LOST
By: Lila Paige Rose
Chapter Two: Surprise, Surprise!
When Sasuke finally emerged from his initial shock, he shook his head and leaped in search of somebody, anybody, he knows. What the heck! Those two children looked exactly like Sakura and me! Is it just pure coincidence or... Sasuke finally spotted silver hair from below, halted and jumped down.
"Sir Kakashi!" Sasuke called out.
The silver-haired jounin, former sensei of Team 7, slowly turned around.
"Yo! Sasuke!" Kakashi greeted, walking towards him.
"Sir Kakashi, you won't believe..." Sasuke started, but noticed that Sir Kakashi was telling him about something else. The word –sakura- caught his attention.
"...and Naruto said he saw a Chibi Sasuke and Sakura, and a adult girl with pink hair, just like our own Sakura! Isn't that something Sasuke?! Sasuke?" Sir Kakashi said, noticing Sasuke was no longer in front of him, but jumping up the roof, going into the direction of Naruto's home.
Oh well. Nothing important. Sir Kakashi thought, walking away.
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"You what?!?! Pointed a kunai at someone?!" Sakura yelled, staring in horror at her two children.
Natsuke replied, "We're really sorry, though we don't know why we're even sorry Momma! Really! I didn't mean to draw out a kunai in front of him! And anyway, he was grown up! Really!"
Nagisa came from behind Natsuke and said, "Yes Momma, we're sorry. Please forgive us."
Sakura finally noticed the confusion of the two and calmed down. She sat on the bed and beckoned the two to each sit beside her. As they sat, Sakura sighed and said, "No, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have yelled. I was just surprised."
Nagisa stared at her mother in perplexity. "Why were you surprised Momma?"
"Err..." Sakura searched her mind for a suitable answer. Finally, she just made one out. "I just never thought you would actually meet somebody I might know."
Natsuke pouted. "Oh rats! I didn't see his face clearly because he was bowing down! How about you Nagisa? Why did you even talk to him in the first place?"
"He looked so sad and in so much pain. I heard him say 'sakura' and his voice almost broke at the word."
"And his face?"
Nagisa shook her head. "I didn't see it. His face was shadowed that time."
Sakura gently stroked Nagisa's head. "What features do you remember of him?"
Natsuke tilted his head on the side and replied, instead of her sister. "That's just it Momma. See here." He jumped down the bed and bowed his head.
Nagisa nodded. "That man looked just like that when he bended down."
Sakura reeled back. Can it be?! Sasuke?
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Meanwhile, Sasuke is heading home dejectedly, feeling down, due to what Naruto told him.
"Naruto!" Sasuke called, stepping up the porch of the humble Uzumaki house.
"Sasuke-san!" Hinata exclaimed, surprised to see the usually cold and silent Uchiha out of breath, looking for her husband.
"Hinata! Tell me, where's Naruto?"
"In here, Sasuke-bastard!" Naruto yelled from the training room.
Sasuke ran to the said room and closed the door.
"Naruto, is it true that you saw two children looking exactly like me and Sakura?"
Naruto scratched his head and grinned. "Nah, I don't think so. I think it's only my hallucinations, and I was sitting pretty far from them in Ichiraku. Maybe I just miss Sakura-chan very much."
"But I saw-"
"...and anyway, the competition is gonna take place later. Are you coming, Sasuke? Ino's children are the last pair today and I heard only one pair are willing to fight them."
"I see. I'm off."
As Sasuke turned around to leave, Naruto asked, "Are you coming?"
Sasuke sighed and answered, "I got nothing to do anyway."
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Sakura was in their room, tucking in the children at their beds. It was two hours before noon, and she wanted the two rested before they fought in the match.
"Hey Momma..." Natsuke sleepily called.
"Hmm?"
"Have you signed us up for the contest yet?"
"Yes. While you were out, I signed you in the lobby here, since there was a form there."
"How many are we supposed to fight before we get to fight the champion pair?"
Sakura chuckled at that. "None. The others are either already defeated or scared to go up against them."
"When is it?"
"At one thirty this afternoon. So rest up, clear?"
"Okay."
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At one o'clock in the afternoon...
"Children, are you absolutely sure that you slept enough and that what you ate is just enough for you not to puke?"
Natsuke replied with a 'yes' while Nagisa just nodded.
Sakura then grasped their hands and said, "Then go fight!"
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Meanwhile, Ino and Shikamaru were guiding Ika and Shikon towards the arena.
"You both can kick the butts of the only pair whose brave enough to challenge you two! Right, Shika?"
"Right." Shikamaru answered lazily.
"They'll be n problem at all, Mom!" Shikon, the older of the two, replied enthusiastically.
"They'll be sorry they decided to face us!" Ika swore.
"That's the spirit! We'll show them whose boss!" Ino said to them.
Why do these two just had to be like their mom?! Shika thought exasperatedly.
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Finally, one thirty struck. Naruto, Sasuke, Hinata, and everybody else are already seated, waiting for the match to begin.
Sir Kakashi walked at the middle of the stadium (like in the Chuunin exams, but the audience has a greater seating capacity, overlooking the arena) and announced, "YO! I'm gonna be the referee for today's match, which is, actually, the only match. The pair to fight are..." Kakashi stopped talking and whispered to Kurenai, who was nearest to him, "Could you please get my script?" Kurenai rolled her eyes and gave him his script, which she was holding.
"Thanks." He said, and announced again in a loud voice, "Err... our long champion, Nara Ika and Nara Shikon!"
A door from the right opened to reveal a girl with short black hair, wearing a purple dress like her mother used to wear, and a boy with blonde hair, wearing the traditional ninja black outfit, emerging dramatically, like they just won already. (Scattered claps from the audience, which is composed of children, those who were defeated before and some others, genins, chuunins and jounins. The 5th Hokage was also there.)
Kakashi continued his speech when the two finally reached their places. "And challenging our champions are..." Suddenly, he paused, his visible eye widening in shock as he read and reread the names. Finally, he looked up to the audience and said, "Ha-Haruno Natsuke and Haruno Nagisa."
The door to the left opened, the audience looked at it in shock and bewilderment. Two figures were silhouetted from the shadows, slowly emerging to face the audience and their opponents.
TBC
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People! I'm so sorry that this chapter is kinda bleak! I swear, next chapter is up soon! Review anyways!
