25 -=Start the matches=-

"Anyway, that aside, what were you doing here Hinata? were you really thinking about Naruto or-" Kaede asked with a teasing smirk

"I WASN'T THINKING ABOUT HIM!" Hinata screamed with a bright red face

"Hahaha, I know... I know..." Kaede said while laughing

"Then why did you ask that!?" Hinata asked with yet another pout, where did she even get that habit from?

"Because your reactions are just so funny" Kaede answered

"Why you... sigh..." Hinata... just let it go, she had other things to worry about

"...soooo, clan problems?" Kaede asked

"What? how did you-?" Hinata asked shocked

"C'mon, it is written all over your face" Answered Kaede

"...is it really?" Hinata asked with a complicated face

"C'mon Hinata, you need to cheer up a bit, if you just keep thinking about this kind of problems you will only grow older faster! Come with me, I have an idea of how to cheer you up" Kaede said as she grabbed Hinata's hand and led her somewhere

-=-

"Where are we going Kaede?" Hinata asked, curious

"Hehe, we are going to my favorite place here in Konoha" Kaede answered with a mysterious smile

Arriving at the cleaning behind the uchiha clan where Kaede used to practice before she could move very far with shadows and all, Hinata was surprised

"This place is very beautiful..." Hinata said with a impressed face

"...You never really left your clan compound, did you?" Kaede asked with a knowing smile

"Ehh? Why did you ask that?" Hinata asked embarrassed

"Well, there is one clearing very similar to this one behind the Hyuga clan as well..."

"What? Really?"

"Yeah, but back to the point... take this!" Kaede then moved her hand and a water ball flew from the lake at Hinata, who luckily dodged it

"What was that for?" She asked while glaring at Kaede

"Hehe, isn't that obvious? WATER FIGHT!" Kaede screamed as she begun to attack Hinata again

"Not fair!" Hinata argued as she dodged the water and tried to fight back, but obviously failed to hit Kaede even once

After a while, Hinata went back to her clan defeated, but what she didn't notice is that she stopped thinking about the problems that were plaguing her mind before

-=-

Time flew by, and the day of the matches finally arrived.

During this time, Kaede trained with Shizue in swordsmanship and even learned some medical ninjutsu, courtesy of her godly chakra control and [Healing bite] skill, she learned it quite easily, thus gaining some new skills: [Healing touch] that fused with [Healing bite] and became [Healer] and also a [Swordsman] skill.

Both skills are pretty easy to understand as their names make it easy, right?

Back to the fights, Kankuro gave up fighting Neji, and that was as expected.

Neji fought Naruto, and the only difference from the original fight, is that Naruto wasn't trying to pay him back for what he did to Hinata, but tried to just change the boy's mind, just that... as if that isn't a big deal...

Anyway, this fight ended with Naruto hiding UNDERGROUND against a BYAKUGAN user, that can see through the ground... yeah, logic.

The next fight is, Shikamaru vs Kaede

"This is going to be fun... maybe" Kaede said as she walked down the stairs

"You both ready?" The proctor, who Kaede didn't remember the name of, asked.

Receiving a confirmation from both in the form of a 'Hn' and a 'Troublesome' he begun the match