Chapter Four: Love At First Sight
The next morning Sasuke, Sakura, and Sachi got up early, showered, had breakfast, and then went off to church. Once they arrived there Sasuke parked his car inside the parking lot and then all three of them climbed out of the car. The church bells started to ring while they started up towards the steps where Kakashi, Kizashi, Ami, Keiko, and her mother already were.
"Hey Kizashi, longtime no see." Sachi said with a grin as Kizashi grinned back at her.
"Hey Sachi. Guess what? My grandmother allowed me to spend the night over my dad's because he wanted to take me to church this morning with him." He explained. "We're really starting to get to know each other really well." He said.
"Well that's good news, I'm really happy for you." Sachi told him.
"Yep, when the three of us are together it doesn't even matter to me that I don't have a mother because I've got everything I've always wanted." He told her.
"Oh." Sachi simply just said. "Well I don't." she added silently inside her mind. "I'll be right back, I need to go get a drink of water." She told him before she headed over to the water fountains by the restrooms and that's when suddenly she saw a beautiful woman with long black hair, amber colored eyes, and tanned skin walk out of the woman's restroom.
"Well hello there, aren't you cute." She said while smiling down at her warmly and affectionately as she bent down in front of her and placed her hands upon her knees.
"Umm excuse me, I'm twelve not two." Sachi told her before all of a sudden another woman exited the bathroom. This one had brown eyes and short blue hair so Sachi knew that obviously she had dyed it.
"Are you messing with the locals again Kimi?" she questioned her friend in a language she didn't understand while placing her hand upon her hips.
"I'm not messing with them Katie, I'm just simply talking to them." She said back in that same language that Sachi didn't understand. "Besides I'm more of a local than you are since I actually have a Japanese heritage." She said. Sachi finished taking her drink of water before she hurried back over to her aunt and uncle.
"There's two women over there that I've never seen before." She began. "And they're speaking some kind of foreign language." She explained.
"Oh yeah, the pastor's wife told me about them. They're visiting from out of town." Sakura began before waving her hand in the air. Way out of town. America,.. I think it is." She said questioningly.
"Oh,.. so they must have been speaking English then." Sachi realized as Kakashi started heading towards the restrooms carrying Ami inside his arms.
"Well, it looks like before we get started I have to change a diaper." He began when all of a sudden he stopped as he caught sight of Kimi and Kimi caught sight of him. He was afraid to say anything since he didn't know whether or not she could understand him.
"Hello there." Kimi began while smiling over at him as he gulped.
"Oh,.. hi." He replied while Kizashi slapped his forehead and shook his head.
"My name's Kimi and this is my best friend Katie. She doesn't speak Japanese but I do." She explained.
"Well in that case nice to meet you." Kakashi began while reaching his free hand towards her. "My name's Kakashi Hatake and this is my daughter Ami." He told her as she smiled widely at her.
"Really? How old is she? I love babies." Kimi said while Ami shyly hid her face inside her father's chest and he gently kissed the top of her head.
"Well she's almost a year old. Two students that I used to teach had her as a foster child but they realized that they couldn't take care of her after they found out that they were having a baby of their own really soon. So my son Kizashi and I agreed to take her in." he explained.
"I see, well that's wonderful." Kimi said and that's when suddenly as if on cue Kizashi walked over to them.
"Dad, what are you doing? This is church not a singles bar!" he snapped inside a whisper as Kimi giggled.
"Kizashi! Mind your manners!" Kakashi snapped back at him inside that same whisper over his shoulder.
"That's alright he's right. We're really here to worship, we're not here on a blind date or anything." Kimi began. "I'm just wondering though Kizashi how old are you?" she questioned him.
"Eleven and no my mother's not alive but I really don't need a new one and my father really doesn't need a wife so your job is basically done here." He told her when suddenly Kakashi had decided that he had had it and his anger had reached his breaking point.
"That's it! You're grounded young man! No TV for a week!" he cried. "And I'll make sure that your grandmother understands that too." He added.
"But Dad! That's totally unfair!" Kizashi protested.
"And so is your rude behavior towards this nice and attractive young lady." Kakashi said as Kimi blushed a little bit. "Now go and sit down and be quiet while I take care of your sister. Do you understand me? I don't want to hear another peep out of you until it's time for us to leave." He told him before he took a deep breath and sighed heavily.
"Fine,.." he reluctantly agreed before he turned around and started heading back towards the pews.
"I apologize for my son's rude behavior." Kakashi began. "I've honestly never seen him like that before." He told her.
"That's alright. He probably just feels like I'm intruding and I am in a way." She said.
"No you're not trust me. His mother and I were never even married. I didn't even know he existed until last year." Kakashi told her.
"But still, that doesn't mean that it isn't normal for him to be concerned that I'm trying to replace her. I completely understand." She told him before he watched her and Katie take their seats and then he heaved a light sigh and then headed into the men's room to change Ami's diaper.