Holy crap…. 26 reviews. 6 C2s, 2000+ hits, 12 favs, and 49 alerts. Thank you for liking my story so much. I'm astonished, really.

Big question, do you want a harem fic where Naruto has a bunch of wives in the end, or one main wife that wins out in the end?

Pros about full harem:

They're always fun to read

No loose ends that need to be tied romance wise

Cons:

I'm barely able to pull off one romance, and I doubt my abilities to pull it off well.

And Naruto's father has been decided (on this fic, of course), but it's not who I wanted it to be. It was originally going to be Hatake Sakumo, but that would be too much thinking on my part, seeing is how he's dead even in Kakashi Gaiden. Naruto's father is: Orochimaru! dodges random objects thrown his way I'm just kidding, gawd!

Well, my disclaimer is in chapter 1.

Chapter 3

-begin-

The biggest day of the year for would-be ninjas was only a week away. Iruka had recovered from his "injury" and resumed teaching the day after he got out of the hospital.

To get his revenge, he decided to make the exam this year a little more interesting.

"You have to make at least 5 bunshins on the exam to pass the ninjutsu portion of the exam. As you know, you must pass 2 out of three portions on the practical part of the exam, and a 75 percent on the written portion. So, I EXPECT you all to study. Now, it's time for lunch. Ja!" Iruka disappeared in a cloud of smoke.

-scene change-

Naruto and Shikamaru were sitting under their tree that they usually sat at, eating their boxed lunch.

"I'm screwed, aren't I, dear brother?" Naruto said with a grimace, as he ate his sandwich (peanut butter and banana, for those who must know).

"You mean the bunshin test? Yeah. It is troublesome, but unlike you, I don't have too much chakra to perform it." Shikamaru observed.

"Yeah. It really doesn't help having too much chakra. The basic control techniques they've taught us really don't work for me anymore. Normally having so much chakra is a good thing, especially since our shadow techniques are so draining for our level. Still, without another control technique, I'm S-O-L."

"Hmm…" Shikamaru had gotten into his thinking stance, planning moves Naruto could make.

"I have an idea. You know Hinata, right?" the dark haired boy asked.

"Yeah, the shy girl that never talks?" the blonde brother answered.

"Well, she's a Hyuuga…"

"And that means?"

"Hyuugans know some excellent chakra control techniques, from what I've heard."

"You have a point, bro?"

"You dolt, ask her for some help!"

"Why can't I just ask Iruka-sensei?"

"Plot purposes." Shikamaru said to his dumber brother.

"Huh?" Naruto asked, confused.

"You know; our master plan to get you instated as Hokage? You need a 9 clan head support, and she's the Hyuuga heir. Moron."

"Oh."

"Now, go start winning over a clan!"

-scene change-

Hyuuga Hinata was quiet blue haired girl with pale silver-lavender eyes. She liked to keep to herself. Well, she didn't like, but her shyness killed any social life she had. Sad, really.

Hinata quietly ate her cinnamon buns and drank the can of juice she had packed.

Her silence was broken by a loud voice belonging to one Nara Naruto

"Hey Hinata, can I sit with you?"

Hinata nearly jumped out of her skin.

"Y-yes…" she blushed. Thee Hyuuga Heiress was different in a romantic sense. Whereas most females in her class like Sasuke, Hinata found the boy too much like her bastard of a father. Rather, she went for exact opposite: Loud, abrasive, and emotional.

"You okay? Looks like you have a fever…" Naruto said, raising his hand to Hinata's forehead.

"I'm f-fine, Na-naruto-kun. W-what did you need?"

"Well, you're a Hyuuga, and I heard your clan has some really good techniques when it comes to chakra control. I need to improve my chakra control be the exams. I don't want to seem like I'm asking a favor for nothing, but I really need some help. Can you teach me, Hinata?" Naruto said, laying out his problems. For added effect, he used puppy dog eyes no jutsu to help sway the girl.

"W-why didn't you ask Iruka-sensei?" Hinata asked.

"I didn't want to bother him, and you're the only one not obsessed with Uchiha-teme to the point of not helping me." Naruto explained, though his attention was starting to wander.

"O-okay… I'll try and help you, Naruto-kun, but I'm not that good." Hinata said with a sad look.

"Nonsense. You're as good as you think you are! And I think you're good enough to be a better genin than me."

"B-but..."

"No buts. You're better than me. I just think you're not confidant enough to show that you're the best. I feel that if you believed in yourself, you'd kick Sasuke's ass quite frequently." Naruto was pulling no punches. He needed help quite desperately. He then bowed, keeping his head down.

"Please, Hinata, teach me how to control my chakra! I beseech you!"

"Okay… first, I need to see your chakra coils, as to know how much control you need. Mold a little chakra, Naruto-kun."

Naruto complied, forming a handseal as Hinata activated her Byakugan.

She gasped in shock.

"Naruto-kun, your chakra is in 4 colors! There's blue, black, yellow, and even a little red! This is very different. I could be wrong, but the reason that you have such a hard time with controlling all of that chakra is that humans have normally a blue chakra. Chakra of a different color is normally more potent. Your chakra is more potent, and you draw on too much to use a bunshin. Naruto-kun, if you could control this, you would be able to use a lot of ninjutsu without the normal strain. This is amazing!" Hinata said excitedly.

"Hey, Hinata… you're not stuttering anymore!"

Hinata blushed.

Naruto went on. "I think the black chakra is my shadow chakra. It's a chakra element like wind and fire, but it's more of a bloodline than anything else. I think my dad mentioned something about the off chance of someone being born outside the Nara clan with shadow chakra, it just hasn't happened yet. But for the other colors, I have no idea. So what should I start on?"

"Do you know how to climb trees without your hands?" Hinata asked.

"I know the principle, but I can't figure out how. You mold chakra to your feet at a constant stream. I just learned about it a week ago, but it's really hard to get my chakra that focused without a lot of concentration." Naruto said, honestly.

"Try doing it. I'll watch with my Byakugan."

Naruto ran at a tree, chakra gathering. He went up about 6 steps, but suddenly was thrown back a foot from the tree. He flipped in midair and landed on his feet.

"Well?"

"It's as I thought, Naruto-kun. You accidentally drew on the yellow chakra that time. That's your problem."

"Thanks, Hinata! Before I start training later, I'm going to go get some ramen at Ichiraku's. Do you want to go? I'm going to see if Shika will come, but I doubt it. It's always more fun to eat ramen with someone else,so…"Naruto was cut off.

"YES! Come by the Hyuuga Manor at 5:00!" a very happy Hinata exclaimed. She skipped away happily, leaving Naruto with a sweatdrop and half a clue of what went on.

The bell rang for the end of lunch.

Naruto smiled as he started back towards class.

"You're a very weird girl, Hinata-chan." You couldn't beat off the small grin that he had for the rest of class.

-end-

Yeah, so Naruto and Hinata might be out of character, but the funniest thing is, and you might not realize it on this site, but this is fanfiction. Hell, I've even made Tsunade the Hokage early. (Though I'm not sure how the Invasion Arc or Find Tsunade arc are going to turn out now)

While this is a NarutoHarem currently, that's subject to change. The main pairing of the harem, either choice that's made, is going to be NaruHina. Sure, it looks like NaruSaku's gonna be cannon, but it isn't yet. Which leaves us NaruHina fans with some hope.

And I realize I have not cleared my gender, leaving some confused. I am male, as last I checked.