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"Right well, I will be going to bed. Remember stay in this room and I will see you in the morning" he said closing the door and locking it from the outside leaving I.V. alone in the room. She walked herself to an empty corner and sat in featus position wrapping her tail around her lags, just like that she fell asleep, and dreamed of running through a forest.
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It only took I.V. one week to learn all her numbers, and to speak proper sentences, it took another two weeks for her to learn how to read and write, and only a few days to figure out mathematical equations. To say Watari was surpirsed by her progress was an understatement, the only thing he was disappointed about was her behaivior. She listened well enough, but he couldn't get within a certain range around her without her growling and baring her teeth in defense.
Watari took a deep sigh before opening that door which led to the pink haired child,
"I.V. I have brought breakfast" he announced lifting the cover of the dish to reveal steak and eggs, she appeared before him quickly snatching the steak and ignoring the two fried eggs. He sighed already expecting this reaction, it seems that she will only eat meat. Eying the little carnivore in her corner tearing the meat apart with her unnaturally sharp teeth.
"I.V. today's lesson will be on mannerisms" he said taking a seat on a chair he had placed a while back ago, he was able to tell she was listening by the straightening of her ears
"You already know the basics of conversations and communication, but you are lacking in manners and behaivior. Children your age like socializing and playing with others" he explained, I.V. froze and looked up from behind her pink fringe
"I do not like them, they are annoying, loud, and don't understand a single thing" she said seriously before returning to her steak, Watari sweat dropped 'goodness she's just like L and his successers' he thought, just as quickly as the thought passed through his mind he stilled a grin appeared on his face just as I.V. finished licking the meat juice off her fingers
"I believe I have solved the issue, there so happens to be a group of highly intellectual children within this orphanage, i'm positive you can get along with them. Now then, get dressed and be sure to cover your ears and tail" he ordered, I.V. glared at him from her corner
"Very well, I shall play along with your whims you old fool" she growled out signaling to Watari that it was time for him to exit the room, just before he left he turned around
"Outside of this room your name shall be Sakura Haruno, you were left here in my care by your mother who was a very old and dear friend of mine" he said, I.V. growled at him viciously, her eyes glowed with a raging fury
"The woman who gave birth to me was one of the scientists who expiremented on me along with the male who assisted in my creation. I refuse to be tied down to humans, even if they are made up" she said coldly, Watari froze, this was the first time she had ever brought up anything about where she had come from.
'the poor girl doesn't think she is human' thought Watari, instead of voicing his concern he simply nodded
"Very well then" he said dismissing himself temerarily as he waited for her to finish getting dress, inside the room I.V. clenched her fists, the urge to throw a tantrum grew but she just shoved it down. Walking to her dresser she took out a plain grey t-shirt, after taking off her pajamas she put on the t-shirt as best as she could in her three year old body. Once the shirt was on properly her tail slipped underneat it to wrap around her waist twice, reaching into the dresser again she now pulled out some dark grey shorts, once they were securly fastened she grabbed a white scarf and a black knitted cap. Wrapping the scarf around so it covered her facial markings she placed the cap on her head effectivly covering her wolf ears.
"Watari, I am ready" she said opening the door, the older man looked amused at how she looked and silently led her out of the building. Quietly the ventuered out of the building completely and into another one, he led her down a hallway and soon loud voices could be heard.
"Remember, your name is Sakura at the moment" he said sternly, a low growl was his reply, sighing softly to himself he opened a door which led them to a large room with many different smells
"Hey give me back my chocolate BB!" yelled a blonde haired boy chasing after a slightly older boy who held up a chocolate bar
"Catch me if you can!" he cheered
"Boys!" called out Watari sternly, an irritated tick appeared on his forehead, both boys froze
"Oh, hey Watari" they said calmly, Watari cleared his throat and stepped to the side to reveal I.V. who is now Sakura.
"Everybody, this is Sakura, she is new here so please make her feel welcomed." he said before leaving, he tried to ignore the piercing glare stabbing his back by the petite child.
"Tch, your so tiny!" yelled out the blonde as he stared to laugh, Sakura clenched her fists and ground her teeth, the black haired boy with strange red eyes did not notice her growing anger instead stared about her head in shock
"Why are you so small? Why is your hair pink?" he yelled/asked, a low growl erupted from her throat and a murderous aura surrounded her causing the boys to take a step back
"I have no idea why the old fool thought this was a good idea, clearly i'm surrounded by idiots. I'm small because I am only three years old, my hair is pink due to genetics" she said and answered at once leaving the blonde haired boy speechless.
"WHAT! I AM NOT AN IDIOT! I AM MELLO! NUMBER ONE!" he yelled out hysterically irrating her sensitive ears
".." she grounded out, Mello was going to yell again but was stopped by BB's laughing
"You're hillarious, my name is BB" he introduced, holding his hand out to the three year old girl she eyed the hand curiously as if not sure what to do, BB seemed to notice this because very slowly he crouched down before her and took her hand in his. "It is very nice to meet you Sakura" he said while moving her hand up and down, she stared at their joined hands in child like wonder causing BB to chuckle,
"So it you who has been taking all of Watari-sans time away" said a voice behind her, she turned to see a boy almost identical to BB but with black eyes instead
"I suppose, what of it" she said defensively, the boy eyed her sternly
"I am L, the kids in this room are my successors, Watari wouldn't just bring anyone here so I conclude that he believes you are smart enough to become one of my successers; therefore I offer you my welcome into the fight for justice" he said holding out his hand while a lollipop stuck out of his mouth, Sakura did not move she just glared at him
"There is no justice in the world" she said coldly that had everybody in the room shivering, even L, the stoic genius.
"That is why we must fight for it" he said emotionlessly, "no, your fight is useless, If you were as smart as you've implied you would've realized this. We live in a world where parents would sell their children just because they are of higher intellect than them, abandon them just for a few extra dollars so that they can buy their next batch of drugs. The world is filled with filth" she concluded, L stared at her and she stared back unflinchingly, he extended his hand out again
"Then we shall do our best to clean the filth that has polluted our world" she eyed his hand, wondering if she could trust him
"What if I was part of that filth, what if I was a monster?" she asked dully, he tilted his head to the side
"You are three years old, you are a girl with pink hair and green eyes." he responded honestly, she smiled slightly beneath her scarf and slowly placed her hand into his
"Very well then L, I shall assist you in your mission, but if you so much as stray a millimeter from your path... I will kill you" she said, L nodded and left the room leaving her with several pairs of wide eyes
Feeling uncomfortable she stepped back, taking BB's hand instinctivly, he seemed to realize this as he tightened his hold on her hand. Bending down slightly he picked her up and placed her on his waist, she clutched onto his black shirt as he extended a hand to point at a white haired boy
"That is Near"
next he pointed at a red haired boy
"That is Matt'
next a brown haired boy, she wrinkled her nose at him for he smelled of death
"That is my bestfriend A" he said tensely, Sakura noticed this and immediatly figured out that it seems BB knew that A would die soon and is bothered by it. She frowned, when she realized that she was worried for this red eyed boy
"I am Sakura, I am three years old." she intoduced, after that is became dreadfully awkward within the room, that is until the annoying blonde boy spoke
"Hey Matt! Let's go play video games in your room!" he yelled draggin the red haired boy off somewhere leaving Near to piece together a puzzle on his own.
"Sakura, I will show you around" said BB still carrying her, she's never been carried before so she held on tightly as he proceeded his tour.
...5 hours later...
"And this is my room" he said opening the door to reveal a small room with a plain black bed and a dresser, there was also a desk with a computar on it. He placed Sakura on his bed with him when he laid down
"BB, why is A dying?" she asked, BB froze and eyed Sakura in shock "H-how did you know?" he asked, she shrugged
"He smelled like death" was her answer as if it were obvious, he narrowed his eyes at her
"Death doesn't have a scent I.V." he said, I.V. froze at hearing her true name
"How?" she asked threateningly, BB chuckled "Answer my question first, how do you A is dying?" he asked, she growled deeply slightly shocking BB
"I answered you truthfully human, I could smell it clinging to him with every breath" she growled, BB was confused at being called a human, but even more confused that he didn't sense a lie
"That's impossible" he said,
"It's also impossible for you to know my true name, so spill or i'll kill you, I do not care how much I seem to like you" she said, BB stared at her wide eyed 'how the hell can a three year old girl threaten so effectively, and the way she speaks is far above the speech for a kid'
"It's my eyes, I can see everybody's true name and the time until they die" he said seriously,
"Impossible" she whispered,
"You cannot tell anyone of this, or I will kill you" he said, she nodded and considered something
"I've read that if two people share secrets they are friends, does this make us friends?" she asked, BB shook his head
"You would need to share a secret with me first" he said, she thought deeply on this
"Very well, the same rule applies, no telling or I will kill you" she said, he nodded slightly thinking what could a three year old possibly be hiding, his thoughts were stopped short when something brown slid out from under her shirt and pulled down her scarf as well as take her cap off so her ears stood erect. BB was in shock, what he thought was just a normal genius little girl just so happened to be a not so normal genius little girl
"Are those r-real?" he stuttered, she nodded looking down afraid of meeting his eyes, the only person to have ever seen like this other than Watari was the nice cop lady
"A secret for a secret, we are friends now" she said fixing her scarf, cap, and re-wrapping her tail around her waist.
"Yeah, I guess so. So I.V. would you like to tell me where you are from?" he asked, she looked up into his eyes, her shoulders slumped in relief when she did not see any disgust
"That would require another secret exchange" she said smiling making BB chuckle
"Another day then, I'm tired, let's take a nap I.V." he said opening his arms inviting her to lay beside him
"A nap?" she asked, BB nodded
"Yes, It is when you lay on a bed and rest your body during the day for a couple of hours" he explained, she nodded and crawled up to lay in his arms facing his chest. BB's arms wrapped aound her and held her securely to his chest.
'why do I feel so protective of her?' was his last thought as he fell asleep along side the little pinkette
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