blind assasin chapter 1: blindness

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i didnt pay any attention to iruka today, too tired and angry want to learn stuff i already knew. i had my arms crossed and my feet up on the desk, getting sakura very annoyed.
"you could atleast pay attention, Oni-chun." she whispered to me, but i mockingly covered my ears and looked away. well, i didnt really look as much as i turned my head. i couldnt look, you see.2

it's all very sad, but im blind and get teased immensly about it. its not like its my fault, but i didnt really care about the teasing, or the bullying, or the beatings. what i really minded was the fact that people blamed me, ME for it. it wasnt my fault at all, actually. anyway, sakura huffed and faced away, not that i could tell.
"Oni-kun, are you paying attention?!" iruka yelled at me.3

"what do you think, sensei?" i asked rudely. i heard whisperes like 'in trouble' and 'blindness makes people angry'. i was about to lash out at the ones who said that, but iruka yelled,
"that's it, outside, now!" i sighed and stood up, activating my sharingan so that i could see my way down. i could only see when i had sharingan activated, making me a master at it. i walked down the aisle, kids looking at me meanly and flipping me off.4

i ignored them and followed iruka out the door.
"study pages 346 and 190 while im out, sakura you lead the class while im gone." iruka called in, and then he shut the door, leaving me with him in the hall. i leaned against a wall and asked,
"what do you want to yell at me about, now?" iruka crossed his arms and said,
"Oni-chan, listen, i know it's been hard on you, the massecer and all, but you have to pay attention in class."5

i rolled my eyes and said,
"a ninja's chakara flows like blood veins throghout the body, and if the chakara is gone the ninja will die. i already know all this stuff, iruka-sensei." he glared at me and said,
"but that doesnt give you and excuse to slack off, even saskue doesnt slack off, in fact he works harder than anyone." i clenched my teeth and mocked,
"well maybe im not as good a student as saskue cuz i cant see, that's what everyone else thinks!"6

iruka cringed at my words, but found the voice to say,
"Oni, i know your teased everyday of your life, but try to listen during class, okay? who knows, maybe you'll pass your upcoming exam." i looked away and tried not to say something sarcastic back. iruka sighed and said,
"fine then, just get back to class and try not to be a disturbance." i quickly passed him and walked back into the class room.7

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the kids all hung out in the school yards after school, even me thou i had no friends. i kept the sharingan on so that i could see if someone was going to come and beat me up like yesterday, and the day before, and so on. today was no different, except today it was a group of fangirls. they looked at me with bitchy faces and angry glares, but i remained unphased.9

"what," i asked,"too weak to beat up someone who can see?" i knew that was gonna get me beat up, but today i didnt give a damn. they came at me with fists and feet. i knew i couldnt fight back, cuz if i did they would all die, so i held up my arms to protect my face and took it as i sat there. i cringed as i felt a cool, metal kunai tear a wound in my arm and face.10

i bit my lip and waited for it to be over, but then i heard a voice shout,
"hey, leave her alone!" the fangirls gasped and said,
"lord hokage!" i relized now that i had disactivated my sharingan, but i was too weak to activate it again. i put down my arms and looked at my lap, waiting for the hokage's next words.
"you girls should be ashamed of yourselves, i want each of you home, NOW, and expect a note to all of your parents." he scolded, and the fangirls slunk away.11

there was a silence before,
"Oni-chan, are you okay?" the hokage asked. i nodded and whiped blood from my face and arm.
"im fine, lord hokage-sama." i said quietly. i could only imagin that he nodded and then he said,
"why dont you go home with saskue now, i think he's looking for you." 12

i nodded and began to walk, but slowly. i was scared to run into anyone, but i heard a voice call,
"Oni-kun, there you are!" i smiled with releif as the comfort of my twin brothers hand reached mine.
"ive been wo-.... what happened to you? did you get beat up again?" he exclaimed, touching my face were the kunai had hit me. i nodded and said,
"yes, it was the fangirls."13

"sister, you have to be careful about stuff like that! you should try to fight back." saskue said, leading me off to our house.
"you know i cant, brother. if i do...." i cut off, thinking of my curse.
"i dont think the demon will come out if you punch one person, Oni." saskue said, pulling me to one side to avoid hitting someone."14

i didnt answer, but i thought of my curse instead. 'damn you, demon, taking my eyes and my heart.' i thought angerly. my demon was one that had to use human organs to survive, so mine took my eyesight and my heart, and in return it gave me the strength to survive and if anyone hit me in the heart, i'de be perfectly fine. but i was teased about it, still, and feared.
"here we are, c'mon i put dinner in the fridge before we left today! its your favorite, rice with curry!" saskue said, pulling me inside our house.15

"thank you, saskue-senpai, but im not hungry. i think ill just head upstairs for tonight." i said, navigating my way up the stairs. the house was the one place i didnt need saskue or the sharingan, because i knew my way so well.
"allright, goodnight Oni-senpai." saskue called.
"you too." i called back, and i immediatly lay down on my side of saskue and i's bed when i got in our room.