Upper Class

A month has passed since Shin's last fight with Sasuke, and a lot has changed since then.

One major thing being Shinnosuke wasn't even in the class anymore, well, his old class that is.

" I still can't get over Shin leaving! "

Exclaimed Ino, Hinata turned her head as she mumbled a little sadly.

" I.. I think it's good for Shin kun.. so.. I.. don't mind.. "

Ino groaned, but didn't complain anymore.

Hinata's selflessness sometimes made her feel she was the selfish one!

" Hinata, you really think about him before you do about you.. "

Hinata gave a small smile as she looked down

" Well.. Shin kun does the same for me.. "

Ino rolled her eyes, yeah, she knew how much Shin considered Hinata's well being.

" I know, for you he even had a fight with your cousin for god's sake! "

Hinata stammered as she spoke out a reply.

" Well.. Neji nii san was saying some hurtful things to shin kun too.. so.."

Ino waved her hands at her.

" I know I know, I am just joking.. but this still didn't solve our issue in the first place, the lack of Shin! "

Hinata nodded absent-minded, as she and Ino heaved a collective sigh.

This was happening in Shin's previous class, meanwhile in his new one.

" I am so glad with the addition of Shinnosuke to our class! He's really the greatest! "

Said Shin fan number one, to which nodded Shin fan number two.

" I know right! I always thought Neji was the cool one, but now that I see Shinnosuke, I think Neji's just so so, like how were we even fans of him before?! "

Nodded fangirl three, as she shared her wisdom.

" It would seem Shinnosuke san's battle against Neji opened our eyes! Byakugan loses to Sharingan after all! "

To which agreed the entirety of the newly formed shin fan group, they didn't really understand the implications of what they just said, or if Shin had even awakened the Sharingan.

They were speaking nonsense because Shin was an Uchiha, and they thought they had that by birth or something, being of civilian origins they weren't aware of a lot of things.

But this didn't stop Neji from heaving a sigh as he clenched his fist.

Hearing stuff like this really wasn't good for his mental health, even if he had made peace with Shinnosuke.

" Let them talk Neji, you can realx "

Neji gave Shin a small nod, they had made peace in this month, mostly by Shin's efforts.

And he even managed to get the annoying fan group out of his hair so that's a plus.

Especially since he got the most annoying one out for him.

" Shin! You are here! "

Tenten ran as she happily greeted Shin.

" Hello Neji. Good morning. "

Then she turned towards Neji and gave a freindly greeting.

Tenten was also an unofficial memeber of Neji fan group before, as in she kept that information to herself.

She thought she liked Neji for sometime, him being the silent type genius and all, but when Shin came along, she understood it wasn't that she liked Neji, it was that she had found his strength mentally reassuring.

She understood this because Shin really made her feel something, he himself didn't do anything, but his polite overall cheerful nature, along with his strength topping Neji easily, hammered this point home for her.

" Shin san! Can I sit beside you. "

Shinnosuke nodded with a smile as Tenten happily took her seat.

Even if she understood she didn't really like neji like that, tenten was a good girl, instead to turning on him and calling him names like his other ' fans ', she still maintained a normal interaction with him.

It wasn't like they actually ever had something going, it was just a one sided crush for her that she didn't even act upon, no need to make everything weird for that.

" Shin kun, are you prepared for graduation? It will be happening in a few more months! "

Shinnosuke nodded as he patted a silent Neji on the back.

" Yeah, I am, and this guy right here is as well, you should have seen his practice, it's intense! "

Neji just grunted in response but had a small phantom of a smile on his lips.

Tenten groaned as she put her head on the table.

" I really hope it's not too difficult. I want to be a team with you Shin kun! "

Shinnosuke simply nodded at that, he had made good bonds with Tenten and Neji during this time.

Every bond Shin was making during his academic years would shape the future of Konoha's political environment.

After all, true bonds were always rare to come by in the ninja world, it's best to cherish it.