The Melancholy of Hyuuga Hinata
Hinata woke on the wrong side of bed in the morning of the first day of school. She woke up late and then to make matters worse, banged her head loudly on the headboard of her bed. 'Oh, no,' she thought as she glanced at her clock. Seeing that school was to start in 45 minutes, she quickly got ready. She slipped into a long sleeved shirt and a knee length frilly skirt and threw on a jeans jacket and raced downstairs to meet her cousin, Neji, who was also starting 9th grade with her. She quickly ate breakfast and left the Hyuuga Manor with Neji at her side. It was the first day of school at Konoha High for her and things didn't seem to get worse after that, or so she thought, when suddenly remembered that she had forgetten her schedule in her room. She ran back, grabbed the piece of paper and managed to get to school on time. Brightly colored leaves danced down to the ground as she sighed deeply when she saw the front doors of the high school and thought of what possibly could happen that day.
Well this morning wasn't going easy on her, because as she frantically looked at her schedule and the small map of the school on the back, she didn't notice where she was going and SMACK! ran into a very, very, hard chest.
"Gomen-nesai." she said nervously, rubbing where she had bumped into the other person. She lifted her head only to look into captivating blue eyes and forgot everything.
"Umm, don't worry about it, it was my fault anyway, Are you alright?" the teenage boy asked. He had deep, playful blue eyes, head full of golden hair and three thin lines that ran down each of his cheeks. His mouth curved into a beautiful smile. There was something about him that seemed so exotic.
'Hinata!!! Snap out of it!!! He asked you something!' her inner conscience suddenly spoke, breaking her out of her trance.
"O-0h, I m-mean, no, I'm j-just fine," she stuttered, clapping a hand to her mouth. Since when did she stutter?
"Ano, gomen, excuse me, I seem to be having a problem," he said, looking over his shoulder.
"P-perhaps I can help you w-with it?" Hinata replied.
"Believe me, you wouldn't be able to. Thanks for asking though," he said and ran off with a horde of rabid fangirls hot on his trail.
'Oh, I see. So that's why I wasn't able to help him. Well, at least I'm not the only one who likes him. WAIT! Where did that come from? Oh, no! I'll be late for class!' And without further thought, she hurried down to her first class, World Civics.
A beautiful woman entered the classroom. She had long dark hair and had deep red eyes and was holding a a sleek, black briefcase.
"Good Morning, and welcome to Konaha High. I will be your World Civ teacher, Yuuhi Kurenai." she said.
"Ohaiyo, Kurenai Sensei," the class chimed.
And so started long day filled with new people, homework and alot of notes. But Hinata happened to catch a few friends on the way. First was Haruno Sakura.
As Hinata frantically tried to keep up with notes during World Civ, a bubblegum pink haired girl tapped a ink stained finger on her shoulder, her asking for an extra pen, due to hers breaking. She smiled warmly and handed the girl a pen along with a napkin she kept in her pocket.
"Thanks. I owe you one," she whispered.
"Don't worry about it," Hinata whispered back.
After class, the same girl met her again to give back her pen and another word of thanks.
"By the way, I'm Haruno Sakura."
"Hello, Sakura-san. So what class do you have next?" Hinata asked.
" I have Physics."
"Really? So do I."
"Okay then, let's go together."
So, with a new friend to help her out with a new life, Hinata hoped that the rest of the day wouldn't be so bad.
And It wasn't. In Physics she made a new friend, a girl named Yamanaka Ino, a friend of Sakura from middle school. Hinata, who had gone to a private middle school, did not know her. It was her first time going to a public school.
"Come on, Hinata-san, let's see what classes we have next." asked Ino.
Coincidently, Ino and Hinata had Intro to Art, but Sakura didn't.
"Looks like Have Fabric Design next. But me and Ino both have English after that so I'll see you at lunch then, Hinata," said Sakura and she ran off.
Hinata and Ino had a moderately good time at Art, and Hinata met another guy during the period, a tough looking guy named Kiba. Well, actually, Hinata didn't go up to him or anything, he seemed to come up to her.
"Hey, you look like you're new here. I'm Inuzaka Kiba," he said.
"Hello, I'm Hyuuga Hinata, and yes, I'm new here."
"Hyuuga, eh? You know Neji too, then?"
"Um, yes, he's my cousin."
"Really? He never told me he had such a cute cousin."
A blush covered Hinatas face.
"Hey, Kiba, trying to hit on Hinata?" asked Ino jokingly.
"Well, hi there, Ino. Didn't see you for a while."
"Yea, I guess I've been busy."
Hinata suddenly felt like she didn't belong there and continued to work on her assignment.
"Oh, sorry, Hinata! Forgot about you there for a second." said Ino rubbing the back of her head.
"Don't worry about it. I'm fine."
The shrill sound of the bell rang signaling the end of class and everyone got up to get their stuff and leave.
"Ok, girls, I'll see you around then, later. Nice meeting you, Hinata!" said Kiba as he exited the room.
Hinata's face was once again covered with a light blush and Ino didn't miss it.
"Don't worry about Kiba, Hinata, he flirts with almost every girl he sees."
"Um, ok..."
Hinata and Ino separated ways and Hinata rushed to Honors English. She had heard that the Honors English classes had a very infamous reputation. Either no one ever took Honors English II after they had taken the first or dropped Honors English altogether. Putting that thought to the back of her mind, she walked quickly through the hallways.
She reached the class at a good time but when she walked in, her heart skipped a beat as she saw the same cute guy from the morning encounter. Actually she only saw his face, the rest of him was surrounded with girls, asking for dates. She didn't know he was in 9th too, he looked too tall. He noticed Hinata and sharply left his desk to go and walk over to her. Hinata felt blood creeping up to her face as he got nearer and nearer but he never got there, Kiba did first.
"Hinata-chan, sweetie!" He exclaimed, grabbing the other cute guy by the arm. "Meet Uzumaki Naruto! Naruto," he said facing him, "Meet Hyuuga Hinata!"
Hinata looked down at her feet, hoping Naruto wouldn't see her blush.
"Hello, Naruto-kun," she said timidly.
"Hinata-chan! What has gotten into you all of a sudden? You were bright and cheerful during our Art class!" Kiba said.
Naruto just stared. He had been hoping all day that he'd see her again and thank Kami he had at last. Every other girl never stopped flirting with him until he told her to stop and Hinata, being quiet and shy, was totally different. 'Wait a second, Hyuuga?' he thought.
"Um, how are you doing Hinata-chan?" he said finally, still staring.
'Chan? Chan?! Is he still looking at me? Oh Kami, help me please!' thought Hinata, dazed. She also lifted her head up, to look into his deep cerulean eyes.
"Hey! Hinata-chan? Naruto? Why are you guys all quiet all of a sudden? Helloooo?" Kiba asked.
Hinata and Naruto finally broke eye contact and blushed profoundly.
'Whoa, is our little Naruto blushing?!?' thought Kiba. 'Wait till Neji, Sasuke and Shikamaru hear about this!'
"Well, how about leave you two here to talk," said Kiba as he slyly went away.
Half a minute passed and Naruto decided to finally break the awkward silence.
"So you're a Hyuuga? Your'e related to Neji then, right?" he asked. 'Never knew Hyuuga girls were this cute, I mean...'
"Um, yeah." she replied. "Sorry about this morning again, I am still very nervous."
"Yeah, so am I," he said 'Why didn't I ever see our beautiful face before' he thought
"Y-you seem to be quite popular, Naruto-kun" Hinata asked, breaking his trail of thought.
"Oh, I mean, um, yeah, I guess so, it's not like I wanna be. Anyway, I haven't seen you in middle school before. This your first time in a public school?"
"Y-yes, it is."
"And one more thing," he said thinking about someting about her that was really nagging him. "Why are you stuttering so much? Am I really that intimidating?"
"O-oh, no! that's not..."
Hinata wasn't given a chance to answer(thankfully), their teacher had finally entered the classroom.
"Forgive me, I got lost on the road of life. I am Hatake Kakashi. You may all sit down now."
After class had ended, Hinata left to her last class before lunch. Naruto wasn't able to question her again since Hinata had left already.
Hinata sighed, thinking about how much she had started to like Naruto and then remembering that he would never fall for a plain girl like her. Nobody even bothered to notice her, except Kiba who did just because she was new. 'My aquintance with Naruto had started with an accident and is going to be an accident.' she thought sadly.
'Besides, Naruto has a huge variety of girls to fall for, each of which are totally crazy for him, and it would only be natural if he overlooked me. And even If I do like him, it would only be trouble for me.Wait, why am I talking like this? Why am I even talking to myself at all??!!' she quickly snapped back to reality and glanced at her small almost incomprehensible map and headed towards the cafeteria. She noticed Sakura (thanks to her bright pink hair) and then Ino next to her and ran to them.
"Hey Sakur..." she began but then noticed that they weren't alone. Another guy with raven black hair and dark eyes was standing next to Sakura, a girl with two messy, brown buns and brown eyes was smiling at her and, another guy with a lazy expression and black hair tied into a ponytail was standing next to Ino.
"Hey, Hinata, meet Uchiha Sasuke," she pointed at the first guy,"Tenten," she pointed at the girl, "and Nara Shikamaru," she pointed at the other guy. "They're friends from middle school."
"Ano, hi there, I am Hyuuga Hinata," she said quietly.
"Hello, Hinata-san. Another Hyuuga, huh?" asked Sasuke.
"Um, yeah, I'm guessing you know Neji too, he's my cousin."
"Neji?! Really? I haven't seen him for a while," said Tenten.
"What's up, Hinata? Well, looks like your cousin and his friends are here," pointed Shikamaru lazily.
Hinata turned around and surely she saw Neji walking towards them but her heart sank a clear 2 feet when she saw who was with him. Kiba but most importantly, Naruto.
"N-naruto?" she said.
"Yeah, you two met before?" asked Sasuke.
"Um, sort of," Hinata replied.
Neji, Naruto and Kiba walked up.
"Ah! Hinata-chan! I'm so glad to see that you've met Sasuke, Sakura, and Shikamaru. Hahahaha!" said Kiba gaily. He nudged Naruto in the ribs and then whispered in his ear, "Don't worry, I won't take your girl. It's just really great that you finally have taken liking in a girl and frankly I'm not surprised with your choice."
"Wait, what?! What gave you that idea?!" Naruto whispered back.
"You do know that it's rude to whisper in front of others?" said Neji glaring daggers at the two.
"Gomen, Neji," said Naruto.
"Anyway, Hinata-san, I am glad you have become familiar with these people. Let me let you know a few things about these people. Firstly, never ask Shikamaru a favor, he'll never comply," said Neji.
"Ya got that right," said Shikamaru.
"Secondly, never, ever ask Sakura or Ino for answers to questions on homework, because it is more than likely it is wrong."
"HEY!" shouted Ino and Sakura simultaneosly.
"Thirdly, never think that Kiba really likes you, he usually does that just to annoy people."
"Hey, not all the time." said Kiba. Hinata giggled and there was an unnoticeable smile that appeared on Naruto's face.
"And fourthly, Naruto and Sasuke are probably the best people you can get help on schoolwork from, other than me."
Hinata looked up at Naruto and they both blushed slightly, quickly looking away. Nobaody really noticed this other than Kiba and Neji, Sauske and Sakura were too busy fighting about something random, and Ino and Shikamaru were amusing themselves by watching the two.
"Hey did you see that?" whispered Kiba silently into Neji's ear. He nodded.
"Okay eveyone, let's get something to eat and get out of here!" yelled Kiba. For him it was soo wasy figureing out who liked who, Sakura and Sasuke were so totally into each other, Ino and Shikamaru had something going on and with Naruto and Hinata it was obvious. Only Neji and Tenten were left and the way Neji kept stealing glances at her and the way Tenten just happened to look away blushing when he did that was absolutely ridiculous. 'If only I could find love. Nah, watcing these guys is much more fun.' he thought.
After they had gotten a bite to eat, they headed off to their classes. Hinata had her Foreign Language class, French and Tenten did too, after that, she had co-ed gym, which she dreaded. And then (much to Hinata's delight or fear?) she had found out that Naruto and Sasuke, as the group was telling each other their classes, had gym with her.
Kiba came up to her and said in her ear, "Good luck!"
"Wait, what is that supposed to mean?" she asked.
"Hey, you know perfectly well," he said back glancing at Naruto a few times to make her realize what he was saying. A deep blush appeared on Hinata's face.
Naruto was too busy listening to music to notice what was going on.
"Ne, Hinata, are you okay? You look kinda red." asked a concerned Naruto.
"O-oh, I-I'm fine. T-thanks."
The bell rang and everyone dissapated from the cafeteria, leaving behind a huge mess for the janitors to clean up. Hinata quickly went to her locker to grab her afternoon classes material and as she hurried down the hall, she tripped over someones foot that had purposely been left there. Hinata looked up and saw a face darkened by a hoodie.
"Well, look over here, guys. Looks like we found a little mouse," he said, coming out of a small space in the wall.
A few more guys came out of the same small space and they cornered her to the wall.
"Mice shouldn't be scurrieing in the hallways this late."
It was late? Hinata looked down at her watch. She was 10 minutes late for her French class!
'What am I going to do?' she thought 'Nobody's here to help me.'
Hinata slipped from in between them and left quickly. 'Great, now i have bullies to deal with.'
She went to class and since the teacher wasn't even there yet, she was safe from getting into trouble. But she was still scared that she might see the men again and even more frightened of her next class, no, of the people in it.
She slammed her things into her locker, grabbed her gym bag and ran to the gymnasiam. She ran into the locker room, changed into a pair of short shorts and a short sleeved shirt, and ran into the humungeous gym. She didn't have trouble finding Naruto, thanks to his bright yellow hair, and then she noticed Sasuke standing next to him. She blushed slightly and hid inconspicuously so that no one would notice her. Too bad that didn't last too long, all the guys seemed to surround her, asking where she was from and thanks to her clothes, she aroused alot of attention. The girls that were in her class glared jealously at her.
'I am never wearing short shorts again,' she thought. She had a feeling Naruto was looking at her too. 'Yeah, right.'
The gym teacher walked in and greeted the class.
"Hello, everyone, I will be your Physical Health teacher, Maito Gai! We must let the fires inside of us burn brightly in the springtime of youth! Hahahahaha!" he said and everyone visibly sweatdropped, except for another kid standing a few feet away from him, and the peculiar thing about him was that, they looked almost exactly the same.
They had the same haircut, same expression, and the same personality. It was not only uncanny but scary.
And just when she thought things weren't going to get worse, the teacher noticed her.
"Ah! Look at this young beautiful flower waiting to run and train and sweat until her body will not allow it anymore. Hahahaha!" he said and Hinata blushed profoundly.
Sasuke and Naruto walked up to her after they had gotten rid of their little fangirls.
"So, Hinata, I bet you're probably drowning in embarrassment right now," said Sasuke slyly.
"Um, a little bit," said Hinata, still blushing and refusing to look at them in the face.
"Don't worry about it. It happens to all of us, one time or another."
Naruto didn't say anything. He was still surprised at how good Hinata looked.
And gym class ended and as soon as Hinata stepped inside the locker room, she found out that all of the girls there were furious.
"Who do think you are, you little slut?" said one.
"Yea, where did you get the nerve to steal my boyfriend?" asked another.
"Ano, I didn't steal anyone. I don't even want them or anything. I guess I already like someone else."
"What?!" Their expressions totally changed. It looked like these girls would do anything to catch a piece of gossip.
"Who is it?"
"Is it Sasuke? Oh Kami, He is so cute."
"No! Not as cute as Naruto! I wish he liked me too. Ever since he started school at Hidden Leaf Middle School, I've been swooning over him. He's perfect at everything. Not only is he smart, but he's really good at soccer and swimming too. You should see his six pack."
"Hey! How did you see it?"
"Well, I went to one of his swimming competitions and saw him there, I swear, he shouldn't even be called human, He's like a God!"
Hinata quickly left the room to change in the bathroom but she wasn't able to leave since another girl grabbed her shoulder and said,
"Hey, you still haven't told us who you like!"
"Ano, I have to go."
"Wait, you have eyes like Neji! You're related right? Can you tell him that I love him? Please?!"
"Um, I'll try," said Hinata, really not liking her position at the time.
She finally got changed and ran out, but since she was still looking over her shoulder to see if any of the girls were following her, she didn't look in front of her and, SMACK! her head again hit another very hard wall. Except right then, the wall started talking. "Hinata-chan?"
Hinata looked up and saw her self drowning in blue.
"N-naruto-kun! Gomen-n-nesai! Forgive me for bothering you twice now!" she said really fast and greatly resembling a tomato.
"Hey, don't worry about it, I really don't mind," he said back.
"You two done yet? I'm waiting," came the voice of Sasuke behind Hinata.
"Uh, gomen, Sasuke-san."
"Let's go then, I have Biology next and I don't like the teacher, I heard form my brother that she gets really pissy if you're late," said Sasuke drily.
Hinata's last class was Algebra I and she ran to get there. Little did she know that that was Naruto's last class too. Naruto had gone to his locker and so did Hinata so she didn't notice Naruto also going to the same class. The hallways were jam packed between periods.
When Hinata finally entered the room and sat down, the teacher, Anko, began an attendance check.
When Naruto and Hinata found out that they were in the same class, each of them looked around for the other. They made eye contact and turned red.
'Why the hell is she/he blushing?!?!' they both thought.
Now Hinata wasn't the best bird in the nest when it came to math and she had an excruciatingly hard time keeping up. Naruto didn't fail to notice this and went over to her desk to help her out. Hinata smiled gratefully and thanked him.
"Arigatou-gozaimas."
"Daijobou."
And with that, Alegebra didn't seem so hard anymore and when it ended, she and Naruto both went to their lockers. The bell rang signaling the end of the school day but Hinata stood by her locker and thought of none other than Naruto.
'First day of school and I already like someone. Oh Kami, I'm pathetic.' she thought.
Naruto on the other hand pulled out his mp3 and listened to music by his locker while thinking about Hinata and how perfect she was.
'I can't belive I'm best friends with Neji and I haven't seen her before. How could Neji not tell us about her?'
They both headed out the door and saw that the rest of the group was standing out there waiting for them.
"Hey! Hinata! Guess what I heard from the girls in your gym class!" yelled Sakura and Hinata for the umpteenth time, blushed.
"Onegai, Sakura-san, can we talk about this later?" Hinata asked.
Sakura sighed. "No problem. I'll call you, kay?"
"Sure, that will be fine."
And with that, Hinata waved at the rest as they separated ways and she and Neji walked back home, which not far away.
'Wow, what a day,' she thought and waited at home for Sakura to call her. She could at least tell her who she liked, right?