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Chapter 3
A week after meeting Fugaku, Mikoto's life seemed to go back to normal. She went on missions with her team and in her free time, her nose was stuck in a book.
"Hey do you want to go into town with me?" Mikoto looked up from her book and saw her sister staring down at her.
"I guess" Mikoto put a bookmark on the page she was on and brushed invisible dirt off her knees.
Two Uchihas sat on barstools of Icharaiku's ramen shop. Both were eating a steaming bowl of miso ramen.
"Hey Fugaku?" Obito pulled at the goggles on his head.
"Hn."
"How do you know if you're in love?"
"Well kiddo I think its different for everyone, except the fact that you can't live without them." Fugaku looked at his cousin's face out of the corner of his eye "So … who is the lucky girl?"
"Her name is Rin but I doubt she will ever notice me. All she thinks about is Kakashi this and Kakashi that." Obito stared into his ramen bowl.
"HEY!" Obito's head shot up. His expression showed a speck of fear which then changed to a look of confusion. "Don't you dare give up! You are an Uchiha! Uchihas don't give up on something that they want. If it helps think of it as a …"
"A mission?"
"Yes! A mission! Does a ninja give up on a mission?"
"Never!" Fugaku nodded at his younger cousin's reply.
"So let's see …" Mikoto's sister looked at the items piled in the shopping cart. Ayu felt like she was forgetting something important.
"Didn't you say that you needed these?" Mikoto came from behind her and placed a bag of apples in the cart.
"Yes! That's what I was forgetting! What would I do without you?!"
"I don't know … you would probably get lost in our own neighborhood."
"I would not!"
"Would too."
The argument continued even after the groceries were paid for. They made their way back to the house. Mikoto carried the two heavier bags while Ayu carried the one lighter one.
"We can take the shortcut home," Ayu suggested. The two sisters were standing at the crossroad. It was either the long way or the short way.
"But that way has a huge hill!" Mikoto glared at her older and surprisingly not wiser sister.
"We can handle it!" Ayu's voice had such determination.
"Sure …"
"Let's go!" Ayu and Mikoto started their journey up the steep hill.
"I gotta go to training." Obito put his chopsticks down next to the empty ramen bowl. Fugaku's smirk grew as Obito's running form grew smaller. Placing some money on the counter for his and his cousin's meals he got up and left the ramen stand in silence.
"You okay sis?"
"I don't know... do I look okay to you sis?!" Mikoto huffed making her bangs fly upwards. The sun felt like it was beating down on her. Sweat covered her face and by now she was angry. They were only half way up the torturous hill that Ayu decided to walk up. The two heavy bags seemed to get heavier after each step she took forward.
"Come on we are almost there," Ayu cheered. She was further up the hill smiling happily.
"Yeah, sure," Mikoto muttered under her breath. Closing her eyes Mikoto pushed forward, she was a ninja! She could do this!
"Hey Mikoto, I will take it for you." A voice came from in front of her but she continued, only to collide with the owner of the voice. The man caught one of the bags and Mikoto's arm before she fell. The other bag tumbled messily down the hill.
"Nooo!" Mikoto whined.
"Sorry." The man said.
"Sano! You scared her! And made our food roll down a hill!" Ayu glared at her husband while standing with her hands on her hips. Sano laughed and scratched the back of his head sheepishly.
"Its okay I'll get it." Mikoto started running down the hill to catch up with the runaway groceries.
Fugaku silently walked through town with his hands in his pockets. His mind was jumbled and he had no idea what to do. Should he go check up on Obito's training and see this Rin girl that he likes or should he go home? There was a lot of clan stuff to be done, especially since he was taking over for his father. But it felt as if he was being drawn in a direction away from the Uchiha main house. Instinctively he decided to follow the feeling. Opening his eyes he found himself to be at a crossroad. Looking up the hill he noticed something brown tumbling down the steep terrain.
"What the hell?" Fugaku muttered as he watched the brown bag continue to tumble until it stopped at his feet. He picked up the bag and took a look inside.
"Apples?"
"HEY YOU! THOSE ARE MY APPLES!" Mikoto's voice rang out. Fugaku's eyes grew larger as she ran closer. She was running down the hill so fast that she couldn't stop. And not only that but she was heading directly towards him.
Mikoto tried to stop her self but the attempt was to no avail. She ran right into the man holding the bag of groceries she was chasing after. Unfortunately for her she didn't notice who that man was.
End of chapter 3
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