Kakashi banged his hands on the Hokage's desk. "I'm not letting her traits get into OUR blood stream! How can you say something like that!" "The children of those two are more important than you think. They just need to be alone together alot, and when they ARE together alone, DO NOT DISTURB THEM!" said the 4th Hokage with great emphasis on the 'Do Not Disturb'. Kakashi had no choice but to listen to him. "Yes sir." he spat while bowing. The Hokage motion for him to exit, and so he did.
It was evening by this time, the sun almost gone below the horizon. The very top was still peeking above the horizon, but it would be unseen until morning in seconds. Sakura and Koko were walking home, to Sakura's home, anyway, when they decided to take a little detour and get something to eat. This morning when they were dismissed from training, they went and 'hung out' instead of going home. They were really hungry by this time. "Let's get some ramen, okay?" insisted Sakura. "Okay, sounds nice." Koko agreed. "I'll pay, since I know you don't have any money." Sakura said and grabbed Koko's wrist in the direction of the instant ramen cart. When they approached it, they noticed Naruto sitting in one of the seats. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE NARUTO!" shouted Sakura. "I come here every night." Naruto replied. "What are YOU doing here?" Sakura calmed down. "I'm here--WE'RE here to get something to eat." she huffed, pointing to Koko. "Oh, hey Koko!" Naruto waved at her. Koko looked away and waved. She digs me... thought Naruto with a smile. As he pulled out of his thoughts, Sakura and Koko were sitting down in chairs a couple of seats away. "Why don't ya sit by me?" he asked. "No, that's alright!" Sakura insisted. "Yeah, it's fine. We'll be leaving in a couple of seconds!" added Koko.
Naruto shrugged and went back to slurping ramen. "Um, excuse me!" Sakura called to the man who was cooking. He came over. "Yes, what'll you have?" Sakura looked at Koko. "What do you want?" Koko thought for a second. "Beef." Sakura smiled. "Two bowls of beef ramen please." The man nodded and went to cooking. "So you like ramen, too, huh?" Koko laughed. "Yeah. It's one of the only things I remember about my past. I always ate beef ramen with my big sister." she frowned and looked away. "I barely remember what she looks like sometime...but, I always keep a picture of her with me." she reached into her shirt and pulled out a picture that looked like it had been around a pile of embers, but everything was still visible and readable. "See? This is her." she showed it to Sakura. It was of two girls, one was Koko when she was 5, the other was her sister. She had long blonde hair that reached to below her butt, butit wasn't gold. It was more like the color of the sky in the spring when the sun was just rising. A very light, spring like yellow. It matched her tropical blue eyes. She also wore a pair of glasses that made her look very intelligent, but not those ugly glasses. The small kind, that made her look even more beautiful.
"I miss her so much, even though I don't remember what she was like. And I don't even remember why they dissappeared. I don't know where I come from either. All I know, is that one day I woke up in the middle of a forest covered in blood. It wasn't mine, though. It was someone else's, because I had no scars or cuts. Except for this one thing..." she pulled up the sleeve to her kimono on her right arm, and there was what looked like a bruise there. In the shape of a hand. "I don't know what caused this, but it WAS a bruise. But it never dissappeared, so it became a scar. I have no idea how it got there...I have a bunch of other bruises that have stayed there, too...but this one feels special. I think it was my sister trying to save my life, like there was some war, and people were trying to kill us. I remember running through the woods, being pulled, but that's it. I heard a crack, felt a jerk, and someone carry me, then set me down and run off. I think my sister carried me away into the forest, hid me, and ran off to her death. She saved my life...I think. But I miss her, and wish I remember what she's like..." Sakura had a surprised expression on her face. "I'm so sorry...Sasuke is like you. He has no family, or anyone left in his clan, either." "So that's why he's so solemn all the time!" Sakura laughed. "Yep, that's right."
The man set the two bowls of ramen down in front of Sakura and Koko. They both thanked him and ate, not saying a word. After about five minutes, they left the stand as Naruto was telling the man to get him more ramen. He said that he had had too much ramen already, and needed to leave. Sakura and Koko laughed until they couldn't hear the man and Naruto yelling anymore. When they got to Sakura's house, she told her mom that Koko would be staying with them, Hokage's orders. EVEN THOUGH it was a lie, she bought it. Sakura showed her around the house, the kitchen, dining room, bathrooms, and of course Sakura's room, where they both would sleep. Sakura was lucky to have two double beds in her room. And not to mention it was a coincidence. And Koko didn't have any other clothes than what she had on, so sakura let her borrow some pajama's until they went shopping for her. (Sakura's mom was a nice lady!) They talked some more abut themselves until they decided they should get some sleep. Tomarrow they had a day off from training.
The next morning they rose with the sun. Sakura and Koko got dressed, talked a little as they ate breakfast, and then went shopping. Sakura's mom helped pick out some nice outfits and a couple pairs of pajamas. Sakura's mom told them she would take everything home, and they could go have some fun. They thanked her and ran off to the park with the swing. They talked and played around some for about ten minutes, chasing leaves in the wind, and taking turns on the swing. As they were about to sit down and talk some, they saw Sasuke walking down the street. "Hey, it's Sasuke!" said Sakura with an excited tone. "You really like him, don't you?" asked Koko. "Yeah, I think he's so cute!" she squeeled. Koko laughed. "Good luck with him!" As they Koko looked at Sasuke, she saw Kakashi Sensei was with him. "What's Sensei doing with him?" she asked. "I dunno, but as long as Sasuke is there, I don't care!" she waved to him. Kakashi and Sasuke both looked at the two girls. Kakashi bent down to Sasuke's ear and told him something. He sighed and and started walking torward them. Sakura squeeled.
Sasuke walked past Sakura and went to Koko. She sighed. I knew it was too good to be true... Sakura pouted. "Listen, do you want to go...do something?" he asked Koko. She looked around, surprised. "Who, me?" "Yeah, I want to get to know you better." "Umm...alright, I guess. Is that okay Sakura?" Sakura huffed. "Yeah, it's fine with me." she scowled. Jealous, not? Sasuke grabbed Koko's wrist and pulled her along. "C'mon. I have a good place we can talk." he hurried her away from everyone else, leading Koko through the woods that were just beyond the perimeter of the park. After a minute or two, they came across a lake. There was a large log on the shore, and Sasuke pulled Koko over to it and sat down. She supposed he wanted her to sit, so she took a seat right next to him. "Kakashi told you to take me somewhere, didn't he?" she asked. "Yeah, but I don't know why. It was like he didn't want me too, but it had to be done." He relaxed a little. "I don't know why, though. You seem pretty...nice, I guess." Koko laughed. "And listen, I'm really sorry for before...I didn't mean to push you so hard." Koko looked out at the lake. The sun made the center of the lake sparkle, and she had to squint to look at it. "It's alright." she said, looking back at Sasuke. "I don't mind."
Sasuke looked at her. "You're not serious, are you?" "Well, of course I am. Why would I joke about that?" "Well, some people would maybe hate someone for the rest of their life if someone did that." "Maybe if it was on purpose, but it was an accident. People shouldn't always take things so seriously. I remember that someone once said, 'Life and friends and family are a precious thing. Never blame something on them they didn't mean to do, or didn't do at all. You'll drift apart from them and never see them again'. And I beleive that person, whoever it was. Because it's true." Sasuke looked at her and actually smiled. "You know, you're pretty smart." Koko laughed. "Thanks. And you're...uhhhh...cute." Sasuke looked at her. Oh my god...WHY THE HELL DID I SAY THAT! "What did you say?" Sasuke asked her. "I said...you're really cute." Sasuke looked away. "You're...kinda cute too..." he blushed, FOR ONCE. "Uhh...I think I have to go..."said Koko. "No, wait--" he grabbed her arm as she got up. "No, I really have to leave!" she pulled away from him and ran home, or Sakura's house. phew! Got away from there!