Ch.1
Pale violet eyes gazed out the window, pupiless, at the quickly changing scenery, as Dante rewound what the events were that had led him to this situation in his head. Well... First I suppose my mistake was not noticing the rising trouble, which led to the huge dispute between the two clans of Bug Tamers. Aburame and Kamizuru. There had always been rivalry ever since that day long ago, at the time when the Kamizuru clan was almost wiped out when the Stone village attempted to invade the Leaf, and the two clans of bug tamers had fought it out. The Aburame prevailed, and only a few Kamizuru remain to this day. But it was just bad luck that one of the most arrogant, Aburame-hating, Kamizuru survivors became the new history teacher at the school he went to. In the class that my best friend Aburame Shino and I were in. And when he talked about the Aburame clan... He delved deeper into his memory to reveal the conversation. "Now, at the time when the Leaf and the Stone were at war, the famed Kamizuru clan was sent to map out a strategy. But, the Aburame clan-" Dante remembered how the man had snarled the last two words out, and Shino beside him had tensed, a few of his bugs, Kikai crawled across his face.
It wasn't easy befriending the Insect Tamer. For one, the Aburame clan was known for hiding their emotions. Second, he spoke in a way that was annoying to most people, so mostly everyone stayed away from him, raising Shino's suspicion when Dante approached him for the first time. It had taken months, but the Hyuuga had managed to befriend the Aburame. Why had Dante went though all this time, becoming a close friend of someone no one else in the school seemed to care for? Because, Dante knew Shino wasn't mean, or weird, or anything else people said about him in school, and he had to prove it. Dante's thoughts came back to him.
So it was natural for as soon as those last two words slipped out of the Kamizuru's mouth, in such a matter, that I immediately activated my Byakugan and glanced over at Shino, to see that the boy was looking back at him through those glasses, a few stray Kikai crawling over his face. I knew that his control over his bugs was impeccable, so this worried me. Shino was infuriated, I could tell. But that idiot of a teacher kept talking. "-The Aburame Clan met them in the forest, and a raging battle began. But; the Aburame used incredibly cheap tricks to deceive the Kamizuru, and the battle had been close, very close. But, the scum Aburame won by killing off the leader of the Kamizuru-" Shino had risen to his feet by now, and I had my fists clenched. "That's a lie! The Aburame are not to be wronged! They were considered in equal terms to the Kamizuru Clan, and it was not their fault that the Kamizuru leader died. The Kamizuru Clan had challenged the Aburame, and they had no choice but to fight. It was not our fault that the Kamizuru clan failed to win and fell to ruin." Shino spoke, his voice was calm, but his arms were covered in Kikai. "You brat! How dare you interrupt me! The Aburame Clan- your clan- are nothing but scum!" The teacher screamed. I had had enough of this, and rose to my feet. "How would you know?! Huh?" I said, almost screaming. The teacher whipped around to face me. "Why would you, a Hyuuga care about any other clan except your own? Especially this brat?! He has no friends, and-" "WRONG!" I screamed, cutting him off. "I am his friend! And I won't stand... won't stand you bad-mouthing him or his clan like that!" I said, leaping across the classroom towards the teacher. The other students just sat there, bewildered. "Gentle fist art: Eight trigrams; Sixty-Four palms!" I yelled, lunging at the guy.
The move Dante just used as he was replaying the memory in his head, was native to the Hyuuga clan, particularly to the Main Household. That move allowed the user to strike out at the other's chakra points. First only two points, next were four, then eight, doubling each time until the number reached sixty-four. But Dante was a branch member. The curse mark on his forehead said so. But again, he had been taught by one other branch member who had learnt the technique. But, that was irrelevant.
I struck out at all the guy's chakra points, my Byakugan enabling me to see them clearly, when from behind, I noticed an army of Kikai, and Shino with his eyebrows furrowed. Perfect. This guy was done for. Blood seeped from the edge of the guy's mouth, but Shino and I were still swarmed with bees. "Wall of Insects Jutsu!" Shino said, and we were both protected by a dome of Kikai. I hurled kunai through the wall at the teacher, until he coughed up more blood. The bees stopped coming, and Shino stopped the dome as the Kikai crawled away.
Suddenly, something caught me between the shoulder blades, and I too coughed up blood and fell to my knees. I heard Shino curse at a student. "What was the meaning of this?! Why hit him with a poisoned Kunai?!" He hissed through his teeth. "He looked dangerous, more so then he had ever before. And you two bastards just murdered our history sensei!" I heard the student speak, and realized that what he said was true. We had just murdered our sensei. Shit. Shino growled now, Kikai started to crawl towards the boy. Everything was going black as the poison kicked in. "Sh...Shino... d...don't do it... We're going to be i...in big e...enough trouble as i...it is..." I said, and saw Shino looming over me, his eyebrows creased with worry. "Dante... stay with me" I smiled weakly. "D...don't worry S...Shino... my name d...does mean... e...endurance..." Then everything went black.
Dante furrowed his eyebrows. I don't remember what happened while I was out... But, from what Shino told me- He gave a quick glance at the boy silently sitting beside him -The principal came, along with several medical ninja and chuunin, restraining Shino. The other student had died, his chakra had been sucked dry by Shino's insects. he was in such a rage they had to put Shino to sleep. When I woke up, it seemed that my poison had been treated. Shino was next to me, just waking up from the effects of the needle. "I... can not comprehend what possessed me to act in such a matter back there..." He mumbled. "That's okay Shino..." I had said, shifting my back to sit up, and wincing at the pain. "That must have been a very deep wound, for the medical ninja to not have been able to heal the wound completely." Shino muttered darkly, and all we could do was sit there and wait in the hospital room for someone to speak to us. I noticed that the beds had a note that said. "This patient is mentally unstable" "Mentally unstable my ass. That stupid sensei was the one who was mentally unstable." I had muttered, and ripped the paper to shreds. Shino nodded and did the same. We were then approached by the principal, and that led to a lot of boring meetings with her, Shino's parents, Hiashi Hyuuga, the head of the clan, since my parents had died, a few of the remaining Kamizuru member and the parents of the boys who had been killed. It came to a decision. We were going to have to be sent to a boarding school for troubled teens. Konaha Boarding School. So, here we are, two weeks later, in a car surrounded by ninja, being transported to this school. Greaaaat.
Dante sighed and looked over at Shino. "So, we get to spend some time here. Perfect." Shino said nothing, just looked over at him and Dante sighed again. "Yes Shino, I realize whining is pointless." And with that, The car stopped and the doors opened up. They were flanked by chuunin on either side as they were walked into a building, giving there things and told to report to the front office. As they did, there was someone who watched from further down the hallway, smirking with canine-like teeth. "Fresh meat" He whispered to himself, and walked off.
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