This is high school. Everyone is labeled. Whether your a nerd, a popular kid, an emo, skater boy, jock, and the list just goes on. Hinata who was 14 didn't want to be any of that. She wanted to keep a low profile. Hinata doesn't stutter anymore, but her shy personality stood. It was also because she simply stopped caring of what people thought of her because she thought being herself was better than putting up a front.

Hinata was considered pretty plain, she always wore jeans, and t-shirts. Most girls her age would wear skirts, makeup,curl their hair, and wear brand name clothes. Hinata's hair just barely passed her shoulders, and she never stood out much with the boys. The only thing that stood out about her was her large pupiless eyes, the color of lavender. Even her high school introduction was rather uniteresting.

" Hello my name is Hinata Hyuuga. I don't have any interest in particular, but I really love the rain. Please take care of me this year," Hinata said softly. This was her high school introduction. This'll give everyone a first impression on her, and Hinata just didn't want to be noticed and thats why her introduction was so brief.

Iruka sensei said," That was a very short introduction. Is there anything else you would like to mention?" Hinata's father has donated a large sum of money to the school, and the only thing he wants is for his daughter to be in a happy,safe envirement. Iruka, being her homeroom teacher thought that she would need some friends to keep her company and make her school life more enjoyable.

Hinata thought for a moment wondering if there was anything else she liked and answered," Yes, I also enjoy art and rock music."

Iruka smiled and said," Thats nice, Kiba Inuzaki. Can you introduce yourself next?"

Kiba stood up and said,"Hai! My name is Kiba and this is my dog Akamaru!" He showed a small, white dog to everybody and than continued," I'm 15 years old. I play many sports like, basketball, soccer, and football. I guess my weak points are almost all school subjects." Kiba laughed sheepishly than he added," I hope I can be friends with everyone!"

Hinata thought ' He seems like a difficult person to deal with, but his dog sure is cute'

Iruka sensei said," K-Kiba, you can't bring your dog to school because this is a place to learn! " Kiba looked like he didn't get it, and everyone in the class started laughing ," I mean you have to keep him home. Dogs don't belong at school."

Kiba answered," Oh well I have a note, saying that Akamaru can come to school because nobody is home to take care of him. I even asked the principal if I could take care of him. "

Iruka though,' What the heck is our principal thinking? She must have been drunk when she gave him her permission.'

The poor sensei said," Okay, Whatever. Lets continue the introductions. Sasuke Uchiha?" Sasuke got up to give his introduction.

Many of the girls in class made comments like " Wow! He's so cute!"

" Let's make a fanclub for him!"

" Thats a totally awesome idea! Like, I could be the president."

A vein popped out on Sasuke's forehead and he quickly said," I hate fangirls"

" O.M.G. he even looks hot when he's mad!"

While all the girls were swooning over Sasuke, Hinata just dazed off most of the time. Hinata looked out the window most of the time, staring at the clouds. Kiba was talking to as many people in his class as possible, while Hinata did the total opposite. Kiba wondered 'Why doesn't that girl with the weird eyes talk to anybody?'

Iruka said," Sasori, can you introduce yourself next?"

Sasori didn't even bother standing up to tell the class about himself," My name is Sasori. Nice to meet you"

"Anything else you want to add?"

"Nope"

Iruka thought ' It seems like an interesting year is ahead of us. I hope my students don't cause too many problems for me'

Two more periods passed without anything interesting. Hinata's favorite subject was next.

" Hello! My name is Deidara. Welcome to my very special art class,un!," Deidara greeted his students happily. ' Now lets see who actually dedicates themselves to art. Anybody who's here for an easy A will regret it.'Deidara thought with a small smirk on his face. " I want all of you to grab a partner, and draw a self portrait of them. This is a great chance for you guys to intereact with different people. It could be a painting of them posing in another famous piece of art, or just a plain picture of their face"

Hinata watched as everyone quickly went to choose there partners, but she looked down, just waiting to be with whoever else didn't have a partner. Hinata knew there was an even number of people in this class, so she wasn't worried about being left out. Deidara watched Hinata, staring at her for a few moments, knowing exactly who her partner should be. He called out to his young pupil," Miss sitting in the front, can you please come over here for a minute,un?" Hinata got out of her desk and walked towards Deidara's desk.

" Sensei, do you need anything," she asked quietly.

" Actually I do. I want you to pair up with my nephew, Sasori." She looked at him curiously and said," He wasn't going to find a partner any time soon. He was just waiting to get paired up with you anyway." Hinata looked at Sasori. He had beautiful eyes, a pale face, and red hair, and he was quite tall. Hinata came to an conclusion. He was handsome and Hinata herself was only 5'1 so Sasori was about 5'9.

" Okay. I got it"

" I wish all my students were as cooperative as you Hinata-chan" he gave her a playfull smile.

Hinata got up and tapped Sasori on the shoulder lightly until he noticed her. Sasori looked up at her. " We're the last ones and your uncle wanted me to be partnered up with you."

Sasori looked at her quizzinly," My uncle? Meddling jerk okay so lets get this over with. You'll draw me first, okay? Whats your name again?"

"...Its Hinata Hyuuga," she said shyly not really sure if he was being rude.

Hinata nodded her head once to show Sasori that she'll paint him first. Sasori sat down on a chair with a lazy expression and Hinata began thinking and inspiration hit her. Sasori thought ' Her eyes are really intense. Does this girl have pupils?' Hinata occasionally looked up to see his facial features. She walked up to him suddenly and stared at his face closely to his shock.

Sasori needed to ask this," Can you not...do whatever your doing?"

" Can't. I'm looking at your face for details."

" Ah I get it, "After a couple of minutes Sasori said," You smell sweet..."

Hinata blushed a little and explained," I snuck a cupcake last period becasue science makes me hungry especially since we were studying the ingredients in food."

Sasori gave her a strange look but it quickly changed into a smile," Well okay" Hinata sat back down and continued her painting.

Within 10 minutes, Hinata finished her picture. " I finished it." Hinata smiled a little bit at her creation and Sasori walked up to her to see what she drew ' Her smile is pretty' When Hinata showed him her picture Sasori looked a little amazed. It was a picture of Sasori holding a red umbrella in the rain, and there was a black cat walking besides him.

" Its a picture of me in a rainy atmosphere," Sasori mused. "Its good, I like it. Now sit down so, I can paint you." Sasori already knew what to draw after seeing that smile.

Hinata said," Yeah, I drew you in the rain because your a little gloomy."

Sasori replied with a vein popping out of his forehead," Oh, so I guess you want me to paint you looking like Medusa?" he said not really meaning it.

"What? No!"

"Too bad"

Hinata tried to grab the paint Sasori was about to use but Sasori held it up high so she wouldn't be able to reach, Deidara suddenly asked," Are you guys working over there?"

Sasori sighed and replied," Yes, uncle"

Hinata with her eyebrows furrowed said ," My picture is more than good by the way."

Sasori laughed," I just want to get this finished as soon as possible. You won't think that after you see my picture because I'm pretty skilled when it comes to painting, and making puppets."

Hinata thought that Sasori meant he wanted to stop working with her, and get this over with. She shrugged her shoulders and sat down a bit dissapointed. Sasori's hands were quick, yet careful, and the way he moved his hand fluently was beautiful. ' He's better than me, in fact he already has the skills of a professional, its like we're on a totally different level. He doesn't even need to sketch anything out because all his movements are precise' In a mere 6 minutes, he was done and showed her his masterpiece. Sasori asked," Do you like it?"

Hinata was holding her breath because the picture was absolutely breath taking. It was her posing as the Mona Lisa. a small smile graced her face. She looked dignified, yet cute. and Sasori got all her features right, and the eyes looked especially nice because there were many colors mixed in her eyes, but the colors complimented each other. Not one thing was wrong with the picture, not that she could see anyway. " Its...Its absolutely brilliant. Its perfect, and its much better than my picture because I feel like its almost...alive."

Sasori smiled smuggly and said confidently," Well this is nothing, compared to what I could draw if I had the time."

Hinata grabbed both of Sasori's hands firmly and looking directly at him she said," Teach me how to draw like you"

Sasori averted his eyes and said,"No"

"Please?"

"No"

Sasori stepped back trying to gain some distance between them , but it was no use because she took a step forward. Plus he didn't want to teach her, it was way too much work and she's was just plain strange. Sure he wasn't in any clubs, but than he got a glimpse of Hinata's sparkling eyes. ' Her eyes look like they're sparkling. Oh God must not look into this strange girl's eyes.' Sasori accidently looked into her eyes for a second and saw how hopeful she looked. " I'll teach you if you stop looking at my like that because you reek of desperation ,and I feel like your staring right at my soul. "

Hinata smiled again," I get that a lot. Hyuuga eyes do that to you and maybe I really can see your soul. By the way sensei I love your eyes too. They look melancholic, and pretty. You know what they say! The eyes are the window to the soul"

Sasori didn't know if that was a compliment or not," Thank you..."

" So when are you going to teach me sensei?"

Sasori scratched the back of his head," Stop calling me sensei. Sasori is good enough,okay? And we're going to your house tomorrow. After school got it?"

" Loud and clear!" She said happily.

Deidara interrupted them," Class this is how art is suppose to look like." Deidara held up Hinata's and Sasori's paintings. " These two set the bar pretty high, so some of your portraits may need a little more work. I am looking at you Kiba."

Kiba resented that, " Hey my picture looks good, right Shino?" Kiba's partner Shino didn't want to hurt his friend's feeling so he just remained silent.

Deidara answered," Well its not terrible, but its not very good either. Mr. Inuzaki did you notice there are many spects of white in your picture? The colors you chose don't compliment each other too. Shino, your picture is very good too. It has a very different style compared to others because you only used dark colors."

Kida said," Well Shino covers his face, so how am I suppose to know what's behind that bulky jacket!"

Kiba sighed," Hai sensei."

Shino replied," Thank you."

After class just ended, Sakura came up to Hinata and said," I like your picture, especially the way you painted the eyes." Sakura gave Hinata a huge, shining smile." Lets be friends, ne? Give me your number so, we can text."

Hinata did have a cellphone, but didn't use it too much.

This was a pretty sudden proposal, and Hinata wish she had more time to think up a response. Hinata was pondering this for a second. I should have a couple of friends because father said it would be better if I were more social. Sakura seemed loud, but nice enough. Hinata replied," Thank you Sakura, and I'd like to be friends." Hinata scribbled her number on a piece of paper while Sakura inputed her number in Hinata's phone. Sakura shook Hinata's hand as a sign of friendship and they walked together to their next class.

Sakura walked past Sasuke and whispered to Hinata," This is a secret, but Sasuke is my boyfriend."

Hinata wondered ' If it was a secret than why was Sakura telling me this?'

Even this surprised Hinata, Sasuke the most popular freshman in school was dating Sakura? Not that there was anything wrong with Sakura, but she just didn't seem like the type of girl Sasuke would go for. Sakura was the brain of the class, she was intelligent but could be a total airhead at times.

Hinata said," Wow there must be a lot of girls that are jealous of you."

Sakura said nervously," Yeah he's really kind and I thought I was dreaming when he confessed to me last month when we bumped into each other at the carnival. We went to school for a few years together. W-Well he wanted to keep it a secret that we were dating for some reason so please don't tell anyone okay Hina-chan? I told you this because you just seem like a person I could trust."

Hinata answered back," Don't worry I won't."

At lunch Hinata went outside to find a tree she could sit under, she sat under a shady tree and started eating her bento box. A boy with a pointy pony tail pointed out," This is my spot"

Hinata answered back confused," Excuse me?"

" Well I eat here and look up at clouds. I came here everyday in the 8th grade,too. Its troublesome to eat in a loud lunch room everyday. Its stuffy in there, and the food isn't even good. So, can you make some room for me?"

Hinata said," Sure...my name's Hinata by the way." Shikamaru went to sit down next to Hinata.

Shikamaru yawned and replied " I know, we're in the same math class. I remember everyone's name. My name is Shikamaru Nara if you didn't know that already. I'm captain of the chess team, and quarterback for the football team. I was forced by the principal to play football cause I'm a "genius"

" You must be pretty smart than...," Hinata said with a slight amazement in her voice.

He yawned again and lied down on the grass," Yeah I guess you could say that, well I do have an IQ of 200"

Hinata said," It's kinda cool that you can say that without sounding boastful. You say the lunch in the cafeteria taste bad and you don't seem like the type to carry around a pink bento box. Do you have a girlfriend that makes them for you?"

Shikamaru was impressed by her deduction," Yeah her name is Temari. She's one troublesome girl, but I like her anyway. I'll introduce you to her sometime. She's skipping school today though, but she gave me this bento box when I passed by her house this morning. I tell her she can get into some serious trouble that way, but she tends to ignore me sometimes." Shikamaru wondered why Hinata was sitting here. " So, why are you here eating alone?"

"I'm not alone if your here." She answered smartly. " If you must know, I'm just not into followng a crowd, and I probably wouldn't have been able to find a table I could sit at."

" Hm I guess that makes sense. " They ate in a comfortable silence while looking up at the sky.

Hinata said suddenly," I hope it rains today."

" It probably will."

Shikamaru was the first to leave," I'll see you here again tomorrow right?" Hinata answered by giving Shikamaru a thumbs up.

School was over and to Hinata's delight, it was raining. Hinata had an umbrella, but figured the rain would feel great. Hinata was about to leave until, she saw a blonde haired girl looking distressed. The girl was model beautiful, and she had a great figure,also long blonde hair tied up in a ponytail, she was much taller than Hinata, and she had dazzling,clear blue eyes. " Oh no what am I going to do about my hair? I forgot my umbrella, too", she said dramatically.

Hinata sighed and walked up to her," My name is Hinata, you need an umbrella right?"

" Yeah", the girl made a sniffling sound. " My name is Ino Yamanaka."

Hinata dug into her bag and pulled out an umbrella," Here, you can use this if you want. You don't need to return it because its not worth much anyway."

Ino's face was lit up with a smile," Thank you! I'll pay you back some other time!"

" No, you don't need to do that," Hinata said softly and ran right into the rain.

' She's cool, and kind of adorable in her own way...'

One of Ino's boyfriend asked," You ready to go hun?"

Ino said boredly," Yeah, whatever. By the way I'm breaking up with you."

The guy asked, " Wait, why? I thought we really hit it off babe."

Ino knew this guy was kinda clingy and she doesn't remember why she agreed to go out with him anyway," Because I think...you deserve someone better than me. I mean I can be such a drama queen, and I recently got out of a messy relationship and realized I'm not ready to be in another one. Soooo bye! " This was all a lie, so Ino ran off before the pitiful guy could say anything else.

Hinata was basically skipping in the rain, with a happy smile on her face. She was listening to her favorite song, while wearing water-proof earbuds. Some people gave her strange looks, but Hinata just ignored them.

Kiba was walking home with a crowd of kids from his class because he's already made many friends.

Karin,the red head, whispered," Look its Hinata, what the heck is she doing?"

Sasuke not reallt amused said ," Hn" and glanced at Hinata before turning away.

Naruto said happily," Whatever it is, it sure looks fun!" Naruto told Sakura to hold his umbrella, and he ran out into the rain. " Aye! This feels good!" Naruto cupped his hands and gathered enough water to splash Kiba. " Oi! Kiba come out and feel the rain! Are you afraid of water, or what?"

Kiba laughed," I'm not catching a cold tomorrow dobe." ' Hinata Hyuuga sure is something else.'

Hinata got home to get scolded by her father Hiashi. Hiashi asked," Geez Hinata try not to run around in the rain." He handed her a dry towel. ," By the way, did you make any new friends today? Neji said he made quite a few."

Neji said," She probably did, A red head in art class is coming over tomorrow." Neji heard from his annoying art teacher.

Hanabi piped in," Awesome. She's better at making friends than I thought. Well I became friends with Konohamaru today."

Hiashi asked with an eyebrow raised," He better not be your boyfriend"

"He's not...yet anyways"

Hinata was thinking and remembered what happened today and than said," I might have made a few friends."