I woke up the next morning, took a shower then got dressed in a much more figure flattering outfit now that I had friends. I grabbed an apple and left my room, a dog came up to me as I locked my door.

"Hello there," I said bending down to pet the dog.

"Akamaru!" a voice called "There I are boy," he bent down to pick up his dog, when we both stood up our eyes met "Hi, my name is Kiba Inuzuka and this is my dog Akamaru."

"My name's Irie Tama, nice to meet I Kiba," I said blushing 'He's really cute' I thought to myself.

"You must be the new girl, I've heard about," he smirked wrapping an arm around my waist "Why don't I walk I to class Irie?"

"Sounds good."

Kiba walked me to English class; pulled out my chair for me to sit, and then kissed my cheek. The action was so out dated I was surprised he knew how to be a gentleman. I lightly touched my cheek blushing lightly at the affection.

"I'll see you later," with that he left.

I never liked English class at my old school and it seemed to take forever to end. I was most excited to get to gym class and run around. After the bell I almost bolted to get away and was surprised to see Kiba in the same gym class as myself.

"Hey Kiba," I walked up to him as he talked with Sasuke and Neji "I didn't know that you had gym now."

"Irie, what a beautiful surprise," he smiled "This is Sasuke Uchiha and Neji Hyuga."

"Class today we'll be sparing," Might Guy walked in before they could say hi "You'll be using these wooden swords. First up will be… Irie versus Sasuke."

Both of us walked forward, took a wooden sword and made a fighting stance. He came at me from above, I blocked, then I attacked and he blocked. This continued for at least five minutes. Until I knocked his sword out of his hands sending it flying, I caught it, kicked Sasuke to the ground putting both swords around his neck trapping him.

"The winner is Irie."

I removed the swords from around Sasuke's neck and then helped him up. He dusted himself off then shook my hand. I handed the swords back to Might Guy for the next pair to fight.

"That was pretty good Irie," Sasuke complemented.

"Thanks," I smiled "You're not so bad either."

"I should eat lunch with us," Neji offered.

"Thanks but no thanks, I already have plans."

I stood there watching the rest of the class fight. When the bell rung I made my way to the cafeteria to buy my lunch, I entered the seating area looking for Naruto and his friends when someone took my food tray.

"Hey!" I said alarmed "Kiba, give me back my lunch."

"Where are you sitting?" he asked smiling "I'll eat lunch with you."

I smiled at him before pointing towards Naruto's table. He carried both his and my food to the table placing both trays down, Kiba sat on one side of me and Shikamaru on the other. Everyone got along very quickly, proving that the word 'popular' is just a word; there is no difference between them or other students. A couple of girls came up to us a few minutes later.

"Kiba what are I doing over here?" the pink haired girl asked.

"I'm eating lunch Sakura," he replied a little annoyed.

"With these unpopular losers?" asked the blonde.

"Ino…" Kiba trailed off looking embarrassed.

I stood up smiling "My name's Irie Tama," Ino and Sakura's eyes opened wide when I said my last name "I never hang out with losers, not with my reputation."

"You must be blind and dumb," Ino insulted "Because these kids are losers. Trust us, we've known them longer."

The one thing that made me different from my family was that I hated the 'popular' title and the spot light that came with it. Another thing was that I fought my own battles instead of using money; and now she did it, Ino made me mad. I was standing in front of Ino with a smile. Without any warning I punched her face, Ino stumbled backwards. Sakura went to the aid of her friend.

"That was for insulting my friends and me," I explained.

"You bitch," Sakura yelled "First you beat up Sasuke now you punch Ino, you're crazy."

I was about to hit Sakura next, she screamed covering her face but Kiba held me back. I never understood why people did that to me in the past, when the 'victim' is deserving of my 'punishment' at that moment.

"Irie calm down," he said struggling to hold me back.

"Fine," I hissed taking a deep breath.

I calmed down enough that Kiba let me go. Sakura and Ino scurried back to the popular table with their tails between their legs - so to speak. I sat back down jamming my fork into my food still irritated.

"Those two girls are real jerks," I snarled.

"Yeah they are, but the way I protected your friends was amazing," Kiba complemented.