Hey guys! Well, I'm Virginia (if you wanna know what happened to Victoria, read my profile, which used to be hers). This is my first multi-chaptered story I posted on fanfiction, so I hope you enjoy it! I'm not very creative with the title & chapter titles...'

Don't own Naruto! mutters although I do want to own Neji...So badly...Oo

AU : Alternate Universe

Chapter 1

Konoha High...

"Alright, calm down students. Thank you. Now, welcome to Konoha High. I am Tsunade, the Hokage (A/N principal, you could say). These are the sensei's, and you will be told which one to stand by. Listen, and when I call your name, go stand by Kakashi-sensei, it doesn't matter what order. Sakura, Hinata, Tenten, Ino, Sasuke, Shino, Kiba, Naruto and Neji. Now, you have a new classmate, her name is Haruna Haruka. Haruka, come here, please. Haruka will be in your class, Kakashi. Now, as for the rest of you."

Haruka walked over to Kakashi and his class, and waited for his instructions. "Welcome to Konoha High. In my class we have an exception to the rules Tsunade-sama gave. In every class of mine, the last 5 - 10 minutes is free time, you can talk as long as it's quietly. Go ahead over there with the others while I talk with Tsunade-sama." He motioned to the group of boys and girls behind him. Haruka nodded and bowed slightly, before walking over toward them.

She was stopped by Naruto, however, when he jumped in front of her. "Hey, I'm Naruto! You're Haruka, right?" He asked. "Hai, I am." Kiba came up to her next. "I'm Kiba, and I have a dog at home named Akamaru. You're last name is Haruna?" She nodded. "Oh! So, you're related to Sakura. Cousin? Sister?" "Cousin." She smiled. "It's nice to meet you Kiba, and you, Naruto. Um, what are the others names?" Naruto smiled. "I think it'd be easier for them to tell you. Come on!" He grabbed Haruka's hand and pulled her along with him towards the others. "Hey guys! This is Haruka!" He let go of her hand, swinging her forward without realizing it. She stumbled and was about to fall when she crashed into someone's chest. Looking up, Haruka saw two beautiful pearl-white eyes staring down at her. She blushed and righted herself, mumbling an apology. He smiled at her kindly. "It's alright, it wasn't your fault." He looked pointedly at Naruto, who grinned nervously. "Um, yeah, sorry about that Haruka. I didn't mean to." He muttered, rubbing the back of his neck. "It's ok, Naruto." She smiled at him. Haruka turned back to the person who caught her. "Um, what's your name?" "Neji." He smiled. "Neji Hyuuga. This is Shino." He pointed to a boy behind him with a high collar sweater. She nodded, and he did the same "He's not a talker, but he'll warm up to you soon." He whispered in her ear. She smiled, blushing when she felt his breath on her ear. "This is Sasuke." He said, pointing to a boy dressed almost completely in black. She nodded toward him as well, while he merely stared at her. She was starting to get a little uncomfortable under his strong gaze, but smiled at him anyway, which seemed to shock him. Neji turned to her again. "Those are the quietest ones, the rest can introduce themselves." He said, pointing at the rest, while smiling at her. She bowed slightly, smiling as well.

"Thank you for introducing them, Neji-san." She replied before walking to the others. He smiled at her retreating form, remembering the... honor he felt when she called him "Neji-san". No one had ever called him that. He suddenly felt the presence of Naruto and Kiba beside him. He turned to them, his face impassive. "Something you want? Or are you just going to stand there with that smirk on your faces?" Naruto and Kiba grinned evily at him. "Oh, we were just wondering... were you checking her out?" Kiba asked/demanded. Neji's eyes widened before he was under control. "No. Why do you ask?" "Oh, don't try that, Neji." Naruto smirked. "We saw you stare at her while she was walking towards the girls." Neji blushed heavily, though he tried to cover it. "Eh, don't worry about, Neji, we all get like that sometimes." Naruto mused, glancing towards Hinata. Now it was Neji's turn to smirk. "So. My cousin, huh? Who would've guessed... Hey, what's Sakura doing?"

Naruto, Kiba and Neji turned toward the girls, and saw Sakura, Tenten and Ino surrounding Haruka, glaring, with Haruka's eyes watering. Hinata was doing her best to get them to leave her alone, but they pushed her aside. Neji walked over toward them, glaring. Tenten saw him, and motioned to Ino, who looked up and saw him as well. They both turned to Sakura, pointing behind her at Neji. She turned and paled slightly seeing Neji's glare pointed at her. "What are you three doing to her?" He almost growled. Sakura spoke up, shooting daggers at her cousin. "Just making sure she knows the rules around here. Like, no talking to me, no telling other people she's related to me, you know, stuff like that." Neji walked up to Sakura, and spoke in the most menacing tone he could. "I may not know her well, but she doesn't look like the kind of girl who would cry when someone said that." He narrowed his eyes. "What else did you say to her?" Sakura gulped, then steeled herself. "The truth." Was all she said, then turned away, knocking Haruka over with Tenten and Ino following. Neji growled after them before helping Haruka up. He looked over her, making sure she was ok. Hearing Naruto and Kiba snickering behind him, he realized what they thought he was doing. He whipped his head around, glaring at them, while they stuck their hands in their pockets, whistling "innocently". Neji snorted, and started walking off when he noticed he was dragging something with him. He turned, and blushed when he saw everyone staring at him, and, more specifically, what he was holding on to. Haruka. She was staring wide-eyed at him, looking at him, then their joined hands, and back at him. He was about to hastily let go of her hand, when she timidly smiled and squeezed his hand before loosening her grip, allowing him to let go. He stared at her in wonder, seeing her beet-red face, and allowed himself a small smile in her direction. She shyly averted her eyes, but her rose-colored cheeks betrayed the happiness of the simple smile in her direction. He turned, walking back to his class, and, without turning around, waved his hand for Haruka to follow. She did so, running a bit to catch up, though it wasn't needed. It seemed that Neji would be content waiting for her, no matter how long it takes.

This might have been a little short...hopefully the next chapter(s) will be longer...