Chapter 3: Onwards

(Three Years Later)

Naruto/Ino age: 8

"Alright class, do you understand this now?" A certain teacher with brown hair and a scar across his face asked his classroom.

"Hai, Iruka-Sensei!" Almost all of them replied.

"Good" he responded to all of them.

He was about to continue teaching, but upon looking through all his students, he noticed that one of them was sound asleep on their table. So he looked at the one beside him and asked her

"Hinata-San, could you wake Naruto-San up for me?"

The girl, now revealed to be Hinata nodded her head and started lightly tapping Naruto's shoulder while whispering

"Naruto-Kun, Naruto-Kun, it's time to get up" before of course someone came out from behind her.

"Try this" the someone said before cocking their fist back and punching the blond on the head. "Wake up Baka!"

"Oww!" Naruto yelled awake as he rubbed the top of his head.

"There you go, see" the person who punched him on top of the head said.

"Sakura-Chan, that was unnecessary" Hinata angrily told her.

"Unnecessary? We've been going to the academy for one whole week now and every single day he's been falling asleep" Sakura angrily replied while looking at Naruto.

"Well that's none of your business!" Hinata yelled at Sakura.

Sakura scoffed at both Naruto and Hinata but walked away.

"Well with that outta the way, let's get back to class" the teacher replied before beginning to teach again.

"Hai, Iruka-Sensei" all the students in class (Except for Hinata and Naruto) said in reply.

"Thanks for defending me, Hinata-Chan" Naruto said to her, still rubbing the top of his head.

"It's alright Naruto-Kun, you're my best friend" she said with a smile. "Plus, you've been doing the exact same thing for me."

Naruto smiled back at her, happy he has such a caring and compassionate friend.

Right as they began smiling at each other though, they heard the sound of squealing, and rolled their eyes as a result, as they knew that that could only mean one thing,

"Sasuke-Kun!" Every girl in class (Except Hinata) screamed out.

As soon as they heard this, both friends just planted their face on the table and waited for the class to be over.

As they were waiting for the clas to end with their faces down on their desks though, a certain girl with platinum blonde hair and light blue eyes saw the boy enter the room and started inwardly speaking with herself.

'Oh my Kami, it's Sasuke-Kun, he's here already, oh my Kami!' As she thought this though, Sakura, the girl who just got told off by Hinata, walked up to Sasuke and put her hand on his left shoulder.

Ino got pissed at this and yelled at Sakura saying

"What the hell forehead!"

Sakura just smirked at Ino and told her

"What do you mean, 'what the hell?' Sasuke-Kun doesn't mind, do you?" She replied while turning to look at the boy she just mentioned.

"Yes I do and get off me" Sasuke said before brushing her hand away from his shoulder.

Sakura along with every other Sasuke Fangirl began laughing and pointing.

"Hahahaha!" They all shouted and pointed.

"Of course Sasuke-Kun doesn't want you, Forehead!" Ino loudly laughed at Sakura specifically.

"What did you just say Ino-Pig!?" Sakura yelled back.

The two then started glaring daggers at each other and right as they were, their teacher chimed in and shouted

"That's enough, now I want everyone back into their seats right now!"

All the Sasuke Fangirls just dropped their heads and shoulders in embarrassment and replied with

"Hai, Iruka-Sensei" before walking over to where their seats resided.

Once everyone was back to their seats, Iruka brought out his history book, told everyone

"Alright, now that that's all sorted out, let's get back to class" and then rebegan teaching his class.

(Two Hours Later)

"And that's that" Iruka said to his class. "Do you all understand now?"

"Yes!" Everyone replied.

"Alright good" he responded to his class with a smile.

After smiling at his class though, the bell rang.

"Riiiiiing!"

"Alright, everyone follow me" Iruka told the class.

"Why?" They all asked.

"It's been a week and I think it's time for you all to take the next step to becoming a ninja"

"Which is?" Sasuke asked.

"A tournament" Iruka answered.

"Oh" was everyone's reaction to the sudden proposal.

"So what do you all say?" He asked them all.

"Of course!" Everyone replied.

"Then follow me" Iruka said before leading his class outside.

Nobody noticed it, but as everyone left the class, two kids were asleep, on their tables, and they didn't wake up till they heard the sound of their door slam closed.

"Wha!" Both Naruto and Hinata muttered in shock of the loud noise.

"Where is everyone?" Naruto asked while rubbing his left eye awake and seeing that nobody else was in class.

"I don't know" Hinata replied as she rubbed her right eye awake.

After Naruto got done rubbing his eye, Naruto looked around and saw that the door to the class was creaking open.

"I guess they must've went outside" Naruto suggested.

"Oh really?" Hinata asked with a yawn, just barely finishing rubbing her eye.

"Yeah, we should probably go" Naruto recommended.

"You go on ahead, I'm gonna go to the bathroom" she responded.

"Alright, I'll see you out there" Naruto replied before heading outside.

(Ten Minutes Later, With Hinata)

Hinata was currently just washing her hands in the sink of the bathroom. Once she was done, she grabbed a paper towel, dried her hands, tossed the paper towel into the trash can, and said

"Alrighty, I'm ready" before leaving the bathroom and making her way to the backyard of the school.

As she was making her way there though, she ended up accidentally bumping into someone and bringing them both to the ground.

"Oh, I'm sorry" she apologized.

"Nah, it's my fault" the other kid replied.

Both had their eyes closed from the sudden collision, but opened them after healing from it.

Once both fully opened their eyes, the other kid asked Hinata

"You're the heiresss of the Hyuga aren't you?"

"Yeah, and you're the heir of the Aburame aren't you?" Hinata questioned back.

The boy nodded his head and then asked Hinata

"What's your name?"

"H-Hinata, Hinata Hyuga" she answered. "How about you?"

"Shino, Shino Aburame" the boy, now revealed to be Shino, replied.

"Well, where are you headed to?" Hinata asked.

"The courtyard" he replied.

"Wait, you're in Iruka-Sensei's class?" She queried, very confused.

"Yeah" he answered

"Huh, I never noticed you before" Hinata said.

"That's because I keep to myself" he replied.

"Why?"

"Lack of interest."

"Understandable."

"I take it that since you're in my class, you too are going outside?"

"Yeah."

Shino just shrugged his shoulders and asked Hinata

"Wanna go together?"

"Uh, sure" she replied before both walked outside together.

(Outside)

Outside in the courtyard Iruka was explaining to his class how the tournament was gonna go down, and as he was, Naruto was just tapping his foot on the ground repeatedly, waiting for both Iruka to quit speaking and also for Hinata to come back.

As he was waiting for her, he heard footsteps, and then had his eyes covered from behind, no doubt by Hinata.

So he just smiled and said

"You're hands are as soft as usual, Hinata-Chan."

"Aww, you caught me" Hinata said playfully before removing her hands from Naruto's face.

Naruto then turned around to look at his friend but as he did, he saw Shino and then asked Hinata

"Who's he?"

"Oh, his name is Shino, Shino Aburame" she introduced. "I ran into him while I was making my way here."

"Oh, well it's nice to meet you, Shino" Naruto greeted with his hand out.

"It's nice to meet you too, Naruto" Shino replied while shaking Naruto's hand.

After he said this though, Iruka finally finished his introduction to the whole tournament.

"Alright, with all that outta the way, let's get ready for the tournament" Iruka announced. "First we will start off with the boys, starting with Naruto Uzumaki vs Shikamaru Nara."

After hearing this, Hinata smiled at Naruto and said

"I know you've got this."

Naruto simply smiled at Hinata and then nodded at her before making his way to the center of the yard, along with Shikamaru.

After arriving at the center of the yard, they just looked at each other, and waited for Iruka to say the magic word, and after just a couple seconds, he did.

"Hajime!"

Naruto Vs Shikamaru

Shikamaru didn't really care, so he just stood absolutely still and did nothing.

Naruto seeing how unmotivated his opponent was, just walked up to Shikamaru, and then pushed him far back and to the ground with one hand.

Shikamaru could've gotten back up, but he just yawned, muttered

"Too troublesome" and stayed down.

Because he stayed down, Iruka simply waved it off and said

"Winner, Naruto Uzumaki."

Winner, Naruto

After being declared the winner, Naruto made his way back to Hinata and Shino, and after he did, Hinata clapped at him and said

"Way to go Naruto-Kun!"

"Thanks Hinata-Chan" he replied.

After replying to her, he waited for his next fight to be revealed.

As he was waiting for his next fight to be revealed, Iruka announced the next fight to be

"Shino Aburame Vs Kiba Inuzuka!"

After hearing this, Hinata turned to look at Shino and said

"Give him everything you've got."

Shino just turned to her, responded with

"Don't know if that'll be necessary, but alright" and then made his way to the center of the yard, along with the other boy that Iruka named.

Once both were at the center of the yard, they just waited for their Sensei to say the word, and of course, after just a little bit of time passed, he did.

"Hajime!"

Shino Vs Kiba

Kiba just smirked cockily at Shino before running at him with a cocked fist and said

"Eat this!"

Little did he expect, Shino caught the punch casually and then in one swift movement, flipped Kiba onto the ground.

"Toh!" Kiba shouted as his back hit the floor.

"Call the fight" Shino told his teacher.

Iruka didn't wanna call off the fight, but knew that it was best, as Kiba was still on the ground, groaning in pain. So he just said

"Alright, the winner is Shino Aburame."

Winner, Shino

After hearing this, Shino walked back to where he was standing at originally, and waited for the next fight to be called.

"Next fight, Sasuke Uchiha Vs Choji Akimichi!"

As soon as the first name was said, all of Sasuke's fangirls grew heart eyes, and shouted

"Sasuke-Kun!"

The two fighters made their way to the center and after they did, Choji just smiled and offered Sasuke his hand, clearly just trying to show good sportsmanship.

Sasuke however just smacked Choji's hand away as a sign of disrespect and the told Iruka

"Start the fight already, I just wanna deal with this fatso as quickly as possible."

"What did you just say!?" Choji angrily yelled at Sasuke.

Iruka wanted to tell Sasuke off, but figured that with the mood Choji was in, he could do it himself. So he just said

"Hajime!" And the fight started.

Sasuke Vs Choji

Choji went for a punch, but Sasuke was faster and landed his punch across Choji's jaw, sending him down to the ground.

As soon as Sasuke's knuckles connected with Choji's jaw, all the Sasuke Fangirls started happily shouting and screaming.

"Hurray!"

"Way to go Sasuke-Kun!"

"Get him again!"

Those were just some of the things shouted by Sasuke's many fangirls.

Choji didn't give up though. He got back up and ran at Sasuke again.

Sasuke was over it though and with a single roundhouse kick, knocked Choji out.

As soon as Choji's back hit the ground, Iruka called it.

"That's it, Choji's out, the winner is Sasuke Uchiha" Iruka said to the kids.

Winner, Sasuke

The fangirls of Sasuke went wild after hearing this and after seeing this, Naruto, Shino, and Hinata just rolled their eyes in annoyance.

As Naruto unrolled his eyes, he saw his initial opponent, Shikamaru, visibly angry, and clenching his fists.

He was standing right beside the boy, so Naruto just asked him

"Are you alright?"

Shikamaru simply turned to him and said

"Look I need you to promise me one thing."

"What's that?" Naruto asked.

"Knock the Uchiha out."

To hear the usually lazy and uninterested boy in class so visibly and clearly angry, shocked Naruto beyond belief.

"Since I'm out I can't do it myself" Shikamaru told Naruto. 'If I knew that he was like this I wouldn't have gotten out that easily.'

"Alright, sure" and with that being said, Naruto waited for his next turn to be called.

(Half an Hour Later)

"Damn" Shino said bluntly as Naruto held his fist out in front of his face.

"Alright, that does it for the second half of the semi finals" Iruka told both.

Naruto simply smiled at Shino and opened his hand, offering Shino help to get back up to his feet.

Shino just smiled back and accepted Naruto's help.

Once Naruto helped Shino get back up to his feet, he told Shino

"You did well."

To which Shino just playfully punched Naruto in the shoulder, and then replied with

"Thanks."

"Okay, final round, Naruto Uzumaki vs Sasuke Uchiha!" Iruka announced.

As soon as Sasuke's name left Iruka's mouth, all of Sasuke's Fangirls started screaming and shouting loudly.

"Get him, Sasuke-Kun!"

"This'll be a piece of cake for you Sasuke-Kun!"

"Crush him, Sasuke-Kun!"

These were just three of the many things being shouted by the many fangirls of Sasuke.

Sasuke of course just scoffed at them all and made his way.

Naruto just cracked both sides of his neck and as soon as he did, Hinata told him

"You've got this, Naruto-Kun" with a smile.

Naruto smiled back and then made his way over to Sasuke.

Once both were in the center of the stadium, they just looked at each other and then waited for Iruka to say the magic words.

"Hajime!"

Naruto Vs Sasuke

Sasuke ran at Naruto and threw a punch, which Naruto dodged. He then tried to get Naruto with a kick, which Naruto also dodged.

Sasuke was mad that both his punches and kicks were dodged by Naruto, so he ran at Naruto with even more punches and kicks, really trying his hardest to hit the boy.

Naruto however, just dodged and blocked every last one of Sasuke's punches and kicks easily, and it pissed Sasuke off even further.

This however, didn't just piss off Sasuke, it also pissed off all his fangirls.

"Stop holding back against him Sasuke-Kun!"

"Yeah let him have it!"

"Kick his ass!"

Naruto of course, wasn't fazed by anything he heard. The same however, could not be said about his best friend.

She angrily shouted

"Don't listen to them Naruto-Kun, keep doing what you're doing!"

Naruto just smiled as he continued dodging and blocking, happy he had such a caring friend, and then decided to end it.

He started off by punching Sasuke slightly hard on the shoulder.

"Ah!" Sasuke shouted in pain while clenching his shoulder. "You bastard!"

He then ran at Naruto, fully intent on hurting him, but was struck down by a front kick to the mid section, sending him down and out, wheezing for air.

As soon as Iruka saw the Uchiha crawl into a fetal position and start coughing and hacking so loudly from having the wind knocked out of him, he instantly waved the fight off and said

"That's enough, the winner is Naruto Uzumaki!"

Winner, Naruto

After Naruto won, Hinata cheered for her friend.

"Alrighty, way to go Naruto-Kun!" Hinata cheered.

"No fair, he cheated Iruka-Sensei!" Ino shouted.

"Yeah there's no way that kid could've beaten my Sasuke-Kun!" Sakura added.

"Yeah!" Every other Sasuke Fangirl agreed.

"Alrighty then girls" Iruka started before crouching to see them all eye to eye. "Explain how he cheated."

"Huh?" They all asked.

"If you're so confident that he cheated, you must've seen why, so tell me, how did he cheat?"

"Uhh" all the girls trailed off.

"That's what I thought" Iruka replied to all of them before standing up again.

Naruto just lightly chuckled at this before walking back over to Hinata.

"With the male division over, let's begin our female division, starting with Ino Yamanaka vs Sakura Haruno!" Iruka announced.

'Alright, now's my chance to impress Sasuke-Kun' Ino thought excitedly.

After this thought left her mind though, she made her way to the center of the field and when she saw her old friend, she simply told her

"I'm sorry Forehead, but you're going down."

"You wish, Ino-Pig" Sakura retorted.

"Hajime!"

Ino Vs Sakura

Sakura and Ino ran at each other and didn't even lock hands, they just started swinging punches wildly.

"Hyah!" Ino shouted before throwing a very slow and sloppy punch that still somehow managed to hit Sakura and sent her stumbling back.

"Toh!" Sakura breathed out as she stumbled back.

Sakura shook it off though and went for a kick just as slow and sloppy as Ino's punch, that also somehow managed to make contact.

"Arh!" Ino shouted as she was sent back a couple steps as well.

The two continued exchanging very pathetic punches and kicks that really just made Naruto, Hinata, and even Shino chuckle for about two minutes before finally, Sakura managed to get a two handed front choke on Ino and kept squeezing till she passed out.

"That's it, winner, Sakura Haruno" Iruka declared.

Winner, Sakura

After winning her fight, Sakura turned to look at Sasuke and both hastily and loudly asked him

"Sasuke-Kun, did you see me!?"

Sasuke just rolled his eyes at this and walked away, uninterested.

Shortly afterwards, Hinata heard her name get called. So she turned to both Shino and Naruto, and told them both

"Looks like I'm up."

Naruto responded to her by saying

"I guess so."

Shino just said

"Yeah."

And so Hinata made her way to the center of the field and got ready for her fight.

(Half an Hour Later)

"Alright, now for the finals of the female division!" Iruka started. "Sakura Haruno vs Hinata Hyuga!"

Both girls made their way over to the field, and when they were there, they looked at each other angrily, and then waited for Iruka to say it.

"Hajime!"

Hinata Vs Sakura

Sakura was the first one to throw a punch.

She threw the same sloppy and very slow punch she threw at Ino and every other girl she fought, but unlike all those other girls, this didn't work on Hinata.

Hinata parried the punch and then decked Sakura across the jaw with a sharp power punch.

"Toh!" Sakura groaned out as she was sent down to the ground.

Sakura rubbed the now sore part of her jaw and then tried getting back up, only for her back to fall right back down to the ground, as the pain was just too much.

Hinata just looked at Sakura, told her

"That was for Naruto-Kun" and then walked back to both boys that were waiting for her.

Iruka knew that the fight was over, so he announced the winner.

"Alright, you're winner is Hinata Hyuga."

Winner, Hinata

"And with that, we have both our champions for the week" Iruka declared. "The female champion, Hinata Hyuga, and male champion, Naruto Uzumaki."

Hinata and Naruto high-fived after hearing this.

"Riiiiiiing!" The bell sounded.

"Well there's the bell, see you all again next week."

To Be Continued...


Author's Note:

I modified the chapter before this one, so if you guys haven't seen it yet, definitely go check it out and I really hope that that's the only time I will ever have to modify a chapter in this story.

Also, so you guys know, once I finish the story, I will put a total tally mark based on how many times I had to correct this story, with chapter two of course being the first and currently, only one.

Lastly, if you guys have any advice for me on what to do or how to improve what I'm writing, feel free to write it in the comment section and please, do not sugar-coat anything. In order for me to learn, I need all the help I can get.