• Hello, there. This is my first fanfic, I’m so excited! I hope you enjoy, because I have put my heart, soul, and creativity into this. Thanks. By the way, Italic letters are thoughts; I thought I’d point that out.

    This is chapter one, I will work my way into chapter two as soon as possible.

    Disclamer: I do not own any Naruto characters, (even though I wish I did) all characters belong to Masashi Kishimoto.
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    Hinata Hyuga was as shy as a newly born flower as she walked into her new village home. She had moved from her old village to The Hidden Leaf Village for, um, personal reasons. Her cousin, Neji Hyuga, had been ordered to move with her, to protect her. You know, with her being a Heiress and all.

    “A-Ano…Neji-niisan, I have to go to my school, the Academy, soon. Are you going, too?” Hinata said, shyly. “Huh? Oh, yeah, but I’m going tomorrow. Good luck.” Neji replied blankly.

    And with that, Hinata walked by herself to the Academy, slightly anxious. ‘What if no one likes me? O-Or, everyone ignores me?’ She thought. She had figured that was the worst case scenario, so, she cleared her mind and worked her way to the academy.

    After a while, Hinata arrived at the front doors of the school. She couldn’t move, she just stared at the door, like a lifeless doll. “I-I can’t do this…” She whispered to herself. “But I must.” She reached slowly toward the shiny, silver handle. The door slowly slid open, and bright lights flushed her face.

    “Hi. You must be Hinata Hyuga, correct?” A somewhat tall woman with ruffled black hair and intense red eyes had spoken. She wore a red dress, but was covered with so much gauze you couldn’t see the more than half of the dress.

    “Y-Yes ma’am. Excuse me, but, um, I have to go to my class.” Hinata looked at her schedule. “D-Do you know where room…140 is?”

    “Ah, yes I do. Would you like me to show you the way?” The women said. “Oh, and by the way, my name is Kurenai Yuhi.” Kurenai had then started walking down the hall, and Hinata had no choice but to follow her.

    Hinata and Kurenai had walked and walked, and she passed many students. Some were very tall, which made Hinata feel really short. Others were very short, and were so cute Hinata couldn’t help saying “Hi” to them along the way. One had even hugged her as she walked down the hall.

    The two of them had arrived at a green colored door. “Okay, we’re here.” Kurenai had said. “O-Oh. Arigato, sensei…” Hinata spoke. Kurenai gave her a warm smile, and slowly walked away. Hinata had now reached for the bronze, circular doorknob. She nervously turned open the doorknob, feeling a little sense of regret. The door creaked open.

    Heads were turning, and in a few seconds everyone was staring at her. “Who’s that?” “Is that the new girl?” “She’s cute.” Hinata could hear students whispering to one another. She blushed at that third comment. Hinata had noticed that there was a teacher at the front of the class flipping through a book. He had a faint scar on his nose, and had a concentrated look on his face. The door creaked again, and the man turned his attention towards her.

    “Ah, you’re Hinata….um….Hyuga, correct?” He looked up and down the list to find her name. “H-Hai…” Hinata replied. The children in the class were still staring. “Great! Um, could you please stand up here and introduce yourself to the class?” the man said. Hinata had no choice but to do as he said. She quietly walked up to the front of the class.

    “K-Konichiwa. My name is…Hinata, Hyuga Hinata.” She said quietly. She didn’t know what else to say. “I-I like Miso Ramen, I am 12 years old, and I am honored that I can partake in this class…” She bowed down to both the teacher and the class.

    “Arigato, Hinata-san. Please, feel free to sit anywhere you please.” The man said. She still didn’t know his name, and was too shy to ask.

    She chose a table with three seats, like every other table in the class. The tables were all connected, and were lined up into 4 rows. Hinata chose the last seat in the third row, next to a kid with brown hair and red triangular paint on his cheeks. He greeted her with a smile.

    “His name is Iruka-Sensei.” The boy had said. “Y’know, in case you didn’t know.” He said, his small brown eyes filled with joy. “T-That’s his name? Arigato.” Hinata replied.

    “Okay, we will be taking attendance, and when I call your name, I want you to stand up. This way, Hinata-san can learn all of your names and faces.” Iruka announced. “First on the list is Sasuke Uchiha.” A dark-blue haired boy stood up. He had black eyes, and wore a dark blue shirt, slightly covering his neck. He wore white leg and arm warmers, the trim colored blue. ‘This boy has a somewhat dark aura…’ Hinata thought. Right when Sasuke sat down, every girl in the class squealed.

    “Next, Kiba Inuzuka.” The kid next to her stood up, the one with the brown hair. “And Akamaru!” Kiba shouted. Iruka nodded at this, slightly annoyed. It was when he shouted that Hinata had realized something. He had a puppy with him, sitting on his head. The dog was almost completely white, but had traces of brown fur here and there. It barked, and Kiba sat down. No girls squealed at this.

    Iruka had been calling names for about 10 minutes, and a bunch of students stood up, one at a time. Their names were: Shikamaru Nara, Shino Aburame, Rock Lee, Choji Akamichi, TenTen, Sakura Haruno, and Ino Yamanaka. “That’s it.” Iruka-Sensei said.

    A blonde kid suddenly stood up from his seat. “You forgot me AGAIN, Iruka-Sensei!!!” the kid said. He has slight black marks on his cheeks, and an annoyed look on his face. “Oh. Gomen, Naruto.” Iruka said thoughtfully.

    ‘H-He’s cute…’ Hinata thought, blushing. She had never liked a boy before. ‘So his name is Naruto…’

    “Now, you will all go outside for training, okay?” Iruka sensei announced. Most of the class cheered, with the exception of Shikamaru Nara. The class all gathered and scrambled outside. “We will all form groups of three, so you can get used to the formation of a squad.” He said. “First team is Uzumaki Naruto, Akamichi Choji, and Nara Shikamaru. Second team is, TenTen, Haruno Sakura, and Rock Lee. Third team is, Inuzuka Kiba, Hyuga Hinata, and Aburame Shino.” Iruka said. “Since there is an odd amount of people in total, you can choose any team you like.”

    Sasuke nodded, and pointed towards the team of Sakura, TenTen, and Rock Lee. “I’ll go join that team.” He said strongly, and joined the team in a conversation about where they were going to train.

    Hinata was so busy watching Naruto, she lost track of her assigned team. She searched and searched, but couldn’t find them. ‘Maybe they ran off to train, thinking I would catch up with them.’ She thought. Hinata decided to approach this Uzumaki Naruto kid, and ask him if he saw where her team ran off to.

    She walked up to him, slowly and nervously. “E-Eto… your name is…Uzumaki Naruto, correct? H-Have you seen where Inuzuka Kiba and A-Aburame Shino went?” She said quietly. Asking him was harder than she thought. “Oh, you’re the new girl, right? Eh, they ran off towards the forest, I think.” He replied happily. She bowed, said thank you, and ran off towards the forest.

    The forest was full of trees, and Hinata could hardly see a thing as she ran through it. The trees covered the source of sunlight, which made it difficult to see. Suddenly, she spotted an opening. The opening was the only spot in the forest that had sunlight. The opening was also not covered in trees, so one could easily camp there.

    She approached the opening, more and more. She could hear the voices of her teammates. Hinata hoped they didn’t think good of her, because she was late. Finally, Hinata made it the opening, only to see something horrible. There Kiba was, his face strained in pain, and a kunai knife fixated on his skin.
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    Sorry the other chapter was so short. I didn’t have much time to do it, and I planned to write more. I just eventually got lazy. I promise, I will overcome this laziness and write more! :3

    For now, please enjoy chapter two. Oh, and “Ryou” is the Naruto world’s money, or currency.

    Disclaimer: I do not own any Naruto characters, and all things Naruto-related. All credit (except for my writing!!) goes to Masashi Kishimoto.

    She stared, wide eyed. Hinata didn’t know what she could do to help. She’s never dealt with someone getting stabbed with a kunai before. Just recently, she decided to become a ninja. Hinata read and studied the basics of becoming a ninja, but had never actually trained with kunai knives before.

    “Kiba-kun!” She screamed, unable to think of what to do, what she could do. Kiba turned around. “H-Hinata?” He said. He looked at her in a weird way, as if she was crazy. He pulled out the kunai in his arm, and his face looked relieved. “Y-Your arm! I-I mean, w-what happened? Are you okay?” She said frantically, slightly in a daze.

    He shrugged. “This is nothing,” He replied, as if he was used to getting stabbed. “Shino, bring me some of that ointment-medicine-thingy you have.” Kiba yelled out, towards the trees. A slightly annoyed Shino walked out, holding a bottle of medicine. “Here, take it.” He said. He threw it towards Kiba.

    “Um, Shino? There’s something wrong here. Oh yeah… it’s empty!” Kiba yelled. ‘That bottle looks familiar,’ Hinata thought. “Yes, it’s empty. Now, I suggest you run to the school store and buy some more, before it gets infected,” Shino replied, pointing to the blood dripping from the deep gash. “And if you don’t have any Ryou, I don’t care. Find a way.”

    Kiba looked more annoyed than ever. “FINE, I’ll go steal some from Naruto, or something. It’s not like he’ll notice, anyways.” He said. “W-Wait!” Hinata squeaked. Both guys turned their attention towards her. “I-I packed some of that medicine in my satchel before leaving,” she said. “I’ll go get it. Please, stay here.” Hinata ran off, not caring if she heard a reply or not. She had to help her teammate. That’s what people do for each other, right?

    Hinata ran through the familiar dim forest. Before she knew it, Hinata had escaped the forest’s dark self, and arrived at the Academy sooner than she thought. In front of the Academy, there was this old tree. On the old tree, there was a swing attached to it. Hinata knew this already, and this tree never caught her attention before. Now, it did.

    On the swing, there was kid sitting on the tree. He had blonde hair, and Hinata could only see the back of him. ‘It’s N-Naruto-kun!’ Hinata thought, surprised he wasn’t training with his group. Slowly, she walked towards the swing. Naruto hadn’t even felt her presence, yet.

    “Naruto-kun?” Hinata said, quietly. To her amazement, she didn’t stutter. Naruto turned around, surprised. “Hinata-san?” Naruto replied. “What are you doing here?”

    Hinata noticed something. His eyes were swollen. He had been crying. By himself. With no one to comfort him. Now, he was smiling at her. He wore fake smile, a forced one. She could tell it wasn’t real, but didn’t want to point it out.

    “Naruto, I-I was getting medicine, for my team…” Hinata said quietly. “You don’t have to tell me, but why are you here?” Hinata asked. Naruto had a disappointed face on, as if he was remembering something painful for him. “Sasuke said I was weak. He said I just got in the way of training. He said I should just do the team a favor and go away. So I did.” He said softly. Naruto no longer faced Hinata, as if he was ashamed of being thrown out. Which, Hinata could understand.

    “T-That’s not true, Naruto. You are strong. I believe that, a-and if I believe that, you should, too.” Hinata said shyly. Naruto looked at Hinata, eyes wide, mouth in a huge, open, adorable smile. “Really, Hinata? No one has ever told me that before, not even Iruka-Sensei! Dattebayo!” He squealed.

    “I-I have to go get the medicine, I told Kiba I would be back soon. Naruto-kun, if you want to, you can join us for training…” Hinata said.

    “Are you serious?”

    “Y-Yes, Naruto-kun.”

    “Really?!”

    “R-Really.”

    “Then let’s go, Dattebayo!!!” Naruto screamed happily. He grabbed Hinata hand and dragged her into the classroom. ‘H-He’s holding my hand!’ Hinata thought. She blushed. “Hinata, find the medicine, so I can train, DATTEBAYO!!!” He squealed. Hinata scrambled to her satchel, digging to find the ointment. After a minute of searching, Hinata found it at the bottom of her bag. Naruto grabbed her arm and ran towards the forest, Hinata blushing hard.
    When they arrived at the opening in the forest, Kiba seemed relieved, knowing Hinata arrived with the medicine. “Where were you, Hinata-san?” Kiba groaned. “G-Gomenasai, Kiba-kun!” Hinata squeaked. She opened the bottle of the weird-smelling medicine, and lathered it on his arm. “Naruto,” Shino said strongly. “What are you doing here?”

    “Eh? Oh, Hinata invited me here.” Naruto stated knowingly. Kiba turned towards Hinata. “You invited Naruto here, Hinata?” Kiba winked. Instantly, Hinata blushed. “K-Kiba-kun!” She squeaked. “Ah, I’m joking. Let’s get training.” Kiba laughed. He grabbed a kunai. “Let’s begin.” Naruto grinned.

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    After an hour of training, Iruka-sensei said that everyone should head on home. “Sayonara, Naruto-kun, Kiba-kun, and Shino-kun…” Hinata waved. The others waved back, and they all headed in different directions towards their homes. Hinata walked down a dirt path, staring at her feet. She was lost in thought.

    ‘Naruto-kun…’ she thought. ‘Would you ever…like me? Not even a little bit? No, he would never like a girl like me. He likes Sakura-chan. I can see why, too. She’s beautiful, and is really strong, too. All I ever do is get hurt.’ Hinata’s eyes were watering.

    No words could describe how Hinata had felt about Naruto Uzumaki. She…longed for him. If she could, she would even cling to him, all day. She wanted to comfort him when he was sad, she wanted to congratulate him when he accomplished something. She wanted to, accompany him.

    “Hey, Hinata-san!” A familiar perky voice shouted. Hinata looked up from her feet, to the road in front of her. “I-Ino-san?” Hinata questioned, not sure if that was her classmate’s name. Ino was very beautiful, and she wore a bright orange tank top and navy-blue capri’s. “Yep!” She said boldly. “You’re the new student, right?” Hinata nodded, unsure of what was going on. “C’mon, me and my friends want to hang out with you!” She squealed. Ino grabbed Hinata by the arm and ran the opposite way from her home.

    “W-Wh-Where are you taking me?” Hinata said, in a daze. Ino grinned. “To our secret hideout, Y’know?” She beamed.


    Hi there. This is Chapter 3, as you can see. (Hehe that rhymed.) I am super sorry that all of my chapters have been extremely short. School has been killing me lately, so I have almost no time to write these things. Since all of my chapters have been short, I will make this one extra-long! Enjoy!

    Disclaimer: I do not own anything Naruto-related. All credit (except for my writing!!) goes to Masashi Kishimoto.

    “I-Ino-san, where exactly is your secret hideout?” Hinata questioned as she was dragged down the dirt road. Ino pressed her finger to her lips. “It’s a secret.”

    The two of them ran together down the path. They ran and ran, past many trees and buildings. Up ahead in the distance, there was a flower garden. Ino had lead Hinata into the flower garden, and once again placed her finger on her lips. She didn’t want anyone to hear them. Ino had lifted a little patch of grass in the floor, and there was a deep hold under the patch. The two of them slipped under it, into the deep hole.

    The tunnel was quite dark, and there was a feint mist in the air. The two kunoichis crawled in the dirt-matted tunnel. Soon, the tunnel’s path took an upright turn, and they girls soon found themselves going up, out of the tunnel. Ino popped up her head and said, “Guys! I brought Hinata-chan!” You could hear a soft “Yay” coming from up there. The blonde crawled out, and out followed Hinata. The air was heavy, and quite foggy, too. There, sat classmates Hinata recognized as: Inuzuka Kiba, Aburame Shino, Akamichi Choji, and Haruno Sakura. They all smiled.

    “U-Um, Konichiwa,” Hinata said shyly. “E-Excuse me if I am sounding rude, but why do you all want me here? I-I don’t think I’m that important.” Ino stared blankly. “Of course you are! You’re the new girl! We want you to feel welcome here, and we want to get to know you better! Just like you might want to get to know us better, too.” She signaled Hinata to sit down on the tile. She did.

    “Okay, Shikamaru, you go first! Tell Hinata everything you want her to know about you.” Ino grinned. Out of the corner of her eye, Hinata could see that Shikamaru seemed slightly annoyed. “Alright, alright,” He said. “My name is Shikamaru Nara, as you know. I don’t really like anything, except for staring at the clouds. Fighting is boring and useless, but there’s always a rare battle out there that is exciting to me. Oh, and many consider me a lazy person. I love to play Japanese Chess, too.”