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The battles had always been terrible. As the senshi had matured, the enemies gained strength. Neo Queen Serenity gazed upon the rubble around her. She remembered having fought the Black Moon when they had time traveled. She remembered the Heart Snatchers, the Galaxy Cauldron, so many terrible battles with Beryl, the Dead Circus, and too, too, too terribly many fights after. What had always surprised her was how much stronger enemies got as time passed. Some would wait mere weeks after the last battle took place, some would bide their time for years, getting themselves that much stronger. She smiled grimly, remembering all the lives lost trying to hurt her friends, her people, her nation, her planet...
She had been sad to see borders change as time passed, but one thousand years were bound to bring change. Sure, her authority was politically unopposed in this Solar System (and quite a bit beyond, actually), but she knew that those 'hidden ninja villages' and other 'martial arts training centers' kept up their 'sporting rivalries'. To be frank, their help had been greatly appreciated in the latest battles. The senshi had had enough time to settle down with their own families, and when the first attacks had struck, were rather clumsy in their attempts to fight. The fact remained, however, that certain individuals had broken laws, and consequences needed to be dealt out. On the other hand, the citizens might rebel if she were to hand out punishments to the belovéd leaders who had, quite frankly, saved her ass. Serenity sighed. Looked like she would be re-watching key episodes of 'Rome'... again. For now, though, there were injured to take care of
She looked at the boy--no, the man in front of her. She remembered him, one of the members of the delegations to keep one of the 'sports competitions'... the Chuunin Examination? Supposedly, it was an examination to see if competitors were qualified to participate in other 'sports competitions'.
Those eyes had always been unmistakable, whether their former onyx black or their current crimson red. "Uchiha Sasuke," Neo Queen Serenity smiled at the man before her. "Why on earth are you laying on the ground?
Sasuke gave a choking cough of a laugh before responding, a hint of blood at the corner of his lips. "Now... isn't the time... for jokes." He breathed very deeply as he spoke, trying to conserve his life for as long as possible.
"Indeed," Serenity took out her Ginzuishou from whatever semi-existent pocket she kept it in. "It isn't." She was about to set to work when Sasuke grabbed her hand.
"Karma's out t' get you," he said. "Fer usin' that thing too much."
Serenity laughed. "So if I stop using the Ginzuishou, the battles will stop?"
Sasuke nodded once, a weak smile on his face as he coughed again. "More importantly... my daughter."
Serenity cocked her head to the side; had he already had children? How time passes!
"She was just born... the other day..." He took an even deeper breath, Sharingan fading for the first time in years as he used up his last breaths. "My wife died in childbirth... please... take care of her..."
Serenity shut the Uchiha's eyes, knowing that his time had come and he wished to take it. "You'd rather 'save' your daughter and me and be with Sakura-san than live without your wife... that's love, isn't it?" She asked the sky. She gazed at the rubble about her. There was a lot of work to do. "But still... I wonder what her name is."
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An Incorrect Assumption
Because when you 'assume', you make an 'ass' out of 'u' and 'me'.
ELJAKK
A/N: This fic is inspired in part by a NaruSasu fic in which Sasuke freaks out about pink haired babies with sharingan eyes and Billi Sue Jane and my response to it being "Hey that would look like Rainy." She says Rainy when she means Chibi-Usa. I dunno. Anyways, then I go "Wow, that could be written either very, very well, or very, very crappily. I wanna write it!" This will require a major suspension of disbelief for it to work. I wanna do it well, but too many flames are never a good thing for my non-existent self esteem. I would seriously appreciate some good comments if you like it.
Without further adieu, chapter one:
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Small Lady considered herself a very intelligent five-year-old. She could easily hold her own in a conversation with the most eloquent of people. She could give a look that could communicate the most deadly of threats and still look like the stunningly cute and kind princess she was. Thanks to Ami-sensei, she could even multiply smaller numbers (although pretending she couldn't was oft easier and much, much more fun) and understand complicated theories. Small Lady actually knew a lot in general. She especially knew, for example, when she was being lied to.
Small Lady looked at herself in the mirror. Her pinkish hair could easily be explained away as a slightly redder hue than her mother's blond hair, but what of her green eyes? Her father had once said something of inheriting her grandfather's green eyes, but her mother's sad smile said something entirely different, although what she wasn't sure. She was her parents' child, right? How could she not look like them if they were related?
There was also her name to consider. Princess Usagi Small Lady Serenity Uchiha Haruno Tsukino. Much, much, much too long a name, in her opinion. The reasoning behind the 'Princess' and 'Small Lady' parts were obvious, as was 'Serenity'. When she asked about the rest earlier, she had been told that 'Tsukino Usagi' had been the queen's name long, long before Small Lady had pondered it and the rest had been eloquently avoided. 'Uchiha'? 'Haruno'? There was no other explanation she could think of.
Small Lady considered herself a very intelligent five-year-old. She actually knew a lot in general. What she didn't know, however, was who the blond man with the weird outfit that was trying to talk to her was.
"Hey, how are you?" He questioned, coming closer. Small Lady had already been in a corner, and backed up even further.
"I'm sorry, there's no reason to be afraid. You just reminded me of my friend--" Small Lady backed as far as she could from the stranger's offending hand. For some reason, this man scared her to no end, and staying away from scary people was always a good thing, in her book. She tried to look as threatening as possible, and was surprised when, as she did so, the stranger started to glow with seemingly no effort. Too Scary!
"Hey, isn't that---" The blond man was cut off by...
"Hello, Naruto-san," Neo Queen Serenity, to the rescue!
"Hello, Serenity-dono," Naruto replied, bowing ever-so-slightly. "Was that---?"
"It was." Serenity put a look in her eye that screamed 'say another word and I will rip out your spleen and feed it to the muskrat.' A thousand years of experience does the heart good.
Naruto chose to ignore the look. "That means---"
"It does and it doesn't." Serenity interjected, thinking his words were to imply adultery on her part.
Naruto's eyes widened. "But you never had sex with---" He was cut off by a not-quite-discrete hand to the side of his face.
"Momma~~" Small Lady spoke up, using her best 'I'm the cutest thing in the world now give me everything I want' voice; the stranger's glow was gone with her mother's arrival, so she felt safe enough to speak now. "Who's this and why's he accusing you of bad things?"
"Ahh," Serenity turned to her daughter. "This is Naruto-san, Small Lady. He is the Rokudaime Hokage, kind of like a mayor and a military leader all at the same time. He wanted to talk to me about some recent events."
"Ohhhh...." Small Lady nodded. "Why was he glowing earlier?"
"Ahhh." Serenity's eyes widened. "Naruto-san, I do believe we must be going." She took her fellow blond by the arm and forced him along in a way that looked as if he were leading.
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"So," Naruto began now that Neo Queen Serenity was sure that all the doors and windows were securely bolted and had taken her seat. "Is that really Sasuke and Sakura-chan's child?" He wouldn't call Sasuke '-teme' now that he was dead, but felt far too strange to call his late rival and friend anything but.
"He did ask me to take care of her." Serenity smiled simply.
"I don't think he'd meant it quite so literally," Naruto let out a loud laugh. "Damn, I'd been sure Sasuke's first kid would be a boy. I'd been fighting someplace else at the time. Wars, you know."
"Is it a bad thing that Small Lady is a girl?" Serenity tilted her head to side, a cute look of confusion placed on her face even in this casual setting.
"Not at all, I just always wanted to tease Sasuke about having a son with pink hair and his brother rolling in his grave, laughing." Naruto smiled. "Now I can't, can I?"
"What happened to her eyes?" Serenity questioned seriously. That had never happened before... But Small Lady had probably seen a lot of bloodshed through her window recently. The enemies had made it very close to the palace.
"The Sharingan,” Naruto said by way of explanation. "The Uchiha Kekkei Genkai: the Sharingan eye. By pumping chakra to her eyes, your 'Small Lady' will be able to see through any ninjutsu or genjustu she encounters, and will be able to mimic and taijustu she sees. I'm surprised she can use it at such a young age." Hadn't Sasuke's older brother activate the Sharingan at a young age, too? Guess Naruto couldn't ask, could he?
"Handy," Serenity bit back sarcastically. So she'd be a wiz at fighting ninja. Great.
"Hey, hey, take it easy. I'm talking any magic attack, illusion, or fighting style. She'll have to train a bit, but it's a really useful ability to have!"
Serenity sighed. "Okay then. Now, about what we came here for."
"I still say signing a pardon for all ninja who fought recently is the best way to go. I know who fought and who didn't."
"I concur." Serenity grinned as a thought struck her. "However, I have one I idea I'd like to add."
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Small Lady considered herself a very intelligent five-year-old. But no matter how she thought about it, there were no other explanations! She didn't understand. She wasn't related to her parents? But then, how were they her parents? Great, now her head hurt.
“Hello,” a voice said cheerfully. It was that glowing guy from before! What was his name…?
“Hello, Naruto-san,” Small Lady said charmingly, using her best you-couldn’t-debate-your-way-out-of-a-paper-bag-agains-this-smile voice. “You startled me.”
“You’re really smart, aren’t you?” Naruto questioned. Damn Uchiha prodigy girl.
“I consider myself very intelligent for a girl my age, yes.” Small Lady confirmed, her head held high for the compliment.
She’s more open than he ever was, Naruto thought, smiling. “Small Lady-chan,” He asked. It wasn’t a very good name, in Naruto’s opinion, but something familiar would keep her calm. “Would you like to go on a trip with me?”
Small Lady stopped giggling (Small Lady-chan!) to think. “What kind of trip?”
“Gotta love kids,” Naruto muttered, smiling. “Well, we’d go see rivers and mountains and lakes, and you’d become very strong.”
Small Lady blinked. Her? Strong? She’d never even been allowed outside for the protection of her health. Someone like her could be strong?
“Well, what do you think?”
Small Lady smiled. “I would love to, Naruto-san!”
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END CHAPPIE!
OMG this is getting to be so fun to write! I love it! Gah, funny how this was supposed to be a passing thing. I need to re-read it later, but I think I’ll post it now. School rocks, yo. As I told my Math sub/former English teacher, I am bettering my skills with grammar and writing. YAY!
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drunk
BLANK! Oops, now its filled
Wrote Too Damn Much
Peeved in a good way
A Stalking co---err, wait
Eye'll be watching yew
Always, always bitchy
Some day, I'll kill them all
Emo Lollipops are sexy...
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