From Behind the Stand

Chapter 2

It didn't feel like it but a whole year had passed in which she had gotten to know the blond boy a little better. One thing she picked up on real quick was his fake smile. It was the smile that took over his whole face, stretched his cheeks, and closed his eyes. He used that smile whenever she asked if he was fine or when he was denied something.

"Ayame-nee-chan!" Naruto called.

She paused in her walk on her way back to her house and turned around.

"Naruto-kun!" She responded in the same type of voice. "How are you today?"

A look of annoyance crossed her face when he gave her that same..fake..smile!

"I'm-"

"Don't lie to me, Naruto-kun." Ayame cut him off in a serious voice and arms crossed.

"W-What are you talking about, nee-chan?" Naruto stuttered, still with the grin.

"You know what I'm talking about." She pushed.

"I really-"

He squeaked as she grabbed him by the wrist and dragged him back to her apartment.

She opened the door and flipped on the light. She toed of her shoes, made sure Naruto remembered to take his off before dragging him to the living room. It was quiet considering it was just her and her dad, and her dad was at work.

"Sit."

He sat on the couch warily, staring at her with unusually dark blue eyes.

"Now, tell me what's wrong."

"Nothing's-"

"Naruto..." She said in a warning tone.

They had a stare off before Naruto finally broke. The five year old threw himself at her, clenching onto her shirt as he cried.

"W-Why does everyo-one h-hate me?!" He sobbed into her shirt.

Ayame looked down at the toddler in shock as she wrapped her arms tightly around him.

"I don't know but they're stupid to do so." She said fiercely. "You're a really nice boy, a bit slow-" She ignored his indignant squawk through his tears. "-funny, helpful and, despite how stupid the villagers are, you still want to protect them and become Hokage. I think, that once you make Hokage, you'll be the greatest Hokage ever."

"R-Really?"

"Have I ever lied?"

Naruto dug his face deeper into her stomach and refused to answer.

"Ignoring that...just ignore all those meanies. You'll show them who sucks when you become a shinobi!"

"Yea!"

"You feel better now!"

"Yea. Thanks, nee-chan." This time he smiled a normal smile. One that made his eyes shine and scrunch up at the corners.

"You're welcome, otouto. Now, since you're here and I have nothing to do what do you say to watching a movie?"

"Can we finish watching The Masked Shinobi?" Naruto asked eagerly.

"I'll pop it in if you get the popcorn."

"Alright!"


Another chapter, off the top of my head in ten minutes so it's not totally awesome! :( However, it's good enough! Bam! Reviews to me are like ramen to Naruto! Hope you liked it!

Random Fact: Cuteness inspires aggression-which is why we want to squeeze cute things!