Hello, there. This is my first fanfic, I'm so excited! I hope you enjoy, because I have put my heart, soul, and creativity into this. Thanks. By the way, Italic letters are thoughts; I thought I'd point that out.
This is chapter one, I will work my way into chapter two as soon as possible.
Disclamer: I do not own any Naruto characters, (even though I wish I did) all characters belong to Masashi Kishimoto.
Hinata Hyuga was as shy as a newly born flower as she walked into her new village home. She had moved from her old village to The Hidden Leaf Village for, um, personal reasons. Her cousin, Neji Hyuga, had been ordered to move with her, to protect her. You know, with her being a Heiress and all.
"A-Ano…Neji-niisan, I have to go to my school, the Academy, soon. Are you going, too?" Hinata said, shyly. "Huh? Oh, yeah, but I'm going tomorrow. Good luck." Neji replied blankly.
And with that, Hinata walked by herself to the Academy, slightly anxious. 'What if no one likes me? O-Or, everyone ignores me?' She thought. She had figured that was the worst case scenario, so, she cleared her mind and worked her way to the academy.
After a while, Hinata arrived at the front doors of the school. She couldn't move, she just stared at the door, like a lifeless doll. "I-I can't do this…" She whispered to herself. "But I must." She reached slowly toward the shiny, silver handle. The door slowly slid open, and bright lights flushed her face.
"Hi. You must be Hinata Hyuga, correct?" A somewhat tall woman with ruffled black hair and intense red eyes had spoken. She wore a red dress, but was covered with so much gauze you couldn't see the more than half of the dress.
"Y-Yes ma'am. Excuse me, but, um, I have to go to my class." Hinata looked at her schedule. "D-Do you know where room…140 is?"
"Ah, yes I do. Would you like me to show you the way?" The women said. "Oh, and by the way, my name is Kurenai Yuhi." Kurenai had then started walking down the hall, and Hinata had no choice but to follow her.
Hinata and Kurenai had walked and walked, and she passed many students. Some were very tall, which made Hinata feel really short. Others were very short, and were so cute Hinata couldn't help saying "Hi" to them along the way. One had even hugged her as she walked down the hall.
The two of them had arrived at a green colored door. "Okay, we're here." Kurenai had said. "O-Oh. Arigato, sensei…" Hinata spoke. Kurenai gave her a warm smile, and slowly walked away. Hinata had now reached for the bronze, circular doorknob. She nervously turned open the doorknob, feeling a little sense of regret. The door creaked open.
Heads were turning, and in a few seconds everyone was staring at her. "Who's that?" "Is that the new girl?" "She's cute." Hinata could hear students whispering to one another. She blushed at that third comment. Hinata had noticed that there was a teacher at the front of the class flipping through a book. He had a faint scar on his nose, and had a concentrated look on his face. The door creaked again, and the man turned his attention towards her.
"Ah, you're Hinata….um….Hyuga, correct?" He looked up and down the list to find her name. "H-Hai…" Hinata replied. The children in the class were still staring. "Great! Um, could you please stand up here and introduce yourself to the class?" the man said. Hinata had no choice but to do as he said. She quietly walked up to the front of the class.
"K-Konichiwa. My name is…Hinata, Hyuga Hinata." She said quietly. She didn't know what else to say. "I-I like Miso Ramen, I am 12 years old, and I am honored that I can partake in this class…" She bowed down to both the teacher and the class.
"Arigato, Hinata-san. Please, feel free to sit anywhere you please." The man said. She still didn't know his name, and was too shy to ask.
She chose a table with three seats, like every other table in the class. The tables were all connected, and were lined up into 4 rows. Hinata chose the last seat in the third row, next to a kid with brown hair and red triangular paint on his cheeks. He greeted her with a smile.
"His name is Iruka-Sensei." The boy had said. "Y'know, in case you didn't know." He said, his small brown eyes filled with joy. "T-That's his name? Arigato." Hinata replied.
"Okay, we will be taking attendance, and when I call your name, I want you to stand up. This way, Hinata-san can learn all of your names and faces." Iruka announced. "First on the list is Sasuke Uchiha." A dark-blue haired boy stood up. He had black eyes, and wore a dark blue shirt, slightly covering his neck. He wore white leg and arm warmers, the trim colored blue. 'This boy has a somewhat dark aura…' Hinata thought. Right when Sasuke sat down, every girl in the class squealed.
"Next, Kiba Inuzuka." The kid next to her stood up, the one with the brown hair. "And Akamaru!" Kiba shouted. Iruka nodded at this, slightly annoyed. It was when he shouted that Hinata had realized something. He had a puppy with him, sitting on his head. The dog was almost completely white, but had traces of brown fur here and there. It barked, and Kiba sat down. No girls squealed at this.
Iruka had been calling names for about 10 minutes, and a bunch of students stood up, one at a time. Their names were: Shikamaru Nara, Shino Aburame, Rock Lee, Choji Akamichi, TenTen, Sakura Haruno, and Ino Yamanaka. "That's it." Iruka-Sensei said.
A blonde kid suddenly stood up from his seat. "You forgot me AGAIN, Iruka-Sensei!" the kid said. He has slight black marks on his cheeks, and an annoyed look on his face. "Oh. Gomen, Naruto." Iruka said thoughtfully.
'H-He's cute…' Hinata thought, blushing. She had never liked a boy before. 'So his name is Naruto…'
"Now, you will all go outside for training, okay?" Iruka sensei announced. Most of the class cheered, with the exception of Shikamaru Nara. The class all gathered and scrambled outside. "We will all form groups of three, so you can get used to the formation of a squad." He said. "First team is Uzumaki Naruto, Akamichi Choji, and Nara Shikamaru. Second team is, TenTen, Haruno Sakura, and Rock Lee. Third team is, Inuzuka Kiba, Hyuga Hinata, and Aburame Shino." Iruka said. "Since there is an odd amount of people in total, you can choose any team you like."
Sasuke nodded, and pointed towards the team of Sakura, TenTen, and Rock Lee. "I'll go join that team." He said strongly, and joined the team in a conversation about where they were going to train.
Hinata was so busy watching Naruto, she lost track of her assigned team. She searched and searched, but couldn't find them. 'Maybe they ran off to train, thinking I would catch up with them.' She thought. Hinata decided to approach this Uzumaki Naruto kid, and ask him if he saw where her team ran off to.
She walked up to him, slowly and nervously. "E-Eto… your name is…Uzumaki Naruto, correct? H-Have you seen where Inuzuka Kiba and A-Aburame Shino went?" She said quietly. Asking him was harder than she thought. "Oh, you're the new girl, right? Eh, they ran off towards the forest, I think." He replied happily. She bowed, said thank you, and ran off towards the forest.
The forest was full of trees, and Hinata could hardly see a thing as she ran through it. The trees covered the source of sunlight, which made it difficult to see. Suddenly, she spotted an opening. The opening was the only spot in the forest that had sunlight. The opening was also not covered in trees, so one could easily camp there.
She approached the opening, more and more. She could hear the voices of her teammates. Hinata hoped they didn't think good of her, because she was late. Finally, Hinata made it the opening, only to see something horrible. There Kiba was, his face strained in pain, and a kunai knife fixated on his skin.
