I'm really really sorry for the (so very much) late update... but it's always hell with school, and as the cherry on top I was having this huuuuuuugggggggeeeeeeee block where nothing came, not a single pathetic idea, which totally sucks because I love writting!
Anyway, I ask forgiveness, and I hope the chapter is good enough for my dear readers and reviewers to be able to forgive me... pretty please??
I'm not gonna ramble anymore, so enjoy!!
Disclaimer: I don not own Naruto, I own, however, the plot of the story!
Chapter 15
"Natsu. Oi, Natsu, you there?" he blinked a couple of times before shaking his head and grinning.
"Sorry Hiro." He mumbled, to which his friend rolled his eyes and shook his head.
"As I was about to ask before you blanked out, did you deliver the scroll?" he tilted his head, thinking about what the hell Hiro was talking about, until it clicked.
"Yeah, 'bout that." He mumbled. "Leader was in a meeting with someone so I decided to deliver it later." He just knew he shouldn't talk about what he saw in the office between Leader and the cute kids.
"Oh, ok, but don't forget, it's gotta be important if there are the seals of Suna and Konoha in it." he nodded.
"I won't, don't worry." He looked at the brown haired. "Don't you have the bird to feed or something?"
"Ne, what's happening?" Her blue eyes looked around, trying to get answers from the males that were with her in the living room. "Fay-san? Kisame-sempai?" she looked from one to the other, but there were no answers, Fay was just relaxed, some confusion in his eyes, while Kisame was royally pissed. So, seeing as no one seemed to know or want to give her answers, she got up and walked out of the living room. Fay didn't say anything, and she knew Kisame was blind to what she did, being pissed with Deidara.
She slowly peeked into the kitchen, and as she saw what was there, she decided to look first and then enter.
"What the hell were you thinking?" he looked from the hand holding his collar to her face. C'mon, he hadn't done something so bad as to get into her to kill list.
"Can you let go please?" her hand tightened on his collar and her glare hardened, if that was even possible. "Guess not." He mumbled, to witch her hand tightened even more.
"So?" she hissed, to which he sighed.
"Look, I couldn't just tell him 'hey, you have to stay 'cause you can't see who's in Fay's house'." He finally got tired of having his collar being held by her and freed himself, walking to the counter and leaning against it. "For starters I'd have to make up an excuse, which, by the way, I'm not very good at 'kay?" he shoved his hands in his pockets and looked at her. "And secondly, it's your problem, not mine." She walked closer to him, a murderous look on his face.
"Excuse my misunderstanding, but I thought that since you're being friendly towards the enemy" she emphasised the enemy gesturing comas as she said it. "You're just as screwed as I am if he finds out." He tilted his head, it was true.
"But I, unlike you, have a way out." She crossed her hands in front of her and urged him to continue, just waiting for a screw-up from him to lunge at him. "I could always say that I was luring you into a trap." She glared at him.
"He's not dumb you idiot, he's a frickin' Uchiha." He frowned and observed all of her movements, readying himself to avoid an attack if one were to come.
"Now what do we do genius?" he took a hand from his pocket and scratched the back of his head.
"We can always bribe Kisame." And a grin settled on his face. "Sake should do." She looked at him with a disbelieving look.
"You gotta be kidding me, I'm sure an Akats-" he cut her off.
"We're people just like everyone in your village." And just as he was about to start walking to the living room Kaorin entered the kitchen.
"What's going on Senpai?" Deidara froze and glanced at the pink haired female, who was also frozen in place. Kaorin looked… pissed, which wasn't a good sign, since she was, well, one could say that she resembled the pink haired female in character.
"If you're not giving me an explanation I'm gonna go home to talk with Sasuke-sama." He noticed Sakura paling and slowly turning to the girl.
"If we tell you, will you keep it a secret?" he had a feeling that he should have stayed lazing off in his favourite couch instead of coming here.
They entered the village of Rain after a long trip, it hadn't been easy, having to calm the big guy they had been sent to get every 5/6 hours, and hell, it took a lot of strength to tame him, per say.
The Rain was light, and the day wasn't dark, the clouds were white, letting some blue sky be seen.
"I'm sorry for all the trouble." Tobi bounced up and down next to Juugo.
"It's ok Juugo-san." Hana spoke from his other side. "I'm sure our efforts weren't in vain, Sasuke-sama only makes us do important things." The taller man smiled lightly and nodded.
"Yeah, because Leader-sama's the best, and Tobi likes doing the missions Leader-sama gives him, because they're always soooooooo cool, and it's even cooler when Deidara-senpai comes with- no when Tobi goes with Deidara senpai, because then Tobi gets to fly in Deidara-senpai's birds, and it's sooooo cool, because we see the trees from above, and they look like small ants and-"
"Shut up already idiot." Tobi stopped bouncing and gesturing while he spoke and looked down when Ruki (blond hair in a low pony tail and amber eyes) almost yelled, his tone cold and ruthless.
Hana frowned, sure, Tobi got a little carried away when talking, but that wasn't a reason to be mean.
"You shut up Ruki, you're the one with a stick shoved up your ass." Hana suppressed a giggle while Tobi giggled without caring, at Kai's comment. Kai was always the one who made everyone laugh, not liking rudeness and coldness. Ruki stopped and turned around to glare at the orange haired.
"Watch it." Kai shrugged, his hands crossed behind his head, while he looked ahead.
"Hana's the team leader, so don't act all superior when you're still a virgin." Tobi and Hana were laughing and Juugo was chuckling, seeing Ruki pissed while Kai said whatever he wanted to piss him off was fun.
"Don't blame you though, you look like a girl, but whatever." Ruki had his fists clenched as he tried to ignore Kai and kept walking.
"Kai-san is sooooooo cool because he sooooooo shut up Ruki-san." Kai looked over his shoulder and grinned, extending his hand and joining his knuckles with Tobi's.
"Anytime man!" Hana smiled, Kai was one of those guys that always stood up to his friends..
"Let's jus get home!" she said quietly, to which everyone, except Ruki who was ahead and ignoring them, nodded.
He walked through the hallway, the twins walking behind him obediently, and frowned, only 3 people were at the base, of which 1 wasn't even a member of the organization he ran. The one thought in his mind at the moment: where the hell is everyone?
He glanced over his shoulder to see Ryuuki, followed by Kyuuki, walking behind him, silent and obedient, and, even if they hadn't told him, hungry.
He turned left and started descending the stairs, he knew for a fact that Jin had no knowledge in the kitchen department, he could ask Ryo, but he was probably… well… doing stuff… and he would never, ever, ask Suigetsu, the guy would only start throwing unnecessary and uncalled comments. Ok, so he didn't feel like asking anyone, he just felt like cooking for the kids himself, got a problem with it?? No? Good.
After descending the stairs and walking down the hallway he reached the kitchen and turned to the twins, and before he could say anything, they did.
"Ne, Onii-chan." Kyuuki started.
"Are you cooking for us?" Ryuuki finished, and he had to use a big amount of his will not to let e smile appear on his face. It was annoying how he felt like smiling all the time when they were around. Concerning their question he just shrugged.
"What do you feel like eating?" he asked and leaned against the granite counter. The twins looked at each other, a grin appearing in their face, and then turned to him.
"We want ramen!!" they exclaimed, to which he frowned, they seriously spent too much time with the Dobes, namely Naruto and Deidara. He guessed blond hair must mean ramen-addicted.
"That's just unhealthy, choose something else." The twins lost their grin and looked up at him. There was silence for a while.
"Ne, is it because you don't know how to do it?" his eye twitched as he stared at the twins after they both spoke. Didn't know how to do ramen?? Didn't know how--?
"Choose something else." He grunted and walked to the fridge. He couldn't remember the last time he had felt this way, but he just couldn't lie to himself, he liked feeling like this, it was… it just was.
"But we like ramen." The twins whined, and he just opened the fridge, scanning it to see what was inside.
"No." the twins whined, but he paid it no heed as he kept looking over the contents of the fridge. "If you're not choosing something else, I will." He glanced at the twins to see them with puppy dog eyes and pouts, but he just turned back to the fridge and took a few things out to prepare some healthy food. Even if they were kids he just couldn't do and give everything they wanted.
"Onigiri, beef teriyaki and some tomato salad it is then." He announced and started getting everything he needed.
"But we want ramen." The twins whined. He glanced at them and then back at the wooden board where he was displaying the beef to cut it.
"You're not having ramen." He stated and reached for the drawer to his left, then taking out the knife he needed to cut the meat. "And I don't wanna hear any whining." He looked at the twins. "Got it?" they sniffed and were about to say something, but the look he gave them shut them up. They nodded in defeat and mumbled a low 'hai'.
The dark haired man looked back at the wooden board and started to cut the beef, sometimes you just had to be stern.
Sakura was fidgeting the hem of her shirt, her feet twitching to move, but she controlled herself and stayed where she was.
"Can you not ask anything else please?" she glanced at the blond next to her, who was looking at the raven haired girl, who was sitting on a chair, a disbelieving and shocked look on her face.
There was silence, and Kaorin kept looking from Deidara to Sakura. After a while she composed herself and spoke.
"Why should I keep this a secret? It's not like you 2 gave me a lot of details about the situation." Sakura squeaked silently and looked down, her fingers tightening on the fabric of her shirt.
"Look, the less you know the best, ok?" Deidara glanced at the pink haired female and then sighed.
"No." Kaorin stated. "If you're not telling me what's really going on, I'm telling Sasuke-sama." The moment she finished Sakura spoke, her voice containing a bit of agony.
"Please don't." Kaorin crossed her arms and then looked straight at the woman. Sakura sighed.
"Fine, I'll tell you." Deidara turned towards her.
"Sak- Hikari." He exclaimed, to which she looked at him and shook her head.
"You can't tell anyone, ok?" Kaorin nodded.
"Let's start by your real name." the girl spared a look at Deidara and then looked back to the other female.
"My name's Haruno Sakura." Kaorin's eyes got wide and she got up abruptly.
"You mean… the Haruno Sakura?" Sakura tilted her head lightly and nodded.
"But that's not the point here." Kaorin tilted her head and Sakura walked closer to her. Deidara watched as Sakura leaned to Kaorin's ear and whispered a few things, to which Kaorin stood frozen, shocked with the new information.
"Please don't tell him." Kaorin slowly sat down and looked the older female up and down. A few seconds later a grin broke into her face.
"I knew it!" she exclaimed. "And I won't tell him." Both Deidara and Sakura sighed in relief.
"And now let's bribe Kisame, yeah!!" Deidara chirped and walked to the hallway.
The twins sat quiet and silent around the kitchen table, watching as Sasuke finished cooking their dinner, which they'd rather be ramen. The pouts were still in their faces, and they had the same idea, they were not eating what they didn't want.
Sasuke took plates from a cabinet and then put it on the counter, then filling it with food, not exaggerating with how much he put in the 4 year olds plates.
He took the 2 plates and walked to the table, laying said plates in front of the twins and then putting the covers next to the plates, as well as a glass of water (sake wasn't something he'd give to children).
After that he went back to the counter and filled his own plate with what he had cooked, the tomatoes occupying a great amount of space. And mind you, he was a very good cook, he just didn't cook to anyone besides to himself.
He sat down at the table in front of the twins and joined his hands to thank for his food.
"Itadakimasu." He spoke quietly and then, before taking his covers to start eating, he looked at the twins.
"Either you eat that, or you're going straight to bed." His words were strong and firm. The twins looked away from him crossing their arms in front of themselves and humpf'ed. He raised a brow in amusement, he used to do the same thing when he was alone with his brother and the older boy didn't give him what he wanted to eat.
Summoning a bit more of patience he got up, not before taking a slice of tomato to his mouth, and then moved so he was sitting between the twins, munching the slice of tomato contently.
He looked from one to the other and decided to start with Ryuuki, the boy seemed easier to handle, the girl was more stubborn, like Sakura when she argued with Naruto. He took the small boy and sat him on his lap, the boy kept his pose, not looking at him and still pouting. He suppressed a chuckle and wrapped an arm around the boy, holding him so he couldn't move, while his free left hand took the chopsticks and took a piece of beef teriyaki in them, good thing he was ambidextrous.
He moved the chopsticks and then spoke so the boy would say something back and he had a chance to put the food in his mouth.
"You're acting like a girl Ryuuki." The boy turned the best he could with a glare (a childish one, but a glare nonetheless).
"Am no-" he didn't let the boy finish and shoved the food in his mouth.
"Eat." It wasn't a request, it was an order. The boy closed his mouth and looked away in stubbornness while slowly munching. He recalled that his brother did the same to him, and he always ended up eating.
Watching the boy attentively he smirked in victory and put the chopsticks in his smaller hand, he'd eat alone now.
He put Ryuuki on his chair and then turned to Kyuuki. He ran a hand through his hair while thinking of some sort of way to, let's say, convince her.
He took her into his lap, still not sure of what to do, and took her chopsticks. He glanced at Ryuuki, the boy was holding his chopsticks near his food, hesitating to eat.
"You have to eat." He told the girl, who just ignored him and looked away from him further. The girl just had to be stubborn. He raked his head to try to find something, anything to get Kyuuki to eat, but it wasn't easy, and the yummy and delicious looking tomatoes on his plate weren't helping.
Fuck, he was hungry.
Kisame looked at the 3 in front of him and raised a suspicious brow. They looked too buddy-buddy with each other to not be plotting something.
"So? What do ya say?" he looked at the blond and crossed his arms in front of himself while leaning back on the couch.
"You 3 are acting suspicious." He mumbled. Kaorin laughed nervously and scratched the back of her head, further proving his point of something being fishy about those 3.
"Don't say nonsense sempai, there's nothing suspicious." He rolled his eyes and then looked at the previous Hokage's apprentice.
"Either you tell me what's happening or no deal." Te pink haired female looked down. "Even Itachi always told me what was going on." She looked up and sighed.
"Can't you just keep a secret senpai?" he looked at Kaorin and answered.
"No." his answer couldn't have been blunter.
"C'mon." Deidara drawled. "You said you would before we came here." He whined, and Kisame raised a brow at his childishness. The blond said he wasn't, but he was just as childish as Tobi, maybe not as rambling, but certainly as childish.
"That was before I saw her here." He glared at the blond, leaving much unsaid.
"Please senpai??" he looked at Kaorin and crossed one of his legs over the other, a brow raised and awaiting answers.
"No." he wasn't keeping his mouth shut to then get screwed by Sasuke, which, thank you very much, he'd rather not, he was very happy alive.
He watched as the pink haired girl, because to him she was a girl since he was older, walk closer to him, her head down and her arms wrapped around herself. Good thing Fay was already downstairs at the bar and not listening to everything that was going on, that would mean more trouble.
"Please don't tell anyone." She looked up, and he had expected some puppy-dog dog sad and despaired look. But she didn't wear one of those, her look was fierce, a bit fearful, but still fierce. "And I'll answer your questions." A grin tugged at his lips, his sharp teeth being revealed.
"Deal." Now he could keep his mouth shut.
His fingers tapped almost soundlessly on the table, his left eye twitching and his left arm being forced not to hold the small girl tighter. She was as stubborn as… he didn't even knew, and goddamit he was hungry, and his yummy looking food filled plate on the other side of the table wasn't helping.
"Kyuuki." He called out, to which the small girl stuck her nose in the air. Had it been Deidara in his place and not him he would have found the situation rather amusing, but since it was him he was finding the situation rather unnerving. He had tried everything he could remember, but nothing had worked. And the tomatoes in his plate—
"Damn it Sasuke, get a hold of yourself." He let out a frustrated sigh, how, in all hell and hearth, did Deidara feed them when they didn't want the food in their plates?? At least Kyuuki, Ryuuki had been easy to convince, although the boy still wasn't eating, waiting for his sister.
"Kyuuki, you have to eat." He scolded, and hell, it was pissing him off that he was loosing to a kid. Loosing for Kami's sake (not him obviously or the twins would have already ate and he would be appreciating his nice, red, juicy tomatoes).
The girl sniffed and kept her pose. He closed his eyes trying not to act irrationally.
"Calm down, count to 7 and take a deep breath." he tried to do just that but failed, snapping. He wanted to delight himself with his tomatoes and it wasn't just a small capricious brat that was going to deprive him of his favourite fruit. Not even when Hell froze over and the world turned upside-down.
His fist clenched, unclenched and then he turned the girl forcibly on his lap, his sharingan blazing unconsciously (it activated when he got pissed) as he glared at her.
"You will eat." He hissed trough clenched teeth and saw the girl whimpering and trying to cower away from him. His right hand stiffly grabbed the chopsticks near her plate and took a slice of beef teriyaki.
"Open." He ordered in a grunt holding the food in front of her lips. The girl whimpered and slowly opened her mouth, allowing him to put the beef in her mouth. "Now keep eating." His voice was stern as he put the chopsticks in her hand and set her down on her chair, getting up himself and walking towards the other side of the table, towards his delicious tomatoes. When Uchiha Sasuke wanted something, he got it, and it wasn't a brat that would stop him.
Before he was even seated he took a slice of tomato and put it in his mouth, savouring the flavour and texture of it, tomatoes had always been his favourite.
As he sat down he glanced at the other side of the table, and a smirk made its way to his lips as he saw Ryuuki eating happily and Kyuuki slowly eating, her eyes cast downwards, he'd probably scared her. She shouldn't have had a fit over ramen.
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