Birthday surprises and an unexpected kiss!
11-16-09: Okay, this one I didn't add to much too, but had to fix something's so it didn't mess with the goings on from the last chapters.
A/N: This one's the longest edited chapter so far. I still like last chapter better though. I still hope you all like it!
Disclaimer: See last two chapters! I don't own it, so don't sue me. [You wouldn't get much money anyways, trust me.]
Warnings: Mild cursing, and the hinted pairing is slightly reveled, and guy on guy kissing [if you could even call it that, it's more like a brush of the lips.]
I sighed heavily as I slung my legs off the bed having recovered quickly thanks to Kyuubi's chakra. I glanced out the window seeing the beginnings of sunlight, then hurriedly grabbed the soiled bedding and switched them with new ones. I bit down softly on my lip as I distantly heard Kyuubi laughing tauntingly at me. The damn fox had been watching my dreams again and hadn't recovered from hysterics yet.
'Aww…. C'mon kit…. Try seeing it through my point of view…. Your situation is quiet comical…' The deep demonic voice rang teasingly tresses of laughter still filtering through. I growled in displeasure.
'I'd rather not. I can't see how you can find this funny, you damn fox.' I thought in exasperation as I got home shutting the door with a quiet snap.I glanced around my room dully not wanting to look at the calendar; already knowing exactly what day it was: October tenth. Fifteen years ago today, the Leaf village had lost their Hokage, fifteen years ago the demon nine tailed fox had been seal away in a small baby boy; fifteen years ago he was born, Uzumaki Naruto.
'Naru-to…' the metallic voice cooed, voice caressing my mind in an almost loving manner. 'No need to think such remorseful thoughts. Today is a day you should celebrate happily, and with vigor. As is the tradition to do if I am correct. A celebration of the day you were born…' She said a smirk in her voice. 'So…why do you detest this day so?' Asked that mocking voice oh-so-knowingly. 'I know why I dislike today.' The last bit was muttered and I'm sure I wasn't meant to hear it.
'You know damn well why.' I jumped slightly at a quick rapping at my front door. I opted to ignore Kyuubi's menacing chuckles for pulling a black shit over my head as I stealthily slid to the door looking through the peep hole. 'Iruka-sensei…and... Kakashi-sensei…?' I thought confusedly opening my door quickly for them.
Iruka smiled brightly at me. "Naruto-kun," I stepped aside to allow them in, hurriedly forcing a wide grin to my lips. So easy after all these year it almost scared me. They rushed in Kakashi right behind Iruka. I idly wondered what they were doing here together but ignored that thought when that damned fox snickered quietly in the recesses of my mind.
I eyed them as we entered my small kitchen. "What're you two doing here..?" 'and together for that matter' .I thought amusedly as Kakashi seemed to read that thought and smirked at me as if he knew something I didn't. I had to fight the frown off my face.
Iruka flushed. "We came to wish you a…."He glanced at Kakashi pausing for a second. "Happy birthday!" He smiled and pulled out a small package. I stared at it wide eyed for a second before looking back at them willing the tears not to rush to my eyes. I opened my mouth to speak before another set of knocking reached my ears. I tensed before excusing myself briefly before answering the door again. I was met with a pair of dark eyes staring at me intently. I blinked a few times.
"…Ero Sennin?" I asked peering at him. He smiled at me scratching at the back of his head his white hair swaying a little.
"Well, you seem surprised." He said teasingly glancing behind me at what I presumed was Iruka and or Kakashi. He waved confirming my suspicions. I eyed him for a second before stepping inside then glancing around to insure that no one else was going to come knocking at my door. That would get annoying real fast. Nodding when I was sure the coast was clear I closed the door and turned to stare at the three older men in my house.
"Hello Jiraiya." Iruka said smiling at him cautiously. He was still holding that package. Sighing inwardly; I step towards him and gently took it setting it on the table. A small blush spread across my cheeks. I can't remember the last time I got a present for my birthday- not counting my time spent training with Ero Sennin.
"Thank you." I muttered lowly, a strange feeling crawling up my spine.
"Hello, Iruka… Kakashi," He said in return smiling in that perverted like fashion as he eyed them. 'Hmm…that's interesting… So Ero Sennin knows something about their coming here together...And if that smirk means anything it must not be good.' 'Ignore it Naru-to… you should open the present.' I choose to ignore her when Jiraiya turned back to me. I felt an eerie sensation tingle up my spine when I saw him grin deviously at me.
"Happy birthday Naruto. I was wondering if you wanted to go out for ramen with me to celebrate." What was this? Torment Naruto day or something? Because I had an odd feeling that he was planning for more than just him and me to be sitting around Ichiraku's eating ramen. I narrowed my eyes then looked back to the other two occupants of the room.
"Would you two like to join us?" I asked, forcing that fake grin back onto my lips. It would arise suspicion if I turned down a free offer of ramen. And I really didn't feel like having them know that I wasn't really in all that joyous a mood today. They nodded, sending Jiraiya a look I couldn't quiet understand.
"Alright then, shall we get going?" My eyes flashed back to the white haired man before me. Why was he in such a hurry? 'Suspicious…What the hell is he planning… and it looks like Iruka and Kakashi-sensei are in on it too…' I heard Kyuubi chuckle as I grabbed my jacket and fallowed after them wearily, making sure to lock my door before we left.
'Really kit… you should relax; their probably not planning anything at all and just want to spend some quality time with you…. Or maybe they have a surprise in store for you…' That damn fox ended snidely. She knew something. And she was toying with me about it. That's just worsened my mood more as I tried harder not to trudge my feet. I'm sure I looked very much like a prisoner being led to the execution chamber. If the looks I was getting were anything to go by. Well by looks, I mean the only ones that weren't filled with hate and resentment.
Damn… I need to distract myself. My thoughts were getting much to depressing for my liking. And it's never a good thing when I get all dark and depressing; I swear it starts raining when I do.
I looked up at the sky as we continued walking watching as the clouds floated together creating weird and unusual shapes. I sighed; cloud gazing was Shikamaru's thing, not mine. I looked back at the three adults in front of me; they were whispering about something. I couldn't hear anything because they were too far ahead. I didn't like that fact; they were hiding something from me, planning something, I knew it. And it was bothering me to no end, along with that damned foxes snickering, like she knew something that I didn't. Which she probably did, her senses were sharper than mine. In retrospect, I really should have seen it coming, I mean really, my birthday and they just up and decide they want to buy me ramen? Fat chance.
We were almost to Ichiraku's Ramen, when I knew something was really off. There was a tent, a HUGE tent, in front of Ichiraku's. Then, I saw that damn pervert, smirking, SMIRKING, at me. That's not all, oh no, not in the least. I could swear, I heard giggling, and grunts, coming from the damn tent. I was really starting to get freaked out. Not to mention the fact that Kyuubi was roaring with maniacal laughter. That was always creepy.
But that did nothing to prepare me for the surprise when I entered the damn thing. I think I almost pissed my pants. Everyone I knew in the village- well at least the one's who don't try to kill me on a nightly basis- jumped out from behind all the shit in there. There was a huge ass stack of presents on a round table somewhere over in the corner. A cake about the size of a horse; and tons of other food on a bigassed table. Couches and chairs were littered throughout the entire room. All I could do was stare in shock, my mouth hanging wide open- most likely looking like a fish out of water.
"Happy Birthday, Naruto!" They all sang happily with smiles on their faces. I continued to stare wide eyed and slack jawed. 'You knew about this, didn't you, you damn fox?!' I asked bitterly. I couldn't believe it. Really, I couldn't. This had to be some kind of sick and twisted dream. Because I knew there was no way in hell, all these people could be here throwing me a party for my birth day. Or maybe it was just meant for some other Naruto. Though I doubt it. Naruto isn't exactly a common name. I mean really, it means fish cake for goodness sakes!
'Of course I knew, Naru-to. I could sense them from your apartment. You should relax, kit. And have a little fun. It is your birthday.' I could tell she rolled her eyes. What I wanted to know was, if she had sensed them, then why the fuck hadn't she told me? That damn fox. It would have been nice to know all this was here; I might have been able to avoid it.
I resisted the urge to pout and trailed my gaze around the room seeing who all was here. I could see Sakura walking towards me with Lee trailing behind her. Hinata, Shino, and Kiba were standing near the bench with the gifts on it; Hinata blushing madly, Shino looking as blank as always, and Kiba laughing at something with Akamaru standing next to him. Gai-sensei was giving me thumbs up with Tenten and Neji standing next to him, they were standing behind a couch towards the middle of the room. My eyes soon landed Shikamaru who was sitting on a chair looking bored, and uninterested. Chouji was at the food table stuffing his face, though that wasn't really surprising. Ino was yelling at Shikamaru for being lazy, with Asuma shaking his head behind them. Kurenai was talking with Anko not to far away from me. Tsunade was standing in a corner smiling softly at me with her arms crossed across her very large chest. Konohamaru and his two friends were standing towards the back with Shizune watching them closely.
I sighed heavily and smiled at Sakura when she stepped in front of me. "Hey. So what do you think?" She gestured around the room for emphasis. "It was Tsunade and Umino-Sensei's idea." I blinked a few times before answering. I really didn't know what to think really.
"I think it's wonderful. I'll have to thank them later." I said with false cheerfulness. They didn't notice. I bit the inside of my lip as Sakura dragged me towards the cake. That's when I finally noticed Sasuke standing near it brooding. Visions from my dreams flashed through my mind and my eyes widened as I looked away to hide my sudden blush. I wonder if he's still mad at me for yesterday. I just barely acknowledged the thought about why he was here.
"Here we are. Oh, hey Sasuke!" The pink haired girl smiled at him while I studied the large cake in front of me with new fond fascination. It was orange, and I could see my named scrawled across the side in bright blue letters. I could feel the Teme's eyes burning into the back of my head, and I tried to ignore them. It was really difficult though. I felt like he was going to burn a hole into it with all that glaring. 'What the hell's his problem. I never did anything to deserve to get glared at. Okay, so maybe he was still mad at me about yesterday, but that didn't mean he has to glare at me so damn hard! And besides, I should be the one upset, the asshole sent me to the hospital, and he's been nothing but an ass since I came back.' I heard Kyuubi chuckling amusedly. Though it did sound faintly sad.
The next few hours flew by in a flash as we ate cake, I opened my presents. The whole time though I could constantly feel the Temes gaze on me. It was a little unnerving. Okay, so more than a little. And it didn't help that every time my eyes landed on him for a second images flashed through my mind causing me to quickly look away. I really wanted to tell him off. But in order to do that I'd have to look at him and as I already said that was an issue.
I really wanted to know why he wouldn't stop it though. Honestly. Normally by now he wouldn't still be upset about whatever it was I had done, or would be insulting me- hell. He hasn't said anything since I got here. I bit my bottom lip nervously as everyone sat around laughing and eating. A few people had left already, including Tsunade, since she was the Hokage- she had things to do, and a village to run. I was thinking about leaving myself. I wanted to be home before it got too dark, harder to see anyone waiting in the shadows. I looked over a Sakura and smiled.
"Hey, Sakura-chan." I walked up next to her smiling forcefully. "I'm going to head home. Getting tired. Do you need any help with cleaning up afterward?" I asked glancing around at the mess- it really was a disaster. She shook her head smiling at me. And this wasn't like the other smiles she normally gave me, this one was kind and sincere- loving even. [Though I'm to assume in a sister and brother like way. I already knew about her and Rock Lee]
"No, its okay. I already asked Kiba and Lee to help me out. Also Hinata and Umino-Sensei already volunteered. Go ahead and head home." She patted my shoulder then glanced somewhere behind me- it seemed like a pointed look, odd. I smiled gratefully thanking her as I grabbed the gifts I had gotten and left the tent glancing around to make sure no one was waiting to sneak up and attack me. Seeing no one I began walking when a hand on my shoulder stopped me.
I turned around slowly only to be met with obsidian like eyes that had been on me all day. I blinked a few times trying to force the sudden images away. "T-teme! What?" I asked loudly trying to act normally.
His eyes narrowed slightly as he stared into my eyes. I wanted to look away, afraid he'd see behind my act, see the truth I always hid. But I was unable to. "Hn." I almost growled. I hated when he did that. Suddenly I felt something against my lips but then it was gone as soon as it had come. I stared shocked at Sasuke as he pulled away staring at me for a second before his eyes widened as if he only just realized what he had done. [The author will hereby note that that does not mean he was disgusted, only surprised, not having planned to do it.]
I opened my mouth to say something but then he was gone. I blinked a few times before licking my suddenly dry lips. 'Why...?'The question rang through my mind over and over as I mindlessly made my way home.
Kyuubi's roaring laughter was the last thing I heard as I fell into a fitful sleep after dropping my things onto the floor and extra clothes.
I wonder if Naru knows he hasn't opened Iruka and Kakashi's present nor figured out why they came together! Egasp! And yes, it IS important! Now review and/or flame to your heart content if you want the chapter I'm actually supposed to be writing written. [Don't forget the poll!]