Chapter Seven

"Yo this is so awesome!"

Naruto was in his apartment holding a new backpack. The bag was orange and black. The top part of the bag folded down before being clipped closed by two staps. (Lebron James Ambassador Backpack, but instead of the 'LJ' logo there's a 'NU' one and the Under Armour logo replaces the Nike logo)

Shikamaru smiled. "Thought you might. Well they told me to tell you that the inside has a padded laptop sleeve. There's a compartment at the bottom to fit your sneakers. It has duel side pockets. The shoulder straps are adjustable and it has a water-resistant tarpaulin bottom and padded back panel to protect your gear from the elements and impact. This bag is designed for the those who move around a lot and need to carry a lot with them."

Naruto nodded as he opened the bottom compartment and smiled, it did have enough room to fit his sneakers.

"So do you approve?"

Naruto smiled and nodded. "Yes I approve. This is so freaking awesome!"

Shikamaru smirked. "It is pretty cool. Right now that's the only one. Once I give them the call they'll start production on the rest. A bunch of different colors and designs. They said these should be in stores by Christmas. But they want you to wear this as much as possible. Get the word out there."

Naruto nodded and his phone rang.

"Yooo."

"Naruto this is Temari, you need to get to the address I'm about to text you right away. Its really important."

Before Naruto could say anything she hung up.

"Who was that?"

The NBA player looked at his best friend.

"Your girl."

"What she wanted?"

He received a address from her.

"I don't know but she said it was important, wanna come with?"

Shikamaru shrugged. "I guess."

The address was ten minutes away so the two walked there, Naruto waving to the people who recognised him on the way.

When they reached the address they found Temari standing outside with Mia and Nina.

"Mia I told you to take Nina home after you pick her up."

Mia shrugged. "We were going to pick up some Krispy Kreme donuts and rub it in your face since your cheat day isn't for another two weeks but Temari told me about a great opportunity for Nina."

"What kind of opportunity?"

Temari handed him a few papers and Naruto and Shikamaru read a script titled Bigfoot.

"So my daughter is auditioning for a movie about a bad dad and it's named after a mythical creature."

Temari shook her head. "That's the working title. If she gets the role we'll find out the official name. I need you to sign this for parental consent."

She handed him another paper and he took Nina into his arms.

"Is this what you want to do princess?"

Nina happily nodded. "I want to be in TV like daddy."

"But this is different. You'll have lots of people watching you and asking you to do things. Are you sure this is what you want?"

Nina nodded again and Naruto smiled before signing the papers. They handed them to a lady and were told to sit with the rest of the parents until Nina's name was called.

Naruto sat in a seat and could feel the eyes of all the mother's in the room on him, making him wish he had put something over his compression tank top.

"So you ready for tomorrow?"

Naruto looked at Mia and shook his head.

"I don't think you could ever be ready for anything in this league. But I am prepared. I've watched hours of film and I've been working on ways to get my shot off and Steve has been teaching me a few new crossovers."

"What about dunks? You haven't dunked since your senior year in high school."

Naruto shook his head. "I dunked in practice the other day and I almost did a split on the landing so coach was like chill with that."

Mia smirked. "Yeah your short ass might mess around and die trying to dunk the ball."

Naruto smirked and was going to say something but was interrupted.

"Nina Uzumaki!"

Naruto looked at his adoptive sister. "I'll get you back later."

He got up out his seat and took Nina into the other room.

He watched from the sideline as the five year old mumbled the lines on the paper. She was clearly nervous and the man reading the lines for the father was being extremely rude.

"Alright someone get this kid out of here. I say we bring back number forty three. She delivered all the words perfectly and made sure she was auditable."

Everyone took a step back as Naruto took a step towards the man.

"What did you just say?"

The man gulped and started to sweat as Naruto glared at him.

"Um, I wasn't trying to be disrespectful it's just we still need to cast the male lead and I don't see the point in all of this."

"Give her one more shot and let me read the lines with her."

The basketball player snatched the script from the man leaving no room for debate. He looked down at his daughter and nodded letting her know she could begin.

The five year old took a deep breath before reading her lines.

Nina- Daddy!
Naruto- Peanut! Oh! Happy birthday! I'm so sorry I'm late. I didn't know what time your party started.
Nina- It was on the invitation.
Unknown guy- He didn't get an invitation. But he came anyway!
Naruto- Well, I'm not gonna miss my little girl's birthday party.
Nina- I'm gonna go tell Mommy you're here.
Naruto- Oh, you don't...
Unknown guy- What are you doing here, Lang? You haven't paid a dime of child support. You know, right now, if I wanted to, I could arrest you.
Naruto- It's good to see you too, Paxton.
Nina- Mommy's so happy you're here, she choked on her drink.
Naruto- Hey, look what I have for you.
Nina- Can I open it now?
Unknown guy- Of course, sweetheart. It's your birthday. What is that thing?
Nina- He's so ugly! I love him! Can I go show my friends?
Naruto- Of course, sweetheart. Go ahead.

Naruto put the paper down as they finished reading and high fived Nina.

"That's what I'm talking about."

Nina smiled as her father ruffled her hair.

While the two celebrated the panel of judges talked amongst themselves for a few minutes before turning to Naruto.

"We'd like you to step outside and wait until we screen all the other girls."

Naruto nodded and took Nina out of the room and they watched as some girls were sent home and a few were told to stay.

They waited for almost an hour and there were ten girls left including Nina who were told to stay. After another fifteen minutes and the lady finally came back out.

"Nina and Naruto Uzumaki, could you please come back in. The rest of you may go."

Naruto smirked and high fived Mia as he took his daughter back inside.

"Mister Uzumaki as you've probably already realized we would like to offer your daughter the role in the film. But first we would like you to read something."

Naruto was confused but accepted the paper as they offered it to him.

"Whenever your ready."

Naruto took a deep breath and started reading.

Naruto- What job?
Unknown guy- Would you like some tea?
Naruto- Uh... Sure.
Unknown guy- I was very impressed with how you managed to get past my security system. Freezing that metal was particularly clever.
Naruto- Were you watching me?
Unknown guy- Scott, I've been watching you for a while. Ever since you robbed Vista Corp. Oh! Excuse me. "Burgled" Vista Corp. Vista's security system was one of the most advanced in the business. It was supposed to be unbeatable. But you beat it. Would you like some sugar?

Naruto- Yeah, thanks. You know what? I'm okay. How do you make them do that?

Unknown guy- Ants can lift objects 50 times their weight. They build, farm, they cooperate with each other.
Naruto- Right. But how do you make them do that?
Unknown guy- I use electromagnetic waves to stimulate their olfactory nerve center. I speak to them. I can go anywhere, hear anything, and see everything. And still know absolutely nothing.

Naruto- Uh... Dr. Pym?
Unknown guy- You don't need to raise your hand, Scott.
Naruto- Sorry, I just have one question. Who are you, who is she, what the hell's going on, and can I go back to jail now?

Naruto put the paper down and watched as they talked amongst themselves again before they finally turned to him.

"As we said before your daughter already has the role but we want to offer you one. We were looking you up on Google and we noticed that you don't have an official nickname yet so we would like to offer you one. It is the alias for the character we want you to play and it also goes with your size."

"What are you guys talking about?"

"We want you to be the Ant-Man."

And Done!

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