Me: There is so many thing I could say that could start this chapter off but I don't feel like saying it.

Hinata: Last chapter was fun what am I doing to do in this one?

Me: sorry but I can't tell you Hinata or it would ruin the surprise for everyone else.

Hinata *Pouts* That's okay.

Me: I'm glade you see it my way. I don't own Naruto or any of the characters in Naruto. Just my own creation that I decide to put in the story.

Chapter 12 Gender confusion

I had woken from my sleep. Yesterday was fun – stupid – but fun. In all actuality I had been dreading my first day in the institute but meeting Michi had made it fun. And I met a boy named Shino who had too liked the quiet. And then Michi introduced me to Diamond. I thought I was going to have a panic attack while conversing with those two people but nothing happened. Maybe I'm getting better. And then there was Naruto. For some odd reason – that wasn't due to my phobia – I kept blushing around him. And whenever he looked at me my heart threatened to burst out of my chest with joy. The next time I see Kurenai I will have to tell her about this. Maybe she could help me out.

If she isn't too busy laughing at me. Kurenai likes it when I come to her for advice but she likes to tease me also. There is no doubt in my mind that she would tease me about this.

The light turned on and I started my day. First I showered and then I put on some clothes that consisted of an orange hoodie and some black pants. My shoes were all white. I only had two pairs of shoes. One was all white and the other one was all black. With my clothes on I was just about to leave the room when I heard a knocking on my door.

How come people always come to my room door? Let me leave in peace. I opened the door and saw Michi and Diamond standing there. Michi had on a large smile and Diamond looked as if she had just woken up.

"Good morning Hinata-chan." Michi shouted.

"Yeah, good morning Hinata." Diamond muttered. I nodded my heads at them and went to go get my notepad. Once it was in my hand I started writing.

"Good morning you guys…what wrong with you Diamond?" I wrote.

"A certain someone entered my room and threw me out of my bed before the lights turned on. And that same person then told me to get dressed because we are going to see you. She woke me up too early." Diamond said while glaring at Michi. Michi looked at her and smiled. She then waved a dismissive wave at Diamond.

"Oh don't be like that. You should be glad I woke you up early. Everyone knows that after a certain amount of people taking a shower that the water would turn slightly cold." Michi responded.

We were now on our way to our first class. They had explained to me yesterday that group meeting was only once a week. Every other day after that you would get sent to another class they informed. And because this place is one of the best out here they would have to have some education center of some type. So now we are off to our English class. After that I would have science. Because really, though I like art I had no plan for that in my future.

If I ever get out of here that is.

We made it to the room and sat down in a seat in the back. People were loud and talkative. The bell rung and they were still loud and talkative. The teacher was nowhere in sight. I look over to Diamond and Michi who were just staring at me. Waiting for me to do something. I shook my head when I finally figured out what they were waiting for me to do. These girls have problem. One that far precede the reason as to why they are here.

"Where's the teacher that suppose to be teacher this period?" Michi smiled and was about to talk when Diamond put a hand over her mouth. She shot Michi a look and the girl stopped struggling. Diamond then turned to look at me.

"His name is Kakashi. He's always late and he has a thing for perverted book. But never call it porn when he's nearby because then you would be wrapped up into a conversation that could last for hours. Anyway here is a little secrete about him. Kakashi sensei was actually a resident at this institute before. He has Cynophobia which means he had a fear of dogs." Diamond said.

Michi finally removed Diamond hand from over her mouth and added her two cents.

"He's one of those adults who are like 'Oh I been there too I know how tough it is but if I could make it then so could you.'" She said while trying to make her voice deep, "I don't hate Kakashi or anything but that's exactly what he is."

"Good to know you have me profiled Michi."

I jumped and a small squeak escaped my mouth. Michi also looked as though she had seen a ghost. I turned around a saw a man. He was crouching down onto a desk. He had silver gravity defying short hair and one seeable black eye. He had a mask on the bottom half of his face and there was a…headband covering his other eye. He was covered heat to toe with clothes and there was a dark green vest on. A vest that was also on Iruka. Michi ghost like expression turned to a happy one. Even though the mask hid his smile you can tell he had one on his face.

"Oh Kakashi-sensei don't be like that. You know I love you." She said happily. A huge smile on her face.

"You sure they didn't say you were bipolar?" He questioned. Michi glared at him.

"I'm not bipolar." She shouted. We all turned to give her a look. She gave us one back. And then she smiled. Yep Michi must be bipolar. That is like the only way to explain her mood swings.

Kakashi sweat dropped.

"Alright class today I want you to pick a book from the back and do a little SSR." He said as he walked to the front. Once there he turned around and smiled at everyone "You know Silent Sustained Reading." He said.

Everyone got out of their seat and went to the back of the room. I stayed in mines. No matter how comfortable I felt when Diamond and Michi were around there was no way I was going to be in a crowd was people would be pushing and touching one another. You can't make me do you; you can't make me do it. Not even for all the riches in the world. Besides what good would the riches be if you died from a panic attack mere seconds after you received them. It's not like they're going to follow you into the afterlife.

Michi and Diamond came back seconds later with a book in their hand. The latter have two in hers. Once they sat down Michi began reading a book called, The keys to the Kingdom. Diamond handed me a book called Emily the strange and she was reading a book called Evil genius. To be frank I would have thought Michi would have chosen a book like that. But now that I think of it Diamond seems like someone who would read that book too. Halfway through the class period I heard Michi groan. She had the book down and her head on the desk.

"Eh why can't they have a section for graphic novel here?" She whined, "If they did then I could totally agree with the silent part of the whole SSR thingy." Diamond snorted at her friend but made no move to say anything.

"Kakashi-sensei I finished the book can I go get another one?" She called out. Her hand was raised but she didn't care that he didn't even called on her heat. He nodded his head and she went to go get another book. That went on for the rest of the class period. Michi would go and find one of the quickest books to read. When she finished she would make some comment of some type and then ask to go get another book. Diamond throughout the rest of the period just stared into space. I on the other hand was actually trying to read the book. I got halfway done when I too started to stare off into space.

The bell rung. My next class Michi and Diamond weren't in. They walked me over to the science class. They both had looks of pity on their faces. I of course raised a brow. Michi then started laughing and Diamond shook her head.

"Jiraiya who is your science teacher is a major pervert." She said. Michi continued laughing.

"Rumor has it ha-ha that he had a phobia that made him fear females and doing you know what ha-ha but now he's all better and turned into a major pervert." She explained. Diamond shook her head.

"Well I'm leaving before he gets here." She said then stalked off. I turned to look at Michi.

"He was using her in one of his perverted books. The one Kakashi reads yeah those are the ones he writes." Michi said, "Well I better be going to or I'm going to be late." She spoke while running off.

I headed inside the classroom. The lights were off and the blinds were close. I waited at the front of the room for Jiraiya to come. About a minute later he came in with a large smile on his face. He come over to me and stuck out his hand. I stared at it for a minute. My heart was racing as my mind instantly went into to the flight-fight response thingy. Should I take his hand or just leave it hanging. A blush formed on my face as my heart raced. Slowly I reached up and took his hand. He shook it up and down slowly as if he didn't want to startle me.

"As I'm sure you already know my name is Jiraiya." He said.

I took my hand back and started writing on my notepad. "Hinata Yuuhi." It read. He nodded his head and smiled at me again. He then looked me over. Feeling a little discourage I shrunk back into my hoodie like a turtle with its shell. Jiraiya saw that and stopped staring at me. He then cleared his throat.

"Well Hinata the only seat that is opened is the one right there." He said pointing to a seat.

I nodded my head and went to sit down in that seat. I could feel his eyes traveling after me. It wasn't a freaked out feeling I was getting from him. And his stare wasn't a perverted one. I guess Sarutobi told him about me. He probably told ever teacher and nurse here what my problem was. As much as it made me upset I knew that he had to do that. The bell rung and other people started to come in. Like Jiraiya had said the whole class was full. There was this person sitting by me. She had long blue hair and brown eyes. She looked over at me and smiled.

"Hi my name is Haku." And I realized from the sound of her voice that she was in fact a he. Or a girl with a boyish like voice. He…or she smiled at me.

"You think I'm a girl don't you?" He she questioned. I, like any other smart person in a situation like this, stayed quiet. He…or she, though I doubt that at the moment, started laughing. He, defiantly has to be a he, then shook his head and turned to look at me.

"I was born a boy." He said, "My mother always wanted a girl though." Suddenly he stopped and turned to stare at me. "You probably don't want to hear this do you?" He questioned. Quickly I wrote onto my notepad. I wanted him to keep talking.

"Actually I would like to know." I had written.

He looked at me for a moment before nodding his head. "Well as I said I was born a boy but my mother always wanted a girl. So she would never take me to get my hair cut. She would by me dresses and makes me wear them. My father came in one time and saw this. They had a hug argument. My father then took me to get my first hair cut and he bought me a lot of boy clothes. My father wanted a boy and my mother wanted a girl."

I looked at him with wide eyes. She couldn't believe his story.

"Well there would be time when my mother would take me to places and show me off as a girl and other times my father would take me places and show me off as a boy. They still had arguments about me from time to time until they came to an agreement."

"What was the agreement?" I had written and showed to him. He was like me in a way. My father wanted me to be a boy. Yet unlike his father, my father couldn't even look at me without having a disappointed look on his face. My mother was happy to have a girl. She would spend all of her time with me. Then one day I had heard my father say that the reason why my mother wasn't coming out anymore was because she was upset. That she had, had a miscarriage. When the person he was talking to saw me he had introduced me as a cousin of a family member,

I was mortified.

"The agreement was that on a few days I will be a boy with my father and on the other days I would be a girl with my mother."

I couldn't believe what I was hearing. His parent messed up his mind so bad. Could that have happened to me? If had stayed with my family would my father turn me into a boy.

"That had gone on for years." Haku continued, "Then finally someone caught it. Yet I was already messed up at that time. When I was with my father there was times when I would act like a girl and times when I was with my mother I would act like a boy. A family friend had caught it and they had taken me to get an exam. It seems I failed it and I have been here ever since."

He then smiled at me.

"I'm getting better and they say that I only have one more year left until I can leave." He finished.

It was quit for the rest of the period. Haku would help me out every now and then with the assignment because it was something me and Kurenai haven't worked with yet. After that we would make small talk. Well Haku would make small talk I would just write everything down and showed it to him. It was a form of communication. When class was over I met up with Michi and Diamond they gave me a smile and took me to my next class.

"Did you meet anyone interesting in there?" Diamond ask. I nodded my head. They didn't ask who and I didn't tell them. Going inside the class I was met with a girl with long blond hair and pale blue eyes.

"Hey Hinata I wanted to apologize for my actions when we had first meet. And even though you don't know it I want to apologies for everything I thought about you." Ino said. The emotions filled her eyes. I took out my notebook and started writing something on it.

"Its okay its not like you knew I was a mute or anything." I had written to her. She smiled at me and grabbed my hand. The action shocked me a little but I was getting used to people doing that to me. Ever since Michi had first grabbed my hand I started to get used to random people doing that. Ino then dragged me over to a table and sat me a down.

"I don't have a partner for this class. He was able to get out because he finished his stay here so are you okay with being my partner?" She asks.

Yes she ask me after she brought me over to her table. I quickly wrote a response.

"I don't mind." She smiled

"Hi my name is Ino and I'm a Phagophobic." She said holding out her hand.

Me: Oh My God Ino's Phagophobic. And now another person enters the Michi show.

Ino: first Michi let me start by saying you're an idiot for ending the chapter that way. I mean I didn't get a lot of screen time. Now hello everyone else

Me: Ino why thank you for your complement. You're mean because you care. And on with the questions...How does it feel to be phagophobic

Ino: well since a certain idiot ended the chapter they way they did I can't exactly tell you how I feel because that would be giving away information. Although I would say this much it is a struggle getting through life with this phobia. Lots of people questions me about how I'm still alive and I just point in the direction of the nearest hospital.

Me: I see well that's all for Ino part in Michi's show. Now for someone else to show up. He's a guest speaker and you're going to love him. Give it up for Haku.

Haku: Hey everyone.

Me: How does it feel to live a life like that?

Haku: Well it wasn't a good one. There would always be boys blushing at me and trying to kiss me when i was with my mother and the same could be said for the girls when i was with my father.

Me: So you were grateful that your long time family friend saw the signs and helped you out.

Haku: Yes I am in debt to that person although he says that I don't owe him a thing.

me: And there you go that's Haku for you. Always wanting to pay someone back. See all of you guys next chapter.