He knew the Shadow Clone technique. He had a scroll of Hyuga clan techniques for working on his chakra control. He knew about the Kyuubi.
He also wanted to learn more about first aid techniques and medical jutsu, since he'd seen the benefits of such a thing firsthand.
That wasn't what occupied him to a large extent though.
A girl liked him. A girl liked him. A girl liked him. A girl liked him.
For someone who'd spent his life without friends and who had been rebuffed for years from the single girl he'd focussed on - this was a major deal.
And she'd been attacked and left dying.
He'd gotten used to attacks and hatred targetting him. When it went to someone else just because they LIKED him?
Naruto felt guilty and pissed and sad all at the same time, because someone nice had gotten hurt because of him.
The fox-container focussed on the exercises, because it was something he could focus on that did NOT make him pissed and sad and guilty. This was something he could actually do something about.
Hinata stretched in her hospital bed, and her eyes went to the flowers in the vase next to the window. The little note that sat next to them that read simply "I'm sorry." Neither flowers nor note had been there the previous night, and the open window indicated that someone had snuck them in overnight.
The flowers had been apparently been pulled from the ground. Hinata hoped that Naruto hadn't pulled them from someone's garden.
"Team 7," said Iruka. "Sensei will be Kakashi Hatake. Sasuke Uchiha, Choji Akimichi, Shikamaru Nara."
"How troublesome."
"No rabid fangirls?" asked Sasuke.
"Team 8," continued Iruka. "Sensei will be Kurenai Yuhi. Sakura Haruno, Ino Yamanaka, Hinata Hyuga. That's odd. I could have sworn they were going to... well, I guess they changed their minds."
"Sexist pigs on the Council," grumped Ino. "I wanted to be on Sasuke's team."
"Team 9, under sensei Akashiruto," said Iruka. "Hitoshi Binbo, Tetsuo Yamada, Masayuki Moribito."
"Woohoo," unenthusiastically said Hitoshi.
"Team 10, under sensei Asuma Sarutobi," said Iruka. "Shino Aburame, Kiba Inuzuka, and Akane Ekisutora."
"I wanted to be with Sasuke!" said the rabid fangirl.
"Great," unenthusiastically said Kiba.
Shino nodded to Kiba, as the most normal of their little group.
"Team 13," said Iruka, continuing on.
"What about 12?" asked Kiba.
"Team 12 is Gai-sensei's team, already established," said Iruka. "You wouldn't want to go there anyway."
"Why not?" asked Kiba, curious.
"A lot of jonin develop odd habits and... issues," hedged Iruka.
"'issues'?" asked Kiba, well aware he was being put into a group headed by a jonin.
"Yes, that's a good way to put it," said Iruka. "Anyway, Team 13:"
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