Disclaimer: As this may be a reminder to those readers out there, I do not own Naruto, its characters, or its plots. I only own the original characters and storyline. By the way, I also don't own the Naruto quiz shown here or its contents put in here, it's just for fun and really part of the storyline.
On the Same Page- Chapter 2: Tour Through the School or Tour Through a Tunnel?
It was 6:00 in the morning with the piercing sound of Naruto's alarm mixed with Hinata's mini alarm's (say twice as small around it than Naruto's 4-inch clock/alarm) sweet-sounding melody. Tu-tu-la-la-la-laaa, tu-tu-la-la-la-laaa… Apparently, the tranquilizing melody was horrendously mixed with the screeching of a cheap fire alarm. A wide, warm hand was rocking Hinata's right shoulder as she was sleeping on her left side last night.
"Psst, psst… Hinata," a soft voice whispered in Hinata's ear," Psst… Hinata, wake up will you?"
"Huh?" a soft groan of a question was the only response.
"Wake up Hinata, aren't you supposed to be getting to class?"
"Am I?" it was a question from her mouth," Kiba, is that you? Kiba? Oh my god, I'm going to be late! Kiba why are you in our room?!"
"Kiba?! That f#$ing Kiba's in our room?!" a bomb just went off," Pervert!!"
"Calm down Sakura!" Kiba exclaimed," I'm only in here because isn't Hinata supposed to have an early start at class?"
"Oh no! I completely forgot about that after what ha—" Hinata broke off after the realization of last night.
"What? What happened?"
"None of your business Sakura!" Kiba tried to cover it up.
The startled genin (yes the rankings of the shinobi still exists even in high schools) ran as fast as she could to her class. 'Only five minutes left after the first bell rang, darn it! There's still a quarter of a mile left to get there, why is this school so huge?' Hinata thought in her mind. Her zero period class is the one on practicing, especially, on illusion clones. It is said that since this is her first time on conjuring illusions, she'll have to use an excessive amount to produce three for starters. But in a situation like this with her remaining piece of bread in her mouth being chewed up, it will be difficult. With no other option on her mind, she had to give up a decent portion of chakra to her feet to speed up. In the end, she made it to class with the bell ringing at the last second she came into the classroom. Stares and amusements of her almost-late arrival started to stir up. Now it seems more like a realm of torture instead of learning with a very dark purple aura surrounding it.
"Okay class settle down," a female teacher came into the classroom," I'm your substitute teacher, Atsuki Tokukawa-sensei, for today in place for Ishiyama Toroguru-san. Your name over there?"
"Um… Hinata Hyuga,"
"Well Hinata, if that's fine being called, since you're a new student why don't you sit over there?" Atsuki said. Hinata's seat was placed in the third row in the fourth seat from the right. Fifteen minutes already passed and it seems like forty to Hinata in her oversleep. She started to doze off until words reached her ears like pins. Remarks on how she is the disgraceful image of her cousin, Neji, her shyness, and how passive she can be.
"So now! Which one of you will volunteer to demonstrate for us?" Atsuki asked.
"I will… but only if you go out on a date with me," remarked a guy of outrageously spiky, brown hair.
"Heh-ha-ha-haaa! That's very nice but you know I'm not looking for a boyfriend," Atsuki said," Instead, I'll demonstrate for you people… Shadow clone jutsu!" Poof-poof-poof!!! Three of her came up, one with brown eyes, one with red, and one with blue, all three of her lined up in a row. " Whistle! That's some jutsu…" the boy stated," Those clones of you look just like…hers… ah… oh."
"Thanks a lot Kashigi," the three girls said simultaneously.
"Now, since this is a second-year class (I assume) and hopefully you all studied a bit," the woman said taking her wig off," today we will take a small pop quiz. Everyone, take your pencils out; this is practically elementary work of the shinobi. Any of you caught cheating will take up with my counterpart, Tashigi."
'Crap! Just great, we have a monster that nearly wiped us out cornered in the boys' locker room, as our teacher!'
"Now… Begin!"
And so now begins the first pop-quiz by Yutada Shikamura:
Konoha All-Boys High School: Quiz
1. Shinobi are divided into classes based on their level of skills; match the class with the definition: Leader, Cadets, Elite Ninja, Junior Ninja, and Journeyman Ninja.
Jonin:
Hokage:
Genin:
Chunin:
Ninja Academy:
2. Why do logs traditionally make the most efficient ninja decoy?
They're easy to find in the forest.
They're biodegradable.
Logs are people, too.
3. Identify this staple of the ninja diet: It is a roll with jagged edges around with a faded pink swirling line going into the middle.
Soybeans.
Quail eggs.
Big Mac.
Naruto.
Lean Cuisine.
4. When being chased by a band of angry samurais (yes, they exist here), what should you sprinkle on the ground to slow down their movement and get the chance to hide?
Dirty hot dogs.
Your grandma's underpants.
Caltrops (mini, metal balls with spikes on them for you idiots…Y.S.)
Copies of Make-Out Paradise.
Acupuncture needles.
5. What is the code of the ninja?
Silent but Deadly.
Morse.
E Pluribus Unum.
Ninja spelled backwards as "ajnin".
6. How many ways are there to kill an enemy with a spork?
3
734
38.3
E MC2
7. What are throwing stars really called?
Shuriken.
Pointy things.
Grenades
Chicken of the Sea.
8. Which of the following are key aspects of the ninja workout (check all that apply next to the answer)?
Stare at a candle without blinking.
Pump up your aura with knuckle push-ups.
Walk up a tree.
Paint graffiti with invisible ink.
9. Which is the best way to transmit secret information?
FedEx.
UPS.
Tie message to an arrow.
Through the nether region.
-End of Test-
"Okay people! Pass up your tests," Yutada commanded," And I shall proceed to call those certain cheaters up here to give a 'reward'. Kashigi, Natakatsu, and Toruyama come up here!"
"Aw man!" the three boys chorused in as they rose up.
"Kashigi… you cheated by talking to Natakatsu- and don't even say just to help! I've seen you done it exactly 50 times in that one year of my stay. Do 50 push-ups after-school in this classroom under my supervision, and add 5 eight hundred-page books to your head to train your brain."
"S$#!"
"As for you Toruyama… you harassed Hinata to give you the answers…"
"What! I did not because she wanted to help me…!"
"Then explain this picture I caught with my camera… that smug look of yours hovering over hers looks pretty good on the school's newspaper as Poor Guy Gets Desperate With Desperate Moves as the headline."
"D& it!" cursed Toruyama by himself.
"Tsk, tsk! I'm very disappointed with you guys… 5 A's, 3 B's, 7 C's, 8 D's, and 3 F's," Yutada said in disgust," At least a decent amount of you cared enough to get a good grade. By the way, it's not my quiz… your teacher, Ishiyama-sensei, made this quiz. This should go nicely in your grades as a start to your beginning year, and also don't even thinking about sneaking in here to change your grade with whiteout. You won't be able to open the drawers that will be placed there. Bye you guys and have a nice day!"
'B#$! What an idiot! Did she burned away some of her brain cells over summer or what? I mean come on, she told us where the tests are going to be put!' the whole classroom of boys thought out. Later during lunch, the same period zero class thought up of a plan to sneak into the classroom at night. One thought what if it's a trick, but another said it's just to scare them. And so the plan is set out to "correct" the tests of C's, D's, and F's into A's while the good grades go down. While the pack of jackals make out their plan for tonight, Hinata's day has been going down as typical school day. She realized how beautiful Yutada was with her fair skin, black hair, and deep, brown eyes. She looked about 5'7'' with her hair parting from her left, and how her haircut is short like a guy but with bangs that go longer to the maximum of an inch below her shoulders. Her classes were the basics of the shinobi: Ninjutsu, genjutsu, taijutsu, skills of hand signs, stealth, mathematics, science, and cooking class as an elective. It's been nothing but lecture for her, Ino, Tenten, and Sakura for their first day. The four girls met up at lunch to talk about what happened in their classes.
"… And that's what my classes were like," finished Sakura," Painstaking and boring, except for that hottie Sasuke!"
"Back off Sakura!" barked Ino," I saw him first at the orientation so he's mine! So why don't you lay your eyes on Naruto instead?"
"You pig-headed Ino! Naruto's an idiot in absolute; he's a complete loser with no skill but that pervy technique of his. I got a better idea… why don't you lay your eyes on Lee over there at the quad. I believe he's looking in a girl with at long ponytail down to their rear which, if you look at yourself in a mirror completely, you look like a mule with that face to match."
"That guy's a loser just like you!" Ino said in a comeback.
"Oh yeah? I like to see you try!!" shouted Sakura. Then so the two girls duke it out right in front of Hinata and Tenten.
"Oh yeah, Hinata," called out Tenten," You don't have any more classes right? Since lunch started at 1:30 pm and you start classes at 6:30 am just like me, do you want to kill time?"
"Yeah—oh… s-sorry Tenten," Hinata apologized," I've let Kiba show me around the school to know the campus better."
"Oooooohh! You're in love aren't you?" Tenten teased," You want some alone time with that handsome wolf. Sure I heard he can be a big mouth and act like a hotshot, but I hear he's got numerous fan-clubs of him everywhere and a total hot guy."
"N-n-no!! W-what are you talking about?!" Hinata stammered," I'm not in love with--!!"
"With who?" a playful voice came up behind her. Hinata was startled so suddenly and jumped around to see who it was. It was Kiba with that wolf-like grin of his that made Hinata turn even redder like a tomato. With that well-built body of his and covered with a long-sleeved jacket with a turtle neck and a hood with a yellow line/zipper going down in the middle, gave a reason why he's a celebrity to the non-kunoichis.
"B-bye for now Tenten," Hinata waved goodbye.
"See you later!" Tenten also waved.
"So Hinata, who's that friend of yours?" asked Kiba.
"Oh, just a close friend of mine since Ninja Academy, she's Tenten," said Hinata.
"So… off we go to the library first!" Kiba said enthusiastically.
Kiba and Hinata practically went through almost the entire school until they arrived at the gym at 4:30. The gym was presently neat and looked professional with a top utility attachment. Hinata ran over to take a look at an exotic flower that lie beyond the gym on the side. Kiba was fine with it until he sensed an air of danger with Hinata's run.
"Hinata, stop!!" Kiba shouted.
"What? —Whaaa?!" Hinata cried in shock to the ground that crumbled underneath her. Kiba ran as fast as his legs can take him but didn't notice that an empty can rolled in the way. He accidentally slipped over it throwing himself and Hinata into a pit, and at a depth where you needed to dig your way out or wait until (if no one comes) you die alone (how nice for a "burial"…). It was already sunset and the two looked around to check their surroundings. It was just dirt and roots until turning around enough to see a tunnel, which goes deep into the darkness calling the students in. It's not like they have much choice so they went into the cave, hoping to find another way out soon because they both have homework to do. Five minutes seem ten and ten minutes seemed twenty, yet in looking at his watch, Kiba groaned since it was only five minutes they've been walking. There and then would Hinata jump up to the startling sounds of the bats and bugs. The tunnel was pretty tall for an underground passage, and the smell just reeks like gas from cows in certain places. It was so dark but luckily, Hinata knew how to use the byakugan now and then to check the path in front of them. Kiba's nose is sensitive due to his birthright of the Inuzuka clan, also known otherwise as the "House of Dogs". Unfortunately, the smell of the dirt is so horrid probably because it had been damp, and it's sitting like this for a long time with the watering from the plants.
"Uggh… I'm starting to feel woozy now, d#$ it!" Kiba cursed the foul aroma.
"W-well if you a-are… then why don't w-we take a rest for a few minutes?" suggested Hinata.
"No I'm fine," a streak of pink came up on Kiba's face, even though it was dark," besides, don't worry about me just--!" Suddenly, a sound of rattling and rushing of movement came in the direction of the two. It was a snake, and apparently a 3-inch tall snake with the length of 4 feet, being seen by Hinata's byakugan. It was slithering up around Kiba then started to strangle the life out of him. Hinata was so scared to move that, even with her byakugan on, she missed the vital spot and threw the kunai somewhere below the stomach of it.
"Kiba hold on!" Hinata cried," I'll get that snake off of you!"
"Do-don't worry about me! Just run and save yourself!"
"B-but…!"
"Do it! N-now!" Kiba's voice was getting hoarse by the minute the force was squeezing on him.
"Argh! I can believe those two… falling in a pit like that. I'll have to talk some sense into the construction staff harder now after this… Earth spear jutsu!" Shunk! Sploosh!
In the underground tunnel where Kiba is suppose to die alone if Hinata ran, a sharp burst of hardened pack of dirt darted directly on the snake's vital spot. The instant kill would sink in but in a last-second struggle, the snake lunged out to grab a hold on something as a reflex. Unfortunately, it got Hinata's arm and had few drops of venom injected into her. The pain was so sharp like a thick needle being pierced, that Hinata's cry was echoed throughout the tunnel. The snake died then upon letting go, then Kiba ran to Hinata kicking the dead snake's head for what it has done in the progress. Even though it was dark, even though Kiba didn't realized that their faces were just a few inches apart, Kiba called out to Hinata as he held her.
"Hinata! Hinata! Are you going to be alright?" Kiba said frantically.
"I-I'm… going to be… okay" Hinata struggled the words as to try to resist the pain. What was Kiba thinking? Here he is asking her a question while he could've taken her up to the surface, not realizing that they were only a few yards away to climb up an iron ladder. Kiba felt like an idiot but asked Hinata if she can just hold on a little longer, and hold onto Kiba's back so the two can get out safely. Hinata did so willingly and Kiba climbed up frantically, yet if he climbed carefully the venom will kill her by the time they climbed up. So without a choice, Kiba climbed every two handles until they finally arrived in the middle of the courtyard at night.
"Where were you two?" a voice came out from the shadows," It's 8 at night and you 'lovebirds' decided to take a stroll underground?!" It was Yutada with her right foot tapping and arms crossed as if she'd been waiting for her date.
"Shut up lady! Sorry for the rudeness but Hinata's been poisoned by a snake!" Kiba shouted. Yutada quickly walked up and kneeled to take a look at Hinata's right arm. Exposed with two huge-looking marks by the snake, and redden by the force put into it.
"You think I was born yesterday?! I'm not blind you know!" Yutada shouted but not loud enough to get attention," I saw you two in a death match with a snake through a jutsu to see through barriers no matter how thick." While the two had their argument, Hinata laid still unconscious at the moment while Yutada applied medicine over the wound. "You're lucky you came up in time or else the venom would've started to spread through the arm," the black-haired teenager said. Then, with a moment with hand signs, the palms of her hands glowed a celadon green pressing on the wound. The sinister sight of venom was extracted out of the wound entirely, and was disposed of away buried in dirt. It would suck if people saw the venom and thought somebody was murdered or a fight happened. Slowly, Hinata regained conscious and sat up startled a bit by Yutada's appearance.
"Well now you two have to get to your room," Yutada said relieved of Hinata's recovery," or I'll have to report you two."
"Okay," Kiba and Hinata agreed.
-In the classroom of Hinata's zero period class-
"Okay guys, we'll just go search for the tests and redo it," Kashigi loudly whispered," You got the whiteout?"
"Yeah."
"Hey, I see them and they're on the desk," Toruyama said pointing to them. There were about 8 of them and the rest who wanted to change the scores were too lazy, so the 8 are going to do it for them since they're "loyal buddies". Kashigi walked over to the pile of tests with Toruyama and Natakatsu following behind. "Now to change the scores from zeros to heroes and heroes to zeros," Kashigi snickered. Everyone grouped in to watch Kashigi to do the honors as he slowly pulls out the wet mini brush. "Heh-heh-hahaha!" Kashigi cackled quietly. Click!! Snap!! "What the?" Shoosh, swish, shunk-shunk!!!!
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!"
-End at the classroom-
Agonized screams rang throughout the school as dorm rooms lit up to get a better sense at what's going on. Quickly, the teacher, boy, and girl moved out of the patrol lights lighting on the ground to avoid sight.
"W-w-what was that?!" Hinata panicked.
"What the hell was that?!" Kiba demanded.
"Oh… I guess it's those guys," Yutada noticed innocently," Either they're brave or just stupid." Hinata and Kiba walked off towards their dorm and up the stairs in the nightlight.
"S-so are you okay now?" Kiba said nervously.
"Oh, yeah I'm okay now," Hinata said, doing her finger fidgeting.
"That's great," Kiba said. 'I can't believe I said something like that! That's just lame of me!' The two did their homework immediately at 9:00 pm and finished along with a quick shower at 9: 45 and 9:55.
-The next morning-
"Hmmm," Hinata groaned," Hm? What's this?" It was a piece of paper taped to the backside of the ladder of the bunk bed. You and Sakura can have the back room with the window. Kiba Hinata smiled at the thought of it, and goes another day at school in the fresh morning breeze.