The next morning, the girls wanted to see what happened last night, so the four of them came to wake us up.
They met outside my door Kiki said, "What do you think we're going to find?"
Konan said, "Well, based on Itachi's personality, and Max's personality, and how they acted last night, my guess is he's sleeping on the floor, or he's a cat."
They all nodded in agreement. They opened the door and their jaws dropped.
"Boy were we wrong." Shay said.
"Yep." Kiki said.
"Ya." A.J. said.
"Totally." Konan said.
Me and Itachi were not only sleeping in the same bed, but my head and part of my chest was on his chest, and he had is right arm around my back. So when they went to wake us up, Shay and A.J. went on my side of the bed, and the Kiki and Konan went on Itachi's side.
"Max. Max, wake up. Come on wake up." Shay said, shaking my shoulder.
I just snuggled up to Itachi more and his arm tightened around my back. Shay just face palmed.
Then she said, "Konan? Do you know how to wake him up?"
"No. I've never had to wake him up before. He's normally the first one up or if he's not, we just leave him alone or send Hidan or Kisame in to wake him up, but that never ends well." she said.
"Well… we could always dump cold water on them." A.J. said.
"No. That would not be a good idea. Itachi would not like it if he woke up as a cat. And I don't think Max wants to wake up wet." Konan said.
They nodded.
"So what do we do?" Kiki asked.
Shay then got an idea.
"Wait here! Let me grab something!" she said running out of the room.
She returned with a camera. She stood at the foot of the bed and took a picture with flash. The flash woke both of us up, and as soon as we opened our eyes, we saw the camera in Shay's hand, the look on their faces, and knew she took a picture. We sat up and Shay ran from the room.
"SHAY! GET BACK HERE!" I yelled, crawling over Itachi, jumping off the bed, and running after her. I chased her through the whole house.
I finally tackled her and pinned her on the floor.
"Give. Me. The. Camera." I said.
"No." she said.
"Give me the camera, or we switch who we're sharing rooms with." I said.
She immediately gave me the camera.
"Thank you." I said and got off her.
I walked back upstairs to my room and deleted the picture. I put the camera on the desk and sat on my bed. Itachi was still sitting on the bed too.
"Did you get it?" he asked.
"Oh ya." I said.
He nodded. I got up and went over to my dresser and got clothes. I went into the bathroom and got changed. When I came out, Itachi didn't have a shirt on. A small blush made its way across my face. He grabbed the other shirt I gave him yesterday and put it on. I shook it off and we went down stairs to get something to eat. After we ate, we all just sat in the living room.
I was flipping through channels when they saw a martial arts show and Pein said, "Do you mind if we practice taijutsu?"
"Sure. Just do it in the back yard and not in the house." I said.
"Thank you." he said.
So we all went outside. The Akatsuki started to practice and the four of us watched. I studied some of their techniques.
"Hey! A.J. Let's spar!"
She smiled and nodded. So we got up and got ready. I let her have the first shot. She punched and I dodged easily. I then punched her in the shoulder, then crouched down and swiped her legs out from under her. She fell onto her back and I pinned her. She smiled and I helped her up.
"You got better." She said.
"I told you. I've been practicing."
When we were sparing, the Akatsuki had stopped to watch us. We looked over at them.
"What?" I asked.
"You know taijutsu?" Itachi asked.
"Well, I'm not sure you could call it taijutsu. It's more of street fighting." I told him.
"Let me see what ya got. Hidan, fight her." he said.
"You want me to fight him?" I asked.
"I'll kill her." Hidan said.
"I don't think you'd kill her." Itachi said.
"Ya! I'm not that weak!" I said.
"I'm not saying your weak, I'm saying I'd kill you if we fought." Hidan said.
"Hidan, just fight me." I said.
"Fine." he said.
"Hidan, don't kill her and I won't kill you." Itachi said.
We both got into a fighting stance. I'm just going to sum it up to he tried to punch me in the head and I ducked. After that, it went downhill. For him anyway. He ended up on the ground with me sitting on his back with both his arms behind his back and me holding them. Everyone just cracked up.
"What was that about killing me?" I said smugly.
He just growled. I giggled and got off him.
"How was that Itachi?" I asked.
"Not bad. I'll give you that." He replied.
"You want to see how good I am? Fight me yourself." I said.
He smiled and said, "Fine. We'll see how good you really are."
I walked over to him and we got into fighting stances. He let me have the first hit. So I threw a punch at his chest, and he caught it easily. He twisted my arm so I turned around with my back to him. I tried to hit him with my other arm, but he grabbed it and put it behind my back too.
"What was that about fighting you?" he said smugly.
"We're just getting started." I said back.
Then I kicked him in the leg and thrust my shoulder back and him loosened his grip and I wiggled out of it. I then spun on my heel and kicked him in the chest. He did stagger back a little but not much. He then tried to shove me back by the shoulders but I dodged. I then swept his feet out from under him. He fell on to his back and I sat on his chest.
"That all you got?" I asked smugly.
He smiled up at me and said, "It's just like you said; we're just getting started."
Then he forced himself up and made us roll over. So now he was pinning me on the ground. He smiled down at me.
"I thought you said you weren't weak." he said mockingly.
"I keep telling ya, I'm not weak." I said with a smile.
Then I forced myself up and pushed him over and pinned him again. But this time, he was surprised that I pushed him off me. I smiled sweetly.
"Had enough yet, Itachi?" I asked mockingly.
"Not even close." he said.
Then he rolled us over again. This continued back and forth for about twenty minutes until I finally pinned him again. We were both breathing hard and I was sitting on his stomach this time instead of his chest because my arms were on his chest pinning him.
"Done yet?" I asked him.
"Ya. I think so." he replied.
"Do you admit to me not being weak?"
He laughed and said, "I never said you were weak."
I giggled and laid my head down on his chest. I was wiped. We fought for a good twenty-five minutes. I closed my eyes and listened to his breathing and tried to control mine. After a few minutes, we were both breathing normally.
"Can we get on with training now?" someone asked impatiently.
I looked up and saw them all staring at us. We looked at each other, only to realize that I was still sitting on him with my head and arms on his chest and one of his arms on my back. I blushed and sat up. He propped himself up on his elbows. I got off him and just sat there for a minute as he got up. He offered me a hand and I took it. He pulled me up and brushed off the back of my shirt.
"Thanks." I mumbled.
"Anytime." he said.
I brushed myself off the rest of the way and took a tiny step away from my sparring partner. He did the same. We then continued to test my strength. I fought the Akatsuki in this order: Konan, Pein, Deidara, Zetsu, Kakuzu, Kisame, Sasori, and Tobi/Madara. They all lost. I was shocked myself. I mean, I beat Pein! The leader of the freakin Akatsuki! And not to forget Tobi, who is secretly Madara Uchiha, one of the most powerful ninja ever! And they didn't even go easy on me! But man was I sore. Kisame thought I didn't need and training, considering that I browsed his shoulder pretty well. But Itachi insisted that he trained me properly. So after we rested, we began training again. Our training partners were who we were sharing a room with (see first chapter for roomies). So we went to different spots in the back yard and trained.
First Itachi showed me how and where to hit to cause the most damage to my opponent and minimal damage to myself. When I got it down well enough, we went onto fighting stances.
"Show me an offensive stance." he said.
I nodded and got into my stance. He walked all around me and studied my stance. He thought it was good, so we moved on to the next stance.
"Ok. Now a defensive stance." he said.
So I got into the stance. He studied my stance again. But this time, he shook his head.
"No. If you do it like that you'll get hurt more." he said.
Then he walked behind me and placed his arms around me and repositioned my arms. My blush reappeared.
"Like this." he said.
"Oh. I never thought of putting my arms like this." I said lamely.
"If you remember this, you won't hurt as much." he said.
His lips were right by my ear so I could feel his breath. I blushed even more.
"What's next?" I asked, looking away from him.
He took his arms from around me and walked back around to face me.
"Ok. It looks like you've got that down, so onto kicks." he said with a small smile.
I nodded. He told me to show him how I kicked. So I side kicked and lost my balance. He caught me and pulled me back up into I standing position.
"You ok?" he asked.
"Yes. Thank you Itachi." I said, blushing again.
He nodded and let go of me.
"Ok. Now show me a front kick." he said.
I did a front kick and he nodded.
"Now a jump kick."
I jump kicked. He nodded.
"Back kick."
I back kicked.
"Round house."
I round house kicked. He nodded.
"Do you know how to drop kick?" he asked.
"Ya. I've actually had to drop kick a guy once." I laughed.
"Good. I'm not going to make you show me." he said.
I nodded and sat down on the ground. I rubbed my butt because it hurt from all the 'training' I've done. Itachi sat down next to me.
"You hurt?" he asked.
"Not hurt. Just sore." I said.
"Well, I think you've had enough training for one day." He said with a small smile.
"Good." I said.
Then I laid down on the grass. He laid down next to me with his arms behind his head. I looked at him and smiled. We laid there till everyone got hungry. So we went inside and I made dinner. The whole time Hidan was having a little swearing fit about being in pain so I told A.J. to get the Advil and shove it down his throat.
"Really? I can shove it down his throat?" she asked.
"Yes. Please." I said.
I was serious about her shoving down his throat. She ran off to the bathroom and grabbed the pills. She ran back into the living room, got two pills out, and shoved them in his mouth mid word. She covered his mouth so he couldn't spit them out and directed him to swallow them. But he refused. So she tackled him onto the floor and they rolled around on the floor until she pinned him and sat on his chest. She told him to swallow the pills but again he refused. She then leaned down and whispered something into his ear. He then more than happily swallowed the pills. She smiled and pecked him on the cheek. She got off him and walked back over to me.
"What the freakin Jashin did you tell him?" I asked, not really sure I wanted to know.
She whispered in my ear what she said.
My eyes widened and I yelled,"EWWWWWW! That's gross!"
I ran over to Itachi and hugged him.
"What?" he said, looking down at me.
"What A.J. said to Hidan to get him to swallow the pills." I said, still hugging him.
"What did she say?" he asked.
I went on my tip toe (yes, I'm that short and he's just that damn tall) and whispered in his ear what she said. I pulled back and looked at him. He had this disgusted look on his face.
"Oh god! That's, that's just not right. That's… oh god!" he said, cringing.
(I can't tell you what she said because it would change the story's rating. Let's just say we herd it that night. JK. You thought I was serious. No, they didn't do anything that bad. They just played greased up twister in their swimsuits. But we did hear it that night.*cringe*) He hugged me back and we stood there for a few minutes twitching. After our little twitching fit, we ate then watched TV. Since it was Sunday, and we had school tomorrow, we went to bed around nine. So we went to our rooms. Me and Itachi were sitting in my room on my bed. And A.J. and Hidan's room is across the hall from ours. So we heard it the most.
I was laying on the bed curled up covering my ears. Itachi was sitting next to me toning it out. He looked down at me and smiled. He put his arm around me and pulled me over to him. 'I guess this might help' I thought. I sat up all the way and put my head on his shoulder.
"That bad?" he asked.
"Worse than you think." I said.
"It's not that bad." he said.
"You can tone it out. I can't." I said.
He laughed. We sat there for a few minutes when I got an idea. I crawled over to the bedside table. I sifted through some stuff and found what I was looking for. I grabbed my pair of ear plugs and my iPod. I crawled back over to him and put the ear plug in his left ear. I put the other one in my right ear. Then I handed him the right ear bud headphone thingy and put the left one in my free ear. I turned on the iPod and music filled our ears. We both sighed in relief from not having to hear what was going on across the hall. Whatever song was on ended and Again by Yui came on. I had the English fandub by FloobertBubbles on YouTube. (A/N: this is a real fandub on YouTube. I really recommend you check it out. P.S. Again is the first Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood opening.) I knew this song by heart, English version and Japanese version. I started to sing along.
Through each and every bend, on this winding road, I've tried to stay on my feet
And now I've fallen, but I still should be chasing after my dream
The sky that I've lost sight of is what I will seek, though I know that it's not as though I wanna go back to the past
I was putting up the expectation that people would understand that I was a victim of this regretful act
These tears will never end the sins, I
Try and hide, I will always bear that pain
Trapped here in this maze of emotion, who is it I'm waiting for?
I feel honesty beckoning me forward
To record my thoughts in this white notebook
Don't know what, but I'm running from something
Is it reality?
We live for something, some sort of purpose
But I seem to have forgotten it in the dead of the night, yeah
My tactless words proved the way I handled things wasn't right
And now I've no place to return
Is it too early, this part of my life, to forget all those memories? I'm on the way
Why is it so hard to
Just accept all of the pain inside?
He looked at me.
"I love this song." I said.
I must apologize, for everything I ever did, I'm sorry
I didn't say the right things, and I made you feel so uneasy
I will embrace today tightly, just as I will embrace tomorrow, though I know that they may not play in sequence
I tried to understand what happened by closing my eyes and looking into what can't be seen by anyone else, and then I knew
I will propose a start to the end now
Let's try and end all of these foolish rumors
Face it dead-on, but we will not settle anything if you lie to me
So now it's stirring in this red heart of mine
Rushing through my body, anticipating
I think I'm ready to finally face that thing called reality
We live for something, some sort of purpose
But I still feel like shouting it out, Can you hear me?
My tactless words proved the way I handled things wasn't right
And now I've no place to return
I'm grateful for your love, so I will become strong
For the ones that I hold dear to me, I'm on the way
And somewhere on that road, I will face all my enemies
How can I proceed on when the doors are all locked? Can I open them up?
How the story has started without me, so now it's too late, and I can't turn around
Please open your eyes
Please open your eyes
Is it too early, this part of my life, to try to forget everything?
I will return to the past so I can fix the things that I'd left undone
ONE MORE TIME
We live for something, some sort of purpose
But I still feel like shouting it out, Can you hear me?
My tactless words proved the way I handled things wasn't right
And now I've no place to return
I'm grateful for your love, so I will become strong
For the ones that I hold dear to me, I'm on my way
Why is it so hard to just accept all of the pain inside?
The song ended and he asked, "You know that song that well?"
I nodded and said, "I've been singing it for years."
He nodded.
"You voice is beautiful." he said.
I blushed and said, "Thank you."
He smiled. 'I'm never going to get use to this' I thought. Then Science Show from the Bleach Beats Collection came on.
Hajimaru souzei gyousei SHOW
Isei zensen de Bank shiro
(Beginning of whole army enforcement SHOW
Reason frontline of Bank white)
Kashu shuuryo chakugo cruel
Arere na GROGGY crazy shout!
(Analysis termination immediately following cruel
Compassion a GROGGY crazy shout!)
Hajimaru souzei gyousei SHOW
Kanaratsu kyoutan kattsai END
(Beginning of whole army enforcement SHOW
Certainly admiration acclamation END)
EXCITE suru Hunter beat
Narubeku kirei ni shin de kure
(EXCITE illustrate Hunter beat
As much as possible of a beautiful dying sunset)
GOOD! I found you! Nigiru seimei
GOD deserted you! Sosoru kyougou
(GOOD! I found you! Grasp existence
GOD deserted you! Ecstasy crying aloud)
God bless to you! Kishimu seizon
Goodbye! Thanks you! CONTROL YOU!
(God bless to you! Grate survival
Goodbye! Thanks you! CONTROL YOU!)
Im easy. You speaking wish
Psychology kyomi nai sa
(Im easy. You speaking wish
Psychology is not interesting)
Seizon kakuritsu 0%
Sayonara GROGGY Beautiful Burst
(Existence probability 0%
Good-bye GROGGY Beautiful Burst)
Hajimaru souzei gyousei SHOW
Sorosoro ashii End roll start
(Beginning of whole army enforcement SHOW
Gradually too good for End roll start)
Boku no na ari ka Mad scientist
Narubeku kirei ni meserarerute kure
(My reputation of whereabouts of a Mad scientist
As much as possible of a beautiful enchanted sunset)
GOOD! I found you! Nigiru seishin
GOD deserted you! Sosoru kyousatsu
(GOOD! I found you! Grasp intention
GOD deserted you! Arouse opinion)
God bless to you! Kishimu seinou
Goodbye! Thanks you! CONTROL YOU!
(God bless to you! Grate gift
Goodbye! Thanks you! CONTROL YOU!)
GOOD! I found you! Nigiru seimei
GOD deserted you! Sosoru kyougou
(GOOD! I found you! Grasp intention
GOD deserted you! Ecstasy crying aloud)
God bless to you! Kishimu seizon
Goodbye! Thanks you! CONTROL YOU!
(God bless to you! Grate gift
Goodbye! Thanks you! CONTROL YOU!)
GOOD! I found you! Nigiru seishin
GOD deserted you! Sosoru kyousatsu
(GOOD! I found you! Grasp intention
GOD deserted you! Arouse opinion)
God bless to you! Kishimu seinou
Goodbye! Thanks you! CONTROL YOU!
(God bless to you! Grate gift
Goodbye! Thanks you! CONTROL YOU!)
He looked at me again.
"What the hell do you have on this thing?" hesaid.
"Good music. Now shut up and stop complaining or you'll have to listen to what's going on across the hall." I said with an evil smile.
He shut up and listened to the music. The next song that came on was Hero's Come Back by Nobody knows.
Tooku de kikoeru koe wo hitori
Hitori mata hitori de chi agarou toushi
Kurikaesu dake no fudan doori
Itsuka ga ii jumbi are you ready?
Karadajuu furuwa shizou ni
Hageshiku narase yo stomping
Taezu tsuki ukasu call me
Kawarisugiru nutsu kamu story
(Come on! )
Evr'y body stand up agero kyou
Ichiban no jikan da
Meni mottomoran no speed wo handa
Dare mo nobinattori ko kanba
(Yeah come on)
Evry body hands up
Mata ashita no heros wa come back
Tsujou kazoe hibi wo countdown
Ike zi 3, 2, 1,
Make some noise!
What you gonna do?
What you gonna do?
Taemanaku dare hibi kizamu
Deja vu yori mo gotsui shougeki ga
Zenshin wo hashiri hanasan
Break it down
Turn it up (turn it up)
Hey kikkoeka
Sakenda kinou made no koto ga
Kawaru darou madaminu ase
Koboete afureta omoi no bun made
[ Lyrics from: .com/lyrics/n/nobody_knows/heros_come_ ]
Machinimatta show time
Saitechiru shukumei
Dochira ni katamuku
Shouhai no yukue
Agura kaiterya kyou nimo tsubureru
Nagashita chi to ase onore de nugue
Negai mo pride mo fukume subete wo
Tagai no haigo
Nasake wo kaketerya dame ninaru ze
Tamote potential mental (men! )
Neko mo shakusi mo mata you na hero
Hitoban dake no goran roman hikou
Oo ii nee sonnan ja nee sa
Kick on the corner mada tari nee ka?
Itsumo to chigau hijou na jinkaku mamoru
No sa subete
Like a terminator!
Yon kai go kai de tetsu highlight
(Fly high yeah! )
Isso kono ba de tsutaetaru zo
(Repeat chorus)
Hey yo mou basho nori tsuku wa kakugo desho
Nankai korondatte tatsu keredo
Nade aida naze kami hito e no seisho
Irikunda kanjou kizuki ageta desho
Made in hyuuman no dorama no enchou
Marude moesakaru yoshihara no enojou
Enoresu saki mo nichjou
Warau hodo baka ni narerutte koto
Resseifuku mukaikaze nimo maken
Makikomu nandomo dekuwashite ze
Ikuddotonaku tasu kono ba no batoru
Tatakai kata nara kono mi ga satoru
Ichiya niya no tukedakiba ja
Mamoru mon ga chigau na shirohata wo furi ha
Hino moe akogareru hikage wo shiru
Mochiagaru kansei ga yuuki to naru
Tashiagareba ima kurushimi tomonau
Sore demo saikou wa kitto aru
Subete sarau to shouri no kansei
He liked this song and asked what it was. I told him that it was one of the Naruto openings. He nodded. A half an hour later, we couldn't hear them anymore. So we took out the ear plugs and the ear buds. We sat there and just talked. At around ten we tried to go to sleep. We both tossed and turned for a while. I sat up and looked over at him and he looked to be asleep. I got out of bed careful not to wake him up and left the room. I went down the hall way to the stairs to the roof. I went up the stairs and went over to the railing. I looked up at the half moon. It was giving off more light than it looked like it would. I saw a shooting star and closed my eyes to make a wish.
"Couldn't sleep?" someone said.
I jumped about ten feet in the air and whipped around to see Itachi standing in the door way to the stairs. I put a hand over my heart, leaned against the railing, and closed my eyes.
"Why do you have to be so damn ninja all the time?" I asked.
"Why? Did I scare you again?" he said with a smile.
I nodded. He walked over to me and put a hand on my shoulder.
"Let me guess. I almost gave you a heart attack again, didn't I?" he said.
I nodded again and looked up at him.
"Ya know. I hate being so short. I literally have to look up just to talk to you. It a little annoying." I said pouting a little.
He just laughed and shook his head. I turned around to look at the night sky. He turned around and looked at the sky too. He put his hand on my shoulder. I looked at him. He had this look in his eyes.
"Hmm? Is something wrong?" I said.
"You look worried. Is something bothering you?" he said.
"What? No. Nothing's wrong." I said, forcing a smile.
He knew I was lying. He looked at me with this look on his face, like he was saying 'Don't lie to me Max.' I sighed.
"Ok. Fine. Something is bothering me." I said, looking at the moon.
"Is it having us here?" he asked.
I looked at him in surprise.
"What? No! It's not you guys! I love having you guys here!" I said, raising my hands.
"Then what is it?" he asked.
"That's the thing. I don't know what it is that's bothering me." I said.
I leaned against the railing. And that's when he saw it.
Ya! Chapter 2 done! It was pretty easy to wright. I had some help from A.J. (my sister) on this one. She came up with what she told Hidan. Well anyway, please review and if you have any ideas let me know. I'm running out of creative juice! Well, till next timesayonara!