"Naruto! How many times have I woken you up this week! Get up or you'll be late, meaning I'll be late and scolded by pinky" Naruto's ears twitched as Haku's loud voice cut through the air.
The had finally moved from Naruto's old apartment two days ago, and they have yet to fully unpack everything. The house was a normal sized house, Well... Two rooms and one master bed room. there was no living room, since there was no need, plus they couldn't afford a house that big. There was also a decent sized kitchen for Naruto and Haku to move around in the busy mornings that seemed to go by very fast due to their schedule.
There was two bathrooms, one that was connected to the master bedroom, Naruto's, and the other was downstairs by the back door.
Not a big house, but good enough for two, even three, to live in.
Haku decided that Naruto would be totally lost, and get beat up by Sakura a lot, if he wasn't there to wake him up, clean after him, and just stuff that a (House wife, Naruto got hit for that) butler would do. That of course was an excuse just to be near the boy every moment he got, but he wouldn't admit that he had a soft spot for the boy, especially after he walked through town with him.
That was the reason why the house was surrounded by trees, because they were far away from the bustling streets of the hidden leaf. Haku had walked with the blonde and had seen the looks he got. They were of disgust and hate, It only strengthened Haku's new resolve to take care of Naruto.
The Hokage, of all the people, had helped them with a house, and even offered to pay rent, Naruto refused but then the Hokage used his title and ordered him to accept. Haku had suggested that they live of the outskirts, but because of Naruto's status as the Nine tails Jinchuriki, They were denied. Apparent the village thought Naruto would escape the village to a better place. Not that far off but very annoying for Naruto since he wanted to be as far away from the villagers as possible
The leaf village was a great village, as most would say. It was a cheery little village that liked peace and friendship. Thye disliked war and tried anything to avoid it. They made alliances with countries that would obviously betray them in the future. They were a kind village, as were their Kage.
But apparently that was false. Naruto was proof of that.
The fourth Hokage, an Idol Shinobi, had sealed a tailed beast within a new born orphan who was barely an hour old, and left him to suffer at the hands of his village that he trusted so much. Haku was beginning to think the man was a fool to leave a child alone with no one he trusted since Haku had heard he was close to the Hyuuga and Nara.
Naruto could have been given to the Yamanaka since they didn't care about demons and plus, Naruto had the hair and eyes, though none of them had the colors that Naruto possessed. Bright blonde hair, and deep Azure eyes.
But Naruto was left to his lonesome to suffer at the hands of the villagers.
The story of how he was kicked out of the orphanage at a young age made Haku's blood boil.
or how they over priced him or took away his heat and water, and how his bills were always so high.
and what did the Hokage do?
Nothing.
His teammates... He felt sorry for Naruto for being on the same team as a lazy good for nothing sensei, a Pink haired fan girl, and a brooding prick. One of the worst teams he knows of. Naruto himself told him how fucked up his team was. Though it was only his opinion. Sakura was a fan girl that he used to have a crush on, well he thought that he did even though he only wanted to be her friend and didn't know how to 'hang out' with a girl since he never had.
Sasuke was the top of the class, the genius. He had his family murdered in front of him, and after that he was reserved and turned... emotional. though he never showed any emotions so that didn't really make sense to Haku, but nodded at Naruto's words anyway. He was a prick with a huge ego the size of his fan club, and looked down on Naruto on a daily basis.
Kakashi... never really wanted to get close to them.
To Haku however, Sakura and Sasuke both were beginning to have a friendship, though it was close to nothing, it was more then what Naruto has with them, by a mile. Kakashi also seemed to be secretly training the Uchiha and left Sakura and Naruto on their own. Naruto didn't know how to get close to them so he did was Kakashi was doing, distancing himself from them, even though he never noticed this fact, Haku did.
The way Naruto would slip away after the team mission was over, or how he would barely speak about himself, only things like he's awesome, how he had rescued a cat from a tree, or how he was getting stronger, or that he was catching up to Sasuke, but even these comments were rare. But he never told him about his personal life, like how much he likes red bean soup, or how he likes plant life, or that he knows how to cook, and many other things that the boy had mentioned.
Never had Naruto talked about this with his team.
Naruto also didn't have any friends, his age that is. He had a few friends, Those three children that would knock on the door asking for Naruto so they could play, and... well... Naruto's old sensei Iruka from the academy, who Naruto barely saw since becoming a ninja. and finally Haku. It was sad that a boy Naruto's age didn't have much friends.
But then again look at Haku, Naruto was his only friend, but Haku had gotten acquainted with a few people his age. He even met his soon to be team leader as a Chuunin, and his teammates. They were now... well they were close to being friends.
But Naruto... He... was a good kid. A great friend too. Haku just didn't understand why children Naruto's age underestimated him, or thought that he wasn't worth their time.
He was surprised that Naruto hadn't snapped
But he would keep to himself for the time being, Until He couldn't take it no more and burst at the village.
But for now he'll just continue to watched the boy.
speaking on keeping an eye on him...
Naruto jumped up out of his bed when Haku used his ice released and froze Naruto's back slightly.
"I'M UP, I'M UP! NOW GET THIS ICE OFF ME!" Naruto ran around the room until he ran into his personal bathroom and grabbed a hair blower and put it to full heat.
"C-Cold Co-ld c-c-co-ld!" Naruto shivered.
Haku watched with amusement as they twelve year old glared at him.
"I seriously will not like you for a period of time if you don't get this ice off of me" Naruto muttered as he shivered.
Haku regretted looking at the younger boys body. he was shirtless, and Haku was able to see the muscle of the young boy, and the goose bumps that were forming on his tan skin. But that wasn't what he was looking at.
It was the scars that littered his body.
There was writing, and just some plain scars that looked painful.
There was one that read. 'Loser' that looked liked some academy student wrote it on with a dull kunai.
another was one that read. 'Monster' another that read 'Demon'. and a small scar on his arm. they were all jagged.
Naruto noticed the older boys starring and looked down.
"Uh... I got the Loser one when I got bullied at the academy... The nine tails wont heal it... It would be gone in a minute if he only let it heal though" Haku's head snapped up at that, and he secretly added another reason that the leaf wasn't lil' ol' peaceful, kind village.
"The demon one... I got that at the orphanage..." he didn't go further into detail.
"The monster one... I did that myself when I was nine since... The villagers..." Naruto showed no emotion in his voice or face, though Haku could see the pain as he put his ever growing, spiking hair, into a pony tail.
Haku hummed and walked out the bathroom to get Naruto's bento.
Naruto however was brushing his teeth.
'I shouldn't have scarred myself like that..." his eyes snapped shut as he spit out the tooth pace. 'There was so much blood...' He shook his head and looked at the seals on with wrists.
"I should train with them later..."
"Naruto! You're late!"
Naruto rolled his eyes and walked down stairs and into the kitchen.
"Kakashi isn't going to be there for another two hours" Naruto mumbled.
"Well you don't want to get yelled at, now?" Haku asked. Truth fully Haku wanted Naruto to open up to others his age, even if Haku felt distaste at sharing the boy with... those people. But then he would be selfish, then he already was.
Naruto sighed and nodded, and walked back up stairs to get dressed in the clothes that he and Haku went out to get.
Haku had gotten new clothes in the process.
Naruto had a blank face as he opened his closet
After a while Naruto stood at the window, it wasn't that cold out... but today would be something that would be expected in fall.
Naruto had grey Shinobi pants, normally it would be black but he decided to change that. He was wearing a dark grey muscle shirt, with a T-shirt over it, and a dark baggy, black shirt that Haku thought looked good on him. It had a red, dark grey, light grey, white design on it.
He also decided that he would knit a scarf, remembering Danashi who forced Shigito and Kikumi to nit for hours with her until they knew how to nit a long scarf.
He smiled at the memory and walked downstairs, saying good bye to Haku before he left.
When he got to the bridge an hour later, he was met with the surprising sight of Kakashi being there.
After he had left, he went to go play with Konohamaru and his little friends.
Now he was here, standing in front of an Angry Sakura, a glaring Sasuke, and an eye smiling Kakashi.
"Uh... I... was kidnapped by Haku... who um... Froze my back... and so I had to thaw it off with a hair dryer... Um... yeah" Naruto avoided Sasuke's glare, and Sakura raising her fist.
Kakashi however clapped.
"You learned well Naruto..." he wiped a fake tear away before becoming serious.
'You only never taught me anything so far... Only your lame excuses' Naruto secretly thought before he listened to the guy.
Hopefully he entered them in the Chuunin exams, but then again he doesn't know if Sakura can handle it...
"I've entered you guys into the Chuunin exams"
Naruto cursed at the man before thanking the gods for actually being given the chance to show off, if Sakura entered that is... Sasuke without a doubt will...
He wasn't sure if it was a win or loss that they were entered...
Naruto sighed as he said goodbye to Iruka sensei, who was pretending to attack him under a disguise.
Now he was wondering what he was going to do for a week until the Chuunin exams.
Maybe just train...
lay around...
knit...
Wait!
knit!
Naruto started to run where he knew he could get some knitting supplies!
Naruto walked around the small shop, ignoring the looks from the cashier, and continued to look at the knitting needles with narrowed eyes.
He was a good knitter as Shigito, something that Kikumi would make fun of him for, though Kikumi actually helped him a few times with hats and baby blankets...
He turned around when something bumped into him.
He looked around to see a girl his age with dark indigo hair, and clear lavender eyes.
"I-I-I'm sorry..." She looked up with pink cheeks and way about to see who she bumped into, Naruto tilted his head to the side wondering why Hinata Hyuuga was here...
"N-N-N-N-Naruto..." She stuttered as he face became red.
Naruto narrowed his eyes slightly, but not so that she would have noticed.
'Wasn't she the one who has a crush on me?' he thought. after a while of being both Shigito and Kikumi, he realized what love actually was.
and apparent the Hyuuga had a huge crush on him, but she never approached him.
But he didn't judge... after all Shigito couldn't talk to his fiancée because he was to shy around her, but then he accidentally told her on a mission (A/N: sound familiar?)
"Hinata, do you like knitting?"
Hinata was about to faint but forced herself not to.
"U-U-UM... Y-es... I was just looking for something to knit..."
Naruto hummed.
Meanwhile Hinata was staring at Naruto. 'He's change... no longer wearing Orange... and he's more reserved and Shinobi like... I-I still... Love- Admire him!' she blushed, seemingly to make her face even redder, 'I-I like those streaks though...'
"Hinata, Remember when we first met, I had that scarf"
Her eyes widened. 'He remembers?'
she nodded.
"Will... you.. um... help me make it again?" he asked shyly and turned his head a bit.
he turned back to see Hinata was passed out.
"H-Hinata..." he sighed and scolded himself for making the girl faint.
He didn't bother to look to see the panicked look on the cashiers face.
He shun shinned out of the shop.
"So she likes you?"
"Yeah... But that isn't why I brought her here"
"Oh yeah"
"Oh hey, she's waking up"
Hinata grunted as he opened her eyes. She was laying down, in a bed... with a warm blanket over her.
She blushed when she saw two cute boys above her, one of them being Naruto.
"N-N-N-N-N-N-N-N-Naru-t-t-t-o..." She stuttered out.
"H-Hey, calm down! Naruto brought you here because you fainted..." the brown haired boy said.
She nodded and looked towards Naruto, who liked like a kicked puppy.
"Sorry Hinata... I forgot about your crush on me..." he said.
She nearly fainted, but Haku's medical chakra kept her awake.
"A-A-A-A-A-AH... I-I-I-I! N-N-Naru-t-to" she was very red. "H-H-H-How d-d-id...?"
He smiled at her.
"I guess after we graduated... I found out after a lot of thinking" He lied, he felt bad for it though.
"A-A-ah..."
"Well um... My offer..."
"Y-yes... I-I'll help you..."
He beamed at her, but stopped when Haku sent him a look.
"Ah... sorry Hinata"
She nodded.
"Look what time it is... Naruto walk her home"
He nodded and waited for the girl to get ready
Naruto walked Hinata back until they were in front of her compound.
"Hinata... Um... did you enter the Chuunin exams?"
She nodded.
"Good, Me too!"
...
"Hinata"
She stared at him.
"You're a nice girl... shy... but nice... But..."
She looked down.
"I'm... not interested" her heart broke, until he quickly added,"Right now... I want to get stronger, you should too. and maybe..."
He turned around.
"..."
He smiled at her.
"Um... how about in two days? I'll meet you in the training ground... um... the seventh"
He shun shinned after that, leaving Hinata who wondered how that was going to end.
Sorry, but it's a filler, the next one will be too, after that it will be the Chuunin exams
PM me if you know where this is from. If you get it right then I'll let you request something... maybe a scene with a certain girl/boy, or maybe just a request on a part of the story or a small spoiler.
here it is.
"ABANDONHOPE"
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