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Genin Teams

Hinata had her head on her desk. They had taken the exams, which Hinata had passed with a hundred percent. Afterwards, Sasuke had glared at Hinata because she tied with him. Not that Hinata particularly cared.

Over the past few months, she had been focusing on her Taijutsu skills. She had managed to recreate a bunshin successfully, and had spent most of her time sparring against herself, to make herself better. In the end, not only had Hinata's Taijutsu skills improved dramatically, but the quality of her clone had increased, as well. Now one of Hinata's clones could use about seventy percent of Hinata's power. While she had covered most of the basics, she still needed a lot of work on her genjutsu skills. Hopefully, as she knew she'd get Kurenai, she could teach her some of the genjutsu skills.

Then an idiot decided it would be a good thing to try and hit her with a kunai, especially, since her guard was down. That made it even worse; since Hinata knew that the moment someone tried to get her out of her relaxed stance, she'd react even more violently than if she had all of her guard up. She instantly jumped, catching the kunai, with her Byakugan activated, she threw the kunai back at the sender. Her eyes narrowed as she managed to make out Sasuke get hit behind her. Ah, so he was angry that she got the same scores as him? How elementary. She watched unsympathetically as the kunai hit him straight in the neck, paralysing him. Really, she'd apologize for this if she was her old self; yet, she just had no time to let anyone try and injure her. The Chuunin exams would be in only a few months.

Iruka who saw what happened, immediately rushed to Sasuke's side. However, Hinata would not let him; she swiftly took out her own kunai, throwing it straight at Iruka's forehead protector. The class grew silent, and nervous, seeing what was happening. "Do not interfere; Sasuke must learn his lesson." Hinata said, her eyes staring blankly at Iruka's. This was because she knew that if she had let him interfere, Sasuke would grow embarrassed, then grow angry, and try to hurt her again. Try to shorten her time. Try to stop her from preparing herself.

She strode towards were Sasuke was at, bleeding from the neck, his eyes wide with terror and anger. "Have you learnt your lesson? I cannot afford for you to injure me." She said, staring at Sasuke unblinkingly. Sasuke stubbornly said nothing, instead averting his eyes towards Iruka. But Hinata would not have that. She turned Sasuke's chin to face her expressionless face. ""Face me like a shinobi." She said, feeling indifferent about this whole situation.

Even the Sasuke fan girls could not say anything, not when faced with Hinata's blank face and killer intent. Sasuke was quickly loosing blood, and was unable to move anything from his neck down. Oh dear; Hinata sighed warily.

She took out the kunai, deciding to heal him.

Over the past few months, she had discovered some of her mother's healing books. Hinata had always been interested in herbs and elixirs; she could make them even before the change. But now, Hinata had enough chakra control to try and learn the green healing techniques; the Hyuuga had taught her all about acupuncture, anyway.

She let her eyes glow a bright green, putting them on his throat. She hit the point that would undo the paralysis, and let her hand curl around Sasuke's throat. Sasuke, to her extreme confusion, started shivering the moment she put her hands on his throat. It took her a few moments to heal Sasuke, with him staring at her with confusion, and another weird expression that Hinata couldn't place, dare she try.

When she had healed Sasuke, she returned to her seat. The moment she had sat down, the class had unfrozen. Naruto wasn't there, since he hadn't graduated, and there was no one around to break the tension. Iruka laughed awkwardly, and all the girls had turn to stare at Hinata with hatred, while the boys were staring at her with admiration. Hinata couldn't care less.

Iruka cleared his throat, and told the students to, 'come tomorrow', as that was when the teams were going to be, 'announced'. Hinata wished they could spare her the trouble and just tell her who her team mates were. The only thing that she knew for certain is that Yuuhi Kurenai would be her teacher, but other than that, she knew nothing. The only thing that made sense, however, is for them to separate them into 'special' teams. For example, a team that specialized in intelligence gathering, fighting, etc. Although Hinata herself didn't know what team they were going to put her in.

It wouldn't matter very much, anyway. She wouldn't have a lot of time to 'get to know' her team. She only had a couple of months left.

Hinata couldn't explain how horribly stressful that was.

She kept wishing that it is a dream. Or even if it was reality, that they'd give up, and not betray Konoha. Yet, when she overhears meetings, they are determined as ever. Hinata felt herself starting to fall into darkness, as she was losing all hope of her family coming around. Sometimes, she wondered if she was related to such greedy monsters. She would be happier if she wasn't; and the truth of that made her feel even sadder than before. After all, before this whole fiasco, she would think that she wasn't good enough to be part of the Hyuuga family... and now... Well, sometimes she thought that the Hyuuga family was not good enough for her.

After Iruka's dismissal, she immediately left the classroom. She felt the need to release her pent up energy that had accumulated due to her excessive over thinking. In a blur, she was running towards her spot in the forest, next to the waterfall. The sword that she had created was also there; carefully hidden behind the waterfall. If that sword fell into the wrong hands... only Hinata would be able to destroy it, and it would become a weapon of mass destruction.

She grabbed her sword, becoming wet in the process. Today, she was so angry, that instead of sparring with one clone, she'd try sparring with three. Doing the signs for the clones, she summoned them. Three solemn Hinatas' appeared before her, all of them bowing down, knowing what they had to do. Their goal was to defeat the original Hinata in a spar.

Three minutes later, Hinata lay sprawled on the forest floor, sweat matting her hair. She had defeated all the clones, letting her anger get the better of her. Her Taijutsu was now good enough. Physically, she was able to kill her family now. But mentally?

"Dammit! I'm. Not. Good. Enough." In a burst of anger, she sat up, and threw a kunai at an innocent squirrel that was staring at her. Then she stared in shock as the blood spattered over the grass, her eyes becoming wide with tears. A squirrel. It might not seem like much, but it was her first kill. She had officially turned into murderer. A monster. An object of fear, of terror. Her sobs, her first tears in a while, became more violent as she rocked back and forth, reality hitting her hard in the face. How could she...? How could she kill her family? How would she be able to save Konoha?

Right. Konoha. Naruto's smile suddenly flashed in her mind, giving her the strength that she desperately needed to get through this obstacle. She shakily stood up, putting away her sword, then drying herself off using her chakra to extract the water. She turned, heading towards the Hyuuga compound. Her eyes had hardened, still blank. But they were a soft blank before; now they were hard, hardened by the burden of her first kill. She played with her locket, twirling it in her fingers.

The next morning, she had sat herself on a desk, staring out of the window, ignoring the yapping of Inuzuka Kiba next to her. He was the only one, 'brave', enough to sit next to her, and he seemed determined to become her friend. How foolish. Hinata had no time for 'friends'. She needed all her concentration, especially since It was coming up. Yes. She had taken to calling the Chuunin Exams It.

Then Naruto arrived. Hinata thought he didn't graduate; although she was inwardly pleased that he had graduated, knowing that he would be with her before the Chuunin exams, unknowingly giving her his strength. He caused a riot, like usual, that somehow ended up with him and Sasuke kissing. Hinata ignored the commotion, instead choosing to stare at her desk. Somehow, she had always known that Uchiha swung the other way. The girls would be devastated.

Although Hinata didn't bother thinking more about that. It gave her a migraine, just imagining it... Finally, Iruka cleared his throat, announcing the teams. Hinata payed attention to only a few, and paid rapt attention by the time Team 7 had come around. "Team 7; Uzumaki Naruto; Haruno Sakura; Uchiha Sasuke." Hinata was inwardly disappointed, knowing that she would not see Naruto very much; and that he would not be able to be quite the Pillar of support she had imagined him to be. Iruka continued announcing the next team. "Team 8-" Naruto interrupted before Iruka could get anywhere.

"Sensei! Why is a genius student like me stuck with a loser like him?" They bantered for quite a while, with Iruka winning in the end. Then he restarted announcing Team 8.

"Team 8; Inuzuka Kiba; Hyuuga Hinata; Aburame Shino." So, they would have Kurenai teaching them, would they? The boy next to her turned towards her, grinning. He seemed to have developed a crush on her; one that Hinata had no time to address.

"So, we're on the same team!" Hinata ignored him, however, waiting for Iruka's dismissal. They would meet their Senseis' tomorrow, although Hinata didn't find anything exciting in that. She was mentally going through what she knew about her team mates: Inuzuka Kiba, from the Inuzuka clan, those who trained ninja dogs. He was a delinquent, and probably with the lowest level out of the three. Aburame Shino, heir to the Aburame clan. A prestigious, well know clan, involved with insects. Second highest level in their group.

All in all, it was a good group that she was gifted with. Temporarily gifted with.

Finally, Iruka finished telling them all of the teams, and proceeded with dismissing them. Hinata was the first one out the door, wanting to continue with her training more than ever. She had a new technique she was eager to try out.

You see, last night, Hinata was reading yet another of her mother's medical scrolls. There, she had connected a couple of things. First, with the green chakra, you were giving your chakra to the patient, were you not? Well, the inverse of that was to take chakra. Technically, if she looked at the world with her Byakugan, everything had chakra. If she was able to steal some of that chakra... she would be able to double her power, or refill it, again, and again, and again. It would be very important, and with that, she would be able to have more chakra than all of the Hyuuga put together. Before that, however, she needed to be able to actually do the technique properly.

That was why now, she was sat under the waterfall, unto the water, meditating, concentrating on the nature around her. She was able to draw out some chakra... but her jutsu was nowhere near perfect. She could only fill up around five percent of her chakra, and it took her ten minutes to achieve that. It needed to take her moments to fill up a hundred percent of her chakra.

She went 'home', feeling unsatisfied with her progress. Time was running out...

Team 8 was gathered all around a desk, waiting for their teacher to arrive. Luckily, she was punctual, and they had to wait only around five minutes before she arrived. Kiba and Shino seemed particularly surprised to see that it was a female that would be their teacher, but Hinata was not surprised. At all. Her father had given her to Kurenai to train, after all.

Kurenai took them to a training ground, her face stern. Hinata could care less. "Only 33 percent are able to pass. The other 66 are sent pack to the Academy." She informed them, and then said, "You need to fight me to pass. Individually. Shino, you first."

Hinata had a bad feeling about this. She wasn't sure she'd be able to control her power... what if she killed Kurenai? She couldn't kill an innocent person, could she? But Kurenai was close to the Hyuuga... what if she knew of their plan, and never said anything about it? That meant... that Kurenai was a traitor... a traitor who Hinata had to kill...

Hinata's demeanour darkened by the second. Shino stepped up to fight, and Hinata watched as Kurenai fought him without using any Ninjutsu or Genjutsu, only Taijutsu. Shino lasted five minutes against her, which, for a Genin, was quite an achievement. Finally, Shino was defeated by a kunai that hit him in the stomach.

Kurenai congratulated him. "Good job, Shino! You passed! Kiba, next!" Kurenai called out, making Hinata watch the second round. Kurenai was underestimating her, even though she knew of her scores. She still though of her as the small and weak Hinata. Hinata scoffed. Well, that would change... the traitor would get what she deserved. Kiba attacked carelessly, getting himself caught in Kurenai's trap after two minutes. It was finally Hinata's turn. It was time to kill a traitor... one that was in cahoots with the Hyuugas. "Kiba! Pass! Hinata, your turn!"

Hinata instantly activated Byakugan, making a clone to deal with Kurenai while she created a new sword. In her rage, it had only taken her a few moments to create a sword, as her clone was battling with Kurenai. Hinata let her killer intent shine through. With her sword on her back, she dismissed her clone, turning to face Kurenai. It just so happened that Kurenai drew the short end of the stick; the Byakugan could deal with all Genjutsu.

Kurenai tried attacking with taijutsu, but Hinata had her beat. She was in front of her in a flash, aiming for her head. Kurenai ducked, throwing a kunai at Hinata. Hinata caught it and kicked Kurenai into a tree. Kurenai was a Jounin... but why was she so... weak? Hinata was amazed at this person who had always thought that Hinata was weak. "I'm not even using any jutsu yet, Sensei." She said, staring at Kurenai.

Then Hinata made the signs to hit her with her poisoned water jutsu. Her mouth spewed giant water balls, something that Kurenai evaded at the last moment. Where the water had hit the tree, where she was standing a moment before, stood a puddle of brown. Everywhere the water touched, it was incinerated. No... that was the wrong word. It had all melted. The water, it was toxic. Kurenai's eyes widened in fear, just as Hinata tapped on the ground, creating numerous needles out of the water that was left on the ground. Kurenai tried dodging, but three kunai had hit her, cutting through her straight, as if she was water, but she wasn't and it hurt and...

Hinata watched as Kurenai fell to the ground, screaming. That's what she gets... for being a traitor to Konoha... Hinata thought darkly, then she regained her senses. Kiba and Shino were staring at her, paralysed from fear. Hinata looked at her hands... she was turning into... a monster...

No! She had no proof that Kurenai was guilty! Hinata knew that she was the only one that could heal Kurenai from the toxic water, at this point. She gracefully ran towards her, with Kurenai backing away, as if she was the devil herself. Hinata ignored this, knowing that she deserved this treatment, after making pointless assumptions. She was going mad... the burden of the truth was eating away at her sanity.

Nevertheless, she sat down, staring at the three holes in Kurenai's torso. Making her hands glow a soft green, she worked on healing the holes. She watched as Kurenai convulsed in pain, and decided to numb her body with her acupuncture skills, so she wouldn't have to feel the pain. As she did that, the wholes slowly healed themselves, the blood slowly stopped bleeding.

Kiba and Shino had slowly moved to her side, both staring at her accusingly. She didn't particularly care; they had no idea why she did what she did, even though she knew that it was wrong. Finally, Kurenai's wounds had healed, but she had passed out, leaning onto the tree. Hinata left her here, wanting to take her frustration out on a clone training. But Kiba wouldn't let her off so easily.

"Oi! Why did you do that to Kurenai-sensei?" He barked, with his dog that he hid on his head. Hinata found it surprising that he hadn't used the dog in battle. Wasn't that the whole point of the Inuzuka? She turned to stare at Kiba. How could she explain? There was no way to. Trying to keep her composure, she replied.

"That does not concern you, Kiba." Kiba snarled. He could not control himself; a flaw, Hinata reflected.

"The hell it doesn't! That's our-" Shino kept him back, communicating with no words. Kiba took one look at Kurenai's fallen figure, and decided to keep quiet. Hinata's normally blank face twisted bitterly. Already she was feared, already, her team mates were cautious of her. Well, it was better that way. They would not get too close.

She couldn't allow them to get too close, anyway.

Inuzuka Kiba. He had brown hair, tanned skin, and always wore a jacket so he could hide his puppy dog that he had. He had a fiery personality, he was impulsive, and always rushed into things. He didn't get high grades, and usually fought with brute power and stamina only.

Aburame Shino. He had darker hair than Kiba, pale skin, and always wore black sun glasses. What for, Hinata couldn't tell. Maybe not to give away his emotions? It was effective, anyway. He wore a large cloak, cloaking his body, the one which Hinata guessed was teeming with insects. Supposedly, for an Aburame to make a contract with insects, they had to give their bodies as payment.

Yuuhi Kurenai. She was the teacher, and was supposed to be the 'strongest' on the team. She had wavy black hair, crimson eyes, and wore green eye shadow. She was slim, wearing a white dress, and was a master at Genjutsu. Hinata noted that she was very impractical, like most women. Long hair and dresses such as her helped her aesthetic appearance, but got in the way when she fought. Well, her loss, Hinata thought neutrally.

And her. The one with mousy raven hair, and glassy white eyes. The one that would kill her family, a murderer. The one who dealt with poisoned water. All of them made Team 8, her Genin team. Hinata herself, the supposedly 'weak' Hyuuga heiress, was the strongest on the team. The spar with Kurenai proved that. Hinata should probably tell Kurenai to learn something other than Genjutsu. She wasn't even using half of her power for that spar.

Yes. That made her Genin Team. Her team. For now.

That chapter was actually dedicated to show how far Hinata has progressed over the years, by herself. Did you know that Itachi actually wears a necklace? I was like, theheck, when I learned that. I know all of you are waiting for the Hyuuga Massacre, but by my estimations, that won't happen for another... four or five chapter. Sorry. :D :D.

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