AN: I'm sorry! I know who I should have updated over a year ago, but a few… things got in the way. Yes I reposted chapter 1 and changed lots of things, including the plot.
And I know, Sasuke is a huge jerk in this chapter, but don't worry, he won't be for the whole story!
Let me know what you think, and what I can improve on, thanks!
A crimson flush spread up from under her collar; she kept her eyes facing down towards her feet. Her fingers were pressed together as she fidgeted, and she didn't really have an idea what to say.
This was the most attention she'd had ever; too bad it was for the wrong the reasons.
"U-um… I..d-didn't…" she barely stuttered out, fumbling for her words. She decided that now was the right time to tell him what her actual name was, since he clearly had not heard her the last time, "I.. m-my name is… Hi-Hinata.' She spoke, trying to make her voice a little louder this time.
This was too much for her morning.
She couldn't believe that her crush thought she would do something as embarrassing as that.
Her hand moved towards her face where she pressed her palm against her heated cheek, did Naruto think she was mentally challenged?
She heard him shift beside her, presumably closer towards the Uchiha heir who was in the process of lighting a cigarette; clearly ignoring the 'No Smoking' sign that was pinned on the wall right in front of him.
"Oh, um, I believe you Hinata…" he said grinning unconvincingly.
Naruto was soon distracted as the Uchiha blew a thick cloud of smoke at him, momentarily stinking up the air and causing Hinata to cough as she inhaled some of his second hand smoke.
The timid Hyuuga girl opened the window and breathed in the sweet fresh air, glad she didn't feel so light headed anymore, although she was kind of used to it, being near Naruto made her feel like that.
"Hey Sasuke! Sit with me baby?" whined the high-pitched voice of Sakura Haruno, a beautiful girl with light pink hair and pretty green eyes.
She was one of the most popular girls in the school, all the girls wanted to be her, and all the boys wanted to date her.
When Sasuke made no response, Sakura puckered her lips into a large pout and strutted sexily over to where the Uchiha was sitting.
"Baby, I don't think you heard me." She whispered sultrily whilst propping herself up on his lap, her finger tracing delicately over his lips.
The black haired boy shot a glare at the pink haired girl, Hinata could have sworn that he looked less than impressed. "Get the fuck away, you filthy whore." He sneered venomously; taking another drag of his cigarette, hoping it would relax him.
Sakura pursed her glossy red lips and decided that staying would only anger Sasuke even further. She got up and moved over towards Naruto, who was practically salivating at the mere presence of her. A few cat calls were made from somewhere towards the middle of the bus, Sakura turned around and winked cheekily back at the boys who made them.
Hinata watched the scene play out with horror, her pearly eyes open wide in shock and her mouth gently forming a surprised 'O'.
Sakura had placed herself next to Naruto and was currently whispering things in his ear; words that made his face flare up to resemble that of a tomato.
It was well known that Naruto had a crush on Sakura since he first met her, years ago, but Sakura had never shown any signs that she had feelings for him.
If only Hinata could be wanted by Naruto in the same way he wanted Sakura, she would give almost anything for that.
There was a loud squeal as Sasuke put out his cigarette on Sakura's lightly tanned arm.
Hinata glanced at the Uchiha curiously, surely he wouldn't….
"Slut, I told you to get the fuck out of here." He growled viciously, he had already warned the whore once.
Sakura crinkled her eyebrows but obliged, she slowly stood up, making sure Sasuke and Naruto had a good view of her ass, blew a kiss at the Uchiha male (which Naruto mistook for himself) and sauntered back towards her seat.
The angry boy bit his lip, drawing blood, as a hand smacked the back of his head angrily, growling, he slowly turned to face the blonde boy beside him.
"Sasuke! Sakura was really into me, why'd you ruin it? I was finally getting somewhere!" snapped Naruto,
The stoic Uchiha sighed heavily and reminded himself why Naruto couldn't work these things out for himself, he was stupid. "She's done that with every guy at our school." He muttered, hopefully Naruto would understand that at least.
Naruto leaned back into the lumpy seat, dumbfounded. He didn't understand why Sakura wouldn't want him, most girls did.
The shy girl with pale eyes watched Naruto carefully, she didn't like the way Sakura was teasing him, he deserved better than that. Immediately the thought of her and Naruto crossed her mind, they would be a perfect couple. She would help him with his 'bad boy' ways, and he would be in love with her because of her gentle nature.
In her eyes, Naruto was perfect. He had beautiful blue eyes, soft blonde hair, popularity, and a killer smile. When she had first seen him she had almost mistaken him for a god, he was that handsome.
But not only was he good looking, but he was also very funny, he was constantly cracking jokes. And he was very nice; he was always really friendly and eager to talk. There were so many things to like about him, too many to list…
Hinata was smiling just at the thought of him, a slight curve of her pink lips.
Her thoughts were soon disrupted when the bus jarred to an immediate halt, causing a few of the students that were standing to unceremoniously trip over each other.
A loud chuckle could be heard from Naruto.
"Okay, everybody off to school!" shouted the booming voice of the over-sized bus driver, a few strands coming loose when he ran his sweaty fingers through his thinning hair.
Quite a few grumbles passed through the large crowd of students as they were forced to exit the bus, a few growls were heard as they pushed and shoved.
Hinata frowned as she watched the raven haired Uchiha heir push his way forward, swearing and shoving at any poor innocent soul that got in his way. She couldn't understand why he and Naruto were friends, the Uchiha was a stuck up jerk, and Naruto was the complete opposite.
"Hurry the fuck up Naruto!" He called over his shoulder, Naruto, not wanting to be left behind, followed obediently after his aggressive friend.
The white eyed girl sighed and struggled to pull herself up, before making her way towards the rusty bus door, she waved a final good bye at the driver before exiting the vehicle.
School was not something she looked forward to.
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The sharp ring of the bell echoed through out school, reminding students that classes were about to start, lest they want a detention.
Hinata fumbled with the code on her small locker, barely remembering her own combination, her cold fingers refused to turn the dial correctly.
She exhaled softly as the lock finally gave way and opened, "Finally" she murmured to herself.
She let out as squeak of surprise as a brawny student barreled straight into her petite frame, briefly catching a glimpse of his overly pierced face before she fell to the ground with an extremely sore buttock. The older boy crinkled his nose in disgust as he saw who he had pushed over, "Watch it, brat!" he snarled angrily, not even thinking to help her up.
Hinata bit her lip trying to keep herself from becoming upset; maybe he just had a bad morning, nothing personal. "I- I'm.. sorry." She whispered, shamefaced.
He grunted and took a glance at the students surrounding the pair, some whispering at the sight, there was no way he was going to be caught hanging around this loser. "You should be, you little shit." He spat before turning on his heel and walking off to meet a girl with tattoo's covering her body, he shouldn't have even been seen talking to that creepy girl, with her white eyes and pale skin, no wonder people thought she was a freak of nature, unnatural.
The black haired girl still hadn't pushed herself up off the cold dirty floor, she felt as low as the scum she was sitting on. Why did people despise her so much? She hadn't done anything to them; all she wanted was a friend, any friend.
Her pale eyes began to water slightly as she remembered all the teasing and name calling she had received from her less than accepting peers, she been told she was a 'fatty', a 'loser', 'freak', and her personal favorite; 'white eyed retard', none of them hurt more than the last one.
Before she passed away, her mother had once told her a saying, that 'Sticks and Stones can Break my Bones, but Words can Never Harm Me'.
Young Hinata had smiled and thanked her mother, before drying her tears with a quick wipe of her sleeve, she had tried to believe in that saying for a long time.
But she was now beginning to doubt it, the insults that were hurled at her, hurt more than any cut or bruise she'd ever had, a lot more.
A sharp voice with a disappointed tone cut into her thoughts like a thin blade, "Miss Hyuuga, class started 10 minutes ago, I expected better from you, of all people." Lectured Ms. Mitarashi with a deep frown on her young face, only the other staff members dared to call her Anko, her first name.
Hinata nodded hurriedly, just wanting the embarrassing situation to end as fast as possible, she quickly gathered up her scattered books for her first subject of the day; English. "I p-promise.. i-it wo-won't… happen a-again." She replied, nervous and hoping she wouldn't receive a punishment of any kind. The teacher simply nodded and promptly told her to "Make sure it doesn't, or there will be consequences."
She stumbled to her English with her arms full of over-sized text books, wincing as she felt what would soon be a large purple bruise form on her behind.
Her vision was slightly blocked due to the large amount of books she was carrying which barely reached up to the tip of her small nose. Her sweaty hand clasped what she hoped was the door handle, and pulled.
The small girl cautiously entered the dreary class room full of uninterested students; she carefully chose the last seat in the back corner of the room, uncaring as to who was placed next to her.
"Glad you could finally join us." Said Mr Sarutobi, he was a good teacher, although his deep and booming voice always gave the impression that he was scary and grumpy.
Hinata smiled and apologized as many times as she could, until her English teacher raised a hand as if to tell her that she could stop now. A few people in the front row sniggered loudly; she heard the word "Creep" being passed around the class, it still hurt to hear it, no matter how hard she tried to ignore the insults.
She stumbled back towards her unfriendly looking seat with equally unfriendly students along the row; she almost tripped over her own feet at least two times.
She tensed her shoulders at the sound caused by friction from squeaky chalk connecting with the over-used black board, a few groans were heard from the teenagers.
As soon as she sat down in her ridiculously uncomfortable chair, a scrunched up piece of paper landed on the desk in front of her. She picked it up with her small hands and eyed it curiously, who could have sent it to her?
"Psst, Hyuuga, read it."
She gradually unfolded the piece of paper, almost afraid as to what words were written on it, her eyes were wide open in anticipation.
'Expect trouble at lunch bitch!'
There was no signature or name, leaving her to guess who this nasty person was. She had received a note once before with similar resemblance to the one in front of her, except it had said that she was 'Going down after school', thankfully Hinata was being driven home by her cousin that night.
With trembling hands, she tossed the note into the waste bin beside her, it was only meant for her to see, no one else.
Hinata barely paid attention for the remainder of the lesson; she was contemplating faking sick in the lesson before lunch so she could go home, she would finally have the house to herself.
It was a relief when the bell finally rang for the second lesson; she could escape the pressure from being in the same room with the person or people that sent that note.
She opened her timetable to see what lesson she had next; History. Finally something good was going her way; this was one of her classes with Naruto! The only downside was that the Uchiha was in that class as well, not to mention all his and Naruto's fan girls.
She shuddered at the thought of the raven haired boy, from what she'd heard, he was quite a nasty character, although she'd never actually spoken to the boy in person herself.
She sighed as she realized that the prospect of even getting anywhere near Naruto was nigh impossible, but it wasn't like she hadn't thought about this before.
She didn't even stand a chance with someone like him; he was everything she was not. He always dated the 'hot' girls, the ones who had beauty but barely any brains, she was the opposite.
Sure, she had been told that she was pretty decent looking, that she'd pass, an average looker, nothing special, but was average enough for Naruto? She guessed not, assuming that didn't even know her name until she reminded him.
But she'd try, after all, that was Naruto's motto, never give up!
Hinata carefully placed each book orderly in her locker, she was afraid that someone might have left another note waiting for her in there, it was relief to find that there wasn't.
She exchanged her English text book for her History: Medieval Facts one, this was one lesson that she enjoyed a little bit, especially since Naruto was in that class, too bad she would be at least two rows away from him.
As she approached her way to the steep staircase, she gulped nervously; she'd never been able to walk down them without fear of falling, mostly because Neji's friends had once pushed her down them as a joke.
She had come off with a broken leg, which had stayed in sterile, uncomfortable plaster for over a month, courtesy to her favorite cousin.
She slowly placed a hand on the railing, as soon as it touched she gripped it so tight that her knuckles went a deathly shade of white, and her face soon became paler than usual. She ignored the passing students who were giving her odd looks; she was used to it by now.
Hinata gradually made her way down the staircase, grimacing as she almost lost her footing in two instances, but there were no problems other than that. She really had to get over her fear before it ruined her life.
A large amount of students were crowded around the door to her History classroom, she spotted a shock of blonde hair which was easily identified as Naruto, he had a flock of slutty looking girls surrounding him, he didn't seem to mind though.
As she drew nearer to the room the sound of the girls high pitched voices grew louder.
"Oh Naruto! You're so hot!" squealed one girl.
"You, me, and Sasuke. How about it?" asked another, her sultry tone left no need to guess as to what she was implying.
"Sit with me in class baby?" asked a different one, although it sounded less like asking and more like telling.
Hinata blushed as she finally understood what the second girl meant, she was surprised that the cold Uchiha was no where in sight though, perhaps he was skipping class, there was no reason to stay, and it was common knowledge that he had no care whatsoever about school.
She was glad when the teacher finally opened the door and allowed the teenagers to enter the room.
Ms Yuhi greeted the class and went on to explain what the topic was this lesson; Medieval History.
"It will require you to partner up, and yes, I will be choosing the pairs. You and your partner will be presenting any information on the topic in front of the class. You have until next Friday to prepare, which gives you two weeks starting from today." The teacher informed the students.
Honestly, Hinata was actually happy that the Ms Yuhi was choosing the pairs; it would mean that she wouldn't be left out this time, the only one without a partner, this time she'd be saved from the embarrassment of no one wanting to be with her.
The squeaky door suddenly barged open without any warning, and Sasuke Uchiha waltzed in the room, glaring at anyone that dared look at him in any way he found offensive.
More than half the female students were watching him dreamily, though the boy paid them no attention.
"Do you have a reason for being late, Sasuke?" questioned the teacher, she was a little annoyed that he had interrupted her when she was halfway through talking, and not to mention distracting half of her class.
"No." he replied curtly, not bothering to waste his time with manners, he had a reputation to uphold.
Ms Yuhi's red lips turned into a frown at his answer, she didn't want this boy to set a bad example to the rest of the student's, and it was hard enough controlling a class of this size.
Sasuke walked confidently over to the seat saved for him next to Naruto in the back row, he nodded at his best friend before shoving his books onto his desk and slouching casually on the seat. A few girls stared longingly at the desk where Naruto was, it was obvious that they wished they were sitting there, right next to the Uchiha.
At last it was time for the partners to be called out; Ms Yuhi explained that she put people together that hoped would work well together.
"Nara, Shikamaru and Yamanaka, Ino" was the first pair to be called out, Ino grudgingly moved her books over to where Shikamaru was sitting with a bored look on his face.
"Ama, Tenten and Inuzuka, Kiba" spoke the History teacher, these two had barely even said a word to each other before, and had no idea what to expect.
Hinata desperately hoped that she would be placed with Naruto, it would give her a chance for them to get to know each other, and maybe he would begin to like her, hopefully.
"Hyuuga, Hinata and Aburame, Shino" Hinata looked down at her feet; her hopes went down in less than a second. Not that there was anything wrong with Shino of course, but she would have rather worked with Naruto, but she knew it wouldn't have been likely to happen anyway.
"Ah sorry, my mistake. Hyuuga, Hinata and Uchiha, Sasuke." She looked up in shock; her pale eyes wide open in surprise. This was even worse than being left without a partner; she'd rather be partnered with Shino!
"Who the fuck is that?" she heard Sasuke mutter from a few rows behind her, she didn't bother turning around, she recognized his distinctive voice.
She tried to swallow the growing lump in her throat, the Uchiha was not someone she wanted to work with, and she gathered that he had mutual feelings about working with her too.
She tried to tune out the girls that were upset that Sasuke already had a partner, it wasn't like she actually wanted to be with him, if they were going to blame someone, it shouldn't be her.
Hinata didn't bother paying attention to the rest of the pairs, she was to worried thinking about how she was going to work with the Uchiha, especially since she'd heard that he was only civil to people he liked.
Somehow, Hinata knew she wasn't going to be part of that category.
"Whoever my partner is, get the fuck over here now." He snapped, pale fingers drumming impatiently against the desk's hard surface.
Hinata gulped and gathered her books up, preparing to move over to where he was sitting.
She stood up shakily and grudgingly walked over to the Uchiha, it was a slow and harrowing journey.
She kept her eyes on her partner, his raven black hair was messy and partially covering his dark eyes, she couldn't see why all the girls swooned over him, she admitted that he was fairly good looking, but he didn't have the blonde hair or blue eyes of Naruto.
She pulled up a chair next to his desk and sat down; she glanced at him once before opening her book to the correct chapter. She was vaguely aware that he was eyeing her as if he was the predator and she was the prey, she just hoped he'd try to be nice.
"So, you're the Hyuuga then." He said with a rather disinterested tone, though she did suppose that he had better things to waste his time on.
Hinata nodded wearily but couldn't find the courage to face him, "Y-yes..I-I guess yo-your… S-Sa-Sasuke Uch-Uchiiha?" she questioned, although she already knew it was him; she nervously twisted her sweaty fingers.
"Obviously." The Uchiha replied, he had a confident smirk plastered on his pale face.
It was agonizingly silent between the pair for a few minutes, Hinata sat there uncomfortably; staring at the wall, while Sasuke slouched in his chair; listening to his Ipod.
"M-maybe..w-we shh-should start.. to w-work?" she suggested, praying silently that he would agree and the thick tension would be lifted.
The Uchiha heir didn't even bother glancing at her before replying; instead he sighed wearily and rudely asked "Do I look like I give a fuck about this shit?"
Hinata covered her face with her hands in embarrassment, mentally slapping herself, of course the Uchiha wouldn't want to do school work, she should have realized that before.
The remainder of the lesson passed with Sasuke ignoring Hinata, opting to text on his phone or chat with Naruto. Hinata grimaced while watching Sasuke, how could she end up with a partner like him? It was obvious that he absolutely hated work, which meant she'd end up doing it all, and that he definitely wasn't going to be nice.
She cheered silently when the bell finally went; she'd be able to get away from the Uchiha and his flock of loyal fan girls.
She picked up her books and left the classroom, she could still hear the sound of girls sucking up to Naruto and him.
Hinata Hyuuga had learned one thing that lesson; Sasuke Uchiha was an obnoxiously rude jerk.