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I understand that the last chapter wasn't so interesting. I needed to set the scene.

This story will start diverting from canon in time.

Anyways thanks for the reviews!


There were two ways to get to the rooftop. One could take the stairs...

Hinata went outside.

…or scale the wall.

Her father had forced her to walk up trees when she was little. Apparently, he had done the same when he was little.

Hinata yawned, sleep still laced her body. Stepping outside, the chill woke her a bit little as she stared at the brick wall. Feeling refreshed after that nap, Hinata gathered chakra at her feet. Lifting one foot and placing it on the wall, Hinata released some chakra. Testing the hold, Hinata pulled herself up before repeating the process. With that procedure, Hinata walked up the wall and to the rooftop.

When she reached the roof, the Jonin seemed a bit impressed.

"You got here before your teammates, you should feel special"

Was that praise or sarcasm? Hinata couldn't tell.

Naruto slammed the door open. Sasuke followed a minute later.

Bright eyes lit at Hinata.

Hinata began to blush.

"How did you get here so fast Hinata?" Naruto asked, oblivious.

Sasuke rolled his eyes at Naruto's stupidity.

"She walked up the wall" the Jonin said, putting away what seemed to be a book.

Sasuke looked at her with amusement. She could do that?

"Wow Hinata that's so cool!"

Hinata wanted to faint. Naruto's attention was overwhelming and Sasuke's cool look was piercing.

She couldn't handle all of it.

C'mon faint, faint, faint.

The Gods must have turned away from her request. It never happened.

"Let's get started" the Jonin said toward the three standing genin."Sit"

"So tell us about yourself. Likes, dislikes, dreams... goals"

"Well what about you!" Naruto said.

"Alright. My name is Kakashi Hatake. I don't really like anything. I don't really hate anything. My dreams and goals, I don't feel like telling you"

He didn't tell us anything other than his name.

"Now you try" The Jonin's eyes scans the genin "You on the right"

"Yeah!" Naruto stood up "My name is Naruto Uzumaki!I love Ramen! I like rating ramen and getting it for free!

I dislike waiting for the ramen to cook-"

Naruto paused for a moment.

"And my dream is to become Hokage so everyone will treat me as somebody and not a nobody!"

Sasuke glanced over at Hinata and saw admiration on her face.

What did she see in the Dobe anyways?

"Ok now you on the left"

"M-my name i-is Hinata Hyuuga."

Her voice was soft and she poked her two index fingers together as she spoke.

"I l-like c-cinnamon b-buns and z-zenzai. I d-don't r-really l-like s-seafood and m-my g-goal is t-to get stronger s-so that I c-can p-prove m-my f-father w-wrong"

"What did he say?" Kakashi asked

"I-I'd rather n-not t-tell"

The Joinin shrugged.

Sasuke felt strangely disappointed.

"You, in the middle"

"My name is Sasuke Uchiha. I don't particularly like anything and I dislike many things. My dream, no it will be reality, is to restore my clan and kill a certain someone."

"Now that introductions are done. Let me say a few things:"

"Tommorrow, you will have survival training."

"What!" Naruto shot up "More training? I thought we are real ninja now!"

"Only a small amount of the graduates become real Genin. The rest are sent back to the Academy."

"Then what was the point of graduating?"

"Getting potential Genin"

"We will meet tomorrow at the training ground near the lake at 6:00am. Make sure you do well because you probably don't want to fail."

"Oh and don't eat because you will throw up."

Kakashi disappeared.

Hinata exited the rooftop normally, by use of the stairs. She trailed behind the two boys and twiddled her fingers frantically.

She had to pass or she would forever be the failure her clan deemed her.

"Hey"

Hinata looked up. It was Sasuke.

"How did you walk up the wall?"

"Ah-I ch-channeled chakra into m-my feet a-and r-released the r-right a-amount into t-the w-wall"

Hinata was uncomfortable.

It doesn't take a genius to figure out that Sasuke was treating her differently.

It made her wary.

Sasuke looked like he was contemplating something.

"Meet me at the regular spot tommorrow after the training" He finally said.

Should she?

"H-hai" Hinata responded. Whatever made her stronger. She would bear his personality for that.


Hinata arrived at the spot around five-thirty. Yawning, her stomach grumbled because it didn't recieve any food. Sasuke and Naruto were already there. Sasuke was leaning against a tree and Naruto was anxiously walking around.

"H-hhello, N-Naruto-kun..."

Hinata grew red and looked at her feet.

"Hi, Hinata-chan!"

Naruto waved his hand at her and smiled goofly.

"Do you have a fever, Hinata-chan?"

When Hinata looked up, her face suddently grew redder, if it could anymore.

He was too close. Way too close.

Her mind suddenly turned into a scrambled mush as Hinata tried to form a coherent response.

She failed and dropped on the floor with a thud.

Naruto panicked and started shaking Hinata.

"Hinata! Are you ok!"

Seeing that shaking her didn't work, Naruto held her up in sitting position before shaking her some more.

"Stop it, Dobe. She just passed out and will come to soon"

"Why didn't you tell me earlier Teme!"

"I didn't think you were that dumb, Dobe"

"Say that to my face!"

"Everything I said was to your face"

"Jerk!"

"Idiot"

Name calling ensued.


Hinata came to with pain lacing her body. What had happened?

Oh that was right; she fainted, right in front of Naruto!

Embarrassment spread in her body.

"Chicken-butt!"

"Moron"

Wha? When did this happen?

Embarrassment and pain forgotten, Hinata stood up immediately.

If those two went any further, a fight might break out.

How was she going to do this?

"Uchiwa!"

A pause. Naruto was grinning. That was a good one.

Rage rushed through Sasuke. Naruto had insulted his clan!

"Beat that Sasuke!"

In a flash of anger, Sasuke lunged at Naruto.

When Hinata saw Sasuke give Naruto the same facial expression that Sasuke had given to her, Hinata reacted. Before she knew what she was doing, Hinata ran up between the two boys and faced Sasuke. Sasuke stopped, fist mid-air, when Hinata appeared in front of him.

"P-please d-don't f-fight."

"Aw Hinata-chan, I was just joking..."

Sasuke glanced at the sight before him. The Rinnegan user was standing in front of Naruto, arms wide. She was protecting the Dobe. Unaceptable. She was to be his ally, not anyone else's. Despite Hinata's plea, Sasuke went to attack.

Hinata's Rinnegan activated and she dodged the punch.

Naruto wasn't so lucky; he got socked in the jaw once Hinata dodged.

"Teme you'll pay for that!"

Soon enough, Team 7 was nothing but an indescribable cloud of insults, fighting and bruises.


Kakashi's eyebrow rose at the state of the children in front of him.

"Oh my, what have you all been up to this morning?"

Naruto had multiple brusies dotting his face; Hinata's hair and jacket were a mess, and Sasuke's clothes were riddled with dirt.

His examinees looked like they walked through a tornado.

"Why the Hell are you late!"

"Oh" the Jonin exclaimed dully "There was a black cat on the road so I had to take the long way"

"Liar!"

Ignoring him, Kakashi put a timer on a nearby stump.

"To pass you simply have to take these bells from me"

Kakashi dangled the bells in front of the examinees. His expression grew grave.

"But those who don't will be sent back to the academy and will get no lunch"

As if on cue, the genin's stomachs all growled at the same time.

So that's why he told us not to eat.

"Well then, good luck! Your test will start when I say go"

Once Hinata heard 'go' she ran up a tree and hid in the foliage.

To her surprise, Sasuke landed on the branch she was on, making the tree wobble slightly.

What did he want?

Seeing Hinata's confusion, Sasuke spoke softly.

"He is not worth your affections"

Hinata pushed her two index fingers together as she looked at the bottom of the tree.

Still, she crushed. Naruto had done so much for her. So much that even he didn't know.

But that was the least of her concerns. Right now, she had a test to complete.

Turning on her Rinnegan, Hinata looked into the clearing where Kakashi stood.

To her surprise, Naruto didn't try to hide.

Kakashi looked at the blond ninja strangely.

"I'll fight you right here right now!"

Sasuke was not surprised. That idiot...

Kakashi opened an orange book.

"Sure."

"What are you doing?" Naruto exclaimed. "Aren't we suppose to fight?"

"I'm reading" Kakashi turned a page "Oo, this looks good".

Feeling that the Jonin wasn't taking him seriously, Naruto rushed at him with a kunai.

In an instant Kakashi was behind Naruto, holding his kunai arm.

"Slow down. I didn't even say go yet"

Sasuke was amazed at the sight. He didn't see him move.

So that was the power of a jonin.

Hinata too was impressed. Her Rinnegan could see the movement, but it was for one split second.

"Go"

Immediately, Naruto turned around and let loose a bunch of punches. Naruto's muscles were already warmed up thanks to the fight.

Kakashi dodged each and every one of them before appearing behind Naruto again.

"Shinobi lesson #1, don't let your opponent get behind you"

Kakashi formed a hand sign and knelt behind Naruto.

Hinata's interest peaked, a ninjutsu?

"One thousand years of death!"

The Jonin then stuck his finger up Naruto's bottom.

Hinata was disappointed. Really?

Sasuke face palmed. He should have known.

Naruto's face turned into one of absolute agony before he was launched through the air and into the lake nearby.

Hinata wanted to help him and moved, only to see Sasuke's arm in front of her. She turned toward him. Sasuke shook his head no.

That was it! Naruto was going to have to go all out.

"Shadow clone jutsu!"

Hundreds of Naruto's appeared and surrounded Kakashi.

Hinata was filled with admiration. When did Naruto learn this?

Sasuke had to admit that he didn't expect Naruto to know a technique like that.

The clones went in to attack, only to find out that Kakashi was gone.

The only interesting thing Hinata got to see was the Shadow clone jutsu. She couldn't use it anyways.

A second later, she sneezed.

Hinata covered her nose in a panic.

She gave away her location!

Sasuke tapped her shoulder and motioned. Follow me.

Kakashi looked over at the tree that shook.

So that's where one of them was. Judging from the sneeze, it was probably Hinata.


Hinata felt useless. She had given away her position and had to flee with Sasuke.

Why did he help her anyways?

They reached another clearing.

"I-I'm S-sorry"

"Just hide". Sasuke henged to look like Hinata.

"Attack when he is distracted"

Hinata obeyed.

Soon enough, Kakashi appeared with his book in front of Sasuke disguised as Hinata.

"Well if it isn't the Byakugan-less Hyuuga"

Sasuke smirked on the inside.

She was banished for not having the Byakugan. Pity they didn't realize the other power she had.

All the better for him that they don't find out.

Sasuke attacked.

Hinata had been the receiving end of those attacks, but to see it from the outside was truly amazing.

She activated her Rinnegan and observed the fight.

When Sasuke started forming hand seals, Hinata looked over at Kakashi.

He was distracted.

Hinata snuck up behind Kakashi and poured chakra into her palms.

She needed to disable him to get the bells.

Hinata struck Kakashi's back with chakra, hopefully disabling his limbs.

The back was a nerve center of control. Forcing chakra into the system in his back would probably haywire the nerves for a bit.

Kakashi'd eyes widdened. What happened to him? He couldn't move.

Then the Hyuuga was here too.

"Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!"

A puff of smoke revealed the real user before a stream of flame burst at him.

The Uchiha had held the henge for that long and could do an elemental technique?

No normal genin should be able to.

Well seeing that he couldn't move and a fireball was approaching, Kakashi would say he is screwed.

The Jonin felt the bells being taken, and tipping over as he couldn't move at all. Not even his neck.

He landed on the ground, painfully, facing up with fire flowing over him.

He sorely estimated these two.

Hinata was filled with glee as Kakashi was frozen and she snatched the bells from Kakashi.

She would pass now!

"S-sasuke! W-We did it!"

Hinata owed it a lot to Sasuke now. She would make it up for him.

She smiled at him happily and showed him the bells.

This excitement, it felt great!

Sasuke smirked and took one.

It went exactly as planned. Hinata now owed him.

"Ok you two" the fallen Jonin called "help me"

Hinata giggled and turned to face Sasuke.

"C-can I?"

Sasuke nodded.

"I-I'm s-sorry ,K-kakashi but I-I can't"

"What?"

"I-I a-attacked your n-nerves but t-they s-should be f-fine"

"Alright, but answer this. Where's Naruto?"

Uh-oh. Hinata was worried. He wasn't in this plan!

Naruto burst out of the bushes.

"I found you-"

He stopped momentarily when he saw the bells in their hands.

"I failed?"

Naruto fell to his knees.

"T-take mine" Hinata held out her bell, blushing."S-sorry that w-we didn't t-tell you"

"Are you sure Hinata? That means you would fail."

"T-that's f-fine. I-I can w-wait another y-year"

For you.

Sasuke scowled. Hinata had to stop supporting that idiot.

"You all pass" Kakashi said.

Naruto jumped up in excitement. Naruto didn't know why he passed, but he passed!

"I passed I passed!"

"Remember that your team comes first. People who abandon missions are scum. But people who abandon their friends are lower than scum. Now please carry me to the hospital, my body is getting stiff."


Uchiwa means paper fan. So Naruto compared Sasuke's whole clan to an object.

I admit, this probably wasn't a good chapter. Ever since chapter two, I haven't been feeling the real creative juices flow.

Well feel free to tell me your opinion on the story. Update is going to be slow, I have midterms next week.