HEY!! It's me again! And I made another story! A Christmas story! Hope you like it! And Merry Christmas!

Gai's Team - Age 7

Rookie Team 9 - Age 6

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Ch. 1 A Christmas Not Celebrated

"AWESOME! IT'S SNOWING!" Shiny flakes of ice were falling from the sky and Naruto was filled with joy and excitement. His mind already had a schedule filled with fun things he could do with all of that snow. Snow ball fights with Sasuke, throwing snowballs at Neji to annoy him, making snow angels with Kaida, today's going to be great!

Naruto always tried to enjoy some of the winter days before the most celebrated of holidays in Konoha came around the corner. He thought that it was the saddest of all days (besides his birthday). When Christmas came, Naruto was always lonely. All of his friends spent Christmas with their parents and siblings, but Naruto spent his Christmas alone, probably never celebrating it.

Running outside in his winter clothes as fast as he could, Naruto ran to Sakura's house to see what she was doing and to see Kaida because she was staying at her house, with Kakashi staying next door. With a knock on the door, Naruto saw an occupied Kakashi with his perverted book in front of his face. "Konichiwa, Kakashi-san."

"Naruto," Kakashi replied, still concentrating on his book.

"Are Kaida and Sakura here?" The only response Kakashi gave was a curt nod. "Can I come in?" Once again, Kakashi nodded. He moved out the way so that Naruto could go in. Sakura's parents were probably gone, considering that Kakashi was in the house, but he was Kaida's guardian and he couldn't just watch her from the window forever, especially since he was busy reading that Icha Icha Paradise book.

Naruto came in and took off his snow apparel and went in the living room where Sakura and Kaida, with Aiko on her head, were looking in catalogues filled with clothes and cute animal plushies. Girls. Naruto walked up to them and then kneeled down beside Sakura, trying to get her attention. Sakura didn't even look up from the toy magazine she was looking at. Being polite and breaking the silence, Kaida looked up and saw Naruto, saying, "Ohayo, Naruto-kun! And Merry Christmas!"

Naruto hated that greeting very much since his Christmas was never very merry. "Ohayo, Kaida-chan. Why are you guys looking at these magazines?"

"We're making our Christmas lists." Sakura answered.

"Oh." Naruto's day wasn't really starting off as well as he planned. He just wanted to avoid everything that had to do with Christmas.

"Hey Naruto. Grab a magazine and join us." Kaida insisted, but get a reply that was unexpected.

"No thanks. Christmas just isn't my thing."

Kaida's mouth dropped. Who doesn't like Christmas?!?!?! She had a feeling that it was something more, but she didn't want any tensions to rise. "Okay then."

"Hey! You guys, it's snowing outside! Come on, let's go!" Naruto rapidly put on his snow wear, followed by the girls, and they all went outside, with Kakashi right behind them.

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Naruto's day was as planned as he thought it would be, starting with him, Sakura, and Kaida on their way to Sasuke's house to have a snowball fight with him, but they stopped when they saw Neji, TenTen, and Lee walking toward them. They didn't notice them, so Naruto thought it was the perfect time to activate his part 2 plan of the day: throwing snowballs at Neji, but his plan turned out better since TenTen and Lee were with him; annoying Neji is fun. Naruto already told Sakura and Kaida about the plan on their way to Sasuke's house, so Naruto had back up, which made things funner.

They hid behind a building so their victims would not notice them. Apparently they forgot Kakashi was following them; he had no idea where they went. He took his attention away from his book in order to find the three misfits. He saw Neji and the gang ahead of him and decided to ask them. "Hey, Neji, TenTen, Lee. Have you guys seen Naruto, Sakura, and Kaida anywhere?"

"Hey Kakashi!" TenTen greeted cheerfully. "Merry Christmas! No, we haven't seen them. We're waiting for Gai."

And right on cue, the Green Beast jumped in between them, with a gleeful smile on his face. "If it isn't my arch rival, Hatake Kakashi. Merry Christmas."

"Yeah uh… Merry Christmas." Kakashi didn't feel like facing the green jumpsuit psychopath. "Like I was saying to your team, I'm looking for Naruto, Sakura, and Kaida. Have you seen them?"

"I'm afraid I haven't my friend, but since you're here,"

Oh no, not another rematch!

"Let's have a battle you and me!"

"I don't have time for this Gai. I need to find---"

"If you win, my team will help you find them. I'll even let you pick the challenge."

Kakashi didn't feel like arguing with him so he agreed. "Fine. I choose Rock, Paper, Scissors."

"It's a deal." They positioned themselves, getting ready to play, with Gai's team with annoyed expression except for Lee, who apparently wanted Gai to lose so he could help find his precious Sakura. "ROCK… PAPER…"

"CHARGE!!!!!!" Their game was interrupted by the Three Musketeers, Naruto, Kaida, and Sakura namely, throwing snowballs at them. Their main target was Neji and his team, balls of snow flying at the unexpected trio and their sensei. They were having so much fun, that they didn't realize that Kakashi wasn't there anymore. "VICTORY!!!!!" They thought they won the battle when they saw Team Gai covered in a pile of snow.

Their victory party ended when they were lifted by their coat collars. "What do you guys think your doing?" Asked an inquisitive Kakashi. They three amigos were trying their best to free themselves from Kakashi's grasp. "You guys are in big trouble." The stopped their wiggling, getting ready for the pain. "But since you saved my butt from having another rematch with Gai, I guess I can spare you."

He put the three munchkins on the ground. "THANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOU!!!!!!!!!!!"

"Now, let's get on our way." They left, leaving Team Gai stuck under a pile of snow.

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"So, Naruto, what do you want for Christmas?" Naruto looked at the white-haired girl with the rabbit who asked the question.

"I told you, Christmas isn't really my thing."

"Why not?"

"It just isn't, okay?"

"Yeah, but---"

"Kaida, can I talk to you for a sec?" Sakura took Kaida aside so things wouldn't get out of hand.

"What is it?"

"Try not to talk to Naruto about Christmas too much, okay?"

"Why? Doesn't everyone like Christmas?"

Sakura slapped her hand on her forehead.

BAKA! Kaida hasn't been here long enough to know this! Her inner self yelled. "Kaida, Naruto is always alone on Christmas, so he never celebrates it."

"Oh." Kaida understood very well now. Naruto didn't have a family to celebrate Christmas with. Neither did she, but she always spent her Christmas with Kakashi, Aiko, and her little cousins, Rin and Ryu. She found someone to spend Christmas with every year, and this year she's spending it with Aiko, Sakura and all of her other new friends in Konoha, including her new and most special friend, Naruto. Seeing that he was always alone, she had a plan.

You won't be alone anymore Naruto. This year will be your best Christmas ever.