REVISED CHAPTER ONE: I revised this chapter, I had poor grammar and it lacked substance, so I hope you enjoy this revised chapter. Please review!
Story Title: Dangerously Sixteen
Summary: How far would you go to be in the "Crowd"...would you risk anything...even your life?
Disclaimer: I own the characters that you have never heard of.
Title: Chapter 1
RRRIIINNNGGG! Hinata's alarm clock blared on her desktop and woke up a sleepy teenager. The young girl stretched her arms out; her luscious raven hair tumbled down to her shoulders. Dressed in a lavender nightgown with a lacy neckline, she opened the curtains where there the bright sunlight permeated through the window with brightness.
Hinata's family had been torn apart from years, fortunately, she and her cousin could manage living under the same roof with his parents. It was the darkest time of her life when the sun disappeared and an ominous dark cloud hovered over her life. Hinata was on the verge to run away from her home, but Neji stopped her.
It's been nearly a year since she lived with the Hyuga family, until she decided to take off on her own, to discover her real identity. When she came back, everything had changed. Although she had never made any friends in her childhood, the closest person she could stand by is her cousin, Neji.
That very morning, Hinata was about to start her junior year in high school. She was going to be the "New Girl." She had been there as a freshman, but skipped her second year for her "soul-searching trip." Her cousin seemed to have been preoccupied during his sophomore year when she came back.
To Hinata, Neji seemed more distant than before. Before she left, the two would always share late night conversations before their guardians would tell them to go to sleep; but now, the two have their own agendas to attend to.
There was a knock on her door; Neji was dressed in his clothes ready to go to school.
"We're not wearing uniforms anymore?" Hinata was surprised since their school enforced a strict dressing code last year. Her pallid eyes gazed up and down on her cousin's full attire.
He looked different, it was not him at all.
"The gang and I started a little something to make them stop," a mischievous smile lit up on Neji's face as he waited for Hinata to get dressed.
In baggy black pants, and a faded white tank top, Neji grinned. He had a few textbooks in his arms.
Hinata shot him a puzzled look.
"A few classes," Neji shrugged.
"Me too," Hinata nodded as she grabbed her book bag. Soon, the cousins were out of the door, skipping breakfast. The soon-to-be juniors glided into Neji's new convertible.
"Wow, when did you get it?" Hinata ran her hands against the smooth leather interior of the car. It was a platinum vehicle with a dazzling design that marveled Hinata.
"How much was it?"
"It was nothing," Neji smiled. He turned on the ignition and cruised out of the driveway.
When they arrived at the building, Neji pulled up to an empty parking slot near some other nice vehicles. The car on their left was a yello Lamborghini, and to their right, was a red Ferrari with its cover off. The other nice vehicles encircling them were a variety of different brands. In front of Hinata, was a blue Corvette and there was also a motorcycle with two helmets attached to the back.
As Hinata and Neji stepped out of their cars, Hinata caught a glimpse of some of their license plates. The red Ferrari had a license plate that displayed JUSTPMS, and the motorcycle had a plate that said BRN2BBD (Born to be Bad). Hinata walked toward the school and realized that the exterior of her high school building had changed. There were two extra buildings constructed beside the main building, the parking lot was enlarged, and the track field and pool was added. Before they entered the school, Neji departed, leaving Hinata alone at the registration desk.
"Hello, could you tell me your name?" the lady who seemed to be in her forties smiled while her wrinkles became visible near her eyes.
"Hyuga Hinata," Hinata calmly said and then she looked at the woman who had asked for her name. There was a stricken look of fear when she heard her name.
"Hyuga? Oh, um...let's see, are you a family member of Hyuga Neji?" there seemed to be a startling in her voice when she said her cousin's name. Hinata nodded and with a shaking hand, the old woman handed her her schedule and books. As she set for her locker, she accidentally bumped into a guy who was a head taller than her.
"Oh, sorry kid," he apologized as he helped Hinata pick up her books.
The two locked eyes, Hinata could feel herself weak in the knees as she gazed into the young man's electric blue eyes. Hinata evaluated his attire and he wore almost the same outfit as Neji's, but his hair was spiked up.
"Are you ok?" he waved a hand in front of Hinata which broke her out of her reverie.
"Oh, yeah...I'm ok...thank...you," she shyly thanked him as he continued on his path. She turned around and watched him exit the building and Hinata could feel the heat from her cheeks.
"Class!" the instructor of the classroom ordered his students to calm down. He glared at the students near the back of the room.
"CLASS!" he scolded.
One of the girls shot him a death glare, and the teacher sat back down against his chair, as if surrendering. From the desk, the instructor informed his class of a new student.
Hinata removed herself from her desk, and timidly strolled up the aisle to face her classmates.
"Well, class. I expect all of you to give our new student a warm welcome. She will be in our Homeroom for the rest of the year until you graduate," the teacher tried not to lock eyes with the glaring student from the back of the room.
As Hinata ambled back to her desk, she could hear whispers puncturing her ears.
"Hey, isn't that the Hyuga girl who left?"
"I heard her cousin is hot!"
"She looks better than she did last year,"
"Yeah, I heard her cousin…" a student's voice was trailed off shortly after the bell rang. Hinata couldn't help but point her finger on it, but ever since she stood at the registration table, students looked at her in an unusual manner.
When she was a freshman, they would greet her and give a friendly wave.
But this year, it was different.
Very different.
The next period of the day, Hinata entered into her Honors Chemistry classroom, and sat in the back of the room. Luckily, as Hinata had hoped, her new teacher did not bother having Hinata walk to the front of the room and introduce herself. It seemed as if her teacher has been preoccupied with the class period before her.
Perhaps, she was.
"Good morning class! As a reminder, there will be an exam next week on the three chapters from your reading homework last night," she said to the students. They all listened except for the same group of girls who sat in the back corner of the room.
Straightening her posture, Hinata turned her head and gazed at a young girl who shot an unpleasant look at Hinata. Hinata realized that she was the same girl who was in her Homeroom. The student had a long mane of crimson that was wavy at the ends, and held down with a ribbon in her hair.
Hinata couldn't help but gaze at a glittering pink halter top, with a polished leather jacket. The girl seemed laid back, and she rested her legs on top of her desk, which made all of the guys near her drool.
"Miss Haruno, could you kindly sit properly?" Hinata's teacher had a strict tone in her voice. The student lowered her sunglasses and her emerald eyes shot the teacher an expression as if to say I-Don't-Care-So-Leave-Me-Alone.
Hinata glimpsed at the young student who sat four seats in front of her. The teacher instructed the classroom to flip their textbooks to a certain chapter in order to prepare for their upcoming test.
Gazing from her horn-rimmed glasses with a few rhinestones at the corner, the teacher raised her voice, "Miss Haruno, could you please read the second paragraph on page 58?"
"I left it at home," the pink-haired girl shrugged, and resumed to her conversation with another girl at the back of the room. Some students chuckled under their breath, and others remained silent.
"Well, you have been doing that lately. Miss Haruno, if you plan to continue this ridiculous act, I'm afraid I will have to contact your parents," the woman in her early forties set her hand firmly against the page the students were supposed to be reading.
The girl leaned forward and eyed her teacher. An ominous voice answered back.
"Or else, what?" whispers around Hinata echoed through the classroom; Hinata decided to stop it.
A shaking hand shot up in the air.
"Yes?" the teacher answered.
"Um, I was wondering if you two do this often," Hinata asked. All heads turned to look at her, especially the girl with the crimson-colored hair.
"Why do you care, just fuck off," the pink-haired girl glared.
"I know it's none of my business, but this 'thing' that is going on between the two of you is obviously distracting all of us. We are trying to review for our test for next week," Hinata's sincere pallid eyes glanced at both of the two women.
"Well, if it seems to be distracting you, then leave this classroom so you can do what you call 'studying'," the girl's emerald green eyes glimmered a warning.
"This classroom is not used for arguing but for learning. If you do not intend to use that purpose, then I think that you two should take this outside, instead of corrupting our learning environment," Hinata said.
There were whispers, and Hinata could make out that they were talking about Hinata being the first girl to stand up to the girl bully.
Before Hinata could finish, the bell rang.
"Ok! Everyone, give me five laps!" the P.E. teacher instructed them. The students let out a groan and then they ran toward the track field. Hinata jogged on the track and a few girls passed by her with their short hair pulled in a ponytail. However, there was this one girl that caught Hinata's attention.
She was a bit taller than Hinata, but her blonde hair was longer than hers and was pulled up in a ponytail. The girl had long legs that never seemed the end and drew attention to some of the boys, who were whistling. She was pacing around the track and ran side by side with Hinata. She locked eyes with the raven-haired girl and gave her a dirty look. The blonde passed the girl and continued to run for another half mile.
Soon, the students gathered near the teacher.
Hinata sat down on the grass with some other girls and she then caught a glimpse of the blonde who sat on a bench with some other guys. She then realized that one of the guys that sat with the blonde was the same guy that bumped into her that morning. When the guy looked at her, Hinata quickly turned her head away flushing red in her cheeks.
"All right, that was a nice run!" the coach encouraged them. He was about to say something but refrained when he turned to glance at the blonde who was talking with her guy friends.
"So, I was saying..." but the chattering with the juniors near Hinata made the instructor a little ticked off.
"Yamanaka! Uzumaki! Can you two please listen!" the coach raised his voice.
"Oh, I'm sorry Coach, what were you saying? Oh, yes...you were masturbating?" the guy she was talking to laughed with her and also the class laughed with them. Hinata and the coach were the only ones not laughing.
The dark-haired girl looked at the coach who was red in his cheeks.
"That is not true Ino!"
"Oh really? You told me last night that you were exercising," Ino then stood up and looked at her classmates with a smile on her face. Hinata looked at her teacher's face that was stricken with red all over him, and there were whispers again.
"Last night, what do you mean last night?" the coach weakly said.
"Oh, you remember very vividly, Hiro," she smiled, "don't tell me you don't remember? Last night was great," Hinata couldn't believe her ears, and she looked at the guy who bumped into her who was clearly laughing. Whispers around her then turned into conversations.
"Class dismissed, In-...Yamanaka and Uzumaki, please stay behind," the rest of the class then headed back to the locker rooms with lots of gossip to spread and Hinata trailed behind them. She turned around and when she caught eyes with the blonde guy, he lowered his sunglasses and winked at her. Blushing, Hinata turned her head and started toward the locker room.
It was the students' lunch break and Hinata headed to her locker to put her books back. When she closed the locker she saw Neji walking her way, and stopped by.
"Hey, how was your first day?" he smiled.
"Very interesting, Neji," Hinata couldn't believe that her school had changed since she left.
"All right, come on...let's grab some lunch; there probably will be some people that might take our spots," he grabbed his cousin's hand and they ran to the cafeteria. Grabbing her sack lunch she stopped with Neji at a corner at the right side of the area, and when she arrived there her mouth dropped.
"Neji!" the blonde guy in Hinata's P.E. class greeted her cousin. Sitting next to the blonde was the pink-haired girl who was talking with the blonde who was also in her P.E. class.
"Hey Ino...it's the girl in our P.E. class," he lowered his sunglasses and Hinata saw his sapphire blue eyes. The blonde looked up and smiled at Hinata and this girl beside Ino smiled with her.
She wore a white tank top and black pants, with her hair in two buns. Ino wore a black shirt and black jeans. Near the three girls beside the blonde, were these other three guys who were eating in silence.
The first guy was dressed in a leather biker jacket and tight leather pants and his black hair was spiked, and the second one looked kind of like him, but he was dressed in a tight black shirt that emphasized on his chest and black pants. The third one wore a tight green long sleeve and black pants, and he had a bowl haircut.
"Hey, people...this is my cousin...Hyuga Hinata," the two girls looked up at them from their conversation. The pink-haired girl sneered at Hinata while Ino, the blonde girl sat back.
"I'm sorry Neji, but I don't see any resemblance there...I thought good looks ran in the family, but I guess it's only on your side," the pink-haired girl insulted Hinata. The two guys near Ino laughed and Hinata could feel her hands clasp into a fist.
"Come on, Sakura..." Neji smiled at her. Hinata couldn't believe her eyes, her cousin Neji smiled at his friend when she had just dissed her...his cousin!
"Sakura is in one of those moods, Neji," Ino informed him as Sakura pinched Ino.
"Ow, bitch!" the blonde girl looked at Sakura and then smiled.
"Whore," Sakura shot back and then Ino purposely spilled soda onto her top. With a half smiling half evil look, Sakura got up and started to head to the restroom. Neji sat down with Hinata and introduced them to her.
"As you can see, the pink girl is Haruno Sakura," Hinata smiled but Sakura left her with a grim smile, "and the blonde that just spilled soda on her is Yamanaka Ino," and Neji continued on, "and the black-haired girl next to Ino is Ten-Ten," the girl greeted Hinata with a friendly smile.
"Hey, girl, and don't worry, Sakura isn't usually like this...if you get to know her, she is actually a nice girl," she smiled and Hinata beamed back.
"And here he is, Uzumaki Naruto," Hinata blushed when Naruto smiled at her, "and those two boys that look the same, the biker jacket is Uchiha Itachi and the black shirt is his brother, Sasuke. And the green shirt guy is Rock Lee...but you can call him Lee," Neji introduced them.
The group then ate in silence and as Hinata swallowed her sandwich, she looked at Neji who was talking to Sasuke and Naruto. "Is he always like this?" Hinata thought to herself, and then when they were all finished, the gang decided to head outside of the building. As they were all outside, Hinata sighed and thought to herself that today was going to be a long day.
Author's Note: I did my best to revise, and only made some revisions that I thought were necessary. I hope that you'll review! Thank you.