A/N: I apologize for the long wait. I was struggling with some parts of this chapter as I was writing it. I think I finally have a good idea. I really got to get my rear in gear! Again I'm sorry for any spelling mistakes. Maybe when I'm done with this story I'll go over all my mistakes. I feel like concentrating more on getting chapters up then being a worrywart over spelling mistakes.

Disclaimer: I do NOT own Naruto or the Character in the anime/manga. It all belongs to Masashi-san!

Chapter 3: Time for class

As Ino and Sakura pulled Hinata into the school slowly leading her to their class Hinata couldn't help but feel as though something was missing. Her thoughts were cut short when she realized the route they were taking; up the first flight of stairs seen and to the first classroom on the left. It was the same room where she came face to face with the boy with crimson red hair. Was he still there? She swallowed hard when the thought came to mind. What would he say or do when he saw her again. Obviously he would think she was weird for running away like that. He hadn't even done anything wrong and still she ran away like he was a murderer or something.

"Well this is it!" Sakura said as she and Ino let go of Hinata's arms. "Just wait here while we tell Kakashi sensei you're here." With that said the two girls dashed into the room leaving Hinata alone in a crowded hallway.

She could hear Naruto's loud voice coming from within along with the fangirlish cries of several girls. Obviously Sasuke was in the room. She looked down at the floor below her and clenched her hands into loose fists. That's when she noticed it, where on earth was her book bag?

When Ino and Sakura made a giggling entrance, a certain red head looked up curiously. His name? Sabaku Gaara. The two girls went straight to the teacher at the front of the room. Gaara could only catch a few words of what the girls were saying. One name caught his attention easily though. Hyuuga Hinata. He glanced at the bag beside his desk. The same one he picked up when earlier that morning a girl stared at him with fear written all over her face and dropper her bag. The bag had the name Hyuuga Hinata written on the front. What a coincidence that she ended up in his class.

"Yeah, we told her to wait outside the room until you were ready." Ino continued to say. Gaara glanced at the door. There he could see a hint of dark bluish hair and a female school uniform. That must be her.

"Oh my, I bet you're happy to see her again" Gaara's inner conscience mocked.

"Shut up, I'm just returning her bag." Gaara shot back.

"Since when did you become Mister Nice Guy? You're just so sweet. Oh how I love having you as my vessel."

"I told you to shut up. It's not like that."

"Oh really? If you say so…" If it were possible a smirk would have crept upon the creatures face. Gaara closed his eyes for a brief second before opening them once more as he stood from his seat. He picked up Hinata's bag and began heading for the door. As he did so it seemed like the whole room stopped what they were doing to stare at him.

"Hey Gaara! Where're you going?" Naruto asked in a loud manner, which was completely ignored by the other teen. Sasuke gave Gaara a stern look as if knowing something bad was about to happen.

Hinata began to chew on her bottom lip as the room behind her fell silent besides Naruto asking someone a question. What was happening? She wanted to peek in and look but she feared she might see 'him' again. Finally after having a small debate within herself she took in a deep breath and turned around swiftly to look inside the room. What she didn't expect was to hit her head lightly on something. What it was that she bumped into could have given her a heart attack. She was now standing wide eyed in front of her book bag. Someone was holding it. Her pale lavender eyes carefully traveled to the handle of the bag where a pale hand held onto it firmly. A dark navy blue sleave was seen which told her that it was a male holding her bag. She was almost afraid to look any farther. Up the arm, to the shoulders…to the eyes of a clear insomniac with crimson red hair and pale emerald eyes.

Her heart seemed to skip a beat when she came face to face with the one she ran from earlier. Here he was, holding her bag with a blank expression that was completely unreadable to the rest of the world.

"This…is yours right?" He pointed to the name on the bag then continued his sentence. "Hyuuga Hinata. Nice name I guess." The last part sounded like it was forced out of his mouth, like he didn't want to say it at all. What seduced him to say that? Damn that inner self, always getting in the way!

Immediately Hinata looked away from his face and took a rapid interest in the marble flooring. Everything was quiet, everyone in the classroom had their attention on the two, even people in the hallways seemed to stop what they were doing to watch what would happen next. Obviously, Gaara wasn't the kind of person that would return a lost item and everyone in school knew it. Hinata was unable to speak, the silence was unbearable. She wanted to run away…again. Her lack of an answers got to Gaara quickly. He waited for what seemed like hours for her to say something such as a 'yes' or a 'thank you' maybe. He didn't expect her to be this way at all.

"Tch…" a grimace expression came across his face out of frustration. He reached out to her with his free hand and firmly yet gently took her chin with is thumb and index finger forcing to her took at him.

"Well?" he asked her once more. Hinata seemed to jump on the spot. She took in a deep breath then began her sad reply.

"Y-yes! I-it's mine." She answered as quickly as she could. Due to the silence her voice was easily heard. She had to answer, it seemed like the only way to leave his grasp. He really wasn't as bad as she thought. He had complimented on her name but she was still too shaken up from their previous encounter to take it to her heart. Although her answer didn't release her from his grasp, he seemed to be searching her eyes for something and he was getting frustrated when he was unable to find it. He went to open his mouth to say something else when he was quickly cut off by a loud voice.

"YOU! Get your hands off my cousin!" Neji's loud stern voice echoed in the hallways from the top of the stairs. He moved swiftly to the two in what seemed like two steps. He slapped away Gaara's hand from Hinata and forcefully grabbed her bag from his other hand. "How dare you manipulate Hinata-sama like that!" his eyes seemed to be on fire as he glared at the red head's blank face yet his heart seemed to melt when he looked at Hinata innocent face. "Hinata-sama, are you all right?" his voice softened when he spoke to her. He handed her bag to her as his anger returned when he looked at Gaara once more.

"I-its not what you think Neji-niisan! He was just…returning my bag that I dropped earlier and so…" as she spoke her voice was slowly becoming quieter and harder to hear. She began to hang her head knowing that Neji wouldn't listen to what she had to say.

"There's no need to try to cover for him." Neji said as he took Hinata's hand into his own. "Come on, lets see if we can get you a new class." He tried to move towards the stairs with his cousin in hand but he was quickly pulled back by Hinata's refusal to move. "Hinata…sama?"

"I-its really okay Neji-niisan…" she let go of his hand allowing his grip to loosen in shock.

"Hinata-sama…w-why...?"

"You're just misunderstanding things Neji-niisan. It's really all right. I-I have some friends in this class now…Y-you'll just have to b-believe in me…" she finished off her sentence with a slight smile spreading across her lips. She was fiddling with her fingers and her face was turning a light shade of pink. Neji was speechless. He didn't know what to do as of now.

"Tch, fine. But if you need anything at all, a class change or something, please come to me and we can sort things out then." Hinata nodded happily and gave her cousin a quick hug. Neji let a small smile spread across his face at that but it quickly faded when a certain someone broke the moment.

"How sweet. Playing Rescue Hero." Gaara let out a mocking sigh as he turned his back to the two to head back into the classroom.

"AND YOU!" Neji quickly added. "YOU stay away from my cousin. If I catch the two of you together ever again I'll rip you to pieces!" He suddenly seemed to return to normal as he turned his own back to them leaving Hinata in the middle confused. "Take care Hinata-sama." With that said he moved down the stairs and out of sight. By the time Hinata had turned around to apologize to Gaara he was already back in the classroom.

"This is some first day of school…" she thought to herself trying her best to conceal a giggle. When she looked back into the classroom she noticed that at least half of the people were looking at her while the other half seemed to be crowding around Gaara. As soon as her eyes met with anyone looking at her she'd quickly look away. She knew what was going on, rumors were bound to be spread. She put her back against the wall next to the door and held her book bag close to her chest as she let out a deep sigh. "Definitely an interesting first day."

"Hyuuga Hinata-san?" came a deep male's voice. Hinata jumped slightly before looking to see who it was. A tall man with silver hair and a scar over his left eye stood smiling down at her. She nodded in response. "My name is Hatake Kakashi. I'll be your History teacher." Hinata perked up and quickly bowed deeply.

"It's a pleasure to meet you Kakashi sensei!" she said quickly. Kakashi let out a laugh as he rubbed the back of his head.

"My, my you flatter me." He placed a hand on the petite girl's head as she looked up at him. "I can tell you're going to be a blessing to this classroom. To have two students of high society in my class is a great honor." With that said he let out another brief laugh. "Come in, come in." he walked back into the classroom and beckoned Hinata to follow suit.

"Two?" she asked herself quietly before following Kakashi in.

Once they were inside Kakashi clapped his hands in order to get everyone's attention but it didn't seem to work. A disappointed look spread across his face as he watched his scattered class. "EVERYONE LISTEN UP!" he yelled loudly. Everyone in the room seemed to jump ten feet. Well almost everyone. Gaara, a guy with poofy brown hair and rounded sunglasses known as Shino, and a boy with long brown hair and a feminine face named Haku were the only once that didn't jump at all.

"H-Holy crap dude!" Naruto said as he clutched to Sasuke's chest. "I'll never get used to that!" He quickly stopped what he was saying when he noticed who he was grabbed in the process of his fear.

"Naruto…would you please let go…" Sasuke said as he tried to cover up the fact that he had also grabbed Naruto in the commotion. His face was a slight pink color while Naruto's was more of a beat red as he jumped back. "OMIGAWD!" he yelled equally as loud as Kakashi causing more people to jump. "WTF!" with that said Naruto seemed to have melted on the spot and fell into a depressed emo state in the far corner of the room as he crouched down and wrote with his finger on the floor 'I grabbed Sasuke…' over and over again. Most of the girls in the room were in shock as well. They were saying stuff like 'hey!' 'Why didn't I think of that' and 'Damn you Naruto, you're so dead'.

Kakashi cleared his throat to get everyone's attention back to him, everyone but Naruto.

"Class, we have a new student joining us today. As some of you may know this is Hyuuga Hinata. Some of you may recognize her last name while some of you may have already met her in person. Lets all make her feel welcome." Hinata bowed to everyone before her.

"Thank you for having me!" she said shyly. Some people began talking amongst themselves, mostly the girls. The word about her and Sasuke spread fast. It was like what had just happened outside the classroom never happened.

"Lets see…There's an empty seat in front of Gaara. Why don't you sit there?" Kakashi pointed the seat out. Hinata was hesitant when she found out that Gaara was the red head. She wanted to protest but she didn't want to be rude. There would always be new seating arrangements right? She moved to her seat and sat down nervously. The girl in front of her turned around to stare at Hinata.

"You'd better be careful. Whoever sits there usually ends up dead in a week!" the girl began to laugh silently to herself as she turned around.

"Man…the girls in this class are waaay too troublesome…" the boy sitting next to her said. His uniform shirt was unbuttoned all the way revealing a white t-shirt underneath. He glanced over to see Hinata staring at him. "Hm? Oh, my names Nara Shikamaru. Really I think you shouldn't hang around most of the girls in this class. They're all ditsy. Well, unless you're as troublesome as they are."

"I-I see…" Shikamaru could see that she was nervous but he could also see that she wasn't like the other girls in the class.

"Man…I can't believe I'm doing this." He said lazily to himself as he ran a hand over his short brown hair that was put up in a high ponytail. He began writing on a piece of paper. Hinata watched curiously wondering what he was doing. After a moment he handed her the piece of paper.

"There, it's our classroom see? I've gone and labeled all the desks with everyone's names. Sorry if it's crappy…doing a good job would be too troublesome." With that said he laid his head down on his desk and slowly drifted off to sleep. Hinata was still confused. She looked at the paper he gave her. It really did have everyone on it. It even had a list of what teacher taught them what and when. Her expression lightened at this and when she turned to thank him he was already asleep.

"Hyuu Why didn't you think of that? You could have scored major points!" Gaara's inner self was at it again and there was nothing he could do about it.

"I thought I told you to shut up…"

"But you tell me to shut up all the time. It's gotten to the point where it doesn't mean anything to me. You're just so fun to be with! But hey, seriously you should have thought of that!"

"Oh please…give me a break."

"Hohoho! I can picture it now! You two passing love notes in class. The boxed lunches! And lets not forget going to festivals together!- whoa!"

Gaara hit his head with his palm. This obviously caused something to happen to the voice inside his head. He really wished it would stop. He wasn't even sure when it started or what it was anyway. There was no way he was going insane though.

"Alright…As we all know the autumn festival is coming up. So we'll be doing some research on it. I'm going to put you into groups of three or four and it will be your responsibility to hand in the assignment on time. It'll be due tomorrow so you better get a move on or you'll have to get together after school." Kakashi began to speak as he handed papers out.

"Hyuuga-san, this shouldn't be too hard since its group work. Consider this a way to show everyone what you got." He smiled at her and gave her a thumbs-up. He then headed to the front of the room and began writing names on the board to set up the groups. Once he was done it seemed like once again Hinata's heart skipped a beat. Why did this kind of thing always happen to her?

A/N: Hm…I was going to make it longer but I guess I was too lazy. Haha, I actually kinda enjoyed this chapter. I'm slowly trying to make the whole GaaraXHinata thing work. Look forward to the next chappy. I won't make any promises for when it will come out though.

Review…Reviews!

The Norwegian Dragon: Well, I'm glad you like it so much…Here's another chapter. Lets just hope you didn't blow up first. Haha

Katreda: Its all right if you don't really like it. I said I was open to criticism so thanks for you're opinion. I really don't like the prologue much either…I've been thinking of taking it out. I put it in really because my sister wanted to read my story but she doesn't really know much about Naruto. Oh yeah and…YAY for school uniforms :D

Sailorchix: hehe, glad you like it. You'll find out why Sasuke knows Hinata a little later on. There is a little hint in this chapter aswell though.

StarlightDemonFiresong: You're right, it is GaaHina. I really don't like to make characters that I don't really like seem retarded or something like that. Besides…Im really trying my best to keep everyone in character.

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Next: A little set up.