The Past Always Comes Back, But Is It To Help You Or To Haunt You?

Chapter 2 - Different But The Same

Izumi POV

After my meeting with the Hokage he had given me an apartment to live in and signed me up for the academy even though we both knew that because I had trained with the Akatsuki I was way above genin level. But the test was two days away and I was starting tomorrow. I sighed; this was going to be troublesome.

"Milady! I smell them!" Kimi barked. I quickly turned to look at her, my eyes wide.

"Where?!" I busted out.

"The park near here" she said. With that I was out the door into the silence night and down the street with Kimi just behind me. We reached the park there was no one around because of how late it was already. Then I saw to figures lying to the hills of the park. It couldn't be... We walked closer and I could see the two figures more clearly. A messy brown haired boy with red fang marks on his cheeks and a small white dog with brown patches on his ears. I smiled down at their sleeping figures. It's been so long... Too long... Suddenly out of nowhere the boy and dog shot up, causing Kimi and I too jump back into the shadows. The boy and dog readied themselves in fighting stance.

"Who's there?!" he yelled. I looked over to Kimi and nodded.

"What don't even recognise your best friend?" I smirked, as Kimi and I walk out of the shadows into sight. He dropped his arms from their fighting stance and stared at me, wide eyed.

"Izumi..." he whispered.

"Long time no see Kiba" I smirked. Within seconds, I was pulled into a bone crushing hug. His face snuggled into my neck. I felt a wet substance run down my neck. He's crying... I began to pat his head as I hugged him back.

"Shh... Shh... It's okay, Kiba... Everything's okay now..." I whispered into his ear.

"No! It's not okay! You disappeared for 8 years, Izumi! 8 years! You left me for 8 years!" he yelled at me. There's the Kiba I know, the one that always yells at me when I do something wrong but only to make me do better next time.

"I know... I know... I'm sorry... I'm so sorry..." I whispered, tears starting to fall down my face. I hadn't seen my best friend in 8 years, what did you except? We talked in the park for a couple of hours, catching up and talking about school tomorrow while Kimi and Akamaru played in the park. He didn't talk to me much about where I'd been, thankfully. I think he already had the idea that I'd been kidnapped since he was there that night. Soon we realised that Tsume, Kiba's mum, was going to kill him for being out so late.

"So I'll see you at school tomorrow then?" Kiba said.

"Of course, what kid doesn't want to go to school?" I said sarcastically. He laughed and waved goodbye and headed home with Akamaru. Kimi and I headed home ourselves. I hopped in to bed a huge smile on my face. I finally got to see my best friend after 8 years. Kimi jumped up and laid down in the bed next to me.

"Goodnight Milady" she yawned.

"Goodnight Kimi" I yawned back. It wasn't long before sleep came.

...Next day...

Kimi and I walked down the path to the Academy. I had dressed in my ninja entire which consisted of a fishnet shirt, a dark blue tank top that went to my mid-thigh. I also have some fish net leggings with black short shorts that were hidden under my tank top and fishnet gloves that covered up to just before my elbow. My long blonde hair was pulled up into a high ponytail but let my bangs hang around my face. I also wore average dark blue ninja sandals.

We arrived at the Academy just on time. A couple of the people around me where looking at me weirdly. What's their problem? Then I realised it probably wasn't as normal anymore for people to be walking around with wolves.