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Chapter Five: New Friends
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I looked around, wide-eyed in shock. Everybody in the room was staring at me. I didn't know where to look.
'Hey!' said Ino loudly from the back, waving her arm and narrowly missing Shikamaru's head. He groaned and ducked.
I nervously followed Kankuro and sat on a chair next to him, same as everybody else. Everyone was still staring.
Thankfully Kakashi-Sensei cleared his throat and every turned to him.
'Well, as you all know, we've got two newcomers here in Konoha. This-'he pointed at me – 'is Lela. She's from the real world.'
The staring was starting to get on my nerves.
'And – hold on, where are Temari and Teri?' said Kakashi, frowning.
'They're coming in a bit. Teri was cold-' Kankuro gave Sakura a meaningful glance –'so they went to get her some warmer clothes.'
'Oh, ok. Fair enough.'
'Let's introduce ourselves!' said Gai-Sensei loudly, jumping up from his seat and grinning manically, getting a groan from Kakashi-Sensei.
'I'm Gai-Sensei, and my team is Neji, Rock-Lee and Tenten!' he said, pointing to them each in turn, ignoring Kakashi-Sensei altogether. When he pointed at them, Neji rolled his eyes, Lee grinned and did the thumbs-up and Tenten waved brightly.
'I know,' I said, smiling as well, 'I already know all of you.'
Laughing internally at Gai-Sensei's face, I pointed to all in turn and named them. 'Neji, Tenten, Lee, Sakura, Naruto, Hinata, Shino, Kiba, Choji, Shikamaru, and Ino,' I said, all in one breath, still laughing in my mind at all of their faces. It was hilarious.
'You forgot Gaara,' pointed out Kakashi-Sensei, still looking bored.
'But Gaara's not here,' I said, pointing out the obvious.
'Oh… where is he?'
'We saw him on a roof on the way here,' said Kankuro, shrugging, 'maybe he's coming later.'
'Ok. Well, anyways – oh, crap,' said Kakashi-Sensei, glancing out of the window.
'What?' asked Gai-Sensei, looking outside, 'What is it? Where? Who?'
'It's night-time. And I was going to explain to them when they were going to start their training and everything. Oh well, I guess it can wait until tomorrow.'
'Oh, right.'
'Well, we're going to need to give you a place to sleep,' said Kakashi-Sensei, turning to me. 'Hinata, if you wouldn't mind, show her to the allocated sleeping place for the newcomers…?'
'S-sure,' said Hinata shyly. I smiled at her; I realised I was just a little bit taller than her, but not too much taller…
Ugh! I thought. What is it with me and heights? Who cares, anyhow? Shut up, brain.
I linked arms with Hinata, waved goodbye to everybody, and followed her out of the building. She took me down the street and turned into the main road. As we passed Ichu-Raku Ramen, she attempted to make conversation.
'S-so… d-do you l-like Konoh-ha?'
'Yeah, it's really great. Every-body here is really nice to me.'
'O-oh… that's g-good.'
Silence reigned for a little while. Then I decided to ask her a question.
'Hinata… you like Naruto, don't you?'
Her face blushed – it was visible, even in this darkness. She kept silent.
'Hinata?'
'W-w-well, u-um…' she whispered her stutter worse due to nerves. Her hands were shaking visibly; she looked like she wanted the ground to swallow her up.
'U-um… y-yes,' she breathed, so quietly I had to strain to hear her.
I kept quiet after that. I didn't want to cause the girl anymore unnecessary pain.
She looked relived when the hotel finally came into view. We went inside and Hinata handed the bored-looking blonde receptionist a piece of paper. The lady put down her nail file for a second and glanced at the paper, then picked up a key between two perfectly manicured nails and dropped it on the counter.
'Room 16,' she said in a monotone, chewing her gum and picking up the nail file again.
'B-bye,' said Hinata, talking to her feet, then hurried out of the hotel quickly, not glancing back. I sighed. The girl was never going to end up with Naruto by herself – that was impossible. I'd never seen anybody so nervous or shy. She'd need help. I'd have to mention that to Sakura at some point – she was the only girl that Naruto would actually listen to.
I climbed the stairs, my feet weary and tired out. I opened my room's door and went in, my head buzzing with the day's events.
The room was spacious; the walls painted a pale creamy colour, with bed sheets to match. The bed was a double, and had a large wardrobe on its right, as well as two matching bedside tables with similar lamps on each one. The lamps were on, casting the room in a white, warm glow. A door was on the left of the bed; when I opened it, I found a clean-looking white bathroom. The carpet matched the walls, and was soft underfoot. Above the head-board of the bed, a large window took up most of the wall; it was enormous, and gave a wonderful view of the forests that surrounded Konoha. I opened the windows, to let a bit of air in; it was a bit stuffy.
Then, I got dressed in a white nightdress I found in the wardrobe. It was a bit too feminine, with plenty of lace, and far too revealing for my taste; but I had no choice. I hadn't exactly had time to pack before coming to Konoha.
I brushed my teeth, too full of the day's excitement to feel like eating. I didn't feel like sleeping yet, either; I knew I would just stay awake for ages if I got into the bed now.
Bored, I started messing around; I spent ages rolling on (and occasionally falling off) the bed, attempting to do handstands against the wall, doing forward (and accidentally some backward) rolls on the floor. After ages of the random acrobatics, I got up and brushed myself down. I still didn't feel like sleeping. I had run off some of the energy, I so I didn't feel so wound up, but I still felt as though I wouldn't get to sleep yet if I got into bed.
But what to do?
I stood in the middle of the room, unable to think of anything. I turned to the chest of drawers that was directly opposite the window and right next to the door; it had a clock on it. It said 12:02. I smoothed down my hair with my hands, wondering what to do next.
Then a hand grabbed my shoulder. I twisted round and screamed.
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Lo-Chan: Yes, yes, I know. I changed this chapter. And the summary of the story. Again. Its mainly because I had exams for ages (and I still have more exams next week D) but anyway, the orginal plot would just take too long to write out, and I don't want to keep you guys waiting in torture for the next chapter. So I shortened it alot, and re-writ it out. Don't worry, the next chapter is the last. Oh, and I also shortened it because I have, like, a million other ideas for stories, and I'm never gunna get to write any of them if I'm stuck on this one.
Tassi-Chan: You promised there would be a part with me and Neji in it!
Lo-Chan: I'LL WRITE YOU YOUR OWN STORY!!! But there ain't space in this one!