Yuki's View

I sat in bed thinking about what Kiba asked me before I left the roof last night. I couldn't seem to get it off my mind no matter how hard I tried. It was replaying over and over again in my mind. There was nothing I could do to stop it from happening.

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"Hey, Yuki! Wait up!" Kiba shouted from behind me.

I turned around to meet Kiba's eyes. He was bent over with Akamaru by his side, both of them panting since they were out of breath. I sighed, I didn't really feel like talking to anyone at the moment. I felt...bad. I need to head back home to Shika and dad.

"What do you want, Kiba, Akamaru?" I asked, a frown on my lips.

Kiba had a frown of his own, as for Akamaru, he was barking softly. "I just wanted to see if you were alright, you know... I was told by your brother to make sure you were okay at all times, and I'm keeping that promise." He said, taking a few steps closer.

I took a step back, "I-I'm fine, just leave me alone. I need time alone." I said, eyeing the ground in interest.

"You're not, don't lie." He said, walking closer. "I know you, Yuki. You don't normally act like...this."

I bit my lip and turned away from him, tears threatening to fall. "You don't know everything about me, Kiba." I spat, bawling my fists up together.

"Yeah, you're right there. But now that we've become teammates, we can fix that." He said, his hand petting my hair. "We have time, we'll know each other in no time."

I sniffled and backed away, my head hung low. "I'm sorry, Kiba. But we can't get too close." I said, glancing up at his eyes to see some sort of affection in them.

He smiled and waved at me, "Sorry, I'll see you tomorrow then." He said, walking off with Akamaru. "Oh, and tomorrow, tell me what you meant by one with the earth!"

I nodded and stared at his fading figure. "Yeah... I'll see you tomorrow."

One with the earth?

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Why, why was it that he wanted to know what I meant by those four simple words? Yes, Kurenai-sensei knew what I meant, but there's no need to tell him if I'm not 100% sure. Yeah...he doesn't need to know. I sighed and walked out of my room, heading down towards the kitchen to get something to eat. Kurenai-sensei never said that we couldn't eat for this test of hers, so I'm guessing we're allowed to. I grabbed a green apple and took a large bit out of it, the flavor off the apple bursted in my mouth and on my taste buds. 

As I made my way out the door, I spotted Naruto running into one of the training grounds along with Sakura. 'They must be meeting up with their Jonin leader, too. If I remember, I heard they got the famous Copy-cat Ninja, Kakashi Hatake, as their Jonin leader.' I thought, a bit of jealously overcame me. Why was it that Sakura of all people was placed onto such a team with a good sensei? Why wasn't I placed on the team with a great leader like him... Sakura doesn't need him. She's actually really good at the moment unlike me.

I sighed as I kept on thinking about the sick truth. Sakura would be stronger than me, both physically and mentally. She keeps looking for strength since she actually has a goal in mind at all times; Sasuke. It was like whenever she thought about him, a surge of power would fill her body and she was immediately twice as strong as before. Clicking my tongue, I punched a tree I happened to be nearby in anger. Nothing happened to the tree, but my knuckles were now scratched up and bleeding slowly. I can't believe I let my anger get the best out of me...

"Stop it, Yuki. You're better than this...you know you are. Stop thinking about her... You'll only make things worse for yourself." I mused to myself, trying my best to convince myself that I had to stop.

Too bad you know it's the sick truth, Yuki.

I shook my head and made my way to the clearing where we were supposed to meet up at for the training session Kurenai-sensei had planned out for us.

Sakura will always be stronger than you...

"I wonder what we are going to do today..." I muttered, scratching my cheek in wonder.

How sad, a weakling is stronger than you.... What are you--

"Hm... I think we were doing that one test, I'm not sure about it, but I think I may be correct this time." I said, smiling to myself.

-A worthless piece of shit?

I bit my tongue and clenched my fists together tightly. Ignore it, Yuki. Ignore it, you can do it. Don't listen to the stupid voices. They're wrong! As I made it into the clearing, I spotted Kiba, Shino, and Hinata all waving in my direction. I smiled and waved back just like they were doing. I could get used to this team, but the thing is...what will they think of my weak self? I walked over to Hinata and began to talk to her about flowers and other things about nature. It was something me and her seemed to have in common, besides both of us being seen as weak. I smiled on the outside, but on the inside I was cowering back in fear, ready for reality to hit me in the face like a bat.

You'll never be acknowledged, Yuki. No one needs a useless girl like you to be here in this world.

Just die already.

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I apologize for the very late and short chapter, my dear readers. However, despite those two things... I hope you enjoyed this chapter even if it had nothing really exciting in it. Please do comment and tell me what you thought about it! I'm always glad to read the comments you all leave for me! Till next time, ja ne~!