D: All Right! So I'm just editing this one for now, I may write a new chapter but who knows. I have to go with what my mind tells me… and my minds pretty blank right now… It's just telling me to edit this thing.

I Don't Own Naruto.

This Chapter is set before Sakura met Ino.

'The Christmas Gift'

A little blonde child sat on his doorstep, another regular Christmas… at least for his standards. His normal Christmas was what others would call awful, disheartening and well just depressing. His normal Christmas he'd sit outside in the snow and watch all the lights flicker in the houses and the little kids would run up to the tree and unwrap the brightly covered gifts. He didn't have any tree, or brightly wrapped gifts… heck he didn't even have any gifts. He didn't have a family, he didn't have friends, he didn't have anyone.

As he sat there outside of his apartment door, he watched carolers sing their songs and the children play in the snow. Throwing snowballs at each other, zooming down snow covered hills and making snow angels, activities Naruto wished he had someone to do with.

"Why doesn't anyone want to spend Christmas with me?" he said sadly, watching the kids walk around with their parents hand in hand. Slowly there was a crowd of people walking around with gifts in their hands going door to door giving out… TOYS. Naruto jumped up and looked down the street. Those people were giving toys to all those kids… maybe they'll stop here! Naruto's mind was going crazy; HE might get a PRESENT from someone! This had never happened before. His eyes grew wide as he saw the villagers get closer and closer. It must have been that 'Gifts for Kid's' thing he had heard about. His eyes were wide with excitement; someone was going to acknowledge him, someone was going to give him a gift.

Soon the people we're just next door, Naruto was getting happier by the second, he could see the kids just sitting there and smiling at the people some even had tears in their eyes with gratitude as they mouthed the words 'thank you.' Naruto watched their every step, closer and closer until…

"Hello, Merry Christmas!" Naruto said joyfully with his normal sweet grin. His hands behind his orange and navy jacket, his excitement made his body tilt back and forth with excitement.

"What's your name little boy?" one of the older men asked with a cheery smile, his had reaching into the large bag, as though he were Santa Claus himself.

"It's Naruto," he let out, his grin still as wide as ever, "Uzumaki Naruto!" And then as though something forbidden had been said, the man's eyes widened and then went into a glare. His hand snapped out of the bag, no gift in hand, and he threw the bag over his shoulder and turned away from the precious young boy.

"Naruto… we don't have a gift for you," the man said roughly and began to walk away. Naruto just stood there staring at them, his eyes were now filled with tears, and he sat down on the snowy steps and began to cry to himself. His small body shook under his sobs. He hated being lonely, he hated no one loving him, he hated being named Uzumaki Naruto.

"Why doesn't anyone like me? Why won't any one even talk to me?" he cried to himself. He sat there, sobbing to himself for a very long time, until he felt a tap on his head; he looked up with tears still streaming down his face.

"Hey, why are you crying kid it's Christmas," a girl's voice questioned the boy. "My mommy said that if you cry in the snow then you'll get sick with Pneumonia!"

"Who…who, what…. Why aren't you running away from me?"

"Cause you seem lonely," she murmured slowly, as though she knew what that feeling was, "Why would I run anyway, you're just like me!" She said mustering smile once again. Naruto wiped his tears off of his face and saw a girl standing there in front of him. She had goggles on her forehead, which kept her hair out of her eyes, and she had these bright green eyes that you couldn't help but smile at.

"That still doesn't explain why you are talking to me," Naruto said sourly, he expects her to run away from him, just like the others.

"You seemed lonely, and I'm sort of lonely right now also, I don't have any friends and my mom and dad are out on a mission," the girl said, she was frowning now and looking at the boy with a sad face.

"Well, if it makes you feel any better I don't have parents," he said bluntly, he began to concentrate on the snow underneath his boots.

"You don't have a mom or a dad?" she asked looking at him in the eyes, her head was tilted with curiosity.

"No, they died along time ago," he said blankly, his head bowed down and his eyes were more concentrated on the snow now more than ever. He pondered for a moment on his parent's deaths. Did they really die? Or was it just another lie? And then there was a moment of silence

"So then what do you do for Christmas?" The girl asked, trying to break the awkward silence she seemed to have brought.

"Nothing." The boy replied, his eyes squinted, he was trying not to cry again, he hated to cry, it was so dumb, he was so dumb when he cried. But he couldn't help it, whenever this time of year came up he'd always imagine himself with a family, he'd always imagine the stuff they'd do together and the little traditions they may have. But like always, there was a painful reminder how he was utterly alone in this world.

"NOTHING?!" the girl screached. NOTHING?! No pumpkin pie? No honey baked ham? No gifts? No tree? No… nothing?!

"Yup, I mean what are you doing for Christmas since your parents aren't here?" he questioned, maybe he'd find out that other people really didn't have that perfect holiday dinner, and gifts… maybe it was all made up.

"I'm going to my grandparents house and then when mommy and daddy get back tomorrow we'll open gifts and eat our christmas dinner! We had the best breakfast this morning! It's the famous Haruno Christmas Eve breakfast!"

"What kind of gifts do you get?" Naruto asked, he didn't really care all that much about food, he could live off of rice for the rest of his life for all he cared. But gifts? Like toys! What was that like?

"What do you mean? Haven't you ever gotten gifts?!" She squealed as her body turned down the road towards where those people were walking, "Oh my gosh, what about those people going around…" she was cut off by the blonde.

"They didn't like me, so I guess they didn't give me a gift," he said still really intent at staring at the snow. He felt the hate for his name once again. The girl turned towards him and stared for the longest of time.

"Those jerks," she said bluntly, not really sure what else to say to the boy.

"I'm used to it," he said, it was true, but for some reason during the holidays it hit home for the boy. It just hurt so much.

"You shouldn't be! Why don't they like you?" The girl said rapidly, her young mind could not concept the world at the moment. She couldn't concept hate.

"I guess they don't like my name, I mean I just told them my name and they get all mean," he said bluntly. He didn't know why they didn't like his name; it was just as normal as Yuki Yushitaro.

"Well, that's just stupid, what's in a name any ways?" The pick haired girl asked him. She didn't understand.

"What's your name," the blonde child asked.

"Mine, It's Haruno Sakura, people make fun of me too, maybe we could hang out sometime," she smiled at him and gave him her trademark grin.

"That sounds fun, I've never had a friend before," Naruto told her, and he smiled for the first time during this whole conversation.

"Me either, all the people make fun of me," she told him with a frown and her eyes seemed to look up towards her hair.

"Why is that?" Naruto asked, how could anyway make fun of such a nice and… well cute girl? She was talkative and thoughtful, how could SHE not have any friends?

The girl pointed to her forehead, "It's too big isn't it?" she said while staring at the snow.

"What, your head? No it's not! It's perfect I think," Naruto said as he touched her goggles with his pointer finger, "is that why you wear those old goggles like a head band?" He asked as he pointed towards the goggles and then with drew them to his side.

"Yea, you don't think my foreheads big?" She asked innocently.

"Nope, it's normal to me." He told her with a huge smile.

"Thanks," The girl tilted her head again and her eyes softened, "um… what was your name?"

"What's in a name anyway?" he mimicked her, with a smile. There was no way he was going to lose his new friend over a name.

"Ok, I won't ask, I have to hurry and go now maybe I'll see you later! You know as friends, then you can tell me your name," She said with a smile, it was like a giant hide and go seek game to her.

"OK! Well, I'll see you later!" The blond said, sad to see her go, but happy to know he had actually gotten a new friend. She began to walk away and as though a brick had hit her, she turned on her heal, her eyes wide with excitement and happiness.

"Wait! I know! Before I go here," she said as she took her pink hair out of the goggles, "this is for you! Your very first Christmas present," she said with a grin and handed him the goggles.

"N-no I couldn't take this from you," he told her, he wanted to but they were hers… and she did seem to need them.

"Why do I need it anymore I know my foreheads not large anymore," she smiled brightly still holding out her hand with the goggles. Naruto smile and his eyes became blurry with tears as he reached out and grabbed the goggles from her hands.

"THANK YOU SAKURA-CHAN!" he said through tears, "I'll wear them every where I go! I'll be your friend forever, I PROMISE THAT!"

Sakura giggled, and turned realizing that her group must be far away by now, "Well ok that way I'll know who you are! Bye!" she waved and ran as fast as she could to catch up.

Naruto watched her until he couldn't see the pink hair any more, and then he looked down into his hands at the goggles, 'WOW MY VERY FIRST PRESENT! … and friend.'

Although Sakura didn't remember exactly who the little boy was that Christmas day she does remember the young boy who became her first friend. Naruto is the only one that remembers that night clearly and he remembered his promise to her. The only thing she remembers is a little boy on the corner, crying to himself, she still leaves a gift there every Christmas to the little unknown boy, not knowing he's kept his promise all along.

Well it's a bit longer than before, some people told me I died down with my detailed writing by the end, and they were right I did, so i kinda put more detail in there. And I also had couple of typos, which are just plain annoying, so I tried to catch all of those this time around. You'll hear more from me soon, don't worry, I have another winter story in the making which I think if you liked this story then you'll like this one. It's another Naru/Saku… it'll be cute!

Don't be afraid to give me negative feed back, it's more than welcomed I want to develop as a writer.

Happy Thanksgiving!