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A/N: Gomen for updating late! I was so busy doing stuff and didn't have time to write. So, I decided to write extra long chapter for you guys. I have no beta reader proof read this chapter. Forgive me my grammar and spelling. One more thing, I'll be ending this story soon. Thank you for 700 reviews:) Thanks to all the reviewers for the great reviews. Anyways, ENJOY!
"Ano…I already made my decision." She lowered the cookies and milk on the coffee table.
Naruto and Sasuke stared at her and waited for her to answer since they've been waiting for this for a long time.
Sakura took a deep breath and said, "I choose…
Chapter 30-What?
"I choose Kakashi…"
Naruto and Sasuke both screamed, "WHAT?"
"Did I hear it right? Did you say you chose Sensei?" Naruto wanted to make sure that he wasn't deaf or misheard it wrong.
Sakura looked down at her feet as her foot was tapping up and down, "No…you heard it right."
Naruto was confused of Sakura's decision, "But, but, BUT WHY, SAKURA-CHAN? Why him? Tell us why!" He pointed at Kakashi who was sat between Sasuke and him.
"Guu, Guu, Guu?" Baby Kakashi was confused when he saw Naruto pointing his finger in front of his face. He held his finger and began pulling his finger, "Guu, Guu, Guu, hehe!"
Naruto pulled his finger out of Kakahi's hand and said, "Don't touch my finger! Understood!"
Kakashi looked at him in shock. His eyes began to fill with tears, "Guu, Guu, Guu…"
Sakura stared at Kakashi and felt sorry for him. Naruto and Sasuke must have hated him now since she chose him.
Sasuke stayed quiet, was too confused as Naruto. He determined to know why she chose him instead them.
"Because…" She bit her lip softly, "…I can't choose either of you. I'm sorry…"
"Sorry? That doesn't bring any explanation! You had to tell us why you choose him! What's so great about him! He's nothing but a pervert baby! Is it because you hate us? Or was it because teme?" Naruto pointed behind him where Sasuke sat at the couch.
"Hey, don't blame it on me!" Sasuke finally spoke.
"Then who should I blame huh! It had to be you!"
"Shut up, you idiot! I know it's not me! All the blaming made Sakura brainwashed because of you!"
"NANI! Not true!"
"It had to be! There's no way it was me! It must be your stupid brain that got herself confused. So, it was your fault, dobe!"
"I did not!"
"Did too!"
"Did not!"
"Did too!"
Sakura's vein started twitch by getting annoyed of Naruto's and Sasuke's yelling, "SHUT UP BOTH OF YOU!" She shouted out loud which made Naruto and Sasuke stopped arguing, "You think it was easy to make decision? Well, you're wrong! It got nothing to do with you guys confusing me! It was my own decision! I'll explain why I chose him! Now shut up and listen!"
Naruto was frightened of Sakura's anger and kept his mouth close. He doesn't want to get Sakura mad again. Sasuke sat still, tried to be cool, but inside, he was terror of her fury.
Kakashi stood there, confusedly staring at her mother yelling at his grandma and sister, "Guu, Guu, Guu?"
"The reason why I chose him is because of his feelings."
"His feelings?" They said together, confusing.
"Hai…for the past week, when I saw you guys stopped talking to each other. Sensei was crying and hasn't been happy after what happened. I think it made me depressed. Second reason was…what happens if sensei never turns back normal?"
Naruto and Sasuke looked at each other and stared back at Sakura, "What I meant was who's going to take care of him? When I thought about it, I can't put him in orphanage or let him starve to death…Inside my heart, I can't leave him alone. I think Sensei is important person right now. This is why I can't choose any of you guys." Sakura carried Kakashi with her embrace hands.
"Guu, Mama, Mama, Mama, hehe!" He giggled.
Naruto stared at his hands that were rubbing against each other. Sasuke stood up, left the living and gone outside.
Sakura felt guilty, "I'm sorry…I hope you guys understand someday."
Evening…
Sakura put Kakashi to his room since he fell asleep. She closed the door silently to not to wake him up. Sakura went to the kitchen to get a glass of warm milk. When she stepped in, she saw Naruto sat on the chair, waiting for his cup of ramen to cook since it takes three minutes to be ready.
Naruto looked up and saw Sakura stood there, "Hey Sakura-chan! Wanna eat with me?"
"No thanks…I'm not hungry. I'm just here to get a glass of milk."
"Oh…okay!"
Sakura opened the fridge and took out the milk of carton. She poured the milk into the glass and placed it back to the fridge. She went to sit down on the chair, drinking bit by bit.
Silence…
"Ne Sakura-chan…" Naruto broke the silence.
"Hai Naruto?"
"If sensei did turn back to normal…will you able to choose one of us?"
"…I haven't thought of it. If he did, I might able to choose one of you guys. But I wasn't sure if he ever goes back to normal. It might take long, Naruto. I mean, it could take days, months, or even years. I can't give you an answer right away."
"Oh, I see." Naruto crossed his arms and his eyes were closed while thinking at the same time.
Silence…
"Naruto must be thinking that I rejected him…should I say something? What can I say? I don't know what to say next. Maybe I should apologize to him. That way will make him feel better." Sakura thought.
"Naruto, I-"
"All right, I decided it!" Naruto slammed the table with his hand, which caused Sakura to jump a little.
"Nani?"
"I'll wait until Sensei turn back to normal! I don't care how long it takes! I'll wait even if it days, months, or years! I'll wait for you until you tell me your answer!"
"Naruto…"
"Don't worry; I'm not mad of your decision. I'll treat you the same. Just promise me that you'll tell me your answer, okay?" Naruto held Sakura's hand.
"I will." She held his hand back.
"Alright! Then it's settle!" Naruto released her hands, "Oh boy! Ramen is ready! Itadaikimasu!" Naruto opened the top and began to eat the ramen.
Sakura just smiled, "Naruto understand my feelings. It made me feel happy."
-Sasuke—
Naruto finished eating ramen and had gone to bed. Sakura came out of the kitchen and she spotted Sasuke was stand near by the window, looking outside the window. Sakura walked over there and said, "Sasuke-kun?"
Sasuke turned and saw Sakura, "Hn…"
"Sasuke-kun…I want to say I'm sorry for not able to choose you and Naruto. It just that Sensei is very important to me right now. I hope you understand."
"…Don't worry. I wasn't mad of your decision."
Sakura felt relieved to hear him say that.
Silence…
"Hey Sakura."
"Hai?"
"Can I ask you something?"
She nodded.
"What if that brat never turned back to normal? What will you do about it?"
She looked down, "If sensei never turn back to normal, I'll take care of him myself even though, I'm not his mother."
"You're doing this alone?"
"Um yeah…I guess I will."
"…are you sure?"
"Hai…"
"...I'm afraid I can't let you do that."
"What do you mean?"
"I can't let you take care of him by yourself."
"Why not? Are you telling me that I should give Sensei away? I can't do that! There's no one else to take care of him, but me! I'm not going to give Sensei away to some kind of stranger-"
"Who said, you're giving him away."
"Huh?"
"What I'm saying is…" Sasuke paused.
Sakura waited for him to finish his sentence.
"…let me be part of his life."
"Did I hear it right? Did Sasuke-kun say 'let me be part of his life'?"
"What did you say?"
"I said, let me be part of his life."
"Sasuke-kun…"
"Sakura…if he can't turn back to normal, then I will help you out whether you like it or not. I'll treat him as my family. I don't want to see you doing this alone."
Sakura was surprised what Sasuke said. She smiled.
Sasuke saw her smiling which made him embarrassed, "Um…don't get the wrong idea! I'm only doing this because…I don't think you can handle him alone. He can be troublemaker brat and he can do lots of bad things. I think you need more help…so I decided to help you out. That's all…um…yeah, anyways, Oyasuminasai." He walked away, blushing.
Sakura giggled, "Sasuke-kun cared about me…Arigatou…"
Next day…
When Sakura woke up early in the morning, she was thinking of cooking breakfast for the boys. She rushed to the bathroom, came out and wore her usual red dress.
She came out of her room and went downs stairs. She stepped inside the kitchen, then she halted, couldn't believe her own eyes.
Sasuke and Naruto were in the kitchen. Sasuke was cooking breakfast while Naruto feeding Kakashi with baby food. Don't worry; Naruto is not going to fall Kakashi's trap again.
(Saki: Remember, Naruto got choked by the spoon, haha!)
"Come on, Sensei! Eat this carrot!" Naruto put the mash carrot food in front of Kakashi's face.
"Guu, Guu, Guu!" He rapidly shook his head, crossing his arms.
"Aw, come on! It's good!"
As always, he swiftly shook his head.
"Man, why do you have to be so hard to feed?" Naruto grumbled.
Sakura giggled, "How cute!"
Kakashi spotted Sakura, standing there, "Guu, Mama, Mama, Mama!" He called.
Naruto turned and said, "Ohayo Sakura-chan!"
Sasuke turned around while he held a frying pan that was cook scramble eggs, "Yo…"
"Ohayo, what's all of this?"
"What does it look like? We're making you a breakfast…on second thought; I was the one who made it. Unlike this dobe, who can't cook anything." Sasuke added salt and pepper on the eggs.
"HEY! That's not true! I can too cook!" Naruto yelled.
"Oh yeah? Give me example?"
"I can cook ramen!"
"What's else?"
"And…um…" Naruto was rubbing his chin with his hand, "...Put boil water on the cup of ramen!"
"That doesn't count. I don't understand how you can eat only ramen. You do realize that's not good for your health and you can die. Well, not that I care." Sasuke put some scramble eggs on each of the plates.
"Don't tell me what to do! I can eat whatever I want!"
"Whatever…"
Naruto stuck his tongue out. Sasuke just rolled his eyes.
Sakura giggled, "That's Sasuke-kun and Naruto I known."
"Sakura-chan! Come and sit down!" He pulled the chair out, offering her to sit down like a gentleman.
Sakura accepted and sat down on the chair as Naruto pushed the chair in, "Thanks!"
Sasuke put the frying pan on the sink and there was loud ding, "The milk must be ready since this brat didn't eat his meal. That dobe couldn't even feed him." He opened the microwave door as he took bottle of milk out.
"Stop calling me dobe, you teme!" Naruto shouted at him.
Sasuke ignored him and handed the milk to Kakashi. Kakashi held the milk and started drinking.
"Guu, Guu, Guu!" He smiled.
Naruto and Sasuke sat down as well, "Itadaikimasu!" They said together as they began to dig in.
"Ne, ne, ne, Sakura-chan, do you have any plan today."
"Hmm…no, I don't think so. Why do you ask?"
"Cool! Because we got plan! We're going out!"
"Where?"
"…There's the festival tonight." Sasuke showed the paper of the festival, "Not only that, there will be parade there too."
"Yeah, I thought that we should go there and eat and play too! It'll be fun, what do you say?" Naruto waited for Sakura's answer.
"Sounds good to me! I love festival!" She smiled.
"Great, then let's go tonight!"
They all agreed.
Evening…
"Yay, you did it, Sasuke-kun!" Sakura cheered, held Kakashi around her arms.
Sasuke had won a game by throwing hula-hoop ring, "Piece of a cake."
The man gave the prize to Sasuke and Sasuke received a ninja doll. Sasuke gave the ninja doll to Kakashi. Kakashi hugged him, "Guu, Guu, Guu, hehe!"
"Hehe, how cute! Boy…I'm thirsty." They had been playing all the game without getting any drink.
"You are? Then I'll go get the drink for you!" Naruto said.
"No, you can't! The parade will start soon!"
"Don't worry, I'll be fast! I'll be here before the parade comes!"
"…I'll go with you." Sasuke said.
"Huh? Why?"
"Because I don't trust you."
"Why is that?"
"Because you might go and eat that stupid ramen!"
"Hey, I wouldn't do that! But then again, I would do that."
"That's why you're an idiot. Sakura, we'll meet you at the parade, all right?"
"Okay."
They went their separate way.
Somewhere…
"Where do we get drink at?" Naruto asked raven haired boy.
"How am I supposed to know?" Sasuke shoved his hands inside his pockets.
"Get your drink over here! Selling drink here! Come and get it!" The man shouted, selling drink.
"Sasuke, there's drink over there! Come on!" Naruto pulled Sasuke's collar behind his back.
Naruto dragged him and Sasuke slapped Naruto's hand to released his collar, "Don't pull my shirt like that, you idiot!"
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, I got it. Hi, we like to buy a drink!" Naruto talked to the man who sell drinks.
"Coming up right-" The man faced them.
"AH! It's you again!" They shouted together at same time.
Yup, it's Kyo again.
"Why do we keep meeting you every time we go?" Naruto asked.
"You tell me. Well, that doesn't matter. What would you like to drink?" Kyo asked their order.
"Just give us two bottles of waters." Naruto gave number three signs with his fingers.
"Right, but I only can pour you a cup of water. Is that okay with you?"
"Yeah, yeah, just give us the water!" Naruto banged the table who hate waiting for the drinks.
Kyo took the water out from the cooler and set twowhite cups on the table. He poured the water in.
"Here you go!" He gave the cups to them.
"Thanks! Sasuke, let's drink our first!"
"Why?"
"Because I'm thirsty."
"Well, I'm not. Beside, that other drink is for Sakura. Why don't you drink the other yourself?"
"Fine! I will! Cheer to myself!" Naruto raised the cup up, drank it in one gulp.
When he finished drinking and he began to act silly.
"Naruto, what's wrong?" Sasuke noticed Naruto was walking around funny.
"Saasssuukkkee, wwwhhhaattt'ssss uuuuppp, mmmyyy frrriiieeennnnddd!" Naruto patted Sasuke, chuckling.
"What the hell is wrong with you?" Sasuke was totally creepy out of Naruto's acting.
"I dooonnnn't know! You teeeeellll mmmee!"
"It must be the drink." Sasuke thought.
"Hey Kyo, what the hell did you put in the drink?" Sasuke asked the silver haired man who was talking to some customer.
"Huh? Water of course!" Kyo answered him back and went back talking to customer.
"It can't be…Naruto, give me that drink!" Sasuke grabbed the cup out of Naruto's hand.
Sasuke opened his mouth and the cup was slowly close to his mouth, but suddenly he felt arms were wrapped around his neck. It was Naruto who jumped on his back, "Get off of me, dobe!"
"Nooo! Give me piggyback!"
"No way! Now get off!" Sasuke swings Naruto around to get him off his back.
"No, I don't want to! This is fun!" Naruto laughed, slapping his head.
Sasuke got pissed and threw Naruto in back flip which cause him to crash the wall.
"That'll teach him…" Sasuke stared at his drink and gulped the whole cup.
The cup was dropped on the floor.
This time, Sasuke was acting weird now. Naruto got up and gave Sasuke a handshake, laughing. Sasuke laughed along and they both went somewhere.
Kyo saw the whole situation, "Huh? I wonder what's wrong with them. What kind of drink did I give them?" He examined the drink and his jaw dropped after he read the title, "Oh my god…this is why they're acting like this…I'm so dead."
-Parade—
"What's taking them so long?" Sakura was worried about Naruto and Sasuke.
"Guu, Guu, Guu?" Baby Kakashi looked up at his mother.
"Well, well, if it isn't the forehead girl?"
Sakura knew that voice, she turned around and faced that girl who has blonde ponytail and dressed in purple outfit. Her stomach and leg thigh were wrapped around in bandage.
There were two boys behind her. A brown spiky haired boy was yawning and had a bored expression face. Last guy was wearing a white scarf as he munched on his BBQ chips.
"Hello, Ino-pig." Sakura gave her a glaring at the blonde girl.
"What are you doing here alone? Did Sasuke-kun dump you? No wonder, you're alone." Ino laughed a bit.
"No, I didn't. For your information, Sasuke-kun is here with me. And I'm here with Naruto as well. They just went to get a grab a drink for me."
"Oh, I see. By the way, who is that baby?" Ino noticed that Sakura was holding Kakashi.
"Oh him? His name is Karou!"
"Karou? I never heard of his name before."
"Are you his mother?" Chouji asked.
"No, of cours-" Sakura was cut short because Kakashi spoke loudly.
"Guu, Mama, Mama, Mama!" He giggled.
"Mama? Sakura, don't tell me that you're his mother! You had a child before me! Who is the father of this child huh! Tell me!" Ino determined to get her answer.
Um…well, the father of this child is…" Sakura was trying to think another excuse, but she couldn't.
"Oh no! I ran out an idea! What will I do now? Who will I say the father will be?"Sakura's mind started panicking.
"Hmm, I think I know who the father of this baby." Shikamaru finally spoke up.
"You do?" Ino and Sakura said together.
"The father of the baby is…" He slowly said.
"Uh huh?" Ino nodded, waiting for him to finish his sentence.
"Is…."
"Ah, I know! It's Sasuke isn't it?" Chouji finished his sentence.
…
…
"Yeah, you got it right. I'm surprised you got the right answer, Chouji." Shikamaru looked at his best friend.
Chouji smiled as he munched some more chips.
"NANI! SASUKE-KUN IS THE FATHER OF THE BABY! Tell me it's not true, Sakura!" Ino gave her looks and hoping it's not true.
Sakura looked at Ino's expression and Inner Sakura told her that she should play along. She agreed Inner Sakura, "Yes, that's right! Sasuke-kun is the father of my baby. As you can see, we're married together! Isn't that right, Karou?" She said sweetly to Kakashi.
"Guu, Guu, Guu?" Baby Kakashi was confused.
"NO! That can't be true!" Ino didn't believe what Sakura said.
"You have to believe it! How else can I have baby right?" She tried not to laugh.
"Sasuke has a son at this age? How troublesome." Shikamaru said his favorite word.
"Troublesome, troublesome, troublesome!" Baby Kakashi repeated after Shikamaru.
Shikamaru smiled, "He may be troublesome baby, but I like him." He patted Kakashi's head.
Kakashi giggled.
"What a cute baby. Do you want to eat lollypop?" Chouji took a lollypop out from his pocket and passed it to Kakashi.
Kakashi held it and began licking, "Guu, Guu, Guu, hehe!"
"I can't believe it…Sakura won Sasuke's heart? It can't be true!" Ino muttered to herself, hurled up in a dark corner.
"That'll keep her mouth shut." Sakura smiled evilly.
"Oh great, more troublesome." Shikamaru said.
"More troublesome?" Sakura raised her eyebrows.
"Who are you calling us troublesome?"
Sakura turned and saw bunch of people. There were Kurenai's team, Gaara's team, Gai's team, and bunch of Jounins (Such as Anko, Genma, Hayate, etc.)
"What are you guys doing here?" Sakura asked, the boy with the hood on.
"What do you think? We're here to watch the parade." Kiba said and Akamaru barked. Everyone nodded in agreement.
"Hello…" Gaara greeted Kakashi.
"Guu, Ojisan, Ojisan, Ojisan!" Baby Kakashi waved at him with his lollypop.
Gaara smiled.
"Did you see what I saw?" Tenten asked her boyfriend who was beside her.
"Yes, I did…" Neji whispered.
Everyone knew what they meant. They never saw Gaara smile before which it creeps them out.
Gaara noticed that they were staring at him, "What?" He glared at them.
"Nothing!" They said quickly. They didn't want to laugh at him because they're afraid that Gaara might use his sand to kill them.
"Look, everyone! The parade had started!" Lee pointed the parade where there are lots of floats.
"Where is Sasuke-kun and Naruto?" She looked around.
"Guu, Mama, Onee-chan, Obaasan!" Baby Kakashi shouted loudly.
"Eh? They're here? Where are they?" Sakura still look around.
He nagged his mother to get her attention, "Guu, look, look, look!" He pointed over the parade.
"Hai, hai, what do you want me to loo-" She froze when she saw something unexpected, "Oh my god…" She covered her mouth.
TBC
Sorry, I have to stop here! Yeah, I know I rushed the scene, but hey, I'm running out an idea all right. What do you think its happening? Once again, sorry for the late update and hope you enjoy this chapter! Anyways, please RR!
Saki: Mwhahaha! I'm so evil to stop there! XD
Naruto: I wonder what Sakura saw.
Sasuke: Who knows. Sakura, do you know? (Looks at her)
Sakura: (Shook her head) No…not that I know.
Naruto: I got a bad feeling about this. Saki got an evil looks on her face.
Sasuke: I agreed…she definitely planning something evil.
Saki: You got that right! Mwhahaha! (Laughs evil)
Team 7: (Back away, frighten) She's scary!
Kakashi: Oh, I can hardly wait! (Chuckles)