Chapter 2

"Well this is your first period class." Kiba announced as they walked into a science classroom "This is also my first period, too." Naruto looked around, amazed with all of the high-tech stuff that was lined up against the walls. 'They didn't even have most of this stuff at my old school.' He thought as he walked down the side of the class.

"Hey," Kiba said. Naruto looked up, thinking Kiba was talking to him. "What's up, Shino?" Kiba walked over to a shadowy figure in the corner of the classroom. The boy's face was shadowed in mystery by a pair of black sun glasses and the hood of his coat looming on his head, shadowing the rest of his face.

"Hello." Shino said coldly. He looked over at Naruto. "Who's the new kid?"

"Shino, this is Uzumaki, Naruto. Naruto, this is Aburame, Shino." Kiba introduced. Naruto walked over to Shino and stuck out his hand. Shino looked reluctant at first, but accepted Naruto's gesture and shook his hand.

"It's nice to meet you." Shino said, retracting his hand and sticking it in his coat pocket.

"It's nice to meet you, too." Naruto replied.

The three boys stayed in the classroom and chatted until the bell rang. "Sorry, I forgot to show you the rest of your classes." Kiba said as he took a seat in between Naruto and Shino. "Can I see your schedule?"

"It's fine." Naruto said as he dug in his pocket for his schedule and handed it to Kiba.

"OK, we have all of the same classes. You can just follow me." Kiba handed Naruto the schedule just as the teacher walked into the classroom. The teacher had long white hair and he wore a mask that covered the bottom portion of his face and his left eye.

"Hello, class." The man said, standing in front of the chalk board. "Welcome back to Konoha High School. My name is Hatake, Kakashi and I will be your science teacher for the year. Now I have a few rules in my classroom; 1: Never be late for class, 2: Always be prepared, 3: Never ask any dumb questions. Follow these rules and you will pass with flying colors." The teacher turned around and wrote something on the board. 'Man, this guy is strict!' Naruto thought to himself.

"You will have groups in this class, groups of three which I will assign you too. You will work with this group for the entire year, so learn to settle your differences and learn the key to teamwork." Kakashi walked over to his desk and grabbed a piece of paper and studied it. "OK, here are the groups that you will be assigned too."

Naruto sat, bored as Kakashi read the list of groups to the class. It had been about seven minutes, and Naruto was already about to pass out from boredom.

"OK, group seven; Sasuke Uchiha, Sakura Haruno, and Naruto Uzumaki. Please stand up and present yourselves." Naruto, the boy named Sasuke, and the girl named Sakura stood up and bowed their heads at Kakashi. Naruto looked over at Sakura, she was one of the girls that he had saw earlier at the main entrance. "OK, thank you. Now for group eight; Kiba Inuzuka, Shino Aburame, and Hinata Hyuga, please stand up and present yourselves." Kiba, Shino, and the girl named Hinata stood up. Naruto looked over at the girl named Hinata and gasped. She was the girl who he had saw on the bus ride to school. Kiba noticed this when he sat back down, and tapped Naruto on the shoulder.

"So you have your eye on Hinata?" He asked jokingly. Naruto nodded in reply, blushing a bit and laughing lightly. "She is a beauty, and with how she is staring at you, I think that you have a catch." Naruto glanced over at Hinata, who was staring at him and blushing brightly, just as she had been on the bus earlier. He smiled brightly, which is how he used to get girls at his old school before they started treating him like dirt. Hinata gasped and looked hurriedly looked away, her face becoming redder that it was before. Naruto looked back at his desk, appearing sad.

"Don't worry, Naruto." Kiba said encouragingly. "Hinata is just a little shy as all. You guys will get to know each other soon, I promise you." Someone tapped Kiba on the shoulder. He turned around, and nearly fell out of his chair.

"Do you have something that you would wish to share with the rest of the class Mr. Inuzuka, Mr. Uzumaki?" Kakashi asked sternly. Most of the class snickered, but Sasuke and Sakura sighed in a bothered way.

"No Sir. Sorry, Sir." The two boys said together, hoping that their actions would not land them into detentions.

"If you say so," Kakashi replied. He walked back to the front of the classroom. "Now group ten. Shikamaru Nara, Choji Akimichi, and Ino Yamanaka." The two boys who Naruto had seen sitting with Kiba in the main office stood up, and the other girl who was with Hinata and Sakura at the main entrance stood up as well. 'Dang, this class is full of nice looking girls.' Naruto said to himself with a perverted look on his face.

After a little while longer of announcing groups, Kakashi cleared his throat. "Now, I am going to give you all the rest of class to acquaint yourselves with the rest of your groups and your other fellow classmates, so don't blow this because like I said earlier, these are going to be your partners for the rest of the year."

Naruto and the girl named Sakura walked over to Sasuke's desk. "Hello." Naruto said, putting out his hand. Sasuke didn't take Naruto's hand.

"Your annoying." Sasuke said coldly. Naruto's face turned red with anger. He was sick of being judged by other people who didn't even know him.

"What did you say, duck head?" Naruto asked, clenching his fists in rage.

"I said your annoying, and believe me you couldn't even land a hand on me even if you tried." Sasuke replied mockingly.

"Now now, come on you two." Sakura said, putting herself between Naruto and Sasuke. She looked at Naruto, who was starting to calm down. "My name is Haruno, Sakura. It's nice to meet you." She greeted.

"My name is Uzumaki, Naruto." Naruto replied, sitting in a desk next to Sasuke, who was smirking. Naruto turned to look over at Hinata, who was quiet compared to Kiba and the quiet Shino. 'I really wish I was with at least one of them instead of this Sasuke.' He thought to himself.