Update time! ^^
Disclaimer: Naruto belongs to Masashi-sensei!
Something happened over night to all the girls in my school. They all got hotter! I'm serious! This morning when I parked my car and jumped out, for a minute I stopped in my tracks and checked the title engraved in the broad slab of rock that sat in front of 'my school' just to make sure I was in the right place. The hallways reeked pungently of an almost nauseating blend of perfumes (which I kind of didn't mind cause I still smelt like Satan's puke from yesturday, even after the two hour long tomato juice soak, "Try it, it worked that time that skunk got you, I'm sure it'll get the scent out this time too." Dad said). Skirts were magically shorter, girls stood in their cliques doing that squeaky excited whispering thing that guys just don't get, they were pulling tiny compacts out of their pockets like every five seconds and checking or fixing their make up, flipping their perfect hair, giggling for no obvious reasons and walking passed you with wind in their hair caused by their supermodel struts. Even the nerds looked great!
"What the hell is going on?" I whispered into Shikamaru's ear when I finally found him. He was standing in a corner looking very troubled, like he wasn't sure if it was safe to move yet, let alone speak so he also whispered his answer.
"It's that new English teacher. He has all the girls going weird."
"You're kidding me." I said as my shoulders slumped, "All this, for him?"
"Hm, you know what the sad part is? They're completely oblivious to the guys, they've never done anything like this for us. Not even Neji can cause this kind of commotion."
"Talking about Neji, have you seen Hinata?" I asked him and Shikamaru shook his head.
"Why? Are you going to talk to her?"
"Yeah."
"It's about time, I figured you would. Just be careful with what you say to her."
"Huh? What do you mean?"
"I don't know if you've noticed, though it's you so probably not, but she's been spending alot of her time with Sakura and Ino these days. Those two are the worst type of girl, they're kind of scary actually." he said and I chuckled, Shikamaru has a serious girl-phobia.
"C'mon, Shika, let's go to class," I told him and he glanced at the sea of glittering girls, giving them a weary look. I raised my fist and smirked at him, "Don't worry, I'll protect you." I told him and after receiving my respectful 'you're a dumbass' look, we headed cautiously for our next class.
As the periods of the morning flew by it had became clear that that Uchiha-teme had taken over the school in as little as 24hrs. His name was being whispered in every corner, I hadn't even seen the guy since yesterday and I felt like I was surrounded by him! As the fifth period ended and I was heading over to the cafeteria for lunch, a group of the new supermodels surrounded me and demanded that I gave up my presidency over the Writer's Club. With Iruka-sensei in my heart I said no... then got chased around the school three times! I was saved by the man himself, as I was dashing down the hallway that the teacher's lounge was on, I saw him ahead. He strolled casually with his hands in his pockets to the vending machine and glanced up to see me running for my life from the group of quickly enclosing girls.
"Uchiha-sensei!" the banshees behind me cried out and they suddenly decided to act like the perfect little ladies they're supposed to be, they stopped running after me and skipped up to the bastard with innocent smiles on their faces. I had stopped and leaned on the wall to catch my breath and when I looked up our eyes met and we held a stare above the girls heads.
"Having a good day dobe?" he asked me and I dug my nails into the paint on the wall as I heard the name he called me, just keep your cool Naruto, he wants you to get angry, it's like his food, the essence that nourishes him. Yeah, that's it, he's like a demon, a freaking demon that feeds off of my humiliation, anger and pain!
"A great day." I said giving him my widest smile, I was still fighting for oxygen though so I probably looked more like I was suffering from an agonizing tooth ache. "As you can see I'm pretty popular with the ladies. Can't leave me alone now can you girls?" I said and the group that was surrounding Uchiha sensei gave me a disgusted look.
Uchiha-teme just smiled at me, I can't explain it. It wasn't quite a smirk, it lacked the raw sadism and demonic evil that his smirks usually reeked of. No, this was more knowing, conniving almost, it freaked me out and it made him look hot as hell- um- well, th-that 's- that's what the girls thought, you know that his smile made him look handsome. They even told him too!
"Uchiha-sensei, you have a really nice smile." one of the brave ones told him as she blushed and the others all cooed their agreement. All the bastard love was making me sick so I left heading for the cafeteria again so that I could hopefully find Hinata. As I walked in through the doors of the large eating area I saw her sitting with her friends at their usual table. I hesitated because they were allthere: Neji, Kankuro and the two-faced bitches, basically the fuel to the hate I've been receiving.
Hinata suddenly looked up and our eyes met for a moment, her large deep eyes that I always thought were so cute made me feel some tight pity. I felt bad about it really, I had used her all this time to hide behind and now that the punishment for it was getting unbearable I was going to use her again. Maybe this time if I try REALLY hard I might start liking her the way she wants me too (the way I'm supposed to), maybe we could even *gulp* do it. Maybe that's been it the entire time, I just haven't been pushing myself that hard, I need to force myself, just bite my tongue, close my eyes and do what needs to be done!
Okay, go now Naruto, tell her you're ready!
"Hey Naruto!" I heard Kiba's voice and I stopped and spun around to see him waving me over to our table. I looked between the two destinations before I decided to check my friends first.
"What is it Kibs I'm in the middle of something." I told him as I got there, Shikamaru was besides him staring intensely at a chess board, I think he was playing against him self.
"Oh, in that case, sorry for inturrpting your stalker-ish staring but Gaara said that he wanted us to met someone."
"Really? Who?" I asked as I sat down.
"How should I know? But it's Gaara, he wouldn't ask us if it wasn't important."
A minute later Gaara appeared next to our table with a guy besides him. I think every one in the cafeteria stopped what they were doing to watch this guy, he was just a little taller than Gaara, his jet black bowl cut hair bordered two strangely round eyes above which sat some of the thickest, rectangular eyebrows I have ever seen. He wore two green sweat bands on his wrists with the kanji for "Youth!" sewed into them, and even Shikamaru rose a brow at the way he was staring at us, like he was about to errupt or something.
And sure enough, he did, "Hello beautifull youths!" he shouted at us.
"The hell?" Shikamaru said and Kiba and I backed away in our chairs just a bit.
"Gaara what's going on? Should we be worried or something?" I asked and my red head cousin just sighed.
"Naruto, Shikamaru, Kiba- this is Rock Lee. He's a transfer and also Gui's son."
"You're kidding," Kiba said with a chuckle, "Who'd ever do Gu-" Kiba shut up when he noticed the teal eyes on him that were impassive but yet burning with dangerous warnings, "Erm- Gui-sensei? Really?"
"Hn, I'm supposed to show him around. Gui said that Lee has a hard time making friends so he thought we could help him out."
"It is so nice to meet you, I just know that we would have great happy moments together as friends." Lee said with a thumbs up and a wink.
"Wow, he really is Gui-sensei's son." Kiba said.
"I can't possibly see how this guy would have trouble making friends." Shikamaru added and he went back to his game.
Lee looked around the room and with a determined glint in his large eyes, he climbed easily onto a chair, then the table. Kiba and I watched with our mouths open as he stood up high and waved at the mass of kids.
"Everyone! Everyone! I am Lee, it is very nice to meet you! I am new-"
"Lee." Gaara used his commanding voice that he normally uses on me when I'm annoying him, it's like he's shouting without raising his voice and yet it always grabs your attention and makes you cut the crap while at the same time invoking so much fear. It worked perfectly on Lee, the guy stopped and looked around like he was searching for the bearer of the bone chilling voice. "Get down from there." Gaara said and Lee jumped off the table landing before my cousin.
"But, you said that I can introduce myself to everyone." Lee said in a whining voice.
"Not by jumping on tables and announcing it, that's not normal." Gaara explained to him calmly.
"Normal?" Lee repeated with an inocently confused look on his face, "I need to be normal to make friends?"
"Hn." Shikamaru grunted at that.
"Not exactly," Gaara told him, "Just don't ever do that again."
"Yes, I am very sorry." Lee told Gaara honestly as he bowed, "Please continue guiding me in the best way to make friends Gaara-san!"
Gaara didn't say anything to that, he just watched Lee's determined face silently for about three seconds then turned around saying, "Come with me, I'll show where you can buy lunch."
"Right away!" Lee bounced behind him and Kiba chuckled as we watched them pass through the crowd of staring kids.
"I almost feel sorry for him." He said.
"Who? Gaara or Lee?" I asked him.
"Lee, Gaara will kill him by tomorrow."
"I kinda like him." I smiled and Kiba looked at me like I was an idiot, "Okay, I gotta go get my girlfriend back." I said as I got up and stretched.
"What?" Kiba looked up at me.
"I give up." I told him simply, "So, I'm gonna go tell her I love her, we'll kiss and make up, then I'll take her home and blow her whistle."
Kiba watched me with his mouth stuck open like he couldn't find the right words. He finally looked up at Shikamaru and mouthed, "'Blow her whistle'?"
Shikamaru shook his head as he checkmated himself, "Troublesome."
"I'm going." I told them as I began to march towards Hinata's table.
"Naruto wai-" Kiba began but Shikamaru stopped him saying, "Leave him, as troublesome as it will be, we'll just have to clean up the mess after."
When I stood in front of their table all conversation ceased and Neji, Kankuro, the two faced bitches, Hinata and everyone else seated at the other tables nearby looked up at me, all with scorn. Except Hinata, her eyes were filled with some more heavy emotion, I looked right into them seriously.
"Hinata-" I began but Ino cut me off.
"What are you doing here?" she asked me and I shot back, "Playing football, what does it look like pig?"
"Does anyone smell that?" Kankuro asked with a smirk and I felt something click off in my head and I immediately lost all cool.
"YOU! I'M GONNA KICK YOUR ASS YOU- YOU DISGUSTING- ARGH KANKURO I SHOULD KILL YOU!"
"Ha! You can't kill a fly baka."
"Stay out of this Sakura! This is between me and that sick- sick man over there!" I shouted pointing at Kankuro and a part of me knew that somewhere, somewhere out there Gaara and Shikamaru were shaking their heads at me.
Kankuro chuckled with a proud smile on his face and for a very satisfying moment I had a very animalistic vision of me flinging myself across the table and ripping his head off with my bare hands! I think my face showed that I was contemplating murder because Kankuro got up and said "Bring it on Uzumaki."
"Kankuro, sit down." Neji told him and he used Gaara's commanding voice to do it. The other Hyuuga's cold lithium eyes fell on me as Kankuro took his seat again and I felt a shiver run down my spine and all of my previous fiery anger fizzled out instantly.
"Heh- h- hey, N-Ne-ji." I stuttered as I ran a shakking hand through my hair and Neji's brow's tightened slightly from his obvious irritation.
"What do want Naruto?" He asked me bluntly and it took me a moment to remember.
...Oh right!"I want to talk to Hinata."
Sakura and Ino opened their mouths to most likely protest but Hinata spoke first, "Sure." She told me as she stood up and everyone looked up at her. Hinata smiled weakly at them, "It's okay, I want to talk to him."
Hinata came up to me and took my hand to pull me with her and they all quietly watched us go. I couldn't help looking back and sticking my tongue out at the two faced bitches though and they both scowled at me. HA!
Hinata guided me just outside of the cafeteria doors, when we got there she released my hand and took up a comfortable distance away from me as her head fell and she played with her fingers. Her dark blue hair fell into her face and her eyes glanced shyly between me and the floor, her already small frame seem to shrink under my stare. All I could think was 'How cute!'
"N-Naruto, I'm sorry." she told me.
"For what?"
"I a-asked them to l-leave you alone bu-but they wouldn't listen to me. They're j-just trying t-to stick up for me."
" Yeah, I figured that." Well for Saukra, Ino and Neji but as for Kankuro, he's just being a bastard.
"W-what did you w-want t-to talk to me about N-Naruto?" she asked me.
"I wanted to tell you that, well- I want to get back together." Hinata's eyes slowly shifted onto mines and she gave me one long meaningful look.
"Why?" she asked me and her voice was somehow stronger, "I thought t-that we were o-over, that there was nothing else l-left between us?"
"But we could start new again." I told her as I came closer, I took Hinata's smaller, soft hand in mine. "That night I was just nervous, but now I'm ready. We could do it!" I smiled at her excitedly but Hinata frowned.
"So, you're saying that all of a sudden, you're ready now." Hinata said it in a tone that was completely unfamiliar, at least for her, though it reminded me of someone. Or should I say 'someones'. "Why are you ready now Naruto?" she asked me and her hand tightened around mine.
"Um- well, cause I thought about it and there's no reason why I shouldn't, I mean you're a girl and I'm a guy. It's how it's supposed to be! Hinata, I've known you for years, I can't see myself doing it with any other girl."
I knew something was wrong by the look on her face, like she coulkdn't beleive I was saying what I was saying, "So, what you're saying is you think we should do it just because you think it's the right thing to do?"
"Well- yeah, it is the right thing to do... right?"
Hinata's eyes drooped now as her clutch on my hand fell limp. She shook her head slowly as I watched in a still shock as tears fell down her cheek, "D-did you e-ever love me Naruto? Or d-did y-you just sa-say that cause i-it was the right t-thing to say?"
"W-wah?-"
"Sakura and I-Ino were right!" she gasped and Hinata wiped at her damp face though more tears still fell. I think my heart was breaking, I had never seen Hinata cry, I felt panicked, like I should be doing something to stop it but absolutely nothing came to mind. "Something is wrong with you Naruto!" Hinata said before she dashed passed me back into the cafeteria. She pushed the doors opened to reveal her cousin, the two faced bitches and Kankuro waiting there. I think they heard the entire thing.
I watched wide eyed as Ino and Sakura hugged her. Kankuro looked pleased that it turned out this way and Neji was trying to burn holes through me with his eyes. But I didn't get it! What did I do? What did I say? Isn't that what she wanted?
"H-Hinata." I said weakly, Hinata glanced back me but then flinched like just the sight of me was hurtful.
"G-go away!" She told me as she dug her face closer into Sakura's chest and now I felt even worst, it was a completely sunken feeling and it was made stronger by my utter confusion. Isn't this what she wanted?
After my failure at lunch I decided to skip the next period and go into hiding, my hideout being a lonely corner in the library, and try to figure out what just hapened. I felt like shit right now. I'm sure the news of me making Hinata cry has already spread through the school, everyone most likely hates me even more now which is going to make my life here even more like hell. I have my first club meeting with the demon bastard tomorrow and nothing Hinata does makes sense anymore!
I put my head down between my knees as I suddenly felt a little overwhellmed and sick. In one week- IN ONE WEEK MY LIFE HAS FLIPPED OVER AND SCATTERED ALL OVER ME!
"ARGH IRUKA-SENSEI WHERE ARE YOU!" I bellowed desperatly to the sky with my eyes closed and was immediately scolded by the old Liberian, "Sorry, sorry." I whispered now but then I felt my phone vibrating in my pants. I pulled it out and saw that I got an e-mail. Iruka-sensei?...Shit no, it's Uchiha-teme. What the heck does he want? I read the subject and it said: 1st Writer's Club Assignment. Do it or face the consequences. I scowled at the words, 'face the consequences'? who the fuck does he think he is?
I opened it up and read:
Writer's Club Members
Every good writer should know how to express themselves, it is a necessity of your craft, and emotions are some of the most challenging elements to explain. A human emotion can never really be encompassed in one word so it takes practice to express them not only accurately but gracefully. Your assignment is to write about the strongest emotion/s you've felt this week. Write about what happened to you, what you felt and what you learnt from it.
It doesn't matter what the emotion is or the experience, just use propper grammar and don't bore me or you'll regret it.
Uchiha-sensei.
Ps. e-mail your finished work by 9 o'clock tonight.
I couldn't help but think that this was strangely coincidental. I sighed as I leaned back in my chair, I stared up at the uneventful ceiling as I held my phone limply in my hand. I had until later tonight to write it huh? Well I thought that I should get started now cause I have allot to write about.
At around eight that night I was sitting in my living room with Kiba. He came over cause we had to finish off a geography assignment together. The half complete geography assignment lied neglected on the coffee table as Kiba was screaming at England's goal keeper as he tossed asside the game control in anger, he was playing FIFA World Cup 2010, and I was bent over my laptop trying finish the club assignment.
I had started and couldn't stop, I wrote about what happened with Hinata, how much she and the entire situation makes no sense to me. I knew that it was the bastard that I was going to send this to, but as I felt the waves of emotions wash over me with every memory, that part of it kind of faded away and I felt like it was Iruka-sensei I was writing this to. And with every word I felt just a little lighter... until my mind flashed me a pic of Hinata's glassy, pain reddened eyes and I felt something sharp pierce my chest ( I still can't belive I made my puppy cry!).
"Hey Kiba." My dad walked into the room and Kiba paused the game. I looked up at him over my computer screen and kept staring when I realised the way he was dressed, dad had on those jeans I made him buy and a new t-shirt under his coat. I would of guess that he was going out for a good time if he wasn't holding his suitcase in his hand.
"Ha ha, where's the party?" Kiba asked him and Dad blushed.
"Party? I'm just going to my office." he told Kiba.
"Again?" I asked and Dad looked apologetic.
"Sorry naru, I've still got allot of work to do."
"Is that assistant going to there to help you again?" I asked him and I swore that for a moment Dad stiffened, but then he suddenly smiled and I watched the hand reach up for the back of his neck like it always did when he's nervous.
"Y-yeah he-she's going to be there- to help me."
I nodded and then I noticed a hugesmile slap itself on Kiba's face suddenly, "Is it a he or she?" he asked Dad.
"I- it's a she." He smiled back and there was a really awkward silence left where Dad and Kiba just grinned at each other and I wondered what the hell was going on.
"Well, see you guys later, and don't stay up too late." Dad told us before we left and Kiba got up to watch his car drive off through the window. When he sat down again he did so facing me.
"What?" I grunted, I was back to my writing again.
"Your Dad is sooo getting some." he said with that same wide smile again and I cocked a brow at him.
"Shut up." I said.
"He didn't tell you?"
"My Dad doesn'thave a girlfriend."
"And how do you know?"
"Cause he promised me that if he ever got into a serious relationship with someone he'd tell me."
Kiba shrugged and spun around to face the tv and go back to his game, that he was losing 5-0. "Well he has allot to tell you." he muttered and I looked up at his back... but then decided to leave it alone, he promised he'd tell me, Dad can be a baka but he never lets me down.
I went back to me assignment and thirty minutes later I was done. He better not tell me any crap about it! I thought as I pressed send.
This chap was sooo hard to write. But i hope you enjoyed it, tell me what you thought and review please. The next chap comming soon and something BIG happens, not a lemon though sorry =( ... okay so maybe it's not a 'BIG' but more like a 'Big!' ^^