Crimson Passion
Chapter 4: The journey home
"Obasan, I don't want you to leave!" Haru whined as he stood behind his elder aunty. Minako turned to him and picked him up.
"Haru, don't worry about me, it's just a mission. I promise that I'll see you." She said sadly. On one hand she wanted to stay with Haru in Konoha, but on the other she wanted to go home and see her father…if he was still alive.
Sasuke walked through the doors and he looked a bit grim. Minako noticed this and her eyebrows furrowed together with a worried look.
'I hope he's okay.' She thought.
"Ojisan!" Haru called out and Sasuke looked at his nephew. He looked at Minako then at Haru again. The dark haired Uchiha walked up to his 5 year-old nephew.
"What's wrong, Haru?" He asked.
"I don't want you to leave either!" He mumbled as his bottom lip quivered. Sasuke sighed at this but nonetheless he smiled.
"Haru, I'll be back before you know it. You need to stay strong." He said.
"Like your father." The blue eyed teen mumbled. Sasuke and Haru looked at Minako who smiled softly.
"Otousan was a very strong ninja. I want to become like him when I grow up." Haru said optimistically. Sasuke smiled at this and placed his hand onto his nephew's head.
"You will, someday." He whispered.
"Ojisan, Obasan please promise me something." The 5 year-old pouted and his dark eyes sparkled. They looked at him and tears were brimming in his eyes.
"Promise me, that you'll protect each other. Obasan, don't be mean to Ojisan and Ojisan, don't make Obasan cry." Minako and Sasuke looked at each other and stared deeply for a few minutes. They lowered their gaze and sighed. The Yagari and Uchiha looked at their nephew with a ghost of a smile.
"We promise." They said in unison and Haru smiled at them. Minako placed Haru on the ground and sighed.
"Haru, I'm going to go and pack now. Go and eat." She mumbled.
"Okay." Haru nodded with a smile just like Sasuke's when he was younger. The dark haired girl turned around and walked up to her room. Sasuke followed her into her room and closed the door behind him.
Minako took out an empty bag and placed it on her bed. She opened her closet and started to take her clothes out and putting them into her bag. Sasuke leaned the wall with his hands in his pockets but he had a soft gaze.
"Minako…" He mumbled and she looked up at him with a blank look.
"What is it?" She asked.
"I want to apologise for what I did to you that night…when I strangled you." Her face didn't show any emotion. After a silence, she walked up to him with her fringe covering her eyes. She stopped and stood in front of the boy who broke her heart.
*SLAP*
He grinded his teeth together, growled and urged himself to not kill her there and then. There was a scratch on left cheek and her fringe still covered her eyes. Sasuke's cheek felt like someone was burning his cheek with fire.
"Now we're even." Minako muttered and licked the tips of her nails. She looked up at him with bright crimson eyes and he stared at her. She blinked and lowered her gaze. The Yagari sighed deeply and her eyes returned to their original colour; light blue.
She returned to her bag and Sasuke walked up to her closet.
"Mind if I help?" He asked quietly.
"Knock yourself out." She mumbled and he started helping her pack. When he was looking through her closet to check if there was anything left to pack. Something caught Sasuke's eye and he picked the object up.
His eyes widened when he looked at the object; it was a picture of when they were 12. It was a day after they did the survival test.
Kakashi stood behind his students with his hands on Naruto and Sasuke's heads. Minako stood in the middle of her friend. Naruto grinned widely, Sasuke smirked as he held Minako's hand standing closely to her, and Minako smiled with her dimples visible and her cheeks pink from Sasuke holding her hand.
Sasuke blinked and snapped out of daze. The handsome Uchiha looked at the girl he used to love and gulped.
"Uh, are you going to take this as well?" She looked at him and her eyes fell on the picture. She went quiet for a while until she decided.
"Yes, it's precious to me." Minako said and he gave her the picture. She put it into her bag and closed her bag.
A few hours later: 6:00pm
Sasuke, Miyako, Haru and Misaki all waited in the living room. Minako stepped out of her bedroom with two bulky bags in her hand and a backpack.
"Obasan!" Haru exclaimed and ran to his auntie. Minako placed the bags which were in her hands on the floor and kneeled down. She wrapped her arms around him and pulled him into a tight hug. Haru's face was buried in the crook of her neck and she shut her eyes with tears falling down her cheeks.
"Obasan, please don't go." He cried and she sniffed.
"I want to stay with you, Haru." She mumbled and pulled away from him. Her hands were on his shoulders and she looked at him. The dark haired girl smiled woefully at him.
"But I wanna go home. They need me; someone very special to me is waiting for me. And, Haru I want to meet my papa." Minako said with a tear falling down her cheek. He wiped her tear away and shook his head.
"Don't cry obasan. Stay strong like otousan!" Haru grinned and Sasuke smiled sadly at this.
'If Itachi was still alive, he would have loved Haru.' The Uchiha thought.
"I will." Minako mumbled and stood up.
"Alright Haru, I want you to behave when we're gone." Miyako said with her hand on her hip. Haru on the other hand smirked and Minako smiled; his smirk was just like Sasuke's.
"Haru, behave with the babysitter." Misaki warned him and there entered the neighbour who was a middle aged woman.
"Come on Mina-chan." Misaki teased and Minako's cheeks were a faint red. She composed herself and glared at her elder cousin.
"Don't start." She muttered.
"Auntie, obasan and Ojisan, I love you!" Haru said.
"Aw, auntie wuvs you to Hawu." Miyako said and her elder sister rolled her eyes as she face palmed.
"Take care Haru." Sasuke mumbled and rustled his hair.
"I love you, my sweet little Uchiha." Minako said with a smile, Haru blushed and even Sasuke's cheeks flushed red too.
They left the large flat and went to the entrance of a forest, where they met with Tsunade and Naruto.
"Minako." The said girl turned to her cousin and she smiled at her younger cousin.
"What is it, Misa?"
"Make the Yagari family proud, same goes for you too Miyako. But Minako, since you're older everyone has high expectations of you. Remember what I told you 5 years ago." Misaki said with a straight face. Tsunade, Kakashi, Naruto and Sasuke looked up at the elder Yagari. She had a serious face on and nodded.
"In about 3-4 years, I will have to get married to another vampire hunter, I understand." Minako said and they were quite shocked at this.
"Minako, take that jacket off." The teenager took her grey flak jacket off and gave it to her cousin.
"I found something else at the association and it was especially for you. The Vampire Hunter Association President gave it to me." Misaki took out what looked like a neatly blanket. She gave it to Minako who kept stared down at it.
"What does it say?" Naruto asked. Minako started to open it and revealed a dark blue cape with white writing (Kanji) on it.
"Yuko Yagari." The elder Yagari sibling read out.
"Who's that?" Naruto asked curiously.
"She was the best vampire hunteress in the world, Yuko Yagari. Minako and Miyako's grandmother." Tsunade answered.
"You knew our grandmother?" Miyako questioned.
"Almost everyone did." The blonde haired woman said. Minako wore the cape and it blew in the wind. She whistled and they heard galloping.
A black horse came galloping in and Minako stroked the bridge of his nose.
"Here comes the killer horse." Sasuke mumbled and the owner glared at him.
"Just because he gets angered easily and killed only a few people, doesn't make him a killer horse, Uchiha. That's not his name. His name is Midnight Sky." Minako growled.
"We should better get going." Kakashi suggested.
"Minako, Miyako take care of yourselves now." Misaki said.
"We will Misa!" Miyako grinned and gave her the thumbs up.
"Goodbye Misaki, we will love and miss you." Minako mumbled.
"Aw, I'll miss you and love you too, Mina-chan." Her eyebrow twitched at this and her cheeks were ultra-red, but she ignored Misaki's comment. Minako got onto Midnight Sky and they left.
5 hours later:
"Can we please stop and rest?!" Naruto whined for the third time. Tsunade huffed at this very irritated.
"For the third time; no." She said.
"But I'm tired. Miyako are you tired?" The blonde haired ninja asked.
"Yeah, I'm exhausted! Tsunade-sama, please can we rest?" Miyako begged and out of nowhere Minako yawned.
"Can we please get some rest? If I don't I'll kill something or someone and I'm not even joking." Minako muttered and they all shivered at this.
They did stop and they built a camp fire. They sat around the fire and Minako laid her head on Midnight Sky who was also sitting down.
The dark haired girl faced the sky which was filled with so many stars. She stared at the beautiful sky and sighed deeply. Minako thought about how her best friend and her would stare at the stars together. She thought about him, what would he look like now? How would he react if he saw her? More importantly, would he accept her if she was a Level C vampire?
The others (except for Sasuke) were talking and laughing around. But then when they were quiet, Miyako looked at her sister.
"Oneesan." She called out cutely.
"What is it, imouto?" Minako mumbled.
"Who are you thinking about?" Miyako asked with teasing tone.
"…" She didn't answer but continued to look up into the starry heaven which was above her. She sighed very deeply and felt a tear fall down her cheek.
"Imouto, do you think papa will hate me of what I've become?" Miyako's eyes widened and filled with tears.
"Oneesan, you know that otousan loves you very much. He loves you so much that no matter what or who you become he'll always love you." Minako smiled sadly at this but it dropped.
"But, what about…him?" Naruto raised an eyebrow at this.
"About who?" He asked and the dark haired girl gulped.
"Who are you talking about, Minako?" Tsunade asked 'curiously'. Minako growled at this and grinded her teeth together.
"You people are too nosey and can't mind your own damn business." She muttered and Miyako giggled at this.
"Oneesan, Zero will never hate you. He'll always be your best friend, no matter what." Her younger sister mumbled and for a moment, Minako smiled genuinely at this. Slowly, her light blue eyes started to close and she fell asleep.
"She really likes that Zero Kiryu boy." Kakashi said. Miyako smiled as she hugged her knees to her chest.
"They've known each other for a very long time." The younger Yagari sibling said.
"5 years?" Sasuke asked with a smirk.
"Not even close." His smirk dropped and his eyebrows furrowed together.
"8 years?" Naruto guessed.
"Much more than that." Miyako said.
"10 years?" Tsunade asked and she shook her head.
"Oneesan and Zero have been friends for 14 years." Miyako mumbled.
"Woah." Naruto whispered.
"So, they've been friends since they were only 3?" Kakashi asked.
"That's right and I think, no I know that they'll be friends till the very end. Maybe lovers, who knows? Only time will tell." Miyako sighed dreamily.
'And maybe, just maybe Ichiru and I would be…more…than just friends…' She blushed.
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~Parisa01