The Uchiha Princess

Chapter - 32

As they sat at the table and eat, Mister Tazuna starts laughing, "Hehehe, this is fantastic! It's been ages since we've had so many guests around our table". While Naruto and Sasuke gulp down their food and finished in an instant, "I want some more!" they said at the same time, glaring at each other.

Sakura look at them as they glare at each other before throwing up, Makaira looked away from the site before it could make her gag or sick. Before she could scold the pair Sakura beat her to it as she said, "Don't eat so much if you're gonna puke it up!"

"Sakura's right, Sasuke. There's no point in eating if you'll throw it all up" Makaira told him with brows slightly furrowed in concern. "I-I have to eat" he answered her looking her in the eyes. "And I have to eat more than him. It's the only possible way I'll get strong enough to beat him" Naruto growled back.

"Still. It's gross" Makaira said as she covered her mouth with her sleeves in disgust "You two are making me lose my appetite" I whisper "That's very true. But puking won't help you" Kakashi Sensei tells them "Yeah" Sakura nods "You guys are eating like pigs. Where are your manners?" I say, still not looking at them.

Everyone continued eating until they had their fill. Makaira served the tea while she lectured Sasuke about his manners, "Sasuke. I love you and everything but that kind of behaviour is just not proper. We are disciplined, so I never expected that you can eat like a pig, even in front of me" Makaira scolded him giving him the look.

Sakura gets up from the table, noticing a picture, it's all the people in the family, but it's torn. Makaira inhales shapely, Sakura-chan, no, no, please, don't do it.

"Excuse me" She turned around, "This picture is torn. Is there some reason for that?" she asked. And she did it.  Makaira sighed to herself. "Inari, you kept glancing at it all through dinner. It looks as though there were someone else in the picture with you. But they got torn out. I mean, that's kind of strange isn't it?" Sakura added. Makaira rubbed her face at her teammate who was poking her nose into someone's business.

Everyone seems uncomfortable. Everyone was staring at Sakura. Tazuna has an angry face again. And Inari is looking down, "It's my husband" Miss Tsunami replies as she continues to wash the dishes.

"They used to call him a hero in this land" Mister Tazuna says calmly

Inari jumps out of his chair without saying a word. Tsunami turns around, "Inari, Where are you going?" She asked

He leaves without another word and slams the door behind him. Tsunami hurries after him. Before she leaves, she turns to Tazuna, "Father, you can't talk about him like that in front of Inari, you know that!" She grunted and closed the door.

"Inari's so--I mean, what happened to him?" Sakura asked as Makaira stared at the girl in disbelief.

"Hmm. Is there a story behind this?" Kakashi Sensei asked, Makaira turned to him giving him a look which he chose to ignore. "He wasn't his real father. He came into our family later. And he brought us so much happiness. He and Inari were very close" Tazuna started.

They looked at the picture. Inari is smiling, happy, and laughing, "In those days, Inari used to laugh all of the time" Tazuna pointed at the picture."But then, all that ended" Tazuna said as everyone turned their heads to look at him. There are tears staining his cheeks.

"He never laughs or smiles anymore, ever since that day everything changed. The word courage was stolen from this land. We were left feeling powerless, hopeless, and Inari suffered the most. Every since that day, ever since it happened" Tazuna said, looking at the table. Makaira took a seat beside Sasuke leaning against his shoulder listening to the old man.