Chapter 3
The next morning, Lina woke up at five-thirty, like usual, and got up, pulling out her clothes for the day: a dark red mini-skirt that went up to her mid-thigh, a none strapped, red shirt, showing some of her stomach. She pulled out a pair of dark red combat boots and black stockings. She took her clothes and walked into the bathroom and took a shower. When she was finished getting dressed, she walked back into her room and put on her make up, blow-drying her hair as well. When she was finished, she walked into the kitchen and when she turned on the light, she screamed in surprise.
"Dad, what are you doing up? Jeez, you scared the crap out of me!"
"I woke up early today. I have to go see Tsunade-sama for a mission, so I probably won't be back for a few days. You can handle yourself until then, right?" Kakashi asked, looking at his daughter from his cup of coffee.
"Yeah. I'm not ten, you know," Lina said, laughing.
"I know. You're growing up so fast," Kakashi said, smiling. He was actually not wearing his mask. (Imagine him how you like, girls!) Lina smiled and grabbed her backpack.
"I'm going to school now," she said.
"Ok. Have a good day, Lina. And please, stay out of trouble," Kakashi replied, smiling.
"Ok. I'll try," Lina replied, waving as she walked out the door. As she was walking, she pulled out her book and started to read again.
As she was walking, she passed by Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, Ino, Choji, Shikamaru, Shino, Neji, Kiba, Lee, and Tenten, all walking together to school. The only ones that knew about the snake in Lina that lived in the village were her father, Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, and Tsunade. As she was walking by, Sasuke looked up from his conversation with Naruto and smirked as she looked over. When she saw him, she glared and walked faster, burying her nose in 'Twilight' again. Sasuke turned his attention back to Naruto, who didn't even seem to notice Sasuke's loss of attention.
Ino walked up to Sasuke and said, "Hey, Sasuke-kun, are you guys going to train with Master Kakashi again today?"
"Yes, we do everyday, Ino," Sasuke said.
"Oh. Okay, just checking," Ino replied, smiling. Sasuke rolled his eyes and walked a little faster, getting ahead of the group.
Kiba walked beside him and seeing Sasuke look ahead at Lina's walking form, said, "Yeah, she's good-looking, huh, Sasuke?"
Before he even thought about what he was saying, Sasuke said, "Yep." After a minute, the question finally processed in his mind and Sasuke glared at Kiba, saying, "If you tell anyone, I'll kill you."
Kiba laughed and said, "No worries. It seems Neji has the hots for her, too, just to let you know." Sasuke quickly looked behind them to see Neji staring ahead at Lina as well.
Sasuke shrugged and looked up when he heard whistling. He saw Yushio and his group starting at Lina and whistling, saying, "Hey, you remember us? Why don't you come over here so we can have some fun?"
Lina shot her head around and was about to glare at them when Kakashi appeared beside her and he glared at them as well, saying, "If you continue to bother my daughter, then I will report you to the Hokage. Now move it." Yushio and the guys smirked before waling into the building.
Yushio looked back at Lina and winked, signaling he would be back. Lina sighed and turned to Kakashi, saying, "Dad, you know they won't quit. Well, Yushio won't quit, I know that much."
Kakashi chuckled behind his mask and said, "Oh, I know. I was persistent with your mother. But not like him, of course," he added, seeing the shocked look on his daughter's face.
"Master Kakashi!" Naruto called, starting to jog up to them.
Lina sighed and said, "I'll se you later dad. Bye." She then started walking again, noticing how Naruto's face showed confusion with her dislike of people.
"Master Kakashi, why doesn't Lina talk to people?" Naruto asked as the rest of the group caught up.
"She's… had bad experiences with other people than her mother, myself, Iruka-sensei, Shizune, and Tsunade-sama," Kakashi said, trying to find the right words. "She doesn't think she can trust others. Just give her time, she'll come around," he continued his mask showing his smile.
Naruto nodded slowly and asked, "What happened to her?"
Sakura was standing beside him, and elbowed him in the ribs, saying, "Naruto, don't be rude!"
"No, it's alright. When she was about eight or nine years old, that was when it came out. Naruto, you know what I'm talking about." Naruto nodded, thinking of Kyuubi. Kakashi nodded and, seeing the confused looks on most of the other's faces, said, "Instead of Naruto's fox, she has the snake, Sharine. Lord Sarutobi sealed her inside Lina when she was born, just like Naruto here. She kind of lived the same life as Naruto, except she had me here to take care of her. But when she was eight or nine, Sharine showed herself. Lina was sitting on a swing in the park, reading one of her books, like usual. I wasn't able to be there to watch her because I had to meet with Tsunade-sama, so I made sure she would be ok, and I left for the meeting. What I didn't see was the group of teenage boys, drunken, teenage boys staring at her from the tables close by.
Once they saw I had left, they walked over to Lina and started messing with her. Of course, she was no match for them, and they knew it. They took advantage of her, just making her feel uncomfortable by saying things to her, touching her in places she didn't want anyone to be touching. But their leader took it farther than that. He took her to the shade of a tree nearby and, after making sure she couldn't call for help or anything, he… he raped her," Kakashi said, squeezing his eye shut in the painful imagery of the animal doing that to his daughter. The girls' faces showed plain shock, while the boys' showed anger.
"Kakashi-sensei, I'm so sorry," Sakura said, covering her mouth with her hand.
"It's alright, Sakura. It's not your fault. It was mine. I should have taken her with me or had Iruka watch her. Or even Shizune. But after he did his damage, Lina's eyes had changed. They weren't the crimson red, nor were they the Sharingan. Her eyes had turned like a snake's eyes, red with the black slits in them. She almost killed that guy and his gang, not like they didn't deserve it, after what they did to her,' Kakashi added, remembering picking Lina up from the hospital and her telling him everything that happened.
"She doesn't think she can trust anyone anymore. Except for Iruka, Tsunade, Shizune, and me. And the villagers stayed away from her after that, calling her 'monster' and other names. They called her the same names and treated her just like they did to Naruto. So I advise you to just leave her be for a while. You can try to be friendly, but she might not respond to it for a while. And guys," Kakashi said, eyeing the boys, "Don't try to hit on her. She'll kill you." They all gulped and slowly nodded, each imagining what she would do to them, except Sasuke, who just stood there, his arms crossed, and his emotionless mask still on his face.
Kakashi nodded, and said, "Now, get to class, all of you. I'll see you second hour." The group nodded before running into the building after hearing the first bell.
"I can't believe that happened to her," Sakura said, walking with Ino, Tenten, and Hinata.
Ino elbowed her and said, "Don't talk about it here. We'll talk later." Sakura nodded and they all went to their classes. Lina walked into the classroom and sat down at her desk, taking out her notebook and pencil. She opened her notebook and took the earring that Itachi had dropped, setting it on the desk. She slowly started sketching it, and, being the detailed artist she was, she didn't miss a scratch or missing piece on the earring, showing its long use. 'He'll probably come back for this, so I might as well draw it now.' She thought, finishing the last touches. Lina looked up when Iruka-sensei walked into the classroom, looking over the lesson plans for that day.
He set them down on the desk and after the class settled don he said, "Alright, class. Today we are starting our individual projects." Most of the class groaned, but Lina smiled, she loved doing projects, especially if they were individual.
"It's not that bad, and you know it. Alright, you will each be assigned a topic. Please, be creative! You will present them to me, not in front of the class," Iruka concluded. He then started walking around and handed out the topics on little pieces of paper. When he got to Lina, he smiled and said, "You have whatever book you are reading right now." Lina smiled, she could write so much about this book.
"Thank you, Iruka-sensei," Lina said, the words coming out in a whisper. Iruka nodded and moved onto the next student, giving the girl her assignment. Lina took out a piece of paper, a pencil, and her book. She already knew what she was going to write about. She started writing, getting lost in her work, she didn't notice Iruka trying to talk to her until he taped her on the shoulder.
She looked up and said, "Oh, Iruka-sensei, I didn't notice you."
"So I see," Iruka said, chuckling.
Lina smiled and said, "Is something wrong?"
"No, but it's time to pack u, the bell is going to ring soon," Iruka said, Lina nodded and quickly packed up her things. When she was done, the bell rang, and she was the last one out of the room, like normal. She was walking down the hall when she saw Yushio and his gang walking down, unfortunately, in her direction. 'Great. Just what I needed.' She thought, opening her book and pretending not to see them.
But Yushio saw her, and when they were walking by, he whispered, "Did you fall from the sky, because I think you came from heaven." Lina glared at him and continued walking, ignoring the chuckling of he other guys in the group. She walked into her next class and sat down at her desk in the back of the room, by the window.
She looked out the window and saw the clouds in the sky. 'That one looks like a snake. Not a good sign.' Lina thought, touching the part of her chest where her heart was, thinking of Sharine. As the day went by, Lina kept to herself, ignoring whomever it was who was trying to talk, except for he teachers. Finally, the last bell rang, and all the students got up and walked out of the room, chattering about what they were going to do later that day.
'Three more years of this, then I'm done.' Lina thought. Thinking of being a freshman made her sick. She didn't want to interact with a bunch of people but he had no choice. 'I'm doing this for you, mom... I want to be a great kunoichi like you…' she added, a perfect image forming in her mind from one of the pictures she had of her. She walked out of the school building and walked down the street. 'I think I'll go to the bookstore today…' she thought, turning the corner and walking in the store's direction.
The keeper always respected her silence and didn't try to talk to her, like everyone else did. All of the villagers knew her, and tried to stay out of her way as she got closer to the store, Lina felt someone watching her. When she turned around, she saw a flash of black and red turning a corner. She turned back around and picked up her pace, not liking the feeling in her stomach. When she walked into the store, the keeper looked at her and nodded respectively, getting one in return. Lina browsed the books, picking some up and turning them over to read the backs.
She was walking down one of the isles and spotted the next two books to the series she was reading. 'New Moon' and 'Eclipse' were right there in front of her. She quickly picked them up, realizing they were the last copies. After browsing some more and picking out some mystery books and scary-horror ones, she walked up to the storekeeper and set the books on the counter, pulling out her wallet.
This was the only time the man would talk to her, telling her the total and the usual 'Have a nice day.' She nodded to him as she left and exited the store, walking down the street. As she passed a jewelry stand, she stopped. When she looked back, she saw the same type of earrings as the one Itachi left behind. She walked up to the stand and picked them up.
She walked over to the lady who ran the stand and said, "May I buy these?"
"Yes, you may," she replied. She told Lina the total, and she paid for them, nodding to the woman before walking away. Luckily for her, she already had her ears pierced, so she took the earrings out of their package and put them on, liking the feeling of the little stones tapping her cheek as she walked. She turned another corner and started taking her usual short cut home. As she walked down the alley that was close to her house, she stopped when she felt breathing on her neck.
She was about to turn around when the person said, "It's nice to see you again, Lina." 'Itachi!' Lina thought, her eyes widening some. She spun around and took a step back from the Akatsuki member.
"I believe you have something of mine," Itachi said, smirking. He saw her ears and said, "And it seems you got a pair of your own." Lina's hand automatically went to the earrings as she nodded. She pulled his out of her pocked, accidentally dropping the folded paper with the drawing of the earring on it. She went to pick it up, but Itachi beat her to it, also taking his earring from her. He opened the piece of paper and his eyes widened slightly as he looked from the earring to the drawing.
He looked up at her and said, "You're very talented for a young girl."
"I've always had that talent," Lina replied, reaching to take it from him.
"May I keep this?" He asked.
Lina thought for a minute, and nodded, saying, "Only on one condition."
"Oh? And what condition is that, may I ask?" Itachi said, raising an eyebrow.
"I get to draw you," Lina said, blushing slightly, feeling foolish at the request. After a few minutes, she said, "Never mind. Forget about it."
And as she turned to walk away, Itachi said, "When you're done with school tomorrow, go to the Shinobi memorial. I will meet you there."
Lina looked back at him and nodded. "Until then, Itachi Uchiha," she said, nodding in respect.
"Until then, Lina Hatake," Itachi replied, returning the nod. Lina genuinely smiled, and thought, 'Not good, he knows who my father is now.' She continued walking; turning the corner at the end of the alley, aware of Itachi's eyes following her every step of the way.
When she was out of sighed, Itachi turned around and said, "Don't you think she would be good in the Akatsuki, Kisame?"
A man stepped out of the darkness of the alleyway and said, "Yes, Itachi-sama. She would be perfect. But you forget, she is our assignment."
"Yes, I know. But just wait until I talk to leader-sama," Itachi said, smirking. The two Shinobi left, leaving behind only a puff of smoke.
