Halloween's Forgotten Tune of Love
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Disclaimer- I don't own it, and I know for sure you don't. So there ya go.
Author's Note- Here's chapter two! All for you! Have fun with it, I had a couple ideas, so please enjoy.
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Naruto awoke with a giant yawn, his eyes scrunched up tightly arms stretched high above his head. He glanced around the room to see if he'd has any night visitors and was relieved to see he hadn't. He grinned foxily and rolled out of bed, his feet hitting the cold floor. A shiver passed through his body after losing the heat of the blankets.
"Morning Kyuubi! It's Halloween!!" called Naruto joyously from his standing point as he peered at himself in his dirty mirror in the bathroom.
"Nah, really." Kyuubi said sarcastically, "I never would have guessed."
Kyuubi said sarcastically,Naruto stopped a moment, "Really?"
"No."
"Oh... that was sarcasm." nodded Naruto slowly.
"Yeah, and if I hadn't of known better, yesterday when you spoke to scientifically, I'd have said you were abducted by aliens."
Naruto blinked in confusion before shouting angrily, "That's rude!!! I happen to like Hallowee!! It really does remind me of love, so be nice!"
A deep chuckle was heard before the Kyuubi spoke again, "I never said you didn't like it."
"Liar." huffed Naruto, and when the fox didn't answer, he took that as the signal he'd won and finished gathering his costume.
Five minutes later, he grinned foxily and did a jig out the door, just barely locking it before he took off at a jog to reach the academy.
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When Naruto arrived at the academy, all costumed up and ready to go, his jaw dropped as he saw Sakura's costume.
Sakura had decided to come as a kitty vampire; fangs, fur, and all.
She glanced over at Naruto, grinning with ease, "Heya! Naruto!"
He nodded and waved back, "Heya, Sakura-chan..."
She grinned, "How's my costume?"
Unusual for her, Sakura was dressed in pure black leather which showed her curves quite well. Then, she wore black and white fuzzy cat ears and a black and white long yarn tail. And to top it off, she wore black fingerless gloves and black fuzzy socks. And of course no cat-vampire is complete without a cape and kitty whiskers.
"You look awesome Sakura." gaped Naruto. When he finally found that he was drooling and closed his mouth he asked, "Where's Sasuke?"
"He's helping with arts and crafts." grinned Sakura nonchalantly, her grin stretching from ear to ear. Naruto grinned, almost unable to keep from snickering.
"What're you doing?"
"Passing out candy to all who come in today, then I get to go do story time." she grinned, "My jobs are easy."
Naruto nodded slowly before asking, "What am I doing?"
"Arts and crafts. Sasuke needs some help."
Naruto glared at her, "And resist the temptation of laughing at him? Sakura-chan, you're a devil in disguise!"
She grinned, "Thank you, Naruto."
Naruto snorted in reply as he moved back to where Sasuke was miserably failing to do an arts and crafts session, "Welcome..."
In the back room, Naruto glanced curiously at Sasuke who was surrounded by a throng of little kids and piles of yarn and dry popsicle sticks.
"What're we making today? called Naruto as he neared Sasuke.
"God's eyes." muttered Sasuke. And they want theirs done now."
"Poor Sasuke." grinned Naruto, "Lucky you, I love making God's eyes."
Sasuke snorted and shoved some kids in Naruto's direction, "Have fun dobe."
Naruto smiled, "I will, thanks Sasuke!!" Within moments, Naruto had grabbed two popsicle sticks and a piece of bright orange yarn, "Alright kids, what you do is you tie the yarn of your choice around the sticks' center and make sure it's tight. Twist the sticks to form an 'x' and hold that in one hand while holding the yarn in another." A few kids glanced at him curiously and did as he said, finally making the 'x' after Naruto had tied it for them. The rest watched with curiosity.
"Alright, now ya gotta pull the yarn over and under then around to the next one with that hand while keeping the sticks in the 'x' shape, okay? Can you all try that for a moment and if you still have problems in three minutes, show me and I'll help you." The kids busily got to work, leaving Sasuke and Naruto in silence.
Sasuke was in a very stunned silence, "How'd- When'd- Where'd-"
Naruto grinned, "I do this every single holiday. Most of my Christmas decorations are God's eyes." Sasuke blinked in surprise and opened his mouth before wisely closing it.
A young girl with bright brown eyes and short curls red hair stepped up and tugged politely on Naruto's shirt's hem, "Mister, I can't make mine work right... See?" She held hers up, showing the yarn disarrayed and the pattern backwards.
Naruto grinned foxily and took it from her with a smile, "Well kiddo, you had it right, but somehow, you got confused and lost your stride and started going backwards. You're doing really well, so I'll take it back a couple turns and let you take it form there okay?"
The girl grinned a smile that was missing some teeth, "Thanks!" Se grinned and walked back to where she was sitting previously.
Soon Naruto found another little kid tugging at his sleeve, a young boy with jet green eyes and pitch black hair, "I ran out of yarn. What do I do now?"
Naruto grinned, "You tie more yarn on and keep going. Pick another color and lemme tie it for you."
The boy smiled and ran off only to run back seconds later with a piece of red yarn to go with his yellow one currently on there already, "Here ya go!"
Naruto grinned, "Thanks." With one smooth motion, Naruto tied it off and handed it back, "Here ya go." The boy grinned and ran back to his friends.
Sasuke blinked and pokes Naruto's side, "Seriously, how can you deal with them? They're so..."
"So tiny? So care-free? So un-burdened?" asked Naruto in an almost inaudible whisper.
Sasuke blinked in surprise, "I was gonna say immature... You okay Naruto?"
Naruto glanced up at Sasuke, his eyes wide with force as though her was surprised, "Uh huh! Of course I am."
Sasuke sighed, "Seriously, what's the matter? You're so down in the dumps..." Naruto turned his head towards the kids who all sat with various friends, chatting easily among each other, sharing smiles and secrets that currently meant the world to them.
"Did Iruka or Kakashi or Tsunade ever tell who who's kids they are?"
"No." came Sasuke's muttered reply.
"Their parents either abandoned them, abused them, or they couldn't care for their kids because they were sick."
"Okay, what's that have to do with anything?"
Naruto scanned the rooma nd suddenly pointed to a nine or ten year old in the corner of the room sitting next to the girl who had come up and asked for help on her God's eye, "That girl in the pink dress. You see her?"
Sasuke shook his head, "That's a boy Naruto, he's bald, see?"
Naruto shook his head, "It's a she you idiot. And she has cancer. The treatment made her hair fall out."
Sasuke inwardly shuddered, "That's... different."
Naruto nodded, and the boy who came up earlier? The once who had me tie on the red yarn?"
Sasuke nodded again, "Mhmm."
Naruto sighed before continuing, "His parent both died in a peace mission to Yamigakure a couple months ago."
Sasuke inhaled sharply, just now remembering that story from one of Kakashi's random rants on how to keep track of who's in your team and who you trust and how, "Wow..."
Naruto nodded, "Exactly. This happens every year and most of these kids are new, but soem of them I know by heart."
"Like who?" questioned Sasuke.
"The girl in the wheelchair was in a car accident three years ago and he parent's couldn't care for her. Her name's Serena Kaminu and she's only 7 years old. She'll be in that wheelchair for life."
"Ouch..." came a whisper form the doorway as Sakura stepped into the room.
Naruto grinned sheepishly at her, "Life don't seem to bad a ninja now, neh?"
"Yeah..." came a solemn chorus from Sakura and Sasuke.
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Author's Note- Heya all. I hope you liked it, so please R & R. By the way, if you happen to wonder why I put in the part at the end, it's all because I just finished a quarter in health class on drugs and all that. Cancer was mentioned A LOT. Lol. Well, leave me some constructive critisism. Please and thank you!
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Ja ne!