Title: House Warming

Word Count: 1200

Summary: Naruto apparently had his first sleepover. From what he can remember – and from who he finds where in his house – apparently it was a good one.

House Warming

Naruto slowly opened his eyes and for a brief moment, was convinced he'd been kidnapped and taken from his apartment because this room couldn't belong to him. It was large, with beautifully carved doors that led to a verandah that was bigger than his living room and this just couldn't be.

Then he remembered moving in to the Uchiha – scratch that, the Uzumaki main house the day before and someone dragging him up the stairs after the house warming party. He could hear snoring now, the haze over his mind slowly starting to clear up, and he slowly, painfully gripped the mattress through the sheets and dragged himself to the edge, peering across the floor.

Shikamaru was half in/half out of his closet, fully dressed except for one of his sandals. His arms were folded across his stomach, his head buried under a winter parka Naruto had brought back from Snow country during a mission. The snoring wasn't coming from him.

Naruto flicked his gaze the other way – and stared at the giant wardrobe at the end of the room. Or rather – he stared at the heir to the Inuzuka clan curled up in a ball on top of the wardrobe. One wrong move and he'd fall six feet – which was nothing for a shinobi, but painful for someone not awake enough to brace themselves with chakra. The bureau door was cracked open just enough to let a fluffy white tail hang out – well, no need to search for Akamaru...

This was just weird. Naruto pushed himself up and made himself exit the bed. He opened the door to the bathroom and facefaulted at the sight of Ino, fully dressed, sleeping in the bathtub. "At least she's wearing her clothes," Naruto muttered, and closed the door. Main hall bathroom then.

Exiting the room, he was happy to find this bathroom unoccupied, and he commenced with his morning ablutions including a shower hot enough to boil his skin right off. He redressed in his clothes, and decided to check to see who was in Itachi's old bedroom – aka his new spare room. The door was already cracked, and he looked in to see Lee sprawled face down diagonally across the bed. In between snorts and snores, he was counting. "...fi'e hunnered...fif'y fi'e... fi'e hunnered... fif'y sis..."

A small whistling snore caught his attention and he looked up – Tenten was hanging from the ceiling in a self-made hammock comprised of the bed comforter, four kunai and what appeared to be ninja wire. Her head was tilted over the side and the easy sight of her hair buns were what gave him the key to establishing her identity.

Naruto blinked at the set-up and then shrugged. He saw the balcony door open and went to look – Shino was discovered on the barca lounger Naruto had scrounged up from the depths of someone's basement. His bugs seemed to cover him like a living blanket, and Naruto backed away. He wasn't going near that. Nope, not him. Turing around, he caught sight of Neji's legs sticking out from under the bed. Well, that was another mystery solved then.

He decided to see what had become of the first floor. Going downstairs, he yawned mightily and stretched and then gaped at the sight of his Iruka-sensei cuddling on the couch with Kakashi-sensei – both of them fully dressed, as was everyone else he was thankful to note – but spooning? He had to sit on that couch!

Before he could open his mouth to let out the scream of anguish he could feel building inside him, sound came from the kitchen. He stumbled over – and was immediately ushered into a seat by Hinata-chan. "I hope you don't mind Naruto-kun," she said quietly, giving him a small smile. "I thought I'd make breakfast for everyone."

The Iruka-Kakashi conundrum had to take a backseat to an even more puzzling thought. Naruto scratched his head in confusion. "...I had food?"

"No," Sakura said coming in from the backyard, letting the door shut behind her automatically. "I went shopping. You owe me money for food."

"What are you two doing up so early?" Naruto tilted his head from side to side, trying to crack his neck and resembling a confused puppy as he did so.

"It's not that early." Sakura sighed and moved over, raising her hands. They glowed a soft green, and she began to manipulate his vertebra is just the right way to – CRACK. "Better?"

"Oh, thank you," Naruto sighed. He scrubbed his face with his hands, and accepted a large mug from Hinata. Coffee. Caffeine. Nectar of the gods. "I might actually live now."

Sakura shook her head but grinned as she opened the fridge and pulled out milk and juice. "Put these on the table."

Naruto obeyed. "Where's Sasuke?" he asked in between gulps of coffee. "I found everyone else."

"He's outside training. I told him to come in about fifteen minutes." Sakura nodded at him. "Just enough time for you to go and wake up everyone upstairs." She laughed suddenly. "That was fun, Naruto, I have to admit."

"I'm glad to hear that," Naruto replied. "'Cause I don't remember how everyone ended up there."

Hinata peeked around Sakura. "Umm... after everyone had been drinking for a while... you said, um, that you'd never had a-a-a sleepover before." Her cheeks were bright red with embarrassment. "Ino said that was a terrible thing and decided that everyone would s-s-stay over."

Sakura snickered. "There was a fight for the beds since you only have three. Ino said she had to go to the bathroom and never came back out. Tenten was so drunk she could barely stand up but she said she could use her weapons in any situation and proved it by setting up the ceiling hammock."

"I saw that." Naruto grinned. "Found Neji under the bed, too."

"Oh, um, Lee-kun, um, tried to push Neji-niisan towards the bed, saying he would be happy to take the floor. Um..." Hinata blushed again but couldn't hide her giggle. "Neji-niisan seemed to take it as Lee-kun accusing him of being soft and needing a bed. He a-a-announced he would sleep on the floor and, umm..." The small smile grew on her face. "He tripped over one of the kunai's that Tenten couldn't get to stick the ceiling. He fell and rolled under the bed."

Naruto snickered. "Did Lee get drunk too?"

"I didn't let him," Sakura said, bringing a pile of dishes to the large table. Naruto began placing them. "I had him on 'designated ninja wrangler' duty with Chouji. He helped me get you into your room. Shikamaru decided you deserved your bed. He went straight for the closet and collapsed. And Kiba..." she snickered. "He saw the extra blankets up there and was convinced the top of the bureau was another bed and that you'd made it that high on purpose." She shook her head. "It took him ten minutes and finally ordering Chouji to be a human ladder so he could get up there in one piece."

Naruto burst out laughing. "What about you girls and Sasuke? And where is Chouji anyway?"

Sakura handed out silverware. "Hinata and I took Sasuke's old room, and Chouji and Sasuke opted to sleep in the training hall. Sasuke brought a spare futon over for him." She nodded her head at the window. "He's outside with Sasuke, training."

"I guess it was a good time. I wish I could remember most of it," Naruto sighed. "But it sounds like it was a lot of fun."

"Oh it was," Sakura said with a wink. She held up a small camera. "Don't worry, I made sure we'd have lots of memories. Including a few you may not want." Her smile grew even wider.

Naruto groaned and thunked his head down on the table. Then he smiled against the wood. Embarrassing or not, his first sleepover had apparently been a success.

He couldn't wait to do it again.

End