Obsession
Chapter Two: Itoe
After the shock had worn off from the meeting with the slightly weird and creepy boy, I found my way to the maid's locker room.
"Auntie Misora!" I squealed and sprinted to her for a hug. "Oh it's been too long since I've seen you, Misora!"
She laughed and hugged me back. She grabbed her things and we went out of the door and to her car.
Once we were some distance away from the mansion I asked Misora who the boy with the dyed red hair was.
"That's Kuroda Akashi, the youngest child of Kuroda Ginta. I'm afraid that Akashi didn't have such a wonderful childhood," she informed me.
I looked at her surprised. "What do you mean?" Misora sighed and for a brief second took her eyes off of the road to look at me.
"I think that Akashi should be the one telling you why," she told me. I huffed and looked out the window, my anger slowly diminishing. Digging through my rucksack I found my I-pod and turned on the song Kimochi wa Tsutawaru by BoA.
By the time the song was over I was feeling much better and Misora and I were at her apartment.
We quickly went inside of the building. "It's not much, but its home," she told me proudly.
My bags had been taken to Misora's apartment a few days ago so that the only bag that I had was my rucksack.
I went to explore the small dwelling, feeling at home almost immediately. It didn't take me very long to find my room.
It was lavender with my posters and pictures already placed in the room. I was amazed at the room.
I had never really put much thought in how to arrange the photos and posters, but this room had been slaved over, I could tell.
"So, do you like it?" I heard Misora ask from behind it. I spun around and encased Misora in another hug.
"Arigato! I love it!" I told her. She chuckled slightly and let go of me. "Dinner is in 15 minutes. If you want to, you can go and look around the neighborhood," she explained to me.
Nodding I grabbed my rucksack and head to the front door. In case you haven't noticed, I rarely go anywhere without my rucksack. It's my baby!
"Be back soon!" I called out to Misora. She shouted back her "See you at dinner." I quickly skittered out through the door.
A light breeze caressed my face and I took a deep breathe. "I might as well get used to it here," I thought out loud.
The sun was about to set and I made a mental note not to stay out too long after dark.
Walking down the sidewalk I soon came to a road with tons of shops. That's when I noticed the small manga shop.
I didn't really read manga, but there was something about that shop. I slipped through the door and was greeted by the shop keeper.
Going off into my own little world I began to skim through the books until I landed on a manga that had the name Naruto in orange letters.
The picture on the front was of two boys. A blond and a red head that seemed to be glaring at each other.
I was interested so I picked it up and started to read it. About halfway through the manga I realized that it was dark outside and that I needed to get home.
I closed the book and thought about buying it.
Someone pushed me out of their way and I went sprawling onto the floor. "Itai..." I moaned as I rubbed my butt for the second time that day. I glanced up and saw none other than Mister Cold himself.
Bingo, it was Akashi.
"The least you could do is help me up and say sorry," I muttered to him. He completely and totally ignored me.
I was getting angry and some of that anger was starting to cloud my fear of Akashi. I pulled myself off of the floor and dusted off.
Keeping my back straight and my nose in the air I walked past him making sure that I bumped into him as I went.
I didn't look back to see what he did in response to my shove. I just kept walking until I was out of the store.
When I knew that he couldn't see me any more I screamed and ran all the way back to the apartment.
Akashi stared at the retreating form of the girl that had just shoved him.
He glanced down at the book that she had left on the floor from her fall. It was a Naruto book, a volume that he already had.
Silently he picked up the book and put it back onto the shelf next to the others like it.
He searched the shelf for the volume he was looking for.
When he found it he was shocked to find that on the cover were Naruto himself, Gaara, and a brunette girl hanging off of Gaara's gourd. Hastily he opened the book and began to skim through it.
He was surprised to find that Gaara had gotten himself a fiancée named Itoe.
Itoe had long brown hair and brown eyes. To Akashi, her character was annoying and pointless. She wasn't a ninja or anything like it.
No, she was a princess of a neighboring village. "Where am I going to find an Itoe at?" he hissed to himself.
Akashi took a closer look at Itoe's picture. He cursed.
He knew exactly who was going to be his Itoe, but he didn't like it.