"Hello class, today you all are going to spar against one another. This will showcase your abilities and physical strength," says the Academy teacher, Iruka Umino.

The fights are going to be in the order called:

Kiba vs Shikamaru

"Alright! Bring it on!" yelled the wild Inuzuka.

Shikamaru, on the other hand,

"What a drag."

Result: Shikamaru gave up as soon as the fight began.

Sasuke vs Shino

"Hn."

"..."

Result: Tie. Shino was out of chakra by the time Sasuke made his fireball jutsu but bugs were on Sasuke.

Ino vs Ami

"I'm gonna take this bitch down!"

"INO! Watch your language!" yelled Iruka from the background.

"Try it, bimbo!"

Result: Ino won. Being the daughter of a person working in a flower shop, she used the poisonous flowers to knock out Ami.

Chouji vs Naruto

*munch**munch*

"I can take down this fatso! Dattebayo!"

"WHAT DID YOU SAY?!"

Result: Chouji beat Naruto with his super-size jutsu easily. Note: Do not ever call Chouji anything related to the word fat.

Sakura vs Hinata

Hinata nervously walks up the fighting area. She hears her opponent's footsteps approaching. Finally, Sakura and Hinata meet eye to eye. A moment of silence ensues before it is broken.

"I am Haruno Sakura. We have never formally met before."

In a low tone, Sakura mumbles to Hinata,

"As fellow heiresses, it is improper to fight without introductions."

This shocks Hinata but she quickly regains her senses. She gains confidence and replies,

"I am Hyuuga Hinata. It is an honor to be in your presence Sakura-san."

"No way! She didn't stutter?"

Hinata blushes in embarrassment. She never realized how noticeable she was when stuttering.

"Okay. Sakura, Hinata, you have already seen how the fights work. When I say go, engage in battle."

Hinata gets into the traditional Hyuuga stance while Sakura retains her position. Hinata is discouraged by her dismissiveness but ignores it for the time being.

"Go!"

Hinata turns on her Byakugan and aims for Sakura's tenketsu. No matter how hard she tries she can't touch her. Sakura is too fast. The outline of Sakura's chakra appears behind the amateur and she punches her in the back. Spinning around, Hinata loses balance and falls.

Result: Sakura wins by a surprise attack.

Hinata takes a moment to stand up but her back still hurts. A hand reaches out towards her. She looks up and sees Sakura gazing at her expressionless. Quickly, Hinata grabs her hand and pulls herself up.

"Thank you very much."

Hinata bows down. Sakura nods her head and leaves.

Time Skip

In the classroom, Hinata sits between Shino and Shikamaru. Iruka makes the final announcement to end the day.

"Class, you all did well today but remember, train yourself and improve so you can be great shinobi in the future. That is all, you are dismissed."

Being at the back, Hinata is one of the last out of the classroom. Observing her surroundings, she spots her cousin, Neji, and quickly looks down. She dreads the walk back to the Hyuuga compound, hoping that her father does not hear of her loss.

Sakura reflects her meeting with the Hyuuga heiress, who seems polite enough. She ponders the traits of her peer: shy, insecure, desire to impress, dejected.

Sakura remembers the lack of confidence in her abilities. When Hinata fell into stance, her feet were twitching and her hands were shaking. Offhandedly, Sakura wonders who the girl wants to impress but brushes her curiosity away. She noticed the disappointed look in the blue-haired girl's eyes at the beginning of the fight, obviously because Sakura didn't take her seriously enough to assume a position.

However, Sakura sees potential in this girl so much like herself. When Hinata introduced herself, she called her 'Sakura-san' instead of 'Sakura-sama'. She somehow knew by default that Sakura was not keen on letting her status known. On that note, Sakura sets off to find a certain young girl.

She is one of the first out of the Academy. After leaving, she disappears and hides behind a tree. Hinata looks over at Hyuuga Neji, a said prodigy in the side branch. Hinata then walks towards the Hyuuga compound, with Sakura stalking her until she reaches her destination.

Finally, they arrive at her home. Hinata sighs and walks in her father's room.

"Hello, Otou-sama."

Hiashi nods his head to her and cuts directly to the chase.

"What did you do at the Academy?"

"We s-sparred a-against e-each o-other."

Hinata starts to fiddle her fingers.

"Did you beat your opponent?"

"N-No F-Father."

The head of the Hyuuga clan looks at his daughter with a stern look.

"You are still too weak."

Those words wash over Sakura. You are weak. She decides that it is time for her to interfere.

"It is quite difficult to compete with the heiress of the Haruno clan."

Both of them immediately activate the Byakugan.

"Why are you here?!" Hiashi yells.

"I decided to observe your daughter, for reasons," Sakura replies.

"And why should I not send you to the Council for spying?"

"I have an offer to propose to you."

He looks questionably at Sakura.

"If you don't report me, then I will train Hinata-sama."

The Hyuuga head and heiress are extremely shocked. Hiashi stares at the intruder as if he were looking through her.

"Demonstrate your skills."

In a flash, Sakura disables his chakra and points a kunai at his throat. Hinata looks fearful while Hiashi is impressed.

"You have permission to train my daughter."

Sakura plans a schedule inside of her head before offering Hiashi the agenda.

"Hiashi-sama, I will have Hinata as my student from 3-7 pm on all of the weekdays."

"Alright. Are you going to take her now?"

"Yes."

Sakura grabs Hinata and shunshins to Training Ground 16.

"On Monday, we will discuss battle tactics. Tuesday, there will be practice with your kekkei genkai. Wednesday is genjutsu training. Thursday, we improve your ninjutsu. Lastly, Fridays we will increase your chakra control and reserves."

"Alright! I will t-try m-my h-hardest to be stronger!"

A ghost of a smile appears on Sakura's face. Hinata reminds her of her younger, innocent self. She does not want her to end up the way she is now. At that moment, she settles on helping Hinata on her journey to success.

"There is no training today. I will take you out to eat as a passing gift."

"When w-was the t-test?"

"When we fought."

"Oh."

Stopping in front of the building, Sakura commands Hinata to do this.

"Walk up the building with only your feet. To do this, you must add chakra to the soles and simply walk."

Hinata attempts it for the first time and gets up a little bit before slipping. Sighing, Sakura puts her on her back and walks up the building with ease.

] Hinata wonders what place they are going to eat at, while Sakura leaps off the rooftops at a fast pace. It nearly knocks Hinata off but she manages to hold on.

Finally they are at the restaurant. Hinata looks up and sees something unexpected. They are at Konoha's residential buffet. Sakura struts in and orders a table.

"Get anything you want."

Hinata happily takes a mixture of foods with Sakura behind me. When they come to the table, Hinata looks at Sakura's plate, well three. She starts eating her twelve onigiri and blinks at Hinata, signaling for her to eat. Sweat dropping, Hinata proceeds.

"Ne, Hinata-chan, your chest may be big when we become teenagers. But nowhere near the size of mine."

"What?!"

Hinata feels the heat come to my face and looks down. Why is she mentioning that?

"Cup size shows strength. For example, Tsunade-sama has a bosom as big as all of the onigiri left."

Confused, Hinata sweat drops as she examines the amount of onigiri, which is a lot. Then she blushes as she realizes the implication of Sakura's chest being bigger than hers. She blushes even more as she imagines her in the hot springs and her nose bleeds. Sakura changes the topic to what they will be doing. The rest of the time is spent talking about anything and everything.

"Thank you, Sakura-sensei."