MY LIGHT
Title: My Light
Rate: T
Pairings: SasuSaku, NaruHina, SaiIno, NejiTen, ShikaTema, SuiKarin
Summary: Five years after betraying Konoha, Sasuke returns to the village with is new team and makes a deal with Tsunade. Things aren't the same from before…will he accept them as they are now or is he going to try to change things back to the way they were? [AF-Alternative Future]
A/N: I forgot to tell you last time that Itachi is a bad guy in this fic.
The elders aren't bad…just a little cranky and testy XD
And Sasuke is going to be a little O.O.C.
Aaannndddd……This is mostly to show the evolution of their relationship so don't expect too many fighting scenes.
Sorry about my English…I'm Portuguese so I make some (stupid) mistakes…if you don't understand something because of the mistakes please ask me and I'll explain it to you and try to correct my mistake.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. Just the plot of this fic and the O.C. (Saki).
My Light
Chapter 1
17-years-old Sakura was walking trough Konoha's Main Street to go meet the Hokage. She had just left the house she shared with Naruto and Saki.
Saki…the girl they had rescued one year ago in their first ANBU mission.
At that time, when they had got back to Konoha, they went immediately to the Gondaime's office to explain the situation and try to find a solution for their 'little problem'.
For the first two days Saki had stayed with Sakura and Naruto – they had started to live together since Sakura's parents went back to their hometown. They were certain she was responsible enough to live alone, I mean, she WAS a 16 years old kunoichi. Since Naruto lived alone too they had decided to share to keep each other company (without any romantic relationship implied, more like a sister-brother relationship).
After those two days the Trio had been called to Tsunade's office and she announced that if Sakura wanted, she could adopt Saki, even if for that they had to bend some rules because of her age and marital status.
Sakura had been overjoyed with the news and it had looked like Saki was too. That two days had been enough for their relationship improve to the point of Saki constantly cling to Sakura…she was her new family, her new mother.
One year passed since that time, and their relationship was stronger than ever – Saki had started to call Sakura Kaa-Chan and Naruto Uncle Naruto. It was a funny thing to see.
Arriving to the Hokage Tower, she climbed all the way up 'till she was in front of the office. Sakura knocked and a after a moment she heard a soft 'Come in'.
"Oh! Sakura it's you!" Tsunade said looking up from her papers.
"Hai Tsunade-Shishou. Good Morning! I came to see if I have a mission or something…" Sakura said cheerfully.
Tsunade scanned through the scrolls and papers that were in her messy desk and shook her head. "No…Today you just have your afternoon shift in the Hospital."
"Okay, then I'll just go…Thank You"
"If you want I can try to come up with something…" Tsunade said with a grin.
Sakura shook her head and smiled "That's okay…I wanted to do something with Saki-Chan anyway."
"Okay then…I see you later…too damn much paperwork!" The Gondaime said while glaring at the papers.
"Bye Shishou!" With that, Sakura walked out of the office.
"Bye Sakura…SHIZUNE!!WHERE'S MY SAKE??"
Some moments later the pink haired girl giggled to herself when she saw Shizune running pass her saying a quick 'Hi!' while holding a bottle of Sake in her hands.
Naruto had just wake up. He could still distinguish the smell of crumbled eggs in the air – yes…Sakura had made him eat food other than Ramen, you know…real food. He shut his eyes for some seconds so he could gain enough energy to sit up.
"UNCLE NARUTO!!! WAKE UP!!"
Naruto looked to the door of his room in time to see Saki running in. She jumped to the bed and giggled.
"Good Morning Saki-Chan!" he said with a big grin.
"Uncle Naruto, Kaa-Chan isn't home…" her pouting lips quivered a bit as if she was going to cry. The boy looked from her to his bedside table, which was the place where Sakura always left a note when she had to go out early. Bingo! There it was… a small piece of paper with a neat letter in it. Naruto picked up the paper and read it.
'I went to see Tsunade-Shishou. The Breakfast is on the table. I'll be back soon.
Sakura'
After reading it, Naruto smiled at the 4 and half years old girl.
"Kaa-Chan went to see Baa-Chan. Don't worry she will be back anytime now." The girl smiled back and was about to say something when her stomach's grumble cut her off. The blond chuckled a bit and could only assume that she hadn't eaten before 'waking' him up.
"Come on Saki-Chan, let's eat!!" he stood up still chucking a bit before picking up the girl and head to the kitchen.
While Sakura was heading back to her home she saw a familiar silver haired Jounin and a raven haired male.
"Kaka-Sensei! Sai! Wait up!" she shouted while running and dodging some people to catch up to them.
"Sakura, long time no see." Greeted Kakashi with a gentle smile hidden by his mask.
"Hi Ugly." The other male greeted her too.
"How are you two doing? Is been a long time since we talked…" she asked.
"Fine. I just came back from a mission and bumped into Sai." The Jounin reached to his pocket and took out his precious Icha Icha book.
Sakura rolled her eyes at his action – old habits die hard – and turned to Sai.
"And you Sai? How are things going with Ino?" she asked with a sweet but mischevious smile.
At that, the emotionless Sai turned a little, barely visible, shade of pink. "Fine…and happier than ever." Sakura smiled for her friends: Sai had been improving his social skills and Ino had finally found someone to that would make her happy and make her forget her previous crushes.
"Well, it was good to talk to you but I have to get home. Yesterday, Naruto said he wanted to talk to me but we never had a chance to do it…"
"Okay, see you around" The poor boy was still trying to control his blush and to stop thinking what could she have wanted to imply when she asked him that question.
"Good Bye then… gives my compliments to Naruto and Saki-Chan. We have to train together sometime, like old times okay?"
"Hai Sensei! See you around!" Sakura nodded at them before turning to walk in the direction of her home.
Moments later she arrived. Their house was big but the land lady didn't ask for much (and they were ANBU now, so their payment was very good – high ranked mission meant better payment). The house had 5 bedrooms each one with a bathroom (not too big), a kitchen - where they usually eat, one office (that was mostly Sakura's), one dinning/living room, a bathroom outside the rooms and a fairly big balcony.
She went into the kitchen and saw Naruto and Saki talking to each other animatedly.
"Good Morning you two!" She said surprising them.
"Kaa-Chan!" shouted the little girl jumping to her arms.
"Good Morning Sweetie" Sakura kissed her head and put her down. She walked to Naruto and kissed his cheek. "Good Morning Sakura-Chan!!" he said/replied with his mouth full of food.
She gave him a mother-like glare. "Don't talk with your mouth full!"
"Sorry…"
"Sooooo…what did you wanted to talk about?" she questioned before biting her toast. "Well…" Naruto hesitated while looking at Saki before moving his gaze to Sakura.
'I see' With an understanding smile, she turned to Saki.
"Saki-Chan why don't you go choose your clothes for today while Kaa-Chan and Uncle Naruto talk?"
Her soft voice made Saki look up from her plate "Okay Mommy!"
When she was out of sight, Naruto started to speak "Well…Sakura-Chan, I…I don't know how to say this…promise me you won't get mad?"
"…Umm…Yeah…" Sakura looked at him like he had grown another head.
"Well…you know that I'm with Hinata-Chan…and that we love each other very, very much…"
"Yeah…I know. It's been 9 months since you're together…"
"Yeah…and y-you know that at first Neji and her father didn't approve but now their fine with it…"
"Yeah…Naruto just spill it" Sakura was getting impatient; she already knew all of this. Furthermore, Naruto was too nervous – she was starting to worry…maybe he had gotten her pregnant…
"O-okay…well…we've been thinking of starting to live together and we've already bought a house…"
Sakura eyes widened and a big grin appeared in her face…he had her worried for a moment there…
"That's great!! No! That's fantastic!!! Congrats!!" she practically shouted and Naruto was confused.
"You're not mad? I mean…we decided to live together so we wouldn't be alone…"
Sakura went up to him and hugged him.
"Silly boy…I know that…But you two love each other and I can't stop that! And…I not alone anymore…I have Saki with me…"
Naruto could only smile and hugged her back. "Thanks Sis, thank you so much…this means a lot to me…"
Sakura let go of him and smiled "What are you still doing here? Go pack your things! Do you want me to tell Saki-Chan for you?"
Naruto nodded and stood up to go to his room but Sakura stopped him.
"Oh! Naruto by the way…don't ever do that again! You know…being so nervous and hesitant about something like this. I thought you had gotten Hinata pregnant and were afraid Neji would find out and kill you!" She said smirking while putting the plates on the sink.
When she turned to go help Saki with her clothes, she was sure Naruto was about to explode from how red he was.
Smirk. 'Serves you right for worrying me!'
While she helped the little girl to take a bath and get dressed, Sakura told Saki the news, who in turn was very happy to have a new Aunt.
When Naruto was ready to go, both girls (and some Bushins too) helped him move his things and he took the opportunity to show them his new house.
Hinata had been the one to open them the door with a blush and a smile, it seemed she had already moved her things. Once they had finished showing Sakura and Saki around, they had lunch…courtesy of Hinata.
"Hinata! This was delicious! You have to give me the recipe…if isn't a secret of yours of course" Sakura complimented.
"Okay Sakura-San" The blushing heiress agreed.
"Don't call me that! Sakura or Sakura-Chan is fine!" The pink haired girl said with a smile "Plus we know each other for a long time and I'm guessing that you're going to be officially family very soon." She stole a glance at Naruto.
"Yeah! Your Aunt Hinata now!" Hinata blushed but giggled, as well as the others, at the little girl eagerness.
"Okay then, Sakura-Chan…Saki-Chan"
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Around 1.30 p.m. Sakura had to go to the hospital because of her shift and the couple had offered to take care of Saki instead of having her go to her 'Day Care'.
"Behave Saki! I'm going to go now but I'll be back as soon as my shift ends…"
"Okay Mommy!! Bye!" She kissed her cheek.
"Don't worry Sakura-Chan…We'll take care of her!" Naruto gave her a goofy grin.
"Alright then…Ja ne! Thanks for the food again Hinata!"
"You're welcome Sakura-Chan." With a last wave she was off to the Hospital.
'I know I shouldn't be wishing this but... I wish that I could do something other than healing scratched knees and read papers!'
It was 5.20 p.m. Her shift had been uneventful until now, nothing major had appeared.
Right now Sakura was sitting in her office looking trough her papers. She put them down and looked at the watch in the wall: 5.25. 'Five more minutes.'
5.30…
'Finally'She stood up from her chair and took off her medic coat.
"You had a very smooth shift today Sakura-Sama! Are you going home now?" The nurse asked entering her office.
"Yeah…I got to pick Saki-Chan up and I'm thinking of taking her to visit Tsunade-Shishou…"
Her nurse – Ayume - smiled and bowed to her "Then I'll take those files to the archive. See you tomorrow Sakura-Sama!!"
Sakura hanged her uniform near the door and walked out "Bye Ayume-Chan!"
To Sakura it was strange to have older people to add such honorifics to her name just because she was a medic or had a higher position then them. Even some guys that would court her would do that to be on her good side. Sakura sweatdropped when she thought of that.
Brushing it off, she kept walking to her destination.
-Meanwhile at the Village Hill-
Four figures stood in the Hill above Konoha. One of them looked down with a smirk, whispering to himself so the others wouldn't hear.
"I'm back Konoha"
A/N:
Hi!!! I'm back from my vacations^^
Hope you liked this chapter :D and yeah…that last part was me attempting (and failing) to give some suspense to the Chapter ^^'
This time there isn't a Sneak a Peek – Chap.2: because I'm going to do a double update! Yay!! XD you see Chap. 2 is very short because the suspense thingy too…that's why I'm going to publish it right after this one^^
Please read the note in the top it's important!!!
Review please!
See ya! X3
EDIT: Changed a little thing in one of Tsunade's lines. Thanks Pachirisu123!! X3