Chapter 6
Kiyo was walking down the hall the next day alone. He was thinking about how coincidental all the recent events seemed to be. Just then, he saw Sakura coming down the hall in his direction. She seemed to have a bright light around her. Then he saw it was on of the lights from the drama department. As she walked passed, she bumped his elbow. "Watch where you're going, freak!" she yelled at him. Kiyo quickly snapped out of his lovely state. "God what a bitch," he muttered. He kept on walking to his combat training class. When he got there the whole class was already seated. He took a seat in the corner of the large classroom, hoping not to be seen by the teacher. Sakura walked in and apologized for her lateness.
"Today we will be teaming up into pairs," said his teacher. "Once in your pairs, you will practice the KageMane no Jutsu, also known as the 'Shadow Replication' technique. Now…pair!" With one move of his hand, the teacher swirled the class together and when everyone stopped, Kiyo and Sakura were paired up. They looked at each other and looks of anger appeared on their faces. "YOU," Sakura yelled pointing. "YOU," Kiyo said, pointing back at her. Reluctantly, they moved to an open area of the class that was deserted so they could work in semi-peace. "Ok," Sakura said. "Lets do this and get it over with." Kiyo reluctantly looked at her and nodded. "The book says that first we wait until our opponent has a visible shadow that is connected to their bodies." Kiyo glanced at her feet. A shadow. Sakura continued, "Then, we make sure that our shadow is touching theirs." Kiyo raised his arm a little so that his shadow merged with hers. "Focus your chakra, then see if your opponent's shadow duplicates yours, then it 'just says 'be creative'". Before she knew it Kiyo had her mocking his movement, then thrown into another group of students.
Sakura got up and stormed toward Kiyo and stopped once she reached him. Kiyo was trying not to burst with hysterical laughter, but not doing it very well. Sakura stared him straight in the eye, and slapped him like a bitch. They argued for as long as they could without the teacher's interference. "You wanna take this outside," Kiyo yelled. "Yeah, I'd like to save you some embarrassment when I kick your ass!" Sakura retorted. Out in the hall way, Kiyo said, "Well, what do you have to say?" Sakura just looked at him. However, it was a softer look than before. She rolled her eyes and said, "Shut up." Suddenly, she pulled him close and kissed him. What surprised Kiyo even more was that he kissed her back…