WLH: Hello all! This story is a super cliche, for both my writing and your reading pleasure. It sucks overall, and is mostly my stress reliever (lol!). I love Tenten, so in this story Tenten is perfect and adorable and good at everything and gets all the guys. Well, in the beginning at least. Ohohoho....
This story also deals with friendship and how the bond can carry through even though there are storms on the horizon. (At least, I plan it to later)
CCS connections because I wanted them. Excessive showiness and perfectness of plot because I wanted it. Let's see, any more warnings? The pairings are ALL CANON, all my favorites and predilictions, personally. And embedded within this story are several obvious and annoying anime/high school stereotypes. Also, the bad girls are complete idiots and the good girls always win because that is just awesome.
Haha for now, it sucks and is just a plain lot of fun, but expect good plot and character development later on... if I feel like it. xD Love you all!!
This chapter is more of an informative than anything, and if you're too lazy to read it all (super long) then I advise you check back to this one from time to time in the duration of the story or in later chapters. Some of this chapter, however, is a story, and no, that is not HinataxShikamaru you see in there. As much as I love crack pairings, that would just NOT work.
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The four girls walked through the halls of their new school, whispering excitedly. Let me take a moment to introduce them to all of you. Better yet, let me show you a bit of their high school profiles.
(In alphabetical order)
Haruno Sakura
Age: 15
Grade: 10
Student status: Transfer from Misako All Girl's High School
Student capability: Steady grades ranging from A+ to B. One 3.8 GBA in eighth grade, first semester. B in P.E.
Student rank: At Misako, relatively popular, infamous in some ways, known for sporting the best styles and a passionate love for History.
Personality Description: Sakura is somewhat (okay, a huge) split personality. Her nicer side, which people refer to as the "good one" or simply "good", is identifiable with a rather loud, girly parrot which talks way too much. She is good at matching colors (particularly in fashion) and has a skill when it comes to learning different languages. Her darker side, which people refer to as "it", only surfaces when something extremely disturbing or emotionally moving (in a bad way) is revealed to her. It also comes to life when she feels euphoric or energetic or spirited. When "it" attacks, none are known to be left in perfectly the same state they were before "it" attacked. Terrible, terrible singer, and terrible, terrible cook. Great strategizer and is extremely soft hearted past her slightly hardened shell. Fights with Ino a lot, gets along well with Tenten. Likes romance novels.
Liked subjects: Math, History, Fundamentals of Art.
Disliked subjects: Music, Home EC, PE, English.
Moving on.
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Hyuuga Hinata
Age: 15
Grade: 10
Student status: Transfer from Misako All Girl's High School
Student capability: In the records, a good student. Occasional B ranged grades, but by the final semester, grades are raised. Straight 4.0 GPA since the beginning of seventh grade.
Student rank: At Misako, she was more noted for her rank in society and her family than for her looks or personality or talents. She kept well within the popular crowd, however, as a result of her many bold, attractive friends.
Personality Description: Shy. She likes to video tape and take pictures often, which compliments her shyness as she doesn't like being in too many pictures. Has a passion for making videos, and has signed up for video making and photography for a few of her after school activities. She tends to be quite a groupie, always yearning to spend time with her friends, probably to escape the tension in her household. Extremely humble when it comes to herself, but decidedly determined to do better. Loves shopping and is a wonderful cook. Looks up to Tenten, particularly because her childhood friend (and crush) from when she was in third grade had seen Tenten when she had come over to collect the teddy bear she had left behind, and after she left, he announced, "That was the loveliest girl I have ever seen in my life!"
Liked subjects: Math, Music, Home EC
Disliked subjects: Science (dissecting), English, PE
Now for…
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Tenten
Age: 14
Grade: 10
Student status: Student is a transfer from Misako All Girl's High School
Student capability: Tenten has showed outstanding grades in all of her classes, never falling below an A-, except for a narrow B+ that she managed to raise to an A- in History. Straight 4.0
Student rank: Highly popular, but in that quiet and discreet way. Well known for a cheery, optimistic personality and a dazzlingly adorable smile. That, paired with her good looks, has made her an unofficial "queen, or princess" of Misako High. Known for her deft fingers and pro marksmanship.
Personality Description: Overall very cheerful and bright, stubborn when it comes to her loved ones' well being. Animated, quirky, sprited, immature in a good sense. Seen as the baby of both her family and in her group of friends because of her childish personality and innocence. Loves laughing. Not at all shy, an okay cook, fabulous singer, great dancer, talent with music and the arts. Never really liked straight out problem solving and logic, but leans more towards philosophy and literature. Loves to sing and act. She is sporty, a fast runner, with an incredible amount of stamina, plays tennis, swims, attends gymnastics outside of school, soccer, and a bit of lacrosse. Will do anything to protect, but has very low self esteem, and bears many emotional scars from her past and the fact that she always thinks she isn't enough. She likes writing and drawing anime and manga, as well as collecting cute things (loves collecting teddy bears). In short, if Tenten is bossy, depressed, or extremely self confident, she is an imposter, and you may immediately take her out. Had a reputation and nickname "the perfect girl" starting fourth grade.
Liked subjects: English, Music, PE, Science
Disliked subjects: HISTORY, HISTORY, HISTORY, and… history.
Note: Last name withheld for unknown reasons.
Finally…
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Yamanaka Ino
Age: 15
Grade: 10
Student status: Transfer from Misako All Girl's High School
Student capability: Average, ranging from low A's to high C's. Bright, but as commented by her teachers before, short attention span. GPA totals up to a 3.2
Student rank: Unofficial "queen" of Misako High, outspoken, courageous, gorgeous, and she knows it. She is confident, sometimes overly confident, and her popularity is only rivaled by Tenten (very quietly and unbeknownst to her). Known for loving gossip and having been asked out the most in the whole school.
Personality Description: She IS all that, and she knows it too. She's extremely self confident, and though she may be loud, and just a bit annoying, she is never shallow, and will never hesitate to help out her friends. She hates sports, just hates them, especially because she knows that they're the only thing she'll never be good at. She is a surprisingly wonderful cook, and when questioned, only responds, "My dad was a chef at some restaurant."
Loves acting on top of almost everything, and is great at it too, that and she's really good with money, saving every single penny possible. She has never been known to have a selfish side, though people tend to stereotype her like that. She is actually quite mysterious when you get to know her very well, trying to hide some of the deeper secrets she has. Loves squabbling about with Sakura, and they often go shopping together to make up for it. Constantly worried about her physical appearance, but isn't psycho over it. Loves food, no matter how much she tries not to admit.
Liked subjects: Home EC, English, History
Disliked subjects: Music, Math, Science, PE
Phew, now that THAT's over…
The four girls were whispering to themselves as the walked through the halls of their new school.
"Hey guys, this is it." Tenten spoke up, pointing to a row of lockers lining either side of the hallway. "I'm glad we have such close last names, or first name, in my case."
"Ino, yours is a little far down, but it'll work," Sakura agreed.
"Right. Hey, would you look at that! My first period is right down the hall from my locker!! Luckyy!!" Ino sang.
Tenten, who had already organized all of her stuff, began swirling around in the hall, arms outstretched, catching interested looks from passerby. "Everything's so new looking!" she exclaimed, ponytail flying as she swung out and grabbed her locker door before coming to a neat stop next to her backpack. "I love this place so much already…" She smiled contentedly.
"It IS n-new," Hinata said nervously. Even though she had gotten over her stuttering in seventh grade with the help of her friends, it still came back whenever she got nervous. "But there are… g-guys here too, Tenten." She finished with a worried look.
"The more guys, the better," Ino giggled, slamming her locker shut.
"I couldn't agree more." Sakura nodded furiously, bubble gum hair bouncing up and down. Both girls began to imagine all the cool guys there would be to flirt with.
Tenten gave Hinata a small, reassuring smile and a warm hug. "It'll be okay. That guy you have a crush on is here, right?"
Hinata nodded and Tenten gave a laugh. "Don't be shy, Hinata. Believe in yourself, always, even though that sounds extremely cheesy!"
She and Hinata broke out in quiet laughter as Hinata wished she could be more like Tenten. Smart and charming and brave…
"Thanks Tenten. Do you want to go to class now, and leave Ino and Sakura to their fantasies?"
"Sure," Tenten replied, hoisting up her backpack. "Let's compare schedules."
Now I'll take a bit to show you the schedules of the four girls. Just to kill you with boredom.
Haruno Sakura
Period 1: Science
Period 2: Home EC
Period 3: History
Period 4: Math
Period 5: PE
Period 6: English
Hyuuga Hinata
Period 1: History
Period 2: Home EC
Period 3: Science
Period 4: English
Period 5: PE
Period 6: Math
Tenten
Period 1: History
Period 2: English
Period 3: Math
Period 4: Science
Period 5: PE
Period 6: Home EC
Yamanaka Ino
Period 1: Science
Period 2: PE
Period 3: Math
Period 4: History
Period 5: English
Period 6: Home EC
Okay. Back to the story.
"Hey, we have two classes together!" Tenten said excitedly, pocketing her schedule once more. "Too bad we didn't get to compare with Sakura and Ino."
"I guess that means we might bump into them in a class later," Hinata murmured. Both girls exchanged smiles and headed off into History class.
Sorry for all the interruptions, but let me take a second to explain the school, and all that has happened up to this event.
Let's see… the four girls have known each other since second grade, when Tenten came from China and befriended shy Hyuuga Hinata, but the four weren't official friends until fourth grade. Tenten stayed best friends with Hinata, and very gradually became her role model. In fourth grade, Sakura and Ino, who were close friends, started getting interested in Tenten. Ino was the most popular girl in the elementary, but Tenten was being rumored to be "perfect." Sakura and Ino would hear bits and pieces about this "perfect" girl, who was pretty, nice, smart, athletic, creative, and talented at everything.
Eventually, they confronted this girl, and before the four knew it, they were as thick as thieves.
They continued going to the same school, but starting middle school, they went to Misako Jr., a private school for girls. All of their families were rich, so they attended this school, which included dorms and extra activities. Then they went to Misako High for a year, but the area got crowded, and some of the girls had to be transferred to Misato High two blocks down. Misato was once an all boy high school, but over the summer, necessary changes had been made to accommodate the girls.
The town committee drew the line in the middle of the town. Ino, Sakura, and Tenten's homes were on the side to go to Misato, while the Hyuuga estate was smack dab in the middle of the town, so the committee decided to let the only high school girl who lived there choose which school to attend herself. Of course, she picked Misato, and there they all were.
All four girls share a large house-like dorm in the "rich people community" as it's sometimes called; Sakura and Tenten are roommates, as are Ino and Hinata, thanks to the Hyuuga influence. Occasionally however, the girls stay at either the Hyuuga estate or Tenten's house, as both Ino and Sakura's houses are on the far east side of the town.
Now let's get into families a little bit.
Starting with Hyuuga Hinata, of the prestigious Hyuuga clan, the biggest and richest clan in all the country. Despite the high ranking of their class, the Hyuugas lived in a household where there was much tension. Hinata is known to have a cousin brother who is six months older than her and many cousins, most of which attend Misato or Misako. She also has a younger sister who is in Misako Jr. and a father whom she has never been particularly close with. It is for this reason that she keeps trying her best schoolwise to keep within her father's standards. She often feels pressure from various expectations and she is constantly trying to escape her tense household by hanging out with her friends which she deems as much more safe and relaxing.
Haruno Sakura's father is secretary to the President of Websmart, a business dedicated to keeping the Internet safe and blocking inappropriate sites. Therefore, her father is extremely strict about staying safe and before meeting Ino, Sakura was a very sheltered child, which explains her well developed "inner self" and slightly hard outer shell. Her mother passed away when giving birth to her little brother, who is three years younger. She often gets into fights with her father, who is incredibly stressed and often comes home tired. Her father drinks more often, and she is deeply concerned when he does, and it often disrupts her studies.
Much of Tenten's past is unknown to everyone, and her friends only know a limited amount. What is known however is that both of her parents are deceased and that she lives with an older brother and four older sisters. Her older brother, who is currently graduated from Harvard University, is five years older than her (went into college a year early) and supports the family. He buys and sells stocks, and is the lead singer in a hit band called "Rain". This is unknown to the general public except the four girls and Tenten's family As a result, Tenten's brother is away occasionally, but he does his best to stay at home. He often has work around town, and coincidentally bumps into Tenten a lot (kind of like Touya from CCS). Tenten's family had a great inheritance from an unknown place, and it is unknown what her family background truly is. She herself, ironically, was entrusted with the most money, even as the youngest. She hangs around with her brother a lot.
Yamanaka Ino's father is the VP to the President of Websmart, and Sakura was introduced to Ino through her father. Ino is a single child who lives with both her mother and father. She also has a younger cousin sister who is staying with her to study abroad. Her cousin is currently attending Misako Jr. Ino's father used to be a chef at "some restaurant" she refuses to mention, perhaps meaning it had some connection to her weary family history. Her mother owns a small flower shop that does well business, particularly in the spring time. This is the reason that Ino has shown an acute appreciation of flowers, and decorates her room with them. She has a special bond with her cousin, despite being known to complain that she is a "complete pain in the butt who does nothing but study all the time."
The girls had been given a few days upon arrival to relax and unpack before the first day of school. They had brought just a few things to the dorm, and they planned to redecorate the whole thing, as it was their home for the next four years.
Anyways, Tenten and Hinata headed off to History class together. Both of them caught many eyes for two different reasons.
"The one with the brown hair's pretty," a boy they passed murmured, awed at seeing girls after several years without being near them.
"Definitely," his friend whispered back. "And her friend's a Hyuuga. Wouldn't want to be caught by Neji asking her out."
Plenty of girls noticed them too.
"Hey, it's Miss Tenten!" A freshman stated, having recognized the tenth grader from middle school. "And Miss Hinata!"
"She looks exactly like Tao from Rain!" A fangirl exclaimed.
"What?"
"Does not."
"Let me see!!"
A crowd formed to watch the two girls who were walking down the hall. Hinata noticed the many eyes and shrunk several sizes, tugging on the overly long sleeve of Tenten's sweater.
"Umm, Tenten-chan…"
"Yeah?" They neared their classroom. "What's up?"
Hinata adjusted her backpack and looked around at the many faces. "…N-never mind."
Tenten shrugged and thrust open the door of their first period class. "We're here anyhow. Ugh, I've never really liked History."
"I'm sure it'll be fun this year," Hinata assured her. "Neji-niisan said History was interesting here because they have a good teacher."
"That sounds promising," the other replied with a smile on her face. "More than that, I can't wait for after school. Tennis and track!!"
"You really love sports, Tenten-chan!"
"Yeah, probably because my niichan loves sports so much." She stuck out her tongue playfully and added, "Even though my sisters sure don't!"
The teacher came bustling in. He was a man in his early thirties, quite attractive, enough so that he earned appreciative stares from several of the girls. He looked around the room to see most of the students already sitting at desks and gave a small sigh. He noticed Tenten and Hinata still standing and he stared at Tenten for a split second as he put his briefcase down on his desk.
"Do you happen to have a…" he questioned her before stopping and shaking his head. "Never mind."
Tenten smiled. "Please, I don't mind you asking questions."
The teacher smiled back. "No, it's nothing." He stood up and announced, "I'm sorry to you who have already sat down, but I'm afraid I have seat arrangements for you all."
The whole class groaned openly but proceeded to stand up and get their things together. They all gathered to the back of the classroom as the teacher filed through several papers.
"Period one…" he muttered. "…okay. Then we'll start with this desk over here."
With that, he began to call out names. Of the people in the class, the ones that caught Tenten's eye the most were a girl named Misuka and her friends. They were wearing really tight jackets and really short skirts and a lot of makeup. There was also a really lazy looking boy with interesting hair that stuck up and another boy with really long hair that was almost as long as her own. Besides that, he had pale eyes, and all the girls were ogling him.
"Hinata-chan, that your cousin?" Tenten whispered, gesturing to the boy with long hair who had just settled in a seat next to the window.
"H-hai. I advise you not to get too close to him. He has some scary fangirls."
Both girls giggled as quietly as they could.
"Tenten." The teacher spoke up. "Please take a seat next to Neji."
The two girls stopped giggling, and as if on cue, all the girls in the classroom began glaring at Tenten as furiously as they could, as if the brown haired girl might either give up her seat or die a painful death from their stares. Tenten merely smiled at Hinata and took up her backpack, making her way to the seat next to the extremely um… popular Hyuuga.
"Hi!" she stated cheerfully, setting down her backpack. "You're Hinata's cousin, right? I'm Tenten."
He stared at her outstretched hand suspiciously but shook it.
"It sure is beautiful outside today," she remarked, staring past him and out the window happily. "Can't wait for track."
Neji started. "You have track?"
Tenten looked at him and smiled. Neji thought it was the most dazzling smile he had ever seen, but quickly crushed that thought with a mental hammer.
"Yeah!!" she sat down and took out her binder and history book. The pencil case she produced had little chibi pandas all over it. "I love running."
Neji smirked, finally having met a girl who didn't gawk over him. "That's different."
"Yeah," she said smoothly, chocolate eyes shining like they always did.
"Class!" The teacher said, as everyone had settled down. "My name is Mr. Akima, welcome to first period History."
He stood aside and opened the door. A young man in his early twenties stepped in.
"This is my TA for this period." Mr Akima stated.
Tenten jumped up with a start. "Oniichan!!"
Twenty year old Tao Li (Takuto) grinned up at his little sister before giving the class a small bow. "Good morning, I'm Takuto, your TA. I'm also Tenten's brother."
"Aha, I knew there was a resemblance there," Mr. Akima realized.
All of a sudden, all the girls who had given Tenten death glares were smiling at her in the most amiable way possible. She sweatdropped. It wasn't her fault her brother was amazingly cute in that infuriating way brothers were.
Neji looked mildly amused by the brown haired girl next to him. The glistening locks of brown hair tied up in a high ponytail swung back and forth and he reached out to touch it as discreetly as possible. Soft, just as he had thought.
"Ne ne, isn't that Tao from Rain?!" One girl whispered to her friend. Misuka happened to overhear and quickly turned from her conversation to look at the TA.
"OH-EM-GEE!!" she cried, pointing. "It so totally is Tao from Rain!!"
Tenten's eyes widened in mortification as most of the girls squealed and rose from their seats. They rushed around her brother with cries of, "I love you, Tao!" and, "Will you give me an autograph?"
"Hey, woah there," Takuto said with a sigh. "Everyone, I'm not Tao, I'm Takuto. I've heard that I look like Tao a lot. Sorry to disappoint."
All of the eager fangirls immediately let out a groan of sorrow and went slowly back to their seats.
"Humph," Misuka said with a purposefully loud voice, standing up and tossing her blond hair over her shoulder while looking straight at Tenten. "As if the brother of that wench could be someone as handsome and talented as Tao."
At this Takuto visibly tensed, but Tenten merely smiled and cocked her head to the right. Most of the guys followed the way her hair shined as it moved.
"You're right, Misuka," she stated calmly, standing up as well before shaking her head firmly at her brother. "Thanks for that."
"What do you mean?" the other carried on in that annoyingly squeaky high voice of hers. "Isn't it clear to you that it was a diss? Or are you just too slutty and stupi-"
"No, no." Tenten interrupted. "Thanks to you saying that, I'm only going to try harder in this class. I used to hate History. Thanks to you… it's a challenge now, and I happen to love challenges." She sat down smilingly and the whole class was silent.
"Tche, looks like we've got another idiotic bi-"
"That's enough."
Everyone turned to the source of the voice. Mr. Akima had opened his mouth, but the stoic Hyuuga prodigy had beat him to it.
"Neji-kuun!" Misuka squealed, moving her skirt up. "Don't tell me you're actually siding with this-"
"I said, that's enough," he answered, staring at Tenten. She was smiling full on at him, and he thought it was beautiful. He was also glad that she was facing him so no other boy could see it.
"Neji-kuu-"
"Please, everyone settle down. We need to get this class started," Mr. Akima said. "Tenten, Misuka, Neji, if you would see me after school, it would be excellent."
Tenten gave him a slight nod. "Yes sir, of course." She looked slightly apologetic at Neji, but he gave something as close to a smile as possible, so she knew it was okay,
Misuka seemed visibly shocked and was about to protest, but Takuto silenced her with a small glare.
"In the classroom, the teacher is king. And I'm vice king. I advise you to agree," he told her coldly.
Hinata gave Tenten a little worried look, but she smiled back and gave her a peace sign.
"It'll be okay," she mouthed, and Hinata nodded.
And finally, Mr. Akima had the chance to take attendance and get class started. Indeed, Tenten found History class to be amusing, especially because Misuka had given her a challenge, and gotten her more interested in the subject as a whole.
Takuto saw this sudden enthusiasm for her "used to be" least favorite subject and smiled. "Leave it to Tenten to make light of a bad situation."
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Hinata turned to look at the guy seated next to her. "A-ano, do you have an eraser I could borrow? I seem to have left mine in my dorm." She couldn't help staring at his hair.
The boy glanced at her. "Mendokusai…" he said, fishing an eraser out of his pouch.
"G-gomenasai," she responded, taking the eraser. "A-arigato gozaimasu."
"Say…" he said, recognizing the snow white eyes. "You're Hyuuga's cousin, aren't you? Hinata, was it?"
"Yeah," she said smiling slightly. "Thanks for letting me borrow your eraser."
"I'm Shikamaru. Nara Shikamaru." He held out his hand to the shy girl. "Neji's friend."
"I'm Hyuuga Hinata, as you know already. Pleased to meet you, Shikamaru."
They shook hands and Hinata dropped the eraser on his desk.
"Looks like Neji and Tenten are hitting it off great over there," Shika remarked, watching Tenten say something with great enthusiasm to the prodigy and making him grin.
"You know Tenten-chan?" A curious Hinata asked, tucking her short hair behind her ear.
"I think everyone in the class knows her well by now."
"No, I mean-"
"Yeah, we're neighbors. I still can't believe she's never met Neji. I mean, it's almost weird that she hasn't seen him yet because he always comes over to my house," he said with a laugh.
She realized he had been joking and giggled slightly.
"So you must be pretty rich," she noted. Immediately, she blushed, realizing how rude that had sounded. "Sorry, that sounded a bit bold."
"It's okay. And yes, I guess so, troublesome as it is…" he drawled,
"Troublesome to be rich?"
"He thinks everything is troublesome," a bright voice put in. Both looked up to see Tenten and Neji standing over them.
"It's break time," Neji stated in monotone when they put on questioning faces.
"It's funny how everyone's connected," Tenten mentioned with a laugh. "Neji's cousins with Hinata, I'm one of Hinata's best friends, Shika-kun's my neighbor, and Neji's Shika-kun's friend!"
"Sure is," Shikamaru agreed.
Neji looked at Tenten and Hinata. "Would you… like to have lunch with us?"
"Of course!" Tenten said happily, clapping her hands. "Thanks for asking… I mean, we're new here, so we've been kind of apprehensive and such…"
"I'm sure that'll be a different story soon," Shika mentioned, catching the admiring stares Tenten was getting from the guys. "Miss Perfect."
"Say that again and I'll pound your head in, Shika-kun."
"Doubt that."
"Oh shut up, you."
"As you can see," the pineapple head yawned. "We get along like two peas in a pod."
"Lazy ass," Tenten put in.
"Annoying."
"You think everyone's annoying!" she protested. Neji smirked and Hinata sweatdropped. They argued almost as much as Sakura and Ino.
"Tenten."
She looked up in surprise. "Oniichan!"
Takuto bent down slightly and tousled her hair with a grin. "How's my little panda been doing while I was gone? Everyone okay back at home?"
"Yea, everyone's good."
"Why do you call her your little panda?" A curious Neji asked.
"See her hair in buns and you'll understand," Shikamaru replied, as if it were common sense.
"Good afternoon, Takuto-san," Hinata stated with a small bow.
"Hey Hinata! How's that video coming along? The one that stars Tian here?" He winked at her and Tenten blushed.
"It's finished," the Hyuuga replied happily. "She's so cute in it."
"Great! Can I come pick it up some time?"
And before Tenten could say anything, her friend said, "Of course!"
Tenten sweatdropped. Neji and Shikamaru exchanged secret grins and she scowled at them, holding up her fist. Hinata loved making videos… especially when Tenten was the main character.
Here we make a small character comparison.
Tenten Sakura (CCS)
Hinata Tomoyo
Takuto (vaguely) Touya
"Anyway," Takuto started, thanking Hinata. "I don't really like that Misuka girl… I have a feeling she'll try to get you again outside of class, Tian."
"Don't worry, I'll be careful!" she replied.
"Mendokusai… but we'll watch over her Takuto," Shika promised his neighbor. "Right, Neji?"
Neji nodded.
"Thanks, all of you. I entrust Tiantian to you guys, then! Looks like the bell's going to ring. Go ahead and pack up." With that, Takuto ruffled Tenten's hair once more before walking over to the teacher's desk.
"I agree with him, Tenten-chan," Hinata said worriedly, "I don't really think Misuka is the best type of person. Please be careful."
Tenten smiled at all of them. "The only way I'll lose to her is if I stoop down to her level. Don't worry Hinata! Whatever she does to me will only be to her disadvantage."
"Sorry," came a sudden voice. Three heads turned to look at Neji, who had been silent for a while. "Sorry Tenten. I… if I hadn't kept talking to you, you wouldn't be her target."
It was quiet for a little while before Shikamaru broke out with a full grin. "Well would you look at that. Our tough little Hyuuga's gone soft, hasn't he?"
Neji instantly reached out and smashed his face into the desk.
"Mendokusai," he sighed, muffled by the desk.
Tenten and Hinata both laughed, and Neji smiled. All of a sudden, the bell rang, and all four of them raced to grab their backpacks and head out the door. Tenten sprinted out the door, then dashed back in, tiptoed up to give her brother a kiss on the cheek and a quick, "Thanks," and dashed back out to where Shikamaru, Neji, and Hinata were waiting for her.
"Thanks for waiting, guys," she chirped. "I think we have five minutes to get to second period, right?"
"When's lunch?" Hinata asked.
Now this is crucial to understanding the story, so let me outline all of the break and after school activity details.
All classes for all grades work like this. Since there are six different periods, what happens is that you rotate and have "Block" periods. Mondays, however, are always "single period" which means you have all seven classes. For Tuesday through Friday, you are given a block schedule, so on Tuesday 1-3-5 and on Wednesday 2-4-6 and so on, so forth. Also, it is noted that music is not a required subject in Misato, though it was in Misako.
You don't have any breaks on Monday, and lunch is after fourth period. On block days, you have a break between your first and second period and lunch between your second and last period. There is a thirty minute homeroom before the last period of the day, since it is a dorm system where all students stay in dorms and on school campus and the school was considerate enough to give students a chance to finish homework before the end of the day to have time for some fun after school.
Lunch time is roughly an hour and thirty minutes long, and you are permitted to go anywhere on campus to eat. There are various restaurants: Panda Express, Olive Garden, Jamba Juice, Onami, and different types of cuisines, most of which are at the Food Court. You may also go back to the kitchen of your dorm and prepare something, or take a trip to the Ralph's on campus.
There are lots of cool things on campus: indoor and outdoor swimming pool, recreational center (includes bball courts), soccer field, football field, gigantic library, park, bathhouse, restaurants, Rite Aid, Ralph's, mini shopping mall (with designer stuff, a rich school, remember?)
The look of the school imitates Gakuen Alice which is the name of a school which also shares the name of its anime. Search "Gakuen Alice" if you are interested. The school, however, does not have its own money system as does Gakuen Alice.
To top it off, there's a bike rental area because the campus is so huge.
The dorms are luxurious Especially if you can afford the top notch ones. I'd settle for even the less fancy ones, but… I'll be getting into the most expensive ones because those are the ones our characters are staying in. Well, they have three HUGE bedrooms, one bedroom shared by two students. There should be four students per "house" and the third is a room for two guests on the event of sleepovers. There are two HUGE bathrooms, complete with dual sinks, a large, mini pool like bathtub that's connected to a shower, and a cushioned toilet. They also contain full length mirrors. There are also TV sets, a large 48" plasma in the living room and two smaller ones, one in each room. The house is two stories, with an attic to store random things. The bedrooms can be designed and decorated with furniture from the on campus furniture store. Also, there is a home appliance and decorator store on campus, to buy pillowcases and comforters and such. Each bedroom contains a giant walk-in closet that is separated into two by removable doors. The kitchen is HUGE as well, with a giant refrigerator, a bar like breakfast nook, spinning high chairs, an oven, a microwave, thousands of cooking utensils and a huge dining table. The living room is large, and may be furnished for free as desired. In the girls' house, there is a balcony that outlooks the lake near the far end of Misato: special treatment for the Hyuuga. The "rich" neighborhood within campus, the one we focus on in this story, is co-ed, meaning it's a section that contains both boy and girl houses. They get the best views, the best living areas, and are closest to both the school and the Food Courts.
All four boys that are focused on in this story live in the house across from them- something they don't know until in the evening. (shhh!!)
We can get onto the girls' after school activities now.
Sakura has nothing on Monday, fencing on Tuesday, cooking on Wednesday, journalism and computerized art on Thursday, and nothing on Friday.
Tenten has track and tennis on Monday, cheerleading on Tuesday, track and tennis on Wednesday, comica on Thursday, and nothing on Friday.
Hinata has video making on Monday, photography on Tuesday, nothing on Wednesday, comica and journalism on Thursday, and nothing on Friday.
Ino has stage improv. on Monday, cheerleading on Tuesday, cooking on Wednesday, jazz dance on Thursday, and nothing on Friday.
cheerleading: The official group meet is once a week, right after school, on Tuesdays. There are also non-mandatory meetings formed on the team members' schedules to practice on occasions. The cheerleading squad cheers on different male major sports games, such as football, soccer, lacrosse, and basketball. They also perform a skit to represent themselves in the winter recital.
comica: A group that meets once a week on Thursdays to roleplay (rp), cosplay, draw, make skits, debate, and just be fans of different animes, mangas, doujinshis, and video game rpgs. They perform a small Christmas themed skit combining different animes and video game rpgs during the school's winter recital and a series of different skits made by different groups come spring in the school talent show. In comica, it is required to perform in a skit during both the recital and talent show, even if you're a tree or a rock.
computerized art: Every bit what the title says. Basically, there's a class portion, where the teacher teaches you about advance (no beginners please!) computer art in Adobe Photoshop CS3 and other up to date programs. Then, there's a free for all session, where you may create all types of art on the computer, whether it be music, videos, animations, manga, or art. They show a slideshow during the spring talent show composed of pictures and artworks the members wanted to submit to it.
cooking: For people who desire to cook, or who desire to learn how to cook. A place where recipes are shared and tested out, and where different things are experimented. It is the cooking club who prepares the food for the dances and banquets and special dinners. There is also a semiannual "cook off" between Misato and Misako, once during the month of December, once during April.
fencing: Basically an activity that covers all means of weaponry, from swords, to bow and arrow, to the ninja style shuriken, to nun chucks, and all sorts of stuff. They meet twice a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays. They run and coordinate the Misato Olympics, and perform in special performances that demonstrate their skill with that particular weapon. There is also a schoolwide vote on whom the best "weapon master" or "mistress" is, and that person is usually in the fencing club.
jazz dance: Where you share dance moves and funky music and create fun dance routines. The jazz dance team is a brand new team formed when Misato became a mixed gender school. It is, however, for not only girls, but guys as well. There are no competitions yet to be known of, but you can be sure that there will be at least one every year. They plan to make a dance routine for the winter recital.
journalism: The group which creates the weekly newspaper known as "Fushigi Geshigomu, or "The Mysterious Eraser." It has sports sections and important upcoming news as well as funny comic strips (either by members of journalism or comica), random polls, and gag articles and advertisements. The newspapers are printed professionally, and the journalism and photography groups often coordinate efforts so that most of the pictures used in the newspaper are taken by members of the photography club. (Which is the reason why Tenten appears in the newspaper frequently) They also plan the yearbook along with the photography club.
photography: A group of people who love taking pictures and filming videos!! The members of photography often take pictures for the school weekly newspaper and for banners, flyers, and other such things. They learn the basic and complex methods of taking pictures, and learn how different angles can change the mood of a picture. The photography club makes a slideshow for the winter recital opening of different places, staff, students, and events.
stage improvisation: The stage improv. group just meets to have a little fun goofing off on stage. They take pieces from classics like The Tempest, or Romeo and Juliet, by Shakespeare and twist them by means of quick improvisation. They do a piece during the winter recital, without any practice, free form improvisation. If they practiced, it wouldn't be called improvisation, now would it?
tennis: The tennis team meets twice a week on Mondays and Wednesdays to practice. There are several tennis competitions all year long. They meet in the tennis courts on campus, to the far left, next to the park and bathhouse. Further details included on pamphlet. (Pick up at front office prior to first day if interested)
track: The track team meets twice a week on Mondays and Wednesdays to warm up and practice. They have many different competitions against Misako, Namida Public High School, and Shibusa Territory High School. Some categories include the mile run, high jump, 100 meter dash, and other things. Meet down at the track on campus, a little north of the football field. Further details included on pamphlet. (Pick up at front office prior to first day if interested)
video making: A group of people who are interested in anything that has to do with motion pictures. They work with computerized art to put together something big for the spring talent show. They also make a small animation along with comica for it as well. Not only that, they film the monthly "special news broadcast" outlining special events for that month as a back up for the newspaper. This is broadcasted on channel 1 on the TV set in your dorm the fifth of each month.
Whew, that was pretty tiring. Well, moving on then…
"Lunch is after fourth period today, Hinata-san," Neji reminded her. "I advise you both go over the schedule. It was quite confusing my first few weeks here."
"Well, we should split up to go to second period, then," Shikamaru said, checking the clock in the hallway. "If we're going to have lunch together, we need somewhere to meet."
"I thought it might be nice to go to the Food Court and search over there," Tenten suggested. "How about we meet at the bike rental area? It's pretty near here, and Hinata and I have passed it a couple times before so we know it well."
"Sounds fine," Neji stated.
"Well, I guess we'll see each other in a little bit," Hinata said shyly, waving at the three.
And they headed off to second period.
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WLH: Sooo? Yeah, bad grammar, no proofreading, cheeseyy descriptors, you name it. GAWD was it fun writing though xD
I've been getting into Gakuen Alice again recently. I helped it out some by advertising it in my story :)
Yeah, so review if you have anything to say? You can criticize, but this is a kind of laid back story either way, so I won't take it to heart as much as I would a good piece of criticism on another one of my stories. Believe me, I know this can be improved a thousand times, and then another thousand times. Trust me on this one.
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