Kaze here! I have finally decided to continue on from where Kiara left in the Naruto story. Here is Kaze and Kiara, after Kaze loses her memory, in a different place doing different things! (Yay... Super descriptive, right?) Anyway, yes, they do end up meeting up with inu Yasha. Warning: I feel as if some parts in here are much too cheesy, yet necessary (I guess) for the proper progression of this story. If you intend to laugh at me, at least review. Anyway, enjoy!
Hmm, just realized that some may be confused. This is after Life as Kunoichi from Kiara. If you haven't read it, I advise you do because there are some things that you won't get if you don't. I try to explain them, but I did write this as a second part of that. Um, character Kiara can actually speak both languages pretty well, better than Kaze, but Kaze had "remembered" her not being able to. And the going home thing is also a faked memory of Kaze's that Kiara's just playing along with.
Disclaimer: yes, I do own Kaze, Kiara is my friend's, no, I don't own the Inu Yasha characters, that's someone much more important than I. So jealous, though.
She turned to see two boys staring wide-eyed at her in shock, one with spiked blonde hair, big, blue eyes, and three scars on each side of his face, the other with flat, black hair and black eyes that were worried, which surprised her The two boys were yelling something that she couldn't hear, trying to run towards her but not moving anywhere. Her vision began to fade as everything around her slowed down and she began to fall.
"Oomph!" Kaze groaned as she hit the floor. She slowly pushed herself up to sit back on her bed and pushed her shoulder back into place, having dislocated it when she fell. After a moment her vision stopped swimming and her bedroom came into view, lowly lit by the sun through her lavender curtains.
Kaze stood up, her joints popping as she stretched. She stumbled out of her room, light filtering in from the windows in the rooms along the hallway. She managed to make her way into the living room without running into the walls too many times and saw Kiara lounging on the couch, dressed in her school uniform. "Ah, Kaze-sama!" Kiara said, smiling at her and looking up from her book. "You're awake!"
"Did I miss class?" Kaze asked, yawning and stretching one more time.
"Yea, I already went and came back," Kiara answered in English, snickering.
"Alright, smarty-pants," Kaze retorted, frowning at her. "How's your Japanese?"
"How is us going to be home?" Kiara asked, stumbling over a few words.
"You said it wrong again, Kiara," Kaze tutted, sitting cross-legged on the floor and looking up at her best friend and not bothering with a suffix. "It's 'How are we going to get home!'"
Kiara groaned. "Japanese is so hard!" She complained, reverting back to English.
"It's only hard because you didn't study the workbooks I gave you," Kaze said, still speaking Japanese. "This language isn't like learning Latin. You actually need to speak this one properly."
Kiara had blue eyes and short brown hair. Kaze had managed to convince her to keep it short to commemorate their change in scenery. She was of average height and chose to wear the uniforms their college provided, a green and blue sailor style skirt, shirt, and tie combination with green knee high socks and blue shoes. She wore no jewelry, even though her ears were pierced two times in each lobe, save a bracelet Kaze made her that was a green and blue thread-knot with the beads spelling out "Kiara."
Kaze was considered very tall. She had green eyes and brown hair that was naturally striped with blonde and red. Kiara had finally convinced her to let it stay long, so for the first time in years it hung to her mid-back. She'd gotten eye surgery in order to rid herself of the hassle of glasses and contacts. Kaze normally wore a dark shirt, black or gray, and dark jeans. Her boots were in the front hall, all black and decked out in chains, buckles, zippers, and laces. Her ears were pierced four times each, three in each lobe and once in each cartilage. Each cartilage piercing had a spiked loop through it wile her lobes were filled with simple studs.
"Aren't your shoes supposed to be in the front hall?" Kaze asked, pointing to Kiara's feet still encased in her school shoes.
"C'mon, we own this house, cut me a little slack," Kiara whined, finally kicking off her shoes and tossing the workbook aside.
Kaze laughed, setting aside her textbook also. The two friends had moved to Japan after an accident in America. Now they were both pursuing separate jobs at a prestigious college; Kiara wanted to be a police officer, while Kaze was looking into massage therapy.
"Besides, you didn't answer my question before," Kiara said, rolling onto her stomach. "Are we going home for the summer? It's not too far away now."
"You can go, but I'm taking summer classes," Kaze answered, standing up and stretching.
"Come one, Kaze-san!" Kiara said, sitting up. "The charges were dropped and I bet your family forgives you!" Kaze shook her head. "You're still not going home?" Kiara guessed glumly, lounging on the couch again. "Well, I don't want to go by myself. Maybe I'll go to summer classes also."
"Don't sulk, Kiara," Kaze laughed. "Want some dinner?" She asked, reverting back to Japanese.
"Yes, please," Kiara muttered, also in Japanese.
After dinner, Kiara made her way to bed while Kaze stayed up to continue studying. She had a test the next day and didn't want to be unprepared.
When Kiara woke up in the morning, she went out to the living room to find Kaze sprawled on the couch, nearly buried in textbooks.
Snickering, Kiara crept over to Kaze's head and took a deep breath. "Don't even think about it," Kaze muttered before Kiara could make a sound.
Kiara let out her breath with a whoosh before answering. "Aw, Kaze-chan!" She whined, pulling a few books off her friend. "How did you know?"
Kaze sat up, spilling books all over the already messy floor, and stretched. "I could smell you," she said, yawning.
"K-Kaze!" Kiara spluttered, giving up on the books.
"Huh?" Kaze said, turning to look at Kiara. "Oh, no! I didn't mean that you smell, just that your scent is so distinctive after living in the same house for some time!" Kaze amended apologetically.
Kiara shook her head, disbelieving. "How is that possible?"
"The same way you can hear me from twenty feet away when I'm whispering," Kaze answered, pushing the rest of the books of her and standing up.
Kiara pouted for a moment. "So?" She finally muttered.
Kaze laughed. "Go start getting ready, I'll make some breakfast and get ready after you. We have to be to class in an hour," she said, making her way to the kitchen.
Forty minutes later, the two girls left the house, locking up after them. They both had their uniforms on, but Kaze had a change of clothes in her hand.
"Do you have archery today?" Kiara asked, dropping into Japanese with some difficulty and pointing at the bow Kaze had slung over her shoulder.
"Yes," Kaze answered, adjusting her bags "It's kind of a pain, but it's a nice change."
"This is only your third day, right?" Kiara asked. Kaze nodded. "It'll get easier and more fun, then. How have you been doing so far?"
"It's hard," Kaze answered, sighing. "My arms and shoulders are sore just thinking bout it." Kiara laughed as they came upon the school.
"Alright, then I'll just head home after my classes," Kiara said. Kaze nodded and they parted ways.
After her three classes, Kiara went home. Kaze, on the other hand, finished her three classes, then changed for archery. She had put on a black sparkly shirt with a huge silver skull on it that hung over one shoulder, once again exposing the strap of a black tank top, dark jeans, and her black boots. She pulled her hair back in a braid in order to keep it out of her face by the time she showed up for archery.
Three hours later and Kiara showed up to see a sweaty, messy-haired Kaze stumble into the locker room. When she came back out ten minutes later she had showered and was carrying a broken bow and a brand-new one
"What did you do?" Kiara laughed, grabbing one of Kaze's bags.
"It broke," Kaze answered, frowning at the old bow. "But the string is still good, so I though I'd keep it."
"Kaze-san! Kiara-san!" Two girls yelled, running up to them.
"Kayo, Suki," Kaze waved back. "Can we help you?"
"Well, Kaze-san," Kayo began, twirling her black hair in her fingers. "You know those woods behind your house?" Kayo was a thin, stuck-up girl who had a very high opinion of herself. She was still in her second year of high school and insisted upon acting like Kaze and Kiara were her best friends. She had brown eyes under her black hair and wore the blue and white sailor-style uniforms of her high school.
"Kayo-kun, we told you not to go in there," Kiara sighed, shaking her head.
"W-we didn't go in too far," Suki muttered. Suki was much chubbier than Kayo. She had hair that was completely straight and impossible to fix. She was shy, but much nicer than her younger half-sister.
"Oh, shut up, Suki," Kayo whined. "Anyway, did you know you had an old well in that forest?" She giggled with superiority.
"Yes, Kayo, we knew," Kaze answered impatiently. "We also know that we told you more than once to not go into that forest!"
Kayo rolled her eyes. "Oh, please," She huffed. "My mom says that I'm so special that I can do or say whatever I'd like."
"Mom never says that," Suki argued. Kayo turned on her.
"I didn't mean your mom, you fat cow," she spat. "I meant mine. Your mom can't even keep Dad happy, why would I listen to her?"
"Kayo!" Kaze scolded. "That's enough!"
"Maybe your mom only says that to keep you out of her hair," Kiara muttered. "Ever notice how she's never around?" Kayo frowned at Kiara, but said nothing in return. Instead she turned back to Kaze.
"I bet you're too scared to look inside it, Kaze-san," she taunted.
Kaze sighed. "Fine, Kayo. I'll go with you to see it." She handed Kiara her bags and broken bow, but kept the new one with her as she and Kayo went into the forest. Kiara went inside to put the bags away before she and Suki followed.
Kayo led the way to the well and stood off to the side. "Go look in it, Kaze-san," she said, smirking. Kaze scowled at her before leaning over the side to look down.
"It's empty, Kayo," Kaze called.
"You sure?" Kayo asked, closer than Kaze had anticipated. "Take a closer look!" She pushed Kaze in the back, causing her to topple into the well, still clutching her bow.
"Kayo!" Kiara yelled, appalled. "How could you do that? Brat!" Kayo ignored her and just laughed. She walked away, taking Suki with her.
"Kaze-sama! You okay?" Kiara called before reaching the well. When no one answered she looked over the side into the depths. "Kaze-sama?" But the well was empty.