A/N: I hope you'll like this chapter… it's… haha, anyway, a character from the past will be introduced again in this chapter!! Haha, you wait and see who it is!! (snickers) By the way thank you for all your reviews!! Sigh… I wonder what chapter will I be ending this fanfic…
Disclaimer: I… I… I do not own Naruto!!!! (runs away with precious diamond-like tears flowing from my eyes)
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Recap:
Everybody was sore afraid to approach the little girl. And yes, including Sasuke.
"Who's gonna save her?!" Sakura yelled.
"I will."
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Chapter 8: Hitomi
They stared at the unidentified raven-haired teenager as she walked towards the uncontrolled little girl. She smirked and then her eyes turned into Sharingan-like. Three commas appeared on each eye, swirling around the pupil.
Kokishin turned to the unidentified ninja. Sharingan met Sharingan. The unidentified ninja simply stared at Kokishin and entrapped her into the illusions of her Sharingan.
Kokishin suddenly fainted and the unidentified ninja caught her.
"Still a beginner." She smirked.
Meanwhile, the Hokage appeared and witnessed the event. She was so surprised to see another Sharingan-user other than Sasuke, Itachi, and Kokishin.
The unidentified ninja walked towards the crowd and handed over the fainted girl to Sakura.
"Miss, I need to talk to you. Please come with me to my office." Tsunade said.
The ninja nodded and they were off to the Hokage's office.
-At the Hokage's office-
"Please take a sit." Tsunade said as she closed the door.
The unidentified ninja sat down on the couch with her arms crossed on her chest.
Tsunade also sat down by her desk and observed the unidentified ninja.
"So, what do you want from me?" The ninja asked.
"That was the Sharingan, right?" Tsunade asked in return.
"Yes. So?"
"I need your help."
"For what?"
"There's this kid that's so attached to me. I promised him that I would never let his little secret spill."
"Hm?"
"Two ninjas, Haruno Sakura and Uchiha Sasuke, are suspicious about the kid's child, the one you saved a while ago."
"Ah… So, that boy is Uchiha Sasuke…" The unidentified ninja rubbed her chin.
"You see, the kid that I'm talking about is a boy, and--"
"He's the one who gave birth to the child, right?"
"How did you know?" Tsunade was surprised.
"Haha, it's because I'm the one and only Mr. Mushi!" The ninja stood up upon the center table with her arms crossed on her chest and smirking, eyes closed. (A/N: Do you remember that weird guy from chapter 2?)
"What…" Tsunade was slack-jawed. So, that's why I haven't seen Mr. Mushi around lately.
"Yes, you heard me right, Hokage-sama!"
"But how?"
"Haha, since the Uchiha Massacre, I've been hiding myself from the mass's sight." She grinned as she sat down again at the couch. "So, what do you want me to do?"
"You see, the real parents are Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke."
"Ooohh lala… Interesting…" She rubbed her chin.
"So, to cover up for Naruto's sake, I would like you to act as the mother of the child, Kokishin."
"Simple. I'll do it."
"Really? Great!"
"But of course there'll be a condition." She said as she stood up and walked towards the door.
"Hm?"
"Y'know, the talent fee."
"Huh? Sure. She's at Haruno Sakura's house."
She took hold of the knob and opened the door.
"Wait, what's your name?"
"Hitomi. Uchiha Hitomi." And with that she left the room.
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-At the Haruno household-
'Ding, dong!' The doorbell rang.
"Wait here, Ko-chan… Coming!" She dashed to the front door. She opened it and there stood the woman she saw a while ago.
"Hi, I'm Uchiha Hitomi! You must be Haruno Sakura, right?" She smiled.
"Uchiha…? Oh, ah, yes! Please come in!" She opened the door wider so that the guest may come in.
"Wow, your place is wonderful!" She said as she wandered her eyes across the soothing-peach-colored room.
"Thanks! Oh, by the way, I also wanna thank you for saving Ko-chan a while ago."
"Sure thing, she's my daughter anyway." She care-freely said.
"What!" She was shocked.
"Yeah." She said as she sat down on the white fluffy couch.
"Wha--? But how? I mean, why did you left your baby to Naruto?" Sakura said as she sat down beside her.
"Um… well… it's a long story…" She was thinking of a story to make up.
"Hm? Well, you better start now." She smirked.
"Almost five years ago, Naruto and I met in the bar. So, we got drunk, and then eventually we were off to the "real" thing. I got pregnant."
"And then?" Wow, I can't believe Naruto had hit on a very beautiful woman.
"I'm a traveling ninja, so the time that Naruto was out on an A ranked mission for nine months, he was with me."
"Oh… so that was the reason…" Sakura sighed.
"Anyway, I'm Uchiha Sasuke's cousin."
"Huh! But I thought Sasuke-kun and Itachi are the only Uchihas left!"
"Um, actually, I was out that time, so Itachi wasn't able to kill me."
"Oh, you're so lucky. Good thing you didn't turn out to be an avenger like Sasuke…" Sakura sighed.
"Aunt Sakura." Kokishin called from the room across the hall.
"Oh, Ko-chan, honey, come here." Sakura smiled.
Kokishin ran towards Sakura.
"Honey, she's Hitomi, your mom."
"Ko-chan's… mommy?" She eyed the raven-haired woman.
"Come here, sweetie. Let mommy give you a hug." She extended her arms towards Kokishin.
"No!" She backed away.
"Ko-chan, she's your mom!" Sakura reminded her.
"No, no, no!! Ko-chan doesn't have a mommy! Ko-chan doesn't need a mommy! Ko-chan wants Daddy!!" She ran outside the house.
"Ko-chan!!" Sakura called and tried to follow her, but was stopped by Hitomi.
"Let her be. She grew up without a mom and only Naruto by his side. She'll be back after she gets tired. And as for me, I'll be off now. Maybe I'll come and visit her sometimes." She said as she left the house.
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-At the playground-
The swing squeaked as the raven-haired girl swayed it. It was almost evening and there she was, alone in the dark. She cried and cried until there's no more tears left. She misses her dad—Naruto.
"Daddy… Ko-chan's alone now. Please come back wherever you are…" She sighed onto the dark sky.
"Ko-chan, what are you doing here?" Somebody from behind her asked.
Kokishin turned to identify who it was.
"Oh, Uncle Sasuke."
"It's getting late. You must be at Aunt Sakura's house right now." He said as he sat down at the other swing right next to hers.
"Ko-chan ran away from Aunt Sakura's house." She kicked the dirt.
"Huh? Why?"
"Ko-chan's mommy is there. Ko-chan doesn't want her." Kokishin pouted.
Sasuke flinched slightly at what the little girl had said.
"Your mom?"
"Yes, Ko-chan heard that she's Uncle Sasuke's cousin." She looked up to the teenager.
"My cousin?" Sasuke was intrigued.
"Yes, her name is… Hitomi." She was quite unsure of her name.
Sasuke's heart started beating faster as memories began clouding his mind.
"Uncle Sasuke? What's the matter?"
"Oh, ah, nothing. Do you want me to bring you to Aunt Sakura's house?" He asked.
"No… My mom is there." She pouted again.
"Okay, then, why don't you stay at my house then?"
"Really? Uncle Sasuke will bring Ko-chan to his house?" Her eyes sparkled as she smiled happily.
"Yeah." He smiled back.
"Hurray! Ko-chan's staying at Uncle Sasuke's house!!" She jumped in excitement.
-At the Hokage's office-
"Well, I'm finished with my job here; I told them that I'm Kokishin's mom."
"Yeah, thanks, here's your pay." Tsunade handed over the payment. "Just make sure to visit again, okay?"
"Sure thing. I'll be Mr. Mushi again. So, if you ever need me, go to my house just like you used to."
Tsunade nodded and Hitomi left the room.
-At Sasuke's mansion-
"Wow! Uncle Sasuke's house is really big!" She said as she wandered her eyes across the massive hallway decorated by collector's items.
"Hey, Ko-chan, stay right here, okay? I'll be back in a minute."
"Okay."
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"I'm back. I called your Aunt Sakura. I told her that you'll be staying here."
"Thanks!"
"C'mon, I'll show you your room."
Kokishin followed him down the hall and up unto the third floor through the elevator.
"This will be your room. If you need anything, just approach me. I'll be on the next room, okay?"
"Okay!" She smiled happily and entered the room.
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It was already 11 o'clock in the evening, and still, Sasuke cannot catch the sleeping bug. His mind was bothered by a certain woman.
Uchiha Hitomi… I thought she was already dead… She was… my… first love… even though she's my cousin… He swam through his thoughts as he rolled over at the end of the bed.
Suddenly, the door creaked open. Because of Sasuke's quick reflexes, he abruptly sat up and eyed the person by the door.
It's Kokishin. She ran towards Sasuke and sat on the bed beside him.
"Hm? What's the matter, Ko-chan?"
"I can't sleep."
"Why?"
"I… I can't sleep on my own… I'm afraid…" She blushed slightly.
Sasuke smirked at the girl. "Okay then, you can sleep beside me."
"Thank you!" The little girl smiled as she lay down and went to sleep.
Sasuke gazed at her while she's sleeping. He thought that she looked like a goddess when the moonlight touched her face.
"Daddy…" The little girl murmured in her sleep as a single tear escaped from her closed eyes.
Sasuke noticed it and gently wrapped his arms around the petite body as he himself fell into a deep sleep.
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Next morning…
The sun shone brightly upon the raven-haired boy who was curled up on his bed.
He sat up drowsily as he blocked the sunshine from his eyes with his hand.
"Ugh… the curtains… put it back…" He hoarsely said.
"Rise and shine, Uncle Sasuke!!" Kokishin cheerfully said.
"Give me five more minutes…" He grunted as he lay down and covered his whole body with the blanket.
"C'mon, Uncle Sasuke! Let's go out!" She pleaded as she shook the sleeping raven-haired boy.
(Shake)… (Shake)… No response…
Kokishin chuckled as she thought of something to do to wake him up. So, she went beneath the blanket and did "it" to Sasuke.
"Whoa!!" Sasuke suddenly got up from the bed with a blush on his face.
"Tee-hee." Kokishin smirked.
"Why did you do that?" He was still in a state of shock.
"Ko-chan does that to Daddy when he doesn't want to get up!" She chuckled. "Let's go out!"
"Alright, alright…" He scratched the back of his head in defeat.
"Hurray! Uncle Sasuke, please bathe me!" Kokishin said.
"Y-You don't know how to take a shower yourself?" His face turned red.
"Um… yes, Daddy does that for me."
"O-Okay… N-Now, why don't you go ahead to the bathroom?" He stuttered.
"Alright!" She skipped merrily to the bathroom.
Great…He sighed.
"Uncle Sasuke!" Kokishin called.
He walked towards the bathroom and there appeared Kokishin without clothes.
This… is my first time to see a female's body… His blush turned even deeper.
"Uncle Sasuke!" She called once again.
"Oh, yeah…" Sasuke was snapped back to his senses.
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Bubbles float throughout the jade-tiled bathroom as Sasuke scrubbed the little girl's back.
He, then, noticed a black birthmark on the lower back of Kokishin, near the spine.
Wait… that's an Uchiha fan birthmark and only close descendants of the main branch acquire those… Hitomi is not from the main branch… but Ko-chan has it… Something's fishy here… Sasuke swam through his thoughts.
"Ouch! Uncle Sasuke, you scrub too hard!" Kokishin pouted.
"Oh!" He was zapped back to reality. He noticed the redness of Kokishin's back due to his hard scrubbing. "Sorry."
And because of that discovery, Sasuke's suspicion furthers even more…
TBC
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A/N: Whew… I'm starting to run out of ideas to connect to the ideal ending I'm having… That's just too bad… Well, I hope you still read it!! TT Hehe anyway, please R&R!! Thanks!!