Ah, here's the next chapter
If I manage to post this tonight I'll be happy
Or maybe I'll just be tired … hmm …
Any who, here we are
Sonya's PoV
" I'm fine! Stop molly coddling me! You can certainly act like a mother hen if you put the effort into it." I scowled at Kakashi, hoping that he would stop pestering me with questions of my health.
" You just went through a bought of pneumonia, of course I'm going to be concerned!" He said, scowling right back at me.
" Yes, and due to Nurse Kakashi I'm one-hundred percent fine! Alles ist gut!" I stuck my tongue out at him and moved to my closet, trying to pick out a dress for tonight's date.
Kakashi had finally worked up the nerve to ask me out on a formal date. Granted, we wouldn't be doing anything overly fancy, we were just going to go out and have dinner, but I was still excited. I mean, it only took him a couple years. Granted, I could've asked him before this, but I didn't want to startle him and run him off with my persistence. Kakashi would be going is his regular shinobi clothing, but I decided on just a pretty blue blouse and nice black slacks. And boots. Can't go anywhere without boots …
" Don't talk to me in a different language. You know I hate that." He grumbled at me.
" Careful, by admitting your language weakness I may be forced to talk to you in different languages all day."
That response earned me an eyeroll and scowl.
I simply grinned and continued getting ready.
" Are you sure the boys are alright at Iruka's house? I don't want to keep dumping the boys on him. He's such a nice man …"
I ducked into my bathroom to change before Kakashi responded.
" I'm sure they're fine. Naruto thinks Iruka is the next best thing since ramen noodles. Even Gaara doesn't scowl as often around him."
" That's good. It's a shame the boys don't get out more. I'd let them visit other families if I was sure that they wouldn't be stoned out in public. We should set up a play date with Sasuke, the boys liked him the last time they went over."
I finished lacing my boots up and then walked out of the bathroom to sit on the bed and started French braiding my hair.
Kakashi came to sit next to me and placed a hand on my knee.
" I'll be sure to ask Itachi the next time I see him." He gave a small pat to my knee.
Quickly finishing my braid I stood up to grab the house keys and stuffed them in my pocket before turning to Kakashi and smiling.
" Ready?" I asked
He walked toward and offered his arm for me to take. Lacing my arm with his, his eye curved into a smile.
" Absolutely."
I snorted, and tried hard not to laugh, trying unsuccessfully to calm my breathing down, which was bad considering I had a mouthful of food in my mouth. Quickly clapping my hands over my mouth to try and prevent shooting my food out of my mouth, I continued to laugh, feeling my laughs shake my entire body, and I doubled over and put my head against the table, dangerously close to either snorting food out my nose or drooling it out my mouth.
Quickly swallowing what I had, I took a breath in, filling my lungs with air, though I continued coughing and giggling.
" It's not that funny! Honestly, I expected more sympathy from you!" Kakashi cried indignantly.
Gulping in more breaths of air, I finally calmed myself down and looked at Kakashi, before bursting out into another fit of laughs.
" Of course it is! It's hilarious! I want to see the picture! Poor little Kakashi, being forced to walk around with pink hair. Gui got you sooo good! You guys are amazing with your contests."
Kakashi's face flushed, either from anger or embarrassment or both, and he grumbled something under his breath. I only caught 'unsympathetic' and 'traitor'.
" Hey, I'm sympathetic," I defended, "Just for the right people and the right reasons."
Kakashi merely 'hmphed' at me.
" Aww, Kakashi got his ego deflated. Poor baby." I reached across the table grabbed his hands and placed a kiss on his knuckles before patting them.
" It'll be alright. I'm sure your head shall fill with hot air in under a few minutes." I gave him my best toothy grin and raised an eyebrow.
Kakashi glared at me one last time before letting out a small resigned sigh.
" How you continue to frustrate me and then somehow make up for it afterwards confuses me to this day."
" It's because you can't resist my charm. Mwahaha, I shall be able to persuade you into anything, just you watch, soon you'll be cooking and doing laundry all day long, hahah!"
Kakashi pulled his hands from my grasp and crossed them in front of his chest.
" Mhmm, keep on dreaming." He said with a scoff.
" Don't deny it Kakashi, it'll happen, one day. I mean, I already coerced you into helping me pack and move into the new house."
He let out a snort, but he uncrossed his arms and grasped one my hands and his eye twinkled with happiness. I smiled, and after squeezing his fingers one last time, I pulled my hand back so that I could continue eating.
I laced his hand with mine as we walked out the restaurant and onto the street. Happily swinging our hands back and forth, we started to walk to Iruka's to pick up the boys.
Kakashi stared at me, almost dreamily as we walked, and unlacing our fingers, he wrapped his arm around my waist. I rested my head on his shoulder as we continued to walk a leisurely pace.
Glancing up to look at the moon, I smiled, simply happy to be here with Kakashi.
As I focused my gaze on the sky, something caught my attention. Thin wisps of black were swirling into the sky, giving an ominous feeling as the designs curled in front of the moon.
' Smoke.' I finally realized.
" Kakashi, look up." I ordered him, pointing with my finger, trying to divert his attention.
His gaze quickly snapped from my face to the night sky, and I saw his face wrinkle in confusion, before I saw a flash of fear cross his eyes.
" Something's wrong. That's too far away to be Iruka's home, but I'd probably guess it looks like it's coming from the Uchiha compound." He whispered, his voice laced with concern.
" That's too much smoke to be a simply hearth fire." I said out loud.
My eyes widened in realization.
" Kakashi, we need to run, there's something wrong going on, and Sasuke is over there."
We leapt to the roof tops, quickly sprinting towards the compound.
Finally getting there, I quickly took in the entire scene.
The Uchiha compound was in carnage.
Bodies and blood were strewn everywhere. The separate buildings looked ransacked and the thin paper walls and doors showed more blood splattered on the inside.
" I need to find Sasuke! You look for any intruders!" I shouted to Kakashi, quickly sprinting forward.
" Sasuke!" I cupped my hands and shouted. I ran into a side courtyard, and immediately noticed a small prone figure lying on the ground. The raven and oddly spiked hair marked him as Sasuke.
" Sasuke!" I gasped as I knelt next to the body.
He was lying on the ground, curled into a small ball. Rolling him onto his back, I noticed his shallow breathing, and blood on his face.
Picking him up and cradling him into my arms, I raced to find Kakashi.
" Kakashi! Help please! Sasuke is hurt!" I called out frantically.
Quickly appearing in front of me, Kakashi sprinted towards my side.
" What's wrong?" He asked, and I saw panic and concern on his expression as he looked at the small figure in my arms.
" He's only unconsciousness, but I'm not sure the extent of the damages. We need to get him to the hospital, I can't use my healing jutsus is I don't know what's wrong." I explained, talking hurridly, and began sprinting toward the hospital.
" There's some damage to his left eye, and the stress of shock on his body will probably make him weak for a short while, but other than, he seems rather fine." A medic nin calmly explained to me.
I'd been sitting in the waiting room for over an hour, resting my head on Kakashi's shoulder, desperately trying not to think of the worst possible outcomes of Sasuke's condition.
I sighed in relief as I heard those words, and I felt Kakashi squeeze my fingers reassuringly, but my hope was short lived.
" His mental stability however, is the thing I'm most concerned about. He's just witnessed the entire slaughter of his clan, and we've no idea where Itachi is. You'll certainly need to keep an eye on him for a good time being, maybe even the rest of his life."
I felt my calmness plummet into my stomach.
Licking my lips to cure the sudden dryness on them, I managed to rasp out, " I'll try my best. He'll be in good hands with me. I promise."
" That's what I hoped to hear. When he wakes up, we'll discuss living arrangements and where he can go-"
" He'll live with me of course." I responded hastily, cutting off his words.
" Despite you being his rescuer, you have no legal-"
" Then I'll make it legal." I snapped, cutting his words off again.
Before he could argue, someone walked into the room.
" It's alright Hagi, I'll take care of the paperwork. Again …"
I glanced to see who came in.
It was the Hokage.
" You've got amazing timing Gramps." I quickly stated, not really processing what was coming out of my mouth.
I felt Kakashi elbow me, and I rubbed my ribs and scowled at him, quickly pinching his arm in reponse.
Before we could continue our mini battle, the Hokage interrupted us.
" So I've been told. You seem to have a knack for picking up strays, it's a wonder you haven't adopted the entire village yet."
" Maybe if I adopted the entire village some people wouldn't act like arrogant jackasses all the time." I said moodily, glaring at the ceiling.
" I'm sure." Hiruzen said, chuckling.
" After Sasuke has woken up, I'll see about getting the paperwork together. For now, you two need to go home and get some rest. You both look tired, and I'm sure Sasuke will be asleep for awhile yet." Hiruzen's face showed concern as he looked at us, but his voice had the undertone of a command.
Sighing, I submitted, letting my shoulders slump, "Of course Hokage-sama. We'll be back in the morning."
After calling Iruka and letting him know the news, he agreed to let the boys have a sleep over at his house, much to my relief. After thanking him profusely, I flopped onto my bed, and buried my face into the pillow, ready to pass out. Gently, I felt hands weave themselves into my hair, releasing my braid and massaging my scalp. I let out a sigh of contentment, letting those hands massage away my worries.
" You're going to put me to sleep if you keep doing that you know." I mumbled out, turning my head sideways to peer at Kakashi.
Chuckling, he moved his hands down to my shoulders, gently kneading the muscles there.
" That's the point." He said, moving his hands lower and rubbing circles on my back.
" Besides, I feel bad that our date ended horribly. Your entire night was ruined and-"
I moved my hand backwards, and grabbing Kakashi's shoulder, I tugged him down to lay next to me, effectively cutting off his sentence.
" I loved it." I whispered, lacing my fingers together with his.
" Oh, well, uhm-"
" We should do it again some time. Hopefully next time it'll be even better."
" Yeah, hopefully." He agreed, resting his head next to mine.
I layed there for a moment, simply savoring it.
" Stay here." I whispered, pleadingly.
" Sonya, I don't think-"
" I don't care if it's not appropriate. I don't wanna be alone." I leaned forward, putting my head against his chest.
He hesitated for a few moments, before finally relenting and wrapping his arms around, holding me against his body.
" Ok, just for tonight."
Nodding, I snuggled closer, and the last thing I felt before falling asleep was a kissed placed on my forehead.
Sorry I haven't updated in forever!
I know some of y'all were freakin' out and asking me "When are you going to update!" and "Please don't abandon this story!"
I'm not abandoning it! Promise!
I just moved into my new house 2 weeks ago!
I finally set up my computer, it took me awhile, I had to figure out which box I put all my wires and stuff in.
And then school just started so I was kinda trying to prepare for that at the same time as packing and moving into my new house.
Yeah, it was chaos
BUT
I'm pretty much finally settled in, so I can finally sit down and get back to my writing
Now that I'm in school again I can finally set up a schedule to when I can be able to sit down and start writing again
Anyways!
THANKS TO ALL THOSE THAT FAVORITED AND REVIEWED!
Sorry for freaking you out!
I'll try and update and more often!
Oh, and sorry for lying last chapter
I'm pretty sure I said 'check back tomorrow, I'll have an update!'
And then, that never happened, so I'm sure some of you were peeved
My bad, my mom was a slave driver when it came to getting the house all packed up, so I wasn't able to sit down and finish the rest of the chapter and upload it
Ok, ok, I'll shut up now
Until next time!
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