"Hey, Hinata."

A shy girl's face turned over to her teammate and his dog. She held her fingers close to each other. "Y-Yes...K-Kiba...?"

"Do you really want to win this tournament...?"

The girl slowly nodded her head, even though she wasn't exactly one hundred percent sure. She wanted to prove that she was strong to almost everyone. But she didn't think she could really do if she had to get past the one she adored, the blonde haired boy that defied all laws if he wanted too. Naruto...how could she possibly fight him? Every time she got within 5 feet of him she trembled with shyness.

"Do you?"

Hinata jumped at the sudden call from Kiba. She had been gone into her own universe thinking about him again. She thought about it thoroughly and slowly replied. "Y-Yeah..."

"Then you're gonna have to release all your strength. Don't hold back in these battles, because no one else will."

Hinata lowered her head at the thought of this. Kiba was entirely right. If she held back, she would get defeated easily since no body else would be doing the same. She was just hoping that she wouldn't seriously hurt anyone...especially Naruto.

"And your first match...against that Sakura girl..." Kiba looked over to Hinata as she turned her head to him. "She's smart. She may not be extremely strong, but she can be tough. Just follow my word of advice. Don't hold back no matter what. Even against Naruto."

Kiba began to walk home. Hinata leaned against a wall and began thinking. What if she did end up beating Sakura? And then...what if she ended up getting past Ino or Kiba? And what if Naruto overpowered Temari and the both of them ended up fighting? Hinata began to walk back to the Hyuuga Compound, in utter confusion of what might end up happening.

A girl held her fan in hand and sat on a roof in Konoha. The sun was setting, and she began thinking about the tournament. What she could buy with all that ryo...it would really be astonishing. She then began to think about her foe.

"Uzumaki Naruto..."

She had seen the fight between him and Neji. He was able to outsmart the so called Hyuuga genius. She would have to dispose of him quickly before anything got to crazy. She then began to think about what would happen to her in the later matches. Kankuro wouldn't be much of a problem. But if she had to fight Gaara...she would have to quit. Even being as strong as she is, she wouldn't be able to defeat him. So, the only real thing that she had to worry about was Gaara.

"So, you're telling me that...you're gonna make a revision to your Uzumaki Naruto Combo?"

"Yeah!"

"How in the world do you plan on doing that?"

"Well, instead of bringing them back down to the floor with a kick to the face, I'm gonna do it with a Rasengan to the stomach!"

"Something now tells me I should have not taught you that technique..."

An old hermit sat on a stool in a ramen bar next to a blonde haired boy. The old hermit had long white hair and was one of the legendary Sannin. The blonde that sat next to him was Naruto Uzumaki, a very eager boy participating in the tournament. They were inside Ichiraku Ramen, eating the usual dinner of ramen.

"So, Perverted Hermit, are you and Old Lady Hokage gonna watch the fights?" Naruto asked after a big slurp.

Jiraiya pushed his empty ramen bowl forward after taking his last bite. "Everyone's gonna be there. Me, Tsunade, feudal lords, all the Jonin and Chuunin from the other villages...anyone you can think of." He turned to Naruto with a big smirk on his face. "Tsunade's gonna be sitting on a large chair, and on the right of the chair is a pedestal with a large golden trophy holding the one million ryo. She's sworn to kill anyone who tries to steal it."

Naruto had a large chunk of ramen noodles in his mouth the whole time the hermit was saying this. He slowly swallowed it all and had a look of amazement on his face.

Jiraiya grew another smirk on his face. "Amazing, ain't it?"

"Uhm...yeah, it's amazing and all...but...can I have a second bowl?" Naruto said in a low voice.

"Sorry, kid, but I think that's enough for you."

Naruto smirked and performed a hand seal. Jiraiya raised an eyebrow and suddenly experienced a quick nosebleed as Naruto pulled out his Oiroke no Jutsu. Now in front of Jiraiya was a beautiful woman.

"May I please have a second bowl?" Naruto's secret girl form said, with a small giggle.

"Only if you stay like that while you eat it!" Jiraiya said with an anxious look on his face. But to his disappointment, the girl quickly disappeared and Naruto returned with an annoyed expression on his face.

"Screw it, I'm going home."

Jiraiya grew a big frown as Naruto jumped up from his stool and walked off mumbling some words better left unsaid.

It was now evening in Konoha. Almost every light was out, most shops were closed, and no one was out on the streets. Tsunade looked out to the city from her office window. There was only a short time left until the tournament, approximately a week. Everything was all ready set up, and the audience was already notified. Just a week until what she had been waiting for. A little spice in Konoha. Things had been dull since Orochimaru's attack and because of that event there so much paper work to fill out. Tsunade had just finished doing the whole week's paperwork in just one quick day, from dawn to evening.

"Should be fun..."