A Nation Divided

The Allied Shinobi Academy. It's located in the middle of all the great nations. This school was founded after the 1st Great Ninja War where the ninjas teamed up to fight against a powerful demon and its army. It was formed as a unity between all nations to fight any upcoming threat. It's a place that teaches teenagers the profession of ninja they want to be. Infrantry, medical, tactician,etc. Except for spies, they haven't taught any spies in a long time because all of the nation is at a rare state, peace. I, Hinata Hyuga, will be attending this school and today is my first day there.

I sit at a desk at the back of my classroom waiting to be called on by my teacher, Asuma Sarutobi. He's chewing on a straw for some reason. Maybe it's just a strange habit.

Everyone stands up from their seat when the teacher calls on them. He stops at Naruto.

"Naruto?" He repeats."Really? Absent on the first day."

"Wait! Wait! I'm here!" A loud,harsh voice rangs out from outside of the door of the classroom. A hand slides it open, revealing N-n-Naruto.

"Oh my gosh…"I slide down in my sit and blush. is it weird that I hope he doesn't see me, but at the same time does?

"Please don't mark me absent, umm, Pops."

"What!" Mr. Sarutobi almost broke his desk when he slammed his fist on it."I'm not old! Sit down!" He points to an empty desk by the window of the classroom. Naruto goes and sits there at his assigned seat.

"Always late for class, loser." Sasuke said.

Naruto gave him a dynamic finger point."Don't start with me, bastard, I was only late because I was training."

Sasuke only responds with a shrug."I wouldn't need to train in the morning. I just need the afternoon to get good."

Naruto really looked angry by what Sasuke said."Oh yea! Let's go right now! We'll prove who's better!" He got out of his seat and their foreheads clashed together. watched this with an expression that just kept getting more annoyed. So, he got up, went over to Naruto, and smacked him over the head.

"Ow! Teachers can't hit students!" Naruto said.

"Oh yea, who said that? My boss said I can serve out discipline as long as I don't kill the students." said." Now sit down."

Naruto complied and his friends around him started laughing as Mr. Sarutobi went back to his desk. I thought Naruto would feel embarrassed by this,like I would, but he was actually laughing with them.

"Ha, just like Naruto to do something stupid on the first day of school." My friend, Kiba, says.

"Why am I not surprised?"My other friend, Shino, rhetorically states.

I just keep staring at Naruto while Kiba and Shino continue speaking. I'm not sure what they are saying since I really zone out. Ah,Naruto, it's like a beam of light is always on him. Which it is, since he's right next to the window. I just wish I had the courage to speak to him, or was lucky enough to be able to sit next to him so he could speak to me. But in all the years we were in school together I only was able to hold a conversation with him when we were put in a group together. And I just stuttered and mumbled the whole time. That probably didn't leave a good impression.

"Hinata." Kiba pushes me slightly on the shoulder, trying to get my attention. I sit up in my seat and answer him.

"Yes?"

"I see how you're eyeing Naruto." Kiba says." You should go and talk to him after class."

I couldn't see my face but I could have sworn it lit up like a sky full of fireworks when he said that."No,no,no,no,no,no! I couldn't do that…" My head tilts down toward my desk. All hope lost.

"It's easy. All you have to do is approach him and talk. That's it! He's a nice enough guy to listen. That's why he has so many friends."

"I'm not sure…"

Unexpectedly, Shino puts his hand on my shoulder. I look up to him when he speaks." You're a smart and nice girl Hinata. That's why we're friends in the first place. If you could approach me on that day at school, you can talk to Naruto."

Shino is always so good with words, even though he rarely uses them."Thanks." I said.

The class went by pretty fast. Since it was the first day,no work was given and we just introduced ourselves for the whole class. But I was mosly in my head thinking about what I can say. What could I ask? Maybe about his classes or what profession he wants to have when he graduates. No that's boring, he's going to be so uninterested.

Maybe about his hobbies, or is that prying too much? I should just ask him something simple. Like ask him to go to lunch with me. Yes! That's perfect!Ok, All I have to do is ask him one thing and leave after that. I can do that.

After that I spent the rest of the class motivating myself for what I'm about to do. Also practicing what I will say and how I should say it. The bell came a lot sooner than I hoped. I didn't even feel fully ready.

Shino, Kiba, and I all leave out the back door of the classroom into the hallway. I see Naruto come out the other door, surrounded by all his friends like a whole bodyguard unit for a VIP.

My heart skipped a beat on seeing him. Butterflies erupted in my stomach fast. I thought all that mental preparation would get rid of this feeling, but I feel like I didn't prepare at all. Each step he took further down the hall towards me felt like a stab at my confidence. All I could hear is myself in my head telling me to talk, stop him, do something! But when he passed me all I said was,"Naruto wo-would you-." I said it so low that he could barely hear me. He just kept walking down the hall, talking to his friends.

"Better luck next time." Kiba said. I look over to my right for Shino but don't see him there.

"Where's Shino?"

"Asuma sensei told him that this teacher wanted to see him. I think his name was Orchi-something."

Author's note- I hope you enjoyed. This is me and my four other friends first fic we wrote. We all decided to upload it under one account since we were mostly too lazy to make our own. We differentiate each other by our Usernames. I will be known as FanficHunter77. We were really nervous about making our own, so we made this together. Each chapter is gonna be a different person writing so I hope you like the next chapter written by my friend, StoopidMonkey69.