Keira's POV

I came in with a very red hand from basically boiling it in scalding water to sterilize it. It burnt like fire but now that I was clean it was ok. Iruka still hasn't entered yet, talk about late. I plopped next to where Kiba sat and layed my head on the desk, my arms hanging limply beside me. He just looked at me wide eyed and I knew what he was thinking about.

Lifting my gaze to meet his I sighed "It was either let them kiss, or try to preserve their manhood" he blinked and I smiled slyly at him

"Jealous that you didn't get to kiss my hand?" I joked, but not getting the reaction I had guessed when he blushed. He turned away and scoffed "No way"

"Aww! Don't be sad! I still love you, Kiba!" I teased and hugged him. He mumbled something I couldn't hear.

"Sorry what's that you said? I couldn't hear.

He tilted his head away and mumbled again. "Kibear, I don't speak mumble." Using another adorable nickname I came up with. I know, I am great at this.

"You smell good" he muttered loud enough for me to hear.

"Thank you! That means a lot from someone with a nose a trillion times more sensitive than mine" I giggled and waved, leaving to go sit in between Naruto and the window. I put my hand up to hold his question "Would you have rather kissed Sasuke? At least my hand is female"

"That wasn't what I was gonna ask" he looked at me oddly

"Whatcha wanna know" I grinned at him but his face remained the same. He is scaring me now, he always smiles back at me.

"What were you crying about this morning?" he looked worried at me

Suddenly, my feet became fascinating, have they always been so interesting? "N-nothing" I mumbled, wishing I could shrink into the chair and disappear. I was a good liar but my voice cracked and my eyes grew glossy, giving me away.

"If it was just nothing why did you collapse? Keira, you fit in here normally, like the rest of the kids, but you wanted to be my friend. Who are you? Where are you from? Why are you here?" I looked at him. Since when has Naruto paid attention? Much less been so smart. Something was off.

The bell rang and I dashed out of the class, out of the reach of the completely different Naruto. I made it halfway to home and he grabbed my wrist.

"What are you doing here? Why were you crying? WHO ARE YOU?!?!??" Naruto shouted, almost growling at me. I winced.

"Naruto, your scaring me.." I was about to cry.

He raised his hand up and slapped me to the ground "WHAT ARE YOU!?! ANSWER ME!!" He was radiating anger, just like Dad, I knew what comes next.

He kicked my stomach and I coughed a little blood on the concrete. "WHY ARE YOU HERE? WHAT ARE YOU!?" He lifted my collar and punched my face twice, hard. I moaned and my head lolled dizzily, it was all fuzzy. He continued yelling questions but I knew from experience that answering would just make it worse. Then he could knock me out since I served my usefulness.

My vision blurred, phasing dark then light and back again. Heh, it looks like a strobe-ey thingy. Heheh. Oww my head hurts.

He kicked me in the head, ceasing my ability to stay conscious and relaxed into the numbed black.

'Nighty night girl' I could almost see the bloodthirsty voice smirking at my pain. 'Sleep well child' Shei laughed and the noise followed me into my dreams.