Hey guys Novablade here. At long last, I'm getting around to this story again. Be on the lookout for new chapters to my other stories cuz i plan to have some new chapters for those stories i haven't touched in awhile. Of course if you guys have read the first two chapters of this story, you should know by now who the main pairing is. Sorry Naruhina fans. Worry not though, Naruto will end up with someone actually useful. There will be a hint towards it in this chapter. As for Sakura, think i'll just keep her with Sasuke for now but i may change my mind depending on how the story goes. Anyways enough of that, onto the story!Disclaimer: Novablade 67 owns nothing other than the oc's who appear in this story!

Chapter 3- Promise Kept part I

A certain blond haired kid couldn't sleep enough the entire night and woke up before the crack of dawn the next day. His brother, Odyn, was still sleeping when Naruto decided to do some early morning katas. Of course, this didn't last for long when his stomach growled. He was hungry. Naruto did remember what he and Odyn discussed the night before since today they were getting assigned to teams.

*Flashback*

Odyn- Hey Naruto.

Naruto- Yeah, what is it Odyn?

Odyn- Just for precaution, I think we should stick with using different last names for awhile.

Naruto- Why's that?

Odyn- So people won't get suspicious. If they start asking questions and you're forced to answer, It'll just be a huge mess.

Naruto- Ok. I guess you're right.

Odyn- Good. Just so they know we're brothers now, I'll take the surname of Namikaze. You keep your surname of Uzumaki, those two clans were like family from what i've heard since coming here.

Naruto- Ok if you're sure. But don't you have family here?

Odyn- Sure i do. I have a cousin and a friend here, but they'll probably keep those two together since they actually look more like siblings than myself and my cousin do.

Naruto- Does that mean they're my cousins too? We're brothers now after all.

Odyn- Not really Naruto. Remember, I'm the only one who became family with. That doesn't apply to my cousin and friend. It would be different if you exchanged cups with them though, then they would become your family too.

Naruto- So is there a way they can become my family too?

Odyn- there is... but- you know what, nevermind. I'll tell you once you meet my cousin.

Naruto- Aw come on, tell me!

Odyn- Nope, you're just going to have to wait.

*End Flashback*

Naruto then saw what time it was and freaked because he knew that they needed to get to the academy soon. The blond shook his brother awake only to be instantly pinned to the floor in one motion. Odyn was still half asleep when he did this so when he heard Naruto choking, that's when he woke up. "What the- Naruto? What are you doing down there?," Odyn asked. Naruto deadpanned, did he not remember what he just did? "Trying to wake you up, silly! Look at what time it is...," Naruto said as he pointed to the clock. Odyn's eyes widened as he jumped off of Naruto before shaking him repeatedly.

He asked him why he didn't wake him up sooner, to which Naruto said that he did try to. Odyn quickly got ready before racing naruto out of the door to their apartment. Once on the ground, Odyn didn't even wait for Naruto before taking off at a full sprint.

Insert Bleach Ost 1- Ditty for Daddy*

Odyn- Smell ya later Naruto! Nyah!

Naruto- What the -?! Hey, no fair getting a head start!

Odyn- What? I never said that I'd wait for you, did I? Not my fault you're slow.

Naruto- The Heck did you say?! I'm not slow! Yaaarggghhh!!!!

The next few minutes resulted in a hilarious race between Naruto and Odyn to see who'd get to the classroom first. Unfortunately, most of the villagers got caught up in it. Fortunately most of them were undisturbed from what they needed to do that morning, they just were spun around by Odyn and Naruto zipping past them. Most of the villagers just sweatdropped at seeing this, they didn't even wanna know what that race was about. Both boys arrived at the classroom at the same time, even they argued briefly about who was first. Odyn stopped arguing with the blond when he saw Barron and Kanna.

Kanna- Up to trouble already Odyn?

Odyn- morning.. to you t-too Kanna.

Barron- Hey Odyn, sup?

Odyn- Oh Barron, what's up buddy?

Naruto was a little confused by this, since when did Odyn know those two guys so well? Kanna, he couldn't tell if they were a boy or if they were a girl due to the hood covering their face. A few minutes later, Sakura and Ino came rushing into the classroom, they also argued over who was first briefly. That was until both spotted Sasuke Uchiha both called his name and proceeded to glare at each other about it. The said uchiha just looked away uninterested.

The other students slowly started coming in one by one and taking their seats, during this time both Ino and Sakura had managed to sit down. It was during this time before the instructor came that a little incident with Naruto and Sasuke occurred. One student bumped into Naruto and knocked him right into Sasuke causing the two to gag soon after their mouths briefly made contact with each other..Odyn looked away so he never saw the incident. He heard all the commotion over it though. As he looked the other way, he managed to spot Hinata. She must have seen him because she waved at him. For some reason though, she was really shy. Of course it had been 4 years since they'd really interacted with each other so that was to be expected.

Odyn just smiled at Hinata, this made her quite happy for some unknown reason. "I have to admit, Hinata chan sure has changed in 4 years. Ah well, maybe I'll talk to her later.," Odyn thought. While Odyn turned back to the front to focus Hinata couldn't help but to keep staring at him. She was sitting with a friend of hers named Midori. Midori was actually the sister of Sakura Haruno (yeah I know Salura never had siblings, but i figured it couldn't hurt anything to make her have one). Midori smiled as she put her hand on Hinata's shoulder to comfort her.

Midori- Say, that's the boy you've been telling me about right?

Hinata- Yeah, i-It is.

Midori- You like him?

Hinata- ah! M-Midori.. please d-don't Odyn- kun will hear you.

Midori- hm? Odyn kun? Ha! I knew it, you do like him.

Hinata- mm..

Midori- Well Hinata, I gotta say.. He's quite the looker. Maybe I should try and go after him?

Hinata- Midori..

Midori- I'm kidding Hinata, just joking. I know better than to go after your boyfriend. But why him though?

Hinata- He never had any friends in the village. And.. h-He stood up for me when my own clan was insulting me. I just want to be his friend.

Midori couldn't help but to smile after that. She wished Hinata good luck, which made her flush crimson because it wasn't like what she implied between her and Odyn. At least.. Not yet anyways..

5 minutes later

Iruka finally came into the room and managed to make sure everyone was quiet by giving the answer to the one question every student had on their minds. He knew everyone wanted to know what teams they'd be put on and with whom, so he just got right down to business. "Alright everyone settle down. I know you are all anxious to see who you'll be placed on a team with and what team you'll be placed on.," Iruka said. From that point on, the whole classroom was somewhat quiet. Nobody said much because they didn't want to miss what team they were named to. It didn't take long at all for Iruka to go through teams 1 to 6, along with the personnel to make up those teams. At last, the time had come to reveal team 7's personnel.

Iruka- Team 7 lead by Kakashi Hatake will consist of...

Everyone held their breaths hoping it was their name that was called or hoping it didn't get called yet.

Iruka- Sakura Haruno

Sakura- huh? me?

Iruka- Naruto Uzumaki

Naruto- yaaay!

Sakura- Aw come on!

Iruka- Sasuke Uchiha

Naruto- no, why?!

Sakura- Yeah!!!

Iruka- And..

Naruto/Sakura- And?!

Seeing as everyone wanted an explanation, Iruka explained his reasoning. He told them since they had a few extra students, some teams would have one more member than the traditional three.

Iruka- Kanna Inazuka.

Kanna- Yes sir?

Iruka- You will be with Team 7 here. Unless you have complaints..

Kanna- No sir, that works fine for me.

Sakura- Great, I'm the only girl on this team.. Least I got Sasuke kun on my team instead of Ino pig getting him!

Iruka- Team 8 lead by Kurenai Yuhi will be...

Hinata- Looks like I won't be with Naruto...

Iruka- Shino Aburame

Shino- Hn.

Iruka- Kiba Inazuka

Kiba- Keh, whatever.

Iruka- Hinata Hyuga.

Hinata- oh... guess i'm with no one i know then..

Iruka- And Odyn Namikaze.

Odyn- Alright, guess i'm with Hina chan. Perfect, now i can talk to her easier since we're on the same team.

Hinata- Ah.. O-Oh I'm with O-Odyn Kun... I-I've wanted to talk to him for awhile now.

Midori- Good for you Hinata, you're with Odyn.

Hinata- T-Thanks Midori.

Iruka- Team 9 lead by Maito Gai.. Neji Hyuga.

Neji- Hn, not surprised.

Iruka- Ten Ten Higurashi

Tenten- Huh.. so i'm with Neji.

Iruka- Rock Lee

Lee- Yosh!

Iruka- and Barron Inazuka

Tenten- Huh? we get a fourth member too?

Neji- So we get him huh?

Lee- hmm..

Iruka- Last but not least.. Team 10 lead by Asuma Sarutobi.

Midori- was wondering when they'd get to them.

Iruka- Shikamaru Nara

Shikamaru- man this'll be a drag..

Iruka- Choji Akamichi

Choji- *munches on potato chips*

Iruka- Ino Yamanaka

Ino- ...You've got to be kidding me!

Iruka- And Midori Haruno

Midori- what?! Huh... ugh why am i stuck with Ino?

Once he finished naming the personnel of each team, iruka told them that their senseis would be waiting for them later on in the day. Soon after, he dismissed the students as each of the teams went to meet their jonin senseis. Team 8 stuck together and went to meet their sensei at one of the many training grounds within the village.

with Team 8

Everyone from team 8 met at the training ground designated as #8 in the village. They didn't have to wait long because Kurenai showed up within a few minutes.

Kurenai - So the 4 of you... are the team I'm in charge of? Odd thought there were only 3.

Kiba- Tell that to the blue haired pipsqueak.

Hinata- Hey now.. stop.

Kiba- eh? What's he gonna do about it?

Hinata- Stop it! Leave Odyn kun alone you bully!

Kiba- Wha-?

Kurenai- well then.. This girl..

Odyn- come on guys she wants us to introduce ourselves, let's not get off on the wrong foot here. We are a team after all.

The others including Kiba admitted that he was right and calmed down enough to introduce themselves. Kurenai had Kiba go first, since he was the one who started the trouble. (I'll save the introduction stuff for team 7's scene so i'll just skip this part) Kurenai wanted to judge each of their abilities so she had Kiba and Odyn square off. Well it was supposed to be a spar but Odyn was able to drop Kiba and knock him out cold with just a few moves.

Odyn- Oops sorry sensei, guess i got carried away. Haha ha ha .

Kurenai - Amazing! This boy.. he was able to move so fluently in the blink of an eye, even i almost didn't see it. Impressive.

Kurenai had seen enough for one day, she told them to be back the next day for some training. Truth was she wanted to see what Odyn could really do without hurting anyone. Team 8 went their separate ways as Kurenai dismissed them, except for Odyn and Hinata that is. Kurenai noticed that Odyn and Hinata seemed to get along fairly well, she'd keep that in mind for tomorrow. Hinata ran up to Odyn to get his attention before he went on his way.

Hinata- E-Excuse me O-Odyn Kun?

Odyn- Ah Hinata chan. What's up? I've been wanting to talk to you for awhile now.

Hinata- M.. Me too. Um.. if it isn't too much trouble, can you come with me? My father would like to see you.

Odyn- Hmm... Oh! Yeah that's right! I promised your dad that I'd train you, but I'd need 4 to 6 years before i could. Well, no time like the present eh?

Hinata- Oh y-yeah.

Odyn and Hinata went back to the Hyuga compound to gain permission from Hiashi himself to began Hinata's training. On the way there though, Odyn couldn't help but to stare at Hinata. She looked so different than he remembered, course she was older too so that probably helped.

Hinata- Something wrong, Odyn kun?

Odyn- Oh it's nothing, you just.. you look so different. Guess i'm not used to it yet.

Hinata- Well.. it has been 4 years since then so of course I look different. But then, so do you.

Hyuga clan compound

Odyn and Hinata made it back to the Hyuga clan's hq after a bit of a walk. Odyn went straight to Hiashi to inform him of his arrival. It was also to make good on the promise from 4 years ago.

Odyn - Lord Hyuga, I've returned.

Hiashi- So i see. How have you been Odyn?

Odyn- Very well sir.

Hiashi- So is my daughter to receive training from you?

Odyn - Yes sir I'm here to fulfill that promise.

Hiashi smiled and escorted him to the training dojo. Odyn and Hinata then began their training. He was now keeping his promise from 4 years ago. How would Hinata or how much would she improve was the question. Only time would tell.

To be continued in chapter 4- Promise Kept II.