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Naruto – Chapter 8
The Chunin Exams Begin! All Nine Rookies Face Off!
A day was left before the official start of the Chunin Exams so Toshirama decided to use this day as his last R&R knowing the exams would take quite a while to complete as he learned from Kakashi.
The young man decided to do a number of things today the most basic being to restock his supplies and check up on his teammates.
He made a quick run to the local ninja tool shop and stocked on most of his other essential tools in his arsenal: kunai, shuriken and explosive tags. There was however one new tool he wanted to test with…
"Excuse me. Do you have any Bomb balls at all?" Toshirama asked the clerk. "Actually we do, they cost a bit though about 300 ryo each, how many do you need?" The female clerk asked.
With all the money he'd saved from all the previous missions before he now had well over 35,000 ryo at the current time so a little splurge for new equipment was quite possible now.
"I'll take three on top of the restock please." Toshirama answered. With that request the clerk gave the boy all his equipment and handed the boy a scroll.
"Huh, what's the scroll for?" Toshirama inquired. "Oh, since you don't have enough space in your bags for all your tools this scroll carries your new Bomb balls in them, to use them simply unfurl the scroll and it'll bring one of them out for you." The clerk explained
"Oh, I see thank you." Toshirama replied as he paid the clerk and left now on his way to another shop where he knew he could quality weapons and tools.
Ten- Ten Weapon Shop
Entering the same shop he'd been in only a few a few months ago he saw Tenten at the register reading to herself as she turned when she heard someone enter the shop.
"Welcome… Toshirama is that you?" Tenten asked. "Yep, I know its been awhile but I'm trying to stock up for the Chunin Exams coming up tomorrow, you know last-minute prep and all that." Toshirama answered.
"I can understand, but I'm more than ready this year and just a fair warning for you and your team, we may be fellow Leaf ninja, but in those exams its anyone's game so be careful." Tenten warned the boy.
"Huh, right back at you. But anyway, I'm curious though do you guys sell Fūma shuriken here?" Toshirama inquired.
"Yeah we actually do, what kind are you looking for, we have foldable and straight-edged variants of them for sale in our shop, although for starters the foldable type is much easier to handle, and you can seal it away to for repeated use." Tenten explained.
"I remember my friend had one of those, but we lost it during a mission we had, so how much for a foldable Fūma shuriken?" Toshirama inquired once more.
"Well since we've got a sale on ninja tools due to the Chunin Exams going on, you can purchase one for 4,000 ryo at the current price." Tenten informed him.
Toshirama looked on in shock after hearing the price; the saver in him told him not to purchase the tool, but something inside him told him he would need all the help he could use so he took a chance and bought the shuriken.
"Alright, here you go." Toshirama replied as he handed Tenten the money. She then sealed the shuriken away in a blue scroll for safekeeping.
"Here you are, and good luck you'll need it." Tenten teased the boy as he left, Toshirama simply turned and carried a confident smirk on his face.
As the day dragged on Toshirama found himself in the local park finding a quiet place underneath a tree he decided to lay down and take a nap for a while before heading home.
After only what seemed to be like hours, was only a few minutes until Toshirama was awoken by someone's voice, "Toshirama?" The boy woke up to see Ino Yamanaka looking at him, she was carrying several bouquets of flowers in her arms as the two stared at each other.
Toshirama rubbed his eyes as he said, "Ino is that you?" Toshirama rose from his small slumber and walked over to her. "What are you doing out, it's the day before the Exams I thought you'd be home by now?"
"Well yeah, but my dad wanted me to make a last-minute delivery for a customer so that's why I'm here, I saw you snoozing and thought I might say hi." Ino answered.
"Oh well, I've got nothing else to do so I'll help you, so what do you have left to take on?" Toshirama insisted. Ino blushed at the sudden help from the boy.
"N-no, that's not necessary I can do this…" Was all Ino said while Toshirama then took some of the bouquets from her grasp.
"Like I said, I insist so where to?" Toshirama said with a smile now on his face. Ino relented carrying a smile of her own, then realizing something…
Ino's Inner Mind
"Wait, this is my chance. Sakura's not around and I get Toshirama all to myself. Take that, Billboard Brow!"
Real World
"Hello? Earth to Ino? Where are we going?" Toshirama called out to the blonde as she fell out of her inner stupor.
"Oh, um were going to a few other houses just east of here so let's go!" With that Ino took hold of Toshirama's hand as the two walked throughout town making the deliveries.
It didn't take long as there were only a few more to finish and the two teens began walking back to the Yamanaka Flower Shop.
As they were walking Ino took her chance to talk with the young man, "So, Toshirama how's your team been, I'm sure with Sakura and Naruto it can hard, but I know with you and Sasuke, you guys have to pull all the leg work, don't you?"
Toshirama was used to this kind of talk from Ino since there Academy days, he would normally get mad, but he'd learn to calm himself.
"There not bothers, in fact there all very precious to me and the rest of the team." Toshirama answered. Ino was surprised by the reply thinking the boy would agree with her even just a little.
"Although, Naruto can still be a knucklehead a lot of the time. He's been improving quite a lot actually. So, he's well on his way to making his dream." Toshirama continued.
"You mean that same thing he keeps on promising, that he'll be Hokage one day and all that, please no way." Ino replied a deriding tone in her voice.
"I think he can, don't sell out Naruto so easily, he may be an airhead every once in a while, but when it comes down to it, he'll do it one day." Toshirama replied simply with a smile on his face showing his support for Naruto.
Ino was quite shocked at Toshirama's reply for the longest time she thought with Toshirama at the top of their class that Toshirama would think of Naruto just like Sasuke did, but here she was hearing it from the horse's mouth.
"Your really defensive of Naruto, why is that?" Ino inquired. Toshirama replied, "It's because, he's like a brother to me, really if it weren't for him, I don't think I'd be who I am today."
Ino couldn't help but be surprised by the boy's response, never in her wildest thoughts would she hear something like that from Toshirama, of all people to be sure. Ino looked on at the boy as she say him walking off to a flower patch nearby and joined him.
"Hey Ino, you've always been the one whose good at this, what kind of flower do you think reminds you of me?" Toshirama asked the Yamanaka, who now had a light blush on her face.
The two looked in the patch as she saw a white Anemone flower in the midst of the patch and handed it to the boy, "This is what's called an Anemone, it symbolizes those who're sincere and honest, really it kind of reminds me of you."
Toshirama looked at the flower in Ino's and reached out to her only for her to suddenly be grabbed from behind and whisked away by an enemy ninja and taken hostage.
"Ha-ha-ha, you call yourselves ninja, pathetic!" A Rain ninja suddenly appeared, cackling as he took Ino away.
"Hey, who're you and what're you doing here?!" Toshirama yelled as he stared down the ninja.
"Like I'd tell a snot-nosed brat like you, if you want this girl come and get her, ha-ha-ha-ha!" The rain ninja then ran off as Toshirama gave pursuit.
The chased continued as both jumped from branch to branch either trying to escape or catch up, the ninja then threw some kunai and shuriken forcing Toshirama to either deflect them or avoid as best he could.
With that small window the enemy escaped, but Toshirama followed their trail and found that Ino was now tied to a tree with her mouth covered.
"Stay right there brat or this kunoichi gets it." The ninja said making Toshirama stop in his tracks.
"Ha, so simple and you want to the Chunin Exams, you'll be destroyed, you two don't have what it takes to make the harsh choices." The rain ninja began to ramble as Toshirama continued to scowl at the man.
His sight shifted to Ino who looked over to her fellow Leaf genin and without the enemy looking winked at Toshirama that she had something in mind.
Toshirama slightly nodded, just enough so that Ino could notice, "So what do you know about us, you've got a lot of nerve to just come in here and kidnap someone what're you gonna do now?"
"Ha-ha-ha, fools you're still so headstrong you'll never succeed with your attitudes!" The ninja taunted as Toshirama now had a smirk on his face.
To the surprise of the Rain ninja Toshirama started giggling which angered him, "Guh, what are you laughing at I'm about to kill this girl and your standing there laughing like a dummy."
"Whose the real dummy, I only see two; you and the one made of flowers filled with paper bombs!" Toshirama said as the Rain ninja turned to see where Ino last was to see a straw dummy with a bouquet of flowers attached with paper bombs.
The ensuing explosion forced the enemy ninja to dodged for his life as he looked around when he suddenly was almost pelted with kunai and shuriken still dodging for his life.
The smoke cleared as he looked up to see Ino safe in the tree in the arms of Toshirama, "See what I mean, 'dummy'?"
"Oh, Toshirama you can be so cool!" Ino swooned at the boy as she looked at him with a blush.
"What, the clone jutsu, but how?" The ninja said in anger.
"While you were distracted by me, Ino made a clone of herself with that dummy and I left the paper bombs with one of my own clones I had made from while you weren't paying attention." Toshirama explained.
"Tch, you may have gotten away, but mark my words the Chunin Exams will be hell for you two!" The Rain ninja said as he escaped into the distance.
"Hey, wait!" Ino said until Toshirama stopped her. "Ino, don't its too dangerous, he caught us off guard before so he might have left traps to cover his escape, don't worry though he's learned his lesson."
Ino couldn't help but carry a small blush as she looked on at Toshirama in amazement for his bravery to rescue her.
"Well I think that's enough excitement for one day, I think we should head home the exams are starting tomorrow so we need to get as much rest as we can. See you tomorrow Ino!" With that Toshirama left for his apartment as Ino did the same the two waving each other off.
The Next Day – In Front of the Leaf Ninja Academy
The three boys of Squad 7 were waiting outside the academy when they finally caught sight of Sakura, who was surprisingly late for the first time as she had never been so before.
"Sakura, your late." Naruto said as he greeted the pink-haired kunoichi. "Uh, right sorry about that." She replied
Sakura then seemed to stare off at Sasuke with a look of worry, that Sasuke caught onto. Trying to not seem so awkward Sakura replied, "Good morning, Sasuke."
"Yeah." He said, but on the inside, "What's up with her, she's different?"
"Sakura, are you okay you seem out of it?" Toshirama said with slight concern in his voice. "I'm fine its okay, let's just head inside now." Sakura replied
With that the four of them went inside the Academy as they entered the second floor something seemed… off about the place, their minds were drawn away to a commotion up ahead with a gathering of some genin.
"Hah, your taking the Chunin Exams, but you can't even get past us?" A young genin replied who was carrying two swords on his back.
"Why don't you give up now before you get hurt." The other one who wore a bandana with the Leaf crest on it said in turn.
"Yeah, I think I hear your mommy calling you." The one with the swords said.
"Please, let us through we're supposed to go in there." That voice was recognizable to Toshirama.
"Tenten?" He said to himself as his group made its way to the front. It was there they saw Tenten get slapped away.
"Man, that's harsh." A genin could be heard saying. "Did you say harsh, please we're being nice by comparison, these exams make this look like a picnic." The boy with the tan said.
"Some of you won't survive the test, others of you will be wrecked for life and some of you will go crazy." The one with the bandana said telling tales of the exam.
For a Chunin, its always life and death, its up to you to make tough decisions and of you can't you and your squad we'll be dead." The one with the tan said giving his own grim view.
"We're just thinning out the hear, you chumps won't make it past." The one with the bandana said.
"Sasuke, you feel it right?" Toshirama said to his raven-haired teammate, "Yeah, just as we reached the second floor."
"Nice spiel. Now get out our way please." Toshirama said now being serious. "Yeah, like he said and reverse that stupid genjutsu, this is the second floor, not the third." Sasuke said.
"Hah, so you noticed the genjutsu, huh?" One of the genin said as Toshirama turned to Sakura, "Well Sakura, you noticed the genjutsu before any of us, right?"
The kunoichi turned to the white-haired boy and with a soft smile, then she turned and replied with resolve, "It was obvious like he said, were going to Room 301 on the third floor, this is the second floor."
With that declaration the genjutsu revered showing the sign showing 201 instead of 301 from before. All the genin in the hall were stunned they didn't see through such a simple trick.
"Well, aren't you the smart ones, you saw through the illusion, now let's see you deal with this!" The sword wielding genin from before then went to attack Sasuke, the two almost collided if not for a young man grabbing the pairs legs to stop them.
"How's he that fast, if he's that quick he should've gotten out of the way from before, is it chakra or just his own speed?" Toshirama thought to himself as he watched the boy hold back both Sasuke and the genin.
He wore a bowl-cut with black hair wearing a green spandex suit and orange leg warmers.
Toshirama's thoughts were interrupted when one of Lee's teammates spoke up, "Hey, what happened to the plan, I thought you said to not let anyone see our power."
"I know but…" The boy said clearly upset at himself. "Never mind, forget about it, that plans done and over with." Tenten said.
"Huh, Tenten, is that you?" Toshirama said to the girl as she turned around to meet eyes with the boy.
"Well, well, well; I knew you'd be here, thought you would've run off after my little warning." Tenten teased.
"Hah, please I just wanted you feel safe that was all, besides that display from before is a testament to anything this'll be easy." Toshirama countered the girl now with a slight scowl on her look.
As the two talked, the boy from before suddenly walked up to Sakura and introduced himself, "My name is Rock Lee, you are Sakura, right?"
All Sakura could say was, "Huh?" Clearly confused at the boy's forwardness. "Please be my girlfriend, I vow to protect you with my life." Lee said with a smile on his face and a thumbs-up.
Now weirded out the Nth degree all Sakura could say was, "Definitely… not." Lee was shocked, "Why?"
"Because you're a weirdo." Sakura said plainly with the boy now depressed. All Naruto could do was laugh at the boy's misfortune.
Then Lee's other two teammates walked up as one then asked, "Hey, you two, the one named Toshirama and you the one with the black hair."
Naruto looked on as he noticed he was being ignored again, "Grr, again its always about Sasuke and big bro!"
"Hey, you may know my name, but it's at least common courtesy to introduce yourself first." Toshirama said to the boy dressed in white jacket and black headband adorned with straps.
"You're both rookies, aren't you? How old are you two anyway?" He continued to ask. "We're not obliged to answer." Sasuke answered.
"What?" The boy said incredulously. Tenten could only giggle in amusement watching the scene before her.
The white- and raven-haired boys then walked back to their team, but not without looking at both Naruto and Lee, both weeping away their issues at hand.
"A weirdo?" Lee said while wallowing in his pity of being rejected. Next to him Naruto to did the same, "Ugh, no one wants to know my name."
"Hey, Naruto, Sasuke, Toshirama. Let's go, come on." Sakura spoke up as she took the first two and Toshirama walked up behind them continuing on to the third floor.
"So this is the Chunin Exams, huh? This is going to be very interesting, indeed." Toshirama thought to himself. Toshirama's thoughts went to the various challengers he'd met so far.
The group were on track to make it ahead of time until a very recognizable voice spoke up, "You with the attitude, hold on!"
Team 7 all turned up to the banister to see Lee staring down at them. Sakura immediately panicked at the sight of the young man, while Naruto was now slightly curious.
Toshirama kept up his stoic face, not wanting to show any emotion in front of a potential competitor. Sasuke on the other hand spoke up asking, "What do you want?"
"I want to fight, right here, right now." Lee proclaimed. "You want to fight me, here and now?" Sasuke inquired.
"Yes." Lee said as he then jumped down to their level. "My name is Rock Lee, you said it was common courtesy to give your own name first, right? Sasuke Uchiha." Lee properly introduced himself.
"Everyone has always said that the Uchiha clan as the best of the best, I want to see if it is true, and also…" Lee said as he entered a combat stance, he then turned his attention to Sakura as a blush appeared on his face.
Sakura quivered in fear of the boy's weird look was shocked when she then heard him say, "Oh Sakura, I love you!"
"No, those eyebrows can't be real, NOOOO! Your hairstyle is terrible too and those eyebrows are so bushy, you're such a weirdo!" She screamed in hopes of driving him off.
"You are an angel sent from heaven." Lee said as if ignoring all she just said about him. He then sent a barrage of valentines her way as she then began to dodge them as if her life depended on it.
"Hey, keep your creepy little valentine's to yourself, I was dodging for my life back there!" Sakura said in anger as she clenched her fists.
"You did not have to be so mean." Lee said in a lowered tone.
"You've heard of the Uchiha clan, yet your challenging me. You must be even more psycho then you look. Fine, I'll show you… the hard way." Sasuke spoke as the two now stared each other down once more.
"Hmph, being it on." Lee said as he readied himself once more. "Hold on!" Naruto then declared, "Let me have this guy, he's mine."
"Naruto!" Sakura said. "Knock yourself out." Sasuke relented. "No thank you, the only I want to fight is Uchiha." Lee clarified.
"Yeah! Well I've got news for you, Sasuke can't compare to me, believe it!" Naruto declared as he then ran toward Lee full speed.
Naruto attempted to go for a punch, but Lee just batted it away as if it were nothing. Naruto regained his balance and tried for an overhead kick, but all Lee did was knock Naruto away in one kick.
"Leaf Whirlwind!" With one kick he sent Naruto spinning like a top toward the wall, knocking the boy out-cold.
"That's either a lot of chakra he's putting in his body or that's just his raw strength, but which is it?" Toshirama thought to himself as he continued to watch and sense out Lee's chakra and movements.
The tension continued as Toshirama then drowned out nearly everything around and just focused on the fight that was to come.
Sasuke began by charging at Lee just as Naruto did and tried to deliver a punch but Lee was fast and dodged and then in what seemed like the same moment got behind Sasuke.
"Leaf Hurricane!" Lee then delivered a quick kick, he quickly recovered and sent another kick towards Sasuke, not fast enough Sasuke attempted to block the incoming kick only for the kick to connect and knock Sasuke away onto his back.
"His guard was up, but Lee just went through it, did he find a hole, or did he overpower Sasuke somehow?" Toshirama continued his thoughts as he watched the fight go on.
The Uchiha recovered and it was then he activated his Sharingan, knowing if once and for all if Lee was using some sort of trick such as ninjutsu or genjutsu.
If this were to change anything it didn't as during the fight, Lee got in another good kick as this one sent Sasuke up in the air, Lee know right behind the Uchiha.
"That's the Dancing Leaf Shadow!" Toshirama recognized the move, but it could only mean one thing about Lee…
The bandages around Lee's arms then began to wrap around Sasuke until a fan was seen pinning down one of the wraps.
Everyone turned in the direction of the thrown item to find a red tortoise wearing a Leaf headband, "Alright Lee, that's enough.!
Lee and Sasuke then fell to the ground, Lee landed alright but Sasuke was on his way towards crashing Toshirama quickly moved as he caught his teammate, saving him from the fall.
"Alrighty then, had your fun can we go now?" Toshirama said to Sasuke as the boy simply batted away his teammate and let out an annoyed grunt in response.
"All right then, Mr. Brooding your welcome." Toshirama said as they now witnessed the scene before them of the tortoise now chastising Lee for almost using a forbidden technique.
"Now then prepare yourself for your punishment. Come out, Guy-sensei!" A large puff of smoke appeared and then a man dressed just as similarly to Lee appeared wearing a green flak vest and a red headband.
"Hey, everybody, how are you all doing! Life treating you good?" Guy said as everyone was now in complete shock and disbelief at the sight before them.
"He's got the biggest eyebrows I've ever seen; they're almost alive!" Naruto shouted as everyone could not ignore such an obvious fact.
"So that's where Lee get its from. That same soup-bowl haircut and even bushier eyebrows!" Naruto began to realize why Lee was dressed the way he is, but now it was Lee's turn to be angry as she would not let anyone insult his sensei.
"Hey! Do not insult Guy-sensei, he is one of the greatest men in the world!" Lee screamed. "Oh, I'm sorry I was paying attention enough of his greatness to notice he came crawling out of turtle!" Naruto screamed just as loudly.
"He did not crawl out!" Lee countered. "Give it a rest Lee." Guy said to his student as Lee then turned and quieted himself.
"Now then for your punishment! You little fool!" Guy bellowed as he delivered a strong punch to the boy's face knocking him back.
Everyone was now in total shock at the level of such a punishment as not even Kakashi went that far, if ever.
The two jumpsuit-cladded duo then shared a heart-to-heart moment that no one in Team 7 payed attention to as they were still in shock over the creepiest duo of ninja they'd ever seen before.
"Sasuke, lost to this kid, what's the world coming to?" Toshirama thought to himself as he watched the scene before him.
The group then noticed Guy looking back at them all. Sakura was the first to notice, "Guh, no he's looking at us!"
"Tell me, how is Kakashi these days?" Guy asked the group. "You sound like you know him?" Toshirama asked curious as to why this man of people would care about a lay, closet perv like Kakashi Hatake.
"Do I know Kakashi? Well, people say he and I are archrivals for all eternity." Guy answered.
"There's just no way?!" Sakura and Naruto both shouted in disbelief. "Now I know why Tenten said to avoid this guy, he's insane." Toshirama thought to himself as listened to the man's explanation of his relationship with Kakashi
"How dare you, if Guy-sensei says it is true them…" Lee began to speak up until Guy stopped him again.
Let it slide Lee. A ninja's action speaks louder than words." All of a sudden Guy was gone and then appeared the four genin.
He spoke up, "My record is 50 wins and 49 losses… which is one better than his by the way."
Everyone was surprised, "What, no way? How'd he beat Kakashi?!" Naruto exclaimed in confusion.
"Better one is, how Kakashi could keep up with him?" Toshirama let out his own confusion as well.
"The fact is I'm stronger than Kakashi." Guy proclaimed. "And faster."
"The fact remains though that Kakashi's beaten him before but how though, is this man even human?" Toshirama thought to himself as Guy apologized for the actions of his student.
The duo left with Lee telling Sasuke that to him their fight was nothing, but practice which very much rubbed the "last of the Uchiha" the wrong way.
"Hmm, how about that, seems the Uchiha's aren't s great as everyone thinks?" Naruto said in a very deriding tone.
Anger flowed through Sasuke as he responded, "Just shut up, next time I'll drive him to his knees."
"Yeah right, who just got his butt kicked?" Naruto continued. Sakura having enough said, "Naruto, cut it out!"
Naruto then reminded them, "You all say it right when Lee took off that tape?" Everyone then remembered back to when Lee first took off his training tape, all the bruising he'd carried showing signs of the struggles of his training.
"I bet that old Bushy-brow has been training until he drops, day in and day out. He trains harder than you." Naruto explained.
"Fine." Was all Sasuke said as he gained the attention of his team. "This thing's getting interesting, the Chunin Exams, can't wait to see what happens."
"Got that right" Toshirama said in reply. "Yeah." Came Naruto's reply. Sakura had a look of resolve as the group left for Room 301 after the recent mess of a fight.
They say the entrance to the room and saw Kakashi waiting for them. "Glad you came Sakura, for your sake, and the others." He began by saying.
"Now you can formally register for the Chunin Exams." Kakashi stated. "Why, what do you mean?" Sakura inquired.
"You see only groups of three or in your cases a group of four are only allowed to participate if ALL members are present and accounted for and no is left behind." Kakashi began to explain.
"But sensei, you said that this was all voluntary, making this decision, right?" Sakura sked for clarification. "Well, yes and no. It's an individual decision, but it affects all of you. I told you that, so that the others wouldn't pressure you into a decision." Kakashi continued.
Sakura then looked to her three teammates as they all nodded in agreement. "Also I didn't want you to feel like you were obligated to join, because of any feelings you may have for Toshirama, Sasuke or Naruto." Kakashi said as he explained the second part of his reason.\
"I wanted you to come to your decision of your own free will." Kakashi finished with that. "So you mean to say if I hadn't come then…" Sakura began to say as Kakashi finished for her, "None of you would be participating, it would've been the end of the line."
"But that doesn't matter, you're all here and for the right reasons. Sakura. Naruto. Sasuke. And Toshirama. I'm proud of you all." The jonin said with an eye-smile. "I could never ask for a better team."
With that Kakashi stepped away from the door and allowed them to pass. With that the group of four entered the room and when they came inside, they noticed a large crowd of other genin in the room from all different villages all of them staring back at them.
The four immediately felt a sense of nervousness rush over them as they felt the eyes of almost everyone falling over them.
All of a sudden, a voice could be heard, "Toshirama, where have you been?" Everyone turned to the source only to find Ino clinging onto Toshirama like a doll she refused to let go of.
"Boy, you have no idea I was waiting for you to show up. After yesterday, all I could think about was how your white hair reminded me of an Anemone." Ino said as she stubbornly clung on.
Sakura annoyed at her rivals over-affectionate actions she said, "Hey porker, back off, can't you see that Toshirama is uncomfortable with you on him?"
"Miss Forehead, they let you in? Still got those big frown line on your billboard brow I see." Ino taunted. "Leave my forehead out of it!" Sakura said in anger.
"Oh, its you guys." Another familiar voice could be heard. Everyone turned to see both Shikamaru and Choji, the rest of Team Asuma were altogether.
"I knew this was gonna be a drag, but I didn't expect it to be this lame." The lazy genius said in annoyance. "Hm, s the three stooges are all here." Naruto replied.
"Hey, you know what pipsqueak? Oh, forget it, you're a waste of time." Shikamaru stopped complaining as it was just to much for him to do.
"Sorry, forehead, but Toshirama's all mine." Ino replied as she still clung to the white-haired boy, while mocking Sakura.
"Well, well; looks like the whole gang is back together again." A new voice could be heard. Everyone turned to see a young man with a young pup on his head, with a young lady with beautiful white eyes and another boy wearing a large jacket covering a good part of his face.
"Oh hi, Naruto" The young girl replied. Naruto noticed her, which immediately led the girl to blush and look away.
This girl's name was Hinata Hyuga. She'd always been the quiet type but spoke up if she needed to. She was the heir to the Hyuga clan, one of the great clan's of the Hidden Leaf Village.
The one with the pup on his head was Kiba Inuzuka, he came from a family of trackers who raised ninken, specialized ninja animals as trackers and partners in combat.
The one wearing glasses and covering his face was Shino Aburame, many knew him as a quiet, but intelligent young man who was not afraid to voice his blunt opinions.
"You guys too, huh? Man everyone's here for this stupid thing." Shikamaru once again could be heard complaining as all his old classmates were now participating.
"Well, well; here we all are the ten rookies, this is gonna be fun. At least for those of us good enough to make the cut, right? Sasuke, Toshirama?" Kiba said in an arrogant tone.
"Kiba, last I remember I always beat you at simple taijutsu if that's still your skill level than this we'll be easy." Toshirama taunted the Inuzuka.
"Hah, so what I didn't have Akamaru then, but now things have changed. Just you wait, were gonna blow you guys away." The Inuzuka replied as the pup let out a small yelp of support for its partner.
"What do you think we've been doing? Sitting around picking daisies. You don't know what training means!" Naruto replied to Kiba's confident remarks.
"Oh, don't mind Kiba. I'm sure he didn't mean anything by it." Hinata said as she nervously twiddled two of her fingers with a slight blush adorning her face. "Huh?" Naruto said having a hard time hearing Hinata.
"Oh just leave it Naruto, she just said not to worry that's all." Toshirama said to his little brother as Naruto just nodded his head in agreement.
It was then the white-haired boy meet eyes with Hinata himself, the two stared off at each other for a while. Hinata's blush still present for all to see. But when everyone turned to Toshirama they then witnessed something they'd never seen out of the boy before.
The boy had a growing blush on his face as she then tried to introduce himself and stop the awkward staring. Standing before the Hyuga heir, he awkwardly stared at her, while attempting to speak, "O-oh, hey Hinata, h-how are you?"
"What the heck?" Naruto thought to himself as he'd never seen Toshirama like this before EVER.
"What's with him all of sudden he's confident with Kiba, but he looks at her and he practically clams up?" Sasuke thought to himself as well with a slight look of surprise on his face.
"I've never seen that look before from Toshirama, does he… like her or something?" Sakura brought her own thoughts as she witnessed the scene before her.
"O-oh, I'm fine Toshirama, how are you?" Hinata replied. "I-I'm fine, nothing much really!" Toshirama suddenly spat out in nervousness, the suddenness of his statement then drove both to look away from each other.
Which led to everyone among the other nine rookies to think…
"WHAT THE HELL'S GOING ON!?" All other 9 rookies thought at the same time.
AN#1 – Yes, Yes. I can already hear it. "How dare you! Leave Hinata alone, she's for Naruto."
Please hear me out, I know the series has made it clear that these two do end up, but this is part of both an idea I have and I am very curious as to how I can make this a potentially good relationship for Hinata besides being paired with Naruto as I was inspired by another person's work on an OC x Hinata pairing they had made.
· The reason I'm adding Hinata is I'm trying to do what Kishimoto did but failed and that is to make a love-triangle between my character and two love interests this time its Sakura and Hinata both having feelings for Toshirama.
· My second reason is like I said I was inspired by another person's work on an OC they created they had paired with Hinata, so I'm using that as my inspiration. If your curious go to DeviantArt and look up "Okamiki Mizutaro x Hinata Hyuga" and you'll see my inspiration for my decision.
I hope that clears up any misconceptions and problems anyone has with my idea of potentially pairing Toshirama with Hinata in the future, and like I've said before though if you don't like the idea you don't have to support it, but please stay respectable is all I ask for.
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