Yuki's View

Yawning loudly, I stretched my arms out before getting off my bed. Walking over to my closet I grabbed some clothes, my normal ninja attire I usually wear to the academy. It was a regular dark, see-through mesh shirt, with a small-cropped jacket that was grey with dark green linings on the outside.

I then grabbed my jacket which had my clan symbol on the back of my jacket, similar to Shika's. And finally, some regular black ninja pants that stopped at my ankles. There was few wrappings around my ankles, I thought it'd look nice so I added them onto my outfit. And like any other Shinobi I had black ninja sandals covering most of my feet.

It was pretty normal attire. Nothing really special about it except that it was similar to my brothers. I glanced at the clock on my wall, checking the time.

"6:50 a.m., huh? Looks like I'm awake pretty early." I told myself, surprised I didn't wake up at 7:10 a.m. again. "I guess that means Shika is still asleep, it's time to wake him up." I said, walking out of my room, heading to his room, which was right next to mine.

Opening Shika's door, I walked over to his sleeping form, smiling sweetly at him.

I climbed on top of him as he was still snoring the day away. "Oh, Shika, aren't you too cute." I giggled, poking his cheek lightly. "Too bad we have to go to the academy, man this sucks." I sighed, not wanting to go to that lame school called the academy.

I slapped his cheeks softly, "Shika, wake up! Shika, wake up! We're going to be late again if you don't." I shouted, staring at him with bored eyes.

Shika groaned as he moved to the side of his bed, very close to the edge. Grinning in amusement, I did the same thing again, knowing what the outcome would be.

"Hey, wake up! Mom's going to throw a fit if you don't." I warned loudly, watching him slowly roll of the bed.

A thud echoed in the room, Shika groaned much louder than before.

"What happened?" He asked, looking around the room.

I had to hold in my laughter that wanted to burst out at that moment, "You didn't want to wake up, I tried waking you up and you just rolled off your bed. Should explain why you're on the floor." I said, shrugging my shoulders innocently.

He blinked twice, "Alright, but did you really have to do it till I fell on the floor? Man, women are so troublesome." He sighed, standing up off the ground.

I giggled. "You wouldn't wake up, probably that's why women are so troublesome to you. You don't like what we do." I stated. "I hope you know you're going to get married to a woman when your older, Shika."

Shika waved his hand around as he grabbed his clothes for the day. "I don't plan on marrying some troublesome woman when I'm older, can't I just stay with you?" He asked, walking to the bathroom.

"You can stay with me if I don't get married. "I laughed. "But, I have my plan set for the future already."

"We'll see about that. I prefer staying with my sister than some random woman who will only nag and nag all day long just like mom does." Shika stated, closing the bathroom door shut. "Wait, what time is it!" He shouted from behind the door.

I glanced at the clock in the wall, "it's about 7:03 a.m., the academy starts in like seven minutes, but no worries." I shouted, grabbing an apple from under my pillow.

I took a bite. Shika came out wearing similar clothes to me, he eyed the apple with interest.

"How did you get an apple?" He asked, obviously confused.

I stared at the apple and handed him the rest. "It was under my pillow, I like to snack at night when everyone's sleeping. It's a bonus. I mean mom isn't there to yell at me for eating so late. So I receive no scolding whatsoever. Don't tell her or dad. Dad would snitch on me because he wouldn't want to get on moms bad side." I explained, watching Shika eat the rest of the apple.

"That's actually pretty smart, I guess women aren't so troublesome, well, you aren't. The others are." Shika mused, ruffling my hair.

Pouting, I fixed my hair and walked out the door, heading downstairs to the kitchen. I ran down the stairs without falling on my face for the first time, I fist bumped the air with a grin.

"Yes! I did it!" I shouted in triumph.

Shika chuckled at my behavior, he walked out the door and stood there waiting for me. I skipped over to his side, looking at him intently.

"Ready?" I asked, my face showing I was serious for some unknown reason.

"Yeah." He replied, eyeing me suspiciously.

"Let's go then! To Choji's house, then to Shino's!" I shouted making Shika jump in shock, I began to run on ahead.

"What a drag... Wait up, Yuki!" My brother shouted from far behind.

We made it to Choji's house first since it was the closest to our own. Shika knocked on the door. Choji's dad opened the door, once he saw us he called Choji's name. Swaying back and forth on my toes, we waited for Choji to come down with a bag of chips he would be munching on. Not a few seconds later, Choji was at the door eating some barbecue-flavored chips just like I predicted.

"Oh, Shikamaru and Yuki, it's you two." Choji said, eating his chips.

"Yeah, let's get going. We need to get Shino still before we head to the academy." Shika stated, gazing up at the sky.

He nodded. "Hm, okay." Choji mumbled.

"Bye, Mr. Akimichi!" I shouted, waving at him.

"Bye, Shikamaru, Yuki. Take care of Choji for me." Choji's dad said.

"We will." I shouted, running off to our next destination.

Shino's house wasn't so far either. It was two blocks away from Choji's and five blocks away from ours. His house was just ahead. I ran up to his door and knocked on it lightly. I waited for a few seconds till the door opened.

"Yes?" Shino's mom asked.

"Hi, Mrs. Aburame, I'm one of Shino's friends. I came to pick up Shino so we could all walk to the academy together." I told her.

She smiled in recognition. "Oh yes, Yuki. You're the girl Shino talks about all the time. If you ever want to come over anytime, please do. Any friend of bugs is a friend of ours." She said, laughing lightly.

Like she said, I was a friend to bugs. I cared for them, protected ones that were about to be squished by scared girls, and even kept some at home. Anything related to nature I just loved, it was like we were connected somehow in one way or another. This was only one of the reasons I was teased for by the girls at the academy.

I smiled back just as happily. A small blush crept on my face as well. "I'll try to see if I can come over sometime." I assured her.

She nodded and looked over her shoulder. "Shino, Yuki is here!" She shouted.

Shino came walking down the stairs. He waved at me. I waved back as a small little beetle flew onto my nose. Giggling, I tapped the beetle lightly.

"Why hello there, little friend." I said to the bug. "You want to stay with me? If you do it's fine."

Shino placed his finger under my nose. The small beetle crawled onto his finger going back to its owner. 'Aw... I wanted to keep it.' I thought, sadly but at the same time eyeing the bug in excitement.

"Hello, Yuki." Shino greeted me.

I smiled brightly, "Hey, Shino. You ready to go?" I said.

He nodded. I grabbed his hand and dragged him to Shika and Choji.

"Guys, I brought Shino." I exclaimed.

"Shino." Shika nodded.

"Shikamaru." Shino said.

Silence filled the air around us. Choji continued to munch on his chips, ignoring what was going on around him. I was getting nervous at the situation.

"Yuki!" I shouted, breaking the weird silence enveloping us.

I don't know why Shino and Shika never got along with each other, it was only when Shino was next to me. I thought it was just his brotherly instincts acting up or something.

They both sweat dropped at me. Shino pat my head. "You don't ever change, do you, Yuki?" He asked.

Shaking my head with a grin, I poked both of my cheeks. "Exactly! Don't expect me to change, because that won't be happening anytime soon. Anyways, let's get going. The academy starts in like two minutes. We're lucky we even have time to get there." I said, smiling brightly.

The boys nodded and we walked to the academy together making it there just in time. I opened the door and walked in, sitting next to Kiba, one of my best friends. Akamaru barked and hopped on my lap, I pet his white coat of fur gently.

"Hey, cutie." Kiba flirted.

"Hey, Kiba!" I replied, a little annoyed at the nickname he gave me when we first met. "You want something?"

He grinned his usual mischievous grin. "Do I really need to say it? Well, I'll tell you then. Can I get a kiss on the cheek?" He asked, winking at me.

"No." I deadpanned. "This is the 100th time you've asked me that this year. I always say no, shouldn't you get it by now?"

Kiba pouted, "But Yuki-chan! Why can't you just peck my cheek, we're really close friends! Can't I have one peck? It's not like it means anything." Kiba whined.

I face palmed. Kiba has been asking me to kiss his cheek so many times this year that I've lost track. I even said no on his birthday.. 'Maybe I should kiss his cheek, just this once. It's like he said, it won't mean anything, just a peck with no meaning in it.' I thought, glancing at Kiba.

I let out a huge sigh. "Fine, I'll do it." I muttered. "Man, men are such a drag.. They always complain like children."

Kiba sweat dropped. "Sometimes you're a little bit too much like your brother." He said. "Anyways, come on, do it before your brother sees."

I sighed again, "Alright, alright. Be quiet, man..." I muttered.

I leaned towards Kiba's cheek, pecked it and immediately turned away after I did. I could feel the smirk creeping on his face, he was definitely going to tease me now. Great. His lips found their way to my own cheek, they stayed there for a few seconds too long before removing themselves.

"Thanks, Yuki." Kiba whispered, flicking my nose.

Warmth crept to my cheeks, "Don't t-thank me..." I muttered, trying to act like I hated the fact I kissed him on the cheek, but failed horribly as he laughed at me.

The warmth in my cheeks vanished when Iruka-sensei walked in the classroom, holding a clipboard in his hands. He opened his mouth to explain the lesson we would learn today, or to give us those random tests he gives us. But before a word even got out his mouth some kid gasped, very loudly.

"Iruka-sensei! Naruto painted over on the Hokage's faces!" A random boy in the back shouted, pointing out the window.

Iruka dropped the clipboard and ran to the door, "You may talk till I get back with him!" He shouted. "Naruto!"

I walked over to the window along with Shika, the Hokage's faces that were embedded into the mountainside were covered in different color paint. I knew it, Naruto would be the only one to actually pull such a big prank like this. No one else would do such a thing, the Hokage Mountain is like a memorial to us. We cherish it very much. Just getting a slight, or should I say waterfall of paint on it, would anger everyone in the village.

In the inside of my head, I was smirking evilly at Naruto's accomplishment. He really did outdo himself today. 'Great job, Naruto. Friends always think alike, huh? Except I really didn't think of vandalizing the Hokage's mountain, that's too much work...' I thought, sweat dropping a bit.

The door burst open, "Oomph!" Naruto grunted, as Iruka-sensei threw him in the room tied up in ropes.

'He got caught,' I thought bitterly. 'And I was hoping we could skip class today ' I jumped over the desks and plopped myself in my seat, Kiba ran over as well and sat down beside me eyeing Naruto up and down in slight disgust.

Iruka-sensei walked over to Naruto. "Now, listen to me closely, Naruto." Iruka-sensei started his daily lecture he would give Naruto every single day. "You failed the last graduation test and all the others before that. "This is no time for you to be goofing off, you fool!"

Naruto merely grunted stubbornly and turned his head away, which agitated Iruka-sensei even more. Oh, Naruto...

"We will have a re-test on the Transformation Jutsu! Even those who previously took it and passed will redo it!" Iruka sensei shouted, pointing his finger at us.

"What?!" Everyone all shouted, while Shika and I groaned.

I groaned even louder and walked down the stairs that led to the front of the room. I stood next to Kiba and Shika. Right now Sakura was going up first like always, she was a know it all. So why not make her first? Obviously she would do pretty well seeing that her forehead let's her process tons of information a day into her mind.

"Sakura Haruno. Here I go!" She shouted, "Transform!"

She successfully transformed into Iruka-sensei. I didn't see a flaw as expected. The perfect girl gets everything done perfectly to show the one she 'loves' her strength. That's her; Sakura Haruno, the classes piece of bubblegum who seems to go crazy over a stupid, lame, know-it-all, wannabe, kiss up, Sasuke Uchiha. The classes "most handsome," perfect boy who might I add, has a gigantic ego that won't go away.

I can't even see what the girls love in him, he's too stuck up and I hate the fact he's always picking on Naruto since he thinks he's better than everyone. I have to admit he's kinda cute, but I think Kiba and Naruto are much better than him.

"I did it!" She squealed delightfully, as if she won an award when she simply passed a test we had gone through many times. "Did you see that, Sasuke-kun?!"

Sasuke ignored her and walked over to Iruka, knowing he was going to be called up next. Iruka-sensei looked down at his clipboard, reading all the names.

"Next up, Sasuke Uchiha!" Iruka-sensei announced, staring at Sasuke, ready to score him.

Sasuke made the hand-signs and stood there lazily as he transformed into a flawless version or Iruka-sensei, like always.. Like always, Iruka-sensei was shocked at Sasuke's performance. He gulped and wrote Sasuke's score on the clipboard. Sasuke then walked over to his seat, sitting down and staring out the window with a casual glare plastered on his cold face.

"G-Good..." He muttered, then he glanced over at me. "Um, Yuki Nara, you're next."

Nodding my head, I made my way over in front of Iruka-sensei. He nodded, signaling me to begin when I was ready. Exhaling, I made the hand-signs needed for the jutsu. 'You got this, Yuki.. No worries, you can do this.' I told myself, trying to encourage myself a bit.

I heard snickering behind me, "Hah, look at the freak. She's actually going to try the jutsu when she knows she can't! There's no way a freak like her can do better than us." Some girl said.

"Yeah! Freaks don't get anywhere in life!" Another added.

"They don't belong here with us..." They all said in perfect synchronization. "They belong in hell with their own kind!"

Tears brimmed my eyes at the words they threw at me. Who else were they saying such words too? No one. Only me. I choked down a small sob, looking down at the ground. I clenched my fists, blood wanting to burst out the part of my lip I was tearing at. 'Don't. Don't listen to them, Yuki. Shika, Kiba, Naruto, dad, and mom...they all believe in you. I can do it. I can show these girls I can do a jutsu!'

With pure determination, I made the hand-signs. "Transformation Jutsu!" I said imagining Iruka-sensei in my mind, hearing a small poof, showing that I did the jutsu correctly. I glanced over at my sensei.

He smiled, "You did amazing! I see no flaw whatsoever. Great job, Yuki." Iruka-sensei praised me.

I grinned. "Thank you, sensei!" I chirped, and skipped over to my brother's side.

Shika patted my head, I whined and grabbed his arms.

"You did pretty good, Yuki. I guess all your practice is working, hm?" Shika said, yawning.

"Yeah, I guess my hard-work is paying off." I mused, happily, giving the girls a smirk.

For the past few years, they've done nothing but make fun of me and toss me around like some toy they didn't care about. It's too bad now, isn't it? I'm improving and becoming what they don't want me to be. Now, now is my chance to show them my true self.

I ran to my seat and sat down beside Kiba who decided not to bother doing the test again. I grinned as Naruto walked up, being the next one to perform the Jutsu. He stuck out his lip and faced Iruka-sensei. He kneeled down a bit and made the hand signs needed. Blue chakra surrounded him, circling his entire body. I knew right away that something was wrong.

Instead of transforming into Iruka-sensei, Naruto smirked and turned into a naked girl with clouds of smoke covering her 'precious' areas. I blushed and buried my face in Kiba's shoulder. I could hear him gasp and hide his face in my hair. I knew he was enjoying the view, though... that's how boys were.

"How was it? I call it the one and only... Sexy Jutsu!" Naruto exclaimed, grinning widely.

"Naruto, you fool! Stop making up such pathetic Jutsu's!" Iruka-sensei shouted, holding his nose.

Most of the class laughed, I giggled a bit too.

"You are all dismissed! Except you Naruto!" Iruka-sensei shouted, glaring at Naruto.

I frowned and walked down with Kiba to the door, as I passed Naruto I pecked his cheek.

"Good luck, Naruto-kun." I said, waving at him sadly.

He smiled at me, a tint of pink on his cheeks. "Thanks, Yuki! See you tomorrow!" He waved back

Kiba grabbed my hand and dragged me away, shoving me in front of my brother. "Let's go." He said.

I nodded and followed my brother home, not before casting a small smile at Kiba. He seemed pretty dull after I kissed Naruto's cheek... My eyes widened as an idea formed in the back of my mind. I spun around in Kiba's face.

He jumped, "Whoa, what's wrong, Yuki?" He asked.

I giggled, checking behind me to see if Shika was looking. "Giving you good luck too, silly!" I mused, kissing his cheek just as I did to Naruto.

He turned red and froze as I ran off, laughing like a maniac.

"H-Hey, get back here!" He shouted.

"Come and get me then!" I shouted back, running up ahead past Choji, Shika, and Shino. "See you guys tomorrow!"