Written by... Treina (Angel Crack)
A/N... ACK! The stupid computer crashed and I lost all of my third chapter...that's why it has taken my a while to update, sorry about the wait, here is the re-written third chapter.
Replies...
Archangel Rhapsody... lol I had that exact same idea, only Naruto will be a bit older in that one...then I was thinking of making a third after that, but we will see how things go D
ranma hibiki... hehe yes Shino can talk, although not very well, im around three and four year olds and they can talk just fine ) and Nidashi? Don't worry about him, he is nobody suspisious...I hope.
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Aishiteru Naruto
Chapter 3- Special Gift
Naruto - Age: three
It was eight in the morning and Naruto was still sleeping peacefully from the night before, dreaming happy, calm things. Like the secret place that Nidashi had shown him, all the wonderful smells and tastes that he experienced the day before. Naruto couldn't be happier.
Nidashi was in the kitchen making the two of them breakfast when he heard a knock at the door. He looked at the door in suprise, it was six in the morning and he usually never got visitors. The old man turned down the stove and walked to the door, ready to make whoever it was go away before they awoke the little one up.
As he answered it, he was relived to see Sarutobi, the Third Hokage had returned from his mission un-harmed.
"Your early, we were not expecting you to return until tomorrow evening," Nidashi said with curiosity.
"It
went better then we expected, Mist was waiting and wanting to ally with
fire, so there was no disputes or long confrontations...but more
importantly, where's
Naruto and is he okay? I heard an incident occurred with some woman and the council decided that they didn't want to inform me on what that might be," the Third said with much irritation. This day was going slower then he expected.
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Naruto, just awakening, stared at the ceiling for a while in attempt to wake up.
"What?" He heard someone yell from the kitchen...wait, he had heard that voice before. He got up and ran as fast as his little legs could carry him to see if his assumption was correct, heart pumping as fast as he was running.
"Oh Naruto, good morning!" The Third said with a smile.
Naruto smiled a smile that only a happy three year old Naruto could.
"That's
odd," Nidashi said frowning, "this was where the huge black and blue
bruise was on Naruto's face," he continued, squatting down to Naruto's
height and placed a hand on that cheek.
"Hold on a minute," Nidashi began to unwrap the bandage from Naruto's fall the day before to see that his knee and arm had also healed up without problem.
Both Nidashi and the Third stared at Naruto in amazement but said nothing. Naruto stared at them back, smile still on his face, he was not going to be left by the Hokage and he wasn't going to be locked in any rooms, life was good.
Soon enough Nidashi remembered the food he made for the blond and sat Naruto at the table.
"Now you eat all that," he said with a smile putting the plate down.
Of course Naruto had no problem abiding to what Nidashi said, the food the finished and wiped from the plate in under five minutes. Nidashi washed him up as they proceeded to talk about things not really related to Naruto and he was fine with that. Naruto was trying his hardest just to keep that nasty soap away from his eyes.
"Well I will go gather his things and get him changed," the old man said with a smile.
The Hokage nodded and found it quite amusing how well Nidashi and Naruto got along, "did you know the Aburame's are willing to take him in?" He yelled from the kitchen.
"Did you hear that Naruto?" Nidashi asked the blond, "that means we will get to see each other all the time.
Naruto smiled at the thought, although he didn't hear the Third and had no idea that he was going to live at another place.
Nidashi finished dressing Naruto and grabbed his things. As they entered the main room, the Hokage literally dropped his mouth at what he saw Naruto wearing. It was orange, bright orange.
"I know what your thinking Sarutobi, but every time I would show him anything different he would start to scream," the old man said with a chuckle. He found it amusing how stubborn three year olds could be.
The Third dropped his head, sighed and smiled, "I guess it cant be helped," then extended his hand for Naruto to take, "come on Naruto, we're late already."
But Naruto shook his head, not wanting to leave. Sure he was very happy that the Third was back, but did that mean that he would have to leave Nidashi? And what about the secret place? Will he ever see it again? As this and other things ran through Naruto's mind, he frowned, he would not leave, ever. He couldn't leave the old man alone.
"Come on Naruto."
In one instant he felt himself be lifted and carried off, this did not make him happy, and he screamed as loud as he could, hitting and scratching the Hokage's face.
"Now you stop that Naruto!" Nidashi yelled, not pleased with his behavior.
This stunned Naruto, he never heard Nidashi yell before, and his smile was gone, all that remained was a very sad looking old man. Naruto stayed quiet in the Third's arms, staring at Nidashi and his saddened face.
"If your good, you can come back very soon," Nidashi said, smile returning, "be good ne?"
What was that seriousness in his voice? Why were his eyes pleading to the blond? Naruto stared quietly at Nidashi as Sarutobi bid a final farewell and thanks once again before they began their walk up the street.
"I think you will like this new place," the Hokage said to Naruto, who still had his eyes fixated on Nidashi who was standing on his porch with a smile on his face.
Then they reached the top of the road and began to go back down over the other side, Nidashi house vanished and was no longer to be seen. This made Naruto a bit mad and he demanded to be let down. The Hokage set Naruto down and watched the three year old run back down the road.
When Naruto reached the top again and caught sight of Nidashi's house at the bottom, his face lit up and at once and he began to run down the road as fast as he could, which was not a problem because of how steep the hill was. His body was faster then his legs could carry and soon enough he stumbled, slid a while and stopped, looking at his newly found scrapes, he realized that they were in the same place when he fell the day before, but it didn't hurt.
Naruto stood up and brushed himself off, when his wounds began to itch, and itch, and itch and he could do nothing but stretch.
"Naruto, are you okay?" The Third asked. He noticed that Naruto fell and decided that he wouldn't take his time in catching up to the boy.
Naruto nodded but wouldn't stop scratching his arm. Sarutobi gently took hold of the boys arm and examined it. His eyes grew wide as he watched Naruto's fresh scrapes heal at a quick pace, skin reforming and sealing up, until it looked like nothing ever happened.
"Is that better? Does it itch anymore"
Naruto shook his head, "no," he smiled and looked at Nidashi's house.
The Hokage shook his head and picked Naruto back up, "we have to go meet some new people," he said, changing the subject, "I will take you back to see Nidashi tomorrow, im sure he has things to do," the Third smiled. He needed some other excuse for why Naruto couldn't go back at the moment and that was a good excuse as any. Shockingly it seemed to work, although Naruto pouted the whole way down the street.
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After watching Naruto go over the top of the road for the second time, he walked in his quiet house. As he stood alone in the silence looking around, he smiled, "first thing's first," a letter would need to be written.
While he walked to the back of his house, he tried to
picture what Naruto would look like as a young adult, but he couldn't
help picturing the Fourth. It saddened him to know that he wouldn't
live to see Naruto grow to that age. But that's why the letter was
needed, along with other things the old man had planed for the boy.
'I
wonder if he will remember me, or if it will just be a letter from a
stranger...' he thought, sitting down at his large wooden desk.
As he began the letter, dipping the pen in the ink and stroking gently across the thin paper, it took an forever to just write the first line. He made sure that every letter was perfect, it would be beautiful
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Naruto happily sat smiling on the third's shoulders until they came to a dead stop, "this is it."
He put the blond down and took hold of the boys hand. Before they could even get to the porch the door opened and a lovely young woman with pale skin and thick long black hair stepped out onto the porch, her four year old son following. Naruto was amazed that the weird little boy standing on the porch, was the same weird little boy he had seen the day before.
Little Shino was taken back when he caught sight of the blond for the second time, but he was with a different old guy, none other then the Hokage himself. Now he was confused, who was the real grandpa?
This time Naruto didn't hesitate to wave at the boy who was hiding behind his mother's legs. Shino thought it would be impolite to not exchange the greeting, so he waved back. Naruto grinned at the boy and ran up to him, but only to stop suddenly in front of the suprised Shino and stare into the sunglasses, as if he were trying to see beyond them.
Shino was not impressed and turned his head away, not taking any joy in behind stared at, he decided that he didn't like this blond kid too much and would rather that he leave. Shino glared up at his mother who was not taking any notice in him and focusing all her attention on the Hokage. Shino crossed his arms, grown up's these days.
For five minutes Naruto stared at Shino, who was trying his hardest to ignore the blond and pretend that he was following along in his mother's conversation with the Hokage. That's when he realized what they were talking about, this weird kid was coming to live with them, in his house. Shino didn't like this idea and was about to protest when Naruto reached for his sunglasses.
Shino caught sight of the blond from the corner of his eye and was able to jump back just in time to dodge the attack. Shino glared at the blond as the two adults watched, "I HATE YOU!" Shino screamed in Naruto's direction before stomping into his house, slamming the door.
Naruto stared at the door questioningly while Kaiwa ran in the house to see what the problem was, "im so sorry about this," she said turning around, "you can come in if you like."
The Hokage nodded and took hold of Naruto's hand before leading the stunned boy into the house where Kaiwa was scolding a very mad looking Shino who seemed to be ignoring her every word. He just glared out the window, wishing that his father were here to kick out the intruder and inform his mother that he did nothing wrong. (Which in reality would not be that case, but that's how the mind of four year old Shino worked.)
Kaiwa turned to her guests, "im so sorry for his behavior, he mentioned something about Naruto trying to take his glasses, he is very protective of them and wont even let me touch them," she said with a laugh, "they were a gift from his father."
The Hokage smiled, "I noticed they looked a lot like the ones Mujaki used to wear when he was a young boy, there a bit big," he mentioned chuckling and Kaiwa joined in treasuring the moment.
The two talked for a few more hours and Naruto eventually fell asleep while Shino kept his eyes glued out the window. "If you don't mind me asking..." the Third began and Kaiwa smiled and tilted her head a bit, indicating that she wanted him to continue, "does he always stare out of the window like that?" the Hokage asked, looking in Shino's direction.
"Only when his father is not here with him," she said with a faint smile.
"He loves his father more then I have seen anyone love someone," she also looked in Shino's direction, "its an amazing gift."
The Hokage smiled and looked down at the sleeping Naruto, "yes, a gift that not many people are given the chance to posses."
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