Yay! Chapter 4 is up!

A/N: I've been getting complaints about the sasusaku pairing…really sorry!! But please, try and put up with it. I need this pairing for future chapters…Once again, SORRY!! Also take into mind, there's going to be a one-sided gaahina!! (in gaara's case)

On with 'Perfect Girl, Hinata'!!! xDD


Chapter 4 – Caught

So what had happened to Naruto and Kiba whilst Sasuke was being chased by crazed fan girls? Fortunately they had managed to outrun their own crowds and had parted their ways to go to their following classrooms…

With Naruto…

Naruto gave a sigh of relief as he finally slid open the door to the music room. God…was he going to put up with this every school day?? He looked around for a spare seat, trying to ignore the squeals and swoons of his fellow female classmates. Finally he spotted a spare seat next to a guy with a well…pineapple hairstyle. He appeared to be lost in some kind of daze and was staring out the window.

Quickly threading his way through the desks, carefully avoiding any girls that were literally flinging themselves at him, he plopped into the seat next to the guy. The male lazily turned his head to give him a look before resuming his stare out the window. Naruto frowned but nonetheless greeted his new classmate buddy.

"Hey!! I'm Uzumaki Naruto! What's your name??"

The boy turned around to stare at him in a light scowl before muttering something that faintly sounded like something along the lines of "…troublesome…" . Naruto was confused…his name was 'Troublesome'??? What kind of a name was that?! He was about to ask further when a female answered his question.

"The lazyass's name is Nara Shikamaru"

Naruto looked up to see a slightly older girl with a smug smirk on her face. She had clear aquamarine eyes and her blonde, spiky hair was tied up into four ponytails. She grinned, "Hey, how you doing? Name's Temari" she said before sticking out her hand. Naruto smiled back before grabbing her hand (causing many girls to hiss) and replying, "Uzumaki Naruto"

She grinned and plopped herself onto Shikamaru's desk, ignoring the glares and scowls that he was giving her. "Are you new here?" she asked, cocking her head to one side. "Hai! I came from the countryside!!" Naruto replied proudly, earning a laugh from the female (resulting in many girls glaring at her, which she carelessly brushed aside).

"Which instrument?" asked Shikamaru in a lazy tone.

Naruto stared at him for a second…it talked…OO! Before replying cheerfully, "Guitar and I do a bit of vocals as well" Temari and Shikamaru nodded. "I do guitar as well and lazyass here does the drums" grinned Temari.

They continued talking for a while and were later joined by a…plump…boy with swirls on his cheek (a guy which Temari introduced as Chouji) and Kankuro who turned out to be Temari's brother. Naruto happily chatted with his newfound friends until their teacher arrived in their classroom who introduced himself to be Asuma.

Naruto grinned as he slid back in his chair. This isn't too bad…

With Kiba and Sasuke…

Kiba scowled as he entered the classroom. He was NOT in a good mood. After splitting with Naruto he had suddenly realised that he had no idea whatsoever where to go, and Sasuke was no where in sight. It had taken him half an hour to find the classroom after asking everyone for directions, whilst at the same time trying to run away from the growing fan girl crowd.

Scanning the classroom he finally found Sasuke, who was barely visible as he was surrounded by girls. Somewhere inside him Kiba snapped. He was so sick of this…craziness. Scowling he made his way to the swooning crowd of girls and snarled, "MOVE IT".

The females turned around shocked, before noticing the deep scowl on his face and scurrying away. However a blonde with a ponytail had the courage to glare at him, which he in return gave a low menacing growl, causing her to hurry off as well.

He heaved a sigh of relief before he sank into the seat next to Sasuke, who gave him a smirk (which in Sasuke language meant a grateful 'thanks'). "Where were you?" asked Sasuke indifferently. Kiba glared at him. "Well SOMEONE decided that they could just run off!!" Sasuke scowled, before taking a book out of his bag and started reading it. On the other hand, Kiba had decided that all the running had worn him out and he opted to doze off on his desk.

They sat like that for another hour before Sasuke started to lose his patience. Where the HELL was the teacher?? He also couldn't stand the rather loud snores that Kiba was producing. As if on cue, the door slid open to reveal a man who seemed to be in his late twenties. He has spiky grey hair which was swept to one side and a rather bored look on his face. He was dressed casually, but in fashion. All in all, he looked fit to be a designer teacher. (A/N: I decided that I didn't want Kakashi to wear a face mask in this fic x3)

"Yo…you see I was late because…" he was cut off immediately when the whole class screamed "LIAR!!" Kakashi sweat dropped before clearing his throat in a serious manner. "Anyway, as you might have noticed we have two new students this semester; Sasuke, Kiba if you may…" Sasuke poked Kiba hard in the ribs, which caused him to give a mangled sort of cry and giving him a death glare, before the two put their hands up in a bored manner.

The girls in the classroom started to squeal, some screaming…stuff…out whilst the rest of the guys in the classroom gave Kiba and Sasuke jealous and envious glares. Kakashi calmed the class down again before he grabbed a pile of sheets which was on his table.

"I'm going to be handing out this terms major work now…" Several groans could be heard throughout the classroom whilst Kakashi handed each person a sheet. "This time it's going to be a group assignment, consisting of two people per group…" sounds of excitement filled the classroom before Kakashi quieted the class.

"However….the group has to consist of one male and one female"

Sounds of protests erupted and very heated arguments started as the group of girls fought over Sasuke and Kiba.

"QUIET"

Everyone turned to stare at the teacher…he actually…yelled??

Kakashi sighed, "I knew this was going to be the problem so…I took the liberty of pairing everyone up randomly!"

Everyone glared at Kakashi, looking like they wanted to kill him on the spot. Kakashi quickly looked down at his list and started to pair people off. Sasuke and Kiba glanced each other and scowled…this was going to be annoying.

"Uchiha Sasuke and Haruno Sakura"

Sasuke looked up lazily…Sakura…where had he heard that name before. Finally he saw the person who had her hand raised and then he finally remembered. Oh yeah…the girl from before. Screams of protest and anger erupted from the girls.

Especially from Ino.

"KAKASHI-SENSEI!! I DEMAND THAT YOU RECONSIDER THAT PAIRING!!!"

Kakashi gave an annoyed sigh. "Ino, that won't be fair to-"

Ino glared. "I don't CARE if it's not fair!! How can you put him with…with that FOREHEAD GIRL??"

'Forehead Girl' twitched and Sasuke could see the flames that were starting to erupt around her.

"SHUT UP INO-PIG!! ITS NOT LIKE I ASKED TO BE PAIRED UP WITH THAT CHICKEN HAIRED JERK!" she yelled, pointing a finger at Sasuke, who twitched and gave death glares to Kiba who was laughing his ass off.

CHICKEN HAIRED JERK??

Another riot broke out as all the fan girls, plus Ino started arguing with Sakura, who looked like she was about to chuck something at someone. The noise continued until…

"YAMANAKA INO AND INUZUKA KIBA"

Silence reigned the class as they tried to process the latest pairing. The silence was broken when Ino screeched out, "ME AND THAT…CAVEMAN???" (she thought that Kiba was really…uncivilised) this time it was Sasuke who was trying his best not to burst out laughing and Kiba was giving a huge dirty to Ino.

"ME A CAVEMAN?? YOU'RE MORE LIKE A PLASTIC BARBIE!!"

Another fight broke out and Kakashi slid into his chair, wishing that he had brought along his Icha Icha Paradise book.

This was going to be one hell of a long semester…


Hinata sighed with relief when the lunch bell finally rang. She was more than eager to escape from the cold, killer waves that Gaara was emitting and the cheerful chattering of Tenten. Swiftly packing her equipment she headed out the door, pretending that she couldn't hear Tenten calling out her name.

She was probably just mocking her; trying to find everything about her and all her secrets, then to spill it out to everyone in the school. She was so lost in her thoughts that she bumped into someone near the cafeteria. Looking up to apologize she realised that it was Gaara. "Gomen…"

He gave her a shrug before walking to join the end of the queue. Can't he say something!! Sighing Hinata made her way to her usual 'special' loner table, which was situated in the back corner. She hated the schools cafeteria lunches so she usually brang her own. She was just about to sit down when…

"HINATA!!!"

She looked up to see Tenten waving crazily at her.

The whole cafeteria went silent as the school looked up interestedly at the event.

This was a first. No one had EVER asked Hinata to sit with them before.

Hinata stared at Tenten, who was still waving madly at her. Was this a joke? Maybe she was going to laugh at her once she sat down at her table, mocking at how Hinata could even think that anyone would want to sit with her.

Tenten rolled her eyes exasperatedly and moved across the cafeteria to drag Hinata across to her own table. Hinata felt like she was in some kind of daze…she gulped. "Ano…Tenten…why do you want me to sit with you?" Tenten looked at her in a surprised manner before shrugging. "You seemed lonely" Hinata stared at her again before she broke into a small and soft smile.

"Arigatou"

Tenten grinned and waved it off. "No need! We're friends right??" Hinata stared at her with wide eyes. 'Friends'?? Tenten actually considered her a friend? Even though Hinata had just been ignoring her all the time?? Suddenly she felt like crying. No one had ever done this for her.

By now the cafeteria had resumed as normal and Hinata quietly listened to Tenten babble on about random things, this time paying closer attention to what she was actually saying. Not before long they were joined by numerous other people who introduced themselves as Temari, Shikamaru, Chouji, Kankuro, even Naruto was with them and he sat down next to Hinata…causing her to blush slightly….They were later joined by Kiba and Sasuke and a scowling girl who's name was Sakura. Soon the table was alive with conversations and laughs. Hinata looked around…she even felt like laughing along with them.

This was the first time where she felt like she was…accepted. She couldn't have been happier. Instead, she chose to smile a small discreet smile. Something that no one would see….

"Having fun Hinata?"

She looked up at Naruto, who was grinning at her. She was about to retort when…

"UCHIHA SASUKE!! I DECLARE YOU AS MY YOUTHFUL RIVAL FOR THE LOVE OF MY BEAUTIFUL SAKURA!!!"

Everyone in the cafeteria stared at the person who just made the loud proclaim.

Hinata tried not to burst out laughing.

The guy was the most ridiculous looking person she had probably ever met…aside from herself…He had a strange bowl cut, funny round eyes, extremely thick eyebrows and was donning the most ridiculous green outfit that she had ever seen. Currently he was jabbing a finger at a rather shocked Sasuke.

She heard Shikamaru sigh and mutter the word 'troublesome' and Sakura groan.

"LEE!! Sit your ass down and stop making a fool of yourself!!" muttered Temari.

Lee huffed but sat himself down in a spot next to Tenten, still glaring at Sasuke who was looking slightly amused. Kankuro rolled his eyes. "Where the heck were you today??" Lee looked up proudly. "I had to finish off the suit I was working on!! Gai-sensei was telling me that it was not youthful enough!!" Hinata felt herself sweat drop…this guy was in a designer class as well???

Suddenly he looked up to stare at Hinata, Naruto and Kiba. "AAAHHH!!! I see that we are joined with new youthful people!!" he struck a 'good guy' pose, blinding them all with his brilliant white teeth. "WELCOME TO THE GROUP!!" he cried giving them all vicious, energetic handshakes (which freaked them out), whilst totally ignoring Sasuke.

Once the introductions were made, conversation resumed and Hinata sat quietly, listening to the loud voices of her new…friends. She found herself smiling once again at the thought. Suddenly Lee's voice cut through the chatter. "Temari-san! Where is your youthful brother, Gaara?" Temari looked up from her conversation with Sakura and frowned slightly. "I think he's probably up in the art classroom again…I'm not sure"

Hinata looked up confused…Gaara was Temari's brother?

"Ano…Temari-san?"

Temari looked at her with a surprised look. It was the first time she had heard Hinata talk.

"Hai Hinata?"

"Is Gaara your younger brother?"

"Yup, he's my younger brother…he's just a bit…anti-social" Temari gave Hinata a confused look. "Why you like him or something?" she said with a smirk.

Hinata felt herself go red and she could feel Naruto's, Kiba's and Sasuke's stares burning into her. "N-no!! He's in my art class and I was just wondering…"

Temari laughed.

"Chill!! I was just kidding!" she said grinning.

Lunch soon ended and Hinata had actually even contributed small parts to the conversations. All in all…she was happy. As she said goodbye to her new group of friends before heading off to art class with Tenten.

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Hinata sighed as she gave her painting a look over. This was going to take ages to finish…and she only had about 3 more weeks until she had to hand it in!! Not to mention it counted as about 60 to her final yearly mark!! She was going to have to stay back after school to finish it off…maybe it wasn't the smartest idea to put off her painting in order to watch horror movie marathons….

The bell rang and everyone rushed to pack up their things, eager to get home. "See ya Hinata!!" Hinata looked up to wave back at Tenten, who was leaving. She had realised that there was quite a lot of things they had in common and that Tenten wasn't so bad…she felt this weird emotion whenever she thought about her new friends.

The classroom was soon empty save for her and one other person.

Gaara.

After lunch, he had opted to sit in the other corner of the room, which was totally deserted. Hinata looked up curiously and saw that he had no intention of leaving just yet.

"Oi! Hinata!! Are you ready to go?"

She looked at the doorway to see the three guys waiting for her. Once again, she felt that strange emotion surge through her. "Hinata!! Do you need help?" asked Naruto. Hinata snapped out of the daze she was in. Why? Why was everyone so nice to her all of a sudden??

"Ano…I'm going to stay back to finish off my painting. You guys can go back first" she said quietly. Her voice lacking her usually edge of steel.

She saw Naruto raise and eyebrow at the sound of her voice but he didn't say anything. Sasuke grunted. "You better be back to make dinner for us…" Hinata instantly broke from her 'soft' moment. "Who am I??! Your maid?" she bit back icily, which caused him to smirk. Kiba laughed nervously before pushing the guys out of the door.

Hinata scowled…stupid idiots…but somewhere deep inside…she knew that Sasuke was just joking…AARRRRRRRRRRGGHHHHHH!!! WHAT AM I BECOMING!!!

She started to hyperventilate.

"…are you feeling alright…?"

Hinata jumped at the sound of the voice. She looked to see that it was Gaara, who had an almost non existent eyebrow raised. Hinata blushed…how could she act like an idiot???!!

"I-I'm fine…"

And then she was struck with the realisation…it talks!! OO He resumed his painting and it was then that Hinata saw the tattoo on his forehead. It was the kanji for 'love'. Weird…

They resumed their painting in tense-filled silence until Hinata couldn't stand the awkward atmosphere anymore.

"Ano…Gaara?"

He looked up with a slightly annoyed expression on his face.

"What?"

She swallowed. "So…is Temari your older sister?" she already knew the answer but she was trying to make a desperate attempt to break the awkward silence.

"Hnn…"

She decided to take that as a yes.

They resumed painting for a little while longer until Hinata broke the silence again.

"So…what are you painting?"

Gaara looked up with a very annoyed expression on his face.

"Look, just mind your own business okay?"

Hinata flinched slightly at the reply but didn't say anything else after that. Hinata painted until 5:30 until she decided to stop and go home. Packing her stuff she was about to leave when she hesitantly said…

"Uuumm…see you tomorrow Gaara"

No reply.

She left.

Totally missing the confused expression that was on Gaara's face.


The week continued on like that. Wake up. Eat. School. Paint. Come home. Eat. Sleep.

Yeah…she wished.

Instead, her usual routine-like life was turned upside down as she lived with the three guys who were continuously making a huge ruckus and dragging her into doing things with them. Life at school was totally different with her new crazy friends. But despite all this…

Hinata liked it.

She was slowly coming out of the shell that she had locked herself in. There was just two things that she really could not stand:

One: the awkward tense-filled moments that she had to endure after school each day with Gaara.

Two: The attempts that the Naruto, Kiba and Sasuke were taking to try and turn her into someone she wasn't. And when she would rebel they would simply remind her about a certain photo.

So Hinata had decided to do something about and what was she going to do?

She was going to get that damn photo back.

This was exactly why she was currently sneaking into Naruto's bedroom, while he was having a shower. Leaving the door to a crack she waited until her eyes finally adjusted to the darkness of the room. It was extremely messy. Clothes were flung everywhere, books were strewn on the floor, the bed was unmade and a guitar was propped onto a chair.

Hinata sighed as she carefully tiptoed towards his bookcase…it seemed to contain many objects. No luck. She spent about 5 more minutes roughly searching the room, getting more and more frantic as the time ticked by.

Come on!! Where the hell is that photo???

Suddenly she spied a box sticking out under the bed. Curious she reached down to grab it. She quickly looked around the room. Good he hasn't come back in yet. Slowly she removed the lid. There were a few photos in there. YEEEESSS!! She was about to lift the top one off when she stopped to look.

It was Naruto with two adults, presumably his parents. His dad, who had the same spiky blonde hair and blue eyes as Naruto was looking fondly over at Naruto and his mum; who was holding Naruto up high. He looked about five or so and was laughing in the picture. She stared at his mother a bit more…wow she doesn't look a bit like him! But she has really nice red hai-

Suddenly she felt the photo and box snatched out of her hands and she was pushed against a wall, a body leaning against her so that she couldn't escape. Causing her heart to thump madly.

"What do you think your doing?" hissed a very pissed off voice which belonged to none other than…

Uzumaki Naruto.


YAY!! Chapter 4 is finally up!! And it's longer as well!! xDD Okay just to clear things up a bit. This is going to have a ONESIDED gaahina…in gaara's case. xDD But I assure you. This is definitely a NARUHINA FIC!!

Oh one more note, I'm sure that many of you had noticed that poor Shino was left out of the group… (Neji is going to come in later xD) Sorry! But there are just so much characters already and I really didn't know where to fit him…so yes. I cut him out of the gang. SORRY!!! (gets beaten to a pulp by Shino fans)

P.S sorry about any spelling, grammar mistakes…I didn't go through it again…

Thanks for reading! s2. everlasting.rainbow