Hey whats up? I'd like to thank Kiku-Ai for their review! It's the reason im posting this now! You see i'm working on the tenth chapter for an original story of mine so I want to make it longer than usual so this wouldn't have been up for a few more days! :D lol Anyway onto the story! XD
"You...What?!" I screamed. The T.V suddenly exploded, making Taeko hide behind my father for protection.
'Easy Kiyuno-chan...' Came Art's nervous voice.
"You promised!" I ignored Art's warnings to stay calm and instead spoke my feelings. "You fucking promised that you wouldn't separate us you lying ass hole!!!" I yelled as loud as I possibly could, an explosion was heard from the kitchen and Taeko screamed shortly in horror. I could feel tears just barely touching my eyes.
"Now Kiyuno-" My father started, he looked aggravated, but I wouldn't let that bother me.
"Don't you 'Now Kiyuno' me! You fucking lied! Why the hell did you send him to a boarding school?! Where is this boarding school anyway?!" I demanded, a few tears escaping my eyes.
"A few hours drive away, it's for the best! Taikuno even agreed to it..."
"What the hell did you threaten him with you bastard?! Taikuno would never willingly agree to something like that you fucking liar!!" I screamed, one of the windows shattered.
"Don't talk to me with that tone of voice!" My father demanded.
"I'll talk to you however I please you ass!" I spat. More tears were now flowing freely. "Why would Taikuno go away like that?! What the hell did you do to him?!" I demanded.
"I did as I said, I sent him to a boarding school and you will stop talking so disgracefully to me this instant!" My father outright ordered me.
"MAKE ME!" I yelled as loudly as I could.
Within the next second I found myself on the floor with a bleeding lip. The bastard punched me. Art had fled to my room, the only place that would be safe from my anger. I yelled out in anger to strike back, quickly hitting in the chest, only to be thrown into the wall. I coughed up blood, wiping it away from my lips. I took in a deep breath before lounging at him again, this time hitting his shoulder, I heard him scream in pain as a loud 'crack' filled the house.
Unfortunately He still found the will to roughly grab me by my hair, pulling at it, earning a cry of pain from me.
"Go to your room!" He roared. "Your grounded for the rest of the day! I don't want to see your face outside of your room at all got it?!" He yelled angrily as he threw me straight up the stairs, I landed on the floor.
I got up slowly, ignoring the slight pain in my back and shoulder. Giving my father and Taeko one last glare, I stomped off to my room, slamming the door loudly. A window down stairs shattered into pieces.
Art was silent as I rummaged through my dresser, looking for a roll of gauze that I kept around for injuries. I tossed it onto the bed and stomped into the bathroom, muttering curses to my father and his wife.
I searched the medicine cabinet for a disinfecting gel that also numbed the area of which it was applied to. I sighed once I found it, striding back into my room I threw off my shirt. I was wearing a strapless sports-bra. It was weird but I didn't really have a chest to brag about so it suited me.
I gently applied the gel to my aching shoulder, and then wrapped my right shoulder and part of my arm with the gauze. After I was done I took off my skirt and shorts, throwing on a large t-shirt and a pair of boxer-shorts. I sat down cross legged on the bed.
"Kiyuno...." Art started, I looked at him from the corner of my eye, giving him my attention. "You have something stuck in your arm..." He muttered, pointing with his nose to my left arm. I looked to where he was pointing.
"Shit!" I exclaimed and rushed back into the bathroom, my left arm was already numb from blood-loss, apparently when the T.V exploded a shard of glass flew into my arm.
I carefully pulled the shard of glass out of my arm, hissing in pain as I did so. I quickly applied pressure to the new gash with a damp cloth once the shard was out, hopefully I wont pass out...
"How did I miss that?" I briefly wondered, oh well. Once the wound stopped bleeding I searched the medicine cabinet for for a disinfecting spray.
"Found it." I muttered, still holding the cloth to my arm, I carefully popped the top and pulled the cloth away from my wound. "This is going to sting..." I told myself, I always did that, it was a habit. I turned away as I sprayed the wound, almost yelling in pain as the disinfectant began it's work.
Once I was sure it was clean I walked back into my room, quickly grabbing the gauze and wrapping my arm, tight but not too tight! I placed the gauze back into the dresser and laid back on my bed, Art curled up next to me and fell asleep within seconds.
I sighed and looked at the clock, it was only 8...
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Two weeks passed by in a flash as I went through my "Acceptance" procedure.
Stage 1. Anger- This stage lasted the rest of the week, no one was able to approach me. Not even Pein's group, one glare sent them away.
Hell Even Karin tried to avoid me! The one comment she did make was "What crawled up your ass and died?" Which won her a punch in the jaw. Luckily the teacher wasn't there and no one wanted to rat me out, probably afraid that I would attack them.
Of course Duck-ass thought my little behavior was hot and decided to try and flirt with me, I kicked him in the balls, grabbed him by his hair and threw him down a flight of stairs. No one ratted me out for that either but kept their distance.
Stage 2. Acceptance- This stage lasts about an hour or so, depending on what happened. This was of course, over the weekends. Which I had spent running around the town with a determined look on my face. I had tripped a few times an ended up hurting my right shoulder again and re-opening the wound on my left arm.
Stage 3. Depression- the length of time again depended on what happened, stage three was the final stage, stage two was the final stage for some things though. It all depended on what happened, oh god I'm repeating myself!
Anyway, this stage had lasted this entire week, and it was now Friday! Yay Friday! We love you!
Throughout the entire week everyone gave me space, Pein tried to approach me a few times but Konan had intercepted his path and gave him a look hat said "Give her time..." I didn't like the look she gave me though, it was a look filled with pity, I hate pity it does nothing for you! I only ignored her though. I was too sad to start a fight or even be in a fight.
Yesterday was strange though, Pein did something that seemed so.... unPein-ish. When I was about to go inside and just sit in Hatake's class he stopped me. And when I turned around to ask him what he wanted he hugged me. Yeah, I know! It was weird! But I hugged him back anyway, he was warm and a hug was just what Artekus ordered!
I sighed as I climbed out of my bed, going over what happened was sort of exhausting, but I needed to go to school anyway. I frowned as I thought of Taikuno bursting into my room complaining that we would be late.
I didn't even have a way to contact him! I had no cell phone and no computer! And the house phone had a password so I couldn't call anyone!
After I got dressed I trudged downstairs in time to see Taeko on the phone.
"Oh of course! It will be just wonderful to see you again Mika!" She cried into the phone with fake enthusiasm. Taeko then hung up the phone and turned to me with a frown.
"Bye Bitch..." I said to her with a small wave, she glared at me. I simply ignored her and continued on my way out the door, at least I would be able to see Mika! It's been a year since I've seen her! At least that brightened up my mood a bit, thought not enough.
I sighed in depression as I hopped onto my bike, Art was silent, he knew there was nothing to say to me. So he preferred to wait until I talked to him.
'So...' Art called.
'What?' I asked, barely paying attention to what he was saying.
'Pein hugged you yesterday....' Was his reply, at this I swerved dangerously, nearly crashing into a van. That would not be pretty. Once I was sure I was stable I answered him.
'Your point?'
'…........He likes you.....' Art whispered. Again I swerved, but this time I was able to park into an open space.
'That's ridiculous! End of discussion!' I could hear Art mutter something before his voice left my mind completely. He was probably going to take a nap in my bag for the rest of the day.
I hoped off the bike, making sure the kick stand was up, and started to head into school. Maybe I should talk to Hatake, he was really nice and understanding. Yet he was strict. The man reminded me of my Uncle.
When I was about 20 ft from the door a brunette stood in my path with an angry expression.
"Can I help you?" I muttered miserably, like I had said before, I was too sad to be angry.
"What do you think your doing with Pein-sama?!" She asked me angrily, oh great, another fan-club!
"Um... Care to elaborate on what your so angry about?" I asked.
"You hugged him!" She spat, it was as if touching Pein was a fucking crime! What the heck!?
"He hugged me. Get your facts straight. And what about it?" I glared, sure I was sad but I was fully prepared to defend myself.... Okay, maybe I'm not considering I have an injured shoulder and arm that I need to be careful about. Stupid stab wound still hadn't healed yet.
"I will be Pein's future girlfriend so back off!" She yelled at me.
"I don't care and will hang out with whomever I please so go fuck yourself." I bit off calmly.
"Bitch!" She yelled as she threw a punch my way, I dodged it but I had to jump back so that her kick would miss.
The brunette threw another punch, I wouldn't be able to dodge, so blocking was my only option. I threw my arms in front of me, to block the blow, but I kept my eyes open, just in case she decided to kick me again.
Before the girl's fist could reach me though, a hand shot out from behind me, stopping the fist. The brunette gasped in horror and stuttered an apology before leaving.
I let my arms fall to my sides as I turned around to see my savior. It was none-other than Pein himself. He look at me for a second before raising an eyebrow. I looked at him in confusion.
"Thanks..." I muttered.
"Your welcome." Pein nodded to me. "Why don't you come sit with us?" He asked as he placed a hand on my waist and gestured towards the giant tree at which his group sat.
"........Okay...." Pein smiled a bit before leading me to the tree, I looked down to see that his hand had thankfully retreated from my waist, but I could feel it on my back, just barely pressing against my shirt.
"Kiyuno-chan~ It's been so long since we've talked to you." Konan cried as she ran up and hugged me.
"K-konan...c-can't....b-breathe!" I gasped in pain a little, she hit the wound on my arm.
"Sorry!" She apologized as she let go. Konan look at my arm for a moment in shock before looking back up to me.
"What happened to your arm?" She asked.
"Whoa, yeah! You're bleeding!" Diedara cried. I looked down to see blood seeping through the gauze on my arm. I forgot I was wearing a short-sleeve shirt today.
"Not again!" I groaned in annoyance.
"What happened?" Pein asked, worry laced his words.
"I tripped when I was running and a rock dug into my arm." I lied easily, best of all is was completely believable since I had a few scrapes here and there. Sasori, however, glared at me, as if he knew I lied. I glared right back at him.
"Come on, lets get you to the nurse." Pein said as he started leading me again, this time it was to the nurse's office. I could feel his grip on my shoulder tighten slightly, I looked to him curiously, but he ignored me. He seemed to be having an inner-battle of sorts.
Once we got to the nurse's office he let me go first.
"Oh my! What happened?!" Cried a young woman, probably in her late 20's, as she look at my arm.
"I fell." I stated. The nurse rushed over immediately and led me over to one of the beds, telling Pein that he was okay to leave, and with a nod that's what he did.
"Take off your shirt so I can get to the bandages more easily." She ordered, I did as she said, revealing my strapless sports-bra.
I watched silently as the nurse carefully unwrapped my arm. When all the gauze was off she quickly took a damp cloth and applied pressure to the wound making me wince lightly.
"Hold this here while I get a needle and thread." She ordered, I sighed and pressed the cloth down on my wound.
"So this needs stitches?" I asked curiously.
"Afraid so, honey. How old is that wound?" She asked as she came back with the needle and thread.
"Two weeks..." I mumbled, the nurse still heard it though and clicked her tongue with disapproval.
She took the cloth off and carefully started to stitch up my arm, I winced every now and then until she was finally done.
"The thread will dissolve as the wound heals, just be more careful and try not to re-open the wound again, okay?" She asked as she wrapped my arm back up. I nodded.
"Just look at you, you're covered in bruises!" She cried as she took a look at the rest of my arms and face. "Hold still for a minute." She said as she grabbed a case and pulled out a square paper. She then took out some sort of gel and rubbed a bit on my bruises and placed a square on each bruise.
"There!" The nurse said with triumph as she pulled back. "They should heal much more nicely." I nodded to her in thanks and put my shirt back on.
"Alright, you go on and head off to class." She stated with a smile.
"Sure thing." I hopped off he bed, making a mental note to go buy some of those paper things.
Within minutes I was in Hatake's class room. Hatake looked to me with a smile and then gestured with his head to go take my seat, I obeyed his silent command.
"Why does she get to come in late without a pass?!" Karin screeched.
"Because life loves me, now shut up! You're giving me a head ache." I mumbled as I laid my head down on my desk.
I couldn't wait for lunch...
A few hours later and it was finally lunch! Praise god! I sighed from exhaustion and took a hint from Art and tried to take a small nap, or at least relax in my case...
"Hey, Kyomika!" Diedara yelled as he slung his arm around my shoulders.
"Hi..." I mumbled, trying to ignore him. I heard him grumble something as Sasori dragged him away. Konan took her seat next to me and patted my shoulder.
"What's up?" She asked.
'She acts as if she doesn't know' Art murmured angrily.
'What do you mean?' I asked, but got no answer.
"I'm tired." I yawned and snuggled into my arms, avoiding my wound. Art was acting kind of weird...
"Not getting enough sleep?" Pein asked, I felt his elbows touch mine.
"No, I have self-induced insomnia..."
"Why self-induced?" Madara asked curiously.
"I have nightmares." I peeked at him from behind my arm.
"So, what was with you this past week, yeah?" Diedara asked politely, changing the subject quickly. That I was grateful for.
"My dad and his bitch of a wife sent Taikuno away to some other town to attend a boarding school and I don't know where it is and I can't contact him!" I cried.
"You must be pretty close to Taikuno, huh?" Sasori asked curiously, I haven't heard him talk all day!
"Yeah... He's my twin brother. We're closer than...anything" I mumbled, trying to go back to relaxing, that was until Art climbed out of my bag and bit Pein.
"Ouch!" I heard Pein cry as his elbows left mine. I shot up and glared at Art.
"Akin Artekus! You will explain yourself right now!" I roared, what the hell was his problem?!
"......." Art stayed silent as he glared back at me. I raised my eyebrow, expecting an answer. I could feel the confused stares of the others at the table. Art than whimpered, as if apologizing and curled up against my arm.
"Don't apologize to me apologize to Pein!" I yelled at him. He whimpered again and curled up against Pein's arm. Pein's eye twitched lightly before he patted Art's head, accepting Art's apology.
"What was that about?" Madara asked.
"Don't know... all I know is that this school year is most likely going to be more hellish than it will be relaxing......." I sighed as my head hit the table in defeat.
'Sorry Kyomika, I just don't trust Pein, and he was trying to do something....' Art finally apologized.
'Wait...what are you talking about?!' I asked in aggravation.
'I'll tell you later... when Mika is with us...' He replied, and then stayed silent.
'Whatever....' I sighed. Today was strange, and Art was keeping secrets, what else could go wrong?! Well... just about everything....
Isn't Life just Grand?
hmmm, I wonder what's going on don't you? Guess you'll just have to find out later on!! XP