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Warnings! Mild Language
CH. 2 – Why kami, why?
Naruko's POV
"Fine you win," the teme practically growls out.
I can feel a grin plaster on my face, "Damn right I do! Ha! In you're face teme! 'ttebayo!"
"Naruko," I hear my hag of a sister yell… ehmm, don't tell her I called her that, 'kay? And wait… Why is she calling me Naruko?! She's going to mess up everything, gah!
Wham!
Ugh, oww… well shit… Now I know why she yelled my name. A groan slips through my lips as I scrunch up my nose, my eyes blinking open to see the ceiling of my bedroom, my head throbbing as I look to the door to see Kyuubi walking out, the alarm clock blaring in the background. I squirm out of my mess of sheets that I was tangled in, before throwing them on my bed. A frown creases my lips as my brain finally starts waking up; I had been on the floor… That bitch! "Kyuubi," I seethe under my breath.
I hear a chuckle from my bedroom door and turn to see Kurama smirking at me, "If you would've just woke up when you're alarm went off kit… Then you wouldn't have had to wake up on the floor."
I watch as he leaves the room, grumbling to myself as I trudge through my stuff and change, thanking kami that I showered the night before instead of waiting until morning. Throwing my hair up into two pigtails and grabbing my bag I run out of my room and to the kitchen. My eyes finally take notice of what Kyuu is wearing, and all I can wonder is how she doesn't get in trouble with wearing the clothes she wears. I mean seriously, short denim shorts and a black tank top? What school lets people dress like that?! Obviously the high school does, geez… If I dressed like that to go to school, I'd be thrown into the principal's office the moment I stepped foot on campus!
"-ko…Naruko!" My eyes snap up to look Kyuu in the eyes, "As I was trying to say… I'm not gunna be home tonight, so you're on your own for dinner(1). Got it squirt?"
"Why," I hate being alone! It sucks sooooo freaking much! I mean I've learned to deal with it since Otou-san and Okaa-san died(2), but doesn't mean I like it.
"Hmmm… Let me see… Doesn't matter," She sticks her tongue out at me. I swear she really makes me wonder if she isn't supposed to be younger than me.
I open my mouth to protest but a car honking outside interrupts me as Kyuu jumps up and grabs her bag running to the door waving her hand 'bye', "Later!"
Oh no, she isn't getting out that easy, "Who is that?! Kyuubi!"
She turns and looks at me sheepishly, "Ehmm, my boyfriend?"
"You're what?!," My mouth reacting quicker than my brain; my brain wasn't even able to comprehend what I heard. Kyuubi, my crazy and insane sister, has a boyfriend?! Who the hell is nuts enough to date her?! I mean she awesome and fun once you get to know her… But seriously, does she even know someone that well? And why am I just now finding out!? I wonder if Kurama knows…
"Wellgottagobye!" She yells out, quickly dashing out the door before I can even contemplate interrogating her.
I growl some and look out the window to see her kissing some guy with black hair that was in a low ponytail before getting in his car.
"So you finally got to find out," I hear a chuckle behind me, "Come on kit let's get going, or we'll both be late."
I hear him laugh more as we leave the house, if he thought my twitching was amusing, I wonder how amused he would be with my fist in his face. Now I know, you're probably thinking I'm ungrateful and shouldn't act that way with my siblings like I do, but it's not that I'm not grateful… It's just they really drive me to the brink of insanity sometimes. I mean yeah I'm not perfect, I know I have some mental issues sometimes… Okay! So maybe a lot of times… geez. But those two, they seriously push it.
With a huff I sit in my brother's car and stare out the window as he drives me to my school, my eyes staring out the window, but my mind completely lost in thought. I feel a poke on my shoulder, and then another; I turn to stare at my brother, or rather glare, before noticing there were kids walking all around, and that we were parked. Oh… I frown some and the normal exchange of goodbyes ensues before I get out of the car and walk over to where I meet with my friends under a big cherry tree. Sliding my back down against the side of the tree until I'm sitting there watching as the other kids pass by, it was weird, I thought I should be excited, I would be in high school in a year… But I wasn't excited at all; instead I'm in dismay. I mean don't get me wrong but it's just, I like the people I go to school with now… But once high school hits I'll be going to school with kids from the two other middle schools also. I really don't want stuck with those people, I bet they're all a bunch of stuck up pricks, especially the kids from that stupid all boys school! And to add on the high school starts earlier then the middle school! I really, really¸ am not excited for high school.
Before my mind could delve into the dreadful idea of high school any farther, I hear my name called out, I look around before spotting Hinata and Kiba making their way over to me. I can feel the grin that split across my face, it was the first day back at school I missed them a lot! Quickly getting up I sprint over to them, hug-tackling them to the ground, earning a groan from Kiba before we all busted out laughing.
Slowly we separate and disentangled ourselves from each other, assessing how each other looked and looking for any changes we might've missed having only seen each other a couple times over summer. My eyes practically bugged out of my sockets; wow they look different! I didn't get to see them all summer, hey had both been on trips with their family, and they come back and they look more grown up! Whoa, did Kiba get sunburned?!
"Holy cow Kibbles, your face is really red! Hah! I told you that you'd end up with sunburn sooner or later," I stick my tongue out him, wiggling it around some, wow I feel like Kyuu now, geez… Hahah he's blushing on top of having sunburn!
"B-baka!" He quickly turns away from me.
Hinata stares at him, her soft faded, and I think beautiful, purple eyes wide before narrowing with a glint of mischievousness to them, be friends with me long enough -which we have been since we were like 5 years old- and you'll get the side to you too!(3) A small borderline sadistic smile graces her pale face, "Kiba-kun did you just stutter?"
Kiba shoots a sharp glare at her, practically barking out, "As if!"
Wait… His face is back to a normal tanned color, no red… Holy shiz! Was Kiba blushing before that?! Hmm, I wonder why… Oh! I wonder if his mom said suggested something embarrassing and it happened, that has happened before!
"Hey! Did Tsume-oba say something again," I blurt out, completely ignoring the fact that I just interrupted their tedious argument of what counted as stuttering and what didn't.
Kiba stares at me blankly for a couples seconds while Hinata stifles a laugh, before Kiba busts out laughing, "What the hell made you think that?!"
I can feel my hands twitch into a fist, oh did I want to smack him, he was reminding me so much of that stupid dog breath right now… wait… Slowly my eyes look Kiba up and down, taking in every feature once again, paying no attention to the growing blush on his face, he might as well have been an exact replica of that idiot Anthro… Well other than a few differences, like height, those stupid fang marks Anthro has, Kiba's hair is a little better kept, and his face is a little pudgier than Anthro's; though nothing time would change for the most part. Dude Anthro and Kiba could be twins, or siblings!
With a gulp and a deep breath I look him in the eyes, finally taking notice of the pink dusting his cheeks, "Holy shit! You're blushing!"
Kiba's face visibly paled before turning a bright red, muttering random things, not making complete sentences, and spitting out a few incoherencies along the way. I clutch my sides as I start laughing with so much force I was crying, Hinata lightly patting my back as she tried to stop her own laughter.
"Why should I blush because of you? I swear sometimes you're as stupid as that baka Phantasmic," Kiba grumbles, finally making a full sentence.
"K-Kiba," Hinata frowns, swatting him across his head, a small barely visible tinge of pink hue on her cheeks.
Oh did I feel like pummeling him for that sentence though, and my fears were confirmed, my best guy friend is that idiot dog breath! Wait…. "I never said you were blushing because of me," I say, half in question half in statement.
"I-I… Ack! Later!," he quickly runs off, zigzagging between the other students as he entered the school.
I turn and look at Hinata only to receive a bright smile and a small shrug in reply to the unspoken question of 'what the hell was that?'.
With a huff I walk with Hinata towards the school as the first bell rings, muttering under my breath, "So Kibbles is Anthro? Damn."
I mean it shouldn't surprise me that he is, after all he's the one that suggested I get the VR Visor that hooks into the computer—and like any other controller you can have wired or wireless, although finding the wired is really hard because it's so uncommon for people to want-, and is the one who suggested getting 'Shinobi Nations'. At first I had been skeptical because it didn't make sense how it'd work but finally I caved and got one, so glad I did! Although the whole thing of it somehow messing with your brain to make it where you can actually sense everything that is going on, still unnerves me, all I know is it has to do with the thingy that touches the temples on the side of your head… But yeah it's his fault in the first place I even got the stupid thing, so it only makes sense he'd have an account, but seriously Anthro of all people?!
"You know Anthro?" I blink a couple times before turning my head towards Hinata, well shit I didn't think I said that loud enough for her to hear, I was only muttering it to myself! With a sigh I nod my head, how was I going to explain how I know him if she asks?! Not like I can just blurt out I'm the 'loser' of the class in Shinobi Nations… Wait…
"Yeah… Did you know Anthro and Kiba were the same person? And how do you even know the name Anthro in the first place?" I can feel my eyes narrow as I asked the question. But the only reply I get was one of her adorable smiles before I find a door flying open into my face, well that's gunna hurt.
WHACK!
Ouch, yeah that definitely hurt… I can hear some murmurs and I think hear Hinata yelling at someone but I'm not too sure, my head feels fuzzy and is throbbing; so much for a good first day of school.
Sasuke's POV
Today has gone for bad to worse. You're probably thinking 'it can't be that bad, right?' … Wrong… I was already not looking forward to visiting one of the other Middle Schools in the city, for the so called 'bonding' crap the schools think all 8th graders should do before they reach High School, which means I'll be stuck seeing the losers from the other school at least a few times throughout this school year. You'd think 'that doesn't sound too bad' but I go to an all boys school for a reason, the female population pisses me off to no end. But that isn't what is making this day so foul, nope… Itachi decided to pick his girlfriend up before dropping me off at the rivaling school I had to visit today, the girlfriend I justfound out about this morning!
My face visibly twitches as I feel a finger poke my cheek again; this is ridiculous.
"Kyuu… I know you love picking on kids, but please don't irritate my otouto when he's already annoyed with having to go to Sun Middle School today," Itachi sighs before fluffing his girlfriend's dark red pixie hair.
I watch her cheeks puff into a pout and hear her murmur something about something not being fair, and some person called 'Naru' not letting her have fun either. Itachi uncharacteristically snorting at her in amusement… I don't like this one bit, he never shows emotion, let alone snorts at things, what did that crazy red head do with my aniki!
Unfortunately before I could ask we pulled up to Sun Middle School, I guess it doesn't look to bad, still not thrilled to be here though. With a sigh I leave the car before that crazy banshee could irritate me anymore, murmuring a goodbye to Itachi whilst ignoring his girlfriend saying I need to say hi to her little sister. As if I want to be around her little sister, the brat would probably be a crazy fangirl that's as insane as that banshee is.
I make my way through the halls of the school to the main office, noticing some kids with my school's uniform on -which consisted of black slacks and a black button up shirt with dark blue trimming—and some others with Star's uniform on –The guys wearing slacks and a button up and the girls wearing skirts with button up shirts, all of which were white with black trimmings—I don't see any kids from Sun in here. Quite a few of the girls were whispering to each other and glancing at me and giggling before looking away, it was getting quite annoying. The two making the most noise being a girl with long strawberry blonde hair and someone I could only guess was her friend who had her long platinum blonde hair pulled into a high ponytail, except for the little bit she had hanging in front of her face, they both reminded me disturbingly of Bubblegum and Diva, with that thought I turn away with a barely controlled shudder.
An older man walks into the office, surveying each and every one of us –I assume he's the principal—he takes roll and starts showing us around the school before showing us where the activities with the others our age will be held, all the while I noticed none of the kids that went to school here had a uniform on. Finally the short tour ended and I talked with Shino some before heading to the restroom, I knew where we were gathering when classes start, what I wasn't expecting to happen was leaving the bathroom only to hit a sunny blonde, that irkingly reminded me of the color of the dobe's hair, with the door.
"Naru? Naru!," I hear the girl with her cry out as she tries getting her friend to focus and not fall unconscious, did I really open the door that fast?
"Help me get her to the infirmary," the petite, though not as much as her barely conscious friend, practically growls out. She must be nuts if she thinks I'm helping, I mean yeah I was the one that opened the door but I really don't think it was fast enough to cause her friend to smack into it, so I'm not taking responsibility, simple enough. I feel a menacing stare bore into my skull and realize it was coming from the ravenette, and her eyes, while an interesting shade of purple, would be mildly terrifying if I wasn't an Uchiha, she looks ready to kill. She clenches and unclenches her fists a few times as her friend groans some, before grounding out, " I said help me get her to the infirmary."
"Why should I," I practically snort, but that would be unsightly, so I stick with being stoic.
I will say what happened next I wasn't expecting… She smacked me, me, the male that girls swoon over. My eyes narrow to glare at her, but she seemed unfazed as she said, or rather commanded with much vigor, "You will help me get her to the infirmary, or I'll make sure no one will ever be able to find you again, am I clear."
A shiver runs down my spine at the aura she was giving, that promised a very painful death, I nod slowly before bending down and picking up the blonde, who was surprisingly very light. With a small sigh I follow the ravenette to the infirmary, being mindful not to accidentally hurt the girl in my arms, whom was now unconscious.
The walk to the infirmary was annoying to say the least, so many people stopped and stared, females ogling me, and the males seemed to be intently glaring. It was tempting to just drop the sunny blonde on the ground right then and there, but I didn't trust the other girl not to find me and murder me in my sleep, so with gritted teeth I continue on the antagonizingly long journey through the corridors.
When we enter the infirmary the first thing we met with was a polite, "Ah Hinata-chan whats brings you in today?"
"Naruko got hurt and fell unconscious," She states sweetly to the nurse before turning and glaring sharply at me.
"Namizake-san did? That's unprecedented for her… Did her and Inuzuka-san get in another tiff?" The nurse ushers me over to a bed to set the girl in.
I place the girl on the bed and watch as the nurse goes about her work, listening to her talking back and forth with the ravenette. My mind trails off remembering this morning and then realizing something, Namikaze? Isn't that the crazy redhead's last name…Shit.
"Crazy redhead? You mean Kyuubi?" The nurse looks at me intently; crap did I say that out loud?
A groan echoes around the room cutting off any more discussion, everyone's attention being brought to the blonde who was stirring,the crazy banshee's little sister.
Forget her being the banshee's sister, when her sapphire blue eyes flutter to life, all I wanted to do was spout off insults… She has to be that dobe's twin…wait… That's why Itachi doesn't want me picking on the dobe?! Because he's dating his older sister?!
Oh I really want to murder something right about now.
Naruko's POV
Urgh, my head, what the hell hit me? Oh yeah that stupid door… With a groan I slowly open my eyes to the overly bright room, but quickly my vision is filled with black hair as I feel slender arms hugging me tightly.
"You idiot! I thought you were supposed to have a harder head then that," an upset and crying Hinata mumbles into my neck; slowly I pat her back as her shoulders tremble before a hit comes to the back of my head and she pushes away from me to glare, her tear stained cheeks lessening the effect though.
I rub my head some with a grumble, she really can hit hard regardless of what others think, if you don't believe just ask Kiba, he's found himself at the end at quite a few of those hits. My musings end quickly as a cold shiver races down my spine, my eyes turn to lock with dark smoldering obsidian ones, Oh shit…
Hinata notices I'm no longer paying attention to her, she had said a few things, none of which I caught; my attention was solely on the pale raven haired boy closer to the door of the infirmary, that was too much like the teme for comfort. Seriously a couple of years and I'm sure they'd be exact carbon copies!
My eyes narrow as I turn to Hinata, "Ne, Hina-chan… Who the hell is that idiot?" I spat vehemently as I pointed at the teme look-a-like.
I hear him scoff and turn to him, it was easy to tell he was pissed; well at least for me it was, others might've had a harder time figuring it out, but he's nowhere near as stoic as Bladez.
"I'm the idiot? I'm not the one running into doors," he pauses for a moment almost seeming contemplative, "And considering you're related to a banshee and your brother is a dobe, I wouldn't be too surprised if you were just too stupid to realize it was even a door you hit."
Well he definitely talks more than the teme, but his personality is just as asshole-ish… Wait banshee? Who the hell? And Kurama-nii isn't a dobe! A low growl slips through my lips as I glare at him, oh I wanted to kill him in that instant, "Who the hell do you think you are calling my aniki a dobe?! And banshee? If you mean Kyuu-nee, while yes she may be slightly crazy, I won't tolerate anyone talking down about her! Got that pretty boy."
I don't know when it was I went and pushed him against the wall with my hand fisting the collar of his shirt, but I do know his face paled for a millisecond before Hinata pulled me off of him.
Sasuke's POV
I stood frozen in spot as the blonde was pulled out of the room by her friend, releasing a shaky breath I didn't realize I held. I may be an Uchiha, but in that instance what I was facing wasn't human, that aura she put off reminded much more of a demon's.
The rest of the day went by in a haze, nothing notable other than annoying fangirls, and the blonde demon glaring at me along with some guy… Who I'm guessing must be her boyfriend?(4)
Anthro: Short for AnthroWolf which is Kiba
Bubblegum: Short for BubblegumPoP! which is Sakura
Diva: Short for ::DeliciousDiva:: which is Ino
(1)Kurama works after school, so since Kyuubi is going out it's just going to be Naru all by her lonesome.
(2)Minato and Kushina died when Naru was like 9 in this.
(3)Hinata's shy side only shows up in game, for reasons that will pop up later, outside of game she's as mischevious if not more so that Naru, and definitely way more perceptive of things.
(4) He's talking about Kiba. And no, Kiba and Naru are not dating, if you hadn't noticed lol.
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OreoCookieWave: Okay I hope this chappie clarified things some! I'm not entirely sure how VR stuff work so I'm just kinda making it up as I go lol, that was a good question though it left me thinking for a bit lol. But no she doesn't get transported into the world, it just send electromagnetic waves through the brain allowing the senses to sense whats in game... Like the bruising in game she doesnt actually have out of game lol. Does that help any?
Alright hope you enjoyed! A few areas I know are a little off, like the VR being run through the computer, but I can't fully imagine it otherwise at the moment, as weird as it sounds lol! But please review and let me know what you think! ^^ Thanks!