OTOGAKURE NINJA ACADEMY

Ah ha...I'm updating this a lot, well I actually started a few days ago, so yeah, I'm basically just posting a bunch of chapters one after another. I hope you guys like this so far. I think it's going better then my other one thus far.

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Chapter Three

Hinata awaited patiently outside the school's main office. She decided to completely exit the office and waited for the silver-haired boy to leave Orochimaru's room. She watched as a few students roamed freely around the dark building. Nothing in this academy seemed to be brightly lit. Everything was covered in a blanket of darkness, the people, the rooms, everything. She thought she would save the main observing for later, after all, the boy she waited for was suppose to give a tour.

She shuddered suddenly as she was disturbed from her more current peaceful state when she sensed a hot breath from behind her. She slowly turned her head to see the boy standing right behind her. She took a casual step away and turned to face him, waiting for any form of command or gesture from him. "I don't think I ever properly introduced myself" he said coldly while fixing his gaze on the white-eyed girl. "I'm Kaguya Kimimaro" he said politely. There was an awkward pause and Hinata looked up at the boy who had to be at least a foot taller then her. "I-I'm Hyuuga Hinata" she said hesitantly. She figured he already found out her name by now, but she thought she would properly introduce herself and managed to give a small grin.

"I suppose I can give you a tour around" he said looking away. He grabbed Hinata's heavy bag and signaled for her to follow her. She took in quick pursuit after him as he seemed to be a fast walker, even with her heavy bag slowing him down. He first chose to turn a corner to walk down a hallway on the first floor. "Well here is where the main classrooms are foun-" he started but got interrupted by two squealing girls.

"GOOD EVENING KIMI-CHAN!" one of the girls greeted over-enthusiastically. The other girl hid nervously behind the other one. "Oh I'm so excited to begin another school year here with you Kimi-Chan" she said moving uncomfortably close to the silver-haired boy. Kimimaro looked away in disgust, but remained his calm composure. He backed away from the clingy fan-girl. "Yes, I suppose I am glad for another year in the academy. Now if you excuse me, I'm busy at the moment" he said giving an obvious urgent and somewhat annoyed tone to her as he continued walking. The girl huffed angrily as she saw Kimimaro walk away with the new girl. "And who does she think she is? She just goes walking off with Kimi-Chan like she knows him so well. Humph, what's so great about her?" the girl pouted and the other girl shook her head quickly in strong agreement.

Hinata understood now why Kimimaro always walked so fast. He scurried around a safe corner and looked to see if the random girl followed or not. When he came to the conclusion that the area was safe, he turned back to Hinata. "Sorry" he simply apologized. "Shall we go on then" he said as more of a statement then a question. "Hai" Hinata replied anyways once again following Kimimaro. "Like I said, these are the main classrooms down these two hallways. There aren't too many of them because this school isn't too big on the academics, but yet they are important for being successful here" he explained. Hinata gazed into the rooms into the vacant rooms, but there wasn't much to see since the rooms were pitched black now.

She continued her look around the school by following Kimimaro down a flight of stairs that led to a large cellar looking basement that had many equipment set up in various areas. "I know it's not much, but I often enjoy coming down here. This can be used as a private training area in a sense. It's not very common to find people down here except for when they are getting something. This area is mainly used as storage. I suppose I'm not sure why I really showed you this then…" he said trailing off.

Hinata's face lit up suddenly and walked closer to the boy, whose green eyes starred at her as she approached him. "May I…h-have my bag?" she asked shyly. The boy simply dropped the bag on the ground as he watched the girl search throughout the bag. "I suppose it would be fine if I kept these down here?" she questioned as she held up series of shuriken and kunai. "I suppose so" he starred blankly at her. Hinata placed her weapons on a near shelf and secured it safely before she followed Kimimaro again up the stairs. He traveled even faster up the flights now since the bag was significantly lighter then before.

She hurried behind him as they reached another lobby on the second floor. He took another look around almost as if he were looking for someone. Hinata didn't quite notice as she was lost in her observations of the area also. The silver-haired boy quickly interrupted her gaze as he spoke once again. "To the right is the girl dorms, and the left is the boys" he explained. "Usually no member of the opposite sex is allowed in rooms, but that rule is often broken" he shrugged slightly. He turned and looked down the hallway with the girl's dorm rooms. Hinata turned also to face the long dark hallway that was lined with similar doors. She was suddenly startled by how quickly the boy swiftly reaching from behind her. 'He was just standing next to me a second ago. Either he is extremely fast, or I'm just dazing off too much' Hinata thought to herself as Kimimaro read the sheet she had received from Orochimaru.

"Room 236" Kimimaro read out loud from over the timid girl's shoulder. Hinata quickly snapped out of her frozen state to look into the boy's cold green eyes. "That's at the end of the hallway" he stated. "Well that was really all there was to see in this building. It's really not much, the dormitories are the only really nice things here. It's the campus that has all the good stuff" he continued. He fixed his eyes over to a near by window to discover night had fell quickly on this near autumn day. "Look, I promise to give you a tour first thing tomorrow since it is already getting late. I'm sure you are getting tired yourself." He suggested. "Oh t-that is too nice of you" Hinata replied gratefully as her face once again blushed heavily.

Hinata followed Kimimaro down the long hallway as he looked closely to read the numbers printed on each wooden door. "Here, room 236. Mitarashi Anko rooms here. She was the new arrival before you came along" he stated as he knocked on the door. When he got no reply he unexpectedly yelled. "Anko-Chan, open up! It's Kimimaro" he cried hoping not to disturb anyone else. The door soon opened and there stood another girl about Kimimaro's age. She was much taller then Hinata and she had purplish hair tied up in a fancy ponytail. She looked to be in some white colored nightgown and looked somewhat embarrassed in front of the guests. "Hello Kimimaro-Kun" she seemed to mumble sleepily, but still highly shocked by his sudden appearance at her room.

"Sorry to bother you Anko-Chan" Kimimaro apologized vaguely. "I have some news for you about the first day tomorrow" he began. "First things first, this is the new arrival we have told you about. She will be your new roommate" he said while moving out of the way to reveal the new girl standing behind him. "Oh…" Anko said somewhat sleepily. "OH! Hello there, I'm Mitarashi Anko" she said more urgently now that she was alert of the situation. "Nice to m-meet you Anko-San. I'm H-Hyuuga Hinata" she stuttered slightly. Anko smiled as she took the Hinata's bag from Kimimaro and placed it in the room. "Another thing Mitarashi…" Kimimaro began. "The teams have switched again due to the new first year students. I'll know be joining our team with Sasame-Chan" he stated. Anko glared up at him and gave him a small smirk. "Really now? Interesting, well I guess I'll be seeing a lot of you in training now" Anko said. Kimimaro nodded his head and starred at the clock in the hallway.

"I think I'll retire for the night" he said while slightly stretching out his arms. He emotionlessly faced the white-eyed girl. He was so easily intrigued in her lost stare. She reminded him of a lost puppy, trying to search for his master. She hasn't spoken much ever since she arrived. He was almost concerned she wouldn't do to well in a place like this. Luckily she was rooming with his good friend Anko, he trusted Anko to watch over her. He continued his gaze at the girl and decided to speak before he departed. "Sorry if I wasn't much of a help" he said calmly, but the girl quickly protested, which seemed out of character of her. "Oh no, you were a great help Kaguya-San" she said giving a small bow. She once again matched the color of a tomato as she hid her face from the boy.

Kimimaro didn't really seem to notice her bright red face as he nodded. He was actually quite impressed by her politeness. The majority of people in this school lack that quality in them. He gave a final unwilling wave as he turned and left in the engulfing darkness. Anko welcomed Hinata into the room that they now shared. "Wow" Anko said vaguely as she silently lied across her bed. Hinata gave a blank stare at her new roommate wondering what she was so astounded by. "Okay what did you do to him?" Anko finally spoke up from her bed. "W-wha-what?" Hinata asked confused as usual. "Kimimaro-kun…" she giggled slightly before she went on. "He went all the way around the school with you, and still offered to take you around tomorrow. That is very odd…but generous of him. He has always been a gentleman, even if he doesn't get close to anyone" she stated with a funny look written on her face.

Anko spread her arms wide as she yawned deeply. "Weeellllll, I hope you're going to like it here" She said giving a lazy smirk with only one eye open. "As you may have known, there are only three different grades here, freshman, junior, and senior. May I ask what year you are?" she asked curiously. "I'm a junior. I'm fifteen years old" Hinata stated calmer then usual. "Alright then. I'm just glad I didn't get roomed with some lame freshman. I'm sixteen, so that would make me a senior. However, I'm just like you, I arrived here only last year. I guess I'm not the best person to tell you about this place, but you learn a lot in a year" she said while changing her face into a serious state.

"This place is not to be fooled around with. It can get rough, and the missions they send us on can get quite dangerous" Anko stated gravely. "This is some hard-core shinobi training. You got to learn your way around here to survive" she continued. Hinata gulped loudly and her face lost it's normal blushing color. Anko's facial expression quickly fixed into it's usual smirk. "This place can be pretty cool though" she said changing the scary mood she had given the new arrival. Anko placed her hands behind her head casually as she lied across her bed once again, but looked up worried at her partner as she was frozen in her spot. "Ne, did I scare you!? Ah sorry about that" she said as she got up and placed a sisterly-like hand on Hinata's shaking arm.

"Don't worry, you'll do just fine" Anko said smiling. "Now get some sleep. The first week of school is strictly training. No missions are involved" and with that, Hinata slowly made her way to her bed. She quickly switched bottoms to sleep in before she climbed onto the top bunk. She quickly unpacked a blanket to sleep under as Anko turned off all the remaining light that shrouded the room. The darkness was so unbearably black that all Hinata could do was close her eyes so she wouldn't notice the difference