Hinata's POV

After I finally reach Konoha High, I remove my earphones and linger outside the gate.

I check my phone, just in case.

7 New Messages

Hmm. Maybe I should have checked my phone earlier.

I open each message and read them.

New Message from Kiba: Where are yoooou?

New Message from Kiba: Hina-chan? Don't be late for the first day.

New Message from Kiba: Hurry up so we can compare schedules!

New Message from Shino: For the love of all that is mighty, where are you? Kiba's giving me a migraine.

New Message from Tenten: Hinata. Where the hell are you? Kiba's being a pain in the ass. Oh and…love you! Hope you're okay.

New Message from Kiba: I'm madly in looove with you, Hinata! All these years, that's why I'm so concerned. Won't you be mine, babe?

"What the heck?" I think to myself,

New Message from Kiba: Hina-chan! Disregard that last text. Shino took my phone. He's being a moron. -_-' I do love you, just not that way. I swear.

I giggle to myself. My phone dings two more times.

2 New Messages

New Message from Neji: Cousin. Do I have to call a search team? I thought you would be here by now.

New Message from Tenten: Sweetie, are you alright? I'm bored! Where's our Hina-chan?

I quickly reply to Tenten's text: Why would you be bored? You have Neji to entertain you…:P

New Message from Tenten: I hate you…

I reply to her again, while walking through the gate: Well I love you

New Message from Tenten: Didn't I tell you? Neji and I are going through sort of….a thing. A bad thing.

I reply: What?

New Message from Tenten: It's a long story. I don't want to talk about it. Your cousin is way too concerned and is a lying jerk.

I reply: Watch it girly. He's still my cousin, after all. I'll talk to him though.

New Message from Tenten: No need. I'm done with him, just as I'm done with this conversation. See you when you decide to show your face. Peace.

I reply: Tennie-chan?

No reply.

I sigh to myself and put my phone away. I walk around the campus of Konoha High, feeling like a lost, clueless traveler. I have no idea where they said they would be. I stop walking and pull out the map of the school that Neji was kind enough to give me last night when he and my uncle stopped by.

When I'm about to open the map, I feel a pair of hands cover my eyes from behind me. Normally I would freak out and, possibly, punch whoever it was, but I recognized the cologne.

"Kiba?" I ask, even though I'm positive it's him.

"The one and only. That's my name, don't wear it out," is his brilliant response. He then takes his hands off my eyes.

I giggle, turn around, then hug him. "Hey."

He hugs me back. "Hey yourself."

We stay like this for a few moments until a sort of awkward cough breaks the silence.

We immediately let go of each other and see the source of the noise.

"Am I interrupting something?" Shino asks, with a smirk on his face.

I feel my body begin to heat up. "No." I turn to Kiba. We're just friends. Remember?"

Kiba looks back at me, a slight blush on his face. "Ya. Shut up Shino."

We both turn away.

"Where are Tenten and Neji?" I ask.

"Tenten excused herself to go who knows where. She seemed a little upset. She-" Shino is interrupted as Kiba interjects.

"A little upset? She threw a sandwich at me!" Kiba exclaims.

"And Neji went off to find his so called friend-" Kiba, once again, interrupts Shino.

"Which was surprising because I didn't suspect he would have friends, judging by how cold-hearted he can be-" this time it's my turn to interrupt.

"He's not cold-hearted, Kiba." I say to him. He doesn't know all the good that Neji has done for me. If I didn't have him- and Hanabi to for that matter- as a relative, I don't know what I would do.

"He is to me. In fact, almost everyone is mean to me," Kiba whines.

"Gee…I wonder why…" Shino says sarcastically.

Kiba glares at him. Shino stares back.

I smile at them. "Didn't you guys want to see my schedule?"

"Oh yeah! Where is it?" Kiba immediately goes back to his normal, sort of hyper, self.

I pull out my schedule, which I got two days ago when all my paperwork was signed.

"This blows…" Kiba sighs.

"What?" I ask.

"We only have 3 classes together, and one of them is lunch, which doesn't really count as an actual class. So, really, we only have 2 classes together." Kiba looks at me, sadly.

I frown.

"On the bright side, you have one class with Shino." Kiba says.

"Yeah…one…" I take my schedule back, fold it, and put it in my back pocket.

"You won't be lonely for 3 classes. Plus we have lunch." Kiba tries to cheer me up.

I sigh.

"Maybe you'll make new friends?" Shino suggests.

Kiba agrees with him. "Yeah. Make new friends. A fresh new start. Of course though, your new friends will have nothing on us. Just remember that." He flashes me a smiles.

I laugh.

"Just try…for us?" He gives me puppy dog eyes.

"Fine…" I say.

The bell rings and I start to hyperventilate.

"You'll be fine." Kiba reassures me.

Shino nods in agreement.

I take a deep breath and nod at them.

"See you in third hour, I guess," Kiba says while waving.

I wave at him and Shino. I plaster on a fake smile on my face, turn around, and walk off to my first class of the day…which would be…I take out my schedule.

1st Hour: Health Class

I stop in front of the classroom, take another deep breath, open the door, and step inside.

As soon as I walk inside the classroom, the conversations that were going on stop and all eyes turn to me. I walk up to a woman who is writing something on the board. I assume she's the teacher.

"E-excuse me?" Darn my stuttering.

The woman turns around. She smiles at me. She has dark brown, almost black, hair. She is wearing a dark purple, button-down blouse that's tucked into a knee length pencil skirt. She has on black pantyhose. "Yes?- Oh a new face. You must be the new student that Tsunade-sama was talking about." Tsunade, by the way, is the principal of Konoha High School. She is very kind…that is if you're not in trouble and get onto her bad side. Kiba told me quite a bit of stories of him and some friend of his named…um…oh yeah, Naruto. They have gotten in trouble countless times. Kiba is always involved, only because kindly tries, and yet greatly fails, at saving Naruto's butt. He and Naruto, if you ask me, sound greatly alike. Maybe that's why they're really close friends.

Anyway, back to the teacher.

She holds out a hand. "I'm Shizune, and I will be your Health teacher for the year."

"Hinata Hyuga. Nice to meet you." I shake her hand.

She smiles. "Class, in case you haven't noticed, this is Hinata. She is a new student here." She then turns to me. "Would you like to say anything about yourself?"

"Um…" I freeze up. "Not really" I squeak.

Shizune-sensei looks at me and gives me a reassuring smile. "Alright then. Why don't you take a seat next to Ino?" She points to an empty seat by a blond, blue-eyed girl, who is busy reading some book.

I nod at Shizune-sensei and make my way over to my designated seat. I look over at Ino. She is wearing a baby-blue tank top, black denim miniskirt, white belt, and a pair of white ballet flats that match her belt. Her hair is in a high ponytail with her bangs covering one of her eyes. She is wearing small, silver, hoop earrings. She immediately strikes me as a "Popular" girl, just by the way she holds herself, with confidence that I will never have. She, of course, is very pretty too.

She must feel me staring her because she looks up at me and smiles. "Hey," she says.

"H-hey," is my brilliant response.

"Got a name? I'm Ino." She holds out a hand.

I shake it. "Hinata."

"Nice to meet you," she says. She closes her book and turns in her seat so that her whole body is facing me. I guess I have her full attention.

"I'm guessing you're new here right?" She asks.

"Yes." I reply.

"You don't talk much do you? Or are you just nervous? Shy?" She asks.

I immediately can tell that she and I are probably opposites.

"Um…" I start to say.

"Speak up girl! You're talking to a girl who spends fifty-two percent of her life with headphones in her ears, blasting some loud tunes." She laughs.

I laugh.

"Well…"

"YES!" She yells.

Half the class turns to look at her.

"Oopsie…louder than I wanted…" Ino covers her mouth.

"You're so obnoxiously loud. Can't you shut up for once?" I hear a familiar snotty voice say.

Oh no. I start hoping that it's not who I think it is.

"Oh hush up! Wanna come say that to my face, Karin?" Ino glares across the room.

"Dammit." I think to myself. Who knew I would ever cross paths with her again?

"Girls! Enough, please." Shizune-sensei says, "And Ino, sit back down and face the board like a good student."

Ino blushed and does just as Shizune-sensei asks.

I turn to the board as well and Shizune-sensei begins the lesson for the day.

When it is time to go to second hour, I stand up at my desk and put on my lavender backpack. I sigh, then start to walk out the classroom.

"Hey! Wait up!" I hear Ino's voice. I turn around as she runs to me and stops in front of me. She smiles. "Where are you headed to?"

I pull out my schedule from my back pocket and examine it.

2nd Hour: Home Ec.

"Um. Home Ec." I respond.

"Really? No way! Same here!" Ino exclaims. "Let's hurry up before we're late! I need to stop by my locker for a second" She grabs my hand and rushes across the hallway. She stops in front of a locker that's right outside the Home Ec. classroom. I assume it's hers.

She enters in her locker combination, opens it, and shoves the book that she was reading earlier in Health class into it. She checks herself in the mirror in her locker. She puts on some pink lip gloss, smacks her lips, and shuts her locker. Ready?

I nod

She smiles. She takes my hand again and drags me into the nearby classroom. Again with the hand holding. I feel like I'm in fourth grade again.

She lets go of my hand. Baki-sensei! *(I had no idea who else should teach this class xD is this too weird? haha)*

A man writing on the board sighs. "Yes, Ino?" He stops writing and turns to us. He looks at me. "New here?" He asks me.

I just nod.

"Well, I'm Baki. I see you've already met Ino..." He says, with a hint of sympathy in his voice.

"What's that supposed to mean, sensei?" Ino questions.

Baki-sensei, avoiding Ino's question, keeps looking at me. "Would you like to introduce yourself to the class?-"

"No thank you," I say. I then go to an empty station with available seats. I sit in one. Ino joins me and sits in the other.

Baki-sensei gives everyone a few minutes to get settled. During that time, Ino talks nonstop, not that I mind or anything. She tells me about her friends that also attend Konoha High. They seem like an interesting bunch.

"And there's Shikamaru, who is such a lazy ass but incredibly smart. Temari is tough and maybe a little intimidating, but deep down, she's a real sweetheart. She's like an older sister to us and I think she and Shikamaru will end up together. No..not think I KNOW. They're just in denial. They get so defensive when any of us says anything. It's the most hilarious thing." She laughs.

I smile and she continues on.

"Then there's Choji, who by the way loves food. He's very kind too. There's also Gaara, who is one of Temari's younger brothers. He's kind of quiet and seems…cold when you first meet him. But, actually, he really is sweet. I think he has a crush on Matsuri. Matsuri, by the way, is another one of our friends. She's a very nice person. I think you would get along with her just fine. Kankuro's her other brother. Then there's Kiba-"

"Kiba?" I ask, accidently interrupting her.

"Yeah. Do you know him or something?" She asks.

"Yeah. We've known each other since we were four," I answer.

"Hey- Wait! You must be the friend he was telling us about this morning. Small world, huh?" She smiles. "He was going to introduce you to us at lunch, but I guess I'm already a step ahead of the game." She giggles. "Kiba…he's…something else. I mean that in a good way." She smiles. I don't know if it's my eyes deceiving me or not, but I swear I see a light blush on her cheeks.

"Interesting." I think.

I smirk. "Isn't he cute?"

Ino becomes flustered. "Wh-what? I- Oh shut up…" She pouts.

I laugh. I rarely am the one who does the teasing. "Whatever. Continue on with telling me about your friends," I say, with a smile on my face.

"Well…oh ya. There's also Sasuke, who, by the way, is one of the hottest guys at Konoha High. All the girls practically drool over him, even if they don't have a crush on him. You should see him. He's "popular," but he still likes hanging out with us, which shows how little he cares about stereotypical status quo. He, too, like Gaara, seems cold at first, but he occasionally shows his soft side, especially for his best friend, Naruto, who is another of our friends. Naruto is hyperactive, I swear. But he's a very good friend. He's a troublemake though, just warning you." She laughs.

I smile.

"And then there's Neji, who looks so much like you, but is nothing like you."

"That's because we're cousins. Our dads are identical twins," I explain.

"Oh wow. Really small world," Ino laughs.

I smile, once over.

Ino continues on, "Then there's Lee, who, by the way, can be a little insane, but is very determined. He's a good friend too. Then there's Sai, he's kind of like Sasuke. He's a very good artist and is very good looking, too. He can say weird, sometimes uncalled for, things though, without realizing it. He's not good at being…social I should say. But, when you get to know him, he's not a bad person. He's popular too. He doesn't really hang with us during school, but outside of school he does," she says.

"Why is that?" I ask

"Well, he has another group of friends, which, like I said, are all popular. He has like no classes with any of us, so it doesn't matter. He has a lot of classes with his "popular" friends though." She shrugs.

I nod. "Okay…"

"And where was I?...Oh yeah! There's also Tenten, who is a bit of a tomboy. She, like Temari, is one you shouldn't mess with. Though, I'm not afraid of her. I'm afraid of Temari though, at times. Anyway, Tenten is a very sweet person.-"

Once again, I interrupt her, without realizing it though, "Tennie-chan?"

"I'm assuming you know her too?" Ino asks with a smile.

I nod. "Yes, since I was…around nine years old…ten? We met at a place I take karate at."

"Really, really, small world," Ino says.

I smile.

"Then there's Sakura," she starts to say.

My heart kind of sinks when I hear her name being mentioned, after all these years. Old wounds are opened. Still, I nod, staying silent.

"She is one of my best friends. She and I met a few years back. She has pink hair, which is natural. Strange, but it makes her unique. You and her will be close, I just know it," Ino says, while smiling.

"Yeah. Then she'll ditch you again," A mean voice in my head says.

"And I think that's it with all my friends. That gets me to…all the other "cliques. From the popular ones to the not as popular ones. Pause for dramatic music," she says.

"What?..." I ask.

"Close enough. Anyway, there's the group of "populars." "You either hate them, love them, strive to be them, or just envy them. Or…do all four for that matter."

I wait for her to continue.

"We- meaning our friends and I- nickname the "populars" the Akatski," she explains.

"Why?" I ask.

She shrugs. "It kind of stuck. It has a negative connotation, which suits most of them."

I nod.

"Just watch your back when you're with any of them. Some of them are decent, like Karin. A lot of people hate her, but I think she's great," Ino says.

"Lies," The mean voice says again.

"In fact, she's one of my good friends. I hung out with her and became closer to her over the summer. She invited me to hang out with some of her friends, too, a few times. Though, like I said earlier, there are some that are pretty decent, but some are jerks at times. But, not all of them are bad. Sai's in that group too. Karin's not that bad. Temar, Sakura, and Tenten beg to differ though. It's mostly Sakura, though. She got mad at me because I hung out with Karin the whole summer. But it's not big deal and she shouldn't care so much. She was on vacation the entire time. Everyone else was busy with their own things. Temari, Gaara, and Kankuro visited family in Suna, Sasuke went to Kirigakure with his brother, Itachi, to spend time with Itachi and his friends. Tenten wasn't free until the last two weeks of summer, which was when I wasn't free. Same with Kiba. Whenever he was free, I wasn't. And vise-versa. I think you get what I mean," She says hopefully.

I nod, "Yes., I do."

"The point is, Karin was always free so we started hanging out more and more. Apparently she and Sakura are like…enemies. Though, they're more similar to each other than they'll ever know. Don't tell Sakura, or any of the others, that I said that."

I cross my heart with my fingers, just for emphasis, "I promise."

She smiles. "Thanks. But anyway, don't let us influence what you think of the Akatski. If you become friends with them, I certainly won't care. The others might, but I'll be on your side," she says.

"Thanks," I say.

"Like any of them would even think about hanging out with you, loser," the voice returns once again.

"And pretty please…don't tell any of them, especially Saki-chan, that I still hang out with the Akatski," Ino pleads.

"Don't worry, I won't," I say.

Ino smiles again, "Thanks."

She looks like she has more to say, but Baki-sensei rises from his desk and goes to the board. "Alright, I think you guys have had enough time to get settlesd. Let's begin," he says.

When class ends, Ino asks me, "What class do you have next?"

I pull out my schedule and read it:

3rd Hour: Homeroom- Kurenai

"Um…Homeroom with Kurenei-sensei," I respond.

"She's a sweetheart. She's the art teacher. Are you taking art?"

I nod.

"You'll like her. Can I see your schedule?" She asks.

I hand it to her.

"Darn. We won't see each other until lunch. I have homeroom with Asuma-sensei. I guess I'll see you later?" She asks.

I nod and smile. "Yes."

We go our separate ways.

So how was that? Was this chapter too long? I think I like writing long chapters because I can get my point across and go into detail. A few chapters ago I said this would be in the point of view of different characters. It will get there eventually xD. Also, in the future, this story will have both intense moments, funny moments, etc. So the mood often changes. One day I might write a depressing chapter, another day a more happy, maybe mushy, chapter. You'll never know until you read :3 Anyway, thank you so much for reading. Again, I apologize for any mistakes. I will try to have another chapter up by tonight.

Until Later:

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