Six Years later

Pale eyes screeched the room for him, she couldn't help it. There, her mind said. He stared straight ahead ignoring the girls around him, waiting for lunch to come. He glared at the pink haired girl who sat next to him, trying way too hard to get his attention, she had got it by saying something about…her. Her heart slowed as he glared at the girl. Uchiha Sasuke finally said something, she just barely heard it, but it made her heart swell.

"Don't ever talk about Hyuuga Hinata like that to me ever again." His voice was laced with anger, "She is not shallow like you, she is prettier than you, smarter than you, and much more of a ninja than you will ever be."

"Whoa, Sasuke-teme, that's really mean!" Uzumaki Naruto, her crush, defended Haruno Sakura, "Sakura-Chan is super pretty, and Hinata stutters a lot."

Hinata looked away, to the lazy genius next to her. Nara Shikamaru, he is one of her few friends, he lazily smiled at her.

"Is it time for lunch yet, Hinata?" He hid a yawn.

She giggled, "Almost Shikamaru-Kun."

"Did you make us all bentos again, Hinata?" Akiamichi Choji, her other friend asked munching on some chips.

"Yes, I did. Neji was annoyed that I was up before him again." Hinata smiled faintly.

Shikamaru patted her shoulder, "I don't know what his problem is."

"Me and how weak I was." Hinata glanced out the window, "I think he's disturbed by my new strength."

"Yeah, I was kind of worried too, I mean, you got really strong since you were six. I don't know what happened but, suddenly you had some kind of drive." Shikamaru smiled at her, "And I'm still too lazy to pick up my pencil to fill out a test."

"Yeah, you're dad is so pleased about your new strength. He was caught bragging the other day by my dad, who teased the hell out of him." Choji added through his chips.

"Shikamaru! Hinata! Choji! Will you guys listen?"

"Too troublesome." Shikamaru sighed.

"Fine." Choji grumbled.

"Oro?" Hinata breathed, "What'd we do? They can't even hear us."

"No, but he noticed our mouths moving again," He sighed again, "troublesome."

"Dismissed! Remember tomorrow you get your teams!"

"Finally!" Hinata laughed at Choji's reaction.

"Run out of chips?"

"Yeah."

"Iruka-Sensei! Will you tell me what team I'm on?"

"Hinata! I'd never think you'd be the one to bug me about that."

"Yeah, well, I'm pretty sure if I'm with Haruno or Yakamaru I'll kill myself by the end of the week."

"Yeah? Well, who do you think you'd be good with?"

"Well, it'd be pointless to put me on a team with Shino, since he's good a tracking, or Kiba 'cause he's good a tracking too, and I'm good a tracking. How stupid would that be?" Hinata didn't notice Iruka turn pink, "A team with nothing but trackers? Nothing to learn from each other, it'd be too off balance."

"Well, you'll have to wait just like everybody else. Sorry, Hinata." Iruka said as he walked out of the room.

Hinata sighed, "I bet he put me with either Haruno or Kiba."

"Does it matter?" A voice asked from behind her.

"Yeah, it does." She turned to look at him, "Sasuke, if I'm not on your team how am I supposed to keep my word? I won't be there…I will off with a different team." Hinata looked upset by this.

"Hinata, we've gotten this far and everything has fell in place to keep you near me, maybe this will too. Don't stress yourself." Sasuke glanced away from her, "As long I'm not with any fan girls."

Hinata laughed, and handed him a bento box, "If I didn't make you lunch all you'd eat are tomatoes and onigiri."

"Hn." Is that even an answer?

Hinata sighed, "I have to go, Shikamaru and Choji are probably waiting. Later, Sasuke."

Hinata hurried out, realizing lunch is only an hour, and she wasted at least twenty minutes in there. Shikamaru and Choji stood by the doors that lead outside, waiting for her. Choji didn't look happy.

"Hey, Hinata, what took so long?" Shikamaru asked, as they walked outside.

"Ah, I was talking with Iruka-sensei when I ran into Uchiha-san and got really embarrassed." Hinata blushed and played with her hands.

"You may have new found strength, but you still don't like meeting new people, eh?" Choji laughed as he took a bento box from her.

"It's not that! He just…doesn't show any emotions or say anything! I mean is "hn" really a word?" Hinata blabbed on trying to make sure they didn't think anything was going on between her and Sasuke.

"You shouldn't really worry about it." Shikamaru said as they all sat on the roof, "The chances of you being on a team with Uchiha are low. You're top of the class tied with him, why would they put the two smartest kids on the same team?"

"That's true. Just like you probably won't be on a team with Shikamaru." Choji said.

"I just hope I'm not on a team with one of those two girls." Shikamaru sighed, "That'd be troublesome."

"Yakamaru or Haruno? I hope I'm not on a team with either of them either, not until they get their heads on strait. Ninjas shouldn't be so attached to physical appearance or material items." Hinata said as she finished her bento box, "It's a sure way to die."

"Hinata are you nervous about getting our teams? I am, just a little." Choji attempted looking at the sky.

"I don't know Choji. I don't know how I feel about teams. Getting to know people on such a personal level, it isn't a Hyuuga thing to do. It'll be awkward for awhile I suppose." Hinata smiled, "But we'll still be friends, hanging out on the weekends when we can. Just because we're getting teams doesn't mean they're replacing us."

"She's right Choji. Anyway, lunch is over. Let's head back now." Shikamaru said as he already headed towards the stairs, "Troublesome."