Disclaimer: will never own Naruto, Durian is so poor that she needs to rent the manga and download the anime -_-
Summary: Sakura's reaction towards Sasuke being a murderer. The story behind the mysterious woman Temari holding a child and why Itachi asked for money? Naruto Vs Choji in a ramen competition and the winner gets a holiday trip!
A/N: Thank you to everyone who has reviewed especially: oOoshortayoOo, Crimson Girl, Fruit-tea1, Kasiree, Kyubi-Naruto, KawaiiKenshin, Jonathon Shim, Dark-Anime-Gurl, Nar4h5na, (no name) and Mori. ^-^
Durian: It's been a while since I updated this story so if you forgot what this story was about here's a RECAP- Sakura and Sasuke were ex-couples and had finally found each other. Though Sakura now knows the story behinds Sasuke's past she needs time to accept him. Naruto likes Sakura and Hinata has a certain liking to him. Naruto's step dad is Iruka and stepbrother, Kono. His real parent(s) may come back to find him one day in the future… Kabuto is Ino's brother-in-law and his wife, Chi looks like an exact resemblance to Hinata. Kakashi is Sasuke's uncle in this fic and will have a link to Anko in the future… (Not in that way!) Haku is a farmer boy who is attracted to Ino (he's dead straight guys!) and his brother is Inari. Kiba is a rich guy at school and will eventually like Ino in the future… if I left anybody oops! Oh yeh, Naruto and Ino are good friends!
~*~*~ Seasons of Fireworks ~*~*~
Chapter 6: The Winner Is?
Sasuke is a murderer?
"What's wrong, Sakura," asked Sasuke handing a movie ticket to her.
"Eh, nothing…" replied Sakura and added, "I'm a little sick Sasuke, I… want to go home."
"Sakura what's wrong?" asked Sasuke grabbing her hand roughly.
Sakura flinched from his grasp and pointed to a blonde hair woman.
"She said you were a murderer… Is that true?" whispered Sakura.
"I…" said Sasuke and he was speechless. 'Who was that woman? She was holding a young black hair kid and those eyes… Itachi… could it be?'
"There you are bitch!" called a man as he slapped the woman's face.
The toddler began to cry, "Mommy, mommy!"
"Shut up, you worthless kid!" yelled the man, he was about to hit the kid but the mother blocked it. The blow sent her flying to the ground but she landed in a way so that the child was protected.
Sasuke couldn't take this anymore and walked up to the man.
"You better not mess with her!" warned Sasuke.
"So what if I do? This bitch is my woman!" replied the man.
The woman stood back up and whispered, "I don't need your help, Sasuke…"
The man was about to strike at the woman again but his fist was stopped by Sasuke's grip.
Sasuke smirked, "A real man won't hit women."
"If you put it that way," snickered the man as he punched Sasuke in the face and added, "If you can beat me, this woman is yours!"
Che, Sasuke spit out some blood from his mouth, "I'll make you pay!"
Sasuke punched the man back in the face and kneed him in the balls. The man went down in seconds and he knelt on the ground in pain.
"Onii-chan, ha ha!" cried the kid as he clapped his hands.
"Pft," commented the woman as she carried the child back in her arms.
She was about to leave but Sasuke stopped her, "Oi, I have a question to ask you. Is that kid, Itachi's?"
"It's non of your business!" snorted Temari.
"Does that man know where you live?" asked Sasuke.
"That's non of your business either!" declared Temari and added, "We don't need your pity."
"If you don't think about your safety at least think of the child's. I believe that man won't leave like that. I won't let this at rest unless you tell me your relationship with Itachi!" said Sasuke.
"He's right, ano… This has something to do with why you left me, doesn't it? I'd like to know what happened too," jut in a soft voice.
'Sakura…' thought Sasuke.
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At a park…
"Yes, Itachi and I were high school lovers. We made a mistake…" said Temari as tears glistened down her cheeks. She held onto Fuji and cupped his face, "you look so much like him," whispered Temari.
"Ah, Miss can you please take care of Fuji while I explain something to Sasuke?" asked Temari.
"Ok, tell me about it later Sasu-kun," said Sakura as she reached for the kid. (Fuji should be around 1 and ½ years old.)
"Itachi had been a bright student until he met me. I guess I changed his world… I don't know what he likes about me… *laughs* I'm always dumb and gets into trouble a lot. One day after school, a gang of 3 boys attacked me and they took me to an alley. Luckily, Itachi appeared on time and he rescued me. Though he fought off the boys, he got hurt and I took him to my home to bandage his wounds. I guess you can say we began going out since then. He's so cute, I know a lot of girl's adore him but he chose me…"
"I guess I gave him the bad influence, you know drugs, alcohol and smoking. *Stops. Stares at Sasuke* you look so much like him … *Tears* Anyways, being young and all, we totally forgot about contraceptives and pregnancy. The night before Itachi died, I told him I was pregnant. It was our last year of high school and to have a child would be too much of a burden. He said, he'd pay for my abortion…"
"I remembered he looked all drunk after leaving the bar. That was the last time I saw him… *Sobs* *Continues to sob*"
"I'm sorry about his death… You can blame me for killing him but he killed my mother and father. That night I was scared, I've never seen Itachi like that before. He had killed my mother and was choking my father at the time. In my confused state I grabbed the nearest object and smashed it onto his head… I'm sorry, but I can not bring the dead back…" said Sasuke emotionlessly.
"I think you should move from where you live…That man doesn't look very friendly to me, what relationship do you have between him?" asked Sasuke.
"He… was a high school friend. He offered to take care of me, but it felt like the other way around. He always threatened me and demanded money from me. We moved several times but he found us all the time…" said Temari.
"If you like, you can live with us. I don't ask you to forgive me but to think about Fuji's safety. Next time he strikes, Fuji may not be that lucky…" said Sasuke.
*Gasp* "I guess I have no choice," whispered Temari.
(Lalala… That day onwards Kakashi agreed to allow Temari to live in his house and end of story.)
Sasuke explained everything to Sakura and she accepted him for who he was. The past was history, why look back? However, they will only be friends, as Sakura doesn't fill the closeness she once had with Sasuke…
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(Durian: As promised, more Naruto! ^____^)
Haku and Ino resumed to their normal postures after they got dressed. Because the resort was too stingy to apply heaters to the room the winter night made the resort room very cold. Ino slept in a futon by herself, while Inari snuggled next to Haku. Throughout the night Haku heard Ino coughing and sneezing and he wanted to warm her up. He waited for her to drift into a heavy sleep before he pulled her futon gently next to his.
In the morning, Ino's arms were wrapped around Haku's neck, while one of her leg's rested on his thighs. When Ino finally stirred she gazed at the figure she had wrapped around, 'HAKU?' She quickly pulled her arm and leg away from him and wondered, 'why was she next to him.' She hoped Haku was still asleep but two black beady eyes opened and stared at her.
"ARGH!!!" screamed Ino as she jumped up and was about to run away from him but a strong hand caught her arm.
"Ino, what's wrong?" asked Haku sleepily.
"You scared me, people don't just flick open there eyes! And you have VERY scary looking ones!" exclaimed Ino.
"Oh really?" asked Haku insulted and added, "but you have really pretty eyes."
"I know and I don't need you to tell me," replied Ino. (Durian: Memories of the hot spring has faded. -_-)
After breakfast the three of them took the earliest bullet train to Kyoto. Finally Haku, Inari and Ino have arrived at Kyoto after there one night stop trip. Ino took Haku and Inari to the Haruno resident and Sakura thanked her. She ran off into the distance for a while until she bumped blindly into Kiba…
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Naruto Vs ChojiOne afternoon Naruto was walking home until his eyes set on a window. A really old authentic Japanese restaurant was promoting a ramen competition to celebrate its 50th birthday. The winner would be given a holiday trip along with four friends to a Japanese temple. The person who eats the most bowls of ramen within a certain time would be the winner!
The next day Naruto told Shikamaru about the contest. He wished Naruto good luck but detested the idea of stuffing ramen. Shika personally hates the taste of ramen rather he preferred udon.
"You're going to vomit if you enter!" warned Shika.
"Gwah but its ramen! R-a-m-e-n, my favourite food! Also the winner gets a prize a holiday! I haven't been anywhere for the last 5 years. Actually I don't recall leaving this city!" whined Naruto.
Naruto was walking to class happily with Shika until Choji came.
"Hey Naruto! Did you hear about a Ramen contest? I'm going to win for sure!" boasted Choji rubbing his fat belly.
Naruto glared at Choji with crimson red eyes and sent an invisible spark to Choji.
"What- what's wrong Naruto? You look scary…" trailed Choji.
"From now on you are my enemy!" blurted Naruto storming off to class.
"Ah… Choji, Naruto's entering the contest too," explained Shika.
"Oh," replied Choji.
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Naruto decided to starve himself two days prior to the contest, while Choji had been busily stuffing himself. Finally the day came and Naruto had to struggle to the restaurant because he was so weak. When he reached the door of the restaurant Choji had been preoccupied with eating the free dumplings. Naruto smirked and thought, 'Good fatten up your stomach before the contest!'
"The contestants are: Choji, Naruto, Shino, Mr Fujiwara, Tezuka, Ryoma, Eiji… (and so on)" shouted the speaker and added, "Before we continue let me explain a new rule! In order to raise the contestant's competitiveness we have added a new soup base in the ramen bowls. This special ingredient is chilly and the soup base is as red as a tomato!"
Many of the contestant's mouths dropped…
"CHILLY!" screamed Eiji.
"Please get into your positions and your time starts now!" yelled the speaker.
The contestants were busily stuffing the ramen in. Fuji was eating it with a smile while Ryoma had sweated a lot. Eiji and Momo dropped out without finishing the first bowl.
"HOT! Water," cried Momo.
Already after the second and third bowls many contestants had dropped out. Naruto did not care if the hot chilly burnt his tongue as determination and hunger filled his ego. Choji was panting and suffering from the hot taste but had equal determination as Naruto. Fuji was the other remaining contestant but he dropped out, as his stomach could not fit anymore. Naruto was on his 6th bowl while Choji was just finishing off his 5th. Ten more minutes remained and Naruto and Choji were on their 10th bowl. The two was tied neck to neck but as the bell rang Naruto slurped up the last strand of ramen and finished his 12th bowl.
"The winner is Naruto!" announced the speaker, while the rest of the crowd cheered.
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