"Sandaime-sama," Sasuke acknowledged, "Hinata was here a while ago? Have you seen her?"
"She left not too long ago," Hiruzen said, "Something about meeting up with somebody."
"Hmm…," Sasuke sighed before asking, "Sandaime-sama, if I may ask…"
"Yes," Hiruzen encouraged.
"What are the chances of Hinata and I being paired together on the same team," Sasuke asked.
"Why do you ask," Hiruzen inquired.
"Naruto said that he was sure neither he nor myself would end up being paired with Hinata in a Genin cell team," Sasuke explained, "I wanted to know how true that was and if there's a likelihood that Hinata could be on my team."
Hiruzen was no fool. He was very well aware of the ongoing heated tension between Naruto and Sasuke for Hinata's affections that had been going on for a long time now.
"Why do seek having Hyuuga Hinata being placed on your team," Hiruzen asked, "Is there an ulterior motive behind your asking me these questions?"
Sasuke answered, "I find that I have the capacity to work better with Hinata and I'm certain I can help her grow and become stronger if given the chance. She isn't like the other shallow girls in class I have to put up with and unlike them, Hinata takes her role as a ninja seriously. She possesses other admirable qualities and her bloodline limit teamed with my yet to be awakened Sharingan would make a rather formidable team."
Hiruzen stayed silent momentarily as he thought about and analyzed Sasuke's words. Sasuke saw that the Hokage gave him no emotional expression or response to his speech. After another minute of quietly meditating on Sasuke's words, Hiruzen broke the silence.
"Here's something you must understand about the pairings of the three person Genin cell Sasuke," Hiruzen explained, "The pairing of the three person Genin teams is based on the students' physical, academic, strategic, cunning, and complementary talents essential for them as future shinobis. All of this is required to keep the power balance and dynamics of the team firm and stabilized as each team will be specialized in their role as future Konoha ninjas.
"What's also important to keep in mind is that playing favorites when deciding the formations of the Genin cell teams is both prohibited and dangerous because mismatched pairings can weaken the teams overall dynamics and that can lead to the deaths of the entire team altogether. You believe that a Genin team consisting of the Byakugan and Sharingan would be a formidable team. Sorry to say Sasuke but such a team wouldn't work as both bloodline limits are too different in their attributes and they do not complement each other's abilities."
Sasuke grunted lowly but he didn't dare show any open form of disrespect to Sandaime, especially after recalling what Iruka told him and the others the other day about being able to be subjected to receiving punishment directly from the Hokage himself now that they were official ninjas of Konoha.
"I understand Sandaime-sama," Sasuke replied with a short bow before turning and leaving the Hokage Tower. As Sasuke was leaving he was forced to wonder if somehow Naruto had long knew what Hiruzen had explained and if that was the reason why he was sure that neither he nor Sasuke would be paired with Hinata. Either way, hearing from the Hokage's own lips that the pairing of the Byakugan and Sharingan wouldn't work due to their too big of differences in their attributes silenced any argument Sasuke could have tried to use to convince Hiruzen to let Hinata become his Genin teammate.
It went without say that Sasuke was far less than happy that Naruto was right in the end. What made things worse was that Sasuke would have to swallow his pride and own up to the fact that Naruto knew this beforehand.
(All The While)
Hinata was leaping from roof to roof making a fast pace to Naruto's apartment. While on her way she wondered what that "Harem No Jutsu" was all about that Hiruzen grumbled under his breath and if somehow her boyfriend was involved in it. She would have to go straight to the horse's mouth to find out, she figured as she continued on her way.
After a good amount of time, Hinata arrived at her destination. Landing down on the roof, descended down the wall to the surface and made her way to the main entrance. Reaching the second floor, Hinata knocked on the door and waited for a response. When she got none, she pulled out a key and used it to open the door to his apartment. No one, not even the Hokage knew about the spare key Hinata possessed that Naruto gave her. Stepping into his apartment, Hinata closed and locked the door before removing her sandals and jacket and placing her jacket on a nearby hook by the door and going into the living room.
It almost feels like I live here, Hinata thought after thinking about how she entered her boyfriend's apartment. It wasn't too long ago when Naruto made and gave her a spare key. He told her that she was free to come and stop by whenever she wanted but he asked her not to tell anyone about the key he gave her, not that she was planning on doing so anyway. As she looked around, she found that Naruto stayed true to his word in always making sure his place stayed clean whenever she came by. She made her way to his kitchen and decided to have some fresh tea and other refreshments kept in his refrigerator.
(A Twenty Minutes Later)
A sound of a door lock being opened was heard and the apartment door opened. The Hyuuga heiress looked to see Naruto step in and close the door and lock it. He removed his sandal and set them aside before noticing Hinata's sandals by the door.
"Naruto-kun," Hinata welcomed. Naruto looked and found Hinata sitting on his sofa with a cup of tea in her hand and a few cinnamon rolls on a plate resting on the table in front of the sofa with a tea kettle sitting next to the plate.
"Hinata-chan," Naruto greeted, "What brings you here?"
"I didn't feel like going home yet so I came by here to be with you for a while," Hinata replied. Naruto removed his orange jacket and placed it on another hook on the wall by the entrance next to Hinata's jacket. He then went over to Hinata and sat next to her. Reaching for one of the cinnamon rolls, he took and bit into it.
"Harem No Jutsu," Hinata mentioned, "And spending time with Konohamaru while causing trouble?"
Hearing that caused Naruto to partly choke on the cinnamon roll he was chewing.
"How did you find out about that," Naruto asked a little surprised.
"I have my sources," Hinata teased, "Don't think you can hide everything from me, Naruto-kun. Like you said, I have Byakugan."
Naruto laughed as he wrapped his right arm around his girlfriend.
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