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Chapter 13: Starting Anew

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Naruto grinned as he tossed his hospital clothes and slipped in his casual clothes. Apparently, the hospital cleaned and fixed the clothes he had on with him when he was first admitted.

He was truly happy this morning. Why? Well, he woke up feeling like he was flying high above the mountains dwhen his eyes opened to a smiling, yes, smiling not smirking, Sasuke who had his arms wrapped around him.

After kissing his father goodbye and leaving for school, a nurse came in and removed his casts and bandages while informing him that his release is already being processed.

Smiling happily, he opened his laptop to start working on his stories. He has already finished three novels. Yup and that's in the span of three days! He was clearly determined in pleasing his new companies. He also wanted to make the companies who throw away his chances, regret ever ditching him.

So this time, he wrote with all his emotions. The angst genre will surely attract new fanbase. And his already growing "romance fanbase" will be easy to adapt to this new introduction of style.

And with his past experiences with Sasuke, he found that it only served to increase his understanding with human emotions, having experienced and dealt with it sometime in his life.

He was already sending his first edition of "Tears in Paradise: Finding the Flames" to the writer's guild inbox through his GoggleSend account and was submitting his "Tears in Paradise: Battling the Frost" to a novel publishing company through their OnlineJournal system.

Immediately, he opened his file of his novel "Tears in Paradise: Through the Wall of Eternity" as he added it in his "To Print List". He would print them when he got home and send it as his sample to a dream company "Konoha Royal Publishers".

Apparently, he is making himself busy for his return. To spend the day while waiting for his release to be processed, he spent the day writing minor play and scripts as well as experimenting with new styles to further improve his writing.

This time, he is trying to write a different novel not connected in the "Paradise Universe" (With the first novel known as "Icha Icha Paradise"). And he's so determined to start writing on it that he already finished writing the prologue and two chapters in five hours. Currently copyreading and checking for grammar errors, he lost track of the time.

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Sasuke grinned as he stood in front of a jewelry store. He has everything sorted out, including his feelings towards his father.

He would investigate unresolved matters when he secured his relationship with his father. Having established that he has strong feelings for his father, he will not allow himself to be blinded by meaningless hate.

So the only thing he could think of, is strengthening that connection with his father and establishing a new bond that would eventually bind them together so strongly that they would become inseparable.

This is what he intend to create and this he will achieve. For he knows that whatever reason his father has for adopting him, he wouldn't be able to hate his father now that they had strong bond. So for now, he'll work on their relationship and a couple of anger management and self-control. And boy, how he needed that last part. Already, he was already shaking with arousal, just by thinking of today's plans for his father.

He groaned as he handed the sales lady the money and went away with a package. Now, the last piece is secured and the stage is clear.

The only thing that needs to be done, is luring the fox out from his den and into the raven's nest.

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Naruto grinned in satisfaction as his minor play came to life before his eyes. He was successful in making a small animation. Although he knows that his artwork sucked, he would be able to use this new knowledge to create life-like simulations of his work before selling it.

And as was shown with his current test, the play moved his human emotions and thus, he decided to sell the test play to a minor animation company.

Having done that, he started to open another file that shows many red underlines on words. Groaning in an annoyed manner, he started immediately to launch his virtual dictionary and started his work.

He had not heard the soft opening and closing of the door, nor did he noticed the soft rustling and the heavy footsteps.

He was so totally into his work that he didn't noticed the room temperature dropped. All that seemed to pull him out from his world is the sudden outage of power and the immediate loss of light.

Containing his panic, he closed his laptop and positioned himself in defense.

"This is not funny! Security!" He yelled but it only earned him a soft yet familiar chuckle. Narrowing his eyes, he stopped when a familiar voice shot out of the darkness.

"How idiotic can you be, Naruto?" Naruto loosened when he heard the playful voice. But still, he kept his guard up.

"Who's there?"

Another chuckle. But soon, it turned into a rich laughter.

"Seriously, dobe. Are you that dense?"

Naruto growled as he felt the light returned. Covering his eyes from the sudden outburst of light, he felt himself launching at Sasuke for playing this stunt at him. However, he never managed to launch a single blow as his eyes took in the sight that surrounds him.

Red rose petals littered the hospital floor, casting away its plain whiteness and livening up its "deathly" atmosphere. He could see expensive flowers on every corners of the room and their scents mixed up in the air as a dancing fresh scent of forest and pleasant warmness.

Naruto smiled at this. But it turned to a surprise look when he found a bouquet of flowers shoved into his face. Tracing its origin, he found himself gazing upon a well-dressed Sasuke. His Sasuke isn't wearing his typical civilian attire. Nor is he wearing his black gakuran and elegant school uniform.

No, he isn't wearing anything simple either.

He was wearing a black suit, with red, elegant tie adorning his chest. He held a confident, yet uncertain smile as he looked straight at Naruto's eyes.

"Surprised, dobe?"

"I told you to stop calling me that, Sasuke!" He grabbed the bouquet. Inhaling it for a second, then turning a grateful smile to his son.

"So, what's this all about Sasuke?" He asked in curiosity. The other shifted uncomfortably and the writer was vaguely reminded of his characters who was about to ask a love interest to a date.

Wait a second, is this what Sasuke had on mind? True enough, Naruto has pieced it in his mind. The red roses, the bouquet of flowers, the expensive attire, the nervous smile, and the expensive wine hidden behind his back.

Before he could speak some more, Sasuke's voice pierced through his thoughts. He saw his son bowed and took his hand, kissing it softly.

"Naruto, congratulations on your release. Will you spend the day with me?"

Sasuke was met with an excited grin.

"Sasuke, you don't need to ask. I'd spend the day with you whenever you wanted."

His adopted son could only smile at this.

"Then how about we make our first trip to an amusement park. Would you like that?"

"Definitely!" Naruto jumped out of the bed as he immediately went to the closet and pouted as he was met with nothing. It's bad enough that his son is wearing the most expensive clothes when he himself is only wearing a tan sweater and a tight leather pants. Now he can't change.

"Erm, Sasu... I don't have clothes to wear!"

Sasuke smiled and held out a small package, pulling out an azure kimono adorned with shining beads and dancing embroideries.

Naruto's eyes lit up.

"Sasuke! It's beautiful."

"I know. But do you know what's even more beautiful?" Naruto stared at him confused.

"You are." Sasuke said as he kissed the other's forehead. Naruto merely scowled at him.

"Liar! Now get out as I get changed."

"How about I stay here and watch?"

"Get out you PERVERT!" Sasuke feigned shock as he evaded a pillow launched at him and exiting the room with little grace.

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Somewhere...

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"Sakura, you tasted good!"

"Ahh!! Tachi... C-can we do this later? My son..." She was merely greeted with a smirk as the man thrust into her.

"Don't worry, Sakura, all is taken care of."

The other was merely thrown into a world of pure bliss and unparalleled ecstasy.

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TO BE CONTINUED....

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