happy chinese new year! sry if i didn't update quick enough...been on some boring vacations...well then...here's chapter 5! hope u all like it...''

They walked into the classroom only to be greeted by other students which (finally) arrived. Well, mainly Sasuke was greeted but Sakura still gave them a small smile. Sasuke then introduced Sakura to the others.

"Minna, this is Haruno Sakura, a new student here,"

The group looked at Sakura and welcomed her.

"Hi, Sakura!"

"Ohayou, Sakura-chan,"

"Nice to meet you, Sakura…"

"Yo…"

Sakura smiled meekly as she nodded at the people who greeted her.

"Sakura," Sasuke pointed to a boy leaning aginst a chair,"this is Neji,"'White eyes? Must be related to Hinata…'

"Oh…nice to meet you, Neji-san,""Hn…"

Sasuke moved on to the person next to the white-eyed teen.

"Then Tenten, Ino, Temari, and Shikamaru,"

"Ok…I think I get it now…"

Tenten, who tied her hair up in two buns, along with Ino, a long blonde , and Temari, another blonde but she tied her hair into 4 pigtails(is it called that? I have no idea what that kind of hairdo is called…). is wearing the academy's uniform a white blouse with a long-sleeved jacket to match, and dark-blue mini-skirts.

The guy called Shikamaru is also wearing the uniform for boys, a short sleeved shirt inside, a long jacket out, and dark blue pants, along with Neji and Sasuke. He had a bored expression on his face and he pierced his ears. Neji grew out his black hair and tied it at the end loosely. 'So unlike Hinata…his eyes don't show any emotion…speaking of Hinata…'

"Umm…is Hinata-chan related to you? Neji-san?"

Tenten cut in before Neji can say anything

"Just call him Neji like we do, Sakura-chan… you'll spoil him if you call him like that…" she said with a laugh.

Sakura nodded. She looked back at Neji.

"So…is she?

Neji kept quiet for a while (let's say a good five minutes have passed by…) Tenten, not liking the way Neji giving his silent treatment to Sakura, elbowed him in the ribs gently to make sure he was conscious; which was returned with a glare from the boy.

"Yeah. She's my cousin. May I ask why you want to ask about her?" replied Neji, not changing the look on his face.

Sakura was quite taken back by Neji's answer to her question.

"W-well, she stays in the room below my floor in the dorm, but she never mentioned about you oryour/her family though…"

By this time, the whole group including Sasuke looked in Sakura's direction, motioning her to go on with her story.

"Umm…we met the day I got here, during the academy's break in December, at the entrance to the dorm. I talked to her at first, which made her jumped a little, but we eventually became friends after a few tours around the academy grounds and the dorm."

"Typical Hinata…"Temari remarked with a chuckle, "She's shy around people."

Shikamaru slightly yawned.

"Shikamaru, don't fall asleep when Sakura is telling her story! Sit up straight! Shikamaru!" Ino at the same time cried out and shook Shikamaru, who was lazily gazing his eyes at the opened window.

"(sweat drop) its ok, Ino-chan," Sakura assured her new blonde friend, "I'm done anyway,"

"Sakura," Tenten chipped into the conversation, "maybe you don't know but we don't really use suffixes around each other, well for people who are younger and older than us or respected, we use them, but normally, we lay them off." She finished with a tired smile.

"Yeah, it's too tiring anyways, to have to say it over and over again changing only the names…"

Sakura listened and mumbled an embarrassed "oh…sorry, I didn't know…"

Shikamaru, now free from Ino's grasp, asked Sakura a question.

"Do students at your old school say them all the time?"

Neji closed his eyes a little while waiting for Sakura's answer.

"Actually, yeah, we do. Every time we saw someone we recognized. The school's rules' there said so, and if students don't follow it, well, mainly the bad students, will be punished."

"Man…talk about strict..."

Sasuke's remark startled Sakura.

"Hey, it's not that bad…" Sakura gave them a cheery smile, "I lived through it and didn't get punished in any way!"

"Of course you didn't, Sakura, you must be an angel there!" teased Sasuke, making her blush.

The group chatted a while longer until the other students came strolling in.

"Why don't we sit in the same row?" suggested Sakura.

They all agreed and went to the rows Sasuke and Sakura sat before and take their seats. It's kinda like this :( you need to use a little thinking or imagining here, readers…) the door is at the right side of the class, windows replacing half the class's walls on each side. A big blackboard is in front, facing 4 rows of desks with 8 desks a row that was linked together but cut into two halves, making 4 on the left and 4 on the right. The teacher's desk is in between the two.

The four girls took the row Sakura sat in while the boys took Sasuke's. (Since Sakura is back facing Sasuke, Neji is facing Tenten and Shikamaru facing Ino.) The seat behind Temari is taken by a girl named Sephire, according to Tenten. When Sakura saw Temari talking to her, she asked Tenten before taking her seat.

"Maybe she asked him over…" she said with a smile.

"oh…"

Sakura dismissed the thought when bell rings and their teacher walks in.

(Author takes over for a while to say something)The class is having a male teacher this year. He took his time walking over to the teacher's desk and laid down his books. He wears the simple attire that most male teachers do. Suddenly, the class turned quiet and turned all of their attention to the man. The thing that caught their eyes is the visible black mask covering his face except his right eye.

"Well, now that you have all quiet down, I'll start introducing myself." said the man as he closed the door to the class. "My name is Hatake Kakashi, and I'll be and teaching you all the basics that you need to know as a beginner and I'm your class advisor this year."

He walks back to the desk and laid his hand on the table's edge to support his weight. (Every teacher I met always do this)

"So…according to the meeting I had with the other teachers just now, I have to take your attendance," he fishes out a list from his file. "Wow…I have to take care of 32 kids this year? Great…" he sarcastically point out.

The students in the class sweat dropped when they heard that.

"Now, I'll only call out your first name so raise your hand if it is yours," seeing no response from the class, Kakashi went on. "Let's start now."

15 minutes later…

A trail of names was called and soon, the attendance taking ended. The class is still quiet while the teacher is stacking his papers.

"Now," Kakashi said with a smile, well, judging from his voice anyway. "I know that you just started school, so I'm gonna let you relax a little, but in return, you must give me a little note about yourself and handed in to me by the end of this class. Deal?"

A rose of noise was heard immediately and some students started taking out papers.

"I guess that's a 'yes' then? Good. "

Kakashi took his seat behind the desk and take out an orange book. While reading it, students heard him giggling and the skin under his visible eye turns light pink.

All of the students: '(sweat drop) weird teach…' but they still continued their work with someone asking for help in spelling once in a while.

Half an hour later…

The bell rang and one by one the students walked to the teacher's desk with their belongings in hand. They passed their essays and went out of the classroom, some sighing in relief while others continue to chat with their friends and finding their next class.

The 8 (new?) friends walked out of the class too, chatting with each other and asking what did they write on the essay. Sakura just said that she write what she thought about.They talked for a while later and split up sincethey have theirnext class at 10. They said goodbye to each other and left.

In the dorm (Sakura's room)…

Sakura left her backpack on the floor and proceeded to taking out her diary from her desk's drawer. She flipped it to a blank page and started on a new page.

Dear diary,

Today I met a few friends at school. They are quite nice. Especially Sasuke-kun, he showed me around when we were on our way to the caft and even introduced me to some of his friends. They are Tenten-chan, Ino-chan, Shikamaru-san, and Neji-san. They don't use suffixes here but I can still write them, can't I? Neji-san is Hinata-chan's cousin. Can u believe that? Oh, speaking of her, she isn't in my 1st class today…maybe we'll meet in the next. Our class ad. is a guy who wears masks! Isn't that weird? His name is Hatake Kakashi. Oh, gtg, need to make a trip to the art class to sign up. Hope Sasuke-kun is around to.

Love, sakura

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