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"Speech"

'Thoughts'

Chapter Four

"Uchiha Sasuke", Naruto watched as Sasuke walked into the room ready to take the graduation exam. Truth be told she was nervous, yes she has gotten better over the last four years, but was it enough?

'I barely scraped by in the written test I need to blow them away with my ninjutsu, calm down, calm down' taking a deep breathe Naruto finally felt a little confidence.

"Uzumaki Naruto", scratch that Naruto was a mess. Nervously walking into the next room she took a spot in front of Iruka-sensei and Mizuki-sensei. Staring at Naruto impassively Mizuki calmly asked her to perform the Bunshin no Jutsu.

'Crap I hate that Jutsu, why can't they ask me to demonstrate a taijutsu form or throw a shuriken.' It's not like Naruto couldn't perform the jutsu, it's the fact that she can't control the minuscule amount of chakra it takes to perform the jutsu. The only way to get a desirable affect is to try and create as many clones as possible, the bad ones poof out and the good ones remain.

Concentrating on her chakra Naruto called out, "Bunshin no Jutsu!" In one giant smoke cloud emerged at least fifty perfect clones.

"Naruto congrats you have passed." Iruka said, "Step forward and receive your headband." He said waving to the table in front of him that had new official leaf headbands.

Nimbly stepping up to the table Naruto almost didn't believe it, she was now a ninja one step closer to her dream. Picking a headband off the table she quickly left the room reclaiming her seat it classroom waiting for sensei to come out and give further instructions. Staring at her reflection in the headband it was hard to believe all her hard work was paying off, but it wasn't over yet she still had a long way to go.

Iruka-sensei then walked into the room, "Those who has passed congratulations, you are all ninja of the leaf village, it is up to you all to carry the Will of Fire. Now that's out of the way all graduates will report tomorrow in room 206 for their team assignments, class dismissed!"

Leaving class Naruto headed to the boy's restrooms, once entering she went right in front of the mirror. Gazing at her now shoulder length hair she decided to wear it as a headband to hold back the hair from her face. 'The hard part starts now, everything is coming together.'

After her tenth birthday Naruto's body began to take shape, the shape of a young woman that is. Doing the most obvious thing she covered her body. A sleeveless oversized cloak without a hood became part of her new wardrobe as did fingerless gloves and armguards. To take care of her voice and facial features a simple henge to appear more masculine was all it took. This also helped with the rare occasions Naruto would go swimming or when she needed to take off some layers for training. The cloak helped when she could not keep up the henge for long periods of times. Once again chakra control was not the best...

The restroom door opened startling Naruto out of her reflection. In walked Kiba and Sasuke, "Well look what we have here, Dead last." Sasuke said while glaring at Naruto.

"Please teme, we both know you are still upset that I kicked your ass in our last taijutsu match." Naruto said while smirking at Sasuke. 'Duck Butt still thinks he is superior to all, I just wanna smack that look off his face.' A low growl escaped Naruto's lips.

"Like I care, you just got a lucky shot, hn." Turning and storming out Sasuke left the restroom leaving Naruto and Kiba in awkward silence.

"Man, you should really cut your hair." Kiba muttered walking up to Naruto and flicked a strand of blond hair.

"Why should I? There are many strong and powerful ninja that had long hair." Retorted Naruto squatting Kiba's hands away.

"Yes but all that long hair just makes them look girly…" Kiba remarked.

Not feeling up for an argument Naruto just left Kiba in the rest room. No one ever wants to think of most girls as useful only the boys are thought of as strong and wise. When most people thought of a leader a non-descriptive man pops into their mind. 'But I will prove them wrong, I will get stronger and become Hokage and prove a woman can be Hokage.'

'I also can't let Duck Butt get to me, but UGGHH he makes me so mad. Why did he have to be so cute too…?' Naruto thought blushing to herself walking out of the academy.

Lost in thought she didn't notice two separate people following her. After walking for several minutes she finally noticed something was up, quickly turning the nearest corner she stopped and hide behind the closest trash bin. Rounding the corner to her surprise was Kiba and Hinata, they both seemed surprise upon seeing each other there as well.

'What are these guys up too?' wondered Naruto from her hiding spot. Being as quiet as she could he heard Kiba saying how he was following Naruto simply because Naruto was weird. Straining to pick up on the conversation Kiba continued by saying that Naruto didn't smell right, something about her scent changing once a month and it puzzled him.

'Crap… did he figure it out? Well it is Kiba maybe he is too dumb to put two and two together. As for Hinata I'm used to her following me around, what makes her think I don't notice her?' Casually moving from behind the bin revealing herself to the stalkers "Do you guys have nothing better to do?"

"Um…I was just…you know…"

"No, I don't know Hinata…well I do know you follow me on a regular basis so why don't you walk with me, let's go." Walking off to her destination Naruto didn't even turn around to see if Hinata was following her, but she knew she was. That just left Kiba wondering how he got ditched and wondering what he should do now.

Walking two feet behind Naruto, Hinata was having an inner battle, should she make conversation or just follow behind quietly. Unfortunately every time she opened her mouth nothing would come out. At the back of her head she could hear Naruto on repeat, Naruto knew Hinata was always around. She never been so embarrassed before, finally looking are her surrounds she noticed they were now walking alongside a small stream in one of the nearby forests. Having never been so deep in a forest she couldn't help but to gasp at the beauty. Suddenly Naruto stopped walking and sat by the riverbank, "Sit with me Hinata, and tell me what's on your mind."

"I can tell you anything…?"

"Anything." Naruto stared into Hinata's eyes.

Trying to pluck of the courage, taking a deep breathe "I… I… know you are a girl Naruto-chan…"

Wow cats out of the bag :p