LOST
By: Lila Paige Rose
Chapter 3: Revelations
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.
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Chapter 3: Troubles Start
Sasuke can NOT believe what he just heard. HARUNO?!?!?! Cold exterior gone, his jaw was almost down to the floor and his eyes were as large as saucers. Sakura, Obviously, no coherent thought is present to the ever ready and genius Uchiha. What a pain.
Naruto was blubbering something unintelligible, Shikamaru, Chouji, Rock Lee, has their jaws on the floor, Neji was clenching his fists ever so tightly, while the women, namely Tenten, Ino and Hinata, were sobbing. The chuunins, jounins, past teachers were speechless, and Tsunade-sama has this most priceless expression on her face.
All this happened for only a few seconds, before the two Harunos finally came into view. Still, the audience continued gaping at them as they stood there, waiting for the referee, or someone, to break the deafening silence.
Back to the audience, everyone, especially Sasuke, was still unable to grasp the fact that the two children really looks much like him and Sakura. No doubt about it, they were the children of Sakura and Sasuke.
"Ano..." Nagisa started, fingering her hair, which was braided and shaped like a wreath over her head (as to not bother her while she was fighting, her mother claimed.) "can we please start?"
"Yeah!" Ika retorted, "Everyone became quiet for some reason! Anyway, the sooner we beat them up, the better!"
Suddenly, Natsuke, who had been quiet throughout the whole time, replied, every word dripping with venom. "You do NOT talk to my sister like that. I do NOT allow it. Try THAT again and you'll find your sorry butts up and out of the way. DIG?!"
Shikon snorted. "Whatever, weakling. As if you can ever defeat us."
"Put 'em up."
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Sakura, meanwhile, insisted staying by the room adjoining the entrance doors, just where Natsuke and Nagisa entered. She was watching them from afar, since she was leaning on the wooden door. She saw everybody's reaction and giggled slightly.
Sasuke was quite out of her view, but she did see the others, and was slightly concerned on the fact that her female friends cried, and also to the fact that Neji, who became quite a close friend before she left, was squeezing his hands so hard that a thin trickle of blood was oozing out. Only she noticed though, she even doubt that Neji himself noticed, since all of them were transfixed at the sight below.
"Let the show begin..." she whispered to herself.
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Nagisa was already very uncomfortable by that silence enveloping them. It's like we're some demons or something... Out loud, or at least, using her soft voice, she said, "Um... Sir? I believe we should start soon...?", looking directly at Kakashi.
Sir Kakashi visibly shook his head and announced to the still-hushed audience, "Let the battle commence!" Then he jumped off stage, beside Kurenai, who, of course, was still quiet.
Ika and Shikon, as usual, started off with a series of Taijutsu. Shikon was doing every possible assault to Natsuke, who was easily evading every move. Nagisa, meanwhile, being the lighter of the two, was evading the barrage of punches, kicks and everything Ika was throwing, and even managed to throw a couple of punches and kicks that hit the stuck-up girl squarely, and was still managing to keep off the attacks.
All in all, after a few minutes of this, the Nara children were exhausted and are lying on the floor while Natsuke and Nagisa were as fresh as they first entered the arena.
Still, Shikon and Ika would not give up. The two of them did a series of hand seals and cried out, "Bunshin no Jutsu!" Three of each appeared before them, making their opponents six.
Natsuke chuckled. "That's supposed to trick us?" He nodded to Nagisa and they both did a series of hand seals as well, and cried, "Sharingan!"
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Sasuke actually forgot to breath and was now gasping for air. He, along with everybody from the audience, just surfaced from their first shock, well, only to have the full force of the second shock.
Everyone was thinking, At such young age, they can already use their advanced bloodline technique! These kids are geniuses! At that, they can't help their minds to think, Just like their parents.
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Back to the fight, Natsuke and Nagisa located their enemies. Natsuke rolled his eyes and said, "This is getting us nowhere. I'm finishing it. Nagisa?" Seeing her nod, he did a series of hand seals and leaped into the air, crying out, "Mystical Fire Flower no Jutsu!"
Their opponents hit the floor, drained of energy, and fortunately, only suffering minor burns, since Natsuke was able to control the heat of the fire and lessened the damage it will cause. At this, they left the fighting area, heading back to the room where Sakura was waiting.
Oh, and obviously, they won.
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"Momma! We won!" Natsuke gleefully cried, running to the open arms of their beloved mother. Nagisa did the same.
They were currently in the room, since Sakura went back in it after the fight was finished.
And the door banged open.
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Sasuke, Naruto, Neji, Hinata, Tenten, Ino, Rock Lee, Chouji, Shikamaru, Sir Kakashi, Kurenai, and Sir Gai ran to the room where the two children were supposed to go after the tournament they figured Sakura would be there to greet her kids after they won the tournament.
Sasuke, who was in the lead, opened the door hastily which caused a loud, splintering noise.
And there she was.
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Sasuke was transfixed in his position by the door as his friends entered to go to Sakura. Naruto jumped her in a bear hug, and was promptly kicked by Ino, who in turn hugged Sakura. Tenten was sobbing nearby, being comforted by Neji. Sir Gai was holding on to a thrashing Lee, in fear of Sakura getting crushed. Hinata meanwhile, was standing on to a corner, holding the shoulder of each of the two children, who was still confused. Kurenai was sitting beside her in a chair she found, tears slightly falling. Shikamaru was trying to lessen Ino's iron grip to Sakura while Chouji was offering junk food to Natsuke and Nagisa, who both refused, saying, 'it's not good for our health' wherein Natsuke also mumbled under his breath, 'judging by your appearance'. Kurenai, Hinata, and Nagisa giggled at this.
And still, Sasuke stood still at the door, not believing what he was seeing. Her soft, cherry locks, her thin pink lips which is currently curved to a smile, her angelic face, her twinkling green orbs, her milky complexion, her slender but graceful arms, her tiny hands, her peaceful aura, and let's not forget her a vaguely wide forehead. And so, he was frozen.
All of a sudden, a hand rested on his shoulder. He looked at its owner, who, of course, was Sir Kakashi. Their former sensei grinned under his mask and asked, "What are you waiting for? Isn't this what you wanted all along? For her to be back?" At this, Sasuke nodded. "So go to her!" Kakashi said, giving Sasuke a slight push.
So Sasuke stumbled forward, and unexpectedly, tripped at his own feet. So, he fell forward, directly at Sakura's lap. He was about to land when a blur of orange erupted from below, knocking him unconscious.
And may I add, he landed on the floor.
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Of course, the orange blur was Naruto, who was getting up from his position on the floor where Ino kicked him to. He finally sat up, rubbing his head, when he saw Sakura cradling Sasuke's head, who obviously unconscious.
Sir Kakashi, Gai, and Kurenai were laughing heartily at Sasuke's misfortune. Kakashi heaved him not-so-gently over his shoulder and trudged back to the Uchiha mansion, where Sasuke lives, the others in tow.
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At the road to Sasuke's house, Sakura kept thinking about 'things'. It's so great to see them all well. They haven't changed a bit at all, Ino still being the influence she is. Good thing Shikamaru is sensible, like now, he brought their kids home. I never realized how much I missed all of them! I- "
Suddenly, there was a tug at her skirt. She stopped walking ad looked at Nagisa. "Yes, honey?"
"Are they your friends, Momma?"
Sakura giggled, "Of course they are! Still confused?"
The two nods.
Sakura then looked thoughtful. "Well, you see-"
"Hey Sakura-chan!" Naruto called in a few feet ahead of them. Nagisa hid behind her mother as Natsuke blinked. "Come on!"
"Wait a minute!" she called back, looking at her children. "Do you want to go back to the inn or to go with them to the Uchiha Mansion?"
"Back." Natsuke replied.
"I'm worried about him, but I think he'll be fine." Nagisa said.
"Let's go then." Turning to the still-waiting Naruto , she called out, "Tomorrow!"
And the trio went off to the inn.
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Swish.
"Momma?"
Whoosh.
"Hmm?"
Brush.
"Is Sasuke-san our Poppa?"
Clatter.
Sakura bent down to retrieve the brush she was using to comb Nagisa's hair.
"Yeah Momma, is he?" Natsuke prodded, backing his sister up. He was lying down on the bed while Sakura and Nagisa were simply sitting on it as their mother arranged Nagisa's hair to a braid.
"He was also the man I met at the woods." Natsuke continued thoughtfully. "He looked just like me, except for my eyes, since they are yours. So, is he?"
Sakura sighed. I give up. Out loud, she said, "He is."
TBC
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Authoress' notes: Just in case you were wondering...
1. All of their friends are already jounins. Sakura is Jounin level too, but not yet formally declared.
2. I will clear the Haruno-Uchiha mystery at my next chapter.
3. Mystical Fire Flower no Jutsu is a fire technique which creates fireballs from the mouth. Only someone with good chakra control and Uchiha bloodline can do such. Considering Natsuke and Nagisa's age, that was a miracle.
4. Sakura, Nagisa and Natsuke do NOT hate Sasuke.
P.S. I will do next chapter after I update my other stories. Please do not flame me. If you hate it, don't read it. My friend just got flamed and I don't like it, since her creation was amazing. Anyway, Please review if you like it!!! And thank you all! I love all of my reviews!
By: Lila Paige Rose
Chapter 3: Revelations
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.
-¤¤--¤¤--¤¤--¤¤--¤¤--¤¤--¤¤-
Chapter 3: Troubles Start
Sasuke can NOT believe what he just heard. HARUNO?!?!?! Cold exterior gone, his jaw was almost down to the floor and his eyes were as large as saucers. Sakura, Obviously, no coherent thought is present to the ever ready and genius Uchiha. What a pain.
Naruto was blubbering something unintelligible, Shikamaru, Chouji, Rock Lee, has their jaws on the floor, Neji was clenching his fists ever so tightly, while the women, namely Tenten, Ino and Hinata, were sobbing. The chuunins, jounins, past teachers were speechless, and Tsunade-sama has this most priceless expression on her face.
All this happened for only a few seconds, before the two Harunos finally came into view. Still, the audience continued gaping at them as they stood there, waiting for the referee, or someone, to break the deafening silence.
Back to the audience, everyone, especially Sasuke, was still unable to grasp the fact that the two children really looks much like him and Sakura. No doubt about it, they were the children of Sakura and Sasuke.
"Ano..." Nagisa started, fingering her hair, which was braided and shaped like a wreath over her head (as to not bother her while she was fighting, her mother claimed.) "can we please start?"
"Yeah!" Ika retorted, "Everyone became quiet for some reason! Anyway, the sooner we beat them up, the better!"
Suddenly, Natsuke, who had been quiet throughout the whole time, replied, every word dripping with venom. "You do NOT talk to my sister like that. I do NOT allow it. Try THAT again and you'll find your sorry butts up and out of the way. DIG?!"
Shikon snorted. "Whatever, weakling. As if you can ever defeat us."
"Put 'em up."
-¤¤--¤¤--¤¤--¤¤--¤¤--¤¤--¤¤-
Sakura, meanwhile, insisted staying by the room adjoining the entrance doors, just where Natsuke and Nagisa entered. She was watching them from afar, since she was leaning on the wooden door. She saw everybody's reaction and giggled slightly.
Sasuke was quite out of her view, but she did see the others, and was slightly concerned on the fact that her female friends cried, and also to the fact that Neji, who became quite a close friend before she left, was squeezing his hands so hard that a thin trickle of blood was oozing out. Only she noticed though, she even doubt that Neji himself noticed, since all of them were transfixed at the sight below.
"Let the show begin..." she whispered to herself.
-¤¤--¤¤--¤¤--¤¤--¤¤--¤¤--¤¤-
Nagisa was already very uncomfortable by that silence enveloping them. It's like we're some demons or something... Out loud, or at least, using her soft voice, she said, "Um... Sir? I believe we should start soon...?", looking directly at Kakashi.
Sir Kakashi visibly shook his head and announced to the still-hushed audience, "Let the battle commence!" Then he jumped off stage, beside Kurenai, who, of course, was still quiet.
Ika and Shikon, as usual, started off with a series of Taijutsu. Shikon was doing every possible assault to Natsuke, who was easily evading every move. Nagisa, meanwhile, being the lighter of the two, was evading the barrage of punches, kicks and everything Ika was throwing, and even managed to throw a couple of punches and kicks that hit the stuck-up girl squarely, and was still managing to keep off the attacks.
All in all, after a few minutes of this, the Nara children were exhausted and are lying on the floor while Natsuke and Nagisa were as fresh as they first entered the arena.
Still, Shikon and Ika would not give up. The two of them did a series of hand seals and cried out, "Bunshin no Jutsu!" Three of each appeared before them, making their opponents six.
Natsuke chuckled. "That's supposed to trick us?" He nodded to Nagisa and they both did a series of hand seals as well, and cried, "Sharingan!"
-¤¤--¤¤--¤¤--¤¤--¤¤--¤¤--¤¤-
Sasuke actually forgot to breath and was now gasping for air. He, along with everybody from the audience, just surfaced from their first shock, well, only to have the full force of the second shock.
Everyone was thinking, At such young age, they can already use their advanced bloodline technique! These kids are geniuses! At that, they can't help their minds to think, Just like their parents.
-¤¤--¤¤--¤¤--¤¤--¤¤--¤¤--¤¤-
Back to the fight, Natsuke and Nagisa located their enemies. Natsuke rolled his eyes and said, "This is getting us nowhere. I'm finishing it. Nagisa?" Seeing her nod, he did a series of hand seals and leaped into the air, crying out, "Mystical Fire Flower no Jutsu!"
Their opponents hit the floor, drained of energy, and fortunately, only suffering minor burns, since Natsuke was able to control the heat of the fire and lessened the damage it will cause. At this, they left the fighting area, heading back to the room where Sakura was waiting.
Oh, and obviously, they won.
-¤¤--¤¤--¤¤--¤¤--¤¤--¤¤--¤¤-
"Momma! We won!" Natsuke gleefully cried, running to the open arms of their beloved mother. Nagisa did the same.
They were currently in the room, since Sakura went back in it after the fight was finished.
And the door banged open.
-¤¤--¤¤--¤¤--¤¤--¤¤--¤¤--¤¤-
Sasuke, Naruto, Neji, Hinata, Tenten, Ino, Rock Lee, Chouji, Shikamaru, Sir Kakashi, Kurenai, and Sir Gai ran to the room where the two children were supposed to go after the tournament they figured Sakura would be there to greet her kids after they won the tournament.
Sasuke, who was in the lead, opened the door hastily which caused a loud, splintering noise.
And there she was.
-¤¤--¤¤--¤¤--¤¤--¤¤--¤¤--¤¤-
Sasuke was transfixed in his position by the door as his friends entered to go to Sakura. Naruto jumped her in a bear hug, and was promptly kicked by Ino, who in turn hugged Sakura. Tenten was sobbing nearby, being comforted by Neji. Sir Gai was holding on to a thrashing Lee, in fear of Sakura getting crushed. Hinata meanwhile, was standing on to a corner, holding the shoulder of each of the two children, who was still confused. Kurenai was sitting beside her in a chair she found, tears slightly falling. Shikamaru was trying to lessen Ino's iron grip to Sakura while Chouji was offering junk food to Natsuke and Nagisa, who both refused, saying, 'it's not good for our health' wherein Natsuke also mumbled under his breath, 'judging by your appearance'. Kurenai, Hinata, and Nagisa giggled at this.
And still, Sasuke stood still at the door, not believing what he was seeing. Her soft, cherry locks, her thin pink lips which is currently curved to a smile, her angelic face, her twinkling green orbs, her milky complexion, her slender but graceful arms, her tiny hands, her peaceful aura, and let's not forget her a vaguely wide forehead. And so, he was frozen.
All of a sudden, a hand rested on his shoulder. He looked at its owner, who, of course, was Sir Kakashi. Their former sensei grinned under his mask and asked, "What are you waiting for? Isn't this what you wanted all along? For her to be back?" At this, Sasuke nodded. "So go to her!" Kakashi said, giving Sasuke a slight push.
So Sasuke stumbled forward, and unexpectedly, tripped at his own feet. So, he fell forward, directly at Sakura's lap. He was about to land when a blur of orange erupted from below, knocking him unconscious.
And may I add, he landed on the floor.
-¤¤--¤¤--¤¤--¤¤--¤¤--¤¤--¤¤-
Of course, the orange blur was Naruto, who was getting up from his position on the floor where Ino kicked him to. He finally sat up, rubbing his head, when he saw Sakura cradling Sasuke's head, who obviously unconscious.
Sir Kakashi, Gai, and Kurenai were laughing heartily at Sasuke's misfortune. Kakashi heaved him not-so-gently over his shoulder and trudged back to the Uchiha mansion, where Sasuke lives, the others in tow.
-¤¤--¤¤--¤¤--¤¤--¤¤--¤¤--¤¤-
At the road to Sasuke's house, Sakura kept thinking about 'things'. It's so great to see them all well. They haven't changed a bit at all, Ino still being the influence she is. Good thing Shikamaru is sensible, like now, he brought their kids home. I never realized how much I missed all of them! I- "
Suddenly, there was a tug at her skirt. She stopped walking ad looked at Nagisa. "Yes, honey?"
"Are they your friends, Momma?"
Sakura giggled, "Of course they are! Still confused?"
The two nods.
Sakura then looked thoughtful. "Well, you see-"
"Hey Sakura-chan!" Naruto called in a few feet ahead of them. Nagisa hid behind her mother as Natsuke blinked. "Come on!"
"Wait a minute!" she called back, looking at her children. "Do you want to go back to the inn or to go with them to the Uchiha Mansion?"
"Back." Natsuke replied.
"I'm worried about him, but I think he'll be fine." Nagisa said.
"Let's go then." Turning to the still-waiting Naruto , she called out, "Tomorrow!"
And the trio went off to the inn.
-¤¤--¤¤--¤¤--¤¤--¤¤--¤¤--¤¤-
Swish.
"Momma?"
Whoosh.
"Hmm?"
Brush.
"Is Sasuke-san our Poppa?"
Clatter.
Sakura bent down to retrieve the brush she was using to comb Nagisa's hair.
"Yeah Momma, is he?" Natsuke prodded, backing his sister up. He was lying down on the bed while Sakura and Nagisa were simply sitting on it as their mother arranged Nagisa's hair to a braid.
"He was also the man I met at the woods." Natsuke continued thoughtfully. "He looked just like me, except for my eyes, since they are yours. So, is he?"
Sakura sighed. I give up. Out loud, she said, "He is."
TBC
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Authoress' notes: Just in case you were wondering...
1. All of their friends are already jounins. Sakura is Jounin level too, but not yet formally declared.
2. I will clear the Haruno-Uchiha mystery at my next chapter.
3. Mystical Fire Flower no Jutsu is a fire technique which creates fireballs from the mouth. Only someone with good chakra control and Uchiha bloodline can do such. Considering Natsuke and Nagisa's age, that was a miracle.
4. Sakura, Nagisa and Natsuke do NOT hate Sasuke.
P.S. I will do next chapter after I update my other stories. Please do not flame me. If you hate it, don't read it. My friend just got flamed and I don't like it, since her creation was amazing. Anyway, Please review if you like it!!! And thank you all! I love all of my reviews!
