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Hinata sighed in relief as she finally got back to the compound. She ran a hand through her blue-black hair and thought back to the conversation from the Hokage's office earlier that day. Anko as her sensei, oh Kami that was going to be a rollercoaster ride of epidemic proportions. Hinata knew that she would be stronger after the apprenticeship but what would Anko put her through to achieve it? She felt a cold shiver ran through her spine as she remembered the chunin exams.

Hiashi felt pride in his ability to keep his emotions in check but this entire ordeal with Hinata and Anko had his nerves in tatters. He knew what that woman was capable of and he was not sure if he should be proud that Hinata would be trained under such a powerful kuniochi or be terrified of what his daughter would have to be put through. Anko's level of compassion was that of a starving snake that just woke up from hibernation, and that was during one of her good days.

Neiji and Hanabi were sparring in the compound dojo and Hinata was staring at the wasted cinnamon roll, not really concentrating on them, her mind was running laps around what little she knew of the Snake Mistress. Kurenai was informed of the change in her team. Hinata would be under Anko's tutelage but when mission outside the village arose then Hinata would accompany them along with Anko.

Anko was having a rather odd obstacle, how to combine the Byakugan with the Hebi based fighting style. Anko ran her nails through her hair and growled in frustration, a few might think she was mirroring a certain Inuzuka clan head.

She finally decided that she would just have to work with Hinata to improvise. That would have to be the best approach as she has only seen Hinata in action during the chunin exams. Anko knew that taking on Hinata would be a challenge as Hinata was not necessarily suited to her own fighting style but she had hoped that taking on Hinata would assist her in mending for her wrong doings during her time under the tutelage of Orochimaru.

Kurenai had listened to Anko weighing out the "pro's and the con's" of taking Hinata on as an apprentice and now finally after weeks of rather passionate debates, the morning of their first training has broken over Konoha's tree tops.

Anko and Hinata both had a rather restless night one in excitement and the other in trepidation. Hinata whimpered as one of the branch member's knocked on her door and notified her that breakfast would be served in a few minutes. She pulled her blanket over her head and then groaned in protest, today was going to be a long day, and she just knew it.

Anko hopped out of bed, the excitement that kept her up the night before still pumping through her veins. She grabbed a cup of coffee and decided that a sweet breakfast was in order. She had another two hours left before she had to meet with Kurenai and the rest of the Hime's team. She pulled on her mesh wear, her orange skirt and her trench coat, she then proceeded to clip on all her pouches needed for training and then jumped out of her own bedroom window.

The chef at the dango shop suddenly noticed that the dango he had just finished making all suddenly starting rolling towards each other and away from the skewer sticks. That only meant one thing. The Snake Mistress was coming in. Anko slammed the door open and announced very loudly that she was in dire need of a large portion of dango. The dangos responded with rather depressive wails in the kitchen.

Hinata finally dressed herself in her normal black shinobi pants, her black t-shirt and her cream and beige hoody that was more than a size or two too large. She pulled on her sandals and then made her way towards the family dining area. She took a seat as her sister and her cousin were discussing shinobi team tactics.

Hiashi had just entered after Hinata and saw that the poor girl seemed exhausted. A branch member served his tea and as he brought the cup to his lips he continued to inspect Hinata. "I had hoped to see some excitement from you Hinata. What is the matter?" Hinata's head shot up and she attempted the reign in the bubble of emotions that were threatening to erupt from her throat.

"F-fath-er. I do not wish to up-set you. I-i merely hoped th-at I had t-time to p-p-rep-are for the new tu-te-lage." Her voice was a mere whisper as always but Hiashi could pick up the trepidation in her emotions. Hanabi and Neiji became rather quiet as they knew how fragile Hinata was around her father.

What happened next would propably go down the books of history in the Hyuuga clan for many generations to come. Hiashi Hyuuga got up from his seat then went and sat next to Hinata on the opposite side of the table and wrapped an arm around her shoulders, his discomfort was contained as he took a deep breath, and Hinata herself was so shocked that she merely gaped at her father. "What? Can't a father hug his daughter?" Neiji and Hanabi almost choked at the fact that Hiashi was being sarcastic.

Hinata, had much to her credit, snuggled closer into her father's body, drawing strength from his support. If only he knew how long she had longed for her father to show her some form of love. She would never forget this day and this memory would forever be engraved into her heart. The branch member that witnessed the Hyuuga clan leader's actions merely placed her urge to gossip to the others on hold and hurriedly moved the place setting and tea towards the Lord Hyuuga.

After breakfast Hinata already felt better, braver even, to face the training that awaited her. A branch member came into the dining area as Hinata was sipping her tea and announced that Kiba, Akamaru and Shino had arrived. A tradition that the team had over the time that they had been together. They always walked together. Hinata took her training pouch and her bento box that was already waiting for her in the hallway then proceeded to meet with her team.

"Hey Hinata!" Kiba's boisterous voice echoed from the main gate and Akamaru's barks soon followed. She blushed at the attention. As she reached the gate, Akamaru jumped from Kiba's jacket and into Hinata's awaiting arms. Shino merely nodded his greeting and then they all headed towards the training grounds.

"So Hinata, how are you feeling about the training with Mitarashi-san?" Shino's calculative voice was always the voice of reason in their team and Hinata had found herself looking to him for guidance more often than not, but today she had no answer for him, she merely shrugged her shoulders and continued to walk with them, clinging to Akamaru.

Anko was late, she knew that extra portion of dango was a bad idea. She was running on the roof tops of Konoha as fast as she could. Kurenai was going to be so mad at her for being late but she couldn't resist. Kurenai already started the usual training with her team, she knew Anko would probably be planning some dramatic entrance.

Hinata was focusing on perfect her Protective 64 palms techniques, hoping it would distract her from her impending doom. Anko dropped from the trees, landing a few feet from Hinata then couldn't resist scaring the girl with the traditional "Boo!". Hinata eep'd loudly and instinctively struck with a chakra enhanced palm towards her attacker, something Anko was not prepared for. A chakra palm to her shoulder caused her to hiss and chuckle in response. "Good reflexes Hime." Kurenai walked over to the commotion and tsk'ed at Anko's childish actions. "Sure scare the daylights out of her before you even start training her." Anko just grimaced at her as she was attempting to open up the closed of chakra point.

Hinata started twiddling her index fingers as she saw Anko open up the chakra point, Anko then proceeded to circle Hinata, much to the dismay of the girl. "How about a little spar Hina-Hime."

Author's note: I know it's not a long one but I wanted to post atleast twice a week and I needed the emotional build up in this chapter.

And I know that alot of the characters are OC but hey, we are playing with characters here. Nothing is unheard of.