A Journey
Kyrie walks out of her house, locking the door behind her. She's 18, has dark brown hair to her shoulders, has dark green eyes framed by glasses, and is about medium height. She's also what some might call a 'Rocker Chick'; she wears a lot of black and owns a bunch of anime shirts. Kyrie walks to her mailbox, then across the street to her friend Sam's house. Sam is 17, has dark brown hair to her lower back, and has brown eyes also framed by glasses. She's the same height as Kyrie and also wears the same type of clothes.
"I'm done walking Tsume," Sam says to Kyrie. "Now we just have to wait for Hinata and Neji and we can start to school." Neji and Hinata, who were cousins to each other, lived next door to Kyrie, on the left of Kyrie's house. They all walked to school together, which was only about half a mile. It only took about 15 minutes. This is what they had done for the past three years and would still do this year, their senior year of high school.
"Yep. They shouldn't be much longer," Kyrie replies to Sam, bending down to pet Tsume, Sam's black wolf puppy.
"There they are. I'll put up Tsume now and lock up the house."
"Hey guys! Ready to go?" Kyrie says to Hinata and Neji.
"Yeah. We would have been here earlier but Hinata had to make sure she looked alright for Naruto," Neji tells Kyrie.
Sam, having walked into the end of that conversation, gives Hinata a weird look. "Are you guys going out yet?"
Hinata blushes and looks away. "N…no."
"You two stop messing with Hinata. Let's go. We'll be late at this rate," Kyrie says. They all head off to school.
Fifteen minutes later, they enter the hallway of their high school. Teenagers can be seen running all over, lockers are being slammed shut, being loudly opened, books being dropped, a gazillion loud conversations going on all at once.
Kyrie sighs, "This place never changes."
"No kidding," Sam agrees, looking around for those in their grade. Shikamaru is asleep over on a bench with Chouji next to him, pigging out. Naruto and Lee are facing off on a push-up contest, Lee obviously winning. Ino and Sakura are looking at all the guys and whispering at their lockers. Kiba and Shino walk in together and head to their lockers, Kiba laughing at something Shino said. Over in the corner stands Gaara with a bunch of emo looking kids surrounding him.
Kyrie having did the same, noticing all her friends, replies. "Yep, no one's changed a bit. This year is going to rock."
"Well, we'll see you guys later," Hinata says, starting to walk off toward Naruto, who looks like he's about to pass out from too many push-ups.
"Yeah. See you around," Neji says, heading toward Ten-Ten, who just arrived at school.
"See you," Sam and Kyrie reply at the same time, starting to walk to their lockers.
"Wow, look at everyone; excitement pretty much hums in the air," Kyrie says to Sam, opening her locker.
"Yeah, we've all come so far together. We are all a tight knit group," Sam replies, opening her locker too, which was right next to Kyrie's.
"Yeah, we'd have to all be a tight knit group. Most of our grade is going out with one another."
Sam looks around. "True. Let's see…last time I checked it was Neji and Ten-Ten, they've been going out the longest. For what? A year now? Then there's Sakura and Sai. What an oddball couple."
"Oddball couple? What about Ino and Chouji!? That's an oddball couple. That makes Sakura and Sai look normal. Yep, a lot of them are going out. Shikamaru is going out with Temari, Gaara's older sister. That must be weird, a friend your own age going out with your older sister," Kyrie says, making a face.
"Definitely. But what about Hinata and Naruto? He is so blind," Sam replies, shaking her head.
"Actually, they have been talking a lot on the phone over the summer. I think he just needs to get his nerve up to ask her out."
"Oh! Coolness! We'll have to do something about that," Sam says, with an evil smile and a gleam to her eyes.
"Oh no, I don't like that look in your eye. It's the matchmaking gleam. I remember what happened last time you had that look. Poor Kiba never was the same."
"What? I thought I did good!"
Kyrie looks at her friend, lifting a brow. "She was twice his age and wanted to have his children. He was only fifteen at the time!"
"Well she looked younger. Anyway, it worked out in the end. I hooked her up with Jiraiya. He's loved me ever since."
"Still, I hope I never see that look on your face, pointed in my direction," Kyrie says, closing her locker.
"Oh, but your next," Sam says evilly, closing her locker and turning toward her homeroom class. "I know just the one for you too. See you later." With that she turns the corner and disappears, leaving Kyrie open mouthed and worried. Turning in the opposite direction of Sam, Kyrie starts to her class.
'I'm sure she was kidding…after all neither one of us has time for boyfriends, school just started. Who would she even be thinking about to begin with?' Kyrie worries all the way to homeroom.