Hi there. This is Chapter 3, as you can see. (Hehe that rhymed.) I am super sorry that all of my chapters have been extremely short. School has been killing me lately, so I have almost no time to write these things. Please, forgive me.

Disclaimer: I do not own anything Naruto-related. All credit (except for my writing!) goes to Masashi Kishimoto.

"I-Ino-san, where exactly is your secret hideout?" Hinata questioned as she was dragged down the dirt road. Ino pressed her finger to her lips. "It's a secret."

The two of them ran together down the path. They ran and ran, past many trees and buildings. Up ahead in the distance, there was a flower garden. Ino had lead Hinata into the flower garden, and once again placed her finger on her lips. She didn't want anyone to hear them. Ino had lifted a little patch of grass in the floor, and there was a deep hold under the patch. The two of them slipped under it, into the deep hole.

The tunnel was quite dark, and there was a feint mist in the air. The two kunoichis crawled in the dirt-matted tunnel. Soon, the tunnel's path took an upright turn, and they girls soon found themselves going up, out of the tunnel. Ino popped up her head and said, "Guys! I brought Hinata-chan!" You could hear a soft "Yay" coming from up there. The blonde crawled out, and out followed Hinata. The air was heavy, and quite foggy, too. There, sat classmates Hinata recognized as: Inuzuka Kiba, Aburame Shino, Akamichi Choji, Nara Shikamaru, and Haruno Sakura. They all smiled.

"U-Um, Konichiwa," Hinata said shyly. "E-Excuse me if I am sounding rude, but why do you all want me here? I-I don't think I'm that important." Ino stared blankly. "Of course you are! You're the new girl! We want you to feel welcome here, and we want to get to know you better! Just like you might want to get to know us better, too." She signaled Hinata to sit down on the tile. She did.

"Okay, Shikamaru, you go first! Tell Hinata everything you want her to know about you." Ino grinned. Out of the corner of her eye, Hinata could see that Shikamaru seemed slightly annoyed. "Alright, alright," He said. "My name is Shikamaru Nara, as you know. I don't really like anything, except for staring at the clouds. Fighting is boring and useless, but there's always a rare battle out there that is exciting to me. Oh, and many consider me a lazy person. I love to play Japanese Chess, too."

It had been about 20 minutes before everyone, -including Hinata, - had said brief descriptions of one another.

Ino grinned. "Now," she began. "We get to the fun part." Kiba looked confused. "W-What are you talking about, Ino-chan? I should get going. My mom, she's just horrible. She'll yell at me like no tomorrow if I come home late!" Ino ordered, "Well, that's too bad for you. Now, here's what we are going to do: I'm going to point at someone, and that person has to say the person that they like," She smiled innocently. "Choji-kun, you're first!"

Choji nodded seriously. Before Kiba could rebuttal, he began. "I am in love with," he drooled slightly. "The lady on this potato chip bag." He pointed towards the woman on the back of the empty container, she was very pretty and holding a sack of potatoes. Ino nearly hit Choji, but she stopped herself.

It had been about another 10 minutes before most of the group had confessed, all but the shy Hyuga. Kiba had said no one-"All the girls in this village are crazy,"- he stated. Shikamaru had also said no one-"Girls are too troublesome," he sighed. Sakura had no problem confessing-"I love my Sasuke-kun," she squealed. Ino had also confessed- "Um…I kind of like Sasuke-kun…and maybe someone else, too." She blushed all the while, and out of the corner of her eye she glanced at Shikamaru.

Ino smiled. "What about you, Hinata-chan?"

Hinata nearly fainted. She had to confess, too? "U-Um…I-I…" She started. "I like…U…Uzu…"

Ino put her hand on her ear, trying to hear the quiet girl. "What? I can't hear you," Ino said. "Speak louder."

"Uzuma…Uzumaki. I-I like Uzumaki N-N-Naruto-kun!" Hinata forced the words to come out of her mouth. She had to be brave.

An awkward-shocked kind of silence followed her confession. Everyone sat there, wide eyed. (Especially Kiba.) No one in the village had ever liked Naruto before, this was truly shocking.

"You? You like Naruto-no-baka?" Ino questioned loudly, still wide-eyed. Hinata just nodded, her face felt really red. She was blushing madly, and she had just confessed something that would be better off not confessed until later.