Waiting for the Guide

[Hyuuga Hinata]

So many people were talking and having fun.It was so strange.At her old school it was quiet and...well clean.Hinata nervously walked around campus saying to sorry to anyone she bumped into.Hinata made it to the Principal`s office.This was where they had told her to get her guide for the day and her schedule.

Hinata nervously walked up to the door.As she felt the flesh of her hand touch the cold metal of the knob she stopped.There were voices in the room.Hinata couldn`t tell if it was an ordinary discussion or if it was important.Being the shy girl Hinata was she decided to knock.But the sound was to quiet to hear and she was not heard.

Hinata lowered her eyes.She stood at the door with her hand up in a knocking position but,she didn`t do anything else.Right now she wished her cousin Neji was here.Hinata took a step back from the door and stepped a side.She then slid down to the ground and waited for someone to open the door,cause she was definitely not going to open it herself.

[Uchiha Itachi]

Ugh...Nostalgia...

A dark figure stepped through the entrance of Konoha High, a rather infamous high school full of odd but talented disfigured students. The cold, air conditioned hallway had no sense of peace at all, considering that it was practically filled with students buzzing in and out of their classrooms. The doors were a soft, creamy brown color with a metal bar across it used for entering and exiting. The entire school reeked of his youth.

Well, sort of youth.

It was a mere two years ago that he had last seen this sanctuary called a place of education. This place held memories of his childhood, where he was often alone and enjoyed being alone. He stalked these very halls and attended these very classrooms alone. He remembered, watching everyone with his ebony black eyes talking to their friends and enjoying themselves. It seemed like such a distant memory to him, yet, it was not that long ago. And, now, he presently attends his prestigious college and is currently at work at this moment...Uchiha Itachi.

Itachi shook his head slightly, pushing those thoughts and his feeling of nostalgia to the side. Today was his first day at work and he was NOT going to be tardy. Pushing through the crowd of students coldly, he finally reached the office. As his hand gripped the icy handle of the door, he noticed a girl sitting on the ground leaning against the wall. Maybe she was new there?

"Could I help you?" Itachi asked, not wanting to create a bad impression on his first day.

[Yamanaka Ino]

Ino walked through the halls. She was passing by on her way to her locker. She had forgotten her new lip gloss in her locker! What a crises! As she passed by the principal's office. She happened to look in. She saw Hyuuga Hinata and Itachi. She poked her head in. In a cheerful way, she said "Hi Itachi-san! Hi Hinata-san! What are you both doing here?!"

[Hyuuga Hinata]

Hinata gasped at the new voices.She looked at the newcomers and lowered her eyes.How did the blond girl know her?Who was the man?Hinata bit her lip."Anou...Yes I`m new..."Hinata said softly as she tapped her fingers together.Hinata then stood up and did the same thing she had done when she was on the ground.

"I-I`m Hyuuga Hin-Hinata."Hinata introduced.Her eyes glanced at the door."Anou...d-do you mind opening tha-"Hinata was interuppted by a voice from inside.(Tsunade said I could control her character for this one)

"Come in!ALL of you!"The feminine voice screeched.Hinata winced.Had she done something wrong already?She hoped not.If she had father would scold her.Hinata bit her lip and lowered her shoulders.Her hand reached for the door knob.She slowly pulled the door open.

Inside there was a blond woman who looked to be around 30 but acted older,like she was 50.Beside the woman was an old man with white hair that was longer then most."Ko-konnichiwa..."Hinata mumbled as she raced forward and bowed several times.She didn`t know how the woman could`ve known she was there.She had thought she had been quite quiet.

"Gomenasai for not coming in earlier..."Hinata apologized meekly.

[Uchiha Itachi]

Itachi watched as the girl sitting on the floor, who she introduced as Hinata, stand up. She was petite. Not too short but not that tall either. She wasn't disgustingly repulsive, but not overbearingly pretty either. She was rather normal looking. Average at best. His eyes followed her figure as she hesitantly walked inside Tsunade's office and bowed a hundred times as though she was at fault for something. He sighed a bit. She was so formal. Not that he minded, but it reminded him of being too much at home with his parents.

Hinata looked pretty frail as well. Itachi almost instantly judged her as fairly shy and unbearingly weak hearted. But, it was best not to judge too quickly. It could always lead to trouble much too soon for him and he disliked the thought. Since it looked like she was a bit nervous, Itachi decided to be a little less cold-hearted today and help out the new girl just a little bit. "Tsunade, this Hyuuga Hinata...our new student." he introduced as emotionless as ever, entering the office behind her.

Turning to the blonde haired student, Itachi sighed a bit and closed his eyes for a slight moment. "Miss Yamanake, I am no longer going by Itachi-san while I'm here. I will be yours and Miss Hyuuga's new Teacher Assistant." he addressed formally. If it weren't for this paying job, he would have left pretty quickly by now. But the money was needed. Not WELL needed. But needed. Mostly, this job was for the satisfaction of rubbing into his younger brother's face. Pfft...McDonalds.

[Yamanaka Ino]

Ino rolled her eyes. "Whatever" she said. *I bet Itachi's as good a teacher as a chocolate bar!* Ino thought indifferently. She looked up. Hyuuga Hinata. She had introduced herself by her name. *She is so fragile it's like she was made of glass!* Ino thought to herself.

She studied this Hinata girl. Bleak eyes, totally pupil-less. Wow... Hinata sure was a plain girl

[Hyuuga Hinata]

Hinata lowered her shoulders.She could feel the blond girl`s eyes looking at her.Hinata glanced at the girl but did nothing else.Hinaat rubbed her foot slightly on the cold tiled ground.

Tsunade smiled and yelled in a big voice,"WELCOME TO KONOHA HIGH!BE FREE TO DO ANYTHING YOU WANT HYUUGA-SAMA!".

Hinata bit her lip and winced.Hyuuga...She was only known by her prestigous family.Not of what she had done.Only by her father.Only by their money.Only by their traditions.It frustrated her to no end!Being the heir of the Hyuuga clan,yet that was her only title.But Hinata had no courage to tell anyone of what she really felt inside.

Father would be more ashamed of her then he already did.

Hinata nodded."Anou...Tsunade-sama....w-where`s my guide?"Hinata asked timidly.The white haired man grinned pervertedly.

"Why,hello there,I`ll be your guide if you want..."the man said with a perverted grin.Hinata quickly shook her head as the woman punched the man threw a wall.Hinata stared at Tsunade.She made a note to not get on her bad side.

"JIRAIYA!NO HITTING ON GIRLS!REMEMBER WHAT I TOLD YOU BEFORE?!"Tsunade yelled.

Hinata took a few steps back and held her arms tightly to her chest.She looked at the others with a pitiful look.

[Uchiha Itachi]

Standing perfectly still, Itachi seemed unfazed nor surprised that Tsunade had punched Jiraiya into the wall of her office. Actually, he had anticipated it for quite some time now. It's been a while since that old man's gotten his last beating. If Tsunade knew that he was going to hit on highschool girls, why did she bother hiring this guy? He shifted his eyes slightly towards the shy girl who winced in surprise at their new principal's immense strength.

"Tsunade, I hope you're not thinking about letting this perverted old man disgrace our school by guiding Miss Hyuuga are you?" Itachi took a step forward, looking as though he was gliding instead of walking, and stood in front of Hinata almost protectivingly.

"I will escort Miss Hyuuga myself, if you don't mind." He stated rather than asked, sounding kind as much he could leak out to be friendly. It was much harder that it looked like in the movies, much harder. For Itachi at least. Before Tsunade could object or agree to anything, he had already turned around and exited the office leaving his boss with the unconcious old man stuck in a hole in the wall.

He turned back to the two girls still standing in the office. "This way please..."

[Yamanaka Ino]

Ino was so ticked off! Why couldn't SHE escort this hinata girl?! "Can I help to Principal Tsunade? I know the school really well! I can help!"

Ino glared at Itachi *That's what he gets for trying to reprehend me!* Ino smerked to herself.

(((SORRY! WRITER'S BLOCK))

[Hyuuga Hinata]

((It`s ok.))

Hinata looked at two strangers and smiled."You h-haven`t told me your names...."Hinata mumbled as she walked out of the room into the hallway.Hinata tapped her fingers together and smiled slightly.They didn`t know of her family.Her old 'friends' were only talking to her because of ehr money,which Hinata found out on the last day she was apart of the school.

It was sad really.To have had no real friends.Nothing but a father,sister,and cousin.Who didn`t exactly understand your look on things.No one had ever understood her perspective on things.It made her feel weird inside.Not disappointed in herself.But in her family.

Hinata sighed.Why was she thinking so much on her first day?She didn`t even have homework yet!Hinata lowered her eyes onto the ground.What if this school was the same way as the others?Would it all be the same?Or would it finally be different?

Hinata reached into her pocket and got out a piece a of paper her sister had given her.It said:

Try not to mess up this time.
your sister,
Hanabi

Hinata`s eyes stinged with tears.Her own sister didn`t respect her and she was eldest!It was quite discouraging.Hinata looked at the floor and bit her lip.She would just have to keep it bottled up inside her.If anyone saw her crying they`d know her of the cry baby of the Hyuuga clan.

[Uchiha Itachi]

"Don't cry..." Itachi spoke suddenly. He had secretly watched the shy Hyuuga from the corner of his eye and was almost fed up with the uncomfortable shifting. He didn't look at her as they walked, only staring into the distance and avoiding their gazes.

"I am Uchiha Itachi and, as I've said before, I am your new Assistant teacher. You can bet that I won't give you any special treatment just because of your family, Miss Hyuuga. I couldn't care less about that. You both will treat me with respect and earn mine when you do. This is how it will be from now on." Itachi stopped and turned around swiftly, taking Hinata's face into his hands to make her look up at him in the eyes.

"Don't cry. It shows signs of weakness. Stand up straight and look people in the eyes when you talk to them." Itachi breathed, staring into her lavender colored eyes to make sure she got the message.

He hated it.

He hated all things so formal and traditional such as 'Clan traditions' and 'Clan expectations'. Itachi absolutely despised things such as this and by the pained look in Hinata's eyes, he could tell she's been through the same things as well. Usually, he didn't like to talk about it at all (or talk nonetheless). But he blamed the Uchiha clan for making him this way. Before they even knew him, he always recieved the title as 'great' or 'noble'. And he absolutely hated it.

Itachi released his grip and turned around to continue walking again, feeling as though he was leaving behind painful memories.

[Yamanaka Ino]

Ino walked with Itachi and Hinata. "Me? I'm Yamanaka Ino!" She proudly announced. She then saw that Hinata was crying. *oh boy. waterworks* she thought as she rolled her eyes. She then said, "I've heard of the Hyuuga clan. Its cool that you're from it. Don't think that I'm gonna treat you like a superior to me just because of your name though! I'm going to treat you like my equal!" She smiled as she flipped her hair. She was getting tired of this pupil-less girl.

[Hyuuga Hinata]

Hinata laughed slightly."A-Arigato,Itachi-sensei,Ino-san."Hinata beamed.Hinata then,right then walked into an opened locker door."ITA!"Hinata yelled as she fell to the ground.Hinata looked up and tilted her head."Gomenasai!"Hinata said as she stood up and bowed.She would deifinitely need to work on her confidence.It`ll take a while for her to learn,but she suspected that she`d get used to it.Hinata then remembered something.

She had forgotten to pick up her schedule!

Hinata stopped right in the middle of the hallway and ran to the secretary`s office.Hinata panted as she skidded to a stop."G-gomen for interupting you.I just n-need to pick up my s-schedule."Hinata said as she panted.She had ran pretty far.Itachi and Ino were still probably at the other side of school.Or was she just delusional?Hinata couldn`t tell.The secretary gave Hinata her schedule.As soon as the schedule was in her hands Hinata ran back to Itachi and Ino.

"G-gomen!I had forgotten my schedule!"Hinata said as she held the schedule to them.Hinata smiled softly as she rubbed the bumb on her forehead from where she had had bumped into the locker."M-my first class....Ninjutsu?W-Whats n-ninjutsu?"Hinata asked in a confused voice.She had never heard of the word before.Ninjutsu...she remembered the word from somewhere.She just couldn`t think of it right now.She looked at Ino and Itachi for an explanation.

As she waited for a reply she rubbed her bump.

[Uchiha Itachi]

Itachi closed his eyes and sighed, hearing the sound of something crashing into a locker door. He stopped in his tracks and waited as Hinata dashed back to the office and then back with a red spot on her forehead, schedule in hand. Reaching into his pack, Itachi slipped out a medicine band-aid and peeled it off. He stuck it easily and smoothly onto the petite girl's forehead and started to explain.

"Ninjutsu is part of a shinobi art, or 'ninja' techniques as you may call it. It varies in different types of elements depending on your kekkai genkai (blood limit) or where you have originated from. To use ninjutsu techniques, you have to create handsigns and use an amount of energy called your 'chakra'." Itachi stood up straight and pulled out a piece of paper from a scroll he had in his pocket conveniently. "Miss Yamanake, you could use this extra piece of information." he warned.

It unravelled to show a picture of a man sitting in a cross position with a YinYang sign in the middle. The sign was split in half, one saying 'physical' and one saying 'spiritual'. "You're chakra exerts in two types, physical and spiritual. Physical chakra is obtained from training hard and practicing your body mentally and actively. Spiritual chakra is gained from experiance and will." Folding the paper back into the scroll and placing it back into his pocket, Itachi turned back around and started walking down the hallway again.

"I'm sure your new teacher will explain to you the rest, considering that he won't be late again. Come, I have to escort you through the school before class starts and you don't want to be late. It will look bad on your permanent records."

[Yamanaka Ino]

Ino watched Itachi apply the bandage. *...wow....* Ino thought to herself. She then looked at her schedule. "I have the same first period as you, Hinata. I will help make sure we're not late. I have never been late for class and I don't plan to be." She smiled. Even SAKURA was late for one class. When it came to that, Ino's record was crystal clean. She didn't really MIND Hinata but she was a little too shy for Ino's taste.

*I'll make her my big project for the year!* Ino thought to herself. *I will transform her from this shy little glass doll to a social butterfly! First thing, I'll have to get her to agree. I've inspired one life already so now I'll inspire this Hyuuga girl!

These thoughts, plus the fact that she'd always wanted to see the Hyuuga Mansion, Convinced Ino that sometime she would ask Hinata about this. She was thrilled to be so inspiring to others.



She then began to wonder where Hinata worked. She assumed it was the book store being that it's quiet all the time and not full of people to nag her about being shy and small. Ino also wondered about her eyes. Just like Neji, her eyes had no pupil. *How do they see with those eyes?!* Ino asked herself. She then began to ponder this over and over. She had no clue.


When Hinata asked what Ninjutsu was, Itachi gave her a good answer. Ino didn't know what to really say so she just responded by saying "Umm.. what he said" and smiling. Her perfectly peppy personality just sparked through. She looked in her mirror. She then fixed her hair, once more, and continued to walk.