Well, this is my sequel to "Secret": "Promise." It picks up where "Secret" left off, and there will be very few if any pov's from the adults (a.k.a the cast of Secret). It is some years later. The characters are between seventeen and twenty-one. Oh, and for those of you who hadn't read "Secret," it would make more sense if you did. That being said, I shouldn't have to say that I don't own Naruto, but I will any way. Okay, the first chapter of "Promise," here goes:
"Naruto! Koto! Get out of here!" The Uchiha boys hesitated, still trying desperately to reach for their mother's pale, outstretched fingers. The lair was collapsing, Sakura was half trapped beneath a thick rafter, and their father, Sasuke was still in a desperate struggle with the Akatsuki member, Hidan.
"Naruto, what do we do?" Koto being the younger son was looking to his brother for an answer. Naruto swept the scene with concerned jade eyes. Ultimately, he took Koto's arm and sped to the exit. They jumped through just before the entire building collapsed.
"Mother!" Koto screamed.
"Father!" Naruto called even though he knew said person wouldn't be able to hear him. Not anymore. Koto fell to the ground beating it with all the emotions he felt at the moment, but the dirt beneath him didn't seem to feel it. Even though he was the son of Sasuke Uchiha, bred strong, he still retained a bit of his mother's sensitivity.
Naruto stood running his fingers repeatedly through his dark locks trying to make sense of what had happened and what he and his newly orphaned brother should do now. A few more minutes, he knew. He had known as long as he could remember, maybe even longer.
"Koto, it's time."
"Are you sure, Naruto? We can't wait to see if they survived?"
"No. It's time to go seek them out." The younger boy stood, shakily at first trying to wipe away the rivers of tears cutting down his face. They turned tail towards the leaf village.
"I don't know why we have to move to Konoha. What's so great about the leaf village? And what about Uncle Kankuro? He was going to teach me how to use some of his puppets." The girl was desperately trying to plead with her parents again, though she knew it was useless, seeing as how they were walking through the village gates now. Her forest green eyes scanned the view, unimpressed, and she lifted one hand to mess with one of her four raven pigtails.
"That's enough, Akane," Shikamaru warned his daughter. He loved her, definitely, but sometimes she could be more troublesome than her mother.
"Meet us at the hokage's tower in about a half hour so he can tell us where you'll be going," Temari instructed. "Do not go off somewhere and daydream, and don't get into any trouble, please."
Akane rolled her eyes. "Whatever." She stopped to take a look around while her parents headed off somewhere else. "Where is the closest bar?" Akane had her mother's face, eyes, and build, so she could easily pass for over twenty-one. She had her father's raven hair, and love of peace, but on the outside, she was just as loud and fierce as Temari at that age.
"Whoa!" Akane tumbled to the ground after just being plowed into by a girl about her own age. This girl was slim, but did have some curves, blackish-brown hair in two buns, and large lavender eyes.
"I'm sorry. I-" the girl started.
"Watch where the hell you're going!" The girl stood, an incredulous look on her face. Even though she was polite, she had quite a lot of pride, and this new chick was trampling it.
"You don't have to be rude-" now is when the girl stopped. "Hey, what's you're name anyway?"
"Who cares to know?" Now Akane was standing as well, brushing the dirt off of her clothes.
"Someone who's going to kick your ass if you don't watch your mouth."
"What'd you say you little-"
"Starting another fight, sis?" This time, a handsome boy stepped forward. He had peachy skin, long mahogany hair pulled into a low ponytail, and deep, coffee colored eyes. "And couldn't you've picked someone that wasn't as good looking. Now I'm not on your team." Of course he was smiling at Akane.
"Stay out of this!" the girls cried in unison.
"Don't talk that way to my brother!"
"I'm sorry you'll have to excuse my sister, Sier," the boy continued. "She gets confrontational when threatened."
"Fine," Akane murmured, deciding not to start something with both siblings. "And you are…"
"Ti-Shan," he stated, shaking her hand.
"Akane."
"Hey! Whose side are you on?"
"The side of beauty," Ti-Shan smiled, kissing Akane's hand. Oh yeah, this guy was smooth. The anger from Sier was almost tangible, but instead all she did was turn right around and head for home. "I hope to see you around sometime, Akane."
"Why not?" she smirked before heading away. 'Okay, there's got to be a bar around here somewhere.' And after ten minutes of searching, she'd found one. It looked quiet, but she could still see many people through the windows. Little did she know this was one of her parent's favorite bars when they lived here before. "I'll just get a little drink, and be off."
She walked in, immediately getting noticed by a few of the leaf shinobi, and in no time had many drinks sent her way. After two beers, the bartender finally noticed her.
"May I see some I.D., miss?"
"Uh…"
"Ladies, ladies, there is plenty of Haru for each and every one of you," The youth smiled to all of the girls circling him. Some were trying to run their fingers through his spiky midnight hair, or swooning over his deep cerulean eyes. And some were just trying to get to him because he was the hokage, Naruto Uzumaki's, son.
"You said that we'd hang out tonight, Haru," one girl pouted.
"We will, Yuki, but I promised Kari that I'd go to Ichiraku's with her," the youth smiled. There were more squeals from the girls and then there was a high-pitched scream from one of his adoring fans.
"Well, who are you two?" One of the girls smiled to the two young men who had just appeared. They were tall, had midnight hair, like Haru's, but it stuck up in the back. They had sort of pale skin, and jade eyes. Haru was not happy. The girl in question was blonde, and the most buxom of the group that usually followed him. What he had failed to notice, however, was that the guys had obviously not taken a liking to her.
Despite the older one's attempt at trying to shake her off of his arm, she stayed, and now there was another one hanging on the younger male's arm. And the group around Haru was quickly thinning out to take a look at the new guys. Haru frowned, and walked right up to them, asking what the hell they thought they were doing with his girls.
"We don't care at all for 'your girls.'" The older and taller spoke. His voice was cold and blunt. It made Haru very uncomfortable.
"So what, they're not good enough for you?"
"Excuse you…"
"You want to start something, pal?" Now Haru was shedding his jacket, in a desperate attempt at trying to win his girls back with a show of bravado. The younger stepped forward going into a fighting stance. He had a lot of frustration that could easily be let out on this fool. He felt his brother's hand on his shoulder, and saw him shake his head ever so slightly.
"We're not here to fight," he reminded the boy. After a second, he nodded, and went back to his normal way of standing.
"Then tell me what your names are so I can kick your asses later." Haru was still trying to win over the girls. In truth he was obviously a lover, not a fighter. The boys sighed, but consented.
"My name is Uchiha, Koto," the younger one stated.
"And I am Uchiha, Naruto."
The hokage sat at his desk contentedly chatting with the shinobi and kunoichi in front of him. Standing at his side was a beautiful, smiling woman with midnight hair and lilac eyes. The Nara told a joke, and the blonde behind the desk began to laugh heartily. Temari checked the clock on the wall.
"Our daughter should be here any minute," the sandy-haired woman stated.
"That's fine. It's just so good knowing that you guys will be living here from now on," Hinata smiled. Shikamaru lifted a hand.
"Well, I'll be living here full time, but Temari and our daughter will have to report back to Suna periodically." Hinata smiled. All at once the door burst open with a handsome, brunette shinobi 'escorting' in a protesting Akane.
"Let go of me you freaking idiot!" The shinobi decided not to head her warning and instead told Naruto that the girl had been underage drinking at his favorite bar.
"I told you not to go making trouble, Akane!" Temari's face was slightly embarrassed but mostly infuriated.
"So this is your daughter, isn't it?" Naruto leaned back, folding his hands. "Thank you Konohamaru-san." The third's grandson bowed, and left the office. No sooner had he left did Haru burst in.
"Haru, I'm in the middle of an important meeting."
"But dad," the youth started, trying to catch his breath. "This freak strolled into the village with this other guy, and he says his name is Naruto Uchiha!" Naruto's eyes nearly popped out of his head. Not only at the name, but the vision.
Standing in the doorway of the office were two Sasuke counter parts. The main difference was that they both had sharp, jade green eyes. Hinata gasped, and grabbed her husband's shoulder. Temari and Shikamaru couldn't make any noise at all and the whole time, Akane and Haru just watched the adults.
"Wh-what did you say your names were?" Naruto tried hard to keep his voice steady, but this was as close as he'd gotten to seeing Sasuke since they rescued the girls from the Akatsuki all those years ago. The boys stepped forward.
"Our names are Naruto and Koto Uchiha, and we are looking for Neji and Tenten Hyuuga."
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