Trust No One

by Yuki-yosh1998

A shy, quiet girl with a dark past. A lazy boy who wanted to get her out of her shell. Kyoko wanted to be left alone. Shikamaru wanted to befriend the quiet girl. But when the two weren't even acquaintances, let alone trying to be friends, this was gonna be hard for the Nara. But when he figures out her dark secrets, will his feelings change for her? Rated T for language.

1. Chapter 1

Hii~~ This is something I wrote maybe a year ago, possibly 2 years ago. I went back to fix everything up, meaning I've started re-writing everything. I hope you guys enjoy this~

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, only my OC and my ideas. This story will follow the main plot, but the beginning was something I made up.

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The sun shone through my curtains and into my eyes. I wake up only to bury myself under my pillows. I sighed. I knew I had school today, but I also knew that no one would care if I was there or not. I'm pretty sure that my guardian wouldn't even try to get me up, knowing I would get up anyways. I'm not a lazy person, I just don't like school. Don't get me wrong, I get the purpose of it. In fact, I'm apparently on of the best students in the academy. I just hate people...well "hate" is a strong word. I don't exactly hate them, they're the ones who "hate" me. I just don't care for them. I gave another sigh before crawling out from under my pillow. I knew I was gonna get up anyways, so I skipped thinking about the pros and cons of going to school 'cause it'll end up the same way like every morning: even if there were always more cons than pros. Becoming a successful ninja is my top priorities and is always on top of the cons.

'Why am I becoming a ninja?' I wondered to myself as I got up bed. My room was simple: A bed, a desk, a closet, and a dresser. The closet had all my clothes, the dresser was filled with weapons. I quickly showered and pulled out my natural attire. A blue kimono shirt that reached to my mid thighs. The sleeves weren't attached to the shirt, it started above my elbows and ended about an inch past my fingertips. A thin dark blue obi wrapped around me, right under my chest. I wore dark blue leggings that ended at my ankles. I got changed and before I headed out, I was met by a pair of yellow eyes in my closet. He crawled out, letting out a light mew for attention. I glanced at him, petting the feline. I admire the sleek, pure black coat of his.

'Akumu, my nightmare neko,' I thought to myself. I filled his bowl with food and walked into the bathroom. I sighed when I looked in the mirror. Bags under my eyes from lack of sleep, my hair was still in a pony tail which was now messed up since I fell asleep on it.

'….life, why?' I sighed, 'This is what I get for over studying.' I easily brushed out my hair and redid my pony tail. I ran my fingers through my hair and stopped at the tips. Strangely, the tips of my hair were either bright red or light blue, I don't know why, I was born like that; even when cut, the next day it would have either a red or blue tip. The only part that wasn't red were my bangs. My bangs were dipped dyed blue and went to my right, it wasn't too long, but it was long enough to cover my right eye. I just brushed it, purposely leaving my bangs the way it was. I grabbed my bag and walked out of my room. Before I closed my door I heard a small 'mew' from Akumu, signaling a goodbye. I smiled lightly and went downstairs. I walked into the kitchen to be greeted by my guardian, Hatake Kakashi.

"Ohayō, Kyoko." Kakashi said, reading his orange novel, 'Make-out Paradise'. I didn't glace his way, but muttered a quiet "Ohayō". I grabbed an apple and went out the door, hearing Kakashi sigh before closing the door. He's been looking after me for about five years, ever since I was five. I don't see him often, not because he's usually out on missions or whatever, it's because I was a shut in, always in my room. I could live by myself if I could, but for some reason I have a guardian. Long story short, I'm an orphan. Abandoned at birth, and was left at an abusive orphanage. Thank you real parents. The orphanage was near this village and the Hokage found out about it. So I ended up here. I still don't know the reason of why actually, probably cause I'm underage?. On another note, I think Kakashi's heard me speak clearly once, when we met, only to introduce myself, after that I just muttered my "Ohayō"s . I don't like talking much. I wouldn't have said anything at all but the Hokage made me introduce myself to the person who I was gonna spent pretty much half my life with. I didn't understand why the Hokage couldn't just tell Kakashi my name, it's pretty simple, then I wouldn't have to say anything. Whatever, the past is in the past and I have to continue forward. Too bad for Kakashi, he didn't wanna take care of some kid, and he's stuck with one that's quiet. At least I wasn't bothersome like most kids.

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I finally got to school, it was still kind of early. I walked into the academy knowing no one else would be there. Or so I thought. As I turned the corner to enter the classroom, everyone was in class. They were all just hanging around and goofing off. I saw a group of girls around a guy, Uchiha Sasuke, hey were all fangirling and flirting around him. "Sasuke-kun~ Can I sit beside you?"

"No! I'm sitting beside Sasuke-kun today!"

"In your dreams, forehead!"

"Go away Ino-pig! Sasuke is mine!"

'Great, I should have stayed outside,' I thought to myself, annoyed. I walked into the room, only to have the group of girls pierce me with their eyes. I kept my eyes away from them, walking to my seat in the back.

"Hey, it's Staple Mouth."

"What's with her clothes?"

"More like what's up with her hair, who dyes their hair like that"

"Think she'll say anything today?"

"HA! Yeah, right, the day she speaks is the say Uzumaki becomes Hokage!"

"I saw her look at Sasuke-kun the other day, does she really think she has a chance with him?"

As I walked to my seat in the back by the window, all I hear are the girls' gossip about me. I didn't really care, it's pretty stupid. I did nothing to them and they make fun of me. I mean really, "Staple Mouth?".

'I do talk, just not often,' I shrugged. At least it wasn't as bad as Uzumaki Naruto, they actually act as if he's some sort of monster. But they just tease and leave him out at the academy. The village looks down on him as if he's a disgrace to the village. I've heard from the Hokage that he's the Host for the Nine-Tailed Fox, all the adults knows this, I don't think anyone in the academy knows, let alone Naruto himself. He's kind of annoying, I can agree with that. But he just wants attention, to be noticed. He lets the teasing get to him. Oh well, not my problem.

"Hey! Staple mouth!" I sighed and turned to the Queen of all Gossips, Yamanaka Ino, or "Ino-pig". I glanced at her from my seat. She walked up to me and stared at me. I was faced to face with her.

'I wonder if she knows what personal space is?' I thought to myself, 'Probably not since she sticks her nose everywhere.' I tilted my head a bit to let her know I was confused about her actions. She continued to stare at me.

'Being annoying won't get you anywhere,' I thought, I felt eyes staring at me and Ino. I opened my notebook and quickly wrote something down, giving it to Ino.

"Hi, Ino right? Sorry but do you mind sticking your nose out of my business? There's something called "Personal Space" that I don't think you know about. I do talk, just not a lot. I don't like being forced to talk, or forced to do anything. Please stop bugging me, you have no idea who you're messing with. Got it?

Kyoko"

Ino glared at my emotionless face. I didn't even wait for her to finish reading, I just got ready for class. She crumpled the note and threw it at me, I caught it without looking up from my notebook. I sighed as I uncrumpled the note and took time out to write for her.

"Realize that I don't do this for just anyone, so feel special, or don't, I don't care. If you're gonna ignore my warning, it's your death wish. Now please leave, I'm studying."

I gave her the note back, she read it and threw the note at me again. I easily deflected it. It hit Ino's forehead and flew across the room and landed near the chalkboard in front of the room.

"You're trying to threat me?!" Ino screamed at me.

'Man, she is such a pain in the ass.'

"You think I'm scared of you? What are you gonna do? You can't even talk back! You cowardly write your messages!" Ino continued to yell.

'My fucking god, she's loud, does she have and off button?'

"I've never seen you fight, yet you're top of the class?! What is this?!"

'Life,' I mentally answered her.

"You're just sitting there staring at your notebook! How are you suppose to be a ninja if you can't even defend yourself in a fight?"

'...is this suppose to be a fight? It's really one-sided.' Ino continued to yell at me. Blocking her out was hard since she was right in front of me.

"...your cold, emotionless look isn't going to protect you from anything. What you really are is a weak, cowardly gir-" I didn't let her finish, I was so done with her bullshit. In less than a blink of an eye, I was behind Ino, holding a kunai against the white blond's neck. Ino was shocked.

'W-what? She didn't even move! D-did she?' Ino wondered. I was holding a kunai which decided Ino's fate. I slowly pushed the kunai a little more into her skin, not enough to draw blood, just to scare her. Everyone in the room was watching us, no one was moving, not even the Uchiha. Not many people knew what was happening, since they couldn't see the note.

"You've been getting on my nerves," I told her in a hushed voice.

" Ohayō everyo-WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?"

'Ah, Iruka-sensei,' I thought as he walked in. Iruka looked at me and Ino. I heard another girl's voice pipe up.

"Iruka Sensei! Help! Kyoko might kill Ino!" it was the pink haired girl, Haruno Sakura, aka, "Forehead".

'Might? I was considering it.'

Iruka Sensei's eyes grew huge, 'Kyoko, you better not have done anything.'

"Kyoko, put the kunai down, let Ino go. I'm sure we can work out whatever happened," Sensei said slowly.

'I understand what you're saying, why are you talking so slowly,' I thought rolling my eyes. I let Ino go and twirled my kunai before putting it back. I felt many eyes on me. I watched Iruka pick up the crumpled up note that flew onto the ground.

"Kyoko, Ino, you two are staying after class today."

"WHAT?!" Ino shouted, "WHY ME?!"

'This girl does not know how to shut up,' I thought, closing my eyes.

"AND WHY DOES IT HAVE TO BE WITH HER?!" Ino asked, pointing at me.

'Oh look, everyone's looking at us...attention,' I sighed. Oh how I wanted to get up and leave, right now.

"Ino, go sit," Iruka Sensei told her. I looked back down at my notebook. It was total silence in the class, I loved it. It usually got this quiet after Naruto would do something. Speaking of Naruto, the Uzumaki walked in.

"Sorry I'm late Iruka Sensei...did...did I miss something?"

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Class finally started, for once I wasn't paying attention.

'Ino caused too much attention...watch the rumors grow,' I thought, looking out the window.

"...this project will be done in partners." I heard Iruka said.

'...partners? Can I leave?' I thought.

"I will assign your partners, when you hear who your partner is, go sit next to them and wait for further instructions," Iruka said, starting to call out the partners.

'...I'm sorry, did you say partners? Shiiiiiiit!' I really wanted to just stand up and walk out of the room.

"I will assign you your partners, when you hear who your partner will be, go sit next to them and wait for further instructions. Also, there's an odd number of students so one group will have three people," Iruka Sensei said, starting to call out the partners.

'Yeah...I'm an independent worker, plus I think no one would wanna be partners with me after what just happened' I thought to myself, 'Also, why don't you make the third person work by themselves? I'll be the third person if that's the case,'

I've yet to hear my name, more and more people started to get worried.

"I hope I'm not partners with Kyoko."

"Me too..."

"Oh my god, what if I get partnered with her?"

"I'm scared..."

"I don't wanna be with her or Naruto."

"I wanna be partnered with Sasuke-kun."

"...me too"

I silently groaned, 'I don't care what people think of me, its just now they're talking about me, more than usual! Fuck my life, someone throw me off a cliff.'

"Ino, and Sakura"

"WHAT?!" Ino and Sakura yelled both at the same time.

'...okay I get that they're rivals, but weren't you guys just wishing a second ago that you guys wouldn't be partnered up with me?' I thought, these people, unbelievable. Iruka Sensei looked at his sheet again.

"Sorry, my mistake. Ino and Kiba"

"...w-wha...?" Ino looked like she was gonna die, again. Everyone laughed

'...Kiba, Inuzuka Kiba, the one guy who's almost as annoying as Naruto...this is going to be interesting.

"Sakura and Naruto"

"YES!" Naruto hollered.

"N-no..." It was Sakura's turn to look dead.

'Iruka Sensei, he's doing this on purpose, right?,' I thought, looking over at the dead Haruno, 'Honestly, I thought the Uzumaki was gonna be partnered up with Sasuke, huh, whatever. Iruka probably put him with the Haruno so he can't do anymore pranks, last time, he painted the Hokage mountains...baka.'

"Sasuke and Shino"

...silence between the two guys. All you could hear was silence and some of the girls complaining that they weren't Sasuke's partner. Sasuke just got up and sat next to Shino.

'...right, Sasuke's the "Cold, dark, cool" person.' I thought. I knew about his past, through Kakashi, I remember when he was more opened...until the Uchiha Massacre happened. It was only two years ago when his clan was brutally murdered by his brother, Itachi-kun. I remembered that I got along with him, and his brother...sorta...I still didn't say anything but their names but they accepted me. I mentally smiled at the thought of murder. Too bad for Sasuke, well he was spared for a reason. I thought for a moment, '...he's with Aburame Shino...the other quiet guy, interesting.'

"Kyoko..."

...it was really quiet, way quieter than the event between Kyoko and Ino.

"...and Shikamaru."

I silently sighed, there were sighs of relief from people in the classroom,

'Nara Shikamaru,' I thought. It's not like I didn't like him, it's just that I have to work with someone, and this someone was apparently the most laziest person in the class. I continued to look straight as Iruka Sensei continued with the names. Shikamaru just walked over to me and sat in the seat right beside me.

'...Shikamaru...' I thought to myself, looking outside. 'I remember this guy...'

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"Kyoko, come down for a second." I come downstairs from my room, hearing Kakashi calling me. I looked at him with a bored expression. I was six years old, I just moved into Kakashi Sensei's house about a month ago, and haven't interacted with him, or anyone. I just stayed in my room unless I was called. I saw a boy with black hair, that was tied up in a pony tail, making his hair look like a top of a pineapple, at the doorway.

'...what's going on...what are you trying to do, guardian?' I thought.

"This is Nara Shikamaru, he lives near here. His mom wanted you guys to meet and play with each other."

'...you're kidding, right?' I looked at the Nara boy with an emotionless expression, who looked at me with a bored expression. Kakashi pushed me and the boy outside and told me to go over the the Nara's household, he was apparently busy today with a mission and can't look after me today. I just followed the Nara kid to his house, which wasn't far from where I lived.

"...so...what's your name?" He asked.

'...are you kidding me? Kakashi didn't tell you?' I didn't say anything and just looked at the ground. Shikamaru just looked at me.

"...um...okay...can you speak?" He asked.

'...damn it, if I don't say anything he's gonna think I'm some mental or disabled kid.' I looked around and saw a stick. I picked it up and wrote my name on the ground. I showed Shikamaru.

"Kyoko, huh?...can you talk?" Shikamaru asked.

'Oh my god are you serious?' She wrote "Yes" on the ground.

"Oh...why aren't you talking then?" He asked. 'I could care less but my mom will get mad if I don't do anything with this kid,' Shikamaru thought.

'Why are you asking so many questions?' Kyoko thought as she wrote on the ground, "I don't want to speak". Then she quickly wrote down, "Don't ask why". Shikamaru nodded and led her to his house.

"...so...what do you wanna do?" Shikamaru asked. Kyoko shrugged.

'...she's not making things easy, mom's gonna kill me for not "entertaining" Kyoko,' Shikamaru thought. He laid down on the grass and looked up at the clouds, hoping Kyoko would copy what he was doing. She didn't, she just walked around, she took notice of the little things. She looked at ants, and how they worked. She stared at a flower, that had a bee pollinating it. She followed a butterfly, as it landed on a leaf. She observed the grass, as the wind made it dance. Shikamaru took notice of her long hair, how no matter how strong the wind was, her bangs always stayed to cover her right eye, but the rest of her of long hair swayed with the wind.

'Her hair...did she purposely color it like that?' Shikamaru fell asleep, thinking about Kyoko's appearance, while the girl continued to wonder around the trees she was surrounded by.

"Shikamaru! Where is Kyoko!? Why didn't you bring her in so I could meet her?!" Shikamaru woke up to the person who woke him up.

"Mom, I'm trying to sleep." Shikamaru said as he turned over to his side.

'...wait...Kyoko?' Shikamaru shot up looking around for the quiet little girl who was with him. 'oh no where is she? I'm gonna be in so much trouble!' He looked around the trees where she was playing around. Then something hit his head.

"...Oww..." He looked at what hit him, an apple. He looked up, he saw the little Kyoko reaching her hand out, picking an apple, then taking a bite out of it. Her expression was still the same.

"Hey" Shikamaru called out to her. Kyoko looked down, then continues to eat her apple.

"You wanna come down? My mom wants to meet you." Shikamaru said to her. She froze when he said the word"meet". She shook her head "No" and continued to eat her red apple.

'Ugh troublesome girl' He thought. "Well just come down, you're gonna fall." Kyoko ignored him and continued eating. Suddenly, the branch she was sitting on breaks. Shikamaru had a bored expression on his face as he caught her before she fell. Surprisingly, for Shikamaru, Kyoko didn't scream, or make any sound, when she fell. She just looked at the Nara, with her plain expression, for an explanation of the branch breaking.

"Oh, um, all the branches on this tree isn't sturdy enough to hold people for a long time." Shikamaru explained. Kyoko just nodded, silently thanking him, as he put her on the ground.

"Oh my goodness, are you okay?" Kyoko and Shikamaru turn to see the young Nara's mother running towards them. She was looked pretty young, she was wearing a simple pink dress that went down to her knees. It wasn't hideously bright, but a nice dark shade of pink, almost magenta. Over the dress was a white apron. She was a brunette, her hair was tied back into a ponytail, along with her bangs if she had any.

"Shikamaru! You were suppose to watch after poor Kyoko! She almost got hurt!" Shikamaru's mom started yelling at him.

'Oh boy' Shikamaru thought, as his mom continued to yell at him.

'Ugh, people' Kyoko thought, before interrupting the enraged mother.

"Um, it was my fault," Kyoko said quietly to the Nara's mother. Shikamaru was shocked to hear Kyoko speak, her voice was very...cute, it was very sweet, unexpected to the young Nara.

"Shika-kun told me not to climb the tree, and that he would get the apple for me. But I didn't listen. But I'm fine now, Shika-kun caught me before I fell," Kyoko explained.

'...is this her way for returning the favor of me saving her?' Shikamaru thought.

"Really? Shikamaru usually isn't like that," Shikamaru's mother told Kyoko.

'Thank you mother,' Shikamaru thought.

"But as long as you're okay. Oh you're just so cute!" Shikamaru's mom gushed.

"Oh, thank you...um..." Kyoko started out, not knowing what to call the Nara's mother.

"Oh! Just call me Yoshino." She told Kyoko.

"O-okay, Yoshino-san." Kyoko said quietly.

"You're just so cute! If you kids need me I'll be inside." Yoshino told them as she went back inside.

''Ugh finally, I don't wanna talk to anyone anymore' Kyoko let out a silent sigh of relief.

"Thanks for saving me back there" Shikamaru thanked. Kyoko nodded and continued her non-talking spree. She took his hand and dragged him to the spot where he was sleeping before and sat down. Shikamaru understood and laid down to watch the clouds again. Kyoko was deciding whether or not to lay down beside him. Slowly she did and looked up at the clouds with Shikamaru. There was a long silence between them until Shikamaru broke it.

"Are you gonna continue not talking again?" He asked. Kyoko simply nodded and closed her eyes. Shikamaru sighed, "You should talk more, you have a nice voice," he stated, with a pink blush forming on his cheeks. She opened her eyes, and turned over to look at him. She closed her eyes again, "...maybe," she said quietly, not sure if the young Nara heard her or not.

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"Okay, everyone know their partners?" Iruka Sensei asked. I blinked, 'Oh...right the project...' I turned to Shikamaru, he was asleep.

'...I. Am Going. To. Kill. Someone,' I was suppose to work with this? Life, I am done with you. I glanced at the sleeping Nara.

'...this idiot," I faced Iruka Sensei who talked about the project.

" This project is about teamwork, the person that you're partnered up with may be someone you don't know, or don't really know. Your partner could even be your sworn enemy, or maybe your best friend. But this project will let us see if you could work together with someone you don't really know, or maybe someone you hate. I made sure I didn't partner you guys with your best or close friends, and I made sure I partnered you guys up with someone who might kill you haha..." People slowly looked at Kyoko. She kept her plain face on.

'What? Stop looking at me,' I hated my life so much right now.

"Um continuing on, for a school week, five days, you and your partner will be cuffed together, to see how you guys will live attached with another person."

'...haha very funny, now whats the real project? I don't have time for games,' I looked at Iruka Sensei, hoping he would just say "Just Kidding" or something. Everyone looked at our Sensei as if someone just shot him through the head.

"...24 hours a day?" Sakura asked nervously.

"How are we suppose to go to the bathroom?!" Someone asked

"Or changed?!" Another asked.

Questions were being thrown at Iruka Sensei, who was waiting impatiently for everyone to settle down. Which wasn't happening.

"I can't be stuck to Naruto for a week!" Sakura cried out.

"Speak for yourself! I have to be cuffed to dog breath!" Ino complained, motioning to Kiba.

'...wow, so much chaos. Also, it's five days, not a week,' I thought, waiting for everyone to shut up.

'Honestly, I don't care for other people, I hate the look people give me when I apparently hurt their "Feelings". They give me such a weird look. I mean, it's their fault for having emotions, and being stupid, that's one reason why I don't speak. If I hurt them physically, well, they shouldn't have messed with me,' I silently sighed.

Everyone kept yelling and complaining, I could see Iruka Sensei getting impatient and tired with everyone, Sasuke looks like he was gonna break and kill soon, and Shikamaru for some reason is able to sleep through all of this.

"Quiet!" Iruka yelled, getting everyone's attention, "If you guys will be quiet, I'll answer everyone's questions. You guys aren't stuck with each other 24 hours a day, you guys are stuck with each other 20 hours a day. The cuffs will let you go at 6 pm to do whatever you guys have to do for four hours. Then the chakra will pull you guys back to the hand cuffs. I suggest you guys be near the cuffs near the end of the last hour. This will continue like this for one whole week till next Monday, this will help you learn how to work together and get to know each other. Also, I want you guys to train with each other, not spar, the chain isn't long enough for you guys to fight each other, you can try hand to hand combat, taijutsu. Help each other with stuff like chakra control and target practice. Learn about each other, their strengths, their weaknesses, their hobbies, just get to know each other, it makes this project easier." He said as he started handcuffing each pair of students.I looked back at Shikamaru, surprisingly, he was awake.

'...when did he...' I looked at him, he was just waiting for Iruka Sensei to come over here.

'...I'm gonna have to explain everything aren't I,' I sighed, I really didn't wanna communicate with anyone. I noticed Shikamaru turn to look at me, then turned away. He seemed like he wanted to ask something.

'Not like I was gonna answer anyways.' I thought to myself. Iruka Sensei came to my and Shikamaru and cuffed us together. My right hand was attached to his left.

'...he's right handed too, right?' If he was left handed, writing notes is gonna become difficult, no, everything would become harder to do. The chain that attached us together was about 5 inches, at least our hands weren't actually attached with each other, the chain gave us some space. Iruka Sensei started talking about chakra control, or something, something he's taught us before but decides to talk more about again. It wasn't anything too important to write notes about, she has enough information on the subject in her note book, but listens in to the lesson just in case there was something important. I looked over to see what Shikamaru is doing, sleeping.

'...how is he gonna become a ninja? If he's this lazy why is trying to become a ninja ?' I wondered, and turned to pay half attention to the lesson.

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It wasn't even lunch yet, and I was getting bored of the lesson. But what bothered me was the fact that the kid beside me was still asleep and was not getting in trouble, and was somehow passing this class. It was driving me nuts. I looked at the sleeping Nara, 'Still sleeping anytime and anywhere, huh?' I continues to look at him, taking in his features. His face had his signature lazy/bored look, he was sorta cute.

'...it's cute that he thinks that he can sleep and still be able to know this shit,' I thought to myself as I continues to analyze my partner. His black hair was kept in a ponytail, which for some reason spiked up, defying the laws of physics, disobeying gravity.

'I mean, come on, how the hell does it stay straight up? Pineapple head.' I glanced at his hair again, 'I wonder if it's soft...' I quickly turned to her sensei again, pushing away the random urges to touch the Nara's hair.

'Why do I even want to?,' I took one more glance, 'He always has his hair up...I wonder what it looks like down...' I shook my head and turn my full attention to sensei, again, only to see that the lesson was over and it was time for lunch.

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I put my things away with my left hand, and turn to the boy sleeping.

'...I wanna eat...get up...' I thought as I glanced at him. I decide to sit down, not wanting to bother the sleeping boy. I turn to the window, my right hand holding up my head, only to have my right hand tugged by the boy after a few minutes.

"Come on, I wanna go eat," Shikamaru says, with a hint of annoyance. I look at him, with my expressionless face.

'Yeah, I did too, but I was nice enough to not bother you. Appreciate that.' I mentally roll my eyes in annoyance as I grabbed her bag and follows Shikamaru outside.

~.~

Shikamaru drags me outside, I held my bag in my right hand.

'She didn't even try to wake me up,' Shikamaru thought, sighing, 'If I don't get her to talk, this project will be impossible.'

'Maybe if I annoy her enough...' Shikamaru thought, 'I know for sure, she wasn't gonna kill Ino' I dug through my bag with my left hand, looking for my bento.

'She isn't like that...right?' He sighed, 'This may be a big risk...bringing her to a group of people.'

I pulled my bento out as we went outside, feeling the sun cover me like warm blanket. I squinted at the bright light.

'Okay, got my bento, now gonna find my tree and...wait...I'm connected to another person...where is he taking me?' I looked up at the Nara, who was directing me to his group of friends.

'No. No no no no no no no no. No Please no. I'm already attached to you, I don't need to be around more people. Even though school makes me be around people, I don't sit and eat lunch to them. You're bringing me too close to them! Why couldn't this project be finding something in the woods with a partner or something? That's teamwork, right?' I thought to myself, and mentally yelling at Shikamaru. As much as I wanted to tug Shikamaru away from the group, I just continued walking with him.

'I already feel like I'm gonna fail this project, can I please chew my hand off?' I asked myself as he pulled me closer and closer to the group of loud people.

~.~

Shikamaru turned to look at me, I still had my mask of no emotion plastered on my face, and it wasn't gonna come off anytime soon.

'Really? You're not gonna try turning away from the group?' Shikamaru thought, he was hoping that the girl would at least give him a light tug to indicate him that she didn't want to sit over there. He looked at me.

.'...what?'

We got to the group who was sitting under the shade of the trees above them, they all had they're lunch boxes opened and were eating and chatting away with each other.

"Yo," Shikamaru greeted as he and I came to the group. Some greeted back or just gave glances. Ino, however shrieked at the sight of me.

"W-why did you bring HER?!" Ino yelled pointing at me.

'Wow, I'm right here. See why I hate people?' I thought to myself, 'Can we leave so Ino won't bring more attention to me?'

"Do you think I really had a choice, Ino?" Shikamaru said, showing her the cuff and chain that was connected to me.

'Yeah! Ino-chan, did you forget about the project? Or is your head too full of gossips and rumors to actually remember anything important? Baka, and Shikamaru, I'm right here.' I sighed, and mentally face palmed them, 'Idiots, I'm surrounded by idiots.'

"Y-yeah...b-but...I..." Ino stuttered, and sat down in defeat.

"Don't worry, I don't think she'll be able to do anything to you, since I'm attached to her,"Shikamaru said. He walked by a tree, and laid beside it, both hands behind his head. I followed and sat beside him with my lunch, not like I had a choice. I suddenly felt really domesticated, following a male around, but it's not like I had a choice. I opened my bento box, ignoring the eyes that stared at me. I grabbed my chopsticks, they were still staring at me. I was starting to get annoyed. Shikamaru waited to see if I was going to do anything. I quickly looked up, glaring everyone in the eye, sending cold chills down their spines as they looked away.

'They looked at me like I'm some new found species,' I thought as I started to eat.

After a while everyone continued with their lunch, eating, chatting, joking around, even Shikamaru was pulled into the group as I continued to eat alone. I was used to being alone, but I wasn't exactly alone. I'm just not used to having people only a couple centimeters away. I looked up at the school, '...I wanna go to the roof to eat...' I thought about my original place at lunch. The roof that for some reason had a tree on it. No one went up to the roof, I always sat up there, no one to disturb me.

"Sakura-chan! Quit being so mean..." I looked over to see Naruto holding his head, assuming that Sakura hit him for being annoying or something.

"Stop begging people for their lunch! You should have packed your own!" Sakura nagged him. I looked around, it seemed that Naruto people had accepted him into the group, mostly the guys.

'So some people do like Naruto...' I thought to myself.

"Oi, Kyoko-chan! Why are you so quiet?" I looked up to see who called me. I looked up to be faced to faced with the Uzumaki.

'...I have a feeling, that no one in this school knows what personal space is,' I thought, being annoyed about the yellow haired boy directly in front of me.

"You're lunch is really cute, Kyo-chan," Naruto complimented. I was a little taken back. Sakura quickly pulled him away from me.

'...he's got guts, I'll give him that,' I thought.

"Don't even try, Naruto, Ino tried back in class and almost got killed," Sakura told him.

"Is that why Iruka Sensei didn't give me detention for being late today? Whatever, and she probably did that because Ino was being an idiot," Naruto said.

'I suddenly like this idiot,' I looked over at Ino.

"You're the idiot! What makes you think you can talk like that!?" Ino questioned.

"Watch you're mouth, Ino! You're talking to the future Hokage!" Naruto said, fist pumping in the air.

"Ha! The day you become Hokage is the day I decide to shave all my hair off!" Ino laughed.

"Well, now I really want Naruto to become Hokage now," Shikamaru grin, joining the conversation.

"And as order of the future Hokage, I order you to talk!" Naruto said, pointing at me. Three kunais went passed him, purposely missing him, piercing the tree behind the yellow haired boy. Naruto's eyes were huge. Everyone looked at Kyoko.

'...the current Hokage can't make me talk, even if you do become Hokage one day you still wouldn't be able to,' I mentally said to Naruto. Naruto quickly backed down, giving up. His stomach let out a loud sound, indicating his hunger. He laughed awkwardly. I sighed. I held my lunch to him. All eyes were on us.

"..huh?" Naruto looked at me, confused. I gave him a bored expression as nudged my lunch towards him. His eyes widened happily.

"Really? Thank you!" He said, grinning widely, taking the lunch. People continued to look at me with surprise.

'This is annoying,' I thought, getting up, looking at Shikamaru.

'She wants me to get up, huh? Well, I'm not gonna get up that easily,' Shikamaru thought.

"What?" Shikamaru asked me, giving a lazy smile. I just looked at him, motioning him that I wanted to go.

"What do you want?" He asked me, smirking.

'...is he fucking around with me?' I thought to myself, giving a light tug to the chain, trying to get him to get up. "I'm sorry but I don't understand," Shikamaru said smirking. I was getting annoyed, then noticed that everyone's eyes were on us. Shikamaru laid down on the grass, with his arms behind his head as a makeshift pillow.

'Shit, everyone's looking at us, I need to go, right now,' I thought, looking at Shikamaru.

'Doesn't look like he's gonna get up, ugh why am I stuck like this?' I felt the urge to kill everyone here, right now. Before I could do anything, lunch was over.

'Thank god, I'm saved,' I thought, sighing. Everyone was leaving, going into the building. I looked down at Shikamaru, waiting for him to get up. He looked up at me.

"I'm tired, I think I'm gonna skip this class," Shikamaru said, still determined to make me talk.

'Why am I trying to make her talk again? I could end up in Ino's situation. Such a drag,' Shikamaru thought, 'So much work too.' He suddenly remembered the girl before when they were young.

'...her voice,' He thought, 'N-no, it's just for the project.'

'This is getting annoying,' I thought, looking around to see if anyone else was around. I crouched down next to him. I took a deep breath.

"...uhh...S-shikamaru-kun...c-can we go b-back i-in?" I stuttered quietly, looking away, embarrassed. His eyes widened.

"I got you to talk?" He said in surprised.

"Shh! Not so loud," I told him in my shy voice, "I just wanna go back in...y-you better not tell anyone."

"I'm not the person to tell secrets," He assured me, patting my head.