Mei: greetings readers! Here's chapter three of SNA, please please please if you are reading this and have some reviews and comments to share FEEL FREE to review! :3 please? q__q you don't want this girl to go rabid, do you? Maybe you do. Ah, oh well, R&R!

"Okaachan... this school looks weird... I think I liked that One Piece School better..."

"No daughter of mine is going anywhere BUT the Ninja Academy. Everyone in our clan has graduated from this Academy, and I'm not letting my youngest daughter be any different. Plus, you're brother is in this school, you'll enjoy the company."

"I highly doubt that... why'd you bring me to check out that One Piece Academy in the first place?"

"I didn't bring you, dear. You went there yourself when I wasn't around to ask permission from, remember?"

"... oh."

"Hurry up; the first years now must have been finished with the orientation now. We still have time to enrol you even though it's a little late; don't lose your way now."

"Okaachan, you still treat me like I'm a child. I'm going to be in high school already so please just relax, I can handle myself quite well." there was no response after she said that, since she was so caught up in her little speech she hadn't noticed that her mother had gone ahead and she indeed lost sight of her. "Okaachan?" she said hopelessly, she didn't do very well on her own in an unfamiliar place, and this school was indeed an unfamiliar place. "Oh no..." she said to herself.

"Hey look! They have a fountain! Awesome!" Naruto said enthusiastically, ever since he left the room with his friends and the two girls he had been pointing at random things and calling them 'awesome'. This was the result of him feeling too good about himself passing the exam. "Hey look! Kiosks! Awesome!" he said again. "Hey look—"

"WE GET IT, Naruto." Sakura said, a nerve twitching on her forehead at the overly hyperactive Naruto Uzumaki.

"Eh?" Naruto said, so amazed by the fountain he was walking towards it and didn't hear Sakura clearly. "What did you say, Sakura-chan?" he said, turning his attention to the pink haired girl instead of watching his step.

"N-Naruto-kun! Watch out!" Hinata stuttered, her voice in its usual almost inaudible softness. Even if she did make her voice a little louder for Naruto to hear it would be too late anyway. SPLASH! That was the sound he made when he fell face first into the fountain. Of course it caught a lot of attention from the students; it didn't take long for some crowding over and laughing. Naruto emerged from the waters embarrassed and with a pissed off expression on his face, seeing as even all his friends except Hinata and the ever quiet Shino were laughing at him as well.

"Nice move, Uzumaki!" Kiba said in between stomach-holding laughs.

"Well, that's one way of starting your first year!" Shikamaru commented, not laughing as hard as everyone else but still laughing.

"It's a good thing you weren't wearing your new uniform." Chouji said calmly, actually a little concerned for his friend but after he said that he couldn't help but let out a laugh just as hearty as Kiba's. "Or it would've been even more hilarious!" he added.

"OH SHUT UP!" Naruto yelled, getting even more pissed off by the minute as he stood up and stepped out of the waters of the fountain.

"N-Naruto-kun... a-are you okay?" Hinata asked timidly.

"Does it look like I'm okay?" he said bluntly, it took the Hyuuga girl aback as she looked down a bit.

"I'm s-sorry..." she said softly.

"Hey Naruto! That's no way to talk to Hinata!" Sakura said angrily when she had stopped herself from laughing.

"Eh? Ah... um... sorry about that... Hinata..." Naruto said, scratching the back of his head in shame. Hinata never did anything wrong to him, she was actually the only one who wasn't laughing so he should be thankful for her. Well, asides from Shino, but that guy never laughs so he doesn't count. The girl's cheeks turned pink when she heard a genuine apology from Naruto, making her at a loss of words until Sakura elbowed her a bit.

"Um... i-it's okay... Naruto-kun..." she said shyly, looking down and doing that fidgeting habit she did with her fingers. Kiba watched this scene go on and his eyebrow twitched in annoyance, and envy. He wondered why Hinata would still like a guy like Naruto when it was so obvious he was too crazy over Sakura to notice any form of effort she put just to get his attention, and when she does have his attention it would just be easily taken away from her.

"Sakura-chaaaan, what should I do now?" Naruto said.

"The hell should I know." Sakura said.

"Sakura-chaaaaaan...." he whined again. Kiba scoffed at this, see what he meant?

Why can't that girl just realize that he's hopeless? He thought to himself. Since middle school he's seen how Hinata tried so hard to get Naruto to even just look at her, everyone noticed it really, everyone but the blonde himself. He didn't like how Naruto would just ignore her efforts, and when he did acknowledge them, he didn't give her as much attention as he gave Sakura. It was obvious he was too obsessed with the pink-haired girl to give any other girl special attention, but it was also obvious Sakura was really not into him. Pisses me off... Kiba thought, unable to stand being around the presence of his blonde friend anymore as he suddenly turned to the entrance back into the building from the garden and made his quiet way there, surprising everyone else who took notice of his sudden action.

"Kiba, where are you heading?" Shino inquired quietly when Kiba passed by him.

"None of your business." he replied curtly as he didn't even bother looking at him. Without saying anything else Shino decided to follow Kiba wherever he was going, and Kiba didn't mind since he told Shino everything, and the other boy probably knew what was wrong.

"Oh there you guys are! I was looking for you!" Ino said, going in the garden just in time to bump into Kiba, who didn't even apologize as he continued his way into the building. "Hey! What's up with him?" she said, a vein twitching on her forehead at the Inuzuka's rude behaviour.

"Just leave him." Shikamaru said, really out of laziness because he really didn't know what went on in that boy's mind most of the time.

"Geez, he's so moody. Ah! I have to change before I get a cold!" Naruto exclaimed, taking note that he was still dripping wet from falling into the fountain.

"We'll come with you, you girls going to be all right on your own?"Chouji said.

"Of course! Don't underestimate us, Chouji." Ino said proudly.

"We'll be seeing you then."

"Bye guys." Sakura said.

"B-bye..." Hinata stuttered.

"C'mon, girls! Let's go around the school! And look for Sasuke-kun..." Ino said with a giggle as she took the hands of her two unwilling best friends and dragged them to her desired destination while the guys went their separate ways, leaving Shino to deal with the irate Kiba.

"Kiba." Shino said in his monotone voice after not saying anything for a while.

"What?" the other boy said, not stopping his aimless wandering around the academy's corridors.

"Tell me what's wrong."

"You know what's wrong." with that the shorter of the two boys stopped, leaving the taller one not surprised, like this happened a lot and he was used to his friend's mood-changing attitude. Shino watched Kiba's hands curl into fists so tight his knuckles looked like they were about to break out of his tan skin. Shino didn't dare mention the 'N' word because he knew it would only piss Kiba off even more. Trust me, he's tried it once, and the outcome wasn't pretty.

"You know, if you like her, you should just tell her." he said simply, trying to play safe. Kiba looked at Shino, his black eyes looking a little wilder than usual. Okay, maybe that wasn't paying safe, but Shino stood his ground. He's dealt with this kind of Kiba since middle school, and he gives him nothing but advice and the truth. At this time, Kiba would deny his feelings towards the introvert Hinata and Shino would usually just leave him at that so he wouldn't get into a fight with him. Right now Kiba looked like he was going to attack the other boy anytime now, but surprisingly his expression softened and his grip loosened. His gaze fell to the floor, Shino remained silent.

"It's easier said than done..." he said softly, Shino couldn't actually say anything to this, since what his friend said was rather true.

"You have friends who can help, right?" he said, and somehow this made Kiba scoff.

"Yeah, you guys can try." he said with a sarcastic grin on his face, which made the taller of the brown haired boys sigh. "Hmp." Kiba said, looking away from Shino and about to continue his aimless walk when a big impact with another person made him fall ass first to the ground.

"Ow..." said what seemed to be a rather small brunette in a middle school uniform, rubbing her head since somehow it hit Kiba's chin at the impact.

"Fuck! Why don't you watch where you were going?!" Kiba yelled, opening his mouth to stretch his jaw a bit to see if it was dislocated in any parts.

"Hello, Manako-san." Shino greeted in a simple way, always never surprised at anything that happens.

"MANAKO?!" Kiba yelled, shocked at the mention of this name.

"Hey, Shino-kun! Oniichan you don't have to be so loud! I'm telling okaachan you used a curse word against me!" the brunette said, pointing an accusing finger at Kiba, referring the 'oniichan' to him. It was only then did Kiba realize that the girl he had bumped into had the same red marks and fang-like teeth he had, the only difference was that her black eyes weren't formed into slits like his, but she did have messy shoulder-length hair.

"Oh shut up! What the hell are you doing here?!" Kiba said, standing up while his younger sister outstretched her arms to him, obviously asking to be helped up. He rolled his eyes and took his sister's hands, about to pull her up when something she said surprised him yet again.

"I'm going to enrol here!" Manako answered in response to her older brother's question.

"ENROLL?!" Kiba said, losing the grip he had on the girl named Manako's hands and letting her go. Thus resulted for her to fall again on her ass.

"Hey! Meanie!" the girl said, pouting.

"Let me help you up, Manako-san." Shino said, seeing that his friend wasn't being of so much help to the younger girl as he took his place in helping her to her feet.

"Thank you, Shino-kun!" she said with a grateful smile.

"Hey! Aren't you too young to be enrolled or even enrol here?!" Kiba said, getting her attention again.

"You don't have to talk to loud, oniichan! And I'm only a year younger than everyone else in your batch!" Manako defended.

"But... you're supposed to still be in middle school!"

"Well my teacher said I could skip the last year of middle school and go on to high school! Hmp! Really, oniichan! Common sense!" Manako said, folding her arms as she gave her brother a look.

"But... but... why here?! When I'm still in this campus?!"

"DUH! Okaachan went to this school, I think otousan went to this school, oneechan went to this school, YOUR going to this school, why should I be any different? I have this... what do you call that...

chacka thing going around my system too, you know!"

"It's chakra! Sheesh! You don't even know that! You're better off in that One Piece school or whatever!"

"That's what I told okaachan... but, HEY! You're mean."

"Speaking of okaachan, where is she anyway? Isn't she supposed to be with you while you take your entrance exam and enrol since this is your first year?" Kiba said, imitating his sister in folding his arms and eyeing her with the same look she gave him a while ago. Manako blinked a bit in realization, and suddenly she seemed to look panicked because of this 'oh no' expression she had on her face.

"Oh no! [see?] I remember why I was running around! I NEED TO FIND OKAACHAN!" she said, and with that she was gone just as quickly as she had just suddenly appeared before her brother and his friend, leaving them sweatdropping at her sudden departure.

"This year is going to be... interesting?" Shino said unsurely.

"Tch, that girl's a weirdo."