"Another is a civilian ninja named Sakura Haruno. Though she's a civilian ninja, her talent is quite good as well."
Other than Hinata, probably no one knew that they were currently being divvied up among numerous jonin.
With Iruka's arrival, the graduation ceremony officially began. Ahem, it was the ninja orientation meeting. At the meeting, they looked back together on those glorious years, on their step-by-step growth... I can't make this up anymore.
At long last, it was time for the class assignments. Hinata felt somewhat surprised, yet also felt it was only natural. In the end, she had failed to slip into Kakashi's class. A trace of disappointment flashed across her face.
She was also quite familiar with her two teammates. One was named Kiba Inuzuka—he had even come to the Ninja Academy with her that morning. As for the other one... what was his name again? The three of them had been assigned to Team 8.
It was already noon. Iruka announced that after lunch, they were to return to the classroom. Each class's Guiding Jonin would come in turn to take away the students assigned to them, and with that, the ceremony was over.
At noon, Hinata, Kiba Inuzuka, and Shino Aburame sat on a large rock, quietly eating their food. Since Hinata had considered that there would be such a process today, she had specifically asked Aunt Yamada to prepare a bento for her, so she would not be embarrassed at a time like this. Though this little bento was nowhere near enough for Hinata to eat.
After the three of them had each finished lunch, Shino Aburame, the one with the least presence, silently took up the conversation. "I'm very happy that the three of us were assigned to the same class after graduation. Since