Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. Still angry at Kishimoto for killing off the sexy guys.
The sunrise over the Hidden Mist Village cracked at the early hours of 6 am. Nikko opened her eyes and found herself lying in the grass next to Naruto. She shook him to awake him from his slumber, having realized that they had certainly overslept and slowly, his pale blue eyes cracked open.
"Nikko-chan? What is it?" He asked rubbing the sleep from his weary eyes.
"Naruto, we fell asleep. It's morning," Nikko whispered for no real reason in particular seeing as they were alone. However, the need for silence seemed necessary.
"Kaka-sensei is probably going to wonder where I was all night," he yawned, "Oh well, I'm still sleepy. Night night, Nikko-chan."
Naruto closed his eyes and fell back asleep. Nikko gave in, noticing how peaceful Naruto looked. He seemed so innocent and precious just sleeping there, she didn't have the heart to try to awake him again. However, Nikko was now restless.
Naruto woke again an hour later on his own, to find Nikko sitting beside him with her knees up towards her chest, her chin resting on her hands boredly. She hears Naruto sitting up and turns around to greet him once again.
"Good morning again, Naruto-kun."
Naruto scratched his head sheepishly before yawning and stretching.
"What time is it?"
"A little past noon."
"Noon... Wait, noon?! Shit! C'mon, we have to go to the hotel! Kaka-sensei, Yamato, and Sai are probably wondering where the hell I am!" Naruto grabbed Nikko's hand and practically dragged her to follow him.
"Naruto, slow down. I tried waking you up earlier but—"
"No, no! That's not the problem... I just never told them where I was going last night..." He slowed his pace down to a walk letting go of her wrist to scratch the back of his head nervously.
"Gomen... Erm... Well, we're here... Wanna come up?"
"Sure." She smiled sweetly and followed him into the hotel room. They were greeted by someone sitting on the couch.
"Well, well... don't tell me dickless got laid last night, cause if he did, that definitely would make you." he pointed a pale finger at Nikko, "a lesbian."
Naruto and Nikko twitched in unison before turning around on their heel and glaring at the dark-haired ninja.
"Excuse me? Do you mind repeating that to my face?" Nikko mumbled growing irritated at Sai's insults, particularly, the one aimed at her.
What the hell was this stranger implying about her? That she was some kind of floozy slut who would bed any man she met? And the lesbian retort? Oh hell no.
Sai stood up, his fake smile plastered to his face as he began walking towards Nikko, his expression fake and innocent. Her entire body with rigid as she glared at him. When he approached her, he spoke again.
"I said, did—" Slap! Nikko had stepped to the side and slapped Sai upside the head so hard, that he hit the ground upon impact.
"Baka... Don't. Say it. EVER. Again. I am not a lesbian...and we didn't 'get laid', you idiotic pervert!"
She plastered one of her own fake smiles, one that could rival Sai's own, as the artist nin looked up at her from the ground, rubbing his head in pain.
"Baka... And another thing, Sai, if you insist on insulting other guys' penises, then obviously, you're covering up for something that you yourself are lacking."
And with that she spun on her heel, her long black hair whipping around to the direction she was once standing, and she treaded towards their original destination, the stairs.
Naruto followed Nikko in shock before giving her one of his foxy grins.
"Hey Nikko-chan! That was amazing! Did you see the look on Sai's face?"
He chuckled mischievously.
"Serves him right. He seems like a real ass. And nobody insults my friends like that."
Naruto's grin softened into a genuine smile. This girl was so different from anyone he's ever met before. She was outgoing and spunky, beautiful and caring, and she accepted him right off the bat – nobody had done that before. Judgments were always being passed on Naruto once people had found out about the Kyuubi but she found nothing flawed in it.
The two began walking up the stairs before they were met with a skeptical looking Kakashi and Yamato.
"Naruto," Kakashi spoke in greeting raising an eyebrow at him questioningly, silently giving him a glance that asked the same question that Sai just did.
"No! Dammit! We didn't have sex together, alright? Geez, we just fell asleep!"
Nikko's jaw dropped and Kakashi and Yamato both raised their eyebrows in surprise, mainly at the fact that he reallydidn't have to yell that fact to the entire hotel.
"Ugh, we're going to my room," Yamato went to open his mouth to say something but was cut off by a rather irritated Naruto, "and NO, we're not having sex! Jeez, you guys are unbelievable!" Yamato shut his mouth and watched the two walk up the stairs. He and Kakashi looked at each other and shrugged their shoulders.
"That was awkward... And I suppose that he doesn't want to go get breakfast then." Kakashi said while scratching the back of his head.
"I guess not. Sheesh, what's all that about sex?" Yamato asked.
Kakashi eyed the lobby and almost-instantly spotted the abused artist nin clutching his now throbbing head.
"I have one idea..."
"Oh by the way... Naruto," Kakashi called holding up a room key.
Naruto smacked himself in the forehead and ran back down the stairs, mumbling a quick thanks before snatching the key. He ran back up the stairs and Nikko was casually leaning against the wall of the hotel room, her arms crossed and her eyes closed.
She sensed his presence though. He was staring at her, trying to figure out if she was awake and if so, did she know he was there?
"Enjoying the view?"
She cocked one eyelid open before doing the same with the other. Naruto flashed her one of his infamous foxy grins before he made his 'comeback'.
"Maybe."
He pretended to eye her up from head to toe, while at the same time, actually doing so.
[Uchiha Household]
"Sasuke, I have to go stop them, dammit! I don't want it to end like this! I couldn't life with myself if something happened to one of them and we parted ways fighting!" Sasuke held onto his wife who was trying to break free of his grasp.
"Sakura... Let it go."
She gave her arms another rough tug, pulling him against her but not freeing her from his tight grip.
"No! Dammit, Sasuke! They hate me now! I have to fix this!"
Sasuke furrowed his eyebrow. Truth be told, he did miss the dobe and Kakashi but he refused to ever return to Konoha. He didn't trust them after they ordered the execution of his clan.
"Sakura, stop it."
She continued tugging her arms but he held them firmly in place behind her back. She tried to swing a leg up to kick him between the legs, but he (barely) caught her with his own, pinning her legs together.
"Sakura, you're being childish."
Sasuke let out a long, annoyed sigh. Finally able to incapacitate his wife's struggling body from injuring him and/or leaving their home, he released one of her hands. She went to break the rest of herself free, but felt a thud on the back of her neck.
"Dammit... Not again..." Before Sakura could say anything else, she collapsed, and Sasuke finally loosened his grip enough to carry her in his arms to their bedroom.
Things were certainly going to be rough now that Team Seven showed up. He would have to have a word with the Mizukage about their presence in Mist in the morning. But first things first, he had to convince Sakura somehow not to pursue them any farther.
He placed his hand on his chin as he sat on the bed staring down at her unconscious form, his eyebrows furrowed and deep in thought.
He could tell her the real reason he brought her here – about the safety of her and his newly revived clan. Actually, that might not be such a bad idea, he thought to himself. He smirked and laid on the bed beside her, waiting for her to awake, preparing himself to have to hold her down yet again and keep her from trying to leave.
Sasuke had actually dozed off when Sakura had awoken. He was woken up by a swift punch in the jaw by a fuming kunoichi.
"You bastard! How dareyou knock me out again!"
Sasuke clutched his jaw, wiggling the joints around and making a few popping noises as he did so. Finally, it clicked back into place and he looked at her silently. She went to hit him again but he caught her wrist in his hand and gripped it tightly, staring into her eyes.
"Do you regret this?" He asked, his teeth clenched tightly in anger at her attempts to hit him.
"Regret what?"
Sakura raised an eyebrow curiously at Sasuke.
"This life... Me, the twins, just all of it."
"Of course not, but—"
"There would be no us if we had went to Konoha—"
"You don't know that I mean—"
"They would have had me imprisoned on sight."
"So you think! Tsunade-shishou could have—"
"They ordered the execution of my entire clan." His teeth clenched tightly in anger. For once, she couldn't retort that one, so instead, simply settled for the next best thing.
"I miss Konoha, Sasuke..."
Knock, knock, knock.
Sakura and Sasuke's heads both darted in the direction of the door as they both stood to answer it.
Sakura opened the door to Yamato, Kakashi, and Sai. Kakashi had his face buried in his Icha Icha and Yamato was trying to look uninterested.
"Kaka-sensei... Yamato-senpai... Sai... What are you three doing here? Where's Naruto?"
Kakashi looked up from his book finally speaking.
"He's at the hotel with Nikko-san."
"Who?"
Kakashi shrugged his shoulders.
"He just met her. They've been hanging out for the past two days."
"Oh... Okay... Well, that still doesn't explain why you're here."
Kakashi shut his book and put it in his pocket before glancing over Sakura's shoulder at Sasuke, who was on his guard and ready to grab Sakura if need be.
"To talk." Kakashi smiled behind his mask, though no one was truly sure whether or not it was genuine or fake.
"Hai, hai, come in." Sakura stepped to the side and the three men entered the Uchiha home.
"Well... Make yourselves comfortable. Would you guys like anything? Tea?" Kakashi shook his head politely.
"No. We just got back from breakfast."
"Oh okay... So what do you guys wanna talk about?"
A baby is heard crying from another room and Sakura holds up her pointer finger, indicating that she'll be right back. Just moments later, Sakura came out of the bedroom holding a small, black-haired child with bright green eyes—Akira.
"I see you are reviving your clan well, Sasuke."
"Hn. It took some time and effort, but yeah. We had the twins as our first. They're only 4 months old right now."
"Ah," Kakashi Nodded, "I see."
Sasuke said nothing else, but instead stared at his old sensei, noticing that he hadn't aged at all since the last time they'd seen one another.
A/N: I have quite a few author's notes. I'm sorry this chapter has taken so long to update. I kinda got writers block.
(1) I'm gonna work on Nikko's character development a lot more in this chapter and give you guys some more insight to her past, as well as her fighting skills. I don't know why but people were thinking that she's based off of Haku. Lol. Well, I want to clear this up – Nikko is not based on Haku. Lol.
In fact, I never even had Haku in mind when I wrote this fic. I know what you're thinking though with the senbon usage and the ice manipulation abilities, but I added that for the fact that generally almost all Mist shinobi have some sort of water/ice manipulation talents (i.e. Zabuza, Haku, Kisame, etc.) And senbons because, well, lets face it. They're fricken awesome ass ninja weapons – giant needles that can kill you like rawr o.O Yeah I dunno how else to put that one.
(2) Nikko is truly based off of myself (in appearance), and I was kind of going at an angle of what I would be like if I were a ninja in the Naruto world. This is certainly going to be a challenge for me throughout this story, however, because I have to be completely creative with her techniques and just entire personality, while also adding a touch of myself to her demeanor which I have already begun to portray (she's outgoing, accepting, doesn't judge people right off the bat, etc.) Hell I'm just paranoid now, and am afraid of actually putting a lemon in later with Nikko (Lol!) even though technically, she isn't REALLY me... So... I dunno, let me know what you guys think.
(3) I created Nikko to give the story a totally different angle of which I haven't had too much writing experience with, which is creating an entirely new character. I was inspired with Nikko's name from my cousin's name, however, I changed the spelling (the only downside is that my cousin is a boy haha). His name is spelled Nicco. I wanted something that sounded roughly Japanese.... Kinda....
(4) I'm kinda trying to figure out where to take this story now. I'm still surprised I made it 10 chapters actually. That's why I want to write this entirely anew. So if it has taken me a few days to publish, I apologize and will try to make it worth the wait.