Temari didn't want to go to Konoha. She felt like it was her father's fault for moving his main office there from Suna… and it really was. She had been born and raised in Suna. She had never been to Konoha before. It was not like she had any friends. Her brother Gaara scared off everyone when he was younger, and now when he had finally adjusted, no one trusted him. Of course, she had never had a boyfriend either. Well, technically she had lots of boyfriends, but 1 week was the max they stayed with her. Either Gaara scared them off, she did, Gaara found out, or a combination.

But now she found Konoha to not be as bad as she thought it would be. No one here knew about her formerly psychotic brother. No one here knew she had scared off 7 boyfriends. And even if she was, as she put it, 'to bitchy to care about my social life', she had found a group of girls that seemed to not care. And it was kind of a relief, because Temari wasn't as cold hearted as she thought she was.

Now she and Tenten were walking through a park in Konoha. Tenten had ditched her friends and was showing her around. Temari was glad she had worn her black knee high boots today, instead of her black platforms; she was doing a lot of walking today. Tenten sat down on a bench and patted the seat next to her, so Temari sat down. "So, how you enjoying Konoha?" Tenten asked with a grin.

"Meh… still missing Suna."

"I'd imagine so. I wasn't born here either. I was born in Beijing," Tenten said, leaning back with a sigh.

"Really?" Temari said with interest.

"Yep. Moved here when I was 13 or so. I've been here for 3 years and I still miss China. But I love Konoha." Tenten adjusted where she was sitting. "Ok, Temari, the reason we are here is because I wanted to show you some of the fine people in our school. Technically, the main cliques. They come here after school every once in a while, and I forgot to show you at school," she said, rolling her eyes. "Now you already saw Sai and Sasuke. They are two of the most popular boys in school. The other is Neji Hyuga, but I doubt we'll see him here.

"Anyway I wanted to show you, because if Ino finds out you don't know anything about it, she will put you through the proverbial boot camp… so the main cliques are as follows; the popular guys, the jocks, the cheerleaders, the Goths, the punks, the drama geeks, the bookies, the perverts, though no one likes to talk about them, and the Bee's."

"Wait, Bee's?" Temari asked with a raised eyebrow.

"That's their nickname. Their pretty much Queen Bees. They rule the school, or so they think. Ino used to be one," she said, sticking her tongue out. "She ditched them though. That's not the point though. The point is to give you an example of people from each clique. Now we don't count, unless we are the exclusive Haruno Sakura clique, or the Yamanaka Ino clique, but whatever. So Sasuke, Neji and Sai are the most popular guys in school. Naruto is popular too, but he is too rebellious. So you can get what makes a guy popular. Now, to find a popular girl, imagine Ino, but with a higher dose of bitch.

"The rest are easy to figure. Drama Geeks are actors, Jocks and Cheerleaders are… jocks and cheerleaders, so that guy," she said, pointing to a guy with a black bowl hair cut. "That's Lee. He is a jock. One of the sweetest guys I've ever met, but a little… eccentric. Then the Goths and punks are just that, and the bookies are the AP students. Or the studious ones. Like Sakura and Hinata. Oh, and the perverts."

"What are you then?" Temari asked with an amused expression.

"I don't really know. I guess I am kind of like Naruto. Almost everyone in school is in a clique. Almost being 98 percent or something."

"Who else isn't?"

"That guy isn't," she said, pointing to a guy in a trench coat with black glasses. He was looking over this oversized bug. "That's Shino. He is… um, well I don't really know. I don't know what your brothers will be."

"Kankuro will probably be adopted by his fellow perverts," Temari said with a chuckle. "Gaara might end up with fan girls here, now that he is over his psychopathic phase. God that would be creepy."

Tenten started giggling and grinned at Temari. "Interesting family you have. Oh." She pointed to two more guys. "That's Choji and Shikamaru. They aren't in any clique either. Choji loves food, and Shikamaru is too lazy to be in a clique…"

'Oh my god,' Temari thought, staring at Shikamaru. He had dark hair that stuck straight up like a pineapple, and dark eyes. He was probably taller then her, but he was lying on the ground so she couldn't tell. He was pretty cute too. Plus she had a thing for lazy guys. 'Shit! I am not going to do this!' she thought in horror. 'I haven't even met the guy… the really hot guy… shit!'

She turned to look back at Tenten, to find Tenten watching her with a smirk. "Enjoying the view Temari?" she asked.

Temari gave her a sheepish look.

"Whatever, don't get all upset about it. Shikamaru may be a sexist lazyass, but he's a pretty good guy… and really smart."

Temari gave her a look. "What do you mean by sexist?"

"He thinks all women are troublesome."

"Humph, we are not troublesome. Unless we're trying to be," she said with a mischievous grin. Tenten giggled.

"You should tell him that."

"Maybe I will."

Suddenly Tenten sat up straight. "Temari! How does my hair look?"

Temari looked over at her with a bewildered expression. "Um… fine, why?"

Tenten leaned back as a boy walked up. "Hey Tenten, I thought you were with Ino… she's not here is she? I told Sai I was at home and I really don't want to have to deal with Ino," he said, sounding like it was a bother to even talk about Ino. He seemed to radiate a feeling of annoyance and coolness.

Temari looked up at him. He had long brown hair he had tied back, and eyes like Hinata. He was tall too, and muscular enough. 'Why are all the boys here so tall?' she thought. He was wearing a black turtleneck and jeans, that fit him quite well.

"Well, because you didn't show I decided to show Temari around instead," Tenten said, her voice dripping with sarcasm.

He turned his attention to her. "Oh, your one of the new students."

"Temari, this is Hyuga Neji."

'So this is Neji,' Temari thought, as she nodded to him. 'I wonder…' "Um, hi,"

"Hn," was all he said, before walking off.

"You have a thing for him don't you?" Temari asked, her eyes sparkling.

"Um…"

"Damn, that bad?"

"Neji has been my science partner since I started high school, and has been my gym partner for the same amount of time. I'm pretty sure Principle Tsunade thinks it's funny to pair us together. Anyways, yeah, I have a 'thing' for him," she said, looking like she wanted to punch something.

"Hey calm down. It's cute."

"Cute? Is that right? Oh, well look who is coming over… Hey Choji!" She said, directing the last part to Choji, who walked towards them with Shikamaru following behind him. 'Fuck.'

"Hey Tenten. Your that new girl right?" Choji asked. "I'm Choji." He smiled at her and stuck out a beefy hand. It was really hard not to like Choji upon meeting him, and Temari already liked him. She shook his hand, looking anywhere but Shikamaru.

"Hey Shikamaru," said Tenten, grinning at Temari evily. 'Oh no… shit…' "This is Temari."

Shikamaru looked at her, and Temari had no choice but to look at him. 'Wow his eyes are brown.' "Hi," she said.

"Hi, I'm Shikamaru."

'Goddammit!'

The Following Day…

Uzumaki Naruto has had a crush on Haruno Sakura since he was 8. He partially gave up when it was clear she and Sasuke had mutual hots for each other, but teased her mercilessly. He was always going to be waiting for her…

Was, that is.

Naruto let his head lay on his folded arms. It was just before homeroom was to start, and he had gotten no sleep as he worked through his homework. That was probably all wrong. 'Good thing Hinata is going to help me with that…' he thought with a grin. He would be eternally grateful to Hinata for saving him from the clutches up summer school.

15 minutes later Mr. Kakashi finally arrived. Naruto had dozed off, but woke suddenly while Kakashi started going on about how he had gotten lost down the path of life, or something. He sighed and grabbed his math book. "Let's go to chapter one please," Kakashi said, sounding equally as tired as Naruto. "Read it and do the problems," he said, before sitting down and pretending to read. Like they couldn't hear him snoring.

Naruto looked down and began to sweat. He could not understand any of this. 'Godammit…' he thought. He scribbled something down on a piece of paper and threw it at Hinata. It hit her on the head, and she squeaked and slammed her book shut. She looked around nervously, as Kankuro stared at her, before realizing it had been a note. She picked it out of her hair, where it had gotten stuck, and opened it.

Hinata, I can't understand any of this. Can we start tutoring tonight?

She turned to look at him and smiled as she gave a timid nod. "Jeez, everything she does is timid," he muttered, looking down at his book. Kiba, who was seated next to him, snorted. "You got that right," he whispered to Naruto. "Kinda hot… in a weird way," Kiba continued while he regarded Hinata. Naruto felt a twitch of annoyance as Kiba continued, but blocked him out as he concentrated on understanding what the book was saying.

34 Minutes Later…

Naruto was walking through the halls, ambling towards his art class, when Hinata came up to him. "Um… N-Naruto-kun. I was just wondering when you wanted to come over this evening?"

"Oh, Hinata. Um… would 4 work?" he asked.

She nodded. "Alright… I-I'll see you at 4 then, N-Naruto-kun."

He watched her walk out with a confused look on his face. It escaped him why she acted like she did when she was around him. Always blushing and stuttering. He rubbed the back of his head as he continued walking.

3:57 p.m. That Evening…

Hinata fluttered by the front door to her family's enormous house. She was glad Neji and Hiashi weren't home yet. Neji hated Naruto, and Hiashi would automatically jump to the worst conclusion. She played with her hair nervously as she waited. Her younger sister Hanabi was watching her from her perch on the banister. "Hinata, why are you so nervous all of the sudden?" Hanabi asked, cocking her head to one side.

The doorbell rung and Hinata squeaked, and motioned to her sister. "H-Hanabi… could you stay in the living room?" Hanabi sighed and nodded, before trudging into their living room. Hinata took a deep breath and opened the door. Naruto stood there with a grin on his face. "Hey Hinata," he said, walking in past the red faced Hinata.

'N-N-Naruto's in my… h-house,' she thought. "K-k-k-konichiwa, N-N-Naruto-kun," she said. She closed the door behind him, and kept taking deep breaths to calm herself down. "Um, do y-you want to c-come up to my r-room to s-study?" she asked, pushing her fingers together in front of her. Naruto looked at her strangely for a sec before grinning again.

"Yeah, sure," he said, starting up the stairs. Hinata followed him, growing even redder and inwardly cursing her inability to stop stuttering. She lead him into her room, and he looked around when he walked in. It was big, but simply furnished. She had a queen-sized bed across from the door, and a balcony that looked over the front yard. She also had a few bookcases, and a desk on one wall, and a day bed on the other. Most of the room was lavender colored with navy or white. Hinata sat down on the floor next to a few piles of books she had put there earlier.

"S-so N-Naruto-kun, I though w-we could go over some m-math first…" she said, pulling a book of calculus out from the pile. He sighed and sat down. "First… w-what part of it are y-you having trouble with?" she asked, opening the book and flipping through it.

"What do you mean which 'part'. It's pretty much all of it."

Hinata looked up and him, and smiled a little. "O-Ok then… l-lets get started then, shall w-we?"

A few hours later Hinata was clearing her books away. They had tackled some theory, and most of the homework that day, and Naruto had insisted his brain was melting with all the studying. Naruto looked back at her as he was walking out. "Oh, hey, Hinata. I was wondering if you wanted to come with me, Sai, Sakura and Ino out to ramen tonight."

Hinata froze. 'Is he asking me out…?'

"Strictly friends, of course."

She bit her lower lip. "A-actually, N-Naruto-kun, I think my dad is e-expecting me. I-I'm sorry…"

He laughed. "It's fine. Thanks for all the help. Can I come back on Friday?"

She nodded. "S-sure, N-Naruto-kun."

"'Kay, bye," he said, before leaving. She sighed.

"Bye… N-Naruto-kun…"