Chapter Fourteen
Naruto woke up early the next morning with a large smile on his face. It was around five in the morning and everyone in the apartment was asleep, that was about to change.
The rookie ran through the house turning on all the decorations and lights. He pulled out his phone and connected it to the Bluetooth sound system and blast Jingle Bells.
It didn't take long for the other three occupants to leave their beds but only one managed to match his enthusiasm.
"Merry Christmas!"
Naruto smiled as he picked Nina up and spun her around.
"Merry Christmas princess!"
Nina laughed as he put her down and she ran over to the tree.
Amanda sighed and went to the kitchen.
"Ma where you going?"
"To make some coffee. Its gonna be a long day."
Naruto laughed as he decided to let Nina open up her presents first. He had gotten her a life size Sully stuffed toy. A bunch of legos, a play house and a bunch of princess related gifts.
While Nina was enjoying her new toys Naruto showed his mother and sister their gifts. He bought Mia a IPad, a Michael Kors bag, a diamond bracelet and earrings.
He basically got Amanda the same thing but in different styles.
"Here daddy."
Nina handed him a brown wooden box. When he opened it He found it filled with hand made wristbands.
"When did you do this?"
Nina smiled. "Aunty Mia showed me how to make them and I wanted to make sure you had enough."
Naruto laughed. "Well I definitely have enough. Thanks sweetheart."
He picked Nina up. "Now I have one more gift for you. But first we have to wait."
"For what."
He pointed to the door and a few seconds later there was banging on the other end. Amanda opened the door and all of Naruto's friends filed into the apartment carrying boxes.
"Merry Christmas bro."
Naruto smiled as he hugged Shikamaru and gave Temari a kiss on the cheek. Everyone exchanged gifts and Nina ended up with more than she could ever imagine.
"Alright Nina why don't you go get ready for the day. Daddy has a few things that he had to do first."
He kissed his daughter on the head and watched as she ran to her room.
Naruto sighed and sat down. He watched as everyone admired the watches he bought them and cleared his throat.
"Alright y'all let's get this show on the road. I want the name and the price. Fingers crossed y'all won't set me back a million.
All together he ended up spending just over nine hundred thousand dollars.
The rookie sighed as he finished up his last phone call with a dealership.
"Alright the cars will be here next week now all of you get ready we got a long day and not enough time.
Soon Naruto was in his new Lamborghini with Nina driving at a nice pace. It didn't take long for him to reach his destination with Shikamaru and Temari right behind him.
"This is awesome!"
Naruto laughed as Nina dragged him to the front entrance of Disneyland.
"I know you've always wanted to come here and now we live an hour away from it so I got you and everyone the Disney Signature Plus Passport. That means any day of the year me, your grandmother or anyone can just drive you down here and let you go crazy."
Nina's eyes lit up as she rushed her father and gave him a tight hug.
"Thank you daddy...I love you."
Naruto smiled. "I love you too baby girl."
Later That Day
Naruto wore a bright smile as he stepped out of his car and camera's instantly flashed catching the rookie and his new ride.
His outfit was festive themed as he wore a pair of red jeans, a white t-shirt under a white funnel neck hoodie. He also had a red and white winter scarf draped over his shoulders and a Santa Claus hat that had a red spiral stiched on the front. He topped it off with a gold watch and a pair of glasses with red frames. He also had his wore his Under Armour backpack except this one was red and green to match his sneakers.
Naruto had a big smile on his face as he walked through the arena waving to everyone and wishing all the workers a Merry Christmas.
Security lead him to the interview room where he took a seat.
"First off before I get any questions I would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas!"
"Um you seem to be in a good mood today, does it have anything to do with the fact that Under Armour released their first product under your brand. Its a backpack that just so happens to be called 'Re Ambassador'.
Naruto shook his head. "Nah that's actually not it. This backpack on my back and the one's in stores are a great accomplishment for me but I'm just excited for the holidays. This is always my favorite time of the year and today I have my daughter the best Christmas she's ever had and I've never seen her smile so much."
"So how does it feel to be a few hours away from your first Christmas game?"
Naruto smiled. "It feels great. I remember turning the T.V. to watch the games and to be able to actually be apart of it is really a blessing especially in my rookie year."
"So there's no nervousness about facing LeBron James today?"
"I already told y'all. He ain't no God and he ain't no king. He's just another normal dude."
And with that the twenty one year old got up and left to get ready for his game.
Miami Heat 's Los Angeles Lakers
Naruto was stretching getting ready for the game to start. He had watched the Miami Heat prepare for the gams5, particularly he watched the four time MVP as he moved through the layup line.
"Yo Naruto!"
The rookie turned and saw Jay Z.
"Wassup man."
Naruto smiled as he and the rapper shared a bro hug.
"It's good to see you again man. I'm not gonna lie when we decided to represent you, we weren't expecting all of this."
Naruto laughed. "I didn't either but thanks for the opportunity man."
Jay nodded. "No problem, I want you to meet a few people. This is my wife, I'm sure you already know who she is."
Naruto nodded. "Yeah it's really dope to meet you."
Beyonce smiled. "Its nice to meet you too. I'm actually a big fan, if only you could have went to Houston."
Naruto laughed. "Yeah but I like it here in L.A."
Beyonce laughed. "Who doesn't."
"And this is my bro Kanye and his girl Kim."
"Wassup man."
"Wassup, you coming to the party?"
Naruto nodded. "Yeah I'm definitely gonna be there."
Kanye nodded and Kim tapped him on the shoulder.
"Can you do a little favor for me?"
"Yeah sure, what is it?"
Kim pointed to two girl's sitting along the baseline.
"My sister is a really big fan of yours. And I mean like a die hard fan. Do you mind going over there and saying hi to her."
"Yeah no problem, I'll catch y'all later."
He waved and jogged over to where Kim pointed. Being in L.A. and around so many A listers he had to pick up on who's who and instantly recognized the two girls as Kylie and Kendall Jenner.
"Hey how y'all doing."
Kendall looked up at him while Kylie shot out of her seat.
"Oh my God! It's so awesome to meet you."
Naruto nodded and looked at Kendall who put her head down.
"Yeah your sister told me you were a fan so I came over to say what's up."
"Do you mind taking a picture with me?"
"No problem."
Kylie took her phone out and handed it to her sister.
"Ken be a doll."
Kendall gave her a weird look but took the picture.
"Hey do you want a picture too."
Kendall nodded and Naruto saw her face light up a bit as Kylie took the picture of them.
"Y'all going to the party after this?"
Kylie nodded. "Of course we are."
"Alright then I'll see y'all there then."
With that Naruto ran off leaving the two sister's alone.
When it was finally time for the game to start the Lakers won the tip and Naruto brought the ball up the court with Mario Chalmers guarding him.
Naruto looked at him before waving his hand.
"Clear out, I got is teammates moved out of the way. Naruto went between his legs a few times before driving to the rim. He went for the layup and Chalmers put both his hands up trying to throw him off but Naruto simply used both hands to bank the ball in of the backboard as he fell to the floor.
He quickly sprung up and ran down the court.
"Wooooooo!"
"And that has got to feel good for Naruto. Making his first shit of the game after missing all of them the last time out."
The Heat inbounded the ball to LeBron who took off down the court at full speed. At the midway point Naruto tried to get in front of him but the former MVP used one forearm to literally move him to the side and he literally took off into the air, cocked his arm back as far as he could and threw down a monster dunk.
"And LeBron! LeBron with the monstrous jam!"
James walked up the court and looked at Naruto while flexing his bicep.
"Ok, I see how it is, let's do this."
Naruto brought the ball up the court and had Butler set a screen so James would pick up on him.
"Ohhh, Naruto his calling out James. Everyone get your phones out, this is gonna be something!"
Naruto looked at James before driving to the right. Halfway there Naruto spinner and got on James left side. This put him a few steps ahead of LeBron and he used it as a chance to attempt a reverse layup. The moment the ball left his hands it sailed the other way and out of bounds.
"And LeBron sends it back!"
Naruto turned around just in time to see James say.
"Get that weak shit outta here."
Naruto shook his head.
"You better watch who you talking to."
LeBron smirked. "Why, you ain't gonna do nothing."
Naruto went to approach the All Star but a ref quickly got in between the two.
"Both of you better calm down."
Naruto laughed. "Nah it's cool, we good."
"And Naruto and LeBron sharing a few words after that possession but nothing too serious and the refs are gonna give them a warning."
After his exchange with LeBron Naruto looked at his coach.
"It's time for me to play my basketball!"
The ball was inbounded to him and since the ball never touched the rim the shot clock was running down.
He gave a few dribbles before pulling up from twenty five feet and making it.
"And Naruto dropping the bomb from long range!"
The crowd erupted and Naruto simply ran down the court for defense. Wade missed a shot and Whiteside grabbed the rebound. He gave it to Naruto who walked up the court allowing everyone to get in positions.
He surveyed the court before driving left. He surprised Chalmers when he whipped the ball behind his back but stepped back. This made Chalmers stumble a bit but instead of shooting Naruto looked at Morris who was coming towards him.
Naruto raised his hand that held the ball and threw the ball. It ended up in the hands of Butler who had cut to the basket while everyone was focused on Morris and made a layup.
"And Naruto was the amazing no look pass!"
Naruto finally let a small smile come to his face.
"That's what I'm talking about! Jimmy G Buckets! The G stands for gets!"
On the other end of court Chalmers got past Naruto but Whiteside blocked the shot and the ball landed in Naruto's hands.
The entire arena got on their feet as Naruto took off down the court. He got to the basket and went for a layup but just as he jumped in the air he spotted LeBron out of the corner of his eye and smirked.
Just as James was gonna sail in for another block Naruto threw the ball behind his back, past LeBron and into the hands of Butler who dunked the ball.
The entire crowd exploded and Naruto screamed.
"Yeah! That's what I'm talking bout! We got this. We got this!"
For the remainder of the game Naruto did what he came into the league doing, pass the ball. His fakes kept the defense on it's heels. By the time the fourth quarter started he had tallied up a total of fourteen assists while his scoring stayed at five since he hadn't attempted any other shots.
The scoring was coming from Jimmy and Nick who had twenty six and nineteen respectively. Despite the team's play the heat still held a seven point lead heading into the fourth as James was sitting on a near triple double with twenty two points, seven assists and nine rebounds.
In the first play of the final quarter the Heat used screens to get Naruto on James who posted up on the point guard.
Bosh sent the ball towards James and Naruto tried to get In front of him to make the steal but as soon as he did James slumped to the floor while looking at one of the refs who blew his whistle.
Naruto looked at the ref.
"You serious man? Dude is like three hundred pounds."
The ref just shook his head and Naruto just shook his head as the Heat inbounded the which ended up in a jump ball between Morris and Wade.
Morris won the tip and as soon as the ball was in Naruto's hand he threw a quarterback pass all the way up the court to Young who laid the ball up.
"And the passing display by Naruto continues as he racks up his fifteenth assist of the game. His court awareness is the highest it's been all season and the Lakers have trimmed the lead to six."
The Heat missed another shot Naruto brought the ball up the court. He drove to the basket and did a Euro step. Out of the corner of his eye he spotted Nick in the corner as James and Chalmers double teamed him, and attempted to throw the ball to him but LeBron's hand knocked the ball off course.
The rookie quickly grabbed the ball before throwing a behind the back bounce pass to Nick who hit the corner three.
"And it's like poetry the way he passes the ball."
Naruto watched as the ball was inbounded to LeBron and like earlier the self proclaimed Best Player in the Planet took off down the court. When he was in Naruto's vicinity Naruto reached around him and tried to steal the ball but ended up wrapping his arm around LeBron's neck.
The refs immediately blew their whistles and Naruto didn't even argue but he was immediately pushed to the floor by LeBron.
"What the Hell are you doing!"
Naruto immediately jumped up and pushed LeBron back too.
Refs and players immediately got in between the two but neither stopped talking.
"Don't ever touch me like that in your life! You got me fucked up!"
LeBron shook his head. "Do something! Do something!"
Naruto saw red as he tried to break free of Whiteside's hold.
"You don't know who I am! I'll knock you the fuck out!"
"Yo just chill Naruto!"
Naruto shook his head as Hassan let him go by the bench. As soon as he was out of his grip Naruto tried to run but didn't get far as a bunch of his teammates held him back.
"Calm down Naruto!"
"Calm down! Calm down! You telling me to calm down!"
"Yeah I'm telling you to calm isn't gonna make your situation any better. In fact your giving them more reason to throw you out again!"
"I really don't care! Tell that bitch to put his hands up! If he wanna fight let's go! Pussy! He fucking pussy!"
"NARUTO CALM DOWN!"
Naruto looked into the eyes of Kobe Bryant.
Naruto clenched his eyes shut and his knuckles were turning chalk white but he was beginning to calm down.
"Good now Just drink some water and chill alright."
The rookie nodded and watched as the referees talked amongst themselves. It didn't take long for them to reach their verdict. Naruto was awarded a flagrant foul level two which was a an immediate ejection and LeBron received two technical fouls which ment he was ejected too.
The fans cheered as James made his way to the locker room while Naruto sighed.
"Alright y'all I want you guys to finish this. We close just close it out alright."
Everyone nodded as Naruto high fived his teammates. The fans booed as he had to leave but Naruto waved to them saying it was all good. He stayed like this until he was safely in the team's locker room.
"FUCK!"
Naruto removed his jersey and tossed it aside.
"STUPID! STUPID! STUPID!"
He couldn't believe he lost his cool two straight games and now he was watching from the back as his team fought against the Heat.
He sat at his locker stone still as he watched the game from the TV on the wall. The clock was running down, with the Heat up by two, and Livingston lost the ball. Nick picked it up and Naruto could tell from his body language that he had no intention in passing.
Naruto stood up and watched as the ball left Nick's hands and sailed through the air. He didn't know what basketball gods were smiling on but the ball hit the backboard just as the buzzer sounded and went in.
"Yes! That's what I'm talking bout! Swaggy mother fucking P!"
"And it's good! Nick Young saves the day! Lakers win! Lakers win!"
Naruto sighed as he looked at the clock on the wall.
"Alright I gotta get ready."
It took him less than a hour to change and get ready to leave. He shook his head as he saw Nick still celebrating his victory.
He waved to his teammates and made his way to the parking lot where a group of guys were hanging out around his car.
"Yo who the Hell are you guys!"
They all turned around but Naruto only recognised one of them Floyd Money Mayweather.
"We just wanted to congratulate you on the win. I like'd what I saw. Especially at the end. Real fighting spirit. And judging by your ride you can definitely roll with us. I'll hit you up soon so we can chill."
Naruto could only nod as Mayweather nodded to his crew and they left leaving Naruto alone.
"Did that really just happen."
Calabasas
Naruto stepped out of his car and admired the mansion that the party was being thrown at. He walked up to it and found Shikamaru waiting outside the door.
"Where everyone else at?"
"Everyone but your mom's is inside. She took Nina back to your crib."
"Why you out here?"
"Two reasons first to make sure you were good, you good?"
Naruto nodded. "Yeah I'm good. I ain't gonna let no pussy ass bitch ruin my Christmas."
Shikamaru laughed. "Yeah I knew you wouldn't but Jay wanted me to bring you to 'The Big Room'?"
"What the fuck ist the big room?"
Shikamaru smirked and took Naruto inside. The party was in full swing and he spotted several of his friends. Shikamaru took him downstairs where a man stood guard by a door. The man nodded to them and opened the door.
Naruto's jaw dropped as he entered the well named 'Big Room'.
The room was in fact several rooms just the walls were knocked down giving it the appearance of one room.
Shikamaru laughed. "Don't worry man. I had the same reaction an hour ago. Enjoy."
Naruto only nodded as he made his way through the party.
"There he is! The fighter!"
Naruto turned and found Kylie Jenner calling him over.
"What are you doing here, aren't you like sixteen?"
Kylie nodded. "Yeah but that doesn't mean I can't party and this place has everything. Food, dancing, arcade games. Here let me show you! Come on Kendall!"
Naruto turned his head and noticed the older Jenner sister behind him.
"Oh I didn't see you there."
Kendall looked a bit down when he said that but followed them anyway.
Kylie dragged Naruto away and he ended up spending hours wondering the party with her.
He finally managed to escape her clutches around one in the morning. A hour after Christmas was over but the party showed no signs of being over.
There was a hill near the pool that over looked it.
"You came to escape the noise too?"
Naruto turned and saw Kim Kardashian sitting down on the hill.
"Yeah it's just really crazy in there."
Kim smiled. "Yeah it's good to take a few moments by yourself, these moments are rare, especially in this town."
"Thanks for the advice."
"Its the least I could do for you going over to talk to Kendall."
"Wait what?"
"She can be so shy sometimes and I know she really wanted to meet you."
"Oh shit."
"What?"
"I fucked up."
He got up and ran back into the house and instantly ran into Kylie.
"Hey I was looking for you."
"Have you seen your sister?"
"Which one?"
"Kendall?"
Kylie's face darkened.
"Why are you looking for her?"
"Cause I need to talk to her?"
"Well I haven't seen her, but maybe we could find her together."
Naruto didn't like the look in her eye and shook his head.
"Nah you enjoy the party, I'll look for her."
The NBA player spent almost a hour searching for the model with no luck. He decided to take a break in the mansions library to catch his breath.
There were a few people inside but mainly people looking to have privat private conversations.
He had been sitting down for awhile when he felt someone drop something in his lap. He looked down and found his Santa Claus hat.
"You dropped that earlier."
Naruto looked and a found the girl he was looking for.
"I was looking for you."
"Me?"
"Yeah you."
Kendall blushed as she sat down.
"Why were you looking for me?"
"Cause your intriguing. One of the world's prettiest models yet your so shy."
Kendall blushed again. "You think I'm pretty."
Naruto nodded. "Yeah of course I do. Why wouldn't I."
Kendall shrugged. "I don't know you were spending a lot of time with Kylie so I thought you liked her."
Naruto shook his head. "She's not my type. I like adorable, tall, shy girls. Know where I can find any?"
Kendall looked down. "Are you asking me out?"
"Would you say yes if I was?"
"Of course!"
Naruto laughed at her outburst and Kendall's blush deepened.
"I'm so sorry."
Naruto shook his head. "It's cool. To be honest I'm doing cartwheels in my head."
She smiled and Naruto smirked.
"So how about we get lunch tomorrow, give us a chance to get to know each other."
Kendall nodded. "Ok I know a great place, let me see your phone?"
The two exchanged phones so they could program each other's numbers.
"I'll text you the address."
Naruto nodded. "I'll be waiting for it."
Kendall got up and left but not before waving goodbye with a massive blush on her face.
When she was gone Naruto smiled as he looked up at the stars. He didn't know how long he sat there but he kept the silly smile on his face.
And Done!
So the pairing is finally revealed. Next chapter coming really soon.
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