Here is Chapter 4…Thanks for waiting…And belated Happy New Year!
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"Hey Naruto!" the door burst open and Konohamaru came in and throw himself on the bed of his older brother, making Naruto give a small complain and turn to the other side covering his head with his pillow.
"Not now please" the blond's voice came muffled from under the fluffy bulk.
"I hear Aunt Tsunade is coming today" the young boy continued ignoring the words of his brother.
"Tell me something I don't know" Naruto replied pulling the pillow more into his head.
"You are right, she always comes here on the weekends" Konohamaru said as he stood up from the bed and looked around, his eyes paused on the back pack of his brother, him found it odd for he know how much Naruto loved that bag, his eyes went back to the image of his older brother and he approached him once again, but stopped when the blond head made itself visible again.
"Now what?" Naruto looked straight to Konohamaru.
"Did something happen in school?"
"Just had a bad day, that is all, nothing to worry" Naruto replied as he sat and tussled the head of his younger brother and stretched his arm to get back the back pack.
"By the way, Mother said dinner will be served in ten minutes" Konohamaru said happily as he suddenly jumped off the bed and walked to the door of the bedroom.
"I'll be there, thanks" Naruto replied as he watched the figure of Konohamaru walk down the stairs.
Naruto gave a deep sigh and shook his head, still a bit dizzy from the fast nap, he started moving his head from side to side trying to avoid the stiff neck that was starting to set in, with eyes closed, he repeatedly did the same movement over and over again, his thoughts going back to the last class of that day, Naruto shook his head again and stood up, went to the window and searched for stars, his eyes scanned all the positions he could find in between the branches, when suddenly he noticed a familiar pair of red spots, he came near the branch and smiled when he saw what could been the bat of the other night, he slowly sat on the window and watched as the creature opened and closed his wings, maybe preparing himself for his sleep, Naruto smiled when he saw the pair of eyes looking straight at him.
"Do you still remember me?" the blond said as he watched the creature close his wings over himself.
"It's been a while since I saw you in my last birthd…" Naruto suddenly stopped talking as if something had struck him, his smile faded from his face, giving place to an anger look, but then again he looked to his winged friend and smiled.
"I wish I was you, no worries, no one to annoy you, no school, nor teachers" Naruto sighted, his eyes never leaving the black creature on the tree, he looked inside is bedroom and his eyes settled on his back pack, his mind on a specific notebook in there.
"Man, what a bad day" Naruto said and walked away from the window, getting into his bathroom, he came out from there shirtless and walked to his closet, he looked around for his favorite shirt and then something that matched its bright orange shade, he decided that black pants would be the perfect look, he slowly striped off his school pants and put on the new set of clothes, applied some cologne and walked to the window.
"What do you think?" he asked the winged creature, who strangely flapped his wings and closed it again.
"I will take that as a yes" Naruto smiled again and walked out the room.
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As Naruto stepped into the living room, everyone was there, his father, his Aunt, Konohamaru, Sakura and Ino, whom also always came in weekends, Naruto greeted everyone and walked to the kitchen, there he found his mother and Hinata, who was busily setting the table, Naruto kissed his mother on the cheek and walked to Hinata and did the same but on the forehead.
"Naruto" Hinata spoke shyly.
Naruto smiled and took the plates from her shaky hands, he knew she had a big crush on him since they were kids, but he just wanted her friendship, he wanted to finish his studies and go out to see the world, his father had promised a trip to him for his next birthday gift, he never did like parties, so he had convinced that the next year would be perfect for him to make use of the English he had been learning in school.
His thoughts were cut with the entrance of his Aunt on the kitchen, her loud way of talking and gossip habits always made Naruto wish to be deaf for few hours, she had a glass of red wine on her hands and checked each cooking pan on the stove with inquiring eyes, she stopped when she noticed that Naruto was watching her.
"Dear Lord, you have grown up so fast!" she approached Naruto with stretched arm and pulled him to her for an alcohol smelling kiss on the cheek and a hug.
"Hi Aunt" he tried to smile as he saw the warning eyes of his mother.
"I will call everyone for dinner" Kushina spoke, making Tsunade let go of Naruto, who seemed to be fighting for air on her bear hug.
"Yes, please do darling" Tsunade said as she turned again to Naruto and tapped his cheek.
"Will you excuse me" Naruto said as he walked away from the reach of his Aunt, and went from seat to seat pretending to check.
"You are almost eighteen, if I am not wrong" Tsunade sat at the table and finished the content of her glass.
"Yes, Aunt" Naruto replied.
"So…anything new to tell?" Tsunade spoke as she looked around for something.
"I am having a trip as birthday gift next year" Naruto looked up and said with a big smile.
"Humm…That was not exactly what I wanted to know" Tsunade now stood up from the table and started to check every cabinet on the kitchen, making Naruto look at her and shake his head.
"I don't mean to be rude, but what you are looking for is in the living room" he said as he went to the last seat and looked to his Aunt.
"So, what that might be that I am looking for?" Tsunade's eyes narrowed as she looked to him.
"Mom, I think the food is getting cold already!" he said loudly as he saw the annoyed eyes staring at him.
"Brat" Tsunade muttered as she sat again.
Dinner went smoothly; but when the topic about a new neighbor came up, everyone at the table seemed to get electric; it was something that Aunt Tsunade loved the most, gossip. Sakura and Ino exchanged harsh words but settled down immediately when Minato looked at them.
"So, Aunt, how did you get that wonderful news?" Kushina spoke as she tried to break the cold that had suddenly built at the table, courtesy of Sakura and Ino.
"The best source my dear, my dear friend Orochimaru"
"Ah…" they all answered in chorus, trying to don't look straight into the eyes of Tsunade.
"Guess what! We also have a new teacher! He is so handsome, tall and polite and…" Ino said suddenly.
"Every girl's dream" Sakura spoke flatly.
"Back off you…" Ino stared at her pink headed friend.
"What? " Sakura glared at the girl in the other side of the table.
"Girls!" Kushina called their attention.
"So much for that thing…" Naruto muttered and took a sip from his glass of water.
Tsunade's eyes went from Naruto to the two girls who suddenly had seen to be having killing thoughts about the blond.
"What is the name of the teacher again Sakura dear?" Tsunade asked.
"Sasuke Uchiha" the girl said dreamily.
Tsunade looked to Naruto as if saying that it was her turn to annoy him.
"I bet he is really good at teaching, to have you two girls so interested like that"
"For a first timer he really nailed it…everyone's attention I mean" Ino said blushing a bit.
"Mom, what about dessert now? Naruto stood up from the table and walked to the refrigerator and looked inside.
"I made a cake this early afternoon, it is on the table near the window" Kushina answered him without leaving the table.
He walked to the table and saw something covered on it, he removed it carefully and saw a cake, he smelled it deeply.
"Yummy, my favorite! Orange cake!" he smiled and turned around to get plates for serving it, but instead bumped into his Aunt.
"So, what is your opinion on the new teacher? Did he nail your attention too?" Tsunade asked as she shook carefully the new glass of wine she had on her hands, Naruto avoided her question and went to the cabinet that held the plates, carefully removing some from there.
"I don't think your parents will be thrilled to know how much you seen to hate your new teacher" she said nearing the window near the table where the cake was.
"Sorry Aunt, but I have nothing to say about him" Naruto said as he placed the plates on the table.
"Really?"
"Yap" he smiled to finish his point.
"You know, the wine on your last birthday party was one of the most delicious I have ever tasted, it actually made me get drunk" she emptied the glass on her hands and made a lapping sound with her tongue as she twisted the glass on her hands with a thougthful look.
"I see" Naruto chuckled but didn't look to his Aunt still too busy putting a slice of cake on each plate.
"I remember, that night the stars were so beautiful, I even looked for a place to watch them clearly, that spot near the pond out there is my favorite" she said it and looked at her nephew, gave a small chuckle and walked away as she noticed that the body of Naruto had suddenly gone stiff.
Naruto took a few precious seconds to get back his composure and turned to look at his Aunt, with heart still speeding he watched as she joined the table where everyone else was and sat down gracefully, stretched her arm to get her glass filled up with wine again and gave a knowing glance to Naruto.
He turned around to face the table again and took deep breaths to calm his heart, he looked outside and saw not so far away was the pond his Aunt had mentioned, with a great view of the sky on any time of the day, and also a even better view of the tree where he had been kissed by Sasuke.
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End of chapter 4…
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