Chii: Hello and I want to say thank you for taking the time to read my first Fan Fiction story. I hope you enjoy it. ^.^

Title: A New Student's Identity

Description: Being the new student in school is hard for any child. Having to make new friends, get used to your classes, and get used to a whole new system to go by is just some of the things they have to deal with. But, the hardest thing for Kuroume Tomoko is hiding a dark secret from the whole class. NaruOC

Chapter 1: Konoha Academy's New Student

I pressed my back against the wall as a way to relax. It was not helping much since my whole body was shaking from the jitters. I was nervous beyond belief. Today was the first day I was starting homeroom at my new school.

I kept my head low as a way to block my vision from all the students that passed by me; each of them scurrying to their classes as a way to not be tardy.

I lifted my head a bit; along with it, my right hand. Taking my index finger and thumb, I grabbed a piece of my bangs, and pulled at it.

"Short brown hair," I whispered.

"Kuroume-kun!" I heard my surnamed shouted from across the halls.

I looked over at who had called for me, only to see my homeroom teacher, Iruka-sensei, jogging towards me.

I put my hand down and smiled at my new teacher as he approached me. "Good morning sir."

"Good morning, Kuroume-kun," Iruka-sensei greeted back. "It is such a pleasure to be able to have you in my class."

"Thank you so much," I slightly bowed in respect. "It is such an honor to be your student."

Iruka-sensei walked to the sliding door that led to his classroom and grabbed the handle. "Okay, Kuroume-kun, please, wait here. When I introduce you, you may walk in."

"Yes, Sensei," I nodded, forcing myself to keep the low tone I was using while speaking to him.

"No need to be so nervous, Kuroume-kun," Iruka-sensei added, giving me a warm smile and sliding open the door. He walked in, leaving the door open for my entrance.

"Please stand!" I heard him order, hearing the sounds of chairs screeching as they slid on the hardwood floors. "Good morning, class."

I pushed myself off of the wall and motioned my head to the side to get a glance inside his class. In my peripheral view, I could only see a few students standing up from their desks.

"Good morning, Iruka-sensei!" the students greeted back, all in one harmonious tune.

"Alright, you may take your seats now," Iruka-sensei stated, each student pulling their chairs back into their proper position, the sounds of screeching ringing in my ears.

I winced a bit at the sound that was causing my ears to be in pain.

Clearing his throat, Iruka-sensei began to talk once again. "Before I start taking roll, I would like to introduce a new student."

"Really?" questioned a female's voice.

I had shuffled back towards the wall once more and propped myself against it. I cast my vision up onto the ceiling, while listening to the conversation.

"Yes, Haruno-chan," Iruka-sensei answered, then continued on to introducing me. "This new student hails from the Minato-ku, Tokyo area."

"Wow! That's a pretty prosperous part of Tokyo this kid is coming from." I heard another student interrupt the Sensei.

Iruka-sensei cleared his throat once more as a way to get the students' attention. "Please give a warm greeting to our new student, Kuroume Tomoko-kun."

With my name being the signal to walk in, I pushed myself off of the wall and walked into the classroom. I stared straight ahead, gracing only the teacher with my distant gaze. Once I was in the center of the classroom, up front right next to the Sensei's podium, I turned my body to look at the class. My gaze swept over each student as in a way to observe them. My gold-brown eyes settling on an empty seat I presumed would become mine.

I bowed. "Hello. It is a pleasure to make your acquaintance. I am Kuroume Tomoko. But, please, Tomoko is just fine. There is no need to use such formalities with me." I stood up straight and forced myself to give a smile. "I hope we are all able to get along this year."

I hear some students whisper to themselves. My smile melted into a slight droop. I had a feeling I knew what the students were whispering about.

"Alright," Iruka-sensei said, placing his hand on my shoulder as a way to get my attention. "It's time to take your seat, Kuroume-kun." He lifted his hand off my shoulder and pointed towards the empty desk I was staring at earlier. "Your desk is behind Yamanaka-chan's."

I looked at the girl in front of my new seat. She was a beautiful girl with stunning bright blue eyes and long blonde hair tied back into a pony tail. She looked at me as I walked over to the desk and sat down, placing my school bag on the hook of the desk.

"Okay, time for roll call," Iruka-sensei said, standing behind his podium. "Aburame?"

"Here." Called a deep voice.

I looked at the blonde girl in front of me. Her back was facing me, but her head was turned to the side as she was talking to another girl. My eyes glided over to my right hand side and locked on to a pink haired girl.

"…Yeah, so, like, I spent my weekend with Sasuke-kun," I heard the pink haired girl say.

Not interested in what she was chatting about, I continued to let my sight wander in the new environment I was in. My head completely tuned to see a blonde haired boy with his head down on his desk. I stared for a bit, curiosity taking over.

"Uzumaki Naruto." Iruka-sensei's voice bellowed. When there was no answer, he sighed and repeated himself, this time a bit louder. "UZUMAKI NARUTO."

The blonde haired boy jolted his head up as his name was shouted. "Huh? Wha? Here!"

Iruka-sensei groaned in frustration. "It's not even first period yet and you're already asleep."

Naruto scratched the back of his head in embarrassment, grinning with a slight goofy laugh.

Iruka-sensei just fought with himself and walked away from the podium. "You have free time to chat before the bell rings."

Taking advantage of that, the noise level in the class rose to quite a level.

I leaned my cheek against my hand and closed my eyes, starting to get slightly bored. I wanted to talk to someone, but, the two girls were showing no interest in me besides talking about what they did over the weekend with their boyfriends. And, everyone else around all looked interested in talking with the people they already knew.

"Uh, hey, are you new here?" I heard a voice trail off a bit towards my right.

Opening my eyes, I turned my golden orbs to be fixated on the blondie called Naruto. Adjusting my head to be in symmetry with my eyes, I answered him with a question. "Were you really asleep when Iruka-sensei introduced me?"

Naruto gave off another goofy laugh. "Yeah, I get sleepy during school, even when it's only homeroom."

"Oh, I see," I said, not knowing how to come back. "Uh, by the way, I'm Tomoko."

Naruto stared at me for a moment then started to snicker. His face scrunched up as he was trying to contain himself from bursting out with laughter.

I glared at him. "Okay, I get it, so what if I have a feminine name."

Naruto tried his hardest from laughing really loudly. "I-I'm sorry. It's j-just that…you're a guy and you have a girl's name."

I gave Naruto a dissatisfied look. I was starting to get a little irritated that he kept on wanting to laugh.

When Naruto caught onto my annoyance, he calmed himself. "I'm Naruto. But, you know, I have to say, your name suits you since you are quite feminine yourself."

"Yes, I know, I do realize that I am abnormally small for a guy," I said, irritation clearly in my voice.

"Are you gay or something?" Naruto asked, to my surprise. "Cuz, I'm not into dudes, just so we're clear."

"Dang," I started off sarcastically. "Looks like I'm going to have to contain myself then."

"Uh, ya no," Naruto shook his head in disgust.

"I'm kidding. There's no need to worry, I'm not gay," I said, making Naruto sigh in relief.

In the corner of my eye, I saw the pink haired girl, and Ino turn around.

"Auh, and here I thought Naruto was finally gunna get someone," Ino said.

Naruto got a bit flustered. "Shuddup!"

"Naruto," the pink haired girl started. "You are pretty dense. I mean, for crying out loud, you didn't even know Hinata liked you for so long until she started to date Kiba."

"Guh! Not you too, Sakura-chan~!" Naruto whined.

Ino giggled and placed her blue orbs right on to me. "I have to say, you too would actually make a cute couple. Maybe you too should be boyfriends. Naruto wouldn't really know the difference since you are pretty feminine."

Naruto started to get a little restless with the jokes from the other blonde. "Shut up, Ino. I am not into guys!"

Ino lifted her hand and pointed it at Naruto. "But, what about that one time you kissed Sasuke-kun?"

"INO!" Sakura shouted.

Naruto's whole face turned to a shade of bright pink. "T-that was only an accident!"

My attention was caught from the conversation as I had felt something a bit dark looming overhead in the classroom. Gold eyes met cold, dark onyx orbs, and I was staring right into the face of possibly the guy Ino was talking about. His stare intense, surprising me that I was the only one out of the four of us who had noticed.

'Wow. He has one hell of a glare.' I thought, turning back to the little group.

"Naruto," Ino continued. "I'm just saying it's might be best if you switched over."

Just as Ino made that comment, the bell rang its relieving tune, signaling the start of school that echoed throughout the halls of Konoha Academy. Iruka-sensei stood up from his desk and said his temporary 'good-byes' to the class and left.

Chii: Yay, chapter one is done and complete. Wow, there's so much to my character Tomoko. I hope you guys liked it and are excited for the next chapter.