Here's my attempt at a Naruto story, love triangle! This could take a while... Oh, and Hiashi is going to be a tad bit OOC. Okay, so him and Hinata have an actual father-daughter relationship, they just hide it from public to avoid problems. Bare with me people!

Silence

Chapter 1: Gennin Teams

Hinata was jolted awake when she senced a large amount of chakra headed straight for her. She caught the jyuuken attack with ease and tumbled from her bed gracefully, closing the main tenkitsu on her father's leg with her own chakra-enhanced fingers. Hiashi smiled at his daughter.

"I believe you've improved, Hinata." He said. The heiress let go of his wrist and stood, bowing to her father.

"Only with your help, Tou-san." She answered and Hiashi playfully ruffled her short hair. Hinata loved this side of her father, playful and carefree. Worries of the clan didn't weigh on him when it was only the two of them, or when Hanabi was with them. This was a family thing.

"Today's the day." He said, grinning down at her. Hinata's eyes widened.

"Really? You're gonna let me?!" Hinata asked. Hiashi nodded, earning a squeel of delight from his oldest daughter.

"Get dressed." He said, putting his emotionless mask on again.

"Hai, Hiashi-sama!" She said formally, then winked before he turned and walked out of the room.

An hour later Hinata walked into the academy classroom. All eyes were turned to her as she slipped into a seat at the back. It was hard not to stare at the heiress. The person who they had formally thought of as shy was wearing knee-length black shorts and a fishnet tanktop showed slightly from under her navy jacket. The jacket was decorated in a ying/yang symbol on the back in silver and gold. Her hitai-ite was tied around her neck, finishing the look. There was silence until...

"Out of my way, Ino-pig!" The door flung open to reveal Sakura and Ino (I'm pretty sure you know what they look like), both fighting to be the first ones through the door. Eventually they both fell into the classroom and their eyes landed on Konoha's heart-throb. (Guess who?) Sasuke remained emotionless as ever as his two biggest fangirls shrieked his name, if only flinching a little. Sakura was the first one to try and sit next to him, only to be blocked by Naruto when she opened her mouth.

"Hey Sakura-chan! I hope we end up on the same team! That would be so cool!" The boy cried, grinning and closing his eyes in the process. That didn't turn out to be such a great move, as Sakura punched him out of the way to get to the Uchiha avenger.

"SASUKE-kun?!" The only problem was that he wasn't there. When nobody was paying attention to him he slipped from his seat and was now casually walking towards the back of the room where a certain heiress was sitting. Ironically he stopped next to her table. Without a word Hinata scooted to the middle seat, allowing Sasuke to sit on the end with his hands folded in front of him, serving as a chin rest. He let out a barely audible sigh of relief.

"Thanks." He mumbled. Hinata nodded and smiled slightly, folding her arms on the table in front of her as well, though in a more relaxed position. (Meaning that her arms were flat on the table instead of raised like Sasuke's)

"No problem." She replied. Just then Iruka walked in.

"Everyone please take your seats." He said. Sakura grudgingly sat with an ecstatic Naruto while Ino took a seat in the back by a tired Shikamaru.

"Alright, I have your teams here. They will be the standard three-person cells, two boys and one girl." Several girls squealed at this, thinking about who they hoped to be paired with. Hinata was not among them, as she joined Sasuke in rolling her eyes. This was a serious thing, not something to be worrying about crushs in! (Just so you know, Hinata doesn't have a crush on Naruto in this fic) Sasuke was just rolling his eyes at their stupidity, wanting to get this over with.

After the class quieted down a bit Iruka started listing off teams.

"Team 7; Hyuuga Hinata! Uchiha Sasuke! And Uzumaki Naruto!"

You're kidding, right? Sasuke thought. At least it's Hyuuga and not some fangirl though. He glanced over at Hinata to try and see her reaction. Said girl was having similair reactions.

Sasuke-san and Uzumaki, huh? Hinata glanced at the blond boy, who had just stood up. Oh boy.

Naruto stood up, slamming his fists down on the table as he did so.

"Iruka-sensai! Why do I have to get teamed up with the Teme and the shy girl?!" Naruto demanded. Iruka sighed and shook his head. He should have known something like this was going to happen.

"Calm down, Naruto! You're grades were the lowest, and Sasuke's were the highest. You were put on the same team to even it out." Iruka tried to explain. Naruto looked thoughtful for a minute.

"Okay, so I understand the Teme. But why not Sakura-chan instead of the cry baby?!" One delicate eyebrow rose up on Hinata's face. Cry baby?

"Yeah! Why can't I be on Sasuke-kun's team?!" Sakura piped in. She didn't necessarily want to be on Naruto's team, but if it meant being with Sasuke then she was all for it. "I'm much better than the Hyuuga girl!" There was silence as Hinata stood slowly, the bench making a slight scraping noise against the ground. Her pale eyes were hidden behind indigo bangs, shadowing her face and giving her a deadly look.

"The Hyuuga girl?" She repeated, raising her head to reveal activated Byakugon eyes, veins pulsing. Sasuke watched in interest from beside her, wondering how she would handle this situation.

"I don't mind that you think I am weak, but you insult my clan when you say it that way." Sakura gulped, feeling the glare bore into her at full force. "Repeat after me, Haruno-san. The Hyuuga's are not to be judged by one person."

"T-the H-hyuuga's are n-n-n-not to be judged by o-one person." Sakura stuttered out while backing up a little more until she was pressed against the desk behind her.

"I will not judge the Hyuuga clan again."

"I-I will n-not judge t-the H-hyuuga clan a-again." Hinata sat back down, Byakugon deactivating.

"Good." Sakura let out a breath she hadn't known she had been holding and slumped into her chair. Sasuke stared at the girl next to him in wonder, shocked at how she had made Sakura look so vulnerable. Naruto looked back and forth between Hinata and Sakura, eyes widening with every pass before he too dropped into his chair. Hinata looked back at a shaken-up Iruka.

"We have no more objections. Please continue." Iruka looked down at the paper before him, clearing his throat in a nervous manner.

"Uh... Team 8; Inuzuka Kiba! Haruno Sakura! And Aburame Shino!" Sakura's face fell. She was stuck with those two?

Why does the world love to torture me so?!?!?! her innerself screamed in agony, clutching it's head. "Team 10; Akimichi Chouji! Yamanaka Ino! Nara Shikamaru!" Ino's jaw dropped as she looked at her two team mates in disbelief, but she said nothing, fearing a repeat of Hinata's speach in some form.

Iruka glanced around the room, noting that everyone except the Uchiha and the Hyuuga were still shooken up by the small speach they had witnessed. Not that he blamed them; Hinata's tone could have stopped an assasin in their tracks. Hell, even he was scared!

"You're desmissed for a half hour lunch break. Return to this room after that to meet your new senseis." There was a small noise of scraping benches as the Gennin hurried to obey. Hinata turned to Sasuke.

"Might as well get to know each other. Want to have lunch with me?" She asked, standing up. Sasuke also stood.

"Sure. Do you want to get the Dobe too?" He asked. Hinata grimaced.

"Probably should. We'll have to get used to him somehow, right?" With that said both ninja set off to meet up with Naruto and have lunch.

Lunch went by uneventfully, with Naruto ocasionally throwing glares in Hinata's direction. She noticed, but decided not to touch the subject. They were supposed to be a team, right? Now the new Team 7 had been sitting in the classroom for a good three hours and their sensei still hadn't shown up.

"Where the heck is he?!" Naruto shouted, sticking his head out the door for the umpteenth time. Hinata rolled her eyes.

"Naruto, I suggest you sit down. He'll get here when he gets here, alright? Standing at the door isn't going to do anything. Sit down." Naruto ignored her and grabbed an earaser from the front of the room, jamming it into the doorframe.

"That's a lame trick, you know that, right?" Sasuke said, raising one eyebrow. Naruto just giggled in a very girly way.

"There's an earaser in the doorjam!" Hinata called, as if trying to warn someone. After that she continued reading her scroll. Her reasons were made clear when a hand pushed the door open and the earaser dropped in front of a tall man with a mask covering most of his face. His hitai-ite sloped down to cover one eye as well, giving the impression that he wanted as little of his face visible as possible.

"Thanks for the warning." He said cheerfully, scratching the back of his head while his visible eye curved, telling them he was smiling.

"YOU'RE LATE!" Naruto shrieked, pointing an accusatory finger at the masked Jonnin. The man moved into a more relaxed position, but you could see that he was slightly serious. Hinata put away her scroll and stood from her position on top of the desk. Sasuke also turned his attention to the Jonnin before him.

"Why don't we meet on the roof to talk some things over." He suggested, while his new team nodded.

When they arrived at the new location and sat down, Kakashi closed the orange book he had been reading to look at the Gennin. Hinata twitched slightly at the sight of the book.

Pervert.

"Okay, so why don't we all introduve ourselves?" The man asked in a bored manner.

"What do you mean, Sensei?" Naruto asked bluntly, tilting his head to one side in confusion.

"I want you to tell me about yourselves. You know, what are your likes and dislikes? Hobbies? Dreams for the future? That kind of thing." He answered.

"Why don't you start, Sensei?" Hinata asked from her seat in front of Sasuke. You'll have to work harder than that to get me to talk, Sensei. Let's see just how qualified you are.

"Me? Okay. My name is Hatake Kakashi. There are a lot of things that I like and dislike. As for hobbies and dreams for the future... well I don't feel like telling you that." Kakashi finished. Sasuke's eye twitched slightly. So all we learn is his name? What good is that?! Hinata, however, was smiling at their new instructor with different thoughts running through her head. So he has some survival skills after all. I'm impressed. Naruto just looked at him in boredom, most likely ignoring most of the short speach. "You in the orange; your turn." Naruto grinned, sitting up a little taller.

"My name is Uzumaki Naruto! Believe it! I like instant ramen in a cup, but I hate the three minutes it takes to be ready. My hobby is trying out different kinds of ramen and comparing them. And my dream is to be the greatest Hokage this village has ever seen! That way everyone will have to respect me!" He finished, his grin growing if that's possible. Kakashi nodded and looked over at Sasuke.

"My name is Uchiha Sasuke. I don't particularly like anything, but I dislike a lot of things. I don't really have a hobby. My dream isn't really a dream, but a goal. I will revive my clan and kill a certain someone." Naruto shivered. I hope he isn't talking about me... Kakashi nodded once again and turned to the female of the group. Hinata smiled.

"My name is Hyuuga Hinata. I like a lot of things, and I won't go in depth with that. The things I dislike are people that abandon comrades for the sake of themselves. My hobbies... You don't really need to know that. My dream for the future is... we'll say... unimportant?" She finished and smiled at Kakashi. Kakashi nodded again, thinking over their answers carefully. Naruto seems to be a little on the shallow side, and he likes to talk about himself. Sasuke sounds like he has other things on his mind when he talks, so he's obviously on the arrogant side. As for Hinata... Kakashi's thoughts paused as he caught the kunoichi's eye. She had a knowing look on her face, as if reading into his thoughts. She's very intelligent. She's already got this exercise figured out, and she's curious as to what I think of her tactics. Very good.

"Okay, so you all have seperate personallities with seperate ideas. That's good. You'll make a good team in the future." Kakashi smiled at them before turning serious. "Now, as for our mission tomorrow--"

"YEAH! Our first real mission! Finally!" Naruto shouted, jumping into the air and pumping a fist even higher. Sasuke rolled his eyes while Hinata sighed.

"Will you let me finish?" Naruto shut up when Kakashi glared at him slightly. What do you expect? Being a Jonnin would give you quite a bit of practice in that particular field. "Now, the mission is more of a test."

"A test?" Hinata asked, alert at once.

"Yes. If you don't pass this test, you will be sent back to the academy to train more." Kakashi answered. Naruto's jaw hit the floor, Hinata's eyes went wide and Sasuke sat up straighter.

"WHAT?! SEND US BACK TO THE ACADEMY?! THAT'S INSANE!" Naruto cried, jumping up to emphasize his distress. For once I agree with the dobe... Sasuke thought.

"What is the reason behind the test in the academy then?" He asked. Kakashi moved to answer, but Hinata beat him to it.

"Was it just to select candidates, Sensei?" She asked. Again the adult was impressed, and could only nod while looking at the girl thoughtfully.

"Yes, Hinata, very good. Out of all of the candidates that became gennin in the academy test, 66 will fail, at least. Oh, and I've never passed a team before." He added cheerfully, causing Naruto's eyes to basically pop out of his head.

"NEVER?!" He shrieked, his voice raising an octave.

"That's right, Naruto; never. Now, I want everyone to meet at training ground 13 tomorrow morning at 5:00. Is that clear? Oh, and don't eat breakfast; you'll puke it up. Ja!" With that the jounin disappeared in a puff of smoke, most likely to read his perverted novel.

"Well, I'll see you tomorrow, Naruto-kun, Sasuke-kun." Hinata said, and she too went home, by way of rooftops. A pass-fail test that determines another year of academy training or not... This'll be interesting. Hinata thought with a smile. Bring it on.

--End Chapter--