Hey everyone Well done 8-30-93 for guessing that it's Naruto's birthday You get a cookie
And The-wandering-scribe and DarthValgaary get a cookie for guessing that Naru-chan gets a fox.
Hope you like!…chuunin exams start next chapter by the way :D
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, but I do own all new characters and the Village
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Chapter Nine:
Naruto grumbled slightly. He didn't want to wake up today…he didn't feel like it. Today was his birthday…a day that he didn't really celebrate. Who was there to celebrate it with anyway?
He yawned and settled in to get some more sleep. And he almost did, if it weren't for the door opening. He lay still, hoping the person would go away, but alas, that person didn't.
"Naruto-niichan!" He heard Keiko's younger brother say as he jumped onto the bed,
"Go away…" Naruto grumbled. Masaru pouted and jumped on top of the poor blonde. Naruto kicked the younger boy off and said,
"What is it? I'm trying to get some sleep here!"
Masaru cocked his heard and said,
"But Naruto-niichan! Everyone's waiting for you!"
"Why?" Was the intelligent answer. The boy sighed and rolled his eyes saying,
"It's your birthday!"
"What's that got to do with anything?" Naruto asked, trying to get his covers back from the irritating youth. Masaru blinked at him and asked,
"Don't you celebrate you birthday niichan?"
"No." Naruto said, yanking the duvet and causing the boy to yelp and fall onto the floor. Masaru glared at him and took hold of the duvet again,
"Well, it's your birthday and we're going to celebrate it. So get dressed. If you're not in the living area in the next twenty minutes, I'll set Keiko-neechan on you…I know who much you hate being teased by her on Yoko-neechan."
Naruto growled and threw the boy out of the room, slamming the door shut. He sighed and went into the bathroom. He took and quick shower and got dressed in his normal everyday clothes. He was so happy that he didn't have to wear that terrible orange jumpsuit any more.
He sighed and made his way to the living area, feeling slightly apprehensive. He paused at the door, listening as to what was going on inside, but he couldn't hear anything. He frowned, was this some kind of joke? Slowly, he opened the door to look inside.
He blinked as Keiko suddenly glomped him, sending him to the ground with a yelp.
"Happy birthday Naru-chan!" She said in a singsong voice. Naruto glared up at her,
"Get off." He growled. She grinned at him, but got off him anyway. She helped him stand up and grabbed his arm, pulling him into the room.
He blinked when he saw who were in the room. The clan heads and the all the Chaldea were in the room, and Yoko. He blinked in confusion, what was going on here?
Hiraku stepped forward and clapped Naruto on the shoulder,
"Happy birthday!"
"What?" Was the blank reply from the blonde. Masaru jumped forwards and said to the confused blonde,
"It's your birthday! We're here to celebrate it!"
Naruto blinked again, still in a state of shock. Keiko linked her arm with his and he looked up at her.
"I take it that you never did celebrate your birthday at home, heh. Figures. Never mind! Want to open your gifts?"
Naruto blinked again and then nodded. Kichiro hugged him around the neck.
"Aww, poor Naru-chan! We'll make this your best birthday ever!"
Naruto suddenly grinned and said quietly,
"Thanks everyone!"
"Well, enough of that! Over to the presents!" Kichiro cried and dragged the blonde over to a pile of wrapped packages that was beside his aunt, Naomi.
She smiled at him and ordered,
"Sit down."
He sat down in front of her, aware that Keiko sat next to him and, strangely, Yoko on the other side.
"Happy birthday, Naruto-kun." She said shyly. He smiled at her brightly,
"Thanks Yoko-chan!"
He was brought to attention when something was dropped into his lap. He blinked and looked down at it. It was from Hiraku. He opened the largish parcel and out fell two scrolls. He picked one up and it read 'Rasengan.'
"Rasengan?" He asked.
"Yes. It's a jutsu that was developed by your clan. Very hard to master that one. Look at the other one."
Naruto picked up the other scroll and his eyes widened. Written on the scroll were the words 'Fox summoning scroll'
He grinned all of a sudden, putting the two scrolls aside to have a look at later. Another present was dropped in his lap and he looked at who it was from. It was from Toshiro.
He opened the present and he was presented with another scroll. It was a scroll on the invisibility jutsu. Oh, the things he could do with that… The next present, which was from Yoshi, was a scroll on poisons. It had information on how to extract them, their properties and antidotes. Very useful. The present from Susumu was a gold ring. It wasn't any kind of ring, but his clan ring. It was pure gold, engraved with silver. It had his clan symbol on it. He smiled as he placed it on his right index finger, finding that it fitted exactly.
He then turned his attention to the present from Arata, the strange mystic. It was a small, round clear gem. He studied it for a few moments and then turned to the Kobayashi clan head in confusion,
"What's this for, Arata-kun?"
"A crystal ball. You can view events through it…discover the rest on your own…"
Well, he thought, that was a lot of help. He shrugged and turned his attention to the other presents. The first one he got was from Naomi. He opened it up and laughed when he saw what it was. It was a ramen cookbook. He looked through it, grinning at all the recipes inside. He then, reluctantly, put it aside.
The next present handed to him was from Keiko. It was a pair of fox shaped ear rings.
"Eh? Why did you give me this, Keiko-oneechan?"
"Because I'm paying for you to get your ears pierced, silly. I wouldn't give you the ear rings of you didn't have the piercings. We'll be going out later."
He gave her a growl, but looked away from her to open the present from Masaru. When he saw it, he grinned and exclaimed,
"Masaru-kun, you're the best!" It was a prank collection kit,
"I'll be using that soon…kukuku."
The others in the room exchanged worried glances.
The next present was joint effort by Kenjiro and Kameto. He looked at the largish box with interest. He ripped package open and saw engraved on the wooden case 'Weapon set.'
Interested, he opened it up and looked at the vast collection of kunai and shuriken in the box. He then frowned in confusion. Instead of being dark colour, these were a light grey colour.
"They're made from a special metal that can be infused with your chakra, making them stronger and cause more damage. Hope you use them well." Kameto said, while Kenjiro remained silent beside her; though Naruto swore him mutter something about 'expensive weapon sets.'
Kichiro's present came next. He opened the small parcel and it was a necklace with a small locket on it. He opened up the locket. One side had no picture. He looked at the other side at the picture and smiled. It was a picture of him and his team.
"Thanks Kichiro-chan."
"That's alright. I thought it was nice as well."
The next present, from Kuro was a trouser chain, which Naruto chuckled at and placed on his leather trousers, liking the effect.
"Very sexy Naru-chan." Keiko teased.
"I know. What do you think Yoko-chan?"
"I like it. It looks good on you." She replied with a smile. Keiko snickered beside him.
"Here's my present." Yoko said, before handing Naruto a wooden box. He opened it up and blinked. Inside the box was a small artic fox. When Naruto opened the box the fox opened his dark eyes and looked up at him as if to say 'You woke me up!'
He reached in and picked up the fox cub, which made no objection, and placed it in his lap. Karli came up to Naruto and sniffed at the newcomer, who was sniffing her back. They looked to be about the same age. The two foxes soon lost interest with each other and the cub in Naruto's lap started to sniff him, crawling all over him, making Keiko snicker.
Soon, the fox calmed down and was content to sit in the blonde's lap, letting him scratch behind the ear.
-That feels good- He crooned, wagging his tail slightly.
"Thanks Yoko-chan!"
"You still have to name him." She said, smiling at him.
"Ermm…" He thought for a little bit and then it hit him, "Kitchi. I'll name him Kitchi!"
-I like- The cub, now named Kitchi, said, snuggling close to the blonde and giving a contented sort of purr.
"Sounds good." Yoko said, hugging her own cub close.
Keiko, Kuro and Kichiro leaned forwards to get a closer look at the cub, who stared back at them. After a little while, Kitchi blinked, followed by the other three. That made Naruto laugh and get offended expression from the three teens as well as the fox.
"Well, Lunch I think!" Naomi said, standing up and walking out of the room. The adults left the children alone as they were having closer looks at all the presents that Naruto had received.
After a quick lunch, Keiko dragged Naruto from the house with the other teens following. She persuaded Masaru to stay at home. They got many greetings from the villagers and even several 'Happy birthdays' from them, which surprised Naruto.
Keiko just waved at them, while still pulling the struggling blonde down the street, much to everyone's amusement.
They soon reached their destination. I tattoo parlour. He blinked in confusion…Keiko said ear piercing… right?
She dragged him inside and called,
"Hello! Anyone here? I'm here to get Uzumaki's ears pierced!"
From out the back of the small shop came a large man covered in tattoos and he looked intimidating in his leather outfit, bald head and piercings all over him. He looked down at Naruto and grinned,
"Hello, Naruto!" He obviously didn't regard anyone with respect, not that Naruto minded,
"Hello…?"
"Ah, call me Itsuki. Now, what can I do ya for, runt?"
"RUNT!?"
The man laughed and shook his head,
"I hope you don' mind, but I don't give a damn about peoples rank…"
"So? Just don't call me runt old man."
"As long as you don't call me old man."
"Deal!"
"So, what are you here for?"
"Well, I wanted to get Naru-chan's ears pierced." Keiko spoke up. Itsuki raised an eyebrow,
"No tattoos?"
Before Keiko could say anything, the voices of the snake twins, who had just entered the shop, interrupted her,
"We'll be paying for that…"
The man seemed to be pleased with this and took Naruto out back, Keiko and the twins trailing behind them, leaving the others in the front.
He sat Naruto down in a chair and pulled on some gloves and got some equipment from the drawers. Naruto watched nervously as the man did his work. Soon, he placed the piercing gun to his ear and pierced his ear. Naruto blinked. It didn't hurt… it was just a surprise.
The man did the other ear and then nodded in satisfaction. He then turned to the twins and asked,
"So, what tattoo are you giving him?"
"A nine tailed fox-"
"-On his shoulder going down-"
"-His arm and wrapped-"
"-Around his neck."
Naruto blinked and shook his head. It would take a while to get used to that. Itsuki nodded and turned away from them, picking up a pad and pencil. For about ten minutes, he sat their sketching until he finally turned back to them and asked,
"Is this the sort of this you had in mind?"
The face of the fox was on the left shoulder blade, with its body crouched underneath it. Two tails went and wrapped around his left arm, while another one went down his right. One tail went to his right shoulder and wrapped around his neck, coiling back towards the right shoulder blade. Another tail went down and encircled his waist. The other four were curled up down his back, two curling around onto his chest on either side.
"Cool…" Naruto whispered, giving a small grin.
"We'll have it red, as the fox is that colour. I don't want to do him any disrespect."
To bloody right.
Naruto sighed and nodded.
"Right, remove your top." Itsuki ordered, moving off to collect his equipment to do the piece of art.
Naruto sighed as he removed his leather jacket as well as his leather top, revealing his slightly muscled torso. Keiko 'hmm-ed' and said,
"You have a nice body- not to skinny and not too muscled… I'm sure Yoko-chan will love that."
Naruto glared at her, but didn't reply, instead turning his attention to the tattooist in front of him.
"Okay, now lie down." He ordered.
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When the tattoo was done, the man had told Naruto how to take care of the tattoo until it had fully healed. What he didn't know was that Kyuubi had already healed the tattoos for him, so he didn't need to really listen to his advice.
"Now get! I have other customers that want tattoos."
Naruto jumped down and walked out of the back room without his top on, wanting to show the others his new tattoo.
"Hey guys! Look what Kado and Keitoro paid for!" He exclaimed as he jumped into the room, attracting the attention of his team-mates and Yoko.
"Wow Naru-chan! That's beautiful!" Kichiro breathed, looked over the whole tattoo. Yoko was doing the same, a small little smile on her pale face. When they had done, Naruto put his clothes back on and they exited the shop.
"Won't that tattoo take a long time to heal?" Yoko asked, a hint of worry in her voice.
"Nah! Kyuubi's already healed it! So I don't need to do all the things that the guy suggested."
"Oh…that's helpful!"
"Hmm, yes it is, isn't it?"
They arrived back at the compound where Naruto wasted no time showing off his new tattoo to everyone, who rather liked it. Naomi was a little concerned at first, but decided to accept it anyway.
They spent the rest of the day lounging around, playing games and such, or just talking to each other, enjoying the company. Naruto had never been so happy in his life. These people truly cared for him, even going so far as to give him expensive gifts on his birthday. Yes, this was the best day of his life.
Around late evening, early night time, Naruto had been sitting with Yoko talking quietly to her when Kenjiro and Kameto came over.
"Naruto, can you come with us please?" Kameto said, beckoning to him to follow her. Confused, Naruto stood and followed the two Chaldea. They led him through the village to the Akkikage tower. He frowned in confusion, why did they bring him here?
They went up to the man's office, where he sat their regarding them quietly. Naruto looked at the man expectantly.
"Naruto… happy birthday…" the Akkikage said quietly.
Naruto smiled and replied,
"Everyone's been so kind to me. I don't know how to pay them back for it."
The man chuckled and said,
"They do it out of their love for you boy. The best thing for you to do is to accept the gifts they give you… and talking of gifts, I have something for you. Come here."
Naruto blinked and approached the man, who waved for the blonde to stand beside him. He took a box from the table which Naruto hadn't noticed earlier and opened it up. He took the object out, but Naruto was unable to see what it was.
The Akkikage reached up and pinned whatever it was to the collar of his leather coat. When he pulled away, Naruto looked down at it and gasped, his eyes widening. It was a Chaldea badge. He looked back up at the man, who nodded and Naruto could just see a smile. Impulsively, Naruto hugged him. The Akkikage was a little surprised at first, but then gave a low chuckle and hugged the blonde back,
"What a charming young lad you are. Go off and show your new rank to everyone."
"Thank you so much!" Naruto cried and went up to his sensei. She smiled down at him and stroked his hair,
"Well done Naruto." She said softly. Naruto grinned back at her.
This definitely was the best day of his life.
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Sorry it took me so long. WAHHH! DON'T HURT ME!
I just never felt like writing it until now since it's my sisters birthday today. Hehe. Sorry. It was kinda funny, my sis having her birthday and me writing about one.
So, Chuunin exams next…and what do you think of Naru-chan's tattoo. It was a spur of the moment thing because I realised that the twins didn't get him anything, so I decided a tattoo.
Review!