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Chapter Eighteen: Friend or Foe? “So, it really is you.” Kimiko looked on in awe at the brunette. It had been a decade since she had last seen Hana; Kimiko’s family had come to the rather sad conclusion that she had died. But it turns out that they had been wrong all this time. Something was different, however. Hana wasn’t the same as she had been all those years ago. She seemed cold to Kimiko. Her eyes seemed empty, almost completely void of the light they once had. Kimiko felt like she was looking at a completely different person. Something had changed. Hana laughed. “I’m surprised you recognized me

Chapter Seventeen: Preliminaries All of the remaining candidates were lined up in the center of the arena, waiting for instruction from the proctor. All of the teachers were standing across from them, along with the proctor and the Hokage. Amongst the other teachers, Hana was able to spot Orochimaru. He was in disguise, obviously, but it was a disguise that Hana was familiar with. They locked eyes, and, deciding to be a bit cheeky, Hana grinned and winked at him. A nervous look flashed across his face briefly before he composed himself and shot a disapproving glare her way. Hana laughed to herself, even though she knew that she would get i

Ch. 6: Fed Up The impact of the crash left me reeling, and I was laid out on the floor for a couple of minutes. When I finally sat up, I rubbed my nose and saw that it had started bleeding a little. That’s just my luck. Bad. Very bad. Heath helped me up off the ground and made sure that I wasn’t hurt, while Hide got chewed out by Yoshiki. “Hide, I thought I told you not to bring her back here!” “What the hell is you’re problem, man? She hasn’t done anything to you! You’ve lost your fucking mind!” They went back and forth like that for awhile, drawing Toshi and Pata’s attention.

Chapter Sixteen: Road to the Third Exam     Hana awoke the next morning to the sound of birds singing nearby. She was groggy and sore from yesterday’s events and her head was still a bit fuzzy. When she tried to sit up, a wave of dizziness came over her and she fell back to the ground. She lay there for a moment, staring up at the forest canopy. There was just enough light coming in through the trees to tell that it was already morning. She must have slept straight through the afternoon and night and into the next day. She lay on her back and just listened to the sounds of the forest. She could hear both of her teammates breathing ea

Chapter Five: Caught The car ride back to Hide’s place was quiet. Neither of us spoke a word to each other. The silence was only broken every so often by brief attempts at small talk between Hide and the driver. I was balled up in the back seat, sulking and nursing a headache. I was still very upset and didn’t feel like talking, so I stared out the window watching as the lights of the city passed by. When the car parked outside of the apartment block, I followed Hide inside almost robotically. I was more or less running on autopilot. Once we were inside, I took off my shoes and shuffled over to the couch where I proceeded to fal

The Odd One Out Chapter Four: Things Only Get Worse By the time Hide had woken up, I was already dressed and ready to go. I had woken up at about 7:30 and couldn’t go back to sleep, so l got ready and had been watching tv for the past hour. There wasn’t much on; just the news and a couple of kids’ programs. “Couldn’t sleep?” Hide asked. I shook my head. “I couldn’t go back to sleep.” I answered. He cocked an eyebrow at me; I had a feeling he knew why I hadn’t been able to sleep. But he didn’t say anything. He just walked into the kitchen and started rummaging around for s