Chapter One: First Day
GG: yay! finally, i can update my fics! i'm so happy! ) y'see, my sisters jacked up my computer so now, the internet is broken and my dad has to fix it so i have no internet at my house. how did i update then, you ask? well, i'm at the library and, fortunately, no one's on the computer and i just happened to have my floppy disk w/ me! neways, on w/ the fic! enjoy! oh yeah, by the way, i have two surprise guest stars from 'Naruto'. oh, yeah! by the way, all the shirts that i have described in here: i don't own them. Hot Topic does! I loooooove that place!
'Come on. Ring already!' Rose thought exsasperatedly. The bell rang.
"I AM FREE!" yelled Rose and she raced out of the school.
'I have to wait under the cherry blossom tree for Kurama.' She walked to it and gasped. 'It's such a beautiful tree. Too bad it's not in season.'
"Hey Rose!" Sai ran over and smacked her back.
"Ouch! That hurt!" Rose whined, rubbing the now red spot. Sai smiled and leaned on the trunk.
She looked up at its branches and said, "Do you think you and Kurama can make this baby bloom?"
"Maybe," Rose replied also looking up.
"Well, well, well. Look at what we found!" someone smirked. Sai continued to stare, knowing that whatever happens Rose would easily take care of it. Rose sharply turned to look at the three evil pigs as well as Kai.
"What do you want?" she snapped.
Kai calmly looked at her and said, "Leave. This is our favorite spot." Rose raised an eyebrow. (Not just an eyebrow. It was The People's Eyebrow! a/n: jk jk jk The Rock rules, tho! yes, i watch wrestling)
"And if I refuse?"
"Then Kai will beat the crap out of you!" Emily smirked. 'Everyone is afraid of Kai's martial art skills! No one would stand up to him!'
"Fine. Bring it on." Rose took out the chopsticks in her hair and quickly replaced them with pencils before they could unravel. She bent her knees slightly, chopsticks in right hand and other hand taunting him to come forward.
Ray ran to Rose, grabbed her arm and said, "Don't do this Rose! No one can beat him at fighting.Believe me. I've seen more than one poor kid get injured because of him." Rose stood straight, hands at her side, and seemed to think for a moment.
"What's your answer? If you beg properly, then maybe I'll leave your pretty face untouched," Kai smirked. (a/n: i kno, i kno! he would never say that, even if u paid 'im! i'm so sorry! plese don't kill me!)Rose stepped forward, eyes downcast. She stopped about an arms length away from him. She looked up and smiled.
"Yoink!" she said as she pinched Kai's nose with her chopsticks. For a moment, everyone's jaw dropped and time seemed to freeze.
'What the hell! This'll just get Kai even angrier! Poor Rose. May she come out in one piece.' Ray said, tear streams going down his face. Kai glared at Rose, pushed the chopsticks away, and threw a punch aimed straight for her face. Just when it looked like impact was made, Rose dissapeared. Sai yawned.
"Kai should be the one who watches our for Rose. She's fast, and she loves to annoy jackasses. Plus, she's an heir to a strong clan," she told Ray. Sai was right. In fact, for some astounding reason, Rose had gone from the ground to one of the branches in the leaf-less cherry blassom tree. She smiled at her enemy, but Kai scowled and suddenly whipped out a throwing knife. He hurled it with precision, but Rose was too fast. She was off the branch and in his face by the time the knife hit the trunk.
She giggled, pinched, and screeched, "Yoink!" Kai was super pissed now. He kicked her as fast and hard as he could. Luckily, it was just fast enough. Rose was pushed back. She kneed over, clutching her stomache. Kai triumphantly smirked as the audience applauded. He walked over until he was in front of Rose. He raised his foot to stomp on her but instead...
"Yoink!" Rose giggled again.
"What? Did you think that lil' ol' kick could stop a gentle helpless girl like me? You meanie!" she taunted and shoved him backwards. Kai glared again and ran towards her. Rose giggled. She didn't jump, but she ran. She ran just slow enough so that Kai would be able to catch up. Rose jumped and hid behind a red head. The guy wore the uniform of Meihou High. Rose peeked from behind him and begged.
"Help me, Shuuichi!" Kurama sighed. (a/n: once again, i'm sorry! i don't kno how to spell his name!)
"What did you do now?" Kai merely glared at him and growled,
"Get out of my way."
"And what if I don't want to, cousin?" Kurama replied just as cold.
"No way! You two are cousins?" Sai exclaimed. Kurama and Kai nodded still engaged in the staring contest. Rose stepped to the side for a moment.
They were about the same height and age. Heck, in a way, they had the same atitude. A group of fangirls cheered on Kurama while another group of fangirls cheered Kai.
Kai finally dropped his guard and said, "I'll let you off this time, cousin, but next time, if you're in my way, expect no mercy."
"I wouldn't like it any other way. This is your turf, so I'll leave you be," Kurama replied barely over a whisper.
Kai pointed at Rose who hid behind Kurama again, "I'll take care of you tomorrow." Right when he was about to stalk off,
"Hey, Hiwatari!" Kurama called out.
"Your grandpa and my mom said that we have to walk home together!" Kai froze and slowly looked back at Kurama.
"What did you say, Minamino?"
"Unless you want your grandpappy breathing down your neck, I suggest that you put up with Rose until tomorrow morning. Then you can settle your differences."
"Whatever," he muttered and trudged past the two. "
I'll see you tomorrow, Sai!" Rose chirped and ran off to catch up with the fox and the ice prince.
'What an interesting day...and an interesting girl,' Ray thought and made his way home as the crowd dispersed.
"So, how was school today, Rose?" Xenon asked. Rose turned to the one-eyed man with orange hair and smiled.
"It was fun. There's this boy, Kai Hiwatari. He's fun to pick on. He's one of the people who have lots of fans. It's really annoying, actually. You'll never guess what I did to him!" Rose giggled.
Shien, without even looking at her, said, "I bet I can. You annoyed him by pinching his nose with chopsticks until Shuuichi came. Am I right?" Rose stared at him for a moment before nodding vigourously.
"You are so predictable, little flower," Xenon drawled.
Rose simply smiled and chirped, "I can't wait 'til tomorrow! Any ways, I'm off to do my homework and then I'll go to bed. Night!" She kissed the men on their cheeks and bounced up the stairs.
"Why is she so happy?" a long, black-haired boy asked. He looked about a year older than Rose. Another boy walked beside him. He was the twin of the other one, but was the same age as Rose and had spikey dark blue hair. Both had deep blue eyes.
"Rose found a new target to annoy, I suppose. Poor guy," the younger said.
Xenon looked at the two and said, "You two should copy Rose. You're going to her school tomorrow. Itachi, your job is to analyze this 'Kai' character. Sasuke, you have to stick to your little sister. Who knows who else will prey on her." They nodded and headed upstairs too.
'Tomorrow will be an interesting day.' Kai, Ray, Sai, Rose, Itachi, Sasuke, Shien, and Xenon all thought.
"I didn't know that you guys were going to my school!" Rose exclaimed. Sasuke sighed.
"There are many things you don't know, sister dear," he said sarcastically and returned his attention to his breakfast. Rose crossed her arms and pouted.
"Nobody tells me nothin'!" Itachi patted her head and kissed her forehead.
"My poor, poor, little sister." Rose "hned" and moved to get her poptarts out of the toaster. The doorbell rang.
"That must be Sai. Kurama-kun told me that he couldn't take me to school for a while because he and his family will be off visiting relatives in America," Sasuke looked up when he heard the word "Sai" but, other than that, he showed no intrest at all.
Today, he wore a black shirt that proudly bore the words "The Used" in red with a barren tree in the background and black jeans.
Sai took one look at him and said, "I didn't know you liked The Used." Itachi laughed at that.
He, on the other hand, was wearing a black shirt that said 'Can't sleep, clowns will eat me...' over & over again and tucked into a pair of brown jeans.
Rose was wearing a blue shirt that said 'My mommy says I'm special,' a pair of dull red pants and all her accesories of yesterday.
Sai was wearing a black shirt that said, 'I like poems, long walks on the beach, amd poking death things with a stick'. Rose sighed.
"Bye Shien! Bye Xenon! Bye Homura! We're going to school now!" Rose shoved everyone out the door as three faint calls of farewell were heard.
Rose, Sasuke, & Sai walked in together. Rose and Sai were on either side of Sasuke talking to each other while Sasuke glared at anyone who stared at them.
"Who's this? Extra protection?" Hillary taunted. She and Mariah laughed shrilly, making Sasuke twitch with annoyance. He pushed them roughly aside and walked past them, Sai and Rose following him since they had their arms wrapped around in his.
Emily walked towards them and attempted to "charm" Sasuke with her "beauty". Sai let go and backed up a little so that she could watch. Rose, however, clung onto Sasuke and glared bloody murder at Emily who wrapped her arms around Sasuke's neck. Unfortunately, that's when Sasuke snapped. Rose understood what was happening and backed away.
"What's wrong Rose? Giving up your man to me?" Emily said triumphantly. Rose completely ignored her.
"Don't do anything drastic, Prodigy," she said. Sasuke moved in a deft sweep. He easily twisted Emily's arm and was about to knock her unconcious when Kai came and caught his wrist. The 5-minute warning bell rang, but the two continued to glare at eachother. Finally, Sasuke shoved Emily towards Kai, grabbed Rose's arm and stomped all the way to first period. Sai followed, a smirk playing on her lips.
'That was...surprising. Even if Sasuke wasn't trying very hard, this Kai character might be a stronger opponent than Rose let on. Oh well. He won't worry about my presence, since I'm a grade higher.' Itachi smiled to himself and walked into the school whistling a little tune.
"This is where we part ways for a while," Rose said. Sasuke sighed.
"I tried to hack into the school's computer's mainframe, but Itachi caught me."
"Wow! I didn't know that Sasuke was smart!" Sai teased.
Sasuke muttered, "Whatever" and walked in a different direction.
"Come on, let's go," Sai said, tugging at Rose's hand. Rose sighed and followed her friend.