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I haven't been too close to my computer, I've been out of town and school starts in a few weeks so that's why this update is slow. I'll do my best in the future to be on time, I'm shooting for an update a week.

Also, please tell me if you guys think I should keep writin "Hyuga" instead of "Hyuuga". I don't know why but I absolutely HATE typing Hyuga. I think it looks much better with two U's like they spell it in Subbed episodes.

I'm still looking for an editor to help me out, if you don't have a life like me (:

Fun Fact: I don't curse but I feel like it makes the story more believable, since they are in high school.

Chapter 3: Orientation

NEJI

The Hyuga frowned. After several failed attempts of waking his roommate with his voice, Neji was astounded.

The dark haired man, Nara, he remembered, could quite possibly sleep through several earthquakes. Although they weren't more than a few yards apart, Shikamaru remained oblivious to his phone's alarm and Neji's barks.

Neji sighed and untied a brown loafer from his feet. He took careful aim, then launched the footwear carefully at the snoring student.

With a light plop! the shoe tapped Nara on the nose causing a snort to erupt from the boy. One dark eye popped open, fixing a sharp gaze on the Hyuga prodigy across the room, then at his beeping phone..

"I take it you're going to lunch?" Neji asked. "It's almost noon."

Releasing a deep sigh, Nara banged his head against the mattress. "So troublesome," the Nara answered while sitting up in his bed. He shut off his phone's alarm and swung his legs over the side of his bed. Nara slowly stood, stretching and scratching in the process. "Thanks, but maybe next time you can try a different method to waking me up. I don't like being target practice." He mumbled as he tossed the loafer back to its owner.

"What do you have in mind, fireworks?" Neji asked sarcastically. "Believe me, you could sleep through a hurricane."

"I have actually," Nara said smirking. "Remember that one our freshman year? I was taking a nap in my backyard and I woke up to find the tree I was sleeping against completely gone," Nara recalled as he slid his feet into his gray Toms.

Neji didn't even bat an eyelash at his words. He had no doubts about the Nara and his sleeping skills. He finished tying his shoe then stood up and began making his way towards the door with the lazy genius in tow.

As they shut the door, Neji noticed several boys already making their way to the cafeteria.

This floor must be all boys, Neji noted as a few more stepped out of their rooms. Their building had four floors so it was safe to assume that two were boys and two were girls.

The geniuses took the staircase, conveniently right by their room, downstairs.

"By the way," Nara mentioned. "I might have to wait for my friend to come down from her dorm, so I won't be able to hold your hand as you make your way down to the school." he drawled smugly.

Nara's joke was rewarded with a one-of-a-kind death glare from the Hyuga,

"I think I'll manage." Neji said flatly as they stepped off the final stair and onto the ground floor. Neji was granted with a pleasant view as they neared the front door of the building.

Hinata hadn't been in this jungle for more than a few hours and she was already making friends. The petite Hyuga was in a small circle with three other girls, all of them listening intently to an incredibly loudmouthed blonde in the group. There were a few dozen students gossiping and making their way out the door where they loitered next to, so it was a shame he could hear her from the 20 pace distance between them.

His sharp ears picked up a few pieces of the conversation as he watched as all of the girls burst out laughing, Hinata covering her mouth behind her hands. Something about a girl named Karui?

Neji couldn't help but feel a surge of pride as he approached Hinata's beaming face. As long as he could remember his cousin was a nervous wreck. Her shyness had always gotten in the way when she tried to socialize and he knew it killed her inside. He could only recall a handful of friends that she's ever really had.

He had seen firsthand how what a pleasant and beautiful personality she contained and it hurt to see her silently suffer. Hinata was already like a sister to him, so it only contributed to Neji's overprotectiveness towards his cousin.

Neji shifted his gaze to her companions.

Her friends certainly are unique, Neji thought as his eyes lingered on the rosette.

A yawn broke from the teenager beside him.

"Recognize anyone?" Neji asked, following his gaze to the same group of girls.

"The troublesome one is Ino," Nara drawled, nonverbally pointing out the blonde.

Neji smirked. Nara, the most easygoing guy on this planet would be the one associate himself with easily the loudest woman he had ever met.

"I take it that's your sister?" Shikamaru asked, nodding his head towards the girl with the same lavender eyes as his.

"Cousin."

"Ah."

The blonde, Ino, met Neji's eyes as the distance between continued to shrink. Her cerulean eyes next landed on the Nara next to him. Her eyes visibly brightened, Neji observed, as they landed on his roommate. She then darted outside the door and out of view for a short moment and returned dragging a boy with long, spiky brown hair. Although quite pudgy, the student was tall with a subtle amount of muscle adding to his shape.

For the first time since he met the man, Nara grinned.

Neji was surprised. He wasn't aware that his roommate could manage any other facial expression except for his 'tired' look.

"C'mon Ino, let go already!" the brunette complained as Ino dragged him towards the two boys. "At this rate my arm's gonna-" Ino halted him in front of Shikamaru and gave the boy an ecstatic look.

"Ta-da!" she announced as she presented him the Nara. The brunette widened his eyes as he looked at the lazy ass in front of him. He threw his hands into the air.

"Shikamaru!" the boy exclaimed as he yanked him into a powerful embrace. "It's really you man!"

Nara gave a wholehearted laugh, yes, Nara laughed, and clapped his friend on the back. "I can't believe it either buddy." As hard as he tried to hide it, the Nara was clearly just as excited to see Choji as he was to see him.

Choji released his buddy then turned to glare at Ino.

"How long did you know Shikamaru was here?" Choji demanded as he crossed his arms and Shikamaru followed suit. "We could've met up a long time ago!" he protested angrily and Ino took a quick step back.

"Woah, woah boys, hold on!" Ino said hurriedly as she held her hands up defensively. "I just wanted our reunion to be perfect!" Ino claimed.

The boys exchanged glances and silently agreed to glower at her more.

"Aw, come on, it wasn't that long" the blonde whined. "I only saw Shikamaru about ten minutes ago anyway." Before Shikamaru could open his mouth, Ino stepped up and slung an arm around each of their shoulders, forcing the two boys to bend their knees for her to reach.

"See? Just like old times!" Ino said cheerfully. "The Ino-Shika-Cho formation is reborn!"

Neji raised an eyebrow at Nara.

Ino-Shika-Cho formation? Who do they think they are, ninjas?

(A/N):Ba dum tsss.

Nara groaned. "So troublesome." He complained, drawing out a laugh from his two friends.

Noticing the commotion, Hinata and her two friends drifted towards the blonde. His cousin gave him an excited wave, which he returned with a nod.

"Who are these guys Ino?" the rosette questioned, her startling green eyes gesturing towards Neji and Shikamaru. The brunette, who had her hair tied in two buns, also looked curious.

"Oh! Well this is Nara Shikamaru, we three are old childhood friends. You already know him from Ibaraki Academy Sakura, but Tenten and Hinata, this is Akimichi Choji. He was with me all throughout high school." Ino then gave me a little nervous glance.

"I'm not sure who this guy is though," Ino glanced hopefully up at me.

"I'm Hyuga Neji, Hinata's cousin and Nara's roommate." Neji said shortly.

"Cool!" the rosette piped. "Well I'm Haruno Sakura," she said while introducing her other friends. Neji stuck his hand out and received small, polite handshakes from the blonde and the rosette. Neji turned to the brunette, Tenten, and received a large smile from her as he met her deep chocolate eyes.

Neji was surprised. Not many people, much less girls, ever made eye contact with him so easily. He always assumed that his eyes were somewhat intimidating, especially strangers.

..

And maybe he sometimes came off as a bit aggressive, sometimes.

When he moved to shake her hand, she met it with a firm grasp that matched Neji's, surprising him yet again.

He wasn't sure why, but Neji felt a strange satisfaction from their greeting.

Hinata pulled out her phone and checked the time.

"Do you guys want to head to lunch now? The cafeteria opens in a few minutes," Hinata reminded them.

"Of course! I'm starving!" Yamanaka exclaimed, looping her arms through her boys' arms.

"What a pig," Haruno muttered to Tenten under her breath.

"I HEARD THAT FOREHEAD!" roared Ino, causing Shikamaru to cringe. Hinata giggled and they all started walking towards the front door, leaving Neji behind.

Although he was happy for his cousin, Neji couldn't help but a feel a twinge of sadness. He was hoping to spend time with Hinata but he didn't want to interfere with her friends.

Neji gave a small smile, then began to turn around back to his dorm. He didn't want to force Hinata or Nara into letting him into their circle. He decided he would finish unpacking a few more things before he went back downstairs again. He wasn't hungry anyway.

"Hey! Neji right? Aren't you coming?"

Neji turned towards the door to see Tenten standing halfway out of the front door, her head cocked questioningly to the side. He observed a few stray locks of hair as they escaped from her two buns and veiled her tan face, her large eyes questioning.

Stunned, Neji recovered with a small "Hn," and quickly caught up to Tenten with a few quick strides, his stomach growling in the process.

SAKURA

Sakura sighed with relief as she sat down with her lunch tray. It seems that only juniors and seniors ate lunch at this time, which prevented a lot of potential traffic in the cafeteria.

Ino sat down next to her while the rest of the gang piled in around the circular table.

She couldn't help but smile at her friend next to her. It had been devastating to her when she received her letter for KPA. For the first time ever in her life she would have been away from Ino. The mere thought of being away from her other half seemed to squeeze her heart.

Sakura gave Ino a large smile when she turned her way, but the blonde simply glanced at the greasy slice of pizza on her tray and gave a disdainful sniff as she turned back around.

Her smile disappeared in a heartbeat and her expression changed to one of thunder. Maybe she wouldn't miss this brat as much as she thought.

Sakura glanced down at Ino's tray, which consisted of a small garden salad.

"'Starving', huh Pig?" Sakura smirked as she motioned to her meal.

Ino wrinkled her nose. "What I eat doesn't concern you Billboard Brow, I'm on a diet," Ino retorted. "Besides, you should be paying more attention to what you eat. That pizza is gonna go straight to that forehead of yours."

Sakura narrowed her eyes and replied by sinking her teeth into her warm pizza.

"MMMHM so good," Sakura moaned as flavor exploded into her mouth. The satisfaction on the rose's face earned her a look of pure loathing from Ino. She pulled on the gooey cheese and watched with contentment as Ino groaned. The blonde whimpered as Sakura teased her tantalizingly with the mozzarella until she finally reeled it into her mouth.

As much success she was having torturing Ino, Sakura needed backup.

"Aren't you glad you got the pizza Hinata?" Sakura asked innocently, turning her attention on the day dreaming girl beside her. Hinata gave her a blank stare until she gave her a sharp elbow in her side and a stern look.

The petite girl jumped. "O-Oh yes! Yum, delicious!" Hinata spilled out rapidly. She took a small bite and feigned a terribly unconvincing look of satisfaction.

Sakura dropped her pizza on her tray as she went into a fit of giggling. Neji gave a small chuckle while the other girls simply lost it. Shikamaru just sighed as Hinata turned a light shade of pink.

Sakura wiped her tears away and picked up her pizza again. Her new friend was just too adorable. Hinata was looking around the table, wondering what she did that was so funny.

Sakura leaned in to take another bite when a familiar voice boomed from somewhere behind her.

"Oi, Teme! Wait up you bastard!"

Sakura whipped her head around in disbelief. That voice sounded way too familiar. Her heart sank as she recognized the two boys making their way towards the lunch lines.

Naruto and Sasuke. How the hell did these guys make it here?

Sakura met the duo during summer school a few months ago. Sakura had decided to take Medical Terminology during her vacation so she could be in Health Sciences a year early, while the boys were forced to make up the class. Something about having too many absences. Even though they didn't go to the same school, the three relatively became friends. They had hung out several times outside of class and would quiz each other before the tests. Sakura honestly had no problem with Naruto. Though a bit obnoxious, he really was sweet.

The problem is Sasuke, Sakura thought glumly as she followed the Uchiha with her gaze. He was effortlessly gorgeous. The whole summer he had her stammering and blubbering by just one look from his onyx eyes. She could hardly keep her eyes off of him for their one class, how was she going to do it for a whole day?

Worse, she didn't speak a word about him to Ino, which was her real problem. If Ino saw the way she acted around him then she would immediately know what was up and she'd never hear the end of it.

Sakura watched as Sasuke continued to ignore the blonde buzzing around him. His hands were stuffed in his pockets while her eyes trailed up his body. His shirt, a dark maroon, clung to him tightly, his V-neck dipping towards the cut in his chest.

God, he's so beautiful. Her eyes were glued momentarily to his strong Adam's apple.

She went higher to study his face. Past his chiseled jaw, past his lips to his..

Oh shit.

Sasuke's dark eyes were looking directly at her, a smirk forming on his face.

Sakura's face flooded with color. How long had he known she was staring at him? She realized she still had her pizza hanging above her open mouth and she quickly set it down. If possible, Sasuke looked even smugger than before. Hopefully no one saw how blatantly obvious she was.

"Damn Sakura, you like what you see?" Tenten teased, causing a few chuckles from around their table.

This can't be happening, she thought miserably.

Sakura internally groaned as Sasuke elbowed Naruto in the ribs and pointed straight at her. Naruto's face immediately lit up as he spotted the rosette.

"Sakura-chan!" he bellowed loudly.

Like, really loudly. So loudly, in fact, that all conversation in the cafeteria stopped. Hundreds of eyes found their way to the blonde, who remained oblivious to all the attention. He bounded across the room and swept Sakura into his arms. The rosette gasped as she found herself crushed against his chest, his vice grip growing stronger each second.

"It's good to see you too- Naruto," she squeaked. The room went back to their chatting.

"Baka," Sasuke muttered as he strolled over to her table. He began tugging Sakura out of his arms. "You're crushing her."

Immediately Naruto released her, causing Sakura to bounce into Sasuke's chest. Sakura timidly glanced up at him to see the same smirk looking back at her. Sakura quickly removed herself from him then quickly glared at the Uzumaki.

Naruto nervously rubbed the back of his head. "Hehe, sorry about that Sakura-chan. I'm just really excited to see you!" he said, shyly making eye contact with her, silently pleading forgiveness.

Sakura's gaze softened. She couldn't resist those puppy dog eyes.

She gave the knucklehead a playful shove. "I'm happy to see you too Naruto-kun." She said. Naruto's eyes turned into hearts at the sound of the added suffix.

Sakura glanced back at her raven-haired friend. "Hi Sasuke." She managed.

Sasuke grunted. "Sakura." He replied shortly. She silently let out a sigh of relief when Sasuke didn't pursue an explanation for her gawking.

It was silent for a moment until she heard a not-so-subtle cough from the table. Sakura turned around to see that they had all been quietly watching the trio. Especially Ino, who wore a devilish grin on her face. Her best friend wiggled her eyebrows and flicked her eyes towards the Uchiha when they made eye contact. Sakura grimaced at the sight of it.

"Who are your friends Forehead? I don't think we've met them before," Pig taunted.

Sakura gritted her teeth as she ignored her. "Guys, this Uzumaki Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke. I met them in June," she announced as Naruto gave a small wave. "Boys, these are my friends," Sakura explained, and she began introducing her classmates around the table.

As she ended with Hinata, Naruto's eyes widened. "Hinata? Woah, when did you get here, I didn't even see you!" he exclaimed as he made his way over to the girl. "Scoot over, will ya?" he asked, motioning to her chair.

Hinata's face flushed and she made room for the blonde in her seat. Naruto grinned and wrapped an arm around her as he sat down. The poor girl looked just about to faint.

Neji looked positively furious. "I knew this idiot looked familiar. He went to our middle school, never leaving Hinata alone." He recalled, looking none too pleased by the fact.

"Hell yeah I did you prick! And FYI, Hinata and I were best friends!" Naruto spat at the Hyuga across the table, then gave a cautious look to the Hyuga pressed against him. "Right, Hina-chan?" he asked. The girl quickly nodded her head.

Sakura chuckled and sat back down in her seat and Sasuke silently left to sit next to Choji.

As soon as she touched her chair, Ino furiously whispered, "He's sexy!"

Sakura rolled her eyes but didn't miss the quick glare Shikamaru gave Ino before he turned back to his conversation with Choji. Conversation resumed around the table, though she ignored Ino's knowing glances that were occasionally sent her way. Next to the beauty, an annoyed looking Shikamaru was questioning a nervous Akimichi with a hushed voice. She couldn't make out his words, but she noticed he kept motioning towards Choji's lunchbox. Confused, Sakura leaned closer to listen when an energetic voice boomed over the P.A. system in the lunchroom.

"Goooooood afternoon students! We hope you're all having a great first day getting settled into your dorms, meeting hot girls and reuniting with your old boyfriends!

Sakura frowned. "Isn't that a bit inappropriate?"

Sasuke merely sighed and Naruto pumped his fist in the air. "Hell. Yeah." He said grinning.

Students and faculty, please remember to be punctual to the school-wide orientation in the auditorium at 1:30! We'll be telling you everything you need to know about this upcoming school year!

Shikamaru let out a pitiful groan.

At this time will all upperclassmen head back to your dorms while you freshmen and sophomores start making your way down to the cafeteria! Ladies and gentlemen, especially you ladies, have a wonderful, wonderful day!"

"Geez, who is that guy?" Tenten asked in disgust as they all stood up to throw their trash away.

"Probably some old pervert by the sound of him," Sakura grumbled.

"You have no idea," Sasuke muttered under his breath as he walked past her.

"He's not just any old perv Sakura-chan," Naruto sang with his arm still around Hinata. "That's Jiraiya, or as I like to call him, Ero-sennin!" he announced. "He was the principal at our old school," he explained and then paused, as if he had forgotten something.

"Oh yeah, he's my legal guardian too hehe."

Figures, Sakura thought darkly.

SHIKAMARU

Releasing a heavy sigh, Shikamaru dropped himself into a seat in the very back of the auditorium.

Mostly every student from campus had already piled into the large room. There was a low buzz from the gossiping students all talking at the same time. A few dozen teachers and coaches stood at the front of the auditorium No sooner than his butt grazed the cushion did Shikamaru feel himself being hauled up angrily by Ino.

"You lazy bum! We're not going to hear anything Tsunade-sama says if we sit all the way back row! The seniors back here don't give two shits about what's going on. They're gonna talk the whole time!" she complained.

Shikamaru sucked his teeth and allowed Ino to drag him around the auditorium.

As if I give a damn what's going on here, Shikamaru thought. He was too frustrated to argue with the blonde.

A number of things were agitating the Nara.

Shikamaru was tired.

Unfortunate for him, Choji and Ino decided to tag along with him to his dorm. His short nap was ruined by the two bouncing around the walls and by the glares Hyuga was throwing at him every other second. He could damn near feel his eyes burning into him, even when he closed his eyes.

Shikamaru couldn't help but notice Ino's obvious attraction to the Uchiha kid.

What did she see in that prick anyway? So far, the guy hardly spoke, and when he did, it was only to let out a short "Hn" when it was absolutely necessary. He was apparently too cool to talk to lowlifes like his friends. How he became friends with a guy like Naruto he would never understand.

Shikamaru hated to judge Sasuke before he officially met him, but he had to be a huge player too. Hell, just on the way back to the dorms his looks alone drew the eyes of exactly 27 girls and 4 boys. He could practically get anyone he wanted.

Eating only a small salad, Ino was trying to lose weight that she didn't need to lose.

Why the hell was she on a diet? In his eyes, Ino was by far the most beautiful girl in their year, so why would she even consider trying to improve perfection?

And finally, Choji ate nothing today at lunch.

For as long as he could remember, his best friend always had an appetite. How many times had he emptied out his dad's wallet at their favorite barbecue joint, Yakiniku? And since he maintained his size his monstrous appetite couldn't have gone away. What stopped him today? He had a little red lunchbox with him so he did have something to eat.

Shikamaru sighed as he began to break it down. Shikamaru and Choji were having a great time at lunch until Sakura began teasing Ino about her salad. While everyone was laughing at Hinata and Sakura, Choji was the only one to remain unfazed.

Did Choji have a salad too? Was Choji on a diet?

Shikamaru was interrupted from a particularly hard yank from Ino as she led him into a row of seats.

Shikamaru hissed. "You're too rough woman!" And immediately regretted his words as she pulled even harder on his arm.

Trailing behind them, Choji snickered, earning him two glares from his two friends.

At least Choji's back to normal, Shikamaru grumbled. Maybe there was, in fact, nothing going wrong. It was quite possible that he was just overanalyzing the situation, which he had a tendency to do. Perhaps he was overthinking everything.

Shikamaru sighed as he rubbed his forehead with his free hand. His day had been rough from the start.

His mother woke him up early this morning to get to school, so he had only gotten 11 hours of sleep that night instead of his standard 13.

His slaver released him as they arrived to her desired seats, which was coincidently right next to her girlfriends. Shikamaru immediately collapsed into the chair under him, earning him a tsk from Ino. He closed his eyes and tried to slow down his mind.

"What took you so long? It's literally going to be 3 in like, 40 seconds!" Tenten demanded as they took their seats.

"'What took us so long'? Dragging Shikamaru's lazy ass all the way here is what took us so long!" Ino complained as she flicked the Nara on his forehead. Shikamaru moaned and shied away from her abuse, keeping his eyes closed. He laid his arms on the armrests at each side and relaxed. He listened to her nagging for a while until her voice began to blend in with the buzzing of the conversations in the auditorium. Their voices gradually became fuzzier as he fell asleep.

..

A large jolt from his chair awoke Shikamaru from his sleep. The auditorium was still buzzing with the sound of students so he had probably just fallen asleep. He glanced behind him to see what awoke him. An unbalanced brunette was gripping his chair from the row behind. The boy was slim and stood a few inches taller than Shikamaru. He had thick, messy brown hair underneath a baggie black hoodie. Foreign purple tattoos decorated his face.

The brunette was glaring at a buff kid a few paces away. This brunette was shorter than him, wearing a crimson tank top, had small, fierce eyes and wore a sneer on his face. Dark red fang tattoos adorned his cheeks. It was obvious that he had shoved the tall kid.

"I swear, if you touch me one more time, I'm going to seriously kick. Your. Ass." The tall boy angrily spat.

The buff guy laughed. "You? Kick my ass? Dude I can beat you down any day," He retorted. "Just wait till we get back to the dorm, 'cause you're gonna get your ass kicked."

"Oh yeah? Well I'll kick-"

"Both of you shut the hell up!" shouted a blonde making her way over towards the two. A shorter boy with crimson hair was walking behind her looking quite amused. She looked quite annoyed; her tan arms were crossed in front of her chest and her teal eyes furiously flicked back and forth between the boys.

"You're both are just a bunch of pansies. You couldn't even hurt each other even if you tried," she scolded. "Besides, you assholes woke up that guy!" she berated, pointing at Shikamaru. The two seemed to notice him for the first time, flashing him apologetic glances.

"Now sit down, before I kick both of your asses!" she ordered. The two immediately dove for the same seat, which resulted in another squabble.

The blonde gave an exasperated sigh and collapsed in her chair. The redhead chuckled and eased into his own chair at her side. The blonde made eye contact with Shikamaru and opened her mouth to speak, but at the same time the lights in the auditorium dimmed slightly.

Shikamaru faced forward and watched as a blonde woman with a dark green blazer and a very large chest confidently walked towards a podium on the side of the stage.

"Good afternoon students," the woman greeted as she adjusted her microphone. The authority in her voice was unmistakable. "My name is Tsunade, your principal for the 2014-2015 school year. At today's orientation, we will be introducing you to your campus, the rules and regulations that will be in place during this year, discussing your schedules, and also information on the clubs and organizations at KPA ."

Ugh. What a drag.

"I would also like to introduce you to your Assistant Principals. First, Orochimaru-sama," she presented as a pale, slender man glided to her side. His calculative gaze flicked from student to student, quietly examining the students. "Who will also serve as the leader over the Science Department," she added.

Tsunade-sama paused, and continued a little distainfully. "And last but not least, Jiraiya-sama-"

"WOOOHOOO! GO SHINOBI! WOOOHOOO!" interrupted a large man with thick, unruly white hair. Jiraiya-sama jogged onto the stage holding up two peace signs in the air. As he came into view, Naruto, several rows in front of them, hopped out of his seat whooping in encouragent.

A quick glower from Tsunade quickly shut the two loudmouths up, and Naruto quickly returned to his seat.

"..And also the Sex Ed. Teacher" she finished lamely.

"But first, let me be the first to officially welcome you Shinobi to Konoha Preparatory Academy!"

An unprepared Shikamaru flinched at the explosion of noise that erupted from the student body. He could see almost the entire freshman class jump from their seats to show their enthusiasm. In the center of the rowdiest underclassmen, an extremely zealous blonde, unmistakably Naruto, was whooping exuberantly as he was lifted onto the shoulders of two large students. Tsunade-sama had a look of extreme satisfaction on her face as she silently observed her students.

Shikamaru was dumbfounded. The school spirit in the auditorium was unambiguous. These fools haven't been at this school for more than 10 hours and they were already throwing a party at the sound of their school name. Actually, a party didn't even sound too farfetched anymore since he just saw a girl in the 4th row literally toss a handful of confetti into the air.

Really? Who the hell carries confetti in their pockets?

Judging by the display here, Shikamaru could easily imagine every football game, orchestra concert, and chess meet filled to the brim with students. Tsunade-sama's extremely pleased look was now becoming extremely worried.

Now the entire auditorium was on their feet. Shikamaru glanced around to see that he was quite literally the only one still in his chair, one exception being the Uchiha, who he saw only a flash of before the stomping students got in the way. To his right, Ino and Sakura were screaming at the top of their lungs as Tenten punched her fist in the air. However, Shikamaru was most surprised to see a red-faced Hinata, who he assumed was a nice, quiet girl, on top of an amused Neji's shoulders. The girl was shouting with powerful lungs, her hands high in the air. Behind the Hyugas, the two brunettes had taken this opportunity to start a moshpit. He could vaguely see Red Tats shoving everyone who came into his range.

"What are you doing Shikamaru?" Choji shouted over the roar of the students. He climbed over his chair and into the pit full of upperclassmen. "Just go with the flow man!" he called over his shoulder.

Shikamaru remained in his seat for a few more moments before he casually pulled himself to his feet and was nearly tackled by Ino as she wrapped him in a tight hug. She looked positively delighted when he wrapped an arm around her and began to jump up and down. The blonde screamed louder as they bounced in sync. Much to his displeasure, Shikamaru started grinning.

Curious, he gave off a small shout and surprised himself. He had never heard himself yell.

But of course, as soon as he started to have fun, someone had to ruin it.

The faculty had to shut down the rave when some odd-looking boy with a green spandex jumpsuit tried to climb onto the stage. As Tsunade-sama yelled orders through her mic, the teachers started ushering the students back into their seats. Hundreds of groans and mutters came up from the student body as they gradually untangled themselves from each other and returned to their seats. A pissed off Naruto, drenched in sweat, angrily stomped back to his seat next to the Uchiha.

Ino sighed into his side. "it was just starting to get good too.." she grumbled. Shikamaru could only grunt in agreement. He unwillingly removed himself from the blonde.

Shikamaru frowned to himself. Unwillingly? he thought as he confronted his emotions. When did that come up?

He honestly didn't want to let go of her; it was strangely satisfying to feel her squished against his silently missed the feeling of her arms wrapped around his middle, her face pressed against his torso..

Shikamaru shook his head in disbelief. What was wrong with him?

Must be the lack of sleep, his brain easily answered, and Shikamaru quickly agreed as he settled back into his chair. He shot a quick glance at Ino and was surprised to see a light blush on her cheeks.

Was it from the screaming, he wondered, or their hug?

"All right, settle down, settle down," Tsunade-sama said. "For time and safety's sake," she spat, glaring at the bruised up ravers in the back, "We have to keep going with the orientation as planned. However, I admire all of your school spirit. I am confident this will be an amazing year at KPA." She said proudly.

She then pointed a small remote to the middle of the stage. At the click of a button, a large projector screen began to unroll itself from the screen. A hanging projector turned on from the ceiling, showing the first screen from a Powerpoint Presentation. "Welcome to KPA" it read in WordArt, with a smiling student standing in front of the campus entrance.

A powerpoint? Oh hell no.

Shikamaru promptly shut his eyes and began snoring.

(A/N): Again, sorry for the late update again, I will be focusing on uploading a chapter on every Monday or so, at least until school starts. Please R/R and tell me what you think!

And I don't care anymore , I'm going to write Hyuuga. One u just irks me so much for some reason.

(OH MY GOD I ALMOST PRESSED DELETE STORY WHEN UPLOADING THIS OH NO)