Hello everybody, thesaiyanjedi is back again with the latest chapter of "A Surprise Inheritance."

Sorry if I've been gone for a while, things have been a bit busy lately, and even this chapter I fear may have been rushed a bit. Still, I think you guys might enjoy it.

With that said, let's get to reading!

Chapter 6: The Guests Arrive

"Okay, is everything set?"

"Looks like it. You ready for this?"

"I think so...Actually, I don't think I've ever thrown a party before. Hell, I rarely ever had friends over to my old apartment."

"Hey, don't be nervous about anything. This will go over great. And besides, you've got me here to pull your ass out of the fire in case anything goes wrong."

The pink-haired girl laid a peck on the cheek of the blonde-haired boy, causing him to give her yet another of his signature goofy grins, one that she gave him right back.

"Okay," the girl started with confidence, "lets go over the checklist one more this just in case. You did all the house and yard work yesterday, and all your stuff's been put away. So...pantry?"

"Fully stocked."

"Meat?"

"All bought and hanging in the cold pantry."

"Barbecue pit?"

"Cleaned and ready for grilling!"

"Pool?"

Cleaned and filed with fresh water."

"Hot tub?"

"Same."

"Spare towels?"

"As many as I could find in the house."

"Tables?"

"Set up outside already."

"Plates, napkins, silverware?"

"Got 'em all!"

"Okay then! Naruto, I'd say you're all set to throw your first party!"

"Thanks Sakura...Y'know, I couldn't have done all of this without you."

"Aww...my pleasure sweetie!"

She leaned in and kissed her boyfriend, who wrapped his arms around her waist as she wrapped her own around his neck. The kiss lasted only a few seconds, but it felt like several minutes.

After they parted, they smiled as they looked into each others eyes, long enough that they both started laughing at each other for no particular reason.

"Everyone should be showing up soon," Naruto said. "I guess I'll go greet everyone. I can't wait to see the looks on all of their faces!"

"Hey! Are you sure we're all heading in the right direction?" Kiba complained.

"These are the directions Sakura gave us," Shino reasoned, "so I have to assume we are going the correct way...Still, it is strange to expect a house this far on the outskirts of the village."

"I swear, if Naruto and forehead set this all up as some stupid prank, I'm gonna knock both of their blocks off!" Ino yelled.

"Ino," Hinata said as she put her hands up, "maybe you shouldn't be so mean. I'm sure Naruto and Sakura wouldn't lie to us."

"Hinata's right," Shikamaru reasoned, "but then again, I've been out to this part of the village before and I've never seen any sort of house out here."

"Whatever the case, we should be coming within range of the address by now, right Lady Tsunade?" Sai asked.

"I believe so," Tsunade said as she thought to herself, 'Please don't let this all be a prank! That wine sounded so good!'

"Hey! I think I see it!" Konohamaru shouted excitedly.

The company of twenty came within sight of an open field and within the center of it was a large black fence, which included a large, elegantly decorated gate.

"Umm...are we sure that this is the right house?" Tenten asked in disbelief.

"This was where the directions pointed us to," Kurenai answered stunned, her baby daughter Mirai held in her arms.

"Such a luxurious entryway! Surely the home resting within such boundaries much be exquisite indeed!" Lee stated in amazement as he pushed his sensei's wheelchair.

"I could not agree more Lee!" Guy said with a thumbs up and his signature nice guy smile.

"So...what now? Do we knock or something?" Udon asked having now clue.

Iruka was the one to step forward. "Let me look at it."

He walked up to the gate and looked to see if there was some sort of lock or something on it. He tried turning the handle and found that it was already unlocked. Clearly Naruto wanted to be as open to his guests as he could.

Iruka opened the gate and peeked inside the fence, his face almost faulting in shock as he saw the three-story house and huge, lush, beautiful front yard that lay before it.

"Hey you guys, you've all got to come see this!"

Everyone gathered at the open gate and were left speechless as well.

"Ho...ly...CRAP!" Ino proclaimed.

"This place looks awesome!" Konohamaru yelled in excitement.

"There's no way that this is the right address," Shizune was forced to rationalize to herself.

"I wish I could say for sure," Yamato replied, unable to decide for himself whether he agreed that this was all for real or not.

"All right, let me go take care of this!"

Everyone stood back as their Hokage, Kakashi Hatake, was the first to walk through the gate and onto the front lawn. Well, actually he walked along the brick pathway that weaved it's way through the grass towards the front porch. Kakashi took notice of the scenery surrounding the house as he walked through.

'I have to admit, this is all very lovely. If this is the right place, then Minato-sensei and Lady Kushina completely outdid themselves.'

Kakashi made it to the front doors as he got a good look at the house itself...Oh yeah! whoever built this place seriously outdid themselves.

He knocked on the door and waited a few seconds before it opened.

"Kakashi-sensei! I'm so happy you made it!"

"N-Naruto?"

"Yeah? Is something wrong sensei?"

The Sixth Hokage looked like his eyes were getting ready to burst out of his head. "Is...Is this..." He gestured to the entire estate, "Is all of this...y-your house?!"

Naruto closes his eyes and put on a shit-eating grin; this was exactly the reaction he was hoping for. "Yep! This is the right place! What do you think?! Pretty awesome right?!"

Kakashi felt a sudden, but powerful sense of pride flow through him as he smiled at his student beneath his signature mask. "Congratulations Naruto, it is an amazing home your parents have left you."

"Arigato sensei. But you haven't seen anything yet!"

"Kakashi-sensei!" Sakura said as she too came to the door to greet their old teacher.

"Hello Sakura. I'm pleased to see you here already."

"Arigato sensei," she bowed.

Kakashi then turned back to the front gate and called out at the top of his voice, "Its alright! You all can come in now!"

"With that, the front gate opened and the other nineteen guests entered the property, all of them looking around at the house and the front yard like it was the most amazing home they had ever seen. The paint job on the house itself was beautiful, the lawn freshly cut, the brick path that led to the circular patio, all of it was impressive. Ino, being a florist, couldn't help but get caught up in the beautiful selection of colorful flowers that lined the front of the house.

As everyone made it to the front porch, they almost wanted to pinch themselves as they saw that, yes, Naruto and Sakura were the ones standing in the front door waiting for them. This was no prank, this was the real deal!

"Hey guys!" Naruto said. "Welcome to my home! What do you think?"

"Nii-chan!" Konohamaru shouted, "is all of this really yours?!"

"Darn right it is kid! Pretty awesome huh?!"

"Fuck yeah!" the boy shouted before Moegi clonked him on the head. "Ow! What was that for?!"

"That was for language. Ebisu-sensei isn't here so somebody has to keep you in line!"

Sakura giggled to herself, 'Well that sure looks familiar.'

"I have to hand it to you Naruto, I'm impressed," said Sai.

"I think that goes for all of us," Yamato added.

"Your home is beautiful Naruto," Hinata said politely.

"Yeah! This kicks ass!" Kiba said with a smirk.

"Yosh! The springtime of youth shines brightly on your home Naruto!" both Lee and Guy said together in perfect unison, creeping a lot of people out.

"Not too bad brat," Tsunade said trying to sound professional, but a slight smirk on the side of her lip betrayed her true feelings.

"Thanks you guys," Naruto said with pride. "But if you think the front yard is amazing, wait until you see the inside. Come on in!"

He open both doors wide to allow everyone to file into the entrance hall, and everybody's jaws hit the floor.

Naruto and Sakura proceeded to give them all a guided tour of the entire house and their wasn't a single room, not a single hallway, that did not impress. Everyone was dumbstruck by the enormous—scratch that, ridiculous—number of rooms that their friend had in his house. The living room and parlor rooms were lovely, and the adults, namely Tsunade, were all quite jealous of the private bar that was in the far corner of the parlor room. Heck, how many of them could say that they had a house with an actual fireplace?!

The dining room was very big and it filled them with images of Naruto, Sakura, and the rest of them sitting down for a party like they are now. Maybe with their own families in a few year's time.

Even the kitchen was impressive with how elegant it was. Chōji needed to be tightly held back when he saw the inside of Naruto's pantries. And the others had to confess, they were all pretty jealous too...and hungry.

They were shown the basement level next and, while there wasn't nearly as much to see, they were still surprised by the size and scale of it. They were especially jealous when they saw the wine cellar! Some of them asked for a peak inside the family vault, but Naruto decided that this was something he'd rather keep private, which they all understood.

Going back upstairs, Naruto and Sakura showed their guests the second floor and the wide assortment of rooms that were on that floor. They saw the Fourth Hokage's unused office (now Naruto's office), the humongous library and study, the private training dojo complete with meditation room and weapons room (Tenten loved that part), the rec room and the entertainment room.

Everyone was beyond impressed, but they were also getting more and more jealous by the moment. Naruto couldn't deny that he was getting a certain sense of glee from this, shameful though it was.

The couple led the group up to the final floor and quickly showed them all of the bedrooms, which, once again, left them all impressed. They saved the master bedroom for last, and this prompted a joke from Ino.

"Wow forehead, I'd say you landed one hell of a keeper! Makes me wonder what kinds of naughtiness you two have been up to in there," she finished while wagging her eyebrows suggestively.

"INO!" Both Naruto and Sakura shouted as they each turned red as a tomato at the platinum blonde's implication.

Nobody else could resist laughing at them either, not even the three youngest, heck Knonohamaru might have laughed the hardest of all of them. The only person who wasn't laughing was Hinata, because she was too busy blushing at the thought of what Sakura and Naruto, her former crush and first love, really were doing behind those closed doors.

"Alright, I think you guys have seen the whole house now," Naruto said getting over his discomfort from Ino's comment. "I would ask you all what you think, but I think all of your reactions have answered for you. So...what do you all say we take you guys out into the back yard and get this party started?!"

They all cheered in approval, save for the emotionally reserved ones like Shikamaru and Shino, and started heading down both flights of stairs. Naruto was about to go follow them, when he was stopped as Sakura grabbed his arm to stop him.

"I'd say this has been going pretty well so far, don't you?" Sakura asked with cockiness, already knowing his answer.

"Heck yeah! Those guys must be so jealous. This party is gonna be great!" He spoke in his signature overabundant enthusiasm, but then he quickly calmed down as his face seem almost...sad.

Sakura noticed her boyfriend's sudden change, "What's wrong?"

Naruto's eyes looked down before he looked back up at his girlfriend. "I just...I mean...I wish Sasuke could have been here, that's all."

Sakura couldn't help but frown at this herself. She couldn't deny, being able to share this experience with their old teammate and best friend would have made this day truly perfect.

"I'm sorry," Sakura said, "I wish he could be here too. But look on the bright side."

"What's that?"

She wrapped her arms around his neck for the second time today, "You've still got me."

He smirked as he, also for the second time that day, wrapped his arms around her waist. "You're bad girl."

"You would know," she said as she leaned in and claimed his lips.

"Hey you two lovebirds!" Tsunade's voice called out to them, stopping the two lover's private moment instantly, "Make out on you're own time, we're waiting to see the back yard!"

The teens straightened their clothes and recomposed themselves. Sakura was the one who spoke, "Gomen m'lady, we'll be right there!"

The former kage shook her head and smirked as she went back down the stairs. 'Aw, to be young.'

The blonde and the pinkette gave each other one last look before the girl spoke. "You ready to show all our friends a good time?"

"Hell yeah!"

And that does it for another chapter. I hope at least some of you enjoyed that. Sorry if it was too short, but the main party should get started next time.

Until then, see ya!