sorry for taking so incredible long time publishing this, i've been busy, I didn't know what to write. I knew what I wanted to write, it was all in my head, I just couldn't get it down on the paper, i'll try to be faster with the next one. thanl you for beeing understanding.
and also, I have decided to get another beta reader, so all of those who like this story and would like to help me out, send me a message ;) prefeably someone who is good at writing english.
I do not own naruto, only Chigiri, Chigiri is mine.
The protective and illuminating light of the moon shone peacefully over the mighty forest that surrounded the village of Konoha, lulling every creature into sleep with its soothing light, animals and humans alike
The protective and illuminating light of the moon shone peacefully over the mighty forest that surrounded the village of Konoha, lulling every creature into sleep with its soothing light, animals and humans alike.
The world was in peace, none was fighting and none was suffering, under the guidance of mother moon all was well.
That is, everyone but one, a single person was still awake and at it.
Slowly, a single figure and his most faithful friend were making its way up the hidden, small and difficult dirt path that was running on the side of the hokage monument.
Not many knew of this path, and to find it, you had to know where it was.
"Stupid father, he just had to put his home on top of the highest spot in miles, and with the only way to get there being this tiny little side step" an angry and grumpy Uzumaki Naruto thought while he worked his way up the crumply path that was showing him the way to his new home.
Under the surveillance of the moon, he eventually made it to the top, only to get even more frustrated when he found out that the road that led to the gates of his family's estate had been overgrown with plants years ago, considering it had been left alone ever since the death of his family that fateful day that he was born and the kyuubi attacked.
After 20 minutes of cursing and cutting of plants later, he finally stood in front of his goal, one of the things that he had been searching for ever since he learned the meaning of it.
A home and a piece of history that was only his, the history of his own roots and family.
The old rusty gate that protected the once so graceful home still stood mighty and strong in front of him this night, as it had stood in front of his father all those years ago. There it stood in all its glory with its intriguing patterns and mighty steel, just waiting for someone to come and again fill the house with life and prosperity.
And it was with butterflies in his stomach that Naruto took out the big silver key from the scroll, and he noticed that the key seemed to have the same beautiful pattern as the gate in front of him; the only difference was that the key was made from silver, and the gate was made of steel. Although it had been years since the gate and the key had been together, they melted together like they where new when Naruto eventually gathered the courage too unlock his heritage, and the gate swung open in front of without the smallest creek.
The garden on the inside had the clear signs of once being heaven on earth, with fountains, flowers in thousands and even a few delicate statues. Even now while it had been left unattended for many years, it had kept some of its former glory and to this day still looked beautiful. "WOW" was the only word coming to mind for Naruto in the moment he stepped through the gate, "I can't wait for tomorrow, then I can go through every inch of this property in pure daylight", and without much more hesitation, he started moving towards what he assumed was the main house on the property.
From what he could see in the darkness of the night, the house seemed to be built mainly from wood with a traditional design from the fire country, he also guessed that the wood used would be from their homeland as well. "well ...since I can't really see anything of neither the structure nor the design, I suppose it isn't really any meaning in me standing in front of it with an admiring awh", he shook his head a few times, both so that he could clear his mind and so that he could remove that ridiculously large grin that suddenly manifested itself on his face, had he only known that it would do him no good, as the garden only was the tip of the iceberg, and an enchanted world of things he never would have imagined laid in front of him, just waiting to be discovered.
"come on Chigiri, let's see if we can't find us an rusty old mattress to spend the night on", and as soon as his loyal friend was once again firmly placed on Naruto's shoulder, he took the first step onto the small staircase that would lead him to the front door, and the place that would forever be his home.
The front doors was made in a dark red type of wood with intricate carved patterns on it, it was a set of double doors with golden handles, and they seemed strong and very capable to hold against enemies on its very own. "hmm, these patterns almost looks like seals" our hero thought to himself while he let one of his graceful fingers follow the intricate pattern that had been carved into the set of double doors, "definitively something worth checking into tomorrow, it might be part of some sort of defence system". He let his hand depart from the interesting act that had been committed onto the door, and rather went to see if the doors was open or not, and it was with a great deal of surprise that he discovered that the doors to one of the most guarded estates in all of Konoha, was open and not locked at all.
The door opened without a sound, despite the many years it had stood unused. And the room that waited on the inside was completely dark and inviting, like something on the inside was calling out to him, tempting him to walk inside, and discover the treasures that had been hidden from the world far too long.
The first thing he noticed as he entered what seems to be a small hallway, leading into complete darkness, was that it was hanging a pair of dark red velvet curtains not far from him and the door. Like they where marking the entrance to something, something that he did not know what was, but was eager to discover. As he was struggling to take of his sandals in a very naruto'ish way, he of course ended up in a tangles pile on the floor. After picking up what was left of his pride from the floor, finally getting of the sandals and cursing the darkness for falling in such an un-cool way, he finally sort of managed to get up from the surprisingly clean floor, using the wall as assistance, and it was while he was doing that, that he made a discovery that didn't exactly lighten his already darkened mood, not less than ten cm away from where he had struggled with the sandal from hell, what did he find? "A god damn LIGHT SWITCH!!" Naruto suddenly shouted out, and it was with a twitching eye that he grudgingly pressed it, and then there was light.
But both the sandal from hell and Satans light switch was forgotten as soon as he turned around and saw exactly what his parents had left for him so that he always could feel safe.
Right where the curtains where hanging, it was a step down from the small hallway and into the rest of the house. On one side of the small opening that served as hallway a glorious painting of an angel was hanging, greeting all those who entered with love, on the other side it was a series of places to hang coats and put shoes. But it was what was on the outside of the small area that was truly breathtaking. Straight ahead of him there was a huge staircase in a dark brown red'ish colour with black designs on it, as he walked towards it, he also noticed that he was walking on a long rug that had the same colour as the curtains and the rug was so long that it continued up the stairs and disappeared. As he stood in front of the giant stairs, he noticed that there were several doors around him in the same dark brown, almost redish, colour as the stairs; he counted five doors in total, two at his right side, one at his left side, and one door at each side of the stairs in the end of the room. The last two rooms had different doors though, while the three first doors looked light and friendly, these two looked masculine, strong and authoritative. Like they where protecting something of high value, and where built to keep unwanted people away. Chigiri brought him back from his trancelike state with a scream that clearly said: "it's time for bed, you won't be able to see anything in this dark anyway, and I'm tired" he also glared at him with big sulking eyes. "Alright alright, we can explore in the morning" Naruto said as he gave into the sulking eyes of his feathered companion, and it didn't exactly stop him that he felt pretty beat himself. "Come on, lets find us that springy mattress that we where dreaming of" and as simple as that, Chigiri took his regular seat on Naruto's shoulder as he started climbing up the steps. As he reached the top, he noticed something that made the very root of his heart turn in both sorrow and joy at the same time, hanging on the wall right in front of him, a huge picture with a golden frame was hanging. The picture contained two exhausted, but joyful people, a woman with hair as red as the sunset and a smile that could melt the ice, and a man with hair as golden as the burning sun with a smile so big it reached his ears, and a peaceful sleeping newborn baby boy with small strands of yellow hair, and under the picture it was hanging a gold sign that said: "Kushina, Minato and Naruto Namikaze, a family of heroes".