The Cruel Truth
A/N: Hey guys. Uh, well since I kinda don't have anything to say, because I don't think this story is catching on as yet. But I won't rush, you guys take your time! But I do really want y'all to review (no pressure). Oh! I have a question for you guys, do you want me to write a Vampire Knight story? My friend Rebecca is a total fan and well, I thought you guys might want one. But I don't know which pairing yu guys would want so...yeah. Please vote or PM meh! 'K, you guys must be saying 'God, can I just read the damn chapter already?!' Ok, ok go ahead.
Rumors in a village were most common. Any spark of interest would spread like wild fire and leave it to the civilians to twist and turn it around.
Like how Itachi Uchiha was training a poor, pest of a girl.
It irritated him, how the villagers and their loud mouths could not keep shut for a moment. It was obvious the villagers detested the girl, but for Itachi, the great Uchiha prodigy, was an entirely different story. And it was a day for fresh new rumors to slither through the village, and Itachi had to be in the middle of town, where most of the gossip was, and hear all of it.
"Poor boy, having to teach that pest."
"I bet she bribed him..."
"Yeah,"
"I think she blackmailed them, must have been her family who had somethin' to do with this.."
"I sure hope she doesn't come near me,"
"Yeah, that ugly girl.."
"Pest.."
"Freak.."
"Hideous.."
"Monster.."
Sasuke tugged on his brothers' hand warily, noticing how he kept pressing his lips into a thin line and clenching his other hand into a tight fist and looked like he was about to kill any passing villager.
"'Nii-san?" He called to him quietly, and his brother snapped his head to him, momentarily forgetting the horrible villagers and their nasty rumors and gossip. Itachi lifted his free hand that was not latched onto Sasukes' and pinched his nose. It was a miracle he had not lost his sanity at the moment, despite being loyal to his village, sometimes he wished he could burn it down with all its' horrible rumors.
And this morning, the blazing sun and its' rays beating down on his back with the loud singing of cicadas, he did not feel in a a good mood. It would be awhile before he had to go back to his home, probably do some missions if available. The Uchiha prodigy sighed mentally, this morning seemed like it would be like any ordinary morning.
So he thought.
"Come back here, you little pest!"
Itachi felt someone pass him and the familiar scent of mud and dirt drifted by his nose. He turned slightly, seeing a blur of dark hair full of twigs and leaves, with a bright red object in the persons' hand. The vender had stopped by him, sweating and his bulging stomach heaving in and out, tired from chasing the thief.
"That rotten pest, stealing from the villagers..." The man grumbled and he turned and saw Itachi and Sasuke, staring at him curiously. The man had tripped and bowed lowly, clearly acknowleding the prodigy and his younger sibling.
"U-Uchiha-sama!" He stuttered, and Itachi nodded to him.
"Who was that?" Was Itachis' question and the man scowled at the direction the thief had ran off to.
"That pesky wanderer, she stole an apple from my cart." He said, shaking his head and walking away. A frowned tugged at Itachis' mouth, it was Tsukiko? He thought.
And around noon, Itachi dropped his brother off and walked to training ground six. Looking for a certain pest anywhere on the ground, the sound of crunching caught his attention and he looked up to see the girl he was looking for eating an apple and staring back down at him. The leaves and twigs were still present in her low braided hair, sitting on a branch and swinging her legs back and forth. The red fruit rested in her palm, her large eyes blinking at him innocently as if she hadn't stolen an apple from a vender. Itachi stared back at her, and she grinned at him.
"'Kon'nichiwa, Itachi-kun." She said to him, and he nodded his head toward her. She continued eating her apple, humming and using her free hand to now remove the leaves in her hair. Itachi felt his mouth twitch upward, an almost smile appearing on his face. Despite her stealing from the villages' civilians, he still thought it was amusing that she managed to get away. Just wait till they complain to the Hokage, he thought amusingly.
"What are you doing?" He asked her, and she jumped down from the branch, her braided pony-tail flopping behind her as she grinned at him.
"Having breakfast." She responded, turning from him and dusting off her, for once, clean attire. The black skirt and fishnet shorts she wore under it was paired with a black zip-up vest, open and revealing the green tank top she wore. For once, without leaves in her hair, Itachi found that she did look like a true village civilian, not a wandering, dirty pest like the villagers called her. She might even look pretty.
Not, that he would admit that aloud.
"Are we going to train today?" She asked him, and he snapped out of his thoughts and looked to her.
"If you would like to," He said back to her.
"Osamu and Tomoko didn't want me on the mission, they said I was weak." She said dully out of the blue, sitting on the grass and tracing her sandals. Itachi frowned slightly, they called her weak? Her own teammates?
"What about your captain?" He asked her in his deep voice, and she glanced up at him, a childish pout on her pale face.
"He didn't want me to come, either." She said lowly, pulling her legs to her chest and dropping her head into them. Itachi unconsciously clenched his fist, a strange feeling burning inside him. Her own teacher forbid her to go on a mission? Did they hate her that much? What did she even do to deserve that kind of treatment? Then he remebered.
"Must have been her family who had somethin' to do with this.."
Itachi glanced at the sullen girl, her family. Did her family cause the villagers to hate her?
"Ume-san, let us train." He said to her, and she glanced up, happiness spread out on her face as she gave a wide grin. She leapt up, and stood infront of him.
"Good, please tell me what you are weak in," He started.
"Well, I'm not very strong in genjutsu."
"Problems in taijutsu?"
"Iie."
"Low stamina?"
"No."
Good, Itachi thought, though, it made sense why she had no low stamina or lacked strenghth in taijutsu. He heard how she punched her teammate once and broke his nose, and to see how she ran from the vender to training ground six was enough proof that she had high stamina.
"Ninjutsu?"
"Yeah, I'm a bit under practice there."
"Then we will start on ninjutsu."
"Okay." She chirped and started to stretch and went into a larger clearing. She turned to Itachi, and gesturing to him to hurry up. Itachi shook his head, mentally sighing at how impatient she was.
Let the training begin.
Ahh, all done. Was that a good chapter? Bad? Please tell me, and hopefully I'll make it better. It seems Ita-chan hasn't noticed how open and talkative he has become around Tsuki-chan. Soon he'll see how he cares for her! Not...that he would admit that =_= Yeah, but soon they'll get all lovey-dovey! *evil chuckle*
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Tsukata