Author's note...again: Again, I thank you all reviewers! I apologize for this belated chapter, and also the fact that my chapters seem rather short to a few people. Okay enough of me talking this chapter away, have fun reading!
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"Mama! Dad! I'm home!" Sakura called out. Her mother came down from the staircase. "Welcome home my Saku..." She stopped. Gasping, she clutched her heart and said, "Oh...my...God...Chi...Chikari?" (let's call sakura's mom Aki) Aki's eyes were flooded with tears, the middle aged woman nearly fell down the last 4 steps. "Chikari?" She said again in disbelief, "I...I thought you were..."
"Okaa...Okaa-san..." Chikari choked out, seeing her mother again was harder than she expected. "Aki! What are you doing at the steps? You look like you've seen a ghost!" Sakura's father said coming down the steps (we'll call him Shishimaru).
He tried helping his wife up, but to no avail. "Aki, please stand up! I thought I heard Saku..." Shishimaru was cut short when he glanced at his two daughters. "Chikari?" He called out. He stopped trying to get his wife to stand up, and walked down the last four steps.
Standing in front of his eldest daughter, Shishimaru touched her cheek, as if to make sure she was real. "It...it is you!" He cried, "It's you! You've returned!" Shishimaru being a 45 year old man, didn't work out much, so he wasn't very strong. But seeing his eldest daughter alive, brought to him unbelieveable strength. Shishimaru picked Chikari up and spun her around so much she laughed, "Otou-san, I'm getting dizzy!" Putting her down, he held her face and kissed both her cheeks.
Aki held onto the railing, and finally got up. She said quietly, "My eldest daughter, my eldest daughter, is...is your brother with you?" Chikari sighed, and answered, "Okaa-san...unfortunately, no." Aki sighed deeply and nodded. "I guess, I can't have both twins at the same time, that would be a miracle."
Sakura stood there watching the reunion between mother, father, and sister. She couldn't help but feel jealous the way she did when she saw Sasuke's reaction towards Chikari. "What's so special about her? Yeah, she's been gone for a while but..." Sakura thought to herself. "Mmph..." She mumbled other things also.
Chikari noticed how down her little sister was looking, and said, "Okaa-san, Otou-san,um... let's ALL go out for um...dinner?" The words were still foreign on her lips, but it was alright. Aki and Shshimaru thought about it, and Shishimaru said, "Okay, everybody get dressed. We'll take you out somewhere nice tonight."
Chikari shifted nervously, and asked, "Dressed...? Ano...Otou-san, I don't..have..cough anything...nice." Aki looked at the clock which read 3:15, and said, "Okay, we'll go shopping for some nice clothes then we'll go."