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It's Love

Chapter Six

Naruto laid in bed beside his small, black cat, staring right at the tiny creature. "Kyuubiiii!" he moaned, rolling over and hugging him. The cat meowed in response. "You're my favorite cat, you know that?" Naruto asked, petting Kyuubi.

Meeeoooow! was Kyuubi's response, alongside a purr.

"Naruto!" Minato called from downstairs. "Phone!"

He replied as he rolled off of the bed, "Coming!" He stood up after landing flat on his back beside the bed, running out of his room and down the stairs, into the kitchen. "Who is it?" he asked, taking the phone from his father.

"Kushina."

Naruto froze in place before fully lifting the phone to his ear. Why was his mom calling? He slowly pressed the phone up to his ear. "Hello?"

"Naruto!" the woman shouted cheerfully into the phone, "It's been a while!"

"Yeah, I guess…" He bit his lip and leaned against the counter. "Hey, when will you be back?" Naruto asked his mother. He watched as his dad's face fell; he gave the man a confused look, but it was ignored. Minato shook his head and smiled, walking out of the room.

"Uh… yeah, about that…" Kushina laughed nervously.

"Mom… what happened?" Naruto asked suspiciously.

"I didn't get to finishing, so..."

"How much longer?"

"...I don't know... Three weeks minimum."

Naruto shoved the phone back at his father, who was re-entering the room, without a second thought, turning on his heels and darting right out of the room.

"Naruto! Wait!" Minato called to his son, but was ignored.

Naruto ran into his room and slammed his door, locking it before falling face first into his bed and shoving his face into a pillow.

"Why is it always her job?" he wondered out loud, "It's supposed to be family first..." He growled as loud as he could and whipped his pillow at the wall. "It's not fucking fair!" He sighed and ran a hand over his face. He knew it wasn't her fault. She had to work, she couldn't help it. But it was always her work. She never put him first, always her work.

"Naruto?" Minato called as he rapped lightly on the door. "Can I talk to you for a minute?" Naruto ignored him. He laid there silently on his bed until his father walked away. Once he knew that he was gone, he grabbed his phone, got up, and tip-toed over to the door, opening it slowly and gliding out, closing it behind him. He moved down the hall and out the front door, sprinting away from the house the second he made it out.

Naruto shoved his hands in his front pockets as he continued walking aimlessly down the street. He mumbled a few curse words under his breath, watching the ground as he walked.

Suddenly, Naruto collided with a person. He looked up and sighed an apology before freezing and staring at the man in front of him. "Do I know you from somewhere?" He asked, staring at the tall raven.

"No, not that I know of," the man replied.

"Hmmmm..." he continued to stare, "no, no, no, I have definitely seen you before."

Before the man could reply, Naruto heard a familiar voice.

"Itachi."

"Finally, Sasuke," the man, apparently named Itachi, replied, "At least you're not late like last time."

"I was doing something import-" the familiar raven began before he spotted his blonde classmate, "you..."

"Ahhhh!" Naruto exclaimed, pointing toward Sasuke, "that's who you reminded me of!"

Sasuke gave his brother a suspicious look before turning back to the blonde boy. "What are you doing here?" he asked.

"I was taking a walk. Why are you here?"

"I'm meeting Itachi," he replied before turning toward said man, "Let's go. I want to get there as soon as possible."

"Of course, of course, anything for you, little bro."

Naruto shouted as he realized, "Ohhhh, so you two are brothers! Makes sense, you look really similar." Sasuke ignored this, and Itachi gave Naruto a small smile before they both turned away and walked off.

Naruto shrugged, "Whatever..." He sighed and continued walking, no particular direction in mind.

After walking for a while longer, Naruto stopped and looked around. "Where..." he wondered, surveying his surroundings, "the hell am I?" He scanned the unfamiliar surroundings. "I've never been around here before..."

He took in everything he saw: houses-no-huge houses, with tall fences and gates surrounding them, and those really long driveways going down to the street. Must be a pain to walk all the way up there every day.

Naruto's gazing in amazement was interrupted by a familiar voice, "Naruto?"

He turned around to see Neji, his year older friend, making his way down the long driveway. He stopped when he reached the fence. "Eh? What are you doing here?"

"I live here," he said obviously, gesturing to the huge, mansion-like home behind him. "Why are you here?"

Naruto thought for a moment. He'd known Neji for years, or more accurately, his whole life, yet he'd never once visited his house. And, what do you know? Rich kid. He never even knew that!

"I'm a little lost," he laughed, giving him a sheepish smile and scratching the back of his head.

Neji sighed as he unlocked and pulled the gate open, "Come in."

Naruto nodded as he walked in, looking around the yard. It seemed pretty normal, aside from the large amounts of flowers and miniature statues placed all around. Neji shut the gate with a loud clank sound and quickly locked it before ushering Naruto to the door and holding it open for said boy.

Naruto could not believe his eyes. The house was beautiful-nothing he'd ever seen. A marble staircase, a crystal chandelier... it was like a movie.

"Neji!" a familiar female voice called out, "Your father wants to speak with you!" Naruto watched as Hinata carefully made her way down the steps.

Neji sighed, "Alright," before turning to Naruto, "I'll be back." He headed up the stairs, right past Hinata as he finished his sentence.

Hinata blushed and looked at the blonde boy in front of her with surprise. "N-Naruto? What are you doing here?" She took the last step off of the staircase.

"Ah... I was going for a walk and I sort of got lost," Naruto responded.

Hinata smiled softly, "U-um, do you w-want something to drink?" She looked down and blushed.

"Sure," Naruto smiled, and Hinata ushered him to the kitchen.

"W-what would you l-like?" the shy girl asked, opening the refrigerator.

"Anything is fine," answered the blonde as he dropped onto a stool beside an island in the center of the kitchen.

The girl nodded, "O-okay," and pulled out a small pitcher. She placed it on the counter as she pulled a tall glass out of a cabinet, then poured the blue liquid into the cup until it was filled. "Here," she said, handing the glass to the boy.

Naruto raised an eyebrow as he stared at the strange drink in his hands. "...What... Is this?" he wondered quietly to himself before taking a small sip. He looked at Hinata questioningly, waiting on her to tell him just what she had giving him.

The black-haired girl, picking up on this, informed him, "I-it's blue raspberry lemonade."

"Weird. I've never heard of it before. But thanks!"

Hinata blushed. "A-ah... N-no, it was nothing..." She averted her eyes and smiled slightly.

Neji, stepping off of the last step of the stairs, called out, "Naruto!"

"Ah," Naruto's head jerked toward the opening of the kitchen which lead toward the hall with the front door, "I should probably go." He chugged down the last of the lemonade.

"I-I'll take that," Hinata offered, reaching for the glass. Naruto smiled and handed it to her before turning on his heels and jogging toward Neji.

"I'll take you back to your house," offered Neji, pulling on his sandals.

"Uh... Thanks. Just my neighborhood would be fine, though." Neji nodded without saying anything and held the large front door open for the other boy to exit.

They walked down the long driveway and quickly opened the gate, shutting it behind them.

Upon turning to follow Neji, Naruto stopped in surprise, staring at the boy ahead of him. He blinked a couple of times before saying anything. "Sasuke? What're you doing here?"

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