Disclaimer: If I were to "own" Naruto, I would need a technique stronger than the Rasenshuriken. And the only one that exists is Chuck Norris's roundhouse kick.

I'm not Chuck Norris. Therefore, I don't have his roundhouse kick. Therefore, I don't own Naruto.

Btw, please review and enjoy, people. I'm writing multiple chapters a day because it's the weekend and the chapters are so short :P

Chapter 5: The Day Has Arrived!

Once again at the fancy Hyuga Residence; 6:50 AM

The somewhat-innocent, Naruto loving, indigo-haired girl who we all know and love, the one known as Hinata, started getting up like it was a normal day, then suddenly, something hit her.

SMACK!! The next thing that happened was that Hinata formed a bowling-ball shaped lump on top of her head.

"Ah! W-Why did I put a bowling ball on top of the shelf? I'm such an idiot…"

Then, something else hit her. Not literally, however.

'Crap! I just remembered…I must face Kakashi-sensei in the tournament today, and I'm first! Neji's wrong…Naruto-kun will hate me after this! What do I do?' she thought hopelessly.

"I see you still feel like a hopeless loser," a sudden voice said. "I can see your eye movements and know what you're feeling, remember? And you have a bowling-ball sized lump on top of your head."

The voice revealed itself to be Neji, Hinata's cousin.

"Sigh…I told you that you can escape your destiny. Still not willing to listen?" Neji said.

"N-Neji-nii-san, I'm willing to do anything, please, can you help?" Hinata replied desperately.

"Well, if it's a new technique you're talking about, then can you please show me your Eight Trigrams, 64 Palms, Hinata-sama?"

She nervously said, "I-I'll try." And yelled "T-Two-Palm! Four-Palm! Eight-Palm! Sixteen-Palm! Thirty-Two Palm! Sixty-Four Palm!"

As she uttered the last statement, Neji could see that her movements were 0.04 seconds slower than they should be to keep up with the technique's movement, therefore, Hinata could only launch sixty-three palms.

"Here…Bend your right leg lower in the stance, don't make unnecessary upper-body movements, and don't divert from the starting chakra point too far, if you want to cause major damage to one system. The overall result should be a somewhat faster and more concentrated attack," Neji said.

Hinata listened to all those suggestions and made some adjustments before going into a deeper stance and starting the attack. "Two! Four! Eight! Sixteen! Thirty-Two! Sixty-Four!" and counted the attacks she made without blinking. 'Sixty-three…sixty-four…I did it! Wait…sixty-five…sixty-six…' and kept counting until she ended up at eighty-eight palms.

"See? Your technique is now almost as good as mine!" Neji said proudly.

"B-But…why? Why did you help me so much?" Hinata wondered.

"Well, I don't want to face a failure, right? You called yourself a failure, so I decided to do something about it. And maybe you too realized…That a failure can change their destiny, no matter how hard it seems. You just did it less than a minute," Neji said before departing.

'N-Neji…thank you for all your help. I would date you if we weren't cousins…You have turned out to be so kind and caring.' she thought. (0.o lol, Hyugacest. Hope not.)

At the Ichiraku Ramen Bar:

SLURP!! "Wow, this ramen never tastes bad! It's so awesome!" Naruto said loudly after finishing his 14th bowl of ramen.

"But wait…Isn't there something I should be doing right now? Oh, yeah! I gotta watch Kakashi-sensei and Hinata's fight! But this ramen is so irresistible! I'll take one more." Naruto said, as he was soon handed another bowl of ramen. He quickly downed it, left the money, and ran off to the Konoha Arena.

At the Konoha Arena:

Naruto ran as fast as he could, remembering last time that it took 500 of his shadow clones plus a bunch of random pit bulls to get past the guards. He didn't want to be so late this time, until he noticed the guards at the door again, and he quickly uttered, "Damn!" before saying, "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu! (Shadow Clone)".

Around twenty Narutos came out and trampled over the guards to get to the front entrance, where they were greeted by Team 7 and Team 8. Naruto dissipated all the shadow clones for convenience. Then, he said, "Hey, guys!"

Kiba, Hinata, Shino, and Sai all greeted Naruto with a "Hi", while Akamaru barked cheerfully.

Then, Sakura said, "Well, at least you're not as late as Kakashi again."

Once again, Hinata sliently wished for Sakura to die a painful death, although she never said anything about it. Then, Naruto started talking, actually sharing negative feelings.

"Oh, so NOW you care, eh, you Sasuke-whore," Naruto said fiercely.

"Naruto…" Sakura retorted.

"Screw you! I just realized something yesterday! That I shouldn't be falling for girls who treat me like utter shit, and that I'd actually rather date someone who's really nice but is too shy for her own good! Like maybe Hina--OW!!" Naruto said angrily, emotionally, then in a shocked manner.

"Sorry I'm late, guys, and sorry I landed right on top of you right when you would've said the word "Hinata."" Kakashi said lazily.

The last few actions just caused Hinata to excessively blush, seeing as Sakura just got called a whore and Naruto almost said that he would date her until her future opponent landed right on top of him.

Kakashi continued, "Well, seeing as my student wants to go on a date with my next opponent, I think it's best if I didn't kill her, would you agree?"

Naruto felt confused, as he didn't want to go on a date with Hinata THAT badly, and was blissfully unaware that she loved him, but just nodded for Hinata's safety.

Then, Kakashi talked to Hinata alone, and he said,

"Hey, you, would you like for me to throw the match for you? I know about everything, and I also know that you want to impress Naruto and have a chance to beat Sakura to a bloody pulp. It may benefit both of us, you know? I was always thinking that Sakura was getting too out of hand these days, and that she should be disciplined, but I don't want to be imprisoned for child abuse either. So what do you say? Want me to throw the match?"

"N-no, Kakashi-sensei. I need to prove my true worth to N-Naruto-kun, not get out with such a simple shortcut. If I want Naruto-kun's respect and if I want to b-beat up Sakura, then I think I should earn those rights. P-please, fight me with all you've got!" Hinata said somewhat boldly.

"Well, you have guts for a shy kid, I'll give you that. And you also have honor. But you're also looking at this wrong. Oh, well, it's your choice."

Suddenly, a loud squeak was heard over the intercom, and Tsunade started saying,

"Everyone, welcome to the Hokage Tournament! The rules are simple, you get thirty minutes to fight, although the fights will last much less than that. Also, you may kill, but the proctor, Jiraiya, may stop the match at any time. One more thing, this may be a tournament, but the winner isn't necessarily the Hokage. The one who fought the best overall is. The first match is #1 ranked Hatake Kakashi versus the last-ranked Hyuga Hinata! Competitors, please come down!"

"Good luck, Hinata-chan!" Naruto said cheerfully before embracing her in a quick hug. Hinata started turning red, and this was everything she wanted. Naruto never hugged her before, or called her Hinata-chan. She just felt wonderful and didn't want to let go, but when she opened her eyes, Naruto was long-gone into his audience seat and Hinata was falling forward. 'Oh, great, I'm fainting again.' She thought. A blond boy appeared to be running towards her saying, "Hinata-chan! Are you okay?! Are yo..." before everything faded to a black color.

-7 Minutes, 45 Seconds later-

Hinata woke up right in the middle of the dirt floor of the Konoha Arena, around a couple of medics reporting that she regained consciousness, wondering what she was doing here, until she remembered the hug. She was smiling lightly, blushing, and kept repeating the sweet memory until there was a sudden yelling of, "FIGHT!"

'Crap!'

Sorry for the cliffhanger, but next time, you guys get to see the first match, Hinata vs. Kakashi!

After Monday, I probably will be able to do one chapter every two days, maybe more.