The Blind, The Deaf and The Mute.
ShadowCasper: So sorry for the long wait, i will try to up-date more often. Here's the next chapter, I hope you enjoy. Please read and review.
Summary: Itachi's blind, Lee's Deaf and Hinata's mute. They've become very good friends and are about to start a new school together. But trying to keep their disabilities a secret is harder than they thought.
Parings: ItachiXKisame, HinataXNaruto, One-sided HinataXKiba, GaaLee, NejiXTen and SasuXSaku
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Chapter 3
It was 8:35 and almost time to begin their first lessons, the short tour round their classrooms had been very helpful to Itachi since he was able to pick up certain scents about each room. So that if one day he was separated from Lee or Hinata he'd be able to find the room he needed. Their English class smelled fresh and clean, the science room was smoky where the drama room was stuffy and smelled like sweat. Their form class, were they were now sitting, had a smell that was a mix of mint and scented candle; it was quite rank but very obvious.
The three of them had been sitting there alone at the back of the class for a few minutes, Sasuke and Neji having left for their own classes while their form tutor Ferder-sensai had gone off to a meeting. Itachi could tell that his friends were excited and nervous by their actions, Lee who was sitting on his right was bouncing in his chair, so Itachi could hear, while Hinata on his left kept wiggling her legs, they were bumping against his own. It prided Itachi that he could recognise these signs since he'd never had close friends before and was never able to tell things about other people so easily without his eyes.
The door opened and shut and someone came toward their back desk. By her smell, which matched the room, Itachi was sure it was there teacher. When the footsteps stopped as she reached their table she said.
"I'm just about to start form so the other kids will be coming in now, also when I introduce you to the class you can just stand up were you are. Is that alright?" her voice was kind and caring and it really pissed Itachi off. It was obvious that she was just trying to be nice, that she wanted nothing but there safety but Itachi didn't take it that way .No he saw it as a plan to break them apart, to make it seem like Hinata and Lee no longer needed him. That was his greatest fear after all, for the only people he really cared for to not need him. So instead of answering Itachi just bit his tongue and let the others reply.
The teacher's footsteps grow fainter as she walked away and was followed by the sounds of a door swinging open. Many more footsteps came now as well as whispers' of 'who are there' 'they must be the new students' 'oh he's cute.' Itachi blanched inwardly after hearing the last one, he really hated girls. Except Hinata.
"All right class settle down, settle down, I'd like to introduce our new students." Itachi heard the teacher say, so as the footsteps and movements stopped he stood up tugging on Lee's sleeve telling
him to do the same. "I'd like to introduce your new class mates, Rock Lee, Uchiha Itachi and Hyuga Hinata. I expect you all to be kind and to help them into their new school."
Itachi quickly sat down pulling Lee down as well. Help, like I need help off these people, they'll just be out to get me too. Itachi thought as he slipped his hands under the table and taking Hinata and Lee's hands in his own. Squeezing their shaking limbs reassuringly, trying to tell them that everything was alright. It seamed to work since both of them squeezed back.
The rest of form was quick and boring, the teacher only spoke for a few more minutes after she'd introduced them than the rest of the class went about their morning. No one bothered them so Itachi presumed his death glare was working on scaring them off, just because he was blind didn't mean he couldn't glare.
When the other students had left Itachi heard lee let out a loud sigh. "Our first lesson is games, which means we won't be together." Lee voice said, the sadness he felt was clear.
"Will you be ok Hinata-Chan?" Itachi asked the Hyuga twisting in her general direction.
As a reply Itachi felt Hinata small hand grips his, in a way that said she'd do her best.
Itachi smiled, knowing the Hyuga would see it, "well we'll wait for you afterwards out side."
"Guys," Lee's loud voice interrupted, "if we don't leave now were going to be late for our first lesson,"
Glancing down at his watch, Itachi mental slapped him self. I blind for god sake, why do I still even wear a watch.
A soft hand on his and the scraping of chairs told Itachi that Hinata and Lee were ready. So getting up from his seat the Uchiha let his two friends lead him out of the classroom and in to the busy hallways.
Once there were in the hallways, Itachi was shocked at just how crowded they sounded. There were the high giggles of girls and the deep ruff chortles of boys. It didn't take long before Itachi felt Hinata release his hand, and he quickly moved closer to Lee. This was a normal thing for them to do in crowded places. Hinata could see and hear fine, so walking by herself was no problem were as Itachi and Lee needed each others help.
The further they walked the more Itachi became uncomfortable aware of whispers going on around them. 'Oh look at them two,' 'it's always the cute ones,' 'Eww why would a guy like that date a freak like that'. Gossip, all of it. Stupid gossip that wasn't true and would hurt people's feelings.Lord Itachi hated gossip.
Lee's hand gripped Itachi's tighter in a nervous gesture. Obviously people were staring just as much as they were talking and Itachi knew Lee hated being centre on attention. Itachi also knew, thought Lee had never told them, that his friend was bullied in his pervious school. It was clear in the way when there first met, when Lee would jerk away from small touches. The thought alone killed Itachi and he'd promised himself that he was always look after Lee.
Warm air hit him as he and Lee stepped outside, since the changing rooms were outside. They then said a quick goodbye to Hinata as she walked off to the girl's changing rooms and they went to the boys. Inside it was noisy and seemed crowded, since the air was hot and clammy. Itachi let Lee lead him over to a bench for him to sit down on while Lee changed. There was no point in Itachi participating.
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Lee couldn't stand the way all the boys kept staring at Itachi and him. Sure they probably looked like a couple, (it didn't help that Itachi was unknowingly watching him change,) but the looks were unnecessary. But he supposed their looks were nothing compared to they talk. He changed quickly so they could get out fast, the less time they were around people the better. When Lee was finished changing he bent and grabbed Itachi's hand and pulled him out of the busy changing room.
Once there were outside the teacher told them to go wait on the benches. When they were seated Itachi turned and asked him. 'Are you alright Lee?'
Lee was very grateful for the concern he was being showed. It made him feel safer. 'I'm fine Itachi-san, what about you?'
'Of Course I'm alright, just make sure that you keep looking around when the lesson starts up, in case someone starts talking to you."
Letting out a small chuckle Lee replied. 'You just worry too much Itachi-san, I'll be fine. I like sports.'
Itachi said nothing just squeezed his hand. It wasn't long before the gym teacher came out and started telling them what they would be doing. From what Lee could gather there were going to be doing running, his second favourite after fighting. They were called down and told to get into five lines; they would start by doing a warm up run around the large track. While running Lee made sure to stay near the back, hoping that way he wouldn't get in people's way, even if it wasn't really a proper work out for him.
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When Hinata had first entered the girls changing room, she was unsure of what she should do. She couldn't exactly ask for help and gym had always been her worst subject. The other girls speared her odd glance's then whispered behind there hands. News had already spread fast about the three new students many people were already curious about there relationship. Hinata just hoped that no one would ask, she didn't want to be seen as rude.
Just as she thought about it a girl with brown hair in buns walked up to her. "Hi, your Hinata right, Neji's cousin?" she asked.
Hinata just nodded her head, desperately hoping this girl would leave her alone.
"Oh I'm Tenten, Neji's girlfriend. He asked me to help you out in gym, since he told me about your er problem. I hope that's alright since I was round your house and saw a picture of you, so Neji told me about you. I hope I haven't upset you." She said, it was nice the way she got all panicked and Hinata silently chuckled.
She shook her head trying to indicate she didn't mind. Neji had told her last night about his girlfriend so she'd already known anyway. Although he had been shocked at first when Neji told her, but that was just because the only girls Hinata had seen Neji communicate with were her and Hanabi.
Tenten smiled at her showing her relief before saying. "Well come and get changed with me and my friends. You don't have to worry I've told them your shy so they wont bother you much."
Hinata nodded in reply and followed Tenten over to her section of the changing rooms. There she was introduced to two girls called Sakura and Temari. They greeted her with warm smiles but didn't ask her any question, which she was thankful for. After they had all changed the teacher called them outside. Since the other gym teacher was off sick there were assigned to run laps around the entire field, which was huge and most of the girls complained. Hinata didn't mind however since that meant she wouldn't have to interacted much, which she liked. But also this way she could watch her friends. At this moment Lee was running laps around the track while Itachi was sitting on the benches. At least now she would be able to make sure neither of them got into any trouble.
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Sitting on the benches were boring, and the wind was blowing pretty hard which made it cold. Itachi couldn't even watch and it was becoming gradually frustrating. Of course he didn't show any sings of being frustrated, from the out side he would simply look bored and that was just fine with him.
Although Itachi couldn't see Lee he made sure to keep his smell and hearing alert for him, just in case something happened.
"You look like you're just about ready to shoot yourself." A husky voice said from behind him.
Itachi flipped his head around in the direction of the voice, whoever the owner was had a smell about him. A bit like the ocean. Wait don't I know this smell, that's right. "You're the guy from this morning." His voice was emotionless, the way he'd trained it to be.
"Ah that's right you remember, than again it's hard for most people to forget my looks." The bench creaked as he sat down. "Names Hoshigaki Kisame, senior. You Uchiha something right?"
"Itachi." He replied curtly. He wasn't sure he liked this man very much. The first time they'd meet he had made Itachi feel uncomfortable, not something he liked to feel.
"Uchiha Itachi Hu? You're in freshmen year yet you don't look much like a freshmen."
"What does it matter to you, I thought you thought I was a weirdo."
There was a deep chuckle from beside him, "yeah I did but I don't hold grudge's. You seam to be a kid who can stand his ground, I like that."
Itachi's stomach fluttered again, "thanks for that."
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Lee continued to run at a slow pace, he'd already been lapped by a few people but that didn't bother him much. Just a short while ago the girls had begun to run around the outside of the track,
and it had taken him a while to spot her but when he did Lee waved at Hinata. He was glad when she too returned the wave.
There was a pat on his shoulder so Lee looked around. Standing before him was a boy he didn't recognises, he had brown spiky hair and large red tattoos on the side of his face. It took Lee a minute to realise that he was being spoken to, and another minute after that to figure out what he had said.
'Do you know her?'
Lee gave him a big nod and a wide smile, 'yes Hinata-Chan is my friend."
'Hinata-Chan, she's pretty cute.' He said before jogging off.
Lee had to agree Hinata-Chan was very cute, but he wasn't to sure if he liked that guy saying it. It wasn't that he disliked him, Lee never judged people by first impressions, it was just weird reading it from someone. Since Itachi had never said it because he couldn't see how cute Hinata-Chan was.
Thinking about him Lee turned to look at Itachi-san, only he was shocked to see he was talking to someone. Well it was more the other person's appearance that shocked him. The teen was very large, probably a senior, with bright blue hair. However it wasn't that that was most shocking, it was his face. Under each eye the boy had three large scars, giving his eyes a menacing look.
It shocked Lee so much he didn't realise that he'd stopped running till someone ran into his back, causing him to fall flat on the floor. He groaned with pain as he fell head first into the hard grass, luckily his ears weren't caught he didn't need anymore damage on them.
Lee sat up slowly, his ears were ringing. Not a strange thing to happen, since it was always like this after he'd taken a hit, but it hurt neither the less. He quickly remembered that someone had run into him and glanced behind him, sure enough there was a redhead kid crouched down rubbing his head. Lee jumped to his feet and moved over to the boy.
'I'm very sorry; I hope you're not hurt?' Lee extended his hand out for the boy to take.
The redhead looked up at him; he had large green eyes that seamed to have no depth and a red tattoo on his forehead. He then took a look at Lee's hand before reaching out for it and batting it away for him. Hard.
' I don't want you stupid apologises, just stick with what your doing idiot.' He got up and barged pastLee roughly, leaving Lee feeling hurt. He had only tried to help, no matter what he did it always seemed no good.
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Itachi had decided that the fluttery feeling in his chest was just nervousness, since he wasn't used to talking to people other than Lee or Hinata. This conversation was going pretty well he thought, and Itachi was pretty sure that Hoshigaki-sempai didn't suspect anything about him being blind.
"You know it's funny," Hoshigaki-sempai laughter from beside him. "But your probably the first person I've had a conversation with that hasn't asked me about me scars."
Scars? "Well it's none of my business, if you want to tell me I'll listen but I won't pry." That was an honest fact, Itachi never did like people that nosed in something that wasn't theirs.
Their was another deep laugh beside him before he felt Hoshigaki-sempai stand up. "Maybe someday I'll tell you, Uchiha-kun. See ya."
Itachi was about to ask where he was going before he heard loud and unmistakeable Lee's steps coming towards him.
"Itachi-san, this lesson's finished now so we can head back to the changing rooms." A hand took his and Itachi was surprised that the hand was neither sweaty nor clammy. Which meant Lee probably didn't have much of a work out.
"How was it?" he asked, making sure to squeeze Lee's hand before doing so, as they walked back to the changing rooms."
"It was fun Itachi-san. What about you, who was that you were talking to?" Lee's curious voice asked.
"Oh that was Hoshigaki-sempai, I met him earlier in the toilet."
"Oh that's good so you're making friends. But why would you call him sempai? He must be a senior which makes you the same age."
"Politeness." Itachi answered shortly. Being polite was something he had always been raised to do, even if he hated it.
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After she had meet up with them Hinata, Lee and Itachi had all headed to there next classes. The rest of the day had gone alright. During most lessons Hinata sat doing her work perfectly while Itachi had just been practicing his hand writing asking them afterwards how it looked. It was very clear to Hinata that he was very smart so he didn't really need to pay much attention. Lee on the other hand was different. He wasn't very bright and Hinata was sure he was struggling with the class. This confused her since Lee had told them he'd been going to school till he joined the hospital and yet he was struggling with work a year below him. Still she made sure to take lots of notes that she would share with him.
At lunch time since they all brought lunch the three of them chose to sit outside away from most of the other people. It was still quite warm outside even thought winter was approaching, so they'd enjoyed a nice lunch. Neji had also come to see her, asking if she was ok and if her lessons had gone alright. It was very sweet of him.
When it came to the last period of the day, drama, the teacher had told them they could take this class as a free since they wouldn't be able to participate much. So instead they had decided to head up to the roof, which is were they were now.
Lee was leaning against one of the walls, coping out the notes Hinata had made for him earlier. Itachi was next to him and Hinata next to Itachi. None of them spoke as there was really no need when they with each other, it was like they didn't need words.
Her first day at school had gone a lot better then she'd expected and she thought the others agreed.
'I think I'm going to like this school.' She silently mouthed to herself.
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