Dark and Light: The story of Itachi and Hikari
Chapter Four
Itachi was always the best and he knew it. It wasn't conceit, it was a fact. He was simply better then everyone else. No one else was even close to being in the same class. He was one of a kind; no one could compare…
…So why was he suddenly being placed in a team that was 'on the same level' as he was? Irritation is all that he felt as he sat in the classroom after school with the two 'class dead-weights' next to him. Neither of them could even tie their own shoes!
'Hn,' Itachi thought as he glared; silently wishing that he was anywhere or anyone else just so long as he wasn't being placed in the same category at these losers.
Yotaro was near shock as he sat in the classroom. Here he was sitting in the same room with the 'prodigy' waiting for an s-class jounin to come and speak with them, possibly even instruct them! Him! The weapon throwing weirdo! He had never even spoken to Itachi before; instead he was ignored and pushed into the shadows. Sure he was good at what he did but Itachi was better at everything else. Who would pay attention to someone who could only use weapons anyway? Apparently someone did…
Hikari was afraid. Deathly afraid. She knew who was coming and she knew why. She also knew what he was going to do…and who he was going to do it to. She fidgeted awkwardly as she did her best to calm her nerves. After all, Kyo-nii-chan was her cousin; he wouldn't really kill her…would he…? Hikari gulped. She dearly hoped not, but then again, Kyo did tend to have a temper at times. But he's never killed anyone before!...At least…not without it being a job….maybe…
She was so lost in her thoughts that Hikari didn't even notice when a hand suddenly snaked out and grasped one of her white pigtails.
"Ow! Hey! Yotaro!"
Yotaro laughed at Hikari's reaction. He knew that he wasn't hurting her because he wasn't pulling hard at all, just a gentle tug to show that he was interested in annoying her.
"Don't be such a baby, Hikari-chan. Lighten up a little!" Yotaro said and Hikari did her best to glare over her shoulder as she tried to get him to release her hair.
"You wouldn't be so happy if you knew what Kyo-nii-chan is gonna do to us! Now let GO!" Swinging around her hand Hikari caught the unsuspecting boy squarely on the back of his head with her clenched fist. Yotaro's eyes went wide in pain and he yelped as he accidentally yanked hard on Hikari's hair causing her to cry out as well. Thrown off balance neither child had enough co-ordination to stay standing, and they ended up sprawled out on the floor at Itachi's feet.
"You two are pathetic. I can not even believe that rejects like you made it into the academy."
An angry flush spread rapidly across Hikari's cheeks and she quickly detangled herself from Yotaro and leapt to her feet, ignoring the dust that now rested on her white skirt and vest. "You stupid jerk! Don't talk to us like you're superior! We're just as good as you!"
Itachi snorted and crossed his arms as he looked out the window. "You would seem more intelligent if you never opened your mouth."
"WHAT?"
"Are you deaf as well as dumb?"
Unable to control her temper any longer Hikari launched herself at the arrogant boy and tackled him to the ground. Itachi's eyes were wide in surprise at the unexpected attack, and unready he hit the ground hard with Hikari straddling his waist.
"I'll show you, stupid!" Hikari declared as she went in for the attack.
Itachi's eyes widened once again but this time it was caused by Hikari's choice of attack. His body began to shake as he viciously tried to keep his mouth shut; not wanting to give her the satisfaction of knowing she caused him to cave.
Yotaro, who had been staring dumbly at the display for several minutes, suddenly scrambled across the floor and added his own arsenal to the attack. That was it, Itachi couldn't hold it in any longer and he burst out into peals of laughter. Not wanting to be beaten, he fought back viciously and soon he had turned the tide on Hikari and allowed his own fingers to dance across her stomach and sides returning the tickling she had given him with Yotaro helping, having decided that she was a lot more fun to tickle then Itachi anyhow.
"Do you give?" Itachi demanded.
"N-NEVER!" Hikari forced out through her laughter.
"You'll never win Hikari! We've got you out numbered!" Yotaro said.
"O-oh yeah?" Without warning Hikari rolled to her stomach and kicked herself into a hand-stand before she pushed off the ground in a back handspring. She landed in a light crouch before she spun and launched herself at both boys sending them all sprawled out on the floor once again as she attacked them both at once.
"Well now, what do we have here?" An amused voice said from the doorway and all activity in the room froze. "It seems to me that you three are having a bit more fun then you should be. This is, after all, a classroom."
"K-Kyo-nii-chan!" Hikari shouted from her position above the boys while they strained their necks to see past her. Suddenly, realizing the childishness of what he had just been doing, Itachi hastily pushed Hikari from his lap and stood; brushing dust from his clothes as he did so.
"Hey, hey, hey!" Yotaro said as he stood as well. "You're that ninja!"
Kyo chuckled. "I'm a ninja but I don't know as I'm 'that ninja'."
"Yeah you are! You're mizu-akki! The water demon!"
"Ah, yes. I suppose I am."
Hikari looked up from her position on the floor, confusion evident in her eyes. "Mizu-akki?"
Kyo looked down at her with a fond smile. "Aa. Come to the roof you three. We have a lot to talk about."
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"Are we in trouble Kyo-nii-chan?" Hikari asked as she gently bit her lip, her green eyes carefully avoiding her cousin's.
Kyo sighed as he leaned against the roof's railing. "Yes and no."
"What does that mean?" Yotaro asked his nerves on end with excitement.
"That means that you three are going to be punished for your little adventure in the restricted area of the P.F.T. field but you are going to be rewarded for your excellent performance of skill and team work."
Itachi stifled a snort as he glared at Kyo suspiciously. "Sounds hypocritical to me. Punish us for doing something wrong and then reward us for the same thing."
Kyo nodded once before flipping his long bangs from his eyes. "That's true, it is a bit hypocritical but we figured that now that the three of you know that your are above the level of academy nins we would be hard pressed to stop you from doing anything else stupid."
Hikari blinked rapidly. "I'm above academy level?"
Kyo brought his hand to his mouth to cover a small smile. "Only in physical abilities I'm afraid. In everything else you're more then just a bit behind."
"…………huh?"
Yotaro snickered and Itachi rolled his eyes. "Yes, that's right," Itachi said. "Prove his point correct in your outstandingly vast use of the Japanese language."
Unable to help himself Yotaro broke into peals of laughter as Hikari stared at the Uchiha blankly.
"What? Really Itachi-baka, how do you expect people to understand you if you don't talk normal?" Hikari said trying to cover up what she figured was most likely another insult.
"You mean incompetently?"
"Alright, that's enough," Kyo broke in as Yotaro attempted to gain control over himself once again. "I haven't finished talking to you three yet. You can exchange insults when I'm through if you don't mind."
Itachi and Hikari exchanged a glare before they huffed and turned to face Kyo in agreement. Yotaro quickly over came his laughing fit and slid back onto the steps between his glowering companions.
"So what are you gonna do to us Kyo-san?" Yotaro asked breaking the heavy silence.
"Train you."
"…" "…" "…"
"WHAT!"
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Hikari angrily pounded on the dummy Kyo had made for her at the beginning of her training. Splintered pieces of straw spilled from many different places in the dummy's body as Hikari continued to pound it mercilessly. She couldn't believe this was happening to her. Sure she wanted to be in Itachi's class so that she could get to know him better, but now that she knew him the last thing she wanted was to be stuck with him during class and then after school for training as well!
A well placed round-house kick viciously snapped the pole holding the straw dummy up and it fell heavily to the dirt covered ground. Hikari stood over it panting for several seconds before she finally walked over to the porch and grabbed her towel. Lifting herself absently with one hand she boosted her body up onto the court yard porch and sighed.
'What if he figures out that I like him?' Hikari thought as she used the towel to dab off the sweat that covered her face. 'The last thing I need is for him to think I'm just some dumb fan girl like everyone else.'
"Besides, it's not my fault," Hikari said quietly as she layed back onto the wood. "Auntie Akina said that Haruno's have always been able to find their soul mates really early…"
"That's only because she really wanted to marry your uncle."
Hikari yelped and rolled to her side only to end up falling off the porch in her surprise. "K-Kairi-nee-chan! Don't DO that!"
Kairi chuckled as she lifted the girl back up and brushed her off before sitting next to her. "Is there anything I can help you with Hikari-chan? You know you can tell me anything."
"I-it's nothing Kairi-nee-chan. I was just thinking."
"About Itachi-kun ne?" Kairi said with a wink.
Hikari blushed. "No way! Why would I be thinking about that jerk? He's just a stupid boy!"
Kairi smiled and kissed Hikari's hair gently before standing. "Of course Hikari-chan. How could I have been so silly as to suggest other wise?"
"That's right!" Hikari said, not noticing the teasing tone of Kairi's voice. "You should know better then to think that I loved someone as dumb as Itachi-baka!"
Kairi grinned as she slid open the shoji screen of the back door. "Who ever said anything about love?"
Hikari was silent for a minute before she finally realized that she had been tricked and her face turned a violent shade of red. "Kairi-nee-chan!"
End Chapter Four
Kaliea: A bit shorter then all of the others, but then again it is only a filler chapter. Please review!
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Danny-171984: Don't worry, I totally understand that; it's happened to me loads of times. As for giving up, never. I like my stories to much to just abandon them. So even if its months later know that I will get around to updating eventually. And I'll admit that Hikari falling for Itachi was rather fast but that will be explained in full detail later (in HOFH too) and she will be fighting against her love for quite a while before she finally gives in. Again, don't worry about the other review and if you get worried about it doing the same thing again copy it before you submit it, that way if it bumps you off you still have the same stuff you already wrote (I figured that out just a little while ago). Thanks so much for the review!
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