Chapter 6.
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Itadakimas means "I will eat now!" "Dig in!" or "Let's eat!"
10 days later.
Karin, in her usual outfit, was sitting on her bed crying at the loss of her now decreased mother. Karin was really that everything happened so sudden over the past years. She started to remember the last words her father said to her before he died.
Flashback.
"What are you doing here Daddy, you kissed me goodnight a few hours ago." Karin said, putting on her glasses then looked up at her father.
"Well, I won't be here in the morning, sweetie." Ryo said.
"What do you mean, will you be back in the afternoon?" Karin asked curiously.
"No I won't be here this afternoon." Ryo said. "I will be gone for a few weeks with your Uncle Minato, Fugaku Uchiha, and other allies on an important mission in 2 hours."
"Please don't go Daddy, I'll miss you too much." Karin said sadly.
"I have to go help them Karin, they need me on this mission." Ryo said, placing his right hand of his daughter's face. "But don't worry, I will be back."
Karin looked down for a few moments as tears formed in her eyes then looked back up at her father. "Y-you promise you will be back Daddy."
"I promise."Ryo said, smiling warmly at Karin.
Karin removed his hand from her face and got up then hugged her father tightly around his neck, tears streaming down her face. "I hope you be safe Daddy."
Ryo put his left hand around his daughter's waist and his right hand in her hair, caressing it softly. "I will sweetie."
Flashback ends.
Karin cried more when she remembered that. "Daddy." she thought sadly. Then she remembered the day she saw his corpse.
Flashback.
Karin saw a couple of Uzumakis and Uchihas behind them had their clothes tattered but not like her uncle and Fugaku, which were worse. She saw that they all had sad faces as they were walking past the gates.
"What happened?!" one of the Uzumaki guards at the gates asked sadly.
Her mother, her Aunt Kushina, and a few Uzumaki clan people came running past her as they ran to the gates. She saw them talking to her uncle and Fugaku but couldn't hear what they were say because she was far away.
Karin slowly walked towards them wanting to know what they are talking about.
"That can't be please tell me it's not him." Uzume said, tears running down her face.
"I'm so sorry, Uzume." Minato said sadly, looking down. "I really wish it was."
"This is really tragic." Fugaku said, sadly.
Kushina made a sad face as she put her hands on her older sister's shoulders. "I'm so sorry this happened."
Karin saw them stop talking as they all looked at her sad when she stopped near them.
"Uncle Minato, where's Daddy?" Karin asked, looking at him. "I don't sense his chakra anywhere."
They all looked down, unable to tell her.
"Did he use the chakra suppression technique to surprise me?" Karin asked. "Why is everyone sad?"
Her mother cried a little more at the questions she was asking then she watched her walked up to her and kneeled to her level.
Her mother hands on her shoulders. "Um, sweetie... I'm afraid... your father is... no longer with us." she said sadly.
"What do you mean, Mommy?" Karin asked. "He wasn't with us for a few weeks."
"No, your father is... gone." her mother said, before more tears started running down her face.
"Gone?" Karin said, her face now turning sad. "He said he'll be back."
"Well, sweetie..." her mother was thinking.
Karin saw to the left of the corner of her eye to someone laying on the ground and was covered by a white and cloth. She noticed her father's shoes, clothes, and hair.
"Daddy!" Karin said sadly as ran over it.
"Karin, please don't look." her mother said, reaching out to her but Karin still ran.
Karin made it to it and was immediately horrified at what she saw. This person was her father's but she sensed no chakra in him. She saw many scars on his body. She kneeled down in front of him and put her hands on the chest of her father.
"Daddy... Daddy, please get up..." Karin said sadly.
But their was no response.
"Daddy, please get up please..." Karin said again, shaking, tears now forming in her eyes. "Daddy." but still no response.
Tears rapidly ran down Karin's face as she put her face on his chest. "Daddy is... dead!"
"Sweetie." a voice said.
Karin opened her eyes and turned around to see her mother walking towards her.
"I'm so sorry about this sweetie." her mother said sadly.
Karin looked at everyone to see that they still had sad faces then got up before backing away from her mother.
"Daddy is... really dead." Karin whispered, still crying. "He promised... he would be back."
"Sweetie..." her mother said.
"Father... lied to me..." Karin said before running off to the house crying.
Flashback ends.
"And now... Mommy..." Karin thought sadly, closing her eyes tightly. Then started to remember her Mother's last words and moments.
Flashback.
Karin looked up at her mother at her mother. "Um, Mommy." she said.
Uzume looked down at her slowly. "Yes.. sweetie?" she asked weakly.
"Will you be better soon, right?" Karin asked.
Uzume saw the worry in her daughter's eyes about her but she still couldn't tell her. "I-I don't know sweetie but you know something." she said.
"What is it?" Karin asked curiously.
Uzume pulled her closely into a hug. "I will always... love you... no matter what... Karin." she said smiling. "Be a... good girl... and always... follow your dreams... okay..."
Karin hugged her mother back. "Okay and I will always love you too, Mommy." she said. "But why are you saying that?"
Uzume didn't say anything instead she just kissed her daughter's forehead.
Flashback ends.
Karin remembered her mother's funeral, as it was 3 days ago. Everyone, especially Kushina and Karin, mourned the death of Uzume Uzumaki. Karin didn't talk to anyone, not even her family members and Sasuke. She stopped going to the Academy when her mother decreased.
Karin suddenly sensed 2 very familiar chakras coming to her house and within a minute she heard a few knocks at the main shoji doors, knowing it was her Uncle Minato and Aunt Kushina.
"Karin." Kushina said.
Karin tried to ignore them as she wanted to be alone, hoping that they would leave.
"Karin, please open up. We want to talk to you." Kushina called out, knocking a few minutes again.
Her Aunt Kushina still continued to call out to her and knock on the main shoji doors. Within a couple of minutes, Karin slowly got off her bed and stood up on the floor, as she was tired of hearing the noise. She slowly walked to her door and opened it with her left hand then walked through the hallway and down the stairs into the living room.
As Karin slid one of the main shoji doors open with her right hand to reveal her Uncle Minato and Aunt Kushina. They looked down at Karin to see that she had a sad face and tears running down her face.
Kushina crouched down and softly hugged Karin. "I'm so sorry this happened to you, Karin." she said sadly, rubbing her back..
More tears ran down Karin's face at what Kushina just said.
Minato and Kushina were sitting on a couch together while Karin sat on another couch alone. Karin was looking down sadly with her hands on lap, not even moving an each.
"Karin.. we came here to talk to you about something." Minato said.
Karin didn't say anything nor looked up.
"Since we are now your guadians, how about you move in with us." Kushina said.
Karin slowly looked up with her eyes wide, shocked. "W-what?" she asked surprised.
"You can live with us." Kushina said. "We have a nice room in our house set up for you."
Karin continued to stared at them for a moment before she looked at them with sadly. "B-but I-I don't want to leave." she said sadly.
"Huh? We don't want you to live here all by yourself." Minato said.
Karin shook her head, closing her eyes. "I want to stay here." she said sadly.
"Karin-dear... please..." Kushina said sadly.
Karin stopped sitting on the couch and stood on the floor, tears now running down rapidly from her face. "A-aunt Kushina... U-uncle Minato... I want to stay here... it's my home and... Mommy and Daddy had this house for years..." she opened her eyes and looked at them both. "And I don't want to leave..." she closed her eyes and ran upstairs crying.
Minato and Kushina stood up from the couch as they watched their niece disappeared from their sight.
"Karin, wait!" Kushina said, taking a step forward but was still by Minato with his right hand. She looked at him.
"Kushina its best take we leave her alone for awhile, she needs some time to herself right now after what has happened to Uzume recently." he said calmly.
Kushina sadly turned back to the stairs as she heard a door closed. "Karin." she thought sadly.
Minato and Kushina slowly walked to the main shoji doors and put on their shoes before sliding one of them open stepped out, closing the door behind them.
When Minato and Kushina were a few steps away from the house, they looked to see Fugaku, in his usual outfit, and Mikoto, in her usual outfit, were walking towards them.
"Fugaku, Mikoto, what are you doing here?" Minato asked.
Fugaku and Mikoto stopped right in front of Minato and Kushina.
"We came here to check on Karin... to see how she is doing..." Mikoto said worriedly.
Kushina sighed sadly. "She's not doing well and she's hiding in her room right now... we've talked to her a few times... but she doesn't want to listen to us.." she said. "It's bad that Ryo died years ago.. but Uzume as well recently.."
"This is tragic." Fugaku said.
"I think you 2 should come back another time.. she doesn't want to talk to anyone right now.. not even us..." Kushina said sadly.
"Oh, o-okay." Mikoto said sadly.
Fugaku and Mikoto slowly turned around as they walked to go back to the Uchiha compound. Minato and Kushina watched as Fugaku and Mikoto left. Kushina turned back to Ryo and Uzume's house.
"I hope Karin get's better soon." Kushina said sadly.
"I have to get back to the office right now." Minato said. "We'll talk about more about this later."
"H-hai." Kushina said sadly.
Minato glanched at Ryo and Uzume's house one more time before walking off to the Hokage Mansion.
Kushina looked down sadly at the ground. "Karin.. I know the pain you feel.. and you're not alone..." she thought.
Iruka, in his usual, was at his podium and facing his class as he was teaching them another more about Taijutsu. Sasuke, in his usual outfit, was sitting in his seat at his desk. Sasuke looked to the left at Karin's empty seat. Karin hasn't returned to the Academy after her mother passed away. All of the girls tried to sit at the desk but Sasuke told them 'No'. Sasuke really missed Karin and was worried about as he hasn't seen her after the funeral.
Flashback.
8 Days ago.
Their was a light blue coffin in the middle of the grass as it had a picture of Uzume on the top of it and was surrounded by flowers. There were many rows of people wear black with each having their clan's crests on the back; they all black shirts but the men wore pants and the women skirts. All the people were from the Uchiha clan, Uzumaki clan, Namikaze, and their other clan allies.
Karin, Kushina, Minato, and Naruto were standing in front of them as they close to Uzume's coffin. Everyone had their eyes closed and their heads lowered as they were praying for the decreased young woman. Uzume was being buried on the right of Ryo's grave. When they were finished, everyone opened their eyes, some people went to lay more flowers on Uzume's coffin before they lower it in the ground, while others chatted with one another.
Sasuke walked over to Karin, when he made it he saw her standing and not even moving. Her eyes were being covered by her hair and glasses.
"K-karin." Sasuke said.
Karin didn't say anything.
"Karin." Sasuke said again.
"Please say something." Sasuke said worriedly.
Karin still didn't say anything.
"Talk to me please, Karin." Sasuke said worriedly, then put his left hand on her right shoulder.
Sasuke suddenly saw tears running down Karin's face and raised her and turned to the right to look at him. Sasuke was sad to see Karin looking at him with sad eyes and tears running down her slightly red cheeks.
"Karin I-" Sasuke said but was cut off.
"P-please P-please me alone, S-sasuke." Karin said sadly stuttering.
Karin walked off, causing Sasuke's left hand to slip from her right shoulder, and over to her mother's lowering coffin. Sasuke was about to go follow Karin but stopped when he suddenly felt a hand on his right shoulder, he turned around and looked up to see Itachi looking down at him.
"Give her some time to be alone, Sasuke. She's been through a lot." Itachi said.
Sasuke looked at Itachi for a moment before he down sadly as he lowered his left hand, then he raised his head as he looked over at Karin, who was standing by herself and tears falling down her face.
"Karin." Sasuke thought sadly.
Flashback ends.
Sasuke suddenly imagined Karin sitting at her desk and facing forward and looked at him then blushed softly before turning away shyly and then the image of Karin disappeared. Sasuke turned forward to listen to Iruka's lectures.
"I wonder what you're doing right now, Karin?" Sasuke thought.
...
Class was over and all of the students were walking home. Sasuke was carrying a cream colored bag on his right shoulder as he was walking away from the Academy. When Sasuke made it to the Uchiha compound and walked inside of it he noticed his mother standing outside of their home looking down sadly at a picture in her right hand.
"Mother." Sasuke said.
Mikoto snapped out of her thoughts and looked down at her second son. "Sasuke?" she asked surprised.
"What are you looking at?" Sasuke asked stopping next to her.
Mikoto looked back at the picture sadly and sighed softly then lowered it so Sasuke could see it. "It's a picture of me, Uzume, and Kushina. It was taken months... before her passing." she said.
Sasuke looked at it to see her mother was on the left, Kushina was in the middle, and Uzume was on the right, they were all in their usual outfits. Sasuke can see that they were all smiling as they were facing forward. Mikoto pulled it back and looked down at Sasuke again.
"So did you have a nice day at the Academy?" Mikoto asked.
Sasuke looked up at his mother. "It was fine but..." he said then looked down.
"What's wrong, Sasuke?" Mikoto asked worriedly.
Sasuke raised his head. "When is Karin coming back to the Academy?" he asked.
"Huh?" Mikoto asked surprised then her face now showed sadness.
"I haven't seen her in days and doesn't come to the Academy anymore." Sasuke said sadly.
Mikoto crouched down at Sasuke's height and put her left hand on his shoulder. "Sasuke... s-she's going through something right now. She lost her father and now her mother. Her Aunt and Uncle talked to her a few hours ago but she still hasn't recovered, she needs time." she said.
"But will she ever come back?" Sasuke said looking at his mother sadly.
"She will soon... but not today..." Mikoto said.
sasuke sighed, looking down.
...
Hours later.
Night time.
Sasuke was laying on his bed and looking up at the ceiling.
"Sasuke... s-she's going through something right now. She lost her father and now her mother. Her Aunt and Uncle talked to her a few hours ago but she still hasn't recovered, she needs time." his mother said.
Sasuke blinked once.
"She will soon... but not today..." his mother said.
Sasuke closed his eyes and began to think about his past with Karin.
Flashback.
5 years old.
Sasuke noticed a red haired man with glasses and woman facing their parents.
"They must be mother and father's friends that come from the Uzumaki clan." Sasuke thought, staring at them.
But what caught Sasuke's attention the most the crimson red haired girl with glasses that was hiding behind the woman, she looked to be his age, looking shy at them.
"What is it, Mother?" Itachi asked.
"Itachi. Sasuke. Ryo and Uzume came to visit and they've brought their daughter, Karin with them just like when you were younger." Sasuke heard his mother say.
Sasuke stared curiously at Karin. "She's really pretty and her name is great and special." Sasuke thought.
When his mother introduced him to Karin, Sasuke now noticed that Karin was staring at him confused, making him look down blushing.
"Itachi, can you and Sasuke show Karin around while me and your father discuss something with Ryo and Uzume?" their mother asked.
"Yes, mother." he heard his big brother said.
Sasuke walked over to Karin smiling, but stopped when she hid behind her mother again, causing him to stop where he was. "She doesn't like me." he thought sadly.
He saw Karin's mother kneel down to their level and turned Karin in her direction. He was happy after hearing her say go play him and Itachi but became sad again when Karin said she wanted to stay by her parents side, and became happy again after a short discussion with Karin agreeing. He watched as Karin's mother softly pushed Karin over to them. He stared at Karin, who was looking sad and shy at them, holding her hands near her chest then started to look down at her feet.
"Um, do you want to see our backyard?" Sasuke asked nervously, blushing a little. "Or maybe practice with our shuriken?"
Sasuke saw how Karin looked at him confused for a moment before turning back to look at her mother.
"It's okay, just be careful, sweetie." he heard her mother said.
Follow us, we'll show you where we practice." Itachi said.
...
7 years old.
Sasuke went down another and suddenly heard a gasping noise. He turned to the left to see a closet, he walked towards it, he raised his right hand and grabbed the doorknob. He opened it to see Karin sitting on the floor and was looking down at the floor sadly.
"Karin." Sasuke said relieved.
Karin looked up at Sasuke. "S-sasuke." she said.
"What are you doing in here Karin and where is your lunch?" Sasuke asked.
Karin looked down sadly. "Someone ate my lunch." she said.
"Huh?" Sasuke asked.
"I don't know who ate it all, it was empty when I found it." Karin said sadly.
Sasuke stepped more into the closet and crouched down next to Karin. "Then we can share my lunch." he said softly smiling.
Karin looked at Sasuke again. "B-but you need it." she said.
"I have plenty to share." Sasuke said.
"I-I not hung-" Karin was cut off when her stomach started to growl again, making her blush.
"It seems you are hungry." Sasuke said smiling more.
Karin turned her head away, a little embarrassed.
Sasuke stood up and held out his right hand. "Let's go eat outside together." he said.
Karin looked up at him again for a moment before she slowly raised her left hand to grab Sasuke's right hand. When Karin grabbed it, Sasuke carefully pulled Karin up to her feet. Karin blushed softly.
"Let's go." Sasuke said before walked out of the closet with Karin.
"H-hai." Karin said shyly.
...
Sasuke and Karin were sitting on one of the benches, away from the other students so they could eat in peace. Sasuke opened his bento box with his right hand as he held it with his left hand.
Sasuke put the top of the bento box in between them. "Here you choose first." he said smiling, showing Karin the insides of the box.
"T-thank you." Karin said then looked down and saw many Onigiri, Kyaraben, fish, and other foods in the bento box.
Karin reached with her right hand and pulled out one of the Onigiri then softly took a bite. Sasuke used his right hand and pulled out a Onigiri too. As Karin was eating, she looked up to see Sasuke was smiling at her.
Karin blushed softly and looked away from Sasuke. "I-It's delicious." she said shyly.
"My Mother made them." Sasuke said then took a bite out of his Onigiri.
"It was great that you can make 2 clones and seek away without being seen." Karin said.
"Thanks, I've been practicing with Niisan and Shisui sometimes." Sasuke said.
"Oh." Karin said.
Flashback over.
Sasuke now imagined Karin smiling shyly.
"S-sasuke." Karin said.
Sasuke opened his eyes and got from his bed and went over to his closed window then opened them up with both his hands. he looked up at the crescent moon in the star lit sky.
"I have to see her. Karin's all alone right now." Sasuke said worriedly then walked over to his door.
Sasuke opened it up and walked out then closed it behind him. He slowly and quietly walked down the halls so he wouldn't wake up his parents and Itachi then down the stairs and made it to the main shoji doors and put on his sandals before he slowly slid opened the door and stepped out and closed it behind him.
When Sasuke was now outside he ran from his house and Uchiha compound and started heading to the Uzumaki compound.
Karin was in the kitchen and was sitting at the table, finishing the last of an Onigiri she made. Even though she still depressed about the sudden loss of her mother, Karin sometimes leaves her room to take a bath or eat.
When Karin stood up from one of the chairs at the table and slowly walked out of the kitchen and into the living room. As Karin was walking towards the stairs she stopped and she noticed a small shiny black object on the coffee table. She saw it was a kunai wrapped in white bandages at the handle. She walked over to the coffee table and grabbed it with her right hand and looked at it closely. Karin suddenly remembered that it was her father's kunai and her mother showed it to her a few weeks before she died. She continued walking and made it to the stairs and to her room and closed the door. The window was open
Karin sat on her bed and held the kunai upward with both hands, looking down at it sadly. She was thinking about what to do with the kunai.
"M-maybe I should go where Mommy and Daddy are right now. I really miss them a lot." Karin thought sadly, then closed her eyes. "No one will even notice."
Karin sighed as she slowly raised the kunai, but before she could do anything she quickly opened her eyes as she suddenly sensed Sasuke coming to the Uzumaki clan compound.
Karin got off the bed and stood on the floor, separating her hands as the kunai was now in her right hand. "W-why i-is Sasuke coming here at this time of night?!" she asked herself shocked, looking at the open window with wide eyes.
"I-I have to hide." Karin said looking around then her eyes stopped at the closet. "There."
As Sasuke continued to run he finally made it to the Uzumaki clan compound, it took him awhile to get to Karin's house. When Sasuke made it to Karin's house he stopped close to it, panting a little from the running, and stared at the house for awhile before walking up to the main shoji doors. He stopped and raised his left hand and started knocking.
"Karin." Sasuke said. "Karin, please open up."
There was no answer.
Sasuke knocked a few times before he stopped, he put the left side of his head against the main shoji doors to hear inside, but he heard nothing only complete silence. He took his head away from the wall and decided to slid one of the main shoji doors open with his left hand and stepped inside before looking around the dark house. He closed the door behind him and slowly took off his sandals and placed them next to Karin's then stepped more inside.
"Karin!" Sasuke called out, walking more inside. "Karin, where are you?!"
Sasuke turned and walked towards the kitchen, when he made it there it was dark and only the kitchen window above the sink showed the crescent moon was the only light source. He looked around to find nothing and turned around and walked back into the living room.
Sasuke was about to call out to Karin again until he suddenly heard a thud coming from upstairs, he looked up in curiosity.
"That must be Karin, she's in her room." Sasuke said to himself.
Sasuke turned and walked towards the stairs and climbed up. When he made it up he looked at Karin's closed door and walked over to it, he twisted the knob with his right hand. He opened it and slowly pushed it open and stepped inside to see that the window was open. He looked around the room and saw no sign of Karin only a clean room, but what caught his eyes was the blankets on Karin's bed was a little wrinkled, knowing that Karin must have sat on it.
"Karin, please come out." Sasuke called out.
Sasuke stopped and turned as he suddenly heard a soft gasp coming from the closet, he walked over to it and twisted the door knob with his right hand and opened it. He looked to see Karin sitting on the floor and was hiding her face.
"Karin." Sasuke said smiling, relieved to see her. "It's so good to see." then he took one step closer to her.
Karin quickly moved a little away from Sasuke. Sasuke stopped moving as he became confused at why would she do that then he suddenly noticed that Karin had been crying recently and was holding a kunai with both hands. Sasuke immediately stepped towards Karin again and grabbed the kunai with his left hand and pulled it out of her hands.
"Karin, what are you doing with this?" Sasuke asked concerned.
Karin still didn't look or said anything to Sasuke, only staying quiet. Sasuke now fully realized that Karin was really sad and depressed over the loss of her parents, who have passed away.
Sasuke stared sadly at Karin before he put down the kunai and hugged her, making Karin's eyes widened in shock.
"Y-you're not alone, Karin. I know that your parents are not here anymore... but you still have me, Naruto, and your Aunt and Uncle with you... and we'll never leave you behind or... your side..." Sasuke said comforting.
Karin suddenly felt tears well up in her eyes and a wave of sadness, she buried her head into the left side of Sasuke's shoulder and started crying. Sasuke hugged Karin tighter and softly rubbed her back with his right hand. Karin cried even harder as she held on to Sasuke's shirt. Karin continued to cry for 23 minutes until she started whimpering and suddenly went quiet and she released him from her grip. Sasuke looked down curiously to see Karin had fallen asleep after crying.
Sasuke picked Karin up bridal style and carried her to her bed, he sat her on the bed and removed some of the blankets before carefully placing Karin on the left side of the bed. He wiped some of her dried tears away with his right hand, he watched as she sighed softly in her sleep. He climbed in and laid beside Karin on the bed, wrapping his arms around her.
"I will always be with you Karin." Sasuke said before he closed his eyes and slowly fell asleep.
...
Tomorrow.
Morning.
As Karin was still sleeping she suddenly felt that someone was breathing on her head, she slowly woke up to see Sasuke was sleeping next to her and his arms were around her top body. It took her a second to realize it before she blushed furiously and quickly fell on the floor without waking up Sasuke. She slowly stood up from the floor and looked down at Sasuke, who was sleeping peacefully and quietly. She suddenly remembered what happened yesterday, her blush lessened until it was gone.
"Sasuke... I know that you meant what you said..." Karin said quietly.
Karin walked over to Sasuke's side and put more of the blanket on him before she walked over to the door and walked towards the door and stepped outside to go downstairs.
...
30 minutes later.
Sasuke slowly woken up and slowly opened his eyes then raised to that he wasn't in his room instead he was in Karin's room, he looked around the room and couldn't find her anywhere.
"I would where she is right now?" Sasuke thought.
Sasuke suddenly smelled something delicious coming from downstairs, he pulled the blanket away from him and stepped on the floor before he walked over to the door and walked through the hallway and down the stairs. He made it through the living room and to the kitchen, he stepped in to see Karin wearing a white apron that was big for her and was finishing up with the cooking. The kitchen table had a big bowl of white rice, a medium bowl of miso soup, 2 hot green teas in cups on the left and right side, a few slices of toast served on a rectangular dish, 6 small circular round bowls were on the table, and 4 chopsticks laid on the table.
Karin walked to the table with a spoon in her left hand and grabbed one of the small bowls with her right and started scooping some up and put it inside before placing it on the right side of the table and grabbed another bowl then scooped some up and put it on the left side of the table. She looked up to see Sasuke was staring at her, she turned away shyly.
"U-um, good morning, Sasuke..." Karin greeted shyly.
"Good morning to you, too." Sasuke said smiling, walking more into the kitchen. "You've made breakfast, it smells and looks delicious."
"Th-thank you, Sasuke." Karin said shyly, blushing a little.
Sasuke sat down in a chair at the right side of the table and closed his eyes and put his hands together before saying 'Itadakimasu' then opened his eyes and reached for the chopsticks with his left hand and a small bowl of rice with his right hand and started eating.
"This taste really good, it's better than my mom's cooking." Sasuke said.
"M-my Mommy always cooked... together and she taught... me how to." Karin said shyly, blushing a little more.
Karin carefully took off her apron before placing it on a nearby rack before walking over to the table. "U-um, Sasuke." she said shyly.
Sasuke stopped eating and swallowed his rice before looking at Karin curiously. "What is it, Karin?" he asked.
"W-well I want to thank you for coming over and helping me yesterday." Karin said shyly, looking away from Sasuke.
"It was nothing and I wanted to see you again." Sasuke said. "Will you come back to the Academy?"
"I-I don't know." Karin said, looking at him again.
"You should, it doesn't feel right without you there." Sasuke said.
Karin blushed again. "Y-you d-do?" she asked stuttering.
"Of course." Sasuke said.
Karin looked down and thought about it, it had been awhile since she has attended the Academy and she wanted to go back but was a little afraid to go now. "I guess... I can come back today." she said, slowly looking up.
"Great." Sasuke said smiling.
Karin sat down on the left side at the table and closed her eyes and put her hands together before saying 'Itadakimasu' then opened her eyes and reached for the chopsticks with her left hand and a small bowl of miso soup with her right hand, she was about to start eating until she sensed Minato, Kushina, and Naruto were coming over. She put her food down and stood up from her chair before walking over to exit out of the kitchen.
Sasuke stopped eating and looked over at Karin. "Where are you going Karin?" he asked.
Karin stopped walking and turned to Sasuke. "My Aunt Kushina, Uncle Minato, and Oniisan are coming this way." she said. "I have to let them in."
"Oh." Sasuke said.
Karin walked out of the kitchen and into the living room to the main shoji doors, she open it up see Minato, Kushina, and Naruto, in their usual outfits, were standing outside.
"Hello." Karin greeted, looking at them.
"Are you okay, Karin-dear?" Kushina asked concerned, looking down at her.
"You haven't been yourself lately." Minato said, looking down at her.
"Will you return to the Academy soon?" Naruto said. "I miss you, dattebayo."
"I'm better now and I'll return today." Karin said.
"That's wonderful news, dattebane." Kushina said smiling.
"Hey something smells good." Naruto said smiling.
"I've made breakfast." Karin said.
"You're eating it all by yourself." Minato said.
"No I have a guest eating right now." Karin said.
"A guest?!" Minato, Kushina, and Naruto yelled together.
"Would you all like some breakfast?" Karin asked, moving out of the way to let them in.
Minato, Kushina, and Naruto thought about it for second before entering, they took off their sandals before going to the kitchen with Karin closing the door and followed after them. When they entered the kitchen they saw Sasuke sitting at the table and was looking at them.
"Sasuke?" Kushina asked.
Naruto immediately got angry and ran over to him. "What are you doing here, dattebayo?!" he asked annoyed.
"I don't have to answer to you." Sasuke said.
Naruto and Sasuke glared at each other as they were annoyed at being in the same together.
"Would you 2 knock it off." Kushina said.
Karin stepped into the kitchen again. "Please... please stop fighting.. Oniisan, Sasuke please..." she said sadly.
Sasuke and Naruto stopped glaring at each other and looked Karin's sad face, they immediately stopped fighting.
"Okay." Sasuke said sighing.
"Alright." Naruto said sighing.
"Why are you here, Sasuke?" Minato asked. "Your parents would get worried if you're not at home."
"Well um, he came over last night to help me." Karin said.
"Thank you, Sasuke." Kushina said. "Whatever you did was wonderful."
"Um, thank you." Sasuke said.
All of them sat at the table and started eating, Karin looked at everyone and sensed the warm atmosphere that was like her mother and father's. She suddenly remembered what Sasuke said yesterday.
Flashback.
"Y-you're not alone, Karin. I know that your parents are not here anymore... but you still have me, Naruto, and your Aunt and Uncle with you... and we'll never leave you behind or... your side..." Sasuke said comforting.
Flashback ends.
Karin looked at everyone and made a small smile. "Sasuke is right about this... I'm not alone..." she thought. "And still have memories of Mommy and Daddy with me always..."
End of Chapter 6.
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