When Darkness Turns to Light

Spite and Respite

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Recappy from the Last Chappy: "Knock its head off," she directed as he set one hand on her shoulder and a foot in the netting.

"Huh?"

"Don't question me, just do it!" She aided him in jumping higher as he pushed from her hands and sailed over the Guard Armor's head and spinning torso. At the top of the arc, he swung his Keyblade at the helmet, beheading the Armor. The vortex stopped, and Sora landed roughly on his back, skidding and tumbling over a few times.

He was wincing as he sat up, gritting his teeth. Through one eye, he looked at the aftermath of his action: the helmet disappeared, and as the heart was released, so did the torso.

Chapter Four: Spite and Respite

Sparkles lighted Hikari's eyes, and a goofy, teeth-baring grin was on her enkindled visage. Biting her lip, she was glancing side-long, laying her chin on a pillow consisting of her arms, which rested on the desk. Tied around her right arm was a blue cloth with a metal plate on it, bearing the Leaf's symbol that was a shinobi hitaiate.

Her left arm was bandaged, from shoulder to fingertips, and so were her thighs beneath a white hoodie worn as a dress ending on her thigh just before her shurikon holster. A blue belt around her waist kept her kunai pouch attached. Like most ninja, she wore the traditional blue zori.

The boy whom she was marveling at was brooding as he sat at the desk, next to her, in a blue turtleneck with a wide collar and white shorts. His headband was tied around his forehead, above charcoal eyes and under long, dark bangs that framed an alabaster countenance; the rest of his hair spiked out in the back. White arm-warmers lined with blue went from just beneath his elbow to his wrist, and bandages on his shins nearly led into blue zori.

She could hear the jealous whispers of her female classmates as she had stolen the seat next to the class heartthrob, Sasuke Uchiha.

Suddenly, there was movement in her peripheral vision on the opposite side. She lifted her head and looked to her right, where her brother sat. He was clad in orange capris, an orange jacket with blue shoulders and a fur-lined collar. His hair was blonde and spiked, kept from his forehead by his hitaiate. Unlike his sister, he also had cerulean blue eyes and three lines on either cheek; they looked quite different, even for fraternal twins.

Hikari's expression soured when she saw at whom Naruto was making eyes and blushing. Sakura Haruno planted a hand on her fist, glaring at both Uzumaki; she pointed an accusing finger at them. "Hikari, Naruto; move it! I'm trying to get around you!"

Naruto looked past Hikari at Sasuke, scowling when he realized Sakura's true motive for coming to that section in the rows of desks. His sister smiled smugly and twisted her body so that just her left elbow was on the desk and leaned her head on her fist.

"Snooze, ya loose, Board Brow. If you wanted to sit next to Sasuke, then you should've gotten here before me. So sorry," she mocked. "Go run along now."

A brunette kunoichi approached. "Hey! I got here before you did, I should sit next to Sasuke!"

"No, me!"

"Me!"

"Like you even have a chance!"

Hikari frowned. "You harpies can argue all you want, I'm not going to budge." Plus, if you were here before me, you shouldn't've been too scared to take the seat.