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Chapter 14: Math and BS

A month had passed now, and Kagami had been living her two lives in Konoha. It was a little difficult, but she was able to manage. For the most part.

Mask on, Ookami would train with Shun at the ANBU headquarters early in the mornings until the afternoon or late afternoon. The rest of the day she had to herself, unless she had extra training. Sometimes she had the mornings off, and she would have to train at night. Sometimes, she would have the whole day off, if she earned it, or if Shun was feeling lazy.

Mask off, Kagami would walk around the village with Naruto and play games with him. Sometimes, they would lay on a hill of grass and watch the sunset. He would talk about his demon fox, and she would talk about her wolf spirit.

There were other kids in the village too, but for some reason, they wouldn't come near Naruto. Kagami wanted to be friends with them, and it seemed like they wanted to be friends with her as well, but since she and Naruto always stuck together, the other kids wouldn't come near her. Oh well.

But overall, life was…good. It could have been worse, but it wasn't. And Kagami was grateful for that.

She thought she was was for one reason. She thought she was living for one reason. To live on her for family.

But she was mistaken.

Without realizing it, her view of purpose had changed. Her life wasn't something obligatory. No, her life was hers to live.

Ookami threw her pencil down with frustration.

"This is just too hard! Why do I need to know about the Python Theorem?"

She glared at the equation with intense fury.

a^2 + b^2 = c^2

She angrily tapped an index finger against her temples. Then, abruptly pushing her chair back, causing a creaking noise against the stone floor, she stood up from her desk. Grabbing the paper with vein-popped hand, she stomped out of the study room to find Shun.

I'm gonna make him TEACH this to me. I can't believe he just shoved the paper in front of my face and expected me to learn everything myself. And this stuff is HARD. I bet other kids my age only have to do multiplication tables!

Iruka eyed his napping student.

"Naruto! What is two times two?" he barked from behind his podium.

The blond boy snapped his head up, then broke into a sweat, realizing what sort of a situation he was in.

"Um…um…um…three?"

The class laughed at him, and Iruka sighed.

Crossing his arms, Naruto turned his head and stuck his chin out. He "hmphed," then kicked Sasuke's leg underneath the desk.

"What, Naruto?" the Uchiha boy coldly snapped.

"What's two times two, Sasuke?" Naruto whispered demandingly.

Sasuke exhaled with annoyance. "It's four, you idiot."

Naruto's eyes widened with fire. "WHAT? But two plus two is four!"

Sasuke wanted to face-palm. "You're hopeless."

"SHUT UP!"

Ookami stepped inside the ANBU lounge. Like most of the other rooms inside the building, it had gray walls, but it was wide open, and well lit from the sun outside. The floor was tiled in black and white squares, and pots of tall, green plants decorated the corners of the room. Groups of gray tables and chairs spotted the lounge, and multiple ANBU people occupied them.

There was one particular table that was playing a card game. The people sitting at the table were a few ANBU, and a distinguished man who didn't have a face mask on. His build was rather large, and he wore a black bandana on his head. There were a couple of battle scars on his face. Sitting across from this man, was Shun.

Ookami saw her sensei, and called him out.

"HEY YOU! WITH THE FACE!"

A multitude of animal masks turned toward her simultaneously. All action, and pretty much all life, instantly stopped in the room.

Everything was silent. Blank porcelain faces staring back at her.

Ookami cringed and squeaked, "Um…! I meant you with the cat face…"

The whole room heartily laughed. Not at her, but at her silliness. After all, she was the youngest of them. She was like their little sister, and they loved to joke with her.

Everyone resumed what they were doing, and sound returned to make the lounge lively again.

Shun loudly exhaled. "Ahh, Ookami, Ookami. What're we gonna do with you?"

"So what's up?" Shun asked, laid-back. He was slightly slouching, with his elbow rested behind him on the back of his chair. His legs were crossed, right foot resting on his left knee. A hand of cards were fanned out between his fingers.

Ookami slapped the paper down onto his lap.

"This!"

Shun sat up, putting both feet on the ground and straightening his back. He set his cards facedown on the table, then took the paper in his hands.

"Let's see here. Oh…what is this?" he said, slightly confused, while glancing over the paper.

"Python Theorem. It's stupid."

"Hmm…I think I gave you the wrong paper. This is the more advanced stuff."

Ookami glared at her teacher. All of that mental suffering for nothing.

Shun continued. "And it's not stupid. It's actually quite useful. It'll help you with locating an enemy's base from a certain distance, given certain points and whatnot. But you'll learn about that later."

Meanwhile, the card game at the table went on. It wasn't his turn yet, so Shun kept talking.

"And it's Pythagorean Theorem, Ookami. Not Python."

The girl rolled her eyes from behind her mask. "Wow. You adults and your big words! If that's the case, then why don't you just shorten it and say…I don't know, PT? It's a lot easier."

"But…PT could mean a lot of things," her sensei reasoned.

She squinted at him. "Like what?"

One of the ANBU guys at Shun's table chuckled. "Purple thongs?"

The rest of the table erupted into howls of laughter. Except for Ookami who face-palmed, and the man with the scarred face, who didn't do anything.

One of them was laughing on the floor, while the rest of them laughed on the table or on their chairs. Shun leaned his head back as "HAHAHA"s winded through his throat.

After the guys recovered from their laugh attack, they realized that their superior had been straight-faced the entire time.

"Ibiki! How can you not laugh about this?" one asked, still holding his stomach in his arms.

"It was soooo funny! You're such a robot, Ibiki!" another said.

"Yeah, c'mon! The ladies like it when we smile," Shun added.

Ookami muttered an "Ew…"

Finally, the stone-faced man spoke. "You boys…are extremely juvenile."

"Aww, Ibiki! You're no fun!" one of the other ANBU "boys" said.

The scar-faced man named Ibiki grunted, then put down the rest of his cards on top of the pile in the middle of the table. "Four aces."

Shun snapped into alert mode, then screamed, "No way! YOU LIE! BS!"

Ibiki smirked, a crack in his visage. He slowly turned up his cards, one by one, and sure enough, they were all aces.

Shun's jaw dropped. Not that anyone could see, but they had a feeling that he would have that reaction anyway.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

Ibiki slid the massive pile of cards towards Shun, who reluctantly added them into his hand of cards.

Ookami cocked an eyebrow.

"What does BS mean in this game?"

The table of guys looked at each other, searching for a "clean" and non-explicit answer. None of them had one, except for the guy who suggested "purple thongs" for PT earlier.

He acted cool. "You mean you didn't know it stood for 'bra size'?"

Shun turned his head toward his friend. "Tekuro, now you're just pushing it. It was funny the first time, but now just…no. And…you're such a pervert!"

"Oh, like you aren't?" the guy named Tekuro tested. He glanced at Ookami, then back at Shun. "Curse me for a thousand years if you aren't a pedophile."

A vein popped in Shun's head, then he dove over the table and tackled Tekuro, who fell backwards from his chair onto the ground. The two wrestled while Ookami tilted her head and held her chin in between an index and thumb. She talked to herself out loud.

"So it stands for 'bra size' huh? I guess these guys aren't that bad. Maybe perverted, like that Tekuro guy…But at least they're not shouting 'bullshitake mushrooms'…"

The ANBU guys at the table, minus Shun, Tekuro, and Ibiki, all sweat dropped. They all had the same thought.

So she really DID know what it meant…

The man with the scars eyed the short girl. "Ookami, am I correct?"

"Oh! Uh…Yes, sir."

"You may call me Ibiki."

"Okay, nice to…"

Ookami paused. She hadn't exactly met him. Their name exchange was rather an informal way of meeting.

"Nice to know your name!"

Ibiki nodded his head. "Ookami, would you like to learn how to play our card game?"

"Sure. What's it called, anyways?"

"BS."

"…Oh."

She had expected a different name. Who would name a card game 'bra size'?

Ookami asked, "Well, why don't you guys just shout out 'bra size' instead of BS? Knowing them…" she tilted her head towards Shun and Tekuro, who were still brawling it out, "It'd be funnier, wouldn't it?"

Ibiki thought for a moment, then easily answered her question.

"You mentioned earlier that us older people don't abbreviate our words. Well, we're shortening…'bra size'…here. Shouldn't you be glad?"

"But…it's easy to say! Why would you want to shorten that's easy to say?"

"Well…there's also…" Ibiki's eyes slid left, then right. Making an excuse on the spot, his already deep voice dropped lower, "…the issue of women in our presence."

"Ohh…I see…" Ookami wasn't at the age where she had to wear a bra yet.

"So teach me how to play, Ibiki!"

Naruto's mouth hung open, drool suspended from his lips. He stared blankly at the clock while it ticked on for eternity.

This is so boring…

There was still three hours of school left, and he didn't want to be there for another second.

I wonder if Kagami can hang out today…Maybe we can go for some ramen later.

The thought cheered him up. He shut his mouth, and wiped the free-hanging drool off of his face with the back of his hand. Smiling madly, his eyes crinkled as he unintentionally let out a childish chuckle. And Sasuke noticed.

"What's with the sudden change of mood?" he asked, nonchalantly.

"What Sasuke? JEALOUS? I'm just happy. That good enough for ya?"

"..."

"Anyways, it's none of your business. So don't bother asking anymore."

Sasuke ignored him by now, and focused back on his schoolwork.

Naruto beamed with pride.

He actually talked to me. THAT'S a change.

"BRA SIZE!"

Shun growled. "Ugh, I hate you, Ookami!" He took the pile of cards and sighed.

The girl would have just stuck her tongue out and go "Phhbbttt!" at her sensei, but she had her mask on. Then she remembered something.

Shun stuck out a foot in front of his unaware student, causing her to fall flat onto her face. He pretended to look off into some distance, while he stuck a pinky finger in his ear and twisted it around.

"Say what?"

"…I hate you, sensei," the girl mumbled into the floor.

Shun grinned. "I love you too, Kagami."

This time, Ookami grinned.

"Love you too, Shun-sensei," she said slyly. Then, mischievously, she added, "Karma sucks, now don't it?"

Shun grumbled as he reorganized his new hand of cards, and the rest of the table chuckled. Except for Ibiki, of course.

They went around taking their turns, and the pile of cards grew again. Ibiki had four cards left.

"Ookami. Let's make my turn a test. See if you can tell whether or not I'm lying."

The girl smiled devilishly. "Challenge accepted."

Ibiki lay his four cards face down on the pile. "Four kings."

Ookami furrowed her brows, then the all-knowing light had hit her and revealed the path of truth.

She stood up from her chair, slamming down one hand on the table, and pointing at Ibiki with the other.

"YOUR NOSE GOT FAT! BRA SIZE!"

Everyone at the table looked at the girl with a Did-you-just-say-his-nose-got-fat? face.

Ibiki looked at her with an amused expression. "Did you mean I flared my nostrils?" he corrected.

He began to flip over his four cards he had just lay down. All of them were kings.

Ookami waved angry fists in the air.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

Ibiki smirked. "You have good observation skills. But in the end, you're just like your teacher."

"What's the point if I can't win?" she wailed, the mountain of cards looming over her. "And I'm not like him! "

Shun chuckled. "What, you don't wanna be like me? But I'm the most awesome and coolest person you'll ever know!"

The girl scoffed, "BS."

The ANBU guys went "Oooooh, burn!" in sync. They all laughed together afterwards. Except for Ibiki. But at least he had a small smile on his face.

Finally, it was the end of the day, for both Kagami and Naruto. Her ANBU session was over, and school was out for him. Hangout time!

Kagami had gotten out after Naruto, so when they met at the tree with the swing, none of the other kids were around. They gave each other a friendly wave.

"Hey, Kagami!"

"Hi, Naruto!"

"How's it been?"

"Pretty interesting, actually! What about you?"

"Ehh…boring as usual."

"Oh, school not doing it for ya, huh?"

"Yeah, but whatever. Hey, you wanna go get some ramen? I'm starving!"

"Oooh, sure!"

It was late afternoon, and the two friends were happily slurping away at their ramen.

Kagami sighed happily, "Mmm, I could eat this everyday."

"I eat this everyday."

The girl raised an eyebrow at Naruto, then grinned. "Oh really?"

"Mhm! Cup 'f noodleshh fo' breakfashht erey mo-ing wivf milk," he replied, mouth full of noodles.

"Wow...I never imagined someone would do that for breakfast everyday. I guess it's quicker and easier that way. I just eat fruit and some rice."

Naruto gulped down more noodles. "HEALTH FREAK!"

"HA! At least I'll be a better ninja than you!"

"Just 'cause you're healthier? That's what you think!"

"Okay then, how 'bout this? If I rebuild my village first, then I win! But if you become Hokage first, then you win!"

Naruto lifted his head from his bowl. He had all attention focused on her now.

"Hokage, eh?"

His dream from the very beginning was the be Hokage. And now, it was a race with his best friend. He was in a competition now, and he wasn't about to lose.

"You're on!"

"Let's shake!"

The two friends pumped out two solid shakes, grinning at each other.

"Just you watch, Kagami! I'll be Hokage in no time!"

"We'll see!"

The sun was beginning to set, and golden-orange light flowed around the village. Kagami and Naruto had finished their five bowls of ramen (each), and were about to go home on their separate ways. Until…

"Hey, Naruto, wanna come over and play a card game?"

"A card game? Sure, sounds like fun! What's it called?"

"Bra size. People call it BS for short, but I call it bra size. I learned it when I trained at A-…"

Kagami caught herself before she spilled the beans.

"Well, you know."

Naruto smiled and winked. "I gotcha."

The beans were saved...but some of the sauce dripped over.

Alone...darkness...hatred...

Hands in his pocket, head down, the boy trudged home. It was his routine everyday. Wake up, eat, go to school, go home, eat, go train, go home, eat, sleep. Every. Single. Day.

He couldn't get distracted. Not by girls, not by Naruto, not by anyone. He wouldn't let himself get carried away from his one goal.

To kill Itachi Uchiha.

Everyday he felt his heart shrink just a little more, and he felt a blackness spread through every vein of his body. Whether or not he liked it, he was an avenger, and he would carry out his destined role.

On the way home, he passed by Ichiraku Ramen. He walked a parallel distance away from the shop, not wanting to run into Naruto. But then something caught his eye. Or actually, I should say ear.

"Hey, Naruto, wanna come over and play a card game?"

Sasuke turn his head to search for the owner of the voice. It was a girl's voice, and it sounded strangely familiar.

There was a tree in the way, blocking his view from the person who he wanted to see. But slightly to the left of the tree, he saw tufts of blonde hair. Naruto.

"A card game? Sure, sounds like fun! What's it called?"

Then the familiar voice spoke again.

"Bra size. People call it BS for short, but I call it bra size. I learned it when I trained at A-…"

A-? A- what?

Sasuke cautiously and slowly sneaked his way over to see who Naruto was talking with.

Her voice again. "Well, you know."

Naruto smiled and winked. "I gotcha."

What?

He hid behind a bush, peering through the space between the leaves and branches. But he was too late. All he saw now were the backs of two running kids. One, he obviously knew was Naruto. The other, all he could see was her white hair like a ribboned kite, flying behind her.

"One seven."

"BRA SIZE!"

Naruto sighed. "How'd you know? It was only one card!"

"Well, I have four sevens here, so obviously you're lying. Take the cards."

The boy sadly took the pile and placed them in his hand. "Your turn."

"Hmm…one eight."

"BS!"

Kagami was outraged. "WHAT? HOW'D YOU KNOW?"

"I have all the eights."

"What? That's weird." She scrunched her face. "Well, it's okay though. I just get that card back."

"Okay then. Two nines."

"Three tens."

"Four jacks."

"One queen."

Naruto smiled. "BS!"

"Oh my gosh!" She cupped the pile of cards into her hands and reorganized them. Then she realized something. "Okay wait, this isn't getting anywhere. We've been playing for the past three hours, and neither of us has won yet! Why isn't this working?"

Naruto shrugged. "Maybe…we're playing it wrong?"

"But Ibiki taught it to me today! I'm and pretty darn sure that it's played this way. I don't know why it's taking us so long though!"

Poor kids. Little did they know that to play BS "correctly," they needed at least one more person.

Hmm, now who could that be?

WHEEEE! Muaha I had fun writing that chapter :P

Hope you all enjoyed reading it!

And I apologize again for the late update :/ Silly Error Type 2 stuffs.

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