A/N I don't normally put long authors notes or anything, so I beg you to read this. I honestly have no idea how long this will be, and this is just lengthening it, so I will get to my message. People, reviewers and my friends who read this, tell me that I made some characters too strong and that they are human and make mistakes. I would like to point out that Hinata is the "Ice Dragon" and I know I haven't explained this a lot because that is in later chapters, but it makes her incredibly strong, above Hokage level, if trained properly. She is, but has not quite reached that level yet. Gai is human too, and a large man like him would most likely be afraid of hitting a little girl too hard, especially a blind one. But that was only one match. More is coming with her later. Second, Anko DID make mistakes when she attacked him. She didn't pin him correctly, Gai managed to grab her arm and hurt her, and she ended up losing to him. So, she isn't overly powerful. Remember, she was trained by a Sannin. And if you think they are unrealistic, Kakashi graduated the Academy at 5 and was chunin at 6 according to Narutopedia. I changed that for my story because it is ridiculous. Also, people ask if Anko is Hinata's age. I realized I did not make this entirely clear – she is not. She is Hinata's older student "mentor" that Hinata does not need. The two work out to be like sisters and close teammates, so they are more of a team with an 8 year old and a 14 year old. Just clearing that up… Wow this was long. Sorry.

Chapter 7

"I see you two passed. You both understand this is classified, and you will not be able to tell anyone. Both of you will be sent on missions as a two man cell and with others, but always together. Understood?" Both girls nodded, and the Hokage sighed. "Here are you hitai-ates. You will receive your vests once it is known about your ranking. Until then, good luck." The two bowed and took their respective hitai-ate, before they left. Dazed, the two returned to their shared apartment, still holding the headbands.

"We did it." Anko sat down on the couch mindlessly, staring at the piece of metal on cloth in her hands.

Hinata sat down next to her. "We are chunin. Even beat Kakashi's record."

This seemed to wake Anko up. "We are chunin! Tonight, we celebrate!" Hinata jumped at Anko's yell, coming back to life too. "We still have a few hours until we meet our team, what do you want to do?"

Hinata shrugged, before something came to her mind. "Can we go see my father? You and me?"

Anko looked at her shocked. She had known Hinata would visit her father every weekend, but never had she been invited to go. "Sure. Wait, don't I have to wear a kimono? I don't own one…"

"But I only a lot. Come on, I have one that should fit you." Hinata grabbed Anko's hand and dragged Anko into her bedroom, going to the closet in search of a spare kimono. "Here it is!" Hinata held the dark blue formal wear to her friend, who just looked at it. "Let me guess, you don't know how to put it on."

"What! No, that is not it." Anko jumped back, sputtering.

Hinata crossed her arms and smirked, tapping her foot. "Then what is it?"

Anko sighed. "Um… I don't know how to put it on…"

Hinata shook her head with a smile on her face. "Here, I'll show you."

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"Father." Hinata bowed, bringing Anko down with her, as the two entered her father's study.

"Hello, Hinata, Anko. You can sit down, you know." Hiashi looked up from his desk at the two girls, who complied and sat on two cousins. "You normally don't come until the weekend. And never have you brought Anko with you, so why are you here Hinata? Not that I mind."

Anko held back a laugh at this, letting Hinata do the talking. "Both of us have interesting news for you. Anko, if you would." Anko pulled out her head bands, and Hiashi's eyes widened slightly. After he looked back to his daughter, he saw her adorning the headband also. "In a private chunin examination, the two of us passed. I am only allowed to tell you because you are my father."

Both of the girls were surprised when Hiashi stood and walked over to his daughter. He looked at her, before capturing her in a hug. "I am so proud of you. Both of you."

Hiashi released his daughter, a smile on his face. The room was silent, when Hinata suddenly asked, "What time is it?"

Hiashi looked at a clock across the room. "Noon. Why?"

Hinata whipped her head to Anko, who was looking back at her. "We are late! I am sorry Father, but we must go meet our team." With that, Hinata stood up, and fled with Anko following after her.

"She is so much like her mother it is scary." Hiashi shook his head, before returning to what he was doing.

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"Attention!" Iruka sighed as the filled classroom quieted down after his fifth time of calling it to do so. "As you most likely know, it is time for team assignments. Your leader will pick you up before lunch. Now, to begin…" Iruka read down the list, smiling at the groans and yells that came with each team. "Finally, Ino, Shikamaru, Choji. You make up the last team. Sasuke and Naruto, come see me." Iruka put the list down on the desk and sat down, watching as the teams slowly got together. Sasuke and Naruto walked down the steps and stopped at his desk.

"Iruka, where is Hinata? And why weren't we called?" Naruto had worry in his eyes, and Iruka could even detect some in Sasuke's.

"Don't worry; you are not in trouble or anything. Hinata and her mentor saw me earlier, and they will be here shortly. And you two were not called because you are to be on Hinata's team, but there is a difference. Your mentor will explain that to you. And don't worry; she is the best we have." Iruka could barely hold back a grin as both boys sighed and looked at each other before returning to their seats.

Slowly, the teams filed out until only Sasuke and Naruto were left. Iruka glanced at his watch and let out a frustrated sigh. "I would have thought Hinata would keep her on time. They got here at five in the morning, but can't come at noon."

Just as he finished, the door opened to reveal Hinata and Anko, still in their kimonos, with Anko panting slightly. "Maggots, get down here. Do not say anything about us being late; we got here from the Hyuuga Estate in five minutes. That is pretty freaking good." Anko leaned back on the frame, having caught her breath, and watched as Sasuke and Naruto grabbed their bags and hurried to the two girls. "And do not mention the clothing." Hinata walked out of the room, and Anko followed, leaving the two boys behind. They raced after the girls.

"We are going back to our dorm to change and grab our bags. I ask that you do not touch anything in our apartment, and stay in the kitchen. Understood, Naruto?" Hinata did not turn around as she spoke, but she could still tell Naruto was faking being offended by her comment.

"Why only me? What about teme here?" Anko stopped walking and turned around to face the blonde, and Hinata followed the action.

"Let us see… The Hokage Monument – three hours of cleanup work for the two of us. The destroyed training field – over twelve hours of cleanup work with numerous other teams. The Hokage Monument again – five hours of intense cleanup work because of permanent paint. The dismembered training dummies – three hours of putting them back together. The fireball in town from having Uchiha here chase your ass around town for god knows what – two hours of work and tons of money lost in burned merchandise. Oh, and the Hokage Monument again – four hours of cleaning. Notice the trend. You caused all these, and it was me and Hinata cleaning up it all. And these are only in the past two weeks." Anko just glared at the boy while she spoke, and he gulped.

"Yeah… maybe you do have a reason for saying that." Naruto rubbed the back of his head sheepishly, and did not notice Sasuke's slap in time to duck, getting hit right in the back of the head.

The two girls just shook their heads and turned around, continuing to walk towards their dorm. They reached it quickly, and Anko opened the door before pushing Naruto and Sasuke in, following after them. Hinata jumped over the two fallen boys, and walked straight to her room as Naruto and Sasuke looked around in amazement. "This room is bigger than ours! Who's your other roommate that makes you have such a big room?" Naruto was looking around as he spoke, taking in the size of it.

"We don't have another roommate. Now, sit at the table and don't move. Hinata and I will be out in less than five minutes. Do not touch anything. Do not break anything. If you do, Hinata and I will have a field day punishing you. And remember, we are on the torture and interrogation team." Anko smiled at them, before she went into her room, muttering about "stupid kimonos."

Hinata returned in less than a minute wearing her usual attire, tight shorts and a battle kimono tied loosely with a mesh shirt underneath. She turned towards the two boys, before shaking her head and looking away. "Hinata? What happened? I mean, we used to be so close, but now you are so… cold." Sasuke looked at the girl, his head resting on his hands as he spoke.

"We haven't talked that much in two years. But maybe we can be like that again. Have you seen where my bag is? I swear I left it here earlier…" Hinata felt the couch for her bag, finding it nowhere. Sasuke and Naruto both stood and started looking around, but it seemed the bag had disappeared.

"What does it look like? That could help us." Sasuke sighed as he tossed another empty bag aside.

Hinata stopped searching when she heard Anko's door open. "Searching for your bag?" Hinata nodded, and Anko walked back into her room and returned holding a bag. "I accidentally took it. Sorry." Hinata nodded, and caught the bag after it was thrown to her. Strapping it on, she walked out of the room, the others following.

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"Where are we going?" Naruto whined. "Can it be somewhere with food? I am starving…" He shut up after receiving a glare from Sasuke and Anko, and pouted with his arms crossed.

"I already told you, Hinata is leading the way. If you want food, eat something you packed. If you didn't pack anything, learn to. You cannot count on your teammates to provide food for you during a mission, when they must provide for themselves." Anko answered to Naruto, but her words were for the entire team. Naruto groaned as his stomach growled. With hunger clouding his mind, Naruto missed the food thrown at him, and it hit him dead in the face. "Hinata, I asked you to give him food, not kill him with it."

"If this were a mission, I could have just risked my life for him. That is the most kindness he will get." Hinata continued to walk as Sasuke helped a fallen Naruto up, and Anko watched them. She shook her head at Hinata, but did not respond to the girl.

Naruto looked at his assailant's weapon of choice, an apple. He dusted it off and shrugged, before biting into it. "Thanks, Hinata." The blackette just nodded, before stopping in front of a fifteen foot fence.

"Neither of you are afraid of animals, right?" Both boys responded with a yes, and she nodded to herself. Perfect. So, up and over." She stood waiting for either boy to go over the fence, and when neither did, she sighed. "Are you going over or not?" Naruto nodded to her, and then ran at the fence, trying to get his foot in one of the links. However, he missed and face-planted into the fence.

Hinata just smirked. "Need a lift?" Reluctantly, Naruto nodded. Hinata interlocked her hands and crouched down close to the fence. "Stand on my hands, I can get you over." Naruto looked at her curiously, but did as she said and placed his foot on her hands. Without warning, she thrust him up into the air, and Naruto landed ungracefully on his head on the other side.

Hinata turned to Sasuke, who quickly shook his head. "I'm good." With that, he took a few steps back before running at the fence and jumping onto it, using his momentum to climb it quickly. He landed on his feet next to a whining Naruto.

Anko just grabbed the fence and scaled it quickly and easily, months of practice taking over. Hinata just shook her head, before taking a step and appearing on the other side in the same second, her after image still on the other side of the fence. "W-what? How? How did you do that?" Naruto and Sasuke were both stunned and looked at Hinata in amazement. "That is just like my father does, but quicker."

Hinata did not answer either boy, but proceeded to continue walking, going deeper into the forest. "Maggots, follow her. You don't want to get lost in here." Anko took off in the trees, leaving Naruto and Sasuke, who took off running after her. However, she had disappeared.

Sasuke looked around, not finding Anko anywhere either. "Shit! We are screwed!"