Chapter Six: The Chunin Exams
Sasuke quickly hurried after her. "Hey Keiko wait up!" he cried before all of a sudden they came to a stop in front of each other and turned to look at each other while Sasuke attempted to catch his breath.
"Yes?" she questioned him.
"I just wanted to know what the sudden change in attitude is for that's all. I'm the one who's supposed to have attitude adjustment issues not you." He began before heaving a heavy sigh. "I guess that I just have to get used to you being a teenager now." He said.
"Well obviously, I'm not ten years old anymore." She told him with a shake of her head.
"I know you're not, but you're not an adult yet either and cussing,.. especially in front of little kids is definitely a bad idea. Even I don't do that." He told her.
"Of course you don't." Keiko began. "Otherwise my big sister would pound you." She told him.
"No she wouldn't, she loves me too much. Anyways, that's not the point. There is other healthy ways of letting out your anger and I do believe that I told you this before." He said as Keiko nodded.
"Yep, millions and millions of times." She replied.
"For the record though, I think getting angry over the fact that Konohamaru is stupid and disgusting isn't really a good enough reason to be angry at him for." He told her.
"Gee, I wonder where he gets that from. Naruto is his idol, it seems like he's turning into him after all." She said as Sasuke chuckled and nodded at her.
"Yep." He began. "He's annoying, disgusting and an idiot,.. but he's also my best friend and like the younger brother that I never had and I wouldn't trade him for the world. Look, all I'm saying is that I really think that you should give Konohamaru another chance." He told her.
"Oh,.. alright. I'll do it, but only because I love you." She told him. "Anyways, I have to go home now before Mom starts yelling at me again." She said as she started to turn around and walk away before she suddenly stopped and then turned back around to look at him. "You know, it's funny, all the years that I spent with Dad he wasn't as concerned about me as you are. I mean I know that he loved me, and he was a very wise person, but I guess ever since the divorce he lost his caring nature. I guess what I'm trying to say is that if I had to lose my father, I'm glad that I gained you as a brother." She told him while smiling warmly at him.
"Hn." Sasuke began with a sly grin. "Me too. Even if you are a pain in the ass sometimes. Then again, you wouldn't be much of a sister if you weren't." he told her while he continued to grin at her and then gave a wink before he turned back around and started walking back towards the house.
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A few weeks later Keiko finally got her cellphone back and called Konohamaru. It rang a few times before he picked up. "Hello?" he questioned.
"Hey Baka, so do you still want to go out?" she asked him.
"Where the hell have you been!? I've been trying to call you for weeks!" he cried.
"I'm sorry, my mother took my phone away because I swore." She explained.
"Oh." He replied. "Well you're not a little kid anymore I'm surprised that she had a problem with it in the first place." He said.
"I know." Keiko began. "Anyways, I'm sorry for getting mad at you." She told him.
"Yeah, me too. I hate it when we fight even if we do it a lot." He told her.
"Well, we must really do like each other then otherwise we wouldn't keep getting back together." She pointed out.
"I guess so." He replied. "How about we go out this Friday? Kizashi and Sachi can still come if they would like to. I hope that they aren't still upset about our double date being canceled." He said.
"Well if they were, I'm sure that they're over it by now." She assured him. "Anyways, I have to go Baka, Saki's Chunin exams are really soon." She told him.
"Alright then, cya later toots!" he exclaimed as Keiko blushed and giggled a bit.
"Okay, goodbye." She told him before she hung up and Titiana entered her bedroom. "I really don't get it girl. I used to hate it when he called me that." She said while gently stroking her head.
Later on that day Keiko arrived at the arena to watch her friend perform. Kuroe and Hiro were there as well which apart from Ino were the two people she hated most in the world. "If you get Kuroe you better kick her ass!" she muttered underneath her breath while she clenched her teeth and growled in her throat at her while glaring at her at exactly the same time.
Kuroe on the other hand didn't seem to notice this as she continued talking amongst the group of her female friends. That's when suddenly Sakura appeared beside Keiko. "Hey big sis," she began while turning over to look at her. "where did you come from?" she wondered.
"Home. Sachi is watching Sasame." Sakura replied.
"Alright, but where's Sasuke then?" Keiko inquired as Sakura just slyly grinned at her.
"You'll see." She told her when suddenly the whole entire arena grew quiet and turned their heads to watch as a man walked out in front of them.
"Welcome to the 2023 Chunin exams." He began. "Head of the Chunin exams this year is Sasuke Uchiha." He said.
"Huh!?" Keiko exclaimed in complete and utter bewilderment and astonishment while her eyeballs nearly popped out of their sockets and her mouth fell wide open. "Big brother?" she questioned with uncertainty as Sasuke simply just grinned.