Pairing: SasuNaru
Author: thecrazydragon
Disclaimer: yeah...
A/N: How do I explain? Crap, I knew I should have told him earlier... Enjoy!
---Chapter 9---
Naruto's back. As in he's already back to his normal schedule as a ninja. Jeez, I nearly forgot what it was like as a busy ninja he thought as he came home as tired as a horse. It was Sasuke's day off today so he was glad to arrive home with the whole family together and a steaming hot bowl of ramen laid out in front of him.
"What missions did you do today mom?"
"Argggh, it was just a bunch of C-ranks. Honestly, a great ninja like me should do much harder missions than this!"
The alarm clock is what wakes every Uchiha up on weekdays. On weekends, it's Naruto.
"Sasuke," he said as he gently kissed the snoring raven's cheek, "time to get up. It's training day."
"Uhnn... twenty more minutes..."
"If you don't get up," whispered Naruto, "I won't let you on top for a week."
And in an instant, Sasuke was already in the kitchen helping Naruto make breakfast.
"Kits," called Sasuke from the kitchen, "wake up! It's training day!"
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The twins heard their father calling them for breakfast. They both wanted to go down and eat their favorite pancakes with chocolate syrup and banana strips (Nagaharu) or strawberries (Saraki).
But they just couldn't.
Because of the darned headache.
Nevertheless, they still forced themselves to get up and head to the kitchen for breakfast. Luckily, the headache slowly dissipated as they trudged down the stairs and it was almost completely gone by the time they got to the kitchen. They decided not to tell the folks.
It was already 7:30 am. It's the usual time for weekend training for the Uchiha family. They usually walk to the training grounds and today was no different.
Although, Sasuke was much quieter than usual. Not that Naruto or any of the kits noticed. His mouth always seems taped shut anyway so it didn't really make much of a difference if he was quiet or not.
How do I explain? Crap, I knew I should have told him earlier. How will he take it? Will he hate me? Will he pretend nothing happened? And how 'bout the kits? They were so happy when they found out...
"Okay Sasuke, we part ways here. Saraki and I will take the East training grounds; you and Nagaharu take West 'kay? We'll meet back here for lunch. Ja, ne!"
"Y-yeah..."
And so they trained. Naruto and Saraki polished their wind techniques first and Sasuke and Nagaharu trained their fire. The twins always trained fire and wind first. Their parents didn't have land and water elements so they usually train on their own or in the academy—under supervision, of course.
"Gyah, Saraki-chan, let's take a break, shall we?"
"Okay, mom."
Naruto and Saraki walked over to the oak tree and sat under its shade. There, they ate apples and drank cold orange juice. Both of them chatted a bit and threw some jokes. Then, they felt the familiar chakras and heard footsteps; one running and the other walking.
"Hey, mom!! Yo, Saraki!!"
"What's for lunch?" Sasuke asked
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And so the family enjoyed their lunch. Nothing much happened really. It was just the normal family stuff.
"How 'bout some sparring?" suggested Nagaharu excitedly.
"Cool, can we, mom? dad?"
"Hmm... I don't see why not."
Sasuke just nodded.
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The twins took their positions Nagaharu to the far right and Saraki to the left of the oak tree.
"Yosh! Begin sparring... now!"
Nagaharu made the first move and ran towards his sister, making the seals for the new technique he learned: katon housenka no jutsu. He aimed and blasted the numerous small fireballs at Saraki but simply dodged them and released her own tornado fury. Saraki's technique always nullifies Nagaharu's whether it's fire vs. wind, or land vs. water. Naruto was watching intently, hoping that no one would get hurt in the sparring session.
Of course, the chance of one of the twins inflicting serious damage to the other was minimal, as they were just beginners and couldn't possibly make a fatal shot. But still Naruto was a bit fearful (like he always is during their past sparring sessions). He glanced at Sasuke and was a little bit pissed that he didn't seem to care about the kits getting hurt. He's just sitting there!
Naruto was about to say something when Sasuke sighed and hollered to the twins.
"Kits, no ninjutsu. I want both of you to fight with genjutsu and taijutsu only."
"Hai." the two replied. They returned to their positions, changed their stances and began fighting again. This time, it was hand-to-hand combat.
"Is there something you wanna talk about, Sasuke?" asked Naruto.
Usually, when they had to do something that would mean leaving their kits unsupervised, like answering a cellphone call or talking about something important, they would let the kits fight without ninjutsu to reduce the chances of them getting hurt while their parents attended to something else.
"Naruto," Sasuke began, unsure of how to proceed, "our kits have two elements, right?"
"Yeah, so?"
"They... they know how to use both, right?"
"Yeah."
"And they're both... eight years old, right?"
"Yes, I seem to know that much," said Naruto. He was getting annoyed with Sasuke's holding back, "now tell me what this is about."
Sasuke took a deep breath. Man, breaking the news about something is hard work... He scratched his head and looked away.
"They won't mumble mumble mumble..."
"What? I can't hear you."
"I said they mumble mumble mumble ..."
"Oh, fuck it," Naruto had enough. He grabbed Sasuke's collar and pulled on him so they were facing each other, "I hate it when you hide something. Now, talk."
"I said their second element won't last! Dammit, it'll probably be gone by the time they're nine, okay?!"
"..."
"I've known about it since we had Tsunade tell their chakra apart! And yes, I've been holding back ever since!"
"Sasuke... why..."
"Because I didn't know how you—how they... would react! Maybe you would hate me or something when I told you, so I held back and hoped that you would find out on your own! But I can't anymore, okay?! You were so happy when you found out and so were they! That's why I couldn't spill! So... there!"
Oh no... Naruto looks really disappointed. Maybe I shouldn't have told him! I shouldn't have! Oh no! Please don't hate me! Don't...
"Sasuke... why on earth would I get mad? And why should the kits be? There's nothing to be mad about." said Naruto, looking a little sad, but not angry at all.
"You're not... mad?" asked Sasuke
"No, but I'm just a bit sad that you thought of keeping it from us..."
"Naruto... I..."
Naruto looked away.
"Naruto, listen, I'm so—"
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Nagaharu was charging toward Saraki. He was running at top speed. Then... his steps faltered and he fell to the ground. Saraki also wobbled a bit and fell to the ground beside her brother.
"Mom... dad..." said Nagaharu weakly. He and Saraki were both on the ground rubbing their heads. Naruto rushed over, followed by Sasuke.
"What happened?" asked Naruto while checking for any injuries.
"My head huuurrrtss!" the twins replied together. They buried their aching heads in their hands and started to sob.
Then both of them collapsed.
What happened?
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TCD: Ohmigosh! The twins! What happened to the twins?! Are they okay?! Hey! Anyone! Are the twins okay?! Oh golly gosh! Oh well, please review! I haven't been able to update it as fast as before, so I'm really sorry but mark my words, I'll be adding chapters like crazy very soon! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Oh, and thanks to those who reviewed the last chapter! LovesYa!
