NaruHina Fan 96: Thanks for tuning in for another one of my stories! I hope you guys really enjoy this fic. All of the characters in this story look like they do in Naruto Shippuden. It takes place in California. The ages and grade of the main characters are: Naruto-15 (Freshman), Hinata-14 (Freshman), Ino-15 (Freshman), Sakura-14 (Freshman), Kiba-15 (Freshman), Sasuke-15 (Freshman), Shino-15 (Freshman), Shikamaru-16 (Sophomore), Choji-16 (Sophomore), Lee-16 (Junior), Neji-17 (Junior), Tenten-17 (Junior), Gaara-14 (Freshman), Kankuro-15 (Freshman) and Temari-16 (Sophomore). Bunny.
Bunny: NaruHina Fan 96 does NOT own anything from Naruto. That includes characters, jutsus, storyline, etc.
NaruHina Fan 96: Thanks Bunny. Now on with the story! The characters may be OOC. Sorry!
Chapter 1: First Day
"Okay class. Since today is your first day as freshmen, you are going to be given a map of the school and can look around, in groups." Iruka-sensei said.
The class of freshman were all excited. They were glowing with excitement. When Iruka-sensei said they would be given a tour of the school, they were even more excited. That meant no homework.
"Calm down. The tour will start at 9:00 a.m. so you can talk with…" Iruka-sensei was interrupted. When he said they could talk, they all ran up to their friends and started talking. Soon, the classroom was filled with so much talking, you couldn't hear yourself think.
"Hey, Hinata-chan!" Sakura said to one of her best friends.
"Hey, Sakura-chan. Where's.." she was interrupted when a girl with long blonde hair came up to them.
"Hey, Hinata. Hey, Sakura." the girl said.
"Hey, Ino/Ino-chan." said Sakura/Hinata.
"How was your summer? Mine was fantastic! We went on a family vacation all around the world!" Ino asked them.
"I went to Florida to spend time with all my family there." Hinata said.
"I just hung out here with my boyfriend and family. I wish you two could have been here! It was very fun." Sakura told them. "We went hiking, camping, to the movies, and everything. I missed you guys so much. It wasn't the same without you guys!"
"I missed you all, too!" Hinata said.
"Me, too. You guys should come over today after school. We could go shopping!" Ino offered.
"Sounds great, Ino!" Sakura said happily.
"Sure. I need some new clothes!" Hinata said.
"Hey guys! How was your summer?" asked a blonde headed boy with whisker marks on his face.
"Hey, Naruto!" a brown haired man said. "My summer was great. For my birthday, I got a dog. His name is Akamaru. He is white with brown on his ears."
"Cool, Kiba." Naruto said. "What about you Sasuke?"
"I hung out with my girlfriend most of the time." Sasuke said.
"What about you, Naruto?" Kiba asked.
"I traveled around the country with my Uncle Jiraiya. He had to do some 'research' for his new book." Naruto answered putting air quotes around research.
"Oh what a summer." Kiba said sarcastically.
"Yeah." Naruto said. He looked around a little bit, then spotted who he was looking for. "Shino! Come over here and hang with us!" he shouted.
Shino got up from where he was sitting and slowly walked over to them.
"Hey." he said in his usual voice.
"How was your summer?" Naruto asked.
"Fine." he answered.
They waited for him to say something else, but he didn't.
"That's all? 'Fine." is all you have to say? What did you do?" Naruto asked.
"Nothing much." he answered.
Again, they waited for him to continue, but he didn't.
"You need to talk more." Naruto said.
"Everyone! It is 9 o'clock. You will be grouped up 2 guys and 1 girl." Iruka-sensei said.
"Aaaawww!" the class complained.
"Okay. Group 1 will be…" and he named off people. A little bit later, "Group 7 will be Shino, Sasuke, and Ino. Group 8 will be Naruto, Kiba, and Hinata." when he said that, a light blush covered Hinata's face. ~I get to be with Naruto-kun!~ she thought. "Group 9 will be Gaara, Kankuro, and Sakura." he continued naming off names until there were none left. "Okay. Get in your groups. I will hand out your maps when you get together.
They all went to meet up with their group members. Once they were all together, Iruka-sensei handed out the maps. When he was done, he said, "You have until 12:15 to explore. Make sure you are back in the classroom by 12:20 so you won't be late for lunch." he said and dismissed the class.
"Ladies first. So where do you want to go, Hinata?" Kiba asked while Naruto held the map.
"Uh, we c-could go to t-the gym." Hinata suggested.
"Great idea, Hinata!" Naruto. "I want to see what the gym looks like, too."
"Well, let's get going." Kiba said looking at the map, then walking in the direction of the gym.
With group 7, Shino and Sasuke didn't care where they went, so they just followed Ino around.
"Oooo. Let's go to the cafeteria, then let's go this way, then the gym…." she kept going on and on about where she wanted to go.
"I already know my way around here, so I'm going to hang out in the cafeteria until 12:15. See ya later." Gaara said and left.
"So do I. So I'm gonna go wait with my brother. Bye." Kankuro said and left like Gaara.
"That's weird. Oh well, I get to look around by myself. Maybe I can meet up with Sasuke's group!" Sakura said to herself.
"Hey guys. We should be heading back now. It's 12:14." Kiba said.
"Yeah, you're right, Kiba-kun." Hinata said.
"Let's hurry!" Naruto said grabbing each of their hands and walking in the direction of their classroom.
"Naruto. Let go of my hand! I'm perfectly able of walking!" Kiba said jerking his hand away.
~Naruto-kun is holding my hand!~ Hinata thought blushing madly.
Naruto didn't realize that he was only holding Hinata's hand and continued to pull her along with Kiba walking next to him. Hinata had to focus so hard on not fainting and walking at the same time that she didn't see anyone around her. They ended up walking right by Neji, Tenten, and Lee. Neji didn't realize what was going on and overreacted. He almost walked right over to him and punched him in the face, but Tenten held him back.
"It probably isn't what it looks like!" Tenten said to Neji trying to calm him, but it barely worked.
"I'm going to kill him!" Neji said.
"We're going to be late for class. Let's get going." Lee said.
"I'm going to get him." Neji stated and left to class with Tenten and Lee.
Kiba walked into class followed by Naruto and Hinata. Everyone else was already there. They had barely made it. It is 12:19.
"N-Naruto-kun. C-can I h-have my h-hand back?" Hinata asked blushing a little.
"What?" Naruto asked turning around to face her looking confused.
"M-my hand. C-can I h-have it b-back?" she asked again blushing redder. Her face now looked like a tomato.
Naruto looked down at their hands. He had completely forgot that he was holding her hand. It was very soft. He blushed and let go of her hand.
"S-sorry!" he stuttered.
"I-it's fine. I'll t-talk to y-you l-later, Naruto-kun!" she said.
"Bye." he said and they both walked to their seats.
"Now that everyone is here, we can go to lunch." Iruka-sensei said.
Everyone got up from their seats and went to the lunchroom for some food.
"Hey, Sakura-chan, Ino-chan!" Hinata greeted.
"Hey Hinata." they said simultaneously.
"Why was Naruto holding your hand when you walked in?" Ino asked grinning.
"Uh w-well h-he said w-we had t-to h-hurry and grabbed m-my hand and p-pulled me to the c-classroom." Hinata stuttered. He face turned the color of ketchup.
"What about Kiba. He was in your group. Why didn't he also grab Kiba's hand?" Ino asked.
"H-he did, b-but he p-pulled h-his h-hand away." she answered twiddling with her fingers.
"Yeah, but…" she was cut off by Sakura.
"Enough, Ino." she said with acid in her voice. Ino knew she had better shut up before she snapped. Once she was quiet, Sakura asked kindly, "Why don't we get some food now?"
"Hey, Naruto! Over here!" Sasuke shouted.
Naruto looked over at him. He was sitting at a table with Kiba, Shino, Kankuro, and Gaara, though the last two weren't paying them any attention. They were talking to each other. He walked over to his friends with his lunch tray.
"Hey guys." Naruto said back when he got over to them. "How was your tour?"
"Oh. It was good. Sakura came and toured with us. The other two that were in her group," he pointed at Gaara and Kankuro, "have a sister here and already knew their way around school."
"Oh. So what were you guys talking about before we got here?" Naruto asked.
"Oh nothing. Just wondering why…..you were holding Hinata's hand when you walked in." Sasuke said.
A light blush covered Naruto's cheeks.
"Oh that. Well I was pulling both Kiba and Hinata-chan along and Kiba pulled his hand away and I forgot that I had her hand." Naruto said.
"Hinata-chan?" Kiba asked teasingly.
"What? I didn't say that." Naruto defended.
"Ya you did. Admit it. You're starting to like Hinata." Kiba teased.
Naruto's blush got a little darker and was now noticeable.
"Are you blushing, Naruto?" Sasuke asked. "So you are starting to like her!"
"N-no. I-I just…It's…" Naruto stuttered.
"Sure." Kiba said dragging out the word.
"Whatever guys." Naruto said then looked at the clock. "Hurry and eat. It's almost time to go back to class.
About 5 minutes later, the warning bell rang, and everyone got up to go dump their trays. Hinata was walking and someone tripped her, and the rest of her food on her tray went flying and landed on a blonde haired man.
"I'm so so so sorry!" Hinata apologized to the guy.
"It's okay. I have extra clo.." he cut off when he saw who it was. "Hinata-chan?" he asked.
Her heart skipped a beat. ~Did he just call me Hinata-chan?~ she thought. She looked up to see who it was, and her face turned bright red. "N-Naruto-kun!" she said surprised.
He reached out his hand to help her up. She accepted his offer.
"Come on. We have to get to class." Naruto said. "You wanna walk with me? I have to change my shirt first though."
She looked up at him and started twiddling her fingers. "S-sure." she said.
"So, Hinata-chan." Naruto said after he changed his shirt and they started walking to the classroom.
"W-when d-did you s-start calling m-me Hinata-chan" Hinata asked still blushing and twiddling her fingers.
"Oh…uh today, I think. It just slipped out. But it just sounds right. Does it bother you?" he asked blushing just a little.
"N-no! I was j-just w-wondering." Hinata said.
~Her stutter is cute.~ Naruto thought. ~Wait! What am I thinking? Hinata is just a friend!~
"W-well I'll t-talk t-to you later N-Naruto-kun." Hinata said as they arrived at the classroom.
"Sure." he said and walked in.
Hinata walked in about 5 seconds after he did. ~I can't believe me and Naruto-kun walked to class together! I wonder if we can be friends?~ she thought walking to her seat by Sakura.
"Hey, Hinata." Sakura said.
"Hey." Hinata answered.
"School is almost out. Just 1 and a ½ more hours left. You still coming to the mall with us?" she asked.
"Yeah. Why wouldn't I be?" she asked back.
"I was just wondering." she answered.
"Okay class. I don't really have anything else planned, so you can all go home early." Iruka-sensei said. The whole class burst into cheers and left.
"Let's meet up here in 15 minutes to go to the mall." Ino said.
"Okay." they agreed.
NaruHina Fan 96: That's the end of chapter 1. Sorry if it was boring. Should I continue this story or write a different one? I don't really have any inspiration right now. Next chapter will be when they are at the mall, if I get an idea of what to do. If you have any ideas of what should happen, please tell me. It would help so much!
Thanks!