Author's Note: Well, thanks for the reviews, everyone. Sorry that you had a hard time reading it. I fixed that. Anywho, hope this chapter is good:)
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"Hinata," a dreamy blond said, his eyes gazing right at mine, "I love you."
"I love you too" was all I could say. Then our lips inched closer and closer. Thank you, Kami!
Beep! Beep!! Beep!!! BEEP!!!!
"What?!" I cried, flying out of bed. The bed was sad to see me go so it hugged me with its blanket arms which only made things better as I tried to turn the alarm clock off. Some piss-ass gremlin must've been moving my stuff because it was three-inches to the left of where it usually was on my nightstand. Right as I grabbed it the blanket yanked on my leg and I gave my floor a big wet, sopping, bloody kiss. After I slaughtered the blanket monster I discovered that I had accidentally smashed another (yes, ANOTHER. This is a reoccurring theme for me, obviously) alarm clock. "I'm sorry," I said, consoling my dead clock in an embrace. Kami must hate me!
After going through changing into my school uniform (which I still love, thank you very much ) and breakfast without incident I made it to my school locker. I looked at the class schedule on the inside of my locker and instantly grimaced. Tuesday. Damn. If it wasn't for the teacher Tuesdays wouldn't be nearly as bad. For those of you who can't currently read the school schedule (except for the clinically insane…you can see anything, like Elvis in my—I mean, your refrigerator…) Tuesday we have science class. You will see my dismay.
When I got to the dreaded classroom, I sat right next to my science partner, Kiba. "What's up, Kiba?"
"Nothing much," he said, sounding very bored. "Why can't we get a more normal teacher? This one gives me the creeps."
I look on the table. Hmm…scalpel and a tray….Don't tell me…!
"Good morning, students," walked in our gulp teacher. "You may be wondering what we're doing today," he hissed (yes, HISSED!). "Today, we're dissecting frogs…."
Some of the female students cringed while most of the guys were either indifferent or excited.
"Orochimaru-sensei," Sakura piped up, raising her hand. (You all may be wondering why Orochimaru's our science teacher. I don't know either, but he must've killed to get this job or something….) "Do we have to?"
"Yes, or you fail," He opened a few coolers. "Now I need some help. Sasuke, Naruto, Kiba, if you please." After a few moments of putting frogs on everyone's desks and cringing students, it was time to cut up the frogs.
"Okay, you make a vertical cut down the center of the frog'sss ssstomach," Orochimaru instructed, adding snake-like emphasis on the s's. "Okay, pin the flaps of tissue to their—" He was interrupted by none other than Jiraiya, part-time gym teacher and sex-ed teacher.
"Hey, Orochimaru, you haven't by any chance have seen…" he trailed off when he looked at what the students were butchering, "MY FROGS?!?! What have you done to my precious babies?!"
"Oh, these are yours?" Orochimaru slyly teased. "I had no idea…."
"BULLSHIT!" the white-haired toad guru shouted. "You knew I've been breeding these frogs for my research in the ladies' locker rooms!" Wait, research where?! He then flung an accusing finger towards Naruto, "How come you haven't stopped him sooner? I thought we were a team!"
"I helped you breed frogs," Naruto objected to this wave of accusation, "NOT helping you in your peeping schemes, ero-sennin!"
Jiraiya then turned to leave, "Don't think I'll ever forget this, Orochimaru!" By this time Orochimaru was so not amused he just shrugged. "Oh, and Naruto, you get double chores at my frog nursery!"
"Aw, MAN!!!" Naruto moaned, not looking forward to working harder than he ever wanted to.
After the dust settled from Jiraiya's rant, there was a unsettling silence until Tenten said, "Then…that explains the frog I saw last week in the locker room…." The girls became more alarmed while the guys, particularly Neji, looked more intrigued. "It looked at me, seemed like it was…pissed off, and then hopped away…." She then tornadoed out of the classroom, bawling a lake all over the floor.
Orochimaru, for once, seemed more surprised than amused by all this hysterics. "Okay, class, for homework read chapters 3-5 in biology." He walked toward the chalkboard and hissed, "Next week, we'll finish dissecting the frogs."
"You stole and that I'm paying for," the ramen-lover interjected, still not happy about being punished for something he had no control over.
"By the way," Orochimaru stated matter-of-factly, "thank Naruto for his tremendous sacrifice." Clapping, he continued his jeering. "Bravo!" Some other students thought that that was funny, but I felt bad for him. Naruto tries and tries to be accepted, but everyone pushes him aside. I hope that I can someday change his luck….
I would've continued that thought when the lunch bell rang. "What!?" I don't know why I keep kissing the floor whenever I dream. Maybe we're destined to be together, but I like Naruto! Wait! Focus, Hinata! You can never marry the floor!
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After constructing lunch, I sat next to my lunch buddies, Shino and Kiba. I sat next to Shino and asked, "Where's Kiba-kun?"
"He said something about going to the bathroom," his buggyness tranquilly answered. "He should be back."
After a few minutes of eating, I decided to bring up what we typically discuss at lunchtime—personal time after school. "So, what are you doing this coming holiday, Shino-kun?" I asked, sipping at my green tea (OMG! Green tea! I can write an ode heralding your enduring taste and nutrition!).
"Well," he said, pushing his glasses further up his nose (crap! Wrote that wrong! Oh well…) "I'll be helping my family with the opening of the insect exhibit in the zoo." He took a slurp of juice. "And you?"
"I—" I would've continued about my plans about procuring a possible date but more than likely hung out with Sakura, Ino, and Tenten, but I was distracted by the appearance of a sopping wet Kiba. He just casually sat across from us, absolutely covered in Kami-knows-what.
Shino cleared his throat, hoping Kiba would offer some sort of explanation. Kiba just looked up while he took a big ol' bite of sloppy joe. "I'm sorry. I would've been here sooner but the line was long."
"There is never a line," the bug-boy said, not believing this. "That still doesn't explain—"
"Ooh, jell-o!" And with that Kiba zoomed over to the dessert area of the cafeteria.
Shino and I just sat there, taking all of this in. "I never realized that Kiba smells like dog when he's wet…" was all I could muster about the situation. Emo Bug McCoy just nodded, still getting used to the unnerving silence between us and everyone who witnessed the craziness we call Kiba. We just finished our meals and watched the lunch lady bat Kiba away from the cookies with a spatula.
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The rest of the school day was relatively uneventful. After walking Tenten home from the nurse's office from shock, Sakura, Ino, and I decided to go to the nearest Friendly's (I don't care if there is no Friendly's in Konoha! It's my story and I like their ice cream!). We just bullshitted while enjoying our ice creams. Sakura got black cherry, Ino got chocolate, and I got pure, unadulterated vanilla. Yet another food that I could write a myriad of haiku about, but I digress. Sakura just had to pull me out of my vanilla bliss. "Look over there," she said, pointing north (I don't know what direction she was pointing, okay?!). Sasuke and my one and only love were across the street in front of a book store.
They appeared to be having one of their usual disputes, which can be heard even by you. "You idiot, how can you lose the car again?!"
"It's not my fault, you bastard!" Naruto shot back. "It's not my fault that Hyundai is a favorite car brand around here!"
"Isn't Sasuke the absolutely hottest?" Sakura drooled all over her ice cream, long forgotten by the eye candy before her.
I just ignored her drooling ass. There were better things to look at, like Naruto. Okay, this is your chance! Just walk across the street and ask Naruto for something small, like going to the mall, having lunch or dinner, or marriage—whoa! Too much too soon!
Ino must've followed my gaze. "You can do it, Hinata," she cheered. "Sakura and I believe in you." She looked over at Sakura, agitated by the pure fact that Sakura wasn't paying ANY attention to the laws of the real world. "Right, Sakura?" She violently elbowed Sakura.
"Ow!" She cried. After giving Ino a death glare, she rubbed my back reassuringly. "Go get him, tiger!"
"Okay," I said, working on my breathing technique. "I can do this!" I knew I would regret crossing the road while not looking, which a red Hyundai quickly reminded me. After miraculously crossing the road I met my goal.
"Hinata, are you okay?" Naruto said, sounding concerned. Sasuke stopped being pissed off at the world in general with new interest.
I looked at his beautiful blue eyes and…I froze. Come on, Hinata! Just spit it out: "Naruto, let's go out." It's not that hard! Blood rushed to my face and I just swooned yet again to the captivating handsomeness before me. Then the darkness enveloped me….
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Author's Note: Sorry for the wait, everyone! Hope you liked this! Please review and favorite. Remember: those who do get cookies from Death-sama himself.