Chapter 2, hope you like.
Key:

"Emo Lilium": Spoken Dialogue

Emo Lilium: Main Character Thoughts ex: Sakura talking to her Inner or just thinking

'Emo Lilium': Separate voice within a character's mind ex: Inner Sakura, Nine-Tails

"Emo Lilium": Magic incantations, most likely in Latin

Emo Lilium: Narration


Damn it, why can't I get it?! thought Uchiha Sasuke as he tried to do particularly hard bit of magic that involved him extracting the iron of an ounce of blood. It wasn't helping that his older brother was watching him and making him nervous

He tired again, "Tribuo cruorem" he muttered concentrating on the iron within the blood, imagining it in his hands molding it into a small silver ball

The blood glowed a tiny bit in the clear glass, as it raised a tiny bit but then nothing happen. It actually seemed to increase in quantity "Why isn't this working? And why am I getting more blood?!" said Sasuke as he felt a headache come on

"Your using the wrong words, Tribuo can also mean to give, not just divide" said Itachi as he watched his brother struggle

"You could have told me that sooner!" gripped Sasuke as he pulled a large, dusty book to him, "Divide, divide…maybe this one" said Sasuke as he flipped through the pages of his book. He tried once more…

"Dididi cruorem quod ferrum" he said concentrating once again and imagining himself molding the iron. This time it worked as the iron shot to the rim of the glass and formed into a small silver-looking ball

"You need to be more careful with your wording Little Brother" said Itachi as he left Sasuke to practice

"Like you were any better" muttered Sasuke as he disposed of the blood and went outside to the family orchards, "Last time I remember, Tou-san thought you didn't even have magic because you couldn't even make a sprout grow" he grumbled as he kicked a stone…

"Rower!" the stone hit a cat, and just because Kami-sama hated him, it was that Haruno girl's cat that that stone hit.

It hissed at him and scratched him, "Oy! Why you little…" said Sasuke as he started to chase the cat, yet somehow he couldn't catch it…(Itachi: big surprise…) He soon forgot about Itachi as he started to try to kill the cat as he chased it out of the Uchiha grounds and onto the streets.

"Bloody Little fur ball! Get over here so I can skin you alive!" yelled Sasuke as he saw the cat scurry into a shop, he ran in after it and found the cat…

On the shop counter…

Being petted by its owner…

Who was really pissed off at the moment…

"Why are you trying to kill my cat? Last time you were here, you broke one of my windows" said a pink haired lady through narrowed eyes as she calmly drew a finger tip down the feline's back

"Your damn cat scratched me" said Sasuke icily with his best death glare

"Bara wouldn't hurt anyone unless they hurt her, what did you do to her Uchiha?" said The young woman with cold anger as she kept drawing her finger down the creature's back. He was used to this look by now, he had seen it on her countless of times since they were children

"I accidentally hit her with a stone, Haruno" said Sasuke his voice still icy although inside he was about to burst from rage (Crystal Lily: You know it's bad to bottle up so many emotions, you could get your own psychotic alter ego like me or become like Itachi here -nods-)

"Now why doesn't that surprise me?" said The young woman annoyed, "Before you leave to wallow in your stupidity, Uchiha, these letters arrived for you and your brother" said Sakura as she pushed two envelopes towards him

"…Thank you" he said quietly as he took them, sure he had a rivalry with her for 10 years or so, but he still had to be polite like his Kaa-san had scrupulously taught him

"Sure, now get out of my shop" she said with a smile, "Oh and give my regards to Itachi-kun" she said before she threw him out

"Sure why not?! You Bitch" yelled Sasuke as he walked off, "Of course she's friends with Itachi, both of them are numbskulls and share an equal dislike of me!" grumbled Sasuke as he shoved his gloved hands into his pockets. He was too wrapped up in his annoyance and cursing to notice the magic that was taking place back in the shop…

"How many times have I told you to stay out of the Uchiha grounds?!" yelled Sakura as the grey cat hopped off the counter with ease and then began to glow

"Yeah, yeah I know, it's just that they have the best cherries around and I wanted some!" whined a blond young man standing in the same spot where the cat had been. Uzumaki Naruto yawned lazily, "And what's with all that 'her' stuff, last time I checked I'm a definite male! Dattebayo!" said Naruto annoyed

"You're going to be a female if you keep going into those ground, Naruto no Baka!" yelled Sakura as she hit him on the head

"Aya! Ok, ok! I won't go there anymore! Geeze" said Naruto as a large bump appeared on his head

"We have work to do Baka, I want you to deliver these to Hyuuga House while I go and deliver these to the Yamanaka Book Shop and The Kichijōten Orphanage" said Sakura as she gave him two letters of the five she held and placed the other three into the pocket of her white apron

"Ano…who's going to watch the shop while we're gone?" said Naruto confused as he walked outside with her

"I'm going to close the shop baka, you don't think I'm stupid do you?" said Sakura not even looking at the door, "Ferrum, claudo ianua" she whispered as she imagined the bolts sliding into place to block the entrance, "And don't go doing any of your pranks today Naruto, I have little patience with you right now" she added as she went down the lane and Naruto went up the same

"Yeah, yeah" said Naruto lazily as he found his way to a nearby river, the Hyuuga house was for some odd reason, very close to this river and made sure it was always kept clean and pure. But of course Naruto didn't care, he just knew that this was the best water supply he had ever known to practice Aqua Imperium.

"Sakura-chan is no fun, not even letting me play a prank today…" muttered Naruto as he made a little ribbon of water rise from the river and whirled it around like a streamer, "And that Uchiha-teme, what was up his butt? It's not like he doesn't know that most of Konoah takes cherries from there" said Naruto as he became careless with the water-streamer until…

Splash…he hit someone…

"0.0...I'm so sorry!!!" cried Naruto as he turned to look at the person he hit, it was a young woman with violate hair and pearly white eyes

"O-oh, I-it's a-alright" said the girl, "Aqua, minuere" she whispered and the water faded from her like a faint mist

"Hey you can do Aqua Imperium too!" said Naruto excitedly, as far as he'd know he was the only one in Konoah who cold control water like he did

"O-oh…um…y-yes, I-I s-suppose" said she as a small blush bloomed on her face

"What's your name?" said Naruto curious, he was still a little juvenile in making friends but hey, it worked didn't it?

"h-Hyuuga h-Hinata, m-may I ask who y-you a-are?" she said with a small smile

"Uzumaki Naruto! Nice to meet you Hinata…oh wait! I have something for you!" said Naruto as he pulled out one of the, now very rumpled, letters from his pocket and handed it to her

"Oh t-thank you" said Hinata as she took the envelope smiling, and she was actually feeling slightly comfortable with Naruto that is until her cousin came along…

"Hinata-chan, why did you leave? You could have gotten hurt" said a young man with coffee colored hair, his eyes were set in a kind of worry causing the seal on his forehead to crease a little but once he caught sight of Naruto the seemed to adopt an air of suspicion

"I'm f-fine A-aniki, n-nothing h-happened" said Hinata as she gave a small sigh

"So this is your older brother then?" said Naruto with narrowed eyes and then gave a wide fox-like grin, "Ohayo!" said Naruto as he stuck out his hand to shake

Neji just eyed his hand, "I'm her older cousin, but we were raised as brother and sister after my father died" said Neji coldly, he didn't like this boy very much. He got the feeling that he might hurt his cousin, but then again anyone with an XY chromosome make-up gave him that feeling

"00...ok then" said Naruto as he took his hand back rather unsure of what to do now, "Err…you wouldn't happen to be Hyuuga Neji, would you?" asked Naruto

"I am, what of it?" said Neji rather acerbically as he eyed Naruto from top to bottom

"I just have this for you" said Naruto as he gave Neji the letter and stood there, not knowing what to do

"T-thank you, N-naruto-san" said Hinata out of the blue and discreetly kicked her cousin by hiding her foot within the fabric of her dress

"It- thank you Naruto-san. Please excuse us" said Neji as he departed along with his cousin who was giving him a very nasty glare.

"Ja ne, Naruto-san!" called Hinata as she left with her cousin, "You didn't have to act so rudely towards him" said Hinata as they made their way down to the Yamanka Book Shop leaving behind a very confused Naruto to resume his play with a water-streamer

"He gave me a bad vibe" said Neji defensively

"Everyone gives you a bad vibe!" said Hinata exasperatedly as she looked down at the letter Naruto had given her, that's when she noticed the sender's name or rather their title, "Oh dear heaven, these are our acceptance letters! Neji-nii-san, we got into Twilight Academy" said Hinata excitedly

"What are you talking about?" said Neji a bit confused as they passed the local orphanage, children were running around him and Hinata, "ah! Damn little kids!" he yelled as one knocked him over

"Harumi! Get back here, before I pin you to the ground!" yelled a young woman with brown hair which she styled into to perfect buns at the back of her head, "I'm sorry" said the young woman as she helped Neji get up, "They aren't usually like this, I think they just had too much sugar! Onegai, Gomenasai!" she said as she tried to round up the children

"It's alright, we don't mind" said Hinata with a smile

"Speak for yourself, you should be more careful with those kids" said Neji coldly

This got on the girl's nerve apparently, because she rounded on Neji with her eyes on fire (Crystal Lily: Anime style, of course), "You think taking care of kids is easy?!"

"Well yeah! I mean how hard can it be to keep a bunch of pint-size kids in one place?" said Neji

"You really are stupid, cousin" said Hinata as she shook her head while the girl her cousin had angered gave a wicked smile

"Oh children, This nice young man has sweets for you!" called Tenten, thus causing a profusion of children to overwhelm Neji in an attempt to get candies

"Argh! You evil little wench! Get them off of me!!" called Neji as the kids started to pull him down

"I like your style of torture" said Hinata as she shook hands with Tenten, "I wonder how long it will take him to realize he can calm them down with his Emotion Alteration" said Hinata with a giggle (Crystal Lily: Yes I know, Major OoC, but hey, I have artistic license XP)

"I say about an hour or so, which is good for me since I have to go buy a few books at the Yamanaka Book Shop, and I can't very well have these little ankle-bitters running around in there" said Tenten with a smile

"Really? I'm heading over there too, mind if I join you on your way?" said Hinata as she watched her cousin struggle with all the children, smiling

"Course not" laughed Tenten as they resumed their way to the book shop, leaving behind a very angry Neji who was cursing Tenten to the depths of hell as the children tried to get sweets, "Is your cousin always so…polite?" asked Tenten

"Yeah kind of, he has this superiority complex, really annoying" said Hinata with a sigh as they came within sight of the book shop, "But he can be nice if you get to know him better" said Hinata as they walked into the shop, where they were greeted by young blond woman who wore an overly happy smile

"Hello! Welcome to the Yamanaka Book Shop, how may I help you?!" asked the blond in false sweetness

"Drop it Ino, your starting to creep them out" said a young man with brown hair as he climbed down a latter which was propped up against a large book case

"Ehehehe, sorry, is there anything we can help you with?" asked Ino a slight bit more calm and less energetic

"Yes, I was wondering if you could get me the books required for Twilight Academy" said Tenten and Hinata at the same time

"You're going there too?" they asked each other

"Yeah, me and Neji just got our letters form Naruto-san" said Hinata with a smile

"Hey Shikamaru, I need you to get me down another three sets of Twilight Books" said Ino smiling, "Me and Shikamaru are going there too!" she said as the two girls neared the counter, "We got our letters from Forehead a little while ago"

"You mean Sakura? I got mine from her as well" said Tenten with a smile, "She did seem kind of flustered when she came by, you had an argument with her didn't you?" she said half laughing (Crystal Lily: Naruto took a long time to get to the River, he was rather Lazy remember?)

"Eh, you know how it is, just having some fun" laughed Ino

"Troublesome books, here." said Shikamaru from behind a stack of books that hid his face, he set them on the counter rather bothered

"Thank you" said Ino as she begun to price the three sets when a woman's angry yelling pierced the air, "was that…"

"Uchiha! Get your ass over her so I can kill you!" screamed Sakura

"Sakura" everyone sighed and sweat dropped as they went outside of the shop to see Sakura in a full rage as she made several briars drag Sasuke towards her

"I'd reconsider picking arguments with her if I were you Ino" said Hinata as she looked at the spectacle wide eyed and then someone else was on the scene, Neji…

Neji stepped in front of them as if he had just escaped a pack of blood-thirsty wolves and pointed a finger at Tenten, "YOU! Formidolosus!!" he said as he pictured Tenten cowering in fear

The effect was immediate, Tenten instantly got a sick feeling in the pit of her stomach. Problem was, Neji didn't know how Tenten reacted to fear…

"Incendia, orbis nos!" said Tenten as she made a circle of fire encircle Neji, Sasuke, Sakura, and herself.

"Oh for Kami-sama sake! A witch battle? In broad Daylight?!" said Ino, "Fire…fire, Naruto! We need Naruto! Where is he?!" said Ino quickly as the fire came near the shops

"How troublesome, just when you need him to control water he disappears! Lux of Incendia, declino quod postulo contineo!" said Shikamaru as he made the circle shrink into itself. Inside they could hear their friends fighting

"You ruined my shop! You blithering idiot!" yelled Sakura as she sent another wave of magic, "Vepres adstringo quod promptum cruorem!" causing the briars that held Sasuke to tighten until little rivers of blood started to issue from every point on his body

He smiled "Dididi cruorem quod ferrum! You aren't the only one who can control the elements," said Sasuke as the iron that floated around him formed into needles, "Ferrum , surculus versus suus!" he yelled causing the needles to fly towards her

"Incendia, tecto mihi!" screamed Sakura making some of the nearby fire to shield her like a curtain, "Why did you ruin my shop?! You little bastard, I built that from scratch! On my own with no help what so ever, for you to just go and ruin it by flooding it with water!" she yelled, her green eyes glittering with the fire and her own unshed tears

"It wasn't me you idiot! I wasn't any where near your shop!" yelled Sasuke as he freed himself from the briars and kept fighting oblivious to the other people fighting or the small group outside trying to stop the fight from outside the fire ring

"Ignavus!" yelled Neji causing Tenten to feel cowardly

Her emotions changed quickly but she withstood them, "Incendia, laqueus puer!" yelled Tenten as she imagined the ring tightening around Neji, the fire did as she directed, "You idiot! Do you really think you can control me?! Recolligo magis estus" she yelled making the fire hotter than hell

"Pluvia, cado quod eradico flamma!"yelled Hinata as she made the many clouds above them to rain finishing off the inferno and stopping many of the fires that had started to burn on the roofs of nearby shops. (Crystal Lily: Clouds are merely water, 'member:3)

But the warring teenagers didn't care they continued to fight, causing Ino to become irritated, "Immature much?! Mens Imperium! Sakura , subsisto is pugna! Vos quoque Sasuke" she yelled as a vacant look filled Sasuke and Sakura's faces as they stopped mid incantation and stood still

"Pacis ut subsisto vestri bellator quod Moestitia pro quis vos have perfectus" said Hinata as she caused a feeling of remorse to fall on Neji and Tenten who stopped and looked around them and noted all the damage they did

"Did I miss something?" said Naruto as he strolled up the lane and stopped mid step as he saw all the damage around Sakura and Sasuke

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Emo Lilium: -shakes head- what happened?

Crystal Lily: You kind of passed out and hit your head on the monitor at all the reviews you got from the readers from just one chapter, I took over for a little bit

Emo Lilium: You did WHAT?! -Passes out again-

Crystal Lily: -shakes head- Always doing that, Well people please review! You know I'm actually starting to like this whole author/hostess bit. Itachi? Do you mind?

Itachi, who is now sporting a hicky on his neck: Sure, Please review before I use my Sharingan on you

Crystal Lily: Never mind, -.-''' please just review