Chapter 21

Jinrou POV

There was an eerie silence as Takashi circled around me, both looking to see who would make the first move. His muscles tensed and I was prepared for his attack. He rushed at me and I turned into blush smoke, disappearing from view. He looked around wildly trying to find me. I appeared behind him and sent a hard kick to his lower back sending him flying. There was someone doing commentary but I ignored them. Takashi recovered and rushed at me. I blocked everything he sent at me. He suddenly kicked his foot out hard and kicked me hard in the gut. I went flying back and into a wall. There was a crater in the wall. He must've concentrated his chakra in his foot.

"What's wrong Jinrou?! You give up already?!" He yelled at me. I growled and chakra started to seep out of me. "Don't tell me you've gotten weaker?!" He continued to yelled. I could feel my eyes slit and my hair go wild. My whisker marks got bigger and deeper as my hands turned into claws. The chakra exploded out of me and I rushed out. I was in perfect control.

'It must be the seal.' Ookami though. I nodded. Takashi looked a bit scared before he got a determined look on his face.

"Bring it on." He said. My chakra lashed out like whips and he danced out of the way. He rushed at me and threw shuriken. I did backflips and got out of the way. While I was in the air, I gathered my chakra and made a giant wolf. He backed away slightly as I stood on the wolf's head. I jumped off and dived at him. My chakra flew out of me and wrapped around him tightly. I could hear him yell in pain. I threw him at the wolf and it caught him in it's mouth. He was in its mouth for a bit before being spit out and thrown at a wall. After a few minutes, he wobbled out of the wall. The wolf turned smaller but was still bigger than the average person. It trotted over to me and I petted it's head. He staggered toward me. I put my hands together and slowly drifted them apart. A ball of chakra was forming between my hands and getting bigger. Takashi tried throwing kuni and shuriken at me, but the wolf would run and deflect them. Once the ball was bigger than my head, I chucked it as hard as I could at him. It hit him square in the chest and he went flying. He skidded across the floor and didn't get up. He was panting and had his eyes closed. I was breathing heavily from the force of it.

"Jinrou wins!" The announcer said. I smiled and the stadium was filled with cheers. The wolf nuzzled me before fading away. I went back to how I normally look and smiled brightly. I went to Takashi and helped him up. He was breathing hard and opened his eyes to look at me. "And what is this? A true act of sportsmanship! But that's not all folks, we have been told that Jinrou and Takashi are childhood friends! This fight seems to not've effected their friendship!" I wrapped one of his arms around my shoulders and wrapped my arm around his waist. I helped him walk out.

Itachi POV

I was hidden in the shadows. I came to see how she would do. It seems my seal has helped her a lot. I watched with a small smile on my face as she easily beat that boy. She's so strong and powerful, but graceful and gentle at the same time. She helped the boy up and I moved from my place in the shadows.

Jinrou POV

We walked to a healing room. It was empty. I sat him down and grabbed some alcohol. I put it on some cotton balls and gently wiped his cuts with them. When I disinfected them, I put bandages over them. He was slightly burned from my chakra. I put a gel that wouldn't irritate his skin and wrapped him in gauze. The gel should refresh his skin.

"I know your torso is also burned." I said smiling and giving him a look. He slightly blushed but took off his jacket and his shirt. I put the gel on his chest and he sighed at the coolness of it. Just as I was beginning to wrap gauze around his torso, Kakashi sensei walked in along with my team. "Hi guys." I said as I bandaged him up.

"I didn't know you were a nurse, Jinrou." Kakashi said looking amused.

"I'm not." I said chuckling. I finished wrapping him up and he put his shirt back on. "I'll walk you out." I told him. He nodded. "I'll be right back." I told my team. Sasuke and Naruto weren't looking at me. On the way out, I passed by Gaara and waved at him with a smile. He gave me a small wave back. Once we were outside I held Takashi's hand and swung our arms. "So, what're you gonna do now?" I asked him.

"Probably to back to the village." He said. He turned to look at me. "Will you come back with me?" He asked. I shook my head.

"I've already been back once. Everyone hates me as much as always." I said. He gave a small nod. We stopped at the gates and looked at each other.

"You'll always be my best friend." He said bringing me into a hug. I hugged him back.

"Ill miss you." I said. He leaned back and smiled at me.

"I'll come visit sometime." He said. I nodded and he left. I turned around and my team was standing there. Kakashi wasn't anywhere in sight and Naruto along with Sasuke looked mad.

"Hey." I said smiling.

"So, you're just going to let back in your life that easily?" Naruto asked coldly crossing his arms. I blinked.

"Yeah, why?" I asked.

"Any other guys you wanna mention?" Sasuke asked.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"Maybe you should just go back to your village with that guy!" Naruto suddenly yelled.

"Or leave with Gaara!" Sasuke yelled. I took a step back in shock.

"W-what?" I asked. They were starting to scare me.

"Why don't you just leave!" Naruto yelled at me.

"Just go away!" Sasuke screamed at me. My eyes widened. They want me gone? But... I thought they were my friends... Of course they don't want me here. No one ever does. They stopped and realized what they said. They looked like they regretted it and opened their mouths to say something but I ran past them. I jumped in the air and turned into blue smoke. If they wanted me gone, I'll leave. I went to Naruto's house and as quick as I could I grabbed a duffle bag and packed everything I had. It wasn't much, but the duffle bag was full and nothing more would fit. I grabbed the messenger bag that had all the information about my parents. I jumped out and turned to blue smoke again. I went to the waterfall. I reached inside my shirt and took out the whistle Itachi gave me. I put it between my lips and blew hard. It was a high pitched sound that sounded beautiful and soft yet edgy. A puff of smoke appeared in front of me, and standing in the middle of it was Itachi.

"Yes?" He asked in a soft tone. I ran to him and threw my arms around him. He hugged me back. "Would you like to leave this place?" He asked me. I nodded as I buried my face in his coat. He carried me bridal style and was about to leave when we heard a voice.

"Jinrou!" It was Sasuke. I i took one look at him then looked away and buried my face in Itachi's shoulder.

"Lets go." I said. He nodded and we left in a puff of smoke.

Sasuke POV

We quickly realized what we said and were about to apologize. She looked so hurt. Before we could say anything she ran past us and away. She jumped and turned into blue smoke.

"Why would you say that?!" Naruto yelled.

"Why would you?!" I yelled back. We were both just so jealous, and we acted out in anger.

"We have to go find her." He said. I nodded. We went to his house first and saw that all of her things were gone. We split up to go look for her. I went to the waterfall because that's where I guessed she would be. What I saw made my eyes widen. She was in my brother's arms! He carried her bridal style and I saw they were about to disappear.

"Jinrou!" I yelled out. She gave me one look before leaning her head against his shoulder. She said something and suddenly, they were gone. I fell to my knees. She's gone...

This time forever.