I know Im spitting out Fics but I do update them all. My brain just goes crazy with Ideas! With That I introduce to you...
Teller of the Lantern.
Chapter 1: The Orange Lantern Tent
"Come on! This way!" Sakura squealed and grabbed her teammates by the arms. She dragged them off in a new direction, and they wondered what goofy, stupid, cheerful event awaited them this time. In fact, if Kakashi hadn't made it mandatory that they all relax and take the day off at the Annual Village Festival, they probably wouldn't be speding this time together anyway. Only Sakura wished Naruto wasn't there, Naruto wished Sasuke wasn't there, and Sasuke wished Sasuke wasn't there.
"What now?" Naruto asked as he was gratefully released from Sakura's pinching grip, the grip Sasuke yanked away from minutes ago. "What do you want to do now?" The pink haired girl pointed a finger in the direction of the brightly colored tent.
"Come on. Do we have to go?" The dark haired boy groaned and crossed his arms. They were forced to follow her into it's entrance. The moved below the bobbing orange lanterns that made their faces lumonous, and into the dark depths of the pointed tent. It was pitch dark.
"What the hell? It's closed. Let's go-" Suddenly exploding lights startled them. They snapped and crackled, introducing the dark figure that sat before them. Finally the lights turned all the way on and they squinted their eyes to see an old lady wearing the most peculair headress peering at them with large, buggy eyes.
"Welcome! Welcome! I am Madame Mokoko! The famed fortune teller of the Lantern!" Naruto's eyes bugged out of his head. Sasuke turned to leave but Sakura stepped on his foot.
"Come on, guys. Let's just get our fortune's told! Then I promise we can all go home." She was savoring every moment she spent with Sasuke and she wasn't about to end it now! And Naruto looked like he was having a good time to.
"I don't need some crazy old lady to tell me my future," Sasuke said darkly.
"Let teme leave if he wants to," Naruto suggested hopefully.
"No! I'll tell Kakashi!" Each fell silent and cast her glares from the dark. The girl jumped when the old ladys booming voice echoed in their ears.
"Yes! I will show you your future! As far into your futures as you would dare to look," she said.
Naruto's voice was laced with skepticism. "What, in your crystal ball?" Eerily, the lights flickered and the floor changed colors.
"Dare you mock me!?" Madame Mokoko screeched. "You are afraid then?" Sakura looked at her feet.
So weird, she thought. It feels like I'm moving closer!
"Scared? Of what?" Naruto crossed his arms and narowed his eyes. Madame Mokoko leaned foward on her mystic table, causing some jewels to clank together.
"What you may see?" There was a long pause. Then, Sakura bowed.
"Forgive us is we have offended you. Will you please tell us our fortunes, now?" The others could plainly hear in her voice how bored she was. They, like her, wanted to leave. Madame Mokoko laced her fingers together.
"Very well. You will all need to close your eyes." Hesistantly, they did so."Commence!" Her old voice rang out. An old serence force hit their minds, and they felt completely relaxed. Their feet left the floor, and then they lost feeling of their bodies. All they had was their minds.
What this? Sasuke thought, tensing. Genjutsu? They heard Madame Mokoko's voice. "I will show you fragments of your future. This is what The Spirit is showing me. What you see you may or may not like. This is the truth. Open your eyes." They opened theior heavy eyes, expecting to see some cloudy crystal ball. What they found was that they weren't where they thought they were at all. They were all in a neat little house, sunlit and bright, completely foreign.
"Wh-where are we?" Sakura asked aloud. They each could see eachother standing, in the kitchen of the house.
"What's going on?" They were surprised as an odd little girl skipped into the room. She seemed not to see them. What was more shocking was her appearance. Sakura, Sasuke, and Naruto stared wide-eyed at the little girl and remebered the words, "Your future."
This girl. The girl had pink hair and green eyes, with the most striking resemblance to Sakura. She was wearing odd oversized goggles like the ones Naruto used to wear. She turned her back to put away a dish and on her back was the Uchiha symbol on her blue shirt. Some feverish mumurs fell from Sakura's lips but Sasuke was in worse shock. This was no doubt Sakura's child. Was it what he thought it meant? She was wearing the Uchiha symbol.
...but she has on my goggles! Naruto mind shouted.
"Is this? Is this really our future," Sakura voiced aloud. The other's eyes turned to her own, noting how pale her face was.
"It can't be a trick. How else would she know..." Sasuke said uncharacteristically. Naruto took the liberty to finish his sentence.
"-that Sasuke is an Uchiha, that I use to wera those goggles, and...and..." The scene faded away. They blinked again and they were back in the pointed tent with Madame Mokoko's bug eyes staring at them.
"That will be 30 dollars," She said.
"WHAT!" Naruto cried and pulled out his pockets to reveal a few coins.
"Madame Mokoko just showed you your future! Now pay!" the old lady said venemously. Sasuke sighed and pulled some money out of his pocket.
"That's all? That's it?" Sakura asked. The old woman smirked.
"You want to see more? That will be 30 dollars more"
"What? No one has that much money left," Naruto said, disappointed. None of them wanted to leave. They wanted to stay and watch what they had just seen again. Reluctantly they exited the tent, and the orange glow of the lantern brightened their faces once more. They avoided eachother's eyes.
"Can we come back tomorow?" Sakura asked. Sasuke shrugged and Naruto nodded.
"About what we saw-" Naruto began but Sasuke cut him off.
"Let's not talk about it right now. Who knows if that was even true"
"But you were just saying it had to be!" Sakura protested. "That was one of our children." Sasuke gritted his teeth. That child was wearing the Uchiha symbol, yet looked like Sakura. KIds with Sakura? It was far too early to even be thinking about that, but then again there was a chance she was Naruto's. He had to go the next day...
To Be ConTinUEd...!!
Notes
sorry i didn't put the japanese form of money because I didn't know it!
