So, I'll only post chapter 1 for now, but I already wrote all the way to chapter 9.
If you like this story, then tell me and I'll post the others, mmkay? Cuz I don't wanna post this if no one would read it, sooo...
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Ah, a new day in the village hidden in the leafs, Konoha. Such nice, breezy weather. The village seems to be a peace…
"KAIRA NEKOOSA!"
Or maybe not…
At the ninja academy, the highest class, about ready to graduate, erupted with a yell from their instructor, Iruka Umino, known to the students as Iruka-sensei. He was yelling at a young girl with jet black hair and bright purple eyes.
She was caught sleeping in class…again; but hey, she's from the Nekoosa clan, aka the kitty clan, so what do you expect? Cats are known for their cat naps, aren't they?
"Urrrrgh…" Kaira Nekoosa yawned, rubbing her eye and finding a tiny tear at the end of her eye. She sat up from her slumped over position and stretched out her arms, trying to fully awaken.
"You fell asleep again! That's the seventh time this week and it's only Wednesday!" Iruka-sensei yelled, obviously angry. "You can't expect to graduate in two days if you keep slacking off!" Kaira looked up and locked eyes with her sensei.
"I'm sorry, sensei, but you know," Kaira signaled for her cat, Mei, who was laying right by her on the desk. Mei yawned sheepishly; she was sleeping as well. "Mei has been having nightmares lately, so I wake up about every hour to watch and care for her. I just can't let Mei suffer simply because I have school the next day. Priorities are priorities." Kaira replied gently. She was obviously trying to get out of trouble, but she wasn't completely lying.
"Does she actually think Iruka-sensei would fall for that again?" A girl in her class, Ino Yamanaka, whispered to another girl sitting by her. The two girls started giggling like Kaira was some sort of idiot for using the same 'excuse' over and over again. Iruka took a step back and put his hand to his head.
"Alright, but you have to control yourself from falling asleep in class!" Was all he said before walking back up to the front of the class. Kaira sweetly smiled until he had his back turned towards her. Then she glanced at Ino and her friend and Kaira's sweet smile turned sinister.
Ha, I showed you. Kaira thought. The girls shivered and quickly looked away from fear of Kaira. She then plopped down on the desk and made a bored face.
"What a stupid cat." said the boy sitting next to her. Kaira, and the classmates who heard the remark, turned their gaze to the origin of the comment. Kiba Inuzuka.
Say, who's bright idea was it to put a Inuzuka and Nekoosa right next to each other? Don't they know that cats and dogs and prone to fight when put next to one another.
Yes, Kiba is from the Inuzuka clan; whereas Kaira is from the Nekoosa clan. As previously said, cats and dogs always fight. Thus, Kiba and Kaira fight, and have been fighting, for the past 7 years, since they first met one another.
"What'd you say, you filthy mongrel?" Kaira hissed. Since she was just a child, she couldn't control when her cat ears and tail pop out or not, but right now, they were out. Kiba grinned and leaned back in his chair as his faithful companion, Akamaru, made a whimpering noise.
"I'm just saying this: cats are always lazy." Kiba shrugged like it was no problem saying that. Kaira made a fist and her eyes turned into slits, like cat eyes.
"You're bold for saying that." Kaira's anger turned into a sweet smile with a hidden motive behind it. "You're disgusting; get out of my sight." Her sweet smile sent out a killer aura that made everyone freeze. Kiba was oblivious to the aura because his eyes widened as he stood up.
"What was that, cat?" He spat. Kaira smirked up at him. Before everyone knew it, Kiba flew his fist forward, making contact with Kaira's stomach. He was taking it easy on her, seeing as she was a girl. He just punched her stomach. At least he didn't aim for her face or anything.
She fell back on the ground, but landed elegantly. She used her cat reflexes to quickly jump up after being knocked down and aimed for Kiba's face. She'll make him regret taking it easy on her. Too bad she underestimated Kiba's speed. Kiba slipped away from her attack and she dove into the crowd of students.
"Kaira! Kiba! You two stop this fighting!" Iruka-sensei yelled above his student's screams.
"Yeah, cat, cut it out, you might end up hurting someone." Kiba mocked her first failure at attacking him. She escaped the crowd and glared at him. Then she took off for him and within a second's noticed she ran past him.
"No, only you." Kaira laughed, looking at her finger that had blood on it. She turned around and faced Kiba. His cheek was bleeding in a fine line.
"Why, you-" Kiba growled, wiping his cheek and looked fiercely at her. Kaira then shrugged and made a smug face. He leaped for her and she braced herself. Before they made contact again, Iruka-sensei jumped in, grabbed their heads, and forced their foreheads to collide. The two students fell to the ground, dazed.
"I told you two to stop it!" He yelled, storming back to the front of the class. The kids erupted in laughter at their unfortunate classmates. Kiba and Kaira were stunned, laying on the ground. Both heads were throbbing.
"Bad animals have to be punished." Laughed one of the boy classmates, but it is unknown as to who said it.
I'll find out who said that and they'll pay. Kaira thought, but instantly stopped. It even hurt to think right now. She moved her head a little and made eye contact with Kiba. "Filthy mutt." She hissed.
"Stupid feline." He growled.
They didn't noticed, but their faithful companions, Kiba's Akamaru and Kaira's Mei, were laying side-by-side, on their owner's desk. Heck, they were even cuddling. Now, why couldn't the owners take a hint from their partners?
After a while, they both recovered and stayed quite the whole review day. It was a normal day, like no other. There are only two more days left in their ninja academy days. They can finally graduate and become gennin.
"For whoever passes, will be put into teams of 3." Iruka-sensei explained. Some students started whispering amongst themselves. "I will handpick the teams, and there is no switching. If you don't like your teammate, get used to it! You'll be with them for a long time to come." Iruka-sensei seemed to have looked directly at Kaira and Kiba, who glared at one another.
If he's in my squad, Kaira thought.
If she's in my squad, Kiba thought.
I'll kill him [her]! They thought in unison.
"Class is dismissed, I will see you all tomorrow." He said, right as students darted out the door. Kaira leaned back in her seat and directed her attention towards Mei.
"Well, you ready to go home, Akamaru?" Kiba's voice made Kaira on edge again. She was doing good ignoring him, but he just had to open his mouth, didn't he? Akamaru barked as he jumped on Kiba's head. Only two more days of this torture of sitting by a Nekoosa. Kiba thought as he past Kaira. Kaira looked at his back and glared, sending a killed aura again. She somewhat picked up on his thoughts.
"Kaira, are you ready to go home?" Asked her childhood friend, Sasuke Uchiha. Kaira jumped and turned forward. Behind Sasuke was his many fangirls, but they all are used to Sasuke and Kaira walking home together. At first, they wanted to claw out Kaira's eyes, but now, they just want to pull out her hair. Sort of an improvement, right?
"Hey, Sasuke, I need to go grocery shopping, mind helping me?" Kaira asked, smiling sweetly, making sure Sasuke couldn't say no. He made a face, but eventually gave in.
"I'll help you." He said monotonically. Kaira cheered and clapped her hands together as they walked out of the academy together. "Kaira, I can't believe you got into a fight today." Sasuke shook his head, showing he was disappointed.
"Oh yeah!" Kaira giggled. "Thanks for helping me." Kaira added sarcastically and darkly.
"It seemed like you were doing good." Sasuke shrugged it off.
"Oh, reeeeally?" She sang. "Or was it that dear ol' Sasuke didn't want to get into trouble?" Kaira teased. Sasuke glared at her, but she ignored it. "I guess Sasuke doesn't care enough about me to help me in a fight." Kaira shrugged like it was surprising. Sasuke made a fist and pushed Kaira lightly against the nearest tree.
"No!" Sasuke fought. She leaned against it and watched Sasuke's face display numerous emotions; all weren't new to her.
"Nya." Mei meowed, rubbing against Sasuke's leg. He looked down at Mei and Kaira slipped away and appeared behind him again. She is really fast for her age. Kaira bent down and picked up Mei and held her in her arms.
"Why do you get angry at me for not helping when Mei didn't help either?" Sasuke mumbled. Kaira glared at Sasuke.
"Excuse you, Mei is my partner, she doesn't need to help me out. That's what you're there for, but noooo, you don't care." Kaira snarled. Sasuke got ready to push her again, but she starting running.
"Kaira!" Sasuke yelled, getting impatient with her. She kept running, but went slow enough for him to be able to almost catch up to her; almost.
"Should we let him run some more as his punishment?" Kaira asked Mei, who meowed cheerfully. How does Kaira know that Sasuke will chase her no matter what? Easy. He won't give up, especially when it comes to Kaira. What could that mean, hmm?
"Nya." Mei meowed.
"You're right, Mei, that'd be awesome if Sasuke and I got chosen for the same squad." Kaira responded to her cohort right away. "But, I doubt it."
"Meoww."
Kaira blushed and lost her balance and stumbled down a hill. Sasuke stopped when he saw his friend tumbling down. He wanted to help, but he couldn't help her when he's trying to stifle a laugh.
When she reached the bottom, she quickly sat up from embarrassment and saw that Mei was walking down towards her. As soon as Kaira started falling, Mei jumped out of her arms.
"Mei, I am NOT hoping for that!" Kaira yelled, crossing her arms and pouting at her kitty. Sasuke then jumped down and joined them.
"Kaira," Sasuke covered his mouth. "Are you alright?" He asked, making an amused face. Kaira wore a blank face as she stared at her friend.
"Just laugh already." She ordered. He cracked a smile, but didn't laugh. Kaira looked back at Mei and she blushed and looked away. "L-Let's just go. We're here." Kaira muttered. The hill Kaira fell from was the last stretch to the main part of town. She stood up and dusted off her black capris. Her purple shirt was ruffled from the fall so she straightened it out and took a deep breath. Mei jumped in Kaira's arms again and they all started off.
"Do you think you'll pass the academy test?" Sasuke asked. Kaira smirked confidently.
"Of course, it doesn't seem like it'll be that difficult." Kaira laughed. "I'll be a gennin in no time!"
"But then there's squads to worry about." Sasuke added. "You get along with everyone, but Kiba. Iruka-sensei will probably put you two in a squad to force you two to get along." Kaira glanced down at Mei, who seemed to be enjoying this chat. "How would you cope with that?"
"Easy." Kaira smiled. "I'll kill him."
They both stopped when they reached the main part of town that was bustling with activity and shopping.
"Kaira, you can't kill your own teammate." Sasuke shrugged. "You're hopeless." Kaira rolled her eyes and walked over to the flower shop. They both walked in and she went straight to the purple flowers and bent down to smell them.
"I actually don't have a problem with Kiba." Kaira mumbled, closing her eyes. Sasuke looked down at her. "Most of the time, he starts it, so I join it. It actually feels like we're fighting just for show." She opened her eyes and picked a flower and handed it to Sasuke.
"…" He looked at the flower and she shoved it in his face.
"Just kidding!" Kaira laughed and skipped around him. "Got ya!" She ran to the cash register and paid for the flower before darting out of the shop, leaving Sasuke alone. She looked down at Mei.
"Nya."
"I know, but I doubt he'd believe me. He probably thought I was kidding, so I just said I was." She yawned. "Eh? Where is he?" Kaira turned around and saw Sasuke still in the shop, being talked to. He just turned away. "Oops, I forgot Ino's family owns the flower shop." She looked down at Mei again. "Should we save him, or leave him?"
"Nya."
"Right, leave him." She twirled around on the heel on her foot and looked at all the shops. "We're running out of milk." Kaira noted, walking towards the grocery store.
"Ah! Nothing beats shopping after a long day." Kaira cheered, holding up her many bags from town. Her, Sasuke, and Mei were going back to Kaira's house to unload everything. She started off buying groceries, but she saw some plushies and she lost it. Then when she ran out of money, she just used Sasuke's. That's what friends are for!
"You overindulged." Sasuke said in a bored voice. He was carrying most of the heavy bags.
"I didn't know you knew big words, Sasuke." Kaira mused. Sasuke fought back the feeling to glare at her. She put up her fist, carrying a bag and smiled at him. "Friendship!"
"I don't do that." Sasuke uttered. Kaira glared and her aura was back. He fist pumped her and her aura was rainbows and unicorns again. To the average person, they seem like opposites, and most people probably wonder, how did those two ever become friends? Long story short, they met when they were different than they are now.
They were already almost to Kaira' house. "Ah, what should we do when we get home, Mei?" Kaira asked in a cheery tone. Mei meowed thoughtfully. "What are you gonna do, Sasuke?"
"Train." He put it short and sweet. Kaira cocked her head to the side and looked up at the sky. They clouds were moving pretty slow today.
"As always." Kaira confirmed.
"You should too, Kaira. I've never seen you train for a whole month now." Sasuke ranted. "If you don't train you'll fail."
"I've been busy lately." Kaira shrugged.
"Doing what?"
"Well, I, uh- you see…" Kaira tried, but Sasuke shook his head. Kaira pouted and felt the cool breeze hit her face.
"Hey, Kaira?"
"What." Kaira was getting tired of Sasuke's nagging and his boredness and emoness now. When he didn't respond, Kaira looked at him and he stopped walking. "What?" She walked back to him and Mei meowed something that made Kaira flinched. She didn't want to believe it, but Sasuke was pointing towards the direction of her house. She turned and saw her house…and Kiba sitting on her doorstep. He was petting Akamaru and muttering things to him.
"Why is he here?" Sasuke barked. Kaira made a face at Kiba, before turning back towards Sasuke.
"I have no clue." She mumbled.
"You can see the scratch you left on his cheek."
Kaira looked at Kiba again and saw the same thin line from this morning. The blood was wiped away, so you could see it perfectly. Then she didn't noticed she was staring at him.
"Here." Sasuke said, breaking her staring contest with the side of Kiba's head. She looked at Sasuke and he handed her the bags he was holding.
"T-Thanks." She huffed. "Have fun, training then." She sighed. Sasuke waved before turning the other way and walking off. Sasuke understood that Kaira and Kiba needed to talk about things, such as their rivalry, but at the same time, he didn't want to leave each other alone. What if someone got injured? Hopefully it would be Kiba more than Kaira. Wait, that's not a good thing to think!
"Umm." Kaira said, walking towards Kiba. He quickly shot his head up and saw her walking towards him. "Hi." She said, not knowing what else to say. He stood up and held Akamaru in his arms, like how Kaira held Mei before.
"Hey, Kaira."