Chapter Five; A New Friend
Just a quick note; Thanks for the advice from my first reviewer Sasuke the man! (or something like that anyway) As you can see, I took your advice and put the coupling in the summary. Anyways, Sasuke is the man although he's currently really wanting you to hate him in the story. So, I hope you're enjoying it so far and here's the next chapter!
"Hey big sis, can I ask you a question?" Keiko inquired while she continued to hold Sakura's hand and walk close by her side.
"Sure, you can ask me anything." Sakura replied with a grin.
"Does Sasuke-Kun smile a lot?" she wondered before Sakura stopped a moment to think this over.
"Hmm,.." she began before she quickly shook her head. "I don't think so. Why do you ask?" she questioned her back.
"Because he was smiling a lot at me." She told her before Sakura raised an eyebrow.
"Really? Was he smirking at you or genuinely smiling at you?" she wondered.
"I don't know for sure,.." Keiko began while busily tapping her finger to her chin. "but it sort of looked like he was actually smiling at me." She responded.
"Well, then it sounds like you made a new friend." Sakura answered.
"Really?" her little sister questioned her eagerly as Sakura smiled and nodded at her.
"Yep, the only person he's ever really actually smiled at before is me." She told her unaware of the fact that Sasuke had finally caught up to them.
"Hey Sasuke-Kun!" Keiko exclaimed with a wide grin and a tiny wave.
"Hn." Sasuke began while returning the grin. "So Sakura, are you still up for that date?" he asked her.
"Oh Sasuke, I already told you that I can't right now. "she replied.
"Hey big sis can I speak to Sasuke-Kun alone for a few moments? I won't hurt him I promise. I just want to speak to him." Keiko told her.
"Alright, are you sure?" Sakura wondered.
"Yep! I promise." Keiko told her before Sakura turned around and walked away.
"What's up?" Sasuke asked her before she quickly spun her head around to look at him, narrowed her eyebrows, and glared at him.
"Listen mister!" she snapped. "My big sis really likes you, so if you do anything to hurt her I will break your legs! Got it!?" she barked unaware of the fact that Sakura had heard her.
"Keiko!" she scolded as the little girl suddenly blushed with embarrassment.
"Sorry sis,.." she replied as Sasuke simply just shook his head and rolled his eyes.
"Give me a break." He mumbled underneath his breath before turning around to walk away from her.
"My pleasure." She replied while cracking her knuckles.
"Keiko!" Sakura scolded again.
"Let's just get this over with." Sasuke said with a groan. "Now how long will it take us to get there?" he wondered.
"About a couple days." She responded.
"Oh you have just got to be kidding me!" he exclaimed. "Can't we like take my car or a bus or something? My feet will be killing me! And at least in a car or a bus there will be air conditioning." He pointed out.
"Don't be ridiculous." Keiko began with a wave of her hand. "We can just take my magic carpet." She told him.
"Your what!?" Sasuke cried with incredibility and disbelief before all of a sudden she placed two of her front fingers in-between her teeth and whistled loudly. Sure enough a purple carpet that matched her dress and hair ribbons came racing out of the sky and speeding down towards the ground at them. Keiko's face lit up with excitement and she let out a squeal before it stopped down in front of them. "Oh no,.. oh no, no, no, no, no, no!" Sasuke hollered while waving his arms and shaking his head.
"What's the matter Sasuke-Kun?" Keiko wondered.
"I don't do heights that's what's the matter. They totally terrify me, always have too ever since I was a real little kid." He told her. "Although, I suppose that I might as well seeing that I don't have any other choice." He said before all of a sudden from out of nowhere Naruto attacked him and knocked him over sending him tumbling over onto the ground.
"Oh no! You're not going anywhere!" he hollered.
"Get off of me you loser." Sasuke mumbled.
"No. I'm not going anywhere until you tell that little girl the truth!" Naruto hollered on the top of his lungs as Keiko gasped.
"Sasuke-Kun!" she whispered out of complete and utter horror while her eyes started turning white again and with that she levitated Naruto up into the air and threw him up against the tree.
"Ouch!" Naruto cried before landing on the ground again with a thud. Sasuke found himself in complete shock and slowly got to his feet.
"Why did you do that?" he asked her.
"I was afraid that Naruto was going to hurt you." She replied as her eyes changed back to blue.
"Yeah, but why did you save me?" he asked her before she slowly glanced down at the ground.
"Because you bought me ice cream and,.. you were nice to me." She replied before slowly looking back up at him.
"Well,.. thanks." He told her with a grin.
"No problem, now let's go it's getting late." She told him before she and Sakura turned around. "Oh and by the way Sasuke," she said as she turned around to face him again. "You don't have to fly on the magic carpet if you don't want to. My big sis and I will meet you there." She told him before she sat down on top of the carpet with Sakura and then they took off into the sky together.
"So,.." Naruto began before he rolled over onto his back. "Now that she saved your ass, do you plan on telling her the truth?" he wondered as Sasuke heaved a deep and heavy sad sigh and hung his head suddenly feeling full of remorse.