- Chapter 7 -

~ Hinata's POV ~

I could feel my skin begin to crawl, as goosebumps began to form all over my body. Something about this school gave me a bad feeling, almost like my body knew something my mind didn't.

I think I might be going insane .-.

I turned my attention else were, as I looked down at Temari who was asleep on my shoulder. Next to her was Oji who was scrolling through his phone. Behind me sat Ino, Tenten, and Tenko. With Ino's face plastered against the window as her eyes followed every tree that passed by, Tenten sat next to her munching down on the snacks that Neji had brought for all of us and with Tenko leaned against her, peacefully drooling on her shoulder.

I looked up at Neji who was sitting in the front, his eyes glued to a large red book. I sighed as I looked down at the brochure of our new school, which Neji gave out to us when he picked us up from the airport. I brushed my fingers across its name, Konohagakure. I've spent every waking moment thinking about it. Thought of a dozen reasons why I felt the way I did, though came up with nothing.

I looked out the car window, defeated. 'What was it about this school that made me feel so on edge?' I watched how we passed by rows and rows of stone cottages, while those houses soon turned into nothing but fields of green.

"First all I saw were trees, now I see nothing! Where the hell are all the malls!? Like we're literally in the middle of no were!" Ino suddenly shouted while plastering her face even closer to the window.

"Better get used to it blondie, because that's all your going to be seeing for the next 2 years," Tenten bluntly stated while she took a bit out of another granola bar.

Ino gave her a face of complete horror, as if her very soul was being crushed, as she shakingly placed her hands on Tenten's shoulders. "P-Please...take it back. Please take it back."

Tenten, who was still calmly eating her granola bar, simply patted Ino on the back while repeating. "There, there." As Ino quietly sobbed

"Your friends sure seem like a tiring bunch," Neji added as he looked up from his book and at me through the rearview mirror.

"Well, at least you know you'll never get bored of them."

Neji responded quickly. "Boredom is a small price to pay for your well being. They're the reason why you haven't been able to stay in a single school for any longer than 3 months."

I shrugged as I gave him a sheepish grin. "Yeah, well maybe your right. Though what can you do, their family."

For a second he looked surprised as he then cleared his throat while he went back to reading his book. "I see."

"You sure seem to act like you already know us, Neji-Nii-San." Temari taunted him with the way I use to say his name.

"Well look who woke up," I grinned as I watched Temari sit up. "So what's the deal kid? You seem to act like you already have us all pegged, even though I could have sworn that we've only known each other for a couple of hours now."

I looked up at Neji.

At first, I thought he would have gotten irritated by the way Temari called his name. Though Neji acted differently then what I would have expected, as he simply closed his book. "Temari Nara. Your 17 years old and in your last year of high school. Your the eldest daughter of the Nara family, which are the owners of one of the world's largest art collection. Temari you have been expelled from 22 different schools since your second year of high school. I might not know you personally though I know enough to say that you aren't the best company for my cousin-"

Temari looking a bit taken aback though still continued to listen anyway, as Neji soon added. "-You might not be the best company for my cousin, though if Hinata will go as far as to accept you as apart of her family I have no choice but to accept you as well."

Temari's expression changed from surprise to irritated, though she did nothing more but released an irritated grunt as she fell back into her seat. "I don't need your acceptance."

Oji sat up as he reached his hands out from behind Neji's seat, as he then began to yank on his cheeks. "Hey, what about me huh? I've known you longer then Hinata has, shouldn't you care about my acceptance too! Don't you care at all about my well being!"

I grinned as I leaned forward. "Neji you sure have done your homework on my friends haven't you."

While pushing Oji's hands away Neji answered. "Of course. I've researched every one of the girl's backgrounds, making it almost impossible for a single piece of information to pass by me."

"Is it just me, or does anyone else feel a bit creeped out," Tenten added, her mouth still filled with food. I laughed. "Hey! This might be fun for you Hinata, but I'm feeling very exposed right now!"

"Don't worry Tenten, I doubt he knows about how you like to decorate your kunai." Ino teased as I laughed harder.

"Well, he does now!"

"I can guarantee you, I only keep noted the things worth noting," Neji responded as he was already back to reading his book. Tenten still didn't look satisfied as she simply stared at Neji while continuing to eat.

"So what do you have on us? You already announced mine. How about Tenten and Ino."

Now I was intrigued.

Neji's eyes met mine as he looked back at me through the rearview mirror. I could tell he knew I was interested to hear what he had dug up about my friends as he sighed while closing his book once more.

"Tenten Lalin. You lived with Hinata for just about 3 years now, after moving from China. You are currently 17 years old and the youngest of two. Your brother is the sixth generation of the Lalin family and head of your family's traditional tea ceremony. Though your brother stepped down a year ago making you the next head of your family's company. Along with Temari, you have been expelled from 22 schools since your second year of high school."

"Wow Tenten, quite the list you have there," Ino smirked while taking the granola bar from a frozen Tenten, who was just about to drop it.

Tenten didn't respond as she looked up while coving her face with her hands, as she cursed Tenko's name a dozen times. As the boy in question continued to sleep peacefully.

"Lastly we have Ino Yamanaka. Age 16 and is the only child of the Yamanaka family who are the owners of various 5-star hotels around the world. Ino has been expelled from 22 different schools starting at the beginning of high school."

"Well look at that, he really didn't add you're weird habit Tenten."

"Hey!" Tenten barked as she karate chopped Temari on the head.

"Well, that got boring real fast."

"No need to worry Ino, by the looks of it we will be reaching the school any minute now."

|Arriving at the school|

~ Tenten's P.O.V ~

"Well look at that, no one told me we were going to be going to be attending school in a castle," Hinata smirked as she hopped off the van. "The brochure sure doesn't give this school justice."

"You can say that again," I added while I stared at this castle they called a school.

"Holy crap! Why didn't we get expelled from school sooner! This place is enormous! I can't wait to see where will be staying!" Ino swelled as she ran towards the school.

"Calm down blondie, it's not that big a deal."

Ino stopped dead in her tracks as she quickly turned around. "What the hell are you talking about Temari! Have you suddenly gone blind? Look at this place. This is the kinda place people could only wish their school looked like."

"My eyes are just fine. All I'm saying is that it's not a big deal and to remember why we're here in the first place."

20 minutes haven't even passed since we got here and two people from our group were already fighting. I sighed as shooked my head while helping Neji unload the van. Though with my attention elsewhere I hadn't noticed that I had left my hand on top of Neji's and not one of the luggage.

Neji looked at me irritatedly "Do you mind?"

I blinked twice before I realized that I still hadn't removed my hand. "Oh, sorry about that!" I awkwardly laughed as I quickly removed my hand as I made myself busy by going back to work, while the whole time I was thinking 'What the hell was that?'

It didn't take us long to remove everything from the car as I thanked the man who drove us once more before he drove away. I sat on the floor with my back leaned against one of the luggage as I watched Temari and Ino still going at it.

"Cow!"

"Bitch!"

'Maybe if those two put just as much energy into helping us as they do fight all day, then maybe we would have finished sooner.' My thoughts were soon interrupted as Hinata stood in front of me holding a cool bottle of water. "Got anything colder than that?"

"Nope."

I laughed as I stood up while wiping off some dirt from my shorts before taking the drink from Hinata. "Thanks."

"Ready to go inside?"

"Not really,"

Hinata laughed. "That's good because neither am I." She soon turned to Temari and Ino as she grabbed both of their wrists. "That's enough, the principals probably waiting for us. Were going."

"Hey, what about the bags?" Tenko asked.

"The gater isn't here yet, so Neji will look after them," Hinata answered, as she headed for the school entrance while pulling Ino and Temari along.

"Excuse me, but are you insane? You'll only get yourselves lost!" Neji began to argue.

Oji walked up to Neji as he patted him on the head. "Neji the principal has probably seen your face enough times, besides someone has to watch the bags and were the ones the principal has to meet,"

"Bye Neji. Make sure to guard those bags well." Temari teased as she turned to smirk at him while her, Ino, and Hinata disappeared into the school.

I glanced back at Neji, as I watched how a look of defeat fell upon his face, I held in a laugh as I was the last one to walk inside.

|Outside the school office|

~ Tenko's P.O.V ~

*pent* *pent* *pent*

After 6 wrong turns and 4 dead ends, we were finally standing outside of the school's office.

Jesus this place is a maze, there wasn't even a single teacher or student around to ask for directions. Personally, I was already beginning to regret leaving Neji outside. We really should have just left one of the girls out there instead. "Hey, I get it's the weekend and all but this is ridiculous. It's like the whole place is deserted."

"Why the hell is this school so freakin' big!" Oji yelled out, as he bent down placing both hands on my knees trying to catch his breath.

"Right! I feel like we've been walking for days," Tenten breathed out before stumbling backward as her back hit the wall while she slid down, collapsing to the floor.

"Stop overreacting, it's only been an hour," Temari responded as she ran her fingers through her hair. Completely unfazed.

"Leave them be. Not all of us go for 2 hour runs in the morning." Hinata added as she crouched down in front of Tenten while splashing water on her face.

There has to be something wrong with those girls. Here I am creating my own puddle of sweat and those two act like we didn't just spend an hour running back and forth looking for the office. It's official, I hate this school.

My attention was soon diverted when I heard a loud thud come from behind me. I turned only to see Ino laying unconscious on the floor. 'Hm, I was beginning to wonder where she went.'

"Ino!" Oji yelled as he went running for her.

Any other day I would've been right there with Oji, probably scared for her life, but I'm way too tired to care. 'Someone call 911, she died...'

Oji kneeled down as he held her in his arms. "Ino! Wake up!" A few seconds went by before she finally regained consciousness as she weakly turned to look at Oji.

"O-Oji? Is that you?" She called out faintly, as she stretched out her hand. Oji didn't waste any time before gripped her hand tightly. "Yeah, it's me! Just hold on will get you some water or something!"

"No don't bother. I-I don't think..." Ino eyes soon began to close as the hand Oji was holding onto so tightly became weak as it then began to slip out of his hands, and as it fell it hit the ground with the most dramatic thud ever. We all watched as a little Ino soul began escaping from her mouth.

"Ino!" Oji yelled her name dramatically.

Before this could carry on any longer Hinata splashed the rest of her water on Ino's face. "Well, that's enough of that. Whatever that was." The more this went on, the more it looked like those cheesy drama shows, and just before Tenten was about to begin to awkwardly clap, Temari slowly pushed her hands back down.

Through suddenly we heard the sound actual clapping, as we all turned to see a black haired woman, who looked to be in her mid 30's with short black hair, standing in front of us as she smiled. "Good evening. My name is Shizune. You must be the new students at our school. It nice to finally get a face with the name. Place follow me inside."

The side of my mouth began to twitch as spoke. "So much for first impressions."

Shizune guided us past the pair of large black double doors. Inside was a 5 piece espresso reception desk that sat in the middle of a fairly simple room. Though in the far back was a single door, with a gold plaque above it reading 'Principal's Office'. Shizune knocked on the door twice before coming in as she then held the door open for us all. Though none of us moved.

Honestly, I didn't move because I was scared. Though many of the girls would have known that, even Oji. The real question here was, why weren't they moving? I doubt they stood up late researching the school. Doubt they know anything about how terrifying the principal is. Doubt they know anything about the three strick rule she has.

Though what I truly didn't doubt was that they weren't at least a little worried about how this was going to transpire and if this was it going to end like every other time they transferred to a new school.

Suddenly the silence broke as Hinata walked in. The sound of her steps was the only thing that could be heard in the entire room. She then stopped a couple of feet from the principal's desk. Both the principal and Hinata's expressions were unreadable.

The silence broke again when the principal spoke. "So you must be Hinata Hyuga. Your eyes are unmistakable."

"I am."

The woman smiled as she leaned back in her chair. "Good. Now, how about you tell your friends to come in so we can properly discuss what's going to happen from here on out."

I looked at the other hesitantly, though not long after that did we all make our way deeper in the office as we stood next to Hinata.

The principal's smile widened. "That's very good. So if I'm correct you bunch should be my troublemakers from Capa High. Expelled after only 2 months of attendance and as for what your other dozens of principals have to say... well let's just say that it's not looking too good for you girls, that's for sure." She sat up as she pulled open one of her draws as she took out four thick folders, as she stood up from her chair, and walked around her desk as she stopped right in front of us while leaning back.

"This school doesn't just let anyone attend and personally I don't care how much your parents have in the bank, money just doesn't persuade around here. Here at this school, we have a three strick system, and if you get all three don't waste your time with apologies. Honestly, the only reason why all six of you are still standing here, to begin with, is because your parents are friends with the headboard of directors. Your parents might have gotten you in, though it's up to you if you wish to stay. So..."

What she did next, and I can say this with absolute certainty, surprised us all.

The thick large folders she held in her hands, probably filled with countless papers of every bad thing the girls have down since they started high school, probably even further than that, were thrown up in the air as we watched papers begin to fly everywhere.

"...if you wish to start fresh here, I'll look past it all. Every mistake and every screw-up. You have a lot riding on this, I've been informed, so I hope you'll see this as an opportunity. One that I hope you don't pass up. If you have a problem speak now, or else you'll have to live with it until the day of your graduation or the day you get expelled. Whichever comes first."

Her words were as loud as shattering glass in an empty room and none of us dared to say a word.

She smiled. "Well, if this is how you feel then it is my honour to welcome you to Konohagakure High."

- End Of Chapter -

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