Chapter 2: Thoughts

"Speaking"

'Thoughts'

'Inner self' (Mostly Sakura)

Hinata (Homeroom)

'Naruto-Kun! I get to sit next to him. M-Maybe I can become friends with him again!'

Yes, when they were in kindergarten, Hinata and Naruto were very good friends. During that time, when puberty didn't attack the blond, Naruto was hated by everyone. He was a sad loner. That was, before Hinata came along. She was extremely shy, always stuttering and almost never talking. During that time, she was always watching Naruto, wondering just how he managed to be so playful and nice when no one wanted to be friends with him. Time and time again she tried to talk to him but she never even managed to get one word across, always ending up as a blubbering mess. She gave up too easily.

Then they got partnered up in a game. Naruto began talking to her, realising she was different. Hinata began opening up more, admiring him even more as time went on. They were best friends.

He was happy.

She was happy.

That was, until Naruto met Ami. Ami was a gorgeous girl and Naruto started liking her. He even got the courage to go up and speak to her. But what was even more surprising to Hinata, was the fact that Ami even started hanging out with him. You may think that she's actually nice, right? Wrong. Hinata saw through her act. Ami just wanted to use Naruto as a slave. In fact, it was like she was the queen and Naruto was the puppy. But by the time, they reached high school, it was the other way round. It was obvious that now, Ami was the one following Naruto like a puppy, basking in his popularity and title as "Naruto's girlfriend". Pretty soon, Naruto stopped hanging out with Hinata altogether and she was left alone again.

Just then, she felt a presence next to her. When she turned around, she felt her face turn different shades of red. The blond boy blinked.

"Hey. You ok? You look sick,"

A-aah u-umm h-h-h-ello,"

Naruto brought his face closer to Hinata, whose face, which was already a dark tomato red, turned even redder, if that was even possible.

"Are you sure? We can take you to the nurse if you want,"

That was the last straw. Hinata saw the room blurring and spinning. Then darkness.

Naruto (Homeroom)

"Woah!" said Naruto as he quickly caught the white eyed girl before she hit the table.

"Aah! You ok? Hey girl! You dead?"

"Just set her down on the table,"

Naruto turned behind him and saw the blond girl (Ino was it?) looking at him in boredom.

"What?"

She sighed. "Don't worry. It happens all the time. Whenever she feels really nervous or uncomfortable, she tends to faint. Just lay her down on the table and she'll wake up in a few minutes,"

Sure enough, after five minutes or so, the girl started to stir and lift her head from the table. Immediately she blushed.

"U-um s-sorry for f-fainting,"

"Ah no problem girl! Wait, what's your name again?"

"H-Hinata Hyuuga,"

Was it just him, or did Hinata look a little... sad?

"Are you ok Hinata?"

"Y-yes! I k-know you're Naruto! We went to k-kindergarten together!"

Hinata Hyuuga. The name sounds familiar but why?

Ino (Maths)

Ino silently stared out of the window. Just earlier in the morning, one of the kings, Naruto, made Hinata faint. She heard their whole conversation and was a little bit disappointed at Naruto for not remembering Hinata (Yes, she knew about Hinata's past relationship with Naruto). In her opinion, Naruto and Hinata made a pretty cute couple. But he was a king. She was a loser. It'll never work out.

Then her thoughts came to the lazy one, Shikamaru. Just the thought of him made her blood boil but at the same time her heart flutter. Ino Yamanaka also had a past with the genius. Their dads were best friends so naturally, their offspring had to be best friends as well. It was a happy time for her, she even developed a crush on him. But they soon drifted apart when they came to Konoha High; Ino became a loser with the rest of the girls and Shikamaru became a king with the boys.

Sighing, Ino decided to focus on her class. Her teacher, Junko-sensei was blabbering on about surds and she couldn't understand a thing. Oh well she'll just ask Sakura about it later.

"Ino!"

Ino's head snapped up. "Yes Junko-sensei?"

"Can you tell me the answer to question 5 please?"

Ino gulped. She was definitely jinxed.

Suddenly, in the corner of her eye, she saw Shikamaru move his arms, coincidently seeing his work. There it is, question 5!

" The answer is 24,"

"Well done!" said Junko-sensei as she began to go through another question.

Ino sighed in relief. She was lucky that she happened to see Shikamaru's answers.

Shikamaru (Maths)

'How troublesome,' he thought as he shifted his position so that he could sleep better. 'Maths is such a pain!'

He was slowly drifting into dreamworld when a voice suddenly interrupted him.

"Ino!"

He froze. That troublesome woman is in his class as well?! Oh yeah, he sits next to her.

"Yes Junko-sensei?"

Shikamaru could sense the nervousness in her voice.

"Can you tell me the answer to question 5 please?"

By the tenseness in her posture, she doesn't know the answer. He inwardly groaned. It was so troublesome that he had a heart.

He shifted his position discreetly so that Ino could see his answers. There, that should work.

"The answer is 24,"

"Well done!"

How troublesome. Just why did he decide to help her?

Tenten (English)

Tenten tried to focus on Kurenai-sensei but how was she supposed to when she could feel eyes burning into her back. She tried to ignore it but she couldn't. Finally she couldn't take it anymore and she turned around and glared at him.

"Stop looking at me!" she whispered.

"I'm not looking at you, I was simply observing," was his calm reply.

"Same thing! Why are you 'observing me' anyway?", Tenten said, emphasising the 'observing me' part.

"You are very interesting and... strange,"

Tenten spun back to the front, trying to calm down.

'Creep. Staring at a stranger and calling her strange. How rude.'

The bun haired girl tried to forget about the insult but why couldn't she let it go? She decided to let the pang in her chest be an injury from training.

Neji (English)

"Stop looking at me!"

That was the first thing she had said to him throughout his whole time at Konoha high. He had expected something along the lines of "Wanna go out sometime?" or "Kiss me" but "Stop looking at me?" How strange.

"I'm not looking at you, I was simply observing,"

"Same thing! Why are you 'observing me' anyway?"

"You are very interesting and...strange,"

Wrong thing to say. He watched the Panda girl spin back to the front. It was obvious she was angry at his insult. But being immune to his charms and looks? Yes, how very strange.

Sakura (English)

Sakura quietly grumbled to herself, gripping her pencil so hard that she swore it would snap anytime soon. All through her homeroom time, she felt Sasuke's displeasure at sitting next to a loser It was what most people done anyway the past few years in her school life. Though she was used to it, that didn't mean that it didn't hurt.

'Oh why did that pervert have to put me next to that jerk'.

'You should be pleased, you get to sit next to Mr Hottie'

'Oh shut up, he's such a jerk. I don't know what those fangirls see in him'.

'His GORGEOUS looks. And he's filthy rich. Not to mention he has a car!'

'Fucking shut up bitch!'

'You know you're kinda also calling yourself a bitch as well, right?'

'grrrr'

"-kura!"

Sakura quickly snapped out of her conversation with her inner and looked up.

"Eh?"

Kurenai-sensei sighed.

"What's the answer to the question?"

The pinkette blinked.

"What question?"

The red-eyed woman facepalmed. "Kisara, please repeat the question for me,"

"What's your opinion on Beatrice and Benedick's relationship at the beginning of the play?"

Sakura sighed. It was a good thing that she knew all this otherwise she was a goner.

"Beatrice's constant complaining and insults about Benedick could be interpreted as a secret liking to him. Their constant war against each other is like a sign of affection and love. In my opinion, I quite like the way their relationship is modern and pretty realistic. It is definitely a change from straight out confessing like in Romeo and Juliet."

Kurenai-sensei smiled, obviously happy with her answer.

"You're lucky this time Sakura Haruno but from now on, please try to refrain from spacing out in my lessons,"

"Yes... Sarutobi-sensei,"

Kurenai-sensei blushed a deep red whilst the rest of the class sniggered. They all knew about their English teacher's crush on Asuma-sensei (Their science teacher). It just so happens that Asuma feels the same way, but of course neither of them know about the other's feelings.

Sakura looked out of the window, watching two birds fly in the sky freely.

'Mum, dad. Are you free up there?'

Sasuke (English)

Sasuke sat up and ran a hand through his hair, making the fangirls faint and swoon. He smirked. He knew he could get any girl he wanted, anything he wanted. After all, he was like the kings of the kings. But he found himself blocking out Kurenai-sensei's lecture and his mind drifted to a certain pink-haired girl. When he first laid his eyes on her, he thought she was just some normal, weird girl, soon to fall in love with him sometime. But throughout the years, he never once saw Sachi... Sarada? No, Sakura! Throughout the years, he never once saw Sakura join any fangirl clubs, never saw her secretly spying on him whilst he trained in football practice, and NEVER once saw her try to talk to him. She didn't even try to glomp him when he came at least a foot from her. It was quite the opposite. She looked almost, mad. A girl? Mad at sitting beside THE Sasuke Uchiha? That girl must be feeling ill. It wasn't like he cared anyway, right? No, she's just a stupid pinky.

Sasuke's eyes slowly drifted to a mane of pink hair and was surprised by what he saw. Was she, crying? Her eyes certainly looked glassy. No. It was just the reflection from the window.

'Yeah, keep believing that!' he thought as he focused on the lesson again.

Chapter two. Done!

I spent some time letting the characters interact. It might be a couple of days before I come with another chapter but I hope you're patient!

Please leave a comment on any plot ideas that you may have and I'll see if I can fit it into the story.

Plz R&R Thank you!

-Starryclouds