Thanks for the Chocolate!
A Naruto (Belatd) White Day Special
(A few spoiler for those who hadn't read the manga anywhere past the end of the Tsunade arc)
Chapter One
"Thank you for your business. Please come again." The man that ran the only jewelry store in Konoha smiled, saying the same thing he said to every customer for eight years. His signature quote- though he hated to admit it- was a bit silly. Konoha citizens didn't need two jewelry shops and rarely could go anywhere else. And yet, he said that to everyone: women...men...children...thieves...and just recently, a host of a nine-tailed demon fox.
Naruto hummed to himself gleefully holding a white bag of purchases at his side. It was going to be White Day soon, and Naruto decided to get his White Day gifts before he forgot. Of course, he did have to borrow money from Iruka- who merrily lent the money to Naruto. After eleven years of no chocolates or gifts from any girls, Naruto finally broke his pathetic record and actually scored some chocolates for Valentine's Day. He received a total of FIVE CHOCOLATES! That was five more chocolates he had ever been gifted with, his whole life!
His first chocolate was given by his puppy-love crush, Sakura. It was giri-choco, of course, but it was chocolate, nonetheless. It was obvious that Sakura's honmei-choco was for Sasuke. Naruto's, however, looked beautiful enough to be a honmei-choco. It was a chocolate molded into a circle with a flat bottom, as a cake would have had. The sides were decorated with spirals. And on the top, in the middle, was the kanji for "friend." Naruto treasured every bite of his first Valentine's Day chocolate.
The second chocolate he obtained that day was from Konohamaru Corps's very own Moegi. Out of respect for her leader, Moegi gave Naruto one of her chocolate cookies from the batch she made for all her giri-choco. Her honmei-choco was only given to the boy she liked, a ninja-in-training like herself named Keisuke, through force on the boys of the Konohamaru Corps's part. In the end, Keisuke loved the chocolate and gave Moegi a kiss on the cheek. Their relationship afterwards would go on smoothly, especially after the three boys of the Konohamaru Corps explained in precise detail, the inhuman torture they would bestow upon Keisuke if her were to break the heart of Konohamaru Corps's sweetheart.
The third chocolate Naruto was given was a joke. Because Naruto didn't realize this, he mistook it for real honmei-choco. The sender was Konoha's fifth Hokage, Tsunade. She called him into her office and gave it to him on Valentine's Day, saying it was a honmei-choco as a gag. Unfortunately, Tsunade continued to take the joke too seriously too long, and Naruto darted out of Tsunade's office screaming. Nevertheless, what's done is done, and Naruto had to get her a gift as well.
His fourth chocolate came out as shocking as a surprise party. The most least expected girl had given him chocolate. It happened during dinner. To celebrate their chocolate earnings, Iruka and Naruto went out to eat ramen together at the Ichiraku Ramen Bar. As they waited, Naruto made fun of how Iruka scored honmei from girls he barely knew, while Iruka jested about how the only honmei Naruto could get was from old women in their fifties. It was when they had gotten their ramen when it happened. When their bowl of noodle-goodness had arrived, two huge slabs of chocolate came with it. They spoke through their faces at the Ichiraku serving girl, Ayame. Why did she give them chocolate? Smiling happily, she told them her thanks.
"You're our best customers here. Naruto-kun keeps bringing people here, and Iruka-san threats out Naruto the most. Thank you for going to the Ichiraku so many times." Iruka just stood in silence as Ayame swayed away, smiling.
The last chocolate Naruto received was the most mysterious and alluring. After the strange dinner at the Ichiraku, Naruto came to his apartment full and tied. That's when he stumbled upon it, baffled. To an average person, parcels aren't very odd sights. But for Naruto, parcels were completely new things to him. What a day! Naruto had received chocolates, and the first parcel of his whole life. Naruto rushingly thrust his door open, laid down his chocolate on his table to be eaten later, and gently placed the parcel in the middle of the room where there was less thrash. There, Naruto positioned himself in an Indian-style sitting position, ready to open the parcel in front of him.
His heart beat faster and faster as his shaking hands came closer to undoing the upper knot. Why was he so nervous? Naruto didn't really ponder on that. Finally realizing how stupid retention was, Naruto opened the package in one quick motion. Inside, was a presence of a card and a pink box which looked like it held a cake.
Naruto read the card. It read:
Dear Naruto-kun,
You are a special person to me. I have always adored you since the first day I glanced at you. You are in my heart always as the person I admire. I've watched you for so long, cheering in my heart for you to succeed. Forgive me for refraining my feelings from you for so long. Please forgive me even more for still not having enough courage to reveal myself to you. Of you wait long enough, I may finally transform myself enough to finally come forward. Until then, please accept this honmei-choco. I may not be the best cook, but I put my heart into it. Enjoy! You are a dear person to me.
Love,
Your Secret Admirer
Naruto stared at the card in his hands. The writing was elegant and legible. Then, he noticed a scent coming from the card. It had a sweet aroma of a flower patch and dusk summer breeze. This letter of admiration had definitely came from a girl.
Naruto pulled open the lid of the box and enlightened himself to the sight of the most beautiful cake in the world. It was a chocolate cake, of course, daintily trimmed with pastel-colored icing. It was decorated with the Konoha leaf symbol. A heart was placed in the middle of the cake's face. And although Naruto firmly believed his heart belonged to Sakura, he couldn't help but wonder who his secret admirer was.
And so, Naruto bought five White Day gifts. He bought Sakura a box of assorted candies to show his affection. He bought Moegi a cute braclet of little plastic charms that looked like glass. For Tsunade, he went to the bakery to get cookies, only to find out it was closed for the day. He would have to find another day to get her some. For Ramen Girl Ayame, he bought an F4 CD. All the other girls seemed to like it, why wouldn't she? He bargained for it with another F4 freak from Korea that happened to work at the Korean BBQ place where Team 10 usually hung out. Lastly, he decided to be extra special for his secret admirer. What more would his secret admirer like than a silver locket with Naruto's picture in it. If she wanted, she could even put her own portrait intot he other slot. Naruto tried to look extra nice for that picture.
Naruto exhaled in exhaustion. He placed his recent purchases in a clean part of his room. And dropped himself onto his floor. Looking for White Day gifts were cumbersome and rest was a blessing for the Naruto. But alas! Fate is not too kind, for Naruto still had one more thing to do.
Earlier that day, Kakashi dropped in for a visit. Actually, it was more of an intrusion.
"Good morning, Naruto," Kakashi said. "Can you give this scroll to Sasuke?"
Those words echoed in Naruto's mind as he lunged himself up. He remembered Sasuke telling Sakura and him to leave him alone, because he had to work on this big, secret project at home. Well, whatever it was, he had to intrude.
Naruto broke into Sasuke's house surprisingly easy. To think, all kidnappers had to do was climb through the window or open the unlocked door to reach the Uchiha tragedy survivor. Then again, the kidnapper would have to find a way to enter the village unnoticed. Then, they'd have to find where Sasuke lived. Okay, maybe kidnapping Sasuke wasn't an easy task afterall.
He entered the house, not really expecting much. Unfortunately, he couldn't find Sasuke. That is, until he opened a random door. There, he found Sasuke in his kitchen. He wore a stained t-shirt, his usual shorts, and an apron. There were bowls and spoons around the kitchen covered with an unusual substance that Sasuke considered was batter. Sasuke was carefully reading a recipe too intensively to pay attention to the boy at the door.
"Maltose...sorbitol...turbinado...saccharine...Dangit! Why are there so many different names for sugar?!" Sasuke ranted, obviously pissed off.
"Oi! Sasuke, whatcha doin' !" Naruto cried out.
A disgruntled Sasuke turned and slowly came to realization that he had just been caught in the act!
"Na-Naruto! What are you doing here?!"
Naruto just smirked gleefully.
"Kakashi-sensei told me to give this to you." Naruto gave Sasuke the scroll and was about to leave when Sasuke stopped him.
"Say, Naruto, do you need cookies for White Day?"
"Uh, yeah. Why?"
"What do you mean?!"
"I have to make several batches of cookies, Naruto. If you help me make them, I'll give you some free cookies to give to the girl or girls of your nightmares, deal?"
Naruto thought about it for a while. He still needed to get Tsunade's cookies, and he was almost out of money.
"Okay, how can I help?"
Author's Notes: Okay, First chapter is finally finished. Thank you all who read! Although, this chapter is longer, it seems of lesser quality. Aw well. Anyway, here are a few notes on things who don't really understand what is going on too much:
In Japan, Korea, and perhaps a few other places, Valentine's Day is when girls give gifts. Giri-choco is chocolate or gifts given to associates, friends, and co-workers, Honmei-choco is chocolate or gifts given to the guy the girl likes, White Day, March 14, is when boys return the favor. In some places, some gifts have certain meanings. In this fic, I will use these meanings:
Candy-Love
Marshmallows-Friends
Cookies-Not interested; Go away
Now you can understand why Sasuke wanted to make so many cookies. And one more thing so people don't get confused: Kakashi didn't give the scroll to Sasuke himself, because he was busy. I won't put that in the story. Also, the scroll is nothing more than the weekly news. For those who already knew all this stuff, goodness for you! Oh yeah, I give full credit of this information from Raijin comics and Love Hina, and perhaps Google as well. Thanks for reading!
A Naruto (Belatd) White Day Special
(A few spoiler for those who hadn't read the manga anywhere past the end of the Tsunade arc)
Chapter One
"Thank you for your business. Please come again." The man that ran the only jewelry store in Konoha smiled, saying the same thing he said to every customer for eight years. His signature quote- though he hated to admit it- was a bit silly. Konoha citizens didn't need two jewelry shops and rarely could go anywhere else. And yet, he said that to everyone: women...men...children...thieves...and just recently, a host of a nine-tailed demon fox.
Naruto hummed to himself gleefully holding a white bag of purchases at his side. It was going to be White Day soon, and Naruto decided to get his White Day gifts before he forgot. Of course, he did have to borrow money from Iruka- who merrily lent the money to Naruto. After eleven years of no chocolates or gifts from any girls, Naruto finally broke his pathetic record and actually scored some chocolates for Valentine's Day. He received a total of FIVE CHOCOLATES! That was five more chocolates he had ever been gifted with, his whole life!
His first chocolate was given by his puppy-love crush, Sakura. It was giri-choco, of course, but it was chocolate, nonetheless. It was obvious that Sakura's honmei-choco was for Sasuke. Naruto's, however, looked beautiful enough to be a honmei-choco. It was a chocolate molded into a circle with a flat bottom, as a cake would have had. The sides were decorated with spirals. And on the top, in the middle, was the kanji for "friend." Naruto treasured every bite of his first Valentine's Day chocolate.
The second chocolate he obtained that day was from Konohamaru Corps's very own Moegi. Out of respect for her leader, Moegi gave Naruto one of her chocolate cookies from the batch she made for all her giri-choco. Her honmei-choco was only given to the boy she liked, a ninja-in-training like herself named Keisuke, through force on the boys of the Konohamaru Corps's part. In the end, Keisuke loved the chocolate and gave Moegi a kiss on the cheek. Their relationship afterwards would go on smoothly, especially after the three boys of the Konohamaru Corps explained in precise detail, the inhuman torture they would bestow upon Keisuke if her were to break the heart of Konohamaru Corps's sweetheart.
The third chocolate Naruto was given was a joke. Because Naruto didn't realize this, he mistook it for real honmei-choco. The sender was Konoha's fifth Hokage, Tsunade. She called him into her office and gave it to him on Valentine's Day, saying it was a honmei-choco as a gag. Unfortunately, Tsunade continued to take the joke too seriously too long, and Naruto darted out of Tsunade's office screaming. Nevertheless, what's done is done, and Naruto had to get her a gift as well.
His fourth chocolate came out as shocking as a surprise party. The most least expected girl had given him chocolate. It happened during dinner. To celebrate their chocolate earnings, Iruka and Naruto went out to eat ramen together at the Ichiraku Ramen Bar. As they waited, Naruto made fun of how Iruka scored honmei from girls he barely knew, while Iruka jested about how the only honmei Naruto could get was from old women in their fifties. It was when they had gotten their ramen when it happened. When their bowl of noodle-goodness had arrived, two huge slabs of chocolate came with it. They spoke through their faces at the Ichiraku serving girl, Ayame. Why did she give them chocolate? Smiling happily, she told them her thanks.
"You're our best customers here. Naruto-kun keeps bringing people here, and Iruka-san threats out Naruto the most. Thank you for going to the Ichiraku so many times." Iruka just stood in silence as Ayame swayed away, smiling.
The last chocolate Naruto received was the most mysterious and alluring. After the strange dinner at the Ichiraku, Naruto came to his apartment full and tied. That's when he stumbled upon it, baffled. To an average person, parcels aren't very odd sights. But for Naruto, parcels were completely new things to him. What a day! Naruto had received chocolates, and the first parcel of his whole life. Naruto rushingly thrust his door open, laid down his chocolate on his table to be eaten later, and gently placed the parcel in the middle of the room where there was less thrash. There, Naruto positioned himself in an Indian-style sitting position, ready to open the parcel in front of him.
His heart beat faster and faster as his shaking hands came closer to undoing the upper knot. Why was he so nervous? Naruto didn't really ponder on that. Finally realizing how stupid retention was, Naruto opened the package in one quick motion. Inside, was a presence of a card and a pink box which looked like it held a cake.
Naruto read the card. It read:
Dear Naruto-kun,
You are a special person to me. I have always adored you since the first day I glanced at you. You are in my heart always as the person I admire. I've watched you for so long, cheering in my heart for you to succeed. Forgive me for refraining my feelings from you for so long. Please forgive me even more for still not having enough courage to reveal myself to you. Of you wait long enough, I may finally transform myself enough to finally come forward. Until then, please accept this honmei-choco. I may not be the best cook, but I put my heart into it. Enjoy! You are a dear person to me.
Love,
Your Secret Admirer
Naruto stared at the card in his hands. The writing was elegant and legible. Then, he noticed a scent coming from the card. It had a sweet aroma of a flower patch and dusk summer breeze. This letter of admiration had definitely came from a girl.
Naruto pulled open the lid of the box and enlightened himself to the sight of the most beautiful cake in the world. It was a chocolate cake, of course, daintily trimmed with pastel-colored icing. It was decorated with the Konoha leaf symbol. A heart was placed in the middle of the cake's face. And although Naruto firmly believed his heart belonged to Sakura, he couldn't help but wonder who his secret admirer was.
And so, Naruto bought five White Day gifts. He bought Sakura a box of assorted candies to show his affection. He bought Moegi a cute braclet of little plastic charms that looked like glass. For Tsunade, he went to the bakery to get cookies, only to find out it was closed for the day. He would have to find another day to get her some. For Ramen Girl Ayame, he bought an F4 CD. All the other girls seemed to like it, why wouldn't she? He bargained for it with another F4 freak from Korea that happened to work at the Korean BBQ place where Team 10 usually hung out. Lastly, he decided to be extra special for his secret admirer. What more would his secret admirer like than a silver locket with Naruto's picture in it. If she wanted, she could even put her own portrait intot he other slot. Naruto tried to look extra nice for that picture.
Naruto exhaled in exhaustion. He placed his recent purchases in a clean part of his room. And dropped himself onto his floor. Looking for White Day gifts were cumbersome and rest was a blessing for the Naruto. But alas! Fate is not too kind, for Naruto still had one more thing to do.
Earlier that day, Kakashi dropped in for a visit. Actually, it was more of an intrusion.
"Good morning, Naruto," Kakashi said. "Can you give this scroll to Sasuke?"
Those words echoed in Naruto's mind as he lunged himself up. He remembered Sasuke telling Sakura and him to leave him alone, because he had to work on this big, secret project at home. Well, whatever it was, he had to intrude.
Naruto broke into Sasuke's house surprisingly easy. To think, all kidnappers had to do was climb through the window or open the unlocked door to reach the Uchiha tragedy survivor. Then again, the kidnapper would have to find a way to enter the village unnoticed. Then, they'd have to find where Sasuke lived. Okay, maybe kidnapping Sasuke wasn't an easy task afterall.
He entered the house, not really expecting much. Unfortunately, he couldn't find Sasuke. That is, until he opened a random door. There, he found Sasuke in his kitchen. He wore a stained t-shirt, his usual shorts, and an apron. There were bowls and spoons around the kitchen covered with an unusual substance that Sasuke considered was batter. Sasuke was carefully reading a recipe too intensively to pay attention to the boy at the door.
"Maltose...sorbitol...turbinado...saccharine...Dangit! Why are there so many different names for sugar?!" Sasuke ranted, obviously pissed off.
"Oi! Sasuke, whatcha doin' !" Naruto cried out.
A disgruntled Sasuke turned and slowly came to realization that he had just been caught in the act!
"Na-Naruto! What are you doing here?!"
Naruto just smirked gleefully.
"Kakashi-sensei told me to give this to you." Naruto gave Sasuke the scroll and was about to leave when Sasuke stopped him.
"Say, Naruto, do you need cookies for White Day?"
"Uh, yeah. Why?"
"What do you mean?!"
"I have to make several batches of cookies, Naruto. If you help me make them, I'll give you some free cookies to give to the girl or girls of your nightmares, deal?"
Naruto thought about it for a while. He still needed to get Tsunade's cookies, and he was almost out of money.
"Okay, how can I help?"
Author's Notes: Okay, First chapter is finally finished. Thank you all who read! Although, this chapter is longer, it seems of lesser quality. Aw well. Anyway, here are a few notes on things who don't really understand what is going on too much:
In Japan, Korea, and perhaps a few other places, Valentine's Day is when girls give gifts. Giri-choco is chocolate or gifts given to associates, friends, and co-workers, Honmei-choco is chocolate or gifts given to the guy the girl likes, White Day, March 14, is when boys return the favor. In some places, some gifts have certain meanings. In this fic, I will use these meanings:
Candy-Love
Marshmallows-Friends
Cookies-Not interested; Go away
Now you can understand why Sasuke wanted to make so many cookies. And one more thing so people don't get confused: Kakashi didn't give the scroll to Sasuke himself, because he was busy. I won't put that in the story. Also, the scroll is nothing more than the weekly news. For those who already knew all this stuff, goodness for you! Oh yeah, I give full credit of this information from Raijin comics and Love Hina, and perhaps Google as well. Thanks for reading!