Ok, so being in college wasn't so bad. I mean there are some pretty cool people here, and the teachers are kind of cool too; even the educations administrator was kinda cool. They had tacos every Tuesday, and every Thursday they had cinnamon rolls for breakfast, well... I'm just going to go ahead and say I didn't eat those. Instead I went to the local bakery for breakfast, they had amazing cinnamon rolls. Anyways... things weren't so bad... ok... I'm definitely lying... college was hell. It was even worse than high school, because in high school there was a select group of people that bothered you, now... it's the same group and some of them even had siblings... how screwed up is that? I mean for real!? Why is it always me that has to deal with this.

Normal Pov...

'This... was... hell...' she thought, burying her head in her arms in the college's learning resource center, also known as the library. She couldn't just drop out... no, her father was counting on her now. She peeked up from her hands to see the devil spawn themselves; Sakura Haruno and Ino Yamanaka. Ugh... As if her day couldn't get worse. She looked to her left, hoping that Neji would somehow telepathically figure out that the bullies were coming once more. Her lips trembled in she whimpered inside her mind as her telepathic cries for help went unnoticed.

"Hey fat ass, what are you doing at our table?" And here we go, it starts with Ino, then the brute attacks. Hinata sighed, she hated these two with every fiber of her being; but her being her... she was too much of an introvert to do anything about it. Hinata figured something would be done about this, since they are paying for the classes and the teachers wouldn't care if they had to toss some kids out, but Hinata suspected bribery. Sakura's fist came quickly and knocked Hinata out of her seat. Hinata wasn't the least bit surprised the pink haired devil had decided to hit her, she hit everyone. Hinata glanced up at the haughtily smirking pinkette and frowned.

Hinata picked up her things and left, no matter where she went; those two would follow soon enough. She had thirty minutes before her second class, biology; she knew it sounded just like high school still but this had life developmental studies in it and Hinata was required by her father to take this class, even though her major was something much different. Hinata was in the culinary arts major, she could cook pretty well and she loved cooking, so why not choose a major that you love.

She was in all the advanced placement courses as well... that only put another target on her head, because now it wasn't only Sakura and Ino she had to deal with; it was Karin and Tayuya as well. There was one woman older than her that was kinda nice, her name was Konan; she was the only one Hinata could actually talk to without getting a face full of fists... or other immature things in a bucket above the doorways; that of which she had learned to search for.

She looked into the classroom and instantly her eyes landed on the bluenette. Hinata had met the older woman by chance it seemed, and she was forever grateful that she had. She had been slinking down the hallway of the college, trying her hardest to avoid two sets of people. There was a loud mouthed silver haired man who had been trying to talk to her all day, and she wanted nothing to do with his obscenely foul mouth. Then... there were the fangirls that had followed her to the campus from her usual snack place. The jealousy was ridiculous.

She had run around a corner, being as the most violent of the girls had spotted her, not only that... the silver haired guy had caught sight of her over the crowd. She had just turned the corner when she had run right into the blue haired woman. The cold look in her molten eyes froze her in her place. Hinata couldn't speak, but the silver haired guy sure did let loose a string of curses the moment he rounded the corner as well. Those chilling eyes removed themselves from her, and landed on him.

"So... you're the reason she's running like this." She said and Hinata had looked up at her. The angry look in her eyes was only removed from the silver haired guy when Tayuya wrapped a fist in Hinata's hair and yanked. This was about an assignment the other girl had attempted to force Hinata to do, but Hinata flunked it on purpose. Tayuya was about to begin her rant but the blue haired woman grabbed Tayuya by her hair and pulled her to face her. "So, you like abusing innocent young ladies as well do you..." she said and Tayuya sneered at the woman, which in turn elicited a smirk from the older woman. The blue haired woman didn't take lightly to bullies it seemed, being as why the moment Tayuya's fingers unraveled from Hinata's hair, so did hers.

But she wasn't done yet, before Tayuya could even utter a word, the Blue haired woman's fist found her cheek, sending her stumbling backwards in shock. "Now you run along, or else next time your face won't look as nice." She said then turned to where the silver haired man had been, but had vanished. She shrugged and turned to Hinata. "Are you alright? My name's Konan. You ever have any trouble with them, you just call me alright?" she asked with a smile and Hinata nodded rapidly.

Hinata's attention was brought back to the real world when she noticed the blue haired woman waving her over. She sat by Konan, who smiled slightly at the younger woman. "Hey, Hinata-san." She said and Hinata smiled softly. "Hi, Konan-chan." Hinata said and Konan furrowed her brows and leaned to get a better look at the nasty bruise forming on her cheek. "Pink bitch again?" Konan asked and Hinata nodded, shock coating her features at the foul language the lovely woman used often; she didn't ever think she would get used to how Konan cursed so openly.

"Come here." Konan said and Hinata scooted closer to her as she dug through her purse and pulled out some concealer. Konan covered up the nasty bruise and smiled. "There, now it won't even show through and it doesn't even look like they got their filthy paws on you." She said and Hinata muttered a thank you. "So, um Konan-chan... do you know who our professor is? My schedule said that the teacher had yet to be announced." Hinata said and Konan snorted. "Oh yeah, I know him. And I know you know him too, you went to the konoha academy for high school, correct?" Konan asked and Hinata nodded.

"Orochimaru is the teacher here, too." Konan said and Hinata's head hit her desk. "Must everyone that hated me throughout high school come here?" she whimpered and Konan laughed. "Oh, don't worry, it isn't just you. He hates girls who actually, you know, look like girls." Konan said and that made Hinata snort, but she covered her mouth in embarrassment. "Hinata, relax, no one cares what you do in college. You are 18, right? You are an adult in their eyes, they don't give a damn what the fuck you do." Konan said and Hinata frowned. "Oh sorry, I know my foul mouth bothers you... I will try to keep it in check, but y'know, growing up around a group of guys like I grew up around, you start to act like those brutes." Konan laughed and Hinata smiled.

"I grew up with my cousin... he is kind of a..." Hinata couldn't find the word for it but judging by the wicked smirk on Konan's lips, she knew her cousin and exactly what he was. "A prude, is that the word you were looking for? Because-" "Stop trying to turn my cousin into a brute, Konan!" Neji growled form behind them. Hinata laughed lightly and turned to him. "Neji-Nii!" she called and he smiled slightly. "Sorry I wasn't there to meet up with you in the library, everything went well I hope?" he asked and she frowned.

"Nope, sorry Neji-san, the pink one tried to knock her head off again." Konan said and Hinata frowned and tried not to rub her aching cheek. Neji grit his teeth. "They won't listen to you, Neji...they think I rely on you for everything, just like in high school. Sooner or later they will get what they deserve." Hinata said as Orochimaru walked in and looked right at her with a disgusted look, but that look also moved to Konan. This was going to be a long two hours... Hinata looked at the ceiling and prayed, oh... dear Kami... smite me now.

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Konan started to go off on her own way but she stopped halfway down the hallway. "Hey, Hinata." She called and Hinata turned to her in confusion. "Hm?" she asked and Konan walked back over to her. "Would you wanna go to the next class with me too? We both have the culinary arts major, so I'm guessing you have business development next class right?" she asked and Hinata smiled. "Sure, would you like to join me for lunch?" Hinata asked and Konan thought for a moment but shook her head.

"Nah, but you could join me for lunch." Konan offered and Hinata was going to say yes, but Neji whispered something in her ear and she frowned. "I can't today, but maybe tomorrow, alright?" Hinata said and Konan smiled. "Sure thing doll." She said and waved Hinata off. Hinata followed Neji and they went into the parking lot where Neji opened the door of his black Mercedes for her. "So where are we going Neji?" Hinata asked and Neji smirked. "Well first off, I'm going to go get some coffee, then I may swing by and let you go get your cinnamon rolls." He said and she beamed at him.

"Thank you Neji!" she squealed in delight and he nodded at her as he drove off. They pulled up at the local coffee shop and Hinata swiftly got out of the car. Neji led her in and she sat in a booth by the window. He got her, her favorite triple shot mocha latte with chocolate that she always liked and he got himself a caramel latte. The moment Hinata turned to see Neji, was the moment she saw that the group of guys that liked to tease her, sat across the shop from her. She turned and looked out the window, hoping that they wouldn't notice her.

The blonde guy annoyed her to no end, Sasuke's older brother was a judgmental... ugh! The blue haired one that looked like a fish always called her squirt and other names like that. He always made fun of how short she was, well excuse her for not being a six foot eleven friggin shark man! The silver haired one... he had a really foul mouth and he always threw sexual taunts her way... he was the devil! The red haired guy never really said anything to her and neither did the pierced up auburn haired guy... but the rest of them were awful, especially the guy who hung around the silver haired devil. He always had something to say about how she would stammer and called her an idiot for it! He was the accounting teacher no less!

Neji strolled back to the booth with their drinks and the devilish smirk that crossed the silver haired demon's lips meant she had been spotted. She turned and focused her eyes out the window. That was when he started to come over. She bit her lip but then she saw Konan and she jumped to her feet and got away from him and went to her. "Konan-chan!" Hinata called and Konan waved at her. "Hey, Hinata." Konan said, surprise on her features as she saw her. "I thought you were going somewhere with Neji-san..." she said and Hinata smiled.

"I did, he brought me here, I had no idea you were going to be here." Hinata said and the silver haired devil returned to his seat grumbling. "Well, we have to go, seems the silver haired mutt over there has decided he wants to bother her in public now too." Neji said, holding Hinata's drink along with his own. Konan sent a sharp glare over Neji's shoulder at the silver haired male, who just grinned. "Well, see you later Hinata." She said and waved the younger teen off. Konan then whirled on the silver haired male.

"Hidan!" she growled and grabbed him by the collar of his shirt and repeatedly shook him, much to the humor of his friends. "If a single one of you pulls one more prank on her, says one more inappropriate thing to her... Calls her an IDIOT one more time, I will kill each and every one of you." She growled and Deidara turned and opened his mouth to ask her a question. "No, Deidara, you cannot ask her out either. She has enough to deal with already. I feel sorry for the girl and you guys aren't helping her any." Konan growled and Pein looked at her. "Are you sure you aren't trying to turn her into another version of you? You are quite the bad influence..." he said and she smiled at him.

"Each and every one of us are a bad influence, but the party king is the worst. Now, if you don't mind, I'm going to get me something to drink, now shut up and wait for me to come back." Konan said and the guys rolled their eyes. "Bossy bitch." Hidan said and they all chuckled. "What was that?" she asked in a way too sweet tone. "Nadda, go get your damn drink woman." Hidan growled and she rolled her eyes.

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Hinata and Neji pulled up to Hinata's favorite bakery, the red cloud bakery. She jumped out of the car and ran in, the girl at the counter grinned at her. "Hey Hinata-chan, the usual?" she asked and Hinata smiled and placed the money on the counter. They knew Hinata just as well as Hinata knew the back of her own hand. Hinata always came here, this place was heaven. The girl at the counter giggled lightly at the excitement that Hinata held. "We aren't the best bakery in the five nations for nothing, Hinata-chan." She laughed and Hinata grinned at her.

She had gone to the back and began getting Hinata's order ready while Hinata stood up front and drank her coffee. Hinata was overly excited, she hadn't had been here since she started college, she had only gotten a new teacher today because her last teacher, Kabuto, quit. He hadn't really liked the students, most of them were awful and she completely understood why he quit. Hinata stood patiently waiting on the girl to bring her, her order while she rocked back and forth on her toes. She was easily excitable when she came here, because just the smell of the place excited her.

The smell of all the different types of bread, the smell of the cinnamon bun glaze, the smell of the fresh brewed coffee, and the smell of wood and pine mixed with the cinnamon bun dough assaulted her nose and elicited a smile... wait... wood and pine... mixed with... oh no... not him... That killed Hinata's excitement right there. 'Don't turn around... oh Kami don't turn around. Whatever you do... don't turn around...' she thought frantically, as she bit her lip and the blush of embarrassment crossed her face. She could see his reflection in the glass of the display case for the pastries. The usual smirk was plastered on his lips, oh he knew exactly who she was and he knew she was freaking out.

Even if he were covered in dough, he was still intimidating, but it wasn't really intimidation... he was the type of person that you would want to avoid; but he was also one who even if you wanted to avoid him, he would draw you in. She could hear him dusting his hands off on his apron. He took his apron off and tossed it on one of the tables, he didn't care where it landed. She could see he had his hair in a ponytail with his bangs framing his face, although the right side covered his glowing red eyes. HE was the devil, she knew she called everyone the devil, but he really was. He was that one person that even she would choke to death and not even she would show remorse for it.

She would just kill him and walk away, that's how awful of a person he was. She always tried to avoid him, but he always found her; always had to annoy the daylights out of her, like it was some sick little game. "Hey, Hinata... I have to go, Uncle is going to have someone drop off your car for you. Tenten needs me to help her with something." Neji said and Hinata began to fret. "O-Ok... Neji-Nii..." she said softly and her hands began to tremble. "Oh hell." She whispered and her hands shot to her mouth.

She had not meant to say that... she thought she was thinking it, but obviously HE heard her, because now he was chuckling. 'Oh lord... Konan... someone... come save me from this awful man!' she thought and refrained from whimpering. Hinata furrowed her brows and looked for the blonde that went to get her food. "So... I'm guessing you are stuck here for a while... again." He said and she bit her lip. She hated him... he was always awful towards her and he acted as such without any given reason.

She didn't reply to him, she wasn't going to give him the satisfaction of getting a reply. "Little bunny, must you be so rude?" he asked and she glared at his devilishly smirking reflection. "I'm not the one who is rude." She muttered quietly and he chuckled again. "I believe there is a word to describe me... and little bunny it is definitely not rude." He chuckled and he nudged her. She shoved his arm away and he grinned. Oh he was so going to get a beat down one day... just not today because little Hinata wouldn't dare raise a hand to him, he would most likely be more of a donkey towards her then.

"Donkey." She muttered quietly and he burst out laughing once more. "I believe it is called ass. Come on little bunny, don't you have a backbone? Or are you always going to be that shy idiotic little girl who wandered in here by accident?" he asked and she glared at him as her food was brought up to the register. "Little bunny that could quite possibly be scary if you weren't trembling... Poor, insignificant bunny. Always scared..." he chuckled and she bit her lip. She wasn't scared... she just hated him and his gorgeous face... oh lord... did she actually think that?

She knew he was amazing to look at, he always had been. He knew it too, and that was pretty much the problem. He had started acting this way towards her when she was younger and he had overheard her telling Neji that she couldn't go in there alone because he was too cute and she couldn't talk to him... HUGE mistake on her part, she had been like... thirteen, Neji had thought it was hilarious. And in all truth, he was gorgeous... it was just the fact he was an overly pompous donkey that put her off. She suspected Neji had recognized him and spouted some utter crap to her father and had left her here with HIM... she was so going to get him later...

Hinata quickly swiped her food from the blonde, who stared dreamily at HIM... the devil! "You know, little bunny, any normal girl would love for me to give them attention." He chuckled and with a flicker of the rare angry flame in her eyes, she whirled around on him. "I'm obviously not normal... and you are just a pompous donkey who isn't worth my time." She huffed and made her way out the doors of the bakery, much to his amusement. "So the little bunny does have some fire in her." He chuckled and he walked over to the door to see her standing out there with her arms crossed, an angry blush on her face.

"And, little bunny..." he said and she jumped and looked at him. "I do believe the word you were looking for was ass. Come on, say it... I am an ass." He said slowly and Hinata scrunched her nose at him. "Yes... yes you are. It's so good that you know exactly what you are." She snapped and walked off. "Hey! Little bunny, what about your ride?" he asked with a smirk, but she turned to him and frowned. "Why don't you take my ride... and go to hell." She snapped and continued walking. He blinked... now that was a surprise... she had actually told him to go to hell. He smirked, "congratulations little bunny, you became a woman instead of a frightened little girl." He chuckled as he shoved his hands in his pockets and walked back inside.

He blinked as he saw something on the counter that he knew wasn't his or the blonde register worker that he never cared to learn the name of. He picked up the item and looked it over, the case was not girly in the slightest, but he knew it was hers; she was the one who always did draw in the wolves. He smirked and grabbed his keys. "Off to college I go." He chuckled.

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Hinata finally made it back to the campus, but she was angry. "How dare he!?" she grumbled as she walked through the hallway. "How dare who, Little bunny?" his humored voice echoed in the hallway behind her. She fisted her hands in her bag and whirled on him, a deep red blush on her face as she looked up at him. He was way too close for comfort, she had never realized how tall he really was, because well, she never let him get close enough to tower the entire foot and nearly three inches over her.

He smirked at her and she grit her teeth as she looked away from him. "The insignificant little bunny dropped this." He chuckled and she frowned. "Insignificant seems to be the word of the day for me..." she whispered, snatched her phone and walked off quickly. He furrowed his brows and ran after her. "What the hell is that supposed to mean?" he asked and she glared at him. "What does it matter to you, all you every do is treat me like I'm nothing! Why don't you just go away." She grumbled and ripped her arm from his grasp.

He watched her go, but this wasn't over and she knew it... he shrugged and left. She flopped down in her seat and sighed once she knew he was gone. She felt a bit better now that he was gone... but that didn't help her any that they had been arguing right in the middle of the doorway to her classroom. Sakura and Ino glared at her while Sasuke and Itachi watched her curiously. Konan ran over and plopped down beside her. "So Hinata... what was the deal with that?" she asked after a while.

"He hasn't left me alone since I was thirteen... he is a donkey." She mumbled and Konan laughed more so at the fact Hinata still called him a donkey. "So... you dealt with your awful friend in front of the classroom?" Konan asked; she knew who he was; she just wanted to know why he and Hinata were hanging out. "Hardly... I would never call him a friend. He is more of a devil than Blondie and Pinky." Hinata whispered, feeling the glares from said girls on her back. Konan snorted and shook her head.

They talked all through class about what they were going to do for lunch tomorrow. When class was finally over Sasuke followed her out of the classroom. "How do you know him?" he asked and Hinata frowned at him and held up the bag. He nodded in understanding. "Why are you two hanging out then?" he asked and she scrunched her nose. "Sasuke, if you know him; you should know more than anyone why I, more than anyone, hate his guts." She sighed and Sasuke chuckled.

"So he has chosen to bother you... I see then it should be temporary." He said and Hinata laughed bitterly, catching his attention. "Temporary... I wish... he had been doing this for the past five years." She sighed and Sasuke blinked as she walked away from him, but not before glaring at something behind him. Itachi furrowed his brow and looked at his younger brother. "He graduated high school five years ago... so how would he know her?" Itachi asked curiously and Sasuke shrugged. "I don't know... but Madara is a weird one." Sasuke said and someone cleared their throat behind them.

"I'm not weird, I'm just the king of assholes." He chuckled and Itachi looked at him oddly. "That may be so, but what do you want with her?" Itachi asked and Madara smirked. "If I told you that, the game would be over; that would be no fun if the game were over so swiftly." He chuckled and walked off. Itachi and Sasuke were going to figure this out even if it killed them.

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Hinata sighed in contentment when she flopped onto her bed. She had eaten all of her cinnamon rolls and was debating on getting more, but the thought of seeing him again both repulsed her and made it worth it. He had been a common face to her over the years... she liked him yet she hated him, what an inconvenience that was... she sighed and decided to head for the coffee shop, they had cinnamon rolls too, they just weren't as amazing as the ones he made... but it made sense... anything made by the devil would taste heavenly, those sinful treats. She grumbled bitterly.

She hopped in her adorable little navy blue bug and smiled, she would be happy with what she got at Izuna's coffee shop. Izuna... hmm the name sounded familiar, but she couldn't place it... she figured it had something to do with his last name but the guy was so friendly she didn't care what his last name was, as long as he was her friendly neighborhood coffee shop owner.

She pulled into her parking spot and quickly walked into the shop. "Ohayo Izuna-kun! She greeted happily. She hadn't been able to say hi to him earlier because of Neji and the group of bullies she had to deal with. She saw Izuna and he grinned at her. "Hey, Hinata-chan." He said and walked around behind the counter to get her the coffee she always got and some cinnamon rolls, he knew her so well. She handed him a twenty and told him keep the change. She felt eyes on her back and she tried to brush off the uneasy feeling that came with it.

"OH! Hinata-chan I forgot." He said and she smiled at him as he tucked his ponytail back over his shoulder and tossed his apron wherever it landed. She had seen this before but from a different person she didn't dare think of because then she would only get mad again. He turned her around with a grin. "How rude of me to forget! This is my brother Madara!" he said and the coffee slipped form her hands and Izuna had to quickly catch it before it fell.

"Hello little bunny." He said and Izuna looked from one to the other. "Hi... Donkey." She ground out and Izuna sighed. "I see you have already met him..." Izuna sighed and Hinata nodded. "Yes... we met five years ago when this bumbling idiot call me cute." Madara said pointing at her and Hinata grabbed her things and walked out of Izuna's shop. Izuna followed her out and opened the door of her Bug for her. "Sorry Hinata-chan I had no idea." He said and Madara draped an arm over his shoulder.

"Its fine, Izuna. Goodbye." She said and slammed the door to her bug behind her. "What did you do to her?" Izuna asked and Madara frowned. "I'm an ass, what more can I say?" he asked and Izuna glared at him. "I know what you are doing." Izuna said and Madara smirked. "Well, don't warn her. I think she may actually have some fun." Madara said and Izuna sighed. "It's you that is having fun torturing the poor girl..." Izuna sighed and Madara chuckled. "Yes... yes I am... but there is a reason I like torturing her so..." Madara said and Izuna furrowed his brows. "Brother, you are demented." He said and Madara raised a brow. "Not really... I have a plan is all." He said and walked away from his younger brother off towards.

"She needs to remember..."