Chapter Four: Sasuke's Secret
"We're getting a kitten!?" she exclaimed excitedly as Sasuke quickly turned his head over to look at her and heaved a sigh.
"No, I never said that we were for sure I said that I'd think about it." He said when suddenly Sasame came back out of the bathroom.
"Think about what?" she wondered.
"Dad says that we're getting a kitten!" Sachi cried.
"Hooray!" Sasame exclaimed while she jumped up and down excitedly and Sasuke facepalmed his forehead and sighed again.
"Hold on a second girls, we're not getting a kitten." He told them.
"Why not!?" Sasame whined.
"Because darling you're way too young to take care of it and Sachi has to take care of Lucky as well as finish her homework, go on missions, and she has horseback riding and cheerleading to attend to." Sasuke told her.
"I can always quit horseback riding and cheerleading." Sachi suggested.
"Now hold on a second Sachi I don't think you need to do that." Sakura began. "After all, cats are more independent than dogs. All she would really need to do is feed it, give it water and change its litterbox." She finished.
"Yes, but she would also have to make sure that it was litterbox trained and that it didn't scratch up the furniture." Sasuke pointed out.
"I will! I promise! Please say yes Daddy please!" she pleaded. "I'll do anything you want anything!" she assured him while she threw her arms around his middle and embraced him tightly as Sasuke heaved a final heavy sigh.
"Oh alright, just remember that it'll be your responsibility along with the other stuff you have to do." He told her. "If you start falling behind on your schoolwork then there's going to be consequences." He said before all of a sudden her cellphone rang and she picked it up to answer it.
"Hello?" she questioned while she started walking back down the hallway. "Oh hello Kizashi." She said happily with a wide grin as Lucky started to growl and gave a sharp yip before continuing to growl and Sakura quickly turned around to look at him.
"I swear, that is the strangest dog I ever met. It's like he can understand Japanese or something." She said.
"Umm,.. Cherry, can I talk to you for a moment?" Sasuke asked her. "Alone?" he added while glancing down at Sasame.
"Sure Sasuke." She replied before following him back into the bedroom. "What is it?" she asked him once he had closed the door behind them.
"It's about Lucky. There's a reason that it appears like he can understand every word we're saying." He began. "It's because he can. Sakura, Lucky is really my brother Itachi." He told her.
"Ha, ha very funny." She said sarcastically.
"It's true! A few years ago he showed me to his grave and then he placed his paw to my forehead and no ordinary dog would know or could know to do that and Itachi is the only one who ever did that to me." he said.
"So you're saying that Lucky is Itachi reincarnated?" Sakura questioned him. "Does Sachi know?" she wondered.
"No and I want to keep it that way. If she ever found out then she wouldn't look at us or treat us the same anymore. Besides, if she started treating him like her father instead of a dog then other people wouldn't look at her the same way either. And we can't let Sasame know because she'll either think that we're crazy or she'll totally believe us and tell our secret." He explained.
"Alright, but it's such a shame that Sasame will never know her uncle." Sakura said.
"I know but I'm afraid that's just the way that it has to be. Promise me Sakura, you won't tell anybody else. Swear to it." He told her before she took a deep breath and sighed.
"Alright Sasuke, if it means that much to you I promise." She told him before he leaned in and gave her a quick kiss on the lips.
"Good. Now that that's taken care of there's something I have to know. Why were you so scared in telling me that you were pregnant again?" he questioned her.
"Because I knew that you had a lot of other stuff to deal with right now and I didn't think that you were ready for another baby yet." She told him.
"I'll admit that it's not what I planned, but then again, I wasn't really planning on meeting my niece and adopting her either. It just sort of happened and obviously it's part of God's plan, so I have to go with it whether I like it or not." He told her.
"So you're not happy about it then?" she asked him before he tapped her forehead lightly.
"I never said that. Of course I'm happy about being a father again. I think that this time though we should leave the gender a surprise." He suggested with a grin. "I just hope and pray that it's a boy this time. Don't get me wrong, I love Sachi and Sasame with all my heart, but I need somebody to carry on the Uchiha name after I die." He told her before all of a sudden Sachi knocked on the door. "Come in." he said as she entered the room.
"Guess what!? Kizashi just called me and told me that Konohamaru invited us to go out on a double date with him and Keiko tomorrow! Isn't that wonderful Daddy? I'm going out on my very first date!" she exclaimed excitedly as Sasuke quickly glanced up at the ceiling.
"Oh great. First my little sister and now my daughter. Damn it, why do kids have to grow up so fast?" he questioned while he rubbed his eyes and then exited the bedroom and walked down the hallway. After that he bent over and picked up Sasame before placing her by his hip. "Okay sweetheart, let's get you ready for your birthday party. And do me one favor,.. never grow up." He told her before kissing the top of her head softly.