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-TESSWITHWINGS
Tesswithwings here! I'm back with a whole new story. Tell me what you think when you read and review. The story and title of the chapters are after some of my favorite songs. The Art of Losing is by American hi-fi and Sleep is by My Chemical Romance
CH1
"Kimi…Kimi…Kimi Chiyo" Iruka said.
"Huh?" Kimi sat up in her school desk and yawned. "Oh no… I must have dosed off, that's the third time this week" she thought to herself and looked at her sensei, who didn't look happy.
"Kimi please pay attention, I know I may be boring but you will need to know this stuff," he said.
"Sorry Iruka Sensei" she whispered as the rest of the class laughed at her for falling asleep in class.
"Anyway…" he said and continued to teach.
"Hey are you okay?" Naruto, who sat next to Kimi, asked.
"Yah just tired" Kimi said and rubbed her eyes. "Hmm, well that's something Naruto usually doesn't talk to me… no one talks to me" she thought
~~~AT LUNCH~~~
Kimi ran to the sink in the bathroom. She splashed cold water on her face to wake herself up. Kimi pulled out her the red ribbon in her hair that was keeping it up and let it fall in her face. She looked in the mirror and combed her blue hair back with her hand revealing her pail skin and blood red eyes that had black rings around them showing that she hadn't had a good nights rest in some time.
"You have to pull your self together," she told herself.
"Who are you talking to?" Sakura asked, Kimi hadn't noticed she had entered the room.
"Um myself" she said looking down.
"Well if you keep that up people are going to think your crazy" Sakura pointed out.
"I think, they already think that" Kimi said and pushed past Sakura leaving in a rush.
She ran down the hall till she got to the back yard of the academy were her classmates was hanging out eating their lunch. She walked calmly to a tree and slid down so she was resting her back on its trunk. She had forgotten her lunch back in the class but didn't dare go inside to retrieve it in fear of running into Sakura again.
"I'm so tired" Kimi whispered and laid her head on her knees. She was soon passed out.
"Hey woo hoo you there" a voice said above Kimi waking her up.
"Huh?" she asked and opened her eyes many of her classmates were hovering around her.
"You okay? you passed out?" Naruto informed and asked her.
"I'm… I'm fine" Kimi said and sat up. She looked around her to see Naruto, Sakura, Kiba, Ino and a few others faces looking down at her. She saw Sasuke peering over from the side of the school building, with a curious look but when their eyes met he turned his head away.
"You had us worried for a moment there" Ino said.
"I'm fine just tired" Kimi said a little panicky, she didn't like crowded spaces they made her remember her past and that made her scared.
Slowly the crowed started to disappear till it was just Kimi and Naruto left. Naruto just stared at Kimi with a confused look on his face.
"What?" Kimi asked feeling shy.
"You said you were tired in class too" he said
"Yah so"
"Well if your so tired then you should go to bed sooner that way you wont be tired during the day" Naruto said
"Its not that simple… for me" Kimi said
"Why not?"
"I…" Kimi thought of telling him the truth and spilling everything she had bottled in but then realized it wasn't a good idea Naruto would think she was crazy and run away so she lied as she did every day "It just isn't" she finally muttered.
Before Naruto had a chance to ask any more questions the lunch bell rang freeing Kimi from the conversation.
"Saved by the bell" Kimi thought to herself as they walked into the academy.
~~~AFTER SCHOOL~~~
"Kimi can I talk to you?" Iruka asked catching Kimi just as she was almost out the door.
"He isn't going to like my answer" she thought to herself and turned around. She walked to his desk "what is it sensei?" she asked.
"This is the third time this week you fell asleep in my class… I'm not that boring…am I?" Iruka asked.
"No Iruka sensei" she answered.
"Is everything okay at home? You don't seem to be getting a lot of sleep".
"Everything is just fine. I just have been training extra hard lately so I can pass the upcoming exam" she lied.
"But that's no for months".
"I know but I want to be ready".
"Well… lay off the training and get some sleep, you cant pass my class if you sleep though half of it" Iruka said.
"Okay and I am sorry about falling asleep" Kimi apologized.
"Its okay just don't do it again," Iruka said.
And with that Kimi turned and left.
Kimi walked home alone staring at the ground as she went.
When she arrived at her house she unlocked the door and stepped into a cold, quiet house.
She lived with her godfather and parents best friend, Takeo. Takeo wasn't there a lot, he would disappear for weeks on end not saying were he was or what he did but Kimi didn't mind she knew he as a hard working ninja and she liked being home alone but she loved her godfather. He was her father figure and best friend.
"He should be home tomorrow," Kimi said as she passed his room.
She walked to her room and dropped off her bag in the doorway and continued through the house the only sound was of her footsteps on the wood floor. She made it to the backdoor and stepped out.
The sun was starting to go down, Kimi looked at her backyard, there was lots of training equipment that was worn out from all the hours she spent training till it hurt. And a hammock that was tied between two of her favorite trees. Behind that was a small stream were fish splashed and animals came to drink. In one corner of her yard was a large bolder that had engravings on it that read, "in loving memory of Asami and Kyo Chiyo, parents, ninjas and best friends" it had been given to her by Takeo. Takeo had grown up with Asami and Kyo and had been on their ninja squad.
Kimi walked over to the rock and ran her hands a crossed her parent's names "hi mother I father" she whispered then turned away. She walked over to her training equipment and started to work.
Many hours after the sun had gone down, Kimi was still at work training as hard as she could. She deiced to take a brake and sat down were she was. She looked at her knuckles, they were bleeding and they stung from pounding them into the training post.
She took a shuttered breath and closed her eyes. "So tired" whispered and almost passed out there, but she forced herself to open her eyes and stand. Her muscles were sore and her whole body was covered in dirt and sweat. She sighed and walked into her house
"That's enough training for the day," she said to herself. She walked into her kitchen not realizing she was so hungry. She started to make herself some dinner when her eyes glanced at the clock. "Its way past 3" she murmured and went on cooking.
After her dinner she took a shower and headed for bed. She laid in her bed staring up at the ceiling not wanting to let her eyes close but she had no choice but to. That night it was the worst dream yet.
A young Kimi peeked out of the closet not knowing why her mother had told her to stay there.
"Where is it? Where is she!" a loud voice boomed that Kimi didn't recognize.
"I will never tell you," her father said to the man who had put a knife to his thought, even when he was threatened Kimi's father Kyo wasn't scared.
"You lie! Your protecting it" the man accused.
"No! We aren't lying she is not with us" her mother, Asami, called her voice frightened.
"Shut up woman!" the evil man said and smacked her knocking her on her back.
"Don't touch my wife!" Kyo said through his teeth.
"If you don't tell me I'll kill you" the man threatened and pressed the knife on Kyo's neck.
"I would rather die then tell you," Kyo said.
"So be it!" the man raised the knife and started to slash it down.
"Kimi I love you" were Kyo's last words.
"No!" Asami yelled as tears fell down her face. She crawled to her husband and held his corpse.
"Tell me woman or you will face the same fait," the man said.
"Then kill me! For no words will pass my lips" Asami cried.
"Fool" he yelled and slashed her neck.
He looked down on the people he had just slain and turned walking out.
Kimi waited till she heard a slam of the door before she crawled out of the closet into the puddles of blood.
"Mother? Father?" she called and looked at there bodies. An empty house was her reply; there was no sound other than her heavy breathing.
"Mommy! Daddy!" Kimi screamed and tried to wake her parents. She sat there in her parent's blood crying until Takeo came and got her.
He picked her up in his arms and held her. "Its okay Kimi… I got you," he whispered. That's the last thing Kimi remembered about that day.
~~~ End of Dream ~~~
"Father!" Kimi yelled waking up in a cold sweat, tangled in her blankets. She looked out the window it was light out.
"Just a dream" she reminded herself and got out of bed.
She got dressed for school and ate some breakfast before she headed to the academy.
She walked in the classroom and sat at her desk.
"You don't look like you slept well" Naruto said and sat beside her.
"I didn't" she admitted and shook her head.
"If you want I can poke you if you start to fall asleep during class" Naruto said and grinned
"Thank you" Kimi said and smiled a little. The only one who ever made her smile was Takeo and it felt strangely nice to smile at Naruto.
"No problem… BELIEVE IT!" Naruto said.
"Naruto can I ask you something?" she asked after a long silence.
"Sure" Naruto said in his happy voice.
"Why are you being nice to me?" she asked curiously.
"Because your all alone… like me" Naruto said and looked down.
"Oh" Kimi said in surprise.
"We are a lot alike, you and me".
"Yah I guess we are". Kimi said realizing for the first time that the person she admired the most was like her. She always thought Naruto was brave and amazing because even though he stood out from the rest he still had the courage to put himself out there and make himself known to the world unlike Kimi who stood in the shadows as opportunities passed her by. Naruto never gave up and Kimi always liked that in him.
"But here is something that sets us apart" Kimi said and looked Naruto in the eyes "I choose to be alone…".
"Why would you want to be alone?" Naruto asked.
"It's easier, you don't have to worry about losing something you don't have".
"Worry?" Naruto asked the cheerfulness gone.
Kimi nodded.
"Hmm" Naruto mused what she had said.
"It would be nice to let someone in but I would go mad if they were taken from me… like my parents." Kimi thought.
"Today class we are going to go over the transformation jutsu" Iruka said "everyone form a single file line in front of the room".
The class did as they were told. Kimi was stuck between Naruto and Ino.
"Sakura" Iruka called.
Sakura stepped up and did the ram hand sign, with a poof she transformed into Iruka Sensei.
"Sasuke! Sasuke did you see me?" Sakura asked jumping up and down.
Sasuke remained silent.
"Good… Sasuke" Iruka said as Sakura went to the end of the line.
Sasuke did the same hand sign and with a poof he also transformed into Iruka.
"Good…Naruto" Iruka said and Sasuke went to the end of the line.
"Watch this" Naruto said to Kimi and stepped up.
He did the sign, with a poof he transformed into something that wasn't Iruka. It was a girl with blond hair that was in piggy tails and she wasn't wearing clothes. She was the girl version of Naruto.
"How is this?" Naruto asked in a girly voice and batted his girl eyes.
"NARUTO!" Iruka said and got a noise bleed.
With out warning Kimi started to laugh uncontrollably, every one turned and stared at her but she didn't care, she thought it was hilarious.
Naruto undid his jutsu and laughed too. "Ha that was my sexy jutsu!" Naruto bragged.
"STOP MESSING AROUND!" Iruka yelled but Kimi keep laughing. It felt good to laugh, she hadn't laughed in so long.
Naruto turned to her with a grin on his face.
"That was SO funny" Kimi said tried to stifle her laugh.
"Thanks" Naruto said and went to the back of the line.
"Kimi" Iruka said.
Kimi stepped up and asked, "Do we have to transform into you?"
"No you can transform in to anyone… except what Naruto did," Iruka said.
Kimi did the ram hand sign and with a poof she transformed into…
Ha cliffhanger! And I meant to do it this time muahahah. Anyway read and review. If you're wondering I'll continue to work on this and Fire and Wind. THANK YOU!
