Yo! It's been a while eh? Sorry for the wait, school's been annoying and I've been sick. Anyways, I didn't anticipate that this chapter would be this long, haha..ha *clears throat*. I thought it was only going to be like 1K or something 'cause I had writers block.
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Italics – thoughts
Bold italics - sounds
Ring Ring Ring!
The sound of the alarm clock rang throughout the room. A hand came out of the bed's blanket and slammed it shut. A tired male got up from bed and headed towards the bathroom. He showered and brushed his teeth.
The male walked out of the washroom wearing his school uniform; a white collared shirt with a knitted grey vest over top. The sleeveless vest wrinkled near the bottom of his hips and covered a few centimeters of the beige pants he wore. He loosely tied on his red tie and tucked it under the V-neck vest and checked himself in the mirror. He tossed his black hair a little, making sure that the strands were all in the right place. Perfect.
A snore was heard from the other side of his room. His roommate was sleeping while hugging his body pillow. Drool hung out from his mouth and he was slowly falling off the bed. He looked so peaceful and so unaware at what was to come. Sasuke decided to give the best wakeup call Naruto could ask for; a step on the face.
Naruto grunted as Sasuke's foot rubbed harder and harder into his face. His eyes shot open and looked up at the content grin plastered onto the Uchiha's face. "Sasuke-teme! What the hell are you doing?!"
"Well I couldn't just watch your goofy smile, now can I?" He smirked with his foot still on Naruto's face.
"Why you bastard!" His arm grabbed his friend's leg and pushed it away as hard as he could.
Sasuke fell and cursed. "Naru-" He was cut short as the bells of the school rang as loud and clear as a blasting trumpet. "Crap! We're late. Hurry up, dobe!" He said and ran into his side of the room to prepare his bag.
Naruto, on the other hand, was cursing while tossing on his uniform and brushing his teeth at the same time. His uniform was a tad bit different than his roommates; a beige vest this time with the school's label on the left side, just resting over his heart. He ran out the door in a rush with Sasuke trailing behind. He combed through his hair with his fingers while running and didn't bother putting on his tie. Well he never did, so it wasn't surprising.
He got to the kitchen of the dorm and spotted his landlord reading his newspaper at the table. Teuchi shoved a plate of two pieces of toasts without taking a glance at the two oncoming boys.
"We're late! We're late!" Naruto screamed. He grabbed one piece of the toast and gave the other to Sasuke. They stormed out the door and ran to the Academy without haste.
Meanwhile, in the classroom, Haruno Sakura was sitting at her desk. Her books were laid across her desk, and she rested her head on her arm. She held her mechanical pencil in one hand, and twirled it about. Her eyes were lazily looking at her teacher, who was reading out of his book.
Period A was English; her worst subject out of all. She wasn't bad in it at all; in fact she was the best in the class, but the mark she had was lower than all the other mark she received in her other classes.
Her eyes slowly made its way closed. The pencil she was holding fell out of her grasp and fell quietly onto her books. Hinata stared at her friend, thinking whether or not to wake her up. Last night, her friend was up later than usual. Ayame gave her permission to stay up that night only because Sakura was the class president. She was working on planning for the trip their class was soon going to be going on.
As the class representative, it was her duty to find a place to go that everyone would enjoy, and make the schedule on what to do. She was researching for a place last night. It was until 3AM till she decided to wrap things up and head off into bed.
Finally making up her mind, Hinata decided to leave her alone. She rested her chin on her hand and turned her attention to the window. The glass was still broken which surprised many students that morning. Instead of glass there, for the moment the teachers decided to cover the big hole with a black plastic garbage bag until they hired someone to fix it. The warm air blew against the bag, making it slightly flutter.
Bored as much as everyone else in the room, she grabbed her mechanical pencil and poked a small hole in it. She made a few more till the holes made a picture; a smiley face.
Her attention drifted off from the real world, and once again, she was lost in her thoughts. I wonder what happened to him after yesterday. Hmm..Ino said he's a student here. I wonder what class he's in.
All her thoughts were about the mysterious blond. Even the night before, she was thinking about him. The memory would keep replaying itself; the way he came out of nowhere and landed on her, the way he looked without his shirt on, and mostly the feeling of touching him.
She blushed right there and then. Her head violently shook from side to side, trying to wave off the perverted thoughts running through her head. To take her mind off of him (sorta), she thought of what happened the night before when she had told her friends about the surprising event that happened to her.
Flashback:
"What happened to your cheek Hinata-chan? Are you okay?" Ino said, worried about why her friend's beautiful face was scratched. The platinum blonde had just come back to the dorms from club activities so she didn't walk home with them. Ino had decided to pop into Sakura's and Hinata's room for no apparent reason.
Hinata reassured her that she was fine and explained to the both of them how it happened. Ino burst out in laughter. "Oh boy, that sounds so much like what would happen to the heroine of a shoujo manga." She wiped a tear from her eye and held her stomach.
Sakura sighed and held her forehead while shaking her head. "That's Naruto for you."
"Eh? You know Naruto-kun, Sakura-chan?" She looked up at her friend.
Ino arched one of her delicately trimmed eyebrows at Hinata. "Kun?" Hinata blushed and said no further.
Sakura sighed. "Sadly, yes. We're childhood friends; Naruto, Sasuke-kun, and I. Oh, you don't know Sasuke-kun yet, huh?" She received a 'no' and began talking again. "He also goes to our school. I'll introduce him to you when he comes back."
"You knew them ever since you were little? Why didn't I hear this till now?" Ino asked, arching one of her eyebrows up.
"You never asked. And it was before I moved and met you, Ino." Sakura said bluntly. Ino gave a pout as her reply.
"Ahno, what do you mean by 'when he comes back'?"
"Sasuke-kun and Naruto were expelled for a month. I think it was a week before you came here." Sakura clarified.
Hinata nodded her head, understanding her. Another question popped up in her head, and so she asked. "Why?"
"Hmm.." Sakura thought for a moment. "I'm not sure. I asked them when I visited them the morning of your first day, but they said it was nothing." She stomped the ground angrily. " 'Nothing'? What bullshit. If it was nothing, why were they expelled? Why were they covered in wounds?" She asked more to herself than to anyone else. Her teeth gritted together and her hands turned to fists.
Hinata and Ino were at a loss for words and decided to stop talking about Sasuke and Naruto.
End of Flashback.
BAM! (A/N: oh boy, how I love that sound -.-)
The shy girl squeaked quietly from the sound of the loud thud of the sliding door. Sakura fell off her arm and woke up alarmingly. Her tired eyes turned to the direction of the sound. A blond boy and a dark haired boy stood at the door panting. Her pink eyebrows furrowed and her eyes stared at them with annoyance. She silently tsked. You guys just had to wake me up.
"Kakashi *pant* sensei, sorry we- *pant* we're late." Naruto heaved between breaths.
His partner beside him pointed his thumb at him. "His *pant* fault."
Naruto was too tired to argue back. Kakashi waved them in the classroom to take their seats like he couldn't care less whether they were late or not.
Hinata's eyes watched Naruto as he came in the classroom with a sheepish grin. So he's in our class hmm. Her lavender eyes followed his every move; the way he walked so soundlessly and in long strides. Realization hit her as he walked past the six rows, and came down her aisle.
Don't tell me he's the one who sits in front of me. Oh no, he is. She mentally eeped once he made eye contact with her. Her eyes quickly looked down on her desk and a small blush crept up on her cheeks.
"Let's get along Hinata." He cheerfully said as he sat down.
She nodded her head. She peeked a look at him and blushed a shade darker. Her delicate hands touched both her cheeks, trying to tone it down. Geez Hinata! Get a grip of yourself. Why are you being like this? She asked herself. Taking another risk, she glanced up and saw his back. This is going to be hard; staring at his body and knowing how it looks underneath. Ah! Bad Hinata! Don't be a pervert. She gave a slight squish to her cheeks and slapped them lightly.
Kakashi mentally chuckled at the sight of his newest student being flustered. He once again, continued to read his boring book to the class.
Sakura watched from the sidelines and couldn't help but smile from the cuteness Hinata was giving off. She noted to tell this to Ino and to later tease her sheep-like friend about this. Her gaze turned away from Hinata and instead went to the person sitting in the
seat next to hers. She sighed at what she saw; a passed out chicken-haired teen, quickly dozing off.
"Mouu~ Sasuke at least sleep with some dignity." She huffed without anyone else hearing. She grabbed one of her large textbooks that she wasn't using, and placed it as a wall to cover him. A soft smile overcame her lips once more. She turned away from him and
gave a grim look; her teacher was still reading his pitiful book with no motivation at all.
This is going to take forever.
"Ahh! Finally, lunch." Sakura said. "I thought I was going to die from Kakashi-sensei's English lesson and Iruka-sensei's lesson in the world's history (Period B)." She got up and stretched.
Hinata stood next to her desk. She nodded, agreeing at what her pink-haired friend said and turned slightly at Naruto. He was sitting at his desk, eating one of the school's specialty buns they sold in the cafe. Sasuke was next to him, leaning against the wall and sipping his milk. A few of her classmates, along with some other students who she didn't know, were talking to him. He chuckled at what they said, and threw in some jokes.
Sakura snickered when she saw the small glance Hinata took. "Hinata-chan, wanna talk to him?" She said with a mischievous smile.
"Eh? No, no." Hinata blushed and waved her hands in front of her. She became quiet; her head was bent, making her bangs cover her face. Her fingers twiddled together and heat seemed to radiate from her.
"Are you sure about that? What if I come with you?" Sakura inquired, this time in a gentler tone. She cocked her head to the side and crossed her arms
Hinata raised her head and was about to decline again, but was stopped short. Sakura grabbed her hand and forced her to come along with her. "Naruto."
He looked away from his friends and swallowed the last piece of his bun. "Sakura-chan~" He said her name in a sing-song voice.
Beside him, Sasuke stopped drinking his milk, and raised his head higher when he saw their childhood friend walk up to him. He
raised an eyebrow up at the raven-haired girl hiding behind Sakura's arm, indicating to Sakura to introduce her.
"Hinata-chan, meet Uchiha Sasuke. Sasuke-kun, this is Hyuga Hinata." She introduced. "And I know that you guys already met yesterday." She said towards Naruto and Hinata.
Hinata came out of her little hiding spot and bowed at the two men. "It's ni-nice to-to meet you."
"Un!" Naruto agreed and gave a quick nod.
Sasuke slightly bowed his head without a word, and then continued to sip his milk.
"Ah-Ahno…" Hinata began, and started fidgeting. "Th-thank you f-for th-this." She pointed at the little band aid on her cheek.
"It's no biggie. I would say the same to you. Thanks!" He gave his signature smile and copied her action; pointing at his face that was still covered in band aids.
She turned a shade darker, and went back behind her friend. Her eyes looked out from Sakura's shoulder, staring at Naruto.
She's kind of… weird. He thought to himself.
"Hehh…Hinata's talking to a guy. Well this is something you don't see every day." All eyes turned to the voice that came from the door way. A female walked into their classroom.
She wore brown glasses and the school's female uniform. Her hair was a unique colour of red; raspberry. And her eyes matched the same shade of red as her hair. She was tall and slender. The skirt of her uniform seemed to be shorter, revealing her nice, pale legs.
"Karin!" Sakura exclaimed. "What are you doing here?"
After hearing Karin's name, Sasuke literally choked on his milk. He tried to scramble to a safer spot but found none. He decided to remain calm to think of a plan to escape the rabid fan girl. He thought quickly, and soon enough, he was hiding behind the crowd of guys that were talking to him and Naruto earlier.
"I was just looking for Sasuke-kun. Is he here today?" Karin said in a high pitched voice. Her eyes were twinkling and a drip of saliva was slipping out of her mouth.
Sakura sadly looked at Sasuke hiding behind the group of guys. I feel so sorry for you, man. Everyone in the room thought at once.
"No, he isn't. He decided not to come today." Sakura said.
"Oh, really." Karin's eyes stopped shining, and seemed to ignite into a flame. "That damn Suigetsu, telling me lies." She Hmphed and walked out the door. "AH! SUIGETSU, YOU FUCKING RETARD!" She screamed down the hall and chased the white-haired boy that was passing by, away. "WAIT UP!"
"It's safe now. You can come out." Takeshi, who was amongst the group said. "You owe us one."
"Yeah, yeah. I'll buy some pizza later to bring to the dorm."
A laughter broke out from the blond next to him. "Oh boy, haven't seen you that scared for a long time."
"Shut it!" He said with clenched teeth.
Sakura couldn't help but laugh along. She earned a glare from the Uchiha, but she ignored it. Hinata giggled. She had thought the boy was scary, but knowing that he was scared because of a girl made her change her views.
After ten minutes, the laughter and teasing died down. Instead, Sakura changed the subject to the window incident. "Naruto, were you the one who broke the window yesterday?"
"N-n-no no why would I be th-the one that di-did it? I was in my-my room then." Naruto fumbled out. He looked away from the group of people that were staring at him in curiosity. A little sweat droplet was seen sliding down the side of his face.
"Oh really now?" Sakura said with a false smile that would scare the crap out of anyone. Her fist grabbed the collar of his uniform and dragged him closer to her face. Her other hand was beneath his chin, ready to punch him if he told another lie. "Then what's with the band aids on your cheeks?" She thought about also including the story that Hinata had told her, but thought that it wasn't necessary.
Naruto gulped and waved his hands in front of her face. "I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I lied. I did do it. I'll explain, I'll explain."
"You better." Sakura let go of his collar and sort of tossed him back onto his chair.
Naruto fixed his uniform and began to talk. "It was all his fault!" He pointed his finger at the laid back guy next to him. "Sasuke started it!"
She raised an eyebrow up at him, and he sighed. "This dobe here was being annoying; bothering me about…never mind. So I decided play a little prank on him. I told him there was some special ingredient to make his ramen even better and that it was located on that tree over there." He pointed his finger out of the still intact glass window behind him, at the tall tree across the window that was broken. "I didn't think he would actually do it, but he climbed the damn tree. That's all I know, the rest of the story is with the idiot." He shrugged his shoulders. He went to sip his milk, but found there was none left. He sighed, annoyed that there wasn't anything to occupy himself with. The empty carton of milk flew high in the air and landed right in the recycling bin.
Sakura looked back at Naruto with a glare. "And how did you end up smashing the window?"
"Uh…well…I thought the window was open; since Kakashi-sensei usually leaves it open for some fresh air. I was going to grab something from my desk, and so I just..well..jumped in."
Sakura smacked her forehead and turned to Hinata. "Excuse him for his stupidity." He turned back to the idiot blond siting at his desk. She punched him right on the head, hard yet not as hard as to injure his skull or brain. "That's what you get!"
"Itaiyo, Sakura-chan!" He held onto his throbbing head and yelled that it hurt over and over again.
Hinata winced and felt sorry for him.
"Yo! Good to see you guys back." A new face walked in the room with another trailing behind. He had a smug smile sprawled across his face. His narrow brown eyes looked at the two boys near the window. His black hair was tied up neatly behind his head, and studded earrings pierced his ears. The boy was known for ranking first in the school exams and was the heir of the video gaming company, Nara Corporations.
Hinata knew him before she enrolled in the academy, but they weren't as close. When she went to parties she would often see him. He would be usually walking with his best friend, heading outside of the party room, saying something along the lines of the place being troublesome.
"Shikamaru! Choji!" Naruto exclaimed. Beside him Sasuke smirked when he saw the two lads.
The boy next to him was a plump and shorter teen than the tall Nara heir. Like Shikamaru, he wore studded earrings. His eyes were closed and his cheeks had a pair of red swirls. In his hand, he held onto a bag of chips, munching on them as fast as a pig.
They did their special man handshake and went off into their own world talking about what ever guys talked about.
Sakura grabbed Hinata's hand and dragged her away from the group of guys. "Let's go to Ino's class."
Hinata nodded and followed her friend to the classroom next door.
"Excuse us, but is Ino here?" The pinkette yelled in class 2-A's room.
A petite girl walked up to her carrying a pile of books in her hand. Red glasses covered her doe blue eyes. Her hair was short; shoulder length, and was a dark shade of brown. "Yamanaka-san should be at her club practice."
"Ehh? She has club activities now? During lunch?" Sakura complained. "Oh whatever. Thanks Subame-san." She thanked the short female and headed back into her class.
"Th-thank you." Hinata bowed and followed her friend right after. "Ahno, Sakura-chan?"
"Yeah?"
"What club is Ino-chan in? She never told me." The shy girl spoke, walking side by side her louder friend.
"Ino's in the cheerleading squad. She's vice-captain actually.
"Hmm." Hinata nodded, understanding. She could imagine her optimistic friend wearing a cute cheerleading outfit and raising her pompoms in the air. "It sounds just like her to join the cheerleading team."
"Yep."
Ring Ring Ring!
The bell that signaled their lunch period rang throughout the school. Sakura gave out a low scowl, hating to go back and learn.
"Go back to your seats everyone." Yelled the tall teacher, Sarutobi Asuma. He slammed the his books down hard against the teacher's table, making everyone hurry up.
Hinata hustled back to her seat and got out her math textbook and her notebooks. Hmph! Okay. It's time to learn Hinata! Don't you dare stare at him again, you hear me? Her conscious told her.
"Um..before we start the class.." Asuma began. He held a small piece of paper in one hand and read the contents. "Kakashi-sensei
requests me to call up Haruno Sakura to discuss the class trip. Haruno-san?"
"Yes, sensei." Sakura got up from her seat and headed to the front of the class with a sheet of paper. Asuma moved aside and stood at the back of the classroom. He cleared his throat indicating for her to talk and get it over with.
"So everyone, I've done some site searching for places to go to on our trip. And I've con-" She was stopped short from the loud sounds from the fist poundings on the desks, the deep hollers of joy, and the chattering going about from the guys. A tick mark seemed to appear on her head, and her eyebrow twitched in annoyance and anger. If only I could just punch them.
Another sound came from Asuma's throat making everyone stop in their tracks. They turned around to see a frightful scene; their math teacher glaring intently, seeming to say 'shut the fuck up retards, or I'll slit your throats with the pocket knife I have'. The class grew silent, waiting for their class representative to say their next sentence.
Sakura mentally thanked her teacher for his help, and continued her sentence from earlier. "And I've concluded that the places that we can go to are either Sunakagure in the Country of Wind, or Kumogakure in the Country of Lightning. Now, where do you guys think we should go to out of the two?"
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I introduced a lot of characters didn't I? I didn't mean to do that, but stuff just happens when you write haha.
Thank you to Mad-dog13 for editing this story, love you lots me friend~
Till next time folks!
~Fred
oh and I think I made up a schedule for this story. I'll be updating this story atleast 2 or 3 times a month. Read my Fairy Tail one too, onegai?
