Chapter 3: The First Friend

It was lunch and everyone got a tour of the school, but what Anko said was still in all of their heads.

Flashback

"Tomorrow I'll be the one giving you the second part of the entrance exam, the physical exam. And I know more than half of you are gonna leave this school."

Their eyes widened. "Today you'll get a tour of the school, so we won't waste any of ours and your time. But some of you might not even be here at the end of tomorrow. So wait till the next day to find out if you have to know the places around the school or if you're gonna need to pack you bags."

She smirked "You got into this school cause you are all good ninjas. But we have to only take the best, and in the next exam... well don't expect to be a hundred percent sure you'll live."

End Flashback

Sakura sat down and ate, apparently Temari and her teammates have a mission (you'll find out about that stuff soon), and Kankuro had to stay behind and help clean the classroom after he along with a few others 'repainted'. So she was pretty much eating lunch alone outside under a sakura tree.

Sasuke grabbed his lunch and was about to sit at the table with the others when he saw Naruto spill his ramen on the floor...The dobe will definitely make a scene. He headed outside and saw Sakura under a tree eating her lunch.

He went over to her, sat down next to her, and ate. Then there was silence. But then Sakura put her chopsticks down. "Pity?"

"Respect." He told her. The same answer she gave him. Her eyes widened, but then she smiled at him. "Kay. That's good to know."

"Whats your name?" she asked him, he raised an eyebrow "You don't even know my name?" she laughed "Yeah, the only one I know is Naruto and Lee. You expect me to be psychic or something?"

"Uchiha Sasuke."

"What about the others? The fat one?"

"Akimichi Chouji."

"Blonde pig?"

"Yamanaka Ino."

"Lazy bum?"

"Nara Shikamaru."

"Dog boy?"

"Inuzuka Kiba."

"... Dog?"

"Akamaru."

"Bug creep?""Aburame Shino."

"The one with blue hair?"

"Hyuuga Hinata."

"Panda?"

"Tenten."

"Fate guy?"

"Hyuuga."

"Hyuuga...?"

"Neji."

"You obviously don't like him do you?"

"Hn."

"Yeah well anyway, one more question... Why exactly do you respect me?"

"Its what you're trying to do, and also what you said today." Then he stood up and left.

What did he mean by that?

He seems like the mysterious type!

... You have a crush on him?

I don't. We do.

Really? Didn't kn that.

Amazing. Truly amazing.

Whatever, but I wonder why he doesn't like Neji...

Why? You interested in him?

No!

Good.

How come you don't like him?

I have my reasons.

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She entered the room, and saw a blue girl sitting on the bed studying a scroll. "Hinata?" she looked up "S-Sakura-san!" Sakura sighed "You don't like the idea of me as a roommate do you?"

"N-No. In f-fact I'm g-glad." She said. Sakura raised an eyebrow "Why would you be glad I'm your roommate? Other Leaf would have wanted to change rooms."

Hinata put her fingers together and looked down "I l-like the way y-you always t-try and m-make friends, and h-how you w-would even l-lose the c-chance of m-making some for the p-pride of your own v-village." Sakura smiled "That's good to hear. But wait."

Hinata looked back up "You're a Leaf ninja, why do you stay in a dorm?" Then she looked back down "So I w-wouldn't be a n-nuisance to my f-family b-back at h-home."

"You're kidding right?" Sakura asked, Hinata shook her head. Sakura sat down beside her. "You don't have to tell me, but if you want to vent out your anger in words, I'm all ears."

"T-Thank you." Sakura put a finger on her chin "I was wondering, do you have any friends?" Hinata faced her "Why?"

Sakura shrugged "Because the reason I think you eleven hang out with each other, is cause you're from the same village. But are they really your friends? People to tell your problems to, to cry on-"

"T-They say o-only the w-weak cry."

"They can say what they want. But Isay, only the weak are afraid of crying. And trust me, my way is better." Sakura told her, Hinata smiled. But then Sakura's eyes widened "You guys aren't really friends are you? Just a team."

"Y-Yes, though s-some are f-friends with each o-other, like C-Chouji and S-Shikamaru. But h-how did you k-know?"

"What kind of people would notlet a friend cry, and- well alot of things like that. And if they were really your friends, they would have tried to cure your stutter. Something I'm gonna do now!"

"H-How?"

"... Pick. Be punished if you stutter, or be rewarded if you don't." Hinata blinked "Forget it, just try not to stutter, its kinda easy. And I'll pinch you if you do. Kay?"

"Kay... Does this mean we're... f-friends?" Sakura smiled "Of course! What made you think we weren't? But now at least I'm glad not all of the Leaf hate me. But I'm even more that I found my first friend in this school already."

Hinata smiled at her "I'm g-glad to be your friend too. But do all the Leaf h-hate you?" Sakura thought it over "I'm not sure if Lee does, and I'm also not sure if Sasuke actually likes me."

"Sasuke-san?"

"At lunch he sat with me, and said he respected me. Because of what I'm trying to do and what I said today."

"Maybe your d-dream?"

"What about my dream?"

"You're trying your best to fulfill your dream. And what you said today means you really are serious with it. Your not playing around." Hinata said without a single stutter.

"Yeah, but what about his dream... to avenge his clan right?" Sakura asked, Hinata nodded "Of course."

"I hate to admit it, but its kinda pitiful."

"How so?"

"A dream to kill someone. Its like you're also killing yourself."

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i know its a nejisak but its more of a nejisaksas

and of course nejisak would be all the way through, y else did i put it in the summary?

dont worry though, in a few chaps there will be nejisak, but until then, it'll be sakhina friendship... so

pls review!!