A/N: I'm sorry this chapter took me like… years to write. Procrastinating is a hobby of mine.

So yea… again, I'm sorry for taking so long to update. Thanks to all the reviewers who have been reviewing and persistently sending me PM's despite my lazy-ness. LOL

On with the story! Don't mind my horrible grammar.

Disclaimer: Naruto belongs to … – I don't know who, but he's not mine. The plot again belongs to hell knows who – it just isn't mine. I suppose the combined thing is sorta mine… xD

Chapter 3

"Sasuke, get up!" A female voice rang from the hallway of the Uchiha residence.

"Hn…" the mentioned boy grumbled slightly, turning moodily to look at the clock by his bed.

8:30AM

Why the hell is she waking me up so early on a Saturday morning?

Deciding to dismiss what the girl had said, he turned over, allowing sleep to claim him once again…--

"SASUKE! GET UP RIGHT NOW!" she screeched, barging into his room.

"Alright, alright! Shut the hell up!" he shouted back, shooting up from his bed to glare at the pink-haired girl by his door. At his movement, the blankets dropped down to reveal his bare chest to her, causing her to blush a light pink.

"Put a shirt on, you freak!" she cried, slamming his door shut.

"What? Can't a guy sleep shirtless? You're the one who burst into my room!" he growled, blushing slightly as well.

A second later, his door slid open again.

"…Have you seen Ruu and Wannya?" Sakura asked, her eyes averting him this time, cheeks still tinged with pink.

"…" Sasuke gave her a weird look.

"They've been missing all morning…" she explained.

"…"

Thump.

"What was that…?" The pink-haired girl yelped slightly, her eyes widening.

"…"

Thump.

Sakura paled.

"… Sounds like it's coming from the roof…"

Getting up and quickly grabbing a shirt from his closet, Sasuke pulled it on hastily before leading the girl outside.

Upon reaching the outside of their home, Sakura looked up, and her eyes landed on their fellow aliens. Her eyes widened – what the heck were they doing on the roof?!

"What the hell are you doing up there Wannya? That's dangerous!" Sakura cried, her motherly instincts kicking in. "What the hell is wrong with you-- bringing Ruu up there with you like that! Get down here this instant!"

"Oh! Good morning Haruno-san, Uchiha-san! I see you two are finally awake!" The cat greeted cheerfully, as though nothing was wrong. Ruu was strapped tightly to his back,

"Don't you 'good morning' me, mister! Get the hell down here! NOW!" Sakura shrieked.

The cat gave her a weird look. "But I'm just trying to get a better signal with Master Ruu's spaceship… maybe I can get--"

"-I don't care! That's dangerous! Get down!" She repeated again.

Confused, Wannya complied and began climbing down.

The pink haired girl then turned to Sasuke. He was staring off towards the entrance to the shrine.

"What's wrong?"

"… I think I hear someone coming…"

"…"

"Shit…Someone IS coming! Sakura, go distract them! I'll get the two inside!" Sasuke cursed.

"WHAT? People actually come to this shrine?" the girl panicked.

"YES! Now go!" He repeated.

"How the hell am I supposed to distract them?" Sakura panicked.

"I don't know! Strip and dance for them!"

"… What the hell? What kind of plan is that?" Sakura shrieked, her face flushing bright red. "You're SUCH a PERVERT!"

"Well come up with your own idea then!"

"FINE!"

Sakura quickly ran towards the main stairway that led to the shrine. Upon seeing the couple of elderly people making their way towards the shrine, she quickly stopped them.

"Ah, h-hello a-and good m-morning!" she stuttered slightly with a polite bow.

She took in a deep breath to gather herself before continuing.

"A nice day to take a walk, isn't it? On such a fine morning, we simply mustn't forget to do our daily vigorous exercises!"

"Wannya, I want you and Ruu to stay in this room for now."

The cat nodded obediently.

Turning on his heels, Sasuke headed outside once more to find his pink-haired acquaintance.

"Sakura!" he called roughly from the main entrance of their home. She turned her head his way before turning her attention back to the elderly people. Giving a slight bow, she bid them farewell, and sprinted towards him.

"Got the two inside?" She asked, panting slightly.

He gave a curt nod before heading inside once more, Sakura following suit.

"What on earth were you thinking, Wannya?! Do you have any idea how dangerous it is to be sitting up on the roof like that?! And with a BABY too! What would you do if Ruu fell and got hurt?! How would you explain that to his parents?! How would we even be able to help him?! You do realize that we can't bring him to any sort of medical care around here right?!" A certain pink-haired girl ran about the room, yelling like no tomorrow. "What if someone saw you? What if they called the police? What if they came and took you two away and started experimenting on you two?!"

Sasuke raised a brow at her.

Sighing, she calmed herself down. "… Just don't do that again Wannya… you really had me worried…"

"Hn… worried would be an understatement." The dark-haired boy butted in.

"Oh shut up, Uchiha. I dare you to tell me that you weren't worried yourself." Sakura rolled her eyes.

"Hn."

There was a moment of silence.

"…Where's Ruu?" Sakura finally noticed the sudden stillness within the room. If Ruu were here, there surely would be a noise of some sort.

"He's right here- Oh no, Master Ruu! Where did you go?!" The cat panicked. "He was just here a minute ago!"

"Oh god… here we go again." Sasuke rolled his eyes in annoyance.

Getting up, the trio walked into the hallway… or at least what should've been the hallway--

"Y-You never told me your furniture could fly, S-Sasuke…" Sakura stuttered.

Before them, it seemed every piece of furniture was floating several feet off the floor.

Sasuke twitched. "…Maybe because my furniture isn't supposed to fly, you idiot."

She growled. "Well sorry if I'm hallucinating, but I sure see your furniture FLYING right now!"

"That still doesn't mean they're supposed to fly."

She glared at him.

"Um… Uchiha-san? Haruno-san? ...It's just-" Wannya tried to explain.

The two glared at him.

"-Just what?"

"I-It's just Ruu's p-powers?" He offered sheepishly, fearing how the two would react.

"Oh lord…" The pink-haired girl grumbled. "Let's go find Ruu… again."

The three were just about to head down the hallway when all of the sudden-

Ding dong.

The three froze.

Ding dong. The doorbell went again

"Sasuke! Are you home?" A woman's voice called from outside.

"Shit!" the mentioned boy cursed silently. "Damn it, get the furniture down!" He hissed at Sakura and Wannya, rushing to pull the hovering furniture out of the air and back onto the floor.

The two quickly complied, helping with bringing the furniture down.

Hearing all the noise, Ruu found his way back into the hallway and watched quietly as his "parents" put everything away.

Sakura's eyes caught the young alien, and she quickly gathered him into her arms.

"There you are, Ruu! You are such a little troublemaker!" Sakura cooed.

She poked his little nose as he giggled.

The doorbell rang again.

"Sasuke! Come open the door for me!" The woman outside called.

The young prodigy groaned. "Give me a minute!"

Once the three got everything in the hallway back into place, Wannya took Ruu into his arms.

Sasuke opened the door.

"Hello Sasuke!" The woman greeted the dark-haired boy before looking behind him.

Shit. Wannya is still here! The boy cursed mentally.

Almost as if reading his mind, Sakura stepped in front of Wannya to block the cat from view, bringing her hand behind herself to signal the cat to hide.

With a nod, Wannya silently made his way to the closet.

"Ah, who's she?" the woman asked Sasuke. "Have you finally found yourself a girlfriend?" she grinned.

"No!" Both teens shouted in unison.

"She's my cousin." Sasuke explained.

"Oh… I see. Nice to meet you then! I'm Mikan!" The lady smiled.

"I'm Haruno Sakura! Pleasure to meet you as well!" Sakura bowed politely.

The woman peered around behind the two. "What were you two doing?" She asked. "What was all that fuss I heard before you opened the door?"

The two tensed a little. "Oh it was nothing" Sakura lied, smiling innocently.

"Daa~!" Ruu's voice echoed out from the room behind them.

Sakura pretended to sneeze, in an attempt to cover the noise. Mikan raised a brow at Sakura.

"Are you sure there's nothing-"

"-Would you like to come in for some tea?" Sasuke interrupted.

Dropping the matter, Mikan smiled. "Sure."

The three sat around the coffee table in the living room.

"So how is everything?" Mikan asked, starting up a casual conversation.

Sasuke shrugged. "The usual."

"How's Itachi been?"

Sakura froze.

Turning to Sasuke she tugged lightly on his sleeve to get his attention. She then pointed outside, gesturing that they needed to talk.

Sasuke nodded. "Please excuse us for a second, Mikan-san"

Stepping outside, they closed the door behind them.

"Wouldn't it be bad to let her know we're living here on our own?" Sakura asked Sasuke quietly.

He thought about it for a second. "Hn. I guess so."

"What should we tell her?"

"You don't need to tell me. I already know." Mikan interrupted, grinning. She had stuck her head out the door. "I already heard from Itachi before he left. That's why I'm here to see if you guys are alright without him."

The two teens sweat dropped.

"Then why didn't you just say so?" Sakura asked.

Mikan shrugged. "Just messing with you."

"Well I'll be going now! Call me if you guys ever need anything!" Mikan grinned, heading towards the door.

Sakura smiled. "Alright then, it was nice meeting you!"

They bid their farewells and Mikan left. Sakura closed the front door and let out a sigh of relief. "Finally… she's gone… I was so scared Ruu would just pop around the corner or something and give us away!"

Sasuke shrugged and the two turned to walk back into the house when-

Thump.

"Ow!"

Sakura tripped on a pair of shoes that had been left carelessly on the ground. Sasuke stared down at her.

Sakura glared back up at him. "Thanks for helping me up…" she muttered sarcastically, getting up.

"…Don't those shoes belong to Mikan?"

"What?"

"Those shoes you just tripped on."

Sakura looked down at the shoes. "I guess so."

There was a moment of silence.

"Did she just walk out in the pair of slippers…?" (A/N: in many shrines, people will wear slippers called geta. People will often also wear slippers in many Asian homes, and spare slippers would be left by the door for guests.)

"…"

"Should I call her?"

"Hn. She'll come back and get it once she realizes she left them behind."

Sakura shrugged. "I guess so."

Sasuke turned around and was about to walk back in when-

Ding dong.

"Ah, that must be Mikan-san." Sakura turned to get the door again.

She peered through the window to be sure. She froze. Ino and a few other girls were outside. They each had a present in their hands.

"Sasuke…"

"Hn?"

"It's not Mikans-san…"

"…"

"It's Ino and a few other girls…"

"…Crap… Go distract them. I'll get Wannya and Ruu to hide again."

Sakura nodded as Sasuke ran back inside. Sakura opened the door.

"Oh, hello Ino-chan!" Sakura quickly stepped outside and closed the door behind her. She peered behind Ino. "I see you have company. What brings you all here?"

The girls all brought up their presents and held them out to Sakura. Sakura's eyes widened.

"I just suggested that we should have a little welcome party for you Sakura-chan!" Ino

smiled brightly. The other girls all smiled and held out heir presents again.

"Aww, thanks, you guys!" Sakura found a huge smile appearing on her face as she accepted their presents.

"So, how are you and Sasuke-kun?" one of the girls asked.

"Yea, is Sasuke-kun home?" a second girl questioned.

Sakura nodded. "Yea, he's just in his room."

The girls squealed.

"Should we go inside?" Ino suggested.

Sakura panicked. She's supposed to stall them! She let out a nervous laugh. "So, have any of you ever rung the temple bell? It's really fun! You should all try it!"

Ino gave her a weird look. However, the rest of the girls seemed quite thrilled.

"Come on Ino-chan, just try it once! I'm sure you'll like it!" Sakura tried to convince her again.

Ino nodded slowly. "Yea, I guess so."

The group of girls walked up the stairs to the temple bell located behind the shrine. One by one the girls each rang the bell, while Ino and Sakura stood off to the side, watching.

"Ino-chan, why don't you try it too?" Sakura suggested again.

Ino shook her head. "No thanks, Sakura-chan."

"Is something the matter?"

"I was just wondering, is Sasuke-kun's family home often?"

"Sasuke's parents passed away a while ago… So it's just Sasuke, Itachi-kun, and me here."

"Itachi-kun?"

"Oh, that's Sasuke's older brother."

"Oh… So it's just the three of you?"

"Well Itachi-kun is 21 years old, so we're okay."

"Oh… Is Itachi-san home often then?"

"He's not home right now, but he will be back later." Sakura lied. Well it's sort of true… he'll be home in…. a while…

"So it's just you and Sasuke-kun home?"

Sakura nodded.

A look of discontent passed Ino's features. Just the two of them home. Just Sasuke-kun and Sakura… all alone… Just Sasuke-kun and Sakura at home, sitting and watching T.V. in the comfort of each other's presence… Just Sasuke-kun and Sakura eating a lovely meal together… Ino's imagination ran wild. "I don't like it."

"Pardon?" Sakura raised a brow.

Ino snapped out of her reverie. "Oh, it's nothing!" She waved her hands in front of her, shaking her head. "Sorry! I just spaced out for a second!"

Sakura laughed. "I see that."

"Sakura, come down." A male voice called from below. The girls looked down.

"It's Sasuke-kun!" The girls squealed.

Sakura ran down the steps. "Yeah?"

"You're not supposed to ring the temple bell unless it's New Years."

"Well I couldn't think of any better way to distract them!"

"Why are they here?"

"Ino suggested some welcome party for me or something." Sakura laughed.

Sasuke raised a brow.

"Doesn't seem like her… anyway, don't act too close to me when Ino's around."

"Tsk tsk, Sasuke-kun, you have a crush on Ino-chan!" Sakura teased.

"Hn. As if."

Sakura giggled.

"So where's Ruu and Wannya?"

"In Ruu's room."

Those two look so happy together…Ino growled, watching from the top of the stone steps.

"Hey, you guys wanna come in for some tea?" Sakura shouted back up the stairs to the girls.

"Yes, of course! Sasuke-kun will be joining us, right?" The girls squealed, racing down the steps.

"Hn. No thanks."

The girls glared at him.

"Don't leave me here alone with them!" Sakura hissed at him quietly so the others wouldn't hear.

"…"

"Then it's settled! Sasuke is staying!" Sakura announced.

"So who does the chores around her?"

The little group was gathered around the small table in Sakura's room – the girls were chatting away, while Sasuke sat by the door – clearly not wanting to be here.

"Oh, Sasuke and I take turns."

"How cute! Just like a newly wed couple!" One of the girls giggled.

Ino frowned. Sakura and Sasuke taking turns with chores? Ino's imagination went wild again. Sakura would be doing the dishes and Sasuke would come in and offer to help… She'd be all happy… "Oh Sasuke-kun" she'd say, and she'd splash him with some of the water and it'd turn into a happy little water fight… Ino stood up quickly – startling some of the girls.

"Doesn't Itachi-kun ever do any of the chores?!" She shouted.

Everyone jumped at her sudden outburst, staring at her with wide eyes.

"… I mean… he should help you guys out, shouldn't he?" She stammered, embarrassed.

"Um… well Itachi-kun has to go to work, and Sasuke and I don't, so we figure we'd help him out by doing some of the chores." Sakura lied.

"That sounds reasonable…" the girls murmured.

"Um… I'll go get us some tea! I'll be right back!" Sakura suggested, zipping out of the room.

"… Wait—" Sasuke wanted to protest, but she was already gone. He scowled – this didn't go unnoticed by Ino.

I KNEW IT! He's upset about her leaving! Ino frowned.

"So Sasuke-kun, how have you been lately?" Ino moved to sit beside the dark-haired boy, batting her eyelashes as she tried to look at him with wide, innocent eyes.

"Hn. I'm going to check on Sakura."

With that, he got up and left the room, closing the door behind him.

"Master Ruu, please stay quiet! We mustn't let Uchiha-san and Haruno-san's friends hear us!"

Ruu giggled.

Raising a hand, the young alien baby pointed at a picture frame on a small desk in the corner of the room. The small picture frame took flight, hovering slightly above the desk.

"Master Ruu! Please put that down!" Wannya cried, rushing over to take the picture frame into his hands.

It was a picture of a man who looked similar to Sasuke – only slightly older.

"Ah, this must be Uchiha-san's older brother." The alien cat mused before placing the picture frame back on the desk.

"No more levitating things, Master Ruu!"

The alien baby whined.

"How about we go to the kitchen and fix you up something to eat, Master Ruu?"

The baby's eyes lit up immediately.

Sasuke walked into the kitchen, where his pink-haired acquaintance was making tea.

Sakura turned at the sound of his footsteps.

"What are you doing here?"

"Trying to get away from those annoying girls, you dumbass. Why'd you leave me with them?"

"Psh! The girls only wanted to see you – their lame "welcoming party" wasn't for me anymore the second they laid eyes on you. Plus, you were the one who said 'don't act so close to me in front of Ino'." She rolled her eyes.

"What are you getting at?" He glared.

"I'm getting at the fact that you, Uchiha Sasuke, have a crush on Yamanaka Ino."

"… You're retarded."

"Excuse me?!"

"What's taking Sasuke-kun and Sakura-chan so long?" Ino growled.

The other girls shrugged in response.

"They're taking too long!" What if they forgot all about the tea and they're just in another room cuddling and making out and…Ino stood up."I'm going to find them."

"But it's rude to just waltz around in someone else's house…"

Ino ignored her and slid the door open. And her mouth fell open with shock.

"Okay Master Ruu, off to the kitchen we go!" Wannya sang, as the small boy giggled in his arms.

"Food, food --" The alien cat froze as Sakura's room door slid open, revealing a blonde-haired girl, who was staring straight at them, mouth agape. "Uh oh…"

"Whatever, you jerk. Let's head back to my room before the get impatient and wander out to look for us." Sakura huffed.

Sauntering out of the kitchen with a tray of tea and goodies, Sakura headed towards her room, Sasuke following suit.

"I feel kinda bad for keeping the girls waitin—" Sakura froze, causing Sasuke to bump right into her.

"Why the hell did you stop—" He froze.

Before them stood Wannya and Ruu, like deer caught in headlights. Sakura's room door was open, and the girls were all peering out, all eyes on the aliens, mouths agape in shock.

Sakura felt her legs turn to jelly as she toppled forward. Sasuke reached out and caught her immediately.

All eyes turned to Sasuke and Sakura.

The two stiffened, and Sakura stood up quickly, Sasuke releasing her as she did so.

"S-sorry, I just… tripped." She stuttered.

All eyes turned back to the two aliens.

"…"

"I see you've met our robot cat, Wannya." Sasuke lied, eyeing Sakura.

She caught on immediately.

"Yea! My parents sent us this robot cat for the time being! It's from NASA!" Sakura explained.

There was a chorus of ooh's and ahh's before all attention landed on the young baby in Wannya's arms.

"Is the boy a robot too?" One of the girls asked, eyes wide.

"No, no, that's Ruu. My little brother!" Sakura giggled nervously.

Walking over to Wannya, she took Ruu into her arms and cuddled him close, forcing a small giggle from the young boy.

"Aww! He's so cute!"

"It's my turn to hold him!"

The group was back in Sakura's room again, this time with both Wannya and Ruu.

"Lemme hold him for a few more minutes! Pleaseee?"

Ruu giggled. He was loving the attention. Raising a hand he pointed at Sakura's bed. The bed slowly began to lift off the floor.

Sasuke noticed immediately. Shit.

Without thinking, he hopped onto Sakura's bed to keep it from levitating, earning a few surprised looks from the girls.

"I'm uh… kind tired."

Sakura caught on. "Just take a nap, Sasuke."

Sasuke is sleeping on Sakura's bed?! Ino fumed. "Why aren't you sleeping in your bed, Sasuke-kun?" She growled.

"…because Sakura's bed is more comfortable." He lied.

"…Is it because you sleep there with her?!"

There were a few surprised gasps, and Sakura flushed bright red. Sasuke sat back up on Sakura's bed.

"Forget sleeping."

"Oh come on, you guys, we're cousins. How awkward would that be, right?" She giggled nervously.

There was a moment of awkward silence.

"I think we should leave…" One of the girls suggested, handing Ruu back to Sakura.

"Um… okay." Sakura got up and led them to the door. Sasuke followed.

"… Sorry about that. I don't know what got into me." Ino apologized as they reached the door.

"Haha, it's alright." Sakura giggled nervously.

"Sorry, Sasuke-kun." Ino apologized again.

"Hn."

"Uh, I guess we'll be leaving then."

"Alright. See you guys at school on Monday."

They exchanged their goodbyes, and the girls were turning to leave when—

"Mama! Papa!" Ruu giggled, reaching out from his place in Sakura's arms to grasp Sasuke's arm as he said 'Papa'.

Ino froze. "… What did Ruu just call you guys?"

Sasuke and Sakura stared at each other, speechless.

"He uh…"

"Oh, the silly boy calls everything 'mama' and 'papa'." A new voice responded. The group turned their heads to see a taller, older looking male strolling out from a room from within the house.

He walked towards Sakura, taking Ruu from her arms.

"Oh…" A look of understanding seemed to pass over Ino's features.

"I see you're home from work, Itachi." Sasuke said cautiously, eyeing Sakura. Did she know it was Wannya pretending to be Itachi? He hoped so.

"Welcome home, Itachi-san." Sakura played along.

"Well, uh, I suppose we'll be going now! I'm sorry for the bother! It was nice meeting you, Uchiha-san." Ino bowed. "Bye!"

The group watched as the girls left. When the girls were finally out of sight, they let out a sigh. There was a poof! as Wannya transformed back into his normal self.

The four headed back inside. Ruu was already asleep in Wannya's arms, so the two headed straight to Ruu's room, while Sasuke and Sakura headed to the kitchen.

"All that, and we still haven't even had lunch." Sakura rolled her eyes, collapsing onto a kitchen chair.

"Lunch? I haven't even had breakfast." Sasuke grunted, plopping into the chair across the table from where Sakura sat.

Sakura frowned. Getting up, she walked to the cupboards and opened them.

"You up for some ramen?"

I wonder where I left my shoes… Mikan wondered to herself. I've been zoning out too much today.

Wannya sighed, pulling a blanket over Ruu yet again before reaching into the drawer to bring out his electric diary.

Dear Diary,

Today was yet another mess. Uchiha-san and Haruno-san brought over many friends, and we nearly got caught many times! Thank goodness the two did not seem mad at Master Ruu and I for all the trouble we've been causing.

Anyway, the two seemed to be getting along a bit better today. Humans can be so confusing – I suppose I will never understand. Is this how humans show their love for one another?

That's all for today.

Wannya, signing off.

A/N: That. Sucked. LOL. I wrote this chapter over the span of hell knows how long and I kept forgetting what I was going to write! xD

Sorry guys. Thanks again for the reviews. Constructive criticism will be appreciated as well.

Thanks for reading =]

-Izumi Minamoto