Chapter Seven: Unexpected Party Guests
Hey guys, I realize that it's been about a week since I've updated but with being busy, being sick on and off, and the recent power outage that I had it's been really rather difficult to update, but here's the next chapter and I really hope that you enjoy it anyways.
"I'll go talk to her." Sasuke began before he turned around and walked down the hallway. Afterwards he quietly knocked upon her bedroom door. "Keiko, it's Sasuke, can I please come in sweetheart?" he questioned her.
"Yes, come in." she replied inside a muffled sob before he grabbed ahold of the doorknob and softly opened the door. He walked over towards her bed and then sat down beside her before he placed a hand upon her back and gently started rubbing it.
"Are you okay honey?" he asked her as she simply just sniffed in response and shook her head.
"I hate boys! They always ruin everything!" she sobbed.
"Now wait a minute, what about me? I'm a boy." Sasuke told her.
"No, you're a man!" she cried while tears continued rolling down her cheeks.
"Now hold up there." He began as he softly kissed the top of her head. "Just calm down. You know, you getting upset is exactly what Hiro wanted." He told her while he grabbed a few tissues out of the Kleenex box and handed them over to her. "You don't want to give him the satisfaction of succeeding now do you?" he inquired with a grin.
"Of course not!" Keiko hollered as she blew her nose and dabbed her eyes. "But what am I going to do now? You, Sakura, my mother and Ami are the only ones here besides Titiana." She said but Sasuke just simply smiled at her as he kissed her head again.
"Actually, we have a few more guests showing up." He told her.
"Really? Like who?" she wondered.
"Naruto, Hinata, and your cousin Sachi. Distant cousin anyway. I think once removed but you still get the point." He told her as she nodded.
"Yep, I do." She responded when suddenly the doorbell rang.
"I'll get it!" Sakura cried before all of a sudden Titiana started barking. Sakura's mother ran to grab the dog while she answered the door and sure enough Naruto, Hinata, and Sachi were standing there along with Kakashi. "Umm,.. hey Kakashi-Sensei, what are you doing here?" she asked him when all of a sudden he started rubbing the back of his head.
"Well, I hope you don't mind but Naruto called me and alerted me of the situation and invited me here." He told her.
"No, that's alright." Sakura began. "I'm sure that Keiko will be happy to see you and it's good to see that you're on time for once." She told him before she stepped aside and allowed them to come in. "Keiko! Your guests are here! Come on Sasuke you too!" she called forgetting that Ami was busy taking her nap until she started to cry. "Oh oops! Oh shoot!" she exclaimed as Sasuke walked out of the bedroom carrying Keiko inside of his arms.
"Do you want me to go get the baby?" he wondered.
"No I've got her. I do believe that that cry means that she needs a diaper change." She told him as she turned around and walked back into nursery.
"Ami, who's Ami?" Kakashi questioned with uncertainty.
"You don't know yet?" Keiko began. "She's Sasuke's and Sakura's foster daughter." She explained with a grin. "And she's extremely adorable too." She told him.
"I always wanted a little brother or sister, but since my father died before I was born and now I don't even have a mother anymore unfortunately that will never be possible." Sachi said while she hung her head sadly.
"Well, at least you have an aunt and uncle that loves you and cares about you an awful lot." Sasuke told her with a grin as Sachi smiled back at him.
"Yeah, I guess you're right." She told him as she placed her hand on the back of her neck and felt her cursemark.
Keiko had always wondered just exactly how and why she had gotten it but she decided that it was better not to ask. However Sasuke on the other hand was different.
"Umm Sachi, just how exactly did you get your cursemark? I don't think that you ever told me." He said.
"It's sort of a long story." She told him with a shrug as Sasuke arched his eyebrows in curiosity but he was suddenly interrupted by Sakura bringing Ami back out into the living room.
"Now that she has a clean diaper on she can see everybody now." Sakura told them with a grin.
"Aww! She's SO cute!" Sachi cried as Sasuke smiled at her.
"I know, but why don't you let Kakashi and the others see her. I want to talk to you for a few minutes alright? Plus, you can go ahead and tell me how your mission went." He told her as Sachi nodded and turned around to follow him out of the room.
Alright, I apologize for the fact that this chapter is a little bit short, but I figured that this would be a good way to end it and Sachi will go ahead and tell her story in the next chapter in which I SHOULD post tomorrow.