CHAPTER 1

It's Junuary, school started even if everyone's minds stayed still in their winter break.

-Hinata POV-

Winter break, what a boring time it was for me. I trained with my cousin. He said I got stronger though I didn't notice my changes.

Changes? Naruto's past tense for me now. People say "new year, new hope," do you think…new love perhaps?

Back in school, Kiba started talking to me more. I've been thinking about him for a while now. But…it's Kiba…there's no, none, not at all chance that he nor I can get together without people staring at us. Why? He's the jock of our school; star of the shinobi athletic tracking team and football team; role model of freshman boys and dear love idol for girls. I'm just that some quiet supposedly smart girl who sits behind him in class.

-sigh- we've been back to school for a week now and even though we still talk the same amount. We talk on ninja im, in school, after school… Everything seems the same but I feel there's something between us…somewhat a border yet not. I can see that he wants to tell me something but nothing's coming out in sounds. There's a hidden message in his eyes.

I logged onto ninja im as usual and he said hi to me as usual. I invited him to come with us to watch the latest movie of Evil Marshmallow Minions. He accepted my invite and I logged off when Neji called me to go downstairs.

For some reason I worried about what to wear.

"Did you ask Kiba to come with us?" Neji asked as we ate.

"Yes," I replied, "He said he can come, and he needs a ride cuz his bike broke."

"Sure, com one, let's finish up, Hanabi, and go pick up Tenten and Kiba," Neji listed.

"How come he breaks his bike so often?" Hanabi chewed at the same time.

"Hanabi, I told you to talk after you swallow it," Neji glared at her, "She's right, how is it that he breaks his bike so often?"

"He hee, he said his sister used his bike as a soccer ball," I kept giggling and Hanabi burst out laughing.

"What kind of…sister is that…?" Neji's eye twitched.

Neji cleaned up the table after we finished as I braided Hanabi's hair. And Neji fixed Hanabi's uniform while I did the dishes.

"Everybody out, I'm closing the door," I called out, locking the door behind me seeing Hanabi and Neji out the door.

I opened the door for Hanabi and helped her up the back seat of the pick up then got on myself.

It was a white pick up, I only got to sit on the back once when I was late to an exam and Neji was late to her date with Tenten. The teachers passed me upon seeing me jump off the back of the truck while Neji did a drift along the curve.

"What is your name, child?" one of them asked me.

"Sorry I'm late, I'm Hyuuga Hinata," I didn't pant at all, just nervous.

"You've passed the test," Another one said to me, "now go inside and give them this slip."

I remember I had to go back to the town by city bus. And since I took the wrong bus, I had to walk a bit. Actually, not a bit, but a few miles. Luckily Kiba was out running away from his sister and he gave me a ride back. His sister all of a sudden became nice.

First we stopped to pick up Tenten. She was different today. As she got on the car I noticed. She had make up on.

"Good morning Tenten," Hanabi and I greeter her the same moment.

"Good morning Hanabi, Hinata, and dear Neji," she smiled at us.

We talked a bit about the movie and soon we arrived at the elementary.

I helped Hanabi off the truck and walked her to the first grade class.

"Hana, don't go anywhere without Misa ok? I'll go pick you up tomorrow, just call me," I kneeled down to talk at her level.

"I know, don't worry about me," she said to me, her tiny hands firm on my shoulder.

"Bye," I bowed to the teacher and quickly walked back to the car greeting Hanabi's classmates along the way.

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02/21/08

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