Izumi POV

After my meeting with the Hokage he had given me an apartment to live in and signed me up for the academy even though we both knew that because I had trained with the Akatsuki I was way above genin level. But the test was two days away and I was starting tomorrow. I sighed; this was going to be troublesome.

"Milady! I smell them!" Kimi barked. I quickly turned to look at her, my eyes wide. "Where?!" I busted out. "The park near here" she said. With that I was out the door into the silence night and down the street with Kimi just behind me.

We reached the park there was no one around because of how late it was already. Then I saw to figures lying to the hills of the park. It couldn't be… We walked closer and I could see the two figures more clearly. A messy brown haired boy with red fang marks on his cheeks and a small white dog with brown patches on his ears. I smiled down at their sleeping figures. It's been so long… Too long… Suddenly out of nowhere the boy and dog shot up, causing Kimi and I too jump back into the shadows. The boy and dog readied themselves in fighting stance.

"Who's there?!" he yelled. I looked over to Kimi and nodded. "What don't even recognise your best friend?" I smirked, as Kimi and I walk out of the shadows into sight. He dropped his arms from their fighting stance and stared at me, wide eyed. "Izumi…" he whispered. "Long time no see Kiba" I smirked. Within seconds, I was pulled into a bone crushing hug. His face snuggled into my neck. I felt a wet substance run down my neck. He's crying… I began to pat his head as I hugged him back.

"Shh… Shh… It's okay, Kiba... Everything's okay now…" I whispered into his ear. "No! It's not okay! You disappeared for 8 years, Izumi! 8 years! You left me for 8 years!" he yelled at me. There's the Kiba I know, the one that always yells at me when I do something wrong but only to make me do better next time. "I know… I know… I'm sorry… I'm so sorry…" I whispered, tears starting to fall down my face. I hadn't seen my best friend in 8 years, what did you except?

We talked in the park for a couple of hours, catching up and talking about school tomorrow while Kimi and Akamaru played in the park. He didn't talk to me much about where I'd been thankfully. I think he already had the idea that I'd been kidnapped since he was there that night. Soon we realised that Tsume, Kiba's mum, was going to kill him for being out so late.

"So I'll see you at school tomorrow then?" Kiba said. "Of course, what kid doesn't want to go to school?" I said sarcastically. He laughed and waved goodbye and headed home with Akamaru. Kimi and I headed home ourselves. I hopped in to bed a huge smile on my face. I finally got to see my best friend after 8 years. Kimi jumped up and laid down in the bed next to me.

"Goodnight Milady" she yawned. "Goodnight Kimi" I yawned back. It wasn't long before sleep came.

Next day

Kimi and I walked down the path to the Academy. I had dressed in my ninja entire which consisted of a fishnet shirt, a dark blue tank top that went to my mid-thigh. I also have some fish net leggings with black short shorts that were hidden under my tank top and fishnet gloves that covered up to just before my elbow. My long blonde hair was pulled up into a high ponytail but let my bangs hang around my face. I also wore average dark blue ninja sandals.

We arrived at the Academy just on time. A couple of the people around me where looking at me weirdly. What's their problem? Then I realised it probably wasn't as normal anymore for people to be walking around with wolves.

"Izumi!" called Kiba, who was running towards us with Akamaru "Where have you been? You're so late!"

"As if! I'm on time! The bell only just went!" I argued back. "Whatever" he grumbled, he quickly changed the topic "let's get to class" I had won that round. "Sure" I smiled. We ran towards the classroom, now a little late. We arrived outside the classroom, only for the door to open and an angry sensei's head to pop out.

"Kiba! Where have you been?! You're late!" the sensei yelled. "Sorry Iruka-sensei…" Kiba mumbled, seeming not to really care. I could see his Iruka guy getting angrier, so I decided to step in. "I apologize Iruka-sensei; it was my fault that Kiba was late. You I got lost on my way to your class" I said in a sickly sweet and innocent voice. God! I almost made myself gag.

"Oh you must be Izumi Tanaka. Well if that's what happened that's fine then, please come inside" he said his mood completely changing. I walked inside to see a classroom full of students staring at me; some guys had hearts in their eyes… literally, while others didn't seem to care. Some girls looked at me in curiosity, while others glared. "Please introduce yourself, Izumi, just your name and where you're from" Iruka said. I nodded.

"Well, my name is Izumi Tanaka and this is Kimi" I said gesturing towards Kimi "I am from Konoha, I have just… been away for a while…" my sentence slowly growing more awkward towards the end. Kiba gave a sad look. "Ok, well… please take a seat, Izumi" Iruka sweat dropped. I took the seat next to Kiba.

"Wait sensei! The test is tomorrow, how will she be able to keep up? She only just got here" a pink haired girl said. Gez… I already dislike this girl. Mind your own business! Just before Iruka could answer I cut in.

"If you must know, even though it is really none of your business, the Hokage has already concluded that I will be able to pass the test so I should be fine" I said rudely to the girl. She looked taken aback, while others in the class snickered. I turned back to Kiba and he was laughing. "God! I have been waiting for someone to put her in her place for forever!" he whispered to me while laughing. I smirked.

"Alright! That is enough class! Time for a review on the clone justu! Everyone line-up. Transform perfectly into me!" he shouted. We all lined up and one after another we performed the justu perfectly including Kiba and I.

"Naruto Uzumaki!" Iruka called. I noticed the smirk on the blonde's face. Something's up…

"Transform!" he said. As he transformed I turned away, knowing that whatever he was up to was to do with that justu. The heard the 'puff' of the end of the justu and turned back to seeing degusted looking classmates and a nose bleeding Iruka. I think I'm glad I missed that one… I sweat dropped.

Later that day, in free-study class Iruka was called out of class for a meeting, leaving the class without a teacher. "Izumi" I turned to see Kiba smirking "come with me".

"Where do you think you're going? You can't leave class" the pinkette from before yelled. God! Someone shut her up! "Like I care what you think. What are you going to stop me?" I said putting on the emotionless facade and dark, over welling aura the Akatsuki had taught me.

Don't get me wrong I hate what the Akatsuki do and what they made me. I think Kiba and Akamaru have noticed the change even though I try and hid it, the emotionless, coldblooded S-rank assassin, with innocents blood endlessly stuck to my hands. The pinkette stunk back into her sit, eyes wide and terrified, the look the assassin me lived for. The real me quickly jumped back into reality realising that the other me just thought of killing her, not just thought planned.

My façade from before had everyone staring at me wide eyed and terrified, even a certain Uchiha minus the terrified. Think quick Izumi! Got it! I quickly put on a childish giggle and smile. "Sorry but I had to you should see your faces" I fake laughed "I so got you all" Mostly everyone seemed to relax after that believing that I was just acting. That is expect the Uchiha in the back and the as always lazy Shikamaru both their guards were up, troublesome… Kiba pulled me to the doorway. "We'll be leaving now since Sakura has finally shut up" Kiba smirked. He's covering for me? Darn! He noticed. She only glared at him. He pulled me out of the classroom and down a couple of hallways finally stopping in the middle of a deserted one. He had already sent Kimi and Akamaru ahead to the practice hall.

"What was that about?" Kiba questioned his back to me. I could hear the seriousness in his voice. "What was what about?" I questioned fake dumbly. "You know what I'm talking about! Your weirdness just before in class!" he had turned to me and was yelling now. I could see that he was worried and almost scared by the look in his eyes, wide with small pupils. Was he scared of me or for me? I couldn't tell.

"Oh that, was it that bad a joke?" I laughed nervously rubbing the back of my neck. "That was not a joke!" he yelled, pinning me against the wall holding my wrists to the sides of my head "I can tell, Izumi! Now stop lying to me! Stop playing dumb! Give me a straight answer, a true one!" He was grabbing on harder to my wrists now. He was hurting me. Something Kiba has never done, ever… I eyes were wide now, staring at him in shock.

"Kiba, stop. You're hurting me" I said barely through the shock. His eyes widened then and looked to his hands and my wrists. I quickly let go and backed away. We were silent for a while as I rubbed my now sore wrists and he avoided looking at me while deep in thought. "I'm sorry…" he whispered "but you can't keep lying to the people who care about you… and yourself… because that you back there and even this you here, you aren't the person I remember…" My eyes widened but I slowly realised what he said was true.

"If you're looking for that Izumi go look back 8 years ago, because at the moment the girl in front of you has no clue which person she is" I said "The girl in front of you doesn't know what she's been made into. I can't answer your questions because I don't have the choice to and because I don't want you to know the answers. But I will tell you this, the girl from the classroom, she's just another part of the mixed up girl in front of you. I understand that you may not want to be my friend anymore but understand I don't have a choice"

He seemed to be in deep thought for a while before slowly nodding. "I don't like that you're keeping things from me but I know it's not your choice and I just can't lose you" he said sadly with a small smile at the end. I smiled back. I still had my best friend. I still had Kiba.

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