Hi! How you've been!

So... I'm back... with a new story... I know, I know! I should continue with my other fic before starting another one XS but the writer's block seems to be resting with this particular story XD

Anyway, I love high school mangas, animes and fics but because of the couples that I ship I never find the fics that fulfill my needs, so I decided to write one ^-^

Since I'm working on exploring every character the first chapter ended up being longer than expected. Also, this fic is going to be updated regularly because I still don't have a laptop in my new job, plus the second chapter is already proving easier to write than the fourth one of 28 weeks XS XD

Remember, English is not my first language so, if you find any grammar or spelling mistakes feel free to point them out.

Naruto and it's characters are not mine.

Hope you enjoy it

On a quiet sunny morning, a sixteen year old boy was walking one of the streets of Konoha. He was wearing a brand new black high school uniform, his suit case in his left hand and a book, How to cause a good first impression, on his right one.

"You should always smile, that will make it easier for people to trust you" his reading and uneventful walk from his house to his new school was disrupted by the gush of wind coming from behind him, ruffling his black hair and getting dust in his eyes.

"Get out of the way" the yelling voice of a female interrupted his attempt to rub the dust out of his eyes, and he managed to open them just in time to dodge the bicycle carrying a blonde blur.

"Gomen nasai" Just behind the blonde a red haired boy passed him in another bike, this last one not raising his voice and being more polite than the girl.

"Excuse us, hey Temari! Be careful!" A brown haired guy followed the previous two.

Sai was left behind, the trees dancing with the wind, sealing the bad omen that marked that first day of school.

He still couldn't believe he had made it. He had taken his sweet time getting ready and even walked all the way from home, and yet here he was, 9:30am (school starts at 8:45am) and not only were the school gates opened, there wasn't a teacher, prefect or anybody there, on the look out to send him home either, like he had intended.

With a defeated sigh he walked to the building that was the school and found his name on the lists that were stuck to the first visible wall, "3-D, locker 128".

He changed his shoes moving slower than the continents, yawned and walked the empty hallways, the voices of teachers from the classrooms on his left keeping him company. But as he kept on, the noise started to get louder, like there was a party somewhere in the school, in some room nearby. Troublesome, it was just his luck, it was class 1-D the one without a teacher, his class, he stood under the frame of the door, looking at the people talk and laugh, what a drag, he really shouldn't have gotten out of bed.

"Shikamaru!" The voice of his best friend, his childhood friend, directed his brown eyes to the back of the classroom, ok, maybe his luck wasn't as troublesome as he thought if Chouji was going to be in the same class as himself.

"Hey" he greeted the chubby boy as he made his way to the seat next to him, dropping his shoulder bag on the floor just as a teacher entered the room.

"Wari, wari, I got caught up helping an old lady on the road here" Shikamaru sighed yet again. The, clearly lying, man had been his teacher the previous two years in this junior High, he had white disheveled hair but looked pretty young, at least what was visible of his face did, he had a mask that covered his mouth and nose on, even if he didn't sound or appeared sick.

"Anyway, for those that don't know me I am Hatake Kakashi and I will be your maths' teacher, I will call out your names later since the opening ceremony is about to begin, for now I'll only introduce the transfer student and we'll take our leave to the auditorium were it will be taking place" Shikamaru couldn't help the yawn that escaped him as the sensei search his desk for the documents with information of the newcomer who just happened to knock the door.

"Come on in" he looked at the papers to find the name "Gaara".

The door opened and a red haired boy with no eyebrows entered the room, his uniform was completely buttoned up so it's black color made the red tatoo on his forehead pop out, and the coldness coming from his green eyes gave him the chills, that boy was troublesome, he was sure of that.

"His name is Sabaku no Gaara, he comes from Suna and... yeah, please be nice to him" the teacher said as he wrote the name of the boy on the board "you can seat next to..." he consulted the seatting chart "Hyuga Hinata, please raise your hand" Shikamaru saw the shy, dark blue haired, pearly white eyed girl lift her hand.

"Please take a seat Gaara-kun" Kakashi Sensei's voice was demanding yet gentle, exactly the kind of voice that got him to sleep through every single class for the past two years, which was confirmed with the yawn that followed the thought.

"So, now that Gaara-kun is settled, lets get going, Hinata-chan, you will be in charge of showing Gaara around so don't lose him" Shikamaru heard Hinata yelp at the words that came from Kakashi sensei while he stood by the door waiting for everyone to vacate the classroom, and when he reach it, he was suddenly stopped "hey Shikamaru, we will like you to be at the principal's office after the ceremony, we have a surprise for you" the wink directed at him did nothing to appease him to comply, but he answered anyway.

"Hai" his answer came out more as a sigh than an actual word, this year was going to be a drag.

Yes! The day had been going great! His first day at Konoha high! One of the most prestigious high schools of the city! He had busted his butt off studying because even if you had taken junior high in the same school you still had to take the exam to enter the senior high, and he wasn't going to lose! If Neji, his nemesis/best friend was going to enter so was he! And here he was, sitting next to the Hyuga prodigy in the opening ceremony, trying to pay attention, but his excitement was gettin the best of him.

"So, without further ado, welcome to another school year" Tsunade-sama, the principal finished the ceremony and let everyone out of the auditorium.

"Neji-kun we should join the judo club, or the soccer one, or maybe the baseball one, no I know the..." someone had bumped into him, fallen to the floor and effectively interrupting his verbal exchange with his uninterested comrade, apparently he had been running towards the auditorium but Lee got in his way.

"Gomen nasai my dear acquaintance, I seem to have stopped your youthful race towards the horizons of life" he help the young blonde boy to get up while Neji help lifting up his stuff.

"Are you ok?" Asked the long haired boy as he handed the bag and books to the younger boy.

"Hai, did I miss the ceremony?! Damn! Tsunade no baa-chan is going to kill me-ttebayou!" Wait! Rock Lee had heard of this boy.

"Ah! You must be Naruto! The joyful, loud, disrespectful prankster that every teacher complain about! Very nice to meet you! My name is Rock Lee!" He was excited! He had heard every teacher talking about this kid! And he had finally met him!

"Oi Lee! Don't be so blunt, excuse him, he sees you as some kind of celebrity" the suave voice of his companion had reprimanded him, but he was right, Naruto was some kind of leading example to him, he had never been able to be a troublemaker, and he found it fascinating.

"It's ok... I know what the teachers think of me, they do not keep it to themselves-ttebayou" he looked kind of hurt and downhearted as he said it, so he decided to lift his spirits.

"Don't let that take you down my dear friend!" His voice had gone up around 40 decibels just in favor of his new friend "you, Neji and I will mark our way through Konoha high, leaving the path for new generations to follow..."

"Friend?" Both Neji and Naruto asked him.

"But you just met me" said the blonde troublemaker with an incredulous/irked tone that did nothing to make Lee falter.

"Forget it, he is not listening anymore, you are already doomed to be his friend" Neji answered him with his arms crossed, eyes closed, a kind of annoyed tone but a small smile on his face, while Konoha High's green beast exploded with excitement reciting the plans he had for the year for himself, Neji and his new friend Naruto.

So? How was it? Did you like it? Remember, reviews keep me inspired ^-^

Love you all!