Please don't leave rude comments (if you even leave a comment). If you don't like the story, don't read it. Also this story contains multiple mini stories, hence the name Junk Drawer. Warning in Demon Hunt characters are oc.

Disclaimer: All characters DO NOT belong to me.

Demon Hunt: Part 1

"Are you sure you can't hangout? We're probably going to the mall!" Ami tried to sway with a winning smile. The girls beside Ami also smiled and nodded encouragingly at her. Karin covered up her moan of disappointment and said meekly, "I can't! I told old man Kakashi that I would come in to help him get some work done today."

"Geez! You are always working! It's like you never want to hang out with us anymore! Can't you skip a day like you did last time?" Ami fussed and once again the girls surrounding her copied her attitude and glared at Karin.

Resisting the urge to roll her eyes at her 'sometimes friend/sometimes rival', Karin thought about the idea of skipping off work. Last time she had done such a thing, she hadn't been caught; however when she showed up the next day, the old man had tripled her work load and the look he had given her made her cringe. It was as if he had known exactly what she had done.

No there was no way she would do that again. Besides, she was getting tired of dealing with Ami's whiny voice all the time. There was only so much a person could take of Ami at a time.

"Sorry I really have to help out today. You have fun without me though!" she told them cheerfully. Ami huffed and turned away to probably throw a tantrum as the rest of her little group followed after her. "Tch! Bye to you too!" Karin yelled after them but she knew they probably couldn't hear her.

Sighing in frustration, she turned to go the opposite way only to realize that students in the hall were looking at her crazily. 'Great' she grumbled to herself 'now people thought she had anger issues.' Picking up her speed, she rounded the corner to get away from the stares and find her locker.

Once at her locker, Karin quickly collected her things and gave herself a once over in her locker mirror. Seeing everything in place, she closed her locker only to come face to face with Neji Hyuga.

"Ahhh! Geez Neji! Don't sneak up on me like that!" she screeched in his face as she tried to calm her breathing. He merely raised an eyebrow at her. Sulkily she realized that his face hadn't changed at all through the whole encounter.

" Well what do you want? Or do you just like to sneak up on people like that?" she asked as she adjusted her glasses in an attempted to look cool. He regarded her for a second before sighing in what she thought was annoyance.

"I came here to talk about working together on our project for Advanced Biology. Do you have time available this weekend to start on it? I am available most of the weekend."

She blanched at him with her mouth gaping open. " This weekend! Are you crazy! We just got the project yesterday and it's not due until the end of the semester! Why do you want to start it so early!"

His eyes narrowed a bit. " I like to get things done early. Waiting for the last minute to complete this project would be unwise. You should be smart enough to realize that, or else why would they place a sophomore in a senior level class? This is a major portion of our grade and we can't afford to screw it up." he nearly bit out to her.

Karin practically growled at him. "Fine! I'm available this Sunday at 10. I'll meet you at your house!"

A smirk made its way on his face before he gave her a brief nod and left. As Karin watched him leave she realized that Hinata had been standing just behind him the whole time. Karin wondered how she had missed seeing the mousy girl there for so long, though she contemplated, Hinata was never really noticeable unless you were actually looking for her. She was nice enough but way too shy for Karin's tastes.

With a depressed sigh, Karin finally started heading toward the exit of the school. She found her bike and started her long trek to Kakashi's house. It wasn't super long trip but much longer than her trip home. It was nice to have the time to think and contemplate things, especially on nice days like today. Kohona could be so beautiful sometimes and Karin could certainly appreciate it.

As she neared the part of the city that housed Kohona's very own genius Hidden Leaf University, her thoughts took a turn.

Her job. It wasn't that she hated it completely, in fact it was very interesting at times and Kakashi wasn't even that old, though he was kind of pervy.

It was just that she happened to work at a shrine. A shrine. A mother-flipin-shrine! It was ancient! It was out of date! And no one really understood its purpose anymore. It was the only one left in the city and being born in a religious family, she was obligated to become a priestess there.

Karin hadn't told anyone about what she did and avoided questions about where she worked. She liked to work there but people wouldn't understand. They would make fun of her and she did have a reputation to up hold after all. Breaking her thoughts she pedaled faster in hopes to get there soon.

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" …and make sure you pay close attention to the details in this book. I'll be testing you all on it. Dates, names, and quotes. I'll be holding a review session tonight at 7. Come if you need help. Class dismissed."

He got up swiftly so no one had time to talk to him. He needed to hurry home to see if he felt correctly. He had felt a spike of energy earlier in class and the high level of it put him on edge. After all, tonight was a full moon, anything could happen.

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"Wow! What a strange hair color! Do you think it's natural?" a bystander asked her companions. "What! No! She probably dyes it! Who is she any way?" questioned another. "I heard she's a freshman this year. Do you think that ugly guy next to her is her boyfriend? I always see them together." said yet another.

Said girl and her companion had been walking by in the hall but upon hearing the last comment the girl stiffened in anger. Her companion noticed and immediately put a calming hand on her shoulder. The girl looked at him indignantly.

"Lee! Those pathetic dolts have no right to call you such names! Besides, I intend on telling them to keep there big mouths shut. I'd be surprised if the guy down the hallway didn't hear their "quiet" conversation." the girl steamed.

Lee gave a good natured laugh and said "I'm the one who's suppose to protect you, not the other way around. Besides I don't mind."

She stared at him for a full minute before turning her head, sighing, and continuing to walk. "Alright, fine. Let's just go. We have a full moon to worry about tonight anyways."

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Kohona. It had been so long since he had last been here. It brought back so many bittersweet memories for him. And to think that this time he would succeed in what he failed to do almost fifty years ago.

A spike of approaching energy broke him from his thoughts. Upon recognizing it he barked out a laugh.

"Laughing to one's self is a sign of insanity" whispered a voice behind him.

Not missing a beat, he replied, "You would know all about insanity wouldn't you, Itachi? You came here quicker than I expected."

Itachi took a step closer and said, "I felt your energy as soon as you were back in the city. Besides you're in my house. Why are you back and what do you want?"

Another round of laughter was his reply. " You haven't changed a thing have you? Well I better get down to business than. I came to put together an elite team of beings to finish an unaccomplished task and bring justice to our kind."

They stood in silence for a second before he continued. "More specifically Itachi, I want to recruit you on this mission."

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Karin was fed up. She had been trying to decipher scrolls for hours now and was sick of looking at the strange writing. She had been left there by that old man Kakashi to do this work while he was off probably reading his stupid porno. The only thing he even said to her before he left was to be careful and that tonight was a full moon.

What the hell did that mean? Yeah! Very good old man, it is a full moon. And you know what? It happens every month! Wow! Amazing!

God she needed a break desperately. Looking back at the work in front of her, she set to work with a new fire in her eyes to accomplish it in the next hour. It was already 6:30 after all.

Looking at a particularly intricate scroll design, Karin started to decipher. She actually had a talent at doing it. It just came easy to her. She used the small carving knife to carve any new symbols into a block of wood. Supposedly it was meant to show what she had learned as a priestess.

She was concentrating very intently on the scroll that she hadn't even heard the footsteps coming up behind her.

"I need to speak with a Kakashi Hatake, now." The cool male voice said just above her. The response was immediate and she wasn't entirely sure if she was screaming because of the stranger she just realized was there or the small knife that cut her thumb.

She tried to stop it bleeding and didn't notice the blood dripping on the scroll sizzle as it made contact. She quickly rounded on the stranger.

"What the hell! Did you not see me cutting intently with a KNIFE in my hand?"

She held her hand to her chest and glared at the surprisingly good looking stranger. He looked to be her age and had black hair and black eyes that were staring transfixed at her fresh wound.

"Hey! Answer me! Who are you?" she asked furiously. That seemed to snap him out of his trance and he opened his mouth arrogantly to reply but before he could respond, there was a blinding light from behind her and than a large force that threw them both into the wall across the room.

Karin picked herself up slowly looked at the light coming from the scroll. She could tell the energy came from the scroll and that it was really powerful. She almost couldn't stand up from the huge amount of pressure.

Than slowly a head rose slowly from the scroll. If this wasn't so serious Karin would have laughed at the hilarity of the situation. Seriously? A person coming out a scroll?

"What the fuck is that?" Oh god. She had forgotten that she wasn't alone. How would she explain this to him? How could she explain to herself? This was crazy! Impossible! She felt dizzy and almost faint. This had to be a dream.

The body was fully out of the scroll now and Karin realized she was shaking. She wanted to scream but could find her voice. Where was Kakashi? She needed him. He would know what to do.

Suddenly the naked body from the scroll opened its eyes and its mouth.

"I'm hungry. Do you have any ramen?" he looked questioningly at her.

And than she fainted.