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Chapter 17
Group one was walking around trying to get to Best buy. All the kids from school would be there, that's one of the reasons they sent Ino to go there, because every guy in the school feared her, she was one of the top five most feared girls, especially when she had her sister with her because she was more protective of everyone so that her sister wouldn't get hurt. Lea annoys the guys so bad that they avoid her, so all the more reason to send her with Ino and Isabeal.
Kankuro would protect them as well, especially Sandy, since he knew her since they were kids. She used to come over and play. And he liked her a lot. Sandy also liked Kankuro, but they didn't know that they felt the same, so they thought of each other as really close friends. They walked side by side chatting about what happened from when he left up until they saw each other again. This was a surprise for Kankuro who didn't know that they would end up seeing her and the others.
"So how was moving away from here?" Sandy asked.
"It was fine. It was an adjustment to be living with Gaara, and Lenny, and pretending to not know them. As well as some of the others, but we all got used to living with each other. Everyone had their own adjustments to make. Anything new for you?"
"No… it's the same as ever." She stated back. "Still like all the same stuff?"
"Pretty much. Everything is the same. Though I do appreciate more things now that I'm back."
"Like what?"
"My crazy sister, and my other sister. Watching the other girls, watching them beat people up mostly, and see who falls in love with who, and knowing that both sides of my friends find their one true love. I also missed hanging out and talking to you." 'Especially you' He thought.
Kin and Zaku were getting to know each other; they were walking side by side like Kankuro and Sandy.
"So how long have you lived with the boys?" Kin asked.
"Awhile. You are related to the two girls back there. One person we supposedly know, and two other cousins. Why did you move into this house, and for how long?" Zaku asked in return.
"Correct. I'm sure sooner or later you'll figure it out as to who is my step-cousin. I look forward to it actually. I sort of want to see everyone's faces too. My family has worked and protected the Yuuhi family for a long time. But it was just recently that we see them more as family or friends than workers or protectors. Since we are family friends we moved in. and that was a long time ago. I believe I was about 4 years old moving in with them."
They were getting along really well. He didn't think that he would find a girl that could be a friend and more than that. Even while he was having a decent conversation with her, he felt Ino's heated glare at the back of the head. He ignored it because he figured she was trying to tell him that if he hurt her he would die.
Isabeal and Itachi were walking side by side to since Ino liked to keep her sister and everyone in front of her. She didn't like them in back of her incase of danger. Itachi knew full well that she was not just glaring at Zaku but him as well since he was walking close to her sister. Isabeal was humming a tune and she was skipping slightly. She kept glancing at Itachi and her siblings and everytime she did glance at one of them she smiled. It would grow especially when she saw Sandy and Kankuro getting along really well. Itachi was carefully watching everyone in the group as well as those around them. He watched Isabeal closely too. He thought it was amusing how she skipped and hummed while they were walking.
While everyone but Ino, Isabeal, Itachi and Neji were off talking, Lee and Lea were having a spaz youthful attack. They kept saying youthful every other word and it was starting to piss Ino and Neji off because they were in front of them. The others were in front of Lee and Lea, so that no one would try to hit them. Lea and Lee were people that others would try to limit the danger from being hit by others that wanted them to shut up, Lee more so than Lea because she is Sakura's sister and if something happened Sakura would be sad and that's not tolerable. They both had gotten used to just one, now there were two, so even more problems. Even if Ino had gotten used to Lea, she was never able to handle her for a long period of time like now. Sandy and Kankuro were completely ignoring them having a conversation all in their world. And so was everyone else, except Ino who happened to be glaring at them the whole time, when she wasn't glaring at Itachi and Zaku at least.
That was a mistake though because Lea and Lee just pushed her buttons to the point where she growled at them, scaring Lea into a strange pedestrian, who caught her because he liked Sakura and Lee into knocking Isabeal over. Itachi saw it coming so he stepped behind Isabeal so fast that no one really saw it. He caught her so she never touched the ground. Seeing that Lee knocked into her sister started her on a whole new level of anger. Sandy moved between Zaku and Kin, since she was scared of Ino as it was, Itachi had picked up Isabeal and moved her to the side. Lea went to stand in front of Lee, who kind of coward in fear of Ino. Kankuro, who went to stand near Ino after her growl, grabbed Ino's upper arm and pulled her a little to stop her. Neji had her other arm, which surprised everyone watching because only her siblings could touch her, besides a Yuuhi that is.
"Lee, Lea, Zaku, Kin and Sandy, why don't you guys head into Best Buy?" Itachi stated since he saw that they were just outside the store now, and he could see a growing crowd, after he said that everyone left to get in the store. He started to glare at everyone, so that they would mind their own business. He adjusted Isabeal in his arms, so that she was sitting on one of his arms and her arms around his neck. "Neji and Kankuro since you two have a good grip on Ino stay out here till she calms down to a more manageable anger." Itachi finished.
"There's nothing to watch!" Ino sneered to the growing crowd and glaring at the crowd and Lee, who left to go in the store with the rest, frightening everyone. She hated being watched, it made her angrier.
"Everyone leave now."Kankuro and Neji barked together while glaring at them with Itachi. They hated people seeing her like this, which was odd since Neji only knew her for a few hours, he felt connected to her somehow. They also sensed her increasing anger, which they, especially Kankuro, didn't want to happen. Kankuro knew what could and would happen should this get any further.
All four of them had a good effect because everyone started to leave in a rush. After everyone was out of sight, Itachi made sure they could handle her by looking into their eyes and seeing their confidence and their quick nods, he left with Isabeal in arms to go inside the store.
Taking a few deep breathes, while both Neji and Kankuro had a grip on her, allowed her to calm down. At least until she noticed Kankuro's hand on her arm. She glared at it and then his face, signaling to let her go. He did but stayed close just in case. She took a few more deep breathes with her eyes closed. After her second one did Kankuro finally notice that Neji had his hand on her arms as well, and she hadn't glared at it or tried to bite it off. He smirked; he knew Neji would be the one to crack Ino.
"Neji make sure she doesn't get angry." With that Kankuro left to join the group in Best buy. Once there he said he wasn't needed and that Neji was taken care of it. Both Kin and Sandy couldn't believe that, so they took a quick peek outside and noticed, both ended up smirking. The guys didn't know what the big deal was besides her anger. Lea and Lee had gone off, saying they expected a text of what they needed to get. Isabeal was still in Itachi's arms; she had laid her head down on his shoulder, and started to drift off to sleep.
When Neji and Ino came in, she seemed to have calmed down until she looked at her sister and saw that Itachi was holding her. She started to glare and then saw that her sister had started to fall asleep. Itachi sensed that he was okay for now since Isabeal seemed comfortable. And he was, as long as he didn't do anything stupid. She then glared at Kankuro, for who knows what, except he knew she wanted her assignment so they could get out, because she hated shopping and she hated Best Buy.
"Itachi since you have Isabeal in your arms you guys will be partners and you will get the digital cameras that were ordered. All you have to do is go to that desk. Zaku and Kin can get plain cds, plain DVDs, Nancy drew PC games, ever quest pc games, and Guild wars Pc games. Lea and Lee will get battlefields, shooter DVD, NASCAR and football games. Kin text Lea the info." Kin did as told. No one wanted to be in the same vicinity. "Ino and Neji will you get National treasure one and two, and an eye for an eye?" he waited for a nod from Ino, Neji did so too, but he only asked because he really didn't want the girls to let some secrets out. Also he knew that the girls knew why he asked, the guys however raised a brow at his tactics. "Sandy and me will get Ring one and two, Hills Have Eyes, and Grudge." He finished up.
They went off and retrieved all the items requested. It didn't take too long to get the items because the people hanging out there got out of the way. They saw how Ino was already pissed, and knew not to mess with someone that could hold onto Ino and they knew not to create a mess with either the girls or Kankuro. They also knew not to mess with her sister, who they saw being held by an older looking man that had an aura not to be messed with.
Kin and Zaku
They started off and got to where they would start to grab things. He waited a safe distance then he started to ask.
"What was with Ino?" He asked.
"Ino doesn't like it when people knock into her sister because of sick she can get. She has something about her bones that no matter what milk or vitamins that she can easily break something if she had fallen. It was a good thing that Itachi-sensei caught her or we would have Ino on a killing spree. It's a good thing Kankuro is able to hold her arm like that. I'm surprised she let Neji hold her arm but I would rather keep my head than asking my cousin the question that is in my head."
"I wonder why Kankuro could hold her arm if she is as bad as this? And I am confused on why he would change tactics by asking her if she wanted to get the items."
"He is the only boy she would let grab her until Neji. And he has know her for awhile considering he has more than a friend relationship with her. Also he asked because Ino hates this place, she hates people, and many people that she especially hates spends there Fridays here. Thus meaning she does not like being here even more."
"Why send her here?"
"She is one of the top five feared girls at our school. And if it were another group they would bother them. And Ino would rather be bothered than have to hunt people who aren't worth her time."
They finished up and went to the front of the store to wait. And there they saw Itachi and Isabeal and waited with them.
Kankuro and Sandy
"It was a surprise that Neji didn't get hurt when he was holding Ino's arm."
"I knew it would be him to crack her."
"I know this is rude but I am still kind of scared of her after that one time."
"It's fine. I know she likes you though. I mean she told me herself that if I hurt you she would hurt me."
"I like her, I'm just scared of her too."
They finished up and headed for the front and met up with Itachi, Isabeal, who was still asleep, and Kin and Zaku.
Neji and Ino
"Feeling better?" Neji asked.
"Yes." Ino responded while nodding her head. "The only good thing about that is that all the bastards here and b*tches here are keeping away from everyone."
"May I ask?"
"Ask what?"
"You know what I want to know already." He looked at her in the eye. She looked him back and sighed turning her head.
"My sister has a bone problem no matter what vitamins or milk, she can easily break her bones. So if she had landed I would have killed them and then went to hospital to see what was broken. She could have easily needed surgery if Itachi didn't catch her."
"I see. I suppose you don't have that."
"No. Just her."
They finished and went to the front to meet the others.
They went off to their next destination, which was Office Depot. While on their way to office depot, Kin got a call from Matsuki.
"We have a problem. Anko got a call from Renai-Sensei, and whatever happened to make Renai-sensei panic got Anko to be all quiet, and talk normally. That in itself is a feat. It definitely isn't good either." Matsuki said over the phone making Kin gasp. Alerting everyone to something the guys looked around with their eyes. Itachi adjusted Isabeal into a tighter grip, that wouldn't hurt or wake her up. Ino showed no sign of caring.
"Is everyone okay? I suppose we have to wait and hurry up." Kin told matsuki over the phone, "Yeah we will have to wait but be forewarned it isn't good. And stay together. Be careful." "You guys as well. See you there. Be safe." Kin responded again and they hung up.
Matsuri texted everyone but Lea, because if she knew it would turn out really bad, and Kin because she knew that her sister had called her. Ino's phone rang, and she looked at it grunted and put it away. All the guys looked at her with eyebrows raised because they thought she would give more of an output of emotion if it dealt with one of the girls, which they were sure it did, because the guys promised no trouble for awhile.
Matsuri also texted Isabeal who woke up, and took one look at it and freaked out, which kind of made Ino mad. Isabeal was told that they would have to wait to find out what happened. Ino grunted "Isa-nee", and got Isabeal's attention. One look at each other and Isabeal nodded and cuddled her head into Itachi's neck again and fell back to sleep on Itachi's shoulder.
Sandy understood right away that they would have to wait. So that's what she texted back.
"Something happened we have to hurry. I don't know what it is but I don't think we should stay this slow." They arrived at Office depot and went in.
"Ino and Neji get highlighters, pens, and pencils?" At this both nodded, "Itachi and Isabeal get tape, staples, and paper clips, Kin and Zaku are to get sticky notes, paper, and print cartridges, Sandy and myself are to get scissors, and brief cases, and Lea and Lee get binders. And make sure to hurry!" Everyone left, though Lea and Lee ran to their destinations.
Lea and Lee
"We youthfully must youthfully get everything fast or we will run 100 laps around the park!" they yelled together and grabbed everything.
Kankuro and Sandy
"Lets hope we don't have to fight anyone." Sandy commented.
"If we do I hope it isn't Sakura, Gaara, Sasuke, or Lenny. I mean we could handle Cody to a point. But the others not so much at all."
"True. So what do think happened?"
"I think a boy went up to Sakura and tried to flirt and it scared her. And because they are at the park, which I pretty much know or we would have heard it through the stores, means she didn't tell the boys. And so now they are p*ssed."
"That sounds about right. You know what is scary?"
"What?"
"You predicted that without being here for a long time." She smirked. "you wouldn't have a complex involving Gaara, Cody or Lenny do you?"
"GAH! NO WAY!" Sandy started to laugh.
"Sorry had to laugh to make me feel better."
"GAH. I NEED TO BLEACH MY EYES OUT!"
"hmm. I don't know if you don't. I mean if you didn't why would you picture a complex with them."
"NOT FUNNY ANYMORE!" And with that they went to the front with Kankuro rubbing his eyes to get whatever image he came up with and Sandy laughing hysterically, where they met with Lee and Lea.
Kin and Zaku
"Lets hope we don't have to fight anyone. Not that I don't like fighting but we promised no trouble for now." Zaku commented.
"If we do I hope it isn't Sakura, Gaara, Sasuke, or Lenny. I mean we could handle Cody to a point. But the others not so much at all."
"Okay, I can understand Gaara and Sasuke, and maybe Lenny but Sakura not so much." He glanced at her. "Can't see that happening. She seems too sweet and innocent, how can you say she can be scary like Gaara? And another thing that was bothering me, her piercings? She is shy, sweet, caring, and innocent. Why in the world would she have that many piercings?"
"Did you notice the color order?" She asked, and Zaku nodded his head. "She never deviants from that color order, the colors signifies importance and no matter what she never changes them, not even for dances, which all the girls have only been to once and it didn't end well. Don't ask." She saw the curious look he sent her and he saw the look of pure hatred, and how she was completely pissed, so he didn't ask. "And you can't picture it because you never saw her when she is angry. That in itself is a feat but quite dangerous."
"So what do think happened?"
"I think a boy went up to Sakura and tried to flirt and it scared her. And because they are at the park, which I pretty much know or we would have heard it through the stores, means she didn't tell the boys. And so now they are p*ssed."
Somewhere in the store…. "GAH! NO WAY!" someone laughing a little less loud than the scream and then "GAH. I NEED TO BLEACH MY EYES OUT!"
"That sounded like Kankuro." Zaku said with a raised eyebrow.
"It is. Kankuro has a really loud scream. And I should know considering. He must have guessed what happened, and she joked about him guessing it right. Something involving a boy complex with Gaara or Lenny or Cody to make herself feel better about the situation and he screamed."
"That is a little scary, a boy complex I mean I can get why he would need to bleach his eyes out."
"Don't tell the others or you might be asked if you had one because you pictured it." She chuckled a bit.
"Noted. Question?"
"Answer." She smirked.
"Funny. You said you should know considering….?"
"Fine only because you and I are getting along and there has never been a time that I got along with someone outside of my family or the Yuuhi family. Kankuro is my cousin, he is Ino and Isabeal's step-brother. Which is why he knows so much and can grab her arm. But don't tell anyone. We all want to see everyone's face when they figure it out."
"Copy that."
And with that they met at the front to see Lea and Lee doing push ups and Sandy laughing so hard she had her arm held by Kankuro, who was keeping her up, while he rubbed is eyes with the other and not looking so happy.
Ino and Neji
"Not worried?" Ino asked.
"No. if I had anything to worry about you would have shown some signs of worrying yourself. So no." Neji responded back.
"What do you think of Sandy?"
"Don't know her much" Neji said raising his eyebrow at her, "why?"
"She likes my step-brother. I like her enough to protect her but I don't know if I like her liking my brother or in the future dating him yet."
"How long have you known?"
"I've known her for years and it it was in the first six months of meeting her that I knew she liked him. I glared. I glared even harder when Kuro-ani liked her back."
"Wait Kuro-ani? Are you saying that Kankuro is your brother?"
"Yes. Why else do you think he knows so much and why he was able to grab my arm? The girls thought it would be funny to watch everyone's faces when they figured it out so we didn't say anything."
"That would be entertaining."
Somewhere in the store…. "GAH! NO WAY!" someone laughing a little less loud than the scream and then "GAH. I NEED TO BLEACH MY EYES OUT!"
"That sounded like Kankuro." Neji said with a raised eyebrow.
"It is. Kankuro has a really loud scream. He must have guessed what happened, and Sandy joked about him guessing it right. Something involving a boy complex with Gaara or Lenny or Cody to make herself feel better about the situation and he screamed."
"That is a little scary, a boy complex I mean I can get why he would need to bleach his eyes out."
"Don't tell the others or you might be asked if you had one because you pictured it." She chuckled a bit.
"Noted."
"What do you think about Itachi?"
"He is impressive fighter at all styles, he is good at educational subjects, and he is interested in a lot of things like music and art. He seems to be a good brother, nothing that bothers me about him besides him being from a rival clan. He is a gentleman when it is called for. And he protective of those he cares for. Why?"
"So him catching Isa-nee, adjusting her to be more comfortable, and tightening his grip when he thought there was danger was him being a gentleman or does he care for my sister?"
"I would say both. He was observing her through dinner and he must have noticed she need more protection or another person watching her just as you do. Again I ask why?"
"I think she likes him. She doesn't just fall asleep on guys that we don't know. She rarely does it for anyone but Kuro-ani, and Gaara if he is coaxed into holding her but that is rare. And she was observing him too. I don't like it." She glared at nothing.
"He won't hurt her."
"I suppose you'll say the same for the Sasuke-character?"
"He is similar. He might get mad hearing that out loud because His older brother likes to tease him. But he likes art, and music, sometimes I catch him playing or drawing, I can tell you he really is good at subject as school, we have a rivalry between each other. And we always get the same score, which is high. He is also an impressive fighter at all styles; again it's a rivalry. He is protective of those he likes and cares for and he is a gentleman. Again our clans are rivals so we are always competing."
"At least it isn't for the same girl this time. He seems to like Sakura. He hurts her though and he will die a slow and painful death."
"True."
They met up at the front to see Lea and Lee doing push ups. Kin and Zaku were waiting patiently trying to not kill either Lea or Lee, and Sandy still laughing at Kankuro.
Itachi and Isabeal
"I'm sorry I am not much help." Isabeal said as she nuzzled her head into his neck.
"It's fine. Just sleep. No one will hurt you. I won't let them."
"I know, I can feel it in the way you hold me. It's so nice and warm and I feel nice and safe."
Somewhere in the store…. "GAH! NO WAY!" someone laughing a little less loud than the scream and then "GAH. I NEED TO BLEACH MY EYES OUT!"
"I don't even want to know." He sighed shaking his head. And she giggled.
They met at the front. They left the store with no incident and went on their way to figure out what happened. They met up with group 2 and started walking as one group. They walked side by side, sort of silently because they didn't want to piss off Ino, Tayuya and Ten-ten.
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