"Happy Birthday, Naruto! I wish you to have THE BEST birthday ever, sweetheart." Kushina hugged her baby boy tightly. Well, Naruto technically wasn't baby anymore. After all, he was turning 16 today. But for her, he will always stay her precious little boy, even when he turns 50.
"Thank you, Mom. I really appreciate what you and Dad did for me for all these years. Speaking of, when is Dad coming?"
"I think he will be here any moment now. Now, here is your first present." Kushina gave him orange wrapped box.
Naruto peeled the paper off. "Whoa, Mom. New iPad. Thank you so much." He gave her huge kiss on the chick. "Just wait till guys see it."
Kushina smiled secretly. Just then, the doorbell ringed.
"I will get it. Must be a Dad."
Naruto opened the door. There stood his father, Minato Namikaze.
"Well, if it isn't birthday boy. Happy Birthday, son." Minato hugged Naruto in big bear hug. For a man who wasn't to much bulky, Minato was very strong. "How are you filling today? Notice any changes?"
"Not really, except that I grow out my favorite T-shirt. And I got awesome tattoo." He pulled his shirt up, and showed big swirling tattoo on his stomach.
"Ouch, that must had hurt a lot. What your Mom told you about it?"
"Well, at first she wanted to kill me. But now she is cool with it, as long as I promise to not do it ever again."
"Then, better to stick to that promise. Now, lets go inside. Your Mom and I have a big surprise for you."
"Minato," said Kushina when her ex-husband entered the living room. After all these years, it was still painful to see him and not be able to touch him or kiss him. She was still in love with him very, very much, but she was the one who filed for divorce 13 years ago. Minato, who at that time was his father's company successor, didn't paid to much attention to his young wife and child. Kushina didn't want to raise Naruto in that kind of family. So, even though it broke her heart, she decided to live Minato, and raise Naruto on her own.
"Kushina, it is nice to see you. You are still very beautiful." Kushina blushed at Minato's words.
Minato looked around. "I see that you changed something in living room. That sofa near the window wasn't there before, right? And I see that your painting easel is out. You must started painting again."
Naruto beat Kushina to answer. "Yeah, Mom started painting 6 mounts ago. Her paintings are amazing! She could earn a small fortune selling them."
" I know," said Minato. "She was always very talented artist. I remember the day when I met your mother for the very first time. We were in high school. She was in art room, standing there in front of her easel. Her hair was messy red bun, and she had some paint smeared all over her face. She seamed to be lost in her thoughts. But to me, even looking like that, she was the most beautiful girl I saw."
"After that day, it took me some time and effort to get the courage and talk to her. And some more to actually ask her on our first date. We started dating, and once we graduated, we got married. Those were wonderful years, and I miss them every day." Said Minato while looking at Kushina. She felt more heat burning her cheeks. Wanting to change the topic, she said, " Naruto, your Dad and I have big surprise for you. We talked about it, and we both agreed that you behaved so far, and that we can trust you. So, for your birthday we decided to allow you to go to Universal Studios in America. And, you can bring one of your friends with you."
Naruto's eyes opened in surprise. " You are kidding, right? I'm going to America? For real? Whoa, Mom, Dad! That is THE BEST birthday present ever! I love you guys the most!" He hugged his parents very tightly.
"I need to tell Kiba about this! He wouldn't believe me." Naruto beamed, while bouncing in room. " And he will be more surprised when I ask him to go with me."
"Then," said Minato. " I think you should go on, and give him a call. You sure have some great news to share."
"You are right, Dad. I am gonna go now." He started for the stairs. When he got at the bottom, he turned at them and said, "You are the best parents a child could wish for. Thank you for all your loving and caring so far. I promise, I won't let you down. I love you so much." With saying that, he climbed the stairs skipping two at the time. After all, he had some amazing news to share with his best friend.
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When he got in the room, Naruto jumped on his bed. He still couldn't believe that his parents agreed to let him go to America. He reached for his phone as it started ringing. He looked who called and answering, shouting, "Kiba, IamgoingtoAmericaandyouaregoingwithme!"
"Wow, wow, slow down Naruto! I didn't get anything what you just said." Kiba replayed. His ear was still ringing from blonde's shouting.
"I just said, my folks told me that I am going to America for my birthday, and that I can invite one friend. Kiba, would you do me an honor to be my chaperone?" Joked Naruto. He heard Kiba's laughter from other side.
"You are kidding me, right? Of course I would go with you. Your parents would be at ease to know that I will be there to protect your virtue."
"Ha ha Kiba, very funny."
"Hey, they don't know you like I do. You are a devil with face of angel, and they just gave you a permission to go on lose in a country across the ocean."
"What they don't know it won't hurt them. And you are not that much different then me. You also have your share of stuff, which would make your mom cry and ask God what did she do wrong while raising you."
"Ok, point taken. Bottom line is, I will go with you. When and for how long are we staying there?"
"I don't know, but I will email you ASAP."
"Ok... Oh, I almost forgot."
"What?" Asked Naruto.
"Happy Birthday, Naruto. And to have many, many more."
"Thank you, Kiba. See you later tonight. We have some serious partying to go to."
"Sure." Answered Kiba.
"What now?" Asked Naruto, catching a break in his friends voice.
"Nothing... It's just, I have kind of a funny feeling that this trip is gonna change our life. But, that's just me being a worry-cat. Or worry-dog, since I don't like cats. Anyway, we should go and enjoy our time there."
"Of course, Kiba. After all, we are 16 only once in our lives." Said Naruto, not knowing how true his words are gonna be.
Disclaimer: Naruto doesn't belong to me.
First, I am so sorry for not updating much sooner, I had some other very important things to do. I took this story down, and I'm gonna re-post it with some changes in it. Hope you will like it. Reviews are always welcome.