AN: There are so many Naruto High School fics running around, I know, but this has just been stuck in my head for several months so I'm going to give it a shot. I'm planning for this to be a pretty big project!
Full summary: AU in High School: Due to the construction of a new school in the city of Konoha, students and faculty from all over the Land of Fire are stirred into the melting pot that is Konoha Preparatory Academy. As old friendships and rivalries are rekindled, new enemies and friends are formed , as well as romance? ShikaIno SasuSaku NejiTen NaruHina with slight KibaHina, and others!
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any of these songs.
Chapter 1: Moving Day
TENTEN
Damn, this place is huge, Tenten thought as she hauled her trunk through the large onyx gate into the campus, which was dotted with the tall trees native to the Fire country. Konoha Preparatory Academy completely dwarfed her old school. The main school building had two stories and could easily encompass Ibaraki High School by itself. She kept along the sidewalk until the street ended at the student parking section and continued on as a walking trail.
Tenten stopped to gather her bearings at a massive marble statue of two fierce men glaring at each other, each wielding a hand positioned to do a jutsu, like in some cheesy anime. (AN: Sound familiar? xD) She guessed that she was now at the middle of the campus. The trail created a roundabout around the statue while splitting off in four different directions. Tenten could make out four, brown buildings several stories tall at the western area of the campus. Facing East, Tenten could make out a grand stadium, colored dark green and black, with smaller buildings clustered around it. She could make out a baseball field a bit farther away.
Tenten continued walking until she reached the front of the school where there were already hundreds of students milling around. Tenten looked up above the grand doors of the school and in the direct center was an enormous forest green banner that read:
(: Welcome Konoha Shinobi+Kunoichi :)
…Really?
Smiley faces?
Tenten grimaced.
HINATA
Hinata timidly navigated her way past a group of chattering freshman on her way to the front office. Although it was still early that Saturday morning there were still quite a few students on the way to pick up their schedules and dorm rooms. Hinata's stomach flipped at the thought of the hallways jammed pack with a sea of students Monday. She had just started to get comfortable at her old school when she and several of her classmates, including her cousin, were zoned to KPA. Hinata silently cursed. She was not looking forward to another year of shyness and stuttering. Hinata waited patiently as Neji maneuvered his way through the same group of students, ignoring the stares and whispers of various girls in the hall.
"You haven't been here for more than two minutes and you've already developed quite the fan base," Hinata commented slyly.
Neji grunted in reply.
"Oi, Hinata!" a familiar voice called out from behind her. Hinata barely began to turn her head when a thick, muscled arm wrapped around her shoulders and gave her a tight squeeze.
"Kiba-kun," Hinata breathed. She gave a small smile, happy to see a familiar face so soon. Neji said nothing, but glared at Kiba for handling Hinata so roughly, though Kiba remained oblivious to his warning eyes
"Boy am I glad to see you! For a second I thought I would be here all by my lonesome! It sucks how they just snatched us out of Gunma High so suddenly," Kiba lamented.
"I know, I was worried that Neji would be the only one I knew around here," Hinata confessed.
Kiba grinned, giving Hinata a view of his white fangs. "At least we're here together now. This year is going to be epic!"
Hinata smiled. "I can't believe we're already juniors. High school is flying by."
"I know. That's why I want to make the most of this year, even if we're at a new school, "Kiba said determinedly. "Man, we're so lucky we're at the same school!" Kiba said dynamically.
Kiba's suddenly became solemn. "I really would have missed you Hinata-chan," Kiba said softly. Neji narrowed his eyes.
Hinata's faced blushed slightly. "I really would have missed you too Kiba-kun," she replied, looking up at his chestnut eyes. Kiba held her gaze for a moment before giving her a light squeeze and releasing her. He then resumed grinning.
"Well what are we waiting for? Let's find out our new schedules, eh?"
SHIKAMARU
Tsk. Troublesome, Shikamaru thought. After receiving a slip of paper and ID, Shikamaru trudged back towards the front of the school. After fighting his way through the enormous amount of students in this goddamn hallway to the front office, Shikamaru began making his long trek back to the Boys' Dorms.
On the other side of the campus.
It's way too early for this, Shikamaru complained. Shikamaru closed his eyes and yawned, oblivious to the blonde he was heading toward.
"Ouch! Watch it you jerk!" the girl angrily hissed as she ran into him.
Shikamaru lazily opened one eye to meet two dazzling cerulean orbs narrowed at him.
Oh God. Perfect.
He hadn't seen her in years. Not since middle school.
A troublesome day just isn't enough is it? You also need a troublesome woman apparently, since none other than Yamanaka Ino stood in his path
Ino placed both hands on her hips and tilted her head to the side, a stance he had seen many times in his childhood. He knew from experience that she was preparing to give him an earful. Glancing at the zebra print duffel bad she still clutched in her fist, Shikamaru noticed three younger boys behind her, struggling and hauling multiple suitcases and bags of the same fashion.
Shikamaru shook his head and chuckled. He pitied the freshmen that were already under the beauty's charm.
"Well? Aren't you going to apologize?" the blonde demanded. Shikamaru smirked.
"Apologize? You bumped into me too Ino," Shikamaru protested. Ino scrunched up her nose.
"How do you know my name?" Ino questioned suspiciously. Shikamaru sighed and shook his head.
"You really don't remember me, huh?" Shikamaru sneered. He could tell by her body language that she was completely stumped.
"I would hope even you would recognize your old childhood friend. Troublesome woman," Shikamaru taunted. Ino's eyes widened at her old nickname. Her gaze then traveled up to his high ponytail. Then it dawned on her.
"Shikamaru?" She whispered. Shikamaru smirked once again. Ino dropped her duffel bag. "Shika! Oh my God I can't believe it's really you!" Ino shrieked while throwing her arms around his neck.
Shikamaru, eyes wide, was knocked off balance by her tight hug. He was genuinely surprised at her reaction. Of all of the things he expected her to do, this was by far the least expected. Stunned for a few seconds, Shikamaru carefully returned her embrace. As he was closing his eyes, Shikamaru was met with glares from Ino's slaves.
"You've gotten so tall," Ino muffled, her face pressed against his chest. Shikamaru chuckled.
"I would hope so. I was a scrawny chump back in 6th grade," Shikamaru replied.
Ino gave a small giggle and removed herself from Shikamaru, which gave him the opportunity to examine her fully.
As troublesome as she was, Shikamaru had to admit that she was drop dead gorgeous. A pair of designer shades rested on top of her head, her platinum blonde hair pulled back into a long ponytail that went down her back. He couldn't help but notice how nice her purple tank top accentuated her curves, and how her white jean shorts showed off her creamy legs.
"C'mon, let's get out of this troublesome hallway," Shikamaru grumbled as a girl's elbow dug into his side. "Did you get your schedule yet?" he asked.
Ino shook her head, and they began their way towards the front office. After a few steps Ino turned around to see her freshmen rooted in their spots in the hallway, their gazes still shooting daggers at Shikamaru.
"Boys what's the holdup? I still need your big, strong muscles you know!" Ino called as she batted her eyelashes. Shikamaru grimaced; he could practically see hearts jump out of their eyes as they scrambled over each other in earnest to follow her.
"How long did it take you to pick up those puppy dogs?" Shikamaru pondered sarcastically. Ino gave him a bright smile and winked at him.
"How have you been Shika? I can't believe you're here! When you moved away from us I was certain I would never see you again," Ino said as they entered the line in front of the office.
Halfway through the 6th grade, Shikamaru's family had moved to the other side of Konoha in order to be closer to the deer the Nara take care of in their forest, much to Choji and Ino's despair.
Shikamaru shrugged. "Same old, same old I guess," Shikamaru drawled lazily as he scratched the back of his head. "I play basketball now if that's hard to believe. My old man made me my freshman year."
Ino burst out laughing. Shikamaru glared at her sideways as her body shook from her fits of laughter.
I didn't think it was that farfetched, Shikamaru grumbled. Her giggles continued for several more seconds before she finally squeezed out, "Shikamaru? Playing a sport? Running?", and she lost it again.
Shikamaru simmered quietly while they made their way closer to the front office and he pulled his schedule out of his pocket to examine once more.
"By the way, what electives did you choose for this year?" Shikamaru asked. As soon as this was said, Ino immediately stopped her laughing.
"Ummm, I-I don't really remember. I'm trying out for the Dance Team though," Ino stammered, her eyes not quite meeting Shikamaru's.
Shikamaru raised an eyebrow, easily seeing through her lie. What classes could possibly be worth hiding from me? Shikamaru wondered, but he did not question her further as they were now at the Secretary's desk in front of the office. A woman with short black hair and large black eyes smiled and greeted them
"Good morning, my name is Ms. Shizune. May I have your name and grade please?"
"Yamanaka Ino, 11th grade," Ino recited.
After typing a few keys on her computer, Ms. Shizune began printing a piece of paper then began rummaging through a file cabinet below her desk. By the time the sheet was printed, she produced a small plastic card.
"This is your ID badge," Shizune said while showing it to Ino. "Your badge grants you access to your dorm room, allows you to check out books at the Library, and allow you free access to all Home Games, concerts and other extracurricular activities at KPA. Take care not to lose it. Also, since this is our first year open, we had to use pictures from you're previous school's yearbooks to have on your badges," Shizune explained.
Ino gasped and she glanced down at her ID in Shizune's hand. Shikamaru only saw a faint image of blonde hair on the badge before Ino snatched it away from Shizune and stuffed it into her pocket.
Unsure what happened, Shizune paused for a second before proceeding to hand Ino her schedule, which she promptly plucked out of her hands and folded it into her hands swiftly.
Shikamaru allowed himself a small smile. He had never seen her so flustered before.
Shizune narrowed her eyes at Ino.
"Next in line please," she said steely and Ino quickly stepped out of line. Shikamaru glanced down at her red face to see her nervously staring back up at him.
"Troublesome," was Shikamaru's only comment, and he began to drag his luggage toward the Boys' Dorms.
Girls are so complicated, he thought.
He heard her release her pent up breath and she skipped after him until they were side by side and Shikamaru decided to change the subject for Ino's sake.
"So how have you been?" Shikamaru asked.
Ino's eyes lit up.
"I thought you'd never ask," Ino said smiling and she took a deep breath.
Shit.
SAKURA
"Finally!" Sakura breathed exasperatedly as she entered the air conditioned building. Catching her breath, she wearily picked up her luggage again and set off for the elevator. Seeing that her dorm number was 21-C, she assumed that she was on the second floor. Sakura dragged her suitcases into the elevator and weakly pressed the button for Floor 2. Her arms felt like jelly, and she was yet again reminded of the girl with blonde hair she caught a glimpse of. Jealousy had surged through her when she saw those boys carrying her multiple bags and suitcases while drooling after her.
If only I had a fan club of boys then I wouldn't have to lift a finger, she thought angrily.
When the doors opened, Sakura tried her very best to pick up her things. She really did, but exhaustion took its toll. She cursed herself for bringing so many pairs of shoes with her.
By the time she had finally nudged and pulled all of her luggage off of the elevator, the door to someone's room opened and two beautiful girls stepped out, leaving Sakura awestruck. The taller girl, who had beautiful crimson hair murmured something into to the small petite girl who reminded Sakura of a little china doll.
Their heels dug into the soft carpet of the hallway as they made their way to the elevator. A small ding signaled that the elevator doors opened again.
"Excuse me!" Sakura called out, giving a small smile to the girls. "Do you two mind helping me out a little? I'm at 28-C, right down..the hall," Sakura died off. The two girls didn't even bat an eyelash at her. The redhead walked past her with a sneer on her face, pretending as though Sakura didn't exist while China Doll glanced at her and gave a snicker. China Doll began whispering in Redhead's ear while flicking her eyes towards her, which made the redhead give a nasty laugh. Hurt flashed across Sakura's face.
As they neared the elevator, a tall brunette stepped off with a look of disgust on her face. The girl looked very athletic and fit but simultaneously maintained a curvy figure. She was most distinguishable by the two buns her hair was pinned up in.
"Excuse me but I believe she asked you a question," said Buns. She looked composed but Sakura heard the steel in her voice.
The girls looked surprised at her words but continued to ignore the two as they stepped in the elevator.
"At least step off your pedestals and say no like a normal human being!" Buns exclaimed.
The redhead burst into laughter as China Doll pressed a button, closing the doors.
"Bitches," muttered Buns under her breath.
"Tell me about it," Sakura muttered. She glanced back towards the brunette.
"Thank you for standing up for me back there," Sakura said giving a small smile "My name's Haruno Sakura".
"Pleased to meet you Sakura, I'm Tenten," the brunette replied warmly. 'There's no need to thank me, it's what anyone would have done". Tenten then looked at Sakura and her luggage and whistled.
"How many people did you pack for, an army?" Tenten said, amazement on her face.
Sakura laughed. "Yeah, something like that," she joked.
Tenten grinned, then picked up a suitcase. "Well, let's get this up to your dorm then! 28-C was it?"
NARUTO
C'mon, C'mon, C'mon, C'mon, thought Naruto. I have to hurry if I want to pick the bed farthest from the door! Naruto knew that whoever slept closest to the door would then be given the unofficial responsibility to answer the door. And if this year would be anything like last year, which involved many late night parties, then he wouldn't get any sleep. He really wasn't looking forward to trudging toward the door at 3 A.M. to open up the door.
Naruto impatiently hopped around, too jittery to stand still as he waited for the elevator to rise. As soon as he heard the ding of the elevator Naruto dashed out the doors..
..Completely running over a girl right outside the doors. Naruto caught a glimpse of navy blue hair before he heard a small squeak. They were both caught completely off-guard that they had no time to break their falls. Luggage went flying everywhere.
A small oomph! was heard from the small girl squished underneath him. Naruto hastily lifted his head off of the girls' shoulder to looked sheepishly at the girl's astonished face. Naruto's eyes widened as he recognized her lavender eyes. He remembered back in middle school, when he was still alone, she was the closest thing he ever had to a friend. Hell, she was probably the only reason he even made it to High School.
"Hinata!" he shouted worriedly, "Are you alright?" he demanded? Naruto began to move his hands down the sides of her arms then back up to her face, checking for any damage. Hinata vigorously shook her head while she began to blush madly. Naruto cursed himself. He could have really hurt her.
Naruto then realized their position and he quickly climbed off of her and offered her his hand.
"I'm really sorry about this Hinata," Naruto said sheepishly as she took his hand. "I was trying to get to my dorm first, you know, to pick out my bed and get my stuff set up before my roommate" Naruto nervously explained as he picked her up from the ground. Hinata quickly snatched her hand away and she proceeded to wring her hands together as she nodded quickly.
Is she afraid of me or something? He wondered. Maybe she doesn't remember me, he thought glumly.
"Do you remember me? From middle school? I'm Uzumaki Naruto," Naruto said hopefully.
If possible, her face turned an even darker red.
"Of course Naruto," Hinata said with a shy smile.
Naruto gave her a grin then hastily picked up all of her luggage and proceeded to gather up his own.
"Are you sure you're okay? I feel really bad about this," he confessed nervously. "The only familiar face at this school so far and I flatten you to the ground," he said regretfully.
"N-No everything's okay Naruto-"
"It's not okay. Here, I'll make it up to you somehow!" Naruto promised. He then closed his eyes in concentration for a second before his eyes flew open.
"I know! Just please wait for me right here while I go put my luggage in my room. I'll come right back out and walk you to your room. Is that cool with you?" Naruto asked. Hinata nodded shyly.
"T-That'd be great," Hinata stammered. Naruto looked visibly relieved.
"Phew! Thank you so much Hinata-chan," he breathed. "We can catch up along the way, I haven't seen you in years! Just stay put, alright?" Naruto ordered as he began walking backwards down the hall. When he saw her nod, Naruto turned around and jogged towards the door 34-C.
He swiped his ID into a scanner located near the door handle. A small green light flashed brightly and Naruto opened the door.
Naruto's jaw dropped to the floor, along with all of his bags.
There, lounging on the bed, his bed, in the farthest corner of the room, was a boy with chiseled facial features. His raven colored hair, wild and unruly, stood out against his pale skin. At the sound of the door opening, his eyes opened to reveal dark, onyx orbs as he gazed at Naruto.
The boy smirked.
Naruto was furious.
"TEME!"
-X-
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