This is based on Sakura's POV and It's a story I'm hoping to finish it before Christmas. Anyways…Enjoy!
Chapter One
Imagine a cabin…in the middle of nowhere. It's snowing, not hard but lightly and a fresh blanket of snow rests over the evergreen trees, over the dark oak wood of the cabin, untouched. Frost on the window panes gives the cabin that wintry, wonderful, feel and smoke swirls out of the chimney. A short set of stairs lead up to a deck out at the front and up to a door. A wooden roof rests over the top of the deck and icicles hang from the edges. There is a swinging couch beside the door, under one of the windows. Have that image stuck in your head? Good, cause that's were this story takes place. You see, Tsunade-sama was telling me of this cabin that she had, just out side of the village hidden in leaves. I got talking about it to Naruto when he came up with the idea to spend the holidays there. He ended up getting Hinata, Tenten, Temari, Shikamaru, Gaara and Kankuro to come. It was a crazy time and I can't wait to tell it, so sit back, and relax.
I dropped my bags into the snow after seeing the cabin; I had to admit I was in awe. Closing my eyes and taking a deep breath, I took in the smell of pine trees. I rocked back on my feet, hearing the crunching of the mix of snow, dirt and dried up leaves. I opened my eyes and smiled, inhaling deeply once more.
"Hey, Sakura-Chan…" his cheery (yet somewhat annoying) voice cut through my thoughts. I turned my head, and body, slightly around to face him.
"This…Place…Is…AWESOME DATTEBAYO!" He cried out, grabbing our bags and running to the door. The snow was ankle deep and you wouldn't normally think about it right? Well Naruto was different. A rock peeked out of the snow, and it would be visible to most people, but Naruto, being his idiot self, tripped over it. I sighed and walked up to him, simply stepping over him.
"Baka," I said, turning my head as I walked up the stairs and onto the deck, hearing my shoes hit the wood with a thump. I put my hand in my pocket of my jeans and pulled out the keys Tsunade-sama gave me. Putting it into the lock and turning it until I heard the little click. Swinging the door open, I stepped in. The room I was in was most likely the living room. It had a gorgeous stone fireplace on the left far wall. It had three red candles, all different sizes, centered on the top with some sort of garland in front of it that ran down the sides, entangled with small with lights. Two red couches sat in front of the fire place, facing each other. A wooden coffee table sat between the couches. A runner of gold, silver, red and green rested on the table neatly and the tassels gently brushed the beautiful hardwood flooring. In one corner was a real evergreen tree, undecorated. There was a hallway to my left and an open gap to my right. After taking only a second to decide, I turned to my left and made my way slowly down the hallway. As I made my way, I realized that the only available lighting so far was the dim light of the sun reflecting off the snow outside the windows. There was an almost immediate door to my right and I walked in. The far, outside wall was pretty much all windows. The two other walls (other than the wall that the door was on) had two twin beds on each. The bedding was a blue shade and a quilt folded up on the end of the bed. I figured that Tsunade-sama had obviously been here and fixed up the place for us. Stepping in farther I noticed that on the left there was another door so I walked in. It was a simple, yet somewhat on the large sized bathroom. On the left was yet another door, most likely leading out to the hall, and another door stood in front of me. I walked in and it was another bedroom. It was designed the same way as the other, but it had pink bed sheets instead. Walking out of the room I heard a crash. I quickly ran down the hallway and Naruto lay in a big heap on the floor, in front of the door, clothes everywhere. I groaned.
"Nar-u-to!!" I sighed and leaned beside him, pulling off a pair of boxers off his head. He shook himself to re-think what happened. I stood up and grabbed my bags and walked back into the girl's room. I pulled my suitcase onto the bed, claiming the bed on the left by the window. I left the room to help Naruto with his stuff. He just grinned and laughed, embarrassed when I arrived and kneeled beside him. I swore I could feel his eyes on me so I looked up. I raised an eye brow, wondering why he was looking at me, considering his cheeks were as red as my shirt. He nodded his head up and I looked up above the doorway. Mistletoe. I couldn't believe it, I wouldn't believe it.
"No," I said simply, but he just HAD to give me the puppy dog eyes.
"C'mon Sakura-Chan, it's tradition," he said. I groaned and leaned over, giving him a small kiss on the cheek.
"Happy?" I asked, watching as he slowly nodded, starring blankly at nothing. We sat in silence, stuffing his clothes back in his bag. When he stood up I told him were the boy's room was and he made his way down the hall. When Naruto was out of sight I took down the mistletoe, put it in my pocket and made note to move it somewhere else later. I looked up and saw the empty gap in the wall, the one area I hadn't explored. I peeked around the corner to see a HUGE kitchen. It had stone floor that, when I placed my bare, thin socked feet on, sent chills up my spine. A big table leaned against a wall with 8 chairs sitting on top. The counters were a beautiful green marble and the cupboards were made of a dark mahogany wood. All the appliances were stainless steal, the fridge with magnets and a note attached to it. I walked over to the fridge and took off the note.
'Dear Sakura,' it read, 'I've already stopped by to clean up the place but I thought I'd tell you some things. There are Christmas decorations in the closet at the very end of the hall. I've stocked the fridge with plenty of food, but if you need more just give me a call and I'll send some down. I hope you'll have a wonderful holiday…merry Christmas, Tsunade.'
I smiled and Naruto came in, dragging his feet. I shoved the note in my pocket and turned around.
"Sakura-Chaann…" he whined, "I'm hungry….I haven't had ramen since breakfast…"
I sighed and looked at the clock, hanging off the wall since over the table. It was only 10:30 and we had stopped for breakfast not more than an hour ago.
"Naruto, you can wai-" I turned to look at him but he had already grabbed a thing of cup ramen and was boiling some water. I groaned and rolled my eyes, walking out of the kitchen. I was just about to go down to get the Christmas ornaments when the doorbell rang…
Well…that's it for chapter one. I'm really trying to keep the characters in character, but I may not be doing a very good job of it. Anyways read and review .