KawaiFox: Hello! Third chapter up and running! Sorry it took long to update. Please review!
The air was crisp that morning, a low fog roaming upon the ground like a snail. Birds started to twitter awake as the first rays of sunshine peeked from the hills.
At last, night was breaking and a new day was beginning. The Kohana Accademy stood like a forbidding castle overlooking the small village in silent pride. The inside was pitch black, the only light on was at the west tower at the top floor of the school.
Up in the tower in a large but comfy room was a small table with two figures sitting in wooden chairs, a boy and a girl. The girl was alittle taller than the boy but not much; her long blond hair pulled back neatly in a ponytail except leaving a long bang hang down. Her skin was a creamy color and her face was delicate but held surperb beauty, eyes a magnificent shade of sky blue.
The boy who sat in front of her had dark brown hair, as dark as a horse's mane and was in a ponytail which was spiky in the back, peach colored skin with beady black eyes. The both wore the same white uniform with gold buttons.
They were student council members.
A bored like sigh erupted from the boy as he waited for the girl's turn to end. An old GO board sat comfortably on the small table that stood between them. It was partly in good condition which still surprised him considering that it had laid buried in the back of his closet for god knows how long.
"Will you hurry up Ino".
"Quiet Shikamaru" the said girl replied gruffly but in a calm voice, finally placing a small round stone on the board. The one called Shikamaru smiled. It always amused him to try and get his friend irratated which wasn't very often since she hardly ever showed her emotions. Silence loomed about the room for minute or two.
"I've suppose you've heard about Sasuke huh? I heard his opponent was just a nobody, not nowing anything about fighting with swords" Shikamaru spoke up as he placed his stone down, which was black. Ino snorted and crossed her legs. "First Kakashi and now this. Sasuke's beginning to lose his touch and its starting to show".
The student council was once made up of four members; Kakashi, Shikamaru, Sasuke and herself. Kakashi was their leader while Sasuke was second in comand. They always challenged eachother to see who was better. Kakashi always won. From those early years, Sasuke strived to become number one; training and hoping that one day he would finally beat his rival.
But after a year ago, Kakashi suddenly resigned from his postion and left the black haired boy in charge. Thoughitwas what he had always wanted, still it wasn't the same. For him, to gain satisfaction was to settle their score.
And now out of the blue some kid comes along and whippes him to the ground, and once again Sasuke's pride was stripped. Ino figured something like this was going to happen one of these days. That boy always underestimated his opponents before going into duels and it was slowly costing him. "But, it's not really his pride that he lost this time but something much more..." Ino thought to herself, fingering the small oval-shaped locket that hung around her neck.
Shikamaru glanced up when he ended his turn, noticing his friend fiddleingher locket, her brow knitted in deep thought. There was never a day when he wondered whatlay inside that golden oval. He asked her many times but always was never answered.
Two paires of footsteps echoed suddenly through the hallway, coming closer and closer. Ino and Shikamaru both stopped their game to see a tall twenty year old man with short silver hair spiked sideways enter the room. Beside him clinging gently on his arm was a fourteen year old girl with a high forhead and shoulder length pink hair. She was dressed in a onepeice red dress that showed her perfect figure while the man himself wore a black uniform with gold shoulder gaurds and buttons.
"Hello Kakashi. What brings you here?" Shikamaru asked cheerfully with a small smile upon seeing his former leader.
"Ah hello there Shika! I'm here just to get something. Oh and this fine young lady here is Haruno Sakura, a beauty like no else".
The said girl giggled as though he had just made a joke, her green eyeslooking up at him in pure affection. Shikamaru settled back down in his chair as Kakashi smiled towards Ino who gave him a slight nod. Only once did she lock eyes with Sakura before quickly turning back towards her game, the couple's quiet chatter dieing off into the other room; the door closeing.
"Hey Ino, are you ok?" the brown haired boy asked with concern when he looked up at the blond who's face was pale and looked as if she was going to be sick. Ino silently got up from her chair, thanking Shikamaru for the game, and walked out of the room in her elegant grace. From the other room, soft moans and a rocking squeaking noise could be heard, breaking the still silence of the large room.