AN: Please enjoy this little, slightly creepy, creation of mine.

Chapter Four: Making Friends

Sakura had been going to the Academy for a month now, and had yet to learn the names of the boys she sat next to. It was very annoying, and she was very close to demanding to know. However, Mei-kaachan would not approve of that kind of behavior so early in the year. But if the two boys persisted, then she would resort to Ryu-niikun's level and make them tell her.

She really needs to hang out with a girl her age, or else she'll end up just as psychotic and evil as Sai-neechan. And she could not let that happen.

'Aw, why not Sakura-chan~?' Senshi asked, chuckling as the pinkette rolled her eyes.

'Because Sai-neechan is evil, that's why. And Mei-kaachan asked me to not turn out like her.' Sakura replied, smirking when she heard, rather than see, Senshi pout. She had to stop herself from giggling out loud, as she wasn't alone. She was in the middle of class, sitting next to the boy with the glasses, and taking notes about some hero that was dead. Sakura sighed; note taking was tedious and boring. Especially since Jentoru-baasama already told her the story about this particular hero. Jentoru-baasama had a habit of always telling Sakura story when she was bored.

Not that Sakura was complaining or anything, she was wished that her teacher would teach the same way Jentoru-baasama did. With lots of theatrics and flair. That way it would be way more interesting to learn the history of the village's famed shinobi.

'Is someone finding out the ninja life isn't as fun as she once thought~?' Senshi piped up, giggling when Sakura once again rolled her eyes behind her teacher's back. Senshi always had a way of talking that made it seem he was singing half the words and stretching the others. It was quite annoying, but she had gotten used to it. Or so she thought, when he decided to add. ' Kukuku, looks like you have a little admirer~ Ne, Sakura-chan? Isn't she adorable?' Senshi asked, nodding his head towards the front of the class and to the side. Sakura moved her eyes to see who he was referring to, when she caught sight of a girl her age staring at her. When the girl found that she had been caught, she quickly turned red as a tomato and looked forward. Sakura noticed her purple tinted hair that stopped past her ears and her pearly white eyes. Sakura felt a tingle of remembrance at the eyes, but couldn't figure out why.

She shrugged her shoulders and tuned her sensei back in. He had finally looked at the clock and decided to wrap up his lesson, deciding that the kids had had enough. After all, it was almost time for lunch.

Sakura followed the purple haired girl, trying to figure out where she had remembered the girl's eyes from. She was certain it had to do with a story Jentoru-baasama had told her, she just couldn't remember. And it was driving her insane!

"Hey!" Sakura shouted, drawing the attention of not only the girl, but some of her classmates as well. The girl squeaked and slowly turned around, seeing Sakura's annoyed expression. She quickly turned back around and started to run, only to find herself facing the floor. She blinked and went red in the face when she realized that Sakura had tackled her before she could get away. "It's rude to run away from someone!" Sakura said, getting up and helping the shocked girl up. Sakura busied herself with dusting them both off, not realizing that they were being watched. When she was satisfied that they were clean, Sakura quickly bowed to the other girl, making her blush yet again. "I apologize for tackling you, but I really wanted to talk with you. I'm Sakura no Akuma." She said with as much grace as she could muster after attacking a fellow classmate in the hallway.

"I-I'm H-H-Hinata H-H-Hyuuga." The girl stuttered out, her fingers playing with each other as she watched the other girl. She knew who Sakura was, as everyone else in the class did. It was a popular topic among the other kids. They all wanted to know where she had come from, if she was a princess from a faraway land, if her family was just as strange looking as her. Of course, Hinata wanted to know how Sakura could be so confident no matter what she was doing. She wasn't the best when it came to throwing kunai or shuriken, but she was unmatched when it came to senbon. Her taijutsu was in need of improving and she didn't have that much chakra, and yet that didn't stop her from trying to be the best. Hinata wanted to know if she could be like Sakura one day; confident even if she failed.

"That's where!" Sakura yelled out, making the Hyuuga heiress flinch from the sudden outburst.

"F-f-f-from w-w-w-where?" Hinata asked, her stutter making her absolutely adorable to Sakura.

"Oh, Jentoru-baasama once told me a story about the Hyuuga family and their warriors, and well, I guess you eyes made me remember it. But it was so annoying trying to figure out where I had heard about them before." Sakura said, giving Hinata a bright smile. That was another thing she wanted to be, happy and cheerful.

"Oh.." Hinata said, wondering if that was all Sakura had wanted to talk to her about. She was about to walk away, when Sakura grabbed her hand and began to pull her in the direction of the school grounds. "Ah! Sakura-san! Where are we going?" Hinata cried out, forgetting to stutter as she felt the slightly smaller girl tug her forward until they were outside.

"To have lunch, silly." Sakura said, dragging Hinata off the school grounds and into the busy streets of Konoha's civilian market. Hinata was certain she would get into trouble for being here. Her father didn't approve of her being around civilians, nor did he like her making friends with civilians who thought they could be ninjas. Her father was old fashioned like that. She just knew her father would end the budding of friendship between her and Sakura, without even giving a reason as to why. "Ryu-niikun said to meet him at this nice dango shop so he could tell me all about training with Ibiki-sensei." Sakura stated, giving the blushing heiress a smile as she steered them through the crowds without a thought about hitting someone.

"Ryu-who?" Hinata asked, surprised that she didn't stutter again. This never happened when she was around her other classmates, so why was this happening now? Could it be that Sakura was so confident in herself that it was already rubbing off onto Hinata? Who had only been in her presence for a total of thirty minutes? It couldn't be, stuff like this didn't happen that quickly.

While Hinata was lost in her own thoughts, Sakura had finally gotten them to the dango shop and was excitedly waving at someone from inside. Hinata was pulled back to reality when she felt someone poking her forehead with a finger. She blinked and looked up, seeing a boy much older than her staring at her. He had red eyes, like a demon's, and red hair that was messy. The top part was messy and sticking up every which way. When he moved his shoulder to the side, Hinata saw a long, thin braid go down his back. She wasn't sure why it was there, and didn't really want to ask. The boy scared her.

"Ne, Sakura-chan, who is this?" Ryuketsu asked, poking the girl in the forehead again. Sakura rolled her eyes before pushing his finger away.

"This is Hinata, she's going to have lunch with us!" Sakura said, excitement bubbling in her voice.

"Mou, Sakura-chan!" Ryuketsu said, pretending to be sad about sharing Sakura with anyone. When in truth, he really didn't like sharing anyone in his family with anyone else. A side effect of his demon, Dai abare. Dai abare was quite possessive when it came to the clan.

"Hinata is my friend, Ryu-niikun." Sakura stated, stomping her foot in the dirt to further prove her point. She had yet to release Hinata's hand the entire time this was going on, making the heiress stare at her. Sakura really wanted Hinata as a friend? But why? They had barely spoken thirty words to each other, and this all happened today!

"Alright, alright. But only because she's you friend, okay?" Ryuketsu said, giving Hinata a terrifying grin. The girl quickly moved behind Sakura's back, not wanting his attention on her any longer.

Ryuketsu smirked as he stood up, flaring his chakra before ushering the girls inside. He knew Hinata had been followed, which meant Sakura had been followed as well. And he didn't like it when his precious Sakura-chan was followed by an unknown. The hidden Hyuuga guard stiffened as he felt the dark chakra interact with his. His skin went cold as he saw the red eye man watching him with a delightfully evil smirk.

Shit, Hiashi wasn't going to like this when he reported back. He wasn't going to like this one bit.

Sakura chatted happily with Hinata, who responded a few times with a few stutters here and there as they walked back to the Academy. Ryuketsu was following them from behind, at ease and not as terrifying as before. Hinata just couldn't understand how someone like Sakura could be related to someone like him. He was like a demon, only in the form of a human. However, Sakura didn't seem to notice the aura he carried, or simply didn't care. She was leaning towards the latter.

"So, Hinata-chan, what's your favorite thing about the Academy?" Sakura suddenly asked, taking a bit off of her dango stick. Ryu-niikun had been nice enough to get both girls two sticks, while he got three for himself. He knew it wasn't that great of a lunch, but it made Sakura happy and that was all that really matter. He had even taken a liking to Hinata in the short twenty minutes of meeting the girl. She was shy, awkward, and totally adorable. The perfect friend for his outgoing, stubborn, and positively precious Sakura. They balanced each other out perfectly, so Dai abare was fine with the Hyuuga heiress. It was the Hyuuga guard following them that was the problem. The man hadn't apparently gotten the message to leave the three alone, so Ryuketsu was busy planning his revenge for being disrespected like that.

"I like t-the h-history p-part." Hinata said, taking a tiny bite off of her dango. She had to admit, Ryuketsu was nice, in his own demented ways.

"Eh, it's so boring the way Iruka-sensei tells it." Sakura said, taking another bite. Hinata gasped at the admission.

"He's o-our sensei, Sakura-chan!" Hinata said, her cheeks only turning red. Apparently being in Sakura's presence for the last hour had done something significant to Hinata. It even made Ryuketsu confused. He had heard rumors that the Hyuuga heiress was painfully shy and nervous, like a mouse about to be caught. But this girl in front of him barely stuttered, and actually raised her voice above a normal level when Sakura started poking fun at her. This was not normal, not by a long shot.

Sakura really wanted to sit next to Hinata after they got back, but found that she was sitting in between a loud blonde and a silent dark haired boy who didn't merit much attention. He seemed emo, and Sakura hated emos. They were annoying. However, the blonde was pretty nice, the few times he talked with her, and he made Hinata blush a deep red. He even made her faint once, when they were practicing taijutsu. Sakura had laughed a little at the memory, before going back to her seat with her last stick of dango clutched in her left hand. Her right was holding a senbon that had fallen out of her hair. It had held the majority of it out of her face, and now that it was in her hand, her hair was back in her face. She grumbled in annoyance and sat down, gently setting her stick of yummy sweetness down so she could fix her annoying hair. She wanted to cut it, but Sai-neechan had refused and had hidden all of the scissors from her. She said her hair was too cute to cut, or some other crap like that.

Setting the senbon needle back in her kunai holster, which was already filled with needles and a few shuriken, Sakura resigned herself to trying her hair into a knot. While she worked, she didn't notice the boy with the marks on his face silently reach forward and snatch her dango. After tying her hair into a simple knot and letting it hang over her shoulder, Sakura smiled at the thought of eating her last dango stick when she found it gone. Suddenly the air around her got very, very cold. The boy wearing the glasses actually scooted away from her, not liking this feeling of utter and total destruction she was giving off. They both heard someone swallow loudly and both their heads turned to the side, the boy's look wasn't as murderous as Sakura's, but it might have also been because his face was partially hidden by what he wore. Sakura, on the other hand, looked like she was three seconds away from jumping across the table and strangling the boy who had dared to steal her yummy snack.

"Eheheh, sorry?" The boy asked, rubbing the back of his head as he noticed her look. His skin suddenly felt very cold and he wondered if he was going to die today. Just as Sakura slowly stood up and made her way over to him, the rest of the class and Iruka-sensei stopped what they were doing to stare at her. Iruka and the rest of the class took a collective step back, just Sakura reached forward to strangle the poor, unfortunate boy. Iruka wasn't sure if he should stop her, but he didn't have to think about that too long. As a small white puppy popped out of the boy's coat and gave a little bark. Sakura's dark look and mood suddenly shifted to one of complete and utter adoration as she snatched the puppy from the boy and began to coo pet the small thing.

"Hey, give him back-" the boy began, only to have Sakura hiss at him like a demonized cat. The boy shrunk away and the rest of the class took another step away from her. She went back to smiling and speaking softly to the small, adorable puppy. She went back to her seat, the puppy still in her arms, and turned forward to start the next lesson.

Everyone in the classroom made a collective decision: Don't steal from Sakura, or she'll go bat shit crazy on your ass.

Kiba was annoyed, and a little scared of the girl who sat next to his best friend since childhood. Not only had she been close to killing him, but she had also stolen his other best friend, Akamaru. Of course, he was happy that she wasn't trying to kill him anymore, but he really wanted Akamaru back. That was his dog, dammit! And no girl was gonna steal him from Kiba! But when he had tried to get him back, that crazy girl had hissed at him! Like she was some sorta cat! And Akamaru had let her! Hmph, some best friend he was.

So, Kiba had to sit through class for the rest of the day with no Akamaru to take his mind off of the boring lessons. All because of that crazy girl and her evil ways.

He was really mad by the time class had ended and was just about to take his dog back, her feelings be damned, when she got up and handed Akamaru back to him without any a single word. She just gave him a big smile.

He blinked as she left, her black kimono skirt fluttering behind her as she all but attacked Hinata and dragged the girl out of the room once again.

Kiba decided that he would never understand girls, as long as he lived.