Sakura reached the entrance of the Uchiha Compound and decided to wait patiently for Naruto to arrive so they could walk to Sasuke's house together. Letting her chakra flow to through her legs into the souls of her feet she could feel the vibrations of every civilian and shinobi walking through the village. She could feel the footsteps of an almost teenager, heavy and running with all his might. As she felt this sensation, she snapped her eyes open in the North-East direction and watched as Naruto rounded the corner running towards her, muttering how he was late under his breath. Naruto finally stopped in front of her, hand on his knees as he bent over panting and trying to catch his breath.
"I'm here Sakura-chan! It's 6.29 I'm not late, see!" He yelled between pants, shoving his watch into her face.
"Perhaps, we should get you an alarm clock instead of allowing you to rely on that watch to get you places Naruto-kun. It may save you another asthma attack." She stated cheekily but Naruto nodded in all seriousness believing her sarcasm. "Let's go Naruto-kun. You may have arrived before 6.30 but we have yet to arrive at Sasuke's house and it is already 6.32. Meaning, we are late." Naruto groaned but limply followed behind her as she led the way to Sasuke's house with pristine posture and nodded to the guards standing at the entrance in acknowledgement with as much grace as a princess. It seemed that Sasuke's house was in the centre of the compound as it took them 4 minutes and 52 seconds to finally reach it from the entrance. Sakura stopped at their front porch and turned to Naruto. "Now, Naruto-kun, it would be good to remember that you should be on your best behaviour. This means, no yelling, name calling or starting fights. The Uchiha clan is an exceptional clan and must be held with high respect. One day, when you become Hokage, they will stand by your side, but the only way for them to do that is for you to treat them with courtesy and in turn they will do the same for you." She told Naruto with kindness, he would become Hokage some day and the Uchiha clan will be right by his side. But he does need to learn how to respect others.
"Wow you're so smart Sakura-chan! You'll be by my side when I become Hokage won't you?" Naruto asked with star eyes. Sakura found it hard to believe he would ever get over the crush he had on her, but she knew it would happen eventually.
"Of course, Naruto-kun. Now let's go in." and with that she turned and knocked on their door, cringing with anticipation. After a few seconds of waiting, Sakura could feel carefully calculated footsteps walking towards the door. The person on the other side gently opened the front door and they were greeted with the soft smile of the Uchiha Matriarch.
"Uchiha-sama" Sakura smile in politeness, "it is a pleasure to meet you. I am Sakura Haruno and this" she then gestured behind her, "is Naruto Uzumaki. We are Sasuke-kuns teammates."
"Please Sakura-chan, Naruto-chan, call me Mikoto. Welcome to our home, Kakashi is already inside at the dining table with Sasuke." Naruto's jaw dropped, probably wondering how Kakashi-sensei got here first. "You both got here at the perfect time. Dinner is ready to be served." Naruto walked through the hallways alongside her in awe. He'd most likely never been inside a house as high quality as this one. We reached the dining room and Mikoto delegated us toward our seats. There were still three empty placemats set at the table and since Mikoto hadn't joined them, yet it most likely meant that Sasuke's brother and father would be joining them as well. Proving her theory correct, a tall, muscular, 16-year-old Itachi Uchiha walked into the room and greeted his mother quietly whilst taking a seat at the table. She watched as Kakashi and him made eye contact and nodded to one another in acknowledgement, Kakashi then going back to reading his precious Icha Icha Paradise. Sasuke and Naruto were too busy bickering with one another to acknowledge his presence and thus it fell upon her to engage in conversation with him.
"Hello," she started, "You must be Sasuke-kuns's elder brother, Itachi-san. Sasuke-kun has mentioned you many times," she hid her smirk as she could see Sasuke glaring at her from the corner of her eye, "I am Sakura Haruno, and the boy will unfortunately not stop bickering with Sasuke-kun is Naruto Uzumaki." Sakura then sent a spike of killing intent toward Sasuke and Naruto, finally getting them to shut up and pay attention to their surroundings."
"Eh sorry Sakura-chan." Naruto fidgeted still feeling a linger of killing intent, "It's nice to meet you Sasuke-teme's older brother, datebayo!" Sakura sighed, that was as good as it was probably going to get.
"Of course, it is lovely to meet you, Sakura-san," He nodded toward her with a soft welcoming smile then turned to Naruto and did the same "Naruto-kun."
"Itachi-chan!" Mikoto called out from the kitchen then poked her head in through the door that was connected to the dining room. "Do you know when your father will arrive home. He said he would be home by 5.30 but it has almost been 2 hours since then."
"Of course, Mother. Father has been held back by some paperwork that needed to be completed at the police station. Unfortunately, he won't be getting home until late." Itachi said with some regret.
"Unfortunate indeed. I suppose I can serve up dinner then." Mikoto said with a small frown but then quickly set of plates of food in front of us and swiftly sat in her seat. "So, Naruto-chan, I do believe Sasuke-chan told me you wish to become Hokage?" Mikoto said with a smile, "I'm sure you will become a great Hokage one day."
"Of course, I will dattebaye!" Naruto said excited that someone other than his teammates believed in him. "I'll become Hokage and then everyone will respect me!" Sakura shook her head and sighed. She'd been trying to point him in the right direction, but it just seemed that he wasn't picking up what she was putting down. Would he ever understand?
"Is there something wrong, Sakura-san? Do you not believe Naruto-kun could become Hokage?" Itachi said with a soft oblivious smile. But from the question he just asked she now knew he was the devils incarnate. That little shit was trying to stir up trouble, that son-of-a-.
"Of course, not Itachi-san." She smiled at him passive aggressively, "I have merely been trying to make Naruto understand that one must gain respect to become Hokage, rather than become Hokage and then gain respect. That is all." Her eyebrow twitched as she tried with all her might not to tackle him and Mikoto covered her mouth as she silently giggled at the scene in front of her. Naruto and Sasuke looked back and forth between Itachi and Sakura trying to figure out what was going on as they appeared to be having some sort of mental battle, at least Sakura did, whilst Itachi looked perfectly content. Kakashi's eyes crinkled in delight.
"The food is delicious Mikoto-san. You're a wonderful cook" Kakashi said redirecting the conversation.
"Oh thank you, Kakashi. It's my pleasure." Mikoto revelled in the idea that she'd satisfied her guests with the dinner she had made them. "Perhaps you'll also enjoy the dessert I made, dango. It's Itachi-chans favourite."
"Ah. Itachi-chans always had a thing for sweets hasn't he?" Kakashi smiled whilst mocking Itachi. Having been on an Anbu team with the weasel he felt it was only necessary to annoy the monotone boy.
"Yes. I have always favoured sweets. Speaking of things we favour Kakashi, perhaps you'd like to tell us all what is so interesting about that book you're always carrying around." Itachi said knowing perfectly well that his mother would never dare enter any part of a book store or library that held that book and would simply lose her mind that Kakashi is reading porn at her dinner table. Adding the fact that three people present at the table are mere children is just plain inappropriate.
"Well, of course. It is the tale of a passionate love between two young adults."
"Neh, Kaka-sensei, is that what people call porn these days?" Sakura said under breath, but clear enough for everyone to hear.
"I believe it's time for me to take my leave," and with that, Kakashi disappeared in a cloud of smoke.
"Ano, Sakura-chan, what's porn?" Cue a loud yelp leaving Naruto's lips as Sasuke hit him over the head. "Teme! What was that for! I was just asking a question!"
Mikoto sat there staring at the children in horror, eyes wide and unable to move.