I was woken up at 5 in the morning. I yawned and rubbed the sleep out of my eyes looking at my mother who looked so happy she would burst. Why, I have no clue. It's too early to think.

"Mommmm why did you wake me up so early?" I whined while trying to pull the blankets back over my head. I shut my eyes again hoping she'd leave, but instead I was greeted with her yanking my blanket off the futon. I sat up and stared at her blankly. Why is she so excited, she's only this excited when she gets to dress me up.

There's no ceremonies so... oh shit. I promised her to go to Mikoto's 'lady training little girls something manners' class for a week.

"Mama, do I have to go to those dumb classes. I look like a girl, and know to say nice things, isn't that enough."

"Yes. This is to Teach you how to be a lady, this way you will find a good husband and the elders will be pleased. Maybe Mikoto-chan will finally fix your posture and teach you to talk like a lady."

"Damn."

"Hinata-chan we do not use language like that. Be a lady."

"Sorry."

"Now come, we are going to get you dressed and packed for this week. You are going to look so beautiful this week. You will finally be dressed like a girl, not in those horrible training clothes your father puts you in." She dressed me in a short blue kimono with pink sakura flowers and golden trimming. My hair was down, reaching my lower back, with slight curls.

To keep it out of my face, a braid was done on the front of both sides and they were pinned to the back. Mother works magic, I could never make myself look this girly. I looked pretty again, but I don't know how I will handle dressing like this everyday. Mother twirled me around and smiled.

"Hinata-hime, you look so beautiful. Itachi-kun and Sasuke-kun won't know what hit them when they see you." I glared at her.

"I don't like them like that." I whined. Will nobody let me forget they are trying to court me. For the last month, Itachi has been so weird, doing little things trying to flatter me. Its nice and all but weird. Super weird. I can't fall in love like that. It's not my place.

At least Sasuke hasn't changed much. He still calls me names and stuff, but is a little more possessive than normal. It's just because I'm the only girl who will train with him and not fangirl though. Fangirls are monsters. Sasuke and most of them are 5 and already freaky fangirls. I cant wait to see the torture he goes through in the Academy when we start.

Mother handed me my bag and we walked over to the Uchiha compound where a guard was waiting for me.

"Hyuuga-sama, Hinata-hime welcome. I will escort you to the compound where the other girls and Mikoto-sama are waiting." He said with a bow.

"Thank you. Uchiha-san. Lead the way." I replied. He led us to an area of the compound I have never been to before. It was like a mini hotel with a giant ballroom and raised stage in the middle. I looked around and there were about 10 girls my age or a year older. They were all dressed in their nicest day clothes, looking around in awe at the compound. Many of the older girls looked to be Uchiha girls.

I recognized Ino and Sakura based off their hair colors. There was also a girl who was around 6, with the rest of the girls behind her, glaring at Ino and Sakura. When I said goodbye to mother, all of the girls finally realized I was there. I stood their unsure of what to do or say, but Mikoto saved my butt by finally arriving.

"Hello girls." They replied with a chorused "Hello Mikoto-sama."

"Welcome. Each day this week we will go over one of the skills you need as a woman, and on the final day, you will have a ceremony to show your parents the fine young ladies you are becoming. Although unorthodox, we have Hinata-hime joining us for this last week. Be kind to Hinata. Hinata sweetie will you introduce yourself to the others please."

"Yes, Mikoto-sama. My name is Hinata Hyuuga. I am 4 turning 5 in December and I'm heiress to my clan. I like training and dislike bullies. I hope we get along." I said smiling but slightly fidgeting with the hem of my kimono. This is my first time around so many people my age. Sasuke didn't count.

"I will give you a few minutes to get acquainted while I retrieve the boys so we can finally practice dancing with a partner." Mikoto said as she walked out the door. Hell yeah! Dancing is easy. this won't be too hard. Thank god, I'm glad we didn't start with something like flower arrangements.

As soon as Mikoto was out of sight, the queen bee walked up to me, all of the girls trailing behind her.

"Hi Hinata-chan. I'm Ami and I'm 5. Since you are new I will tell you how this works. If you want to be popular, especially when we join the academy together, stay away from the girl with the big forehead, she's a freak. You don't want to associate with losers like her. My daddy is a big merchant and so I know how it feels to be rich so lets be friends." I looked up at Ino and Sakura and saw them watching me waiting for my answer. I may think Sakura is annoying, but shes still young. We can totally be friends. Nobody deserves this.

"I said I don't like bullies. You are an asshole who is so insecure she has to bully others so leave me alone before I make you. I also do not like people who befriend people just because of their status." I walked past her and headed towards Ino and Sakura to introduce myself. Before I made it, I felt a hand on my shoulder. I turned around and stared Ami down. She was fuming.

"You know what, you belong with them. You are a freak too. You act like because you are pretty that you can do anything but you can't. No boy will love you when you talk more like a boy then a girl. I am not insecure you are." She screeched. I just stared at her with half lidded eyes.

"Are you done banshee?" Then I turned  around and walked away smirking. I made it over to Ino and Sakura who both were looking at me, Ino in approval and Sakura in awe.

"Hinata-chan right? I'm Ino Yamanaka of the Yamanaka clan. I like you not very many people stand up to Ami. You're our new best friend."

"Hi!" I chirped "she deserved it. I'm glad to finally have girl friends" I turned to Sakura. "You're forehead isn't that big so ignore her. What's your name Pinkie?" I asked even though I already knew.

"S-sakura H-Haruno. T-thank you for sticking up for me H-Hinata-san." She bowed deeply, her cheeks flushing the same color as her hair in embarrassment.

"No problem Sakura. Don't call me Hinata-san, there is no need for honorifics since we're friends." I smiled happily and she gave me a hesitant one in return.

"O-ok Hinata-chan" Sakura replied. Damn I forgot how shy she was before the Academy. I asked Ino about what they have learned over the month so far and her and Sakura she were explaining it to me. The dancing seems fun but everything else seems useless to me getting stronger.

They've seen Sasuke around the compound and definitely are developing interes, but don't seem to want to tell each other and aren't fangirls yet so that doesn't have to be a worry.

The other girls already fangirl over him though. Hopefully he isn't one of the men who has to dance with us today, I can't handle all of the screaming girls. Although, it would be funny to watch him squirm. We moved topics and Ino was telling us about her birthday party on September 23d. She invited me and told me I would get to meet more kids our age. I agreed quickly, I can finally meet other members of the rookie 9!

After a few more minutes of light conversation, Mikoto finally returned 11 boys in tow. They were all Uchiha boys ranging from 5 to 10. I recognized Itachi and Sasuke right away and groaned. This is going to be attack of the fangirls. When all of the girls looked at the boys they squealed about how all of them are hot and how they can't wait to dance with Sasuke-kun. Gross. Mikoto cleared her throat to gain our attention.

"Alright girls, each of you will be dancing with one of the boys that pick you. Watch as Itachi-kun and I demonstrate what you will be doing." They walked to the center of the room and began a waltz of some sort. It shouldn't be too hard. Hopefully I get paired with somebody fun to dance with. I feel bad for the girl Sasuke is with, she will have to deal with the wrath of fangirls. Mikoto and Itachi finished their dance and went back onto the stage with the rest of the boys.

"Ok boys, choose what girl you would like to dance with." That instant, all of the girls except Sakura Ino and I swarmed Sasuke, who looked utterly disgusted. A few of the boys looked my direction and began to walk over, but when they looked up at Mikoto for approval she shook her head so they Ino and Sakura to dance instead.

Damn it, she's gonna make me dance with Sasuke. Mikoto finally paired off the girls to end the rampage and that left Sasuke and I. He made his way over to me looking annoyed and relieved at the same time. When the girls realized I was his partner, there were shouts of protest.

"Hey why does the freak get to dance with Sasuke-kun, she's not nearly good enough for him." "That's not fair I want Sasuke-kun." And many more. Mikoto gave them a look and they silenced. I smirked and stood on my toes to whisper to Sasuke.

"Duckbutt your fangirls need a leash. Just be glad you got me and not one of them, they'd probably end the dance with a kiss" He glared at me.

"Hn. Freak, you should be glad to dance with me."

"Whatever, after this want to get Itachi to train us in shuriken?" I asked with a smirk already knowing the answer.

"you need the extra training." He said with a smirk. I just sulked knowing he's right. He beats me every time we throw Kunai and Shuriken. His smirk turned into a grin when he realized he won the argument. We were so into the argument, neither of us realized we were supposed to start dancing until Mikoto came to interrupt. She had us stand in front of each other and get into position.

She put one of Sasuke's hand on my lower back and the other held out for me to put my hand in. My other hand went on his shoulder. It was super awkward and we both stood a foot apart until she pushed us up agains each other. Because we are literal children, and I have no romantic feelings towards Sasuke, it's not that big of a deal so I didn't care, but Sasuke was a mess. It was priceless.

Mikoto made all of us go through different moves a few times, checking up on posture and footwork. She had to make my posture better every few minutes. I could tell she was exasperated with my horrible posture when she told me I stand too much like a boy. Even though my posture was bad, she was extremely pleased with my dancing skill and ability to pick up the footwork easily.

It was actually really fun especially since Sasuke and I got to bicker the whole time. After a few hours and a lunch break, we finally got down to actually using the moves and Mikoto had us dance over and over to different songs. Getting bored of the same moves, Sasuke and I began to make up our own, adding increasingly stupid yet well executed moves.

Sasuke is a really good dancer and could keep up with my moves, adding a few of his own while we talked about who was the best dancer. Mikoto was so impressed with us, she had us demonstrate in front of everyone, and just to piss off Ami, a huge Sasuke fangirl, I kept my posture perfect and would whisper to Sasuke about ways to mess with Itachi, making him smirk and the girls glare daggers at me.

At the end of our dance, Mikoto had everyone go back to practicing while we got a break. I was about to sit down when Itachi asked me for a dance. I accepted and we began to dance, me being oblivious of Sasuke's glares towards Itachi and Mikoto's knowing looks between us three.

"Itachi!" I greeted. "will you train us in shuriken tonight? I still suck compared to you guys. Sasuke, that ass, wont let me live it down."

"Sorry Hinata-hime maybe next time." He said while poking my forehead. "Mother asked me to not let you train while you were here. She also took your training clothes out of your bag so you cannot sneak off." He told me with a hint of amusement in his eyes.

"Damn it." I said, throwing my head back letting out an exasperated sigh. We finished our dance, Itachi bowed and kissed my hand thanking me for the dance. I curtsied and made my way back over to Sasuke. I slid down the wall beside him and told him we cant train until this class is over. We watched everyone dance, I added commentary about each pair and what they were saying, making him snicker at my extra high-pitched girl voice.

Sasuke would taunt me by saying that I know what they are saying because I'm a closet fangirl resulting in arguments. I think he secretly likes our arguments as much as I do.

Honestly the month I have spent with the Uchiha has been awesome, minus the marriage ordeal. Sasuke is really fun to be around. Without the Massacre so far, he is actually kindatalkative and way less emo. He is super arrogant still but in a good way and can banter with me about anything. He is mischevious and can help me plan good pranks for Shisui and Itachi.

Just like in the manga though, he idolizes Itachi and wants to be like him especially to impress his dad. Sasuke is a prodigy in his own right because he learns super fast and works hard. Nobody compares to Itachi though. And he is starting to figure that out it seems.

Itachi is also really cool to be around. He is pretty much an ice cube but I can see the love he has for Sasuke every time they are together.  Even being an ice cube, he's considerate to me and a patient Sensei when I get frustrated, which is always.

Itachi is a pure genius and its kind of intimidating how much so he is. I was considered a genius, and still am, mainly for being reborn but that's irrelevant right, but Itachi is on another level. His and Shisui's friendship never ceases to entertain me, I've never seen someone be able to get a rise out of Itachi the way Shisui can.

Shisui is most like myself. We are loud, hyper, and love to find ways to annoy our targets. He's super fun and has the most contagious smile. He talks a lot and is super caring for everyone around him. He's also a super awesome. My speed is getting better. I'm not even close to as good as he is but I've definitely seen improvement. Mikoto is like a second mother to me I guess. She already treats me like her future daughter in law.

She was super different from what I expected too. She is loving and caring, and squeals whenever she thinks I look adorable, which is always. She's also super strict though and keeps all of the boys in line.

Something I need to learn how to do. She always teases me for being the 'prettiest girl she has ever seen but the most boyish' and is always confused at how I am like that. Fugaku was the most surprising, in that he doesn't hate me. Especially since he always slyly puts in info about marriage.

He is exactly what I thought, cold and harsh. He takes no mercy in training and has the highest expectation for everyone, especially Itachi. One thing I've done though is he gives Sasuke more attention now, once I told him, Sasuke is the type to thrive when his father gives him even the slightest acknowledgement. When he did, Sasuke became way happier. They are like my second family, and I want to protect them.

Mikoto released the boys and allowed us to get dressed for dinner.  I was confused on what she meant so I went to find Ino and Sakura and ask them.

"Hey Ino, Sakura, what does Mikoto-sama mean when she says go get dressed for dinner?" They both looked at me before bursting into fits of giggles.

"We're supposed to change into our formal dinner attire to practice proper dinner manners silly." At my confused face Sakura decided to speak up.

"Y-You did bring proper d-dinner attire right Hinata-chan?"

"Uh no. I didn't know that was a thing. I thought what I am waring is formal attire." They looked at me incredulously then began to giggle again. "Shit. I'll go ask Mikoto-sama for some help. Save me a spot at dinner please? Bye Ino, Sakura." They widened their eyes at my language but shrugged it off and agreed to save me a spot. I walked over to Mikoto and Itachi feeling like an idiot.

"Hey uh Mikoto-sama, I don't have dinner attire, I didn't know we needed it."I said blushing in embarrassment. Mikoto laughed at me. Gah why does everyone laugh when I don't know stuff.

"You really are special Hinata-chan. Itachi-kun please escort Hinata to my quarters and have her wait for me there."

"Yes mother." Itachi led me to Mikoto's room and left me there. A few minutes later, Mikoto walked in with 6 kimonos in hand.

"Hinata-chan, each night before dinner, you will meet me here and I will help you with your dinner attire. These are my old kimonos that should fit you." She said with a smile.

"Thank you Mikoto-sama." I bowed in thanks. Mikoto helped me get out of my other Kimono and placed me in a floor length black kimono with white and red patterns, and a red obi around my waist. It was heavy and had many layers. I could see and feel the difference between a regular and formal kimono now.

She decided to do my hair and took the braids out, then curled it all letting it all hang down. Mikoto walked out for a second so I looked in the mirror and yet again, I looked like a princess. Thank mother for Hyuga genes.

I spun around and realized that I have the Uchiha fan on my back. Damn that Mikoto, I know she is enjoying having me wear it.  Mikoto returned with a tube and put a lipgloss thing on my lips, as well as some eyeliner and mascara. What person puts a 4-year-old in makeup. In this world though, I guess wearing makeup as a young girl is normal.

Mikoto led me to the dining room, and there were all of the girls, as well as the boys from earlier. Fugaku and Shisui were even sitting at the table. When Fugaku looked at me and saw what I was wearing, he smirked like the smug asshole he is. Shisui ended his conversation with Itachi and came runnning up to me.

"Hinata-hime you look so cute. Oh my gosh you're wearing the Uchiha crest. I thought you weren't getting married. Who did you pick, I can't let you get married, you're too little. Stay small and cute forever!" I love him but sometimes he's an idiot. I deadpanned at him.

"Shisui-senpai put me down so. Mikoto dressed me. I am still not marrying any of you, espically you, you are an old fart." he grasped over his heart.

"Hinata-hime my dear student, you wound me but I understand, Mikoto is cunning and knew you wouldn't bring formal attire. She's probably been picking out Kimonos since you agreed to come this week."

"Probably. Let me go sit, the sooner this is over, the sooner I can take this off and go to bed."

"Yes hime. Enjoy your dinner, don't eat like too much of a slob. " he said laughing when I smiled at that.

"No promises." And I sauntered over to my seat next to Ino. During my walk, many of the girls looked at me then when a 7-year-old Uchiha noticed my back she screeched.

"Mikoto-sama, why does the Hyuuga girl have the Uchiha crest on her back. She's not an Uchiha." Mikoto, calm and composed responded before any of the other girls glaring at me could.

"Ladies do not raise their voice at the table and if they are not the Matriarch, they speak when spoken to. Do not forget your manners. And as for Hinata-chan, she is a special case. She is close to our family and will hopefully one day be married into our family so she has the right given by Fugaku-kun and I to wear the crest whenever she pleases. Same as our son's were given the Right by the Hyuuga head's to be able to wear the Hyuuga crest when at their compound."

Damn, I didn't know this. How could my parents not tell me. They are taking this whole marriage thing too seriously. When Mikoto sat back down, everyone's eyes turned towards me in shock, anger, and awe. I scurried to my spot, wanting the girls to stop watching me, and sat next to Ino, my head in my hands. Ino nudged me and I looked up at her hoping she wasn't angry with me. She had no signs of resentment, just curiosity and she looked impressed with me.

"Hinata that is so cool. You will be the first girl to lead 2 major clans. I'm kind of jealous that you get to marry a hottie, but thats awesome! I have the coolest friend. Which boy are you engaged to?" At this Sakura leaned in more too.

"Neither. Fugaku said I can decide when I'm older which son to marry, If I want to marry them. It's complicated. I don't want to get married to someone I don't love, and I don't want to think about it yet, I'm 4. I want to be a strong Shinobi first."

"I get it. I want to be a good Kunoichi too, but I really want to get married." Ino replied. Sakura then decided to speak up.

"I w-would like to become a K-Kunoichi too. My parents aren't all that strong but I really think t-that I can do it." Ino and I looked to one anther than in sync responded.

"We know you can Sakura." We chatted throughout dinner, Ino and Sakura helped me a lot with proper manners, even though I still don't get it that much. Ino told me more about her family and her love of flowers. She really is a genius when it comes to flowers.

She also hasn't started her training yet, and will start when she turns 6 and enters the academy with the rest of the kids our age. I learned a little bit about the boys she has to spend time with: Shikamaru and Choji and how they are boring and lame. I learned Sakura is the oldest of us and she really likes to read and has a photographic memory.

When Ino told me the age requirements and limits for the Academy, I realized I will be one of youngest in our class, being born in December and all. I also learned about how because it is not a war-time right now, Students can't enter and graduate early like Itachi did. Some of this stuff made me realize I still don't know that much and I need to go to a public library instead of the clan library so I can learn more. It's really fascinating how the system works.