xXForbidden-MemoriesXx: Gomenasi for taking such a long time to update. I had to move to a new house, pack up, paper work from schools, and projects! I'm sorry but I tried to make this update long. Thank-you for supporting me and reviewing. If you hadn't then I wouldn't have wrote this far. Thank-you!!!
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Keiko sighed and held his arm tenderly. "So how did they react when they saw you?" Sasuke smirked, "Oh, it was priceless. You should've been there. I bet they're still asking questions…" Keiko laughed lightly, visualizing their faces. "If you want to see what they're doing, then let's go." They looked up to see Haku leaning casually against the door. Keiko nodded and pulled Sasuke after her, "I want to see what they look like. It's been so long."
They entered the room and opened the door. "What?! But you still haven't explained to us how you have a daughter!" It was Kiba, she knew instantly by the sound of his voice. "Er…well you see, it happens when two people that love each other very much, and when they're happy they get a room and-"Keiko's face grew bright red, "Dad!" Kakashi stopped his 'explanation' just in time to dodge a glare of his daughter's.
Keiko walked up to Kakashi and sighed heavily, "You call that explaining? What the heck was that earlier?" She crossed her arms and tapped her foot impatiently on the floor, "Well, dad? You know that's really shameful." Kakashi scratched his head sheepishly while his daughter lectured him, "Gomenasi. I won't do it again. I promise." Keiko sighed and her ear twitched when she heard the other ninjas whispering about her. "Hey, you're…Keiko right," TenTen asked, eying her thoughtfully.
"You guys really do look related!" Kiba shouted. Naruto shook his head and looked at Keiko closely. "I thought I remember seeing you with long dark and…multi-colored hair." Sakura nodded and stood a good 6 inches away, and plucked a hair from her head, all while taking advantage of her height over Keiko. "You looked…prettier. You had the creamiest skin…the most beautiful eyes…"
Keiko laughed nervously, "A-Are you sure that was me?" Kakashi took Keiko's shoulders and looked at everyone sharply. "Well, deal with it! This is my daughter whether you like it or not!" Keiko blinked then smiled at her father, mouthing a thank-you. Everyone hushed immediately and quickly nodded under his glare. "But wait! I want to know who's…well, the lucky lady who caught your eye Kakashi-sensai. Her youthfulness must've been so great to attract you, Kakashi-sensai!" Keiko and Kakashi choked. "Uh…well you see…" Kakashi stuttered even worse than Hinata used to.
Keiko quickly racked her head for a plan. 'Alright…time to test the acting skills I made over the years!' Keiko stared at her father expectedly. "Well dad? Who is my mom?! How come you won't ever tell me?!" Her eyes stared to get all teary and her voice rose like she was desperate. Kakashi blinked, "Err…."
"First you raised in me in secret and then suddenly send me on a mission to find th-this duckbutt!", she paused to point at a wide eyed and gaping Sasuke, "And now you suddenly tell everyone that I exist! Can't I least know who my own mother is? I have the right to know! Why can't you understand how I feel?! It's really hard you know?! Try to tell me there was nothing wrong with my life!!" Keiko choked then soon she broke down into sobs, covering her face and wiping the never ending tears. Kakashi blinked in understanding. Haku held her shoulders and took her out, "She'll need some time to calm down. It's been hard for her." Tsunade and Shizune gaped. "S-Since when c-could she act so w-well and l-lie?" Tsunade stuttered. Shizune looked up at the roof, "When the s-sky is suppose t-to f-fall."
When the two were out, Haku bursted into a roaring fit of laughter. Keiko blinked. "That was gold, Keiko! Gold! Man, I wish I had a camera so I could've taken a picture of Uchiha's face! Bwahahahaha! Hilarious!" "Do you think I was a bit too mean?", Keiko asked worriedly, imagining Sasuke's reaction towards her.
Haku snorted, "No. It wasn't even close to being mean. The hardest thing for him would be when someone hurts yo-" Haku stopped short and turned to look at Keiko, who was staring back at him. The wind blew by and her silver hair followed the movement gracefully. She looked breath taking. Even in her disguise. There was just something about her. And what he was going to say was actually the same for him also. He and the Uchiha actually had 1 thing in common. The two was and will forever be in love with Keiko deeply. He sighed and ruffled her hair.
"Don't worry. It wasn't that bad. He knows you were just acting." He smiled to assure her and she beamed back, relived. "Hey, teme!" They turned back to see Sasuke walking out with his hands stuffed in his pockets and a ticked off expression while Naruto and Sakura chased after him. "Sasuke-kun!", Sakura called. "Wait up! We haven't seen each other for so long! I still haven't forgiven you!", Naruto growled. At that Sasuke stopped and turned to face them.
Naruto glared at him, "You bastard, you left suddenly and now you come back?! What the hell is wrong with you?!" Sasuke clenched his fist. "You don't know how fucking miserable and worried we were! Then you're here all of the sudden?!" Naruto's eyes unexpectedly watered. His shoulders slightly shook, "And now you're back…tell me…this isn't another stupid dream." Sasuke's eyes softened, "This isn't another dream…I'm real you idiot." Naruto looked at him more closely to make sure then laughed shakily, giving Sasuke a manly hug. Sakura sniffed then joined them, "We're finally a team again. I missed you so much Sasuke-kun. I really missed seeing us together too."
Sasuke lightly smiled, relived they forgave him. "Yeah…glad we are." Keiko smiled, happy that the three were together again. When they let go and Sasuke spotted her, his eye twitched. "Uh oh. He's mad." Keiko sweat dropped. "Uh, Sasuke-kun-" He walked up to her and dropped the extra key to Kakashi's apartment into her hand. "I'll stay at my place." He said in monotone voice then walked away. Keiko blinked, "Wha? Sasuke-kun! I-I'm sorry about the d-duckbutt thing! Sasuke-kun!" Keiko ranafter him. Haku grinned and raced after them.
"Uchiha! So does that mean I get to share a room with Keiko all by myself?", he gave a sly grin when Sasuke abruptly stopped. Pictures of Haku and Keiko all by themselves…doing things…flashed in his head. He swiftly turned around and snatched the key from Keiko's hand. "No way am I leaving you alone with her!" Keiko blinked, "Huh?" Haku groaned, "Aw, I was going to have her all to myself!!!" Sasuke and Haku glared at each other as a force of electricity clashed between them from their level of glares… while Keiko cluelessly stood in the middle with an adorable look on her face.
Naruto and Sakura blinked. "Temes, you know Kakashi-sensei's daughter pretty well huh?" Naruto asked cluelessly. Sasuke and Haku turned to him icily, "TemeS?" Keiko laughed uneasily, "Uh Sasuke, Haku…" Haku and Sasuke smirked, "Well you should too dope." Naruto and Sakura blinked. "Uh, Sasuke…Haku…"
Keiko pulled them back. "I still need to talk with Tsunade about –cough- your- cough-brother-cough-" Sasuke grunted and walked back into the hokage's building. "Wait, what did she say?", Naruto asked. Sakura shrugged then shouted, "Wait! Sasuke-kun! Can we have dinner together today?" Sasuke turned and looked at them seriously and with a really, REALLY, really intense look. They sweat dropped, " Uh, never min-", Sakura and Naruto started but then Sasuke nodded, "At Naruto's restaurant ,7:00pm." He smirked then walked in. Naruto and Sakura blinked then smiled. "Glad to have you back teme." Naruto grinned.
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Keiko smiled, "See I told you they would accept you. Everything went fine." Sasuke nodded, "Naruto and Sakura did but I don't know about the others." Keiko frowned, her bangs framing her face gracefully as she thought. "True, but as I said earlier….and if not then all you have to do is say the magic word." She smiled child-like. Sasuke's eye twitched, "Magic word? What the hell is that?" Keiko blinked innocently, "Well, you should know Sasuke-kun! Well, you'll know what I mean later on. Come-on we're at her office." Sasuke and Haku sighed and followed her. She was just so innocent and childlike. Not to mention naïve and too oblivious at certain times. But that's….that's their Hinata. It's one of the thousand things they fell in love with they met her. Keiko opened the door and bowed respectfully to Tsunade and Shizune. They nodded, "Come in. We have some talking to do." "Hai, Tsunade-sama."
"WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?!?!?" Sasuke and Haku were standing up and panting from yelling too loud while their eyes were full of unbelief and jealousy. And….Keiko was bowing frantically to Shizune and Tsunade then dancing happily with them. "Oh, thank-you, thank-you, thank-you, thank-you so much you guys!!!! Thank-you!!" Keiko laughed and bowed again. "I can finally see Itachi-kun, Deidara-kun, and Sasori-kun again!" "Here's the bad news….", Shizune continued, a small smile on her lips.
"More? What could be worse the this already?", Haku mumbled. Sasuke rolled his eyes in agreement. "Everyone but you three are chuunins. So you guys will have to go to the chunnins exam next week to become one."(SP? SRY.) This time ALL three of them yelled, "WHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATT?!"
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Keiko, Sasuke, and Haku trudged through the streets slowly in the winter air gloomily. "We have to take the chuunins exam again? We're so late.", Keiko sighed. Sasuke was in his world, a large dark cloud humming dangerously overhead as he muttered something. Haku was the same. Keiko sweat dropped, "Boys….what am I going to do with them?"
Kakashi grinned than added some more salt to the stew. "This time I'm cooking a nice family dinner…it's been a long time since…." He trailed off with a far distant look. The sound of keys jingled outside the door then the door knob turned. Kakashi smiled, "Keiko!" The door opened to reveal Keiko and behind….two familiar looking zombies.
Kakashi blinked, "What happened?" Sasuke and Haku grunted then robotically walked into the guest rooms and closed the door quietly. Keiko sweat dropped, "We just found out we had to take the exams…again." Kakashi sighed, "Well…you guys should be hungry…let's eat?" It sounded like a distant and formal question. And it was. Keiko blinked then smiled, slowly hugging Kakashi. She closed her eyes and breathed in his sweaty and honey smell. Kakashi's eyes widened.
"Come on, dadI just haven't been back here for a couple of years, you don't have to be so distant. After all…we are a family." Kakashi smiled and gently hugged her back, "That's right….we're finally together again." "…Do we count?" They looked up to see Sasuke standing there with a bored expression while Haku smiled, touched by the scene. "Uh…ok. Sure." They laughed together for the first time in a long time. A very long time to them….but they were finally together. "Let's eat." It was the best dinner they had even though….Kakashi really needed to cook better…
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Keiko opened the door to her room and smiled when she saw the familiar colors and scents. "This place hasn't changed a bit…" Keiko smiled and sat down on her bed, surprised to find it not dusty and the sheets fresh and smelling like it's just been washed and dried. The sweet smell of sweet pea, vanilla, strawberries, lilac and lavender still lingered in the air. Keiko sighed, "I'm finally home…with my family." Out in the window the night sky twinkled in answer with her. She laid two extra futons on the floor for Sasuke and Haku to sleep in, knowing they would sneak in with her from their rooms when Kakashi went to bed. And at the right time the two came in. Haku yawned and jumped onto the bed, "Time to sleep! Nice room! Nice bed too….(yawn)" Sasuke glared at him an yanked Haku off the bed and onto his futon. Keiko laughed softly then winced from the pulsing pain in her body.
"That's where you're sleeping! Keiko is sleeping up there!" Haku scowled, "I know! I'm sleeping next to her!" Sasuke growled, "You're not touching her!" Keiko yawned then her appearance flickered. "Keiko your-" Keiko nodded, "I know. Whenever I disguise myself I lower my chakara amount greatly and it's a lot of stress on my body and birthmarks so I have to release them and return back to normal…or else…" She trailed off, knowing the boys already knew. Her appearance flickered once more before different colored lights erupted from her once again.
On her shoulder blades, each one had a different colored wing, one black and the other white. And a translucent, slightly rainbow colored dragon wrapped around her right arm while the other arm had a translucent dark colored dragon. The symbols on her face glowed and glittered before everything paused then the lights disappeared suddenly when she opened her eyes. Soon Keiko was no longer sitting there instead Hinata was. Hinata groaned then collapsed into their arms. "So tired…." Haku and Sasuke shook their heads, "Hinata…same old Hinata. Always pushing yourself." And they slept the same way they did for years. Sasuke slept on one side while Haku was on the other and they both hugged Hinata at the same time, though careful not to touch the other male. Let's call it a night they had a big day tomorrow.
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Sasuke groaned and opened one of his eyes. "Morning already…Hn." He sighed when he noticed Hinata was already up early again. "It's only 4 in the morning and she's already up. Probably training again." Haku snored then flipped to his side, pulling all of the blankets along with him. Sasuke sat up and kicked Haku hard in the stomach, "Up." With that he left to the kitchen. "OW! Uchiha!!!" Kakashi looked up from the table and smiled a good morning. Sasuke just grunted and sat down, eying the food warily. "Don't worry Keiko made it before she left…to do something." "Training.", Sasuke answered and took a bowl.
"Training?", Kakashi asked. "She trains everyday and whenever she can. Sometimes she stresses herself out to much…I'd better hurry and make sure she doesn't do anything stupid again." "What do you mean by that?", Kakashi asked worriedly. Haku yawned and plopped into a seat, "Good morning!" He grinned and dug into his food. "She goes beyond the limit and does… things she shouldn't yet." "Keiko is training again?! She should rest a bit more, she was exhausted from the transformation yesterday!" "I'll go check on her-", Kakashi was cut off by the boys. "No. Whenever she trains no one should interfere until she's done or they know how to deal with her." Sasuke and Haku looked up at Kakashi seriously, their eyes dark. "Alright then…", Kakashi started casually, "Were you two sleeping in my daughter's room…WITH HER?"
Haku chuckled nervously, seeing a dark aura emitting from the overly protective dad. "Uh…" Sasuke grunted, "Hn." "WHAT WEREYOU TWO DOING IN HER ROOM LAST NIGHT!?!"
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BOOM! BANG! CLASH! THUMP! Keiko grunted then continued pounding the tree, sweat dripping down her face. She was training in the forest so she wouldn't have to worry about seeing anyone or anyone seeing her training. "Soul fire…"she whispered then a kanji of fire bursted in flames on her open palm, imprinting on her hand then underneath her; another version of it appeared under her feet and fire roared around her. She closed her eyes then made a chakara sign with one hand while the other lay by her side. "Phoenix fire rebirth!" At that, the fire kanji bursted into flames and formed into a bright, majestic phoenix as it roared and stretched out its large wings. Keiko stood inside of it, glowing and pulsing along with the oversized bird. "Attack."She ordered and opened her eyes just in time to see a couple of trees turning into ash with a amazing flash of heat and red. "Dismiss." It nodded and bursted into light-like ribbons, slowly entering the fire kanji on her hand again. Keiko relaxed her hand and the earlier kanji disappeared.
Keiko sighed when she looked at the damage, "Still not good. Well….no forest fires this time." "Don't worry, you're doing great! Soon you'll be strong enough to summon a replica of each of us!", Nozomi boasted proudly. "You're doing far better than an average 15 year old ninja.", Hitomi chimed. "But I'm not normal!" Keiko yelled. Silence as a flock of birds flew away. "I'm…I'm not even human..." Keiko whispered and looked at her hands.
"I need to be stronger! I have a duty! Lives to protect! I need to be stronger! An-And I still have to kill him!" Keiko panted and kicked a tree, snapping it easily and sending it crashing into others. Then several others exploded as Keiko's forehead marking glowed hen disappeared again. "Then stop moping around like this. It's useless and calm your emotions before you destroy anything else. And let's start training.", Yuki advised. Keiko breathed out and nodded, 'Sorry'. "Let's start with your half demon forms." they whispered as they prepared to get ready. Keiko nodded, "Alright…let's go" Her voice ended in a slight growl as her pupils sharpened and appeared more demon like and her eyes turned to the color of the night sky. Her skin looked paler and her teeth looked a bit more wolf-like (kind of like Kiba). Her ears turned into moonlight colored wolf ears as her hair turned black as any night sky with a single streak of glittering colors threading through the waist length hair. A slender, fluffy yet elegant tail appeared behind her, the same coloring as her ears.
"Aw, you look so cute!", Hitomi giggled. "You don't look scary as a wolf demon…you actually look quite mysterious and…pretty.", Nozomi gasped. Keiko sighed yet smiled a wolf-like grin, "Let's just do it." "Hai!"
-9 hours later-
Sasuke panted then as he smirked at an equally exhausted Haku. Haku smirked as well, surveying damage done by him as Sasuke did the same. "Not bad, but not enough to put me down.", Haku grinned. Sasuke rolled his eyes, "We're still even don't get cocky." "We'll see, today it's going to be different." Haku smiled and rushed forward water starting to ripple around him. Sasuke's hand glowed as he smirked, "And you said that how many times?" The two went head on, shouting their attacks.
"ICY DRAGON!!" "CHIDORI!!" An explosion of the hit was heard. Needles of ice scattered the ground from Haku's broken ice attack and a huge hole, from Sasuke's chidori, covered the ground along with freezing ice that could chill you to the bone. The two laid on the ground panting with sheets of sweat rolling down their face. They chuckled, "Guess it's a tie again huh?"
"Oh my god what happened?!" They looked up to see Sakura, Naruto, Shikamaru…and almost everyone around their age standing there. "Look at what you guys did to the training grounds!", Kiba gasped, dropping his kunai, they had been training but they heard an explosion an went into the training grounds at the forest to find the two. Naruto gaped then pouted, "Well my rasengun can top that!"
"Hn.", Sasuke grunted and slowly got to his feet. Haku smiled sheepishly as he weakly got up, "Sorry." They winced then leaned against a tree that was somehow still standing from their attacks. "Are…you guys okay?", Ino asked kind of distantly, not really sure about trusting Sasuke yet. "Here, let me heal you.", Sakura started but then Sasuke and Haku shook their heads. "Only one person does that for us." Sasuke said as he wiped the blood off his lips. Sakura blinked, "Who?" Haku smirked," Well she's-"
A faint rustle caught their attention and they looked up to see a figure running towards them asshe glowed then when it disappeared now had shorter hai and…it was Keiko! "Sasuke-kun! Haku-kun!" She looked like she was training with her clothes slightly dirty and a few scratch marks here and there and some sweat dripping down her face. "Are you guys alright?! I heard an explosion and smelled your blood so I came here….you guys weren't fighting or training recklessly again were you?", she asked sharply, a little warning laced in her soft and melodious voice.
"Err…no?", Haku sheepishly laughed. "Hn.", Sasuke grunted. Keiko sighed, "You guys! Can't I train for one day without worrying about you two killing each other?" "Uh, no.", they answered immediately. "But then again…we couldn't kill each other if we wanted to.", Haku grinned. "Hn.", Sasuke smirked. She sighed then eyed their injuries, "You better sit down so I can heal. The smell of your blood is distracting me." Naruto narrowed his eyes, "Hm…" Sasuke and Haku listened without a word, facing her. Sakura blinked, "Sasuke?…hm." She watched closely as Keiko placed her palms on their chests at the same time.
A black and white wing very faintly flashed on hands as a rainbow glow emitted from them. It transferred from her hands and onto the boys, healing any injuries it touched. It spread onto their whole body until they were fully healed. Haku and Sasuke closed their eyes, enjoying the miraculous feeling. Keiko's chakara weren't like others and it felt really…nice when it went through their wounds and healed it. Just like she had done to them in person, in the past. She had healed their hearts. The glow stopped then traveled back to her hand. "H-How…did you do that?", Sakura asked, bewildered and amazed at the same time. Keiko smiled and winked playfully, "That's a secret." "Thanks hime." Haku smiled. "….Thanks.", Sasuke smiled.
Everyone gaped at the scene, SINCE WHEN DID SASKUE SMILE SO FREELY AND IN FRONT OF A… STRANGER?! Keiko giggled, her voice sounded like ringing bells and a beautiful melody. Naruto, Shikamaru, Sasuke, and Haku stared at the beauty before them, their hearts thumping loudly in their ears. Shikamaru turned away to hide his lightly pink cheeks, "Troublesome…" Naruto scratched his head and looked away, "What was that...?" Keiko sighed and kissed them both on the cheek, "Just because you guys can't kill each other doesn't mean I won't get worried to death about you guys…" She blushed when she realized what she had just said. Then her eyes twinkled with unshed tears, "I wouldn't know what to do…if something happened to you guys." Sasuke and Haku blinked then their eyes soften, feeling horrible at making her worried and now they were about to make her cry.
"I'm sorry! I won't do it next time! Please don't cry! We're the ones that can't live without you!", Haku quickly apologized, he hated seeing her cry…he couldn't stand seeing her sad. Sasuke quickly apologized too, feeling the same, "Sorry, I won't do anything stupid either! It's true we're the ones that need you!" Keiko smiled then laughed, her beautiful voice calming them down when they noticed she was okay. Then a small rumbling sound stopped them. Keiko blushed redder then a tomato, resembling someone they knew… "Gomen." Keiko sheepishly apologized. "You're hungry! You skipped breakfast again didn't you? It's already past lunch time!" Haku fussed and helped her up. "You okay? Let's go eat.", Sasuke said and helped her walk like she was injured. Keiko blushed, "But-" "No buts.", they said in a union.
Ino, Sakura, and TenTen gaped. "What's going with those three?", Kiba asked cluelessly and yawned while Shikamaru and Naruto glared jealously at Haku and Sasuke's back. The girls gasped then looked at each other, "WHAT IS GOING ON?!" "You think…", Ino trailed off. "Hmm…likely.", TenTen nodded. Sakura blinked, "But Sasuke…in…huh???" They sighed, "Exactly."
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Hinata/ Keiko: Ja na! Until next time, hopefully.