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Outside room 108

Chapter 6

Hinata walked down the hall with courage and the goal of getting to know her brand new rival. When finally getting to the door, she stopped thinking she heard voices. The door was cracked and things were quite suspicious. The only person she knew that was in the room was Karin.

Putting her eyes in the crack, she watched as her new rival cheated on his girlfriend with some red head.

Naruto got up and said he had to go somewhere. Hinata didn't catch that and stood there until she saw Naruto getting up. Trying to make her self-unnoticeable, she quietly jetted down the hall.

In room 101

Hinata exhaled deeply at the scene she had just saw. She was new and there was already a secret she knew. She couldn't just break things to Sakura. Poor her. And to think the Hyuga wanted to talk to that beast. She shook everything off and sighed. "So much for staying away from boys. Thanks a lot Mrs. Perez." She muttered as she got into her bed and drifted off into sleep.

The next morning…

"Hey you! Girl! Get up!" The blonde tried to shake the new girl out of a pleasant sleep. Class was soon and she was still catching z's? Unacceptable. "WTF?" She yelled. The Hyuga suddenly awoke yelling the popular acronym. Crossing her arms, the pink haired girl and the other blonde laughed at their friend. She had tried to awake the new girl… bad idea. "Get up! Class is in an hour." Sakura told her. Hinata sighed. 'Let the torture begin.' She thought.

Hip Hop-Room 88

"Alright. From the top. 5. 6. 7. 8." Hinata had become quite interested in the dance routine they had began doing. In the middle f the routine Naruto had busted in the doors looking flushed. "Sorry I'm late. I lost track of time." He spoke tiredly. He caught his breath and got glares. He was probably out with some chick." Ino whispered to Hinata. 'In ways you don't believe.' Hinata thought to herself. "Alright Namikaze. Since I like you, you're excused." He nodded and walked to his position. Looking at his rival he mouthed: I know you were there. She blushed in embarrassment.

"Alright. I will be choosing your partners for an upcoming hip hop assignment. " Everyone except for the Hyuga knew what the teacher was talking about. "Uh, Kakashi sensei? What hip-hop assignment?"

Hinata got the courage to ask. "Oh! Yea. You. We are doing partner dancing. Girls get the solo. I will post the partners up at 1:00. Class dismissed." The final bell rung and everyone rushed to leave.

In room 108

Hanabi and Shikamaru lay next to each other and sighed. Looking at Hanabi, Shikamaru pulled her closer and kissed her neck.

"Stop Shikamaru…" She trailed off. Karin walked into the room and shook her head. Those two never seized to not surprise her. How she wished that was she and Naruto. That's what used to be them… Before Sakura came into the picture.

In room 523

Naruto sat on his bed and exhaled deeply. Thinking of how he screwed up, he wondered about how many options he had left. Or, how many ways out there were. While pondering he didn't notice his rival enter the room. Hinata wondered where everyone else had went since he was the only one in the entire room.

She caught him staring at the wall. A boy's mind was very mysterious. What could possibly be on the wall that was that interesting?

"Hey brat." Naruto snapped his head toward her sarcastic greeting and smiled. "Hey." He didn't bother using any insult.

"Well, you seem quite different today. No insult?" She looked at him and after a moment, they both slightly chuckled.

'Nah. But what are you doing in here?" He hoped she wasn't going to blackmail him. The secret was just about out. Plus, her and Ino seemed to already be close friends and with Ino knowing, it probably wouldn't be much of a secret.

"I came to talk to you about last night. I wasn't spying on purpose. But now I see what a jerk you truly are." He rolled his eyes. "No! I'm serious. You're a total jerk. I can't believe yesterday I was actually going to come and see you. For a second, I thought you were cool." Naruto exhaled once again. He knew what he had done was wrong. "But the question is, why her? Why Karin?"

Naruto raised a brow.

"Sakura and Ino told me about her."

FlashBack

In room 101

"Hey Sakura? Check it out. Karin." Hinata also eyed where Ino was rudely pointing to. There, was a red headed girl with tight jeans and a light blue Aeropostale t-shirt. She wore black glasses and annoyingly popped her gum while reading The Hunger Games. "She's the school er… get around with boys type of chick. Slut basically."

Hinata laughed at her new blonde friend. Out of curiosity she wanted to know more. "Um, why do you say that Ino?" Ino and Sakura dramatically turned to Hinata and then added a dramatic gasp. "Karin? Naruto's disgusting ex-girlfriend has went out with almost every hot guy at this school. She stole the number one hot guy at this school away from me. Naruto Uzumaki!" Sakura banged her fist down on the table and became red in the face. This startled Ino and the new Hyuga as they laughed at her. Their friend was so absurd at times.

"Oh. She sounds pretty scary." Hinata sarcastically spoke. Ino and Hinata laughed and "I know right?" Sakura agreed. Hinata and Ino laughed even harder at their friend. Sakura was oblivious as to what was so funny.

FlashBack END

"Oh well, Karin and me had a past before I got here. So we hooked up here too." Hinata found this topic quite interesting. "What type of past?" Naruto looked down. "It's complicated." Piñata decided she wasn't going to be left in the dark. "Okay?"

Naruto looked up at her and his face became serious. "If I tell you, you can't tell anyone." She nodded in response.

"Well, when I was little, my dad left to join the army and was killed when he went into war. My mom got on drugs and I was six. Too young to understand it all. Soon, we lost our house and grew upon the street. My adoptive brother, Deidara and I used to steal money from this old guy who would let us stay at his place with is wife when my mom went to her er… "job". Hinata had a curious expression as to what her job was. He noticed and licked his lips. "Gas station cashier." He continued. Hinata nodded once more. "One day my mom had came home with this guy. Deidara had began smoking and the guy and my mom began hitting on us and calling him useless. She sent him out to buy "candy" for hero one day. That was the last time I ever saw him. "My mom finally got a job at this guys house and he was rich. He treated me well. But my mom slept in the closet. He told her when to come out and when to go to sleep. If she disobeyed, he hit her. Or worse." Naruto trailed off and looked back at the wall. Hinata tried to wipe the falling tears out her eyes. They just kept falling. "You know, she always used to tell me that one day I would be something great. She put me in this school, and I haven't seen her since. My grandfather is paying for it all." Hinata tackled her rival into a hug. All of a sudden, he didn't seem like such a jerk. Mrs. Perez had always told her the only reason a man had no idea how to treat a lad was because they had no male father role in the house, or he was just stupid.

They just stayed there. Naruto looked down at her and smiled as a tear fell in her hair. He had never gotten too close to a girl before. HE noticed this one was different. And, even though the relationship had seemed a little rushed, somebody to trust was all he had ever asked for.

There you have it. Aww, poor Naruto. Next chapter will be the rival games! Hey, tell me what you thought. I mean, in the real series, he had a hard life anyway. Plus, my mom had Young and the Restless on so I sortah added a bit of that flavor!