One and Lonely

The half term had flown by fast and Fiona had been spending everyday of vacation with Snow doing things they felt like doing. She still remembered what had happened in the mall and smiled remembering the look on Karin's face as the Fiona shadow cloneshad chased her.

"I wonder if she'll be scared when we go back tomorrow or forget the whole thing?" the ebony haired princess thought as she and Fiona were at the beach. She wondered why Fiona was so quiet as she looked up into the sunny skies.

She was thinking about that jutsu she'd used in the mall and about what Karin had said on the bus.

"Are you okay Fi-Fi?" she asked curiously.

Fiona was broken out of her train of thought by that.

"I'm okay Snowdrop...... just thinking." she answered smiling broadly at her. She decided to wait until tomorrow to worry about the training thing.

But the next day the students in their class were told to meet in the gym hall for some unknown reason. Snow had a feeling this was what was bothering Fiona yesterday. She saw a ninja in a Chunnin vest and wore a Konoha headband.

"Welcome back to Konoha High after vacation. This term we will be trasining you to be Shinobis in the secret arts of ninja and upon completion, be put in a three man squad.

We will begin classes after lunch.

You're free until then." Iruka told them.

Snow saw worry in Fiona's eyes as they were in the area outside where the other kids were hanging out, sitting on the grass. She knew that Fiona's killer new jutsu had been accidentally unlocked through anger but also her attachment to Snow had helped her. Snow saw fear in Karin's eyes as she saw them together.

"I guess she still remembers what happened.

A lot of kids here would consider you a hero for scaring Karin out of her wits.

At least that's what I heard from some kids in school." Snow told her softly as Fiona listened while still thinking.

"Wow I've been talked about by other kids before.

I guess they liked it but it was an accident.

What if we're in ninja class and I can't do it again?" she thought sadly as Sakura, Hinata and Ino showed up and joined them. They seemed excited that they would be training to be ninjas while at Konoha High but Hinata noticed that Fiona seemed sad.

"What's wrong Fiona-san?" she asked her.

"....I'm not sure if I can do Shadow Clone Jutsu again like in the mall.

What if we're in ninja class and I can't do it?" she replied to them. Sakura understood because most of the kids used to tease her about her huge forehead that she was very shy until Ino helped her become stronger.

"Don't worry you will.

When you learn a new jutsu, it stays with you." Hinata reassured her. Snow agreed with her about Fiona's worry but knew she could do it if she worked hard and put her whole heart into it.

Iruka smiled seeing them but Kakashi was looking at Fiona. Like the other teachers, he'd heard about what had happened in the mall and was amazed by how her chakra had emerged making her able to do Shadow clones.

But Iruka wouldn't let him train her.

"All this is new to somebody whose chakra has just emerged and it takes time to get them to the level you want to train them at. For now she's with me until anything happens." he told Kakashi....

Snow saw Karin look angry at Sakura, Ino, Hinata, Fiona and her who were standing together while her two friends had abandoned her. She had vowed to get even with Fiona during training.

"You won't be able to touch her Karin or she'll kick your butt like last time!" Snow thought as she saw Iruka enter the room. He explained what being a ninja was all about and then tried getting them to transform using their chakra. Snow and the others transformed into boys but then Fiona tried it and transformed into a handsome male demon which made Iruka and the class gasp in awe. Snow smiled as Fiona undid the jutsu and became herself again.

"S-Sorry." she said nervously as most of the kids were in awe but some gave her cold, hateful looks including Karin and Neji.

Later after class was over, Fiona and Snow were walking out of the building when they saw Karin standing there.

"Hello bakemono.

You should never have came here.

Everybody hates you being here and wish you would leave." Karin told her. Snow saw anger mixed with sadness in Fiona's eyes but saw her eyes become eye slits as purple chakra surrounded her. They could see something unusual was happening with her. Iruka gasped seeing this as Fiona sent Karin flying into a wall and watched her get to her feet.

".......Fi-Fi...... it's okay, it'll be okay.

I promise.

She's not worth it and you're a much better person than her." Snow said putting a hand on Fiona's shoulder. Karin was frozen in fear wondering what Fiona would do next but the chakra faded as Fiona returned to normal.

Snow heard Karin mock them as they walked away but she told Fiona to ignore her.

Iruka was amazed that somebody could handle the Winged Demon of Love's chakra like that and use it to become strong by defending and fighting for those she cared about.

"Snowdrop are you okay?

Did Karin hurt you?" Fiona asked her as they were in her room back in her parent's castle. She saw a few cuts on Snow's hand and placed her hand and focused her chakra on healing her friend. Snow watched in amazement as the cuts faded.

"Thank you Fi-Fi.

Karin's wrong. you're not a bakemono." she told her softly. For some reason thast word brought tears to her eyes but Snow understood that she had to listen to the hurtful things the people of Far, Far Away said to her because of her curse.

"I-I know but the scars inside my heart from them still hurt me so.

They don't know how it feels like to be me and how it feels to be different and to be made fun of." she told her as tears ran down her face but then felt Snow kiss her on the lips.

Her eyes went wide at that but she'd liked it as well as Snow.

"I-I always knew we would be more than friends." Fiona said blushing as Snow nodded but they were unaware of what Harold was planning.....