BB: Poor Hinata, I actually felt sorry for her in this chapter.
Shayshaymura: Her day is sucking, isn't it?
BB: Oh, and I let Alleanye and Viven out of the basement.
Alleanye: Y! yep. I'm O! Out of the basement. I plan to stay out, U!, unless BB gets annoyed with me. I can't stop T! thinking about the Youth song. It's stuck in my H! head.
Viven: I have the same, IT's A SMALL WORLD!, problem. Though I think mine, AFTER ALL!, is worse, IT'S A SMALL WORLD!, then yours. At least, AFTER ALL!!, you are only singing, IT'S A SMALL, letters, while I'm singing whole verses, SMALL WORLD!!
Shayshaymura: Maybe you two should just stop talking.
Illiana: Bb does not own Naruto. That rightfully belongs to Kishimoto-san.
Viven: IT"S A SMALL WORLD!!
Illiana: Mother Nature protect me.
Hinata's day had not improved as the day dragged on. By 1 o'clock, she had deleted six important spreadsheets from her computer, ruined her favorite suit, made an enemy of both Karin and Rebecca by doing NOTHING, and now the fax machine was trying to eat her documents.
"Stupid piece of crap." She muttered under her breath, believing she was alone in the room. She had a tight grip on the papers, and was trying to keep them from being sucked into the fax machine.
"Uh Oh." A new voice said and Hinata spun, letting go of the papers. They slid into the machine, and it sputtered. An error message showed up on the LCD screen. Hinata let out an eep of annoyance, and looked at the girl in the doorway.
Matsuri, Gaara Subaku's secretary was looking at the scene with amusement. She stepped forward, placing her hands on the fax machine. She flicked a compartment open, and pulled the papers out. She closed the compartment, pressed a button that erased the error message, and straightened the wrinkled papers on the counter. While she did this, she started talking.
"This fax machine is evil. I mean, we call it DFM, or Devil's Fax Machine. I'm the only one who gets it to work properly most of the time. Even Uchiha-sama, who is a computer geek if there ever was one, asks me to fax his papers. Karin can't stand DFM. Now where was this supposed to go?" Matsuri asked, glancing at Hianta.
Something about this girl reminded Hinata of a mixture of Lena and Shay, and it made her feel comfortable. "It was supposed to go to a Ms. Anko Mitarashi."
"Ah, the head of the editing department. Terrifying woman, but excellent at her job." Matsuri punched in some numbers. "Rumor has it that she's going out with Uchiha-sama's uncle."
"Mattie, are you spreading rumors again?" A male voice asked from behind them. They turned to see a tall man with spiky white hair, and a suspicious looking mask on his face. He also had a handband over his left eye. His uncovered eye, which was the only part of his face uncovered, seemed amused. He reminded Hinata vaguely of a scarecrow.
"Of course, Kakashi-sama." Matsuri turned, and grinned at the man. "What are you doing here?"
"I'm running an errand for Tsunade-sama." Kakashi said with a shrug. "Is the DFM giving you trouble again?"
Matsuri glanced at it. "Not for me, but Hinata looked like she was about to throw it out the window. She's had a bad day."
Hinata was looking at the ground by now. She was inwardly shocked at what Matsuri was saying.
"Doesn't everyone at this place on their first day?" Kakashi asked with a shrug. "It is your first day, right?" Hinata knew he was asking her. She just nodded.
"She's shy, Kakashi-sensei. And you're late." Naruto had appeared. Hinata watched him, and saw that he was giving the older man a mock glare.
"Sorry. You see, there was a body under my car-" Kakashi began.
"Liar, just give me the report." Naruto said with an amused voice. He glanced at the girls, and noticed Hinata watching him. "Is DFM causing problems again?"
"I handled him." Matsuri said with a grin.
"Good. You know, Murphy has too much fun initiating new people." Naruto said, and started to walk off, Kakashi following.
Hinata looked quizzically at Matsuri, "Who's Murphy?" She asked. She hadn't met anyone with that name today.
Matsuri laughed. "It's a joke." She said, when Hinata gave her an annoyed look. "You know Murphy's law, right? What can go wrong, will go wrong." Hinata nodded. "Well, everything goes wrong on people's first days here. My first day, I destroyed a vending machine, killed my computer, and spilt ink all over Subaku-sama's sister."
Hinata inwardly winced, knowing that her day had been a lot better. She just looked at Matsuri. "How did you destroy a vending machine?"
Matsuri laughed again. "You don't want to know. Come on. We should go see if there's anything else we need to do." Hinata grabbed the sent fax, and followed Matsuri out of the office. She realized quickly that if Matsuri had someone who listened, she would talk a lot. And it was mostly gossip. Hinata just listened, enjoying the fact that she had found a friend. She was learning about the romantic standing of the most important people, when she felt her cell phone vibrate in her pocket.
They were in the reception area, heading towards the lounge. Rebecca and Karin were talking by Rebecca's desk, and Naruto, Gaara, Neji, Sasuke, and Kakashi was speaking nearby. Hinata pulled her phone out, and checked the number. Matsuri was watching her.
Hinata blinked as the number for her daughter's high school popped up on the screen. Lena was eleven, but extremely intelligent, so she skipped a few grades. Now she was a freshman. Hinata cast a glance towards her cousin, and making sure he was absorbed in his conversation, answered her phone.
"Hello?" She asked quietly.
"Hello, is this Ms. Hinata Hyuuga?" The voice on the other end asked.
"Yes, this is her."
"I am calling about your daughter, Lena Hyuuga."
"Yes, what happened? Is she sick?" Hinata asked worriedly.
"No, Ms. Hyuuga. Your daughter got into a fight with some senior boys."
"WHAT?!" Hinata yelled. She was so focused on the man's voice, that she didn't notice everyone turning to stare at her. All she was thinking of, was how she was going to kill her daughter.
Shayshaymura: LEna's in trouble, Lena's in toruble, Nani nani boo boo.
BB: Shay, shut it, before you get in trouble.
Illiana: Now that Alle and Viv are listening to Linkin Park and Nickleback Cds, trying to get those annoying songs out of their heads, they can't ask you to review. But please do so.
Shayshaymura: Nani nani boo boo -sticks tongue out-
BB: I give up!
