Love, Love, Shine summary: Everyone's a freshman in Konoha High School. Tenten's an optimist, Neji is not. Could they make the perfect couple? Sakura is a bookworm, Sasuke is cool. Can they set aside their differences to do their science project? Or can that just spark some fireworks? Hinata is a very shy girl; Naruto is…the number one, hyperactive ninja on the face of the earth. Will he get over himself and finally ask Hinata out? Ino is a loudmouth; Shikamaru is a lazy-ass. Will they fall for each other? A high school of problems, romance and mean teachers. Everyone gets what they want, right?
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto god-damned it!
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Love, Love, Shine – Chapter 1 – Forest of Flowers
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Being a high school freshman isn't that bad. I mean, everyone would protect the Hyuuga prodigy, thanks to his fan club, but then again, so would you if you were his friend.
That's what Tenten was.
Tenten, a surname-less fifteen- going on sixteen, femme fatale. Sure, some guys admired her for her; meanwhile the rest just did perverted things.
Need we not mention the time she would have bet a million dollars Sasuke groped her.
Tenten, Lee and Neji were the "inner-circle" in the school, even though they've been in high school for what? Five, six minutes?
The fan girls let Tenten and Lee into the human shinobi shield, blocking everyone that even tried to look at his hotness.
By "his", we all know what I mean, right?
So the stoic Hyuuga boy could do without the crowd of fan girls, but having even seniors in high school run away scared, he has to admit, watching them run to their mommies is just…amusing.
"Neji-kun?" Tenten said hastily as one fan girl "accidentally" punched her in the stomach. So Tenten did what first came to mind. She bitch-slapped her.
The fan girl fell back with so much force put into the slap; passing by people could have sworn she just flew.
"Hn?" Neji answered nonchalantly, turning his head to his best friend.
"Ano…Uh…Can we get out of this? A fan girl just punched me in the stomach," she replied, rubbing the back of her head in nervousness.
"YOSH! WHERE IS THAT BAD, TAINTED FLOWER OF UNYOUTHFULNESS! HOW DARE SHE TRY TO EVEN TOUCH MY DELICATE, FRAGILE BLOSSOM OF BEAUTY AND YOUTH!" Lee shouted a little more than possibly shatter everyone's eardrums.
The fan club just proceeded walking, and extended the length of the circle, enough room for Lee to run around angrily screaming things about youth and such. A couple of snickers and sniggers could be heard throughout the fan club as Neji gave them the Glare™.
They immediately stopped laughing and went back to attacking various amounts of people watching Neji, Tenten and Lee pass by.
"Neji-kun, Lee-kun? Can I ask you something?" Tenten asked curtly, biting her lower lip.
Neji noticed this and raised an eyebrow. "Hn?"
"OI! WHAT IS IT TENTEN-CHAN!"
"Ano…Do any of you guys know where the HELL the office is!"
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Okay, first period…Science with Kurenai. Got it… Sakura thought nervously as she held her schedule with shaky hands.
Walking to class wasn't that bad either. Unless you count tripping, in which Sakura gets frightened really easily.
"Oof!" Sakura exclaimed as she bumped into someone with really hard abs and really hard composure.
The pink haired girl was about to fall to the floor when the person she bumped into, caught her by the waist, and gingerly set her back up.
Playing nervously with the hems of her plaid uniform skirt, Sakura blushed and looked up to see a boy, her age, with jet black chicken hair, and cold obsidian eyes.
"Daijobu?" he asked coolly, as if that never happened.
"Ano…Hai." She replied blushing as she clutched her backpack in such force, the strap almost ripped. "Ja ne," Sakura said in a high-pitched voice and walked off.
She stopped when she remembered to thank him. "Iie! Ano…um…Arigato…" she murmured and she could have sworn that he was smirking behind her back.
"No problem." He said to no one as he watched her retreating figure. Sakura Haruno, ne? Interesting…Sai, you scored the jackpot!
The boy shook his head and walked to his science class. Little did he know he was going to see the pink haired girl again.
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"Okay maggots; get to your assigned seats…NOW!" Anko-sensei screamed as the whole class, minus Neji scurried over to the chalkboard and quickly glanced around the paper for their names.
Kirimi, no, Yuki, no, Bako, no, Fyo, no, Lee, yes! Neji...yes! ... Me! Tenten gave the teacher a round of applause mentally since she figured out that she sat next to Neji and Lee.
Once everyone got to their seats, Tenten being in the middle of Neji and Lee, the teacher stood up from her seat and smirked.
"I know assigned seats are stupid, but, this is the way I like it. My way. And it seems that Tenten and Rock Lee already love their seats." The marooned haired woman spoke harshly as Tenten and Lee stopped chatting instantly, afraid of the consequences.
"Because today is your first day, I will not hurt you in any way. But if I catch you speaking while I am speaking…let's just say…you'll be eating through a tube." Anko threatened and as if on cue, the few couple of people stopped talking. "Understood?"
Everyone shook their heads in unison, except for Neji. Why?
He's too cool.
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"Welcome everyone to English class! I will be your homeroom teacher, Kakashi Hatake. First, let's introduce ourselves with your likes, dislikes, ambitions and dreams. I will go first." The silver haired jounin said, putting away the little orange book he held in his hands.
"Well, let's see here. I like many things, I also dislike many things. My ambitions are…none of your business and my dreams…I have no intention of telling you."
Everyone sweatdropped as Hinata blushed. Wow…What a teacher. And I thought Iruka-sensei was…well…different…
"Okay, now, your turn," Kakashi-sensei pointed at the first person in the first row.
"Ano…Um…My name is Naoto Bishino and I like…" Everything else faded away as Hinata noticed blonde spiky hair, cerulean blue eyes, filled with amusement and joy, as his whiskers twitched happily.
Naruto-kun… Hinata almost fainted at the thought and smiled sheepishly. It seems like we are in the same class.
A couple of people passed and it was the hyperactive "number one" rookie's turn. "MY NAME IS NARUTO UZUMAKI!" He yelled to the heavens. "I LIKE MANY THINGS TOO! I LIKE RAMEN, INSTANT RAMEN, I ALSO LIKE READING ABOUT RAMEN, COOKING RAMEN, EATING RAMEN-"
"Okay, so you like ramen. Your dislikes?" Kakashi smiled underneath his mask as Naruto laughed nervously.
"Right. I dislike waiting the three minutes before eating instant ramen, mean teachers, mean people, stuck up people, rich and snotty people-"
"Your ambitions?" Kakashi butt in, rolling the one eye that wasn't covered by his hiate-ate.
"TO BECOME THE WORLD'S BEST SHINOBI! AND MY DREAM IS TO BECOME A GREAT HOKAGE LIKE TSUNADE-SAMA!"
Hinata giggled softly and blushed. Oh, Naruto-kun…
More people passed and it was Hinata's turn. "My n-name is H-Hinata Hyuuga, of t-the m-main branch." Her eyes glistened in sadness as she recalled the curse mark on Neji's forehead, thanks to a certain somebody in her family. "I l-like…"
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Ino sighed heavily as she patrolled the corridor of her new school. She hated the first day of school, especially when they have to wear such ridiculous outfits!
A pink button up shirt, with a collar, a redish-maroonish-violet vest, a matching plaid mini skirt, stockings, knee stockings or small velvet socks with black loafers.
Not exactly what the blonde of spunk would wear. But, if it's for school, the dreadful, horrible school, she would do it. One, if she didn't, her mother would throw a fit, and two, it's the only thing her mother let her wear to school.
So, basically, that's the same thing.
"Shikamaru Nara," Ino heard the teacher call from the hallway.
"Here." a lazy voice replied, and Ino heard a soft yawn.
Shika, Shika, Shika…Tsk, tsk, tsk… Ino thought in her mind as she entered the classroom late.
"Where have you been?" Asuma-sensei called to Ino as Ino plopped into a seat next to Shikamaru and Chouji.
"I couldn't find class. Sorry," she half-lied smoothly.
"Fine. Just don't be late again. Social Studies is important. Don't you dare be late." he threatened nonchalantly.
"Hai, Asuma-sensei, hai." Ino muttered loud enough for the teacher to hear.
"Very well, then. Today, the first day of school, you will have no homework," the black haired man took a long dip of his cigarette. The class roared with happiness as Ino thrust up her fist in the air, screaming, "Oh yea, uh-huh!"
"But-"
Groans escaped from each person, except maybe Shikamaru who was sleeping silently.
"You will have a lot of classwork today."
Shit.
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"I am Gai, your youthful sensei for this gym year! Since today is the first day, I will be teaching you how to do very easy taijutsu! Everyone, gather round as I demonstrate the Kage Konoha Buyou!" Gai boomed as everyone got closer together in the gym, but some were a little hesitant to their crazy wacko teacher.
Some even stayed away from Lee, the exact replica of Gai, only smaller. Tenten stayed by Neji, who, even said so himself, "Stay close to each other. No body knows what idiotic tricks Gai could do."
Tenten inched closer to Neji when Gai almost kicked her in the face. Neji noted this and he sighed.
"Tenten, I said stay close." Neji retorted irritated and grabbed Tenten by the shoulders, pulling her to the back of the crowd; she even received the lovely gift of cold stares from fan girls.
"Neji-kun, I can't see!" Tenten whined and Neji furrowed his eyebrows, sighing.
"Get on my shoulders." He commanded.
"Nani?"
"Get. On. My. Shoulders." He repeated angrily, and instead of Tenten doing it for herself, he did it.
He grabbed her by the waist and let her sit on his shoulders, his head between her legs. She shifted the weight to her feet and squirmed around, after a couple of seconds, her feet were planted firmly on Neji's hard shoulders and she could see everyone in the gym.
And they were staring at her.
The fan girls were angry.
The guys were gaping in awe and shock.
Lee was clapping Gai for his move.
Gai was complementing Lee for his youthful hospitality.
Tenten was watching Lee and Gai.
Neji gave everyone the Glare™.
Everyone went back to watching Lee and Gai.
"Gai-sensei!" Tenten called, flailing an arm in the air.
Gai's attention broke from Lee to the panda bun haired girl, on top of Neji Hyuuga.
"O, ho! You see everyone! Now that is teamwork! Good job Tenten and Neji!" Gai struck his good-guy pose as his pearly white teeth pinged and his thumbs up sign was pointing directly at the two.
Crap! Tenten thought as she was falling off of Neji's broad shoulders. Her foot was slipping; the blinding rays of Gai's teeth affected her sight as she waved her arms violently in the air, desperate to catch something.
Neji jumped from Tenten's fall as she fell in the air.
He caught her in his arms, bridal style and Tenten flushed a painted red.
"Arigato Neji-kun!" Tenten cried happily and nervously as Neji set her down.
Gai and Lee ran towards her, inspecting every part of her body to make sure she's okay.
All eyes were on them as a pink haired girl walked into the gym, tapping lightly on the wooden doors to get their attention.
Eyes were averted from Neji, Gai, Tenten and Lee and went on her.
"Um…delivery for Gai?"
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Sakura could not believe what she just saw. Pushing the trigger to open the door, Sakura walked out of the gym and giggled happily.
Tenten was in the arms of Neji, she was blushing, and Sakura could have sworn that there was a tint of blush on Neji's face too.
"If only Sasuke or that boy were kind enough to save me like that." Sakura whispered so lowly, no one could hear.
Walking up the stairs to her science class, Sakura pushed open the door to the science lab, where they were mixing chemicals, also where Kurenai Yuuhi was going to announce an end of the semester project.
It was just the first day of school, and they already have projects to do.
Mean much?
"Ah, Sakura, what did Gai say?" Kurenai asked as Sakura took her seat next to Sasuke and the boy from before. She smiled at the boy then frowned at Sasuke.
Hmph, he doesn't deserve much.
"Oh, he said thank you. He was looking for those goggles or something like that." Sakura waved her wrist, along with waving away the thought.
"Okay, now that you're back Sakura, I will make the announcement." Kurenai cleared her throat. "Ahem. You will have a project, due at the end of this semester. You will start it in the next two weeks, as you will be teaching genin science procedures to techniques in genjutsu, ninjutsu and taijutsu, the main three. As you remember, or some don't, chuunins in high school taught you how to control chakra better, or some taught you the basic necessities in ninjutsu, maybe a couple taught you how to walk on water." The red eyed teacher explained, walking around the room with her lab coat, hands behind her back, and grinning.
"Teach them everything you were taught by your chuunins. Groups will be assigned soon. Firstly, pick out the techniques that you want to teach them. Open your books to page twenty one and read about genins. You might not remember, so just read it," Kurenai stopped in the middle of the room, and opened her eyes.
"Go."
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Hinata watched as Naruto opened his history book and started reading about the Kages. Hinata followed and opened her book to page seven, where she found a lot of writing and a lot of pictures.
She blinked twice and started to read:
"There are many academy students, there are many genins, many chuunins and many jounins, but there is only one Kage. The Kage is the strongest and most supreme ninja of all ninjas in their respective villages.
Despite what some may assume because of appearances, they are immensely powerful and hold a number of powerful techniques that can even control nature itself. Becoming Kage is the ultimate level of mastery and skill.
Each of the hidden villages have their own Kage, with a different name. Ho (Fire), Kaze (Wind), Rai (Lightning), Mizu (Water), and Tsuchi (Earth)."
The violet haired beauty only had to read the first three paragraphs to know what's going to come next.
Biographies.
The biographies of all of the Kages, written on the board was an assignment: Read page seven, then read the biographies of all of the Kages. Hokage, page twelve. Kazekage, page thirty two. Raikage, page fifty nine. Mizukage, page eighty six. Tsuchikage, page one hundred nine.
Wasn't this supposed to be English?
Hinata raised her hand sheepishly as Kakashi looked up from his perverted book.
"Ah, yes, Hinata, what can I do for you?" he asked curtly, quite enjoying the peace and quiet of the classroom.
"K-Kakashi-sensei, w-why are we l-learning about the Kages w-when this is s-supposed to be English?" Hinata stuttered lightly and a line of pink crossed her cheeks as Naruto poked her.
"Hinata-chan! What's the answer to number one?" Naruto whispered loudly, besides, he was in front of Hinata, so…why was he whispering and poking her?
"So I see Hinata. Arigato. I have not explained myself yet, and Naruto? There is no number one."
Naruto sweatdropped and gave Hinata a toothy grin. "Sorry Hinata-chan! Never mind,"
"Oh, ano…That's o-okay Naruto-kun." She whispered back to him as he smiled.
"Okay, so…I just want you to write a story about the Kages. A fictional one. No swearing, no 'bad' thoughts, no pimps, nothing unacceptable. Got it?" Kakashi stated harshly, yet softly.
The class nodded.
"Good. Back to work."
Naruto touched me…
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After school…
"Guys, I hate my social studies teacher! He's so mean!" Ino complained, slumping her shoulders as all of the girls entered the Yamanaka Flower Shop.
"Kaa-san, I'm here!" Ino screamed to her mother who was in the back, trimming the stems of the bushel of wild flowers she held.
"Ino, we need more lilies, daisies, irises, and roses for the shop. We're running out clean!" Mrs. Yamanaka smiled warmly and shooed the girls out, grabbing their heavy book bags, and throwing them to the corner.
"Okay, then I guess we're going flower hunting," Tenten mused.
"I guess so!" Sakura cried happily as Ino grabbed the two by the wrists, dragging them, with Hinata in tow, Sakura and Tenten holding on to her, to the near by train station.
"Four tickets please!" Ino smiled at the guy in the ticket booth and he punched out four tickets.
"The train will be leaving soon. Go on now, hurry." He said heartily and they ran off.
"Hurry up!" Tenten shouted, holding open the doors as a panting Ino, Sakura and Hinata hopped inside the train, along with Tenten as the door slammed shut.
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The train ride wasn't that bad. Besides the screaming babies, drunken hobos and money begging bums, it was alright.
"We're here!" Ino exclaimed, running into a meadow of millions and millions of flowers, arms in the air, smiling, giggling and laughing. The girls joined in, and soon, they started a game of tag, Sakura being it.
And the guys watched.
They watched from the trees, seeing as Sakura, Hinata, Tenten and Ino's friendship was blooming and blooming, becoming more like best friends everyday.
In this forest of flowers, Neji, Sasuke, Shikamaru and Naruto could only watch as their "crushes" played and talked about one another, Tenten told her day, how Neji caught her, how he let her stand on his shoulders.
He even remembered himself how Tenten stood on his shoulders, and whenever he looked up, her saw up her shirt, and that made Neji blush inwardly.
Sakura told her tale of the guy she bumped into, and how hot he was, how Sasuke was a little bit hotter and how the boy smiled back at her when she smiled at him.
Sasuke was happy that Sakura thought he was hotter than the other kid, but was terrified that he might lose her. After all, behind that cool exterior, lies a heart to be loved.
Hinata told her story as everyone sweatdropped at Kakashi's antics. Hinata also told them that Naruto touched her and that he talked to her, as every girl cooed.
Naruto was quite the happy man when he found out that Hinata was content with his "plan". What plan? I don't know, but Naruto's mind is too complicated to get into.
Ino told them what she remembered, the lunch she had with Shikamaru, how nice she acted (flirting!), how nice he acted back.
Shikamaru's ears turned red as he also too remembered the outrageous small amount of flirting they had.
Damn hormones.
The boys watched from a safe distance as each girl picked their own flower.
Ino. Rose. Love.
Tenten. Iris. Compassion.
Sakura. Lily. Kind.
Hinata. Daisy. Gentle.
Each flower represented each girl. And the boys were more than happy to watch the girls play.
After all, this is a forest of flowers. Anything can happen.
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TBC
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Okay, this was very random, but I felt that this turned out quite okay. What do you think? I don't think I'm going to get a lot of reviews, but I hope you liked it! Arigato! Okay, if you're stupid, here are the pairings:
NejiTen (YAY!)
SasuSaku
ShikaIno
NaruHina
Arigato for reading! I'll update soon! Ja ne!
