I need to warn for kakahina in this. No mutual love or anything like that, the reason for all this will be cleared up later in the story. So, if you absolutely do NOT want to read it, then don't. The main couple is still Naruhina!

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Note: "sensei" means teacher.

Behind the Walls

The soundproof pastel green door closed slowly after entered with an injured Hinata in his arms. Though Hinata was not in such immense pain that walking was out of the question, the silver haired doctor had insisted otherwise. Not only was this extremely embarrassing for the female student, but it was also very likely that her classmates would tease her for allowing to carry her all the way to his office. Naruto should've done it, if anyone. That way, she wouldn't have to worry around rumors spreading about that "Hinata has an affair with !". Did he not realize that he was putting both his reputation and job in danger?

Hinata looked up and studied his face. The white surgeon mask he wore over his nose and mouth seemed to cover up more of his identity than she would've hoped. It was like he was an anonymous human being, or something. For all Hinata knew, he may not even be a human!

Why was he wearing it, anyway? It didn't sound like he had a cold…

His long bizarre silver hair remained pointing in one direction despite all the drastic movements and actions he had performed, which included tripping on the way up the stairs and in the hallway. Fortunately or unfortunately, Hinata had landed on him both times. Not only that, but when one actually wounded student came to see him for treatment, he'd told him to sit outside and wait. Hinata couldn't help but think he was overdoing things.

"Uhm… Sensei..?" She swayed her legs nervously back and forth while sitting on the edge of one of the medical beds. She was rarely one to speak up first, and it showed quite clearly as her cheeks turned to a dark red color. Such a seemingly simple task was difficult for Hinata. Even though she did not receive an answer, she continued.

"I'm alright, it d-doesn't…hu-hurt an-anymore…" Mr. Hatake took out a bag of ice while quietly whistling a tune to himself. The song sounded familiar, but it was hard to listen as he was completely out of tune. He didn't seem to care much, though.

Hinata recalled herself doing the exact same thing when she was nervous. However, was most likely doing it for another reason, because he was clearly not nervous. In fact, it almost seemed as if he may have calmed down a bit.

An awkward silence filled the room as Kakashi continued to collect things from his drawers such as tissue, a towel, a shot and a very large sticking plaster.

O.o.o.o.o.o.o.o.o.o.o.o.O

The silence in the hallway only allowed the sound of Naruto's footsteps to escape as an echo from a distance. From far away, the blonde appeared to be taking a relaxing stroll as if he were an old man without anything better to do, but if one were to look closer, they would see how absolutely outrageous he was. His clenched fists were pushed deep into pockets of his cape and he has his eyebrows furrowed so much that it was hard to tell if he even had eyes. The scowl he wore was a clear sign for anyone passing by to "fuck off". The earlier events with "that doctor" had caused him to be put in this foul mood.

'Where are they?!' Despite appearing calm and collected, Naruto was fuming on the inside. He should've known that would run off while Sai was distracting him.

But he didn't.

He let his guard down.

No, he let Kakashi take Hinata away from him. He was doing it to let the lame excuse for a doctor get a small head start. Yes, that sounded much better.

Even so, he couldn't convince himself of that. He knew that Kakashi was going to put those filthy hands of his on Hinata's fragile body. Naruto knew just by seeing the way that that stupid piece of shit picked her up and scurried off, he had a new rival. Of course, this was only his imagination , his sense of possessiveness and jealousy that caused him to believe this, but it mattered not. Naruto didn't care if Kakashi was simply going to treat her wounds; he was going to beat him senseless. He couldn't care less if the principal would expel him for a day or two, Naruto wanted Hatake Kakashi out of this school now.

'I should've made it clearer that she belongs to me. Though, I don't wanna risk that she tries to leave before the contract can act. In one week, she'll be all mine.' He stopped in front of the door to 's office and let a long, evil grin stretch out across his face, for he now was only a door away from the absolute bliss of walking in, snatching his girl away from and then proceeding to brutally murder him. Just as he began to push the handle down, Naruto heard a voice call out to him quietly from far behind him. He closed his eyes and took slow, calm breaths.

'If it's not Hinata, then it's not important to me.' He thought, and forced the handle down while leaning against the door.

Locked.

It was locked.

The voice was getting closer, too. Naruto didn't know if he could hold back from both breaking the door down and ripping this persons' head off. Rather, he was thinking about which one he should do first.

"Naruto, why are you going to doctors office? Are you hurt?" The annoying voice came from one of the girls he had already finished messing around with a long time ago: Masahara Rei. Naruto and she were together in eighth grade, a year when he also stole her virginity. It would go so fast: He seduced her, hooked up with her, had sex with her and then broke up. Of course her heart was broken, but Naruto couldn't care less. Girls are, after all, stupid and weak creatures which only exist to serve and pleasure men, according to him.

That's right; Naruto was not only the biggest bully and rebel of the school, but also the most popular heartbreaker. There existed not a single girl that he had not seen the nude body of. His calm, hot eyes and lean, muscular body along with his independence and temporary charm never went uncared for by the females. Despite being broken up with in the most horrible manner, all girls Naruto had ever been the boyfriend of sent him cards, roses and sweets on Valentine's Day.

Despite all that did to make her leave him alone, she would keep coming back to him. Naruto had even tried to threaten her, but she just smiled and said: "Naruto wouldn't do that, he loves me." Clearly annoyed by her not only false, but absolutely disgusting statement, Naruto had thrown a rough punch right across her face to prove her wrong. Rei went missing for fifteen days, and when the police finally found her, she had colored her hair green and cut her arms up to the point in which she was no longer allowed to wear the summer uniform. Naruto himself could agree that she was a horrible sight, but was also relieved that the freak claimed that she would leave him alone "forever and ever".

And now she was back.

Why wouldn't she leave him alone?!

Naruto's grin faded almost immediately and was instead replaced with a dark, bitter expression. He did not even make an effort to smile or use a friendly tone. All he wanted was for her to get lost or better yet, just vanish from the face of this Earth.

"Rei, leave me the fuck alone." He turned to her and leaned against the door. For a second, Rei's happiness seemed to falter, but she quickly repressed it and smiled again.

"Naruto, please don't talk to me like that…It's not like you."

Naruto's frown turned into a scowl. He was tired listening to her small, shy voice and constant blushing around him. It didn't attract him at all anymore. What made him even more pissed was that she acted as if she knew him.

'You don't know shit about me!' Naruto turned back to 's office door and kicked it hard in anger and helplessness.

"Hmpf." Naruto held back his extreme pain form failing to kick correctly.

'That fucking hurt, but It was worth a try.'

"Look, Rei. If you don't get lost, I swe-" Before he could finish his sentence, the girl nodded and spoke.

"Yeah, you'll beat me up. I get it."

He raised his eyebrow. So, why was she here?

"Do you…Like…Hinata…?"

Oh.

Naruto's eyebrows knotted again and he let out a small "tch" before speaking.

"5…4…" Realizing what Naruto was implying on with his countdown, Rei stepped back and averted her eyes to the floor.

"I-I just wan-"

"Three."

It didn't take long for Rei to disappear after that. Naruto became very infamous for his countdowns after he used it on the school's former bully. The bully, named Shiritaki Ren had approached Naruto and tried to steal his lunch on the first day of school.
All Naruto did was bow his head so low that his blonde hair covered his eyes and begin to say quietly:

"You have five seconds to get the fuck out of my face."

Of course, being "tough" and all, Ren approached Naruto and snatched his lunch box away. By the time that he'd opened the box, Naruto's countdown reached zero and it took less than one minute for him to beat Ren up so much that he was hospitalized for three months.

Back to the present, Naruto looked back to the door and scowled. The door was soundproof, so continuing to kick it wouldn't help him achieve anything except for breaking his foot. Kakashi was the only one with the keys, so all other teachers were useless. They were on the third floor, so he couldn't climb in through the window.

He hated to admit it, but all he could do was wait and hope for the best.

'I'll be waiting right outside until this door opens.'

Kakashi stood in front of Hinata while watching her press the ice down on her hip. The pink plaid towel assisted her in the sense that her hands wouldn't get cold too quickly from holding the ice. The swelling wasn't too bad anymore, either, but it would certainly be bruised. Not that she could do much about it now, but it wasn't going to be pretty.

'I guess I should be happy that I didn't bruise my arm or leg… At least the skirt will cover my hip…' She thought to herself.

At last, Kakashi placed the large plaster over the soon-to-be bruise and patted it gently as if to say "you're good to go".

"Th-thank you, doctor."

Hinata glanced at before getting ready to leave and was caught by a surprise.

He was now staring right at her.

A shiver ran down her spine from the sudden change. Until now, all he'd done was stare at everything but her. Yet now, his calm black eyes were gazing into hers. Hinata felt like she was caught by his relaxing aura, and simply returned the gaze. She could hear his steady breathing and took a second to look down at his mask.

'I wonder what his face looks like…'

As if taking her silence as an acceptance, Kakashi placed his rather large hands on her knees and spread her legs slightly in order to step in between them. Before Hinata could react, he swiftly grabbed a hold of her chin and let his eyes rest on her now parted and trembling lips.

"Do you wish to know what lies beneath this mask?" As if being able to read minds, Kakashi asked while picking her hand up carefully and placing it on the side of his right cheek. Hinata's eyes widened frantically when she realized the situation she was in and turned her head to the side with tightly shut eyes. He removed his hand from her knee and instead placed it beside her on the bed. Hinata knew that Kakashi was aware of that she wanted to get away and furrowed her usually worried eyebrows in slight determination. It was then that the doctor placed his index finger beneath the mask and began to push it down, slowly revealing his true appearance.
Hinata was a new student, so she could not know that Hatake Kakashi would never simply remove his mask. Not a single student, including Naruto had witnessed it.

Hinata's suspicions were cleared up: he was definitely human.

He possessed a rather ordinary face. His long, thin lips were stretched into a seductive smile. Hinata did not think much of the scar on the left side of his face, but instead his deep, mysterious eyes that were staring at her. It may have only been Hinata, but it looked like he had something important to say.

"S-sensei...wh-" Kakashi cut Hinata off in the middle of her sentence by pressing his lips roughly against hers, causing her to let out a small gasp. As soon as Hinata raised her hands and began to weakly push against his strong chest, she felt the sensation of something warm and wet inside of her mouth. Kakashi's tongue ravished her, taking in and exploring every part of her mouth.

Hinata, having no experience in neither kissing nor situations like these, could only continue to try to push him away from her. Unfortunately, her frail arms stood not a chance against , and he began to allow his hand to move up underneath her blouse and feel her soft, bare skin. The other hand which was holding her chin now held the back of her head as if he suspected that she would try to pull away.

On the other side of the door sat an angry Naruto who was currently trying to pick the lock. When he turned the piece of metal, it accidentally fell out of his hand and landed on the floor. Instead of picking it up, he just stared at it.

'It shouldn't take this long to stop some swelling.'

Gray clouds were slowly approaching, and with them was the thunder storm that the weather forecast warned for last Thursday. All of the club activities, except for music and newspaper, had just started. The Music club was currently waiting for the class president meeting to be over so they could utilize the large aula, while the Newspaper club was helping out with after-school cleaning in the bathrooms. After losing this years and the year before that in festival games, they were given the punishment of cleaning and buying new towels for the public bathrooms with their own time and money. A horrible punishment indeed, but it was enough to make the students take their own festivals more seriously.
The baseball team had been given permission by the principal to use the largest field at one-hundred meters wide and long, which would've been a great opportunity for this weekend's sports day if they wouldn't be sun-tanning instead of practicing. The prize for winning the baseball competition was only a pencil with the school's name on it and a diploma, so they were most likely not too motivated to win. The week should've been consisting of hectic preparations and prize organization, but instead the students saw it as a "holiday". The only reason they saw it as that was because the teachers had been extremely generous and postponed the tests until next week. It was a typical Monday for everyone, all except for Hyuuga Hinata.

Said girl had been unfortunate enough to bump into Uzumaki Naruto on her way to class and bruise her hip only to be personally taken to Mr. Hatake's office by the man himself. What she did not know was that he had intentions which did not involve helping her.

Her pounding heart was beating hard against Mr. Hatake's chest. Hinata's hands pushed against his shoulders, exerting a force that he could neither feel nor care about. It seemed almost as if he was amused by feeling If he would'vecared, he'd have released her from this strong grip he now had on her. Even though the general situation was unbearable, the one thing she wanted to do right at this moment was close her legs. However, this was close to, if not impossible considering that the silver-haired doctor was standing between them. He had clearly done this before, not to Hinata, but to other girls.

Hinata knew that this situation would only worsen if she did not do anything to halt it.

But what could a worthless, weak little girl like her put up against the self-confident and skilled Hatake Kakashi?

'Wh-why is he doing this to me?!'She wanted to get away from him. She wanted to flee from this school and its terrible people.

Terrible people…Uzumaki Naruto.

Yes, Hinata had, in such a short period of time fallen in love with her handsome classmate. Naruto was everything from sweet and handsome to brave and courageous. He was everything Hinata wanted in a her dream guy. It may have been love ever since he rescued her from Kazuo, but she had not realized it until now.

"Do you love him?"

The calm words escaping from Kakashi's lips brought Hinata back to the present. She had failed to realize that he'd already stopped kissing her a while ago.
Not knowing how to answer, Hinata lowered her head to express her cluelessness at his sudden change in attitude.

"Answer me."

"Th-that….I-is none o-o-of y-you-your…b-bu-business…"

"Don't. "

Kakashi's normally tired-looking eyes suddenly changed to a dark, seductive shade. He used his thin, slightly bony fingers to wrap around both of her wrists and push her back down on the medical bed. Hinata let out a small gasp which was soon interrupted when he once again crushed his lips against hers. Kakashi's hot tongue entered Hinata's and ravished her, taking in every part of it. The poor girl had nowhere to go, and he knew it better than anyone else did.
After a long, uncomfortable (for Hinata, at least) kiss, Kakashi tilted his head slightly and began kissing her down the nape of her neck, causing her to let out a small yelp.

"N-no…Please…" She knew it was futile. She knew he wouldn't listen, but she couldn't think of anything else to say that could express her feelings with such few words.

Then she noticed it.

The door button by the bedroom pillow, most likely placed there for sick students to press when the doctor needed to enter. Of course, most would carry a key in order to gain special access, however that rule had been neglected by a couple students a few years ago, which also, sadly enough caused the former doctor to quit her job.
Apparently, a third year male was beaten up by his classmates on the baseball field for claiming that their goal was a penalty. Truth be told, her was correct. However, the boys refused to accept this and protested against him by threatening him and beating him to the point that he could no longer move on his own. Being the least popular guy in his class for his honesty and independence, no one made any effort to help him. This could also be because the boys hurting him were quite infamous for their short temper and history in fighting with innocent people.
He was taken to the medical office immediately with several bruises, a sprained hand and broken leg, but since the doctor was not prepared to be using such a large amount of bandages, she needed to leave the room briefly to retrieve some. It was then that the three bullies stole the keys and entered the office only to resume their punishing of the boy. Unfortunately, he passed away in the hospital. Apparently, his already existing heart disease had caused it, but that's not to say that the beating up scenario was not the reason for it. The doctor should of course have been more careful, but things like that should absolutely neverhappen.

Hinata reached her arm out vigorously, paying absolutely no mind to Kakashi. Luckily, he did not notice until her index finger had already pushed down on the button and the sound of the door unlocking was heard. He pushed himself up slightly and looked down her with a somewhat surprised expression. He did not make any effort to grab on to her as she pulled away from him and dashed out of the room. She slammed the door open, causing Naruto on the other side to follow the door into the wall and flatten his body out in between the two. As he desperately tried to stand after the change of events, he heard the light footsteps exit the room quickly along with a pair, slower than the other, walk and eventually close the door.

'What the fuck just happened?!'

Naruto looked between the choices. He'd either go after Hinata and ask her what happened, or beat the living crap out of Kakashi. Before he could think through things properly, he abruptly turned in the direction Hinata had took off in.

"H-Hinata!" Naruto called out the girl and ran after her.

From inside the office, Kakashi allowed a long, dark smirk to taint his lips as he pulled his mask up again.

"I've never come across a girl who has resisted me that much."

Kakashi chuckled lightly before returning to his seat and resuming his paperwork.

Naruto bit down on his lip while searching for the missing Hinata. He would've caught her by now if she wouldn't have slammed the door open so hard.

The thing he feared the absolute most must have occurred, considering what just happened. If would've treated her properly without further actions, Hinata would have exited the room calmly with a cute smile on her face. But instead, she'd thrown the door, causing the poor Naruto to fly into the wall along with it.
He didn't feel the least bit cool.

'I can't be thinking about not looking cool in a situation like this. If that fucker did what I think he did, then she'll break the contract. I'll have to wait with beating him senseless, right now I need to convince her to stay.'

Said contract is signed by all of the students when applying for the school. As it goes, the student is given three weeks before they permanently belong to the school. Because of difficulties in school systems, transferring after three weeks was close to impossible. That's what they said, but it really is because they do not wish to lose the money that they receive from the students.

The reason for Naruto wanting Hinata to stay was plain and simple, just as Kakashi's was. Naruto was enjoying himself, getting all the women he wanted to fall for him, only to break their hearts like porcelain.

Yes, a woman's heart was made out of porcelain, and a man's out of stone.

Stupid, weakwomen.

Naruto had no specific reason to despise women, he just hated weak people in general. A being that could not in any way benefit society or assist the people around him should just disappear off the face of this earth. This world's population was too large to allow useless organisms to exist.

Naruto was going to crush Hinata's weak heart, and he was going to do it with a smile.

Kakashi's reason was as modest as Naruto's, however his was a slight bit kind-hearted. Even if Kakashi had a completely different approach to Hinata than Naruto did, he only had good intentions. Mr. Hatake had seen Naruto do this so many times that he decided to get Hinata to leave while she still had the chance. He knew that pretending to be a rapist of some kind would cause any teenager to transfer as soon as possible. He only acted this way for Hinata's own good. Whether she realized it or not didn't matter to the doctor as he had no personal interest in the girl.
Of course, there was the option of trying to convince her with words, but he had already tried that with the two girls who entered before Hinata, but they were already so in love with Uzumaki Naruto that he had no choice but to make a physical warning. He did not in any way enjoy touching and kissing younger girls, but if it was for the good of others, then he saw no reason not to.

Naruto noticed Kakashi's intentions when he'd managed to pressure a victim into telling him before she transferred to a school in England. When she'd explained what the doctor had done to her, Naruto immediately realized what he was doing. He could not care less about her life being eternally scarred, but instead ran off in frustration, leaving her in tears.

'Where the fuck could that bitch be…'Naruto studied his surroundings before hearing soft sobbing coming from downstairs by the lockers. His attention immediately turned to the source of this sound and he walked down. As soon as he caught sight of a quietly crying Hinata putting her coat on, he took a deep breath and changed into his fake act of being worried about her. He ran up to her and placed his arm around her, drawing her small frame close to his warm, safe body. She let out a small gasp and acting on impulse, pushed him roughly away from her. When realizing what she did, she gasped yet again, fell to her knees and began crying.

"I-I'm so-so sorry..!"

Her voice was muffled as she whispered through her hands covering her mouth. She was so caught up in trying to stop her fast breathing that she failed to notice Naruto's deep frown. He also went down on his knees, but this time hugged her. His calm breathing and soothing words eventually helped her stop her crying. After a long time of listening to her quiet sobs, Naruto asked, in order to clarify his suspicions.

"What happened, Hinata…?"

Her whole body froze. She didn't move, she didn't breathe, nothing. Upon realizing this, Naruto quickly spoke again.

"It's okay, you don't hav-"

"H-he…"

Her hesitation and fear of telling him confirmed it: Kakashi had sexually harassed Hinata.

Inside of the schools medical office sat a rather anxious Kakashi. He had, for the last two hours been anticipating the return of Uzumaki Naruto, but the boy had not yet arrived. It was not the fact that Naruto would most likely barge into the room at any instant that made this doctor so nervous, but rather that he had not yet done it. This could only mean two things, either that Kakashi's plan failed, or that Naruto was planning something.

The last three times Kakashi had performed an act of sexual harassment on school girls had resulted in Naruto breaking down the office door and attempted to severely injure him. Of course, Naruto was expelled for this and Kakashi rested assured that his secret would be kept. However, this time it seemed different.

"I need to be more careful this time."

Kakashi said quietly to himself. He knew that Naruto was not a stupid boy. Even if his grades were below average, Kakashi knew that the boy was in fact a genius. After several years of messing around with females and their feelings, he had earned himself quite the knowledge. As if to support Kakashi's speculations, Naruto had passed with A+ on nearly all of his psychology assignments. Not only that, but he had, since a child been the best in his class at P.E. It fit perfectly with his description as the school's rebel. It was almost a requirement to be good at P.E if you were going to be so popular.

As for Naruto's afterschool activities, Kakashi had not a clue. He wasn't too interested in the idiot that he would go as far as to stalk him. Though, he had a rough idea of what it was like. Most likely some kind of martial arts club. Possibly boxing or fencing. The reason for this guess was partly because Naruto had beaten up several strong looking bullies, but mainly because of the health check up he'd performed on Naruto. Each year, the students are required to book a Health Checkup with their school doctor. Upon removing his shirt for the heart-beat test, Kakashi had taken note of all the scars on his chest and back. Naruto was not the type to let himself get his ass kicked, so after receiving all the injuries, he'd most likely got himself a backbone and started practicing some form of martial arts.

Kakashi let out an exaggerated sigh and turned his head to watch the rain pouring down outside of his window. Hearing the drops whip against the glass somehow helped him think. Instead of worrying about something so trivial, he decided to continue the paperwork regarding each student's health surveys.

Kakashi sighed yet again and leaned back in his chair.

"What are you up to, Naruto…"

"Tha-thank you for comforting me, Uzumaki-san…" Hinata bowed her head in shame before Naruto, who just stared plainly at her before speaking.

"Why are ya so formal?" He asked.

Hinata hesitated for a moment before saying:

"W-well… I-I'm no-" Meaning his question to be rhetorical, Naruto cut her off before she could explain.

"Just call me Naruto!"

Hinata's eyes widened at his sudden request. It was rare for a girl like her to have the opportunity to call people by their first names. This was both because her family consisted of uptight, rich elders who wanted nothing but respect, and because Hinata rarely got friends. Wait, friends?

"…"

'D-does th-this mean that we-we're friends…?" Before Hinata could even utter words, Naruto burst into laughter.

"Why are you so shocked? What, don't you have any friends?"

Oops.

Hinata averted her eyes to the floor and as a small frown slowly tainted her pink lips. Just when she thought her personality had allowed her to get a friend, he said that. The boy she already cared so much for her made fun of her. If only she was more outgoing and honest with herself, maybe she wouldn't be so pained by what he said. Although people had said it to her before, it hurt all the more when he did it.

Naruto stepped back a bit when he realized that what was supposed to be a joke turned out to be the truth.

'Everything I say is wrong!'

"I-I guess… Yo-you could say that…"

"Wait, I didn't mean it like that!"

'I've always been so good at this-'

'Idiot, if she doesn't have any friends, then isn't this the perfect opportunity for you to be her first?'

'…'

"Hey… Please, don't be sad. I didn't mean it like that."

Naruto placed his hand on Hinata's head and gently patted it. At this, Hinata's despair quickly dissipated and a blush began to color her pale cheeks. She met his kind eyes, not knowing what dark intentions lay behind them.

"Hinata, are you planning on leaving the school…?"

As soon as Naruto had made his question clear, Hinata looked down again. His eyes grew slightly darker, but kept watching her. It was almost as if he was searching for an answer in her eyes, but could not find any. He couldn't read her like he could all the other girls. Normally, just getting this close to a girl would cause her to forget even considering leaving. However, Hinata's eyes did not waver as she answered.

"Yes."

Naruto bit down on his lower lip and quickly thought of something to say.

"You… You can't do that…"

"…?"

'Oh, I get it now.' Naruto thought, finally realizing what an advantage he had. He tightened his hold on Hinata as a broad, malicious grin hide itself behind her shoulder. He cleared his throat quietly, as to not make his voice match the expression he wore.

"You're special to me, Hinata. I can't imagine you not being here anymore. It would be so…Lonely."

His voice echoed through her ears, and she repeated it as if to make sure that was what he really said.

"Sp-special…t-t-to… y-yo-you…?"

The situation was a perfect symbolization of what was actually going on. To Hinata, it seemed as if he was hugging her and caring for her, when in reality, behind her own back, he was only waiting for the school contract to be sealed before he could "properly introduce himself".

'Such a whimsical little girl.'

Naruto changed his expression to that of a kind one and moved back to look down into Hinata's hopeful eyes. Just looking at her made his body ache to tear her heart into pieces. He wanted to see her hope be viciously ripped apart and thrown on the ground only to be stomped on by his very own pride. This interest, this sadistic attraction caused his mind to hunger and grow impatient for the day that she could no longer escape.

Normally, he would only look forward to listening to the girls cry at the sight of his true figure, but watching Hinata build up her trust and feelings for him was actually…

Not that bad.

"Hinata, I want to be your friend."

"M-my fr-friend…?"

"That and…"

As Naruto spoke, he turned and began to walk. He looked at her in the corner of his eye before saying.

"Maybe something more."

It was a mere four days left before Naruto's grand entrance and the school was busy setting up and renovating their exterior. Deciding to stay after Naruto's and her conversation, Hinata had suggested that instead of spending their money on the gym, they should focus on fixing the way that they were portrayed to bypassers. Their negative feedback from other schools was often based on the way that it looked from the outside. It took a while, but after receiving sponsored money from the government, they decided to let it go through. Now the building would more or less be made out of brick. The main entrance door, windows and roof would be switched out and improved. It was of course not only based off Hinata's influence that the school had decided to go with this, but also because of the numerous complaints and less students that applied for them.

Rain seemed to be the common whether in Konoha as almost every day consisted of a downpour and thunderstorm. It was almost like a miracle when the sun peeked out of the clouds for an hour or two.

Uchiha Sasuke sat glued to his seat while seriously considering a request he received from a classmate earlier that day. He was absolutely not the type to play football, but if there were going to be prizes such as a free trip to Osaka including hotel stay and shopping money, he could hardly resist.

Going to Osaka, bathing at a hot spring and visiting several temples weren't the things that interested him. Rather, it was the Ultimate Kendo Training in The Forest of Doom. Sasuke was well known as the best Aikido master in his school for several years. He had picked up the skill when his older brother, Uchiha Itachi had begun practicing it in their home dojo. He would occasionally ask Sasuke to stand at a certain spot while he would perform a harmless move on him. Of course, the "harmless move" turned out to be a badass hidden technique which sent him flying into the floor. Ever since the time, Sasuke had vowed to himself that he would secretly learn Aikido and one day challenge his brother to a duel to the death.

Sasuke sighed aloud and placed the offer on his desk. Football was absolutely not his best skill, but if it was only one match, he could most likely pull a few lucky tricks and win.
The only bad thing about this was that a certain classmate was going to participate in the same challenge. The two of them had been arch rivals for as long as Sasuke could remember, and they battled about almost everything. A lot of people found their rivalry to be entertaining, but to them, it was dead serious.

Whether Naruto was doing this because he wanted to simply experience a holiday in Osaka or just to aggravate Sasuke made him sure of two things: One, It was aggravating him. And two, it wouldn't go down without a duel.

Naruto's private life was none of Sasuke's concerns. He couldn't care less about what Naruto was doing in his free time. He was, however well aware of Naruto's mischievous acts regarding new female students. In fact, he knew everything about Naruto's private life. It was hard not to, seeing as all his free time was either something illegal or very noticeable. The school kept a close eye on him. For what reason, he did not know, nor did he care.

All he knew was that that arrogant schizophrenic dead-last was going to lose so badly that he would have to kiss Sasuke's feet with lipstick on.

"Don't think you're gonna win, blockhead."

Sasuke said to himself as he signed his name on the football tournament application with his black ink pen. Looking at the time, he realized that he was almost late for math class. He gathered his stuff and walked briskly down the hallway towards the classroom.

Unlike Sasuke, Naruto had years of experience with football. The tournaments that Sasuke had decided not to enter were always won by Naruto's team. Of course, when they had called out who made the most goal in the team, Naruto was always at the top. At an average, the blondes team would have around fifteen goals, whereas fourteen of them were Naruto's.

Being deep in thought, Sasuke failed to notice Hinata walk out of the bathroom and accidentally bumped into her. Almost relieved to be rid of his thoughts about Naruto, he looked down at her and asked in an unusually kind manner.

"Are you alright?"

'Oh, it's the new girl.'

Sasuke's first impression of Hinata was that she was pleasantly quiet. In contrast to all the other girls, this one only spoke when in need. He didn't really think about it before, but Hinata was the type of girl that Sasuke would prefer being with. That's not to say that she was attractive to him.

Yet.

The only thing he couldn't stand was her stuttering. She had a hard time getting anywhere with her words and often failed to have a basic conversation with others. If she could only be more straightforward, maybe the two would get along pretty well.

"A-ah… S-sasuke-san… I-I'm s-so sorry…."

As if supporting his point, Hinata stuttered to form an apology to the Uchiha. Instead of frowning and leaving like he always did, Sasuke decided to stop and chat with her.

"It's okay. By the way, have you studied for the math test?"

He knew it was a stupid question to ask considering Hinata's level of intelligence and high grades. The raven-haired boy wasn't very good himself at talking to girls due to finding them extremely annoying. And even if he would try to converse, they would just talk non-stop until he told them to shut up. Nevertheless, Hinata didn't seem to take notice as she answered his rather lame question.

"Yes, h-how about you?"

"Mm. It's not that hard."

Hinata giggled sweetly, causing Sasuke to frown slightly in confusion. It was embarrassing enough to stop and talk to someone, let alone have them laugh at you.

"Is something funny?" He asked, with a slightly threatening tone. Upon detecting this, Hinata waved her hands crazily in front of her face and spoke quickly:

"N-no! th-that's not…What I meant…!"

"Oh? Then what?"

"I-I guess it's…k-kind of…ni-nice to talk to S-sasuke-san…." Hinata averted her eyes and suddenly found the floor interesting to look at.

He raised his eyebrow at this. It was nice to talk to him? He didn't really know how he was supposed to reply to her peculiar remark and instead continued to stare at her, causing her to panic more.

"W-well, I didn't me-mean it… l-like tha…. U-uhm…" She was interrupted by someone's laughter. Looking up, she was shocked to find out that it belonged to Sasuke.

"U-uhm… Sasuke-san…?"

He patted her head lightly and smiled.

"You're funny."

And then, without another word, he left.