(A/N: Ahahaha! I'm such a baka! (Well, isn't it obvious? -pokes pen name- ) Anyhu...Chapter one coming up! )

Disclaimer: I...own...not Naruto! (-cries- I was hoping to get away with it...)


Hinata sighed. If only she could go over and tell him...If only she had the courage to go over and tell him. She wished she could just walk up to him, tell him, and then maybe even receive a warm embrace from him. Hinata continued to stare at Uzumaki Naruto, hoping he wouldn't notice her, not yet, anyway. Unfortunately, it didn't seem to be her day; Naruto looked right at her, squinting in a strange way.

Hinata quickly looked down, blushing furiously. She could sense he was walking towards her, and her heart was beating so loudly that she would almost be surprised if he couldn't hear it. A familiar voice spoke to her, a voice that she always longed to her.

"Hey, Hinata-chan, you seen Sakura-chan anywhere?" Naruto asked in a lazy tone.

Hinata started playing with her fingers, stumbling over the words of her response. "N-N-Naruto-kun! I-I haven't seen her today...I'm sorry..." she glanced at him briefly, then trailed off.

"'Kay," Naruto started to walk away, "See ya around then."

Hinata looked up, watching him until he was out of sight. She sighed again, and leaned against the tree. Naruto-kun...she smiled, looking up at the sky. Why couldn't she ever get him out of her mind? She smiled at that thought. It was because she loved him.

Reaching into her pocket, she pulled out a small, hardcover journal. She blushed a little, wondering if Naruto would think it was normal for someone to carry a journal with them. Gingerly, Hinata opened it to a blank page. She never really wrote about what happened throughout her days in sentence form...she prefered writing them in poetry. It made her wonder, again, if Naruto found that normal too. She lifted her pencil, pausing for a minute before starting to write.

The many days I've waited,
The many days I've hoped,
But you still make me wonder...
When will I get my chance?
Why can't I bring out my courage?
Why can't I tell you how I feel?
And please, I would like to know,
Why can't you notice me?

The kunoichi stopped, and frowned. I can't even write free-verse poetry right...she mused. Hinata closed her journal, placing it on the grass beside her, along with her pencil. She rested against the tree, closing her eyes and letting out a deep breath. She didn't open her eyes for a while, at least not until a loud voice called out her name.

"HINATA!"

Hinata opened her eyes and sat up, staring at an energetic-looking Kiba running towards her. Kiba slowed down as he reached her, returning her questioning gaze, "Where've you been all day? I thought we were supposed to be training today. I mean, we waited a whole two hours!"

The girl blinked, "I'm sorry, Kiba..." she glanced at the sky, "It's been two hours already?"

Kiba looked almost exasperated, "Okay, I might have been exagerating that part, but hurry up, will ya?" Without waiting for Hinata to reply, he helped her to her feet, and started taking her to their team's training grounds.

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Sasuke walked past some trees, in his usual aloof manner. He had always prefered to be alone...he highly doubted there was anyone in the entire village that could make him change his opinion about that. But he never felt alone, which sometimes unnerved him. Unfortunately, his time alone was interrupted quickly, for Sakura and Ino could be heard bickering their way towards him.

"Sasuke-kun!" Ino and Sakura cried out happily in unison.

Sasuke twitched, feeling slightly annoyed, "What do you want?" he asked in a bored tone. He knew what they wanted, but he didn't want to stay around them.

Ino started to speak, but Sakura quickly interrupted her, only to be interrupted in return by Ino. The process went on, finally resulting in a loud argument between the two girls. Sasuke saw this as an opportunity to escape their presence.

Quick-walking away from them, Sasuke frowned at the fact that he almost knew that he wasn't going to be left alone for a while. It was only fifteen minutes or so later that he found an annoying ninja boy running his way. As their eyes met, Naruto slowed at put on a pretty much fake disgusted look. Sasuke didn't have to pretend to be disgusted by him...he already was.

"Sasuke," Naruto said, bluntly, "Where's Sakura?"

Sasuke stared at him with his usual bored expression, "Why would I care?" The question of why he was put into a team of annoying and fairly immature people still lingered in his mind.

YOU...DAMMIT, WHY DO YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO ACT SO CALM! Naruto's thoughts were clear on his face, "You always think you're so cool," he murmured angrily. He then spoke loudly to Sasuke, "I should've expected some cold comment from a boring guy like you."

The Uchiha paused. 'Boring'? "It's better than being stupid and annoying," he responded, turning and walking away from him, ignoring the angry Naruto making faces at his back.

Naruto, angry that he was being ignored of course, picked up some random hard thing and threw it at Sasuke. What happened afterwards was quite unexpected.

The object hit the back of Sasuke's head.

Uzumaki stared for a moment. He kind of expected Sasuke to catch it, before it even got close to hitting him. Sasuke began to bend down to pick up the object, and Naruto was almost sure Sasuke would throw it back at him...only a lot harder. Sasuke didn't though. He stared at the cover of the journal that was just thrown at him, and walked away with it.

Naruto continued to stare, until he finally realised he was being ignored again, "STOP IGNORING ME!"


(A/N: Yes, I know, very short and pathetic, especially for chapter one. Ahahahaha...I don't think the chapter title makes sense...It was just a random title... I was going to write more, but...yah, kind of got writer's block...Anyhu, I'll try to make the next chapter more interesting. )