Author note: I love my reviewers…you guys inspire me to write. So in return, I'd like to take this time to thank all of you who reviewed my story. As a reward for all these reviews, here's an estimate for the next chapter…it should be up in about one week, give or take a day or two. I honestly didn't think this story would turn out so good… but hey, you guys liked it…so here's chapter three.
Pairings
KagomeXItachi
"I'm talking."
'I'm thinking.'
Onto chapter three!
LET'S BEGIN
"C'mon! We're gonna be late!" yelled a frustrated Kagome, "I don't want the teacher to hate me on the first day of class!"
Kagome and Itachi were running down the street in a hurry. They were practically jumping and dodging random obstacles. Sometimes they almost knocked stands over, causing an angry shopkeeper to yell at them. They just ran by yelling a sorry here and there, at least Kagome did.
"How did we even get into this mess in the first place!?"
Itachi looked at his shorter companion, "I blame your wolf."
"But he's not even here!"
"I still blame him."
"It's not his fault we all mysteriously overslept!"
"He drugged us."
"He did not!"
"I still blame the wolf."
"Will you knock it of-" Kagome never finished her sentence as she swerved and narrowly dodged a fruit stand.
"Watch where you're going Kag-chan," Itachi said in a mock tone as he dodged a random civilian.
"Take your own advice Ita-kun," she said sarcastically. All she received in reply was a grunt.
"Fine, don't talk to me. You could always talk to Raizen instead you know," Kagome said to him in a teasing manner. She instantly got a reaction.
"I'd rather talk to you than that damn wolf of yours."
"You sure are talkative today."
"Hn."
The rest of the way was continued in silence. Considering all their obstacles, they appeared to be playing a game of Let's-see-who-can-dodge-the-most-obstacles-on-the-way-to-school. The final score appeared to be a tie with no indication of a clear winner.
They both arrived at the academy just in time, both seemed to be out of breath. They had enough time to catch their breath, since they both seemed tired. Kagome more noticeably tired than Itachi.
Both of them walked into the classroom once they both caught their breath. The instant they opened the door, they felt many pairs of eyes watching them. It was unnerving. After Itachi walked up to his seat, she walked up to a tall man with unruly looking black hair and brown eyes. He wore the standard chuunin vest. He also had his headband on his forehead.
Kagome assumed he was the teacher.
"Um, Hi. I'm the new student."
The teacher looked down at her as if he was sizing her up, before a grin appeared on his face, "So you must be little Kagome Higurashi. Lord Hokage told me about you. Enough of that, why don't you introduce yourself to the class." he finished off as he gestured to the class. He looked at them as soon as he saw Kagome's uncertain gaze.
His eyes met with the sight of uncontrollable wild animals.
"Class." he got no reaction.
"Class," he said a little louder, still no reaction.
"Class," he practically yelled, still no reaction.
Kagome noticed he was getting angry, so she took a few steps back as she waited until he snapped. She didn't have to wait long.
"WILL ALL OF YOU ANIMALS SIT DOWN AND SHUT UP!!"
The class immediately sat down and listened.
"Thank you. Now, I'd like you all to meet our new student."
Everyone looked at Kagome as she began to introduce herself.
"Um, Hi. My name is K-Kagome Higurashi."
"Good, now let's see, where can we place you for the time being…let's see, I see an empty chair. Good, at least we have an empty seat. Now go back and sit next to Itachi."
Before she walked off, he told her in a voice so low, only she could have heard it, "Kagome, watch out for the fan clubs. Itachi's and your own if you look closely," he said as his eyes looked at the male population of the class. 'Good thing no on in here has hearing like a wolf, or dog, or something.'
Kagome looked at the class, and noticed he was right. 'Great, I get a fan club, I get to deal with someone else's fan club, and I sit next to Itachi. Could my day get any better?' she thought as she felt everyone's gaze on her as she walked to her seat. She shrugged off the looks she was getting once she sat down.
'My day couldn't get any better. I'm starting to hate shorts. If everyone keeps staring at me while I wear them, I'm wearing pants.'
She noticed the males were either staring at her, or glaring at Itachi, while the females either glared at her, or looking at Itachi with stars in their eyes.
She sighed as she placed herself into a comfortable position as she felt something touch her leg. 'It's warm… and furry…' she thought with dread as she carefully looked under the table. There, lying under the table, was Raizen, sleeping. 'Raizen…sleeping…in class…my day just got better…'
She gently nudged Itachi on the arm to get his attention while the teacher was turned around.
Once he turned around, she pointed under the table. He looked down, his eyes widening slightly at the sight. Little did they both had the same thought running through their heads, 'Oh…No'
A FEW HOURS LATER AT THE UCHIHA MANOR…
"Oh, no. The kids forgot their lunch, "Mikoto said as she held up the two bento boxes.
She sighed, then turned around when she heard a POOF! She saw golden eyes through the cloud of smoke. Then a black paw stepped out followed by another paw, until a black wolf appeared from the cloud.
"Hello Uchiha-san. Now if you don't mind, I'll take those lunches to Itachi-san and Kagome-chan," the wolf said as he carefully grabbed both lunches in his jaws, and placed them in a messenger bag on his back that seemingly appeared out of nowhere.
He began to walk off, leaving a confused Mikoto. He stopped right before walking out the door and looked over at Mikoto. "In case you're wondering, I'm Kagome-chan's summon, Raiden. Hope we can get acquainted later," he said with a wolfish smile before dashing off in a blur of black.
Mikoto stood confused and slightly dazed, "What just happened here?"
IN CLASS
"Time to break for lunch everyone. So get your lunch and eat it so we can get on with the class."
Everyone looked at the teacher before grabbing their things looking for each of their lunches. Soon everyone was eating, except for two individuals, Kagome and Itachi.
GROWL! Kagome and Itachi both looked at their stomachs as they growled loudly.
"I can't believe we forgot our lunches."
"Hn, Wolf's fault."
"Not that again."
"I'm not gonna continue this argument with you."
"Fine. I suggest we stop arguing anyway. We might wake up Raizen, and that's the last thing we need," Kagome whispered to Itachi.
"What's the last thing we need?"
Two pairs of eyes widened as they turned to look at the black, golden-eyed wolf behind them.
"Nothing," both said at the same time as their stomachs growled.
"Hmm…seems like you're hungry. Want me to find something for you to eat?"
"NO!!" everyone in the class turned towards the sound of the outburst, and suddenly silenced themselves in shock at the wild animal in their classroom.
"I'm not a wild animal!"
Everyone's eyes widened, 'is he reading our minds?'
"Yes, I am."
Everyone stayed silent as he turned away from them and focused on his guinea pigs, "I would bring you lunch, but I think Raiden should be here with your lunches in about 3...2...1..."
Suddenly a black blur crashed through the window and landed on their desk in a cloud of dust. When the dust settled, a black wolf with a messenger bag was standing there. It reached into the bag, grabbed two boxes out of it, and handed one to Kagome, and the other to Itachi.
"Here you go Itachi-san, Kagome-chan. I believe you're hungry since you forgot your lunches when you rushed off."
"Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I love you!" Kagome said as she grabbed Raiden in a bear hug while he just laughed to himself.
"Hey! What about me!"
"You, not so much," Itachi responded as he opened his lunch.
"What was that brat?" Raizen said in a slightly irritated tone.
'Brat? When did he come up with that one?' Itachi thought.
"Just now actually. Do you like it Itachi-san," he said in clearly mocking voice.
"Just…leave."
"Fine! Be that way!" With that said, Raizen disappeared in a poof of smoke.
"I better go too. You eat your food…right Kagome-chan?" Raiden said as she nodded. He smiled, and then disappeared with a poof as well.
After a few moments of awkward silence, the class went back to their lunch.
"Strange, they act as if nothing had happened."
"Hn.'
Kagome rolled her eyes at his behavior as she began to eat her lunch as well.
'At least we can get back to class without any distractions,' she smiled at the thought.
SOMETIME LATER…
"Alright class! Listen up! Since we have about an hour of class, I'd like to test Kagome here to see her level of ability. I'd like to see what she can do, and I know everyone else in here wants to know too."
Everyone suddenly grew excited, especially a certain individual. Kagome however, thought differently, 'Great, just great.'
"Now, let's all go outside."
The class followed their sensei out of the room, pushing and shoving, trying to be close to their object of obsession.
'Why do I feel like a piece of meat?' that lone thought ran through both of their heads.
OUTSIDE…
The sensei and Kagome stood in a small training area surrounded by everyone. "First up, Genjutsu. I'm going to place you under a Genjutsu, and you will try to break free."
Kagome nodded as she thought, 'crap, I wasn't taught this. I guess I'm going to have to try a little experiment…'
Kagome broke out of her thoughts when she found herself in a forest. 'Alright, summon pink chakra, and…RELEASE!'
The illusion vanished and she stood there proudly at her accomplishment.
"How did I do Sensei?"
Everyone snapped out of their daze, and looked at their sensei, waiting for an answer.
"Better than I expected. You did well for the first time."
"How did you know it was my first time?"
He chuckled as he said, "You had a look of horror on your face when I mentioned this."
Everyone sweatdropped at his words.
"Good, let's move on. How about we do Taijutsu next? That alright with you?"
"Sure," she said as she began to get into a fighting stance, but stopped when her sensei began to say something that caught her attention.
"You won't be fighting me kid, you'll be fighting one of your classmates instead. Itachi to be exact."
Everyone's eyes widened for what seemed like the 100th time that day.
"Itachi, Kagome, step forward please. Here are a couple of weapons to fight with. Use them wisely. I also have one request. Don't kill each other."
Both of them stepped forward, grabbed the weapons, which were a few kunai and shuriken, and looked at each other with uncertainty in their eyes.
"Begin!"
They both jumped away from each other as they both threw a shuriken. The second the shuriken canceled each other out, they were attacking each other with hand-to-hand-combat. Kagome tried a roundhouse kick, carefully watching as he dodged. She smirked as his gut connected with her fist. He grabbed her wrist ignoring the pain in his gut as he pulled her into his kick to her gut. It connected and sent her flying a few feet off.
She got up holding a kunai in her hand, as she appeared in front of him. She swung at his side as he blocked her kunai with his own. She swung another punch at him holding a kunai, aiming for his face. He barely caught it as it connected with his cheek, drawing blood. He threw a punch of his own. She caught his fist as well, but missed his hidden kunai as it struck her shoulder. They were both locked in a draw.
They met each other's eyes, as they were mere inches from each other. He noticed her eyes were a dark dull blue, instead of her usual eye color, a brilliant sapphire.
"ALRIGHT! STOP BEFORE YOU TWO KILL EACH OTHER!"
Her eyes changed back to a bright sapphire as she snapped herself out of it. She let go of Itachi's fist as he did the same. She noticed he was bleeding and her eyes widened. She was about to say something when she felt a sharp pain in her shoulder. She looked at it, and noticed a kunai was lodged into her shoulder. She carefully pulled it out trying not to make it bleed even more, and tossed it to her side, embedding it in a tree.
Itachi looked at the spot where he hurt her, and noticed it was already halfway healed. He proceeded to glare hatefully at the kunai covered in Kagome's blood. He turned to look at her when she began to speak.
"Great, I'm gonna need a new shirt," she said as she held her shirt for inspection. She then turned to him, "I'm sorry Itachi-san. I didn't mean to hurt you like that."
"Hn." 'I forgive you.'
She smiled as shook her head in response, 'I guess I'm forgiven.'
"Good job. You even managed to draw blood from our top student Kagome. Now, don't do that again, either of you. Anyway, let's move on to Ninjutsu."
Kagome grinned in response.
"Alright, copy the hand signs and turn into the Hokage."
She nodded as she watched his hands form signs. Once he was done, she did them herself, channeled her chakra, and in a poof of smoke, stood an exact replica of The Yondaime. She undid the jutsu and waited for further instruction.
"Good. Now show me the summoning jutsu Yondaime told me about."
"Sure!" she said excitedly. She bit her thumb, making it bleed, did a few hand signs, then slid her bleeding thumb on her tattoo. With a POOF! and a cloud of smoke stood a Raiden.
"Yo," Raiden said as he lifted a paw in greeting.
"Interesting, a five year old can summon a wolf, and a strong one at that…" the sensei said as he studied Raiden.
"So…did I pass?"
"Hm? Oh yeah! You pass! By the way everyone, class is over."
The second those words came out of his mouth, the students rushed off to their homes. Kagome and Itachi walking calmly with Raiden behind them.
'This is going to be the most interesting year I'll have teaching here.'
TO BE CONTINUED…
ILIKEPIE.ILIKEPIE.ILIKEPIE.
There's chapter three for you all. It's shorter than the others, but hey, who really cares? A chapter is still a chapter. Fight scenes get better as they get older, I promise.
Next chapter: Time skip and a little surprise.
'Till next time!
-Me