A University Story Chapter Two

Chapter Two: Forgotton bags… and other things!

"I'm gonna throw all of Sasori's crap into a bin of termites," Itachi muttered murderously, trudging down the street with a really heavy bag in his hand.

Sasori found out that Kari Naishi 'conveniently' left her book bag at the university. Itachi personally wondered if Sasori had arranged for Kari to get called to the office right before the bell rang just so that she forgot her bags. ( He'd do that too.)

Unfortuately (for Itachi) Sasori sent Deidara along with Itachi to make sure that the transaction was completed.

" Sooo… you finally got a girl hmm?" Deidara adked Itachi slyly.

" No," Itachi said coldly.

" Come ON, Itachi-san un… is she cute, yeah?" Deidara asked Itachi annoyingly.

"…" Itachi grumbled, staring at the sidewalk. Due to the fact that he wasn't looking where he was going, he ran into someone.

Someone with deep blue eyes and silky gold hair- only it was in a ponytail.

"Kari?" Itachi asked, tilting his head to one side. Something didn't seem right…

" Uh… no. Kari is my sister," the strange girl murmered softly, turning a bit red when she shlyly looked at Deidara.

" I didn't know Kari had a sister," Itachi mused, staring at the slip of paper that had Kari's address.

"Uh…"

" Actually, that's a boy, un," Deidara told Itachi scornfully. " Don't you have any observational skills, hm?"

"I'm not the one who goes around staring at peoples' chests," Itachi defended himself coolly.

" Uh… do you dnow where my sister is?" the strange gi-no boy, asked. The two criminals stopped bickereing to stare at him.

"Uh…yeah…I've got her address and am heading to her house-"

"Why?" the strange boy demanded suddenly.

"To give her her bag back," Itachi finshed.

" To aske her oukt on a date, un," Deidara corrected.

"NO!" Itachi snapped at Deidara.

" Uh.. could I follow you two?" the strange boy asked.

" Sure, un!" Deidara replied cheerily, glad to have an excuse to hang around this cute boy longer.

"Thank you. I am Kani Naishi." Kani introduced himself. Itachi and Deidara.

"Sooo… what kind of guys does Kari like, hmm?" Deidara asked casually. Itachi shot Deidara a death glare.

"Uh, psychotic assholes," Kani replied, thinking back with a grimace to Kari's ex-boyfriend.

"Great,un! Itachi-san's best for the jub, yeah!" Diedara exclaimed, slapping Itachi on the back.

"Shut UP brat!" Itachi growled, thrkough his teeth. How the hell can Sasori stand this kid?

" Quit trying tok sound likeDanna un… you're too young. Plus, you won't get any good girls if you act like him, un." Deidara retorted.

" You're married?" Kani asked Deidara, a twinge bit dissapointed. Deidara was cute…

" Nah, I'm single un," Deidara assured Kani. Kani ducked his head to hide his blush. Deidara was most likely straight anyway…



The three bishonen turned the corner and knocked on a door. Unfortunately, Sakura had ben studying with Kari, and answered the door.

" What the hell-"

" Kari left her-"

" What the hell is Ino-pig doing in the Akatsuki?!" Sakura demanded, pointing at Deidara.

" Did you just call me a pig un?" Deidara demanded, his eye twitching a bit.

" Oh wait… you're a guy, aren't you? Sorry…" Sakura tailed off, feeling a bit embarrassed.

" We'd like to see Kari," Itachi told Sakura in a bored monotone. Kari peeked from behind Sakura and noticed that Itachi was there, and had her bag.

"Oh, you have my bag! Thank you! I didn't know you went to the university, Itachi-san," Kari remarked, taking the bag from Itachi.

" Uh… a friend of mine does," Itachi muttered under his breath, figuring it wouldn't be a good idea to tell her that he worked for God and one of his coworkers ran the univeristy.

" Can I get you all some tea?" Kari asked Itachi and Deidara.

" Only in amegakure can you invite a bunch of S-class criminials into your house for tea," Sakura muttered, shaking her head.

" We'd like some tea, thank you," Itachi answered, ignoring Sakura's comment. The three filed in and sat on the couch that Sakura and Kari were studying on. K ari also sat on thes couch while Sakura made tea.

" Uh… Kari?" Kani asked tentatively. Kari looked up at Kani and tilted her head to the side in confuxement.

" Yeah?" she asked. This guy looked familiar… Kari didn't even know how she knew that he was a guy… she just did…

" You don't remember anything, do you?" Kani asked Kari. Kari nodded.

" You seem familiar…" Kari mumbled.

" Yeah… I'm your twin brother," Kani told Kari. Kari stared into the tea that Sakura had made in confusion. A million emotions bounced around in her head.

" You are?" was all Kari could say. Kani was shocked. He was expecting a 'Hey there little bro' reaction, but this/? Mabey… withour any other influances on Kari, she was reverting to her real self- an encredibly shy and confused little girl trying to save her brother from a monster…

While Kani deliberated with himself, Itachi found the silence unnerving. Well… Deidara's constant nudging didn't help either.

So… say something… what do I say… Itachi thought tko himself. Unfortunately, eh said the first thing that was on his mind.

" Can I take you out todinner… Kari?" Itachi blurted. Kari blinked, turning bright red as Itachi stared intently at her, expecting an answer. He wasa slightly pink too, but the way he said it made him sound cool, like he's done this a million times before.

" I didn't know you were so blunt, " Sakura remarked, wrinkling her nose at the ex-Konoha nin. Itachi clenched his jaw and turned away. How the HELL did THAT come out?

Kani looked worried. Was there going to be a relpeat of last time?

Kari had two pressing issues. One was Kani. The other was Itachi. Kari chose to deal with Kani first.

"Uh, kani.. you can stay at my hourse," Kari told her brother softly.

" Thanks," Kani replied, feeling a bit more relaxed.

" You shoulden't tell Kari everything about her past right away- it may cause some psychological shock," Sakura warned Kani. Itachi nodded, thinking back on Kani's remark about Kari's psycho asshole ex. He was also glad to be off the topic of dating.

Deidara on the other hand, wasn't done.



" Okay un, so Itachi-san and Kari-chan will have dinner tonight-"

Itachi and Sakura palmed their foreheads.

" You'reabout as subtle as Naruto, ya know that," Sakura told the bomber crossly.

" Well, if he hadn't said it, nothing would've happened!" Kani pointed out.

" Exactly un," Deidara said happily. " I've already made it cool with Sir Leader. He says 'good luck and don't kill her' un,"

Itachi got a kunai out and attacked Deidara. Deidara hid behind Kani.

" Hey, no using innocent bystanders as human sheids!" sakura yelled at Deidara.

" Hey un, we ARE anti-heroes un. You people keep on forgetting that un," Deidara giggled jokingly.

" I swear I am going to kill you as slowly and painfully as possible," Itachi vowed angrily.

" Uh…" Kari spoke up. Kani looked worried. Yup, Kari's gone completely shy…

" Yo! Quit trying to kill my brother!" Kari shouted angrily at Deidara. Kani smiled. This was more like the Kari he knew.

Kari felt dizzy. That sudden outburst wasn't lik her. Her head throbbed and pounded as images flickersed across her vision of leather straps and I.V.s and screaming people. The room tilted and spun before Kari lost consiousness and toppled onto the floor. Itachi stepped over to catch her soundly before she hit the floor and hurt herself.

" So.. you'll be here at six or so?" Kani asked. Itachi sighed in deafeat, placed Kari on the couch and laid his cloak on top of her before nodding and leaving.