Hey everyone, I just had my wisdom teeth out and I'm feeling kind of crappy so I decided that since I wasn't doing anything anyway, I would update this fanfic for everyone 'cause I had this chapter already written up, all I had to do was type the rest of it up for you. :D:D So thank you to everyone who ahs read and reviewed so far. I still have ideas to be used and things to be said so we're good. :D:D There are a bunch of chapters that need to be done because I plan up catching right up to the point where Fate's Calling by ShiningSilver started… so yeah, lol, and that's a couple years later than when everything started I think… so I have a lot to go through. Lol. Well, anyway, enough rambles and more reading, right? Enjoy. :D:D

A Little Show

The next morning, my head band was back under my pillow and I was up early to have a shower. It felt good against my back since I had moved around a lot the day before. When I was dressed, the only things I grabbed were my two summoning scrolls. From what Tenten had said, I didn't think that I would really need anything today.

"All right," I said to myself as I stretched at the door, "Time to go."

I left the house and saw the crazy, sadistic, bald old man standing in the window of his house, watching everything that went by. 'That guy's creepy… I really wish he didn't live down the road from me…'

I headed towards the academy, walking instead of running for once. I wanted to get there early this morning. I wanted to be there early for the rest of the week to make sure I wouldn't miss anything.

"At least the sun's out today," I said with a yawn and grin.

'Sure, I like the rain and all, but only when I'm alone somewhere. If I have to go somewhere then I would rather have sunny weather.' As I walked, there were very few people on the street. There were the odd adult that had to go to work. That was about it. 'I knew that no one should have to get up this early in the morning. Almost everyone is still asleep.' The thought of having to get up this early annoyed the hell out of me more than anything.

When I got to the academy and made it to our classroom, I saw that only Sakura was already present. She looked at me with curious eyes as I went to walk up the stairs. 'Why is she staring at me like that?'

"You were away for more than a week and you still have that many bruises?" she asked me as I went to pass her row.

"These are from yesterday," I stated plainly, going to my seat, "You're welcome for saving you, by the way."

I was in a rather mocking mood at the moment. The morning would have been boring otherwise.

"Oh, right. Thank you!" she said as she turned and bowed slightly, "Ino and me really owe you."

"Not really," I shrugged, "but if I ever need help figuring something out and you're around, then you're helping me."

"Can do," Sakura laughed slightly, sitting back down.

The door opened again and a random student walked in. 'I don't think that I'll really need Sakura's help in the future. I'm sure that Hinata or Tenten could help me out if I needed it.' The door opened and Kiba walked in with Hinata right behind him. There were both laughing pleasantly as they came in. 'Well aren't they in a good mood.' I thought with a smile at Hinata's happiness.

They were both about halfway up the stairs before Hinata looked up and saw me in my seat.

"H-hi Suzu," she said with a smile.

"Hey," Kiba waved.

"Hey guys," I smiled with a small wave from my chair.

I honestly didn't want to move at the moment. I was quite comfortable sitting where I was.

"Hey Kiba, where's Akamaru?" I asked him with a cocked eyebrow.

"I left him at home today. I don't think he really likes shows and stuff. He doesn't really like to come," Kiba laughed slightly.

I laughed and shook my head slightly. 'Of course, why would a dog want to come here and learn?' Hinata sat down beside me with a smile and Kiba stood at the end of the table.

"What happened to you?" Kiba asked with a small grin, "You look like you were trampled by something."

"Got in another fight," I said with a shrug, "Nothing I can't handle."

Kiba pulled up a chair and sat on the other side of me and rested his head on his arms while closing his eyes.

"Tell me when Iruka Sensei comes," he said before dozing off slightly.

Again, I laughed and shook my head slightly. 'Crazy dog boy.'

Turning to Hinata, I saw that she seemed to have something on her mind.

"What's wrong?" I asked her with some worry.

"W-well, um…" she started quietly, "I was w-wondering this for a f-few days… a week actually…"

'Okay, I think I know what it's about.'

"All right, shoot," I said with a slight grin.

"What r-really happened to m-make you leave the Land of Waves?" she asked quietly, but also with some worry.

"The sensei that I killed tried to kill me because of specific reason," I said, pointing to my eyes.

Hinata nodded with understanding that I was meaning my Sharingan.

"So I killed him first and a shinobi was sent after me to kill me as punishment for my 'crime'," I mused slightly at the stupid shinobi who had chased me, "Then when you found me in the alley that one night, I had been attacked by that same shinobi and two of his underlings."

No one else other than Hinata seemed to be listening so I shrugged.

"It's a thing of the past now. I don't care," I said with a wide grin.

"A-are you sure?" she asked me quietly.

"Yes, and now I hope no one will bring it up again," I stated.

Naruto came into the room and Hinata blushed slightly as she watched him. 'Okay… so maybe it's not Sasuke she likes. Maybe it's the loud mouth…' He took his seat and faced the front of the room.

"I don't understand why he's here," Kiba whispered with what sounded like a grumble.

I turned to look at him and he had his eyes open slightly, looking at Naruto.

"The same reason we're all here," I stated, crossing my arms carelessly, "to become ninja of this village. Even if some of us aren't really good at it, all we can do is try until we get it right."

Both Hinata and Kiba looked at me curiously before smiling slightly; Kiba's being more of a smirk.

"So you have a soft spot \for the little guy," Kiba mocked me.

Those words made Hinata stop for a moment.

"Not a chance in hell," I scoffed, my eyes becoming cold as I stared at the desk, "I have no use of becoming tied to someone and having no freedom. I don't want to dedicate all my time on one person… No guy will be that close to me."

"Why not?" Kiba asked with a cocked eyebrow.

"Because guys took away everything I had," I stated emotionlessly.

'That's my reason for hating them all… A guy killed my family and another one chased me from my home…' I clenched my fists hatefully at the thought.

"I guess that would be a good reason to hate them," Kiba laughed slightly before going to his own seat.

I knew that that decision was mine to make but I felt that I couldn't place trust in guys… I didn't want to give someone the power over me. I wanted my freedom to make choices based on how I thought.

The rest of the class came in through the silence, bringing noise with them. Then the sensei came in, instructing us to be on our best behavior for today during the older genin's presentation. We promised that we would, but we all knew that there would be a few people being loud and inconsiderate. That was never a surprise.

"We're going right now, so everyone get ready."

Everyone rose from their seats and headed out the door to go outside for the presentation.

"Hey Hinata, how good is Tenten with weapons?" I wondered almost absentmindedly.

"She's r-really good… S-she has the greatest aim I-I've ever seen," Hinata said quietly.

"That's awesome. I can't wait to see her show thing," I said pleasantly.

"I-I think it's part of their f-final…"

"Oh, I see."

"W-we're going to the training field to see them… T-there are only a few of them though… so it's nothing big," Hinata explained, shifting her feet slightly as we walked, if that was possible.

'Something's wrong… Hinata only shifts her feet like that when she's nervous…' My eyebrows rose with worry as I watched her walk. Her eyes were watching the ground and she had her fingers playing with one another.

"Is there something bothering you Hinata?" I asked with a cocked eyebrow, though worry was still in my eyes.

"W-well… um…"

A hand was placed on my shoulder and I turned to nearly glare at the one touching me. My eyes lightened when I saw that it was only Kiba.

"She and Neji aren't really on good terms… He kind of scares her," Kiba explained in a low tone.

"K-Kiba…" Hinata said his name with furrowed eyebrows.

He raised a brow before shaking his head.

"Sorry Hinata, I guess I should have let you say it."

Hinata fell silent for a few moments.

"I-it's a long story," she whispered.

I shook my head with a small smile, "Don't worry about it."

It only took us all about fifteen minutes to arrive at the training field in separate groups. Everything started when Iruka Sensei showed up.

"All right everyone," he said sternly, "This is a show being put on by some of your peers, so be polite and pay attention."

'And you need to tell us that because why?' I thought as we all sat down on the damp grass. As soon as everyone was settled, Tenten, the dark haired boy from a few days ago appeared with crossed arms along with a couple others.

Tenten stepped up first with a smirk on her face; the brown eyes were filled with excitement as she got ready.

"I'm going to be showing you all a weapon demonstration," she told us proudly as one of her classmates stepped forward.

The classmate stood before Tenten and her smirk became wider.

"Weapon Summoning jutsu!"

At least ten weapons appeared; a mix between kunai, shuriken, and senbon. There wasn't anything too dangerous. Tenten had grabbed all ten weapons before they hit the ground and began to throw them at her classmate. They all had perfect aim, every one heading for her classmate's centre. He had easily knocked them away with his own Kunai and none had pierced his skin. He had come out unscathed.

"That's so amazing," I whispered to Hinata as we watched.

"I-I told you her aim was good."

"It's not just good Hinata… It's pretty much perfect."

When the last kunai was knocked away, Tenten was smiling proudly and he classmate was panting slightly.

"Good job," Tenten said with a smile.

They got out of the centre and left to go elsewhere.

The other classmate came to the centre and did a jutsu demonstration. It wasn't anything fancy. It just showed what the difference was when a jutsu was done properly and when it wasn't. As that genin left, the boy with dark brown hair stepped forward with his arms still crossed and his eyes were closed.

"I shall be doing a demonstration on chakra control," he told us all with a cold tone.

It was as if none of us were really standing – sitting- in front of him, watching intently. Well some of us. Sasuke wasn't really paying attention and Naruto seemed to be picking his nose. 'It's that guy that had been at Tenten's house the other day… That must be Neji.'

Hinata wasn't watching. She was looking towards the right to avoid whatever glance the cold boy might cast towards her.

"It will be all right Hinata," I told her with a confident tone, "If he tried to hurt you then I'll get in his way."

It was a promise… a good promise. She wasn't going to get hurt so long as I was sitting right beside her. I didn't care on who this guy was if he was going to purposely hurt Hinata. 'He better not…' My golden eyes watched as Neji went towards a tree and started to walk up it by evening out the amount of chakra going to his feet to make it steady. 'Wow… I can't wait to do that!' I grinned widely at the thought before bursting out into slight laughter. 'Damn I'm loud.'

"What's so funny Suzu?" Kiba asked from behind me.

I shook my head at his question, "I really don't know."

"S-Suzu?" Hinata asked me, seeing if I was alright.

I shook my head again and kept laughing quietly so no one really heard me. 'This is so random!'

When Neji had his feet back on the ground, the laughter stopped and my attention was drawn ahead of us. He still had his eyes closed as if nothing had happened. 'He seems like a colder Sasuke… that's hard to believe since Sasuke's all but indifferent…' He walked away and Iruka Sensei came forward.

"All right everyone, I want you all to learn from those demonstrations because they will help you out in the future," he explained to us, "Now I want you all to go back to the academy."

'Aw man… you mean this is going to be a whole day? That show thing only took like an hour…'

"Aw crap," Kiba groaned, "I wasn't counting on that."

"Me neither," I groaned as well.

Hinata laughed lightly at our attitudes as we all got to our feet.

"Y-you guys are so silly," she giggled happily.

We laughed as well as the three of us started to walk back to the academy. We had been one of the last groups to leave and Kiba suggested that we take the 'long way' back so we wouldn't have to start learning right away. Hinata and I agreed with him, though I believed that Hinata didn't really want to take the way around so we would be late.

'Just a week left and then we're all in our teams and working together to defend our village… I can't wait. It's going to be so exciting!'

"Hey Kiba… what's your family like?" I asked him as I stared at the sky.

He cocked an eyebrow and Hinata looked at me with some surprise. I had never asked about anyone else's family before… I just thought that every one was the same. But how could I have known when I hadn't finished off the past few years in one?

"Uh… I don't know," Kiba laughed slightly, "Dogs are our thing so everyone in our clan has a dog… I was kind of reluctant to get into that at first... but now that I think back on it, I see how stupid I was being. I mean, I would do anything for Akamaru now."

"H-he's a nice dog Kiba," Hinata told him pleasantly, "A-at least y-you can think differently about it now."

"Yeah, that's' true. I just feel stupid for being that way sometimes," he laughed slightly.

His hood was down today and his brown hair seemed a little messier than usual.

"I'm sure that everyone has their stupid days," I told him, looking towards him with a slight grin, "And you're not the only one who feels bad about things like that."

Hinata nodded with a smile and Kiba grinned.

"You guys are good together," he told us.

"Damn right," I agreed with my grin a little wider.

As we walked on, we fell more and more into thought. Then a gentle breeze blew slightly and Kiba looked over his shoulder with slightly narrowed eyes.

"W-what's wrong?" Hinata asked him.

"Nothing, I just heard something," he told her, "Nothing but a bunch of idiots."

'A bunch of idiots? That sounds great!'

"The fun kind? Or the boring kind?" I asked with a cocked eyebrow.

"The boring kind."

"Damn, and here I thought we could have some fun before we got back."

"Y-you don't need anymore fun," Hinata told me with a slight shove to the shoulder.

"Ow!" I pretended to whine, "Kiba, Hinata's picking on me."

"I think you're fine," he laughed.

The three of us laughed again as the academy came into sight. 'Crap… I don't even have to be here… yet I am anyway…' I knew why I was torturing myself like this… I knew exactly why. All the things I had now, I knew I didn't deserve them… yet I had them anyway. I had done many things I wasn't proud of, things that made me ashamed of myself; like the clan's massacre. 'I guess I might as well endure as many tortures as I can to repay this…' I thought sheepishly as we walked through the front academy doors.

"If we all pass…" Hinata started with a slight blush, "W-we should all go out and do s-something together."

Kiba looked at her with a wide grin, "Akamaru and I are in. Where do we sign up?"

"Right here," I told him, pointing to my temple, "we'll hold you to that, even if you don't pass."

'Even though they both did. We're all going to be genin.' I smiled at the idea before shaking my head.

Again, the three of us laughed, only lightly though as we made our way to our classroom. We didn't want to go in, but we had already been about fifteen minute later than everyone else. I opened the door rather quickly and I saw that nearly the entire class' attention was on us. I nearly glared as I saw it.

"Hinata, Suzu, Kiba, why are you all so late?" Iruka Sensei asked with some agitation.

'Great, just what I need, a pissed off teacher attitude to ruin the good mood.'

"Sorry, we took a wrong turn," Kiba laughed slightly, scratching the back of his head nervously.

"M-my apologies," Hinata said with a slight bow.

I didn't say anything, just walked into the room and started to go up the steps to my seat.

"Aw man and here I thought they had skipped," Naruto grumbled with crossed arms.

"Shut the hell up Naruto," I told him icily, my black side showing it self, "No one cares what you think."

I went to my seat and sat down with crossed arms. 'It's been a while since I've gone black like this… Must be getting harder for me to get mad anymore…' Hinata took her seat beside me and Kiba took his without a word. Iruka Sensei continued on as we hadn't even disturbed him in the first place.

By the time it was time to leave, we were all bared out of our minds except for the odd students. Shikamaru had been dead since the moment we had gotten there. Iruka Sensei had been talking about Hokage for a long time before we could leave.

'Damn history listens.' I thought as Hinata and I walked outside with Kiba following behind us. Tenten was waiting for as outside, sitting on the grass patiently.

"Hey guys!" she said as she had gotten to her feet.

"Hi Tenten," Hinata said with a smile.

"Hey," I grinned with a small wave.

"I have to go take Akamaru for his walkies… I'll see you guys later," Kiba said as he walked by with a slight wave.

When he was out of hearing shot, I cocked an eyebrow while looking at the two girls.

"Walkies?" I asked.

They both shrugged and we all laughed slightly.

"So," Tenten began as she tried not to laugh, "How did you guys like the show thing?"

"Your aim is amazing Tenten," I told her with envy, "I wish my aim was that good. I could get something dead on each time."

"Yes," Hinata agreed, "You did very well."

"Aw, thanks guys," Tenten said with a smile.

We all started to walk home together quietly for a little while. 'I wonder how everything will work out… We should all be together… but in the chunnin exams we'll all have to go against each other…' I shook the thought away. Even if we were pitted against each other… then I knew that the three of us would still be friends.

"Okay," I said with a wide grin, "Who's hungry?"

End of Chapter 10

Hey again… okay so that was more of a little random chapter, I think that there will be a few more of these later on but not that many. But I couldn't just skip an entire week without something happening, now could I? Wait… you weren't supposed to know that. o.O Never mind. Lol. It doesn't matter. :D Well I hope that you all enjoyed it and that you will all leave me some pleasant reviews. And if there aren't nice ones then that's all right 'cause I accept criticism. :D I know when to take insults as compliments. Lol. Well please R&R and I hope that you all will be patient with the next chapter. :D:D