Sweet Nectar

Prologue. The Case

Third person POV

It's a pretty normal morning in Japan, streets full of students chatting and office workers talking on the phone. Children ran around chasing after each other with bright smiles and giggles. Shops opened with owners giving out free samples for people to try.

For one particular blonde boy who wore roller blades, avoiding bumping into people, he swiftly slid through the crowd greeting everyone with a beaming smile. Everyone in the neighbourhood knew this cheerful blonde.

Uzumaki Naruto, age 20, his mother Uzumaki Kushina passed away due to difficult birth. His father Namikaze Minato, age 42, wanted to remember her so he made Naruto take over his own mother's surname. The two only had each other left.

Minato was really protective of his baby boy, he took care of him and raised him up all by himself. As a teacher himself, he taught Naruto and took him to school everyday. Turns out, Naruto became quite popular because of his looks and personality.

After he graduated from highschool, he went to the same University which Minato studied in and graduated first class honour. He even got a good job as a reporter from the biggest news media company—Konoha Media Co.

"Arara~ Naruto chan! You're so energetic today! Did you eat breakfast?" An old lady who worked in a bakery shop waved at him.

Naruto stopped in his tracks to talk to her. He smiled and shook his head bashfully. His stomach growled a bit at the smell of bread coming from her shop.

"Ah Ohayo baa chan! I didn't have time to eat today..."

The old lady bended down slowly and took out some small bite sized chocolate doughnuts packed in a paper bag. She handed it over to the blonde.

"Good! Try out my newly baked chocolate doughnuts!"

Naruto lit up with sparkly eyes and bowed at her. "Arigatou baa chan! I will come visit you everyday!"

"Naruto! Have this salmon onigiri! One for your father Minato too!" The man from the onigiri shop stuffed two onigiris into the bag.

"Oh! Also this iced fruit tea is for you, Naru chan!" The woman from the fruit store gave him a cup of it.

The blonde got flustered by the food they gave to him but suddenly remembered that he was rushing to the office because he was almost late! He checked the time on his watch and widened his eyes.

Oh shoot.

Four minutes left.

To be exact, three minutes and forty nine seconds left.

"Gotta run! Thank you for the food, minna san!" He waved back enthusiastically and started skating to the office.

The three shop owners stared at the back of the blonde and sighed with a smile.

Uzumaki Naruto just made their day brighter.

Turning left and right, he finally arrived at the building he worked in. He scanned his worker ID and entered just right on time, sighed in relief as he walked towards the lift and pressed 5th floor.

The lift slowly went up and while it was going up, Naruto took off his rollerblades and wore his normal shoes.

*Ding~*

The elevator door slid open and he stepped out holding his rollerblades. He hummed a little tune and passed by his colleagues with smiles. Everyone in the news department really liked Naruto, he's hardworking, a quick learner and loves to help others.

When he got to his office desk, he sat down placing his rollerblades and food on the side and started his work. The papers stacked on his desk and files needed to be sorted out. He turned on his laptop, another hand reached into the bag and grabbed a mini choco doughnut to eat.