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"BEEP!"
"BEEP!"
"BEEP!"
"BEE-!"
Crash!
Kei woke up groggily and realized she had smashed her alarm clock. Annoyed, she dumped the deformed plastic hunk into the trash and went into the bathroom to take a quick shower. This is how she started her morning everyday. She wasn't necessarily not a morning person but she wasn't in the best mood either.
After taking a short, cold shower to renew her senses, she decided to go down to the garden to meditate. She did not want to train this morning because she had too much on her mind. As she settled down criss-cross on the crook of a gnarled, thick tree branch, she closed her eyes and took a deep and invigorating breath. The sound of nature around her allowed her to collect her thoughts and think through them thoroughly. The garden was actually sort of a large, round greenhouse but it did not collect as much heat so it was extremely hot and humid. It was actually cool and filled with many flowers and thick foliage, almost like having a forest in your backyard. This was one of the features she liked about the house. A botanist had recently lived in the house and had grown many specimens to study.
When the morning sun began to really shine out and warm her, she checked the time and it was 7:06 am. Sighing lightly, Kei stood up and jumped off the tree. She climbed another tree near the balcony of her room and clambered through the double doors. Grabbing an olive green Chinese-styled shirt with golden dragons and white cherry blossoms adorning it that ended right below her belly button and a pair of tight white capris, she quickly tied her hair into a high ponytail like a gypsy and went downstairs to eat some breakfast. After sipping on green tea and munching on toast, she slipped on black flat-high heels that covered the entire front of her foot and had a strap going across the ankle. Slinging her backpack over her shoulder, she got into her red Ferrari and drove off to school.
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When she was walking to meet up with Sasuke and Neji in the front lawn by the fountain, she noticed the glares she had missed yesterday from the evil fan girls. They had the burning passion of hate and envy in their eyes. As she passes by some of the freshman, she heard them say, "Look at that whore, hanging out with our Sasuke-kun and Neji-kun. Who does she think she is?"
That reminded her of a certain person that had betrayed her. She hung her head low as she thought of that person but she realized that she had better things to do than think about traitors and slutty fan girls. Just as she was about to lift her head up again, she felt a sharp tug on her long ponytail and she snapped her head up, looking for the perpetrator. Then she heard the snotty sniggers of two certain girls. Two certain girls that she had humiliated in front of everyone yesterday. Kei made a poker face and swiveled around saying, "What do you sluts want now? You want to fight more?"
Tenten stepped up and sneered, "Just because you caught us surprised yesterday doesn't mean you've won. We know you're just a fake, another SLUT unlike us. Sasuke-kun and Neji-kun were just being nice to you yesterday because you're new."
Ino then came up to her face and spat, "You may be stronger than us but we have money and we can get anyone to beat you up. So watch your back bitch."
Just then, Sakura came up and shoved Tenten aside. She suddenly had an attitude change and sneered, "Ino-PIG, get out of Kei's face! She doesn't want to see that porky face of yours anymore so just back off! You know you're a cheap whore and you can't bluff worth crap."
Ino just stood there with her face twisted in a mangled expression and then stalked off with Tenten stumbling behind her.
"Hehe, sorry about that Kei. That's the side of me you don't want to see and I hate that Ino-pig! She's been a loyal Sasuke fan girl since FORVER. Don't listen to her threats, they're empty. You should just ignore her and Tenten too."
Kei stood there with a smile on her face because she had realized that Sakura, her friend, had stood up for her. It may not seem like big deal but to her, she valued and appreciated these small things in life.
"Hey well since those sluts are gone, let's go and find Naruto, Neji, Hinata, and Sasuke. Hinata is probably with Neji since they're cousins."Kei said.
Upon hearing Sasuke's name, Sakura immediately blushed a little and nodded her head in agreement.
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At the fountain…
"Hel-lo K-kei and S-saku-r-ra..." Hinata stuttered nervously.
Kei raised an eyebrow and said, "I thought you got rid of that habit. You need to stop stuttering and speak more confidently. Than more people will start to talk to you because they won't have to hear half-said words all the time."
Hinata looked at Kei and tried again. "Hello Kei and Sakura."
Neji, Sakura, and Kei smiled at her attempt and encouraged her on. Hinata smiled meekly but she was beaming inside. Naruto was very ecstatic and exclaimed, "HINATA-CHAN! YOU DID IT! I'M SO PROUD OF YOU!"
Naruto gave her another bear hug and this time she nearly fainted. Everyone could tell she had a crush on Naruto and they chuckled, even Neji and Sasuke.
Turning stoic again, Neji had to pull Hinata away from Naruto again and Sasuke just slapped Naruto upside the head again. The girls surveyed the scene and sighed thinking, "Same old habits."
They giggled together and then dragged the boys inside to find their homerooms.
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As soon as Kei stepped into the homeroom, all heads turned. Once again, she noticed all evil the looks the fan girls gave her but she also noticed the looks of lust and desire from the boys. She realized she had both fan boys and fan girls over her. She shuddered nervously as she sat down because Neji was not there to send them death glares. He was in the office helping the secretary do paperwork because he was signing up for the field trip. One boy started yelling, "KEI-CHAN! I LOVE YOU! WILL YOU GO OUT WITH ME!"
Soon a whole chorus of I LOVE YOU! or WILL YOU GO OUT WITH ME! Came bursting out and Kei became more uncomfortable by the second because she didn't know how to deal with crazy people. Finally, Neji came striding through the door and you could hear the dreamy sighs of fan girls. He noticed Kei's pained expression and immediately death glared every male in the room. The class fell silent as he did because it was a frightening experience and he smirked and sat beside Kei. She had wiped her brow and whispered, "Thanks a lot!"
The Hyuuga had a sly expression and said to her, "Hn. You can take on fan girls yet you can't deal with your fan boys. I guess it's a good thing we have every class together since we need to look out for each other."
Not liking the fact that she needed to be taken care of, she fumed silently and turned her head to face the window like the day before, ignoring the Hyuuga prodigy with a defiant face.
"Wow… she looks really cute when she's angry. I just want to kiss her right now but I can't, it'll be too embarrassing. Grr! Why can't control these stupid hormones!" Neji thought.
The bell rang 15 minutes later, ending homeroom. Kei and Neji walked out together, looking out for the evil and demented people of Konoha High.
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When Kei tried to open the lock to her locker, it wouldn't open because it was jammed so she used her scary strength to twist the lock and throw it onto the floor. When the locker was opened, she was buried in a mountain of bouquets of roses and notes that asked her out. She made a very unlady-like grunt and burst out of the pile, fuming even more than she was in homeroom. Her patience with these air-headed boys was wearing thin and soon, they would succumb to the fiery inferno of her wrath. Brushing off her pants she stood up, retrieved the books she needed and started to walk down the hall. Many boys began to gape at her beauty and they started to follow her. Pretending not to notice, she twitched as she began to walk more furiously until she was literally stomping. She almost cracked until Neji and Sakura pulled her into the classroom and restrained her, duck taping her to a chair.
Ripping the duck tape off her mouth after a few minutes, Kei seethed, "GAH! Those stupid fan boys! Why won't they just freaking leave me alone? I'm going to KILL them!"
She lavished on the word KILL and everyone could feel the bloodlust in the air. Eventually, Kei calmed down and her face turned normal. She turned around to face Neji and Sakura and said, "Hey guys, was sup?"
Neji shook his head in disbelief. Girls were so weird, especially this one because of her frequent mood swings.
"I'll never understand the female species." Neji thought decidedly.
Sighing, he turned around to face the chalkboard as the teacher came in to begin the lesson.
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After lunch, Kei was walking alone around the back of the school to take a shortcut to the P.E. fields when she heard a rough voice say, "Hey sweet thing, wanna play with us?"
Thinking it was another fan boy, stood there with a red aura coming from her and she spun on her heel and bellowed in a double-demon voice, "WHAT THE HELL DO YOU WANT FROM ME?"
It wasn't a fan boy, it was a group of gangly thugs with bats that looked like they were prepared for a street fight. They were laughing snottishly and eyeing Kei up and down with lust.
"We just wanna play a little so give me something to play with and we'll just leave nicely." The leader coaxed.
"But boss, Ino-san said she's only gonna reward us if we beat this girl up. We shouldn't disobey direct orde--".
The thug that had spoken out to his boss was cut off with a slap to his head and the boss screamed, "Don't challenged my authority! I want this girl and I'm gonna get her!"
The leader became so enraged that he started beating the thug and eventually, a fight was started.
Kei, who was ready to fight, stood there looking at the pitiful scene and sweatdropping. She thought, "Boneheads…they totally forgot about me…"
Sighing, she trundled off to P.E. As she walked far off from the thugs and into the building, she could hear the frustrated cries of the thugs.
"DAMMIT, IT'S YOUR ENTIRE FAULT WE LOST HER!"
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Ino Yamanaka was pissed. Majorly pissed. She had sent her thugs out to go and beat up the Shihamara girl and they came back with bruised faces but with no Kei. Enraged, she had sent them off and set aside a punishment for them, but first she had to form a plan for the downfall of Kei Shihamara. She consulted Tenten and found out that Kei could not withstand fan boys unless Neji was there for her. Ino grinned widely because she had devised the perfect plan. But first, she had to lure Neji away. She could leave that to Tenten. Yes, it was PERFECT! Ino Yamanaka was officially a psycho. Still grinning, she left the empty science class and skipped to P.E.
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Kei had told the gang about her most recent experience and they immediately appointed Neji as the official protector of Kei. Sasuke and Sakura were actually getting along nicely and left to walk the track together. Hinata was playing a game of volleyball with Naruto so all who was left was Kei and Neji. They were about to play a game of basketball again but then Tenten suddenly popped out of nowhere. Twitching in annoyance, Neji greeted Tenten and turned to play with Kei but then Tenten smiled a sickly sweet smile and said, " Neji-kun! I want to play with you too! Come on, let's go!"
She took Neji by surprise and dragged him far across the field with the ball in her hands. Kei shivered at the sight of Tenten and then decided to run across the football field since Neji was gone. After warming up, she was gonna run until she heard an earthquake. No, it was NOT an earthquake, it was the stampede of crazy fan boys running after her screaming their undying love for her. She tensed and then started sprinting as fast as she could. She was scared for once in her life and she ran and ran until she could run no more. One boy actually grabbed her shirt and she bumped him off.
"I don't want to die like this!" She thought.
Tenten was furiously trying to block Neji's view from Kei but he sensed something was amiss and he noticed an enormous dust cloud forming after a stampede of boys running by…with Kei in the front almost being trampled! He immediately started off dashing toward Kei, roughly pushing Tenten aside, and then scooping Kei off her feet and into safety. He leapt out of the way in time and rolled on the grass until they stopped. They were in a very awkward position because he was straddling her from the top and she was lying under him in a very vulnerable position. Neji blushed and then quickly stood up, pulling Kei up as well. He dusted himself off and composed himself. Kei looked fatigued and weary so he decided to carry her and take her home before anymore crap happened. Knowing Ino and Tenten were behind this, he gave them both a dirty look and marched off to the office to inform Shizune that he was gonna take Kei home and then drive her home.
Before Kei fell asleep on Neji's back, she mumbled barely audible, "Thanks….Neji-kun.."
Neji stiffened at the suffix kun and the realized he liked the ring of "Neji-kun". Smirking, he lied her down in the backseat of his 350z and sped off toward the direction of her house.
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Looking through her pockets, he found a key and pushed it through the lock and the door swung open, slightly ajar. He carried Kei through and went upstairs, looking for her room. She wasn't that heavy and he could tell which room was hers because there was a sign that said "Kei's room". Looking around, her room was a blur of pale green with black and white complimentary colors. He carefully left her on the silky sheets of her bed and opened the double-doors to let some air in. His eye's widened at the breath-taking view of the dome garden and he smiled. Looking back at Kei, he summed up the courage and kissed her lightly on her cheek.
"She won't remember anyways…" He thought smiling.
With that, he went downstairs, locked the front door and proceeded to go back to school.
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Kei woke up with her head spinning. Slowly, she stood up and took in her surroundings. She realized that she was in her room and that the balcony was open.
"Did someone break in? And who brought me here?"
Kei then remembered all that had happened and she blushed, remembering the position that she and Neji were in before she had passed out. She had also had strange dream about Neji kissing her on the cheek and then smiling. It had ended there. Sighing, she dismissed all her thoughts, changed her clothes, and fell back asleep again, dreaming of a certain white-eyed boy.
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Hehe…next will be the field trip! Read and review once again!