Okay then, this one here is for my sweet little Ninquelot who said, many many weeks ago (sorry for the wait!),
"...write about how people have react when they found out about kakasaku. Like betting if they would last or threatening Kakashi if is playing with Sakura..."
And also for my friend Missy who said that there would have had to been a huge blow up after everyone found out about Sakura and Kakashi.
This is right after the events of 'A Plan in Motion', so you'd want to read that first if you haven't yet.
Sakura wished she had a do over day because everything from that day was falling together in a big pile of suckage. Sure, fine, she'd been sleeping with her ex-teacher for the past few years but did everyone have to overreact?
First Naruto had ran up to her apartment and had started screaming like a raving lunatic, making all of her neighbors aware that something was going on and that it had to be something bad since the the Hokage himself was there. And there they were, thinking that she was such a nice girl.
Then she and Kakashi were dragged to his office, though -as Hinata pointed out as she ushered them there- at least this way they would be able to have some privacy. Or as much privacy as could be had when it seemed like every ninja she had ever known was in there with them.
"Hey," Ino whispered as she slid up to her, "I got everyone here together so that you only have to do this once." Then she smiled brightly and sauntered back in spot giving Kiba a look through her lashes that promised quite a few things that would make Icha Icha proud.
"-So how long has this been going on?!" Oh, Naruto had finished talking. Thank God.
"Um, two years or so." Well, judging by the shade of purple Naruto's face was turning she probably should have fudged that little fact a bit.
"TWO YEARS?! And you never brought it up?!" His hands were placed flat on his desk as he leaned over it, looking for all purposes like he was about to leap over it and dismantle Kakashi as painfully as possible.
"Well, you never asked." Sakura muttered, shrugging since she couldn't think of any other answer to give him. She certainly wasn't telling him that they had been mainly having sex for the past two years.
"Of course I didn't ask! Who would think that you were sleeping with our teacher?!" Sakura rolled her eyes, her aggravation at being interrupted with Kakashi and then forced from her apartment and pulled through the streets just to be screamed at rising with every moment she was stuck in the office.
"Ex-teacher. Plus it isn't like he's taught me that much."
"Oh?" She knew that tone and she would not react to that tone in a room filled with her friends, though judging by the tightening in her gut and the rough chuckle that came from Kiba's direction -damn Inuzuka smelling abilities- she failed miserably.
"No you did NOT." She said, warning him to tread carefully. Really carefully.
"Well, how have you been going on dates for all this time? Huh? I'm the Hokage, I would have noticed something or been told about this!" He really needed to stop throwing the whole Hokage thing in her face or else she might just have to reshape his attitude with a chakra filled punch aimed at his nose.
"We didn't exactly go out on dates." God, she was going to kill Kakashi. Couldn't he just stand there silently and not try to make things worse? She could hope that Naruto's natural denseness would protect him from what Kakashi's words hinted at... but judging by the way his eyes were bugging out of his head, that wasn't going to work out all that well.
"Then what did you do?" Kiba teasingly asked, Ino smothering a giggle with her hand. "I mean, two years is quite a long time to just sit around playing cards." Ino's laughter slipped past her guard and the muscle Naruto's cheek twitched, and Hinata came over to place a soothing hand on his back while she watched on with concern. Good, maybe with her they could control the situation a little better.
"We went on some dates when we were on missions and stuff. We just didn't do much around here because I knew you'd react like this."
"On missions?" Naruto asked, his breath slightly wheezing, "The ones I sent you guys on? This makes me an enabler to your guys! Right?" He asked his wife, and she nodded to confirm that he had chosen the right words. "I mean-" He said, starting on another one of his rants.
"Hey, Kakashi," Kiba sniggered, "What kind of flowers do you want on your grave?"
Kakashi smiled his familiar crinkle-eyed smile at the boy, looking for all purposes perfectly relaxed and at ease in the hostile environment. Hell, he probably was. "None. I'm afraid I'm allergic." Which was a boldface lie, but Sakura didn't feel like pointing that out right at the moment.
"Oh, come on, all funerals have flowers. Everyone puts them on the graves." Ino said, only getting the crinkle-eyed smile in answer to her protest.
"Not mine. Like I said, I'm allergic."
"Kakashi," Sakura sighed, "You'll be dead. I don't really think that it matters."
"But what if my spirit is allergic to them?"
"Why on earth would you haunt your own grave?"
"So I could see who cares about me by not putting flowers on my grave. Because I am, as you know, allergic."
"Fine," She snapped, not in the mood to play word games with him at the moment. "No one will put flowers on your grave. Happy?"
"But you'll still need to put something on it." He said, seeming to be purposely pushing every single one of her buttons. Her eyes blazed as she narrowed them at him, trying as hard as she could to mentally slay him where he stood.
"Then I'll put sticks on it." She growled, Kakashi nodding as if this pleased him. God, she wanted to hurt him so badly. In fact, as soon as they got out of this mess she'd beat him down as hard as she could. And it wasn't like he could do anything to her since she was pregnant.
Well, that thought certainly made her feel marginally better.
"Hey! LISTEN!" Everybody turned back to Naruto, waiting to see what he'd do now. "You!" He shouted, pointing an accusing finger at Kakashi, "What are your intentions towards Sakura-chan?" Sakura's face fell into her palm as she shook her head, cursing the idiot in front of her. His intentions? What time period was this? And did he think he was, her father?
"We're moving in together." Kakashi answered, his relaxed stance unchanging though Sakura could feel the slight pulse of tension flow through his body, unnoticed by everyone but her. He was waiting to see what happened, waiting to see who would make the first move. Sakura felt her body begin to tense in reaction to his but forced the reaction back down, not wanting to bring anyone on alert.
"Is that true?" Naruto asked her and she nodded her head, thankful that the man beside her hadn't stupidly mentioned anything about the pregnancy or his proposal of marriage. If either of those had slipped past his lips Sakura knew that they would have been in serious trouble by either Naruto attempting to kill Kakashi or forcing them to actually get married to each other.
Naruto slumped back in his chair, crossing his arms over his chest and grumbling, figuring that he could let it pass since Kakashi was making a commitment to her, though he wouldn't be happy about it. Hinata, sensing that her husband had finally calmed down, smiled gently at the couple. True, the coupling didn't make much sense to her and it was a little strange for her to think about the whole ex-teacher/student aspect of it, but they looked happy. And that happiness, she was hoping to get Naruto to see, was good.
"When are you two moving in together?" She asked and Kakashi shrugged, Sakura's eyes rolling as she sensed his reply.
"Soon."
Sakura huffed and crossed her arms over her chest as she waited for the questions their friends were asking them to get over with, though it seemed to be taking forever, each moment dragging on since she was hungry. And thinking about how hungry she was reminded her about the fried chicken she had left in the kitchen, but she just didn't want to bother with it. She'd give it to the ninken later and get something else since the thought of the chicken was making her stomach queasy.
Nudging Kakashi with her elbow she waited for him to turn his attention back to her before starting what she hoped wasn't going to be a long conversation. If it was she might just have to attempt to eat her arm.
"Do you want to pick up something on the way back?" He blinked at her and tilted his head just the slightest bit, assessing her and the chances of eating a homemade meal that night.
"But you already made chicken."
"Yes, but it's cold now and I don't feel like warming it up. Plus it's too late to start on the sides and I really don't want to. So, let me reword that first bit: I'm hungry and we're picking something up, so tell me if you'd rather have the Italian deli down the street or grab a burger from over on third." He sighed, his happy dream of a happy meal made with love disappearing as if it had never been, and shrugged.
"Italian." Good, that was what she wanted too. She turned to Naruto and put her hands on her hips, lifting her chin as she determined that she would fight her way out if she had to. She was starving.
Naruto crossed his hands over his chest as he sat back, pouting. "Fine, go, but no more kissing in front of me while I'm eating! Or any other time!"
The door closed behind the couple –oh good God, they were a couple- and Naruto rubbed his hands over his face and looked around at the varying expressions on the faces on his friends around the room. "Who saw this coming?" He asked, astounded by the sudden and flustering turn of events.
It was all just so gross.
They all stood in a somewhat shocked silence after Sakura and Kakashi had left the Hokage's office, and Ino blinked as she swore that right before the door closed she had seen Sakura boldly slip her arm into Kakashi's.
Man, that really drove the whole "them" thing home.
Ino was just standing there a few moments after, simply minding her own business when a sudden and devious thought crashed through her defenses and tempted her. She grinned, a smirking and devilish grin that gave the others a hint of what direction her thoughts had taken. "Everyone, just stay here." She said, quickly dashing off to get what she needed. She was back in just under ten minutes, dragging a cart with a bulky TV atop it behind her.
"Ino? What the hell?" Tenten asked as she watched the blonde set the television up. Ino didn't bother turning her head, focusing on the task before her as she answered.
"A few months ago I set up a hidden spy camera in Sakura's room so that I could play a practical joke on her and then catch it all on film, but then I just completely forgot about it. But I just remembered it and I figured that since we're all incredibly curious, we'll just watch them when they get to Sakura's apartment so we can see how they really are together."
"That's a terrible invasion of their privacy." Hinata scolded, though she was just as curious as the rest of the group.
"Yep."
"Where did you even get this stuff?" Shikamaru asked, familiar with the technology and knowing that no one, least of all Ino, should have it.
"Oh, I borrowed it from the intelligence unit. Working there on weekends definitely has its perks."
"Ino, you can't just go stealing classified equipment." Ino rolled her eyes.
"Borrowing, not stealing. And stop complaining so much, I'm going to get it back as soon as I'm done with it." Shikamaru rolled his eyes but left the girl alone, muttering about troublesome women under his breath. When she finally got the picture showing a good view of Sakura's living room with the camera angled to view the couch a bit from the side, everyone sat down around the TV, dragging over chairs or sitting down on the ground.
It took less than a minute for Sakura to come in, coming into the picture as she tossed her keys onto the side table and flopped down on the couch, sighing heavily and miserably. Kakashi came into the frame soon after, carrying a white bag from the Italian deli they had spoken about earlier.
"Not eating in the kitchen?" He asked, the pink haired girl lounging on the couch growling irritatedly as she lolled her head over to eye him, too tired to put forth the effort to do anything else but just sit there.
"No. I'd need to clean up everything in there from where I cooked and I just don't feel like it right now." Kakashi nodded and walked over and sat down with her, pulling out the containers of food and then putting them on the coffee table in front of them.
Everyone in the Hokage's office that was watching leaned forward in anticipation as Kakashi picked up his food, flipping the lid open. They eagerly awaited the imminent action of Kakashi pulling down his mask so that he could eat, each of them getting more and more fidgety as he took what seemed to be an extraordinarily amazing amount of time to get his food ready, though when he did have it ready he sorely disappointed the group by turning slightly towards Sakura, effectively shielding his face as if he had known the placement of the camera.
"Damn." Ino muttered, crossing her legs beneath her and propping her chin on her fist. It just wasn't fair that Sakura got to see what was under there but they all had to just sit and stare at the back of his head.
As the couple eating on the screen made idle chitchat, the group watching the screen was suddenly reminded that their meals had been cut short and that they were hungry. After calling out for their orders and settling back in place they watched the screen once more, though they were quickly becoming bored with the whole thing. The two of them just seemed to be so... normal, and that wasn't what they wanted to see.
"Ino, why are we-"
"Shh!" She urged, sensing that something was about to happen.
Sakura picked at her chicken Alfredo and glanced over at Kakashi's shrimp scampi with longing, nibbling on her bottom lip as she tried to decide the best way to go about switching meals.
"Let me have a bite."
"No."
Sakura narrowed her eyes at the man, the beginnings of a pout forming around her mouth. "Why not? I give you food all the time, so give me yours." She said, going towards his bowl with her fork only to have him move it to the side and away from her reach.
"If you wanted it why didn't you order it?"
She rolled her eyes at him. "Because I didn't know I wanted it until just now, so gimme." She said, lunging towards his outstretched arm with her fork extended, only to have him lift the bowl quickly above his head, wrapping his arm around her waist both to catch her from falling from the couch and to hold her in place so she couldn't get to his food.
"Are they… flirting?" Tenten asked, partially stunned and partially amused. They looked like they were having fun like a normal couple, which was kind of unbelievable to the people in the room since the whole scene went against every thing about the two's relationship they thought they knew. Ino nodded, still focused on the screen in case Kakashi turned his face even the slightest angle and allowed his face to be seen.
"Ten bucks says this ends with the two of them horizontal." Kiba whispered to the blonde girl beside him, holding up the money between them to show that he was good for it. Ino nodded and grinned, pulling out her own cash.
"Deal." She said, the pair quickly shaking hands and setting the money in front of them. Ino, who knew her pink haired friend better than most, knew that while something was going to happen it wouldn't be sex. After everything that had went down in the past couple hours Sakura would feel an insistent need to talk about it, something that would keep her thought process up and running while her white haired lover would be trying to shut it down.
After all, Sakura was predictable to a fault about these things.
Up on the screen, after a few minutes of struggling against Kakashi's hold Sakura relaxed in it, the delicious friction of their bodies registering to her mind. She leaned her face into Kakashi's, the hot kiss going on seemingly indefinitely as they shifted, Kakashi reaching around to toss his food at the coffee table so that he could get both of his arms around the girl. They shifted so that Sakura was straddling him as he lay back, glove covered hands gripping her hips, the camera capturing everything.
Everything but Kakashi's face, which was magically always at an angle that was unable to be caught by the curious eye of the camera.
Naruto gagged as he watched, turning his head away as he mentally tried to bleach the images from his mind. His best-friend and his teacher. His best-friend, and his teacher. His-
No! He mentally shouted, shaking his head as if that could shake away the evil thoughts and pictures that plagued his mind. Happy thoughts. I will think happy thoughts. Hinata in the morning, her hair all messy. Kori when she smiles. Hot Ichiraku ramen. Fighting. Sparring. Sparring with Hinata. Sparring with Sakura. No! No Sakura! Because if I think about Sakura I'll think about Kakashi and then Sakura and Kakashi and then Sakura with Kakashi and...
He felt like banging his head on the desk as hard as he could so that maybe he could crack his head open so that the thoughts would just pour out and leave him empty. Hinata came over with one of the bowls of ramen he had ordered, sitting on the arm of his chair and rubbing small soothing circles on his back as he angrily and silently ate, string down into the food as he tried to figure out a way to forget the whole day.
Back on the screen Sakura pulled away, sitting back, her hands holding onto the cloth of his shirt almost desperately, the sounds of their panting breaths the only thing that filled both rooms. Having caught her breath Sakura leaned over and picked up a shrimp from Kakashi's meal, popping it into her mouth before smiling mischievously at the older man she was currently straddling, chewing and then swallowing the bite.
"Haha." She taunted, grinning as a strong hand threaded through her hair on the back of her head to shove her back down to his mouth. His other hand moved down and then up, sliding over skin as he slid her shirt up. Kiba grinned wickedly as his hand twitched towards the money on the floor but Ino just smirked and watched as Sakura -dear, dependable, predictable Sakura- put her hand on his wrist and pulled back.
"Wait." She panted, a victorious grin spreading over Ino's face.
Bingo.
"Wait." She said again a bit stronger, the pair quickly trying to catch their breath, Kakashi's hands slipping down to settle on her waist. "We... We need to talk."
"Then talk." He said huskily, his thumbs rubbing sensual circles on the strip of exposed skin at her waist making her want to arch back into his touch and purr.
"What are we going to do about this whole Naruto situation? You know that he won't leave it alone."
"Who said we do anything?"
"Oh, so we're just supposed to expect him to get over it? Do you know Naruto?" He roughly chuckled and slid his hands down to her thighs, gripping them as he tried to distract her enough so that she'd leave it alone for a bit. It usually took a bit of work, but it was always worth it when she submitted to him in the end. Seeing the expression on his face -an expression that the people watching still couldn't see- Sakura huffed out a breath and rolled her eyes, placing her hands on his chest for support as he shifted beneath her.
"Yeah, yeah, fine. We do nothing, I get it. But about this whole moving in thing, are you sure?" She peered down at him intensely, focusing every bit of her attention on him so that she would be able to sense even the slightest indication of hesitation. "I mean, really really sure?"
"Yes." Narrowing her eyes she stared a bit more as if she would be able to snatch the lie out of thin air if it dared to exist, destroying it.
"I don't want a house. I'm not a house person."
"Okay."
"So you're just going to have to settle for an apartment, though it can be big if you want. But not too big because I know that I'm going to be stuck with a lot of the cleaning."
"That's fine."
The stern expression dropped from her face so that she smiled down at him, almost seeming to glow. "Alright then, we can start looking later." She said, leaning down to seal the deal with a kiss. Just as everything between the two surged higher and hotter and just as Ino started feeling a little less sure of her victory, a blur of fur and energy dashed out from somewhere off screen and up to the couch.
Paws propped on the couch cushion to hold the medium sized dog up so that he could pant and eye the pair eagerly as they stopped and pulled back from each other. Sakura's face was flushed and there was a small light of annoyance in her eyes, but she hid it like one would hide such feelings from a small child who had done the same thing.
"Yes Shiba? What is it?" She asked calmly, as if she hadn't been passionately making out with the white haired man beneath her.
"I was waiting for you, Cherry Blossom! I waited in your room and didn't bother you and I didn't eat the food you left out, but that was really hard because it smells really good and I'm really hungry!"
"You can have the chicken if you want it, Shiba."
"Great!" The dog yipped, dashing into the kitchen to jump up to the counter and grab a piece of the food, trotting happily back into the living room so that he could eat with his beloved Cherry Blossom.
"How long have you been waiting for me?" She asked the dog as Kakashi put his arm up over his eyes, grumbling under his breath about his ninkin and about how he would get rid of the lot of them, though everyone knew that they were just useless threats.
"Oh, a long, long time! I got here when you were cooking but I waited for you in your room so that I could surprise you and then you could give me food and we could sleep together!" The dog quickly finished his piece of chicken and was about to go back into the kitchen to get some more when he remembered something. Propping himself back up he shoved his nose into Sakura's stomach, sniffing it curiously.
"Shiba?"
"Hey, Cherry Blossom, are human pregnancies like dog pregnancies? How many pups are you going to have? What are you going to name them? Can you name your favorite one Shiba2?"
"So you eavesdropped on us while we were talking?" Kakashi asked, the dog sending the white haired man a shocked look.
"No! I wouldn't eavesdrop on Cherry Blossom! I was just listening to you because it sounded interesting!" Neither bothered to point out that this was the exact same thing, just sighing and allowing the dog to believe what he wanted to believe.
Sakura looked a little uneasy but she smiled, gently shoving the dog's face away from her abdomen.
"Human pregnancies are a little different, and I should only be having one." She looked anxiously down to where the tiny life inside of her lay, "It better be only one." She muttered, Kakashi –who apparently didn't mind just laying underneath Sakura since he hadn't made a move to try and get her off- rubbed her legs soothingly, silently assuring her that everything would be alright.
Inside of the Hokage's office it was completely silent, everyone frozen as they stared dumbstruck at the screen and tried to figure out what they were supposed to do now. Naruto was the first to react, standing up so quickly that his chair flew back to angrily hit the wall, tipping over as he disappeared through the window with a furious growl.
Ino began to curse until the air turned blue, furious at herself for not thinking that something like this wouldn't come up between the two, especially since they were alone and unaware that they were being watched.
There was no way Naruto, with how protective he was towards Sakura- was going to leave this alone without there being a huge blow up that would screw up everything for the couple, probably alerting the whole village to the relationship the couple had been diligently hiding for the past two years.
Hinata, immediately realizing this, raced after her husband to catch him and try to talk some sense into him, running after him as fast as she could to catch up to his fury fueled speed. The silent group watched as a few minutes later the couple and dog jumped at the sudden pounding and shouting that came from the door.
"Open this door RIGHT NOW! I swear that I'll break it down if you don't! Open this door you bastard and tell me what the hell you were thinking getting Sakura-chan pregnant! I swear to God Kakashi I'm going to break your fucking neck and then I'll cut off your dick for even daring to touch Sakura and-" His ranting continued as Sakura's eyes got wide, trying to figure out how he had figured out that she was pregnant. Then they narrowed in a furious moment of clarity.
"Ino." She hissed, her hands fisting at her sides, preparing herself to go out and find the girl to beat some sense into her. Kakashi shifted underneath her, the vivid and brutal descriptions of how Naruto was going to torture a certain part of his anatomy getting to him.
For someone many believed to dense to rightfully have the title of Hokage he sure had a way with words.
Just as Sakura was getting up Naruto made good on his threat and crashed through the door with a thundering impact, Hinata finally reaching him when it was too late, running after him and shouting for him to stop and calm down. Sakura ran off the screen and Kakashi sat up, roughly rubbing his face and then slipping up his mask, managing to once more keep his face hidden.
Ino let out another curse fly free since she felt that the whole thing had been her only opportunity to see the famed copy-nin's hidden face.
Listening to the shouts and the confusion -apparently the neighbors had gotten involved- that went on off the screen Ino reached forward and took her money, tucking it into her bra before standing up and stretching out the kinks that came from sitting on the floor for so long.
She was going to take her money and she was going to get something to eat, something heavy and fattening with way too many calories, and then she was going to get dessert because the salad she had ordered earlier certainly wasn't fit for a last meal.
Sakura felt the sideways stares and heard the hissing whispers as she bent over the chart of one of her current patients, rolling her eyes as she made the necessary marks on the papers. God, you'd think that nurses would be more worried about their jobs saving lives than gossiping about something that wasn't their business, but no.
"Ino, you're probably in the middle of all of this," Sakura said to the gossip queen as she stepped up beside her, "So what's everybody saying?"
"About what?" Ino asked, though she dropped the innocent act when she looked into the eyes of her friend.
"Well, after last night it's spreading like wildfire that you and Kakashi are," She made a circle with one of her hands and then moved one of her fingers in and out of the hole in a crude gesture that Sakura immediately swatted at, her face flaming, "Though the interpretations are all different." She said, flipping her own chart open. She enjoyed working in the hospital's clinic once a week or so, especially since the doctors and nurses had some of the best gossip in the whole village.
"What do you mean, interpretations?"
"Well, there's one that says that you're actually sleeping with Naruto," She ignored the choking sound that Sakura made and continued on, making her own marks on her charts. "And that you were just using Kakashi to make him jealous and that's why he acted the way he did. Another one is that you're just acting as Kakashi's beard and then there's one that says that the only reason you two are together is because he's into the kinky stuff. You know, teacher and student role-playing and stuff."
Sakura snorted and picked up another chart, flipping through the papers. "Well, I'm not with Naruto and Kakashi's certainly not gay." Ino waited for a beat and then turned her head towards her.
"I'm not hearing anything about the kinky stuff." Sakura rolled her eyes at the girl and chuckled.
"No, Ino, we don't role-play." Another beat of silence before Ino spoke up again.
"But still, what about the kink?"
Sakura slapped the file closed and handed it in, turning to send the blonde a look, "I'm sorry, but I'm not comfortable with telling you about my sex life, nor am I obligated to. I certainly don't ask you about yours." Ino smiled as she turned in her own filed, her grin a touch wicked and gloating.
"Well, I could tell you about the night I had with Kiba." Sakura sighed and hung her head slightly, unable to decide between laughing and groaning.
"You and Kiba?"
"Yep. I figured that since you were going to kill me because you thought that I told Naruto about the baby -thanks for not doing that, by the way- I'd live a little. So I ate a hot fudge and caramel sundae and then cornered Kiba for some sex." She leaned against the counter of the nurses station they were at and grinned like the cat who had ate the canary and then had washed it down with cream. "You wanna hear about it?"
"No, no. That's okay." Sakura said, not wanting to deal with that headache or the images that would come with it. "But I would like to know what you're not telling me."
"Well... There's a pool." Sakura blinked and then felt her lips twitch up into a smile. That was just... absolutely ridiculous.
"Do tell."
"Some are saying that you two are going to end as soon as he gets tired of you, but there are some that are going the other way. Very few people think that you two are ever going to last, and there's some serious betting about the date of when you two are going to are going to split. Then there's some that are saying that the baby isn't real and that you made it up to keep hold of the 'Great Copy Ninja'." She patted the girl's shoulder when she made a sound of disgust. "Yeah, yeah, I know. If it makes you feel better, I put some down on you two lasting."
Sakura smiled. "That would be pretty easy to do since you're running the thing." She said, knowing the blonde well. Ino smiled back at her as they picked up the new charts.
"Oh, Kiba's helping. It'll give us some alone time." Sakura chuckled and shook her head, her face immediately loosing all merriment as she sent a sharp look towards the cluster of nurses.
"I'm sorry, but I thought we were in a hospital, not a hair salon. Stop with the gossiping and get to work." The women immediately scurried off, fearing the famed temper of the pink haired doctor. Ino chuckled and shook her head, watching the receding back of her friend as she walked away. "Oh," She called back as she went, her green eyes glinting mischievously, "And go ahead and put me down for a hundred on the two of us lasting. I like playing the odds."
Not my best, but it's better than what it was before I did some serious editing (And that title? Seriously, after almost 50 chapters I'm running dry on these things).
Someone posted a comment for one of my chapters that while they didn't support the pairing they liked the story I wrote, and I have to say that to me that is a great compliment. That means that you enjoy my writing and aren't focusing on who I ship, so thank you.
Oh, and to my darling dearest xaburame15, I will once again fulfill one of your wishes (I just can't deny any of you anything! You're all just so amazing and sweet!). From the last chapter the kids were as such (oldest to youngest)-
Tohru- Jiro and his wife (Yes, I know who it is. No, I will not tell you. I have it planned and the story may be written)
Cora- Karin and a guy (Nope, she didn't get married. May or may not explain) (Ooh, I'm such a tease!)
Aki- Jiro and his wife
Hiro- Jiro and his wife
But that is it! I will not be writing stories involving grandchildren! No! I will prove my friend Missy wrong! (She insists that I'll cave)
And to my sweet little Temudjen, thank you. You really are such a sweet heart, giving me all those compliments (You make me blush!).
I'm glad that non of my ShikaTema chapters disappointed, and I'm afraid, luzhikari, that I can't answer that. The secrets of my sorcery can never be revealed for the repercussions would be too horrid. (And thank you for commenting)
See you next time, my lovelies.