All alright! I thought chapter three was the best so far in the story, but really hop that in the future there will be better ones. I really hope you guys will like this chapter. I'm really getting excited about typing this one. Well, Enjoy!
Chapter4: Meet Hotaru
Dishes dropped on the floor. Hotaru, with her hand covering her mouth in shame, and Naruto looked down at the ground with shattered glass pieces laying there. Hotaru gasped and muttered, "I'm so sorry Naruto!"
Naruto started picking up he glass and just murmured, "oh, that's ok—wait a minute, come you know my name, and I don't know your name!"
Hotaru paused as she was also picking up the glass. "Um," she went, "I found that name on a pair of underwear," she lied, she put her head down continuing picking up the pieces of glass in shame of lieing. Naruto looked at her, and shrugged agreeing, "Oh, okay!" And started picking up the shattered glass again, she paused again, in a puzzled expression, 'does he necessarily have his name on his underwear?' she thought, but then lett it go like it was no big deal really.
As they were done picking up the glass and depositing it, Naruto looked up at her and asked, "Um, miss, speaking of knowing names, what's your name?" Hotaru used her hand to wipe the sweat off her forehead and then glanced at Naruto, "Oh, I'm sorry my name is Tsunani Hotaru, but you can call me Hotaru for short," she smiled at him. Naruto looked at her puzzled again and asked another question, "Um, miss—I mean Hotaru, why are you here?—in my apartment I mean."
Hoatru got a cloth to help get the sweat off her forehead, then responded, "Well, the Hokage said that I'll be staying at your house for a while, which means," she stuck out her pointed finger and smiled, "I'm your new roommate!" Naruto had a shock expression then his head went down. Hotaru looked at him with a slight of sadness in her face, "What's wrong, you don't want me here? I could go ask the Hokage to let me stay at someone else's place if you don't want me to be in your house." Naruto quickly muttered out. "Um no that's fine, I want you here, I'm just surprised that's all." Hoatru putted her arms on her hips and said, "Well now, we better go eat our dinner, the ramen is probably getting cold any minute now." The word 'ramen' struck Naruto and then he flew to the table, it gave Hoatru a shocked look on her face. Naruto gobbled the whole bowl of ramen right before her eyes. Naruto mumbled with food his mouth, "More please," Hotaru gawked and started to laugh. Naruto blushed then gave out a good laugh too, she brought out a whole pot of ramen, and they began to eat.
Over dozens of dishes were piled up in front of Naruto, he patted his belly and sighed out, "Ah, that was good!" Hotaru giggled as she grabbed the dish bowls from Naruto to the sink to wash. Naruto paced by her to the sink and got a towel to help her, as she gave Naruto a dish, Naruto politely muttered, "Thank you for the dinner Miss Hotaru." Hotaru blushed then replied back while giving him another dish to dry, "Ah, Naruto, you don't have to call me miss, just call me Hotaru, and you're welcome," smiling. Naruto smiled back. They continued washing the dishes.
Hotaru and Naruto sighed as they leaped on a couch. "Whew, that felt more like training," moaned Naruto, stretching out his whole body on a couch. Hotaru giggled seeing Naruto looking so tired as ever, "is washing the dishes that hard then training?" Naruto nodded weakly as he looked knocked out. Hotaru giggled louder. Then she crossed her legs just to begin a conversation, "So Naruto, do you have any interests or stuff that you hate, hobbies or any dreams you might have?" Naruto looked up at her then jumped up to speak, "I like to eat ramen, I hate when I have wait for three minute for my ramen to be ready, I like to eat at the ramen shop with Iruka-sensei," as Naruto continued, Hotaru folded her arms nodding whatever he's saying and thought smiling slighty, 'he can't get his mind off of ramen now huh?', "and," Naruto went on, "my dream is to become the Hokage." Hotaru's eye went wide when she heard the word 'Hokage' she thought of a young boy with blonde spiky hair (like Kakashi's) and whispered softly beneath her breathe, "Tye..." Naruto looked up at her with curiosity on his face, "Huh? Do you say something?" Hotaru snapped out of the trans and looked up at Naruto looking down, "Oh, nothing—where is your mom and dad, aren't they suppose to be here by now?" Naruto looked down at his empty bowl of ramen then glumly said, "I don't have parents," there was a pause, then Hotary spoke, "I'm sorry," a pause again, "I—I never meet or remember my parent really, I think it's really more painful losing parents than
just not having any parents." Naurto looked at her in surprised. Hotaru felt in shame talking about this, then went on a different topic, "Hey do you want to introduce me your team tomorrow? I don't have any else planned." She looked up Naruto. Naruto glanced at her and smiled blissfully, "Yeah you can, I'm sure they will be excited to see you.
Hotaru got up and unfolded her arms then responded back, "Great! Hey do you want to play a card game with me?" Naruto smiled at her then shouted, "Yeah! Let's play crazy eights!"
"You didn't have to say that loud," she giggled.
"Why not?"
"Well it's almost the middle of the night and—oh well lets just play!"
"Okay!"
"Shh!"
After playing crazy eights, Hotaru got up and picked up the cards, Naruto folded his arms scowling her, "Hey that wasn't fair, I lost," Hotaru giggled, " Well, someone has to lose," she said. Naruto yawned and stood up and headed for his bed. Hotaru was still picking up the cards as he went to his room, but he stopped and muttered, "Um Hotaru," Hotaru looked up, "Yes?" Naruto went on, "I'm glad you're here, thank you." He went off to his bedroom. Hotaru finished picking up the cards and also went to her sack too.
"Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz," went on a snoring Naruto until a couple of pushes on the other side of his body was moving , trying to wake him up. Naruto rubbed his eyes and squinted at the figure in front of him. "Uh, huh?" he answered. "Come on Naruto, time to wake up," muttered Hotaru happily, "it's time for breakfast." Naruto licked his mouth to tell her that he was hungry alright. "Get dress and then come to the kitchen for some food." She said smiling at him.
Naruto got his orange spring jacket and paints and his headband on then rushed to the kitchen table. There he spotted on the table were some chocolate chip pancakes, bacon, toast with butter, juice, eggs, biscuits, any other food he didn't know was right in front of his face, "I went shopping earlier this morning," she explained, "Just because there wasn't really much food in the refrigerator." Naruto munched the entire table to his stomach as if nothing was ever there before. Hotaru started washing the dishes as Naruto helps drying them off. "So Naruto," went Hotaru, "am I going to meet your team today. Naruto dropped the dish putting his hands on his head panicking, "Ah Hotaru-sama, do you know what time it is?" She glared at a small watch in her bag then answered, "Um, it's 10:28 why the rush?" Jumped even more panicked, "Ahee! I'm goin to be late for practice today, oh crap!" Naruto ran to his room to grab his ninja tool bag then dragged Hotaru out the door. Hotaru yelped, "Was I even ready yet!"
They rushed down the street until Hotaru stopped running with and muttered, "Naruto, I'll ketch up later, I'm going to look visit a few stores or a while." Naruto kept running and nodded to her then picked up the pace a bit more to the bridge.
Naruto slowed down as he saw Sakura and Sasuke in front on him, he sighed in relief, 'I'm safe!' until he finally saw a tall spiky haired man standing behind the two. Naruto flipped seeing it was his teacher, Kakashi. He was reading a book as if nothing has happened. The other folded their arms as something has happened. 'Uh Oh, busted!' Naruto thought. Sakura putted her hands on her hips and shouted in his face, "You are so busted Naruto! Kakashi-sensei was actually here before you!" Kakashi putted his book away, "Sorry guys, I-I sort of overslept but—," "Right nice excuse!" interrupted Sakura. "Sakura please," muttered Kakashi. "Naruto might have a good reason of why he overslept, right Naruto?" They all looked at Naruto, Naruto froze then nodded then muttered, "Yeah, um I want you guys to meet someone actually,"the three of them were puzzled, but then followed Naruto just to meet this 'someone' he just said.
The four of them walked the streets of Konoha, until Naruto spotted a long golden blonde hair with wavy bangs talking to two other women, a layered black haired Woman and with red eyes, a purple haired lady wearing an over coat.
"Hey Hotaru how long has it been?" asked Anko.
"Um," went on Hotaru, "I think twelve years perhaps?"
"Have you've been in any trouble through those years?" questioned Kurenai.
"Not that much, no which is a good thing."
As they were talking Naruto ran up to her as the other three tried to ketch up. Catching his breathe, "Hey…Hotaru-sama…my team…should be coming." "Ah, Naruto."Hotaru said. The other two women looked ahead seeing the other three coming. As they finally reached where Naruto was. Sakura scanned her surroundings and said with confusion, "Well, where is he?" Naruto blushed as he pulled a piece of clothing off of the golden blonde haired women. Sakura looked up at her and gawked and felt flush, 'she's looks like an angel' she thought. Sasuke and Kakashi caught up, Kakashi saw the two looking red in the face then looked up at the figure, he froze then smiled, "Well,well what do we have here? How has it been little Ren?" Naruto and Saukra were puzzled then blurted out, "Little Ren?" Hotaru blushed and giggled, "Nobody has ever called me that in a long time." "Hey Gai-sensei over there," a random voice shouted, "I see them, Lee!" Said another voice.
Everyone looked at the direction where the voice was coming from, they saw a stampede of two men that looked like the same, except their heights differences. "Kakashi!" Shouted the tall man with fuzzy eye brows. "Gai?" mumbled Kakashi. Gai and his student Lee caught up to them, Gai sighed, "Kakashi you and me need to do another competition." Kakashi sighed, feeling too bothered and annoyed by him all the time. Hotaru giggled, "You are still at it? My, my." Gai was puzzled then found the mysterious lady right next to Kakashi, his eyes turned into heart shapes and cried out, "Hotaru-sama! Your back!" 'Oh, boy' thought Kakashi feeling embarrassed from his reactions. Lee joined his sensei's emotional moment, "Gai-sensei also has someone important in his life also," Lee stared at Sakura, she looked at him, he gave her a smile with a thumbs up. Sakura sighed. "I'd say this is an unexpected reunion," muttered Hotaru, grinning slightly while Gai pecked her hand, then pulled it away from him and started patting her glove on her hand.
Sasuke watched this whole event behind of Naruto who was involved with the group too. He sighed, folded his arms, then left for home. Hotaru looked at the lonesome boy walking away from the crowd, she bite her lip thinking. "I think I have to go home now, I have to do some more cleaning around the house," she walked away from the crowd as they looked at her strolling away from them. Naruto was puzzled seeing her walk away like that then followed her. "I think will be canceling practice today Sakura,"announced Kakashi, "the other two left so why not we?" Sakura looked around noticing that Sasuke was no where to be seen. So she nodded and paced back home. Kakashi went poof into smoke, The rest of the group began to depart as well.
The young avenger walked home in the dead streets of the Uchiha homes, a cold, barren place for a young boy for him to live in, but he was used to it, for five years. He strolled in front of his deserted abode, unlocking the front gates of the house. He opened the door, glaring inside the darken rooms with very dim lights on that were exactly the way he left it, when he was leaving for practice. He expected it that way whenever comes home for the night. He paced to the kitchen just to get a glass of water, sipping the water and pausing for a while before taking another, he sighed a couple of times while drinking, then he heard a door bell ring.
Sasuke looked puzzled staring at the direction of where the front door was. "A visitor?" He walked a bit faster to the door than usual, he clasped the door handle and flipped it wide open, there popped out the lady he met earlier, he raised an eyebrow as she waved and greeted, "Hello," Hotaru muttered with a smile on her face, "We just wanted to stop by and chat since we weren't able to chat earlier," she scowled on her right side. Sasuke still with his eye brow raised, "We?"He exclaimed. She dragged out Naruto from her right side to reveal himself to Sasuke, who started to wave at Sasuke lightly and not look at him at all. Sasuke just stared at Hotaru while she spoke, "Can we come in? It's kind of pointless to just stand here when we are right by a house where we could just sit and talk," Sasuke stepped aside, "Come in," the two walked in with permission and Hotaru said politely, "thank you," she looked around seeing the rooms so dark and mysterious, but even with a gloom house she still was warm and bright, "Well, may I go and get something from the fridge, maybe we could have some lunch, how about you two," she putted her hands on her hips. Naruto cried out, "Ramen! I die for ramen." "I don't have any ramen," interrupted Sasuke. Naruto stared at Sasuke in dismay than yelled at him,
"What! How could you not have ramen! What kind of house do you live in?"
"I wasn't talking to you, moron."
"What—"
"Naruto pleased," interrupted Hotaru standing between them, "I'll go ahead and buy some ramen for you, what would you like Sasuke?"
"Um, nothing you don't really have to make lunch for me really."
"Are you sure? Have you had anything today?"
"No, just a glass of water."
"That's not much, you know you should always have three meals a day just to make sure your body is healthy, especially a ninja, a medical ninja like me always has to remember that."
"Well," Sasuke thought, "Alright."
She ran off to the grocery market. Naruto and Sasuke were alone, Naruto looked around the house standing in one area, 'this place is cold and lonesome, just like my house before Hotaru-sama came' , Sasuke folded his arms looking at Naruto, Naruto whistled putting his hands over his head feeling a bit bored, Sasuke kept looking at him then decided, "Hey, Naruto would you like a tour around the until Hotaru comes back?" Naruto looked at him in surprised, never hearing him say that to him, ever. Then he grinned at him and nodded, "Okay," he followed Sasuke around the house, seeing empty beds, dim lights glowing above them, curtains lowing from windows, this gave Naruto shakes. They reached a room filled with pictures and a piano, as Naruto spotted the piano he muttered, "Hey I didn't know you could play piano? I love music!" Sasuke nodded at Naruto not saying a word until they heard a voice down stairs, "Hey, I have food here," and so they ran down stairs to greet her.
"Miss Hotaru,"interrupted Sasuke, "You didn't have to buy all this food for me."
"Why not," she questioned, "You do need some food in that refrigerator of yours."
"But I don't eat that much."
"Well, at least it will keep you alive for a long time then, that's all that matters, right?"
He knew he couldn't argue so he nodded. Without him arguing, Naruto just went straight for the ramen Hotaru bought from the ramen shop and quickly ate it. During that, Hotaru looked through the bag while asking Sasuke, "So what do you want, Sasuke?"
"It doesn't really matter," he mumbled.
"Don't you like anything particular?" She question.
"Well," he went on, "Do you have any stir fry?"
"You know what I do and I'll make right away."
"Thank you Miss Hotaru."
"You don't have to call me Miss."
"Hotaru-san."
"That's fine."
She dug out the rice and vegetables from the bag for the stir fry and put the rice in a pot filled with water and the vegetables in the microwave. Sasuke and Naruto were at the table, Naruto was still munching on his ramen while Sasuke just watched the kitchen seeing Hotaru doing all the dirty work, while he was staring at her, for once, he gave a smile at her, she didn't notice it nor did Naruto, but Sasuke was for once smiling at someone in a happy way.
"It's done Sasuke," she announced, "All go and get you a bowl."
"The bowls are in the pantry," he muttered.
"Thanks," she answered politely.
She came across the table placing a bowl filled with stir fry in front of Sasuke.
Sasuke bowed giving thanks to her than began eating. Naruto finished five minutes ago, Hotaru looked at Naruto, knowing he was hungry still, "Would you like some stir fry, Naruto?"
"Yea, please,"he responded.
"Maybe I should join you guys with some stir fry as well," she said getting two bowls out of the pantry.
She poured some in a bowl and gave one to Naruto, he bowed to her in pleased then began to eat. She sat down with some and ate as well.
"So Sasuke," she went on, "Do you have any dreams, goals, interest."
He didn't felt like talking about it, but he looked like he was beginning to trust her he said, "I don't really have dreams, goals, or any—"
"He knows how to play piano," interrupted Naruto. Sasuke scowled at him, but turned to Hotaru. "Oh, really? I love playing the piano, I actually played the violin ever since I was eight, pretty hard to play, but it would give you better listening skills, they both looked at Naruto. He looked puzzled, "What? What did you guys say?" They both chuckled at Naruto, not knowing what the laugh was all about. "All we all finished? If we are then lets go to the living room." They nodded then took her upstairs.
There they saw the piano and pictures. Hotaru looked at the pictures more carefully as the other two ran to the piano. She saw a picture of a younger version of Sasuke with three older people next to him. The women and the bigger man next to each other, 'those are probably his parents' she thought. She looked at the smaller boy but looks older than Sasuke, her eyes went wide, seeing the boy, silently in her head '…Itachi...', "Hey, Hotaru-san." She snapped out and then looked at Sasuke and Naruto ready to play a song. "Oh, coming," she muttered then walked by the piano. "You know," she scratched her head, "If we've only had a violin I would play along too."
"We have a violin, it just hiding under the coffee table over there, she looked over by the brown wooden coffee table, and searched under the table, she spotted a case shaped like a violin, grabbed it under the table, putting it on her lap to unlock it. She got it out the baton and violin. "Now then," she got in her position, "Shall we?" sasuke nodded grinning at her sitting on the piano stool and Naruto sitting along side of him, "Naruto, I need some more room to play."
"But I want to sit here,"he cried.
"Fine, don't mind if I accidentally hit your face."
"Better not!"
"Lets just get started you two!"
"What should we play?"asked Naruto.
"Um," Hotaru kept thinking, "I know lets play Classical Gas, its was one of my favorite songs when I was little."
"I think I know what it is," muttered.
"Classical Gas!" Naruto blurted, "What the hell is that kind of song!"
"Don't worry Naruto it's not what it seems." Sasuke explained.
"Follow me in one, two, three, go!"
(Play Classical Gas)
"Wow I haven't been playing Classical gas in a long time. Now for sure it's my favorite!" Exclaimed Hotaru.
"I think it's my favorite too!" Muttered Naruto now nowing what it was.
Sasuke nodded in agreement. Hotaru looked at around for a clock near by seeing it's a little dark and all. "Sasuke, do you know what time it is." He looked at the mini clock on the piano then said, "It's 9:28."
"Hm, we could stay a little longer, how about a card game?"
"How about crazy eights," demanded Naruto.
"Fine, noting can get much crazier than you." Sasuke said.
Hotaru giggled and Naruto felt some anger from that, but calm down since today was smooth. Hotaru got out a box of cards, always keeping some for traveling or anything when getting bored or whatever. The three of them gathered around the coffee table, waiting for Hotaru to deal them. "You're a pretty good dealer," Naruto said. Hotaru blushed, "Thank you, it not that big really when I was your age, a group of friends of mine play a game of cards and I usually deal them."
"Well you're pretty good at it," complimented Sasuke.
"Why thank you Sasuke."
Naruto nodded as Hotaru gave him some cards to play, so she did to Sasuke. "Sweet," cried Naruto, "I have awesome cards!"
"You're not suppose to tell us, dope," Sasuke upbraided at Naruto.
Naruto growled. Hotaru saw him at patted him on the back for comfort, he settled down and then they started their game.
"Ha! Eight of spades!" Cried Naruto.
"Eight hearts." Said Sasuke.
"Hey you can't do that!"
"Um, yes he can Naruto."
"How do you know!"
"Cause we know!" They both shouted at Naruto.
"Okay, okay!"
After their game ended Hotaru checked on the clock, "Wow, 11:08 we definitely need to be going, come one Naruto!"
Naruto followed Hotaru as she got out of the door strolling along, Naruto stopped at the door seeing Sasuke right behind him, Naurto turned to him, looking down to the ground seeing the floor, thinking, "Um, Sasuke I was—I was wondering if—if," he paused looking at Sasuke seeing him paying attention, "If you ant to spend the night at my—well out house." Sasuke lifted his eyebrows in surprised, "why?"
"Well, ah—" he looked at Hotaru who turned looking back at them smiling, "Well, you look kind of lonely here and I or I mean we were wondering if you would like to come to our house, just because we well—I had a great time with you today, like just totally different people with another person who is just the same," Sasuke looked behind him, seeing house so dark and lonely so dim. Then turned back, looking at the other two. He shrugged, "What the heck." Naruto grinned then dragged Sasuke, "Ow, not so hard," he complaint. "Sorry," said Naruto apologetically. "You know, I'm only spending the night just to help Hotaru to take of your crabbing."
"I know that—HEY!" Shouted Naruto. So they both commenced an argument on the way to Naruto's home along with a new friend following them.
I hope you guys like that one, I still have a long way to go, oh if you've never heard of Classical Gas, the I hope you liked that song too!
The next Chapter: Chapter 5:Dance Dance Revolution this might change!
By:Kakashigurl20
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