Disclaimer: Loveless- Yun Koga
Naruto- Misashi Kishimoto
Claimer: The OCs, like Haruka and Sterling, and plot belong to me. Nothing more, and nothing less.
Warning: There MIGHT be limes in the future, and this doesn't have any of the characters from the Loveless series.
Pairings: SasuOC, and maybe some NaruHina in the future
"Have you been studying up on the dictionary and thesaurus like I told you to?" Sasuke asks. I nod to answer Sasuke's question.
It's been a week now since I was almost jumped by Sasuke's fangirls. Like I had told them I would do, I knocked Sasuke down during gym that very same day. His shirt came up, as if God wanted to make sure I wouldn't get beat up, and they had ended up seeing that very same name that ties me and Sasuke together. Ever since then, they've been leaving me alone.
Sakura has been nice to me, though. It seems she's admitted defeat and actually wants to befriend me. She sometimes sits with me, Temari, Ten Ten, and Hinata in the mornings when we sit by the band room.
But as for Ino, I think that she's being bitter like the rest of Sasuke's fangirls. I sometimes feel hated glares at the back of my head. When I turn to her, I sometimes manage to see her looking away. There are even times where I think she talks about me just to whine about how it's not fair that Sasuke and I am a fighter unit. At least she doesn't spread rumors around, though.
"We need to start practicing spells," Sasuke announces.
Right now, we're in English class during our daily work. Sasuke slides his paper over to me so that I can copy his work. I normally don't like doing this, but now that he's offering, I've gotten lazy enough to go ahead and copy. Sasuke is never wrong when we do our daily work.
"How do you suggest we do that?" I inquire.
"Stop having your soccer practices. We'll use that time to train ourselves instead of others," Sasuke tells me.
"But… everyone likes soccer practice, me included…" I trail off.
"You're not doing soccer practice anymore. You're going to train with me," Sasuke orders.
Something inside of me clicks again. It's like the time when Sasuke told me study up on words during English a while ago. I stare at Sasuke, letting his orders wind themselves through my head. He stares me down and I end up nodding in agreement.
I think he knew what he was doing this time around. That makes me uncomfortable and uneasy.
"Alright, I'll tell the others that there's no more soccer practice. We'll go ahead and train when I come back from the swim team," I confirm.
"Good," Sasuke says. He takes his paper away from me since I've finished copying it.
I turn back to a book I brought. I start reading it, but I feel sick to my stomach. I don't like the idea that Sasuke is now going to be using his Sacrifice status to tell me what to do, knowing full well that I can't refuse easily. And to think, I started to find myself liking this guy.
But on the bright side, Sasuke doesn't know I'm still talking to Sterling. I actually have to go on that date he said he owes me tomorrow. We're actually going to be going to a park to get some ice cream. It's innocent enough so I had agreed to do it.
The problem is we have to keep this a secret. By now the whole school knows that Sasuke and I am a unit. We're the only unit in the whole school, so people actually look at us with admiration when we're together. I think they think we're powerful people who know the ropes to fighting already.
The big problem is that we don't. We have an idea, but we don't know how to do anything yet.
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I'm sitting at the lunch table. To my right are Temari and Ten Ten. Sitting on my left is Sasuke. He's been sitting next to me for the past two days, surprisingly. Across from me is Hinata sitting next to Naruto. She's been very uncomfortable for the past two days since she sits where Sasuke used to. On the other side are Kiba and Shino. Another table was pulled up so that Shikamaru and Chouji could sit near us. With them came Rock Lee and Neji since they're friends with Ten Ten. I just met those two.
"So what are we learning today?" Kiba asks me, looking straight at me.
Here's where the guilt bites me. I clear my throat and swallow down the food I was eating. I don't look at anyone, looking at the window behind them instead, as I say, "There's not going to be anymore soccer practices with me anymore."
"Wait, what?" Kiba and Naruto both ask at the same time.
"I can't keep up with it anymore. Math has gotten harder, so it takes longer to finish. I have to get this stuff done after swim team now," I lie. "I'm really sorry you guys. But think of this as training, in a way! In this phase, you have to learn how to find the time to practice soccer on your own time. You can work on stuff that you know you need to work on. Now you don't have to work on stuff with everyone else when you already know it."
"Man, that's not fair," Kiba grumbles. "Stupid homework taking up time. I hate homework!"
The table goes into a conversation about homework afterwards. It seems I've been left off the hook, thanks to Kiba's hate for homework and wanting to hear of people agreeing how it sucks. I side-glance Sasuke, and to my surprise I see a look of satisfaction on his face. I must be the only person who notices this, and gets angry because of it. No one is even looking at him.
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Sasuke and I meet at the football field where I used to practice soccer with everyone. The upperclassmen that came to soccer practice must have been informed that it's not happening anymore. I don't know how Sasuke got here, but I got here on my bike.
Sasuke and I meet on the track, which goes around the football field. In my arms, I have a thesaurus and a dictionary. In Sasuke's arms, he has two dummies. One has a big S on its chest, and the other has an F on its chest. I think it stands for "Sacrifice" and "Fighter".
"Have you thought up spells that match our names?" Sasuke asks. I nod at him. "Good. I'll set these up and you take your place."
Sasuke leaves to place the dummies where he wants them. I put myself on the thirty yard line. I set the books down next to me.
I'm a little nervous, I'll admit. I feel like the spells I'll cast will sound lame. For some reason, I care about what Sasuke thinks of me and what I can do. I have to keep telling myself that he can't do what I can, though, since he's a Sacrifice. All he can do is give orders, and doesn't have enough creativity to come up with spells like me.
Sasuke makes it back to being by my side. He stands behind me and I turn to him, and then to the dummies. I end up turning back to Sasuke, not sure what to do. He gives me a weird look, as if he's pressing me to do something. The thing is, I really don't know what to do.
"Alright, I'll help you start out," Sasuke sighs with annoyance. He manages to grumble, "I declare a Spell Battle."
"We accept and stand ready," I reply.
"Alright, I want to hear what spells you've got for blocking. Go ahead and cast it, or whatever you're supposed to do," Sasuke orders.
"Let the brain comprehend but a moment which is slowed until time is frozen in place, giving small moments to let the brain think of an escape and stop the danger altogether," I say, putting my all into thinking of these words and making them come true.
Surprisingly, something kind of magical happens. The wind blows in the direction of the dummies, and it's a sort of violent wind. It's hard to explain, but when I hear the ruffling of the leaves, it actually seems to sound slower. I know it has to be in my head, though, because spells can't work outside of a Spell Battle unless they're something really small.
I turn to Sasuke without really wanting to. My ears are perked up and my tail is flicking back and forth, holding itself higher than it usually does. Sasuke was looking at the trees, but now he turns to me. I get the sudden yearning for his approval, or at least some praise.
I feel like a dog…
"That actually wasn't bad… do you have anything else?" Sasuke inquires.
I almost nod eagerly. I turn back to the dummies. I raise my hand, as if calling down some energy from the high heavens as I, once again, put my all into saying, "Time taking place in the past has no danger for the hazard had happened in the future. The past is of a peaceful time where there has been no fighting, keeping everyone out of harm's way."
Another magical moment happens. The wind dies down quickly. Somehow, since it was just a little chilly, the temperature rises to where everything feels comfortable and… peaceful.
I turn back to Sasuke again. This time, I'm not looking for his approval like some kind of dog. I look at him with somewhat of a blank stare, although inquiring about how this was. Sasuke is staring at me with some kind of look in his eyes that I can't really place. Although, if I could trace it to something, I think it might be newfound respect.
"That was good, too. I came here thinking you would suck at this, but you didn't. I think we can head home now."
"Do you wanna come over again? My mom kind of made it a point to ask, and she obviously likes you," I say with a smile. "I'd hate to make you walk to your house with those dummies. We can put them on my bike."
"… Why not?" Sasuke finally says.
I smile happily. I pick up my two thick books and go to help Sasuke with the dummies.
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