Standing in his new room, Naruto stares at the blank white walls so clean and perfect. The glossy wooden floor glints in the sunlight streaming from the enormous windows surrounding his room lighting up the perfectly made white bed. Afraid to move Naruto continues to take in his surroundings. In the corner of the room, sits a black desk with a new iMac resting in the middle in perfect aliment, a TV stands on the opposite side of the room yet again black with a 53 inch plasma screen TV. Naruto gawks in wonder; out of all the rooms he had this has to be the blandest room ever.
"So Naruto how do you like it?" Minato stands in the door way Iruka off on the side, "It's not much I didn't really know what you would like, but I had my architect build this extra room for you…" he half smiles in an awkward way, while Naruto takes the room in one last time and just nods with a smile.
"It is very nice, pretty plain, but far bigger than all the homes I have lived in, I will enjoy myself here peacefully." He looks up at Minato who just chuckles.
"Naruto I mean do you like where your room is? You can change the design and layout of the furniture however and whenever you like." He chuckles at Naruto's fake content at the design, "I was hoping you liked the size, and how it looks over the ocean from your window." Naruto stares at him then walks over to the sliding door windows, and sure enough he opens the door to a balcony hanging over a cliff with the deep blue ocean water crashing against the rocks. "Do you like it?" Minato walks through the doors joining Naruto out on the balcony.
"It is amazing…" Naruto's voice trails off. The scenery taking his breath away, almost too much for him to take, never in all his life has he witnessed such an extraordinary view, where every color known to man pops and blends in perfect harmony, he would try to paint the view, but he knows his painting could never do this life justice. Looking up at his father his ocean blue eyes glaze over with tears, and as he bits them back he bows down, "Thanks you so much!" Minato smiles and lightly touches Naruto's shoulder.
"You're welcome Naruto, and please don't bow to me, you're my son and being such I hope now that I finally found you that we can grow closer as a family." Patting Naruto's shoulder he goes over to the doorway, "Oh, Naruto I need to sign a few things with Iruka, I will call you down when we are finished, how about you walk around and explore your new home, it is big, but you can't get lost. Though don't explore outside just yet we need to discuss that okay?" Naruto nods and they leave the room. The butler then knocks and walks in with Naruto's bag, and for the first time since his first foster home, he feels embarrassed. Looking at his old dirty, shaggy, worn out bags he looks over at himself in the mirror, and he notices how world and shabby his clothes look. He doesn't fit in here, this room is too clean for him, or he is just too dirty for the room.
"Excuse me sir I don't mean to intrude, but is there something wrong." Chives sets down Naruto's soda that he had asked for while he was in his father's office.
"Um, no not really…" Naruto scratches his head and looks back outside.
"I've known your father long enough to tell when he is lying and frankly you are exactly the same, you both scratch your heads and look away, but… it is not my place to pry so with that said, I hope you feel comfortable in your room, and enjoy yourself with your new life.
"Um, thank you…" with that Chives leaves and Naruto is left with his thoughts. 'This is my new life huh, well I don't know how I am gonna fit in here, but I guess if I just stay quiet and out of everyone's way it won't matter that much.' A smile shifts his thoughts, gazing over the water, he then begins to unpack putting his few clothes into his new dresser. "Don't I have a closet here?" he asks himself, opening up a few doors around the room, first door he found was the bathroom, and intrigued he walks in. One step in and his feet come in contact with warm marble, black marble, a marble sink made out of shells, and a huge jacuzzi tub. Dumbfound Naruto just lightly shuts the door, 'Everything is Marble?' he shakes off the shock and opens the next door to what seems like another room. "What place is this?" entering the room, he finds a nice window, a few chairs, full length mirror, and circle racks that seem to go into the wall. "I don't get it, what is this room?" He looks a bit longer; the room is bigger than his bedrooms at his old house, but a little less than half the size of his new bedrooms, maybe a fourth of the size, but still huge. Shaking his head he shuts the door and sits on his bed carefully.
Suddenly a voice comes out of nowhere like a little radio, "Naruto?" the voice calls as he looks frantically around, "Naruto the intercom right next to the bed" finding the intercom Naruto stares at it on how to answer, "Just hold the button and talk, when you are done talking let go." He does just as he was told and holds the button down.
"Yes, sir?" he let go.
"Come back down to my office please, Chives will help you."
"Um, ok sir." Just as he let go of the button a knock came to the door, and Chives walks in. Naruto follows him back to the office, where Iruka and his father are waiting. Iruka sees Naruto and smiles.
"Hey Naruto, I am gonna be on my way now… um, I will back in about two weeks to see how everything is going, and if it is well by then, well I will just see then." Iruka continues to smile his eyes glaze over like glass from holding in his tears. Feeling his sadness Naruto embraces him.
"Don't worry Iruka, I will be ok and I can't wait to see you in two weeks!" Naruto lightly punches his arm with his huge cheesy grin."
"Ya, well, thank you very much Minato for contacting me I am always happy to bring kids to their real homes, happy endings like this don't happen and I am glad it happened to Naruto."
"No, Iruka I need to thank you for bringing him to me, I have been searching so long, and thanks to you it is over." Minato and Iruka share a friendly (man) hug, and Iruka walks to the door ruffling Naruto's hair on the way.
"Well, I will return in two weeks, take care Naruto." Then he leaves with his final words, leaving Naruto alone with his father.
"Um, Naruto are you hungry dinner is just about ready and you have had a long trip." Minato scratches his head, not really knowing what to say.
"Um, actually I am famished, what is for dinner?" Naruto scratches his head in the same manner, both unwilling to look at one another. "What's for dinner?"
Minato stops and looks down at Naruto, "You know, I actually have no idea… I never really paid attention to what I eat; I just take what they put in front of me."
"Really… I guess the only way to find out is to go down there, um… where is the kitchen?"
"You mean the dining room, follow me" Minato smiles and leads him down to the dining hall. "To be honest with you this will be the first time I have dinned in this room without the president. Naruto falls, 'The president! Who in the hell is this guy!' "Oh, Naruto, you don't have to call me dad, or father if you do not want to… I don't want to make you uncomfortable since you hardly know me, so until you feel you want to just call me Minato for now." Naruto nods. Then they make their way to the huge dining hall, literally a hall, like in a castle; the table was big enough to sit at least twenty people, and at one end crystal dishes were setup one at the head of the table and one on the right.
"Wow, it is huge" Naruto mumbles to himself, and Minato looks down at him his cheeks flushed a little red.
"Chives, is it necessary that we sit in here, I mean this is no way to get to know my son, why don't we eat out on the deck at the small table, it is a nice warm night no use in wasting it. Chives nods in agreement, a smile on his face, and orders the dishes to be taken away as maids and servants rush to set up another table outside. "Sorry Naruto, this is just a bit too much… this room and all. Um, is that ok if we sit outside?" He scratches his head again awkwardly, while Naruto just nods and follows him out to the deck, which really wasn't a deck at all. Everything was made out of Expensive stuff, a marble table is laid out on the middle of the deck, the crystal dishes waiting as in the dinning room, with a silver lid covering them. He sits down in the chair across from his father, their chairs slightly slanted towards the setting sun over the water.
"I have waited a long time for this." Minato says to no one in particular, "And now everything is perfect…" Naruto looks at him, his goodness emitting around him, and he feel the genuine relief of them being together, and for once he feels at peace. Just as if the whole world had stood still for a few seconds, and through the night they sat there eating and watching the sunset in complete silence, for there was no use for words, just each other's company.