This Was Not The End

(Kaichou wa Maid-sama x Naruto Crossover)


Warnings: Fem!Itachi, Genderbend!Itachi, more than probable OOCness (maybe some others but I'm not sure what else to put!)


Pairing/s: Fem!Uchiha Itachi x Igarashi Tora, Ayuzawa Misaki x Usui Takumi


Inspiration from Terri'smind's "To Live Again"


A/N: Hello there! I just wanted to post this just because of my weird tendency to create crossovers (those are definitely my favorites!). Anyway, I hope you enjoy it! This story will be set in third-person because I just want to. LOLz~


Beginning


"If I had been open with you from the start… and looked you straight in the eyes and told you the truth, then I wouldn't have had to stand before you, from above, as a failure, telling you all of this. So this time, I want to impart this truth to you… You don't even have to forgive me. And no matter what you do from here on out, know this… I will love you always."

-Uchiha Itachi


1.

Yoshida Koharu.

The name rang bells into the mind of one Igarashi Tora. It was rather familiar and it only took him a few seconds before he remembered the contents of the file he had read about her before.

Yoshida Koharu was a transfer student.

The only transfer student who managed to earn a full scholarship to his school.

Miyabigaoka High.

(An elite private school only for the rich and the high class.)

Yoshida was intelligent of course (otherwise she wouldn't have been given a scholarship in the first place), but rather untouchable. A quiet and mature beauty.

It was due to those traits that not many people approached her but admired her from afar instead.

However, that was not the only reason.

She was a commoner, a first of her kind in his school (well, if he excluded the staff who worked behind-the-scenes of course).

Honestly, he had never considered her to be anything at first. (There might have been a bit of interest at first due to her status as a commoner but it quickly faded away after a few days as he had been quite busy.) It wasn't until she won the elections as the new Vice President of the Student Council that his interest returned.

His eyes glinted mischievously as he began to plot.

2.

A young fifteen year old girl woke up gasping to the loud buzzing sound of an alarm clock. Her onyx colored eyes darted wildly around the room before settling down at the light cream colored ceiling of her room. She took a deep breath before releasing it, trying to recall what her dream - no, memory, had been about. She soon calmed down and sat upright while turning off her alarm clock. Her long straight black hair pooled down towards her sides as she got out of bed.

It was time to start the day.

She headed towards the bathroom in order to get ready after she fixed her bed. Once she was done, she headed to the room beside hers. Her cute little brother seemingly still asleep. She smiled a little before she gently shook his arm so that he would wake up. He grumbled a bit and then opened his large light brown eyes. Unlike his older sister, he had inherited his mother's eyes. He let out a huge yawn.

"Onee-chan?" He mumbled sleepily.

(He was adorable, just like Sasuke back then when they were no more than just children. (But it was a fact that Tetsu-kun could never replace Sasuke just like how Sasuke could never replace Tetsu-kun. Her otouto from then and her otouto now were different from each other but they were her precious younger brothers. She loved them dearly all the same.))

"It's time to wake up, Tetsu-kun. I'll start making breakfast soon so please get ready in the meantime." She told him. He simply nodded in return before he too got out of bed and then started getting ready.

She headed downstairs next and went to the kitchen to start cooking. By the time her little brother came down, she had finished preparing the table and placing the dishes on it. He took a seat and the two thanked kami-sama for the food before eating their breakfast. As soon as they were done, her little brother immediately took the dirty dishes to the sink before she could do anything.

"Thank you, Tetsu-kun." She said with a smile which made him blush slightly.

"It's no problem, onee-chan! I'm a big boy already so this is nothing!" He told her as he grinned.

She nodded. "Hn. I'll just put our bento boxes in our bags then."

He finished pretty quickly and they soon made their way outside. They were seen walking side-by-side and talking amiably to each other as they headed to her little brother's new school. She dropped him and gave him a wave. "Good luck, Tetsu." She had murmured lovingly to him.

"Sure, onee-chan! Take care!"

She was once again on her way, this time headed to her own new school. She took a ride in the train and walked a few roads before arriving in front of it. She paused for a moment, gazing upon it before walking again. She had walked in.

As a first year high school student of Miyabigaoka High School.

Her name was Yoshida Koharu. The only transferee of the school who had managed to earn a full scholarship. The current Student Council Vice President.

And also the female reincarnation of Uchiha Itachi.

3.

Koharu was silently fulfilling her duties as the vice president (which meant PAPERWORK) when her mind began to wander for a bit. She ended up remembering her time as an ANBU and having to write long reports to send to the Hokage and her father.

It was quite nostalgic, she thought happily.

"Yoshida-fukukaichou." The voice of the president brought her out of her reminiscing.

She looked up from her paperwork to find the president giving her a fox-like smile from his own seat. (He seemed to be planning something but at this point early in time, she had no idea what it could be.)

He seemed quite gentlemanly but she knew it was a mask, a well-crafted one if someone asked her.

She blinked, retaining her poker face and then spoke up. "What is it, kaichou?" She asked.

He gave her a fake smile and then brought her attention to the papers he had in his hands. "I've noticed that from the papers that you've submitted to me, your handwriting is really neat and tidy. It's an admirable talent."

Her eyes widened a bit, surprised by his words. "Thank you for the compliment, kaichou."

"I've been wondering," he began before changing it mid-sentence, " - hoping actually, if you'd be willing to show me how you've managed to reach such a high level of control and neatness in your strokes one time?"

His words - she wondered what he was playing at.

While his handwriting wasn't good as hers, she knew he could just ask someone else (a tutor perhaps?) to teach him how to become better.

She shook her head and then politely declined.

"I would have to decline, Igarashi-san, as I would have no time to show you after classes or any of the days hereafter. I'm quite busy you see. I have a lot of things to do after school and I still have to take care of my younger brother as well, I apologize." She told him frankly.

"Ah, I'm sorry as well. I didn't think you'd be quite so busy. Perhaps next time then." He replied, remarkably sounding so realistic in his efforts to sound disappointed.

How odd.

4.

Tora was beginning to get annoyed.

This woman - Yoshida Koharu - did not seem to get fazed at all despite his numerous attempts in trying to win her over.

If it was flattery, she would just politely accept it and then thank him before returning to her paperwork. If it was a gift, she would politely reject it and then return to her work. If he tried inviting her to join him for lunch or dinner, she would politely reject him yet again (not unless they really did need to meet up for overtime work) and then leave to pick up her sibling from school.

It was maddening.

Yet so interesting.

She was an intriguing woman who truly fitted her status as "untouchable."

It seemed that he needed to step up his game if he truly wanted her.

But at the same time, he wondered, was she truly worth the time and effort?

.

.

.

He'd have think on it some more.

5.

Hm?

It was puzzling to find the student council president no longer interested in attempting to give her gifts or invite her over to eat with him. Koharu couldn't help but slightly ponder over it for a bit, but even those thoughts were soon swept away as soon as she thought of other things, like...what she would cook for dinner.

Perhaps her otouto would like it if she made his favorite for tonight's dinner?

She hummed happily in thought.

(Although the emotion wasn't really displayed on her face due to her usual poker face in place.)

6.

"Cake! Cake!" Tetsu-kun, her adorable otouto, chanted excitedly as he tried to pull her towards a cake shop.

(She wasn't paying attention to what shopping area he had dragged her to exactly - she would later regret not doing so.)

Koharu laughed softly and allowed him to drag her towards the shop.

As soon as they entered the shop, she blinked in surprise at the expensive-looking decor and the fashionably dressed up customers.

It appears we might have accidentally went into one of those high class shops. I didn't think Tetsu-kun would have wanted to come here of all places. It's a good thing I brought enough money to buy a slice or two. She thought as soon as she glanced at the prices of the cakes.

She took a quick glance to her clothes and Tetsu-kun's. Fortunately, they weren't too underdressed. While she wasn't one to care for propriety, she was also a shinobi at the same time. Blending in was in her nature so if their clothes were alright, they wouldn't draw too much attention.

She let Tetsu-kun pick his slice of cake before picking her own and then proceeded to order at the cashier. The woman looked at her from head to toe before giving her a sneer with a warm smile. It didn't bother Koharu so she let it slide.

"Welcome to the Blue Lily Cake Shop. What would you like to order?"

7.

Tora was utterly bored (even if he did have two beautiful ladies at his sides) and leaned back on his chair, his eyes drifting towards the scenery outside. A blue lily logo entered his line of sight and he blinked in remembrance. It was a popular cake shop according to many of the girls within the campus of his school. His mother was also a huge fan of its sweets - most in particular, the cakes they baked and sold.

Since he was in the area, he told the driver to park at the side and straightened out his clothes before heading out of the car.

Just as he was about to enter the shop, he found himself looking back as something long and black passed by. It turned out to be the hair belonging to someone he was quite familiar with.

"Yoshida-fukukaichou?" He called out before he could stop himself.

8.

She turned around much to his surprise. Despite his expectation of the woman actually being Yoshida Koharu, he actually half-expected it not to be her at the same time.

Her eyes widened in surprise of her own. Recognition passing through it for a second before settling into its usual apathetic gaze. She bowed in acknowledgment. "Igarashi-kaichou."

He watched as she took the time to move away from the entrance in order to not block any future clients from entering and moved across him in order to stay at the side. He followed her, temporarily disregarding his thoughts of buying a cake for his mother.

They stared at each other for a moment.

She made the move first.

"I did not expect to see you here, kaichou. What a coincidence." She commented.

So she was going with that.

"Neither did I, for one, Yoshida-san." He sneaked a glance to see what she was holding. "Did you buy some cake perchance?"

She simply nodded. "It's a reward for my younger brother seeing as he got a hundred on his Math test. I just thought that he deserved it. He loves sweets after all."

He took step forward.

"Do you also like sweets, Yoshida-san?" He asked, a fake innocent smile spreading across his face.

"I - " She was about to speak when someone cut her off.

It was a little boy. A boy whom he quickly deduced as her younger brother.

"Yeah! Nee-chan loves sweets just like me! Dango is her favorite sweet treat though!" He answered excitedly like a twittering little bird.

Dango? He hummed. How unexpected.

9.

Koharu watched in silence as the student council president bent down to her little brother's level. He gave Tetsu-kun one of his fake smiles as he talked to him. "What's your name, little boy?" He asked.

"I'm not little! My name is Yoshida Tetsu!" Tetsu protested at once. "What's your name anyway?"

"Igarashi Tora, a fellow student from your onee-chan's school." He replied calmly.

"Igarashi...?" Her otouto trailed off in surprise, before bursting out with an exclamation. "No way, onii-chan! You're that guy from the magazines!" His eyes sparkled from admiration. "I can't believe onee-chan knows someone like him!"

"Well," Igarashi-kaichou stood up, dusting off his pants in the process. "Your sister is actually a part of the student council that I'm currently leading as the seitokaichou (student council president) so it's not far cry for me to know her since I meet her everyday in the office."

"Eeh?" Tetsu turned towards her with a pouting face. "How come I haven't heard of this before, nee-chan?"

She couldn't help but chuckle, her fingers reaching out to poke him on the forehead before he even realized it. "Tetsu-kun, I'm sure I told you of this before. Don't you remember me mentioning it when we had dinner outside that one time?"

Clutching his forehead, his eyes suddenly widened as he remembered.

"Oh!"

10.

"By the way, where were you planning on going before I called out to you?"

Koharu turned to look at him with her piercing and unreadable onyx colored eyes.

They were locked into a staring contest before she looked away and answered.

"The park."

11.

Tora was currently debating with himself mentally as to why he had followed Yoshida Koharu and her younger brother to the park. He didn't know why, but as soon as he had passed his limo, he signaled the driver to go ahead without him. He could have ended their conversation and finished what he was planning on doing so in the first place.

But -

Walking beside Yoshida and her younger brother was a rather novel experience.

Yoshida Tetsu seemed to be quite the proud younger brother with a huge sister complex since he couldn't help but sprout off a lot of things about his "awesome onee-chan" (the boy's words, not his). However, when they began talking about something else, eventually drifting to topics about businesses, the stock market and the like, the boy had a surprisingly large insight towards such things. When he inquired the elder Yoshida sibling about it, she answered:

"This boy," she spoke up, placing a hand onto her brother's head who huffed at such treatment but made no move to rebuff the hand. "He told me that he wanted to become a rich businessman when he becomes older so that he can support me in the future. It's the reason he works hard in school and studies a lot of material related to it. It's a nice thought for someone like me, I couldn't be any prouder of him."

And then she smiled.

His eyes widened in surprise.

It was such a gentle look so unlike her calm and collected persona both in school and in public.

He felt breathless all of a sudden and he didn't know why.

12.

He didn't seem so bad, Koharu thought idly as she and Tetsu bid Igarashi-kaichou goodbye.

When she had observed her younger brother converse with the school president, she found herself noticing Igarashi-kaichou slowly unwind in their presence. His guard wasn't so high as compared to before and he was smiling genuinely when he found something Tetsu-kun said amusing.

It was a different side of him that she wouldn't have discovered had they not met him today.

13.

Tora found himself passing by a popular high-class dango shop.

His thoughts immediately wandered off to what he had learned about Yoshida-fukukaichou today.

"Dango is her favorite sweet treat though!" He remembered her little brother saying.

He ended up buying a box.

14.

It would be several days later when Koharu would find a box of expensive dango from a popular high-class store, right on top of her table. A note was stuck on top of it.

Please enjoy,

I.T.

I.T.?

Igarashi Tora?

Why was he giving her gifts again?

Was he starting his I-give-you-this attempts again?

She wanted to refuse like the usual, but - dangos!

In the end, she couldn't return it and instead, ate it.

Unbeknownst to her, she had failed to take notice of the president's eyes on her as she happily ate her treats.

15.

How amusing, it took a box of dangos of all things for the untouchable woman's shell to crack a little.

He observed her reactions carefully. Usually, he would be noticed by now and called on it for staring. But due to his "distraction," she didn't notice it.

Her cheeks were flushed pink and she was humming happily as she ate. Her lips twitched, as if threatening to turn into a smile.

She looked like an adorable chipmunk stuffing her cheeks.

He suddenly blinked.

Pfft -

He almost spluttered out his drink at the mental image he thought of the vice president.

16.

It was another weekend at the park. Koharu was taking a seat on one of the benches when she heard a shriek on her right. She looked around until her eyes landed on a fallen figure near a tree. It was a little girl with dark green hair tied into twin tails. As Koharu went closer, she noted how the little girl seemed to be crying about something in her hands - a baby crow.

It probably fell from its nest, she thought immediately and her eyes softened at the thought. She remembered her crow summons back in her previous life and missed them dearly so.

The little girl was on the edge of bawling her eyes out and since Koharu couldn't seem to find any guardian present, she took it on herself to cheer up the little girl. "Do you need help, little lady?" She asked kindly, gesturing to the baby crow in the child's hands.

The little girl nodded and asked her in a hopeful tone. "Can you help return the baby birdy to its nest?"

Koharu smiled in reassurance, gently taking the bird from her hands and onto her own. "What's your name, little lady?"

"Ruri! My name's Ruri! What's yours, onee-san?" The child - Ruri - answered enthusiastically.

"It's Koharu," she answered as she stood up. "I'll be bringing the bird back to its nest now, alright?"

"Un!"

Koharu gently held the crow to her chest as she started climbing up the tree. Thankfully she was in pants so no one would be able to see her underwear as she climbed up. It was rather high but she wasn't afraid at all. As soon as she spotted the bird's nest, she paused and gently set the crow inside together with its nestmates.

They chirped at her excitedly and she marveled at the thought that she still had an affinity with these beautiful creatures. She smiled at them and gave them a stern warning not to fall from their nests again to which they simply chirped in return.

She laughed softly before bidding them goodbye.

And then she jumped down.

17.

Ruri watched in fascination as the pretty onee-san climbed up the tree. She was so graceful and fast! And kind and really pretty!

She wanted to be like her when she grew up!

18.

Koharu ended up wondering how Igarashi-kaichou somehow managed to worm himself in her private life.

It had only been a week since she and her otouto met him by coincidence outside of school. Yet somehow, he found them again during the weekend and spent time with the two of them - repeatedly if she may add - and then she found herself suddenly realizing that a month had already gone by without her knowledge.

It was always just the two of them.

The Yoshida siblings.

And then Igarashi Tora came and broke the status quo.

And she found that she didn't care.

19.

"Hey, have you noticed how Igarashi-kaichou and Yoshida-fukukaichou have been getting closer lately?" A female student whispered to her female friend.

"Yeah, there was like a really huge barrier between them before. But now...you can see them talking rather amicably to each other."

"They probably got closer because they're both in the student council!"

"I suppose that's true. Anyway, did you know that...?"

20.

"Thank you so much for taking care of my imouto these past few days!"

Koharu was at a loss.

In front of her was an older and male version of the little girl she had been taking care for quite some time now.

(According to Ruri-chan - the little girl she helped the day after they first met, she had started sneaking out of the school after dismissal time more often just so that she could visit the nearby park to play and also to look for Koharu herself. Having thought that it might be a bit dangerous for the little girl to be alone, Koharu decided it would be safer if she was watching her.

It just so happened that she and Ruri-chan grew closer to each other, thus becoming after-school "playmates". )

She looked at him placidly as he bowed deeply towards her. While she knew that he was very grateful (although she didn't really do much(?), she thought in confusion), it was kind of embarrassing so she told him that it was no problem and that he should stop bowing.

Fortunately, he did so.

"Come to think of it, what's your name?" She asked curiously.

"Oh! My name's Yukimura Shōichirō, it's nice to meet you!" He answered brightly with a smile.

21.

It was Christmas season now.

Koharu would have celebrated the day together with her brother like usual but there was someone else now.

"Tetsu-kun?" She called out to him as she was busy baking a cake.

"Hai, nee-chan?"

"What do you think about me inviting Igarashi-san over for Christmas day?"

He blanked out before bursting out with a sudden bout of excitement.

"Do you think he would come?" He asked as he peered over the counter.

She simply smiled.

"I can only try."

22.

His phone was ringing.

Not an unusual occurrence but what was different about it was the caller id.

Shimarisu (Chipmunk)

There was only one person he gave that nickname to and that was Yoshida Koharu. Ever since he thought up that mental image the day he first gave her dangos, the name stuck and it eventually became his secret nickname for her.

He answered immediately.

23.

"Do you want to spend Christmas day with us?" She immediately asked as soon as he had answered the phone. He blinked in surprise and wondered silently what she was planning. It was a wonderful opportunity to get closer to her and he would have agreed if not for the annual Christmas Ball which was to be held on the same day.

He looked at his planner and all the events planned for the day itself and the day before.

Hm...If I manage to finish everything before the 24th of December, I would probably be free on that day rather than the 25th.

"Yoshida-san," he spoke up, intending to tell her of his plans but was stopped when she interrupted him.

"Call me Koharu, Igarashi-san. It's already been months and I'm sure you've more than earned yourself the right to call me by my first name now."

He grinned. Progress, how wonderful.

"Then call me Tora, it's only fair since you're letting me call you by your first name." He told her in return.

"Alright then, Tora-san." He could almost hear her smiling through the phone.

"Anyway, I'm afraid I won't make it on the 25th but if you two are free on the 24th, I'll be there."

He could almost hear her nod through the phone as she answered him. "I suppose that that would be fine. We look forward to your arrival. See you then, Tora-san." And then she ended the call without waiting for any kind of end greeting from him. His eye twitched but he held in his annoyance in favor for the secretary who had just arrived in his office.

"Tch. Such a dreadful woman." He muttered under his breath.

(He pretended to ignore the fact that he had thought of her fondly just as he had muttered it.)

24.

December 24th had soon arrived.

Koharu and her little brother Tetsu-kun, waited in the park (where the three had first hung out together out of school) for the Igarashi heir (Tora-san, her mind quickly supplied) to arrive. It didn't take long for him to arrive, thankfully. The two Yoshida siblings greeted him an advanced Merry Christmas to which he politely returned with one of his own. And also with a smile.

A smirk, her brain corrected, but a genuine smirk.

She didn't notice but a small closed smile appeared on her face as she thought of how well they were getting along now. She enjoyed having this close friendship with her kaichou, their private moments together endearing her to him.

"Let us go." He said immediately after clearing his throat. His cheeks were kind of red as he said that but she had simply attributed it as an effect of the cold weather on their bodies.

25.

"Here." Yoshida - no, Koharu-san, said as she handed over a small box towards him.

Tora looked at her, slightly puzzled. She giggled lightly in return before she forcefully placed it on his hand. "A gift for you. Merry Christmas, Tora-san." She told him and then walked towards her little brother.

He was silent (stunned actually) for a moment before he murmured out a 'thank you' loud enough for only her to hear. He soon pocketed it with his right hand while the other reached out to grab the small gift he had bought for her a few days prior to their arranged meeting, in his coat's pocket.

(There was also a gift for the younger Yoshida sibling of course but he had already given it to the boy before they even reached her residence.)

"Koharu-san," he called out and then she turned to face him. "Catch." He threw the wrapped gift towards her, knowing full well that she would be able to catch it easily herself.

"Merry Christmas."


End of Beginning


To be continued...


Sneak Preview:

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For the first time in Igarashi Tora's life, he decided to give up the game of prey for only one woman.

Yoshida Koharu.

He decided that it was high time to move on to someone else.

Someone more susceptible to his offers.

There were other fishes in the sea after all.


A/N: Oh mi gosh! Please review to tell me what you think about this crack(?) pairing. There will be a part 2...soon.