Let Your Inner Self Out
a/n: Another Chapter finished! I'm so sorry for not posting any chapters last week! Gomenasai! I hope this'll make up for it. If not, then I'll post chapter 4 in 3 days. Please enjoy and R&R.
"Alright, everyone! Get in your seats!" Tsunade said through the microphone. She was still holding Lee and Naruto by the ears, which made the command even scarier. In the audience, Kiba, Shikamaru and Chouji were trying hard to keep straight faces, while Tenten and Neji were face palming themselves.
"N-Naruto-kun…" Hinata murmured, covering her face with her hands. 'Why is he so…stupid? No! That's not what I meant! Yeah, it is. He's got the memory of a goldfish, but he's hot so I can let the stupidity pass.' Hinata's face turned red, and she almost fainted. 'I thought I told you not to appear while I'm at school. But Naruto's right there. I can't miss this opportunity.' Hinata inwardly screamed, finally realizing what her inner voice meant, and fainted.
"Uhhh…is everything alright with Hinata?" Tenten asked, looking over at the unconscious girl on the other side of Neji.
Neji sighed, and nodded. "At this rate, she'll pass out about eleven more times today. Probably twelve if she's in the same class as Uzumaki." 'Seriously, what kind of a Hyuga is she? And from the Main Branch too! Hey! You can't say anything like that to Hinata-sama. So what? No one can hear me except you anyway.' Neji sighed again, and tried to focus on Tsunade and her speech.
Meanwhile, Tenten smiled at Hinata, and thought, 'Ah, young love. Young, stupid, weird,love.'
"I wonder what Tsunade-sama's gonna do to Naruto and Lee." Kiba said from out of the blue, to no one in particular. Tsunade had been talking for almost ten minutes, and they were getting tired of just watching her pull their ears all day.
"Probably in a few more minutes." A muffled voice replied.
"Shino!" Kiba exclaimed, looking at his friend who was seated right next to him. "When did you get here?!" Kiba stared at Shino, who was as covered up as usual with a jacket that that reached his mouth, and dark sunglasses.
"I've been here since the beginning."
"Really?!" Chouji asked. "We never noticed you arrive."
"You never noticed me arrive because I have been here for almost twenty minutes, which is five minutes before any of you arrived." Shino said. Then, a dark blue aura surrounded the boy, and he started to stare into nothingness, murmuring inaudible words. Hinata suddenly woke up, and faded into the background as Shino's aura spread around the boy's body.
"Damn." Kiba muttered. "He's depressed again."
"Well, you guys should've at least pretended to notice him." Shikamaru said, sighing as Shino's aura turned even darker. Suddenly, Akamaru whined, and Shikamaru and Chouji flinched.
"What's wrong, boy?" Kiba asked, stroking his puppy.
"I completely forgot about Akamaru." Chouji said. "I thought there was a ghost."
"I thought the school didn't allow pets here anymore, after the incident." Shikamaru muttered, changing the subject. "If Tsunade finds out-"
"Oh, there's nothing to worry about." Kiba said, smiling. "My mom kind of umm…negotiated with Tsunade, and now Akamaru's a guard dog here."
"Alright then…so why's he whining so much?" To prove Shikamaru's point, Akamaru whined again.
"There must be something wrong…" Kiba murmured, looking around carefully. After finding nothing, he sighed and said, "Probably just Shino and his aura."
"Yeah. Right." Shikamaru muttered. He saw a tendril of shadows trailing Sakura and the boy she was with a few minutes ago. 'It was probably just my imagination…Or maybe that dude is some sort of evil villain and he's trying to destroy the whole school! Mendokuse…I think I should stop reading those stupid comic books…'
Meanwhile on stage, Tsunade was almost done introducing all the teachers and staff. Naruto and Lee were getting tired of standing beside her.
"Hey, Lee…" Naruto whispered.
"What is it, my youthful friend?" Lee answered with a slightly louder whisper.
"Got some grub on you?"
"I'm sorry, Naruto-kun, but I don't have –"
"Alright then!" Tsunade's voice boomed all over the auditorium. "These are your janitors for the week. Uzumaki Naruto and Rock Lee!" The said "janitors" stared at her in horror, and the principal smirked in return. "They'll be doing all your dirty work, AND you can ask them to do anything you want, as long as it doesn't break the rules." The students cheered, and Naruto glared at his friends, who were laughing their heads off. All of them except Kiba and Shikamaru, whose eyes kept darting back and forth, as if they were looking for something.
'What the hell are they looking for?!' Naruto thought, looking at his two best friends. 'They should be helping me get out of this shit! Hey, look at Hinata over there. What the hell?! She looks so cute when she's unconscious. Eh?! Stop changing the subject! I'm in deep shit right now, and you want me to look at Hinata?! But she's so cuuuuuuu- SHUT UP!'
"Alright, the ceremony is over." Tsunade said, breaking Naruto's thoughts. "You may now find your classrooms and start the school year!" The doors opened, and students rushed outside, excited to find out what class they were in. Only Naruto and Lee's friends were left, and they all waited for Naruto and Lee to come down.
"So I guess that means you'll be like our servants for the whole week." Ino said, grinning.
"I SHALL DO MY BEST!" Lee shouted, his voice echoing around the almost empty auditorium.
"Quiet down, Lee. You almost burst my eardrums." Tenten joked. "Besides, you got to save your voice for everything you're gonna do for the whole student body." Naruto groaned, while Lee grinned and gave his "Good Guy" pose.
"Don't worry, Naruto." Chouji said. "It's just for a week. You'll survive."
"Yeah, I hope so…Damn you, Tsunade-babaa." Naruto muttered.
"Alright. Since you're done being shunned, let's go find out what class we're in." Shikamaru said, a smirk on his face. "We need to find out how much homework you have to do for us, Naruto."
"Yeah." Kiba said, grinning. "I heard that Yuuhi-sensei's Biology homework is tougher than Iruka-sensei's activities in middle school."
"DAMMIT!"
"Come on, let's go." Shino said, seemingly out of his depression. "We might be late for class, and that would give everyone a bad impression of us, and that would cause –"
"Yeah, yeah. We know, Shino." Kiba said, as he left the auditorium.
"He's fast." Neji muttered.
"What do you expect, Neji?" Tenten muttered. "The star of the basketball team last year is as slow as you?"
"Shut up." Neji said as they all exited the auditorium.
"Ne, Akamaru." Kiba muttered as he rushed into a dark corner. "Did you see those shadows coming from that dude with Sakura?"
Akamaru whined affirmatively, and Kiba frowned.
"Somehow, he looks kinda familiar…Where have I seen him before? In my neighbourhood? Or maybe in the park?" 'He can't be my neighbor! I know everyone on the block! Well, except for the Uchihas. The ones in the huge house a few houses away from ours. You're not saying that guy's an Uchiha, right? They're part of the Yakuza! They don't just show up unexpectedly, without anyone knowing! How come no one knows he's from the Yakuza, and an Uchiha no less! Jeez, you talk too much. Besides, that guy must be different from other Yakuza. I mean, his aura isn't lethal at all. It's just…there. If he was anything like a true Yakuza, then he would have killed Sakura, Ino and Tenten the moment they tried talking to him. I guess you're right, Kuuga. He's probably different from the people who got Dad.'
"There you are, Kiba!" Kiba turned to where the voice was coming from and saw Naruto waving at him, with Shikamaru and Chouji behind him. "We've been looking all over for you!"
'We'll settle this matter later, Kiba. Alright. I'll just have to keep my eyes on him.' And with that, Kiba put a forced smile on his face, and ran over to his friends.
"Where are the others?" He asked, looking behind Shikamaru and Chouji.
"They went ahead." Shikamaru answered, looking over his canine-like friend. "What happened to you? You just disappeared, without a trace."
"Yeah, even Shino got a little worried." Chouji added. "You never act like that. What happened?"
"Oi, don't worry about me, guys." Kiba said, waving his hand to change the subject. "Anyway, do you know what class we're in?"
"Baka! Of course we don't know, 'ttebayo! We've been looking for you for the past five minutes!"
"Who are you calling 'Baka', BAKA?! You should've just gone without me! I know this place like the back of my hand!"
"Bastard! I can't just leave a friend alone, you know?!"
"Idiot! I can find my own way out!"
"Ummm…guys?" Chouji interrupted. "We still have to find out what class we're in. I bet the others are waiting."
"Teme! I don't care if you can find your way out of the mazes in Chuck-E Cheese's, -"
"What the hell are you talking about?! Even four-year-olds can find their way out of those, Moron!"
"But…" Naruto faltered. "They're really hard to finish!"
"That's 'cause you have the mind of a three-year-old!" The two continued fighting, and Shikamaru sighed.
"Let's just leave them, Chouji."
"Uh, yeah. Okay."
"What is taking them so long?!" Ino said, scratching her forehead. "And can we look now, Tenten?!" The rest of the group was already standing behind all the other students who were looking for their names on the bulletin board. They had arrived a few minutes ago, and Ino was getting really impatient.
"Come on, Ino." Tenten said in frustration. "They've only been gone for five minutes. Can't you wait a little bit longer?"
"Tenten-san's right, Ino-chan." Hinata said. "I'm sure N-Naruto-kun and the others will arrive sooner or later."
Just then, a couple of shouts were heard, and Shikamaru and Chouji appeared, with Kiba and Naruto fighting behind them.
"Actually, make that right now." Neji muttered, as he and the others watched the four boys come over.
"Finally!" Ino exclaimed. "I thought you guys were gonna take forever!"
"Yosh! Now we can look over at the board." Tenten said. Then, taking Lee and Neji by the arms, she grinned and forced her way to the front. Ino did the same with Hinata, and Shino was given way by all the other students.
"Man, I wish I liked bugs as much as Shino does." Naruto muttered, as he tried to push himself to the front of the crowd. Meanwhile, Kiba was already in front and looking at the board.
"Okay, let's see…Inuzuka…Inuzuka…Inuzuka…" He muttered, as he looked for his name. A few seconds later, he grinned and shouted, "Yahoo! This year is gonna be great!" Then he took a picture with his phone, and rushed over to where Naruto, Shikamaru and Chouji were waiting for him.
"So, what's the good news?" Shikamaru asked, noticing Kiba's feral grin looking even bigger than he ever saw it.
"Just take a look, you guys!" Kiba replied, excitedly showing the picture to the three boys.
"Okay…" Naruto said, reading the names. "Class 1-C. Aburame Shino, Akimichi Chouji, bla bla random people…Haruno Sakura, Hyuga Hinata, Hyuga Neji, Inuzuka Kiba…Nara Shikamaru…Rock Lee, Tenten…Yamanaka Ino… Hey! Where's my name?!" Kiba frowned, and looked at the picture himself.
"What the hell is wrong with you, Naruto?" Shikamaru muttered, sighing. "You looked over your own name, Idiot." Naruto frowned and looked at the picture again.
"It's right there, Baka." Kiba said, pointing at Naruto's name on the shiny white screen.
"Oh…there it is, 'ttebayo!" Naruto exclaimed. The others approached them, Tenten, Lee and Ino grinning, Neji and Shino pokerfaced, and Hinata hiding behind her cousin with a tinge of red on her cheeks as she looked at Naruto.
"Let's make this school year wild, guys!" Kiba exclaimed. Akamaru barked in agreement, while Naruto high-fived him.
"Yeah!" Tenten agreed, bumping her fist with Kiba and Naruto. 'We're gonna paint the school red this year! Of course, we won't be breaking any rules though, right? Of course not! We'll just have a little fun!'
Kiba grinned as he looked at his cellphone, but it disappeared as he saw another name. "Uchiha…Sasuke…" Shikamaru noticed his friend's sudden depression, and frowned.
"Kiba, is everything alright?" He asked. 'I wonder if it has something to do with that shadow I saw before…Or maybe it's because he's – Be quiet, will you? I'm trying to think…'
"I NOMINATE NEJI FOR PRESIDENT!" Lee exclaimed, raising his hand.
"Lee, I think that's actually a really good idea." Tenten said, smiling at her boyfriend.
"Damnit." Neji muttered. Meanwhile, Naruto finally noticed Hinata, and he grinned.
"Guess we're gonna be classmates this year…" Naruto said, grinning. An awkward silence followed, and Naruto tried to break it by saying, "You wanna be seatmates?"
Hinata turned red, and, – for the second time in thirty minutes – she fainted.
Alright, thanks for reading Chapter Three of the story. I can't believe that there are people who have me on their Author Alert list! Thank you thank you thank you! It makes me feel so light and fluttery inside! :3
Okay, now onto Kiba's Inner Self. Well, you guys may have noticed "Kuuga", right? Well, he's Kiba's inner self! Yay! He's sorta like a more serious and intellectual Kiba, and he acts more like Shikamaru or Neji. I gave Kiba's Inner Voice a name because _. Sorry, but I can't tell you since it's part of the story, but I'll tell you guys one thing. Kuuga is actually a real person!
I think I confused you guys even more now. Don't worry, it's gonna be revealed little by little in the next few chapters. Also, Itachi's coming back!
Thanks again for reading the story and Please Rate & Review! :D
