DOWNFALL OF THE LIGHT
Chapter 3: Genin Exam
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or any of his characters, I am just a big fan! I didn't create WC3 either, I just love that game. Please leave me be! I beg you! (Runs away like those cowardly scientists from HalfLife that makes you really want to shoot them if a weapon is within your posession.)
Legend
"...": Speech
'...': Thoughts
Scene Change are the bolded italic brackets. I have changed it since this website is f-ing everything up!
AN: Yes, to all those who asked if I play Warcraft 3, I do play that game! And to those who asked me about japanese names for jutsus... I will say this, i have no idea what the japanese words are and my jap is utterly horrible. If you read my biography, you will know I play a lot of Opposing force and Warcraft 3. Thank you so much for your reviews, I am glad all of them were positive. Those really kept me going onward with this fic. I would use items such as soldier pill and what not but some of the moves I have to use the original name, sorry. To all who think this would be a short fic, hell you are wrong. It's long, really darn long and I know it's interesting (becasue I am the AUTHOR!). There will be plenty of surprises waiting for all of you. If you know me... which all of you don't obviously, I don't like short stuff unless it's good. If you give me anything short to read, I will give you half a second of my time to read it and then I will think it's boring. If you are lucky, you will get this 21st century body to pay attention for that half a second. I know that was really mean, so.... Hope you enjoy this chappie.
(The morning of the very next day)
The morning in Konoha was always a peaceful scene to enjoy. However, Naruto didn't seem to agree with that statement. As the alarm clock started its infernal racket once the second hand reached 8:30 AM, it startled the silver hair boy to the core. As a result, his so-called beautiful dream was shattered to a thousand shards.
'How annoying...' he thought as he punched the clock effortlessly turning it into a pieces of scrap metal. 'I really should stop relying on these things to wake me up.' He chuckled at that thought, then he went on with the morning routines. After a nice, quick shower, he went to his room to get dressed. He wore the usual colour, black. He wore black pants with a belt to hold 2 pouches on his back, a dark blue vest on top of his black T-shirt that revealed his bandaged right arm. After he tied his headband on his forehead, he wore a blindfold to cover his eyes.
The boy wasn't blind, the reason to this was to train his bloodline limit. In simpler words, he was training on the see through vision part of his ability. If there were obstacles in his path, he must focus more chakra in order to see through it. Gradually he would get used to this new difficulty and permanently increase his vision. When he believed it was too easy, he would simply add more chakra into the blindfold to obstruct his vision even more. It was a good practice since his sight wasn't like the Byakugan, he needed to achieve it to a higher level.
As he put the blindfold on, he gathered chakra into his hand and his runeblade, Nightshadow came to his side immediately and equipped itself onto his left waist. He then made a quick breakfast that was clearly ramen and consumed it in ten quick bites. After a deep breath of fresh air outside, he quickened his pace to the old academy to take on the genin exam. There was a long day ahead of him.
(At the academy during the meantime)
Hinata arrived at the academy quite early that morning, she was the second to arrive. The first person to arrive other than Iruka-sensei was the numberone student, Uchiha Sasuke, one of Hinata's friends. She decided to have a quick chat with him before class started since when the fan girls arrived, she wouldn't be able to get close. Besides, it had been a while since the two have talked. Losing a friend wasn't something Hinata preferred.
"Good morning, Sasuke-kun." greeted Hinata politely with a smile walking closer to him. Sasuke's eyebrow raised a bit as he sensed happiness in her voice.
"Good morning, Hinata-san," said Sasuke devoid of emotions but Hinata didn't mind, she knew he had his standards to keep up. "So, how are you lately?"
"Good, very good." answered the Hyuga girl somewhat blindly.
"How so?" questioned Sasuke allowing his curiosity to take over.
"I..." she then blushed before she could finish, that made Sasuke grin a bit. "I learned a new move..."
"Really?" he spoke with interest. "You should be proud of yourself for learning it now."
"Thank you, Sasuke-kun."
"What kind of technique is it?" 'Sasuke-kun really gets into ninjutsu stuff,' thought Hinata.
"It'll be my little secret," replied Hinata teasingly. "I'll let you figure it out."
"C'mon, Hinata-san, you can tell me."
"If I told you now, that would ruin the element of surprise if we sparred against each other."
"True..." he was inclined to agree. "But that would be a low chance though. The chance of you fighting me would be 1 out of 29."
"I'm doing everything I can just in case that drastic thing does happen." she stated with a smile. The two teens then just laughed a bit making their friendship grow. Iruka smiled at the scenario that was displayed in front of him. He had to admit, Hinata was a special girl since she was the only girl who Sasuke had ever opened up to. It was probably the fact that she was quiet and never bothered the Uchiha boy like his fan club did. Friendship was indeed a complex thing, it wasn't always something that meets the eye.
(Time goes on)
As time passed, more and more students began to arrive in groups or by themselves. Soon enough the classroom was filled with people. The Hyuga girl knew it was her time to leave since some of the fan girls were starting to annoy their beloved Sasuke-kun. At that time, it was time for the Uchiha to ignore them with the best of his ability.
'Won't they ever give up?' thought Hinata smiling at that thought. The raven hair ninja gave looks of annoyance while Hinata just giggled at. She knew his pain well and it was something that even she didn't want. Hinata gave her friend a slight nod before she made her way somewhere else. Sasuke simply smirked. If he responded, the fan girls would become even more irritating since Hinata would be getting the attention the fan girls desperately wanted.
'If there was someway to get out of this, I would...' thought the Uchiha dreadfully.
"YES, GOAL!" shouted two girls as they rushed into the classroom suddenly. One of them had long pink hair and the other one with lengthy blond hair. It was clear to anyone they were racing to beat each other again, it happened everyday it wasn't unusual. The Hyuga heiress then giggled to herself.
'You're on your own, Sasuke-kun.' She thought laughing mentally knowing those two girls were his number one fans. The raven hair boy then sighed in annoyance, it really wasn't his day.
"What are you talking about, Sakura?" asked the blond hair girl with blue eyes. "I got in here first!"
"Hell no," retorted the pink hair girl Sakura. "My toe entered the room first!"
"No you didn't, forehead girl!"
"Yeah I did, Ino-pig!" The two soon shot glares at each other, everyone in the room could feel their dangerous aura. It was times like this if you didn't talk, no one would think youwere mute.
"Prove it, I know you can't." said Ino calmly.
"You and I both know who made it first, that would be me. Now would you please excuse me, since I won the race, I get to sit next to Sasuke-kun."
"Who gave you the right to decide?"
"This is a first come first serve basis, who told you to lose?" Their argument was going nowhere, the two rivals just continued to bicker. To make it worse, they gradually bickered next to Sasuke which literally drove him to his limits. If they paid close attention to Sasuke, they would see his eyebrows were constantly twitching. However, the fan girls were obviously too obsessed by his looks that no one could see that the boy was going to blow in any second. The pressure was on, the sounds were ringing in his ears like there was no tomorrow, the constant hyperactive activities were unbearable, he was being pushed way too far.
"Class, listening up!" said Iruka suddenly in front of the classroom trying to gather the students' attention.
'What a save...' thought Sasuke very relieved and even grateful.
"I receive word from Hokage-sama that there would be a new student joining us today for the exam."
'A new student?' thought Hinata with interest.
'It better be a guy,' thought Sakura. 'He better be cute.'
'I seriously don't care who it is,' said the raven hair boy mentally. 'He better be strong.'
"Now, I want you all to be on your best behaviour, I don't want you to make fools of yourselves in front of him. Is that clear?"
"Sir!" they exclaimed.
"Now, Naruto, would you please come in?"
'It's Naruto-kun?' said Hinata in her mind delightedly. The door then slid open and a figure with a blindfold stood at the door emotionlessly. There was a powerful aura surrounding him, Iruka could feel it deep inside. Many whispers were made as the silver hair boy walked slowly to his teacher standing next to him. The Death Knight ignored it and gave the class a good glance underneath his blindfold. By the looks he was receiving, they believed he was blind. As he took a glimpse at the higher areas, he was surprised to see Hinata there, and her face shined radiantly. He couldn't help but smile a bit.
"Would you like to introduce yourself to the class, Naruto?" suggested Iruka in a kind voice.
"My name is Uzumaki Naruto, it's a pleasure." said the mentioned person in a monotone. The last part sounded more like sarcasm than sincerity. Meanwhile, the Hyuga girl watched the boy admiringly with a shade of crimson on her cheeks. She never dreamed that Naruto would be in the same class as her. Yet, Hinata was confused why he was wearing a blindfold forshe didn't recall he had one yesterday. Was he actually blind and he didn't tell her? He didn't seem blind to her though. She knew that it wasn't nice to stare at people, but she couldn't help herself. The Hyuga girl justwanted to see him so badly. The feeling in her chest continued to beat faster when Naruto tilted his head towards her direction, she felt like he was piercing through her with his cerulean eyes. Her blush thickened and started to gaze on him once again.
"Naruto," said Iruka. "Is there anything else you want the class to know?"
"No." stated Naruto simply. Then there was a dead silence in the room.
"Well, then..." continued Iruka ending the awkward silence. "How about you sit next to Hinata for the time being, I'm sure she would be a great help to know the people around here." The boy simply nodded and made his way up the stairs to where the Hyuga girl was. Whispers were being made as the Death Knight walked by them such as
'Who is this guy?'
'He looks kind of scary...'
'He's cute!'
'Not as cute as Sasuke-kun.' The dark warrior just ignored those comments, he had no intention of caring what those people thought about him. As he approached Hinata, he saw she had that same charming expression on her face like a few minutes ago.
"Good morning, Naruto-kun." said Hinata timidly.
"Good morning, Hinata-chan," greeted the Death Knight politely noticing her gaze, he looked away slightly knowing he was going to blush.
"What's wrong, Naruto-kun?" she asked innocently with her attractive look.
"Nothing... nothing..." The dark warrior said shaking it off. As Iruka explained the rules of the exam, he knew Hinata was watching him the entire time. He didn't want to look at her, her gaze was somewhat even seductive, and nearly unable to reject. With his Unholy Sight activated, all of her actions told him that she liked him. He tried real hard to ignore it.
(Not too long later after some boring lectures)
The first part of the exam was the weapon accuracy test, which was a piece of cake to Naruto. When his name was called, he stood at a good thirty foot range and tossed every ninja weapon he had on him onto the target. What amazed the class was the fact all of them hit directly. In fact, the target had so many shurikens and kunais on it, the entire board shattered into pieces due to the force the Death Knight put into his throws. Some of the students jaw dropped at the performance, Hinata knew he could do it no problem. After all, he did taught her the Mana Burn.
The second test was the Bunshin test. To Naruto, who could do the Kage Bunshin with no problems, this test was an insult to his intelligence. However, in spite of how annoying it may be, he still had to do it. When Iruka called his name, the boy formed hand seals which weren't the Bunshin no jutsu seals. Then, ten Naruto Kage Bunshins were created as of result. The students' eyes turned as wide as grapefruits other than Hinata of course. At that time, Uchiha Sasuke was getting pretty impressed with the new kid.
'He seems strong,' thought Sasuke with a smirk. 'I would like to have a good challenge when the next test comes up, please let him be my opponent...' he wished. Hinata congratulated her friend for his success so far, Naruto simply acknowledged it with a smile.
The final test, this was the real deal. This portion of the test holds a very high percentage of the student's overall mark. However, this test wasn't judged by the victor or the loser forit was evaluated by how each side participated and how well each shinobi fought. In simpler terms, if one fought a great battle but lost in the end, the teachers would give the mark by overall performance. The first match up was interesting for it was Hyuga Hinata versus Haruno Sakura. Naruto just grinned at the result of the pair.
'Hinata will win.' thought the silver hair boy. 'It's over...'
Sakura charged at the Hyuga girl at high speed trying to gain the first hit advantage. As she gave a kick, Hinata easily blocked it with her right arm. With the Byakugan activated, the Hyuga heiress could see that her opponent's chakra capacity wasn't all out impressive, she knew one shot of the Mana Burn would finish her off. After her train of thought which lasted like one second in the real world, Hinata jumped back to achieve some distance. Iruka was surprised at the Hyuga girl's tactic for she never needed distance. Her style of combat was hand to hand, there wouldn't be a need for her to attack from afar. Sakura didn't even care what her opponent was planning, she went straight to her throat believing Hinata was too afraid to face her. However, as Sakura charged again, Hinata made a set of hand seals which no one was familiar of, then she fired the energy at Sakura's chakra organ.
"Mana Burn!" exclaimed Hinata as she released a negative bolt of energy right at her opponent. The outcome of the match was clear to Naruto after that attack. Sakura didn't look like she was in pain but Naruto could sense her chakra was all burned. The pink hair girl was too drained to even have the strength to hold the area of where the beam hit her. The next second, she fell on her knees and collapsed, she no longer had the strength to even stand up.
'That was lame...' thought Naruto bitterly. 'I'm glad she wasn't my opponent.'
"Hinata," called Iruka a little worried. "What kind of technique did you use on Sakura?"
"It's called Mana Burn." replied Hinata timidly playing with her index fingers.
"Really? Where did you learn it?"
"I learned it..." she then glanced at Naruto which shot her a weak glare telling her to keep her mouth shut. She agreed promptly at his decision. "Well, that will be my little secret, Iruka-sensei, is that okay with you?"
"Sure..." answered Iruka somewhat reluctantly. "Would Sakura be okay though?"
"I'm sure she would be fine," answered Naruto stepping in to the conversation. "She's just low on chakra, she would be fine sooner or later." Then the dark warrior then carried the fainted in front of him and got her to a good place to rest. Hinata wished she was the one being carried though, she desired for that position Sakura was in right now. She couldn't help feeling a little jealous of her.
After many boring matches later, Naruto was getting a little impatient. He had a very high tolerance level, it took a lot to piss him off. However, many of these student's performance were far from decent in his eyes, he was looking forward to some sit back and enjoy the ride entertainment but now he just wanted to get the exam over with. At long last, Iruka has called out the name Uzumaki Naruto, and his opponent was none other than Uchiha Sasuke. Both of them had a smirk across their face, the Uchiha boy was quite happy with his match up.
"I'll be enjoying this battle, Naruto." growled Sasuke while smirking as the two walked into the center of the field.
"Is that so?" snapped Naruto creating his preferred taijutsu stance. "Enjoy it while it lasts."
"I'll enjoy it when I wipe that smirk off your face." At an instant, the Uchiha engaged the battle with the Death Knight. He prepared a fist and aimed it at Naruto's face. The 'blinded' ninja smirked and moved his body a step backward to allow Sasuke to whiz by. The raven hair boy then made a ninety-degree spin to perform a hard kick. This time, Naruto bent his torso a little to evade the attack completely. Sasuke's eyes widened when he saw his opponent moved away like it was nothing.
'Impossible!' stated the Uchiha boy in his mind with his eyes twitching. He then took out a kunai from his holder and continued his assault. The slashes didn't affect Naruto at all, he was dodging them effortlessly. To the students, it seemed like Sasuke was attacking like a mad idiot and he seemed to be getting his target right where he want him. However, in reality Naruto was too quick for Sasuke, his moves were like moving in slow motion to the Uzumaki. If that was the case, there was no way the Death Knight would get hit, the outcome of this match was a dead giveaway already. It was then when Naruto went onto the offensive, he gave a snap kick right at the Uchiha's arm to knock away the kunai he was holding, then he switched to his other foot and gave a kick at Sasuke's gut. Luckily Sasuke intercepted the kick in time. Even though he blocked it, it hurt. To make Naruto believe he wasn't affected by Naruto's kick, he grinned and formed a set of hand seals.
"Fire Element, Dragon Fire no jutsu!" exclaimed Sasuke as he breathed a powerful flame attack accurately at his target.
'A genin knowing that move?' thought Naruto leaping high into the air to avoid it 'He's definitely impressive, however... a jutsu at that level wouldn't work on me.'
Seeing that his jutsu missed, Sasuke directed the blast upward, Naruto used his palm to create a strong chakra shield to deflect the attack. Sasuke then decided to use objects instead but that proved to be useless as well. The chakra easily disintegrated it like thread.
'He's unharmed? How could this be?'
Naruto landed safely on the ground completely unharmed. It was time for him to end this game. He dashed at Sasuke with his best agility and gave a kick right at his chin causing the Uchiha to soar a several metres away. The Death Knight then went after his opponent going straight for the kill. Naruto charged a powerful negative energy in his hand hoping this would end the match, however, Sasuke wasn't someone who would just give up without a fight.
The raven hair boy got back up swiftly and knew it was time for the big guns to come in. "Sharingan!" he said activating his bloodline limit. The only chance he could beat him was to copy his exact movements and techniques. Naruto smirked as his opponent's naïve beliefs, as if he would allow himself to let him copy his techniques and battle tactics. As if he would use a move in front of a Sharingan user that he could copy, the Death Knight obviously used another Hidden technique.
"I won't let you!" shouted Naruto suddenly vanishing. Iruka couldn't even detect the presence of Naruto at that point. In the next second, the two teens were face to face, Naruto's hand made contact gently on Sasuke's chest which was filled with a deathly energy. A loud sound of forced evaporation came from the assault, the Uchiha was gasping trying to ease the pain but to no avail. All he could do was cough and pant until he fell forward helplessly into his opponents arms. Everyone in the audience gasped in utter shock and fear, they couldn't accept the fact a stranger would beat the lights out of Uchiha Sasuke, the numberone rookie. What surprised them was that Naruto accomplished what he did like it was one of the easiest things in the world.
"What the hell did you do to Sasuke-kun?" questioned Sakura who woke up moments ago. "What did you do to him, you blind freak?" The Sasuke fan club were quite furious at the moment about two things. One, their mighty Sasuke lost to a blind guy. Two, he was holding Sasuke. Even though he wasn't doing anything yaoi, the fan club wished they were the ones who were holding him. Inner Sakura at the moment was shaking her fist very violently at Naruto, she was pissed beyond recognition.
"I don't have to answer you." replied Naruto simply forming a set of rare hand seals. His hand glowed with a yellow energy and rejuvenated his fallen opponent with it. He used the healing Rejuvenation. Each passing second Sasuke seemed to become more lively.
'Nauto-kun...' thought Hinata with a blush. 'You were amazing...'
"I just drained his energy," explained Naruto still concentrating his healing on the Uchiha. "I hope that answers your question, lady."
"What kind of technique did you use on him though?" asked Sakura curiously.
"I rather not say."
"Fine! Be that way!" retorted Sakura. She was clearly still pissed. An angry Sakura was a dangerous Sakura, every male took the precaution very seriously.
"Naruto," interrupted Iruka with a small cough. "When will Sasuke wake up?"
"He'll be up shortly." was Naruto's answer before he carried him to a safe spot.
(Time passes)
Approximately ninety minutes later, Iruka finally got the jounin instructors to pick out the teams of this year's graduates. Nearly all of them were surprised that the dropout Naruto managed to beat Uchiha Sasuke. Some of them said it must've been luck since Naruto didn't claim the title of the most unpredictable kid in Konoha. Deep down, Iruka knew it wasn't luck, the boy has drastically improved. His development certainly surprised him today, he has never seen anyone improve this much in such a short amount of time. It was either he worked really hard or he had natural talent. In truth, it was a good compromise of both. Due to the silver hair boy's excellent performance, many of the jounin instructors wanted to train him. However, there was one who already chose him and his two teammates were definitely an interesting duo.
Meanwhile, all the students were chatting amongst themselves wondering if they did good enough on the exam to graduate. Most of them were very nervous about the results, it was only natural. Hinata was quite proud of herself today, not only that she did well on the first two tests, she actually won the one on one combat test. Her happy expression and cheerfulness didn't go unnoticed by Naruto, who was watching her all along. He shook his head slightly not knowing how Hinata could be so hyped up today. She was just proud of herself, that was what he kept reminding himself. It wasn't long before Hinata started to gaze on her admirer again, he quickly turned away at that split second not wanting to get attracted by her eyes. For crying out loud, they were next to each other. The Hyuga girl couldn't stop herself from watching him, she just wanted to see him in her vision.
"Hinata-chan..." said Naruto calmly not looking at her but inside he was quite nervous. "Is there something you want?"
"No." she answered dreamily. "There's nothing..."
"Is that so?" he asked sensing the soothing touch in her voice. "Would you tell me why you're looking at me like that?" Hinata's eyes snapped wide open.
'He could see me underneath that?' thought the Hyuga heiress.
"I'm sorry..." she apologized quickly trying to hide her blushing cheeks. "I... I..."
"It's okay Hinata-chan, no need to apologize, I was just too curious..." 'I am going to fold if she keeps that up... what could I do, I couldn't complain about at that pretty face of hers... she looks so cute... NO, I can't think like that! I'm a Death Knight, not a womanizer... damn it...'
"Is something wrong, Naruto-kun?"
"Of... of course not..." he lied with skill.
"You seem kind of nervous though."
"Am I?" he asked dumbly. "Maybe I was just too tense about the exam just now, that's it."
"Are you sure nothing is wrong?" she asked again not convinced with his answer. His eyes narrowed in disbelief, that girl could nearly see through him like glass. Well, she was his best friend.
"How did you do on the exam?" he asked changing the subject hoping Hinata would buy it.
"I think I did okay. I passed all the tests perfectly, I think I should graduate no problem. But..."
"But? But what, Hinata-chan?"
"Well, you do know that we would be assigned to teams of three don't you?"
"So, what are you implying?" asked the silver hair boy dumbly. The Hyuga girl's eyes narrowed.
"Nothing much..." she replied blushing.
"Is that so? Is being on a team actually that great?" 'It's the person that I want to be on the same team with, you dummy!' said Hinata's inner self shaking her fist.
"I want to be on the same team as you, silly."
"You do?"
"Why wouldn't I? Don't tell me you're abandoning your friend now, Naruto-kun."
"I wouldn't do that, Hinata-chan. I would be glad if you are on my team. Whether we are together or not, promise that you will do your best. You don't want your teammates to be disappointed in you, do you?" Hinata shook her head with a smile.
"You better do your best too, or I won't talk to you anymore." joked Hinata with a giggle.
"Hey, I always do my best in everything." countered Naruto poking her cheek. She blushed immediately at his touch, Naruto just smiled at her trademark feature. Then soon, the two had a good laugh.
(Meanwhile at another area of the classroom) (AN: I don't know girl talk, since I am a GUY! I hope this is at least something like it.)
"Just look at that new guy," said Sakura to Ino while taking glimpses of the Death Knight. "He's already flirting with Hinata-san and it's only the first time they met."
"I don't know, Sakura," mumbled Ino trying to observe the situation. "They seem to be getting along well but not flirting wise... and it seems like they know each other for some time already."
"Hey, you and I both know he's trying to hit on Hinata-san," stated the pink hair girl sharply. "Poor girl, she's so innocent and that blind guy is seducing her already! I won't stand for it!"
"Aren't you overreacting a little bit, Sakura? I mean, even if they are flirting... it's not really our business to care what Hinata-san is doing. Especially not that new guy."
"Has it occurred to you that Hinata-san attracts dark guys?"
"What do you mean, Sakura?" asked Ino confused.
"I mean, do you know Sasuke-kun is actually a friend of Hinata-san's? Sasuke-kun, having a friend who happens to be a girl. A girl for crying out loud! Amongst every girl, why her?"
"Who knows? Maybe... hey, why is Hinata-san his friend while we the more attractive ones aren't? Come to think of it, that new guy over there is really like Sasuke-kun. He's dark, mysterious, quiet, collected, good looking..."
"Not as good looking as Sasuke-kun." reminded Sakura. "And I'm going to get him, not you. You can have the blind guy Naruto if you want."
"No way, Sakura!" retorted Ino. "Come to think of it... I don't think Naruto is blind..."
"He's wearing a blindfold, he's gotta to be blind."
"I got a feeling he could see things perfectly fine..."
"You're just imagining things, Ino. Keep dreaming," assured Sakura. "He couldn't see through a blindfold."
"Maybe you're right..." said Ino not too convinced. Based on what she saw, the boy's coordinations were too accurate, a blind person would never be able to do that. If Sakura said so, there was no point in continuing to argue. At that moment, Iruka came to the center of the room.
"Alright, my children, it has been finally confirmed that all of you have passed and allowed to become genins," explained Iruka. "It also means that each of you will be partnered with two other people making a group of three with a jounin instructor to accompany you on your progress."
'A group of three?' thought the Uchiha boy. 'This is going to be quite a burden. I just hope I don't get any annoying girls on my team.'
'I hope Naruto-kun would be on my team!' said Hinata excitedly in her head at that thought.
'As long as I get Sasuke-kun on my team, anyone else would be fine other than Ino-pig!' thought Sakura.
'I just want to get this thing over with.' thought Naruto coolly.
"Now, the teams are organized equally based on each person's strengths and weaknesses so no one has a team with any disadvantages." continued Iruka.
"Even, huh?" said Naruto to Hinata. "I sense sarcasm already." Hinata just simply giggled which made Naruto blush a slight shade of red.
"I will now announce the teams. Once your name is called, please come up and take your Konoha forehead protector. Now, Team 1 would be..." After some time of announcing which was one of the most boring crap Naruto had to sit through listening. It was even lamer than Jiraiya talking about women. "Team 7 will consist of Haruno Sakura," Sakura's head perked up. "Hyuga Hinata," That caught Hinata's attention. "And finally, Uzumaki Naruto." Naruto sighed slightly while Hinata jumping for joy on the inside.
"WHAT DID YOU SAY?!" was Sakura's response which shattered many people's eardrums. Hinata grabbed on Naruto right arm immediately due to that violent outburst. The demon boy blushed a bit at her sudden reaction, she looked so cute doing that. It was then when he slapped himself mentally not to enjoy this too much. He quickly paid attention to the now raging pink hair girl and sweatdropped. Hinata giggled at his expression, it was just so amusing. "Iruka-sensei, I demand an explanation!"
AN: Yes, have fun with my so called cliffhanger which it really isn't. By the looks of this, another long chapter done, I added a little bit of humour to lighten up the mood a little bit. Yes, I know I suck with action, it really isn't my strong suit. But knowing Naruto is an action anime, I am forced to write some fighting scenes. If it sucks, please bare with me. That's why this thing is drama, not action/adventure! Now, reviews are always welcome. Hope you all liked it. Once again, I will thank you all for your reviews, it'll take me too long to thank everyone but you know who you are. All your requests have just made this fic so much better. The next few chapters might get a little slow since I have calculus to deal with, but I will still try to update my stuff as soon as I can, I know you people like to read more. Later!