Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, but the Gushikan family and a select few are mine.
Trigger warning: Minor Character Death, Violence, Swearing
Chapter 30 ~ A Deadly Encounter
The silence between the four of us is deadly. My own blood pressure must be through the roof.
I moved my hand back to grab the hilt of my katana, but the ninjas tensed and took another step closer, making me drop my hand from hovering over the hilt.
"This is your last warning. I will kill you if I must." I spoke abrasively.
The taller and thinner guy took a step towards me, again chuckling.
"Do you really think you can frighten us off? Your like 4 feet tall (121.92 cm)."
My face blushed and hardened at the same before I came to a simple conclusion. I am going to fight them.
Before he could let out another laugh, I ran at him, catching him off guard with my speed. After all, I did lose my training weight earlier. Before he could adequately react, I jump up and kick him in the face making him collapse to the ground. I keep a defensive position as everyone realizes what I just did.
"For your information, your going to be killed by someone who's 4'7."
The girl recovered the quickest and lunged at me, but I quickly dodged it and drew my katana in one motion.
I'm finally armed, and that means I have to get serious.
The thin guy stands back up, nursing a swelling nose, but before he could attempt to yell at me, I rush him.
He was startled by that and stumbled onto his rear end. Clumsiest ninja I've ever seen.
I plunged my katana right where I knew his heart would be.
I had never looked into the eyes of someone I was killing before. I had never noticed how painful it must be to die. I had never seen how long an "instant kill" actually took to be instant.
His eyes flooded from confusion to pain all in a mini-second. He managed a scream and to fling his arms around me, but never reach me before I watched his eyes suddenly tire and then dull. The horrible part was it literally took 30 seconds.
30 seconds of me holding my katana firm. 30 seconds of his own teammates frozen absolutely stunned, I actually did it.
Then a minute of silence.
I could feel his teammates staring at each other behind me. Deciding whether or not they could attack me and win. Or maybe they still couldn't believe it happened.
I pulled the katana from the still body before turning around to inspect the damage.
They were horrified. The girl was shaking as she slumped to her knees, and the guy stood firm, but there was obvious distress on his face, well the visible part.
I didn't want to wait too long and allow them to overtake me. I quickly turned to the girl and took a single step towards her. Her eyes widened like an animal's eyes, and she attempted to stand back up on her quivering legs.
"We need to leave now." She sped out as she took another step from me.
"We have to complete our mission." The other guy responded I watched the guy's eyes connect with Sasuke and Naruto.
I'm not in a desirable position. Since I dodged the girl earlier, she actually closer to the tree than I am.
I allowed my eyes to look panicked as I look past her and start to move towards the tree.
The girl, now with a look of purpose, turn on her heels and runs at the tree.
I make no move to follow her as I turn around and look at the guy. My eyes are unfaltering.
It takes a second for him to get it.
"No, stop!" He calls out a moment too late.
She begins to stop herself at the mouth of the trunk but still steps on one of the bombs I had buried at the entrance.
It exploded instantly, causing a chain reaction to the other bombs I had laid in the entrance.
The explosion was fierce, and by the look on guy's face, I knew the girl didn't make it. I also knew that if I turn around, I might lose my morals. It's gotta be a mess.
His eyes twitch back to mine. I could see the fear on his face, and I felt almost giddy.
"Your turn," I said with a smile as I activated my Akumagen. I waited for it to take effect, but nothing happened. He just continued to stand there with that mortified look.
I frowned at the response but decided to end it. He had the same thought as me. He promptly pulled his scroll out of his bag, dropped it, and ran.
I took a step after him, but it felt useless. He's not coming back, I won.
Is what would've happened if Conscience had not begun to absolutely scream.
'THEY ARE VICTIMS JUST LIKE SASUKE! CHILDREN BEING TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF BY OROCHIMARU! DON'T YOU DARE!'
I faltered, holding the tall thin guy pinned to the ground with my katana. Instead of plunging my katana right into his heart, I instead pierced right through his left arm, until my katana hit the dirt below. I lift my left foot and smash it on his stomach to hold him in place. I whipped my head around to look at his teammates, who also seemed to falter as the guy screamed in pain. It was a horrible noise. But it was almost intoxicating. I pulled the katana out and plunged it back in. I continued to do this, I'm sure ruining this guy's arm, but at least I won't kill him if all goes according to plan.
"I'll kill him," I said to them.
They believed me. As his screams of agony assaulted all of us.
"Well, fuck," said the other guy. "You weren't even the target." His hand was shaking.
My eyes darken, and I could feel my anger peaking. "Should I kill you? Or should I let you leave? I am willing to do both." And suddenly, my Akumagen activated, without my hand seals. And then both of the sound ninjas' faces seem to morph into horror, and they both took multiple steps away. The girl collapsed to the ground. They were seeing me kill them, just how I had imagined it. The snuffing of their friend's life, the explosion tearing the girl apart, and then my chasing the guy down to kill him… I felt I should add his death into the mix, too, or he might get cocky.
"I will kill you," I repeated as I finally looked down at the wiggling guy beneath me, and I began to crush his stomach with my heel and yanked the katana from him only to reposition it over his chest. His death would jumpstart theirs.
"Wait!" The other guy shouted and yanked the scroll from his clothes and dropped it on the ground. "We will leave."
My glare sliced through him like a knife, and both he and the girl shuttered. But I couldn't help but pity them.
"Tell Orochimaru," I started, making them all freeze, including the guy on the ground stalling his groans. "Tell him that I will kill him. It doesn't matter if he's in disguise. I'll find him and cut his beating heart out of his chest."
The three preteens were silent.
"It doesn't even matter if he dresses up as your sensei. I'll kill him."
I felt the temperature drop as their faces got seriously terrified.
"Ho-how did you know?" The girl whispered.
A great question that I didn't have the answer for.
I took my foot off the guy and began to walk toward the other two. They began to back up, and I bent down and picked up their scroll, putting in in my pack. I was just feet from them.
I lowered my voice, so only those two could hear me. "Allow me to warn you. If you stay with Orochimaru, you will die, and not necessary by my hand." My gaze shifted to the guy, "If you try to fight Gaara. He will kill you." The guy looked confused but still scared. "If you ever want to disappear and get away from Orochimaru, then find the Gushikan Clan. I'll help you." They finally looked at me oddly, and I brushed past them to stand in front of the cave.
"Leave," I said, and with that, the two collected their fallen comrade and disappeared into the forest.
I waited for a beat longer before sinking to the ground. Exhausted and hungry.
I heard the ground next to me crunch as someone landed next to me, my eyes glancing over to see a mass of green.
"Hey, Lee," I said quietly.
He didn't respond at first but eventually sighed. "That was scary, Takara-san."
I snorted, and I flipped my katana back into an attack position.
"Are you here to fight too?" If he responds yes, I'm fully prepared to slide all the scrolls over to him and call it a day. I could never torture him, and I'm getting tired of this exam.
After a moment, he shook his head. "Originally, perhaps I was looking for a fight, but now the feeling has left me." He waited for a beat. "Are you alright?"
"I'll be fine. How are you guys?" I called over to a shaking bush.
The Ino-Cho-Shika combo stood up alarmed.
"We uh, we were going to help you be, but it looked like you had it under control." Ino sputtered.
"I suppose I did," I responded, as I rubbed my eyes with one hand. The other was still clenching my katana painfully. After a moment, I slid the katana back into the sheathe and massage my tense hand.
"Is your team..." Shikamaru started.
"They're alive. We got hit pretty bad. Although I think they should wake up soon. As soon as one wakes up, I'll need a nap." I grunted, speaking in short sentences.
I glanced back to my comrades before feeling my stomach drop. There is an eerie black smoke surrounding Sasuke.
"That's ominous," I said before walking over to the cave avoiding my bombs and being sure to tell my friends where they were.
I sat between my teammates. Sasuke's mark was smoking and making a deadly aura around him, and Naruto was practically snoring softly. In my sleep-deprived, angry state, I was tired of waiting for my two comrades to wake up. So with the wisdom, I had gathered over the years, I very annoyingly raised my hands up and slapped them down on the center of Sasuke and Naruto's chests with just enough strength to give a loud hollow sound that made the others flinch.
"Oi Oi OI! Wake up, you dumbasses! Do you have any idea what I just went through?! Wake up! I'm tired of this, I'm just so DONE!" I yelled right into their ears.
Naruto sat up immediately in surprise and made a high pitched screeching sound. Sasuke, on the other hand, thrust his hand up and clenched me around the throat in a move I didn't expect. Both of my hands flew to my neck and attempted to pry his hand off my jugular while I made a strained choking noise. Naruto stared with blurred eyes for a second before he snapped from his trance and shrieked like a child.
"What the hell?! Sasuke, stop!" He yelled, grabbing Sasuke's tense arm and attempting to pull it off me.
Only a few seconds had passed, but the world was already becoming hazy, I needed to do something quickly.
"Sa-Su-Ke-ST-OP," I choked out every syllable with pain as I released his fingers and instead reached over and pinched his nose.
Another long second later, Sasuke's eyes fluttered open as he sat up and gasped for breath. Once he was up, he confusedly looked and followed his arm to my throat and immediately let go.
"Ta-Takara?!" He shouted, holding his hand out in front of him like it was a weapon. My hands were back to my sore neck as I softly massaged the bruised flesh.
"Ye-yeah, it's me. You're scary when you sleep." I grumble.
Naruto began to fuss over me immediately and moved my hands only to gasp loudly, "Sasuke, you rat bastard, you bruised her neck!" He accused. I couldn't see my own neck, obviously, but judging from the group of people that had now surrounded us, I guess its right.
"Wow, Sasuke, you, like literally, put a print of your hand on her throat. You could've killed her." Ino said in a hushed tone.
"I'm fine." I croaked. "It'll take more than Sasuke's grip to kill me."
Naruto finally looked around to the group of people that had assembled. "Wait, what are you doing here?" He questioned.
Shikamaru answered first, "We saw Takara fighting alone, and we're going to help her, but she handled herself." His eyes flicked to mine, there seemed a bit more resistance than usual. Well, he did just watch me threaten and torture a guy.
Lee nodded in response, "Yes, it is the same for me. I saw my rival in the most distressing of fights, but before I could even try to save her, she ended the fight herself with much youth and fighting spirit."
Sasuke jerked toward me, "Wait fight, were you fighting that grass ninja? And you won?" He said in a thunderous shocked voice. Naruto's eyes were practically popping out of his head.
I shook my head and placed my hand on my lap. "No. I didn't fight the grass ninja. I found you two unconscious bodies after I managed to take out "her" summons. Then I dragged us here. These guys saw me take out the sound ninja team. They came here under the order of the grass ninja to finish the job. They were in cahoots of sorts."
"Oh, so you scared away the Sound team," Naruto said, filling in the blanks, but I shook my head.
"Yea, you could say that." I thought back to the vicious stabbing of the one kid's arm and then projecting their deaths into the teammate's head.
"Wow, that's awesome! Great job, Takara!" Naruto shouted.
Sasuke's hands began to shiver, "If I hadn't lost… If I had been more powerful, then you wouldn't have been alone. Taking care of us." His words were pained, and I could see the conflict in his eyes. Almost immediately, the bad bruise on his neck from Orochimaru started to expand as a dark pattern began to flow over his pale skin.
'Abort mission! He needs to stop drawing power from Orochimaru's seal!' Conscience screams.
Without a moment's hesitation, I set my hands over his, making him freeze. Even the expanding seal froze in shock.
"Hey," I said softly. "I'm okay. You don't need to stress yourself for power. I'm not entirely sure, but you need to be careful the seal Orochimaru put on your neck seems to be linked to your chakra. So, for the time being, you should probably stop using your chakra."
Sasuke frowned on the spot, "Stop using my chakra? How the hell am I supposed to protect you and Na-"
Shaking my head, I stopped him. "You don't need to protect me. And you certainly don't need to protect Naruto. All we need to worry about right now is getting to the center building. I got the Earth scroll from the sound team, so now we have the full set. We can just go straight there from here. First, just give me a few hours to sleep."
He falls silent, and I finally relax my shoulders.
"Both the scrolls, huh?"
Instantly I'm tense again as I move to grip a kunai out of my pouch. I turn slightly, and my eyes flicker over the two new people in the small cave.
"Neji, Tenten!" Lee exclaimed, "What are you two doing here?"
They both look at him like he's an idiot. "You were late," Tenten explains with a roll of her eyes.
Their conversation does nothing to release the ball of tension in my stomach.
"On the bright side, you did manage to find us someone with both the scrolls," Neji says with almost a ghost of a smile.
With the last of my strength, I stand up and point the kunai at them.
"Listen up, you… you… pettifogger!" I pause at the ridiculousness of my insult. "I will not hesitate to kill you if you hadn't witnessed, I am very capable of causing bodily harm." I hoped Lee would stop us, I just wanna take a nap, to be honest.
Thankfully he did.
"Comrades, it is not youthful to threaten someone who has just put up a good fight and is no longer in peak condition. Would a win of such accord really be worth the scroll?" He asked, mildly stepping in front of me.
The silence was choking for a solid minute.
Neji only scoffed and turned away from me, "It wasn't a serious statement Lee. Anyway, we need to leave."
I had never known Neji to joke around, so if Lee hadn't said something, I'm sure we would've had to fight. I owe one to Lee.
After Lee nodded, a goodbye Team Guy left in a blink of the eye.
It wasn't long afterward that Team 10 made an awkward goodbye as well. None of them were able to meet my eyes as they left through the dense brush. Yes, they saw a much different part of me today. A role that was reserved for my own dark thoughts initially. It may take some time for them to get that image out of their brains.
Thus Naruto, Sasuke, and I were left alone.
"We should leave as soon as possible," I said softly. But Naruto shook his head.
"No, we should take a day to recuperate. You're practically asleep standing up, Sasuke's been…infected? And I got… punched?" He sighed and rubbed his head. "We all need rest."
"We should definitely stick together." Sasuke added, "We can't risk someone being kidnapped or surprised attacked."
I nodded, "But first things first, can I please take a nap?" I said so softly I thought they may not have heard me. But they both nodded, and I was finally able to slump against the wall of the cavern and fall asleep.
My sleep felt short and dreamless, but I do have to admit I was OUT. Like a log, a baby, or a corpse, I slept similarly. That is until my spidey senses went off. All at once, my eyes flung open in a panic. I was disoriented and confused, but I eventually looked around the small cavern, and to my dismay, the guys weren't there. I rose in an instant, but my legs buckled underneath me, sending me on all fours. I'm not the most graceful being, it seems.
My heart was in my throat, but it cleared when I heard Naruto's voice.
"Taka? What are you doing?" He walked into the cavern to see me in my shame before rushing to help me onto my feet. His arms holding onto my shoulders.
"Yo-you guys weren't here? I got worried?" I questioned back at him in my delirious state.
Naruto muttered an apology, "We have been sitting outside to keep watch. We didn't want you to feel weird about sleeping in front of us."
I sighed and relaxed into Naruto hold, "Oh, okay."
"Oh, but you wouldn't guess who came up to us!" He exclaimed while simultaneously elbowing me like we had a secret.
At first, I was curious, but the intense headache I was starting to conjure up, almost answered it.
"Please don't tell me it is Kabuto."
Naruto's eyebrows shot up in surprise, "Woah, how'd ya know?"
I could hear the incessant shouting of Conscience like she was banging against the wall of my brain in anger.
As Conscience's anger gripped me, I gripped Naruto's hands in response. "Naruto, you need to listen to what I'm going to say very carefully." Naruto's eyes widened, and he nodded as he gripped my hands back. "Kabuto is a bad guy. An evil guy, and we cannot trust him."
Poor Naruto. His eyes showed just how utterly confused he was by what I was saying.
"A bad guy? But when you first saw him, you looked… Did he do something to you?" He asked as he began to tense with rage.
I shook my head but continued, "You know how sometimes I just seem to know things? Like when Kakashi calls me physic as a joke?" Naruto nodded. "Well, I can feel it deep in my bones that he is a bad guy and not just any bad guy. The bad guy."
Naruto still looked unassured but nodded slowly, "You do seem to "get" things really quickly."
Before I could say more, we were interrupted by Sasuke and Kabuto entering the small space.
"Wow, we just came to check on you guys! Didn't mean to interrupt." Kabuto exclaimed with a raise of the eyebrows. I guess to strangers, it may seem odd that Naruto and I would hold hands. But to his credit, Sasuke seemed not to think of it.
My eyes darkened the minute Kabuto invaded their sight.
'We need to kill him now. During the exam, when no one would think of it.' Conscience hissed.
I ignored the voice in my head and instead spoke to the two guys. "Kabuto-san, would you mind giving my teammates and I a minute to discuss our plans."
Kabuto gave a small grin before moving even closer, "Well, actually Taka-chan, we came up with a plan while you rested."
My eyes didn't leave him once as I dropped Naruto's hands when I realized how hard I was squeezing them. To his credit, he didn't make a sound that is uncharacteristic of him. Then I took a single step closer to Kabuto, putting us toe to toe. He loomed over me, but I stood straight, hands planted on my hips, and my eyes narrowed.
"Oh, excuse me. I didn't realize we were close enough for you to begin to call me by my nickname. Forgive me, Kabu-chan. But in the meantime, you are not a member of this squad, and you are not even my friend, so I suggest you wait outside before I put you outside myself." My Kekkei Genkai flickered in my eyes while the two of us stood in the dark cave. We continued to stare at each other for many more moments before Kabuto reached a hand up and playfully tugged on a strand of my curly hair.
"I'll be outside then." He said with a light voice before stepping outside.
My hand reached up and touched the hair he had defiled before snorting in anger. I whipped around and looked to my comrades only to find them, both giving me strange looks.
"Uh, you okay, Taka?" Naruto asked softly.
I frowned before stepping closer to them so that only they could hear, "I don't trust him, and I don't know why you do!" I yelled/whispered.
Naruto looked downtrodden, "He just seems so nice, I didn't realize you hated him so much."
I groaned and pinch the space between my eyes. "Look, just tell me what's your plan with him?"
The two guys looked at each other before Sasuke spoke up, "We are going to travel to the main building together for safety in number since he was separated from his group. He seems harmless enough for that."
I narrowed my eyes as Conscience begins to whisper what will transpire in the near future. My eyes land on Naruto, now knowing that Kabuto will help Naruto safe once we are attacked by Team Oboro. Naruto looks nervous that I'm seemingly glaring at him.
"I don't trust him. He's like a snake in the grass. As long as we stay vigilant, he can travel with us, but I still don't think it's a good idea." I groaned, pissed I have to stay with him.
Naruto grins and agrees, running out to tell Kabuto, but Sasuke lingers.
"Why are you letting him come along?" He knows I wouldn't have given up so quickly.
"He's a human shield if we are attacked on the way," I responded as I picked up my things. Sasuke smirked at me, and we left the tree together.
I ate some fish the group had caught while I was asleep. I was tentative when I learned kabuto had anything to do with it, but seeing my reluctance Kabuto took a large bite out of my fish and grinned at me. Pissing me off for many reasons.
Once we were full, we began to walk toward the center, judging the direction from the movements of the sun. The walk was slow as all of us except Kabuto was worn from fights.
Kabuto kept rambling about how dangerous it was gonna be the closer we got to the center, obviously. God, I hate him.
Naruto is, of course, excited to fight, but the closer we get to the center, the darker the sky is. We are running out of time.
As night falls, the tower comes into view, but I don't find myself relieved yet. We take a quick break to prepare ourselves for the onslaught we are sure to face. The four of us stood in a circle while Kabuto explains the obvious dangers ahead. That's when we heard a bush beside us shake.
Naruto begins to whip around kunai in hand to throw, but I stop him with a hand to his shoulder, and we watched a giant centipede climb up a tree.
"Gross," I sighed, "But no need to waste weapons on it."
We all turned to begin toward the building when I notice the moonlight hit a string.
"FREEZE," I shouted, and everyone stopped. "Naruto, there's a line in front of you."
Naruto looked down and breathed out before stepping over it safely, and we began our walk.
As we walked, I noticed the building didn't seem to be getting any closer. I stopped to furrowed my brow and cross my arms. My team also stopped to stare at me.
"I think we are in a trap," I said thoughtfully, causing my group to look worried. "We walked about 80ft, but the building hasn't changed position in the sky at all."
Kabuto looked surprised, "That's an impressive thing to notice."
I glare back, "Not really, it's simple math. The building should get higher in the sky, the closer we get, but it hasn't. Which means we might be stuck in a Genjutsu." It also helped that Conscience had told me earlier what would happen.
The moment the words left my mouth, a surge of clones began to morph out of the trees and descend on us.
Without another second, Naruto summoned his clones to battle, but my attention turned to Sasuke.
"Use your Sharingan," I sputtered, "I know I said not to use your chakra, but it will be quick. Just turn it on long enough to point out who is real."
He nodded and activated his Jutsu, His wide eyes scanned the group of clones around us, but he only looked concerned.
"They aren't here," he said, confused.
I told him to turn off his Jutsu, and I quickly looked around for any odd clones. I then looked up high into the trees. When they weren't there, that can only mean one thing. I grin.
"Oi, what's that look for!" Naruto yelled at me despite his fighting.
"You'll see!" I yelled back as I began to run to when Naruto was, hands moving through seals.
Once my seals were over, I looked to Naruto. "Wanna see the new move I practiced when I should've been resting?"
He pouted at me but nodded.
"Earth Style: Hidden Mole Jutsu!" I shouted, punching the ground before being sucked into the dirt.
And the timer starts. I only have enough chakra to make this move for 3 minutes, so I gotta pull them to the surface quick.
As I was fully submerged, I felt the magnetic forces around me shift, and I could feel the presence of all three. But if my last battle taught me anything, I only need one.
The ninjas' seemed shocked. I followed them, and I jabbed a hand out to grasp the closest one's wrist with an iron grip. I yanked and pulled the unwilling guy up from the ground as my head popped to the surface. They had been quite shallow, as it turns out.
Once I got one hand out, Naruto gripped me and helped to pull, but the guy and his friends weren't having it. I became a rope in a tug of war, and even when Sasuke and Kabuto ran over to help, it took all my chakra time to yank the one guy to the surface. Well, just his head.
Once his head was out, I pressed a kunai to his throat while I panted from overworking my body.
"Okay, come out, or I'll kill him."
When they hesitated, I began to count down, and as I reached one, I began to press hard enough to break the skin. The other two popped up immediately and were slugged by Naruto and Sasuke. Once they were out, I kicked the over in the head, knocking him out and dragging him to the surface.
I went through their pockets and took all their scrolls, becoming a hoarder myself, and we finished the short walk to the building.
Once there, Kabuto ran off with his comrades while I stuck my tongue out at him. I still hate him.
I, Naruto, and Sasuke found our door and broke the seal to get in. Once there, the main direction was to open the two scrolls together. I hold the Earth and Sasuke holding the Heaven, we prepared to open them.
"What if… it knocks us out?" Naruto questions loudly.
"Then, we are so stupid we don't deserve to be Chunin," I respond.
After a deep breath, Sasuke and I count to three and open the scrolls to reveal a cloud of smoke. Sasuke and I threw them to the ground for the summons to be completed, and suddenly, Iruka Sensei stood before us.
"Hey, long time, no see, huh?" He said with a grin, obviously trying to look cool.
"Hey, Sensei!" I greeted happily
He gave us a happy look and congratulated us on making it just in time to finish the exam. Which prompted Sasuke to ask what would happen if we had opened the scrolls outside. I rolled my eyes at my teammates' interrogation of our old sensei, but I couldn't help but be happy that he was the one to greet us. Even if he did still treat us like his students.
"You know, You'll always be Iruka Sensei to me. You've earned that, but your not my teacher anymore." I groaned as he starts a full lesson on the differences between Earth and Heaven. That seemed to have startled him more than I meant to, but he still smiled at me and agreed that I was right.
"Just be careful in the next exam, don't push yourself too far." He said, beginning to look melancholy.
I snorted, and Naruto grinned.
"We are Genin now, you don't have to worry," Naruto said, and after a moment, Iruka sighed with a smile.
After that, Iruka leads us to a large room where all the people who had made it were lined up. We took our spots, and I noticed all of the rookie nine made it. I couldn't help but smile at that.
As our teachers' lined up and the Hokage stood before us to give a speech, I noticed an Anbu off to the side, wearing a Bear mask. I smiled and gave a short nod, and the Anbu nodded back.
I think I'm doing Dad proud, at least.
And with that, the Hokage began his speech.
Authors Note:
Lol hey, guys, what's up. It's been like two years, almost to the day.
I don't have an excuse except I started writing a real book, and I've been at University. But every so often, I'd work on this chapter, and I've had it nearly completed for at least a year now. I was just trying to figure out how to handle the Chunin exams. Like would I follow the story or do something new?
I can't promise I'll update it right away. I have lots of stuff to do, like midterms. But just know that I am always thinking about this fanfic and I still love it. Also, I'm on Tumblr under the same name, but I don't really do anything on it, but I'd love to talk to ya guys more. If you need college advice I'm here, lol
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