Note: I do not own Naruto or any characters created by Kishimoto. I only own the story and my own characters.
Hikari Nakagami ran a brush through her short black hair, trying to smooth it out. Today was her first day back to Konoha High for her junior year, and she was trying to get her ever stubborn hair to cooperate. There was a light knock on her bedroom door and a tall blonde girl poked her head in. "Hikari-chan, Sasuke's waiting downstairs for you so hurry up. And your hair looks fine so stop messing with it!" Dei said closing Hikari's bedroom door and walking back downstairs. The ravenette gave up on trying to smooth down her hair and instead decided to spike it in the back, making her resemble her best friend.
She grabbed her things and walked downstairs into the living room. Sasuke stood near the door tapping his foot impatiently. "Took you long enough." he said starting out the door. Hikari called a goodbye to Dei and Sasori and followed Sasuke out of the house. She walked next to her best friend noting how much he had changed since last school year. For one, his hair seemed to stick up more than usual. "What the heck did you do to your hair Sasuke? It looks more like the back of a duck than usual." said Hikari looking at Sasuke's hair as if it was alive "Just this new hair gel is all." the Uchiha replied running his hand through the spiky locks self consciously. "Why? Does it look bad?" "No, your hair looks fine SasUKE. Now come on, we're going to miss the bus if you keep walking so slow." said Hikari speeding up as a rather angry Sasuke chased her yelling protests.
The two reached the bus stop just as it pulled up. Hikari boarded the bus and took a seat next to Hinata and Temari while Sasuke plopped down next to Naruto. Hikari gazed at the two boys and wondered how Naruto hadn't figured out that Sasuke liked him yet. Yes, Sasuke Uchiha was indeed gay and had a thing for the hyperactive blond. Of course, no one but Hikari knew this little fact. The bus sped along the road towards the school as the buzz of talking filled it. People were catching up with classmates and friends not seen over the summer. After a short ride the bus pulled up to the school gates and the students piled out. Hikari was barely off the bus when, "HIKARI-CHAAAAN!!!!!" Hikari squeaked and hid behind Sasuke. "What the-?!" the raven began, but then looked at what Hikari was hiding from. A girl with bubblegum pink hair was waving her arms wildly in their direction. "Why don't you just tell her to leave you alone?" suggested Sasuke. "I've tried that but she won't listen! She's still under the delusion that being friends with me will get her a date with you!" said the girl from behind Sasuke. Hikari heard approaching footsteps signaling that the pink haired girl was walking towards them. "Oh crap…" thought Hikari as the footsteps got closer. She had to find away out of this. An approaching crowd of students gave her an idea. She moved and ran as fast as she could when the students got close enough for her to blend into. Hikari stayed hidden in the clump of students until she figured she was safe, then broke free from them and walked slowly towards the school.
She walked, not paying attention entirely to where she was going, which resulted badly as she collided with someone. "ACK!" Hikari said falling flat on her butt from the impact. "Watch where you're going!" "I'm so sorry! Are you alright?!" asked a fretful male voice. Hikari looked up to see the face of who had run her over, and gaped. The boy in question had a messy mop of black hair, violet eyes that looked almost black, and a sleek, slim build. Needless to say, he was hot. The boy noticed she was staring at him and unconsciously blushed. "Erm, mind helping me up?" Hikari said grinning sheepishly. "Oh! Yeah, right…sorry." he said extending a hand for her to take and helping her up. "I'm Shin by the way, Shin Uchiha." he said smirking. Hikari gaped and then promptly snapped out of her daze "Hikari," she said extending her hand "Hikari Nakagami." "So you're the one my cousin keeps talking about!" said Shin looking her up and down. "Uh, yeah, I'm his best friend. Wait, you're Sasuke's cousin?!" she said slightly confused "Yup." said Shin smirking "Are you new around here or something? Because I've never seen you before." Hikari questioned, trying to make conversation "I'm a transfer student actually." he said casually "Erm…I'm going to be late for class so I gotta go." she said running off suddenly. "See you later?" he said to the rapidly retreating form of Hikari. "Weird girl." he thought "But pretty cute." Shin smirked and vowed to find the black haired girl…after calculus of course….