Hello! :D

Okay, I desperatly wanted to post something for the GaaNaru Valentine Love Fest Challenge but I've been quite busy and couldn't find the time to gather my ideas... the other day I realised the month was almosr over and thought 'To hell with homework! I HAVE to partecipate!" so I started writing something...

For the following fanfiction, I decided I liked one of the ideas I found in the LJ profile escecially for the Fest; the idea was: a collection of NaruGaa scenes (photos) that can be considered memorables, of whatever genre (romance, fun, sad...) ---I'd like to thank jayi, whose idea this was :D

Plus, I wanted to add that, along with NaruGaa scenes, I might add all the others in some of these little things; and that I'll probably add also a scene with Naruto feeding Gaara (this was another idea found in the LJ profile, but it was anonimus...).

Uhm... I think this is all...
Oh! Disclamer: I don't own Naruto; I DO own Ike, though :P

Read&Review! XD

SNAPSHOTS

(Chapter 1) Prologue

"Ike…! Are you ready?"

"Yes, dad! Just a sec, I'll be right there!"

"Damn it… where the heck have I put it?!" Ike grumbled while throwing articles of clothing all around the once-tidy room, searching madly for the needed object. She was doing a mess, she knew that, but they couldn't leave without it!

"Ike! What are you doing up there?!" came Ike's mother's voice; the girl ignored the woman in order to focus her memory: it had to be in there, somewhere… but where? She couldn't show up empty-handed! She paused a moment her frantic search to think clearly, she glanced around absent-mindedly when her eyes locked on the TV set opposite to her; rather, she almost slapped herself as her eyes rested on a package on top of the TV: there, in plain sight, was the object she was looking for.

"Ike! If you don't come down this instant, I'll leave you here and call Anko-san to baby-sit you!" came her father's threat (when he said things like that, he often wasn't serious –not with Ike, anyway- but she knew he would carry out this particular threat).

"Coming, coming!" Ike hurried back downstairs, clutching the package to her chest along with her backpack and jacket; the sole thought of Anko-san baby-sitting was enough not only to terrify her but also to make her bolt for the front door just in time not to be lock inside.

"About time…" said Ike's mother, an eyebrow raised. "What were you doing, anyway?"

"Oh, I couldn't find this!" explained the teenage girl, holding up something wrapped up in orange paper.

"And just what is 'this'?"

"Somehow I believe I know what it might be…" grumbled Ike's father eyeing the object.

"It's a gift for Ojii-chan! I can't go visit without a present…!" said the girl smiling widely. She placed the package gently inside the backpack, then turned towards her parents. "Well? Weren't we in a hurry…?" before heading for the car and hopping in.

&-&-&-&

They arrived to their destination not long after. The car stopped in front of a modern-looking house, painted a very light brown with a small but lovely garden populated by a number of varieties of flowers.

Ike got out of the back seat, her few possessions with her, and faced her parents through one of the car's windows.

"Okay… have fun, you two: it's your anniversary, after all! It's only right that you spend the evening –and night- without me bothering you…! And don't worry for me: I'm in the best hands I could be! Also… a brother or sister wouldn't be bad, you know…"

"Ike! That's not something you should say your parents!" her mother was a bit shocked; her father merely shook his head in disbelief. "Maybe we shouldn't let you spend the night here… you're only fifteen and your innocence is already being thrown out the window…"

"That's not true. You should have more faith in your daughter… plus Ojii-chan has nothing to do with it –not much, at least." said Ike. "Well, I'll be off and so should you two or the movie will start before you arrive! Bye!" smiling, the girl waved at her parents as the car drove off.

&-&-&-&

Ike made her way to the wooden door and knocked twice before she was allowed to enter –she used to enter without knocking, when she was younger (thirteen), but after a certain episode, she decided not to risk her luck again.

She closed the door after herself only to be greeted by an empty entry-hall. Where was her Ojii-chan? Had the door opened on its own accord (creepy thought but it seemed to happen sometimes…)? Ike decided to try and look in the kitchen…

Nothing… where could he have disappeared to? He was at home, that was for sure, but where?

"Ojii-chan…? You know I don't like hide-and-seek…" called the girl, not really wanting to search the whole house. "I have something for you, I'm sure you'll like!"

"Oh really? What is it?" came a voice from directly behind her.

"Gyaaahhh!" Ike jumped two feet high when she felt a hand on her shoulder without warning: it happened often that she would get scared like that with her Ojii-chan; he seemed to move faster than was humanly possible. "Ojii-chan! You scared the shit out of me…!!"

"Ike-chan…" said the man with a slight reprimanding voice and waving a finger in disapproval. "Watch your language: your parents think it's me 'corrupting' you when it's all your own doing…! That teme already irritates me enough as it is…"

Ike just laughed at the pout that faced her. Naruto shook his head and then smiled widely stretching out his arms; the girl immediately took on the offer and launched herself at him, squeezing the man tight and got squeezed in an iron grip in return.

As Naruto realised her, Ike followed him until they reached the living-room where, she noted, a large pile of papers was staked and scattered on the table in the centre with a cup of steaming hot chocolate near by. The blond man flopped down on the sofa, picking up the cup and gesturing toward the girl in offer; Ike nodded and Naruto got on his feet and quickly disappeared inside the kitchen.

The teenaged girl glanced at the paper completely covering the dark wooden table and realised they were a number of photos –Naruto was probably looking through them, ordering them into an album or something like that.

Just as Naruto returned with her own cup of hot cocoa, a thought popped up in Ike's mind.

"Where's Ojii-san?"

"Un? Oh, he's still at work; he had an important meeting that dragged beyond normal." answered Naruto with a smile. "So, you have anything in mind you'd like to do?"

"Nah, not really… what were you doing with all this photos?"

"Just remembering the 'good ol' times': boring stuff…" explained the older man.

"Why boring? I think it's interesting!" exclaimed Ike enthusiastically. "I've never seen these photos: why don't show me some…? I'd like to know how you and mom an' dad an' Ojii-san an' all the others were like!"

"Oh really? Well, that's fine by me –I don't have much of anything else to do at the moment- but it might take long—"

"Doesn't matter! I have to sleep over at any rate…"

"All right… pick a photo, then…" said Naruto gesturing with a hand to the mess on the living-room table.

"Okay!"

End first chapter! :P

Hope you liked it!

Ja ne,
Temari 88