Chapter 3: Jealousy
"Hey Hinata!" I don't know if you remember me from before because you fainted" Ino laughed facing the shy girl. "Oh Ino, yes I do remember you, sorry I didn't introduce myself properly!" Hinata apologised, playing with her fingers. Before Ino could reply, she felt something hit her in the head. She looked on the floor and found a piece of paper scrunched up. 'Oh great don't tell me someone is trying to make fun of me… or maybe…' She bent down and picked up the ball of paper and unscrunched it. It was a note
'Hey Ino when Iruka sensei leaves the classroom do you mind if we switch seats so I can sit next to Hinata?'
She looked over the seat next to Kiba and noticed Naruto giving her puppy dog eyes. "She then looked back at Hinata who took a peak at the note. "So… you like him hey?" Ino winked at Hinata. "Well, yeah I do, but it's hard talking to him because he has to sit next to my cousin, Neji, and he doesn't think Naruto is the right guy for me" Hinata explained, looking down to her feet. "Aw Hinata. Don't worry I will switch places with Naruto whenever we get the chance, and don't be shy this time!" Then the teacher walked outside. "Naruto go for it!" Ino whispered as she stood up.
"Thanks Ino!" he grinned as they switched seats. Now she was sitting next to Neji and Kiba. 'Crap I shouldn't have moved, I should've checked to see who was sitting next to Naruto's old spot before moving. Oh well it's too late' she sighed. "Hey blondie" she turned to where the voice was coming from. It was that Kiba guy. "Oh hey, Kiba right? Ino asked, pretending she didn't actually know his name. "And blondie?" a thought came up. She had sworn she had been called blondie before. "Yeah that's my name, so it looks like we will be sitting next to each other in English and homeroom from now on hey?" Kiba grinned, showing his canine like teeth. "Yeah looks like it" Ino replied.
'Well he seems pretty nice' Ino thought. "So what other classes do you have?" Kiba asked curiously, staring at her.
(hey guys just letting you know, from now on I will be saying what other characters are thinking, it will mainly be ino, sakura, kiba, and the other characters maybe a little bit, but yeah just wanted to add)
'Wow she's really pretty' Kiba noticed, staring into Ino's ocean coloured eyes. 'She seems kind of familiar. Or maybe it's just me.' Ino handed him her timetable. Her classes were: Homeroom & English: Iruka sensei, maths: Kakashi sensei, Science: Anko sensei, Geography: Yamato sensei, Art: Kurenai sensei and P.E: Guy sensei. "Hey Ino I think you're in all of my classes. It look like I'll be seeing you every day then!" Kiba told the girl. She blushed. 'I think this is definitely a sign.' She smiled at the boy. When it was time for 1st break she looked for Sakura, forgetting to say goodbye to Kiba.
"Hey Sakura, about that Sasuke guy, did something happen? Please you can tell me anything." Ino comforted her new friend. "Okay, well I really like him but so does nearly all of the girls here and I don't know how I can talk to him. I mean I have to sit next to him in English and home room but recently he's been absent from school and he never even tries to keep a conversation whenever I try and talk to him. So I never get a chance to see him or talk to him. And I also heard that he got into a fight outside of school and that he tried to do stuff with this girl and used her for sex… but I don't know if that's true" Sakura told her, looking all depressed. "To be honest Sakura, I think that you can do better than Sasuke. If he treats you like that then he isn't worth it. Trust me, and if that was true, then you better be even more careful because that's rape, you know?" Ino warned her.
"Yeah I guess you're right. I just wish he wasn't so good looking, then I wouldn't have ever fallen for the guy". They continued their girl talk until they walked to a group of people. The people who sat in Sakura's group was actually most of the people who were in their English class. It was Sakura, Tenten, Hinata, Naruto, Shikamaru, Choji, Kiba and Lee. "Hey Ino!" Shikamaru stood up followed by Choji and hugged their childhood friend. Everyone looked at Shikamaru in shock. It was rare to see the lazy teen this happy. Shikamaru spent the whole break talking to Ino.
Kiba sat and felt a little bit jealous. "So how do you two know Ino?" Tenten asked. "Our fathers were best friends and ever since we were born, we were always hanging out because of them, until Ino moved away. But now she's back so that's why me and Choji are pretty pleased at the moment." Shikamaru explained. When the bell rang, Kiba remembered that Ino was in his next class, but then realised that Shikamaru was in his next class too. Ino sat with Shikamaru in art with Kurenai while Kiba sat with Shino, even though he was kind of weird. He didn't really pay attention in Art. Most of the time he glanced at Ino. He then realised he was starting to like her. 'No Kiba, she's obviously ino cloud boy. No why do I even care? She's out of my league anyway and I don't even know her that well. After art was finished Ino said goodbye to Shikamaru.
"Hey Kiba" he turned his back and Shikamaru was standing in front of him with his hands in his pockets. "Hey Shikamaru what's up?" asked Kiba. "I know this is troublesome to ask but are you okay? You didn't look to happy in art, and you didn't sit in our table, and when I looked at you, you seemed to be angry at something, are you angry at me?" Shikamaru asked the messy haired teen. "Oh no it was just that you were talking to Ino so I thought I'd leave you two alone." Kiba replied looking to the side. "Sorry we were just catching up I haven't seen her in over ten years that's all".
'Wow I've never seen Shikamaru acting like this, most of the time he would be either complaining how much of a drag everything is or taking a nap or even staring at the clouds wishing how much he would love to be one.' Today Kiba had forgotten that he and Shikamaru were good friends. "Oh well that's okay thanks for checking up on me man" Kiba said to his troublesome friend before walking to his third class. 'I wonder where Kiba is, I thought he was in my Science class' Ino thought to herself. She sat next to Tenten who was sitting next to Neji. "Inuzuka! You're late." Anko told him while finishing off her last rice dumpling. "Okay for today's lesson I will need everyone to pair up.
"Hey Tenten, do u want to be partners?" The blue eyed girl asked. "Oh I'm sorry I promised Neji we would be partners today" Tenten apologised. "Oh that's fine I will ask someone else". She looked to see where Kiba went. "Damn Neji already has a partner" he complained to himself. "Hey Kiba!" He recognised that voice. It was Ino. "Oh hey blondie!" Kiba replied with enthusiasm. "Oh great not that name again, anyway, do you want to be partners?" she asked, twirling her silky hair. "Sure blondie". 'Even though I don't really like being called that, it's kind of cute coming from Kiba. Wait what? Did I just call him cute? Snap out of it Ino! This is your first day here and you're already starting to have a crush on someone? Wait and what? You have a crush on him? Snap out of it Ino!' she strangled her thoughts and focused on what Anko was teaching us.
After Science and 2nd break, she had maths with Kiba, Hinata, and Naruto. Even though they had to sit in alphabetical order, they still ended up next to eachother. It went: Hinata, Ino, Kiba then Naruto. Kiba and Ino became inseparable on that school day, except for Art when she sat with Shikamaru. When the home bell rang, the sunshine haired girl felt relieved that her first day at Konoha High went well. She made heaps of new friends, caught up with Shikamaru and Choji, and everyone was so nice to her. As she walked out of her maths class, she found herself walking towards the school gates with Kiba.