Author's Note: -sighs- Actually, I don't have anything on my mind to say right now, but I hope you guys enjoy this chapter that had been waiting for several months to be finally updated for you wonderful people!!
Chapter 7- Stereos, Rain, and red Knuckles
Disclaimer- I DO NOT own Naruto.
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"Perverted little brats," Sakura muttered, her eyes scanned the kitchen. "Where are they?"
A faint cry of an infant came from upstairs when a loud crash burst from the living room. Sasuke pressed his lips together in frustration before saying:
"You go take care of the baby; I'll wrestle with the twins."
". . . Okay . . . Good luck," she smiled tentatively as she rushed up the long stairs.
The Uchiha walked towards the pieces of clear glass that scattered all over the foyer floor and heaved out a sigh. Toshie and Kanji sat innocently on the leather couch with their game boys in their hands.
"Why did you guys break that?" he demanded.
"Break what?" Toshie asked guiltlessly. "Oh, that? We didn't do anything."
Sasuke's only reaction was arching an eyebrow.
"Seriously, we're not responsible; we sat here right after complimenting your hot girlfriend. And we're in a middle of our game, so if you would skip away, we would really appreciate it," the younger twin smiled.
The raven-haired boy walked hastily, stepping closer and closer and before they knew it they found their game boys flash out of their hands in a matter of seconds.
The Uchiha pointed his finger at the handheld electronics. "There not even on!"
" . . . So?!" Kanji defended.
"Listen, you suckers, either you clean up your mess or stay in your rooms!"
Sakura peered from the side of the doorway, wrapping her arms securely around the small infant dressed in pink against her chest. She kissed the top of the baby's head and raised her eyebrows, curiosity on her mind.
"What's with the noise?"
"I was just-" the teen didn't finish . . . well, let's just say he didn't want to finish his answer for he immediately bent over with his hands placed over the place where one the twins kicked. "Oh my god!" he groaned, his voice forced through the tight passage of his throat. Sasuke fell on his knees, his face red as if he'd been in the sun.
Toshie and Kanji zoomed out of the room, obviously running for their lives at this point.
"I can't believe we did that," Kanji said to his older brother, slightly laughing.
"Me neither."
"You two better come back here!" Sakura shouted. Nope; nothing happened except for Sasuke's groans of course. She quickly walked over to him, her face locked with worry. "Are you okay, Sasuke? How do you feel?" She grabbed his arm and struggled helping him up to his feet because she was, after all, kind of small when compared to him.
He didn't answer; instead, he kept his eyes shut tight.
". . . You know, I think you will never have children, Sasuke . . ."
"Just shut up."
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Onyx eyes glanced at the pearl white clock on the wall that read 7:13 and half heartily swift his vanilla queen a block forward before repeating the same phrase he had been saying for the last five games: "Check mate."
Kanji groaned in disappointment at his own move. The dark blue haired boy pressed his pointer finger below his bottom lip, deep in thought.
3 . . . 2 . . . 1 . . .
"Would you hurry up already!! I'm trying to finish my homework!!" Sasuke yelled, clearly losing his patience.
"Okay, okay."
"Kanji, you know what, you can just take down my king so I can get back to work. Get that chess set of yours out of my sight."
"Ah, sweet," the boy slightly laughed in delight as he gathered the black and white pieces into a large plastic bag and shoved the chess board along with it.
The Uchiha somewhat narrowed his eyes at the time he had wasted as he looked back at his textbook.
"Sasuke," Sakura called.
"What do you want?"
"Can you look after the baby downstairs in the basement?" she asked.
"Basement? Why would you put a her in the basement?" he demanded, standing up from the small coffee table.
"Because they have a really cozy family room down there and it's peaceful, unlike up here; hearing you and your cousins constantly yelling at each other," she merely answered. "I have to use the bathroom so go and look after her. She's sleeping, by the way."
The teen pushed his slender hands into his pockets and answered her with a simple nod. She rushed up the stairs only to come face to face with the twins.
"Sakura, we have a problem," the older sibling started. "Our house key fell out our window and is outside right now on the front lawn."
She only raised an eyebrow. "Pardon me? How in the world would your house key fly out an open window and into the pouring rain?"
The boys shrugged. She peered through the window nearby to correct herself if she was wrong, but she wasn't. Outside, the rain never stopped showering like it did three hours ago. Thousands of raindrops splashed onto the wet ground and the thick black clouds making the night even darker.
"Please, Sakura? Can you go get if for us? Because I think you wouldn't trust me to go get the key, right?" Toshie asked. "If you won't get it, someone might find it and break in and rob us and kill Sasuke and steal our cool video games and beat the crap out of me and Kanji and savagely rape you and kidnap our little baby sister and-"
"Okay! Okay, I get the point," Sakura quickly interrupted. "I'll be back. Where exactly did your key drop?" She turned around and made her way down the stairs and opened the wide front door.
Toshie gestured Kanji to go after Sasuke.
He stayed close to Sakura by the open door, the cold and damp air blowing on their skin. "I dropped the key near that corner of the lawn," he pointed with his finger. She stood there for a moment and thought of how she would retrieve the key fastest.
She wanted to be sure because she, of course, would be drenched in rain without an umbrella. "Are you sure that is where your house key landed? Because if it's so then I could just quickly get it back without an umbrella."
"Duh, Sakura, I witnessed the 'accident'."
Silently, she ran down the three steps and straight towards the corner of the lawn that was closest to them, the one Toshie identified.
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Sasuke watched a random, boring channel on the wide screen TV that lit the room along with the dim lights that stood at the corners of the room. He laid back on the couch, lazily, next to the baby, who was in her thin slumber. The volume of the TV was so low that you could hear the baby and him breathe.
His eyes instantly left the screen when a figure came to join him.
"What are you doin'?" Kanji asked as he plopped down next to Sasuke. It was obviously clear that the boy knew what the Uchiha was doing. Sasuke gave him a look with only one line on his mind: What is he up to?
". . . Sitting, supposedly watching television," he said with a sigh. His cousin raised his eyebrows, slightly nodding his head in satisfaction. Kanji slowly stood up and made his way to the stereo set on the self by the wall. He adjusted the volume with a turn of his pointer finger.
"I'm in the mood for rock music right now," he announced, turning on the electronic and pressing the 'PLAY' button with a loud BOOM that blasted from the speakers. Loud, irritating, disturbing guitar and singing pierced through Sasuke's ears . . . and the baby's. Her eyes immediately widen and she twitched with a sharp cry.
"Turn it off!" the teen yelled, his palms covering his ears.
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Sakura halted when she reached the spot. She bent over and her hands savagely searching through the wet grass. She felt the rain soak through her clothes in seconds.
"Toshie, I can't find it!" she called.
"It's there somewhere. You're close."
Her green eyes searched the ground, her back still slightly bent until the front door's hinges squeaked and slammed shut. Sakura's back directly stiffened and eyes widened. "That little . . ." she muttered, turning around with one swift movement and sprinted to the front door.
Her wet knuckles banged on the locked door painfully. "Hey! Open up!"
Nobody came; it seemed as if the large house was completely empty.
. . . TBC . . .
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Author's note: Rushing, rushing, rushing; I'm always rushing through the chapters. I'm really sorry. But expect an update soon!! Tests and exams are over so I'll have plenty of time to type down the next chapter!! Love ya!! PLEASE REVIEW!! .
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