had knew of the training Minato gives him almost everyday. He had just began to figure out that now maybe Hinata all this time has been hiding her true objective..

Ino, the blonde haired girl who just receive an answer also couldn't believe her ears. She had known Hinata to be the shyest yet kindest and girfting person she had ever met. She would dare to even speak on such a matter informing the plague of this situation. She haven't the slightest clue what went through the girls head all of these days. What was this sudden change coming from all of a sudden? Was it always there or did she just overlook…

Her friend, Sakura Haruno was copting with the fact that the Hyuuga heir actually wanted to go head on with the fourths son. To say the least Sakura thought it would be kind of epic to see a fight between them though she knew Hinata stood no chance against the prodigy. There was just no way she could pull it off. Sure Sakura may have called Naruto a dummy, idiot, and punched him many different times, but she KNEW what the boy was capable of. In her heart she knew if it came down to a choose between him, Hinata would be in grave danger.

Member of the Inuzuka Clan stood in a slant at the blasphamey of her response. He heard of rediclious but this was beyond it. He had thought she was just kidding and really didn't want to challenge the fourth son at all. I mean who would challenge him…?He partically the demon that destroyed Konoha many years ago. Here was themost quiet person in the class finallt wording her soon as it got out he didn't know what to say.

Shino instead of the others eyes shifted beneath his glasses. He not only is thrown off by her speech, but by her bravery and confidence. He knew deep down Hinata truly did have the courage to speak her mind and thoughts. He believe that she could accomplish her goals despite how far and impossible they may be to anyone that would hear. Though he had to admit seeing a fight between two of the prestigious clans heirs going against each other would be ravilary interesting…

Shikamaru and his fat friend Chouji was hypervilnating at the words that came out of the most willing and shy person in class. Chouji reaction was pretty obvious as he actually stop eating for once in his lifetime. However Shikamaru seemed thrown off a cliff at that statement. Shikamaru was known for having the highest IQ in the entire village. Over 200 yet it never came to mind that she had wanted to actually take a gigantic step such as always thought her goal and dreams was to prove her father wrong and take the leader of her clan to become stronger than her father. Maybe she wanted something even more..?

Even his fangirls was quiet. They didn't say anything until….

"Somebody looking for me," There on a high branch stood both the infamous prodigies gleaming flantly at the girls below them. Hearts immediantly pick up into their eyes as they scramble their way up the tree. Both the boys sigh wrearly and Naruto use his foot to jump off the tree.

Landing perfectly in front of Hinata.

Her posture never faltered.

"So you want to challenge me Hinata-Chan~" He lean close towards her face so they were cheek to cheek. A blush creeped its way unto her pale yet creamy cheeks,"Ifi will Naruto…"

Before they amything else could be said fangirls swarm their way near both of them,

"ARE YOU ALRIGHT NARUTO-KUN?"

"WHERE DID YOU GO?"

"CAN I BE YOUR NEXT DATE TO SEE KUSHINA-CHAN?"

A brown girl beside him glared angrily at the blonde girl who had just announced going on a date with her Naruto-Kun.

"I'M GOING ON A DATE WITH HIM!" The brown head girl scream in the blonde ears. "Look you dumb worthless trash Naruto-Kun coming with me!"

Iruka peer around the training ground and all he saw was fangirl yelling back and fourth at one another. It made him even more angry to see that both the boys weren't trying to stop it. It look like a bunch of messy school girls who was about to pull each hair out for a boy that wasn't even worth their time. They are surposed to be shinobi not snot nosed brat that knew nothing of being a ninja. If this is how they act than Iruka must not be too much of a good teacher.

"SILENCE!"

"You said you-" After a deaf glare from Iruka the fangirls became quiet a the all gulp in fear seeing their teacher, Iruka-Sensei, for the first time blow up steam pouring from his nostrils.

"Enough of this nonsense," He spat COMPLETELY out of of character," Is this how shinobi is surpose to act? NO. You act like, no, I take that back. I was about to say bratty civilains or animals but even they don't act like this! When we return to the classroom their will be no 'Naruto-Kun' or 'Sasuke-Kun' Iruka rolled his eyes clearing his throat," Apart of the life of a ninja is no games to play around. Its either you live or die."

"Life is not like shouji pieces where you can pick a piece and go forward and back. It doesn't work that way. You have to keep moving forward. Know that the king doesn't always win. Hence Hokage, prodigies, legends that have come today haven't lived on."

Everyone cling at that said.

"By today you will take the life of a ninja more seriously if you don't then expect yourself to be dead on the very first C mission your assigned."

GULP.

Iruka sigh out of tireness and signal Naruto, Sasuke, Hinata and Eyochoto to come before him ina circle. The fangirls and everyone back aways to get the perfect amount of distance between them.

"Okay before we begin I want you all to shake hands with your opponent."

Sasuke took a quick look in Eyochoto eyes scensing a newfound confident gaze in them. He smirk doing a 'hn' while holding out his hand. Eyochoto was taken aback at first but soon reached out taking his hand, shaking it and letting go.

"Namikaze…"

"Hyuga..."

They looked in each other eyes searching for any sigh of regretfulness or fear, but after a long time of gazing over another neither found any. Soon after, Naruto held out his hand while Hinata stared at it as if, if she took his hand it would be sacrificing everything she's worth for in the past and the future.

After taking one more glance at his hand, she raise her eyes to meet his gaze. She than held out her hand slipping it between his.

As they look deep into each eyes, hand connected, arms straight, back firm and eyes full with fiery of fire they knew from now on they would be…..

Eternal Rivals.

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SHORT CHAPTER BUT DON'T WORRY THE NEXT ONE WOULD BE LONG! THANKS FOR EVERYTHING! SORRY FOR LATE UPDATE! HAVE A GOOD DAY! BYE!