It only took a few minutes for the class to get outside, They stood a large clearing, almost no grass grew on the ground and an aged white circle could be barely made out if you looked hard enough. Naruto stood beside Hinata, looking over her head at the rest of the males he would have to fight. Off the bat he could tell Sasuke chakra reserves were much higher than the others, 'Chakra does not count for everything though.' He thought as he continued over the rest of his classmates.
Iruka simply looked over the top of his small clipboard at his class "All right, First things first, The Taijutsu evaluation." He announced loudly, many of the people in the class groaned. Naruto just pulled one of his arms above his head stretching out a little bit. Sasuke didn't do anything.
"So first up, Kiba Inuzuka and Chouji Akamichi." Iruka read the names and looked at the two in question.
They stepped in the center of the clearing and bowed, the small dog on Kiba's head just yipped.
"You may not use Chakra, only straight Taijutsu," Iruka said flatly, giving the Inuzuka boy a pointed stare, the boy shrugged "Begin."
The dog jumped out of the circle, without Chakra he wasn't going to be fighting so he was content to watch from the sidelines. Kiba flashed a cocky grin "I gotta fight this Fatso? Too easy."
A boy with a one of the oddest hairstyles Naruto had ever seen shook his head and Naruto turned back to the fight.
"Heh, I think I misheard you dog boy," Chouji very nearly growled "You want to repeat that?"
Kiba's grin got slightly smaller "You heard me, Chubby, what are you going to do eat me?"
Chouji charged him, throwing a series of punches that Kiba either dodged or blocked, Kiba ducked his head as a fist flew over his head, and brought his foot into the larger boys stomach, he lurched forward and Kiba slammed his fist into Chouji's chin, the boy fell backwards and landed with a heavy thud. Chouji got up rather slowly massaging his chin "I yield." He growled out, looking at Iruka.
The sensei nodded "Next up, Shino Abarame and Shikamaru Nara."
Naruto gave Chouji a small grin and tapped him on the shoulder "Don't worry about it you did pretty will you just need to practice some more."
Chouji smiled and scratched the back of his head a little "Yeah, thanks. I'm Chouji, By the way."
"Naruto." He responded taking the offered hand and giving it a shake.
"I yield." Was heard and many of the group turned around, the two people hadn't even moved.
Naruto frowned, Chouji noticed his look "Shikamaru is really lazy, if he doesn't HAVE to fight he won't."
Naruto shrugged "He is only hurting his own scores."
Hinata watched the blonde as he moved about the group, always telling the loser of the fight something encouraging or urging them to train more. Hinata let a small smile play out on her face as she waited.
"Hinata Hyuuga and Sakura Haruno." Iruka called out.
Naruto focused his attention on the fight in front of him, while he didn't know either of the girls well, he was still interested in their abilities.
Hinata stepped into the circle, uncomfortably aware of every set of eyes on her and the pinkette in front of her, she rubbed her forearms nervously.
"No Byakugan Hinata," Iruka said simply "Begin."
Hinata nodded and dropped into the basic Gentle-fist style stance, she watched her opponent and frowned the girl wasn't even watching, she sighed walked towards the Pinkette and slammed her palm into the girl chest, she sprawled on the ground and sat up slowly "Ow! What was that for?!"
"You realize you are supposed to be fighting right?!" Naruto shouted with a shake of his head.
Sakura blushed slightly, she hadn't been paying attention and now everyone knew her slip-up 'What would Sasuke-Kun think of me now, he probably thinks' I'm an idiot.'
Sasuke stood with his same brooding expression 'I wonder if I should go out for dinner tonight.' He thought absently.
Sakura finally stood up and…Attempted to fight Hinata, the spar was one sided and Sakura gave after the fourth strike knocked her down.
Hinata walked away from the sparring circle, Naruto made no move to go towards Sakura at all "Nicely done Hinata-chan. That was impressive."
Hinata blushed deeply "T-T-Thank you." she managed.
"Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha." Iruka called out.
So far Naruto had watched all the fights, he knew he would be matching his skill with Sasuke already, so he walked to the center of the field and waited. Sasuke stood opposite him a cocky smirk on his face.
"Did you end up getting that fire Jutsu down?" Naruto asked in genuine curiosity.
Sasuke nodded.
"Begin."
Naruto brought his hand up in front of him and waited, Sasuke flew forward and Naruto smirked, 'he is probably as fast as I am now.' Naruto, twisted and blocked the strike with his elbow, attempting to kick the Uchiha's legs out from under him, Sasuke jumped the attack and threw his other fist at him, Naruto caught it in his palm and turned Sasuke in the air, Sasuke landed on his hands and twisted like top forcing Naruto to jump back away from the Uchiha as he got up.
'This guy is actually on par with me,' Sasuke thought a little surprised as he continued his assault on the blonde, The fight continued the same way for about ten minutes, each throwing attacks the other blocked before eventually having to disengage.
"All right that's enough," Iruka announced as neither had won, he called it a draw.
The girls all fawned as Sasuke walked off the field, most of the guys gave Naruto an approving nod or smile, Shikamaru gave him a knowing smile and Naruto frowned 'There is no way he knows I held back, he doesn't know who I am.'
Shikamaru watched the blonde seat himself beside the Hyuuga 'Those weights are almost perfectly hidden almost.'
"I know that look." Chouji said glancing at his friend "who have you figured out?"
Shikamaru leaned in to whisper his knowledge to Chouji, who's eyes widened as he looked at the blonde in a new light.
"T-T-That was A-amazing N-Naruto-Kun." Hinata stuttered out.
Naruto just smiled at her "Thanks Hinata-chan."
"Well done everybody!" Iruka called out happily "Now we come to the Jutsu part of your evaluation."
"You will all come up and demonstrate your most powerful Jutsu," Iruka continued "If your Jutsu requires a target please state it before hand."
"I think I will go backward down the list this time, so first up Naruto Uzumaki." Iruka looked at his blonde student with a smile.
Naruto smiled back 'Oh crap, I can't do my more powerful Jutsu's, Shadow clones are out, I wonder.'
"Iruka sensei, May we use a Fuinjutsu seal of our own creation?" Naruto asked flatly.
Iruka tapped his chin in thought "All right, but have you really made one Naruto?" He asked apprehensively.
"I will need a target to show you," Naruto said simply.
Iruka nodded, he crossed his hands and a puff of smoke appeared beside him, two Iruka's stood in front of the class many of the children gasped ins surprise, Naruto just smirked 'So sensei knows it too.'
Naruto pulled a blank piece of paper out of his pouch, he sat down before drawing his seal, he stood up and showed it to Iruka, as proof that is was in fact original. Iruka gazed down at the thing with wide-eyed disbelief "Y-Yes this is original." He said flatly. Everyone stared at Naruto and he smiled.
He placed the tag on the clones Iruka, took one step back and placed his index and middle finger in front of his chest, he closed his eyes and channeled his Chakra, the clone's face contorted in pain and it fell to the ground heavily, before dispersing.
"Effective Naruto," Iruka said as the memories of his clone filed into his mind "A paralysis seal that works exactly like an explosive tag. Very impressive."
Naruto nodded his thanks and retook his seat, the class got up one by one. Shikamaru did his shadow possession, Chouji used super expansion, Sakura did a substitution, Kiba used man beast clone and fang over fang, Hinata did a clone Jutsu and Sasuke blew a large fireball.
"All right we are going to take a break for lunch, meet back here in one hour. Class dismissed."
The class dispersed, some went back to their lockers to grab pre-packed Bento's others, like Naruto went to the Academy's small cafeteria. He bought a large roll of bread and a small bottle of ice tea, He walked back outside into the large yard and looked around, He spotted Hinata sitting next to a small frame, two wooden posts connected by a single metal pole, she leaned against the pole on the left, he walked up jumped above her landing on the pole, he let his legs dangle as he ate.
Hinata didn't hear him approach, she didn't even know he was there until she heard something being unwrapped above her, she turned her head slightly to see the blonde ninja peering down at her curiously. She let out a startled "eep." and bounced to her feet.
"Oh, sorry Hinata-chan I should have said something," Naruto flashed her a wide grin and scratched the back of his head "I just didn't think either of us wanted to eat alone."
She took a deep breath "T-that's alright N-Naruto-kun, you are right eating alone isn't really any fun."
Naruto finished his meal and hanging onto the bar with his legs leaned back hanging upside down his head was about level with Hinata's who sat with her legs crossed, she didn't miss the looks he kept shooting at her Bento. She smiled.
"Did your mother make that or something?" Naruto asked simply, wanting to learn a little more about the shy girl he found himself spending a quickly growing amount of time with.
"Ano, m-my mother passed a-away when I was l-little." Hinata said a little sadness etched into her voice.
Naruto cursed himself silently for bringing up painful memories, he did not like the look on Hinata's face at all "Sorry Hinata-chan I didn't know."
"T-that's alright N-Naruto-kun, I know." She smiled at him reassuringly.
He seemed to relax a little, "I-I made this myself." She added holding it up slightly, unable to not show it off a little.
"Look's really good," Naruto said, his original happy image returning "Wish I could cook like that."
"C-cooking isn't that h-hard, y-you just need to p-practice." Hinata said pointing at the blonde and doing her best to sound like she was scolding him, the effect was lost with her stuttering.
He chuckled at the small display "Heh, maybe I should pick up a cookbook or something."
Hinata took another deep breath, "H-Hey N-Naruto-kun," The boy turned his gaze into her lavender irises and she almost lost her nerve, she gripped her chopsticks a little tighter "Say Ah." She smiled as she held up a small piece of fried shrimp, he looked at her a little confused before opening his mouth, she placed it inside and her cheeks darkened a deep crimson. He smiled at her as he chewed, surprising the urge to moan at the flavor.
"That tastes Amazing Hinata-chan, you are going to make some lucky guy very happy one day." He flipped around and landed on his feet, looking up at the sky for a moment. He turned around to tell Hinata that they should head back slightly when he noticed she was swaying around, he knew she was going to fall and he reacted quickly, half diving and sliding up catching her head before it hit the ground, he placed a hand on her forehead 'She's a bit feverish.' He thought absently. Not realizing the true reason she fainted.
The second Naruto had told her she was going to make someone happy she had imagined all sort so things with Naruto, the image of them kissing had made her faint. She didn't stay unconscious long, her eyes opened slowly, she realized how close he was before anything else, his eyes stared down at her in worry as he placed his hand on her forehead.
He shook her shoulder's lightly "Hey, Hinata welcome back to the land of the living." He smiled as she supported herself, he stepped back.
"S-Sorry N-Naruto-Kun, I don't know why I f-fainted." Hinata managed to say.
He just smiled at her "You were a little hot, maybe you should stop wearing that jacket so much, it might be the thing that is overheating you."
She smiled at his concern "M-maybe y-your right."
"Anyway, we should probably head back, Iruka sensei won't be too happy with us if we are late." Naruto said simply, he held out his hand to help her up, she took it albeit slowly 'Her hand's are really soft.' Naruto thought with a smile.
'All right Hinata, do not faint.' She thought as he placed her hand in his, her soft paw connected with his slightly rough and callused one 'He must train a lot for his hand to feel like this.' She thought as she stared at the joined limbs, she got to her feet and let go.
They got back to the clearing, the rest of the class finished off showing their Jutsu and it was time to go home, Naruto left Hinata with a wave and went to his father's hideout for an afternoon training session before dinner at Ichiraku's and then finally home to hit the sack after a long day.
A/N: Hope you all enjoyed this chapter, now I feel like I should make a few things a little more clear, Naruto is taking his Ninja more seriously so he is much stronger but he is still at heart a nice person, he sin't going to be cold and strong just the same friendly Naruto with a few kick-ass Jutsu's :P, Secondly I wanted to ask, would you guys prefer if I used the Japanese names for the Jutsu's or English, I know some people have preferences and I am impassive either way, just wanted to see what my reader's prefer! Peace