Hikari is NOT Naruto :) Its blue eyes and energetic self reminded everyone, including Sasuke of Naruto but Hikari the kitten is definitely not in any sort reincarnation of Naruto. I (yes, I) killed Naruto in this story and I couldn't find any logical way to bring him from the dead… -cries- I'm sorry people, but that's the truth and I couldn't change the end (like bringing Naruto back) because I sorta like the current ending. There will be a sequel though- I promise!
In saying that, I hope you won't stop reading this just because Naruto's gone. Tomorrow's gonna be the finale anyway. Hope that clears everything up.
Standard disclaimer applied.
Only the entrance light was on by the time Sakura and Kiba opened up the front door that Friday night.
"Sasuke-kun? Sakura whispered to check if Sasuke was still awake. When she was sure that Sasuke was not around, awake, the strawberry blonde made way the laundry room to look for her tabby.
Not 30 seconds later, she was panicking, looking for Kiba; face slightly pale- not that you can see it in the luminal darkness.
"Kiba!" Sakura whispered frantically. "Hikari's not in his room! Oh my God! What should I do-"
"Kiba?" Sakura waved and poked the shaggy brunette, who was still as a stick in front of an open dark bedroom door. When he came in and proceeded towards his room, Kiba wanted to go straight to sleep. He can start worrying about the kitten tomorrow. But as he walked across one room, he was stopped short…
"Oi dog-breath! Do you hear me? Hikari-chan's gone!" Sakura jabbed her elbow into Kiba's rib.
Kiba flinched, but his gaze did not waver a bit. He pointed to a direction in the room with his lower lip and chin.
"What?" Sakura was confused now.
"That..!" he tilted his head and pointed with his chin again, whispering loudly as to not to awake the sleeping teen in the room.
Sakura turned her gaze towards the direction he pointed. What she saw made her jaw loosen and mouth wide, gapping- unbelieved.
There, on the bed by the big window laid the sleeping raven, curled onto one side- thankfully facing them. Illuminated by the moonlight as the background, sleeping Sasuke looked like a broken descending angle, unperturbed by the surrounding. Sakura remembered how she could come to love the boy in the past. His fair skin was practically glowing, much in contrast with the blackness of his hair.
If he could just open his eyes… he would be breathtaking!
"Not the Uchiha, you googly-eyes!" Kiba rolled his eyes at Sakura's expression. "That!" His pointy finger pointed to the small bundle at the Uchiha's side.
Sakura narrowed her eyes to look carefully. 'No. Way!' her inner self screamed.
"I-Is that Hikari-can?!" Sakura gasped almost loudly. Kiba shot her a glare. "Not so loud, woman!" he hissed. "But yeah. I believe it's that fur-ball sleeping soundly next to our ice-prince…" his tone kept low.
They both looked at each other after a few minutes having their mind shocked and lots of thoughts running around in their minds. Finally both gave a wide grin as they magically shared the same thought-
Maybe leaving Hikari with Sasuke wasn't a bad idea at all.
Yup, not a bad idea at all.
000
When Kiba and Sakura woke up the next morning- well, it was more like almost noon actually- Sasuke was already awake at the small dining table, doing some assignments. Hikari was chasing his moving feet under the table.
If you look closely, you could see that Sasuke has pinned up some feathers at the bottom of his denim.
Kiba laughed out loud at this. Sakura giggled. Never would they think the younger Uchiha would go to that length to entertain a cat.
Sasuke sent them a deathly glare, but after years and years seeing one, they were kind of immune.
After all, this was the mild form of Uchiha Sasuke's deathly glare.
Kiba called it © Uchiha Sasuke's Mild Death Glare #25.
"That's a good idea, Sasuke. We can leave Hikari-chan with you more often then. He won't even get bored!"
Sakura jabbed Kiba's ribs- hard. 'You're crossing the line, you idiot!' Her mind screamed.
Sasuke sent them another death glare- this time the © Uchiha Sasuke's 'I'd-kill-you-for-real-if-you-don't-shut-your-mouth' Death Glare #6; one of the most severe, in Kiba's book that is, that he even had the decency to pale a bit.
But all in all, it was a good day.
The second shock the duo had in less than 24 hours since they came home happened later, in the late afternoon. Sakura almost fainted –anime style, mind you- when Sasuke announced he's taking Hikari for a leg-stretch in the park.
Kiba chocked on his Coke.
000
Months and months later, Hikari is no longer a koneko-chan. He's turned into a beautiful black and grey healthy male tabby. The other prominent change was his eyes; they seemed to turn bluer and bluer as he grew up.
There was also a silent claim about the tabby's ownership. Hikari seemed to be more attached to Sasuke than to the real owner. She pouted on nights when the cat climbed out of his make-shift bed in her room to crawl silently into the Uchiha's bed. For some unknown reason, Hikari could sense the later's distress, even when his face showed nothing to indicate something's wrong in front of Sakura and Kiba.
And so, when the summer break came, Sasuke demanded that he should take the cat home. Oh no, he didn't say it literally in words of the demands. It was more like "I don't trust your otouto, Sakura. Maybe I should take Hikari home" statement.
Plus that © Uchiha Sasuke's 'I'd-kill-you- if-you-don't-agree-with-me' Death Glare #17.
So Sakura could only nod meekly and agreed- much to her inner refusal.
Kiba could only pat her back in sympathy.
TBC
I'm really sorry to cut it there. Really, I am. I was debating with myself where I should cut it and in the end I deemed that this will be a good place. The next part will be the last part, so I'll try to post it faster than the usual time XD
Teaser:
"Aniki," Sasuke called Itachi…
"I'm taking a shower- play with Hikari," he said. Well, more like commanded his older brother; and then he passed the play stick (with the feathers at the end) to the elder Uchiha. Itachi couldn't even say a reply before Sasuke was gone.