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Chapter 15
"So Kyo-Chan, what would you like for breakfast?" Kayko asked him. It had taken Sasuke a few moments to persuade himself out of the comfortable featherbed and he was now sitting on a stool at the kitchen table with messy black hair, wearing an old rumpled t-shirt of Tatsuma's and his own shorts. He looked up at her, his half-asleep brain attempting to process what she had just said to him.
"Whatever you're having is fine Kayko-San," he responded in a sleepy voice, looking back down at the counter.. Kayko propped her chin on her hand, leaning on the kitchen island. "You sure?" Sasuke nodded. "Okay then…" she turned her back on him and set to pulling bowls down from the cupboards. "Kyo…what's your favorite breakfast dish?" she asked slyly.
"Pancakes and maple syrup…. wait!" Sasuke looked up. Kayko was facing him, a ceramic bowl in one hand, a smug smirk on her face. "Pancakes it is."
Sasuke narrowed his eyes. "I didn't know you were sneaky Kayko-San." Kayko turned to the counter and began to throw together various ingredients. "Well…" she laughed. "Not really. I just know when to ask the right questions. Do you want to get some eggs out of the fridge for me please?"
Sasuke got off the stool and padded over towards the fridge. "One or two Kayko-San?" "Two please Kyo-Chan."
And as he had the previous afternoon, Sasuke helped Kayko bake.
After he had finished eating, Sasuke asked Kayko a question. "Kayko-San, can I please borrow your phone? I usually meet up with a friend by now and she might get worried if I don't show up."
Kayko smiled. "Was it that cute little pink haired girl I saw you with yesterday?"
Sasuke colored and muttered a quick yes. Kayko laughed and grabbed the portable phone and handed it to the child. Sasuke expertly punched the number and held the phone to his ear attempting to huddle away from Kayko's smirking face. 'Come on Sakura, be there,' he thought.
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The first bit of batter hit the pan with a hiss and Sakura inhaled the wonderful smell of cooking pancakes. "Forehead girl are those pancakes almost done?" Ino called in from the living room. Sakura narrowed her eyes and Inner Sakura shook her fist. "You try cooking while standing on a stool Ino-Pig!!" she yelled back.
The edges of the pancake began to bubble. Sakura reached for the flipper and gingerly poked at the edge of the pancake. Upon being confident, she flipped it and waited for a few minutes, relishing the hissing sound that the wet batter made on the pan.
"Yours is ready Ino."
Ino darted in from the other room and snatched a plate off of Sakura's table. The little blonde haired girl held it out expectantly. "Ugh!!!" said Sakura exasperatedly. "You're going to have to come closer Ino!"
The phone rang. "On second thought, you can get your own food, I've gotta get that. Put some more batter in the pan and flip it when it's ready please, so I can eat." The pan dropped back onto the stove with a clatter.
"Hello, Sakura's residence…. Sasuke is that you?"
'Yeah, it's me…" "Where are you?" asked Sakura, twirling the phone chord around her finger. 'Kayko-San's, hold on for a minute…' In the background, slightly muffled, Sakura could hear the still child like Sasuke talking in the background. 'Kayko-San can I please go to another room to speak to my friend.' 'Of course, you remember where your room was right?' 'Yes Kayko-san.'
Sakura waited patiently until Sasuke was in another room and he finally managed to say, 'So Sakura I have a question,' he lowered his voice. 'I got my missing family. Why am I still a child?'
Sakura bit her lip. "Okay, let me check the book, hang on." She dropped the phone on the floor and padded across the kitchen to where the massive book still lay on the floor. She dragged it back over to the phone and picked up the receiver, flipping to the page as she did so.
"Okay, here it is," she put a finger to a spot halfway down the page and began to read. " 'If you have achieved what you were missing and have found that you have yet to turn back, then you are a special case. You are still a child because you need to help someone else turn back into their normal state-only after that will you turn back to normal yourself.' That's what it was like for Neji last night. He got was he was missing halfway through the afternoon but he didn't turn back because he had to help Tenten get what she was missing."
'What was that?' "A last name. They got married…Hinata married them. As we speak they should be at the Hyuuga compound getting Hiashi to officiate the ceremony and the union."
'So who is left that I could assist?' "Ino and myself. Us three…we're all that's left."
'I see…. Oops Kayko's calling me, I've got to go. I'll come by your house later.'
"Bye Sasuke."
Sakura hung up the phone and turned back to the kitchen. Just in time-her pancakes were ready. She took them off the pan and smoothed butter over the surface before lathering it up with syrup "Sakura!!! I want more pancakes please!!!" "Sure Ino…." The blonde girl smiled… "After I eat."
Ino fell over backwards. "But I'm hungry…" she whined. "That's nice…" said Sakura around her pancake.
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Neji and Tenten entered the Hyuuga compound quietly as most of them were still asleep. Before they took more than three steps into the compound, however, Neji stopped Tenten and took her hand. "I am completely confident that he will allow the marriage…. this is just a formality. And remember, no matter what happens, I…. love you." Tenten looked at him, surprised. He hadn't said the words yet and she was wondering if he ever would…. and he had. She smiled and leaned in close to his face. "I love you too Neji…" she said softly.
He led her into the main building that sat up on a hill overlooking the entire compound. Inside they could hear two voices softly murmuring-one was definitely Hinata's, the other Tenten didn't recognize.
"Wait here…" Neji stopped her just outside of the door to the main building. "I'll call for you when Hiashi wants to meet you."
With that, Neji knocked respectfully on the door and waited until the male voice within called "Come in Neji."
Neji slid back the rice paper door and stepped into the room. On the floor in front of him, at the other end of the large main hall, sat Hiashi, with Hinata standing behind him. Neji donned a stoic face, removed his shoes and stepped forward into the room. He walked forward and when he was about five feet away from Hiashi, he knelt.
"Hiashi-Sama. How are you this morning." Hiashi closed his eyes, opened them and looked towards his nephew kneeling before him. "I was fine until Hinata showed up and told me that you urgently needed to speak to me this morning."
"Yes, Hiashi-Sama. I need you, as head of the Hyuuga clan to officiate something that happened last night." This got Hiashi's attention, his pearly eyes narrowing. "What is it Neji?"
"Last night, there was an urgent matter that needed attending to-a close friend of mine needed my help…a female friend as it were…." Neji looked to the floor.
"And to help her in her hour of need…I took her as my wife. I was married last night. And I need you to officiate it so that it's a valid marriage her parents would accept."
Silence rang through the hall. Hiashi's pearly eyes narrowed.
"You…..took a wife without the permission of your clan leader….without my permission?" His voice rose with that last note into a shout. "Neji do you have any idea what you've done??"
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