Hey folks! Only 19/20 days until Christmas! Yay! Let's jump around and sing happy songs!

...yeah. So, for this and the next chapter I have to explain something to you:
I don't know if all of you celebrate Saint Nicholas Day, let alone know how it's celebrated in other counties. So I just stick with how I used to celebrate it :)
If you don't know or wanna know how it is celebrated here, look it up in Wikipedia, it's explained there.

Other than that, this is a kinda 'long' chapter... enjoy!

Warnings: Yaoi (boy x boy), OOCness, fluff

Pairings: Sasuke/Naruto of course, and minor Sakura/Lee, Kakashi/Iruka and Shikamaru/Temari

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.

5. Where Are These Fing Boots?

Naruto shuffled soundly through the small cupboard in the attic of the Uchiha complex, throwing stuff everywhere, and a huge pile of gloves, caps and scarfs was building behind him.

"Naruto? What the hell are you doing?!"

Sasuke entered the attic and almost got a heart attack when he saw Naruto making a mess, and had to grab hold of the handrail or either he would have fallen down the stairs.

"And who's gonna tidy up all this?", he thought bitterly, but was interrupted by Naruto.

"Oh, hey Sasuke!", he said, not looking up, "Do you know where I put the boots for Saint Nicholas Day last year? I can't find them!"

A scarf flew through the air and landed on Sasuke's head. He twitched.

"Would you please stop wrecking the attic, dobe?", he gritted through his teeth and pulled the scarf from his head. Naruto looked up.

"No."

Sasuke twitched again. He made a few careful steps through the battlefield of clothes and stood next to Naruto. Only then he noticed Naruto was shuffling in the lowest drawer, rear end sticking high up in the air.

"Nice view, dobe", Sasuke said, grabbed Naruto and flung him over his shoulder, then carried him downstairs.

"Let me go, Sasuke! What are you doing!", Naruto protested and tried desperatly to get down by struggling and biting, but Sasuke didn't let him down until they reaced the cellar door.

"Wrong direction, dobe", he said, opening the door, "Follow me."

He switched on the light in the staircase and Naruto immediately latched onto his arm.

"Don't down there! Please!", he cried and tried to pull Sasuke away, but Sasuke just smirked.

"Are you afraid of the bad, bad rats down there?"

Naruto hastly shook his head.

"No, but I swear, there's a ghost down there, I heard it screaming the other day!"

"Yeah, right. But those boots are there, too, and if you need them, you have to get them!

"Can't you get them for me?"

"No. Come on, I'll go with you, if you insist. And here I thought you were ninja..."

He grabbed Naruto's hand and dragged him downstairs, and a few moments later they entered the dark cellar. Sasuke switched on another light, illuminating the whole room. They saw a few rats running away from the sudden invasion, but nothing else moved. There were just plain regals with old conserves, a broken TV in the corner, random stuff collected over the years, and in the far corner a pair of black boots.

"See? There they are", Sasuke chirped, but Naruto didn't move.

"Dobe!"

"..."

"Okay, okay, I'll get them...", he sighed and walked across the room.

When he grabbed the boots, he suddenly heard a shuffling noise behind him. He turned around and scanned the room, but there was no one – but also no Naruto! He panicked. Was Naruto right after all?

"Naruto! Dobe! Answer me!", he shouted, and quickly ran up the stairs, boots still in one hand to throw them at whoever dared to touch his Naruto.

Then he heard noises coming from the kitchen. Slowly he made his way over to the door, and barged in, boots ready to throw.

But he didn't expect what he saw.

Naruto, sitting at the counter and waiting for a packet of instant ramen to be ready.

"What the...?"

Sasuke stared, still holding the boots in the air.

Naruto looked at him calmly.

"You wanna throw a boot, huh? And here I thought you were a ninja!"

Even three days later, one could still see the place where the boot hit Naruto's head.

Haha, do you know the sketch 'Boot to the head'?:D I was always thinking of it when I wrote this! But it's really funny, you can watch it on youtube, personally I like the Phoenix Wright Version the best xD

Next chapter tomorrow, till then! Review!