CHAPTER 9
Not enough time was spent before they were in front of a big house and apparently abandoned from a long time. Climbers were sticking to the windows which were so much dirty that you couldn't see anything inside from it. The left part of the house was a little destroyed, there was debris there and the wall was missing from that side, wide plants had taken refuge there and had grown quite a lot but it was manageable. The house was tsunade said was on the outskirts of the village so aside from the occasional small animals there wasn't much life to be seen except for trees that were all around the house.
Both blonde and raven stood there appraising their future home, it was clear they had a lot of work to do but still they could live in this place for a few days like it was.
Naruto had started taking long and deep breaths to calm him. This all looked like a dream, a very good dream at that. His parents house, his house. For one moment he could see a little himself playing there in the garden and imagine her mothers' voice floating from inside for the little child to come inside for dinner. A dream of a life that he didn't have. A dream in which his father came home from a long day and then plays with him or helps him in training, his mother putting him to sleep and telling him stories, hugging him whenever she got the chance. All that was a dream and he was living a part of that dream. Though his parents would not be by his side yet he would live in this house where his parents lived and he was satisfied. He had stopped crying for things that he didn't have or had; he just looked in front of him and sees what he has. He shook his head to clear his mind from those day dreams and with a last deep breath, he moved forward to see his future home from inside.
The place is suitable for me was sasuke's first thoughts as he saw the place. A place where civilization exists of only plants and animals, where he can live peacefully with out having any tension of the outside world. Well it's not like that that the boy beside him was any less of a tension in himself. Speaking of which when he looked toward Naruto he became worried immediately. At first there was awareness in his eyes with sadness and then his eyes glazed and Sasuke was afraid if something is going to happen to the blond and then Naruto suddenly shook his head, light coming back to his eyes and steeped forward to go in the house. Sasuke took a sigh of relief seeing the blond back to his own self and headed back inside.
"I was thinking that we can separate the place where we will practice and the garden. I don't want you to destroy the plants I will be growing there, ok" Naruto said.
"You growing plants. Plants will do suicide rather than getting taken care from you" Sasuke said.
"Teme, I have been taking care of plants since childhood" Naruto replied
Sasuke looked at him but didn't reply. Growing flowers and taking care of plants was something he had seen only his mother do when she was alive, it looked more than weird imagining Naruto gently giving water to the plants. 'Gentle' and 'Naruto' didn't ever come in the same line for him.
They looked around the house, it was a total mess. They have to clean it continuously whole day even if they were going to sleep in the rooms.
They had checked every room upstairs except one and as they got in that room. Both froze seeing the things inside that room. It was decorated for a new born baby. Toys, posters of cute baby and crib all were there. All were there collecting dust. Every corner of the room was filled with layers and layers of dust.
Naruto clenched his fist tightly and tried not to cry at the room in front of him. If that incident had not happened he would have played in this room when he was just a new born. He took a deep breath and turned and left the room. He had decided to keep that room as it was just clean it. This room was managed and decorated by his mother and it was a reminder of her and he didn't want to do anything to do to it.
Sasuke saw this but kept silent. At first he wanted to smirk at the childish things in front of him and taunt him but then he caught sight of naruto's reaction and decided to keep shut about it. He should have guessed what it would be like to come to this place. After all there was still ghost of past haunting the uchiha estate and he was a little glad to be away from that building. He didn't think or rather gave any thought to how it would be like for Naruto here. Well at least he didn't have any memories attached to it. That would make living here a little more easily. He stopped thinking about Naruto and got out from the room. He had decided his room and it was a safe distance away from the blonde's. His was upstairs and naruto's downstairs. He just hoped that Naruto wouldn't be able to climb stairs in his sleep.
The house had four bedrooms with attached bathroom, a spare room, a baby room, a study room, kitchen and another bathroom. The master bedroom that they thought might have belonged to naruto's parents was decided to be left alone. When Sasuke came downstairs he saw Naruto and twenty of his clones already at work, but he was silent while doing so not rather the loud boisterous one. Sasuke thought he was the only one who could make this many clones just to clean house, well he wasn't complaining. He also started to clean the house. The raven liked the silence and he didn't want to disturb it either, because disturbing it meant talking to the blond and he wasn't desperate about that. But it was soon broken by the blonde.
"Hey, you lazy ass, I'm doing the major work here" Naruto said loudly to Sasuke.
"I am cleaning this house Naruto" he replied
"At least make some shadow clones so it can go faster. I have twenty doing this; you can at least make ten to get it over with"
"We all don't have that crazy stamina or that fur ball inside us to give chakra, ok" he replied
Naruto didn't replied but cocked his head to one side as if listening to something.
"Hey, you are a fur ball" he snickered "I've got to be mental to let you overtake my body and kill Sasuke" he said clearly kidding.
Sasuke watched this exchange clearly confused as to what was happening.
Naruto on the other hand was having a discussion with kurama.
"How dare he call me a fur ball" kurama said angrily in naruto's mind.
"Hey, you are a fur ball" Naruto replied.
Kurama growled and said "Let me out I will kill Sasuke and then I will teach you a lesson"
"I've got to be mental to let you overtake my body and kill Sasuke" Fur ball, Naruto replied.
"Gaki, show some respect. I am the nine tail kurama. Most powerful among the entire tailed beast, a hell lot elder than you."
"Ok, Kurama jiji"
"Kit, you should be careful. I had a change of heart and I can't kill you but it doesn't mean I can't make your life hell."
"I think I have seen hell, lived it and still came victorious. You can't throw anything at me that I can't counter"
"The game's on gaki, by the end of the week if you aren't on your knees begging for forgiveness than I will change my name"
"Then what can we call you. Hmm I have to think of a good one." Naruto replied taking on the challenge.
"You know it's a hint of sanity if you talk to yourself, dobe" Sasuke said
"I was talking to kurama, teme" Naruto replied sticking out his tongue "he just gave me a challenge and I accepted it"
"I am rooting for Kurama" he replied.
"Of course, you are" Naruto said turning away from Sasuke.
Suddenly a knock sounded at the front door and they became cautious. They hadn't told anyone yet about this place and nobody lived here. Then they recognized the chakra signature and went to open the door.
"What are you guys doing here?" Naruto asked as he saw Konoha 12 and team hawk standing in front of the gate.
"Tsunade sama told us that he had given you the keys of your parent's house so we thought of helping you move" Sakura said and everybody nodded.
Naruto let everyone enter and they all looked around and admired the place. The place was dirty but it was good. A place worth living of a hokage.
They saw naruto's clones working and saw the hall was already done and they were going in rooms to clean them.
They right away started helping them clean and Sasuke narrowed his eyes while seeing Hinata talking to Naruto while Naruto was glaring at Karin who was trying to gain sasuke's attention.
"Naruto, your mother was beautiful" sakura said seeing a photo of kushina at a table.
"Of course she was my mother" he replied.
"Her hairs are just like Gaara's" she said
"Yeah, they are." He replied
"Kabuto said that all Uzumaki's have red hairs how come you don't have them" Sasuke asked
"Don't know, guess I got my father's traits in looks" he said scratching his head.
"Do you know she had this long hairs" he said after a moment pointing below his knees.
"Wow, how did she fight with enemies? Your dad must have protected her many times" Sakura replied thinking about her long hairs.
"No, she was just like me and she was called the red-hot habanero and she could beat any guy. She was one of the best kunoichi" he replied
"Your mother was Red hot habanero, really?" Tenten asked
"Yeah, why?" Naruto asked
"I have heard of her. Oh my god you must be proud of her. I have heard that she had this katana that was really strong and it have many seals engraved on it that held powerful weapons. I would have died for that blade. Do you know where that can be" she asked
"Umm, I'm not sure I know much about anything related to my parents weapons" he replied
"And besides it would have been naruto's Tenten, his mother's legacy, you know" sakura said
Tenten nodded still wistful.
Sasuke thought about the katana if he could get his hands on it but then he thought that his katana was much better suited to him and resumed his work.
After that conversation they all went back to their work and with laugh some curses whenever something tumbled on someone's foot mostly Kiba and Naruto they cleaned the whole house and went back to their own home. Naruto after cleaning the house was so tired that he didn't even ate his dinner and just fall on the bed and snores came just after a second from his. Sasuke too went to his room but he first took a shower and then lay down on his bead and after a second he was also sleeping deeply
