Chapter 4
As fast as the word's 'I have to go now,' slipped threw Sasuke's lips Kokoshin was out of the water. Her face centimeters from Sasuke. "Lie!" She'd said. "Don't go!" Sasuke placed his hands on her shoulders, easing her back in to the water. She looked up at him with a pout on her face. "I'm sorry Kokoshin. I have to go, though. I'll be back, tomorrow." "Tomorrow?" Kokoshin repeated. "Promise?" Sasuke nodded. "Promise."
Sasuke stared out the car window once again. Luckily he was riding in the backseat of Kakashi's car, driven by Kakashi. Itachi was meeting them there after he stopped at the store to pick up a pie for dessert. Kakashi, though he loved teasing Sasuke, was mildly respective of his privacy and wouldn't snoop often. Sasuke prefered being alone but he would take Kakashi over Itachi any day, almost.
"Sasuke, did you remember-"
"Yes." Sasuke cut Kakashi off. Kakashi blinked. He glanced back at Sasuke threw the rear view mirror. Sasuke haden't noticed. He continued to stare out the window watching the trees pass by with grey blurs, assuming they were houses, mixed in with them. He refused to look down at the road since the blurry road with white and yellow lines made him dizzy and Nautious's, something Itachi loved to tease him about.
"Did you do all your homework?" Kakashi asked the quiet boy.
"Hai." Sasuke responded, robotically. Kakashi was silent for another moment before speaking again.
"You know we won't be home till late. You finished everything you had to right?" Kakashi asked. Sasuke turned to Kakashi and shrugged.
"What makes you think I didn't?" Sasuke asked. Kakashi looked ahead.
"You were out until I called. Maybe you hadn't finished what you were doing when I had Itachi call you." Kakashi pointed out. Sasuke turned his head to the window watching the blurs again.
"...I finished everything." He stated.
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A big white house came in to view. Not as big as the white house, but close enough. Sasuke eyes the house with distaste. He hated luxurious fancy things only made to impress lower people and make jealousy fill their hearts. Slowly, Sasuke climbed out of the car, shutting the door behind him. Kakashi was already in front of the car waiting for him. Sasuke looked at him. He wanted to ask if he really had to do this. He didn't bother knowing the answer would be, yes, he did.
"You don't seem like you want to be here." Kakashi pointed out, seeing the look on Sasuke's face. Sasuke looked straight ahead. His face was almost void of emotions.
"That's because I don't." Sasuke admitted.
"Can you at least tryto act like you want to be here?" Kakashi asked. Sasuke stared at him blankly. Surely he knew the answer to that.
"No."
Kakashi sighed, shaking his head at the stubon boy. "Come on..." Headlights passed over Sasuke and Kakashi as a black car pulled up next to Kakashi's. The engine cut off. Seconds later the driver stepped out. Itachi walked over to Kakashi and Sasuke.
"Squirt." He said, greeting Sasuke with a ruffle to the hair. Sasuke scowled up at his elder brother. He slapped Itachi's hand off his head.
"Can we just get this over with?" He sneered looking at the house.
"Don't tell me your still sour about a few day ago." Itachi said, hands on his hips. "It was a joke." Sasuke scoffed.
"Whatever." Sasuke walked towards the front door, hands shoved deeply in his pockets. He dress was fomal but Sasuke wore his blue sweater and khaki shorts. What did he care what the dress code was? He'd dump punch on the closest rich snob to talk to him if he so dared. Kakashi rang the door bell, the hand falling on to Sasuke's shoulder.
"No dumping punch on anyone." Kakashi warned, wispering in Sasuke's ear. Sasuke cringed. There went plan 'A'. Guess all he had was plan 'B'. Itachi leaned over his other shoulder and whispered,
"No pantsing them either." Itachi said. Sasuke let out a low growl. Now he had almost nothing but plan 'C'. which was what he did to accompany plans 'A' and 'B'.
The door opened revealing a woman with hair pulled up in to an elegant bun. Her pink hair nearly blinded Sasuke. Her dress was a puffy red thing, in Sasuke's opinion. "Kakashi!" The woman exclaimed. "How wonderful to see you!" She pulled Kakashi in to a hug, which Kakashi returned almost making Sasuke sick. The woman looked Sasuke and Itachi over, over Kakashi's shoulder. Kakashi turned to the boys.
"These are my foster sons. Sasuke, and Itachi." Kakashi said. He pointed to each of them as he said their names.
"My how handsome." The woman smiled. Kakashi motioned to the woman.
"This is my boss' wife. Sakuno." He faked a smile, causing Sasuke to have an epiphany. Kakashi may have hated this woman and family as much, no not as much but a lot, as he did.
"Aw you should have allowed them to bring a date, or at least a guest. But no worries, I have a daughter that looks about his age!" Sakuno exclaimed, pointing a dainty finger at Sasuke. Oh joy...her daughter...
"Oh...how...wonderful!" Kakashi exclaimed. He glanced at Sasuke, motioning for him to act happy. Sasuke blinked. Kakashi was aware that he didn't dohappy, right? Sasuke looked around before attempting this 'happy' thing Kakashi spoke of. He attempted a smile, or grin, which turned out or be an awkward crooked smile that looked more like...like...well something weird. He dropped it immediately and figured he'd just give her the finger next time. Kakashi looked away while the woman blinked at Sasuke. She shrugged it off.
"SAKURA!" The woman screeched over the music. Itachi's eyes widened. He looked at Sasuke and Sasuke returned the look.
That was one set of lungs she had...
The woman turned to the three men- two men and one boy-. "Oh, please come in. Sakura, my daughter, will be here shortly." She said with a smile.
Sasuke's eyes twitched uncontrollably. ...Yup. The stupid, pink haired, green eyed monster! The second her evil green eyes landed on Sasuke her face had heated in to the lighted pink. She wrenched him by the arm at the second her mother siad those cursed words,
"Meet Sasuke, why don't you keep him company?"
Ever sense then Sasuke had been stuck in her company. All she did was talk about herself. Her likes, her dislikes, her hair and nails, her family, her favorite colors and animals. What animals and colors she didn't like and why. Then she asked him what he likes but didn't give him the chance to reply, not that he would have anyway, before going in to more personaldetail and questions. Things Sasuke never wanted to know. Things he never wanted to answer. Things he never wanted to hear.
Then if that wasn't enough she started rambling on about her troubled life. Like how her friends were so mean and didn't care about her. Or, how her teacher gave her a 99% instead of a 100% on a test because he didn't like her. Oh, and about each and everyone of her ex-boyfriends. Some, the better ones she'd said, in more detail them the others. Sasuke learned some more things he never wanted to know. Heck, her mother probably didn't know or want to know the things he was finding out. He wanted out, right now.
Normally, he'd block out things people were saying without a problem, and believe it he tried! But, her voice...it was like claws. Claws, digging in to his brain and stabbing it over and over agian until he had to listen and imagine himself cutting his ears out but still being able to hear it all and, and, and the torture it put him threw.
Three hours...
Three hours...
Three hours
HOURS.
Three of them. Count 'em, three hours.
Sasuke nearly screamed out in joy when Kakashi came over and said it was time for them to leave. Heck, Sasuke was ready to jumped on the man he called his foster father and wrap his arms around him in a hug. Anything, to thank him for saving him from the pink haired witch. Anything. In the middle of Sakura's sentence Sasuke jumped up, restraining him self with control he never knew he possessed, and bounded after Kakashi. The pink haired girl barely even noticed him leaving she was so absorbed in her own stories of her self. Another reason Sasuke hated these types of things. He liked that she barely noticed him leaving, meant it'd be easy to get away, but he hated the self absorbed attitudes.
Sasuke took in a breath of the de-carbon dioxized air.
Sweet freedom.
Sasuke laid in his room. On his bed, to be exact. He stared up at the ceiling. Nothing really ran threw his mind. He didn't want to think. He wanted to relish the time he had to himself in peace and drift off to sleep.
As fate would have it, that was not what had happened to Sasuke.
Just as the boy was being over taken by the dark abyss of sleep a small, 'tap tap' echoed threw the glass bottom on his floor. Sasuke ignored it figuring it was just one of the fish bumping in to the glass bottom of his room that separated his room from the ocean.
Kakashi, being a marine biologist, had their home situated partially over the ocean. Most of the house was covered with glass bottoms. The kitchen, Sasuke's room, Kakashi's room, and a small study room that Kakashi used for his research on the sea life.
A 'thud' sound came after the soft 'tap tap' received no response. Sasuke groaned. He turned on his side and looked over his bed at the glass encased floor. He watched the fish swim by. He scanned the floor for something big enough to make a 'thud' on his floor.
His eyes widened as he caught a glimpse of somthing aqua flash by. He fell off his bed and looked directly benieth him staring in to gentle aqua eyes.
His own black coal eyes widened.
One though ran threw his head as he stared at the body beneath his, threw the thick glass.
...
'Kokoshin.'
Yep. Again I took forever to update a story I already had finished...I'm so pathetic.
Well, I hope you all enjoyed the chapter anyway, regardless of how slow and lazy I am.
-NaniNeko