Disclaimer: I do not own the Naruto Franchise that belongs solely to Masashi Kishimoto; I do not own Heavens lost Property, High School DxD or any other Anime I borrow themes from. The only thing I claim is my OC's and original Story Plot.
Authors Note (A/N): Hey everyone I'm back again with Chapter 1. Now their is a small mini arc that will span through chapters 1-4 and it will serve its purpose later on down the road in the story. Watch as a lot of drama and action unfolds in the next few chapters as some secrets come to light. So with that being said enjoy the chapter.
Chapter 1
The School Rumble of Assigning Team 7
Ring! Ring! Ring!
SMASH!
"That's another broken clock. That's the fourth one this month." Evangeline commented as she crawled out of Naruto's sleeping cap. "Well you insist that we should keep buying one. I say it's a waste of money." Naruto commented back with a yawn. "Morning Eva." Naruto mumbled out. "Morning Naru." Eva replied. Sitting up in bed Naruto had a drowsy look on his face as he rubbed the sand out of his eyes. Seeing the girls sleeping soundly next to him Naruto quietly exited the bed and went to the bathroom where he washed up and brushed his teeth. Putting on his normal attire which was his blue shirt and orange sleeveless hoody he went to the kitchen where he met up with Aria who was just entering.
"Morning Master." Aria said with a bow. She had on her normal attire with her witch hat on display. Shaking his head at his partner's antics Naruto started to gather items for breakfast. "Morning Aria, want to help me with breakfast?" Naruto asked. "It would be my pleasure." Aria quickly agreed.
After breakfast which was lively as usual with Chaos and Iris forcing Naruto to feed them with Naruto commenting on how he spoils them to much he began to gather his equipment for the day. "Alright I'm ready. I'll see you guys later. Stay out of trouble Iris and Chaos. Don't give Aria a hard time." Naruto said as he left the apartment with the girls giving Aria a mischievous look that caused the poor witch to gulp in fright.
Quickly making his way to the academy with no delays Naruto met up with Hinata at the front gate. After greeting each other they quickly started to make their way inside. "I really hope I end up on your team Hinata." Naruto commented. "Yeah just imaging the combos we could make Hinata." Eva commented as she drifted to Hinata's thick hoody. Hinata was one of the few people besides Naruto who she felt comfortable being next to. "Yeah I would hate to be separated form you both. I would miss the girl talks we would have and the little jokes and pranks you would pull Eva." Hinata commented with a giggle. "Yeah it would suck, but at the same time I'm pretty sure that our teams might do joint missions in the future so there's that and we could still train together on our own time." Naruto suggested as they made their way to their classroom. "Yeah your right. Whatever happens will be ok." Hinata said positively as they entered their classrooms.
The loud noise of preteens talking loudly filled the duos ears as they made their way inside. Some students noticed them including Shikamaru who lazily looked in their direction. "Hey guys. Naruto what are you doing here I thought you didn't pass?" The lazy genius asked. "Well you see this headband on my head Shikamaru that should answer your question." Naruto said with a chuckle as he sat down in the row below the shadow user. With Hinata sitting beside him and Choji and Shino sitting in the row above them the group of friends began to talk to each other. Hearing the sound of a stamped heading for the room Naruto and Shikamaru both sighed in unison. Entering the room in a cloud of commotion was Sakura and Ino. Struggling to get into the room while bumping shoulders with each other they finally got in by falling onto the ground. Picking themselves up they started to bicker over who stepped into the room first. When they saw that there was only one empty seat next to Sasuke the cause for their behavior they rushed over to the table fighting over who would sit in that seat.
"And that is why I lost respect for them." Naruto commented offhandedly while turning his head away from the embarrassing and self-degrading sight. "They are not giving Kunoichi good names." Hinata said with a disappointing frown. As a girl who was raised properly and strictly in the Hyūga clan the sight before her didn't sit right in her eyes. "Humans." Evangeline whispered. Tapping her jacket collar lightly Hinata frowned more. "Sorry, some humans." Eva rephrased her comment. Seeing the blond and pink haired girl still at it Evangeline got a devilish idea. Concentrating she focused in on the squabbling girls who were trying to push each other out the way. "Demonic Art: Winter Fairy Freeze Vision." Eva whispered. Feeling a stir in his chakra Naruto perked up just in time to see what was about to happen. Sakura and Ino who were trying to push passed each other suddenly stopped moving. Looking down at their hands which they were pushing against, they now couldn't pull them apart.
"Hey let go of my hand forehead!"
"No you let go Ino-pig!"
Trying to pull their hands apart the girls struggled. "What's going on how come I can't get loose?" Sakura yelled. Looking directly at Hinata but with his eyes darting down to her hoody Naruto turned away after seeing Eva's head poke out with a massive grin on her face. Barely keeping the smirk off of his own face he instead drew his attention back to Hinata who was giving him a look. She didn't know that it was Eva who was the culprit. Seeing the look Naruto shrugged his shoulders while sending a discreet look down to her jacket. While the others missed it Shikamaru didn't and he cracked open his eye a little wider than usual and started to pay attention.
Seeing someone who he did not want to talk to approach him Naruto let out another sigh. "So dead last what are you doing here? Last time I checked only those who graduated should be here." Kiba Inuzuka spoke up in a haughty tone as he came to stand in front of their desk. "And last time I checked Inuzuka dogs were not blind. I guess I'm a little slow on the uptake." Naruto commented lightly managing to insult both Kiba and himself at the same time to be fair. While Naruto also insulted the rest of Kiba's clan which he didn't have a problem with, he just chalked it up to collateral and said a silent apology in his head.
"What was that fishcake? I didn't quite hear you." Kiba asked with some bite in his tone. Twitching in annoyance at the interpretation of his name Naruto looked up at Kiba and showed his irritation in his eyes and next comment. "Oh and you're a deaf dog too, now that's not good. My, the only thing worst would be if you lost your sense of smell." Naruto said in an irritated tone while glaring at Kiba whose face was turning red in anger. "How dare you! You stupid blond. If you got jokes like that then how about we settled this right now!" Kiba barked out as he jumped on top of Naruto's section of the desk and stared him straight in the eyes. Tensing his muscles in preparation Naruto was about to make a comment when Hinata spoke up. "Now I think that is enough Kiba. Naruto you shouldn't egg him on like that." The indigo haired girl said in a disappointed tone directed at Naruto.
Feeling irritated Naruto glared at Kiba and leaned back in his seat refusing to look at either Kiba or Hinata. Turning to Hinata Kiba moved over so that he was perched up in front of her. "I was just stating fact. He failed; we all saw it. I don't know how he got a headband but it must have been a fluke. But enough of that. I was wondering if you were not busy after we get out then maybe I could take you out to eat." Kiba said arrogantly. Hinata backed up in her seat at how close Kiba had suddenly gotten to her. Their faces were a little too close for her.
By now everyone in class including Sakura and Ino who were still stuck together were now watching with interest what was happening. Fuki who was sitting in the top row and away from Naruto tuned in to see what was happening. Earlier she was contemplating tripping up Sakura and Ino when they passed by her after entering through the door on the second level of the class. Sasuke gave a mild interest to what was going on. Mostly to see how Naruto would react. Fuki was of the same mindset. It was no S-Rank secret that Naruto and Hinata were very close and he was overprotective of her. While it was obvious that she had a crush on him people were unsure if he had those same feelings. Sure rumors were always in abundance around the school about any and everything but the mystery behind their exact relationship has remained just that. A mystery.
Seeing Kiba so brazenly asked Hinata out right in front of his face set something off inside of Naruto. Reacting Naruto suddenly appeared where Kiba had just been squatting in a fast blur of motion. Kiba himself now found himself with a sore back laid out awkwardly on the steps next to their desk. "Sorry Kibbles but as you can see you are invading Hinata's space so please don't do that again." Naruto said in a clipped tone. It was the same tone he uses when in battle.
Now this had everyone on their toes. They had never seen Naruto move so fast before and the tone he used was not something any of the student have heard him use before; well almost any of them. Fuki completely started to openly stare at Naruto at this point. 'That tone.' She thought.
If Shikamaru was paying any type of attention before he was certainly paying attention now and that is what allowed him to see what was about to happen next. 'Uh-oh.'
The student in the row below Naruto and Hinata shifted in his seat after seeing Kiba thrown to the floor. He was trying to get a better angle of the drama going on but he unknowingly made even more. Accidentally bumping Naruto who was above him everything suddenly went in slow motion. The widening of both Naruto and Hinata's eyes let both of them know what was about to happen. The slower widening of everyone else's eyes was not too far behind.
Time completely froze as Naruto's lips landed cleanly on Hinata's. Their eyes which were nearly popping out of their sockets stared into each other's which was less than an inch apart. Bracing himself with his hands against Hinata's shoulders and a quick but subtle use of his chakra at the bottom of his feet stopped Naruto from completely falling on top of Hinata and hurting her. The room was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop. 'Oh my god I'm kissing Hinata! She's my best friend I'm not supposed to be doing this! But why…why does it not feel like a bad thing? Why does it not feel wrong? Why does it feel right?' Naruto thought in a daze. His mind was clouded over in a haze of confusion and a mangled up knot of conflicting emotions.
'Naruto's kissing me! He's kissing me! He's kissing me! What do I do? Should I stop him?' Hinata thought in her mind as she was panicking but to her credit she didn't pass out like expected. Slowly moving away from Hinata Naruto's face was burning with a blush so bright that it was contrasting with his blue eyes. His heart was racing and it felt like it would break out of his chest. Hinata to her credit again was still conscious but barely and she had managed to beat out all of her previous blushes over the years by a mile with the one on her face right now. Breathing heavily she tried to speak but nothing would come out. Naruto was trying the same thing but oddly enough his throat was dry and no words were forming as much as he wanted them too but as he thought about it he realized that his mind was drawing blank to respond to what just happened.
Shock. Pain. Happiness. These were the three most prominent emotions running through Evangeline right now in that order form largest to smallest with happiness taking last place. The total shock of seeing her lifelong friend and as they affectionately call each other their other half kiss Hinata left Evangeline speechless. One hundred percent speechless. That was the most prominent emotion running through the winter fairy's body right now. The next was pain and a lot of it. A pain entered Eva's heart and it hurt a lot. Somehow seeing Naruto kiss Hinata hurt Eva and she couldn't figure out why especially not in this very moment. All she knows is that it hurts very much. The last is a small pang of happiness. She has known about the crush Hinata's had on Naruto for years now. Over time Evangeline and Hinata have become very close, almost like sisters and just like with Naruto Evangeline have told Hinata everything about her and they have bonded in a way that Naruto wouldn't be able to replicate or understand.
While naturally very possessive and overprotective of Naruto because of her nature as a demon Evangeline never particularly minded Hinata getting close to Naruto or the feelings she had for him but again over time that changed slightly. With her age also came side effects. Her instincts over the years have started to leak through. Because Evangeline is domesticated in a sense because she's spent most of her life by Naruto she doesn't have the same instincts or habits that a normal demon would have but with time they have leaked through and it has caused her to have a slight change in opinion about her best friend's attraction to her host. The matter was then further complicated when Henrietta started to show an interest in Naruto. Like before Evangeline was indifferent about Henrietta's interest in Naruto but her instincts which have been silently building over the years have made it hard to ignore. Then when you add Aria who has a deep devotion and a slight infatuation with Naruto and Evangeline has found it very hard to ignore the building threats to her position with Naruto. It only made it worse that when Naruto pulled away from Hinata their eyes met and he saw her shocked face.
The slight happiness that she is feeling is because she is happy to see Hinata who is her first female friend and best friend at that get closer to her crush and take such a big step. But it's causing her pain in this moment. "Naruto you damn jerk!" Kiba growled out as he slowly made his way to his feet. A heated glare was on his face as he stared down his rival.
This was the scene Iruka and Anko walked in on. 'What the? The rooms actually quiet for once what could have caused this?' Iruka though as he limped in on his crutch. The doctor said he could get rid of it in two weeks' time. Taking in the scene Iruka spotted Naruto squatting on the desk in front of Hinata and the atmosphere around them was very thick. Anko on the other hand who had a Dango stick in her hand dropped in in shock. 'No way, don't tell me. Did they kiss? Oh my god this is just like that scene in Icha Icha School Rumble!' Anko thought with a girlish squeal that was out of character for her.
"Um what's going on?" Iruka called out breaking the tense atmosphere that settled down on the class. Breaking out of his shock Naruto leaped into his chair and straightened up. "Nothing Iruka Sensei, nothing's going on." Naruto said in a fast tone. He said it so fast that it was almost hard for Iruka to make out. "Nothing happened? Nothing happened! You damn blond I'll get you for this!" Kiba yelled as he was about to jump at Naruto who was not in any state of mind to fight back. Seeing this as her queue to step in Anko suddenly appeared besides Kiba who was now a few feet off the ground and grabbed him by the collar of his shirt. "Ok that's enough Kiba, now take your seat." Anko said. "What no way. That blond idiot is going to pay for humiliating me like that!" Kiba yelled as he flailed around in Anko's grasp.
"Yeah, yeah whatever. Listen do I need to feed you to one of my snakes for you to get the message. Take your seat." Anko said offhandedly although her tone did change to be more commanding near the end. Relenting with a lot of reluctance Kiba marched off to his seat. This whole exchange was missed by Naruto who was still in a daze. Even Hinata missed it too as she was in her own little world.
"Ok now that I have your attention let us begin." Iruka said as he gave a long speech in which he recapped some of the most memorable moments during this class's time in the academy since they first enrolled up until they graduated. He spoke of many great times that they all shared. He also recapped some of the most important studies and things that they learned during their time in his class. With that out of the way he got on to the main event.
"Alright class I will now announce what which student will be on which team." Iruka called out gaining everyone's attention. By this point in time both Hinata and Naruto had snapped out of their dazes and where now paying full attention to Iruka; although they made sure not to look in each other's direction.
"Ok Team 1 will consist of…" Iruka began as he called out three students names and also called out the Jōnin instructor that would form this point on oversee their training as Genin. This consistent listing went on 4 more times and then Iruka reached team 6.
"Ok then Team 6 will consist of Kasumi Fujioka, Ami Yasui, and Fuki Kawata." Hearing her named called Fuki looked up and she spotted Naruto discreetly sending her a look. Returning the look she faced forward again. "Your Jōnin instructor will be Anko Mitarashi." Iruka called out. Shocked by this Naruto looked up at Anko who had a grin on her face but it was the type of grin that had a hidden meaning to it. [I'll tell you later] Was hidden in her grin. Understanding what his friend was telling him Naruto backed down and was prepared to relax some more but then Iruka said something that got his attention.
"Ok now Team 7 will consist of Naruto Uzumaki…" Hearing this Naruto perked up completely. For a brief moment forgetting what happened earlier. "…Sakura Haruno…" Hearing this Sakura put her head down on the desk with a loud groan. Naruto pinched the bridge of his nose and sighed dejectedly "…and Sasuke Uchiha." Hearing this Sakura suddenly shot up and cheered loudly while turning to Ino who she was still stuck holding hands with and taunted her about being on Sasuke's team. With that being said Naruto now felt a slight pang of pain in his heart. Looking over at Hinata for the first time in twenty minutes he could see that she had as distressed look on her face as well. "Your Jōnin instructor will be Kakashi Hatake." Iruka called out ignoring all of the background commentary and actions.
"Now then Team 8 will consist of Hinata Hyūga…" Perking up Hinata listened in. "… Shino Aburame…" A slight tilt of his head in Hinata's direction was all Shino gave. Naruto let out a sigh but was internally grateful that Hinata would have someone like Shino on her team to back her up. Even though the two don't talk much do to Shino's reserved and quite nature the two actually get along really well and Naruto respects Shino a lot and trust that he can look out for Hinata. These positive thoughts were reassuring to Naruto and helped ease him of all the drama that unfolded earlier but his happy bubble was about to burst. "… and Kiba Inuzuka."
Upon hearing those words everyone in the class zoomed in on Naruto, Kiba, and Hinata to see their reaction. Naruto froze in his spot and Hinata had a surprised look on her face. Kiba was surprised as well but slowly a smirk crawled onto his face. "Your Jōnin instructor will be Kurenai Yūhi." Feeling confident Kiba had a remark ready. "HA! Would you look at that? What was that about being too close to Hinata now Naruto?" Kiba asked. His taunt seemed to have worked as Naruto clenched his fist and grit his teeth. Looking like he was going to say something else Iruka cut in.
"Ah hem! Anyways since Team 9 is still in circulation from last year's roster we will go on to Team 10 now which will consist of Ino Yamanaka, Choji Akamichi, and Shikamaru Nara. Your Jōnin instructor will be Asuma Sarutobi." Iruka called out. Choji's reaction was to continue munching on his potato chips. Shikamaru moaned and placed his head back on his desk and Ino whined that she would not be on Sasuke's team and she cursed Sakura for that.
"Now that is all. I congratulate all of you for making it this far. You have done exceptionally well. Now I have only a little bit of parting words for you all." Iruka said and when he was sure he had everyone's attention he continued. "Never forget that the Will of Fire illuminates us all and we must do everything in our power to protect our village and the people who live inside of it; and finally never forget your comrades. It was one of the basis on which our village was founded on. We are stronger when we work together." Iruka preached but he said his last sentence in a slightly different tone however it was so slight that no one picked it up. Naruto was still trying to calm himself down so while he heard what Iruka said he didn't register anything else in his mind at the time.
"Now then your Jōnin sensei's will be by soon to pick you up so that they can introduce themselves to you all. That is it now. It's been a real pleasure teaching you all that you know now and seeing you graduate however as I say this to you now I am no longer your teacher but your superior officer and my first order to you all is this. Serve the Village with all your heart and always watch each other's backs out there in the field. That is all." Iruka said in a commanding tone and a hard look on his face.
"Sir yes sir!" The entire class shouted out as everyone sat up straight in their seats and stared directly into Iruka's eyes with a burning passion in their eyes. Each student had as different passion in their eyes but the one thing that was the same with them all was that they were going to succeed in their goals. Seeing this with his own eyes a truly proud look entered Iruka's eyes and a proud smile made its way onto his face. Not saying anything else he bowed the best he could with his crutch and then walked out of the room with his head held high not saying a word. All the students tracked his every movement with their eyes giving him the final bit of respect that each of them felt he deserved until he completely left the classroom.
Once Iruka left the class was deathly quiet for a moment as everyone was still stiff form a moment ago. But that was until the silence was broken by Anko. "So what happen before I got here?" She asked out of the blue. Having enough Naruto leaped over his desk and silently walked out of the classroom. Feeling concerned for him Hinata followed after him. Everyone missed the concerned look on Anko's face however to cover up her tracks and protect her image she commented. "What's with him?"
With Naruto and Hinata
Walking into the hall Naruto kept his head down as he walked. "Naruto wait up!" Hinata called out to him as she caught up to him and blocked his path. "Naruto are you ok?" Hinata asked worriedly, her concern was evident at this point. Feeling a commotion in her jacket Hinata looked down and was just in time to see Evangeline fly out of her hoody. "What was that back there?!" The fairy yelled her face red with anger and confusion. "Eva I'm sorry it was an accident." Hinata said as she could see the little fairy was not happy with what happen back in the classroom. "Eva I know your angry with me but listen it was an accident the guy behind me pushed me." Naruto called out. He could feel his other half's anger through their bond and it was hurting him. He could sense her anger bubbling below the surface the entire time during class and that was one of the reasons why he left the class as soon as possible. He was feeling uncomfortable and confused.
"Accident?! I don't care! Y-you, you shouldn't have done that!" Eva said as she started to choke on her words. Small tears were welling up in her eyes. "How could you Naruto you stupid idiot!" Eva yelled as she started to tremble.
'Oh my god. Eva don't tell me you…?' Hinata thought as she looked at Eva and how she was reacting. As a girl Hinata could see things from different prospective and it helped her to quickly get to the bottom of Eva's reaction. "Eva I don't know what to say but I'm sorry. I know your pretty possessive of me so what I did must have upset you or something but let me make it up to you." Naruto pleaded as he has never seen Eva this shaken up before. 'No Naruto it's not just because she's possessive of you. While that is part of the reason it doesn't even come close to the main one.' Hinata thought sadly as she finally realized what was happening with her best female friend.
"You're a stupid jerk you know that Naruto!" Eva yelled as she summoned a ball of water and threw it in Naruto's face. Stunned by this Naruto whipped his eyes and looked up to see Evangeline flying off. "Eva! Wait! Come back!" Naruto called out but his other half was already down the hallway. Hinata was shocked by this as she has never seen Naruto and Evangeline have a fight before in all the years that she's known the pair.
"Oh Naruto I'm so sorry." Hinata said. She could feel herself on the verge of crying. While not having the special bond that Naruto and Eva share Hinata has become close to the Winter Fairy over the years so much so that they can tell each other's emotions apart with relative ease. Feeling the betrayal, anger, sadness, and confusion turning inside of Evangeline Hinata couldn't help but feel guilty and disgusted with herself. 'I should have known.' She thought to herself in a guilty tone.
"It's not your fault Hinata. Evangeline and I are close so seeing that must have hurt her." Naruto said sadly. Hinata could see the inner turmoil churning inside of Naruto. Having a fight with Evangeline and then seeing her fly off was killing Naruto on the inside. It is a true rarity that the little fairy and Naruto are separated from each other and it was never on bad terms. 'Should I tell him?' Hinata contemplated. Thinking about it Hinata had a change of heart. 'No. It's not my place. It will only be better if Eva tells Naruto the truth. I can't interfere even if I want to.' Hinata conceded to herself on the matter.
"Are you going to go after her?" Hinata asked in concern. She really wanted to go after her little friend to comfort her and to make sure she is alright and not spotted. "No. I'm going to give her some space. I can track her down later using our bond. I don't want to anger her any further. To tell you the truth I don't think I could handle her being any angrier with me than she is now. It feels really empty not having her with me now and it's sad that she literally just left a minute ago." Naruto said in a defeated tone. "I'm sorry Naruto. I want to come with you when you go to find her ok. I want to apologize to her as well." Hinata stated adamantly. "Ok sure. I don't think I could face her on my own anyways. I just don't know why she got so angry. It looks like you might know why Hinata." Naruto asked with some hope in his eyes. "Do you?" He asked desperately.
Looking at her crush with sad eyes Hinata shook her head. "You'll know soon enough Naruto."
3 Hours Later
After returning to the classroom Hinata and Naruto sat back down amidst the gossiping whispers of the class and the curious and warily glances that accompanied them. After a few minutes the door slid open and two adults entered the classroom. One was a beautiful woman with wavy black hair and red eyes and she was wearing a mesh undershirt and over that she had on a white dress that looked like it was made out of bandages that had rose thorn like designs going through the middle of each bandage. She actually used regular bandages below her dress to cover up her thighs and on her arms to cover up her forearms. She also had on a red shirt that only had one long sleeve that extended all the way down her right arm and stopped at her wrist. This was Kurenai Yūhi and she was the rookie Jōnin that recently got promoted. She also worked at the academy for a short amount of time as the students recall from years gone by including Naruto and Hinata.
Next to her was a tall muscular man with a thick beard and spiky black hair. With the normal Jōnin attire on consisting of a dark blue shirt and pants with a green flak jacket over it. Although his flak jacket was a dark shade of green. The only difference was he had a cloth hanging off his waist with the Land of Fire's Kanji written on it. Currently he had a cigarette in his mouth that he was smoking on but a glare from Kurenai had him rethinking his habit in front of kids. This man was Asuma Sarutobi the son of the Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi and uncle to Konohamaru Sarutobi.
"Will team 8 please follow me please?" Kurenai spoke up. Her voice was naturally slightly husky and carried with it a natural seductive tone that was not forced or an act. Squeezing Naruto's hand underneath the desk Hinata got up and joined Kiba and Shino who were following the rookie Jōnin out of the room. "Alright will Team 10 come with me?" Asuma spoke up. He had a slightly deep voice and it carried with it a sense of boredom and laziness.
With this Shikamaru, Ino, and Choji got up and followed Asuma out of the room. "Alright now Team 6 lets blow this joint." Anko said as Fuki and her two teammates got up and followed after Anko. Naruto managed to catch the concerned gaze Anko set him before she left the room.
With that the classroom descended into silence as the rest of the teams left with their sensei's a small amount of time later which just left Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura. After 3 hours of intense boredom in which Naruto couldn't take his mind off of Evangeline and the incident with Hinata Naruto finally heard some foot steps outside of their room. Perking up all three members of the next team 7 looked up and saw the door slid open slightly and a head pop in.
"Huh? Well that's very odd. I was expecting an eraser to fall on my head or something. That's pretty strange. Well anyways my first impressions on you guys are… meh. Meet me on the roof top in five minutes." The man said as his head ducked back out of the room. His masked face and gravity defying grey hair were the only things that they saw of him. Sighing Naruto got up and headed to the door with Sasuke and Sakura following.
Once on the roof top the three Genin sat on the steps in front of their new teacher who was reading an orange book while leaning against the railing. "Ok now let's begin. How about you guys introduce yourselves?" Kakashi suggested. "What do you mean by that sensei?" Sakura asked. Some time ago she and Ino managed to get unstuck from each other much to their collective relief. Although Ino slightly wished that she could be here in Sakura's place or even be dragged here by Sakura as collateral.
'Did she really just ask that?' Naruto thought in confusion. "Oh you know the usual. Likes, dislikes, hobbies, and dreams for the future that kind of stuff so how about you go first Blondie." Kakashi spoke up. Twitching a little at the comment Naruto had a comeback. "Well why don't you go first and show us an example." Naruto suggested. "Well ok. My name is Kakashi Hatake and I have many likes and some dislikes. Hobbies well there are a few but some of them are not for kids like you. Dreams for the future… hum? I never really thought about it. So your turn Blondie." Kakashi said in a completely laid back and nonchalant tone. 'All we learned was his name.' Sakura and Sasuke thought together. 'This man is smart. A true ninja never gives away information that could be used against him. But why does this person seem so familiar to me?' Naruto questioned himself.
"Well my name is Naruto Uzumaki. I like ramen, my best friends, gardening, fixing things… 'Gambling, stealing, fighting tough opponents, and most importantly of all taking care of my girls.' Naruto thought to himself in private. "… and taking care of others. For dislikes it would probably be the 3 minutes it takes for ramen to be ready… 'I still don't know why they call it instant.' "… People that harm kids and mistreat them, people who bully others needlessly, and anyone who can't tell a scroll from the Kunai sealed inside of it. For hobbies it would be eating ramen, hanging out with my friends… 'Taking care of my girls and spoiling them.' "… Pulling pranks and having fun with my friends. Dreams for the future. Well I want to become the Hokage so that everyone will change their opinions of me 'And so that I can give my girls and the kids of this village a safe place to live.' "… and raise a family one day." 'Not to mention protect my girls from whatever is out there.' Naruto thought to himself as he finished his introduction.
"Nice introduction Naruto. I see you have your head on straight. Now then you next broody." Kakashi commented as he asked Sasuke to go next. "My name is Sasuke Uchiha. I don't particularly like anything too much. But I do hate a lot of things. Hobbies well I rather not say. Dreams for the future. No, that's not the right word for it. I have an ambition a goal. I will avenge my family and kill their murderer. After that I will cleanse the Uchiha clan name and restart it over." Sasuke said darkly. Both Naruto and Kakashi narrowed their eyes at hearing this; although they didn't notice each other doing this action.
'Sasuke is so cool.' Sakura thought in a dreamy voice. 'He must be talking about Itachi Uchiha. He wants revenge. Now that I think about it, it's been so long since Weasel and his team went on that long term S-Rank mission to hunt Itachi down. I wonder how weasel is doing. I hope he is alright.' Naruto thought although he was unaware of the irony and problems with this line of thought. 'Itachi why did you do it?' Kakashi thought sadly as he cast a discreet glance at Naruto who he saw was in deep thought.
"Ok last but not least bubble gum, please introduce yourself to us." Kakashi called out knocking Naruto out of his inner thoughts. "Oh well my name is Sakura Haruno and I like… I mean the person I like is… Things I don't like are stupid girls that get in my way and people who hurt others and senseless violence. Hobbies well one of them is… no, no, no, well a hobby of mine is arranging flowers, reading books, and helping out people. Dreams for the future well I want to uhmm… I want to become a successful Kunoichi and have a good life." Sakura said. Her introduction was a mess and every time she would stutter or cut off her own sentences was because she would glance at Sasuke next to her and start blushing bright red.
'This girl, if she wants to make it anywhere in this profession then she's going to need a lot of work and the first thing on the list is going to be getting rid of that petty crush on Sasuke. It's only a distraction and it's going to get her or someone else hurt or worst.' Kakashi thought with a frown covered up by his face mask. 'Speaking of distractions what's wrong with Naruto? He's been distracted ever since we got here.' Kakashi asked himself as he noticed that Naruto wasn't all there.
'Come on already. Are we done here? I want to go find Eva. I can feel her Yōki and its greatly disturbed and agitated.' Naruto thought impatiently. With the introductions out of the way Kakashi told them to meet him at Training Ground 3 at 6:00am sharp and that they shouldn't eat breakfast or they might run the risk of throwing up later. When asked why by Sakura Kakashi explained that they would be taking a survival exercise where he will determine if they are worth his time to teach and if they really deserve the rank of Genin. Hearing this shocked Naruto a bit and distracted him from his earlier thought but he was shocked further when Kakashi explained that the test had a 66 percent failure rate. This was enough to distract Naruto for a moment and he went over the information he was told. Understanding the severity of the test and the consequences of not passing Naruto's face turned grim.
'If I'm to pass this test at all let alone all three of us then I'm going to need Eva now more than ever. I couldn't and I wouldn't do this without her.' Naruto thought to himself with absolute resolve. "Ok now if that is all you three are dismissed. See ya." Kakashi said as he disappeared in a Body Flicker.
With Kakashi gone the three Genin hopefuls were left by themselves. 'I would love to know why that Jōnin seems so familiar to me but Eva comes first. I have to find her.' Naruto thought to himself as he suddenly shot to his feet startling Sasuke and Sakura who were about to get up themselves. Without even saying a word Naruto rocketed off the steps they were sitting at and hopped over the railing Kakashi was just leaning against. Taking off at high speeds Naruto started roof hopping while ignoring Sakura's shouts of where he was going in such a hurry.
Kakashi who was a few building away still observing his new team was a little shocked at how fast Naruto left but his shock was replaced by an overwhelming amount of curiosity and a small seed of concern. Snapping his orange book shut, he silently started to follow after Naruto while keeping his distance as much as possible.
With Naruto
'Where are you Hinata? Where are… there you are!' Naruto thought as he searched for Hinata. Spotting her and her team by one of the many parks that can be found all around the village Naruto jumped off the nearest building and landed in front of Team 8. "Excuse me Kurenai Sensei but I must borrow Hinata right now it's important." Naruto said hurriedly. Automatically knowing what was going on and why he was acting that way Hinata stepped forward so that she was now standing by Naruto. "I'm sorry Kurenai Sensei but I must go it's in important matter that I must attend to right away." Hinata said politely as she bowed to her team. Before Kurenai could say anything both Naruto and Hinata jumped up onto the closes roof top they could find and started speeding off. "Hey Naruto get back here! How are you just going to let them go off like that Kurenai sensei?" Kiba yelled as he turned to his new Sensei with irritation clear in is posture and demeanor. "Whatever it is it must be important and I can always ask Hinata later about it. Now come let's go." Kurenai said reasonably. What no one noticed was that Shino placed one of his insects on Hinata when she started walking towards Naruto.
"Are you ok Naruto?" Hinata asked as she was running by Naruto's side. "Yeah mostly but I want to find Eva and fast. I was starting to get a bad feeling earlier. Eva's Yōki is changing. I don't know what it means but it can't be good. I'm really worried about her." Naruto said as the anxiety could clearly be seen on his face. Hinata who is well aware of the fact that Eva's Yōki runs through Naruto's chakra network understands how he can sense her. Hinata sees it every time she uses her Byakugan on Naruto whenever they spar. Eva's Yōki always becomes visible whenever Naruto fights.
"You know where she is right?" Hinata asked. "Yes she's in our private little clearing we found a long time ago." Naruto revealed. "Ok then lets hurry." Hinata said as she quickened her pace.
20 Minutes Later
Landing in the clearing that they usually spend time with the girls in and have their picnics Hinata and Naruto could automatically see and sense that everything was not alright. Patches of bark from a lot of the trees could be seen blasted clean off and a lot of the area was damp and wet from water. "Naruto this isn't right where is Eva?" Hinata asked as she could see that Eva was obviously here. "She should be…" Naruto started to say until they both heard the sound of a large volume of water blasting into something. The next second the saw a tree on the other side of the clearing somewhere in the forest fall over. "…Over there!" Naruto pointed out as they raced over to where they saw the tree fall. Once they got there they were shocked at what they found.
"Oh my god Eva is that you?" Naruto called out barely above a whisper.
*To be Continued*
Authors Note (A/N): Well guys there you have it. Naruto's in the dog house now. It's finally happened Naruto has kissed Hinata although it wasn't exactly on the terms he wanted or even thought about until now. Kiba and Naruto also but heads again and Naruto has slipped up in more ways than one. With the formation of Team 7 and the seriousness of their survival test looming over head Naruto desperately needs to find Eva and get to the bottom of her reaction in the school. But what will Naruto and Hinata find when they get there? Stay tuned and find out.
P.S - Also for anyone out their wondering why I've portrayed Kiba this way don't worry. I'm not bashing his character or anything. In fact I quite like his character in all fairness but I wanted to take his character in a different route that isn't used fairly often in fanfiction stories. Most of the time he is on good terms with Naruto but I wanted a little conflict and friction between the two based on their personalities and how its very much possible for them not to see eye to eye and clash with each other.
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Published: 7/4/15
