CHAPTER 2
First Day of Summer Vacation!! Part Two
Here it is! Sry I keep taking so long, I actually have a busy schedule for once! I haven't updated in…14 days, not THAT bad. So this is the 2nd part of the first official chapter. Please R&R and any and all ideas are welcome! Hope you like it!
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KAGEMARU'S ROOM, 7:45 AM,
KAGEMARU'S POV
Mother came dancing into the room at 7:45, in an attempt to wake me up for once, even though I had woken up at 6:00. But she meant well, so I lay there, pretending to sleep.
"Wake up, Kagie! Time to get up and get dressed!" She sang, pulling the blankets off me. I couldn't help it, I had a bad night, I hardly slept because I have so many things to worry about, being the man of the house, (since Sasuke works most of the day) I was tired and annoyed. I just snapped, I hated that name, so childish.
"Do NOT call me that name! I hate it! I do not need you're help getting up! I was up an hour and forty-five minutes ago, so I DON'T NEED YOU!" I yelled at her. She froze, her hands still resting on my blankets. She gave me a wide-eyed look, her green eyes shining with tears, the same look Aoi has all the time. I gasped, upset with what I had done.
"Mother," I whispered softly, but I could tell she was getting 'That Look' that Sasuke talked about. Her eyes turned to stone, her jaw locked, and her arms crossed with her fists clenched. There was no way to change her mind now.
"Fine, you go wake your sister, since you can do everything by yourself!" She hissed, then turned and stormed out the door. I watched her go sadly; she had gotten upset easily since Sasuke left for 2 weeks on a secret investigation. Mother didn't have a job, she is a stay-at-home-mom/nurse, and so during the summer when they have both gone to work, Aoi and I normally have to go to someone else's house, so I feel very lonely a lot, even with Aoi around.
I got up and went into Aoi's room and hit her with a pillow. "Get up Sis." Was all I said before walking back into my room and changing to go to the park and meet everyone in our little group. (Not that I was really IN the group, more like Aoi was and I was her chaperone, mostly to keep Isha away from her, its only a matter of time before he realizes he is in love with her.)
When I was ready I went into Aoi's room to see if she was ready to go.
She was still asleep.
"Aoi! WAKE UP!" I yelled. She shot up from her bed, seeming to jump up 3 feet. She glared "The Look" at me just like Mother had only 10 minutes before. I sighed and went downstairs for breakfast.
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AOI POV-HER ROOM
I yawned and sat up in bed after Kagemaru left. I heard him and Mom fight a few minutes ago, they had woken me up. I pretended to be asleep when he tried to wake me up the first time, but then fell asleep laying there. (Scratches back of head like Uncle Naruto.) I changed out of my pjs, (pink tank top and black shorts) and changed into dark jeans and a pale pink blouse, then went downstairs.
Dad was gone again, and Kagemaru was trying to be the man of the house. He seems like the kind of kid that grows up way to fast, and that really worries Mom, I remember one time I listened in on them.
~Start Flashback~
"Sasuke, I'm really worried about Kagemaru." Mom began; they were sitting next to each other on their big double bed. "Whenever you leave, he thinks he has to do all the yard work, clean up the place, and well, just be the man of the house!"
"Well, that's a good thing. The boy needs to grow up and take charge." Dad said, nodding his approval.
"Not at seven years old!" Mom cried. "He's only a child, he should be having fun! HE has only one real friend, while Aoi has four or five!" I could tell this was going to turn into a fight. "Sasuke, I bet that this wouldn't happen if you came home more often-"
"Sakura! Don't start!" Dad said angrily. "This job is very important! I know I am gone a lot, but we need this money! It's not like YOUR job makes enough to support this family!" He yelled at her. They fought like this all the time, normally about his job. She clenched her jaw, trying not to cry.
"I do make money to help this family, and 'support' is NOT just paying the bills! Support, is being there for them! Being there when they fall off their bikes and need you to kiss their boo-boos! Being there to wake them up and tuck them in! You are NEVER there for them, or me!" She was getting very worked up, and they continued yelling for several minutes.
Once again, Dad slept on the couch that night again.
He left for his investigation the next day.
~End Flashback~
Kagemaru was trying to convince Mom to let him cook breakfast.
"Come on, Mother! Let me cook for you!" He argued with her. She looked so tired and upset.
"Kagemaru, you're seven, you don't know how to cook!" She said tiredly.
"Well then teach me!" He said defiantly. Mom sighed and went over to the fount door. She opened it and pointed outside.
"Kagemaru, Aoi, please just go to the park, I need to rest." I looked at her worriedly; her hair was in tangles, her eyes droopy, and her face pale. She looked so weak and sickly.
"Mom…" I whispered, walking up to her. She smiled and gave me a hug.
"Don't worry, I'll be fine, now go have fun." She gently closed the door after me and my brother when we stepped outside.
"Kagemaru?" I asked him as we walked down the sidewalk.
"What is it, Aoi?" He said, not looking up, keeping his hands in his pockets.
"Do you think Mom and Dad are gonna get a divorce?" His head shot up, his eyes wide.
"Why in the world would you think that, Aoi?" He asked bewildered.
"They fight all the time, and Dad is almost always gone…" I whispered.
"No! Never! They can't-" He turned his head anyway, lost in thought.
"But, that doesn't mean they won't."
He turned to me, his face a mixed of both Mom and Dad's determined faces. "They won't, Aoi. We are a family, so we'll stay together." He smiled that rare and special smile of his.
We arrived at the park just then.
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SHIOKU'S POV- HIS ROOM- 7:00
I got up at seven to please Dad. I would have got up at 7:30, but yesterday Isha bragged he gets up waaaay earlier than me, and Dad likes his ability to be up and running really quickly. I want Dad to be proud, like Mom says he does, but I doubt it's true. Isha has always been the one Dad liked, he was proud of me only because I was his only son, then Isha was born. He was very happy, Mom says he was always trying us out for sports and training us. But then he soon realized that I couldn't be any of the things he wanted me to. I was more scholarly than sporty, so I became Mom's boy, the one who talked to her and got along better with her. Or, in Isha's terms, a 'wuss'.
So anyway, I got up an hour earlier, only to be yelled at by Dad, who says that getting up early is not any good if you are dead on your feet.
"Gaara, please." My Mom sighed, cooking eggs and bacon for us. "Shioku got up early to be more helpful, and this is his first time, so he's going to be tired!" She scolded; I just know that Isha will tease me for this later since Mom has to defend me. He is so strange, he is quiet and angry with Mom and everyone else, but is mean and active around me, and the perfect kid around my dad. The only people he opens up to are Kagemaru and Aoi. (And that's because he is unknowingly in love with her)
I can't believe my little brother has a better love life than me.
"Fine." Dad said angrily, and then turned his attention to Isha, and his eyes were instantly happier. "So, Isha, today is the first day of summer vacation, what are you going to be doing?" Isha smiled, then quickly made a dull, Gaara-face (as my mom calls it) and said, "I'm hoping to play baseball for 2 weeks, soccer and basketball every other day for 3 weeks, and football for 2 weeks."
I rolled my eyes, doing all that at 6 years old? Whatever, one of these days I would win over Mika (Eventually) and then I will have better grades AND more of a social life than Isha. I have given up trying to get Dad's approval; I would rather beat Isha in my own mind, crazy? Yes. Satisfying? Yeah-huh.
Trying to include me in the discussion, Mom said, "What about you, Shioku?" I sighed, "I probably won't do anything, read, hang out with my friends, play some sports, but for fun." Dad glared at me, confused.
"Why would you want to do that? Why not something more productive?"
"I'm seven, Dad. I don't think that I need to join 4 teams at once; I'll get plenty of exercise." I said simply.
He scoffed, but didn't say anything else. I knew he wished I was sportier, because in his world being the more powerful person was the best thing to be. Oh well, he went back to asking Isha about his sports and I ate my breakfast.
Time Forward Thingy
7:50 AM
Sadly, the try-outs for all the sports are tomorrow, so I have to take Isha with me to meet everyone at the park, and I was right, when we left the house he started to rip on me about Mom defending me.
"You are SUCH a baby, Shioku. Mom has to defend you for EVERYTHING." He laughed a dull laugh. I glared at him. Thank god he was still shorter than me, cuz I would never hear the end of it if my little brother was TALLER THAN ME (and that's how I predict he will say it)
"Whatever, Isha. You are my LITTLE brother, so YOU are the baby MORE than me." I said, making fun of his weird way of talking. He made the Gaara-face again and stopped walking.
"Well, someday I'm gonna be BIGGER than YOU, I betcha! And then I'll be able to beat you up even quicker!" In his own mind, he can beat me up easily, but I let him win so he won't try to win over and over. I tried not to laugh at him, whenever he gets annoyed; he actually talks like a six-year-old.
"Whatever Isha, lets hurry up and get to the park."
"You just wanna see Mika!" How he figured out my feelings for her I'll never know.
"Like you don't want to see Aoi." He looked at me, confused. "One of these days, you'll realize how much you're in love with her, and I'll be there…to rub it in your face." I laughed.
"Ew, I don't like her, girls are gross." I rolled my eyes, how immature a 6 year old can be. We made it up to the park right then, Shinhana was sitting in the big tree with Hiro, Mika and Yumi were sitting around with Aoi, Kagemaru was standing by Aoi, watching Isha (how hard it must be to be best friends with the guy who you and to protect your sister from.) and waiting for him. I climbed up the tree and sat next to Hiro, looking very sad, Shinhana slid down and went over to the other girls.
"Ok everyone!" Mika called, looking very pretty today, "Let's all come together and plan out what to do today!"
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I'm SOOO sorry I'm taking so long to update, I'm really nervous and busy, I hoped you liked it, sorry for the strange ending, I couldn't think of anything else, I might have kept going on and on, and it is already on 9 pages. Ah sry, I am going on and on. PLZ R&R, BOOST OF CONFIDENCE AND MORE OF A REASON TO UPDATE!!
