Chastity

Courage and boldness. Embracing of moral wholesomeness and achieving purity of thought through education and betterment.

The plane ride was a scary thing for Hinata. She was about to set forth with only her cousin Neji from there happy home in Japan to the great unknown of America. Sure she watched American shows on TV sometimes and she was excellent in her English class at school but the culture shock was going to be hair rising. The scariest part though had to be the fact that she was leaving her father and little sister.

Sure they would come over eventually and her father's company would be paying there bills and other necessities but she was still scared to go alone. She looked to her left. Well almost alone, Neji would be with her, she was glad for that.

"Do you think my English is good?" Hinata asked tilting her head at Neji "I'm a little nervous."

"You'll be fine," Neji said with a slight smile to ease her worrying.

"And school…Will the children be kind?" she pressed her index fingers together, a nervous behavior she'd had since she was little. "I heard that…Americans are rather...rude."

"I'm sure it will be okay," her cousin replied closing his eyes as the plane began its way down the run way.

"I hopes so," she murmured.

"It's 'I hope so' Hinata, not hopes," Neji corrected his eyes still closed.

"Oh…Ok," Hinata said looking worriedly at the window as the plane lifted off the clouds and into the air.

"We're home," Neji said as he drove Hinata's father's Jaguar into the long drive way of him and Hinata's new home. The Jaguar had been sent over early so Neji would be able to get the two of them home and to school of course.

"It's giant," Hinata whispered "how many floors?"

"Three," her cousin replied killing the engine "You don't see houses like this in Tokyo."

"No," she agreed. And from what she saw so far, California was a beautiful place and the busy city of Los Angelus made her feel at home. "Let's go inside!" she giggled finding a new strength even after the long flight.

"You go ahead," Neji laughed handing her the keys "I'll bring in the luggage."

Three Weeks Later

"Hey Kakuzu," Hidan greeted his friend in the hall. Both of the tenth graders where late for homeroom class but neither seemed to care all that much.

"What do you want?" Kakuzu growled stuffing a few books in his locker.

"What, I can't say a nice hello to my best friend in the fucking world? That really hurts," Hidan grinned and the tanner one just glared dully at him.

"I don't have extra money for your lunch," Kakuzu said and started down the hall leaving Hidan behind.

"You're such a fag," Hidan yelled down the hall and his friend just flipped him off while continuing to walk. He ran his hands threw his slicked back hair and headed up the near by stair case and to his first class since going to homeroom would be a waste of time and effort. Not that Hidan was lazy…well perhaps a little.

He strolled past the office as the bell rang to go to first class. The main office had a big window allowing you to see what was going on inside and being as nosey as he is Hidan decided to look over.

There was a girl signing papers on a clip board, she was Asian, must be a new student. He raised a brow slightly checking her out for a second before looking away uninterested. He stuffed his hands deeper into the pockets of his sweater and walked on to US History. The only thing he liked about history class was the fact that he was good at it; he could probably tell you all the generals of the Union army if he wanted to.

"Hey dick get out of my chair," Hidan growled as he walked in seeing Sasuke in his seat. "Move the fuck out," he growled again "I don't give a shit who you're brother is your not sitting here!" Sasuke didn't move and smirked trying to look tough in front of the rest of the class but Hidan wouldn't have it.

"Seriously," he sighed putting his hands on the desk and glaring at the other boy. "Get out of my seat and I won't have to break your neck."

"Is that a threat?" Sasuke asked

"You can bet your annoying spoiled ass it is," Hidan growled and was about to flip the desk over with Sasuke still in it when something distracted the whole class.

"Um excuse me…" said a small voice from the door making all eyes look over "Is this room…" the girl looked to the paper in her hand "room 223?"

"Yeah…" Naruto said who was sitting next to Sasuke.

"T-Thank you," she said nervously and walked feverously to the back of the room. Hidan watched her go into a corner seat where there was no one sitting next to her. He smirked and looked down at Sasuke.

"Actually Uchiha I think I'll let you live today," he said and strolled over to the seat next to the new girl.

Hinata's hands felt very cold and clammy, the boy who decided to sit next to her was very unnerving. She kind of just bit her lip and looked at her desk. The boy kept giving her side long looks and smirking whenever she let her pale lavender eyes lock with his reddish purple ones. She could barely concentrate on what the teacher was saying with the way this boy was making her so nervous.

"I-Is there something I can do for you?" Hinata said finally getting the courage to speak. A few others glanced over while the boy next to her smiled devilishly. The girl had feared this sort of confrontation. She didn't want to be the butt of jokes but she had refused to go to a private all girls school or whatever non-sense her father wished.

"I can think of a few things," the silver haired boy next to her said and making a suggestive gesture. Some of the students around them giggled and some rolled there eyes but no one spoke out on Hinata's behalf.

Hinata herself had nothing to say on her own behalf, she knew enough English to know that she was being baited for embarrassment and saying one naive thing would end in disaster. So she just hid her face behind her hair and began working on the sheet handed to her by the student sitting in front of her to ignore the boy's still lingering gaze and infuriating smile.

The period ended and Hinata was glad. She'd finished her paperwork having ignored any side comments from the boy. She had nearly tripped over her own feet when the bell rang as she attempted to get out of her seat and leave in a rush.

"Not very good on your feet are you?" said the mocking voice with a snort of laughter that always seemed to be caught in his throat.

"I-I suppose n-not," she murmured nervously.

"What's your next class?" he asked as the room began to empty out. It was nearly Hinata's chance to escape but a few students still blocked her path.

"Um Algebra eye-eye?" Hinata said misreading the II as the letter I.

"Algebra two you mean?" he chuckled and she blushed. "That's too bad; we're not in the same class."

"How very unfortunate," Hinata mumbled uncaringly as the mob of kids broke and she was finally freed from the company of the strange boy. She didn't like hanging around boys like him. They frightened her and in truth Hinata felt she was better then to hang out with his ilk. Harsh perhaps but Hinata played on the safe side.

So with that she neutralized into the masses of bodies that flooded the hallway to somehow find out where her next class happened to be. Perhaps she should have asked that boy where it would be but since it was room 134 she guessed it would be on the first floor so no real need for directions, she knew how to count.

Two more periods went by before the bell for first lunch pinged threw the halls of the American high school. Hinata was not accustom to taking lunch within the school, at her old school students had a hour and a half break from school to do as they pleased. But here lunch was shortened to forty five minutes and held within the building or the outside lunch tables.

She quickly got her lunch and sat down at a table by herself. Hinata hadn't really talked to anyone except the strange boy from History class which was okay; she wasn't much of a people person anyway.

She ate silently before a form sat down across from her and she looked up timidly. Thankfully it wasn't the boy from History class, it was even worse, a group of annoyed looking girls. The girl standing right in front of her was a blonde and held her hair in a ponytail she wore a red and gold cheerleader uniform to let everyone know that they'd be having a game tonight. But she didn't look like she was inviting Hinata to the game.

"Hey this is our table," she said glaring Hinata down as if she's committed a crime worthy to murder.

"S-sorry," Hinata stammered getting up and fiddling to get her tray together. "I'll m-move right now." She turned away quickly the girls laughing behind her and she scurried off to find a new place to sit. The cafeteria inside was full so she was forced to navigate to the outdoor tables and found herself in a bad position. Yeah the outdoor tables where all pretty much empty but there was one table that did have a group of occupants. And the occupants of the outdoor seating were all staring at Hinata much like the blonde girl had, as if she'd done something taboo.

Hinata was ready to back track into the cafeteria when someone in the group called out.

"Hey come on sit with us," said a female voice. Hinata looked up and saw that the only female of the group was looking right at her the only one with a smile on her face. "We won't bite."

"Much," added Hidan who was sitting next to Kakuzu at the end of the table.