AN: *Scream* I'm sorry! I know, I haven't updated for ages! Gomenasai, guys! So here's the Shinobi High update, I hope you enjoy.

On another note, the Raikage and Mizukage (Kenta and Kasumi) have been given names (E with an accent and Mei Terumi), but screw it, I prefer my ones. =P

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, and never will. I don't own Daisuke Yagani, Sora Matsuki or Mai Kamaya, the brilliant Team Anko, either, as they're the property of sco23. I own my OCs and randoms though, so I'm satisfied.

Chapter 3

Naruto was pulled out of a lovely, ramen-filled dream by the tinny screech of the room's alarm clock. Prying his eyes open, he groaned, looking at the clock. At first, the neon green numbers were blurred, but when they focused, he groaned again, even louder this time and with more agitation.
"Sai, it's 6:30 am. I'm not getting up. Sod off," Naruto told his room mate, who had obviously set the alarm clock half an hour early, rolling over and cocooning himself in his duvet.
Sai poked him, "Naruto, you have to get up this time if you want breakfast here. Did you read the bulletin?"
Naruto made a sound similar to, "Bleuh," which pretty much meant no in Naruto morning speech.
Sai grabbed his room mate's duvet, and, with all his strength, pulled it out of Naruto's grasp, spinning the blond, and leaving him sprawed across the bed, shivering. Sai grinned slightly, "you'll have to get ready if you want to stay warm, dickless."
Finally, Naruto got up. "Don't...call me that," he told Sai, pointing in the long pause.
"So you don't like hearing the truth either. I thought only the hags disliked that."
Naruto walked towards the shower, then, passing the other boy, commented "Please put some underwear on. I don't share your obsession."

A short while later, Naruto emerged from the shower, a towel around his lower half, and grabbed some underwear and his uniform. Sai, who had obviously ignored Naruto's earlier comment, darted into the shower, in an obvious rush to get ready. Naruto took advantage of this to get changed. But Sai, with his psychic powers, called out, "You still have no dick."
Naruto sighed at this, pulling on his underwear and getting on his uniform. He then pulled on his sandals and tied his headband around his forehead. An evil idea struck Naruto at this time.
"Sai, I'm leaving now. Thanks for the cash," he called out, stealing 1000 yen from Sai's man-purse, "lovely payment for waking me up so nastily at such an early time."
"What?!" Was Sai's shocked scream from the shower, but before he would have time to climb out, Naruto was long gone, along with some of Sai's money. He sighed, and decided that he might as well get dressed.

Naruto was joyful as he ran down the corridor to the canteen. He'd finally gotten payback on Sai for some of the things he'd done. Sure, it was only 1000 yen, but Naruto was sure there was much more he could do if Sai dared treat him badly again.
Naruto was only brought out of his thoughts when he collided with somebody. He heard a soft, girlish shriek as he fell to the ground, and knew it wasn't his own. When he looked at the person next to him, he saw none other than Hinata.
"Oh, er, sorry Hinata-chan," he apologized, looking at the girl, grinning awkwardly. Hinata looked at Naruto, and went red.
"Oh, N-Naruto-kun. N-no, it w-was my fault. I-I should've been more c-careful," she stuttered nervously. She pressed her fingers together, trying to avoid eye contact. How could she have not seen Naruto? He was barely missable!
"I should make it up to you Hinata-chan. Hmmm...have you had breakfast yet?" He asked, cocking his head to the side. Hinata gulped. This was the closest Naruto would ever come to asking her to a date.
"N-no. I-I was just waiting for Neji, but h-he hasn't shown up y-yet," she told him, her throat dry, Naruto smiling as she said this.
He gripped her hand, "come on then," he cheered, dragging her along. Hinata's eyes were the size of dinner plates, and sweat was beading on her forehead. Using her free hand, she wiped it away.
Calm down, Hinata, she thought, breathing deeply, you've been preparing for this day. Just keep calm, try not to stutter, and be normal! Be cute! Hinata gulped again, her throat a little less dry. She smiled, calming herself.

Once in the canteen, the pair joined the queue, looking around. Naruto had forgotten just how good the canteen smelled. His mouth was all but watering. He turned to face the smiling Hinata, and grinned back at her.
"Ladies first," he told her, bowing slightly. Hinata went a little pink and giggled, "thanks," stepping in front of him. She was also enticed by the smells of cooking breakfast. Breakfast at the Hyuga household was incredibly sophisticated compared to the school's breakfast, but she didn't have friends to share it with. And to think: now she was sharing breakfast with Naruto! Life couldn't get much better than this!
"Hey, Hinata-chan, awake?" Naruto asked, snapping his fingers. Hinata blinked, and grinned.
"E-er sorry. I was lost in my thoughts," she laughed nervously. She looked around, realising they were at the front of the queue. She grabbed a tray, and walked forward, looking at the delicacies she coud help herself to. She grabbed four cinnamon buns-they were her favourites-and got a small stack of pancakes, pouring a little syrup over them. She looked at Naruto, who'd got lots of meat and some pancakes in the absence of any ramen.
Hinata was then hit by reality. "I-I left my purse in my dorm," she admitted sheepishly, blushing a little. Naruto just shrugged, and said, "I have some money. Don't worry, my treat," with a foxy grin. Hinata giggled, then replied, "well, lead the way Naruto-kun," allowing him to step in front of her in the queue.
Once Naruto had paid, the two searched for a table, finally spotting Tenten and Hanako sat at one. Seeing as they were the only recognisable faces, the pair joined them.

"Well, hello Naruto. And Hinata too! Where did you two find each other?" The green-haired girl asked, beaming brightly. Tenten said nothing, but gave Hinata a sly smile that made the younger girl go pink.
"I kinda ran into her outside, so I bought her breakfast," Naruto replied, beaming equally as brightly.
"Oh did you really?" Tenten asked with a slight mischievous tone to her voice. The girls picked up on it, but Naruto failed to.
"Yes. Tenten, you're being really weird," he remarked bluntly. She shrugged, smiling.
"So, first lessons today. You two up for it?" Hanako asked, attempting to initiate conversation.
"Yup!" Naruto cheered.
"Yeah," Hinata replied, smiling softly.
"Let's think, I have...ugh, martial arts first. I'm happy it's a lesson with Ten, but that uniform...ugh," Hanako shuddered, imagining the green spandex jumpsuit. "Gai's retarded," she continued, sighing.
"I think I have English with Kairi-sensei," both the younger ones said in unison. Naruto looked at Hinata.
"She's your cousin, right?" He asked. Hinata smiled, blushing, and nodded.
"Yeah, but we're not that close."
Hanako clapped, "and she's my mentor. But enough with this pointless dialogue, let's get going." And with that, Hanako and Tenten got up, waved goodbye, then left.
"Let's go, Hinata-chan," Naruto smiled, extending his hand to her. Light pink, Hinata took it and they went on their way to English.

* * *

The classroom was a bustle of activity, the kind only 30 students from Suna and Konoha can create. All of them were lined up at the back of the room, awaiting their teacher. Finally, the door clicked open, and in stepped Kairi Hyuga.
Kairi was a tall, fairly-attractive woman, with slim white eyes and hair that was blue around the top and had two black ponytails at the bottom. She wore mismatched orange and purple clothes, and a look of authority.
"Hello class! Nice to meet you all, I'll be your English teacher this year. The name's Hyuga, Kairi Hyuga," she told the class, her voice cheerful, not matching her serious face. "So, let's get you all sat down then!"
While Kairi was trying to find the register, there was a little noise coming from the back. The source of the noise? One of the Konoha students, Daisuke Yagani. Usually, he and Naruto were competing for the top spot for number 1 prankster. This time, Daisuke was making the first move.

Shinobi High was an odd school, in the way that every student came from families that had attended for generations since the school's founding. This was due to the fact that all the students had 'special talents' that, in the real world, would label them as freaks. No one knew why, so it was blamed on 'junk DNA' to be lazy.
Often, of course, they did live in the real world, and do successfully, but at Shinobi, they tried to harness these talents so that they wouldn't suddenly have a burst in the middle of a day at the office or something.
They were chanelled through special 'jutsu', unique to the students. One such example was Gaara's sand, whilst another would be the Byakugan-a kind of 'all-seeing eye'-of the Hyugas.
One of the only probelms was the fact that they were incredibly limited, only being able to use the jutsus a few times a day, for very short periods of time.
At this moment, Daisuke was preparing to use one of his signature jutsus.

"This is gonna be great," he whispered to his team mates, Sora and Mai, preparing his energy.
"You're an idiot, you know that," Mai whispered back flatly, sighing. Sora, meanwhile, was grinning. This is gonna be sweet. Daisuke's so talented at this, she thought, ever-so-slightly like a fangirl. Then she thought, But I was he would treat me like this sometimes. I'm the only one he hasn't done this to...
Finally, Daisuke was prepared. Ruffling his short black hair, he concentrated his energy on Kairi.
And then the fun began.
At first, she began to squirm a little, feeling like a feather was being ran over her. Then, a little more, and a few stifled giggles escaped her. Other students began to notice now, and started nudging each other and pointing.
The tickling began to grow in intensity, Daisuke concentrating more, and soon, Kairi was up against the wall, laughing at the mysterious tickling, keeling over at times. Other laughs joined her own, and soon the entire class was laughing. Eventually, Kairi got enough control to activate her Byakugan. She attempted to scan the room and, after a minute, managed to locate the culprit.
"D-hahaha-Dai-ha-suke Ya-haha-gani, s-stop it! Hahaha!" She begged between laughs. Daisuke grinned at his team mates.
"Should I let her go?" He asked casually.
"Yes, idiot," Mai sighed at him, ice blue eyes half-closed. Sora smiled back, "Sure!"

Daisuke, finally, freed the teacher from his jutsu, leaving her to collapse panting on the floor. When she recovered, her face back to it's collected, earlier state.
"Well, that was fun, but maybe you should avoid 'harassing' your teacher in future. Especially a Hyuga," Kairi warned with a warm voice. She then mumbled, "although, thanks to the law, I can't lay a finger on these demons..." Back to the class, she called out,"Well, sit down then! Wherever you guys want! I'm not fussed with a seating plan for now, too much effort!"
Everyone got in a mad scramble to sit with their friends. Naruto was sat next to Sasuke, Hinata next to Sakura, Shikamaru next to Choji, Ino next to Kiba, Shino next to Gaara, Daisuke with Sora, and Mai on a table by her own. Kairi grinned at noticing Hinata.
"Well, hello, little Hinata-san. It's funny, I taught Neji last year, now you this year! I wouldn't be surprised if I got Hanabi in her fifth year," she said, grinning as she stood in front of Hinata's table. The girl blushed, smiling.
"H-hi, Kairi-sensei," she replied softly. The teacher then decided to take her place at the front of the class.
"Well, I suppose we should get started. Daisu-chan, as payment for your little trick earlier, you have to hand the exercise books out. They're in that cupboard somewhere," Kairi told Daisuke, waving her left hand vaguely at the cupboard at the back of the room. "Oh, and I'll know if you try anything. I see all!" She continued in a creepy voice.

Naruto smiled, looking at his strange teacher. "She seems fun," Naruto said to Sasuke, who sighed and replied, "she seems like a moron. I'm surprised that she's even a Hyuga with an attitude like that."
Naruto looked back at the front silently. Sasuke was acting a little stuck up. But who cared about him? This year was getting off to a good start, and nothing, nothing, could make it bad.

* * *

Kakashi smiled as he snuck down the corridor to Jiraiya's office. He'd gotten the e-mail sent around school, and had read it before Tsunade-sama could have deleted it.
He didn't even care about the abysmal pay for this side job. Hell, he would have taken unpaid work on it.
After all, how many people got to help out with the legendary Icha-Icha series?

AN: Nice little subplot I've got going there. I know, it's scarily long, but I wanted to cram way too much in. Yeah, it's kinda suckish. Well, hope you enjoyed and it was worth the wait. ¬.¬ I hope I'm still adequate at the characterisation, and that I didn't massacre Team Anko's characters.

That's all from me so, without further ado...

Raven...OUT!