Chapter 1

Sasuke??

"Come on Naruto. You can do!" I shouted as I stared in anticipation at him as he too in a deep breathe where his sun kissed cheeks puffed out expanding his scratches on them and then suddenly he let out carbon dioxide. Beads of salt, urea and water ran down his forehead to his cheeks where he wiped them off not making them continuing there journey to his chin. He scratched the back of his spiky blonde head all natural-no gel as his sparkling blue eyes danced with determination at the red dirt with small pebbles poking out for air. He shifted his gaze to his dirt board which in deeply cherish because it was signed by Johnny Kapahala {lol}.

Just as Naruto was about to push off down the extremely deep hill, a faint police siren wailed through the air, just getting louder and louder as it approached which sent the whole crowd scrambling and shouting at each other. An ear splitting scream blasted through my ears. I looked up at the top of the hill.

No Naruto.

But then I saw him speeding down the hill uncontrollably swinging his arms violently and shouting. If you can't imagine this, this was pretty dangerous.

Wait.

No.

Way dangerous.

"Kitushi!" someone bailed out my name. I looked around to see my other team mate Kiba pushing towards to through the crowd which was going the opposite way.

"Dog boy!" I exclaimed in relief, "we have to help Naruto" Kiba nodded. We pushed to the end line. From where the audience sat, it was easy to reach the end line but if you were dirt boarding, it was really long way.

Running to save a friend from permanent brain damage with no plan was difficult. "Dang yo!" Kiba exclaimed with his hazel eyes glued onto Naruto as his skated onto a ramp made of 3 metal barrels of different height in ascending order with a plank over. Naruto couldn't control himself in mid air but if he landed on the ground, he would land right in front of us because it was the last obstacle and of course closer to the line.

"AAWWW!!" Naruto screamed throbbing in the air and landed on the directly in front of Kiba and I just like in the movies.

I dropped down on my knees immediately and started to slap him on his marked cheek, "Naruto get up!" I ordered impatiently just remembering the police are after us and place was almost empty and I didn't want to be caught by them, because if my parents knew where I was now…

"Dude, get up, yo" Kiba said frantically but he was still standing.

"Everyone freeze!" an officer order with a gun in hand pointing out in the air as he pulled the thingy and fired a bullet. While the other 4 started to run after anyone they could catch.

I looked at Kiba and he already knew what I meant. "Oh, no way am I doing that" he said shaking his head. I looked up then back at him, he sighed but instead of picking Naruto, he threw small pebbles and soda cans near by at the officers. I removed Naruto's board from his feet and pulled him on my own shoulders him on his shoulders, and skated off with his board in my arm. Half over Naruto's body was on mine that is, his torso and his foot were dragging on the ground. Several bullets where fired when I saw Kiba skated up to me and took Naruto's board from me.

Great help.

"Yo that was awwwsomme!!' Kiba said swinging on the light post outside of Burger King but I didn't reply. I was sitting on the bench outside the store with a medium fry in front of me with a vanilla milkshake and an unconscious boy's head in my lap and the rest of him on the bench. He was filthy, his tanned face was red dirt with sweat and bruises, but they weren't so bad, well I think they aren't. We just managed to reach out side that place before the cops caught up to us. Kiba placed his tough big hand on my shoulder and smiled when I looked up, "He's going to be okay." He said, 'Trust me."

I tapped my fingers on my helmet which I hadn't taken off since this morning. Reasons.

After 10 minutes or less, Naruto sat up.

"Yo, the big man's back" said Kiba slapping Naruto on his shoulder but normally Naruto would have stayed firm, but he was weak so he weakly moved.

"Did we win?" Naruto asked.

I shrugged, 'The cops came when it was your time." I said.

"Oh yeah" said Naruto as if he remembered, but I knew he didn't.

"Next time, they should have it where we can actually board." I said, "That was private property, you know- government owned." I plugged down some of my milkshake.

"That's the whole of it. Running from cops. It's just the fun of it yo." Kiba said. I smile, that was true.

"I think you're hanging out with Ino a lil' too much now" said Naruto taking off his and revealing his black marina and his muscular arms which in fact I see almost everyday but they were bruised now.

Ino was my best friend beside Naruto and Kiba. We didn't get along in middle school but by some happening were best friends in high school, just like in some chick flick.

I didn't comment because this could be an order or just a statement. I took up Naruto's board which was orange with a black serpent twisted all over it. Kiba had the red one to it and I had the purple. I observed it, "I think your wheels are loose." It definitely needed tightening.

"Gimme that" Naruto said grabbing it from me. He checked them himself, spinning them continuously. "Vicious meeting tonight."

"I can't" I spoke up.

Vicious was the name of our group and of course Naruto was the leader. He was the best dirt boarder out of the three and in Philadelphia!! We had won many tournaments, but they are the illegal ones that's why we don't appear in newspapers and public, but we were well known.

"Why?" he asked.

"I have things to do. Today is Wednesday" I said getting up.

"Look here Kitushi, lately you've been tripping out on us and Kiba and I aren't cool wid that" Naruto said getting up too in annoyance.

That was true, ever since my dad said my uncle and cousins are coming over to stay, he's been coming home early and calling me to see if I'm okay especially on Wednesday!! I checked my watch, it was 3:30 and school had finished which means I'm suppose to be home now. "Sorry, I would love to sit and chat but I have to go" I slipped in my feet in the foot thing on the board and skated off.

"Where have you been?" Neji asked as I walked up the stairs as discreetly as I could.

"School" I replied not stopping up the stairs.

"Today was half day"

"Extra class"

"Dirt boarding"

"Dirt boarding?"

"Your helmet is still on."

Crap!!

I just walked up to the third floor where the corridor seemed to never end with doors on each side of the wall and ancient paintings of my deceased mother's father and uncles and other ancestors having a feast and at functions. I found my room door swung it open slammed the door. "That was close" I said to myself. I took off my helmet and shook my head where my long navy hair escaped. I took out my contacts and carefully placed them in the case.

I am Hinata Hyuga. I hid my hair under my helmet because if anyone knew that I was a girl when at the competitions, I wouldn't have entered and hence the Vicious wouldn't. At school, everyone calls me Kitushi but it was just my family call me Hinata. I hated that name, actually, I hated my home life but I enjoyed my wild life outside. It's like I live in two worlds, my rich family where I'm suppose to be all girly and stuff with manners and etc. When I leave the house I in my shirt and feminine clothes, I go around the bushes and change into my boy clothes, well not really boy but just hip. And then there is my wild life where I play my rebellious role. I hardly pay attention in school and I skip school sometimes to practice with Naruto and Kiba or because we have a competition, like today and come back home but I do change before I reach home but this time I forgot to take off my helmet but I remembered to throw my board throw my window, lucky me. No one; that is Neji and my dad knew about my daily activities. But because of the whole Uncle and cousins whom I never met before are staying to live and how my dad is reacting about it, I have been forgetting stuff like to change or to take off my helmet or that today was half day so that's how Neji, my brother knew that dirt boarded, but he promised not to tell, but he always worried about me and continuously suggest that I stopped.

Only Ino knew about my two lives by accident but she wasn't freaking out like Neji but she was worried and her Dad's a cop, but she too said even if her life depended on it, she wouldn't blow, which I find kind of hard to believe. I only live with Neji and my Dad, my mom passed way 3 years ago where Dirt Board became my life. My cousins' mother also passed away too leaving them with their father just like me.

"Hinata, I'm home!" my Father called out. I went downstairs to greet him and if I didn't he will assume that I'm up to something. But he came up stairs to my room. "What happened to you?" he asked looking at me. I guess I was probably dirty but I just shrugged. "Well, I have great news." He said smiling.

Joy.

I smiled waiting for the suppose to be great news. "Your cousins are coming in fifteen minutes!" he exclaimed.

"That's great Dad, I just can't wait, I have been getting really impatient now a days." I lied.

"Well can go and take a bathe make yourself presentable to take up time." He said smiling, I hated when he thinks so much of me.

I made myself presentable in my knee high pink shirt and blue shirt with ruffles just in time when I heard the doorbell echo through out the house. I ran downstairs but then slow down because my Dad was still in the house. All three of us were at the door when my Dad opened it when a man looking like my living dead mother stood there with. Neji and my eyes popped opened but I didn't see anybody else-no cousins.

"I do apologise for my sons' absence, they decided to go this construction site for what, I don't know" Uncle said.

After greetings were exchanged and 'catching up' was done…well almost done we had dinner. Sasuke who was 16 just like me and Itachi was 18 just a year older than Neji still haven't arrived yet but Uncle wasn't worried, well at least he didn't look noe act that way. The way how Uncle described Itachi, I knew that we could get along. He sneaked out just I do and was more of the rebellious type.

Sweet!

It was 10 after 10 when I got a text from Naruto if I was still going to 'Remix' since it was just Wednesday. I changed into a tank top and jeans and threw over Neji's huge hoodie on and slipped on my sneakers.

I sneaked downstairs quietly with my helmet and board in my arms.

"Hinata?" called a whisper. I turned around to see Uncle, but younger.

"Itachi?" I whispered. He walked up to me.

"Sasuke. Sneaking out I see." He said mockingly.

I suddenly had a dislike for Sasuke.

"So I guess it was true, there were going to have a dirt board competition after all" he continued. I didn't know how to reply to him. Like Hinata or Kitushi but I just continued down the stairs. "You're not seriously going are?"

"What does it look like?" I asked harshly, he was taking up time like an annoying brother.

"Here's the deal, I come wi…"

"Hold up" I almost shouted, "who said anything about any deal?"

"Well, I know that you're sneaking out, right"

Another annoying brother I see, I thought that space was already taken. I sighed but I was determined not let this brut ruin my life.

I placed my hand on his shoulder, "You can blah all you want Sir, but you're not coming with me."

"Is that so Kitushi?" he asked.

How the heck did he know my alias?!?! Anyhow I fought not to show any facial expression but that didn't work.

"Yeah I know" he said in triumph. I just rolled my eyes at his victory because he just hit the jack pot.

"And remind me, how are you my cousin?" I asked rhetorically. I walked out the door and stuffed my hair under my helmet and skated out through the back. "Try to keep up if you can." To my amazement he was a really fast runner so I speed up and he was almost at my tail.

"Am I threat Cousin Hinata?" he asked smirking.

Cousin Hinata!?!?!?

"Ughh, don't call me that, and remember that my name is Kitushi" I threatened and as if I was speaking to a three year old. He just rolled his eyes.

"Hn." He fell silent but started to talk again. "Why do you hide your appearance?"

"None of your business" I said but then I felt bad of how I was treating him and I could see that he wanted to start a conversation because this silence wasn't just killing me, but him. "Uggh, you're such a pain"

He chuckled, "You sound like my neighbour, well my old neighbour that is. His name is Shickamaru Nara, his great plus 5 grand dad came about some theory about one's shadow, don't carry he was annoying himself, hated him."

I smiled to myself that I was being compared to someone he hated. "Well you should know, I disguise myself because if anyone knew that I was a girl they would probably band me and say that I rat them out or just give me hell. Sexist. Hate them."

He chuckled, "Don't blame them."

Boy, I want to hear more about this Nara dude and actually meet him!

Minutes later Sasuke and I were at the construction site which was an off bounds property. Let the fun begin! "I thought you weren't coming" said someone behind me. I needed not to turn around because I already knew it was Naruto. I didn't turn around…yet and this annoyed him when I didn't acknowledge his presence but Kiba on the other hand, he was kind of cool with it, he didn't scream at me or get too pissed off.

Talk about being sexist!

I could feel Naruto's and Kiba's eyes scanning Sasuke. "Yo Kits, Who's the whimp?" asked Kiba. I turned around; Sasuke and Naruto were glaring at each other.

"Nobody important" I replied as I nudged Sasuke to take his eyes off but being the nuisance he already is, he didn't and no way I was going to nudge Naruto and tell him eyes off if I loved dirt boarding and my little secret about being a girl.

I was taken back at the turn outs of tonight though; there were only about 12 to 14 people in the dark just then bright white car lights flashed on.

How long does it take light to travel again, in my remembrance not so fast!

I shield my eyes as different stolen cars' light flashed on.

"Ready?" Naruto asked taking his eyes off.

Finally!

Kiba also felt relieved. "Totally!" I said with enthusiasm and Naruto gave me a smirk.

Not good, he's not going to give me…

"Neat. So you first" Naruto said looking at me. I swallowed hard; the darn saliva wouldn't go down my throat so it hurt when I finally forced it down. Normally Kiba would have gone first!!

"Me?" I asked trying to hide my shock.

No such luck.

"You heard me."

Being first is like being the first person in a relay. The team relied on the him/her to score the most points and also the last person which would be Naruto.

"Yo Naruto, are you sure about th…"

"What is she doing her?" said Kankuro walking up to us with his little brother who I secretly admired. He had red hair and pale green eyes and wasn't all up in the girls faces at school and other member of his squad. Sasuke glanced at me, I knew why, because of the whole sexist thing, how he knew I was a girl. "Little girls aren't supposed to be here."

"Oh yeah." I said stepping forward to punch him in his downstairs but Naruto held out his hand, now I want to punch him down there, "so why are you and your tea party crew doing here?"

"I shouldn't be worrying about Kitushi who's going to kick you outta here." Naruto said calmly. How did he do it, be so calm…oh yeah, because he isn't a girl, forgot.

Knakuro is an exchange student at my school and by the way, that's why he knew that I was a girl well not really, he just saw me stuffing my hair; that was suppose to be sent back to his Sand Village but his family moved here just in time. He keeps on bragging on how's he's a better dirt boarder than anyone, which made me sick! Oh can you believe it that before he knew that I was Hinata, he asked me to show him some of my moves, uggh just the nerve of him.

"So which of you little girls are going up first?" Kiba asked.

"Look around farmer Inuzuka, this is the real world, and as a matter of fact; I am going up first. You?"

Yes, I can finally go against him, I felt more confident now!

"I am" I said. He began laughing and the other 2 were laughing but not as loud as Kankuro.

"I was waiting on this day to go against a …a…girl, I fell so insulted" he said folding his thick muscular arms at his chest, "Seriously, you didn't bring me all the way up here to ride against a girl" offensively, but it was just sarcasm. I knew he was just afraid, whenever he got on my nerves, I just remembered the whole week he bothered me about showing him some stuff.

"What. Are you scared?" I asked smirking, okay I think I have been hanging with Naruto too much now, well do I have a choice. "Oh well, we'll just see who's the girl" I said turning my back when Kankuro spat on the ground and walked off consulting with red head, his brother.

Yuck. I hated that and Naruto always does it deliberately and force me to skate in it. "What's the prob now Naruto, I thought you wanted me to go first" I said sitting on the ground spinning my wheels not even glancing up at him. Naruto just grunted so I got up and looked at him, he was taller than I was. "I'm not a little girl." I said and walked off pulling Sasuke with me and my board in the next hand.

"Then stop acting like one." I heard him say almost inaudible, I stopped to send the message that I heard him but continued.

"Where 'going?" he shouted, "you need to practise"

"I am going to. Again, I'm not a little girl."

"Yo, yo, yo, yo everybodaee" said Sai on the mega phone I gave Naruto a look saying 'oh oops, no time for practise. "Just come around here for a sec. Ya'll 'now dat you'll be scored according to yuh tricks, styles and bonus on finshing 'da race and how long taken."

Kiba and Naruto came up to me and we huddled, leaving out Sasuke, finally, air which I don't have to share with him. "It's you," Naruto said referring to me, "me and then Kiba."

"I feel inferior" said Kiba.

"Welcome to the club, make yourself at home." I said sarcastically rolling my eyes.

"Do your best, I'm counting on you. If we make it though tonight, we going from Remix to Hoopz" Naruto said ignoring Kiba and I as he normally does and we un huddled and I could swear when Kiba wasn't looking that Naruto winked at me…flirtatiously.

No just my imagination.

No, it reality honey.

No just my imagination.

"Your Vicious right?" asked Sai, he must have asked rhetorically, who doesn't us, "Get ready now before the cops come out early" he said and walked off. He had a sleeveless shirt on revealing his disgusting tattooed arm. I walked off when Sasuke grabbed my arm.

"What now baby brother?" I asked irratingly.

"Well big sister, this looks dangerous." He warned. This was just nothing comparing to the tracks I have been riding on and what Vicious owned…well not owned but you get the point.

"Oh hi I'm Hinata Hyuga, where I love challenges. I really thought that we introduced ourselves earlier. Funny isn't it" I said walking off with my board in hand and slipped into my place at the starting line.

"On your marks" Sai called out, "Get set. GGOOO!!"

I was in the lead swaying down the rocky path with the chilly March night breeze enjoying every slap it was giving my face. I avoided obstacles which I shouldn't. 'Uggh Kitushi, don't avoid them you're acting like you're afraid of them. Jump on them. Tackle them. Make them be afraid of you' I herd Naruto's voice repeated in my head. There was this truck coming into view…wait, no someone's head, uggh Kankuro's. I stooped a little lower so that the sir pressure would cause me to be head on head with him. I stared at him. 'Don't look at the person behind you nor 'side of you, you're just letting them know that you're afraid of them' I heard Naruto's voice again so I stared in front because giving Kankuro that impression was the last things I want to besides losing and being kicked out of Vicious. I needed a plan to tackle this truck which seemed to be coming up closer. Uugh, such a nuisance!

I made several jumps, spins and tricks until I reached the big daddy. I jumped on the huge Good Year wheel and lifted my front wheels and jumped to the roof.

How?

I don't know! But the crowd went crazy. I jumped in the air and turned my body angelic on mid air and landed in the air where they pick up dirt and landed on my right arm.

Crap, too much pressure.

I held my feet up high where the hoodie fell slightly to my face and got back on my feet. I felt good, although I was head on head this other dude, I made the best tricks so far…I think so I stooped lower going down the rocking ground filled with white stones for the construction of Wendy's which makes my stomach roar I was finally in front reaching the end line where I thought doing my last trick would add a few points. I got on my back wheels to do my famous 'dudo' don't ask me why I named it that; the ground became in close contact with my precious pale face.