A/N: Hey everyone, so I did not get many reviews but the one that I did get was positive so I am going to continue this story :p peace!
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto! I don't honestly...
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'' will you stop sighing Gaara'' an annoyed voice said. Said voice belonged to a red haired teen, who had long flowing red hair, she had red eyes. she was wearing a blue skinny jeans, white tank top and light blue cardigan, she was wearing blue wedgies
'' why did we have to come to school during lunch'' another equally annoyed voice answered. This other annoyed voice belonged to a red haired teen too, he had greenish-tealish eyes which was surrounded by black eye liner, he was wearing a black skinny jean, red top and a black sweater and black sneakers but his distinctive feature was his forehead, a red tattoo with a kainji for love sat on the left side of his forehead just above his non existent eyebrow.
'' Attention Gaara'' the red haired girl answered
'' Shina!'' Gaara whined childishly.
They were walking through the cafeteria looking for a place to seat
'' look a free seat'' Shina exclaimed as she hurried to seat
'' I'm starving'' Shina said as she unwrapped her sandwich
Gaara was too busy staring at the girl seated on the other side of the table. She had blue hair with two bangs framing her face, her head was down, her eyes downcastand her shoulders slumped.
'' Hi, I am Shina Sabaku and this is my twin brother Gaara Sabaku'' Shina said while looking at the girl.
'' I am Hinata Hyuuga'' Hinata answered quietly still not looking at them, she figured she should spare herself the heartbreak, once they have talked to everybody else and heard all the rumors they wouldn't be so eager to be her friend
'' What do we have next?'' Shina asked Gaara
'' We have history with Kakashi-sensei'' Gaara answered
'' Do you have him too Hinata-chan?'' shina asked her
'' yes'' Hinata answered
'' Good, you can take us then'' Shina said happily as she stood up dragging both Gaara and Hinata with her.
Everybody stared after them as they left the cafeteria, a particular group of teens stared after them with disdain
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'Everybody was staring as we walked to Kakashi's class. These cool and trendy teens did not belong with me, I was the 'freak'once Sakura and the rest got to them they will just be like the rest.'
Hinata entered the class and Kakashi- sensei was absent... again, she walked to the back of the class where she usually sat, Shina and Gaara followed her and took a seat. Not surprisingly Naruto and Sakura immediately stood up and walked over to them.
''Hi, my name is Uzumaki Naruto and that's Haruno Sakura'' Naruto pointed at Sakura who stood beside him.
'' Hey, I am Shina and this is Gaara'' Shina answered with a grin
''you guys are new here right? come sit with us'' Naruto told them. Hinata closed her eyes in anguish
'' Sure. Hinata come let's go'' Shina said
'' She stays'' Sakura spat
Shina looked up sharply as she noticed the tone of Sakura's voice
'' I see'' Shina said quietly
'' I'm sorry we can't sit with you without Hinata coming with us, you see she is our friend'' Shina said while glaring at them. She turned to Hinata and smiled warmly at her, said Hinata looked like a fish with her eyes wide and her mouth gaping open.
'' what's their deal?'' Gaara asked once Naruto and Sakura left,
'' They're the popular kids here, they can make your life great or they can make it hell'' Hinata said sadly while self conciously caressing her wrists. Gaara looked at the hand and gasped quietly as he noticed the scars there, now that Gaara looked at her closely her eyes held that haunted look that spoke of pain and loneliness and a great deal of depression.
'' The demon spawn seems to have made some friends'' a voice said loudly, the class immediately fell quiet.
'' So it seems Sasuke'' another voice they recognised as Naruto's answered.
'' Want to use them for some kind of ritual Hinata?'' the boy known as Sasuke asked mockingly while everybody laughed
'' Hoping you will be cool and beautiful like them Hinata?'' Sakura said as she walked over to Hinata who had her head bowed '' We all know how truly ugly you are. what do you think Kiba?'' Sakura asked a brunette boy who was talking to Naruto
'' The ugly duckling that doesn't turn into a swan'' Kiba said while laughing '' Even her own family doesn't want her, nobody does'' Kiba spat harshly. Everybody laughed at Hinata who now had her head buried in her hands on her desks, her fists were clenched and she was shaking really badly.
''How dare you talk to her like that?'' Gaara shouted
'' Yeah! who the hell do you think you guys are?'' Shina said as she stood up facing Sakura glaring hotly at her.
'' You don't know what she is'' Naruto started '' she is a devil spawn!. she killed her own mother'' Naruto said angrily
'' do you have any proof of this?'' Gaara asked
'' well... no'' Naruto said
'' Then it is not true'' Shina said '' You guys are just really stupid'' she said. '' How can you believe such a far fetched story'' Shina said
'' you guys must be like eighteen'' Gaara said '' act your age you morons'' Gaara spat '' It's common knowledge that a person is innocent until proven guilty'' Gaara told them
'' Come on Hinata, we'll take you home'' Shina said as she grabbed Hinata and walked out of the class with Gaara in tow with their stuffs. The class was silent as they left everybody thinking about what Shina said to them.
Kiba was in turmoil as he thought about Gaara's words, nobody really had proof about the things that were said abou Hinata. Neji never really confirmed or denied anything. He didn't know what to do or think anymore
meanwhile Neji was having his own inner debate, Shina and Gaara's reaction to Hinata's plight was a wake up call. He was her brother for God's sake!, he should be the one defending her not standing on side lines listening. He knew for sure Hinata was an innocent and kind person, he knew the rumors were not true
'' This has to stop'' Neji muttered quietly to himself
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'' Thank you'' Hinata whispered as they parked in front of her house '' nobody has ever stood up for me'' She said quietly.
'' we won't ask questions'' Shina said as she leaned over to give Hinata a comforting hug
'' But we want to know when you are ready'' Gaara said. Hinata nodded as she exited the car, she waved goodbye as they left.
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I have friends, 'Friends 'a strange concept to me. My last friend ended up being my worst enemy, do I dare take this chance? what if they betray me? what if they believed the rumors? then what?. Still all the what if's could not cloud the happiness I feel. I have friends. I collapsed on my bed smiling, for the first time in a long time I felt hope, I felt like everything was gonna be okay. I went to bed with a smile on my face.
