YAY! Second chapter!

Know I'm sorry for the first chapter with all its spelling and grammar mistakes and if i wasn't so lazy i would go back and change it (I may eventually), and I'm sorry for the lateness of this chapter my friend said she would look over it but she never did so once again I'm sorry if my editing skills are really bad.

I don't own Naruto

Chapter two

Introductions

A thousand dreams; sun filled and happy. A thought and a word; friendship and an action that I had no control over, but left me breathless and happier then I have been in years.

As I ran, the sun kissed my skin and it filled me with happiness, more happiness then I've felt in a long time, there in its warmth. Children ran with us, laughing and playing tag, even Kakashi's voice sounded sweeter when he called us to a stop.

"Welcome to Konoha, the village hidden in the leaves"

Village? They call this a village; it was more of a medium sized town. The road was paved in lovely earth colours stones. People had stalls set up and displayed their products proudly, everywhere I looked there where splashes of colour and smiling faces. There were no cars, absolutely none, which gave a crisp earth smell to the air. People pulled carts, shoppers walked everywhere carrying percusses in canvas bags. Everyone looked happy; everyone smiled and waved at us as we walked along.

With the warm weather, people wore tine straps and dresses, or shirts and shorts, except a few people around the place that were waring a uniform look to them. Navy pants and greenish vest, like Kakashi.

I turned to look at him, "hey Kakashi" we stopped on a small bridge that lead over a causeway type of thing.

"Yes Arashi?"

"What's with the uniform? And why are you the only one wearing a mask?"

He shook his head, "you'll find out soon, come on someone wants to see you" Kakashi started waking again, not looking behind to make sure that we were following. I turned to look at the little group who nodded to follow Kakashi. Curiosity set in their eyes, eager to find out more.

Kakashi led us to a stone wall that looked like it surrounded the whole village, and for the first time I took notice of the mountain that rose up behind It. There, strong and proud were five faces engraved. Four where male the other looked like someone I've seen before, if I could just place it maybe it's...no it couldn't be that blonde woman from the hospital. Kakashi must have seen my staring because he happily informed me that they where the leaders of the village, the hokage's. Four of the five deceased the female was, how did he put it 'very much alive and kicking' somehow even though I don't know kakashi well enough to judge him, coming out of his mouth just made it sound dirty.

This side of the town was quieter with remarkably less people.

"Arashi this way" I looked over at Kakashi who was standing in front of massive gates that lead into a big forest. Right... village hidden in the leaves, Makes sense. Kakashi was standing at a little wooden building, well you couldn't really call it a building, and it consisted of a slouched roof and a small table.

"Arashi you remember Kotetsu right?" I looked at the man with dark hair and a bandage across his nose, but he couldn't hid the blush that formed on his cheeks and neck or the way he tried so hard to not make his gaze move from anywhere but my face. I've seen him before but where? Where do I know this guy from? Where... The hospital!

My eyes narrowed, "you!" if he didn't look uncomfortable before he most certainly did now. He dropped his head and look at his feet, shuffling around.

"Who's he?" Sasuke asked. Even the all-knowing Shikamaru looked stumped and confused, Naruto squinted at the man as if he could place where he had seen him before. Did he know?

"He's no one" I said and spun on my heel turning my back on him. I would have walked away then but what he said made me stop.

"How come she talks to you, but she hates me!" kotetsu asked, almost whining.

"Maybe I wasn't the one how hit her and str…"

"STOP! Kakashi shut up and stop stirring. Was there somewhere in particular you wanted to show us or did you just want to make things uncomfortable" I felt like I was chastising a little kid, and the look I got off kakashi was like I'd just kicked a puppy. Sasuke and Shikamaru looked be whirled and Naruto looked between the masked man and the man with the bandage, gaze flicking constantly a look of determination in his bright blue eyes

The man who had been sitting next to Kotetsu started laughing, I didn't even realise he was there until now.

"Kotetsu I've never seen a girl that can make you squirm!" He winked at me; "I think I like her already" he smiled at me and dissolved back into laughter upon receiving a dark look off Kotetsu.

"Right well anyway…this has been great and all, but the school?" everyone turn on Sasuke, who glared at them, "what?"

"No you right Sasuke, Genma you wanted something?" Kakashi looked at the man.

"Oh Kakashi yes!" The man's face lit up. Kakashi shrank back and pulled me in front of him holding me in place by my shoulders. What was wrong with these people?

"Um, about the school orientation" Kakashi spoke over my head, still holding me firmly in place

"Oh right- than man face fell-you must assumable at the school at one o'clock. You have a couple of hours to kill still" he winked at Kakashi, and continued to explain.

I tried to listen to what the man was saying but it's difficult when someone's breathing in your ear and holding you so you can't move, it irritable. So irritable that I had to spend the time focusing on not elbowing Kakashi in the stomach to really pay much attention to what anyone was saying or doing.

I felt Kakashi move behind me, the slight movement bring me out of my own thoughts on how many ways I could bring Kakashi to his knees. Kakashi offers me his arm giving me a pointed look, his arm may have been an offering but the look in his eye demanded that I take it. I just blink up at him in confusion, having missed what the man, Genma, had been saying. So I sighed and obliged, linking my arm through kakashi's. He started walking, pulling me after him while calling the boys after us. We stop on the bridge again, a safe distance away apparently; Kakashi dropped my arm and turns to address our little group.

"Right okay, you guys are free to look around the town, meet back here around twelve-thirty" I nod and turn to Naruto who could have put the sun to shame by how bright he was smiling, it takes me off guard just a little, I mean the way he smiles he must be the only one who can do it. It's like he has never gone through any type of hardship, but the look in his eyes they tell a different story... "Let's go!" there's a sudden warmth and pressure on my hand, I look down to see my hand in naruto's once again. I can't help but let a small smile break my face.

"Arashi" Kakashi called me back, But didn't he just say we were free to look around? I let naruto's hand go and turned back to Kakashi. "I guess you don't want these?" He held out my phone and jewellery and loose change, my hand instantly goes to my pocket where my phone should have been.

"How'd you...Oh never mine," I walked back over to Kakashi, tacking the phone and change and putting them in my pocket, putting all my jewellery back on. "And this?" I looked back at his hand in confusion wondering what else there was. He held the computer chip, that I had completely forgotten about, out to me. The small thing looking out of place and minuscule in his hand. I took it from him and inspected it, would kakashi know what these things are for?...No probably not he seems too lazy to, even if he was told what they were for. I gave kakashi one last look before I walked back to Naruto who was talking in over exaggerated hand movements to Sasuke and Shikamaru.

"So what are we going to do?" the boy's turn to me. Sasuke with his sullen look, did he always look like this? He seemed happy before, he was smiling. Shikamaru just looked bored, it was Naruto who yelled, "RAMAN!" and ran off. I gave a questioning look to Sasuke who explained that Naruto had a thing for Raman. Right, Raman wasn't that some kind of Japanese food? Did the blonde even have any idea where he was going? Apparently he had a Sixth sent that allows him to locate Raman, rather handy don't you think? (Even when Shikamaru held up the map that he had gotten off a lovely old lady, Naruto swore left and right that he could detect Raman from anywhere) After a bowl of Raman even I had to admit that it was good...okay so maybe that's a lie, it's the best stuff I've ever had! Though I don't think I'm as hooked on it as my blonde haired orange waring friend next to me.

"This has to the BEST Raman EVER!" Naruto was standing on his seat throwing his fist in the air, who at this point look and sounded like a little kid, And from the looks on the boy's faces we were all pretty much thinking that same thing. Naruto, who had finished his little victory dance...? was now smiling at the guy who owned the little Raman stand.

"What is this place called again?" not asking anyone in particular but it was Naruto who answered, "Ichiraku Raman! Damn I'm coming here more often" shaking my head I reached into my pocket to pull out change to pay for the wonderful, wonderful Raman.

"You knew to town aren't you?" Teuchi, the guy who makes the wonderful Raman looked at me, a small smile on his face.

"What? Oh yeah, I guess you could say that"

"Don't worry it's on the house, just promise you'll come by again soon" he smiled broadened, winked at me and waved us out.

Naruto couldn't walk in a straight line, scratch that he couldn't walk; he was jumping everywhere, talking in hyper-speed, have you ever had someone talk in hyper-speed at you, it's very, very hard to understand. I was only able to catch a few stray words so I just nodded my head like I could understand what my new found friend was saying. Sasuke on the other hand looked like he could actually understand the blonde perfectly, because honestly nobody is that good of an actor or maybe it's just because they've been friends for a while or maybe it was just the cold front he had put up recently, which made me wonder...had I done something wrong?, either way metal note to self, get Sasuke to teach me how to understand a boy who is hyped up and speaks a hundred miles an hour.

As the three of us walked, I looked around at the neat little stalls and the smiling faces. It must be nice to live here; everyone seems to be friends with everyone. I sigh, Friends... I must have zoned out because I had Naruto pulling at my sleeve asking me something.

"Sorry Naruto I wasn't listening, what did you say?" Naruto gave me a small smile, but before he could repeat what he said, Shikamaru popped up and smiled, which was actually kind of creepy considering the boy looks like a walking zombie for the entire time that I've known him.

"I'll leave you two with the brooding Sasuke over there and meet you and Kakashi later" and strode off, not once looking back at the startled expressions on our faces.

"That has got to be the most I've heard him talk and we must have spent close to twelve hours together" Naruto laughed before bounding around again.

I cast a glance at 'the brooding Sasuke', his dark eyes followed naruto's every move, much like what a mother will do with her exited five year old child. My train of thought had me stifling laughter.

Naruto's eyes went wide as he ran to my side, "OHMYGOD, Arashi are you okay?" I waved him off still cough/laughing.

After that Naruto calmed down enough to walk calmly with Sasuke and I. The street we walked down was one lined with stalls. People milled around, talking and buying things. Suddenly Naruto ran off leaving me to slowly walk with Sasuke. He didn't seem like the same person from the car, he seemed more closed off. "Hey Sasuke?"

"Mmm"

"Can I ask you something about Naruto?" He turned his dark eyes on me and nodded slowly, almost hesitantly.

"He seems so open and friendly, is he always like this when he first meets people?"

A smile played on his lips, "you wouldn't think so after the childhood he had. He had no friends and everyone avoided him like the plague –his voice dropped- it wasn't his fault it was just a misunderstanding"

"What?"

"Nothing, right throughout primary school- Sasuke picked up the story again- right until about our last year there nobody wanted to be his friend and then all of a sudden everyone was pushing to be a part of his group to be close to him. He made many fake friends and had his heart broken more than once, they were only there because of who he is. So in truth, even though People surrounded him, he didn't really have any friends. Can't say that I had an abundance of them but that was by my choice. I've had people try and become my friend but they don't really want to be your friend, in reality they hate you. They're only there because you have money and or your you have a pretty face. We were both outcaste is our own ways, mine was by choice but Naruto never really had a chance. So by the time of our fourth year of high school Naruto had weaselled his way into my life, I don't know how but I found myself craving the blonde idiots presence. He was my first true friend and I think maybe I was his. The look on his face the day I told him I was leaving, that I was moving to a completely different country, I swear that look on his face broke my heart, I don't think I've smiled since that day and honestly I've forgotten until he came back into my life." He was no longer looking at me, but at the blonde hair bobbing through the crowd. There was something in his voice and his eyes; I just couldn't quiet put my finger on it.

We continued on in silence from there, because what can you say to that maybe, 'oh wow you guys struggled to find your place in this world, good on you' ,no they don't need to be told that, they probably don't even want people to know about that. Than Naruto popped out of nowhere in his hyperactive fashion, startling me out of the silence that had fallen over Sasuke and I, Naruto produced something from behind his back.

He had a sheepish smile on his face as he held something out to me; "This is for you!" I looked down at the thing he held in his hands. I almost cried, what he held was a silk white scarf. It didn't look to expensive like most of my clothing was, but it was beautiful. From the look of it, it may have been handmade; the hours that would have been spent making the tight wave, the time and the energy, the love and the devotion. It caught the sun's rays beautifully and sparkled ever so slightly. I ran my hand over it; it felt like the summer ocean, warm and smooth as my fingers slipped over it.

"Naruto it's beautiful, I couldn't possibly take it" I took a step back. Naruto gave me a look that could have Brocken my heart; it's like those looks that puppies give you when they're in trouble that makes you go all mushy and have to pull them close and mutter apology's too. He opened his mouth the protest. I shook my head.

"Naruto you moron Thank you. It's really beautiful I love it" I smiled as I took the silk out if his hands and wrapped it around my neck, tying it in a knot at the nape of my neck and allowing it to flow out behind me. I pulled Naruto into a hug, brushing my lips softy against his cheek. Naruto's smile made my heart stop, how did this guy not have girls hanging off him? I mean look at him he must have had girl fawning over him in high school.

"he mad a lot of fake friends and he had his heart broken more than once" He turned his back on me and held something out to Sasuke. I saw smile, a genuine smile from Sasuke as he accepted something from Naruto. As Naruto moved away I saw what he had gotten Sasuke, it was a necklace, but not the girly kind. It was a leather strap with a tiny red and black fan pendent that sat neatly in the hollow of his throat. Every time he swallowed it would move ever so slightly. I could feel the heat rising in my face. Arashi stop staring! You look like a stupid school girl!

We continued our walk along the street, occasionally waving and smiling back at the numerous people that crowed the street or stopping to look at the numerous stores, really enjoying myself. Naruto babbled on about something, Sasuke nodding his head every now and then. I blocked them out and stared up at the light blue sky, my mind wondering with the fluffy white clouds…

… "Arashi?"… The cloud looks like a bunny?... "Arashi?"... No maybe more like a teddy bear?..."ARASHI YOU IN THERE!" something knocked against my head. "What!" I rounded on the blonde, who shrank back a little at my outburst. He looked down at his feet, toeing a rock in the pavement, a look that was so innocent and sweet, which brought the small smile back my lips, "um Arashi we were trying to get your attention for a couple of minutes and Sasuke just pointed out that we have to go and meat Kakashi…"

"…and figure out what we're doing here" Sasuke finished for Naruto. I turned me gaze on the raven haired boy, who stood with his hands in his pockets looking away from me.

I sighed, "yeah guess, lead the way sweet heart" the smile that was already on my face broadened at the way his shoulders stiffened.

"Heh" he started walking. Naruto ran up next to him and I followed behind. As we walked I couldn't help but stare at the back of Sasuke's head. The way he walked made his hair wobble and I swear it looked even more like a duck's butt then it did before.

I stopped dead in the middle of the street, I saw Naruto turn, "Arashi what's wrong?" I couldn't hold it in anymore I fell to the ground clutching my stomach and trying to breath. "Arashi!" I felt Naruto run over to me and sit down next to me. "What's wrong?" worry clear in his tone.

"H-h-have you-u ever w-watched-d t-t-the back of S-Sasuke's hair w-when he walks…IT LOOKS L-L-LIKE A DUCKS B-B-BUTT!" Naruto just stared at me for a second than back at Sasuke. Realisation bloomed on his face before joining me in laughing. I caught sight of Sasuke through teary eyes, he didn't look impressed, though there was a ghost of a smile playing on his lips though his Dark eyes stared at us, promising pain. I recovered enough I stand up and pull a laughing Naruto to his feet.

"if you've had enough, let's move" The duck butt turned and waddled away which just made Naruto fall to the ground again. Seriously how did Naruto not have noticed this considering the fact that their best friends?

Finally we reached the bridge, later than we were supposed to, though Kakashi was nowhere to be seen. "Where is he, where late and he isn't even here yet!" Sasuke growled looking out over the slow moving water.

"Yo people! I got lost on the road of life" a flash of silver made me turn to see the masked man standing on the bridge giving us a sheepish look. "LIAR!" Naruto yelled at the silver haired men. Kakashi beaconed us to follow him, while he strode away without even a glace back to make sure that we were following. I had this feeling was forgetting something… But what could we be forgetting? It's probably nothing. I started to walked after the silver haired man with the mask.

"Oi you just gonna leave me here?" My head turned to the boy who carried the voice, my eyes where met with a lazy looking teen with pineapple hair.

Guilt flitted through my stomach for a second. Having forgotten the other member or out little party, "Where'd you go? If you hadn't left we wouldn't have had to leave you here know would we?" pineapple head snorted and moved to follow the boys, leaving me to tag along behind him.

And here we are the in-famous Konoha Academy, that I know nothing about but my most loving of parents seem quite alright to send me here. It was smaller than I had anticipated, when they said academy I thought of looming towers. The only thing here was an oversized oval, it looked more like a small primary school then an academy. A large group of kids had formed in the yard of the school, looking around there was nothing in common about the kids standing here just by looking at them. There was a boy with unruly and spiky brown hair with red fang tattoos on his cheeks (could he be a gang member of some kind?), there was a small girl in a big jacket with ivory- blue hair and white eyes, next to her stood a boy with long brown hair and the same white eyes, and a girl with pink hair? I don't have anything against dying your hair, individuality and all, but seriously pink hair? Who dye's their hair pink, that just calling for punishment, that or she's a huge attention seeker…

"Welcome to Konoha Academy! We are most pleased that you could join us!" the voice brought my attention to the front of the crowed. The speaker was a woman in a green coat and platinum blonde hair in two piggy tails down her back and ridiculously big boobs, come on they had to be fake right? Though she did look oddly familiar.

"I'm Tsunade the head of this school" why do I get this feeling of daja' vu? Wait…that's it! She's the woman from the hospital of course!

"Know there's a little bit of explaining to do, this school isn't any normal school and not anyone can get in you were the chosen few who stood out amongst so many others"

"But how, we didn't know anything about this place so why the hell did we get accepted? We didn't even Apply!" the pink haired girl interrupted Miss Tsunade's speech, but she did have a good Question.

Tsunade nodded at her, "yes I'm getting to that, Anyway, you will have to keep an open mind and be willing to accept anything" some of the kids where throwing worried glances around at each other, I felt Naruto push a little closer to me, even Sasuke looked just a little worried.

"This is a spy and infiltration school, where you will learn all the necessary skills needed; when you graduate you will have a job instantly and will work for us until we find it fit for you to retire"

Seriously… Someone's going to jump out and say, man we got them good this time look at their faces, that was priceless… wait for it….wait for it…Nothing.

That's when the boy with the red tattoos started laughing, "That was a good one, haven't heard that one before. Do you always make stuff like this up, stuff like that only ever happens in the movies" Tsunade looked like she was ready to throw something at him. "Mr Inuzuka stop your laughing this is serious" she didn't look impressed, not only did the boy stop laughing the people murmuring throughout the crowed stopped and turned their full attention to the head mistress.

"Know this will be explained to you, it's quite a story so if you like, please take a seat on the ground" she gave us a small smile. Some of the boys just fell right where they were standing, others more gracefully sat down, the girl with long platinum blonde hair was complaining about dirt to the pink haired girl. Shikamaru laid on the ground in front of me, using his elbows to prop himself up. Naruto sat cross legged at my feet grinning up at me, "you gonna sit Arashi?"

"What scared of a little dirt?" really Sasuke you think I'm that kind of girl? He was sitting on the other side of me, head propped up by his hands that rested on his knees. And he just happen to be sitting next to a patch of dirt. A fort to keep the smile off my face as I sat down kicking up as much dust as I could to send his way. Sasuke and a few of the others erupted into coughing fits. "Sorry!" I said to the others who where effected by the dust, sincerely I was.

"Thanks" Sasuke managed to get out through coughs

A smile broke my face, "Any time duck-butt" as I steeled down between him and Naruto.

Tsunade cleared he throat for our attention, once she was certain everyone's attention was on her she started her story, "Years ago the government decided that they needed, no that they wanted an organisation that would allow them to infiltrate organisations that may course harm to the general public along with other things. This school trains you in anything you might need to do your job properly" her voice was firm, leaving no space for arguments, "some of you are here because you're the smartest in your class, some of you are here because you're the most sporty, others for their sheer determination and some for the pure reason that their families are rich. Not all of you will graduate, not all of you will stay to graduation many of you will leave with a couple of months, but that's to be expected. Very few people off this island know about this place, it's expected that you had no idea what or where this place was, any questions?"

"It still doesn't explain why our parents where happy to send their kids off to a school that they knew nothing about, that they didn't even apply their kids to" Pinkie asked once again, this girl is just brimming with questions isn't she?

"There was a special powder with in the envelope that made them trust us enough to send you here, anyone else?"

"Are there other academy's like this one?" red fang tattoos kid asked

"Yes there is, Konoha is one of the five main academies throughout the world. There are smaller ones as well though, is that it?"

"What about the wired computer chip things?" I asked, A chorus of murmuring joined my question.

"Ah yes, the wired computer chip things. They would be electronic dog tags if you will; they hold all the information about you, who you are, where you came from every detail about your life right up until the breath you just took. They will also hold mission data, when you reach the ability to go on missions."

"But it can only be accessed here right?" Shikamaru was sitting upright know looking interested.

"Yes and No, there are places set around the school that the dogs tags can be accessed on, But at the beginning of a mission you will be issued with a phone that you can also access your tag. Only you or the people high up the ladder can access your tag. Your tag has to be updated at least once a month. Once your tags have been up dated they must be kept on you at all times, so it is very important that you never miss the times that are allocated for the upgrading of you chips... Know is that all the questions?"

"Yeah hey, what's with the school it looks like a kidi school, I thought this was an academy meaning lots of students, dorm rooms etcetera, etcetera" the platinum blonde complaining about the dirt earlier asked.

I cast glances around the crowed, tacking notice of the people in uniforms around the group, all standing looking or trying to look interested in the new group of would be students and than there was kakashi leaning against the lonesome tree, looking much at ease with a book held out in front of him. I squinted at the title ichich paradise? Of course, stupid males.

"know if I could please have your attention" I turned back to the blonde at the front of the group, "everyone look into this nice silver stick I have here. Everyone looking? Good" –Flash- "Know would you kindly look to your right" the only thing to my right is that overly large oval that really shouldn't be so big but when I turned the image in front of me shifted, like a mirage, fuzzy at first but soon it took shape, and soon we were standing in the shadow of a very, very big building.

"Welcome to Konoha Academy!" The academy had been there the whole time...No wonder I didn't want to walk through the oval but around it, I would have walked straight into a brick wall, but how'd they do that i mean that highly impossible. You cannot just hide a massive building like that...you just can't...Right?

"before you think of going anywhere lets go through introductions, Stand up as I call your name, i'm just going to call out your first name is that okay?; right well start with the new transfer students, Gaara, Kankuro and Temari" three of the student in the crowd stood up. Their backs where to me so I couldn't see their faces but they made an impression never the less, One was wearing a black jumpsuit thing with a hood that made him look like a cat I think maybe he was male. The other was taller than him and defiantly female; she had sand blonde hair in four spiky ponytails and her stance screamed attitude. The other one that stood up was a red head shorter than the other two, if I could just see his face...

"Moving on, Shino" a boy in a long coat with a high collar that covered his moth stood up.

"Kiba" the boy with the spiky hair and the red fang tattoos stood up.

"Saki" a small shy girl with short brown hair stood up.

"Rock Lee" who would name there kid rock lee? Did they hate him? "Let your youthfulness flow!" everyone snapped their head around to look at the boy with a bowl cut and wearing a green jumpsuit, yep his parents hated him.

"Tenten" A slight girl with twin buns on top of her head stood up.

"Ino" platinum blonde stood.

"Sakura" pinkie stood up next to her friend.

"Sanji" a blonde haired boy stood up.

"Hai" a darked haired boy stood up next to Sanji.

"Choji" a big boy, and i mean a big boy, with his hand in a packet of chips stood up.

"Know not that any of you are less important but it's nice to know who these people are, Shikamaru Nara, considered the smartest kid in Canada"

"You're Canadian?" Shikamaru didn't even glance at me just stood up next to Choji.

"Hinata Hyuga daughter to the chair person of Hyuga industries" a small shy girl, engulfed in a big jacket, was it really that could?, stood up. She looked worriedly around the group who were talking amounts themselves. Her eyes met mine and I was shocked for a moment, her eyes where a dull gray colour almost white and her hair was a purple blue, I gave her a small smile which had her shrinking away.

"Neji Hyuga, Hinata cousin"

"Naruto Uzumaki, son of the creator of Uzumaki and co." Naruto moved beside me and stood up, giving the people around us a sheepish look.

"Sasuke Uchiha, son of the head of Uchiha Inc." I couldn't fight the smile off my face, why didn't this click earlier.

"What's wrong with you?" Sasuke sneered from above me, probably thinking that he was going to be the stare here.

"Oh I'm just thinking of what I'm going to say to my father when he asks how my first day went."

"Arashi Emilia Rose" she even put my middle name in, how nice. I really didn't' want people to know who I was but some things you just can't avoid "daughter of the man who owns half the world, most of you know it as Rose Animated" Silence, every pair of eyes was on me.

"Hey dad guess what, I'm friends with the children greatest rivals." I turned a fake smile on the four staring at me, shocked looks on their faces even more so than the rest of the group, "he'll be so proud of me"

Tsunade cleared her throat.

"Right well I'm going to leave the rest to Anko" with that she took her leave, being trailed by a brunette holding a piglet in her arms.

"All right maggots!" Her voice echoed around the know small space. A tall, dark purple haired woman in a long coat and a mesh shirt stomped to the front of the group. "I'm going to lay down some rules! You have the normal school rule you should know them by know. I'm talking about the dorm rooms. Male and female dorms are on the opposite side of the school to each other. The opposite sex is allowed in the other dorms commons whenever , though persons of opposite sex must be out of personal rooms by 9 p.m. Most of you maggots will be sharing rooms- there were a couple of groans- you will each get a key with a number. Know I'll call you in pairs, they will be the person you are rooming with for the rest of your duration at konoha academy so I suggest you get along there will be NO room changes. When your name is called make you way with your partner over to Kakashi. Give them a wave you perve, very good, he will give you your key, and then you are to split up into two groups, male and female.

Anko called out names, two at a time. Slowly the crowed dwindled until I was the only one still standing there. Was I going to get a room with somebody that already goes here?

"Arashi!" I blinked up at the stage to find Anko leaning over in a very intimidating way, "move!" I nodded and walked over to Kakashi, who handed me a key with the number 50 on it.

"Who am I with?" I asked the silver haired man.

"Nobody," he winked.

"What do you mean? I have a room all to myself, but I was told that I was to share a room"

He shook his head, "as soon as your parents found out they flew here paid a heap of money to bribe Tsunade and then added another section to the girls tower and built your room and fully furnished it, it's something else entirely" I forced myself not to roll my eyes, of course they had known prior to having told me. "oh and then they refurnished the girls common rooms and had new floors put in the kitchen as well as cupboards and a new fridge. They also recarpeted the hallways." I ground, really did my parents want me to live a horrible life?

I walked over to the group of females, where I had no friends. It's exactly the same as the other school I went to, know they know who I am, the daughter of the richest man in the world, they'll either take me for a snob and avoid me or just plain snob me like the platinum blonde who was talking in hushed tones to the pink haired girl was doing right know.

I could feel there stares as I walked over to them and stood at the edge of the group next to the petit Hyuga. She wasn't talking to anyone, just standing looking nervous. Maybe I should talk to her…No, she probably won't want to talk to me because of our fathers. I sigh, did that stupid teacher have to tell them who I was, and couldn't she just let them wonder who I am? Naruto and Sasuke probably don't want to talk to me either, hell probably even Shikamaru, they were my only friends and know their gone all because I share the name rose. Though I guess they would have found out eventually, some things just can't be avoided.

"h-hi you're A-A-Arashi Rose right?" I turned to meet the pale eyes of the hyuga girl. Hinata promptly dropped her gaze to her feet.

"Yes that's right and your Hinata Hyuga. It's very nice to meet you" I remember my mother drilling courtesies into me at a young age, "know Arashi remember when you meet a patrician you always tell them it is a pleasure to meet them. Even if you don't like them. You must always keep face, for your fathers sake and your own in time." he voice faded from my head.

"y-yes l-like-wise" I couldn't help but smile at her stutter, for one from such a noble birth you would think that she would be a well-spoken lady, which everyone would have fought to befriend.

"Hinata?" she looked up

"Y-yes?"

"Even though our fathers aren't the closest of people and they more than likely despise each other, and I'm in for a world of pain, do you, um, well do you want to be friends?"

Arashi, Naruto has made you an idiot. Do you really think people want to be your friend, nobody ever has. She knows who you are all hope you had is lost. A small voice in the back of my head mocked me.

Hinata started at my with wide eyes and a small blush on her cheeks, "Oh, Y-Yes A-Arashi I would love to be your F-Friend!" she gave me a small sweet smile that seemed to transform her face.

"Okay girls could I please have your attention!" I turned from Hinata to the front of the ground where the masculine voice had come from. "I'll show you around the school and to your dorm rooms" he informed us

"Kotetsu?" his eyes sort me out, he found me and his face instantly reddened under his bandage. "why the hell do they give us a make to show us around instead of a female, hell even the woman yelling at us from the stage... but why you?" he paused and blinked sheepishly, like he was trying to come up with a good excuse to tell me. Pinkie's blonde haired friend snorted, "hey sakura the teachers here are rather hot don't you think. He can show us around all he likes"

I ignored the blonde "Are all the teachers in the school perverts like Kakashi?"

"Ow, Arashi that was cold" I spun on my heel and came face to face with Kakashi; I narrowed my eyes at him. "Why don't you give the guy a break?" he asked, looking down at me, which instantly had me on a defensive.

"I was just asking a question, Kakashi" I spat his name.

"You could have been nicer about it" he frowned at me.

"Do you think he deserves me to be nice to him? Considering the fact of…" I trailed off

Kakashi looked away from me; taken back, "look I'm sorry and so is Kotetsu, god knows he feels real bad about it, it was just an honest mistake" he gave me the sincerest look he could with the one eye he had visible

"Do you promise not to mention it ever and I won't hold you guys responsible, deal?" i held out my hand

He nodded, "deal" he grasped my hand.

"Kotetsu that go's for you as well" the man looked at us in awe with a small smile on his face. "Thankyou" he bowed his head.

I looked back to Hinata who was staring at me with wide eyes.

"What?" the frozen group of girl, they all moved at once, throwing questions and theories around like it was a tennis match.

Kotetsu leaded us around the school, in all its gothic glory, showing us the classroom, the cafeteria, the gym and all the different things that one is shown on orientation, Rattling off relevant information that I wasn't paying any attention too.

"All right where here, All your bags should already be in your relevant rooms" the girl filed through the double doors into what must be the common room. It's large enough to hold four times the number of the girls standing here. Plasma TV's scatter the walls; One was hooked up to a PS3, another to and X-Box 360, another to a WII and another to a Blue-ray DVD player. Comfortable looking, red couches and love seats faced the TV's. Off to the right was a corridor and to the left was what looked like the kitchen. The benches where white marble and the cupboards where white ash wood. Making the place look unnecessarily clean, like a hospital. The dishwasher blended in and so did the fridge. Ino went through opening and closing the cupboards, revealing the place was well stocked with everything we could need. Everyone was murmuring happily to each other.

"Wow they really do go all out" Hinata nodded in agreement to the blonde haired girl. If only they knew what my parents had done.

Kotetsu coughed discreetly, the way one coughs to get your attention, "the cupboards and fridge are always full, you can have your meals here or down in the cafeteria- he pointed to the corridor the headed away and up- the dorm rooms are down that corridor there. They go up another four, Ah, five flights. The numbers are on the doors, when you find the number that matches your key, well that rooms yours. All your belongings have already been moved in. The other students will be arriving latter tonight and will start tomorrow. Timetables will be handed out tonight" with that he turned on his heel and left the bunch of wide-eyed girls staring after him.

Pig-girl turned to her pink haired, "let's go!" she shot the group a wicked smile and disappeared down the corridor. The girls pair off, having followed the blondes lead.

"I guess that's our cue" Hinata and I followed the group up the corridor, just a little more slowly.

Each floor had its own common room, almost identical to the one down stairs just only on a smaller scale. The doors all looked the same, dark wood with little golden numbers. The carpeted was a lush black colour with flecks of read through it. Hinata was on the fourth floor, room number 49. She gave me a small smile before she disappeared into her room. I felt myself sigh and made my way to the stairs, they seemed smaller and more elegant. Dark wood that spiralled around. The top of the stairs revealed that room number 50, was the only room on this floor. The stairs opened up into a small carpeted area, with only a small black love seat pushed up against the left wall. I fished the key from my pocket and slipped the small brass thing into the door, turning it until it clicked.

I pushed the door open and stop dead, eyes taking in the view. What was on the other side of the door wasn't what I had expected, i wasn't expecting dull dorm room with uncomfortable furniture and faded carpet but only my parents would think to go this over bored. The room screamed money! And a hell of a lot of it.

The carpet was thick, plush and black with flack of red, much like the other carpet; the small window opposite the door was caressed with heavey dark crimson drapes. The room was big enough to house the King sized four-poster bed, with ample space for a large dark oak desk, at its base sat an over large box and from the look of it, it held a 3D TV. Opposite the bed, between the two-mystery doors, was a heavy dark oak bookshelf that my parents had thoughtfully brought. The head bored of the bed was hand carved, dark oak; the centre was a big weeping willow with sparrows flying around the edges. Thine dark crimson silk curtains were tied to the posts, revealing thick black and red bed overstuffed with pillows. My suitcases and boxes sat at the foot on the floor. The light had little crystals handling from it, which cast little rainbows on the cream walls. Next to the light switch on the wall was the button for air conditioning, which was those one they have in the roof. Off to the right was the mystery doors. I slipped my shoes off and shut the door behind me leaning against it. Did I want to venture past the two closed doors?

"come on Arashi you may as well get this over and done with" I heaved myself off the door, moving sluggishly to the closest of the two mystery doors. Grasping the cold iron handle, I pushed the door open, instantly the light switched on, fantastic, sensor lights. The bright florescent lights danced across the built in draws that went on and on. I walked in, the walk-in must be close to the size of my own at home. In the back was where all the hanging stuff would go, which was already half full of my mothers favourite brands, all of them being expensive, brand new and appropriate for a young lady of my stature.

Slowly I walked out of the wardrobe and closed the door softly behind me. I took a deep breath and opened the other door. It swung open to reveal a bathroom. It was all white tiles outlined in black and dark red, with fancy heating lights a ridiculously big tub. The tub was to the right of the door, on closer inspection it was a spa bath. It was considerably deep, to sit in it you would only just be able to see over the top and it was longer than necessary to lay down flat in as well as being wide enough to fit two grown man lying shoulder to shoulder. The shower was at the foot of the spa bath, it had an elegant showerhead with dark red trimming, and the door was foggy glass, which would conceal the person inside. Along the other wall was the banister. The basin sat in the middle while the bench spread along the wall, well what should have been the wall, which was, now donned with a mirror. I did not bother looking through the cupboards; they would be full of everything I would need. I pulled the door close and sunk to the floor, putting my head between my knees.

A knock at the door made me look up from my fatal position. I stood up on unsteady feet and walked to the door. Opening it no more than a creak and standing in the way, so no one would be able to see in.

"Yes?"

Blonde hair bounced in front of me, "we just wanted to make you were settling in" blue eyes met mine, "and lend a hand to help you unpack" a bright smile lit up his face.

"We?...And shouldn't you be doing your own unpacking Naruto?" I asked.

"Pst, please. Sasuke here had OCD and everything's done already...Come on let us in, we want to see your room!" he exclaimed before trying to see around me.

"No you don't" i told him.

"Oh please, the girl's common rooms ar much nicer than the boys! We only have the dull faded carpet and worn out couches. Come on let us see your room. Ow!" he dropped clutching his head. Black hair too the place of blonde

"What was that for, teme?" Naruto yelled

"Your being a moron" his look could have withered any normal person.

I blink at the two boys, "how'd you know where I was?"

"We followed the cookie crumbs...Ow!"

"Tsk, moron. Naruto here sweet-talked the Hyuga girl into spilling your room number. Now you know it's bad manners to let guest stand here for too long"

"Who said you were a guest, maybe an unwanted one" I spat at him

"Arashi...You don't want us here?" Naruto's look melted my heart

"What never had a boy in your room before?" Sasuke's voice was mocking.

I could feel the beginning of a blush starting to rise on my face, "No, What, yes, um- I sigh, my gaze dropping from their faces- Please don't judge okay"

"What! Arashi what could you have that we could possibly judge you over?"

"This" I stepped away from the door letting it swing open. The looks on their faces must have mimicked mine when I had first walked in, first shock then disbelief.

"Get in and close the door before someone gets curious and wants to have a look. They already despise me already and stop gorking, it's rude," I growled at them

Sasuke snapped out of his daze first and not to gently pushed Naruto through the door and closed it behind them.

"Um, yeah, I bet your rooms are nothing like this – my voice dropped- I just wanted a normal room" I fiddled with the silk curtain while they inspected the room

"It's big" Naruto said blinking

"Nice one dope, point out the obvious"

"It's too big, it reminds me of home. The stupid attention seeking idiots went and did it up, the entire girls dorm, to add to the many things they do to make me life miserable" I wasn't looking at them anymore

"Isn't it nice to have parents like yours, willing to do a whole room for you...oh and the rest of the dorm as well" Naruto in all his innocence

I shook my head looking into Naruto's bright blue eyes, "I guess it would be nice if they were doing it out of love, but they're not. It is horrible! My father just doesn't want to be shown up. He probably don't even give a shit if I'm comfortable or not" I turn from them, watching my fingers as they slid over the silk. "He just likes showing everyone he has money. He probably knows that you guys and the Hyuga's are here as well and he decided he was going to show off. Like always" tears began to sting my eyes, "All I ever wanted was to have a normal life and a normal family who loves me. Is that really too hard to ask?" Arms went around me just as the tears spilt over and I fell. Strong arms gently lowered me to the ground, never letting me go. I sobbed into soft fabric, "They never really paid much attention to me not anymore. Both of them ever since my sister died, they've just thrown money in my face and told me to amuse myself, but really money just makes people hate you or just false friendship. So please don't tell anyone about my room, everyone will just hate me even more." I clung desperately to the warm arms that held me. Crying for the first time in a long time, Young ladies do not cry, I had learnt that at a young age, she had smacked it out of me.

"It's alright you can cry as long as you like" it was Naruto's voice, but it hadn't come from the boy that I was clinging to for dear life.

When I looked up it wasn't Naruto's bright blue eyes but Sasuke dark red-rimmed ones. Naruto sat next to us, legs crossed. He gave me a small smile and opened his arm to me; I smiled and fell from one pair of arms to another.

"Hey Arashi is that a TV over in the corner?" Iw3m,k looked up at the blonde and nodded

His face broke into a broad smile, "hey Sasuke lets help her set it up!" Naruto let me go and bounded to his feet running over to the TV box.

"Dope put it down before you break something" Sasuke got up and followed his friend.

"Hey Arashi look, there's a wall mount!" honestly the blonde could get excited over the smallest of things. Witch made me smile. Naruto and Sasuke both saw it but made no comment.

"Where going to need a drill, -he turned to Naruto- Naruto go find us a drill," Sasuke ordered

"Gee and Kakashi was getting up me for not being nice" Sasuke didn't hear me, and if he did he ignored it.

"Aw but I want to help Arashi unpack!" Naruto wined, waving around the wall mount.

"Moron, just go!" Sasuke snapped. The look Sasuke was giving Naruto would have had any normal person hiding in a corner but not the thick headed, bubbly Naruto in his bright orange shirt and blonde hair; he just started right on back.

"Hey Naruto" Trying to preserve the life of my new friend. He stopped glaring at Sasuke to look at me with a giant grin.

"Yessum"

"You know I drill would be rather handy..." before I could even finish the sentence, the blonde was gone, slamming the door behind him.

I turned to Sasuke, all brooding with his hands in his pockets looking out the window.

"So what do we do know?" I ask

"Well we may as well get you unpacked" I felt my face redden at the image of Sasuke unpacking my underwear, the laced ones that my mother undoubtedly had snuck into my bags...

"...the hell you have in here?" his outburst brought me back into the world of reality.

"Um that would be the suit case that has all my book in it" me cheeks getting even warmer, books were my only source of comfort but I guess the Uchiha wouldn't know about that, he probably has girls falling for him everywhere.

"All your books?" He asked

"Ah no, there's some more in the boxes but I left the majority at home, Careful my PS3 is in that box!" Sasuke looked up and stated at me.

"You can unpack the books and the games into the book shelf there. Put them in however you want just make sure all the series go together," I grabbed the two suitcases that held my clothes and left Sasuke to it.

The Minutes seemed to drag by. I occupied my time by folding and unfolding the clothes before I had enough and rejoined Sasuke.

The bookcase sat rows and rows of books, the last row held all my PS3 games and from the look of it he had put it in alphabetical order of the Authors last name.

"Hey Sasuke..." my eyes found the wet patch on his shoulder

"Hm"

"Thank-"

"I'm back!" Naruto burst through the door waving a cordless drill above his head. I winced as the door hit the wall with a loud bang.

"It's about time dope" Sasuke snatched the drill from Naruto and started snapping orders. Naruto jumped to help him, why I would never know, it wasn't as if Sasuke was asking nicely or anything. I shook my head and joined the boys.

"There all done!" the tree of us stood back admiring our work. It took us an hour to mount the TV and plug it in to all the necessary things.

"It's huge!" Naruto exclaimed

"Just like everything else in this room" I mumbled darkly

"Movie!" Naruto ran to the bookshelf that not only held games and book now but a heap of DVDs that had been with the TV.

There was a knock at the door, I left the two boys arguing over what movie they were going to watch and opened the door, blocking the view off with my body the same as I had done before.

"Miss Rose got something to hide?" The man at the door asked me

"What no. Well I guess you know about the room" I let the door swing open, "wait your the guy from the gate, Kotetsu's friend"

He nodded, "you're a bright girl. Anyway I have your time tables; I guess I can give you Sasuke Uchiha and Naruto Uzumaki's as well" I looked back over my shoulder at the boy who were still arguing.

"yeah I guess you should"