Trying to give Kyoko more personality.
I think that's one of the things I didn't how she was in my old story
So I hope to define her personality more
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Last Time:
I got annoyed, "Get the hell up!"
"You could ask nicely," Shikamaru told me, getting up.
"If you didn't act like a brat, I-"
He patted my head while getting up, catching me off guard.
"I'm sorry, I'm just teasing you a little," He said, "Come on, lets go to class."
I followed him, kind of in a weird daze.
I touched my head, where he patted me.
'...what just happened?'
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I couldn't pay attention to the lesson.
'I'm sorry, I'm just teasing you a little,' I thought of his words.
I side glanced over at Shikamaru. I discretely touched the top of my head, still having the feeling when Shikamaru had patted my head.
'This...this is a first..' I thought, 'Everyone's usually wary of me...besides the ones who are too curious. Why isn't he?'
I looked back at Iruka as he taught the class.
The sunshine shone through the opened window, making my left eye appear a lighter blue. A light gust blew through the window, causing my hair to fly.
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It was the end of class, I was putting my things away, Shikamaru fell asleep, once again, and everyone was leaving.
'Come on, I wanna go home,' I sighed. I looked at him for a minute before pressing down on his pressure point. Making the Pineapple Head jolt up.
"Oww! What was that for?" Shikamaru asked.
I pointed at the clock.
"Time to leave," I said simply.
"Troublesome women, you could have just nudged me awake or something," Shikamaru said, standing up.
"...I'm just teasing you," I said, testing his words.
"Kyoko, Ino, you two stay," Iruka said.
'...oh right...' I groaned.
We started walking down to Iruka Sensei. Ino and Kiba was already down there with our Sensei.
"Wait," Ino began, we all looked at her, "Are Kiba and Shikamaru going to be here too?! They can't be here!"
'One thing we can both agree on,'I thought.
"Well it's part of the project," Iruka Sensei said to them, well Ino.
"Isn't this a private matter?" I asked.
"Well if I take off the cuffs you fail the project," Iruka Sensei told me.
'...Iruka Sensei, you're cruel.'
"Iruka Sensei! That's cruel!" Ino pouted.
'...another thing we can agree with,' I thought.
"Let's just get on with this, okay?" Iruka Sensei sighed.
"Ugh...fine," Ino said, defeated.
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We all sat down at the front desks while Iruka Sensei lectured me and Ino. Iruka made me and Ino sit beside each other. It was possible since Kiba's right hand was attached to Ino's left hand, and my right hand was attached to Shikamaru's left hand. Making Ino sit on my left.
"Never have I thought something like this would happen, especially in my classroom," Iruka Sensei told us, "Kyoko, you're better than this."
"She's more evil than you would have thought, Sensei," Ino said with a smug look.
I just sat there, waiting for this lecture to be over. It's funny, I've never been in trouble before. If Ino hadn't bothered me in the first place, none of this would have happened.
"And Ino," Iruka Sensei started, "Is it really that important for you for Kyoko to say something?"
"Well-" Ino started before she got cut off.
"Kyoko did ask you her to stop?" Iruka asked.
I simply nodded.
"...you didn't say it in the nicest way..." Ino mumbled.
"You asked me to say something, and I did," I told her.
"So you shouldn't have done anything else to irritate her even more," Iruka said.
"Well she said something that wasn't appropriate!" Ino exclaimed.
"But it doesn't matter, she said something, that's all you had asked for," Iruka told her before turning to me, "Kyoko, I know Ino can be annoying sometimes, but doing something like that could get you in much bigger trouble that this." Iruka Sensei ranted.
'Yeah, if I actually did it,' I thought to myself.
"Also, I know you don't like talking, but it couldn't hurt to speak a little, Kyoko," My Sensei looked at me.
'I'm sorry, what did you say? Are you serious?'
"Communication is important in missions, it helps build bonds with your teammates, earning trust, developing teamwork, making you stronger." Iruka Sensei explained.
'Yeah, but if you create bonds...things can happen...' I thought, memories from the past filling my head.
"I rather not," I muttered.
"Can you show some sort of emotion, besides annoyed or anger?" Ino asked.
I glared at her.
"See?" Ino said pointing at me.
Kiba and Shikamaru snickered.
"Come on, Kyoko. Yes, you may be stronger than others right now, but you're going to be put onto a team. You have to communicate during missions or else you can fail the missions?" Iruka asked.
"I'm not comfortable," I muttered.
"Come on! How are you expected to succeed on missions?" Ino asked.
"Why does this bother you so much, Ino? Troublesome women, just leave her alone and none of this would have happened," Shikamaru told her, Ino stood up, towering over me and Shikamaru.
"So you're on her side now?!" She exclaimed.
"No, I'm just pointing out the obvious. Why would you choose to pick on someone who you don't know anything about?" Shikamaru lazily explained.
By now Ino was fuming with anger, you can see steam coming out of her ears.
"I gotta agree with Shikamaru on this," Kiba said.
"You, zip it!" Ino yelled.
They all continued arguing. Iruka tried calming everyone down. I just wanted to go home. I sighed, standing up, silencing everyone.
"I'm not comfortable with talking. Right now, you're a brat. If you don't wanna be a rude, annoying brat that I would wanna avoid, respect the fact that I'm not very comfortable speaking to others," I said, trying to be calm.
"...oh my gosh her voice is so cute!" Ino said excitedly, "I've only heard you talk when you're angry or annoyed. When it's normal, it's absolutely adorable!"
"...also," I continued, confused by Ino's change in mood, "Being a good ninja means to show no emotions. I don't need to make bonds to be a good ninja. If being a ninja means talking and showing emotions, we'd die in battle, or struggling to survive. You have to have no emotions to be able to kill and succeed missions. You can't have someone kill the target and then see them crying over the enemy's body. They're gonna become emotional dysfunctional later and not be able to go out on missions," I explained, "Leave me alone, Ino. Don't interrogate me, and we wouldn't be in this mess."
"Er...um but what about having bonds, friends, and such? " Iruka said, regaining his composure after my sudden rant, "They can help you become stronger and you won't be lonely" Iruka said softly to me.
"From my experience, friends can slow you down, and again, my skill level is at a higher level than it should be. Taijutsu, Ninjutsu, I can easily sense Genjutsu, and my specialty, Bukijutsu, weapon techniques. I didn't get to this skill level by bonding," I explained, "Where were Ino's friend when I had her at knife point? You can't trust anyone."
"...I'm gonna say you never planned on killing her," Iruka said.
"Of course not, if I did, I won't be able to move on to Genin," I said.
"...that's what you're worried about?!" Ino shouted at me.
Kiba started laughing.
Iruka Sensei closed his eyes in annoyance, "Look, I'm going to let this one slide. But if something like this happens again, it won't be me you'll be dealing with," Iruka Sensei said.
'Who am I going to be dealing with? The Hokage? ANBU?' I crossed my arms, '...oh, maybe Kakashi...that wouldn't be good.'
"Before I'm going to dismiss you guys, Ino I want you to apologize for trying to make Kyoko do something she didn't want to do," Iruka Sensei started.
"...sorry," Ino mumbled out, not even looking at me.
"And Kyoko, apologize for...threatening Ino," they all looked at me.
"...I'm sorry," I muttered under my breath, my face turning pink, the embarrassment finally getting to me.
Ino immediately stood up in surprise.
"EEHH? Your voice is even cuter?! How is that possible? Say something else," Ino said with a smile.
'...unbelievable...' I looked over at Iruka sensei.
"Oh, uh, you're all dismissed," Iruka said.
I quickly pulled on Shikamaru's arm, pulling him away from the building.
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Looking up at the sky, it was still around afternoon. The sky was still bright. It looked like it was around 4, almost 5.
"So, what do you wanna do?" Shikamaru asked.
"...f-figure out who's house to stay in," I said hesitatingly.
Shikamaru thought for a moment.
"You're probably more comfortable being in your house, right?" He asked.
I nodded.
"Alright, we'll stay at your place then, let me stop by at my house first to get some things," Shikamaru told me.
I just turned to the direction of their house, since we lived close to each other. Shikamaru sighed, and started leading the way.
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We arrived at the Nara household in only a few minutes. It was the same as how I remembered it, besides minor changes. Shikamaru went through the large gates and into the house, I followed behind him.
"I'm home," Shikamaru said lazily as he entered his household.
I looked around. The house was huge but simple. Some bamboo and other plants around the house, paintings and such. In the living room, which is the first room I saw, since it was on the right when you entered the household, was a glass coffee table with two cushions on the sides. There was a shogi board on the table.
'Shogi, never played that before,' I thought, a bit interested in the game.
"Shikamaru! You forgot your lunch today," a voice shouted, "I swear, you'd forget your head if it wasn't screwed on!"
"Troublesome," Shikamaru sighed.
"Come in here and help me with some things in the kitchen!"
'Wait...that voice...Yoshino?' I thought,'Ah shit , women are chatty.'
"I gotta leave right away, mother," Shikamaru said, walking to the kitchen.
"I don't care, you're probably just going to go take a nap somewhe- OH! Kyoko-chan!" Yoshino made her way to hug me.
I just stood there, letting the Nara's mother pull me into a hug.
"I haven't seen you in ages!" Yoshino said squeezing the life out of me, "How are you?" She asked.
From the corner of my eye, I saw Shikamaru snickering at me.
"I-I'm okay, Yoshino – san," I said in a soft voice.
"What's wrong, Sweetheart? Your voice seems quiet, do you have a sore throat?" She asked me, going full mother mode on me, "Rest your voice. Do you want me to make any tea?" Yoshino asked.
I shook my head. I didn't need to stay here longer than I should.
"Nonsense! You should have some tea to help your throat!" Yoshino sat me down at the dinner table in the kitchen and went to make tea.
The Nara sat beside me, having a small smirk.
"Shikamaru, you should have told me that you were bringing her over!" Yoshino told Shikamaru, placing the tea in front of them.
"Well, I didn't really have a choice," Shikamaru showed her the chain, "Project for class, to learn about teamwork or something."
Before Yoshino could answer, someone interrupted her.
"Shikamaru! You didn't tell us you had a girlfriend!" We all turned to the direction of the voice.
The man looked just like Shikamaru, except older and he had a scar on the right side of his face.
'...another pineapple head,' I thought.
"D-dad! It's not...I..uh...s-she's not my girlfriend!" Shikamaru stuttered out.
'Dad?..Papa-pineapple head.'
"Here you go," Yoshino said, handing me a cup of tea.
I gave a nod as thanks. I took a sip of my tea, holding the cup with both hands, letting the warmth of the tea slowly heat up my cold hands.
"Well you've never brought a girl here before, and your face tells a different story," The older Nara laughed.
I looked at Shikamaru. His face was turning pink.
'...this is karma for all the shit you gave me,' I smirked, and turned away, continued to drink my tea.
"Your girlfriend doesn't seem to mind either," He told Shikamaru, looking at me, I just looked back at him.
"Shikamaru! I didn't know you were dating her! How long have you guys been dating?" Yoshino asked.
'There's such a positive vibe right now...' I thought, 'This tea is really good.'
"Mom, I told you that I'm chained to her, which is why she's here," Shikamaru told his mother, face becoming a darker shade of red.
"Maybe it's fate!" His father joked, "You guys were probably destined to be together! The cuffs are just the red strings of fate."
Shikamaru face palmed, Yoshino was laughing along with the older Nara, I just stared at them.
'I don't mind staying now. Continue tormenting him,' I poured myself another cup of tea.
"Look, this is just a project we have to do, we're chained together for a week, five days, it's just to learn about teamwork, not to make some romantic love story!" Shikamaru told his parents with annoyance, face burning red.
'I can feel the heat from his face,' I thought to myself, looking at Shikamaru's face.
"Haha, you know I'm just kidding Shikamaru," His dad chuckled, "Anyways, you can call me Shikaku," The older Nara stuck his hand to me.
I shook hands out with Shikaku.
"I-I'm Hatake Kyoko," I said softly.
"Oh! Poor Kyoko-chan has a sore throat, it's best for her not to talk," Yoshino told her husband.
"I see, I hope you feel better, Kyoko," Shikaku gave me a grin.
I nodded.
"Anyways, I gotta go pack some things," Shikamaru said, about to leave.
"Oh, I thought she was going to stay here," Yoshino said.
"Nah, she wanted me to sleep over," Shikamaru said.
I put my empty cup down and waited for Shikamaru to get up.
"Oh it was Kyoko's idea, huh?" Shikaku asked, smirking.
I just nodded.
"Go pack, don't make her wait!" Yoshino shooed the us away.
Shikamaru led me upstairs into his room.
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'Never thought I would be in a classmate's house, never the less their room,' I thought, looking around Shikamaru's room, which was surprisingly clean, 'Either he's not lazy, or his mom cleans his room.'
"Okay, let's go," Shikamaru carried a bag over his shoulder and began to leave.
'That was quick...' I thought.
"We're heading out!" Shikamaru told his parents, about to leave the door.
Before I left with Shikamaru, I bowed to his parents, then followed Shikamaru who was waiting for me.
"Don't do anything Shikamaru," Shikaku grinned.
Another blush appeared on the Nara's face.
I tensed up,'...he better not...' glaring at Shikamaru, ready for anything.
"Dad! I'm not gonna do anything," Shikamaru said, dragging me quickly to the direction of my house.
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I did mention this before, but never gave a reason why.
I'm doing shorter chapters so its easier for me to read through and see if I like it or not.
So far I do, what do you guys think?
Signing off,
BlueBirb