Chapter Six; Bedtime Story
Hey everybody! I just wanted to let you know that we are very lucky to have the creator of the character of Keiko with us in the comment section! Now, just so she and everybody else knows, this is an upcoming scene that wasn't in the roleplay. Everything so far was even though it was changed just a tad, but the reason that I added it is because I wanted to show Sasuke and Keiko starting to bond and I always thought that this was a really cute idea that I wish made it in but never did so I'm putting it in my fanfic instead. Enjoy!
Sasuke felt extremely horrible. "Hey, yo, Sasuke, are you frozen over there or what?" Naruto questioned him.
"No." Sasuke replied. "Come on Naruto, let's go." He told him.
"Why would I want to go anywhere with you? After all, didn't you just basically write me off as a friend?" Naruto wondered.
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean that, I just didn't want you blowing our cover. Look, I'll make you a deal, keep your mouth shut and you'll get half the money that I make off of Keiko." Sasuke told him.
"When are you going to get it!? I don't want the money! Don't you know that there more important things in the world than being rich?" he asked him.
"You mean like having a family?" Sasuke inquired. "Oh sorry, you wouldn't know that because you never even had one to begin with!" he snapped angrily while it started pouring rain and Sasuke tilted his head back up to look at the sky. "Aw great!" he cried through his gritted teeth before turning his head and looking back over at his friend. "What do you know anyway?" he inquired as Naruto just simply scoffed at him. "I know well enough to get out of the rain, come on, let's go." He told him before they both turned around and walked away.
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"Damn it!" Sasuke exclaimed while he drove down the highway. "Why on earth did I let Kakashi talk me into letting you tag along with me?" he wondered aloud.
"Because he basically made you take me along." Naruto replied.
"Well remember me to thank him later." Sasuke told him. "Hold on a second, I'm getting low on gas." He said while he put his foot on the brake and started slowing down.
"Hehe, well I'm not." Naruto told him with a mischievous little giggle before letting out a gigantic enormous fart.
"Naruto!" Sasuke hollered. "How you ever hope to be hokage someday is beyond me." He told him before stopping at a red light. Sasuke rolled down his window while the sound of the windshield wipers were heard in the distance. "There, are you happy now? My car is going to get soaking wet because of you." He told him but Naruto just simply folded his arms at him.
"Uh newsflash Einstein. "he began. "It's raining cats and dogs out there, your car is already soaking wet." He told him.
"I meant the inside of it loser." Sasuke muttered underneath his breath before the light turned green again and he accelerated and then turned into the gas station and stopped again. Afterwards he put his car in park and turned off the engine. "Listen to me very carefully Naruto, don't,..touch,..anything!" he snapped.
"But my feet are already touching the floor and my butt is already touching the seat!" Naruto whined.
"You know what I mean." Sasuke told him. "After I fill up the tank then I'm going to call Sakura and find out where she is." He said before removing his seatbelt and climbing out of the car. "Stay here." He instructed.
"Yes all mighty Sasuke." Naruto said mockingly before Sasuke slammed the driver's door behind him.
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"Are you sure Sakura said that she was back here?" Naruto asked him a little while later as they continued to drive through the woods. "Because so far the only sign of intelligent life that I've spotted back here is deer, raccoons,.." he began before he wrinkled his nose and sniffed the air. "and skunks." He finished grabbing ahold of his nose and plugging it.
"Yes Naruto,.. I'm sure." Sasuke replied with a roll of his eyes when suddenly he slammed on the brakes and watched as Keiko stood by Sakura made a little wooden cabin appear out of nowhere.
"Wow, that kid even makes you look dumb." Naruto began while tapping his chin. "Oh wait, you already were."
"Shut up!" Sasuke snapped before putting his car in park again and then tossing his seatbelt off at exactly the same time as Naruto. That's when suddenly Keiko quickly turned her head as she heard them climbing out of the car and squealed and giggled with excitement.
"Sasuke-Kun!" she cried happily while she ran towards him as the sun set in the background. That's when she quickly glanced over at Naruto and growled. "Hey! Wait a minute, what on earth is he doing here!?" she snapped as she pointed an angry finger over at him.
"Trust me, I don't want him to be here with us anymore than you do but Kakashi absolutely insisted upon it." Sasuke told her.
"Fine." She replied when suddenly her eyes turned white again. Naruto shrieked and leapt up into the air landing inside Sasuke's arms.
"Get her away from me!" he cried shakily as Sasuke made a look of disgust. "Get her away!"
"Relax, all I did was make him a place to stay. He can spend the night in a cave." She explained before Sasuke dumped Naruto down on top of the ground while continuing to make a sickish face. "As for the rest of us, come on, I will show you all to your rooms." Keiko told them before taking Sakura by the hand as Naruto just simply gulped and felt his body starting to tremble with fear while nervous sweat dripped down his forehead.
"You expect me to sleep outside? Alone? And in the dark?" he questioned them as Sakura just simply rolled her eyes at him.
"Don't worry, we brought flashlights. Although, it never ceases to amaze me that you made it past being a Genin let alone go on missions as a ninja considering how terrified you are of the dark." She told him.
"I used to be afraid of the dark." Keiko began. "That is until my daddy started singing me a lullaby every night that made me fall asleep." She explained as Naruto just simply widened his eyes at her.
"Really? What song was it?" he asked her before blinking his eyes a few times at her and then she started to sing.
"You are my sunshine, my only sunshine, you make me happy when skies are gray. You'll never know dear, how much I love you. So please don't take my sunshine away." She sung as Sasuke smiled warmly at her and then grabbed a strand of his hair and tucked it around his ear.
"My mother used to sing that song to me all the time." He told her while slowly turning away from her to hide a tear that rolled down his cheek.
"Come on Sasuke, let's get inside." Sakura told him before Keiko pulled her away.
"Hey big sis, guess what?" she questioned her with a proud grin as she starting her all about the ability to see the future and the fundraiser that her and Sasuke were going to do while Naruto and Sasuke watched them go.
"I saw that." Naruto said with a fold of his arms.
"Well then in that case if you know what's good for you you'll shut up about it!" he snapped while grabbing ahold of the collar of his shirt and shaking his fist in front of his face before quickly letting him go again.
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"Keiko! It's time to get ready for bed!" Sakura called into the bedroom where her little sister was currently coloring in one of her coloring books.
"Alright!" she exclaimed before she quickly leapt up onto her feet and sped out of the room.
"Hey Sasuke, come here for a second." Sakura began before he walked over to her.
"What is it?" he questioned her.
"Can you do me a favor?" she wondered.
"Yeah, sure." He replied.
"Why don't you tell Keiko a bedtime story tonight? I think she's really starting to like you and you both really need a chance to get to know each other." She explained.
"But I don't know any stories." He told her.
"Oh come on, are you seriously telling me that neither of your parents read to you as a child?" she inquired.
"Actually, my mother read to me when I was really little but I don't remember very much about it or what she read." He admitted.
"Well, just make something up then." Sakura suggested with a shrug before Keiko raced out into the living room wearing a purple nightgown.
"Alright big sis, I'm ready." She told her.
"I see. Did you brush your teeth?" Sakura questioned her as Keiko grinned and nodded at her.
"Mhm." She replied.
"And did you go to the bathroom?" Sakura asked.
"Yep!" Keiko exclaimed with another nod as her grin continued to grow.
"Well in that case Sasuke has agreed to tell you a bedtime story." Sakura said.
"I have?" Sasuke questioned her with uncertainty before Keiko started squealing excitedly and jumping up and down while clapping her hands together. That's when he let out a deep and heavy sigh.
"Alright, fine." He reluctantly volunteered before Keiko grabbed ahold of his hand and dragged him back into her bedroom. Then she sat down on the foot of it and patted the place next to her. Sasuke quickly flopped down on top of it.
"Once upon a time you went to bed. The end." He said.
"That's it?" Keiko questioned him while widening her eyes at him.
"Yep." He replied.
"Really? Well that's a dumb story." She said with a scowl while folding her arms and turning her nose up at him. Sasuke laughed.
"Are you sure that you aren't Naruto's little sister? You look just like him. He does that all of the time." He told her.
"And if you tell him stories like the one you just told me I can see why." She said.
"Look, I'm not going to lie to you. I'm just not very good at telling stories." He admitted. "You should probably get Sakura to tell you one instead." He suggested.
"Do like her or something? I mean why do you always get so embarrassed around her?" she wondered as Sasuke blushed.
"No!" he yelled into her face.
"Oh really? Then why are you blushing?" she wondered before he took a deep breath and sighed again.
"Well,.. maybe a little." He began. "Not like that's any of your business though." He quickly finished while spinning his head back around to look at her.
"Why don't you tell her then?" she wondered as Sasuke blushed again.
"I can't." he told her.
"Why not?" she asked him again.
"I just can't alright!?" Sasuke hollered making Keiko gasp. "Look, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to upset you but I don't deserve her for a girlfriend. I don't deserve happiness." He admitted.
"Why not?" she asked him.
"Look, it's kind of a long story and it's getting late, and it's probably too difficult for you to even begin to understand anyway." He told her before she placed a hand on his shoulder.
"I've been making things move with my mind since I was four, I think I can handle it." She told him before giving it a pat.
"Basically I've done horrible things. Things you couldn't possibly even imagine. A couple of those things were towards your sister. And not to mention the fact that before that I wouldn't even pay her the slightest bit of attention anyway. I would even call her names. That was back before I came a rogue ninja." He told her.
"So what?" she questioned him with a shrug. "So you were a horrible person. You aren't that way now." She pointed out with a grin. "And you can always make up for it by asking her out on a date after the funeral's over." She suggested as Sasuke smiled at her warmly.
"Yeah, I guess you're right." He told her before she hopped in bed.
"Sasuke-Kun, can you tuck me in?" she asked him.
"Uh,.. yeah,.. sure." He replied before grabbing ahold of her covers and pulled them up over her chest. "Goodnight." He told her before he stood up and slowly walked towards the door.
"Sasuke-Kun?" she questioned him before he stopped and turned back around to look at her.
"What." He said.
"Aren't you going to give me a goodnight kiss first?" she asked him.
"No. Now go to sleep." He told her before flipping off the light switch and slowly exiting the bedroom while she rolled over onto her side and fell asleep.