I'M SOOOO SOOOORRRY! I've been so busy lately. One of my cats is really sick so I've been busy trying to take care of her. Thank you everyone for reading and reviewing. I really appreciate it!

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. God knows if I did Neji wouldn't have died.


"Hinata could you come here for a moment?" Kakashi-sensei asked. As I walk to his desk a girl with long blond hair in a high ponytail walks into the room. "Hello Ino." Kakashi-sensei greets her with a quick wave and an eye smile. You can't see his face because of a mask over is mouth and an eye patch over his left eye. "Hinata, this is Ino. Tsunade-sama asked her to show you the way to your next class." Ino gives a quick wave

"Hi, you're in my Bio class right?" Ino seems so energetic, and her smile was so big it made me worry her face was going to crack in half.

"H-Hai" I say and nod simultaneously. Ino stayed silent expecting me to continue but when I didn't she just moved on.

"Alright off we go. See ya later Kakashi-sensei!" Ino exclaimed as we ran out the door. "Since you're new I'm going to give you all the important gossip….." She then proceeded to tell me the rumors going around the school about various people I've never heard of or met. Ino talked the entire way to Precalc. Even if I wanted to say something, and I assure you I didn't, I couldn't.

When we got to Precalc Ino told me to get my seat from the teacher and then she'd meet me at my seat. I'm extremely grateful she is willing to talk to me, but I don't know how much gossip I can take.

"Hello I'm the new student" I say more out of habit than necessity. I saw the teacher recognize me when I walked through the door.

"Yes Hinata. I'm Yamato, here's your book. You'll sit middle row, last desk." Yamato-sensei stood and gestured to my desk in the back. I smile, nod, and take my seat. As I shove my bag underneath my desk Ino walks up.

"Hey here are my notes, we're in the middle of trig identities and it's probably going to be confusing if you jump right in in the middle of everything." Ino smiled handed me the notes then started walking off.

"Arigatou, Ino" I mutter, thankful I didn't stutter.

"It's fine. Least I could do. I was a new student once too." She winked at me and ran back to her seat. I'm happy she's willing to give me her notes. No one's every really done that for me. I always end up asking the teacher for extra lessons because I arrived in the middle of the unit. I copy what I can from the notes before Yamato-sensei starts the lesson but I only get half of them down.

The bell rings and I start to back up my stuff. I grab Ino's notebook and try and give it back to her.

"It's alright if you didn't finish. Just give it to me in Bio tomorrow." Ino says. She smiles gives a small wave then runs out the door. I just stare after her not expecting her to be that kind.

"Hello Hinata. I'm here to show you to lunch." I jumped and spun around to find Shino right behind me. I put my hand over my heart and sigh. Shino is the master of stealth.

"Arigato, Shino" I smile and we start walking. Shino doesn't talk much but it's always a comfortable silence. We walk into the cafeteria and I get a little scared. I have no one to sit with.

"Follow me." Was all Shino says before he started walking toward the back of the room. I always pack my lunch so I just simply follow Shino to where he's headed. As we approach the back of the lunch room I see at the last table Naruto, Kiba, Sakura, Sasuke, and a few other people were eating their lunch. Shino walks over to the table and sits next to Kiba. I notice a spot open between Naruto and Kiba. I try to slip into the seat unnoticed but Kiba saw me and welcomed me loudly to the table.

"Yo Hinata!" He grinned at me while is sit down.

"H-H-Hello K-Kiba." I stutter because of all the people here. Large groups of people get me flustered.

"Hello Hinata" Sakura greets me with a smile and a small wave. Everyone greets me in turn. Ino, Shikamaru, and a boy named Choji. Sasuke just gave me a nod of the head and an 'hn'. I look at Naruto just to see him staring at his food, which didn't look to interesting.

"N-N-Naruto-kun. How i-is y-your d-day going?" I ask hoping that I can make him feel better. I have a strange pull to him. Naruto makes me feel better just by being around him.

Naruto jerks his head around and stares at me like I had three heads. I blush furiously and stare at my twiddling fingers. He probably thinks I'm such a freak. I stutter all the time, I can't look him in the eyes, and I'm poking my finger together like an idiot.

"My day has been great Hinata-chan." Naruto says. I snap my head in his direction and see him grinning like a fox. Naruto seemed to be in high spirits again. His eyes gave away that he was troubled, though.

"Hinata, how has your day been so far?" Sakura asked. She was smiling at me but it seemed forced.

"It's b-b-been f-fine, S-Sakura-san." I answer. I'm staring at the lunch table and hope no one asks me anymore question but it doesn't seem like luck was on my side today.

"Where did you transfer from?" Kiba asked.

"M-My l-last school w-was in San D-Diego. M-My f-f-f-father is relocated a-a lot." Will my stuttering ever stop? I sound like such a weirdo. They must think I'm an idiot.

"Wow! You're from California? It must suck to be here in this depressing place. It isn't the most exciting area." Ino jutted in. She frightened me from the sudden and loud interjection. I just sat there and nodded. Thankfully from there the group started talking about California and where they'd like to live one day. I was able to avoid all question and just ate my lunch.

As I lunch finished Choji told me he would take me to History.

I walked into the class and notice a man sitting behind a desk with what looks like a toothpick hanging at the edge of his mouth. I walk up to him go over the whole 'I'm the new student' situation.

"Here's your book. You showed up at the perfect time because I'm starting a new unit today. We're covering the ancient Japanese Feudal system." He then pointed out my seat. I whispered a 'thank you' and sat at my desk. I always loved the feudal system. My father was relocated to Japan a while ago and I was able to learn about the feudal system while there. The samurai always fascinated me. Though some were little more than common thugs the ones I recognize as true samurai were those that were steadfast in their loyalty to their master and honored their unwritten code of conduct known as the Bushido code. The Bushido Code holds virtues everyone should have and how I try to guide my life.

The bell snaps me out of my thoughts and I hurriedly try and shove all of my things into my bag. As I walk out of the class Kiba calls out to me.

"Yo Hinata!" He shouts "I'm here to take you to art. Kurenai-sensei teaches it and I can't wait for you to meet her. She's the nicest person and one of the best teachers." Kiba then starts talking about Kurenai-sensei excitedly.

"Here we are. I really hope you like her. Kurenai-sensei is awesome!" Kiba shouts again. He seems nice but he's really loud. I walk up to Kurenai-sensei and see she's working on a painting. It was amazing. There was a girl on the edge of a grassy cliff with a long Victorian style dress seemingly blowing in a breeze. She was facing away from that point of view but you could see her outstretched hands cupped holding sakura petals that were floating away on the wind.

"You must be Hinata. I'm Kurenai the art teacher." I jump when Kurenai-sensei starts talking, suddenly snapping back to reality. I blush realizing how ridiculous I looked gawking at her painting. I nod not trusting myself to speak with all the embarrassment.

"There is no seating chart so sit wherever you like. We just started experimenting with water colors so feel free to just grab a brush and go at it." Kurenai-sensei smiles at me. I simply nod not wanting to give a verbal reply, and she seems to understand how nervous I am because she hands me a brush and points out a spot next to Shino.

I rush over to the vacant spot next to Shino and immediately grab paper from the stacks that were on the table. They were the same picnic-style tables that were in the lunch room. I dunk my brush in one of the buckets of water that was on the table and grab one of the trays of water colors. For the rest of the period I try my best to get a landscaped but I suck at art so I don't succeed.

My last period is study hall, thank kami, which is in the cafeteria so I was able to find it on my own. This study hall didn't have a seating arrangement so I just sat down and started working on my homework for the day. The final bell rang and I practically sprinted out of the building.

"Hinata-chan, come over here for a minute." Naruto called out to me from the front lawn of the school. He's sitting with the same group from lunch. "Do you want to go with us to the mall?"


AGAIN I'M SOOOOO SORRY FOR THE LATE UPDATE! I'm trying to catch up on what I missed. Hope there isn't too many mistakes. I tried to make it a little longer because of the late update so I hope you enjoyed.