Naruto. Yugito Nii. 021. Friends.
Title: The Best Laid Plans
Fandom: Naruto
Characters: Yugito Nii
Prompt: Friends
Word Count: 239
Rating: G
Summary: Yugito hated school.
Author's Notes: None.



Yugito hated school.

She hated the teacher who wouldn’t let her answer the questions on the parts of the body. She hated the other teacher who always tried to stab her with a kunai when he was showing them how to use it. She hated the children who laughed at her, or called her ‘Crow’, or pulled at her hair.

Sometimes when she got angry, and glared at them, she could feel something- hot and heavy and raging- roar inside her, her fingers aching as if invisible claws were growing out the end.

She didn’t know what they saw in her eyes when she glared, but they always- every single one of them, even the teachers, who shouldn’t have- flinched, turned away, stinking of fear.

Mostly, she hated it because she had no friends.

The only good part of school was the walk to and from it, over bumpy roads with leaves falling, with Kumiko at her side, tall and skinny and always ready to answer every question.

Kumiko was the only person she knew who didn’t smell like fear.

She asked Kumiko one day if that meant that they were friends.

Kumiko glanced down at her, her eyes gleaming from the slits in the hawk mask.

“We’ve always been friends. And don’t worry, you’ll make some friends at school.” Kumiko’s eyes glinted in the shadows, and Yugito could hear a smile in her voice.

“I’ve got a plan.”