Inerasable memories
Chapter 2
"Saaaaaassuuuke-kuuuuun" a shrill voice screeches. Poor Sasuke turns white, whips around and sees a blond haired girl in a dark violet kimono running at him. He quickly hides behind Shou and Hime. The blond haired girl skips over then stops abruptly when she spots Hime. The girl in purple shoves a finger at her and demands "Who are you and what are you doing with my Sasuke-kun?"
"My name is Hika--" Shou flicks her on the nose.
"Hime-chan!" Shou corrects
"Alright!" Hime sighs. "My name is Hime" Shou scowls at her and gives her an AND!? look. "sigh -chan" she adds, rolling her eyes. Shou lightens. Hime gives him a you-cant-be-serious look.
"And? Why are you with my Sasuke-kun?" The blond girl demands. She gets agitated and taps her foot on the ground
"Oh! You and Sasuke are together?" Hime asks her. Genuine interest displayed on her face.
"Well…no" The girl says half-heartedly. "But we will be someday." She declares loudly. "Now tell me why your with him!" she demands
"Sasuke saved my life" she said matter-of-factly.
The blond gives her a questioning look. "My name is Ino" she greets warily. A girl with medium length bubble gum pink hair strolls up behind Ino.
"Back off Ino!" the girl glares. "Um…Hime was it? My name is Sakura Haruno." offers Hime her hand. Hime happily shakes it.
"It's nice to meet you Sakura. And you too Ino." Hime smiles. "Sasuke you have some really pretty friends" Hime compliments. Sakura and Ino look stunned then they clasp each others hand and start jumping up and down squealing.
"EEEEEEEEEE! Were Sasuke's pretty friends" Sakura squeaks.
Hime looks utterly confused yet disturbed while Shou and Sasuke look terrified. The males grab Hime by her wrists and pull her away FAST.
Once out of the festival they stop running and let go of Hime's wrists. They head off in the direction of the Uchiha mansion.
"That was close." Sasuke sighs.
"Sure was!" Shou agrees. Hime just giggles at the boys.
"They seem like nice…..devoted girls." She tries to compliment the girls but it was pretty hard to.
"They're stupid annoying cows." Sasuke informs.
"And scary in a creepy way." Shou includes.
"Well I try to Always look at the good side of people, because no person is really bad. And if they are, then they're vampires." Hime explains.
Sasuke raises an eyebrow "I think your logic is a little off." He remarks. Hime sticks out her tongue at him. Not that he could see it very well. He looks over at her. She starts blushing then looks up at the stars. They're still stunning even through her veil. The crescent moon shines brightly. "I think I might like Sasuke-kun. Oh no what if I have a crush on him." Hime cover her face with her hands. "Oh my gosh I thing I do! This is surreal. I just met him, but he is one of those guys who have a hard exterior but when you break that shell they're actually really sensitive. Wow! He's so cute too!"
"We're here." Sasuke announces. Shou grabs the door handles.
"Welcome to the Uchiha estate!" Shou exclaims happily. He throws the doors open. In front of them is a huge staircase and lined up on either side were about three dozen maids and servants. They all wore matching dark blue, and red dresses with white aprons.
"Oh my god!" Hime exclaims eyes wide. "This place is huge! And you have maids! Their dresses! Oh! Their dresses are soooo cute" she runs up to one of the girls and inspects her dress thoroughly.
She turns to Sasuke with a stern expression and strides up to him. She grabs one of his hands and looks him straight in the eye. He swallows nervously, thinking she'll hit him or say he shouldn't exploit the poor girls. She Finally speaks and what she says catches him totally off guard. "Can I have a dress like that!?" She pleads.
"Wha?!?!?" Sasuke nearly falls over. "Sure you can have one but, why?" he questions.
"Because they're cute!" Hime exclaims, smiling. All the maids giggle at Sasuke's confusion. The head maid walks up to Sasuke.
"Master Sasuke, would you like a room prepared for your guest?" she asks pleasantly.
"Yes, please Mikoto." Sasuke answers nicely.
"As you wish. We'll get one ready now." Mikoto smiles.
"Um…Mikoto?" Sasuke addresses
"Yes master?" Mikoto responds
"Thanks a lot." Sasuke smiles
"It's no problem." She smiles. All the maids leave to continue their work.
"Do all these maids live with you?" Hime Questions.
"Yes and No." Sasuke responds. He leads Hime up the large staircase. "Shou and I live in the upstairs north wing and the maids and serpents live in the downstairs wings." He explains. They turn right and walk down the hall.
Hime continues to marvel at the beautiful house. Sasuke opens one of the doors on the left, to reveal a huge bathroom.
"You can start to run your bath while I get you some pyjamas to wear." Sasuke tells her. He walks out of the room and down the hall. Hime goes up to the giant tub and turns on the water, adjusting it to the right temperature. She gats up and investigates the cupboards, finding some scented bath oils and pouring some of the oil into the bath water. Then she adds some bubble bath.
Sasuke walks in and puts some clothes, cloths and towels on the stand by the sink.
"If you need anything just yell and I'll come up. When your done I'll be down in the dining room doing some work." He informs her.
"Alright." She answers. An overwhelming sense of gratitude comes over her.
"No prob." Sasuke answers and turns to walk out. Hime grabs his hand, he turns around and she pulls him into a hug.
"Thank you so much Sasuke." Hime whispers. She lets go of him, gently pushes him out the door and locks it behind him
"He's so nice, I wish I could repay him. I think I might like him more then just a friend. This feeling is so weird. I mean I've only known him for a short time." She realizes.
With Sasuke
Sasuke stands blushing in a daze. He walks down the hall to the stairs and descends down into the front hall. He sees Shou at the door.
"Where are you going brother?" Sasuke asks. Shou turns around and look at his little brother.
"I'm going out to surprise Hime!" Shou smiles.
"Oh god he's not going to sneak into the bathroom while she's taking a bath is he?" Sasuke looks horrified.
"I'm going to buy her a kimono for tomorrow so she can look extra pretty at the festival!" he explains enthusiastically.
"Thank god it's not what I thought!" Sasuke sighs in relief. "It's pretty late Shou I don't think any stores will be open." The younger Uchiha realizes.
"Don't worry called in a favour." Shou winks and opens the door.
"Hey. Be careful and get back soon." Sasuke warns, protectively.
"Yes sir!" Shou mock salutes. He pulls his younger brother into a hug. He lets go and smiles warmly at his brother. Sasuke mirrors his smile. Shou waves as he walks out the door.
Sasuke makes his way into the dining room and takes a set at the table, where he previously left his work. He analyses the top paper, it's about a mission to recover a lost cat. "Reminds me of Hime, when we found her she was like a lost kitten. She probably smiles like a cat. She does act like one, always energetic and playful. I wonder what color her eyes are. She seems to be happy all the time, It makes me feel happy and weird. Like butterflies are flying inside me. I don't know why I feel this way towards her, I've only known her for a short time, but it feels like forever. It's strange."
After that long thought Sasuke gets back to work.
With Hime
"Aaaah!" Hime sighs. "This feels so nice!" she submerges herself up to her nose. "Sasuke has such a nice home. I wonder how his work is going. I should be focusing on renewing my energy and chakra. I love the water! I wonder if there's anywhere to go swimming around here. I'm hungry but too tired to stay up to eat. I wish I could eat a whole bowl of noodles or ice cream. A mint chocolate raspberry sundae would be good right now. Mmm…raspberries. Speak of the devil the shampoo and conditioner I used is raspberry scented. That's weird considering only Sasuke and Shou live here. Shou…..Well, I guess it's not that weird." Hime giggles.
She sits up "sigh I should get out now." Hime pulls the plug in the bathtub and gets out afters she's dried off and dressed she walks to the mirror. "Much better! All the dirt's gone and I look shiny clean." Her smile fades. "I wonder if Shou and Sasuke will think I'm ugly. I'm not pretty or intelligent or brave. I hope they don't hate me or tell me to leave." She thinks.
"I better not stay up here too long or they'll think something's wrong." Hime mumbles.
She peeks out of the door and doesn't see anyone, so she steps out looking down the hall cautiously.
"Hello Ms.Hime-San!" Someone yells from behind her.
"Eeeeeaaaahh!" Hime shrieks at the unexpected perky voice. Once she lands from her leap off the ground, she turns to address the person who startled her.
I decided to end the chapter here it's only 5 typed pages long I was planning on 7 but I feel lazy so here you are.
Go back and read the prologue if you haven't already.
That's all. R&R people (read and review) please. Flames will be used to burn down my school! Mwaha ha ha ha.
My quote for this chapter: You're only young once so be bad, break the rules, get caught and make it count.
Jan ne – Neko Tsuki