CHAPTER 4: I'LL NAME YOU ERU
Itachi just sighed and then started to make his way towards Sasha then he crouched down right in front of her to see how badly she had been injured.
"Did you save the red haired girl? Is she ok?" Sasha said not even worrying about her own needs.
"uh…y-ya" Itachi said unsure of himself.
Sasha could sense the uncertainty in Itachi's voice, so she forced herself to try to get to her feet.
"Ouch!" Sasha said as she grabbed onto her side and fell to the ground.
"Let me see…" Itachi said as he attempted to lift up Sasha's shirt to see if she had broken anything.
Sasha, however, thought it was something else he wanted, "What the hell?!" Sasha yelled as she attempted to slap Itachi upside the head, but sadly Itachi saw it coming and he grabbed the girls hand and continued to lift her shirt up.
"Get the hell off of me!" Sasha screamed. Itachi then put his only free hand over Sasha's mouth and said "Relax! I am just checking to see if you have broken any bones. It's nothing more." With those words said, Itachi slowly took his hand from the fussing girl's mouth and got back to examining her body.
Sasha reluctantly relaxed and prayed for it all to be done and over with soon. Finally Itachi looked up to her with a concerned look on his face and said "Well this isn't good, it seems that you have three cracked ribs, a sprained ankle, and lets not forget these deep cuts you have all over your body, we need to get you home… now."
"Ok, ok, but what about red haired girl over there." Sasha said worryingly, pointing to the unconscious girl lying not to far away.
"She'll be alright. Now let's go!" Itachi said eagerly, moving to pick Sasha up from her sitting position.
"No! Not without Eru!" Sasha demanded, scooting away from the eager boy.
"Eru?" Itachi said confused
"Ya, it's her new name, Eru. I just thought of it since I don't wanna call her 'red head' or 'carrot top' for the rest of my life…" Sasha clarified, lifting a single finger to prove her point.
Sasha then tried to get to her feet again. Itachi sighed; he could see that Sasha wasn't going to let this go. "Ok Sasha, you stay here and rest, I'll go over there and see if 'Eru' is ok." Itachi said as he sat Sasha back on the ground.
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'Huh? I am still alive?' the little red head girl thought to herself as she slowly opened her eyes to see a strange black haired man standing in front of her. "AH! Who are you?" said the frightened red haired girl pushing herself back against the tree that she had been resting under.
"It's alright, Sasha and I saved you. There's no reason to be frightened." Itachi said calmly. Eru then looked over Itachi's shoulder to see a blue haired girl sitting down starring back at her with a concerned face.
"And I suppose that blue haired girl over there is Sasha, right?" Eru nodded her head in Sasha's direction.
"Yep, that's her." Itachi said with a smirk on his face.
"And what's your name?" the little red head questioned.
"Itachi"
"Itachi" the little red head said again as she blushed at his cute name.
"Hi Eru!" Sasha said with a smile on her face, so happy to see that her new friend was awake and had enough energy to question Itachi.
"Why is she calling me that?" the little red haired girl said in confusion, tilting her head, slightly, to the side like a confused puppy.
"Hmph, well you should probably tell her your real name before she makes a habit of calling you that." Itachi said as he checked the girl to see if she had been hurt anywhere serious.
"Well you seem to be alright." Itachi said happily knowing that he didn't have to carry two girls back to his house. "So do you live nearby so I can drop you off?" Itachi said wanting to keep it at only one girl to have to take care of.
The little red head just lowered her head and then brought her head back up with a forced smile on her face and said "I'll be fine; I can walk back to my house from here."
"You don't have anywhere to go do you?" Sasha said as she suddenly appeared right behind Itachi's shoulder.
The little girl just lowered her head again and said "No, I guess not."
"What the hell! You shouldn't be moving around with injuries that bad, you idiot! How did you get over here?" Itachi said freaking out.
"I crawled." Sasha laughed, with one of her hands scratching the back of her head in a nervous gesture.
Itachi cooled down and smiled at Sasha and said "You shouldn't be moving around like that, you'll make your injuries worse."
"Itachi…, I know it's probably too much to ask but can Eru live with us? Please?" Sasha said ignoring Itachi's worried statement as she turned on her puppy eyes.
"Sigh…Fine…" Itachi said as he turned his face away from Sasha's, blushing at her cuteness.
"Alright! Come on Eru! Let's go!" Sasha said as she tired to get to her feet forgetting that she was injured.
"My name is not Eru!!! It's Eruka!!!" yelled the little red haired girl standing in offence.
"Eh, close enough now come on lets go!" and with those words said Sasha attempted to take one step forward but it failed. "Ouch!" Sasha said as she almost fell to the ground but Itachi saw it coming and caught her.
"You don't listen do you?" Itachi said annoyed at Sasha's lack of listening skills.
Sasha just smiled at him as her way of apologizing to him.
Itachi just ignored Sasha's apology, then he stood up and started to walk back to the house, then without even looking back at Eru he said "Well we better be going now Eruka before Sasha kills herself from her stupidity."
Eruka just nodded and followed after them.
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"Oh thank God your ok!" Sasuke said as he ran up to greet them. "Oh and who might you be?" Sasuke said as he got a closer look at the red haired girl.
"My name is Eruka."
"O….K…. Why are you here?" He took a step forward toward the small girl.
"I live here!" was her response, Eruka couldn't help but smile at the boy's now shocked face.
"N-NO! I live here! How can you live here, if I live here?!"
"Sasuke… She lives here now as well, so try and deal with having two unrelated girls around ok?" Sasha winked from her place in Itachi's arms.
"B-But, Sasha, She'll…She'll…." Sasuke took a small step towards his friend, only to stop short as the fact that Sasha was in Itachi's arms began to sink in. "WAIT A MINUTE! Itachi, why are you carrying Sasha?!"
"OOO… Short attention span I see…" Eruka prodded, not liking that she was ignored so easily.
"WHA-," Sasuke was cut when Itachi kicked of his shoes and stepped into the house.
"She is badly injured… she needs medical help, Sasuke, go get the bandages..."
"F-Fine…" Sasuke fumed, reluctantly turning to go and retrieve the needed medical supplies.
"Haha, he's fun to play with!" Eruka said with a cat like smile gracing her face, "I think I'll like it here!" She then turned to follow after Itachi and Sasha, thinking about how she could pester the slightly taller boy next.
"Eru! Try and be nice to Sasuke ok? He's my friend and I don't wanna make him mad at me for asking if you could stay…" Sasha asked as Itachi laid her down on her futon and began cleaning the minor cuts and scrapes that littered her arms and legs.
"Awww… fine… I'll try…" Eruka mumbled in response as Sasuke ran into the room with the supplies box. 'Doesn't mean I have to go easy on him when we're out of the house or alone though…' She couldn't help but smile at the thought.
Itachi opened the box and clenched his teeth in frustration, "Damn… we're out of supplies…." He took the last of the ointment and used it on a cut that Sasha had gotten on her face, "What now? The stores are all closed by now and the hospital's to far…"
When she heard that, Eru perked up, as if she were a cat that had heard the can opener. "I can help!" She smiled at the surprised faces of the three people in the room. "Honest… I'm a self taught medic! I can heal those wounds, piece o' cake!" Eru stuck one of her hands out towards the trio and gave them the peace sign, "this is nothing'!"
"How is that possible…? You look like you're younger than I am… And we just started class a little while ago…"
"Like I said… I'm self-taught…" Eru huffed, "And I'm not saying how ok…?"
"Hmm…" Itachi stared silently at the small red-headed girl. 'It must be because of the jinnjuriki…'
"Oh, but I need you two to leave the room…" Eru stated, turning to stare at the boys in short demand. "I don't think Sasha wants you two boys here when I have to take her shirt off to heal her ribs…"
"NO WAY! GET OUT! GET OUT!" Sasha took her pillow and thrust it at the brothers.
"YIPE!"Sasuke jumped and ran out of the room followed but his much calmer brother who only raised an eyebrow.
"ITACHI! OUT NOW!!!" Sasha was clearly losing her temper with the older boy; unfortunately… that was her last pillow… Itachi replied with a small snicker before taking his time to step out of the room after Sasuke. "FINALLY!" Sasha said as she laid back down, forgetting about her lack of pillows, "OUCH!"
"Hehe," Eru giggled as she placed the pillow back underneath Sasha's now aching head. "Next time let's think before slamming our heads down onto the floor, shall we?" She then forced her chakra into her hands and motioned for Sasha to remove her shirt, "Let's work on your ribs first, since they seem to be the worst injury."
"Yeah, yeah…" Sasha lifted her shirt over her head and winced when Eru's cold, chakra filled hands met with her ribs. "Ah, that's cold!"
"Sorry about that…" Eru finished with the ribs and quickly moved on to Sasha's ankle after telling her she could put her shirt back on, 'Darn it, I used to much chakra on her ribs! And her ankles really bad… at this rate I'll have to use That…'
"Hey… Eru?"
"It's Eru-KA"
"Ok, ok sure… So, Eru, How old are you anyway?"
"Eru-KA…" her eyebrow twitched, 'She won't drop that darn nickname! Sigh… at this rate I'll actually start liking it…' Eru sighed in defeat, "and I'm six…"
"Wow, so you really ARE younger than us! Haha I always wanted a little sister! And since you act like a cat I get a pet too! Sweet! A two for one deal!" Sasha beamed at the idea of gaining a sister and a pet all in one package.
'You have NO idea…' Eru shook her head at the energetic girl. "If you keep moving I'll screw up! And what do you think I am?! A PET?! FORGET IT!"
"Nice try but you have no say in it, I brought you in, so it's my right! OW!"
"HAHA! That's what you get for squirming!" Eru had tightened her hold on Sasha's ankle causing her to yelp. "Now hold still, or else they'll think I'm killing you!"Both girls began a small fight over who had power over the other before collapsing in a fit of laughter. After what seemed like hours Itachi and Sasuke both walked into the room.
"What were you to doing in here?!" Sasuke was baffled at the sight before him. Remnants of what used to be Sasha's pillow littered the room.
"Just-Just having some fun, haha," Sasha replied innocently, She and Eru were both out of breath from laughing to much but Eru was a little more concerned with what Sasuke had said and more with what Itachi was glaring at.
'Can he tell? Can he tell I had to put some of the Nibi's power in her to heal her completely? This is bad… The last thing I need is for my hosts to know I'm the Nibi Jinnjuriki… Oh, Crap! Now he's looking at me! Please don't notice, please, don't notice!' Eru had begun a panic filled rampage in her head, and it was giving her a huge migraine. 'I can't let them know I'm the two-tailed jinnjuirki… damn cat…'
'I heard that you know…'
'Leave me alone, cat…'
'Fine, but I'll be back! I am part of you, ya know…'
'Gr…'
'Technically it's 'Hiss''
'SHUT UP!'
'fine… be that way…'
'Finally… some quiet…'
Itachi just stared at the small red-head in confusion as her expression changed from worry, to annoyed, to angry, then relaxed. It was enough to give even him a headache. 'This kid… it's hard to believe that SHE'S the Nibi… I'll have to keep an eye on her… and now Sasha has a little of the Nibi in her…That's just perfect! Now I'll have to take that out of her as well… I'd really rather not, it's too dangerous, but what choice do I have…' Itachi was beside himself, but unlike Eru he was skilled enough to hide it, so nobody could tell that he was having his own little battle with himself in his own head.
'This is going to be harder than I thought…' The two thought as they raged on with their mind battles… and ended with glaring daggers at each other. Sasuke and Sasha had been silently taking amongst themselves until it was clear that Itachi and Eru had something against each other. Sasha and Sasuke leaned back, they looked at each other then back at the glaring pair… swearing that it looked as if they were shooting lightening bolts at each other…Sparks were really flying…
THERE IT IS! CHAPTER 4! Whoohooo! HAHA
Thanx Tsuki-no-Haru for editing again & helping me type Eru's dedicated 2 u after all haha
Just don't be so demanding next time ok?
