Two Weeks Till Christmas
Rated PG-13; violence and swearing
Pairing(s): Sasuke/Naruto, Itachi/OC, Kakashi/Iruka
Summary: With two weeks until Christmas, he still believes that he deserves to spend it alone, even after being invited to a Christmas dinner with his guardian, Iruka. But what is it with these dreams he has been having lately? Maybe it is a clue behind the new stranger in Konoha village.
Fourteen Days to Go
"Look, its snowing mommy!" a young blond girl yelled happily as she threw herself out the front door, trampling the fresh snow.
"Come Nara, we have to go," an older woman said kindly as she followed her child outside with a rounded belly.
"But mommy, when will my brother be born?" the girl asked, following behind her mother as she slowly walked down the front walkway.
"Just a few more weeks," the woman said proudly, rubbing her swollen stomach.
"Hey mommy, what's that?" Nara asked running a bit away from her mother to point to a group of people fighting in the distance.
One of the fighters wearing a black mask looked over and sent a kunai in the child's direction.
"Nara! Move!" the mother screamed, running to save her child anyway she could.
Thunk.
A blond boy quickly snapped up from his bed, sweating and panting heavily as he remembered the event from his dream.
Tthe boy sighed as he fell back to his bed. Today was December 11th, fourteen days left until Christmas and he would spend it as he did every year, alone at home.
"Dobe!" a voice yelled angrily from the front door of the small apartment, a loud banging following.
The blond threw his pillow over his face and grimaced as he heard the door finally give way.
The pillow was rudely yanked away a minute later, Sasuke standing over top of him, a pissed off look on his face.
"Go away, Sasuke," Naruto groaned, pulling the sheets over his face and turning to the wall. He didn't want to go anywhere today, not after that dream. It was the fifth time this month it had occurred.
"You were supposed to come to the meeting, Naruto, they are bound to kick you off the team soon with this attitude of yours," Sasuke grumbled as he glared at the other boy.
"I don't care anymore," Naruto sighed, curling up and watching the wall beside him, facing opposite of Sasuke.
There was a brief and almost inaudible sigh before Sasuke left, leaving the blond boy alone once again.
"Alone " Naruto grimaced, was he bound to be alone for the rest of his life? Maybe some higher beings found his sad life as an amusement.
"You're not alone, Naru-chan," a voice whispered as the blond boy drifted into a peaceful sleep.
"It is not wise to be here, Kizune," a ninja said, a kitsune ANBU mask hiding his face.
A woman in her late twenties appeared from a tree branch, sending a smile at the ninja. She had blond hair down to her waist and a blue kimono gracing her beautiful form, hiding most of the beautifully toned skin. It matched her shining emerald eyes that continued to look toward the blond boy's window.
"But I need to see him Imiku," the woman protested.
"What did I say about my name?" Imiku yelled, glaring at Kizune.
"Not to say it," Kizune smirked, causing the ninja to groan.
"He is like you in many ways, Kizune-sama," Imiku said warmly as Kizune appeared beside him.
"Yeah, when will I be able to talk to him Imiku?" Kizune sighed.
"Soon, just wait a few days," the two the poofed out of sight.
Naruto got up after noon having to go to the bathroom. He wondered around his house sluggishly before cooking up the last pack of instant ramen he had and sitting down to slurp the salty food down.
"I should probably have gone to that meeting. If they continue to complain to Hokage-sama I am sure to be kicked off the ANBU team," Naruto got up and dumped his barely touched ramen in the garbage before deciding to get some fresh air. When winter came around it always got nice and cool, but never snowed, unlike in his dream.
"I wonder where it was that my dream took place," Naruto whispered to himself as he stepped outside. He then headed off to his favourite spot, the Hokage momentum, so he could meditate.
As he walked towards the momentum, the streets were filled with people who just ignored him and smiled at their children. Most people had the Christmas spirit just radiating off them and Naruto couldn't help but smile, he was glad that almost everyone was happy; it didn't matter if he wasn't.
Soon he reached the top of the Hokage momentum, it wasn't much to look at but from up top there was a beautiful view of the village. It was almost magical during the sunset, but Naruto always felt as though something was missing when he watched the sunset alone, as if there should be someone there with him to watch the beautiful spectacle.
Naruto sat down and crossed his legs, his eyes closed as he began to relax and concentrate. He could feel his chakra flowing all around him, spinning around his body like a tornado, spinning faster and faster. It was exciting, even more exciting then a battle against a strong opponent. It was Kyuubi that allowed him to posses all this power, and it was amazing. This was the reason he couldn't scorn and hate the demon inside him, because it kept him alive and it gave him this magnificent power.
Just as Naruto was about to allow his chakra to unleash its full power he heard a scream and as his eyes opened, the chakra flowing around his body disappeared. He quickly ran to the far side of the momentum where a woman was holding on tightly to the edge with a single hand, her eyes shining with fear,
"Hold on, I'll help you up," Naruto said as he leaned down on the rock, his stomach lying on the cold stone as he grabbed the woman's hand and began to pull her upward, concentrating chakra into his hands so she wouldn't slip.
He managed to get her up onto the rock and was about to leave before she jumped on his and hugged him tightly, "Oh, thank you so much! I would have been dead if you hadn't of saved me!"
Naruto was speechless; no one ever thanked him or hugged him before, only Iruka. This was all so new to him he didn't know what to do. Here a woman he had never seen before was hugging him as if she never planned on letting go.
"Kizune-sama! Kizune-sama! Where are you?" a voice yelled, closing in on the momentum.
The woman froze up and quickly let go of Naruto, who was still frozen solid. "You never saw me, okay?" the woman asked hastily, dusting off her blue knee-length dress and straightening out her blond hair.
Naruto just nodded before the woman disappeared in a poof.
An ANBU member came running up to him, panting behind his kitsune mask, "Have you seen a woman with waist-length blond hair run by? She was wearing a blue dress."
Naruto just shook his head, what was with all the strangers? He could not recognize the voice of this ANBU and he bet he had never met this ninja before.
The ANBU sighed before he too disappeared in a poof, leaving Naruto alone again; confused and alone.
"I think I am going to get some sleep," Naruto said, the sunset was just beginning and yet he was already tired out. Meeting two strangers in one day and having to save one was exhausting Naruto ran back to his apartment by the rooftops and once he got home, he flopped onto his bed, "Just fourteen days till Christmas." Then he fell asleep.
Note: Will try to post one chapter per day up till Christmas, hope you enjoy.