I was sitting on the apple-pie scented office with Tsunade-sama, who sat across from me behind her desk. She was typing something on her computer.

"I want to apologize for not have being able to show you around the other day," she said, now looking at me. "I just had so many things to do that day. Anyway, how do you feel about school so far?" she asked, taking a sip of her coffee.

"So far, so good. Ino presented me to some of her friends and I feel as if I can fit right in."

"That's good. I expect the best from you. You got an outstanding score for the entrance exam, the best in school, I'll give you that," she said, looking at some papers. "Anyway, if you ever feel like changing classes, just tell me and I'll see what I can do," she said with a friendly smile

"But enough about that, let me tell you what I was supposed to tell you yesterday. As you saw yesterday, there are three floors in this building. The cafeteria, school kitchen, sports hall, swimming pool, changing rooms and office are on the first floor. By the office is also a staffroom and school store. I will note that the latter two are off-limits for students who are not accompanied by an adult member of the staff. The archives contain your current file. This file contains absolutely everything about you, but since this is your first year in a boarding school, the only data we have on you is your name, birth date, family, etc. That's where all the trouble you ever get in is filed as well. I expect you to keep it empty. Is that all clear for you so far?" she asked.

She stared at me and her facial expression was no longer friendly as before, but serious and severe. I slowly nodded yes as all the data was slowly registered in my brain. Yeah, that's another thing about me: I'm really slow when it comes to understanding things. For example, my older brother loves to tell jokes, so he told me: 'One time, a man came to town on Friday, stays for three days, then leaves on Friday. How did he do it?' 'His horse name was Friday'. You know how long it took me to actually get it? Practically all day.

"The classrooms are scattered on the second and third floor. On the third floor is the school library and school physician's office and workroom. The dormitories are separated in two different buildings, the boys' building in the west side of the school and the girls' in the eastern. The school day begins at 9:00 and ends at 15:30. What you do in your free time we don't care, you just have to follow the rules."

She handed me a yellow book that was not so big but not so small either. I guessed this was the rule book. I took it and flipped over it. How many rules do they have?

"You will have permission to go outside the school district when the school day is over, but only if you're back by 21:00. We have no definite time for lights out…" She waited for me to say anything but since I didn't, she kept going. "… but I still advise you to go to bed at 22:00 to be able to manage school the next day. But, it has to be silent after 21:30 out of consideration to your classmates. And, as a last point, I just want to point out that no one, no matter if it's a girl or a boy, may be present among the opposite sex's dormitories after the clock has struck 21:30, for obvious reasons. Have I expressed myself clearly enough?"

It took me 10 minutes to record the data into my brain, and then understand what 21:30 and 22 meant. I nodded yes again, and she smiled friendly at me. She told me I could go back to class now, so I walked back to class. I knocked on the door and Iruka-sensei said to come in. When I walked in, my face changed ten different colors. I completely hated being the center of attention. I don't like the spotlight being on me, I don't like being a leader, and I don't like all the attention. I'd rather be a follower, an outcast, another person who's sitting in the bench, a member of the crowd. I walked towards my desk and sat down. We took some notes on what was expected from us, rules and what we'd be learning.
The bell then rang and we walked to PE. I went to the girls' locker room and changed into my gym uniform, which included black shorts with white outlines and a white T-shirt. We then walked out and sat down on the bleachers, waiting for class to begin

"Guy-sensei may scare you a bit. He's always talking about youth and stuff like that," said Ino, fixing her ponytail.

"Wait, gay-sensei?" I asked and she nodded. "Hey, g…" I was about to ask him what we'd be doing today, but Ino put her hand on my mouth.

"GUY-sensei, G-U-Y. Not G-A-Y" she said and let go of my mouth.

"Oh, well, who had the bright idea to name him that? I swear, it sounded like Gay!" I commented and she chuckled. We then burst out laughing.

GUY-sensei then told us to start running around the football field. After gym we walked to drama with 'Kurenai-sensei', and after that we went to lunch. We got our lunch and walked to a U-shaped table. I recognized the girls from our gang but didn't recognize the boys.

"Hello, peoples!" said Ino. I sat down beside a pale kid with black hair. Ino sat in between us. "Guys, this is Yoshida Naomi. She's new here and has been home-schooled all her life. Now Naomi, it's time you meet the gang. Sitting next to you is Inuzuka Kiba – he has Chemistry with us – and next to him is Hyuga Neji , Hinata's cousin. Next to him is Tenten, and next to her is Lee Rock. Next to him is Akimichi Chouji, who's best friends with the guy next to him, Nara Shikamaru. Next to him is Aburame Shino – he likes bugs – and next to him is Hinata, then Naruto, then Sakura, then Sai – AKA my boyfriend – then me and then you!" she said cheerfully. "You ok?"

"Y-yeah," I said, trying to stop my head from going in circles. "Just remembering their names." I smiled and started to eat my fries.

"Glad you could join us, Naomi!" said Kiba, wrapping an arm around my shoulder. I looked at him and blushed.

"HEY! Stop hitting on Naomi!" said Ino, slapping his hand. "She doesn't even know you." Kiba groaned and took off his shoulder. I stuck the straw into my juice box, and the table soon was full of talking. The others were talking across the table, telling how happy they were that they were back to school and how much they loved the new school uniform. They asked me about myself and I told them about my family shyly

"Hey, guys. Heads up. The Hell Children are coming this way," Shikamaru muttered, glaring at the group of kids walking towards us.

"Hell Children? Who are they?" I pestered. Kiba turned to me.

"They're the Hebi Gang. We call them the Hell Children because we believe they are actually Satan's children. They're mean to people if they don't know them and if they acknowledge you, then they only want something from you."

"Oh…" I mumbled. The Hebi Gang walked up to our table, and then stopped a few feet in front of our table

"Hey, Forehead. You still haven't bothered to change that horrible color of that pathetic mop you call your hair?" the magenta-haired girl with glasses said to Sakura, clearly making fun of her.

"You dumbass, you practically have the same hair color as her, Karin." Said a tall boy with white hair.

"Shut your big fat mouth, Suigetsu!" the girl, now identified as Karin, snapped at the boy I now knew as Suigetsu.

"Speak for yourself…" said a brown-haired girl with bangs going over her left eye.

"Do I have to say it to you too, Mizuki [Beauty and moon]!" Karin snapped at the girl.

"Try it and I'll kick your ass!" Mizuki shouted back to Karin, raising a fist to her.

"Guys. Enough," said a short, green-haired girl with pigtails. "I don't need you guys fighting."

"You're not the boss of us, Yumiko[Leader]." Karin glared at the green-haired girl.

"Zip it, or I will punch you in your crappy, lousy face, Pinky." Yumiko threatened, grabbing the collar of Karin's school uniform, and pulling her down so she was eyelevel with her. Karin gave off a worried look and gulped. Yumiko let Karin down. She looked at me, and then an evil, mean smirk grew across her face. "Hey, look. There's the new kid we've been expecting. Looks like she's lost her dignity already by hanging out with the rest of these losers." She clicked her tongue "Too bad, she would have fit perfectly in Hebi."

"Heh. She must feel right at home," Mizuki mocked me. The rest of the Hell Children started to laugh.

Ino stood defiantly. "SO? She doesn't care. Besides, nobody wants you to spoil her and fill her head with bullshit!" Ino clenched her hand, holding the urge to punch them in the face. The Hell children fell silent and stared at her. I stared up at her. I owed her one.

Then, I saw another boy walking towards us. He had dark, raven-colored hair, and onyx eyes.

"God. I leave you alone for ten minutes, and you're already at someone's throat? We aren't even done with the first day of school and you're already starting a fight," The boy said, sounding irritated. But his eyes remained emotionless.

"Hey, don't look at me and Suigetsu. It was all Karin. Besides, where were you, huh, Sasuke?" Mizuki glared at the onyx-eyed boy known as Sasuke. He was silent for a moment. He looked at the rest of the Hell Children.

"Juugo," he stated plainly. The rest of the Hebi Gang either sighed, groaned, or rolled their eyes.

"Fuck, not again. That guy…"

"Come on, everyone. I think these guys are already freaked out by us enough," Karin stated, glaring at Sakura.

"Don't you mean are freaked out by you?" Yumiko teased meanly.

"Enough. Both of you. Now let's leave," Sasuke stated coldly. The Hebi Gang gave us a group glare and walked away. We were all silent for a moment, until Ino sighed and sat back down.

"That was Sasuke Uchiha, the group's leader. The school's hottest and coolest guy in school, but don't bother flirting with him. He would never acknowledge you, " said Ino.

"KYA! But that's what makes him so dreamy! He's such a bad boy!" squealed Sakura.

"And Sakura has a major crush on him. He doesn't acknowledge any of his fan girls because he doesn't care. And if he were ever to acknowledge you, then he wants something from you. So don't even bother," Ino finished saying.

"…And you don't wanna get on their bad side either…" Naruto groaned.

"Well… wasn't that… pleasant…?" I mumbled awkwardly.

"Well, that's Hebi for ya… always aiming to make your life complete crap…" Kiba whined, lying his head down on the lunch table.

"Look out mainly for the girls, though. Yumiko, Mizuki and Karin… they're all major bitches," Ino said, rubbing her temples. "And don't even think of flirting with Sasuke in front of them or you're dead meat."

"Why would she flirt with Sasuke?" Lee asked, and she looked at him and smiled.

"You're right. Sorry, Naomi."

"Arigato, Ino," I said and she turned to look at me.

"For what?"

"For sticking up for me."

She smiled sweetly at me. "No prob! Besides, no one in this table would want you to become a member of their gang. You're too sweet for that."

I smiled at her and we kept eating.

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The Hebi Children sat down at their regular table that was in the far right corner.

"Man, Karin, you really wanted to start a fight today, didn't you?" said Suigetsu, sitting next to Sasuke.

"Shut up, Suigetsu," replied Karin.

"Did anyone else noticed the new girl?" asked Yumiko.

"Of course we did, dumbass, who wouldn't have noticed her with you laughing at her," barked Karin.

"Hmph, whatever. Pinky."

"Although the new girl is pretty cute," Suigetsu added, looking across room, staring at the blonde. "Like Yumiko said, too bad they got to her before us."

"Let's just hope she doesn't become a nuisance or else," commented Yumiko, drinking her apple juice.