--Okay, so Sasuke returned to the village, expecting some kind of reception, happy/mad out-to-kill-him friends, but nothing of the sort happens. Why? Does it have something to do with a pregnant Hinata, an agonized Naruto, and an overprotective Sakura and her huge group of bodyguards? ----Based off of Breaking Dawn---
Thank you for those who even bothered to read my story. I'll try to upload a new chapter each month or every two months, maybe even before that. But I'm busy with school and such blah, blah, blah, mostly a lot of excuses. But I like to make a lot of stories and I'm currently working on a few so, yeah . . . . excuses, excuses . . . but anyway, here's chapter two. Oh, by the way, the chapters are named after songs. Like the whole story is named after Utada Hikaru's Passion, the first chapter is named after Ayumi Hamasaki's No Way to Say, and this chapter is named after Maaya Sakamoto's Tell me what the rain knows.
Chapter Two
Tell me what the rain knows
The walk to the Haruno household was a very silent one. All four members of Team Hebi noticed that the village was as lifeless as a graveyard. They hadn't even passed a single person. It was as if Konoha was a ghost town, guarded by Suna ninja. Sasuke didn't like it, not one bit. What had happened to the home he once knew? The happy one? The one his ex-teammates have been trying to drag him back to? All of it made no sense.
After a while, Shizune stopped. "Can you four all wait a minute? I promised Naruto I'd buy him some of Ichiraku's ramen."
"Sure." Sasuke spoke for his whole group. "But why? Can't the dobe come here and buy it himself anymore?"
"Well, when you know what's going on then you'd understand." Shizune told him, grief filled her voice. She was about to walk into the ramen stand when a silver-haired jonin came out of it. "Oh? Kakashi! What are you doing here?"
Said jonin looked up at the woman. "Oh, Shizune. I'm just here on some errands for Sakura and Naruto. See?" He held up eight grocery bags and a huge take-out box of Ichiraku ramen. "Ramen's for Naruto. Thought it might cheer him up, you know, with everything that's going on." The jonin sighed. "He's been so down lately. Sakura, too. She has it harder than him, though…"
Sasuke raised another eyebrow. Seriously! What was so goddamn important, so goddamn upsetting, that even Naruto's down in the dumps!? Sure, Sakura was upset, but she was easy to upset. But Naruto!? The hyperactive blond ninja who wouldn't shut up!? Who wouldn't give up!? Yeah, it was that hard to believe that he would be upset.
Suddenly, the jonin's eyes came upon Sasuke. "Oh! You're back, Sasuke?"
"Huh? Oh, yeah." Shizune almost turned red. "I forgot about him. Sasuke and his team came to Konoha about four and a half hours ago. I'm surprised you didn't hear about it, though."
"Gomen, gomen [look at the bottom for definitions], but you know, with everything going on, it's kind of hard to keep up with outside affairs and things."
"It's fine, actually. Tsunade didn't even notice that they were in her office until after fifteen minutes." Shizune sighed. "I can't believe how Hinata can cause this much of a problem and how this could happen to her…"
Sasuke raised an eyebrow. So it was Hinata that was cause of this problem, not Sakura? But then why were he and his team going to Sakura's house and not the Hyuga household? He put two and two together and came to the conclusion that the high-ranking Hyuga family didn't want the ex-missing nin in their home.
"So, you're bringing these four to Sakura's house?" Kakashi asked Shizune.
"Yes, actually--oh no! Sakura's going to kill me! I forgot that . . . that thing, that potion, she wanted!" The black-haired lady practically screamed.
"Oh, daijōbu, I'll bring these four to her house while you get that . . . whatever she wanted." Kakashi offered, holding up the grocery bags in his hands. "Besides, I'm going there myself."
"Arigato, Kakashi!" With that, Shizune bolted out of the area, leaving behind a trail of smoke.
"Dang! And I thought you were fast!" Suigetsu said to Sasuke.
Sasuke ignored that comment and just looked at his old sensei. Man, had he aged! Not! Sure, there were maybe one or two more wrinkles on his face, but that was it. Kakashi still looked the same, except . . . he didn't have his book with him. Sasuke found that strange. Even though Kakashi had his hands full, he would usually have all the bags in one hand and the book up to his face in the other. But this time, he didn't. Sasuke examined the bags. Sure, it was a lot, but he'd seen Kakashi carry much more than that in one hand, so why was everything so different now? Had six years really changed that much in Konoha?
But then Sasuke realized that Kakashi didn't look so happy either. Just like with Shizune and Tsunade, Kakashi looked as if he had been stressed out for days and hadn't had a good night of sleep in a really long time.
Kakashi saw his worried ex-student's face and smiled. "Daijōbu, Sasuke. I've been through worse. You should save your worries for your ex-teammates. Naruto and Sakura really have been working to their limits, bickering with each other and all."
That last part surprised the Uchiha. Bickering? The two had been bickering? How was that even possible? The last time he'd seen Naruto, Naruto was all too willing to give Sakura whatever she wanted. What? Now, they were enemies? It didn't make sense! Unless . . . the Hyuga girl got in between.
Yeah, he thought, that has to be it. No way would Naruto go against Sakura.
"Well, come on." the jonin said. "Everyone's been waiting for your return long enough. Let's get going. I'm sure you'd like to relax in Sakura's house since it's so big and luxurious and all…" Then, he caught Team Hebi's widened eyes, and he realized something. "Oh! That's right! None of you even know what Sakura's parents do or even who they are! Well, that's alright. None of us knew either! In fact, until this little problem came up, none of us had actually thought about it until we saw her house…"
"Okay, enough with the chit-chat! Can we please get going!?!" Karin whined.
"Shut up!" Suigetsu said, earning a glare from the red-haired girl.
"Ah, don't worry 'bout it. She has a point. I'll tell you along the way." Kakashi said. And so, they were on their way to the mysterious Haruno house. "Sakura's parents are actually pretty famous all around, and I'm sure you all have heard of them—Mihara Ichiro and Hibiya Chitose."
"OMG!?! For real!?" Karin squealed while the guys of Team Hebi just looked at Kakashi in confusion.
"Who?" they asked.
"Oh, come on! That snake pedophile must have taught you something!" Kakashi seemed shocked. How in the world did they not know of Mihara Ichiro and his wife!?
"He kept us in underground facilities." Suigetsu said, "Except for the big guy." He pointed at Juugo. "He was locked up in a huge, dark room! How could we know of above-ground activities when we were stuck under?"
"I see your point…" Kakashi nodded his head.
"You guys are such idiots! Well, not you, Sasuke-kun, but come on!" Karin fumed. "Mihara Ichiro and Hibiya Chitose are the richest people in all of the Land of Fire—richer than the Fire Lord! They created the Angelic Layer project and used to be part-time actors, action choreographers, filmmakers, song writers, producers, screenwriters, entrepreneurs, singers, and major big-time stock owners! They even wrote a few best-selling books!"
"Wow! Karin, I didn't know you had anything stored up in that tiny, little brain of yours!" Suigetsu teased. "Does the red-haired dog want a treat?"
"NO, FOOL!!" She composed herself seconds later. "Anyway, I've only heard they had a few daughters and sons. Sure, they had weird names but never a Haruno Sakura."
"Well . . ." Kakashi scratched his head. "Have you heard of the singer Yvette-Yvonne?"
"Yes, but . . . OMG!! That pink-haired bitch is Yvette-Yvonne!?!" Karin screeched.
"Yes…" Kakashi said while cleaning out his ear as Juugo asked, "Who?"
"The famous singer-songwriter and former actress, who has been dubbed 'The Empress of Pop' due to her popularity and widespread influence in the whole-wide world! Her multilingual skills have contributed to her commercial success in almost everywhere! She quickly became a commercial success, producing several million-selling records and starting several fashion trends. But then, during the peak of her success, she had to stop her job for unknown reasons…"
Sasuke just listened as Karin explained Sakura's previous job and alias. How come he and Naruto had never known this? Oh, right, because they were so busy. Sasuke—with revenge (seriously, he has to live more). And Naruto—with becoming Hokage (god, we know that already, so stop bringing it up!). They ended up neglecting their only female teammate. For some reason, Sasuke felt guilty about that.
"Yes," Kakashi said. "Sakura is very famous, but please don't mention it in front of her. It was hard enough for her to quit her favorite job, so please… Not a word about this in front of her. Plus, her parents… Well, they… Just don't say anything about this to her."
Team Hebi quickly nodded. For the remaining part of their trip, no one spoke a word. But it was mostly caused by the long walk away from Konoha. It had been almost half an hour, and still they hadn't reached the Haruno or Mihara or Chitose household. Was it really that far away?
"HOW MUCH FURTHER!?!?!" Karin and Suigetsu yelled.
Sasuke was about to tell them to shut up, but Kakashi had answered. "We're here."
Team Hebi averted their eyes to the Haruno house, and I gotta say… They were thoroughly surprised.
Arigato = thank you
Daijōbu = don't worry
Gomen, gomen = sorry, sorry
Thank for reading! I'm sorry for making this chapter a little crappy, what with Sakura's singing career and everything. But I promise it contributes to the story plot a lot! So see ya!
Wait!---I need to put this to vote. I'll add some Chobits characters if anyone wants. And if you want some other anime here, please just state it in your review. Thank you! I'll try to update soon!