The Girl With The Scars Book 2 {A Naruto FanFiction}

Gifts

I woke up and notice Naruto slumped in a chair by my bed. I glance at the clock by my bedside and notice the time. 7:00 am. I decide since Naruto stayed with me, he deserves some breakfast. I pull out 2 skillets, a cookie sheet, and a deep pot for boiling water. I pace to my sink and fill the pot with water. I put a filter on the faucet to make sure there would be no contaminants. I set the water to boil as I pull out several ingredients from my pantry and fridge. Short grain rice, seaweed, bacon, cheese, butter and eggs. I set it all on the counter. I hear the bubbling of water, so I put the rice in the pot. While the rice cooks, I cook the bacon in a skillet.

By the time I finish frying the bacon, I stir the rice and it is soft. I drain the water out of the pot and put the rice in a bowl next to the cookie sheet. So far, the bacon is on a serving plate and the rice is ready to be rolled up into little balls. I form triangle rice balls after the rice cooled slightly. I wrap the eight onigiri in seaweed and put them on a matching platter. I cook 6 eggs scrambled with shredded cheddar cheese on another plate that matches the other two red circle serving dishes. I put each dish in the center of my small table on the sides of my small center piece. I set 2 places with matching red plates, napkins, place mats, and utensils. You could say I have a thing about matching dining things.

I poke his face. "Hey, wake up. I made breakfast," "Five more minutes," he replies and turns his head. "I'm gonna throw my leg at you if you don't wake up," I threaten. Silence. I sit on my bed and take off my prosthetic leg. They made it where I could remove a section of it with out having to reconnected the nerves. I hold my leg like a spear and throw it at his face. Him and my leg fall with a thump on my wooden floor. I hop to him and pick up my leg. "Breakfast," I smile down at him. I hop all the way to my chair and put my leg back on. He appears rubbing his cheek. "I forgot you can do that kind of thing," he mumbles. "Sit, food," I order as he sits down. I let him pick out his food first leaving me with 4 rice balls, 1/3 of the eggs and 2/3 of the bacon.

We eat together in comfortable silence. "We still haven't had your welcome back party yet," Naruto springs up. "Wha-. Well you haven't either," I counter. "Then we can have a joint party," he shrugs. "You can deal with the planning if you want. I really don't care what we do," I lean back in my chair. "Great, I have a few ideas," he grins like a Cheshire cat. "Should I be worried because of that grin," I joke. "Probably," he laughs. "Do you mind if I invite a few friends from my mission? They want to meet you guys," I ask thinking of Ren, Haru, and Kyo. "Sure," he shrugs.

Naruto POV

Hono gave me free reign on the party. I'll have to get the others to help me out with the set up. "Hey, I need to go invite everyone, so I'll let myself out. Thanks for breakfast," I wave back to her. "Don't invite the whole village please. Just the senseis, and 3 man rookie teams," she calls out. "Fine," that put a small damper on my plans but no matter. I walk out of her apartment and to the training grounds where I know most of them will be.

Kiba, Hinata, Shino, Shikamaru, Ino and Choji are training. "Hey guys, I need your help," I call them over. We all sit in a circle a talk about ideas for the party. "Maybe we can have a campfire and roast marshmallows after barbecue," Ino adds. "We can all crash at somebodies place for the night afterwards, maybe even use the gym at the academy since it is Friday night," Shikamaru inputs. "I think we should go to the gym since I don't think all of us could fit into one house," I add. "I just realize her fifteenth birthday was yesterday, guys. We should bring her gifts. We did for Naruto when he came back," Hinata realizes. We all nod in agreement. "Okay, we are inviting the senseis and the rookie teams only. Tell the rest of them to bring pillows, pajamas and blankets and a gift," I instruct them. They all nod their head and we go separate ways.

I go back to Hono's apartment to as the names of the people she wants to invite. She is slouching on her couch listening to music. "Hono-chan, what are the names of the people you want to invite?"