"Ohayo
"Ohayo." Hiyashi greeted as the heiress shuffled into the room. Hinata avoided her father's eyes and sat down at the kitchen table. Breakfast was already prepared, and yet, didn't seem as nearly tempting to eat as a certain meal a crimson haired boy had prepared.
Hinata felt anxious, however, her worry wasn't directed on the exams. She flicked the boiled egg, rolling it to the other side of her plate.
"Hinata," Hiyashi said softly, breaking her attention from her food, "With you, you carry the Hyuuga bloodline. Today, it will be on display for Konoha to see."
I'm more than a showcase.
Hinata waited for him to continue, but no words came after that. Hiyashi stood up and slowly left the room, leaving Hinata to her egg.
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She saw him. He was with the two other people she had seen before. One of them had purple face paint and carried something life-sized behind his back. The other was a girl with four blonde pig tails and a large fan.
Team 7 was arguing with the chuunin about which floor they were on, claiming they were in a genjutsu. Kiba was challenging Naruto while Shino watched their banter.
However, Neji was the one who caught her attention.
Tenten and Rock Lee were giving the other teams a brief once over but Neji stared impassively off into the distance, almost lost. Ino made her way over to Sakura with a smirk etched in her face and Chouji watched in amusement, munching on his potato chips.
Hinata smiled.
When this is over, I hope things will stay the same.
The room was cold and a soft humming noise from the ceiling droned on. All the genin were seated and the papers for the first part of the Chuunin Exams were being passed throughout the room. To the left, chuunin were watching them if the case of cheating ever took place.
But it was hard for Hinata to take it all in when everything but the hyped up boy next to her faded away. Seated to her left was her childhood crush, Naruto. Blushing, Hinata failed to notice that their instructor, Ibiki, had already given them the okay to start. However, when she saw the worried look on Naruto's face, she glanced down at her own paper.
Right away, it was apparent to her that the test was of a jounin's level. But, she wasn't demoralized seeing as her father taught lessons to her at the mere age of five. Taking her time, she finished the test of nine questions in half the time given. Naruto, however, seemed a little anxious in his seat.
Mustering what courage she had, she whispered, "N-naruto, h-here."
She shifted the paper toward Naruto and for a moment, he looked like he was willing to take it. But that moment didn't last long, and a new determination filled his eyes.
"Thanks, Hinata." The blonde haired boy grinned. "But, I can do this."
A warm feeling rushed into her and she quickly nodded, turning back to her own paper, so he couldn't see her blush. Naruto had the determination that she didn't have, and the way he carried himself only made her want it more.
"You passed the test."
There was silence which was shortly followed by confusion. Murmurs floated above the classrooms as Ibiki waited for them to quiet down.
"You're probably all wondering about the tenth question." He said, "I wanted to see if you could stay long enough to find that the tenth question was the one you already answered by staying here. You were willing to put everything at stake for this one shot and that's what being a ninja is. After all, we won't live long enough for the time to start doubting ourselves."
Naruto suddenly broke out into a grin, as if he had planned for this all along. Suddenly, there was a loud crash from the side and shards from the glass window on the side went flying. A figure followed after and a lady with purple hair appeared with a huge grin planted on her face.
"Looks like you didn't get rid of too many of the genin." She smirked, "I'll just have to fix that. Follow me."
The startled genin followed her outside of the room leaving Hinata behind. She quickly scurried to Naruto's desk to find his test paper empty of answers. Giggling, she went to catch up with the other genin.
He hasn't changed at all.
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That was just a filler to get things moving along. Sorry I haven't updated in so long
