This is my fourth chappy! Enjoy!
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It was Christmas Eve and everyone was getting ready for the next day. Well, everyone except Naruto. He was enjoying the rest of the day before Christmas took away all of his friends. During the day, Naruto was making snow angels with Kaida and Aiko, with Aiko rolling form side to side to make some kind of impression of a rabbit snow angel. Both Naruto and Kaida laughed when they say her finished creation. Later they went to Sakura's house to have some hot chocolate. Sakura asked her parents if Naruto could stay over since he would be lonely tomorrow and they said yes.
After a few minutes, it started getting dark. "Okay, kids. You can stay up as much as you want," Sakura's mom said. "Just don't go outside and don't open any presents."
"Okay, Mommy!" Sakura said cheerfully.
"Okay, Mrs. Haruno." Kaida replied.
"Yes, ma'am." Naruto said, with glee on his face. Soon Sakura's mom left to go to bed and the kids were alone (with Kakashi watching them from next door). "You hear that, guys?" Naruto cried out when Sakura's mom was out of sight. "We get to stay up for as long as we want! What do you want to do now?"
"Me and Sakura were going to talk about what we think we got for Christmas." Kaida said.
"Oh." Naruto replied, gloomily.
"Don't worry Naruto. We're gonna hang out with you later tonight."
"Okay, then. I'll be on the roof when you're done."
"Naruto! My mom said we're not suppose to go outside!" Naruto was already out of sight before Sakura could finish. "That boy is just too stubborn to listen!"
"Don't be hard on him Sakura. He's just beaten down about Christmas. Let's just talk about our preparations quickly so we can spend some time with him."
"Fine." Sakura grabbed a scroll from behind a cushiony chair and unrolled it. It revealed blueprints of Naruto's house they got from the Third Hokage, covered with Christmas decorations. It also showed the inside of the house so they would know where to put things like the food and presents. "We already know where to put the presents, but how are going to get the tree?"
"I asked Sasuke if he could get one and he said it would be in Naruto's house when he leaves with Kakashi."
"Great. Do we have everything else we need?"
"Yep! Choji will bring the food and we'll put it over here." Kaida said pointing to area where it should be. "The tree will be in the living room in the corner. Naruto has a stereo right?"
"Yeah."
"Then I'll bring music so we can play some Christmas songs. The only other thing we need to do is decorate the place. Luckily we'll get more help by the afternoon."
"Awesome! Then everything's prepared for!"
"This is going to be Naruto's best Christmas ever! I'll go get Naruto and we can do something fun for the rest of the night." Then Kaida left Sakura to find their spiky-haired friend on the roof.
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Naruto was sitting on the roof, looking at the sky as if waiting for Santakuro-su (Santa Claus). He was thinking about what tomorrow would be like. Worse than last year or better and probably more comforting than last year? It doesn't matter. I'm still going to be alone. Then he turned his head when he heard someone.
"Hey, Naruto." Said his white-haired best friend.
"Hey, Kaida. Are you done with your stup--- I mean Christmas stuff?"
Even though he stopped himself from saying that rude remark, Kaida already knew what he was going to say. "Naruto, you don't have to keep acting like you don't hate Christmas around me. I know it's not your favorite holiday."
"Then why do you keep talking about it around me, huh? Are you doing this on purpose to avoid me?" Naruto snapped at Kaida which made her gasp. Naruto never usually yelled like that, especially to her. Kaida did say those things on purpose, but not to avoid him but to prepare for his Christmas ever. "You're just like all the others. Spending most of their time with Christmas stuff as if avoiding me on purpose." Naruto turned his head away from her and looked back at the stars.
Then Kaida walked up to Naruto and sat next to him with her knees tucked under her chin and her arms wrapped around them looking toward Naruto's gaze. "Naruto. I did say those things on purpose but for your benefit."
"What did you mean 'for my benefit'?"
"Um… uhh…?" I can't tell him. It's suppose to be a surprise. "Well I knew if I said stuff that had to do with Christmas, you wouldn't want to join us and we could prepare for our Christmas play date tomorrow."
"What play date?"
"I wanted to spend time with you tomorrow since you're always alone during Christmas."
Naruto looked at her with disbelief. "Really?"
"Of course. You know I don't have a family to spend Christmas with, either."
"But you have Aiko, Sakura, and Kakashi to spend it with."
"You know what I mean." Naruto did know what she meant, even though Aiko was a sister to her and Kakashi was a father to her. "I promise you'll have fun tomorrow." Then Kaida held Naruto's hand.
"Hope you can keep that promise."
"Don't worry. I will." Then Kaida got up with her hand still in his. "Now let's not keep Sakura waiting." Kaida helped Naruto up they went back inside, still holding hands with each other.
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During the rest of the night, Naruto, Sakura, and Kaida played some board games and looked outside. It soon started to snow outside and they marveled at the sparkling wonders. Sakura opened the window so they could look at it more clearly. "It's so beautiful, isn't it." It wasn't a statement; it was a fact. Every year the falling flakes looked more dazzling to look at.
It always made Naruto wonder. "How can each of these flakes look different from the rest?" Naruto thought out loud. "I can't really tell the difference between any of them. They all are as beautiful and sparkling as the rest of them." Naruto's statement made Kaida and Sakura look at him and wonder the same thing.
"I know. They're all so beautiful." Sakura inquired.
"That's what makes them all unique." Kaida said, with relaxation in her voice. She closed her eyes as a gust of wind blow past her, but it made Sakura and Naruto shiver.
Naruto managed to stifle a yawn and he scratched the back of his head. "Let's close the window and hit the hay you guys. I'm tired."
"Yeah, us too." Kaida and Sakura said together, yawning at the same time. They all closed the window together and got ready for bed. Sakura went upstairs to her room while Naruto and Kaida went to the upstairs guest(s) room. It contained two beds in case the Haruno's had more than I guest over, but if they had even more guests, they would sleep downstairs on the unfolded sofa. It also contained a dresser in case the guests were staying for more than one day, a mirror on top of the dresser, and some toiletries so they wouldn't have to use the Haruno's toiletry supply and get sick. Naruto took the bed on the left and Kaida took the bed on the right.
"You're going to enjoy tomorrow Naruto. I promise."
"I sure hope so." I really hope so. And everyone that night was thinking about what was going to happen tomorrow, but the highest expectations were from Kaida and Naruto; they had the most wonderful dreams of Winter lands and candy canes and slept in a dreamily sleep.
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So, what did you think? Hope you enjoyed it! The next and final chapter is coming out soon!