This one is going to be short, compared to the last two, but I thought it was a cute idea, and of course, I wanted to update.

Kiba sat in his chair and tapped his foot on the floor impatiently. He glanced up at the clock that read 2:30.

Damn. He still had half an hour of school left.

Iruka-sensei was up at the board, teaching something about the clone jutsu that they would have to perform next week during the ninja exams so that they could become genin.

'Man...why does time have to go by so slowly?' he thought. It wasn't that he wanted to get out of school, it was because he had to talk to Iruka-sensei about something important.

'Man, I sure hope he listens to me...' he thought.

His mind began to drift back to what had happened the day before...

Kiba had been out for a walk when he passed by the training grounds and saw a figure sitting by one of the practicing posts, crying.

On the target, there were multiple shuriken and kunai knives that were scattered, as though they had just been thrown randomly.

The figure was of a girl, who was crying into her knees. Upon closer inspection, he recognized her immediately.

"Hinata?" he called out. Hinata looked up and tried to wipe away the tears from her face. He walked and approached her as she stood up to greet him.

"Kiba-kun, what are you doing here?" she asked. She was still rubbing her cheeks to remove all traces of tears on her face.

"I should be asking you the same thing." He said in a concerned voice, "Are you alright?"

She immediately nodded her head. "O-of course I'm fine, why wouldn't I be?"

"Because you were crying." He said frankly. The expression on her face dropped a bit as she tried to tell him what was wrong.

"I'm sorry Kiba-kun...I guess I'm just afraid about the exams next week..."

The tears were relentless and Hinata eventually just gave way to them.

"I don't want to be a bad ninja! I think I'm going to pass the exam, but what happens if I become the worst ninja on my squad and they send me back to the academy?"

She buried her face in her hands and continued to sob.

Kiba tried to get her to calm down.

"Hinata it's alright! You'll be a good ninja, I promise! Plus, when you get on your ninja squad, you'll have your teammates and your cell leader to help you if you get stuck!"

She sniffed loudly. "I hope you're right Kiba-kun..."

She leaned into him and sobbed, "I wish that you could be on my squad to help me..."

Kiba was so focused on his memory, he almost didn't hear the bell ring.

"Alright, class dismissed!" said Iruka, "Don't forget that the exams to become a genin are next week! Practice your jutsus!"

All the kids in the class groaned as they packed up their things and prepared to leave the ninja academy. Kiba however, packed very slowly. He needed all the other kids to be out of the room before he could talk to his sensei.

When he was the last one left, he approached Iruka, who was cleaning the board.

"Kiba? What are you still doing here? Don't you have to get home?" he asked, turning around to face his pupil.

"Iruka-sensei, I want to ask you about something," he said, "how do you determine how a squad is made up?"

Iruka gave him a puzzled look. "Can't you wait until next week to find out?"

Kiba shook his head. "That'll be too late. Can you please tell me?" he said, getting a little impatient. Was it such a hard question?

"The squads are arranged so that there is a balance. The strongest with the weakest, that sort of thing. Why do you want to know? Is there someone who you want to be in your squad?" he asked.

Kiba started to blush as he muttered an almost inaudible "Yes"

Iruka started to laugh and tease Kiba a little. "OOOO Kiba, is it a giiirl?"

"Hey quit that!" said Kiba, getting annoyed, "I just want to make sure she'll be ok, alright?"

Iruka laughed and patted Kiba on the head. "I'm just kidding. Who are we talking about here anyway?"

"Hinata Hyuga." He said very softly.

"Hinata? I didn't know you went for her type!" said Iruka jokingly again.

"Quit it! I just want to make sure she and I are in the same cell."

"Why?"

"Because," started Kiba, "she's afraid that she'll fail."

There was silence in the room.

"Fail? Hinata's grades are fine, why would she be worried?"

Kiba clenched his fists. "She's afraid that she'll be alone and that no one's going to help her if she needs it. I know that she won't need it, but she hasn't fully convinced herself. I just don't want to see her unhappy."

Iruka watched had Kiba made the confession. He thought it was sweet of Kiba to do this for Hinata.

"Well Kiba, I'll tell you what. I'm going to see what I can do about this situation alright?"

Kiba's eyes lit up. "You mean you'll do it?"

"I'm going to try my best!"

Kiba gave a shout for joy and ran out of the classroom. He couldn't wait to tell Hinata the good news.

A little story to ready before bed eh? Anyway, review please!