Hey! I'm back (after years, I know. Sorry! :/) A few months ago, I started getting into the Naruto manga again. Before I knew it, I got to the last chapter (D:) So, I decided to start writing for this again, since I finally found some inspiration. Also, I really wanted to finish this story and I finally have time to (hopefully).
Without further ado...
Oh, one more thing. From the beginning, I wanted to write from the perspectives of all characters. Hinata is still the main character, so most of the story will still be told from her view, but I wanted to include other characters as well, whether they are more minor or have a bigger role. I feel it will help the story along and will make it more interesting since we get to see certain things from different eyes, you know? :)
Okay, I'm done ranting (hope this works)

Sasuke's POV

(**This chapter takes place about 2 months after the last one**)
My name is Sasuke.

Um...I'm not exactly sure what else to say other than, I'm on my way to school.

I'm so tired.

Normally, before Itachi, my older brother, started college this year, I would ride to school with him.

Now that he's in Kirigakure, my parents drop me off.

Though, it depends when all of us get up in the morning, as both my parents go to work in the morning. My father is a member of the Konoha Military Police and my mother teaches brats at some private school.

My father was called in very early this morning, so it's my mother who is driving me today.

I have my license, but no car. I normally drive one of my parents' cars, but they need them on weekdays, normally, though. Usually on the days neither of my parents can drive me, I either ride my bike or get a ride from one of my friends who live near me.

I have no problem just riding my bike everyday, but it's my parents that do.

Getting to school is no problem, but I know going back home after school is going to be, especially since sports season is going to start and other extracurricular activities that will most likely make me come home after the sun has gone down.
I don't understand the big deal, though, we live in a, generally, safe area. Still, I'm not complaining, I guess.

After all, who doesn't enjoy being driven around?

"So, are you going to try out for any sports or go out for any clubs this year?" my mother asks.

"Probably soccer and maybe a club or two, undecided with the latter though," I respond.

"That's good you want to be more involved this year, normally you're kind of...withdrawn," she says.

Well...I guess that's kind of true.

"Well...if people weren't so annoying..." I say.

"Obviously, deep down, you don't think that about all people," my mother says, laughing.

"Huh?" I ask.

"Your friends? They're quite the bunch, Sasuke," she says, smiling and shaking her head.

She's telling me?

"Yeah, they are," I say, shrugging.

"So, it's obvious that you really aren't annoyed with the whole world, just the people who aren't in you're world," she continues.

She pulls into the Konoha High Parking lot.

"It seems like you have a friend waiting for you," my mother says, as I'm gathering my things.

I look at her and see her looking past me, out my window, smiling.

I look out my window and see Sakura standing outside of the gate entrance to the school. She's leaning against a wall, ear phones in and typing on her phone.

"How are you so sure she's waiting for me?" I ask, looking back at my mother

Just then there is a tap on the window.

I look again and see Sakura standing there.

She waves.

She takes a step back and I open the car door.

"Good morning, Mrs. Uchiha," Sakura greets my mother.

"Good morning, dear," my mother greets back, smiling.

"Good morning Sasuke," Sakura greets me, "I was just waiting for you."

She smiles at me and I get out of the car.

"What do you know? Mom gets it right, again," My mother mumbles.

I can hear the smirk in her voice.

"Good bye, mother," I say, closing the door, as she starts to laugh.

She honks and drives off.

"So, how are you?" Sakura asks.

"Tired," I say.

"Yeah, Mondays do that," Sakura says, smiling.

I smile back.

We walk together until we reach the spot our group has grown accustomed to meeting at every morning in the past few month, which is by a huge tree.
When we get there, we see that Hinata, Kiba, Tenten, Neji, Shino, and Lee are there. Hinata is sitting down with her back against the tree, listening to music with her eyes closed, while Kiba is lying down on his back with his head next to her, reading a book. Shino is sitting on the other side of Hinata, talking to Tenten who is sitting next to him. Neji is sitting next to Tenten and is looking at something on a phone with Lee, who is sitting next to him.

Neji and Tenten are holding hands.

"Hey guys," Sakura greets.

They all look at us.

Kiba closes his book and sits up, Hinata takes her ear phones out and wraps it around her phone, while Tenten starts looking through her backpack then closes it and Neji hands the phone to Lee, who puts it in his back pack.

They all stand up.

"Hey," Kiba says, while stretching.

He smiles.

Hinata waves, Tenten smiles, Neji nods at us, and Lee-

"Hello my youthful friends!" he exclaims.

Tenten groans while Neji shakes his head.

Kiba laughs and Hinata giggles.

Shino doesn't do anything.

"Where is everyone?" Sakura asks.

"Well, the only person I've heard from is Matsuri, she's in the library," Tenten says.

"Let's go visit her?" Kiba suggests.

We all agree and walk into the school.
...

Just as Tenten is about to open the door to the library, Matsuri walks out.

"Oh! Hey, guys," she greets, "I was going to go looking for you all..."

She looks at all of us and frowns.

"Well, not all I guess?" she says, unsurely, "Where is everyone?"

We all shrug.

"Well, I know Gaara, Temari, and Kankuro just arrived," Matsuri says, putting her phone in her back pocket.

"Believe it!"

Wonder who that could be...

We all turn and see Shikamaru and Chouji walking with Naruto trailing them. Shikamaru looks annoyed, while Chouji looks smug.
Naruto is smirking.

"You guys are pissing me the hell off," Shikamaru says.

They finally reach us.

"Why are you guys tormenting Shikamaru?" Kiba asks.

"Because it's fun," Chouji says.

"You have a point," Kiba says, laughing.

Then, after, surprise, Temari, Gaara, and Kankuro join our group, making us almost complete.

"That is the last time I let you drive my car," Temari says to Kankuro.

To the rest of us, she asks, "What's up, guys?"

"Not much," Naruto says, "I don't want to be here."

"I second that," Kiba says.

"I'm so tired," Matsuri says.

"Guys, we're only like 2 and half months into the first semester," Temari says, laughing.

Everyone laughs.

"Well, even that's too much," Chouji says, still laughing.

After a few minutes of hanging out in the hallway, Tenten says, "Guys, we're short one blond."

"Yeah, where's Ino?" Kiba asks.

"Probably with Sai," Sakura says, rolling her eyes.

"Or hanging out with Karin," Naruto says.

Sakura shoots him a glare.

"It was a joke! Sorry!" he exclaims.

"I know it was a joke," she says, lightly punching his arm, smiling, "I just don't like mentioning Karin's name."

"Why?" Kankuro asks.

"Because I feel like the more we say her name, the higher her power meter rises," Sakura says.

"You're such a weirdo, Haruno," Tenten says, laughing.

"I don't know, I'd have to agree with pinkie on this one," Temari says.

"Karin," Kiba whispers.

"Karin," Naruto says, a little bit louder than kiba, but still whispering.

"Karin,"Kankuro says in an even louder whisper.

"Karin," Tenten says, in her normal volume of speaking.

"Karin," Matsuri says, louder.

"Karin," Chouji says, louder than Matsuri.

"Karin!" Lee shouts.

"Assholes," Sakura deadpans.

We all start to laugh again.

We stop when we see Karin and some of her friends walking our way.

Karin.

Well, she can be a bitch...but I still talk to her.

She's never really done anything to me, personally, but she hasn't been such a great force in my other friends' lives, which is why I mostly keep socializing with her, Suigetsu, and Juugo out of school to avoid, or at least try to avoid, touble.

Sakura knows I talk to them, and I know she hates it, but she's never verbally expressed it...to me that is.

Is it wrong of me to be friends with them?

Probably, but I don't think it should be that big of a deal.

After all, Ino is still with Sai and the others have finally accepted it and Karin, when you really get to know her, isn't that bad.

And Hinata is friends with Konan, Nagato, Sasori, and Deidara.

I talk to all of them, due to Itachi being close friends with them before he graduated.

As nice as they are to Hinata and I, I do admit that Konan can be pretty cold, which is saying something, coming from me and all.

Not that I would ever admit that out loud...

Nagato, I haven't talked to as much, but I can tell is really serious and somewhat stoic, making people mistake him as unapproachable. Sasori can be as nice as he is mean, which probably makes little sense, but whatever.

Deidara...he is something else.

From a first glance, he seems like a hot-tempered, "brat."

Quotes around brat because that's Sasori's nickname for him, for some odd reason.

But when you get to know him, he's actually a really "laid-back" type of person.

He can be a jerk though.

Karin is walking in the middle with Kin to her left, Tayuya to her right. Some brunette I vaguely recognize is on the other side of Kin, while Guren, some junior that I don't really talk to is on the other side of Tayuya.

Wow, Karin and Kin seem to be recruiting all sorts of people to be a part of their group.

Unless, they normally do hang out and I just never pay attention.

Guren is in a different grade after all.

"Hey, guys," Kin says, rolling her eyes, obviously not meaning the greeting.

"This is a hallway, not some geek-hangout spot," Karin says.

"Guys!"

We turn and see Ino running towards us with a red paper in her hand. She quickly stops in her tracks when she notices Karin and her group. She, for a second, looks caught off guard, then catches herself.

"Uh..hey, Karin..." she says, looking away.

Karin folds her arms and rolls her eyes.

"Having fun hanging out with your supposed real friends?" Karin asks, putting air quotes around the word real.

"Why don't you get lost, Karin," Ino says, folding her hands, accidently dropping the paper in the process.

"Real smooth," Tayuya says, while Kin snorts.

Guren picks up the paper before Ino can react.

She laughs.

"You're not serious, right?" she asks, smirking at Ino.

Guren hands the paper to Karin.

"Check it out," she says, when Karin gives her a confused look.

Karin holds it and studies it, while Kin, Tayuya, and unnamed brunnette look over her shoulder. Karin laughs, while Kin giggles, and Tayuya smirks.

Unnamed brunnette continues to look at the paper.

"You're joking, right?" Kin asks Ino.

Ino unfolds her arm, looking at them.

"You think you actually have a chance?" Karin says.

"You obviously don't know when you should just accept your failures," Guren says.

Karin laughs again.

"How are you so sure?" Ino asks, folding her arms again, looking Guren straight in the eye.

"Because I am," Guren says.

"Nice argument," Ino scoffs.

"Face it, there will be plenty to choose from," Kin says, "Plenty that are, and will always be, better than you."

"Wanna bet?" Ino asks.

"We don't have to, it's already written in the stars," Guren says, smirking.

"Besides, the only decent thing you have to bet is your popular, but daft, boyfriend," Kin says.

"Someone like me, in comparison to you, doesn't need to bet to get him crawling back," Karin says, "I snap my fingers and he'll take me, andanyone else, with open arms."

Ino looks shocked.

"Aw, did I strike a nerve?" Karin asks, in a mocking tone.

Even I really wish she would cool down with the insults.

"I..." Ino is speechless.

Well, that's a first.

"Listen, Karin-"

The bell rings, cutting Sakura off before she can defend Ino.

"You better watch yourself, Ino" Karin says, "You and your little friends."

She walks off with Kin and Tayuya following her.

Guren shoves the paper at Ino.

"Here, wannabe," she scoffs, walking in the other direction.

Unnamed brunnette stays though, for some odd reason.

She is staring past our direction.

We follow her eyes and see she's having a stare off with Matsuri.

"Matsuri..." unnamed brunnette says.

"Yukata..." Matsuri says back.

"Are you coming or not, Yukata!?" Guren, who's now at the end of the hall, shouts.

Yukata rolls her eyes and turns around.

"Coming!" she shouts back, jogging down the hall, that's starting to fill with other students.

"What was that?" Ino asks.

"She and I...used to be friends...she, Sari, and I...then...Kin came in and now..." Matsuri doesn't finish.

She only gestures towards the direction Karin, Tayuya, and Kin walked in.

"That group at it again," Sakura shakes her head.

She looks at Ino, who still looks upset.

"What is that anyway?" she asks her, gesturing to the paper Ino is now glaring at.

"It's nothing," Ino says, "Nothing anymore."

Ino crumples the paper and tosses it into the recycling bin.

"Let's go, or we'll be late to Health, Hinata," Ino says.

"Oh, um...okay, Ino-chan," Hinata says.

Ino starts walking off.

Hinata glances at us, confused.

"You should probably go with her," Shikamaru says.

"Yeah, we'll catch up later," Tenten says.

Hinata nods.

She turns around and catches up with Ino.

Tenten goes to the recycling bin and pulls out the paper and uncrumples it.

She walks back to us, while studying it.

"So, what was it?" Kiba asks.

Tenten shows us the paper.

It reads:
Cheerleading/Pep Squad Try-Outs
Who: Everyone welcome
When: Tomorrow
Time: Right after school
Come on down and show off what you got! Make sure to bring a friend along.
See you there!

Thank you for reading. Hope it was good haha. I feel weird since I haven't written for fun in a while, but I'm sure I will get back into the swing of things (eventually). Anyway, hope you enjoyed this chapter.

Until later,

DaydreamingSoundly ^_^