Chapter Two; A New Challenge
A quick note; Hey guys! I just wanted to apologize for the delay in the next chapter and my other stories but, yeah, I have been having a really busy summer so far. Anyways, here's the next chapter and I really hope that you enjoy it!
Sakura quickly hurried back out of her house and that's when she bumped into Sasuke Uchiha. "Hn. I figured that I would find you here." He told her.
"Great detective work Sherlock I live here." She pointed out with a sarcastic tone in her voice and a roll of her eyes. That's when suddenly Naruto and Keiko started racing towards them.
"Who's that!?" Keiko cried. "Is that Sakura's boyfriend?" she questioned Naruto eagerly before Naruto quickly grabbed ahold of her hand and pulled her back.
"Wait a minute sis, I wouldn't do that if I were you." He told her.
"Why not?" she wondered.
"Because that's Sasuke Uchiha and well,.. umm,.. I really hate to be blunt with you kid but he hates children." He told her.
"Really? Why?" she asked him back.
"Well, you see,.. Sasuke and I have a lot in common which is why I consider him to be one of my best friends. However, unfortunately, one of the things that we have in common is that we're both orphans. Sure Sasuke was a lot older than me when he lost his family since I was just a baby, but still." He told her.
"But Naruto, what does that have to do with the fact that he doesn't like kids?" she asked him.
"Well,.. to make a long story short,.. a lot of other kids annoyed and teased him back when he was little and they still do now even though he's an adult." He explained.
"Really? That's horrible! I would never do that." Keiko told him with a quick shake of her head. "I better go let him know that not all kids are like that." She added before managing to pull her hand out of Naruto's grasp.
"Huh? No! Wait Keiko! You don't understand!" Naruto cried before he turned around and started running after her.
"Hi." The little girl began with a tiny wave while an enormous smile stretched a crossed her face. Sasuke just simply glanced down at her. "My name's Keiko Haruno! And you are?" she inquired already forgetting his name.
"None of your business." He told her before he turned around and walked away and that's when Keiko huffed a deep breath of air and placed her hands upon her hips.
"That was rude." She began. "Hasn't anybody taught that man any manners?" she questioned.
"No." Naruto began with a shake of his head. "I really don't think so." He told her before Sasuke stopped and turned back around to face them.
"Hn. You're one to talk." He told him with a smirk but Keiko had had enough. That's when suddenly she felt her blood starting to broil over with anger.
"How would you like a black eye!? You shouldn't talk to people like that!" she hollered when suddenly Sasuke raised an eyebrow at her.
"I have to admit, you're rather brave. That's really big talk coming from a little pipsqueak like you up against somebody more than half your size." He told her.
"I'm warning you! Don't make me angry! I'm a real shinobi with real magic powers!" she snapped but Sasuke just simply rolled his eyes at her.
"Sure you are kid. Just face it, you don't scare me." He told her before he turned around and started walking away from her. Keiko gritted her teeth and clenched her fists together. That's when suddenly her eyes turned white.
"You'll be sorry!" she spat before all of a sudden a rock levitated off the ground and Naruto shrieked while widening his eyes out of pure and utter astonishment, bewilderment, and disbelief.
"Sa_ Sa_ Sakura!" he cried while pointing up at the rock while Sakura felt her jaw drop. "How is she doing that!?" he yelled.
"I don't believe it!" Sakura exclaimed. "Keiko really wasn't lying. She does have magic powers!" she realized as the rock that had been previously levitating in the air was now flying straight towards Sasuke's head.
"Sasuke look out!" Naruto cried but it was already too late as the rock hit Sasuke smack dab in the head and knocked him over onto the ground.
"And there's tons more where that came from!" Keiko hollered as Sasuke placed a hand to his head and then narrowed his eyebrows and glared at her.
"You little brat!" he snapped before Keiko's eyes turned white again and another rock levitated off of the ground.
"That's it! Sakura, I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but your little sister is possessed! She just took down Sasuke Uchiha and of all the people to challenge him to a fight and actually succeed, I never thought it would be a ten year old!" Naruto cried before another rock hit Sasuke in the back of the head. That's when Sakura felt her own blood start to broil while she glared at her little sister angrily.
"Keiko Haruno that's enough!" she shouted crossly before grabbing ahold of her by her arm and Keiko's eyes instantly turned back to blue.
"I'm sorry big sis." She replied sheepishly while her cheeks blushed red with guilt.
"Just wait and find out how sorry you are going to be when we come back from our father's funeral!" Sakura scolded.
"What?" Sasuke questioned before he slowly got back up onto his feet.
"Our father passed away and apparently that's the whole entire reason that Keiko was sent here in the first place." Sakura explained to him before Sasuke blushed.
"Listen Sakura,.." Sasuke began. "I'm sorry." He told her.
"Well I'm sorry too Sasuke because I'm not the one you should be apologizing to. Even though she shouldn't have thrown rocks at you, the one you should really be apologizing to is Keiko." Sakura told him before Sasuke gritted his teeth together and slowly turned his head away from them.
"Sorry." He muttered underneath his breath.
"I really don't think you mean it." Keiko told him with a shake of her head as Sakura laughed nervously.
"Well, now that we're all friends I think that we should really be on our way don't you?" she inquired.
"Brat." Sasuke growled.
"Jerk!" Keiko snapped back before sticking out her tongue at him while Sakura scratched her head.
"Umm,.. then again, maybe friends is too strong of a word." She said before she started to turn around and walk away from him.
"Hey Sakura wait!" Sasuke exclaimed before he started chasing after her.
"What is it Sasuke?" she asked him reluctantly before slowly turning back around to face him again.
"I really am sorry about everything and I was sort of wondering whether or not you would be interested in going out sometime." He said as Sakura blushed and widened her eyes in complete shock and bewilderment. Did he really just ask her what she thought he asked her? That's when all of a sudden she shook her head to snap herself out of her dreamlike state.
"I'm sorry Sasuke, but it has to be some other time. I'm sort of babysitting my little sister right now." She told him.
"I don't need a babysitter!" Keiko exclaimed while placing her hands back upon her hips.
"I agree. What you need is an exorcist." He told her.
"What's that?" she inquired.
"Never mind." Sasuke began. "Naruto can watch her instead." He told her.
"Huh?" Naruto questioned while spinning his head around. "Sasuke,.. are you crazy!? I'm not watching that girl! Don't you ever watch horror movies!? She's the junior version of Carrie!" he hollered while pointing a shaky finger over at her.
"I don't have a clue what you're talking about,.." Keiko began. "but I only act this way around people that hate me." She told them before Sakura took her by the hand and led her away.