Hey guys! I had to add some finishing embellishments on some chapters, so sorry if it took a little while to update. Many thanks to RocklLeeLover, scharlo, dreameyes, xMidorixTenshi and .Rainmoon. for reviewing the first one. (Sorry, Tsunade is a tad bit OOC in this chapter, and like everything else, you will find out why later.)
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Chapter 2: Day one: New friends, new enemies
The four friends walked along the Konoha sidewalks in the direction of their new school. Their house (AN: they share a home) was within walking distance, so getting there wasn't an issue. Surprisingly enough, the girls stayed silent the whole walk. As chatty as they were that morning, their first day jitters seemed to kick in right then.
Hinata began to shuffle her feet and look at the ground. Sakura began to knock one of her dangly earrings back and forth in a pendulum manner. Ino was twiddling her thin thumbs. Tenten began to curl a lock of her hair around her index finger. These were all sure signs that the girls were nervous.
They remained in silence until suddenly, a loud bark rang out. All the girls yanked their heads up and looked around for the source of the piercing noise. They heard another, and noticed it was coming from around their feet. They looked down to see a small white dog sitting in front of them with its tail wagging violently. All the girls bent down to say hello to it.
"Aw, hello there little guy," said Ino with a warm smile, even though she was slightly allergic. All the girls began to pet the small dog as it closed its eyes and whimpered happily. About thirty seconds later, a boy their age, wearing a large coat with the hood up and red markings on his face, came running up the sidewalk in their direction.
"Akamaru!" he called, walking around the girls to pick up what was apparently his dog. "Geez, don't scare me like that buddy!" he said, rubbing Akamaru behind the dog's ears. It was then that he decided to look up at the girls. "Oh hey, sorry. Did he cause you guys any trouble?" he asked them, giving Akamaru a stern look. "I'm Kiba Inuzuka by the way," he added, remembering his manners.
"Oh no," began Hinata. "He was actually very sweet," she said with a smile. "I'm Hinata Hyuuga."
"I'm Ino Yamanaka."
"Sakura Haruno."
"Tenten."
After all the girls introduced themselves, Kiba took a good look at this group of girls as a whole. Well look at this…they're kind of cute. I wonder where they are headed. He thought to himself. "So, where are you guys going?" he asked, as they all began to walk again.
"Probably the same place as you," said Ino.
"Konoha Village High," finished Sakura.
"Yeah, that would be where I'm going too," Kiba said. "What year are you guys?"
"Sophomore," answered Tenten, who had released her hair from her finger.
"Well, looks like we're off to a good start because I am too. If you guys need anyone to show you around, I'm here for ya," he said as he gave a trusting smile with Akamaru. Yes, with Akamaru.
"Thank God," said Tenten in relieved tone. "I was worried we'd have trouble befriending people." Kiba gave a slight smile to himself and shook his head. With the way they look, that was not going to be a problem for them. Of course, Kiba didn't mention that.
"Oh cool, did you all get those tattoos together?" Kiba asked, noticing odd symbols on the girl's ankles. The girls all shared a look of confusion then looked down at their left ankles. Their confusion turned to alarm. The same memory echoed in each of their heads.
"These marks will ensure your fates…and loyalty."
"OW! Loyalty…to what?"
"Your inevitable destiny."
"Um, yeah we did not too long ago," Tenten jumped in, as the girls all looked away. Kiba raised an eyebrow, giving an expression as if he thought there was something they weren't telling him. He figured it was none of his business and shrugged it off.
"Look! There's the school!" squeaked Hinata pointing ahead. They all looked up and gazed at the building. It was pretty hard to miss; it being one of the largest buildings around. As they approached, the atmosphere got more and more crowded with teenagers.
"You may try to escape it. Oh, try as you might. But it will happen. You will encounter the fates chosen for you."
They approached the stairs, and suddenly someone careless knocked into Ino forcefully, sending her to the ground. She squinted her eyes with the pain, which quickly turned to anger. Before she could say a word, her friends jumped to her rescue.
"Hey, what was that for?" Tenten yelled at the back of the person who had knocked Ino down. The person stopped. All the girls could see was a large fan perched on the person's back.
"You heard her!" joined Sakura. "What was that all about?" she repeated. The person turned around. It was a girl who looked like she was in her senior year. She had four spiky, dirty-blond ponytails around her head. She had on a short purple dress with fishnets. Uh…slut? all the girls thought. Their ankles began to twinge faintly, but they were too angry to notice.
"Yeah I heard you," said the girl walking steadily towards them. "I just chose not to listen," she said simply. Tenten and Sakura's fists clenched, and Hinata was slowly backing away. Ino was standing up and dusting dirt off her self. She clenched her lower back, which was in quite some pain. Kiba however, clenched his jaw. This was not the kind of fight they should be getting into on the first day. Especially not with this person.
"You are such a jerk," scoffed Ino. Normally, Ino could have said and done much worse, but she sensed a bad aura coming from this girl and chose not to mess with her. She winced as her ankle stung sharply, and a voice rang out within her head.
"Sure, you will make friends. But your enemies will exceed them by far."
"You know what, skank?" the girl went on, poking Ino roughly on the forehead at the word 'skank'. Ino didn't move or show any reaction, which aggravated her attacker even more. She drew her fist back for a punch. Everyone gasped and Ino was ready to dodge when necessary. But the girl then laughed to herself and slowly released. "You know what? You're not even worth it. Just stay out of my way," she said, giving Ino an additional shove. With that, she left leaving the girls speechless.
"Yeah…um, that was Temari," said Kiba. "She was a transfer student last year from the Sand Village and she's very powerful," he said seriously. "Very," He emphasized. The girls looked after the girl named Temari in slight anger and slight relief. They were horrified of what she could have done to them, but relieved she didn't do it.
"We should go get our schedules now," said Hinata breaking the trance they were all in. They all snapped out of it and agreed.
When they actually entered the building, the girls nearly recoiled. With binders, notebooks, papers and pencils thrown here and there, with lockers opened and belongings spilling out, the place looked post-nuclear. Many heads, a majority belonging to males, turned and shamelessly stared at the girls.
Lead by Kiba, they simply ignored their gawkers and began stepping over all the things in the path of the hallway until they reached the office. Kiba stopped.
"I guess the tour guide will be leaving you guys here," he said, as the girls smiled with appreciation. "If you ever need me though, my locker is…" he looked at his own schedule, and his eyes widened. "Two over from the girl's room! The bottom one. So I guess I'll be seeing you ladies a lot." He winked, and walked away as the girls laughed. They were grateful for his help. They went into the office, only to be immediately wrapped up in a strong hug.
"Girls!" sang Tsunade, the 5th Hokage and principle. "I'm so happy you have finally joined us!" she happily twirled over to her file cabinet to get their papers and schedules. The girls stared at her awe-struck. They had not seen Tsunade so happy before.
"…Thank you…Tsunade…" said Hinata politely taking the files from Tsunade, as her excessive dancing around had nearly caused damage to them. At this point, she was so happy they had to start dodging her. It was then the girls decided it was best that they leave.
"We'll see you later Tsunade!" said all the girls at once.
"Bye giiiiirls!" sang Tsunade. The girls left the room and exchanged bewildered expressions.
"What was that all about?" asked Tenten glancing back into the room containing the ecstatic Tsunade.
"Superiors will not save you. Friends will sure as Hell not save you. The only thing that stands a chance at saving you is…"
"No idea." Said Ino and Sakura, in regard to Tenten's remark.
"Here are our files…Tenten…Ino…Sakura…" said Hinata as she passed each file to her friends. They each flipped through the papers until they got to their schedules and immediately compared them.
They were happy to find that they had all their specials classes together, which included Gym (Gai), Art (Kurenai), Theater (Ebisu), Health (Jiraiya AN: yes, Jiraiya teaches at the school), and Drug Ed (Tsunade herself). It wasn't incredible, but it's lucky they were even in that many together.
"So, what did you guys think of Kiba?" Sakura asked, putting a hand on her hip.
"He was really nice," said Hinata.
"And pretty cute," said Tenten evilly.
"Yeah, but I'll bet he'd be hott if he put his hood down," added Ino. The rest of them nodded in agreement. Just before they could say anything more, the bell rang.
"Crap, we haven't even found our lockers yet," said Ino, biting her lower lip.
"We can find them later, we need to get to class," said Tenten. With a last good-luck hug, the four separated and took down different hallways. Their first classes were separate. That bell might be the longest bell they ever experience in their lives.
"That being said…I will let you go. I have given you a fair warning."
That's the second chappie. Don't worry; it will all be strung together soon. Also, I won't make separate chapters for each and every bell because that will take forever and it would be incredibly boring. I will make the proper intervals when necessary. The annoying thing is my computer…all these character names are foreign to it so it's near impossible to spell check without 90 of the check being character names. It knows Sakura, but it thinks "Ino" should be "ion," "Hinata" should be "piñata," "Tenten" should be "tenet" and "Kiba" should be "kebab." That comes to show how hip and happening my computer is. But ASIDE FROM THAT, I promise things will get a little more interesting, and by interesting, I mean THE boys will get involved ; ). Just read on please, and R and R also!
