Chapter Four; The Deal
"I'll be right back, I just need to use the men's room." Sasuke told Keiko before setting her down at the table while she started licking her ice cream cone.
"Okay Sasuke-Kun!" she exclaimed as Sasuke quickly turned his back to her and grinned.
"Hn." He said while he slowly started back walking over to Naruto.
"What's going on here Sasuke!? Come on buddy this totally isn't fair! Why are you wasting your money on a kid you don't even care about instead of your best friend!" he snapped.
"Shut up you idiot!" he muttered underneath his breath. "She'll hear us." He told him before grabbing ahold of the collar of his shirt and pulling him closer to him. "It just so happens that I am thinking about you." He told him. "Because pretty soon the both of us are going to be rich!" he exclaimed inside a whisper.
"Yeah right! Did you even see what just happened back there? Sorry Sasuke, but I don't think that the kid's going along with it." Naruto told him while grabbing ahold of his hand and trying to free himself out of Sasuke's grasp.
"Hn. You really are a loser." He began with a smirk. "Look, Keiko might be more powerful than us, but there's no way in hell that she's smarter than us. All we have to do is make her think the money we earn is going towards a good cause. Then she'll actually want to help us." He told him.
"Alright, so how are we going to do that?" Naruto asked him.
"Watch the master and learn." He told him before he quickly let him go again and then hurried back over to the table.
"Hey Sasuke-Kun, if you don't eat your ice cream cone soon it'll melt." Keiko told him before he sat down a crossed the table from her.
"You're right, I guess I better go ahead and eat it then." He told her before he picked his up off the table with a smile and started licking it. "You know Keiko, you should consider yourself a very lucky little girl." He told her.
"I do." She began. "my daddy told me that's what my name means. Lucky and blessed child." She explained.
"Right." Sasuke began although he wasn't really caring or paying attention to what she had been saying. "But you know, there are some children in this world who aren't as lucky as you and they would give anything to have that ice cream cone of yours since they can't afford it." He told her.
"How awful!" she exclaimed while Sasuke just simply shook his head and heaved a deep and heavy sigh.
"I know, it's sad. They can't even afford a decent meal actually and they're starving." He told her.
"That's terrible! I wish there was something that I could do to help them." She said when suddenly Sasuke's face lit up with excitement.
"Actually, now that you mention it, I do believe there is." He told her.
"Really? What?" she inquired.
"Well what if we had a fundraiser in the backyard? You know, we could charge people to have you read them their fortunes." He suggested as Keiko eyed him suspiciously.
"Is this a trick?" she questioned.
"Come on now Keiko, I think you've already proven to me that you're way too clever to fall for any tricks." He told her.
"Well,.." she began. "I might consider it, but you have to promise me that you won't touch any of the money and Naruto can't help us." She told him.
"I swear." Sasuke lied while crossing his chest with his finger. "Cross my heart and hope to die stick a needle in my eye." He told her. "So what do you say then, is it a deal?" he asked her while holding out his hand with a grin.
"Yes, it's a deal." She told him with a nod before she grabbed ahold of it and shook it. As they both continued eating their ice cream cone, they were completely unaware at that moment that Naruto had been watching them from afar and heaving a deep and heavy sad sigh while shaking his head with disbelief.
"I can't believe it!" he cried while Sasuke and Keiko both quickly spun around to see him running towards their table. "I know that you've done horrible things in the past Sasuke, but taking an advantage of a little girl is a new low for you!" he hollered while pointing an angry finger at him. "Don't listen to a word he's telling you Keiko! Don't you dare believe him! Every word he's saying is nothing but a lie! I know because he told me about it himself!" he snapped. "It would be one thing if Keiko had actually agreed to use her powers for money, but it's another thing entirely altogether for you to lie to her like this!" he snapped as Keiko gasped and suddenly her eyes turned white.
A huge rock levitated off of the ground before it slammed into Naruto's head. "Ow!" Naruto cried out in pain and agony before he fell and tumbled over onto the ground. He sat back up breathing heavily while slowly wiping the blood off his mouth with the back of his hand. "I'm telling you the truth Keiko! You just have to believe me!" he cried. "I mean do you honestly believe that you would make Sasuke all that money and he wouldn't touch any of it!?" he exclaimed.
"Yes I do and don't you dare tick me off!" she hollered on the top of her lungs while her eyes turned white again and several other stones levitated off the ground. That's when suddenly Sakura came around the corner and gasped with complete and utter horror and disbelief.
"Keiko Haruno! You stop that right now do you hear me young lady!?" she scolded as Keiko gasped again and suddenly all of the stones came crashing back onto the ground while her eyes returned to blue.
"I'm sorry big sis," she apologized sheepishly with a blush. "I really wasn't going to use all those rocks to hurt him, I was just trying to scare him that's all." She told him.
"What are you even doing here anyway? Do you realize that you nearly gave me a heart attack and scared me half to death!?" Sakura cried.
"I'm sorry big sis, but Sasuke-Kun bought me an ice cream cone." She explained before Sakura's face suddenly softened.
"Well, I'm glad that you both are finally getting along for a change, but that still doesn't excuse your behavior." She told her little sister before grabbing ahold of her arm and pulling her up out of her seat. "Come on, we're leaving." She told her before she tossed the rest of her ice cream cone into the trash even though she wasn't finished with it as punishment.
"I'm so sorry about this Naruto." Sakura quickly apologized. "This won't happen again, I promise." She told him before she picked Keiko up and carried her away.
"So,.." Naruto began while narrowing his eyebrows and glaring at Sasuke. "When are you going to tell Sakura the truth that you're really the one who should be apologizing to Keiko?" he asked him.
"Why is it any of your business?" Sasuke inquired. "Just stay out of my way if you want to be part of the deal." He told him.
"Are you kidding!?" Naruto shouted on the top of his lungs. "There's no way in hell that I want to be any part of this! And I'm not going to rest until I can prove without a shadow of a doubt that you're lying to her!" he cried while pointing a finger over at him.
"Hn." Sasuke began with a smirk. "Then I guess that you're not going to get any sleep for a long time. It's just as well though I guess. As far as Keiko is now currently concerned I'm her new best friend. So, I guess that means that I won't be needing you anymore." He told him as Naruto gasped.
"Sasuke,.. please tell me that you don't mean that." He told him.
"Sorry Naruto,.." Sasuke began with a slight shake of his head. "I can only handle one lie at a time. And considering the fact that that little brat is going to make me filthy stinking rich, that's the one that I need to be focused on at the moment." He said before he turned around and slunk away.