disclaimer of i don't own naruto
I almost.. forgot about this story i was attempting to make since i'm not very good at serious fics. plus my mind always changes on how i want this story to start off... so i guess i'll go on a whim on what feels most natural to write about. xD
Inside a quiet house in a nice cozy room, you could see a young blonde at his desk staring at the clock while trying to balance a pencil on his nose
'hmm.. it's 7 o'clock' he wondered thoughtfully before looking down at his paper frowning.
Scribble scribble...scribble... erases.
Scribbles some more, checks to see if it's wrong. It is.
Tries to do the problem, scribble scribble scribble...still wrong.
Erases the problem furiously from his paper.
Naruto sighed in frustration glaring at the math problem before him. "What the hell!" he cried out.
Naruto was a good student, he wasn't a genius but he was a good student, just really lazy to apply his brain.
"Stupid teacher... ditching class for the rest of the semester to have other teachers substitute for him!" muttered the blonde glaring at the calculus book hoping it would supply him the answers on how to solve the problem.
*ding dong*
'Hmm... doorbell' Naruto mused and chuckled to himself not knowing why the statement he just made was suddenly amusing.
"NARUTO!" screamed a particular red haired woman from downstairs who's voice carried all throughout the house. "You have guests!"
Naruto snapped his head up from the sudden noise that echoed into his room and sweat dropped 'Kaa-san... I wish you didn't do that in front of my friends' he thought in embarrassment before replying back with an equally loud voice that could rival his mother.
"Just let them come up here!" he hollered back before turning his attention back to the math homework he was currently working on and instantly regretted it because it brought the mood of resentment towards the inanimate object laying there innocently.
'AUGH! I hate asking dad for help...' he thought miserably tapping his pencil against the table repeatedly in a easy rhythm closing his eyes trying to concentrate.
*knock knock*
"Oi, Naruto! Stop being a hermit and open the door" Kiba said while opening the door giving the blonde one of his toothy grins.
Naruto smiled and turned his chair around to see Kiba, Shikamaru, Sasuke, and Chouji pile into the bedroom all four them settling down into their usual seating arrangements.
"Hey! At least I do my homework" Naruto huffed throwing a crumpled piece of paper at Kiba's face landing a hit straight on the forehead. Kiba rolled his eyes and unraveled the paper gawking at the lengthy scrawl of numbers going down the page.
"What in the... Naruto are you trying to plan something?" Kiba asked in a mocking tone.
"It's called calculus Kiba" Naruto replied in a deadpanned toned before chucking another crumpled piece of paper at the boy again. Kiba just pouted and started to fold the wrinkly paper into an airplane. The blonde shrugged at the others antics before returning his attention to the awaited problem tapping his pencil against the table in a repetitive motion. Chouji opened a bag of chips and started to mouch on them before offering it to the rest of the group.
"Troublesome" Shikamaru sighed as he walked in the direction where Naruto was sitting and looked over the blonde's shoulder to see what the problem was. After looking at it for a couple of minutes, Shikamaru gave a loud sigh taking Naruto's pencil out of his hands and circled where the boy made his mistake. "You were just making an arithmetic error. Is this your last problem?"
Naruto opened his mouth about to thank his friend for the help until the doorbell rang again.
*Ding... Dong*
Sasuke raised an eyebrow and pulled himself off the wall he was leaning on and walked out into the hallway to look at who was at the door.
Naruto on the other hand, turned his chair around and put his elbow on the desk with a hand on his cheek waiting for Sasuke to tell him who was at the door.
Down below you could hear Naruto's mother Kushina grumbling slightly at how there was too many people at the house while she stalked to the door and peered into the peep hole.
Sasuke who was observing from above raised his other eyebrow as he saw the woman gasp and quickly started to unlock the door before screaming her head off.
"MINATO! COME DOWN!"
Naruto frowned at the sudden commotion when he saw his father quickly rushed out of his office heading downstairs to meet his wife wondering why she was acting this way. Sasuke beckoned Naruto to come over and witness the scene. Naruto sighed running his hands through his blonde hair getting up from the chair that was now quickly occupied by Shikamaru.
'Jeez... who is it? Must be Jiraiya...' Naruto thought as he accompanied his friend at the hallway peering down towards the door entrance watching his parents whisper to each other before they even attempt to open the door. 'Hm... or maybe it's a crazy person out to get dad...or mom... that happens from time to time...'
Naruto shuddered at the thought of last time someone like that came by their house. Minato was a well known engineer and architect and his mother was a well known photographer that sometimes modeled on her spare time. Sometimes fans of either of their work would drop by letters, gifts, or even come to their house personally. Last time, it was a crazy fangirl that wouldn't leave them alone until his mother let the sly girl be apart of her photo shoots. Naruto glanced warily at the door when another knock came from the other side. Everyone else in Naruto's room looked at each other and shrugged resuming their natural lazy demeanor.
w.m.w.m
Kakashi tried to hide a disgusted look that was forming on his face as he felt the woman try to slide her hands up his thighs suggestively leaning over to him with a seductive smile. This was the tenth time some ditzy girl came up to him trying to offer him things and it was about to hit the mans last nerve of being calm. Asuma looked from the corner of his eyes staring at his poor friend that was being assaulted by another unwanted stranger but didn't say anything as he took a long sip of his drink. Kakashi made a frown knowing that they couldn't see his face and peeled the hands away from him by grabbing the womans wrists. The woman looked surprised and smiled thinking that she may have finally won her little game. Thinking up of a way to quickly get rid of the woman as nicely as he possibly could, Kakashi cleared his throat and looked at her dead straight in the eye.
"Look miss, you are a very beautiful lady I'm sure but I'm not your type and personally I just don't find you attractive one bit. You should probably try for that guy!" he said in a calm manner pointing his thumb to Gai who was also at the table with Asuma taking a sip from his own drink. The woman flashed her eyes angrily before ripping her hands from Kakashi's grip and stomped off to the other side of the club. Gai snickered behind the cup and patted the grey haired man on the back.
"That was a bit harsh don't you think?" Gai asked before offering a bottle of beer to the mans face.
Kakashi shrugged and pushed back the bottle standing up about ready to leave.
"Leaving already Kakashi?" Asuma asked in an amused tone.
"Yeah, I think I had just enough with this place" Kakashi responded before putting on his leather jacket gathering his keys and wallet.
Gai pouted a bit but understood how his friend was probably feeling and nodded as Kakashi waved goodbye to them making his leave.
w.m.w.m
Kakashi blinked as he realized that he drove his bike down a familiar road. 'Hmm... I haven't been down here in years... I wonder if they still live here.'
Parking his bike on the side of the road, Kakashi started to walk down the street reminiscing about the past and childhood memories he had when he was younger. Before he knew it, his feet lead him to a house that he vaguely remembered. Looking around the house, he saw that the lights were on so why the heck not? If his neighbors moved, then he would bid the new ones farewell and his apologies for disturbing them.
Kakashi held his breath and rang the doorbell
*ding... dong*
Silence, Kakashi bit the side of his tongue as he heard a grumble on the other side of the door. At first he thought it was probably a dog behind it but then he heard a shout and doors unlocking. Holding his breath Kakashi waited for the person to open the door but it never came. Frowning a bit, Kakashi waited a few minutes before knocking on the door hoping to remind the person that he was still there. Still nothing, being fed up for all the things that have been happening today Kakashi turned around and started to head out.
"Ka-ka-shi?" called out a small timid unsure voice.
Kakashi whipped his head around to stare at the lady who opened the door and smiled genuinely in what seemed to be like years.
"Yo!" he replied giving her an eye smile waving his hand in greeting feeling a sense of giddyness bubbling in his stomach.
Before he knew it, Kakashi felt himself being pulled into a bear hug by a strong blonde figure. "It really is you! It has been so long, how are you young man?" Minato asked flashing the younger man before him a dazzling smile before setting him down patting him on the shoulder.
"I've been good Minato-sensei. Long time no see huh?" Kakashi replied sheepishly putting a hand around his neck.
"No need to call me sensei anymore now! Just call me Minato, how is your father? Is he still running that business of his?" Minato asked grinning as he beckoned the young man into the house.
"Uh yes he is, it has grown alot bigger since the last time you guys have talked. Hello Kushina-san it has been a while." Kakashi explained giving his old teacher and neighbor a smile. It felt good to smile again.
"Kakashi kun! You've grown into such a fine handsome man!" Kushina exclaimed bringing him into a hug and running a hand through his hair smiling brightly.
Kakashi blushed slightly and only nodded his head in response. His feeling of nostalgia stopped momentarily when a voiced piped up from above.
"Hey! Who are you?" yelled a brash tone that seemed slightly accusing. 'that voice... so familiar'
Kakashi looked up the stairs and saw two boys standing next to each other. One leaning over the rail with an amused look and the other pointing straight at him with a scowl on his face that had 3 scars on both side of his cheeks. 'those are new...'
"Naruto-kun?" was the only word that came out of the grey haired man's mouth. It felt so easy to call out the boys name after being away for so long. 'Has he... forgotten me?' A small pain came to Kakashi's heart at the thought of the boy not remembering who he was after all these years.
Naruto widened his eyes and crossed his arms glaring at the man. "How do you know my name?!" he asked with a huge frown gracing his face. Sasuke raised an eyebrow looking at his friend and then down to Kakashi giving the man a look saying 'you better give him an answer or he's gunna blow'.
Minato exchanged worried glances at Kushina and smiled sheepishly at his son.
"Naruto... you were probably too young to remember...but this is Kakashi and he is an old friend and neighbor of ours. He was also my student when I worked at the school for a bit" Minato replied giving his son a small smile hoping that the subject would slide for a bit.
Naruto seemed to have bought the half truth story and looked back at Kakashi analyzing him before finally giving in. "Nice to meet you Kakashi-san" Naruto said before dragging Sasuke back into his room closing the door.
Kakashi stared at the empty space where the two had previously stood with a sinking feeling in his stomach. His shoulders slumped over after realizing that the boy really had forgotten him and all the times they spent together.
"Kakashi, I think maybe you should sit down so we can tell you what happened." Kushina said softly trying to coax the young man knowing that the fact that their son doesn't remember him had hit him hard. Minato nodded and gripped one of Kakashi's shoulders giving it a slight squeeze as he too was trying to get himself ready to explain why their son had forgotten the one person that he used to admire and looked up to when he was a child.
sob... i know.. i had to end this chapter here because if i don't... it will be too long xD even though i personally love long chapters. anyhow.. i think i found my nitch in this storyline and the ideas are flowing freely :D.
so yea review or don't review.. the choice is yours
