With The healing Touch of an Angel

by Kisara-Moonlight14

REVISED/2018 An angel as she was. Hyuuga Hinata. Her and her guardian are new to the school called True Cross Academy. She was chosen to assist Rin in controlling his Blue Flame. She was said to have purifying power beyond imagination. She was to be taken as his wife. UPDATE IS THIS WEEK!

5. Perfect, Popular, Everything

Naruto and Hinata finally attend school with Rin; waiting around for him between classes. It would seem, it is impossible to look normal...

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Chapter 4: And They Are Perfect, Popular, and Everything

Naruto and Hinata stood in front of the large school known as True Cross Academy; waiting in the large courtyard for Rin and Yukio to finish their normal high school classes before starting the cram school's classes. Well at least the class that starts with Yukio. They haven't attended the earlier cram classes. Yukio explained to them that it would be easier to start with his class and get the other classes another time.

The sun was bright and warming as Hinata smiled upon it. Her pale eyes roamed around the area as she watched the sun's rays glisten upon everything it touched. From the school's buildings to the school yard's trees, she watched everything with her smile so bright, initially observing the area around her. There were many things she had not first noticed when they have arrived just a couple of days ago. She took this wait as an opportunity to fully examine her surroundings. Even when Yukio showed them around just yesterday, she merely glanced at things. Now, she took the time to remember everything.

Naruto on the other hand, again became impatient. He stood in front of the large staircase; that must have lead to the main halls; and frowned as his gaze went up higher and higher. His scowl deepened as he observed the actual size of the school.

"Sheesh, can this school get any bigger!? I think it's ridiculous how big it actually is! How many students even attend? I mean, come on. Really?" he was half-speaking to himself and to Hinata. "Eh, Hinata-chan?...Hinata-chan?" However, since she didn't answer him right away, he turned his head to look at her, only to see that her mind was again, lost within the sun and radiance.

He shook his head and turned back to frown some more at the building. This was becoming a routine with each passing day. 'Figures, she'd space off as soon as she stops to stare at anything shiny!' He rolled his eyes again. 'I guess she just can't help it since we are no longer at home. That place is surrounded by light. When sun falls and the night takes over, the moon shines brighter than anywhere else on the planet.'

He sighed and then turned away from the staircase and moved to sit on a bench closest to him, crossing his arms and resting his head back to stare into the large day's star himself. 'I guess….I can understand why she can't help it.' He blushed faintly as he continued to stare in the light. 'It always feels so nice.' He smiled softly. So warm.

Hinata giggled softly when she glanced over at Naruto. She heard what he said, she just didn't answer as quickly as he wanted her to. Like always. She knew he would assume that she would never hear him. There were times she didn't; however, there were many times she did. But he didn't seem to care too much, so neither did she.

She turned her gaze back towards the sun. 'I hope today is a better day. Danna-sama.' She sighed as her gaze fell towards the school before she moved to walk over to where Naruto was seated. 'He is…..always….always…angry with me.' She thought as she took a seat next to Naruto; whom didn't budge an inch, he knew it was her.

Hinata folded her hands in her lap as she patiently waited for the bell. She couldn't help but worry a little for how the day with Rin would turn out. It would all depend on her actions she guessed. He coached her all morning before he left on how to NOT, ABSOLUTLY NOT(as he put it) call him Danna-sama. She wasn't even to make hint that they lived together or so much as talk to each other. He didn't want her to make any mistakes during cram school. He told her to sit away from him. Not speak to him. Nothing. No acknowledgment. He told her its fine to wait for him between classes but only to help her get around. Other than that, once she knew her way around school, he told her she was on her own. He didn't want anyone thinking they were together until he made it clear.

What she didn't tell him...she would listen if she wanted to. She hadn't been here a week and she already felt disrespected. She would do what she could within reason. If she was being stubborn, so be it. After the other day, she didn't know what to think of him exactly. She thought she did nothing wrong. Or maybe...

...it's because she didn't ask for permission.

She looked up once she heard the bell ring.

'Oh!' Another thought dawned on her. Something Rin said before he left out the door.

"And don't forget to wear something normal! Look normal!"

Hinata then looked up thoughtfully. She still couldn't fully understand what that meant. She thought the clothes Naruto and her wore ARE normal. No one seemed to look at them strangely the other day. And if they did…well…she didn't pay much attention. But what was considered normal by human standards? She pondered more as she stood up when she noticed Naruto stand up and students began to flock the large courtyard.

'Do we look normal today?' Hinata looked over to Naruto, looking him up and down as she observed his attire and his hair. His hair was usual, spikes in every direction. His clothing was all white like hers; his pants and sleeveless top. His wristband was a golden color with a red incantation on it—where she assumed was the summoning for his weapon—and his short top gladiator-like sandals were golden as well. He also wore a golden ring. She knew what that was for.

She then looked down at her attire, completely missing all the chattering that sparked around them as the courtyard continued to fill. Today, she wore a long sleeved dress that covered her arms straight to the knuckles of her hands. The hem reached just past her knees with its skirt neatly pleated as a large hood fell down her mid back. Her shoes weren't sandals today as they had been, they were instead golden flats; along with a golden wristband she wore on her right wrist. Only hers held a crystal-like flower with a tiny-golden orb floating within. Since she knew it would look strange to the human eye, she disguised it as a solid flower as though it was an accessory. In reality, it was a weapon her father had given her. This was the first day she chose to bring it out since she believed now would be a time as any to truly be on guard for danger. Naruto had believed this as well since he too, brought his weapon for summoning. The past couple of days were different for them; they were on guard however not as strongly as now. The school itself…disturbed them.

Nevertheless, as the pale-eyed girl looked herself over twice, she did hope they looked normal. She did think of her hair and changed it slightly. She kept her bangs only she braided her hair into one large braid that fell down her back and reached just past her rear. Her ribbon placed neatly at its end to keep it tight. She just hoped this is what Rin considered as…..normal. She…..still couldn't comprehend what that meant.

"Hinata-chan?"

Hinata looked up from observing her clothing to see Naruto looking her in the eye with bright-sapphire delight. She blinked.

"Hai?"

"You, uh….notice the looks we're getting?" Naruto asked as his eyes roamed to his left to see a large group of people whispering and staring at them…in...what looked like…surprise.

Hinata's eyes roamed to his direction curiously as she too saw a group of students whispering and talking amongst themselves as they stared at the angelic pair. She blinked and then decided to look ALL around them.

And as she did…..every single student whispered, talked, stared, and even looked curiously towards the two standing by the bench.

'Oh no….do we not look normal?' Hinata thought as Naruto looked around with her before he stopped to move closer to her ear.

"Um, I think we have the attention of the entire school. At least…the ones outside, that is."

Hinata sulked slightly. That's just great. What would her Danna say now?

"What do we do?"

"I don't know. We're supposed to stand here and wait for Yukio and your husband to come out of class. They…should be here soon."

"Yes but.."

"Hey."

The angels looked to their left to see a male student and a female student slowly move to approach them. Each person stilled and watched as they did.

"Yeah?" Naruto replied with a raised brow. Curious as to what the boy was going to say. Only the girl decided to speak.

"Um, are…are you two….new?"

Hinata stood closer by Naruto as he smirked. "Yeah. Why?"

The girl blushed when Naruto spoke to her, so much so the male spoke. "Well, uh…everyone was wondering since we could see you through the window in class. Even the teachers were curious as to who you were. You just seem…so…so.."

"Different." Another female student spoke and this came from behind them as Hinata and Naruto half-turned to look at her.

'Different?' the angels thought. They then looked around again. Yes, everyone looked at them as though they were different.

'So we stand out.' Naruto thought. 'I swear I just don't understand how.'

"How? How do we look? Do we not look normal?" Hinata spoke this time, much to Naruto's surprise. 'What Rin said must be getting to her.'

The girl's cheeks turned a shade of pink. 'Her voice, it's so soft.' "Uh, hai. You look normal. D-Demo, you just look so…."

"Bright." Another male student walked up. The angels' turned to look at him too. 'Bright?' they thought.

"Yes, you look so bright. So different. I've never seen anyone look this way. Even if you look normal. But.."

"Your brightness is so warming." Another female spoke. Only she was in the crowd that slowly moved towards them.

"So welcoming too." Another male.

"I love looking at you."

Before they knew it, the chatting and whispering became loud and incoherent as the students made their way towards a stunned Naruto and Hinata as they moved closer together.

"You two just seem so ideal!"

"So neat!"

"He is so cute!"

"She's hot!"

"No, she's beautiful!"

"Gorgeous!"

"I love his hair!"

"I love her hair!"

"They're like angels."

"I wonder if he's single."

"I wonder if she's single."

"Or maybe they're going out."

"Awww, cute couple."

"Adorable."

The scattered chatter continued as Hinata and Naruto stood completely surrounded by students asking so many different questions and giving so many different compliments. They truly didn't know what to say. Naruto kind of liked this; this meant he was going to be popular at school. He grinned brightly at the thought of girls flocking him every day and males wanted to be like him, cherishing the very land he walked on. He could get used to this.

Hinata on the other hand, didn't mind some attention. But this was too much attention. So many different people were speaking to her all at once. Asking her so many different things, she didn't know how to answer them all. Especially when one person asked a question and the next person soon after asks another question, she isn't even given the chance to speak.

What was she going to do? She couldn't even move since people were all around them. It was like the entire school decided to speak with them all at once. What was going on? She then looked to Naruto for help, only to see that he was enjoying this.

"Hey, hey ladies. Relax. There is more than enough Naruto to go around. Trust me." He winked, grinning brightly as the girls around him squealed.

"AAH, he's so cute!"

"Your name's Naruto?!"

"I love it!"

"Heh-heh." He sweat-dropped then. Hinata looked away since she was still being bombarded with a barrage of questions—unknowing of what to do. She wasn't like Naruto. She couldn't handle so much, Rin was a job enough. All of these students around her, majority she realized was male, would also be a challenge for her. Especially since some of them were constantly asking her name and constantly asking her if she was taken and if she would like to go out. 'Whatever that means.' She thought as she smiled shyly towards them.

"Neh, Neh? How come you're not speaking?" A random male asked. Hinata's blushed deepened before she too, sweat-dropped. Naruto's ears then perked up and he looked to Hinata to see her mild discomfort. 'That's right; she's not used to this.'

"Excuse me, but we have to get going!" said Naruto brightly as he grabbed Hinata by her waist, she looked at him, startled for a moment since she didn't expect him to act so quickly—before he leapt into the tree that wasn't set far from the bench. Everyone gapped at them, shocked, as all eyes looked to see where they landed. Naruto held Hinata close, standing on a large branch, as he smiled at everyone below him; clearing his throat for a speech.

'Oh no.' Hinata thought, looking away. All was soon silent as they waited for Naruto to speak.

"Well, since everyone seems interested in whom we are. My name is Uzumaki Naruto! And this is my good friend Oku-uh…" Naruto paused a second when he realized he almost made a huge slip up. Sweating slightly as his eyes glanced down towards Hinata's face to see she stared at him wide-eyed. He mumbled an 'oops' and 'sorry' before continuing. "Hyuuga Hinata! We are new transfers to the school. We hope to be welcomed here! We hear it's a good school. Sooo…" His eyes roamed….he didn't really know what to say. "Um…If you have any questions, PLEASE…ONE AT A TIME! We cannot answer you with everyone talking. There is like a hundred of you. Thank goodness it's not the whole school. That would be thousands. Now please, one at a time."

A girl raised her hand.

"Hai?" asked Naruto.

"Do you have a girlfriend?" Naruto blushed and blinked at this. "No…I don't. Why?"

A lot of the girls squealed, giggled and grinned at this. Whispering to each other.. "He doesn't have a girlfriend. .Chance." "Oh he is so mine."

Naruto then rolled his eyes. "Okay….next question."

"Hinata, do you have a boyfriend?" Hinata turned her head to look at the male. Before she could answer, Naruto answered for her. "No, and she is not looking either." Hinata snapped her head to him. Why did he just say that?

"Hey, I asked her."

"I don't care who you're asking. I'm going to answer." Replied Naruto darkly. Some males stepped back at this—startled. The girls only giggled, squealed, and blushed some more.

"Well…can she speak?"

"Obviously, she spoke earlier but I will still answer for her."

"Well that's not fair, you speak—" Naruto didn't even let the male finish before he interrupted him. "You know what, no more questions. We have to go!"

The crowd 'aww'd and heey'd' Naruto didn't care. As soon as he said this, he pulled Hinata closer to him again and leapt off the tree and over the crowd on to the other side of the courtyard, landing with ease.

"Wow!"

"Oh my god! He's fast!"

"And strong too!"

"He's so smooth!"

"How'd he do that?"

Naruto then let go of Hinata and grabbed her by her hand. "Let's go!" Before Hinata could answer he took off with her. Only then did the crowd shake off their surprise with several shouts of "Hey!" before they all took off after them. "Wait!"

"I need to look at you more!"

"Where are you going?!"

"Class isn't for another ten minutes!"

"Come on, I had more questions for Hinata!"

"Naruto-kun!"

Naruto sped up. "Oh man, what's up with these students? I mean really, do we look that special?" He said as he quickly turned an open corner that lead into the school's halls with Hinata in tow.

"Naruto-kun! What about Danna-sama?!"

Naruto then looked behind him, past Hinata, to see several students turn the corner they just turned; all of them shouting and squealing; running at top speed. Luckily they were faster…but…that was a bit much. Naruto then turned back to look in front of him.

"Hinata-chan! We will have to find him later! I don't…" Naruto paused still running as his nose caught a familiar scent in the air. "Whelp, the moment we turn this next corner, we will see him. I recognize that stench anywhere."

"Naruto-kun!"

He laughed in response.

Naruto then sped up faster, Hinata speeding up with him. Surprisingly the crowd behind them was gaining, and soon they turned the next corner, there he was. Rin, Yukio, and….Shiemi?

"Yukio! What's the fastest way to get to those cram school classrooms? We don't have much time!" Naruto's voice held a certain urgency that was sensed by all three figures that stopped to look at the pair running in their direction at top speed.

"Come on! What are you waiting for? Don't you see us running? You ever heard of the saying 'if someone is running away, you run too'?!" shouted Naruto as he and Hinata came closer to the three that still made no move.

"What's going on? Why are you running?" asked Yukio. He expected the two to stop in front of them but when they kept on running, his eyes widened, and he quickly moved out of their way as they shot passed them. Almost knocking both Rin and Shiemi over.

"Hey! What are you doing?!" shouted Rin in surprise. Angels were running away…..from what?

"Why don't you wait and see since you're too dumbstruck to move?!" yelled Naruto before making a very sharp turn to the next corner. Rin watched as Hinata looked at him before disappearing into the next open hall, her long braid could be seen following behind her.

"What the—" Yukio started only to pause as he could feel the earth move beneath them. Shiemi looked in the direction Naruto and Hinata left from. She became slightly afraid as the sound grew louder and louder. Rin looked where his brother and Shiemi were looking with a strange expression. The next thing they knew, before they could react. A large crowd of students, all turned that corner, screaming and shouted for the two angelic beings that just passed.

"Naruto-kun!"

"Hinata-chan!"

The twin's breath caught in their throat, Shiemi froze. The twins quickly backed up. Yukio noticed Shiemi was not moving and made a grab for her. And soon all three shot down the hall in the same direction Naruto and Hinata went; slight panic coursing through their veins as they ran at top speed.

"What the hell did you two do?!" the twins shouted, running as if their lives were on the line, with their eyes half out their skulls; finally catching up with the two enough to scream at them.

"What?!" Naruto yelled. "All we ever do is stand there and sparkle! What do you mean!?"

"Yeah? Why don't you ever stand there and fade?!" screamed Rin as his speed picked up faster than Yukio's did.

Naruto scowled. "Shut the fuck up!"

"Naruto-kun!"

"Come on, we have to get to the entrance hall of the cram school! We are almost there!" yelled Yukio, trying his best to catch up. He was being held back by Shiemi since she was always dressing in that cursed kimono.

Shiemi looked behind her to see a few students catching up to them. All the looks she could see ranged from hearts in the eyes to determination as all of the students continued to yell words she couldn't understand since they were all speaking at once.

She looked back to Yukio and took notice that he moved his other arm to reach into his pocket, she could hear the sound of keys jingling around and she guessed he was searching for the key.

"Yuki-chan!"

"Nani?!" He managed as he looked both in front of him and behind her, searching for his key blindly.

"The closest door is to the next left, right?!"

Yukio thought about this and looked ahead, the hall very familiar to him. He then nodded in agreement.

"Naruto-san! Hinata-san! Turn to the first corner on the left. It will lead you back in the courtyard and straight ahead; there will be a door behind a few trees!"

"Got it, Yukio!" Naruto nodded before taking the next sharp turn with Hinata and following his instruction. Rin was going to complain about them not waiting for them, but then he decided it best to just grab his brother and pull him along as fast as he could since he could clearly see Shiemi was holding him back.

Yukio looked ahead running, he made a strange face when he saw his brother turn around, run to them, grab his arm he had in his pocket, and pulled him with a force so strong, Shiemi lost her footing and flew down the hall with Yukio still holding her hand.

"Nii-san! You're going too fast!" Yukio screamed as Shiemi screamed herself at this top speed she was not used to. Especially since her entire being was in the air. The only thing keeping her from flying away was Yukio's hand.

"Yeah, well you're taking too long! Especially because of Shiemi, at this speed we will have enough time to open the door and get on the other side before they see us!" Rin had already turned the corner and he could see Naruto and Hinata a distance away standing in front of the oddly-shaped door.

Rin quickly sped up, dust flying behind him, he could hear some students, which ran faster than others, pause to cough and choke because of the dust—before he finally ran through the trees and came to a sudden halt, that made Yukio almost lose his footing before he fell on his face, luckily he caught himself, accidentally letting go of Shiemi's hand as she flew towards the grass. The landing would have been hard; however Naruto caught her arm before she fell.

"You okay?" he asked her with his whiskered-face grin, pulling her to stand correctly. She looked to him panting slightly for she lost her breathe; she was obviously out of shape; before she finally took in one big breathe and sighed deeply before looking to him thankfully. "Hai, I'm fine. Thank you very much."

He nodded, as Rin rolled his eyes after he too caught his breathe. 'Teh, she didn't thank me. I'm the one that got them here.' He thought as his brow slightly furrowed. Sending Naruto a glare. Naruto noticed this, and grinned sunshine.

'HA! Bastard!'

Rin's frown deepened. He growled but before he said anything, he felt a touch at his shoulder. His head snapped to his left to see Hinata smiling softly.

"Are you okay?"

His expression, only slightly, relaxed. He turned his head away from her in a stubborn manner; along with a faint blush after the memory of the other day flashed through his mind. "I'm fine." He mumbled.

"Hai."

"Damn it, which one is the key!" said Yukio as he fidgeted around with the key holder that held several different types of the same looking key. 'Why at a time like this I leave the single key in my drawer? Why?'

They all looked at him.

"Wait, you can't find the key?" Naruto asked.

"Give me a sec, it's here." Replied Yukio as he flew through several different keys.

"There they are!" They could hear a female student say this before they all turned to see the large crowd finally turn that corner and run a top speed to get to them. They all flew closer to the door with Yukio urgently trying to look for the key.

"Yukio! Hurry up before they get here!" Rin's eyes were wide. He was starting to panic since he didn't know what to do with a crowd of 'crazy' people either.

"Yes, now would be the time to make this quick!" said Naruto with widened eyes as well.

"I'm trying damn it, I can't think straight with you rushing me!" said Yukio, Naruto could see the crowd getting closer. He had enough.

"You know what, give me the key!" said Naruto urgently.

"Hold on, I'm—"

"Give me the key!"

"Wait, I'm trying to—"

"Give me the key!"

The crowd was gaining.

"Naruto-kuuun!"

"Hinataaaa-chaaaaan!"

Naruto's eyes bulged and he screamed. "GIVE ME THE KEY!"

"I'm trying to find which one it is!" Yukio couldn't think with all this shit going on.

Naruto then snatched the keys out of his hand and shoved a random key into the door. It didn't matter if it worked or not, he knew how to make it work. He ignored both shouts of "Hey!" as he quickly turned the key, a bright light shone, and then he turned the handle. The door, to everyone except Hinata, opened much to their surprise. He didn't wait for them to speak as he shoved everyone except Rin into the door. He let himself in and then paused behind the door, not allowing Rin access; keeping the door half-closed in front of him with him standing in Rin's way.

"Hey!"

"Nope, I'm sorry, no demons allowed!" Naruto grinned and slammed door Rin's face after seeing Rin's eyes turn bluer and his hair turn up out of anger. Naruto laughed loudly as he moved to turn around and walk away satisfied. Only his fun was short lived the moment he felt himself bump into a small body and he looked to see who it was while he continued his laughter. He stopped mid-laugh and fell silent upon meeting the eyes of Hinata.

Her smile was sweet but dangerous. Her pale orbs stared at him…no…through him—intimidating. Nothing was said as he held his mouth open with a silent laugh while stiffly turning around to the door and quickly opening it before Hinata reacted any further. 'My goodness, I can't have any fun?'

When the door opened, Naruto returned to normal, quickly grabbing a very angry Rin into the hall; who was screaming and shouting every word he could think of from the book, as he was thrown away carelessly. Naruto could hear him land somewhere behind him screaming "Shit, my nose!" before Naruto immediately slammed the door shut the moment he saw a girl a foot away screaming his name with hearts in her eyes. Luckily, after the door closed, they couldn't hear the other side of the door….that would have been annoying.

"Finally, no more of those crazy students." Said Naruto happily as he turned around with big smiles and arms crossed in relief; Hinata had moved to help Rin and Yukio spoke to Shiemi to see if she was really okay.

"Grr, you ass! Why did you shut the door in my face?!" Rin jumped to his feet and waved Hinata off as he brushed himself off; sending Naruto an agitated look. Naruto laughed. "Because it was funny!"

"That wasn't funny." Frowned Rin in such a way that made Hinata give a slight smile as she looked between the two. She could feel something a little different between them that was not there before.

"I thought it was funny!"

"I don't care what you thought!" Naruto laughed as Rin rolled his eyes. He lightened up today.

"Are you sure you are okay, D—." Rin looked to Hinata with a warned look and she blushed. That's right… "..Rin.."

Rin sighed in relief and nodded. "Yeah, I'm fine." He then looked to Shiemi to see if she caught anything and luckily the blonde girl was being distracted by Naruto's questions. Wait…Rin blinked…Naruto's questions? Why was he asking her so many questions?

"Did you always wear a kimono?"

"Yes." She smiled brightly.

"Is it comfortable to walk in?"

"Yes." She nodded.

"Did your mom make them?"

"Yes." She nodded.

"You like colors?"

"Yes." She nodded.

"You like planting?"

"Yes." She nodded.

"Have you always lived there at the shop?"

"Yes." She nodded.

"Cut that out! Why are you drilling her?" Asked Rin with an annoyed vein. Didn't he do this to his brother the other day? Naruto looked to him.

"Don't worry about it." Rin's eyes cut. What was he up to?

Yukio was busy straightening out his clothes before he decided to walk to his classroom. Hinata already understood what he was doing.. Rin however believed he was talking to her for the sake of keeping her attention on him.

"Come, everyone. We're late as it is with all this fuss." Sighed Yukio as they all looked to their teacher and obeyed; all except Naruto.

"You all can go ahead, Hinata and I will catch up." they stopped and looked to him. Hinata nodded and Yukio nodded as well. "Alright, take your time." Rin's eyes narrowed again as he placed his arms behind his head but he said nothing as he followed Shiemi and Yukio to class. The moment they were out of sight, Naruto turned to Hinata and she smiled.

"Now you're not intimidated by Shiemi are you?"

Hinata blinked. "Shiemi-chan?"

"Yeah, I'm looking more into it but when I asked him about her yesterday he said there was nothing between them but—."

"It still feels likes it." Hinata looked away thoughtfully as Naruto agreed.

"Yes, but only time will tell. Try asking him yourself and see what he says. I will try to keep her mind on me just in case."

She nodded. "Also, when we were at her home yesterday, did it feel like there were other spirits there?"

"Yes. In fact, they disappeared as soon as we walked in. I think there is more to her than I can sense but…we'll see." He shrugged.

Hinata nodded again.

"Let's get to class."

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The school's principal, stood in the shadows with a playful smile as he watched his students flock to the closed door Rin was just pulled into. They all screamed and yelled for them, banging on the door; all students acting crude. He shook his head with a chuckle. It would seem the angel's presence had a deeper effect on his school then he first thought. He didn't think they'd bring that much attention to themselves.

'It would seem I have some things to plan.' His smirk widened with a glint in his eye before he disappeared without a trace.

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"Aaaaaaahhhh!" Ino squealed with excitement with large hearts in her eyes the moment Naruto and Hinata walked through the door. Rin and Shiemi had already taken their seats as Yukio's brow twitched in agitation while sitting at his desk preparing for roll call.

"OH MY GOD! I CAN"T BELIEVE YOU ARE IN MY CLASS!" Ino shot from her seat so fast a cloud of strangely sparkled dust trailed behind her, leaving Kiba, Karui, Izumo, and Paku all coughing while rubbing their now stinging eyes. Ino stopped in front of the angels, much to their surprise, with her hands clasped together as her heart-filled orbs throbbed strongly. Naruto frowned at this, that look made him feel weird at times since he was never used to seeing it.

"You two are so shiny, and gorgeous, and attractive, and perfect! Oh my god! You are flawless! Oh my god! Oh my god!" Ino had proceeded in jumping around in a circle with all the tiny hearts suddenly floating around her. "I saw you from the school window! And was like' I have to meet him..I mean them! OH MY GOD!"

This made Rin scowl. This made Naruto tense. Hinata looked at her in wonder. Same with Shiemi. Kiba's brow twitched with Yukio. Karui blushed faintly since she too was staring at them. Izumo and Paku both blushed at Naruto, feeling a strong attraction for reasons unknown to them. Tenten felt the same, only she was hesitant to move about like Ino even as she had the urge to act just as stupid. Tanaka fidgeted with his puppet, only to stop and raise an even brow. Yamada pulled away from his game to look up. Shikamaru was staring at Hinata. Bon blushed at Hinata, trying his best to suppress it but it wasn't working very well. Konekomaru blushed at her too. Renzo had….wait where did he go?

"Eeeeh! Cute girl! Hot girl! Attractive girl! The lady of my dreams! Where have you been all my life?!" Renzo, somehow without anyone noticing, had shot in front of Hinata; next to an overly excited Ino; with his hands caressing one of Hinata's hands as he repeatedly rubbed his cheek over her soft-smooth pale skin before kissing the back of her hand several times as he repeated the same actions over and over. He too had randomly floating hearts surrounding him as he did so.

Hinata blushed faintly at this action, sweat-dropping in the process as she turned her head away from him slightly; keeping her eyes on him. Rin watched this and turned away with a scoff.

Ino had then moved to jump into Naruto's arms, who didn't catch her, as she clung to him tightly. Trying to wrap her legs and arms around him. Shoving her face against his cheek. This made Naruto freeze. Trying his best not to throw her off of him. The girls' outside seemed aggressive but at least they didn't pull and tug and shit. "Awww so cute! And you smell so good! Oh my god! You adorable boy!" This action….made all of the girls except Karui, Paku(as much as she wanted to) and Shiemi…act.

"Hey! Get off him damn it!" Tenten flew out of her chair grabbing Ino around the waist to pull at the blonde that strongly gripped the male she fell for the moment she saw him.

"Ino, you bimbo! Why don't you ever contain yourself?" Sneered Izumo as she grabbed for her hair, tugging so hard, Ino's head was pulled away so far back it felt like her neck was about to snap. This action brought the silly blonde back to reality.

"AH!" She screamed as she was forced off of Naruto and landed hard on her ass; but before she reacted to the fall, she instead reacted to them touching her. Especially Izumo. Ino shot up as her eyes instantly turned red as she balled up her fists. "Don't you ever touch me, you bitch! And how dare you pull my hair! No one touches my hair!"

Izumo stood her down with a smug look on her face as she crossed her arms. "Oh yeah, well why don't you stop acting like some loose whore and stop hanging all over guys you barely know. And maybe I won't have to pull your disgustingly long blonde hair!"

Ino's hair stood up as her anger continued to rise.

"What did you say to me?! At least I have a better chance at getting him since you are too fugly!"

Izumo's brow twitched. "Nani? How dare you! I can choose when to date someone whenever I want. At least I don't throw around my body!"

"No, it's because you don't have a body to 'throw' around! Like my mother said, if you got it, flaunt it! You're just mad you DON"T HAVE IT!"

Izumo blushed at this, looking away distantly at her words. But she soon shot her a hard glare. "I don't care what you think!" She then smirked evilly. "Besides, I'm sure he thinks of you as some easy girl anyway. Especially after you jumped on him like some crazed fan!"

Ino's hair stood on all ends at this; gritting her teeth in annoyance! 'This bitch!' Both girls could be seen with flames in their eyes as they stared each other down; sparks of electricity flaring around them.

Tenten saw this as an opportunity to speak with the popular newcomers herself. She ran passed the fighting girls and knocked the hypnotized Renzo out of the way as she stood in front of the new students.

"H—." she paused mid-sound since both Naruto and Hinata looked to her. In their mind, they looked at her normally; waiting for her to speak. In her mind…they were alluring, refined, sparkly, and just so…so… "Perfect." Came her voice as her eyes softened in a trance; staring at the pair in utter admiration. This made both angels sweat-drop sheepishly.

'Wow, even these students have issues.' Thought Naruto as he narrowly looked away.

'Eh-heh. I don't understand what's going on. I spent all morning trying to look normal. What went wrong?' questioned Hinata as she too looked away; only in thought.

Naruto sensed this. 'Silly girl.' he inwardly chuckled. She was still thinking about what Rin said.

The rest of the students stared at the pair except Rin. Shiemi still looked on in wonder; although, even she admitted to feeling that way when she first met them yesterday. She understood. The others had a hard time understanding why they felt a certain way for the pair. Anyone else they wouldn't have given a second thought. However, with them; worlds of questions and curiosity raced through their minds.

"Sit down! Right now, now, now!" Yukio shouted. He wasn't patient enough to take any more crap today! Ino, Izumo, Tenten and Renzo all froze at once and scrambled to their seats as quickly as possible. Everyone else snapped to reality and brought their attention to the front of the class. This time was much faster than the last. Their young teacher was scary.

Yukio stood in front of the class with his brow creased intently. He had his arms crossed and waited a minute to see if anyone so much as looked away from him. When they didn't, he nodded in approval and reached for his roll call sheet on his desk. He looked through the packet quickly before looking to the door and waving his hand in a way to signal the pair to come and stand in front of the class beside him.

"Everyone, this is Uzumaki Naruto and Hyuuga Hinata! Please welcome them; they will be with us from now on." Smiled Yukio as everyone excluding Rin nodded in recognition.

"Hai! It's nice to meet you!" the majority said in unison. The angels bowed politely before moving to take their seats.

"You can sit wherever you like, there are no assigned seats so…." Yukio trailed off as he looked away before bringing his attention to the sheet in front of him to mark all who was here.

Naruto and Hinata moved to take their seats two tables behind Rin and Shiemi. Hinata sat behind where Rin was and Naruto moved to sit next to her…..only someone beat him to it. Naruto's eyes widened for a second before his brow twitched in annoyance when the pink-haired male returned; scooting the seat closer to Hinata and pulling her hand into his as he rubbed his cheek in her palm. Hinata stared at the male wide-eyed with a faint blush on her cheeks.

"Hinata! That's your name, huh? I'm Renzo Shima. If you would like, I can help you with anything you need. I will cater to you, take care of you. And if anyone is mean to my Hinata-chan, I will beat the livin'—." His sentence was cut short when a hard smack knocked him out of the chair and roughly to the floor. He quickly shot to his knees holding his throbbing skull as he cringed in pain.

"Ah, geez! What was—.." he froze when he looked up to see a red-eyed Naruto glaring at him.

"Keep your hands to yourself. And stay out of my way." He seethed before taking his seat next to Hinata.

"Shima-san! Back to your seat! I didn't tell you to get up!"

"H-hai!" said Renzo quickly as he shot to his regular seat next to Shikamaru. He continued to rub his aching head as Yukio began his speech about their test and their results. He sat thinking about the pale-eyed girl and the Naruto male. He questioned some things.

'I wonder if he's her boyfriend. Maybe I just assumed she was single. That or he's a relative. I mean sheesh; he wanted to cut my throat.' He chuckled sheepishly inwardly. He looked over at the two; both listening to their young teacher. He concentrated his sight to Hinata and he couldn't help but feel warm all over again as his eyes stared at her dreamily. 'Ah, whatever. She's so pretty. The most attractive girl I've ever seen. Ahh.' His thoughts then darkened slightly when he looked to Naruto. 'Teh, if she is your girl…I'll take her away from you.'

Naruto could feel eyes on him and turned to Renzo's direction. He quickly looked away before Naruto noticed. However, Naruto wasn't stupid. He could feel something. 'Hmm….I dare him to fuck with me.' He thought before glancing at Hinata, who felt his gaze and looked to him. She smiled brightly and Naruto's cheeks burned smiling at her too before she brought her attention back to Yukio.

'Heh, I dare all of them.'

"Alright class, let's go over your tests from our previous session. Some of you I was impressed with…others…not so much!"

A few students groaned while others beamed. They couldn't wait.

Yukio called his students one by one.

The most excited one of them all was Shiemi; she had been waiting forever for this. Her eyes beamed happily while bouncing in her seat. Rin looked to her in question. "Why are you so happy?"

Shiemi looked to him. "I'm confident!"

That's when something clicked to him. "Yeah, your shop is a pharmacy."

"Hai, for exorcist only! So this is kind of my specialty!"

"Moriyama-san!"

"Hai!" Shiemi stood quickly making her way to Yukio.

Hinata silently watched their interaction. It made her slightly worried since she was still unfamiliar with their relationship. For instance, if Shiemi was a love interest for Rin. Maybe she was the type he liked. For example, he may have a certain look he prefers. Like blonde hair or green eyes. Or maybe it's the way she dresses, a traditional kimono on a daily basis would be considered normal, right?

Hinata could only question many things about Rin's preferences. At first she never gave too much thought on her looks. He didn't complain when he saw her for the first time when he asked to see her. So she believed it was a plus. But after the other day…

Hinata blushed at the returning memories. She was so embarrassed that day. The most she had ever been in her life. Rin had not dared look at her for too long. She noticed he avoided her most of the day the day after. Only today did he decide to speak with her this morning and all he could get out was the speech about not talking to him in class, 'thanks for breakfast' and 'Don't forget to wear something normal. Look normal.'

She then blinked when Rin was called for his test, after laughing at Shiemi's score. He took his paper and then turned several shades of blue.

"A Two?!"

"This was gut-wrenching!" Twitched Yukio.

Rin sulked. "I'm sorry."

"Hahahaha!" Some of the students laughed at this. His score was absolutely terrible. Even Naruto was chuckling and shaking his head in disapproval.

"You have got to be kidding me!" He laughed, Hinata turned to him in question.

"Is two a bad score?"

"Heck yeah! That means he's stupid!" Naruto laughed harder. Hinata sweat-dropped at this. And Rin's pointed ear twitched after hearing him. Naturally he couldn't keep quiet about it and he whirled on him, furiously.

"Shut up, you blonde baka! Mind your damn business!"

Naruto ignored him as he laughed louder. The girls looked at him dreamily. Well, the ones that liked him. The others just couldn't help but let out a few more chuckles themselves.

Hinata looked away sighing.

"Suguro-san!"

"Hai!" Bon stood and walked confidently to the front, as soon as he passed Rin he glared at him before saying.. "Two points? I couldn't do that badly even if I wanted to."

Rin paused as he looked to him.

"It's because you're always showing off to that chick!" Bon scoffed. "It makes me sick!"

Hinata and Naruto both turned at this. They looked at Rin to see him become infuriated with Bon as he proudly waved around his test in his face. Rin growled.

"98 points!? How could a guy like you get 98 points!" yelled Rin. Bon looked taken aback for a moment before his anger rose.

"What?! I go to school to do my best and take the exorcist exam!" Yukio could be seen nodding in agreement. "Everyone here is serious about becoming an exorcist! An ass like you who's only here to slack off should just leave already!"

Shiemi flinched.

"Who do you think you are talking to me like your some perfect punk ass that knows everything?! I want to become an exorcist too!"

"What!? Bullshit! All you ever do is sleep in class!"

'Sounds like that could be him!' thought Naruto, watching the exchange. It looked like it was getting rough since they got into eachother's faces screaming at one another before Yukio and Bon's friends got up to pull them away from each other before one started to swing. . 'It seems like he argues with almost anybody. Now…what the Bon guy said earlier. That's what caught my attention. He told me he only talks to her. There's no feeling behind it. He just does. Was he lying then? If so, I should have been able to tell.'

'Does Danna-sama like Shiemi-chan?' thought Hinata, spacing out after her husband and the other male started their argument. Now she was worried. 'If so, does…Shiemi-chan like Danna?'

Everyone stopped as the bell rung and they all soon quickly packed their things. Naruto and Hinata looked up as they all started filing out of the class. 'Wait a minute? That's it?' they both thought. 'How long are their classes? We were only here for forty minutes. I thought they all were an hour.'

That's when something occurred to Naruto. 'Oh wait, that's right we were late. Hmmm, that's bull.'

"Class is over and that's it for the day. Whoever didn't get their test, will get it next class! Enjoy everyone!"

"HAI!"

---

Sitting on a fountain in a more….secluded place of the school's grounds; where they also wouldn't be bothered with crazed fans; was Rin, Hinata, Naruto, Shiemi, and Yukio. Naruto and Hinata sat on the other side of the fountain with the rest sitting almost directly on the other end; all chatting away. Rin was still upset about what happened in class while Shiemi and Yukio listened.

"What's with that jerk? Is he smart?" asked Rin.

"Ryuji Suguro? He's a genius." Replied Yukio, he then smirked to his brother. "He's here on the same scholarship as I was."

Rin scoffed, looking away in disgust. Yukio continued. "He's the heir of a famous temple in Kyoto." Rin looked at him in question at this and scoffed again. "So he's a spoiled brat with a good background."

Naruto rolled his eyes as he listened. 'Yeah, after he talked shit to you. Right?'

Hinata listened as well, only she cared less about the subject. Her mind was still on Shiemi.

Yukio chuckled at his brother's attitude. "He has great grades, athletic, and he's always serious about his classes. To say the least, he's working harder then you." Yukio looked at him. "You could take lessons from him."

"Lessons? Is he that good?" Rin continued scoffing as he looked away again, arrogantly.

"By the way, Shiemi, are you used to cram school classes yet?" Yukio turned his attention to Shiemi. Shiemi looked taken aback for a moment and soon answered. "Well….not yet."

Yukio smiled. "You seem so active now; you're like a different person. Don't worry about anything and just do your best!"

Shiemi blushed at this, her heart skipping a beat. "Hai, arigatou Yuki-chan!"

Hinata continued listening and could catch a certain spark between Yukio and Shiemi. From what she registered on their interaction compared to Rin and Shiemi, was Shiemi seemed to be more attracted to Yukio. Naruto caught this feeling as well.

'Ah, so Shiemi-chan likes Yukio. What of Danna-sama?'

'Haha, Shiemi likes Yukio. Ahh, Rin you've lost there!'

Yesterday they didn't sense anything between Yukio and Shiemi. Naruto only checked between Rin and Shiemi. The short-haired blonde held no romantic feelings for Rin. However, after sensing her connection to Yukio….it was strong. She liked Yukio over Rin. Naruto grinned at this, relieved. 'Good thing, she doesn't like Rin in such a way. I don't have to distract her after all.' He then looked over at Hinata. She looked as though she was in thought. 'Try not to worry too much. Remember, just ask him.'

'Hai.'

The angels didn't hear Yukio telling Shiemi he was leaving, nor did they hear him ask them a question when he walked on the other side of the fountain. But they felt him there as their heads turned to him. Yukio was smiling.

"Sorry, I must have interrupted your train of thought." He blushed.

"Ah, it's nothing." Replied Naruto with his trademark grin with Hinata smiling gently; Yukio could feel his blush grow brighter because of her.

"Uh, well. I'm leaving now….So…uh.." Yukio sighed to gather his thoughts again. Something about Hinata made him forget many things at times. But then again, most recently, it was because of what he saw the other day. His blush deepened as he tried his best to push away the vivid memory. "I-I have some things to do. So your next class is P.E. Just follow nii-san. It starts in ten minutes."

The angels nodded. "Alright, see you later." With that, Yukio ran off.

Now this left the angels and Rin with Shiemi alone. They were silent for some time, thinking to themselves. Well, Naruto was speaking with Hinata telepathically and she nodded to something they both agreed upon. Soon, Naruto got up and walked along the edge of the fountain to sit next to Shiemi. Rin sensed this and looked to him. He frowned. 'What the hell is he doing?' His attention was brought to the blondes so strongly he failed to feel Hinata sit next him.

"Da—uh…Rin?"

Rin's back stiffened in a startled manner before he shot his head to his left to see a smiling Hinata. She was so close to his face, he turned several shades of red before quickly scooting a few inches away from her.

"Eh-ah? Don't…come near me like that!"

"Gomen…Da—."

Rin's eyes widened. Hinata blushed. "AH…Rin!"

He relaxed. 'Please just don't say it!'

Hinata sighed; she had something to ask him. And since Naruto told her he'd divert Shiemi's attention for her so she can talk to him privately, she accepted and came right over to speak with him. Naruto explained to her that when he got Shiemi to walk away with him, they could be alone so she can speak with him. She waited for the signal.

Rin looked to her. "What's…wrong?" he asked slowly since he didn't know what else to say to her. She came over to him, so he initially thought she wanted something. Hinata looked to Rin shyly. He raised a brow at this. "What's the matter?"

Naruto said one thing to Shiemi which made the blonde's entire being warm-up before she nodded. Naruto nodded as well and they both got up. This made Rin's head turn to them to see them walking away. His brow twitched.

"Hey, where are you going?!" Rin yelled. Naruto looked back to him and stuck his tongue out. "Why do you care? She's not your girlfriend!"

Rin blushed looking away. "I-I know that! I—WHATEVER!" he screamed in frustration as Naruto and Shiemi continued to walk away. Naruto ignored him.

'That asshole. Leaving me alone with Hinata, AGAIN!' Rin ground his teeth and looked to the pale-eyed girl. Hinata was blushing and looking away. He sighed, feeling his chest warm and his cheeks burn because of the memories that suddenly rushed to him again. He then squeezed his eyes shut as he shook his head vigorously. 'Damn it, the images from the other day keep rushing to my mind every time I'm around her for too long or if I even look at her for too long; a glance can set it off sometimes. Being alone doesn't fucking help.' Steam was floating out of his skull when Hinata turned to look at him.

'I see.' Hinata's blush deepened. 'He's still thinking about the other day.'

"Danna-sama?"

Rin snapped his head to her. Now this brought him out of his thoughts. Everything dispersed after that one single word. He frowned to her when his train of thought returned. She looked to him and blushed.

"Go-gomen! I—." She looked in front of her at nothing. 'At least he stopped thinking about it.' She sighed. For future reference, she could say it as a means to get his attention.

"Rin…can I ask you something?"

"As long as you don't call me Danna." He seethed the word. He was growing impatient. What if someone heard? Then what? He'd never show his face. After the diner, he couldn't handle all of the looks. He wasn't going back there because of it. It was enough they were popular. What would happen to his body if her new 'fans' caught wind of their union? Anyone for that matter. He had a rep to keep.

Hinata blushed again and nodded.

"H-hai." And as soon as she was about to ask; they had four intruders interrupt them.

"You know, I'd say it looked like you were hitting on her. But, I would be giving you too much credit for trying." The voice chuckled. "She is waaay too good for you."

The group behind them laughed as Rin's brow twitched from annoyance; recognizing who the group of males was without having to look at them. Hinata blinked and turned to look pass Rin to see Bon, Renzo, Shikamaru, and Konekomaru all dressed in their gym uniforms instead of their school uniforms. She realized their wear must have been for gym since it was the next class for cram and Yukio told them the president would supply them with uniforms eventually.

"Mind your business! I was only talking to her! And what the hell do you mean too good?!" Rin had turned his head sharply to them and they all looked to him in question until Bon snickered at this.

"Yeah, 'talking'…right! Looks more like bullying! And you know exactly what I mean! Why are you even alone with her? I bet you're scaring the poor girl with your face!" scoffed Bon as Renzo laughed with Shikamaru giving a small smile as Konekomaru looked away half-smiling since he knew where this was going.

Sure enough, Rin jumped up with an agitated growl—turning to them. "Shut-up! I don't owe you any explanation!"

Hinata sighed. She didn't get to ask what she wanted to and she felt like she was in the middle of something…again. Suddenly, Renzo was quickly at her side.

"Are you okay?" He asked brightly—taking a quick glance at Rin—before moving closer to whisper in her ear. "Was he being mean?"

Rin gritted his teeth at this and balled his fists since he heard him and his scowl deepened as he pointed at the other three males. "What are you doing here, anyway?! Your circlejerk annoys me, fuck off!"

Bon scowled, Shikamaru chuckled slightly at this while Konekomaru blinked. Circlejerk? Renzo laughed hearing this and Bon shot him a glare passed Rin's head before glowering back at Rin.

"You're just pissed I'm smarter than you!" retaliated Bon. This made Rin jump from the fountain so fast they thought he was going to snap Bon's neck only for him to get into his face as both male's stared each other down with a spark of rival fury.

Renzo then wraps his arm around Hinata's shoulder and pulls her closer. She sweat-drops and moves away only for him to move with her.

"Shima-san? Please move over. I am uncomfortable." Hinata tried to say this as nicely as possible since she didn't want to offend him but it is uncomfortable. He didn't even ask for her consent. And Rin also didn't seem to care since he was so caught up into a feud with Bon in which now Shikamaru and Konekomaru had to hold him back to keep the males from another physical altercation.

"Ah yes." He blushed and obliged moving away and taking his arm from around her—feeling all warm and fuzzy since her voice was so soft to his ears. She also smelt very nice. It was a scent he's never smelt before.

"So…Hinata? What field do you think you'll be studying in?" Renzo asked—eager to know as much about her as possible. Hinata however, wasn't as interested as she watched her husband's scuffle for a moment but still acknowledged his question since it was rude to ignore him. She guessed she could get to know her classmates. She hadn't thought much about that. It would be nice to make friends.

"Field? As in…" She looked up thoughtfully since she had to think about what he was referring to however, nothing came to mind.

"I mean, in the exorcist field. Or you haven't thought that far ahead?" he asked as Hinata blinked to him. 'Oh, he means their rank.'

"Oh, yes! I hadn't thought that far ahead." She smiled brightly since she really hadn't. "In fact, I don't plan to!"

Renzo didn't even register the last thing she said, he was stuck on her brightly shined face. He didn't know a girl could be so pretty and even prettier when she smiled. Where did the sudden brightness come from? She was too adorable.

"Aaaahhh." He stared dreamily as Hinata continued to smile. 'Is he thinking right now?' Hinata questioned since she's never been openly stared at for this long and this close. She still didn't understand what made her so special. Didn't she look normal?

Suddenly, Renzo's back stiffened as a hot sensation burned his back. He slumped and gulped before slowly turning his head to see Naruto glaring daggers at him as he stood over him. Shiemi had taken a seat next to Hinata and the pale-eyed girl turned to look at her. Shiemi smiles and Hinata smiles back. They both think…'So cute.' as they sparkled.

"Move."

Renzo did as Naruto shook his head. He then frowns upon seeing Rin in another scuffle with Bon and soon the bell rings signaling the next class. However, this didn't stop the two males.

"Hey! It's time for our next class!" Naruto was solidly ignored. "Hey?!" He was still ignored. "Okay." He made a decision and he then turned up his lip and jumped down from the fountain to join the scuffle. Hinata and Shiemi both watched in shame as the males suddenly started scuffling with Naruto. At least, it looked more like Rin had scuffled with him once Naruto tried to pull him away from Bon and then Bon tried to grab at Rin while Rin was too busy fighting with Naruto as they argued about nothing—pulling at each other's shirts. Konekomaru and Shikamaru tried to keep a hold of Bon while Renzo tried to console him without using physical force.

Hinata actually saw this as them getting along more than them fighting. She could feel something new between Naruto and Rin and she smiled fondly.

She was very happy…. they were finally getting along.

---

It was now gym and Hinata stood next to Naruto watching as Shiemi, Karui, Izumo, and Ino tried their best to run away from the demon toads that were chained at their sensei's will. Rin stood some ways away while Bon and his group stood off a ways too. The hooded male sat playing his hand held game with the puppeteer playing with his puppet next to him. Tenten watched in fascination since this was the first time she actually saw demons other than the coal tar floating about. Although, she realized earlier that they haven't been around after Okumura-sensei's class. She pondered why but let it off since it didn't seem to raise too much of a concern amongst their teachers. So it must have been normal.

The teacher they had for gym/physical education was both the loud mouth middle-first class, Maito Gai with his friend and rival, Hatake Kakashi—but only as a sub for the other teacher that was currently out. He was one of the summonings senseis along with Igor. Both men were dressed as all the exorcists had dressed—standing in the metal bridge with Leaper demons attached by thick chains on all sides.

"Come on Ino, foot it!" Tenten called out to the long-haired blonde and suddenly—she watched in horror—as Ino tripped over her own feet—causing her to screech before trying to grab the closest person she could to keep balance. Unfortunately the person she grabbed was Izumo Kamiki—and by one of her pig-tails no less—pulling her back while Ino fell forward.

"Ah!" Izumo fell to the floor with her—Shiemi was running behind Ino and she couldn't stop herself from tripping over them "Eeeep!" and fell a few feet ahead; landing on the side of her face. The other classmates cringed at this while Karui looked behind her with a wide smirk as she continued to run.

"Yeah, babe! Keep goin'!" shouted Kiba. Karui waved to him and continued her run as their senseis' shook their heads at the three fallen females.

"Come on ladies! Get up! The Leapers are coming for you! What do you do in a situation like this?! USE YOUR YOOUUTH!" pushed Gai as Kakashi next to him sweat-dropped with the rest of the class. The three girls tried their best to scramble to their feet as two of the Leaper demons paced their way towards them. They growled and snarled as the girls tried to get away before it came too close!

"Get off of me, baka!" Izumo screeched as she pushed the blonde-girl from her while finally getting up on her feet—preparing to take off before feeling a tug on her shirt and a forceful pull that ended her back onto the floor!

"You don't push me, you troll! Like I want to be near you anyway!" shouted Ino as she too got to her feet after pulling down Izumo—only for the same thing to happen to her!

"Gah! How dare you pull me down!" Ino fell onto her back and suddenly the two girls started to scuffle at each other as they pushed, shoved, and argued. Shiemi tried to move only her fall was far more painful than theirs as the side of her face throbbed. She tried to pull herself up fast enough before the leaper came and get away from the two girls that chose to stay and argue instead of looking at their situation.

However since she wasn't wearing the right clothes for this, she couldn't stop slipping on her red miko pants. 'Oh no!'

Dark shadows loomed over the three girls and they stilled. They cautiously looked up as both large leapers jumped towards them—preparing for attack.

"Tch!" came Karui with her blade in air as she landed swiftly in front of the girls in defense while she held up her katana—ready to strike.

She smirked as they neared. "Let's go! I'll be sure to slice you nice and clean!" she held her blade closer with a sparkle in her golden eyes.

"That won't be necessary!" The class watched as Kakashi pulled back both leapers with such strength—the demons fell back and whined while Gai laughed and clapped.

"YOUTH! That's what I want to see, Karui! You did great!" Gai grinned and sent the red-head a thumbs-up! The girl scowled in return and un-summoned her weapon. "Whatever."

Karui moved coolly to her place up high with her boyfriend—heading for the ladder. "Yeah, babe! You passed!"

"Now for the rest of you.." lazily spoke Kakashi. "Fighting while you are in danger isn't very wise on your part. You could have been killed quickly and easily if Karui had not stopped to help you and if I hadn't pulled them away. You need to understand that demons on the field will not hesitate to destroy you! Work together!"

He spoke with such a tone the girls felt small at this point. Especially Ino and Izumo as they both moved away from each other and stood to their feet—dusting themselves off—before sending the other a flared glare.

"Well, if some idiot hadn't fallen and pulled my hair this would have been simple for me!" scowled Izumo accusingly towards Ino whom gritted her teeth.

"Oh, shut up! You just can't take responsibility for falling in the first place! It felt more like you tripped me!" pointed Ino as Izumo laughed dryly.

"HA! From in front of you, I tripped you?! You are a fool, Yamanaka!" Paku sighed at her best-friend.

"I got your fool, you bitch!" The class sighed as they watched the girls. Hinata and Naruto could only stand and observe since it wasn't their turn yet and they evaluated the people in this class. Some were very…unusual to them and others were…normal? Maybe? For their age. They didn't know, they merely observed and waited. Hinata wanted to see Rin run. She turned her head to him—he stood a few feet away with his hands in his pocket as he looked below…He should be fast enough to pass this.

Kakashi ignored the girl's feud and moved his attention to the other fallen blonde as she slowly got up. "Moriyama, next time wear clothes within this era! Please! That way you would have an easier time…getting away." He meant no hard feelings when he said this to her but the young girl stiffened and lowered her head in defeat as she nodded. "Yes, Hatake-sensei."

Kakashi sighed as Gai continued to grin and congratulate them for trying at least; he wanted their youthful spirits high! The three girls made their way to the long ladder while Gai-sensei called for the next group!

"Uzumaki-san! Suguro-san! Okumura-san! You're up next! Let your youth EXPLOOOOOOODE!" Enthused Gai while Kakashi beside him sighed again….even after all of these years, he still couldn't get used to this.

The girls went to the ladder—Ino and Izumo glaring at one another on the way as Shiemi looked to the floor disheartened as she moved to climb only for a tap to be made to her shoulder.

"Hey, let me climb first! You're too clumsy, I don't want you to fall on me if you do fall!" said Ino as Shiemi silently nodded and moved over to the side—she guessed she was clumsy so it made sense to her but…..that kind of hurt….

Izumo frowned, feeling the urge to pull Ino's hair as the blonde went up. She said nothing about her retort to Shiemi since she too felt the girl was weaker than they were. However, Ino could still keep her mouth shut! She waited until she was half way to go up herself.

"Next time, tell her no!" said Izumo to Shiemi as she climbed the ladder.

"Hai." Said Shiemi with her head low. She felt so small around them. Their attitudes were so much livelier than hers. She kind of wished she could bicker as much as they did because even though they acted as though they couldn't stand each other, they still seemed to have some sort of bond that she didn't have with anyone other than Yukio. She wished she could make friends too. She wanted to be…'cool' too.

'I wish I had friends!' Thought Shiemi as she climbed the ladder once Izumo was off. She made it to the top and carefully pulled herself to a stand and kept her head low so no one saw her bruised cheek that she could still feel aching. It was very embarrassing to fall on your face; she didn't want anyone to make fun of her for it. She should have worn the right clothing.

She made way to the wall to stand away from everyone only to pause in her step when a pair of golden shoes stepped before her. She blinked when she realized who it was and shot her head up to meet the gentle eyes of Hinata.

"Shiemi-chan, would you like me to heal that for you?" asked the kind girl and Shiemi couldn't help but to blush and hold her cheek to hide it.

"Oh no! I don't want to trouble you, it is fine! I can wait until I get home and use some sancho. I should be fine!" smiled Shiemi with a nod and a salute in hopes of Hinata understanding that she didn't want to be a nuisance.

"It's okay. I do not mind." Spoke Hinata softly and Shiemi couldn't help but to blush all the more when Hinata reached to gently move her hand down to place her own hand on the blonde's cheek. This action confused Shiemi for a moment. What was she going to do?

"HINATA!" came Naruto and Shiemi stilled at his tone while Hinata calmly turned her head to him. Luckily, no one was paying attention like he was. She wasn't supposed to use her abilities so openly. He told her that.

"Allow her to use her sancho, eh?!" said Naruto while moving to the middle arena with the other two males called.

"Demo.."

"Sancho."

"…..Hai." Hinata sighed, defeated since she understood where he was coming from and he was right. She just didn't want to leave someone in pain—especially if she could help them.

"It is fine. Thank you so much, Hinata-san!" She could be friends with her, Shiemi thought in all the happiness she could muster. Hinata nodded and walked away to watch both her Danna and Naruto in the playing field. Shiemi watched her walk away with a bright smile; completely forgetting her earlier query of Hinata.

Without knowing, one of the students had quietly observed Hinata's action and questioned as well what she was going to do.

"Alright you three, like the girls before you, you will run as fast as you can to get away from the leapers chasing you. Try to remember that this is both a teamwork and individual exercise." Spoke Kakashi as the three males nodded. "Again…." He carefully emphasized his stare towards Karui and her brow rose. "….This is merely an exercise." He turned his attention back to the males. "There is no need to attack them. Understood?"

"HAI!" they spoke in unison and Bon turned to glare at Rin. "I'll kick your ass at this."

"Teh, I want to see you try!" smirked Rin.

"Riiiight! As if either of you could beat me!" Naruto joined in on this. He would never turn down the thrill of a game. Bon smirked with a chuckle. So Naruto wanted to challenge him too. He couldn't say no to that.

"Alright, Uzumaki! You're on!" Bon got into a running stance—sending the males near him a competitive glance. Rin scoffed as he too, readied for a run.

"Whiskered-faced bastard, you annoy the fuck out of me!" Naruto laughed before the teachers blew their whistles.

One of the Leapers on chains flew after the three males from his release and the boys took off in a rage. Bon and Rin made haste as they ran away from the demon, sending one another challenging looks. They both looked back to Naruto, to see him a few ways behind them….jogging? They turned to each other in question.

'What the hell is he doing?' some of the students questioned. He didn't seem alarmed that the demon was gaining on him like the other two. They were some ways ahead of him compared to how close he was to the Leaper. Gai watched in interest as Kakashi narrowed his un-patched eye.

Hinata waited and hoped he wasn't going to show off after he told her not to use her abilities in front of anyone.

Naruto noticed the two looking at him, "What? Keep running. I'm running!"

Bon choked back a laugh. "Yeah, but you're all the way back there. The demon is right behind you! How are you running?!" He let out a laugh he couldn't contain as he ran faster upon seeing Rin pick up speed.

"You'll see!" grinned Naruto brightly. "I know what I'm doing!"

The girls couldn't help but to sparkle at his grin. At least….his fans.

"Naruto-kun!" cheered both TenTen and Ino with hearts in their eyes. Izumo couldn't help but blush and smile as she silently cheered for him herself. Paku was in the same boat. Karui could feel Kiba's arm wrap around her shoulder as he pulled her closer. "Heh, there's nothing special about him, right babe?"

"Yeah." Was her only answer. She did think he was attractive in his strangely bright aura however she was a one man girl….this didn't stop her from blushing though as she watched him. Kiba raised a brow since he saw this.

"Uh-huh."

The males ran the lap twice and the two teachers were surprised at their stamina. "Bon's pretty fast." Spoke Konekomaru as Renzo nodded.

"Yeah, but Okumura-kun's faster."

"Ah.." Konekomaru nodded in agreement.

"Naruto will win." Said Shikamaru as both males turned to him in shock.

"Eh? But he's far behind them." They spoke in unison while looking back at the field.

"Yeah, but he's not wasting as much energy as those two. He'll win. Also…it looks like there will be a repeat." The sluggish male yawned and folded his arms behind his head before walking away towards the wall. "Ah, I'm going to nap."

The rest of the class heard this and watched the field carefully. Shikamaru was known for being right. He was always right. Even when he was asleep…he was right. His calculations were never wrong. They had to see this.

Bon ran quickly but Rin paced faster. It wasn't long before Rin could be seen flying past him. Bon scowls in surprise and tries to pick up. Rin looks back and smirks amusingly. "Ha-ha! You were spitting a lot of shit earlier, look who is in front now! I'm kicking your ass!" Rin laughed aloud and Bon's brow furrowed in anger as he picked up speed. Hinata couldn't keep the smile off her face watching her Danna being competitive was interesting. And he was friendly about it, he didn—…

She gasped silently as she watched Bon jump for a kick to Rin's back.

However, before this could happen—Hinata narrowed her eyes, using her unseen power to force an invisible shield behind Rin. This caused Bon to kick into something that felt like a solid wall and it hurt like hell when he fell to the floor with a yelp. Naruto laughed when he saw this, and briefly did he look to Hinata, before looking back at Bon on the floor. Hinata was a sneaky little angel.

Rin couldn't help but to laugh himself—pausing ever slightly due to his stomach clenching in laughter. The idiot missed him and fell. He'd seen grade kids' trip over their own feet and thought it was kind of funny but seeing a grown kid was even funnier. And apparently…the class thought the same thing since they laughed too. All except Shiemi and Hinata. Their senseis shook their heads.

Bon's scowl deepened and saw this as an opportunity to get back at him. He moved quickly and, without knowing, Rin continued to laugh until he felt a hard swift hit to the back of his ankles that knocked him off his feet and onto his back as he gasped. Hinata would have stopped that as well, but then it would have looked too obvious as her face frowned up a bit.

Bon was being unfair.

It was Bon's turn to laugh as moved to run and jump over the fallen Rin and as soon as he did, Rin smirked and grabbed at one of his ankles. This caused Bon's eyes to widened and land exactly the same way Shiemi did….on his face. A few of the students cringed again since they could hear a sound crack.

"Ah, Bon." Sighed Renzo shaking his head as Konekomaru turned away with a wince. Hinata on the other hand, was happy her Danna thought quickly.

Naruto laughed again while leaping over both of the males that fell with the Leaper now heading for the two on the ground. However the quarreling males failed to notice as Bon shot up with a growl as he rubbed his cheek. Rin shot up with his own growl as he rubbed his back.

"Grr, ASS! Why did you trip me!" yelled Bon as Rin flashed him a glare.

"You tripped me?! Too bad I was too fast for you to get away with it!" shot back Rin.

"WHAT?!" Bon went to choke him, both males forgetting they were in the middle of an exercise—only for them to still in place when a shadow loomed over their figures.

With yet another repeat, the Leaper came close with a loud roar and an open mouth. Kakashi tried to move fast and pull it away before—too late. Naruto had already jumped and flipped into the air—and this time—made a direct contact with the back of his sandal; landing a solid kick on top of the Leapers wide head. The class nearly burst with amazement at the power behind Naruto's kick. Only did Hinata sigh at his actions and disapprovingly shook her head.

The Leapers head hit the floor so strongly that it whined in fear before scurrying up and heading back towards the cage without being told to.

Kakashi sighed at the three males. They ended up doing the same thing the girls did. Did he or did he not, before they started, explain that it was a teamwork exercise? And didn't he establish they were to not harm the Leapers?

'Naruto-kun…' Naruto stiffened and looked up to where Hinata stood and he sweat-dropped before sending her a thumbs-up from where he stood. 'I know, I know. I'll just remove the memory after this class. Okay?'

'Hai.'

Bon and Rin both sigh in relief before both males turned to each other with a scowl. "See, you let Naruto show off!" accused Bon. Rin looked to him incredulously and Naruto raised his brows. "He made us look bad! We lost, thanks to you!"

"What?! If you hadn't decided it best to play dirty by tripping me, he wouldn't have won in the first place! You're just mad that we could have aired you!" Rin smirked as he shot to his feet the same time Bon did and he looked to him with his fists balled.

"Aired me? Like hell, Naruto only got ahead because you decided to be cocky and try and attack me!" Rin look bewildered.

"Attack you?! You attacked me! I simply out smarted you and again, I was too fast for you to get away from anyway!" smugly turned away Rin with Bon growling to the point where he launched at him! Rin turned and dodged him laughing as Bon growled more and ran to tackle him. Rin continued to dodge only this time Bon decided to elbow him in the stomach in which Rin was surprised by the hit and Bon tackled him to the ground only for Rin to throw him off him and tackle him himself.

The class could only watch as much as Hinata wanted to help, she could see Rin was strong enough for Bon, there wasn't much to be alarmed over and Naruto stood there and watched.

Gai and Kakashi both sighed. Gai looked to Naruto to stop it since they didn't want to leave the post. And as though Naruto sensed him looking at him, he did move to break it up.

"Alright, that's enough! It doesn't matter!" Naruto quickly grabbed Bon by his shirt and threw him back as he grabbed Rin's shirt and also through him back. Both males landed apart with a thud and they glared at Naruto..

However before they could say anything, Gai interrupted. "Knock it off, you two! In a show of your youth, you have failed to complete the task as you were instructed." Naruto simply shrugged and went to go back to the upper level. He was going to leap up, but then he knew Hinata would be upset he was showing his abilities so openly like earlier so he decides to walk over to the ladder to avoid the attention.

Gai continued as both males looked to him. "Okumura-san, please follow Uzumaki-san to the stand. Suguro-san, please come here." Rin said nothing as he glared to Bon for a moment longer until he finally got up and followed Naruto to the ladder. Bon said nothing as well and held his glare too before getting up and walking over to the upper cage to stand in front before the entrapped Leapers as he looked up obediently to his Senseis.

"What you did was wrong. In a real fight, you would not and hopefully, will not attack your fellow teammate. No matter how much 'better' you think you are to him or them. It is not something that you do. I thought that was learned with our previous session involving the girls. We do not take the time to teach you teamwork for you to simply rip it apart over a competition or a silly game of strength. This will not be tolerated on the field."

"Excuse me, Maito-sensei. But why am I the only one being spoken to? Okumura, played some part as well." Questioned Bon, this was unfair. Gai and Kakashi both looked to him and Gai paused longer than he wanted to as he glanced to Rin who was speaking with Konekomaru and Renzo. Hinata had walked over to him and Rin turned to her a moment when she asks him something. He nods and thanks her as Renzo's eyes sparkle and he follows her only for Naruto to step in the way, he backs up and turns back to talk to Rin.

Gai's pause was much longer than Kakashi thought it would have been so, he turns answers for him.

"Okumura-san, has….special permissions for this school. Unlike you, who can get kicked out for such behavior, the chairman has special circumstances for him. We also expect great things from you. It is best you are not involved with him." He said this as low as he could to keep the others from hearing Gai turned back with a nod and a grin.

"Yes, we see great youth within you! It will grow and flourish promisingly!"

"Special?" Bon questioned and he turned to look up to where Konekomaru and Renzo were both looking to Rin in surprise. 'What's so special about him anyway? I bet he's just some rich kid getting in with money from Daddy! Why is it Okumura-sensei is better?!'

"Are we understood, Suguro-san?"

"Hai, senseis." Bon bowed in respect and moved to return with the other students.

"Alright class! You are to—." Kakashi paused when he heard a phone ring. The class silenced as they looked to the middle of the arena where the noise was coming from.

Kakashi rolled his eyes when Gai picked up his phone, thinking it was someone of no importance. "Hai!?" He was silenced when someone on the other line spoke to him. Gai stood straighter and Kakashi looked curious now that he did. This told him it was someone important—with authority. Most likely their president.

"Hai, we will be there right away!" Gai flipped closed his phone placed it back in his pocket. He nodded to Kakashi and grinned to his students with a thumbs-up and a sparkle. "Minna! We shall return to you in twenty minutes! Stay here and do not go back into that arena! Stay away from the Leapers and we will be right back! While we are away, work on your youthful natures with each other, eh!? No fighting!"

"HAI!" they answered while others grumbled at their class being interrupted. What the fuck was 'youthful nature'? Some pondered.

Both men leave the room, the students left alone.

"Are they allowed to do this?" asked Ino as she flipped her hair and set her eyes on Naruto in hopes he saw her. She frowned slightly when she saw Paku, Izumo, and Tenten slowly make their way to him.

"You mean leave us here? No." replied Bon as he scowl with his arms crossed, earlier was still ticking him off. Ino said nothing right away as she too walked over to Naruto because of seeing the other girls. "Yeah, whatever," was her reply as Bon blinked upon seeing her and the other girls move over to surround Naruto. He scoffed. 'Uhg.'

Renzo too wanted to brisk over to Hinata and Konekomaru kind of wanted to as well only Bon sent them both a look. And they made no move to do so. He would have himself at another time but he was upset with the situation. 'Special circumstances, my ass.' He glared to Rin whom was next to Hinata since she decided to be near him, much to his slight dismay. However, he allowed her to so to not bring attention.

Naruto sweat-dropped at the girls all asking him questions about his life…he figured they were trying to get to know him.

Bon continued to be sour as he glared back to Rin. Rin looked to nothing as though in thought. Hinata was looking to him as her eyes roamed his features; Bon noticed and raised a brow to this. 'Humph, I wonder if she thinks he's cool….' Bon scoffed and unknowingly Renzo and Konekomaru were watching him make a face and soon walk away from them to stride over to Rin. They looked at eachother. 'Oh no.'

'Humph, I'll show her cool.' Bon stopped in front of Rin and Rin sensed him there, breaking him out of his thoughts as he turned to him with a slight frown. Hinata turned to look at him too…..sensing something uncomfortable in the air.

"What?" spoke Rin as Bon glared at him.

"You piss me off."

"Oh yeah…and…"

"You got here under special circumstances, you're full of shit! Unlike you, everyone else here worked hard to get here and yet you find it easy to simply slack and do whatever you want and you'll never be in trouble for it!" Bon balled his fists.

"Special? What are you talking about? I am working hard to be here as well."

"No you're not; you slack in class and bullshit all day! It makes me sick!"

Now Rin balled his fists and Hinata stood a little closer in case of anything. He waved her off and took a step back away, understanding. The class fell silent as they heard the volume of the two males heighten. Naruto narrowed his eyes at Bon. 'What was he, asshurt?'

"I don't care what makes you sick or what the fuck you believe, I am just as determined to be here!"

"Oh yeah…prove it!"

"Pro…how?" Rin asked with slight interest.

Bon did have to think long as he turned to point to the middle of the arena. "That." Everyone in class turned to see what he was talking about. Shikamaru was still asleep and Shiemi stepped forward to see what Bon was referring to. "If you go down there and touch the demon, you win! I will believe you and take it for whatever it is!" Bon crossed his arms again in satisfaction as Renzo and Konekomaru looked to him disapprovingly.

"This type of demon senses emotion. The point is for you to not waver in your emotions and look it in the eyes. This should be easy for someone trying hard like you say you are. Also, I will do it too!"

Hinata looked to Rin as he raised his brow in amusement and turned away. "Yeah right, you truly think I'm going to do something like that? Are you stupid or trying to die!" Bon looked taken aback. Naruto was kind of surprised himself; he thought he would jump for it.

"And besides, we share the same goal. I wouldn't risk dying to prove something to you!" The class snickered and Bon blushed faintly from embarrassment, he didn't like anyone laughing at him. He came over to look cool and now it backfired.

"You know what, you're just scared! I will do it myself!" the class looked shocked as Bon turned around and jumped to the middle of the arena.

"BON!" yelled Renzo as everyone moved closer to watch. Naruto stepped away from the girls and went by Hinata and Rin.

"Ah, he's serious!" Paku was surprised as Izumo shook her head. "He'll turn back, idiot."

"Right!" agreed Ino but she had to see it if he did do as he said.

Bon walked closer to the Leaper and one of them turned to look at him. His eyes narrowed in determination and he stopped just a few feet away. 'I will not be like my father. I refuse to be some coward. I will not turn away. I am strong and cool!'

"I have my dream! I will defeat Satan!" screamed Bon as the entire class fell silent after his words.

"HAHAHAHAHA!" laughter erupted in the air as Izumo, Ino, Karui, and Kiba all laughed in sync after they registered hearing right.

Bon looked up and scoffed at their reaction. They were making fun of him!

"What are you? Stupid?!" asked Ino between laughs.

"Yeah, you're not a kid anymore! Grow up!" exclaimed Izumo after her laughter.

"Baka!" was all Karui could get out. He was a fool.

"At least have a realistic dream! No one can defeat Satan!" mirthed Kiba as he nearly bent over in pain.

"Well that's just it…it's a dream!" added Ino throwing her head back laughing. She couldn't take it, it was hilarious.

The others remained quiet. Rin didn't find it funny in the least but he still wasn't going to do what Bon tried to make him do. Hinata and Naruto watched Bon as he balled his fists in frustration with his head low and shaded over. He was angry they were laughing at him. It wasn't funny. He was serious. This was his serious goal. He was going to defeat Satan. He wasn't a coward like his friends and his family. He was going to take him out.

'Stop laughing! Stop laughing! Stop laughing!'….. He exploded…" STOP LAUGHING AT ME AND MY DREAM!"

The Leaper reacted to his emotions and roared in front of him. Bon's eyes widened as fear coursed his veins—taking a step back however frozen in place. Half of the class gasped and laughter ceased when they saw the Leaper's killer intent to devour the male. Naruto and Hinata both made aim to protect him, only for Rin to react quickly by jumping into the arena.

"Rin!" called Shiemi in alarm as Hinata stilled Naruto by raising her hand to observe what Rin was going to do as he jumped in front of Bon causing the young male to flinch back in surprise; losing his footing and landing on his rear while the Leapers assault raged with his jaw wide open with Rin standing his ground.

The class reacted together with a shared surprise and fear when it looked as though the Leaper was going to swallow Rin whole. Hinata was soon to react if it were not for Naruto stepping in her way. She looked to him in shock and he had his hand raised to her this time. 'Let's see what he's going to do.'

Hinata understood and stood straighter. She was however still prepared for anything to happen however did as Naruto asked of her. She also wanted to see what he would do.

The Leaper's teeth nearly sink into Rin's body as Bon gasped and tried reaching for him to pull him away only he paused as everyone else gasped with him. Hinata remained still as she watched closely with Naruto's eyes narrowing.

'Get off! I said get off, NOW!' Rins eyes glazed blue so quickly, no one else saw aside from the two angels. The Leaper hearing the young prince's command and realizing that it was one of his master's he nearly ate, he shot back as though burnt and cowered away but he was too afraid to move. The Leaper stiffened when he felt a soft hand on him. 'It's okay, I'm not mad at you.' The Leaper relaxed upon hearing Rin's kind words and nudged a little closer for more kindness. Everyone looked on in shock. This including Hinata and Naruto.

'He's showing it affection?' thought Naruto. "Huh?"

Hinata thought and said nothing as she continued to watch in shock.

"Hey aren't you going to hurt it or something?! It knows better! Kill it!" screamed Kiba as the others turned to him briefly before looking back. They all, aside from Shiemi and the angels could agree to it.

"Kill it? What? No! I'm not going to kill it!" scowled Rin as he sent Kiba a brief glare. "He was only acting on instinct."

Kiba scoffed and said no more. Everyone remained silent since they hadn't had anything to say.

Rin looked back to Bon. "And besides, the only one here to kill Satan…is me!" Bon looked stunned as he stood up abruptly while Rin tells the Leaper to return to its cage.

"So now you think it's funny to steal people's dreams!" accused Bon as Rin turned to him, confused. Bon then looked to his fellow friends since he knew they told him. Renzo and Konekomaru both shrunk and stepped back from his glare. Bon then turned back to Rin.

"Ah, nani?! Steal? It is original! I've always had this dream!"

"Bullshit!"

"It's not bullshit! I vow to destroy Satan with my own hands! He took away my life, I WILL KILL HIM!"

"Ah…" Bon said nothing after that. He simply looked to Rin as he stared at him…no…through him. He wasn't really looking his way. He was thinking of something and the tears weld up in his eyes. Bon blinked and gave a slight sigh. He had never known anyone else to share his dream.

The class said nothing as they watched. Hinata was very confused; especially after the display of affection he showed the other demon. She did not understand the way he felt. Neither did Naruto, this was surprising behavior and they did not know what to think or say.

'Danna-sama..'

In the shadows, stood Yukio next to a tall girl—both overseeing the students with interest. Yukio was on the phone and she was looking over to Rin closely.

"No, there was nothing he had done." Spoke Yukio into his cell phone. "Hai, understood."

The woman waited for him to close his phone and when he did, she turned to him—expecting him to turn to her as well only to pause when she noticed the look upon his features.

"Are you okay? I'm sure he wasn't going to—." She stiffened when she noticed where one of his hands were placed. He still had not looked to her and he was on-looking into the arena with glazed eyes. He panted a slight and he sweat just a bit.

'The gun…was he going to...'

"I'm sorry. I heard you, I just…." He watched his older brother as he and Bon talked while the rest of the students also reveled in what had just happened. "Pheles-sama wants for us to return to him. He said Kakashi-san will return shortly."

"Okumura-san…." As though not hearing him, the girl stood and stared into him as she waited for him to look her in the eye. He sighed closing his eyes and turned to her as though he knew where this was going.

Their eyes lock and she stared to him seriously. He blinked as she continued to stare. "….Te—."

"Would you really shoot your brother?" He flinched a slight and blinked away from her before looking down in guilt as he turned away to look to the arena once more. His glasses misted over dramatically and he completely turned away from her without a word and took a steady stride.

The girl moved to follow and waited patiently for him to answer. She wasn't going to allow him the chance to ignore her so as though she could read his mind, she moved quickly to stand in front of him. He stopped mid-step and she again, stared into him for an answer.

Yukio sighed and turned his gaze to her with his glasses taking a strange glow. He then smirked. "Would you?"

She flinched at this herself and he moved to walk past her. She couldn't say anything to that as she stood dumbstruck a moment before moving quickly to follow him.

"Yukio…"

"Temari-san. That is not a question I will answer for you."

"…Hai."

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At the end of the school day, Hinata stood outside of the school in the courtyard awaiting her husband. He had initially told her to go on without him since he didn't need her there but she chose to wait for him instead. Naruto had gone home with Shiemi and Yukio. She thought this would be the perfect time to talk to him on the way home and he also told her he had something to do in the city, so she chose to go with him.

She looked up to the pinkish-orange colored sky as the sun set again with a wonderful sound to her ears. She would have loved for a higher place like usual; however, where she stood was good enough. She closed her eyes with a smile and sighed happily. She could never get enough of this.

"You're still here?" came Rin as Hinata turned to her left to see Rin stop mid-step on the stairway while observing where her attention towards the sky once focused. He had his hands in his pocket and looked distantly to the setting sun in curiosity. The colors painted beautifully in the background while the wind blew softly through his hair. He smiled then as the picture reminded him of something he'd seen when he was a kid—it was relaxing.

"Hai." She spoke softly as she observed his features. Her heart skipped a beat when he smiled. He genuinely smiled just then. She had never seen him smile before. At least….like this….he looked so...different. She then smiled herself; she liked his smile.

"Danna-sama?" His brow furrowed and he frowned before he turned to her with a sigh as he stepped down the rest of the stairs to stand in front of her. He sighed again as he looked her over and she continued to smile gently.

"I am still not okay with that term and since no one is around it's…fine…. but please….please remember not to call me that unless I want you to? Please."

Her smile broadened. "Hai!" It was apparent that he was giving up on telling her to cut it out. He was much kinder when no one was around. Like at the diner.

"Well, I'm heading to the city. I wanted to stop by the grocery store for more food. Yukio gave me money for it, so you can head home. Alright?" said Rin as he walked past her and her gaze followed him. "I'll see you when I get home."

He continued on without knowing Hinata had chosen to follow him. It wasn't until he reached the gates and turned to walk towards the city where he paused in his step and turned to see her standing behind him. "What are you doing? I told you to go home."

Hinata smiled brightly again and shook her head. "I want to go with you."

'What the hell? Why?. '

"I—." He paused as he watched her look away with a faint blush while pulling a strand of her hair behind her ear before clasping her hands behind her back, shyly. "I want to spend more time with you….alone.."

Rin raised a shocked brow at this and blinked. "Um…that's fine." He gave into her and quickly turned away so she wouldn't see a blush of his own and walked on.

'Oh…so she wants to spend time with me.' He sighed nervously and moved to rub the back of his neck. 'Okay…what do I say? This would be the first time since the other day. After cram didn't count since we weren't exactly…alone…but…what do I say?'

Hinata watched Rin as he contemplated something. She could sense how uncomfortable he was so…

"Rin? Can you tell me more about…your childhood? Wh-what was your 'Tou-san like?" she asked kindly and she could see his tensed shoulders relax. And he looked to her curiously before turning away with a nod to speak.

"Ah, -Tou-san. He was…..he was….." A flicker of sadness glazed his eyes as he stared ahead. "He was the best father a guy like me could ever have. He treated both me and Yukio with the best that he had." His hands fisted in his pocket, feeling his eyes water as he reminisced his father. To him, his only father. "I…can say that I did give him a hard time at times but…he was still very patient and kind with me. He cared more than I thought…before his death. I didn't realize how much I…." He paused when he realized who he was talking to and turned away with a slight stubborn frown and a blush. He had almost found himself opening up to her without thinking. After learning more about Suguro's goal for Satan and what had happened to his and his friend's Temple, he found himself emotional. He didn't know he felt so deeply about their situation to the point where it affected him.

He vowed to destroy Satan.

"He was a good man." And he left it at that. She asked about his childhood, and he just didn't want to go there.

Hinata knew what he was thinking when he thought about his father. She understood what he was trying to get out. She also understood that something else was bothering him. Earlier in gym class, was most likely it. If not, there was much more on his mind she didn't want to intrude on. He'd open up to her when he found himself ready.

She nodded her attention and looked straight ahead. Silence fell between them again only this was…a comfortable silence after Rin allowed his thoughts to roam elsewhere. Hinata looked around the streets after sometime when they made it within the city—getting closer to the grocery store Rin liked going to. And of course…they received both stares and gawks thanks to the girl next to him. He was still trying to get used to that.

"What did you want to ask me earlier?" Asked Rin while crossing the street—he did recall her trying to speak with him alone before the four stooges interrupted. Hinata looked to him a moment before looking away and up to the night sky. She hadn't expected him to remember and it made her give a small smile because he did. To her, that meant he cared.

"I just...wanted to ask about...your relationships...is all." Slowly asked Hinata in hopes she chose the right words that didn't alarm or upset him. It seemed easier to think about earlier but since she wanted to know more about…..well...maybe other relations she may not know about, than why not ask in general?

Rin looked to her in mild surprise since he knew where was this was going however it was the first time she didn't just assume something...she politely asked. And at least she didn't attack him like Naruto. He knew 'relationships' meant Shiemi. There was no one else he had relationships with.

Unless she means someone he didn't know. And if she was trying to ensure that he wouldn't fool around on her than he had to clear this up.

"Listen..." he stopped walking so he could turn to her and look her in the eye. Hinata stopped as well and she also turned to him and listen as he spoke. She looked up to him as Rin stared intently.

Pupiless orbs met blue irises as Rin made sure he never broke contact. He wanted her to understand that what he was about to say was truth. There was no lie behind his words. He wanted his true feelings to reach her so she would believe him without doubt.

"First thing, when it comes down to Shiemi, I may have had some liking for her however I cannot say it was anything beyond normal attraction. She is kind, nice, and…..clueless. However, there is nothing between her and me. Not even in terms of….friendship. I don't know her as well as it looks. I've only known her a month or so. She is much closer to Yukio than me."

Hinata nodded. She understood that. And Rin continued on.

"When it comes down to devotion, I am not the type of guy to look at any woman or girl or whatever if I am already involved." Hinata blinked at his choice of words. Involved?

"I am also not the type that sneaks around and lies or whatever other people do that I don't. Since we are...Involved. I would never do something with another person knowingly. I know respect, I know pain, I know feelings, I know morals. I would never do something in disrespect towards you or even myself. It is wrong and it is sinful. I would only look to you and only you." He hoped that made sense and he looked away thoughtfully to think about it. Did that make sense?

Hinata blinked again since she did, in fact, understand what he was trying to say. It did answer her question but she never expected him to feel so deeply about it. She didn't prepare for such an answer. She expected his usual one word or half said. But he actually spoke out. Earlier it looked as though he was just…tired of her. However, after this speech…..

He feels strongly about it, more so than she thought.

And she smiled.

Rin continued to look up thoughtfully before he heard a soft laugh and looked to her, confused.

"Huh?" He blinked and watched as Hinata reached for his hand and entwined them.

"I understand, Rin." Their eyes locked again and Rin blushed while Hinata smiled brightly. At least she called him Rin this time, he was thankful for that.

"Ah, okay." He quickly took his hand away and coughed to keep from turning completely red at her touch. He took a step back from her and turned to walk again with his hands in his pockets. "Yes, good. Thanks. Let's go now."

Hinata nodded; taking no offense to him pulling away from her and followed on.

"Hey, um…another thing…" Hinata looked to him again but this time he didn't move to meet her gaze. "Um…I uh….wanted to apologize for…the other day….uh….no…I mean since I met you…uh…no….shit…"

Hinata watched as Rin struggled with his words and he stiffened while turning red in the process. "I wanted to apologize for being mean to you since I met you! It wasn't really you, just our situations and your guardian. Not you!" he said this so quickly Hinata wouldn't have been able to comprehend him if it weren't for her ability to understand everything she was paying attention to.

And she smiled again because of him—nodding her understanding. "Yes, I also wanted to apologize for not asking your acquiescence and not obeying your…orders. I will do so, from now on."

"My orders?" He kept his gaze ahead, unable to turn to her. "I don't….care about orders. You can do what you want, you're not enslaved by me and I'm not some….monster…" He didn't know how to say that since everyone else around him thought so. He had wondered when he first met her if she did too; based on his looks but…she never seemed to react otherwise.

"Hai."

Rin didn't look at her since he was still turning red. He merely nodded and turned the next corner while quickening his pace to release his nerves. Hinata smiled again.

They soon reached the market he once worked at since it was closer-he also like it even if the woman fired him-he couldn't blame her though. The sliding doors opened as they walked in. Hinata looked to the doors curiously since they automatically opened and looked around to see how. She paid no attention to Rin grabbing one of the carts from a line of them and pushed it towards her.

"Hey, try to stay with me this time please. I don't want to lose you again." He half joked and sweat dropped when Hinata turned to him bright eyed and blinked. "Lose me?"

"Never mind. Follow me." He waited and chuckled when she looked back at the doors and turned back to follow him.

"I can see it's obvious you have never been to a store." 'Although, I wonder if she went to a store when she got those...clothes.' he shook his head before the memory could return to him.

"No..we ate from a garden. Not all of us though. My father has increased in rank where he doesn't have to."

Rin paused when he saw a certain vegetable and reached for it. "What do you mean?"

Hinata stopped to observe Rin as he squeezed the plant and look it over. "He doesn't eat food. He doesn't have to." Rin moved to grab a couple more of the green plant and place it in a nearby bag he pulled from a roll on a rack. Hinata watched as he put the bag in the cart and move along to the next batch of vegetables. He paused when he realized what she was saying.

"Wait what?" He shot his head to her and she looked to him curiously. "He doesn't eat food?! How does he eat?"

Hinata smiled at the look on his face, she found it funny he was surprised since this was normal to her. "He only needs light. He is immortal."

"Really? Your dad is immortal! That is cool!" He sparkled as his eyes lit up. Hinata laughed from his reaction and Rin paused when he felt eyes on them. He looked around and froze when all eyes of the customers and employees stopped to stare after what he said.

"Um yeah, ha-ha! We just finished a movie! Yeah...uh...a movie! Uh….Let's finish shopping, Hinata!" He spoke quickly and took her arm to scurry out of sight and into another isle. Hinata blinked when she realized it was the first time she heard him say her name. She smiled happily as she allowed him to pull her away.

'Danna-sama isn't so bad.' she thought as they stopped in front of an isle filled with a variety of cereal. He let go of her arm and moved along with a bright smile to pick his favorite kind.

"Ah, what kind of cereal do you like?" he asked as he looked up and around at the brands. Hinata looked confused a moment and looked around the isle with him.

"Cereal?" she said the foreign word slowly since she had never heard of it.

"Yeah, cereal. It's.." he paused when he realized who he was talking to. "Oh, wait you probably have never had cereal." He looked to her when he stopped in front of his favorite cereal. It is an American brand. He liked it because it was so sweet! He didn't know Americans ate such sweet things for breakfast until just three years ago. It was a delight to eat rainbow or chocolate pebbles in the morning. "You can try some if you want when we get home. It's not just breakfast food I think. You can eat it whenever you want. But...health wise, I'm not sure."

"Hm.." Hinata nodded her understanding and didn't know what to say, she was learning.

"Now, I don't normally pick out cereal but since we have more mouths to feed, I think it's best that on the weekends, everyone can fend for themselves. Unlike us, Yukio and the bastard can not cook. They will deal with noodles and cereal and other microwavable foods. I for one am not cooking all of the time and I don't want to smell carbon in the air."

Hinata smiled at this-watching Rin throw three boxes of cereal reading 'Fruity Pebbles' into the cart. He didn't know Naruto knew how to cook; he just didn't like to take the time. "Yukio won't like me buying this, but whatever. It's his money." said Rin as he looked through other choices on the shelves. Hinata looked into the cart and reached to pick up one of the colorful boxes. 'Is this his favorite?'

"Oh my-! Okumura Rin-kun! Is that you?!" came an older woman's voice from behind the two. Rin and Hinata both turned to the voice and Rin perked when he saw who it was.

"Hey, Obaa-san! How've you been?" asked Rin brightly as he walked to the woman to greet properly.

"Okumura-kun! I'm not that old!" she laughed as Rin laughed sheepishly. Hinata made no move as she placed the cereal down and silently watched their interaction. The woman was older but not elderly with an apron on. She wore a white scarf with her black hair matted underneath and held a basket full of food.

"Everything is going great since you were here. After your recipe with the fried sobe, our business increased. I couldn't thank you more, Okumura-kun!" praised the woman happily as Rin's eyes sparkled from the love.

"Really?! You guys still use the recipe?! That's awesome!" grinned Rin ear to ear. He was recognized and remembered somewhere other than home. They still made his food!

"If only you weren't fired! You were such a great co-worker!" smiled the woman as Rin moped slightly.

"Yeah, I tried." He wasn't going to elaborate on why he was fired since he felt it wasn't his fault, but it was worth it for the little girl. The woman laughed and placed a hand on his shoulder.

"Aw, Momoi-sama can be very harsh sometimes. I'm sure another job is happy to have you! You worked so hard on your first day! Everyone else and I believed you would stay with us!" the woman tried to cheer him up and it seemed to work since Rin nodded thankfully.

"Oh.." he blinked almost forgetting he had company. He turned to Hinata and the woman looked confused a moment before she also turned to look past him.

"Oh, I'm sorry! I didn't know you had co—…" The woman gave a silent gasp as her eyes roamed and shined with interest upon Hinata. "Oh my goodness, are you pretty or what?!" she stepped past Rin so quickly—she left a trail of dust that Rin had to cough up.

"Ah, Okumura-kun! You're girlfriend is sooo gorgeous! How did you do it?!" she beamed and glittered as Hinata blushed deeply with a small smile. The woman couldn't help but to look her over several times as though she couldn't believe in her eyes. "I've never seen a girl so salient! You are so picturesque. He is so lucky to have a nice looking girl."

Hinata sweat-dropped at this when Rin frowned. What was that supposed to mean?

"And I don't mean it in a bad way either." The woman emphasized her head repeatedly to get her point across positively. Rin raised his brow at this and Hinata respectfully listened. "Good men always end up with bad woman! Okumura-kun is a good person! He worked so hard on only his first day and just from being around him, he was so happy! I tried to tell the manager that firing him was wrong and that it wasn't his fault. I saw him trying to help a little girl. He saved her from being badly hurt when some of our merchandise fell over. So it wasn't his fault! He is a good man!" she repeated and proudly winked.

"Ah, we have to go! Nice seeing you!" said Rin quickly as he took his cart and the wrist of Hinata to pull her away. This confused the woman a moment but she shrugged it off since she could feel his embarrassment. As much as he appreciated her words, he didn't like that she told Hinata(If she understood). The last thing he wanted was sympathy due to the unfairness of his getting fired. However, he again, appreciated it. He tried not to smile since he didn't think anyone knew. He was wrong; his coworkers cared more than he thought.

"A-arigatou!" Hinata politely said as her husband pulled her along to the next corner and the woman brightened happily at her whimsical voice!

"HAI! Come back again, Okumura-kun and girlfriend! Come try our sobe on the house!" She called after them since she had a job to do, she didn't follow as much as she wanted to and Rin rolled his eyes and walked on. He released her wrist, having not thought of how many times he's touched her without thinking, she could tell. He made it a fuss earlier when she was too close to him and when she touched his hand. She guessed it was one of his moods.

"Um….we have more food to get. Let me know if there is anything you want to…make." Hinata could see his skin was steamed red and she guessed it had to do with the woman's words. She didn't know why he was…..embarrassed about it but at least she again…was proven that he wasn't so bad.

Her Danna…..really wasn't so bad after all.

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Chapter 5: A Day at Southern Cross Mall