Chapter One: Home Again

Hey guys, just a quick reminder; I do not own the universe Naruto or the character of Keiko. Naruto entirely belongs to Masashi Kishimoto and Keiko (with the exception of her name) entirely belongs to YuiHeart. Luckily for me I'm just allowed to have some fun with them. The only thing that does belong to me is some of the plot. Enjoy!

Keiko Haruno sat down next to her best friend in the whole entire world Saki Takahashi before she got her journal out of her desk and started writing inside of it while she waited for class to start.

November 11th, 2018

Dear journal,

Wow, I can't believe that it's been several months already since Sasuke and Sakura got married. The wedding was great, and I loved dancing with them at their reception. They're coming home from their honeymoon today and I can't wait to see them! They went to Hawaii and even though I hope that they had a really good time, I still missed them SO much! Well, class is about to start so that's all I have time to write about for now.

Love, Keiko

PS. It's my eleventh birthday in three days

That's when all of a sudden Iruka entered the classroom and Keiko quickly shut her journal and looked up at him. "Good morning class." He began.

"Good morning Iruka-Sensei." The rest of the class echoed back at him.

"I sure hope that you all had a wonderful weekend but now it's time to brush up on our Taijutsu skills." He told them as Keiko heaved a light sigh because she knew that Taijutsu was incredibly easy for her. So she turned her head to look out the window and up at the flagpole discovering that no matter what she did, her mind kept drifting back to Sasuke and Sakura and the only words that she heard coming out of Iruka's mouth were a bunch of gibberish. Keiko sighed again.

"Keiko Haruno!" Iruka exclaimed while slamming his books down on top of his desk. "Are you even paying attention?" he questioned her before she slowly turned her head back over to look at him.

"Umm,.. what?" she asked him while the class broke out into giggles and laughter.

"I said break up into pairs." He began. "You know, I know you're one of the top students but you've really got to stop day dreaming when I'm talking." He told her.

"I know." Keiko began while shamefully hanging her head. "I'm sorry Sensei." She apologized while closing her eyes.

"That's alright just don't let it happen again or I'm afraid that I will have to give you detention." He told her as another boy with dark brown hair (that was sticking up everywhere) and bright blue eyes started to laugh at her and her eyes shot open again in an angry devilish red color.

"Keiko don't!" Saki whispered. "He's not worth it and I really don't want you to get into trouble." She told her as Keiko sighed for a third time and her eyes slowly turned back to blue.

"You're right Saki." She began before she quickly turned her head and glared at him. "Just you wait until recess when nobody else is watching. Then you're toast!" she snapped inside a whisper before she spun back around in her seat and turned to look at Saki. "Want to be my partner?" she questioned her as she grinned.

"You bet!" she exclaimed excitedly as Saki grinned while Keiko grinned back at her before both of the girls stood up and turned around to face each other.

…

"Mom! I'm home!" Keiko cried later that afternoon as she came through the front door and then knelt down to greet Titiana as she trotted over to her. "Hello Titiana." She said while she gently petted her head and scratched her behind her ears.

"Hello sweetheart, how was your day?" her mother inquired with a grin while she walked over to the door.

"It was pretty good." Keiko began as she glanced up at her. "Are big brother and big sister home yet?" she wondered.

"No. That's what I wanted to tell you. Hurry up and have your snack because then we're going to pick them up at the airport." Her mother told her with a warm and loving smile.

"Yay!" Keiko exclaimed excitedly as her mother giggled.

"I figured that you'd be excited. Do you have any homework to do?" she asked her but Keiko just simply shook her head.

"Good. Don't forget to let Titiana outside to go to the bathroom before we leave." She reminded her before she turned around and walked back into the kitchen to continue making her snack. Keiko let Titiana outside and then she sat down at the kitchen table and wrote inside her journal while she waited.

Dear Journal,

It's me again. Guess what!? My mother and I are getting ready to pick up Sasuke and Sakura at the airport! You wouldn't even believe how excited I am right now! Ah well, my mom just took some freshly baked cookies out of the oven so I get to have some milk and cookies before we leave.

Love, Keiko

…

Before she knew it Keiko was in the car and on her way to the airport while meanwhile Sasuke and Sakura had just been getting off their plane. "So let's go through security first and then I have to use the restroom. After that we can figure out just where exactly that we are planning to meet them." Sasuke said as Sakura nodded.

"Alright." She replied with a grin.

"I just hope that Keiko likes the presents that I bought for her." Sasuke said.

"Oh, I'm sure she will." Sakura began. "I bet that she will be extremely happy to see you too." She told him as Sasuke grinned back at her.

"Oh yeah she will be. And of course the feeling is mutual." He told her before he took her hand, kissed her cheek, and then they started walking towards security together.