Chapter 4

The large hall was crowded with many clan heads and their families. The adults were clustered together at a table, with Hiashi and Tsuki at the head. Their children were sitting at another table, the younger ones playing with their formal clothing. However, Naruto, Sasuke, and Hinata were not there. None of the other children seemed to notice this.

But when Naruto and Sasuke led an elegantly dressed Hinata down the main staircase, all attention was on them. The room was almost dead silent, the only noise being the music playing. Hinata's hair was done up, and her kimono was perfect.

Even Hiashi and Tsuki were stunned into silence. Neither had helped the girl preparing for the night, as she had asked for them not to. But a glance around the table answered the question of who helped her when they realized Mikoto and Kushina were missing from the table. The two women appeared from the upper floor a few minutes after the children were seated and they smiled at Tsuki as they took their seats.

Hiashi stood and raised his glass. "A toast, to my daughter and all others who were accepted into the Academy. May their next ten years be the best they can." All the adults raised their cups in the air and toasted, while only some of the children did so.

"Hinata?" The blackette turned in her seat to face Naruto sitting to her left. "I know I already told you, but you look really pretty." Naruto rubbed the back of his neck while he blushed.

Hinata dipped her head to him. "Thank you, Naruto." The boy's blush got darker, and he focused on his feet so no one could tell.

"For once, I agree with him. You look wonderful, Hinata." Sasuke said from Hinata's right, his duck butt hair neatened as much as it could be. That wasn't much.

"Thank you Sasuke." Hinata nodded to the boy, and he looked at her, before looking down at the plate of food placed in front of him. Without another word, the three began to eat.

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"Hinata… Hinata… Hinata…." Naruto sat in the swing outside the Academy and swung over Hinata lying on the ground beneath it.

"What are you whining about now?" Hinata rolled over onto her stomach and crawled out from under the still moving Naruto while Sasuke talked.

"Hinata…" Naruto continued to whine, and Hinata stood up without him noticing. When he swung by again, she held her arm out so he hit it and did a front flip off the swing. With it vacant, she sat down while Naruto curled into a ball on the ground and clutched his head.

"That is what you get for being annoying. Now what do you want?" She swung slightly as she talked, her feet still not touching the ground.

"Why did we come to school at seven in the morning?" Naruto sat Indian style in front of Hinata, while Sasuke leaned back on the tree with a sigh.

"We both already told you. School starts at seven-thirty. You were the one who wanted to pick a seat where we can be together." Hinata started swinging, and Naruto did not move in time as her foot crashed into his face. He flew back for the second time in less than five minutes, and just stayed there after that.

A few minutes passed in silence, before Sasuke pushed himself off the tree. "We should probably go in. Hinata has to see Iruka-sensei, and it is seven-ten right now." He receive no reply, but Hinata jumped off the still moving swing and landed on her feet standing over Naruto. The blonde was quivering in fear, but Hinata just walked away. After a few seconds, Sasuke pulled him up before he walked off, leaving Naruto to race after the two. He caught up, and the trio walked into the classroom together.

Iruka looked up from his desk when he heard the door slide open, and wasn't surprised to see Hinata, Naruto, and Sasuke. "Hello Hinata, Naruto, Sasuke." The three nodded in response. Naruto and Sasuke picked seats while Hinata walked up to Iruka's desk. She waited patiently for a few seconds before Iruka realized what she was waiting for. "Oh, yes, here you go Hinata." He handed her a stack over large textbooks and workbooks, and she brought them to her seat.

Dropping them on the table with a thud, both Naruto and Sasuke stared at the unusual books. "Hinata, why do these books have no writing and only little bumps?"

Hinata sighed as she sat down. "I had too much free time in the past year. I learned Braille. Father decided it would be best to get my books like this. Now I only need to scan for worksheets and things on the board."

Both boys nodded, and Naruto opened a book to run his finger over the raised dots. "This seems hard. How do you read it?" Hinata did not even bother answering him, and just sighed. Sasuke never would admit it, but he was curious too.

"Look, the blind girl has special books. Probably because she is too stupid for the books we are getting." Sakura snorted as she looked at the book over Naruto's shoulder, having arrived only moments ago.

"I can assure you my intellect is above most the students in here. The only reason it is not all is because we have a Nara in our class. But I could easily become a challenge for him if I tried. As for the books, I want you to try and read that. I can, perfectly." Hinata kept her head on her folded hands while she spoke, and Sakura was taken aback slightly.

"Sure, you can read that. But not everything is going to be done special for you. Read this." A note was shoved in front of Hinata.

The blackette sighed, and placed one hand over the note, letting it glow as she read. "It says, 'I bet you will never be able to read this. But if you can, can you write?' To answer, yes I can. Read this aloud."

Hinata's face was directed towards Sakura as she wrote quickly and neatly on the paper. The pinkette took it after Hinata laid her pencil down, and read it aloud. "Hmmm… 'Father always told me to never listen to screeching banshees. I don't know why I am now…' A screeching banshee!" Sakura was ready to explode at Hinata, and Iruka took this as the perfect time to start the class.

"Quiet down and take a seat. As many of you know, I am your main instructor, Iruka. You are to address me as Iruka-sensei and nothing else. Now, I congratulate all of you that are here, because already you have proven to have more potential than those who did not pass the selections. Anyways, the winner of the selections was Hinata Hyuuga, for those who did not know. She deserves a round of applause for multiple spectacular fights." He paused in his speech to start the clapping, and Hinata sat still as most everyone clapped, with Naruto leading it the loudest. "Onto the topic of this school; you will attend this school for ten years, until you are sixteen. In a few weeks, if you were given permission by your guardian, you will be assigned an older student as an 'older sibling' and will be roomed with this student, along with another member of this class and their guide. Next year, you will be paired with the same person, but rooming might be changed. The following year, you are divided into teams and given one student from the graduating to be like your teacher. You will begin going on missions, D-ranked, mind you, but you that is when you are eight. Up until you are twelve, it will be like that in the same teams with the same instructor. At twelve, you will be assigned you official team and will be roomed with them and them alone. Your Jonin sensei will be announced then.

"As for school work, up until age eight, you learn as a class. After that, your will be learning from you instructor, who will be teaching you from our guideline. Once you are in you teams with a Jonin, it is up to them how you will be taught. Understood?" Around the room, the students nodded, and Iruka smiled. "Great. Now, here are your books for this year. Make a line. NOT A MOB, and come get them."

Even though Iruka had specifically pointed it out, the group was more of a giant mob than a line. With the help of some other instructors that appeared, the books were handed to all of the students. Meanwhile, Hinata sat bored in her seat.

Once the students were seated again, Iruka stood in front of the class with a row of instructors. "Settle down, settle down. Now, your instructors are… Daikoku, standard Academy material; Suzume, kunoichi training; Kotetsu and Izumo, weapons; Mizuki, standard Academy; Genma, fitness; Gai, taijutsu; Kurenai, genjutsu; Tokuma, chakra control. Any questions?" Seeing that nobody seemed to have any, he nodded to the instructors, who all left until it was only Mizuki and him left.

"You have a short break, and when you come back, be ready to start actually learning." Iruka dismissed the class before turning to talk to Mizuki.

Hinata, Naruto, and Sasuke were the last ones out, and they went to their empty swing. Hinata sat on it and started to sway gently while Sasuke leaned on the tree and Naruto climbed up to sit on the branch. "This class seems like it is boring. But I cannot wait until we get to live in the dorms. Stay here all week; go home on weekends; that would be the life." Naruto spoke from up in the tree, and the branch shuddered every time he moved.

Hinata shrugged. "It seems pretty cool. I just hope I am roomed with someone cool. And not Sakura." As she said this, Naruto shifted on the branch again. His foot got caught in the rope holding the swing up, and Hinata tugged it. With a girly screech, Naruto fell face first into the ground. The entire playground went silent, everyone staring at the three. But it was broken when Hinata started to giggle. And soon everyone went back to what they were doing. But none saw the Uchiha heir behind the tree as he laughed his head off at his now muddy best friend.

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Time Skip… 3 Weeks Later, Room and Guide Assignments

The classroom slowly cleared as students' names were announced and they were passed off to their guides. Hinata was the last sitting in the room, and she heard the last of the guides sigh. "I heard there was a blind girl in this class, I just didn't believe it. You honestly think I won't end up breaking her?"

The girl was talking to Iruka as they walked to Hinata's desk, but the blackette answered before Iruka did. "I am blind, not deaf. And I do not need someone to watch every little thing I do to make sure I don't get hurt. If I did, I would not be training to become a kunoichi. And, for your information, I won the selections." She seemed taken aback by Hinata's reaction, before she smirked.

"You know what, Iruka, I changed my mind. I like her. Girl, name's Anko. Yours?" Anko crossed her arms as she stood in front of Hinata's desk, waiting for the girl to get her bag so they could leave.

"Hinata Hyuuga. You're the girl training under Ibiki, right? I know Father was talking about the twelve year old Ibiki decided would be his apprentice." Hinata walked out of the room with Anko, and the older girl lead the way to her dorm.

"Yeah, I am. By the way, we don't share a dorm with anyone. Being friendly with Orochimaru made many parents fear for their kid's life. But, I like it, so it doesn't matter." Anko held the door open, and Hinata walked inside the small and messy apartment. "Sorry about the mess, I wasn't planning on sharing it with anyone. Just don't trip and hurt yourself. Anyways, bathroom is on your left as soon as you step inside. Go a few more steps, and it opens up into a living room and kitchen combo. Straight ahead are two doors. The left is my room, the right is yours. Make yourself comfy, and meet me back here in a few minutes. They are dropping your things off later." With that, Anko walked into the kitchen while Hinata hesitantly went into her room and placed her bag on the bed. Holding her hands in front of herself, she concentrated on her chakra and soon her hands began to glow. As she turned slowly, a picture of the room appeared in her mind.

She heard her door open, but continued to concentrate on the scanner. "Woah, that is awesome. Anyways, do you have any idea how to make something other than microwave food or instant ramen?" Hinata nodded and Anko jumped in joy. "Perfect! I won't starve anymore! We can focus on food later, but a note was dropped off for us that I am to take you to my classes instead of yours. So, we have to go see Ibiki. Apparently, he is interested in you like he was with me. If you get offered to learn under him, say yes. Always say yes." Anko smirked before grabbing Hinata's hand and her bag. "Come on, we are already late."

Anko took off running, and Hinata followed her while putting her bag on her shoulders. And so, her ninja training began…

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A/N: I know this is posted so soon after the last chapter. Don't expect this to happen often. I just didn't want to forget my ideas and I was too lazy to draft it all out… That you to my reviewers so far .

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