On the roof of the Academy
Naruto and Sasuke were stretching. Well, Sasuke was. He thought this new Naruto looked well, different. There was a feeling of power around him.
As he and Naruto got ready to spar, a large crowd gathered around them. Most of the guys and the girls were cheering for Naruto, considering he was probably the best ninja at their school and was about as strong as a chunin. The only people cheering for Sasuke were Ino, Sakura, and some other random fangirl. Sasuke sprinted at Naruto, who moved so fast that he looked like he disappeared and reappeared behind Sasuke, who tried to spin kick Naruto, who in turn dodged and announced he had also found a new toy to play with at Tenten's weapon shop. "She called them senbon, I think." He jumped back and while in mid-air, his hand protruded from his shirt and threw four needle-like pins at Sasuke who was hit by only one.
Not that anyone noticed, but Anko had been watching that whole fight. Now a very angry Sasuke flew through four different hand seals and Naruto, who noticed what they were, started going through five seemingly random hand seals. Both jutsu were activated at the same time and Sasuke screamed, "Fire Ball!" while Naruto yelled, "Fire Healing!" The jutsu hit each other head on and Naruto absorbed Sasuke's and Naruto's kept going on and hit Sasuke, who felt like all of his body ached at once, then he felt himself all healed & falling asleep (after-effect of Fire Healing makes user or target fall asleep.) Anko, who saw the whole fight, was very impressed.
'He's good for a genin, I can't believe he has the Kyuubi in him and is so popular.' Most of the girls were thinking 'He's so cool. I wonder if he'll talk to me…'
Hinata was (of course) blushing, thinking how big his muscles must be. 'I'll bet he trains and lifts weights every day. I hope he noticed me cheering for him…Naruto-kun…' Naruto, picking up Sasuke and making his way to Anko, waving, noticed that as soon as he waved, one pale-eyed girl immediately hid behind the roof door and starting walking down the stairs. 'I wonder who that girl is… Hyuuga, I think?' He set down Sasuke on the ground and said hi to Anko. When she asked how he got so fast, Naruto replied "When I was training the other day, this one green spandex-wearing ninja flew into the training grounds and told me he would help me train. 'Oh, heck no. Not HIM!' Anko, not really paying attention, shivered when she thought of him. Naruto noticed Sakura coming towards him and he said "Hi, Sakura."
"Don't you 'Hi, Sakura!' me you idiot! Look what you did to Sasuke-kun! You hurt him!" Naruto replied, "Calm down. Your precious Uchiha is fine, he's just sleeping; I didn't kill him. I used a healing jutsu on him that made him fall asleep after healing him." He looked toward Anko for help. "Right, Anko-sensei?"
"It's true, even though that is an S-rank jutsu, Naruto." Anko assured her, warning Naruto, "Don't use that jutsu in such a trivial match or else you'll pass out from chakra loss. Make sure you heal only big injuries with it, you dork!" Naruto noticing Sasuke was awake and glaring at him, said, "By the way, Anko-sensei, where's this Hinata-san girl that is supposed to be on our team?"
"She probably is late, but that's kind of unusual for a Hyuuga." "Wait, does she have blue hair and sort of pale eyes?" This time Sakura answered his question, stating, "Yeah, why?"
"Because she's standing over there and she's staring at me." They all followed Naruto's gaze and saw the shy Hyuuga heiress, hiding behind a tree, staring at Naruto. Naruto beckoned her with his hand, smiling and calling out, "Come on, Hinata-san! We have to start our team introductions." Hinata meekly trudged out from behind the tree and walked toward Naruto and the others. She looked longingly at Naruto who noticed and smiled warmly at her, causing her to blush excessively. Sakura, who saw this, told Sasuke, "Isn't love in the air?"
"What is sad is it's all unrequited…"