What's up everyone! thesaiyanjedi is back again with another chapter of "A Surprise inheritance"
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Chapter 5: Moving In and Getting Ready
Naruto Uzumaki was finishing packing his stuff. He had loaded up the last of his boxes of things he wanted to bring with him to his new place, his shadow clones having provided all of the extra help he needed. Sakura had volunteered to the help him with the big move, but Naruto didn't want her to take too much time off of work just to help him, insisting that he and his clones could handle it. Besides, he only had so much stuff to take with him anyway.
He had made the arrangements with his landlord and needed to turn in his old key once he was done. The landlord was a bit sad to see him go, making a back-handed compliment that with a celebrity like Naruto moving out it, it might attract less people to move in, but Naruto figured that this was just a joke...At least he hoped it was.
He looked around at his soon-to-be former apartment and double checked that he had everything packed.
"Okay, lets go over the checklist!" he said to himself. "Clothes, check! Pictures, check!, Ninja gear, check! Books and scrolls, check! Food from the fridge, check! Toiletries, check! Hmm...I guess that's everything."
He sat down in a chair for just a moment before stepping out onto his outdoor balcony one last time. He looked out over his home village and thought about everything that have happened in his life, and of everything that was still to come as, literally, a new chapter of his life was being written.
His gaze turned towards the Hokage Monument as he zeroed in on the man whom, even though he had only met him twice, he owed his entire life to, and now a new home as well.
'Thank you dad," Naruto said with a hint of tears in his eyes. "For everything. You too mom. I love you guys."
He walked inside and, with the aid of a few shadow clones, picked up all his stuff and the started exiting the apartment. He himself took one last look at the now bare living space. He had made a lot of memories here, both good and bad. But it was time to move on, and he couldn't be more excited about it.
With a content smile, he shut out the lights and locked the door behind him for the final time.
Sakura was making her usual rounds at the hospital, going about business as usual. She had to admit, she was feeling kind of excited about the party she and Naruto were planning...Or rather, she was excited to see the looks on everyone's faces when they got to see Naruto's new house.
They made an agreement that he would handle all of the moving and setting things up if she agreed to speak to as many of their friends as she could and invite them to the party. And since she was already at work, she figured she might as well start with the ones closest to her.
"Hey Shizune?" she called out one of her mentors as she handed in some paperwork to her.
"What is it Sakura?" she asked.
"I was just wondering something. You see, Naruto is moving into his parent's house and he and I decided to throw a party this weekend. We were wondering if you'd like to come by and visit?"
"Oh of course! I love a good party. Just give me the address and I'll come by for a while."
"No you will not Shizune!"
The two ladies turned to see the source of the outburst, despite the fact that both of them could recognize that voice anywhere.
"But Lady Tsunade—"
"No buts! You know that work can't wait around here! You've got a shift scheduled for this weekend and I need you here!"
Sakura thought she knew a way to overcome this little obstacle, and cross two people off her guest list at the same time. "Y'know, Naruto's house does come with a pool, and artificial hot spring, and a hot tub..."
Shizune looked impressed, but Tsunade, who clearly woke up on the wrong side of the bed that day, merely rolled her eyes at her former student's over exaggeration. And least, until Sakura brought up one more feature of Naruto's house.
"...Oh yeah, and he even has his own private wine cellar."
The former Hokage's eyes snapped to attention and her jaw hit the floor. Getting over her initial shock, she wrapped her arm around Shizune's head and pulled her into a not-quite hug to look as happy and inconspicuous as possible, to terribly unconvincing results.
"So...what day and time was this party again?" Tsunade asked cheekily as she saw visions of herself sitting in a hot tub drinking delicious wine with her lady friends.
Sakura rolled her eyes in amusement, 'Yeah, figured that would work. At least now I can scratch two off my list.'
Naruto and his clones had made it into the gate with the boxes filled with Naruto's belongings. They had made it into the front door and they set everything down in the living room. They would figure out where each box needed to go as they got to work.
Naruto himself was tempted to get to work right away, until he got a good look at the furniture, and the floor, and just about everything for that matter.
The house, while lavish, was dirty. Of course it was, the place had been sealed up and been abandoned for nearly two decades! The young blonde realized something, if he was going to be inviting guests over for the weekend, then he was going to have to clean this place up, and he was going to have to do it fast!
But there was one problem, the house was so damn big! Three floors, four counting the basement, and there were so many things to clean. He was going to need a lot of help if he was going to pull this off.
So, he turned to his shadow clones and counted how many he had made to bring in his stuff. He realized very quickly that it was not going to be enough, so he made a familiar hand sign.
"MULTI SHADOW CLONE JUTSU!"
Several dozens of identical duplicates of the blonde puffed into existence, waiting for instruction from their creator.
"Well you guys," he said, "putting away our stuff is going to have to wait. Everybody grab a mop or a broom and lets start cleaning."
It was her lunch break and Sakura had been invited to eat at the local barbecue joint by most of her friends.
'Perfect!' Sakura thought. "This way I can ask most of them all at once and cut my search time in half! Cha!'
She made it to the restaurant and there everybody was. Ino was hanging off of Sai's arm while Tenten standing close to Rock Lee. Shikamaru and Chōji were there (it's not like Chōji would ever pass up an opportunity for some barbecue), as were Shino, Kiba and Hinata.
"Hey forehead!" Ino waved to her best friend to direct her to the correct table.
"Hey pig! Hey Sai!" Sakura greeted. "Hey everybody. Sorry if I'm a little late."
"Nay, it was no trouble at all Sakura!" Lee proclaimed.
"Yeah, don't worry about it. Actually you made it here in plenty of time." Tenten said.
"So where's Naruto?" Shino asked as Sakura took her seat.
"He's a bit busy getting things situated so he didn't have time to join ups today, unfortunately."
"What do you mean he's getting situated?" Shikamaru asked curiously.
Sakura grinned, 'Well, I guess it's time already.' "Well you see, yesterday Naruto and I—"
"WAIT!" Chōji yelled out. "The waitress is coming! Lets order the food first, then we can all talk!
Sakura couldn't help the vein that appeared on her forehead as Chōji so callously interrupted her. But whatever, it could wait.
After everyone ordered their food, Kiba picked up the original conversation. "Hey Sakura, what were you saying earlier about you and Naruto?"
"Yeah, did you two do the nasty or something?" Ino asked in total cockiness.
"INO-PIG!" Sakura yelled with her face as red as a tomato.
"Just kidding forehead! Jeez! Get a grip!"
"You didn't have to make a joke like that while we're in a public place!"
"Yeah, I kind of did. But seriously, what were you going to tell us earlier?"
Sakura eventually calmed down, and Hinata was able to get a hold of her own blushing, and the conversation picked back up. "Well, what I was saying was that yesterday Naruto and I were called into Lord Hokage's office and he presented Naruto with something he stumbled across as he was doing paperwork one day."
"What was it?" asked Hinata.
Sakura answered, "It was his parent's will."
There were a few audible gasps as the group of teens and war heroes all heard this.
"Lord Fourth and his wife left a will for Naruto?" Sai asked in surprise.
"Yeah, and it said that in the event of their untimely deaths, that all of their money and belongings were supposed to go to him. But the will left him with more than just money."
"What else did they leave him?" asked Chōji.
"Well...they left him a house."
"What?! Get out of town!" Kiba reacted in alarm.
"Naruto...he has his own house now..." Hinata said mostly to herself in shock.
Sakura nodded her head. "Yep! That's why he couldn't join us today unfortunately. He needed to spend the day moving out his stuff from his old apartment into his new house."
"I suppose that makes sense," Shino said in his usual monotone voice.
"Holy crap!" Ino swore, "That's one heck of an inheritance."
"Indeed," Sai agreed with his girlfriend. "I would very much like to the see this new living arrangement of Naruto's."
Now was the time for Sakura to drop the bomb. "Well I'm kind of glad you said that Sai, because that brings me to something I wanted to ask all of you guys." She got all of their attention turned to her as she continued. "Naruto and I decided to host a party at his new place this weekend and he asked me to tell you all and see if you guys wanted to come by."
"A party?" Tenten questioned.
"Yeah, we're gonna have food and everything. We've even got a pool in the back yard."
"Heck yeah!" Kiba proclaimed, "I've got nothing planned for this weekend. I'll pay the ol' fart master a visit."
Even Hinata, usually the embodiment of innocence and propriety, could not help but chuckle to herself at the memory of the embarrassingly hilarious way Naruto defeated her teammate long ago during the Chūnin Exams.
"I'll be happy to come see Naruto's home," she said politely.
"It sounds troublesome, but what the hell, count me in," Shikamaru said.
"I love a good party, especially if there's gonna by free food! I'm there!" Chōji stated.
"A pool? Awesome! A chance to show off my new bikini! Tell your boyfriend I'll be there!" Ino proclaimed.
Sakura gritted her teeth behind her lips as her hands formed fists in her lap. 'Pig! Don't you dare try flirting with my man, you hear me!'
"I'll be attending as well," Sai said.
"Sounds like fun. I'll be there," Tenten agreed.
"Yosh! We shall enjoy good times of friendly bonding and bountiful revels at friend Naruto's new establishment!" Lee proclaimed way too enthusiastically, though Tenten did smile pretty warmly at this...
"What he said," was Shino's only response as he rolled his eyes behind his sunglasses.
'Great!" Sakura said with glee and their food arrived, "I know it will mean a lot to Naruto to see all of you there."
"No problem forehead," Ino said in a friendly tone. "By the way, how are you two getting along now that you've started dating anyway?"
"Actually, we're doing great. I don't think I've ever felt happier in my life than when I'm with him...Thanks again for all of your advice Ino."
"No problem Sakura," Ino said as she held onto Sai's hand. "You helped me and Sai get together, I was just returning the favor. I always had a feeling about you two since Sasuke left, and we're all just glad the idiot's been treating you right."
"In speaking of Sasuke," Shikamaru interrupted, "you don't suppose that he'll be coming to the party also, do you?"
Sakura frowned, "I wouldn't count on it. I'm sure Naruto would love for him to be there, but we haven't heard any word from him since last time he left."
"You mean the time after you and Naruto first got together?" Shino reasoned out.
"Yeah."
"Well fear not Sakura! Sasuke may not be able to attend, but the rest of us will not pass up this opportunity to take part in this festivity of chivalry!"
Sakura giggled at Lee's enthusiastic display. "Thanks Lee."
"You know," Tenten suggested, "maybe Lee and I could invite Guy-sensei? It would do him some good to get out of the house and have some fun for a little while."
"Hey! That's a great idea!" Sakura agreed.
"Shino, Hinata and I could ask Kurenai-sensei too, she might even bring Mirai with her." Kiba added.
Sakura pondered, "I suppose I could try inviting Kakashi-sensei, but he'll probably be way too busy to make time for a party."
"Why don't you try inviting Iruka-sensei too?" Hinata suggested. "I'm sure it would mean a lot to Naruto."
"Good idea Hinata, I can't believe I hadn't thought of that!"
"You might as well invite Konohamaru and his friends too," Shikamaru said in his usual disinterested tone. "You know the kid's gonna throw a fit if he found out Naruto threw a housewarming party and he wasn't invited."
Sakura sighed, "How is it you're always right about everything?"
"I'm not, just a lot of the time. Besides, somebody's got to be the brains for our favorite blonde moron." The Nara's comment got a laugh from everyone, even Hinata, who was able to tell from his tone the he meant it purely as an ironic compliment.
"Thanks Shikamaru," Sakura laughed, "but as his girlfriend, being his brains in supposed to be my job now...Not that it ever wasn't of course." This earned an even bigger laugh from everyone as they all started eating their lunch in peace.
"Whew!" Naruto said as he wiped the sweat from his forehead and he and his clones had to sit down form all of the cleaning they just did. Thank God he was a master of the Shadow Clone Jutsu or else keeping this place clean would have been an absolute nightmare! He'd have to call in help from his friends, and that would have completely destroyed the surprise when the party came. And he wasn't about to burden Sakura, she had work to do.
There was still some more work to go, but he was able to get a lot done thanks to his small army of clones that were assigned to multiple tasks at once. They scrubbed each and every room top-to-bottom, not taking any detail for granted.
But for the moment, Naruto thanked all of his clones for their good work before he dispelled them and sat down in his parlor room. He was tempted to get himself a drink from his private bar, but he was technically still a minor, so that would have to wait a few years still. Plus there was that whole Three Prohibitions thing that Pervy Sage once taught him about.
'Master,' the young man thought to himself, 'I wish you could have been here to see this. I miss you a lot. You, mom and dad, the Third, Neji, everyone.'
He decided to go into the kitchen for a glass of tap water, a couple of glasses actually which he practically inhaled in mere seconds.
He looked around the house and took pride in how good it looked...but then frowned at how much he still had to go. And that wasn't even counting him double checking that the back yard was clean and ready too.
Groaning loudly for no one but himself to hear, he decided that there was no point in dillydallying any longer and created another army of clones. It was time to get back to work again.
'Hmm...I wonder if Sakura's gotten anybody to agree to come the party or not?'
After lunch, Sakura went back to work at the hospital in a good mood. So far things had been going very well. She had already gotten Tsunade, Shizune, and all of her former classmates to come to the party. They, incidentally, were going to make the job a lot easier on her as they were going to invite their own sensei's and friends to come as well. All she needed to worry about now was Kakashi and Konohamaru and his friends.
Now Konohamaru would be a piece of cake just as soon as she found him; the boy saw Naruto like his big brother and what kid can resist a fun time at a party? Kakashi on the other hand...that had her a bit worried. Being the Hokage, obviously, took up a lot of your time. She couldn't exactly be disappointed if he had the say no. Still, he was her teacher and almost like a second father to her and Naruto since they were children, so she had to at least try.
As luck would have it, hours later, as she was walking toward the Academy after getting off of her shift at work, she noticed three familiar young Genin walking the village streets, one of whom was a brown haired boy wearing a familiar blue scarf.
"Hey Konohamaru!" Sakura waved to the boy.
"Hey Sakura!" the boy waved back as he, Udon and Moegi ran up to her. "What's up? How's Naruto?"
"He's doing great. I was looking for you three actually."
"Huh? What for?"
"Well, Naruto just inherited a house from his parents and he and I are hosting a party there this weekend. I just wanted to let you know in case you wanted to come. We're gonna have free food and there's even a pool in the back yard."
"No way! Really?!" the boy said in excitement. Sakura found it kind of cute how much he reminded her of a younger Naruto. She could have told the kid about everything else that was at the house, the hot tub and the private hot springs for example, but like with all of her friends, she didn't want to spoil the surprise.
Konohamaru didn't need to think twice about it, "Darn right I'll be there!"
"Me too!" Moegi agreed.
"Ditto!" Udon also agreed wiping his runny nose.
After telling the kids the address, which, much like with Shikamaru, got the young Sarutobi confused because he had never seen any house out there before, to which Sakura had to persuade him to trust her, she then parted ways and headed towards the Academy.
Before making her way to the Hokage's office, she decided to stop by a familiar classroom and knock on the door.
"Yes. Come in." a voice said from the other side. Sakura opened the door to be greeted by a familiar middle aged shinobi with a scar across his nose. "Aw Sakura! Hello there! Its been a while!"
"Yes it has sensei."
"How are you and Naruto doing?"
"We're doing great, couldn't be happier."
"That's great. I happy that my favorite student got himself a happy ending...Ah! No offense dear!" Iruka waved his hands in a panic.
"It's okay sensei, I know what you meant. That's actually why I wanted to see you."
"Excuse me?"
"Iruka-sensei, I know how much Naruto respects you, you're like a father to him. Well, his parent's left him a house in their will and he and I are throwing a party there this weekend. I know it would mean a lot to him if you could be there."
Iruka merely smiled. "Sakura, you don't need to say another word. I would be more than happy to go. Where's the address?"
Sakura was all smiles as she told the address to her old teacher and they parted ways. Now came the hardest part.
She made her way up the stairs leading to the Hokage's office. Once she got up there they knocked on the door. "Come in," she heard from the other side. She opened the door and saw her old master at his desk, doing some serious work instead of slacking off and reading his dirty books.
"Aw Sakura, pleasure seeing you today," Kakashi greeted her politely.
"Hai sensei. Please pardon the interruption, but Naruto and I wanted to ask you something."
"Oh by all means, what is it?"
"Well...remember that house that was in Naruto's parent's will that you sent us to find the other day?"
"Aw yes! I've been meaning to ask you two about that! Did you find it?"
"Yes, it was hidden behind an invisibility genjutsu so no one would stumble across it until the family was ready to move in, and even then it required two people to release the genjutsu just as added protection from anyone who may have stumbled across it before then."
Kakashi took all of this in, rubbing his chin in contemplation. "Well, that certainly does answer a lot of my questions." He looked back at the pink-haired young woman, "What was the house like?"
"Actually sensei, Naruto and I have been talking and we decided that we wanted to throw a party at Naruto's house this weekend. I understand that as Hokage you're a very busy man and you probably won't have time to come, but as our teacher I felt I should ask—"
"Sakura," Kakashi interrupted, "you don't have to worry about anything. I can make arrangements and find time to stop by perfectly fine."
"R-Really sensei?"
Kakashi smiled beneath his mask, "Of course!"
Sakura, in a spontaneous moment of emotion, actually ran up to his desk and enveloped Kakashi in a hug. "Arigato sensei!"
Kakashi returned the hug briefly before breaking it. "My pleasure Sakura. Tell Naruto I'll find the time to stop by, I'm looking forward to seeing what home my old sensei left behind for his only son."
'Well then, you and everyone else are in for one heck of a surprise!' Both Sakura and Inner Sakura each thought to themselves in perfect harmony.
With the arrangements made, teacher and student parted ways and Sakura started heading home. 'Well, I guess that does it. Naruto, all of our friends are coming...Well, except for Gaara and his siblings I guess, or Killer B, or everyone else we met in the war, but everyone who lives here is coming at least...Almost everyone...Sasuke, if only you were here now to see this.'
With the facts accepted, Sakura decided not to go home to her parents quite yet, instead figuring she ought to pay a quick visit to check in on her favorite knucklehead.
Naruto was exhausted, which was saying a lot for someone of his legendary stamina! He had just finished cleaning the entire three-story house, plus some sprucing up in the basement, and taking care of some extra yard work and maintenance, and stopped by the market to pick up all the food that he didn't currently have in stock in his pantry, mostly meats to barbecue and such.
If any other human being had attempted what he had in one day they would not survive all of the labor. But thanks to said stamina, and the aid of a lot of shadow clones, his home was now spick and span. To be fair, he did go a little overboard to make sure everything was as perfect as it could be, but only because he was just moving in and was inviting guests over for the first time. He doubted that taking care of this place would be quite this hard from now on, or at least there wouldn't be as much pressure to do so much in one day.
And the funniest thing about it? All those boxes of stuff he brought over from his old apartment were still resting in the living room! He'd been so busy just with cleaning that he didn't have time to get to the thing that he had planned on doing today in the first place!
He had just gotten out of the shower, his brand new walk-in shower that was large enough to hold two people easily, and was relaxing on his master bed. The bed was so soft it was like lying on a giant marshmallow, he thought he was going to sink into it because it was so comfortable.
He had his eyes closed just enjoying the peace and quiet. He could easily fall asleep because of his exhaustion and comfort...
...That is, until he heard a knock on his bedroom door.
"Umm...come in?" Naruto asked with raised eyebrows.
The double-doors opened to reveal his girlfriend with a smile on her face.
"Sakura?"
"Hey. I was wondering why you didn't hear me calling you from downstairs. What had you been doing all day? I thought you were going to put away all of your old stuff, but the boxes are still in the living room."
"That was the plan, but I saw that the house needed some work before the party, so me and my shadow clones spent the whole day cleaning it from top to bottom, the yards too."
"You cleaned this entire house by yourself in one day! Jeez! You should have told me! I could have helped you."
Naruto sat up on the bed, "Sweetie, you have a life and a job, I wasn't going to distract you from any of that. And besides, you're my girlfriend, not my maid!"
Sakura was touched by what he just said. "Naruto..."
She walked up to him and kissed him right on the mouth. He quickly returned the kiss and she came onto the bed with him. The kiss was becoming a full blown make out session as the young lovers indulged in one another...
...At least, until they realized the full reality of their situation. There they were, two seventeen-year-olds, in a new relationship, making out on the guy's bed.
Their hormones were practically beckoning them to give into their urges, but they nevertheless had enough self-control to break free and blush.
"Sorry," Sakura said adjusting her clothes.
"Don't be," Naruto said in a voice and with a raised eyebrow and smirk that looked and sounded way to smug.
Sakura grabbed a pillow from the bed and whacked him in the head with it. "You dork!"
Naruto took the hit, but he wasn't gonna go down without a fight, not this time! He grabbed another pillow off of the bed and eyed his girlfriend.
"Oh no! Don't you even think about—"
She didn't get to finish her sentence as her boyfriend whacked her in the face with the soft pillow. This led her to hit him back with her own pillow, and him again with his, and vise verse for several minutes.
The impromptu pillow fight was a lot of fun and a great way for both of them to blow off some steam. After their game and some joyful laughing, Sakura snuggled herself closer to him as she too enjoyed the softness of both Naruto's bed and Naruto himself.
"So, you said that everyone is coming?" he asked.
"Yep, even Kakashi-sensei says he'll find time to make it."
"Baby, you're the greatest!" The blonde kissed the pinkette's forehead as she smiled in contentment.
"Naruto?"
"Yeah."
"I love you."
"I love you too."
The two teens shared one more loving kiss as they enjoyed each others company.
But, seemingly as soon as it began, Sakura needed to get up off the bed and head for the door. "Well sorry to kiss and run, but I'd better be getting home before my parents start to worry about me."
"Okay, bye sweetie!"
"Bye!" she said as she winked at him and blew him one more kiss before closing the bedroom door behind her.
Naruto merely laid back down on the bed and smiled like an idiot. 'How did I ever get so lucky?' That was the question that was on his mind as fell asleep on his new master bed for the first time.
Well, there you go! The house is all ready and clean and the party guests have all been invited. I hope that you guys enjoyed this.
Incidentally, Naruto's smug way of saying "Don't be" after having just made out with Sakura was inspired by a scene from the awesome three-part "Justice League" episode "Starcrossed." There is a scene where Batman and Wonder Woman are on the run from the Thanagarians and they are out of their costumes and hiding in a public restaurant, so Diana kisses Bruce to make it harder for the Hawkmen to recognize them. After they break apart Diana tires to apologize, to which Bruce makes the same reply in a similar tone.
Well anyway, I hope you all enjoyed this chapter, and I hope to see you all again next time. Until then, see ya!