A/N: Warning: May contain NaruHina, GaaIno, GaaHina, and ItaHina. Sorry it took my so long to update. I had writer's block and then my computer was gone. Now it's back though!

Chapter 3

"Hey, Hinata, can you meet me in about few minutes in front of the library? It's just around the corner three times," Kiba said.

"O-oh, sure," Hinata agreed, which was a pretty big mistake on her part because she had only gone around one corner when she face a huge problem.

There were three other hallways, which meant three more corners. And she didn't know which one to go around. She decided the one nearest her, where she found even more corners.

She felt panic rising. How was she going to get to Kiba? How was she going to get to class on time? Hinata Hyuuga was lost and had no idea how to find her way out of here.

She started to run in panic. Where was that library? She ran down another hallway and came to some stairs. She had remembered that there was one other floor where the office and elementary students were. She opened the door and flew up the stairs, but the door at the other end was locked.

She ran back down the stairs, but when she opened the door, everything was dark. Where was she? She could feel tears welling up in her eyes. She was never going to get out of here. Kiba was probably waiting for her already and she wouldn't show up.

~X~

Kiba Inuzuka was panicking.

"Oh, god, where is Hinata?" he asked, pacing back and forth in front of the library.

"Calm down, Kiba," said Shino. "She's in the building, so she can't be far."

"Oh, shut up," Kiba said, glaring. "You'd be freaking out if it were Sakura that went missing!"

Shino didn't say anything in response and Kiba went back to pacing and worrying about Hinata.

~X~

Hinata walked back up the stairs and noticed a door she had missed. Probably led back to where she was. She opened it and was relieved to see that she was right.

Unfortunately, her problem still wasn't solved. She was still lost. She finally gave into tears and broke down crying when a voice from behind her asked, "Hinata? Are you okay?"

It was Temari and she looked concerned.

"I-I'm fine," Hinata said. "I just…I got l-lost. And K-Kiba's waiting for me and I kept him waiting all this time."

"You seem more concerned with finding Kiba," Temari said. "Maybe you like him more than you're letting on."

Hinata turned red and shook her head. "N-no! That's not…that's not why! He's just…he's been so nice to me and…I didn't want to upset him! Th-that's it…"

Temari didn't look convinced. "Uh huh," she said. "But anyway. Where were you supposed to go?"

"The library," Hinata replied and Temari led her there.

"There you are," Kiba said. "I thought something had happened to you!"

"I'm…sorry…"

"No, you don't need to be! I'm just glad that you're okay! I won't leave your side again until you figure out your way around the school!"

Kiba kept true to his word and stuck to her side like Akamaru did to him at home.

At lunch, the group from the day before all sat at one table. Shino was next to Kiba, then Hinata, Naruto, Ino, Chouji, Shikamaru, Temari, Gaara, Kankuro, and then Tenten on Shino's other side.

Hinata blushed at Naruto's closeness to her and wondered why she was feeling this way. He would continually say something and look at Ino, as if waiting for her approval. She hardly even acknowledged him, but instead kept gazing at Gaara who had his eyes locked on Hinata. She felt a chill whenever she felt her green eyes on him.

"Hey, Hinata, what else can you tell us about your life before you came here to Hikari?" asked Sakura. Tenten and Kankuro, who were deep in conversation, turned their attention to the Hyuuga.

"W-well…there was Sasuke, Neji's best friend. He was…he was really not very nice to me at all…and sometimes…he and Neji would both gang up on me," Hinata said, looking upset about her childhood. There was something in Gaara's cold gaze, but she couldn't tell what is was. Maybe sympathy? She couldn't tell.

"Wow," Ino said quietly. "I'm glad you got away from there. If you had stayed…who knows. Maybe he and this friend of his would have killed you and dumped you in a dumpster."

Naruto laughed. "Ino, what world are you living in?"

'The real world."

"Oh. Well…I was just kidding."

"Sure you were."

Maybe he wants to be better than Ino, thought Hinata. There was another thought, but why bring that into this? If she thought things like that, she would have to think something else. And that wasn't something she was going to think about.

"Anything else?" Sakura asked. "Did you have any best friends? Any boyfriends?"

Hinata turned red. "N-no, never! A-and no friends….either…"

"Well, you have friends now!" Tenten said. "We're not afraid of your cousin, we don't even know him!"

"And there's no way he could ever find you here," Ino added. "He doesn't know where you are."

"Y…yeah, I guess…I guess your right," Hinata said.

"So, no boyfriends?" Sakura asked.

"That must have sucked," said Temari and the other two girls nodded. Hinata sunk lower in her seat.

"W…well…"

"What? What?" the four girls all asked in unison.

"N…nothing," she said, looking away.

"Come on, Hinata, if you can't tell us, who can you tell?" Temari asked. "We're your friends, we won't tell anyone."

"Well…Sasuke…he had an older brother…I-itachi and…he was always nice to me and…well…there was a time…when I thought we were…I-in love and…when he…tried to kiss me…Neji told my father that Itachi had…s-sexually harassed me and…and Itachi was sent to boarding school," said Hinata.

"That's really sad," Tenten said. "I feel bad for you. Do you think you two will ever see each other again? Because fate works that way. It's too bad he never kissed you."

"It would have been you first kiss and everything," Ino said.

"A-actually…that's the part I was…avoiding. After I was upset about not getting my…f-first kiss…Neji gave it to me…"

A/N: Mwa ha ha ha ha ha! Cliffhanger!