A/N: Meow, hello everyone . I have no comment today. LOL. Just a special thanks to my best friend, Kimmie, for helping me with this. Love ya doll. Anyway on with Chapter 1. Enjoy. 3
Disclaimer: I do not own any characters from Naruto's creator.
A Moment is an Eternity
Chapter 1 - The Lost Bet
The expensive looking car slowly sped away from Naruto's vision. His face was flushed and a tint of pink still visible on his round-ish cheeks. A usual foxy grin appeared on his face as he walked slowly to his house. The boy's body was there but his mind was on Cloud Nine. As he unlocked and opened the door, the house's sweet scent of green tea and cucumber softly hit his nose.
"I'm home!!" Naruto yelled.
"Welcome home Naruto." A familiar masculine voice answered back faintly but could be heard from the kitchen.
"Hey kiddo." Another voice belonged a woman also came from the kitchen.
Naruto swiftly ran upstairs into his room, tossed down his backpack and changed out his school uniform into something more comfortable. He ran downstairs into the kitchen.
"Hey Granny Tsunade," he greeted and kissed the woman at the dining table on the cheek, reading newspaper and drinking coffee, who seemed to be in her thirtieth but truth is, she was in her fiftieth. "You brat! Don't called me that!! It's Auntie, not Granny." Tsunade was surprised by the kiss then the word "Granny" registered, she got up and rewarded the boy with a smack in the back of his head.
"Ouch!" Naruto stuck out his tongue at her. "Don't be mean because I spoke the truth." He knew that he was perhaps the only one that can call her a granny and get away with it.
The man in an apron chuckled as he witnessing the amusing sight. Naruto quickly avoided the grasp of the furious woman, he ran and hugged the man at the stove.
"Hello Iruka!" He hugged the man tightly.
"Hey Naruto, what are you doing home so early?" Iruka smiled sweetly at Naruto as he stirred the cooking pot. The sweet aroma of the stew filled up the air of the kitchen and making Naruto's mouth watering.
Iruka and Tsunade were Naruto's guardians. When he was little, his parents passed away in a tragic car crash. Those two were the only close friends of his parents, so they took him into their lives, gave him love and treated him like a son/brother.
"Huh, what do you mean?" Naruto asked curiously.
"Hmph, you forgot so quickly Naruto." Iruka frowned. "You came to my class today and said that you didn't need a ride home because your best friend, Sasuke, was offered to take you home. I thought you both would go hang out at the mall or something." Iruka's voice showed a hint of mischief at the last word.
"Eh? Best friend and a ride home?" the woman, who now got back to the coffee and newspaper, said as she looked at the teen. "Are you sure he isn't your boyfriend?" Tsunade laughed.
"WHAT??" Blood rushed up to the boy's face. "He is not my boyfriend! Who asked you woman? Shouldn't you be working at the hospital right now?"
This time Tsunade let out a guffaw. "You should have seen the look on your face kiddo. Priceless. De-NIAL is not a river in Egypt, brat. And FYI, I have today off since I've been working non-stop for the last 36 hours."
A silver-haired man with a scar ran down on his left eye walked into the kitchen. He gave Iruka a peck on the cheek as he smelled the stew.
"Hmm, smell yummy." The man noticed the boy. "Oh hey Naruto."
"Hey Kakashi!" Naruto quickly ignored the woman's comment and gave the man a hug just as he did with Iruka. Kakashi was Iruka's boyfriend, he also a teacher in Naruto's school. Kakashi tousled the boy's hair until he let go of the hug and attempted to fix his blond hair back to normal.
"So Naruto," Iruka started. "when are you going to bring Sasuke over?"
"Sasuke? You're dating Sasuke, Naruto?" Kakashi said with an amused smile on his face. "I used to home tutored that boy. He is good catch Naruto, you have a good taste."
"Waaa!!" Naruto yelled and pouted his lips as his face was as red as a tomato. "What made you guys think that I am dating Sasuke?!"
"Well," Tsunade chipped in. "the funny thing is. We saw you were making out with that boy in his car in front of the house for fifteen minutes. You both were sucking the life out of each other through…"
Naruto gaped as he taking in this information. "TRA LA LA LA. I don't want to hear anymore of this!!" He covered his ears as he ran out of the kitchen to his room.
He closed his room's door quickly, but he could still hear the adults in the kitchen laughing loudly.
"Stupid adults," The boy cursed. "stupid Sasuke, he just had to pulled me in for a kiss." His face showed a pink color as he thought of Sasuke and how good the kisses they both shared. "At least he is good kisser." Naruto whispered and smiled shyly.
Tsunade looked over the two young men at the stove. Iruka was stirring the pot and blushing while Kakashi whispering something into the smaller man's ear. 'Probably some perverted stuffs he came up with.' She smiled and shook her head.
"So Iruka," Tsunade called the brunette. "look like you lost the bet." Iruka looked back to Tsunade, then he suddenly remembered. His face went into a defeat.
"Bet? What bet?" Kakashi asked curiously. He saw the man with the scar across his nose shook his head as he took out large bill and handed to the blonde lady.
"You're a doctor," Iruka sighed. "why do you still need that money?"
"Well my dear, earning money is different than winning money." Tsunade cackled.
"At least Naruto is happy." Iruka sighed again.
"What kind of bet did you guys made?" Kakashi asked.
"When Naruto was little," Tsunade explained. "Iruka gushed how cute Naruto is and he would make any girl happy when he grow up. I bet the difference. Look at the outcome now." The woman laughed again.
Iruka still fumed about the lost bet and he still trying to accept the fact that Naruto is dating the Ice Prince of Konoha High School, Sasuke. Kakashi smiled amusedly as he came up with a 'perverted' plan to make Iruka feel better when the night come.