Hi guys…well this is my first fic, so bear with me. Praise me (hehehe…), flame me, anything you like. Here goes!

Disclaimer: Naruto is not mine. And sadly, never will be…

Chapter One: Renovations

"Kiba-kun! Shino-kun! Ohayo!"

The two looked at each other strangely and then turned to the bounding, lively girl before them. She had shed her big, heavy coat, which made her look at least 30 pounds lighter. She was sporting a bright yellow tank top and a black skirt with black knee length tights under. The sun seemed to shine especially brighter near Hinata. She basked in the sun's warm rays as she skipped happily to her two baffled teammates. Kiba nodded at Shino.

Shino pushed his sunglasses up his nose and scratched his head. "Well…my bugs have confirmed that this is indeed Hinata…"

Hinata raised one of her eyebrows. "What are you two talking about? Of course it is I, Hinata, your teammate!"

"But, uh, you're not stuttering…"

"Well, I woke up today, and said 'you know what Hinata? Life's too short to be shy. This year, I will live each day as if it is my last!'"

Kiba rubbed his chin. "I kinda liked it when you stuttered-"

"So what are we going to do today, hm?"

"Um…train?"

"Bah, forget that! Why don't we go somewhere?"

Kiba was still rubbing his eyes. Maybe he was dreaming. "Uh…where?"

"Hm…lets go watch a movie. Then we can have a picnic maybe. And after we should round up all the rookies from team 7 and 9, and have a sleepover. Won't that be fun!"

Kiba shrugged. He confirmed that he was dreaming; might as well play along with it until he woke up. "Okay, which movie should we watch?"

"I want to watch Shinobi Wars: Revenge of the Fifth (Kazekage)"

"Oh yeah, I forgot that they made a movie on Gaara." Kiba sighed. "You just want to watch that because your character appears on screen for forty-two seconds…"

"Kiba…the first to be promoted to Chuunin on this team…is me."

"Oh brother! Here we go again…"

Hinata wrinkled her nose. "Nah…I don't think I want to watch that."

"Okay."

Kiba dropped to the floor. "What? How come you listen to her?"

"The girl on this team…is Hinata."

Sigh. "Just…nevermind. What do you want to watch Hinata?"

"I would like to watch The Journal of a Kunoichi. It's about a young girl named Kiyo who is sold to a ninja village and becomes a legendary kunoichi."

Shino and Kiba both sweat dropped. "What a total chick flick…"

The two young men, still in shock, followed the skipping Hyuga heiress to the Konoha Theater.

"Ino, Sakura, come in!"

The two girls squealed as they entered the Hyuga complex. Ino had hearts in her eyes. The Yamanaka family was known to be fairly prosperous, but man, at least four of her houses could fit on the Hyuga complex "Hinata, this place is huge! How do you avoid getting lost? And better yet, how'd you get your dad to let you have this slumber party? He's as stiff as a board."

Hinata frowned, but then quickly melted it into a smile. "He can't refuse the Hyuga heiress! Come in, drop your stuff off in my room, then head to the basement." Hinata pulled a lever in her room which revealed a staircase on the floor. The two girls oooed and ahhed.

As Hinata, Sakura, and Ino walked down the stairs, they entered Hinata's large, spacious basement.

Choji was eating everything in his radius, Shikamaru was being tortured in cruel and unusual ways by Temari (she was in town), and Tenten was braiding a very pissed off Neji's hair (a/n: yah, I know, very OOC that he would allow it, but I can't help it! I must 8D), Kiba was talking to Shino who nodded occasionally and pretend to listen, and Naruto was playing a drum set (that spontaneously appeared out of nowhere) along to booming rock music while Lee was thrashing his head hysterically to the music.

Hinata and the two other girls followed her down and sat down on a couch. Hinata looked around the room. "Now that everyone's here, why don't we-"

"KARAOKE! AI AI AI!" He pulled on a sombrero and started festively shaking his maracas. Everyone sweat dropped as Lee grabbed the mic and started singing some ridiculous song called "Squirrel love."

Squeakin squeak squeakers means I love you!

Squeak squeaken squeakers means, "me too!"

Squeakidy squeakidy squeak! Squeakidy squeakidy squeak!

After counting to fourteen, Temari lost track of how many times he repeated that demonic song. She took out her fan and started polishing it. "If he doesn't shut up, I'm going to smell blood tonight!"

Tenten started banging her head against a wall to drown the sound out of her head. Everyone let out a sigh of relief as the song ended.

"Shall I give an encore presenta-"

"NNOOO!" everyone simultaneously roared out. Naruto gently shoved Lee off stage and coughed. "So who's next!"

Sakura jumped up from her seat. "I know, Hinata, you should go next!" No one expected what happened next: Hinata simply said, "Okay."

Next thing you know, Hinata pried the mic out of Lee's clenched fingers, while back up dancers Ino and Sakura went to either side of her, wearing feathered boas, and tambourines.

She sang a kind of energetic song with soft electric guitar rifts in the backgrounds and drums, courtesy of Uzumaki Naruto. Ino and Sakura swayed from left to right along with the song, shaking their tambourines every so often.

Break my shell, let me claw my way out

Relieve me of these restless doubts

Let me follow the path of footprints in the sand

You left for me to chase on unscathed land

Let confidence rain into my soul

Time will turn, hands will roll

Never waiting for me to fulfill this void

And I'll hold your outstretched hand just for a while

I can't leave you behind, and diminish your smile

I can't put you through pain from leaving so soon

Drowning in the sand of time within great dunes

And I'll wait for you to join someday

Draw closer, nightmares and dreams, come what may

An ominous silence wavered through the room, emitting from the delicate tendrils of sound that was Hinata's voice. Everyone could pretty much visualize Hinata pour her heart out, and spill it onto the floor.

As Hinata shuffled around uncomfortably in her bed, she could feel moisture seek through her pillow in pools. But there was no need to cry. Hinata was perfectly happy. Something must've flown into her eye. Yah, that's it. Satisfied with her answer, Hinata drifted into a very restless sleep.

"Shino, you tell her."

"Kiba, the person who is not good with women…is I."

"Grr I tell you, grr! I can't do it! I can't tell her-"

"Tell me what?" Kiba nearly jumped out of his whitey-tighties. "H-Hinata, h-hey, how's it going?"

"Stupendous!"

"Oh yeah…um, great. Yah, I'm great to. Today I cleaned my room, and this time Akamaru didn't leave a present for me in my shoes, man I hate it when that happens, but yah, nothing's out of the ordinary, Everything's great and-OH I JUST CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!" Kiba started pulling at his hair and sobbing hysterically.

Shino cleared his throat. "Hinata…we noticed you've been acting…very perky lately. Is anything wrong? Perphaps, an allergic reaction to something? Because I swear, my dung beetles have been disappearing from my inventories, and I thought-"

"Oh Shino, you're just exaggerating."

Kiba composed himself and propped himself against a boulder "coolly." "I'm afraid not. Is there anything you want to tell us about?"

"…Yes…"

"Success!"

"I trimmed my bangs this morning. What do you think!"

Kiba's hand slipped from the boulder, spitting up mouthfuls of dirt as he got back up. "Hinata…" "Hehehe…the serious voice has got to work!"

Shino sighed. "Doesn't he realize his serious voice makes him sound like a throaty 300 pound woman?"

Hinata closed her eyes, twiddling her fingers madly. Finally, as her fingers were reduced to nubs from the constant twiddling, she put her fingers down and opened her eyes. She look and Kiba, then Shino, right in the eyes. "We've been friends…forever. I'm sorry…I owe it to you guys to let you know…"

Kiba nodded enthusiastically. "Whatever it is Hinata, we can help you through it."

"But you guys must promise not to tell anyone. Especially Neji-nii-san, and…"

"We know."

"Okay…the reason I have been acting this way is-"

Kiba walked up to his door and smiled reassuringly at his teammates. "Hinata, don't worry about. Like I said, it's nothing we can't help you see through. Cheer up!" He gave her a cheerful thumbs up as he turned his doorknob and closed the door behind him.

Kiba looked outside his window and waited until Hinata's retreating form disappeared from view. As tears blurred out his already faltering vision, he collapsed onto his bed, clutching his blanket in his fingers as tears spilled out of his eyes in streams of helplessness. He cried himself to sleep, letting the soggy pillow absorb the sadness that tainted him.

It's a bit short, I know. But since I am so nice, I have already posted the next chapter. Enjoy!