New Year's Kiss

[MistressYondaime]

	New Year's Kiss hey guys.. i haven't been on in like a month because of a whole lot of stuff .. but now i'm all rested up and ready to write one story in honor of New Year's. ^^ hoping ya'll will enjoy reading it as much as i enjoy writing it! ^^ ~New Year's Kiss~ "You will come to Naruto-sama's New Year party right, Aoi?" Itachi asked you as he sprawled out across the yellow grass. Aoi could see his breath in the crisp winter air. "I don't really want to go, Itachi... I told you that." "It'll be alot of fun. Me, you, and everybody else. What do you have to lose?" "I... I don't know... New Year's is... just ... I've had stuff happen in the past on New Year's.. i'd prefer to be alone Itachi." "Well you have a couple of hours to think about it." Itachi said icily, sending shivers down Aoi's spine. Itachi disappeared. 'Sigh... If you only knew...' Aoi looked up towards the sky and saw that the stars were already up and twinkling. 'I guess I might as well go.. If.. it gets too bad, then I can leave...' Aoi sighed again and walked off towards Naruto's place. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Aoi stopped in front of Naruto-sama's door, she took a deep breath and knocked firmly. The door was flung open and the smell of holiday cooking and warm cinnamon flooded her nose. "Aoi-chan! Come in! Come in!" Ino-sama ushered her into the large, warm house. The lights in the house were dim but very inviting and made a warm glow inside. "... What are you wearing Aoi-chan?" Ino-sama looked at her. "Umm... my..." "Did you just come-back from a mission?" "No... I..." "You can't expect me to just let you stay in those clothes! We need to get you cleaned up. Come." Ino-sama led the way into the master bedroom. "Are the guests arriving now, honey?" Naruto-sama mumbled without looking up from his unorganized stack of papers. "No, no... I'm going to be busy for a bit. So if you hear the door, go get it." Ino-sama chirped happily. Naruto looked up at Ino and Aoi with his electric blue eyes and smiled. "Aoi-chan, I see you've been captured by Ino-chan." he chuckled. "Yes, sir. I guess so." Aoi giggled. "Well. We have to hurry now." Ino-sama dragged her off into the bathroom. "Okay, so this is for your hair and this is also for your hair. Use this first then that. After you're done with that, use this for your body. Make sure it's bubbly before you scrub your body with it. You have 10 minutes. The towels are in there. Use the purple towels, those are mine, I'm pretty sure you don't want to use Naruto's. His are orange. As for me, I'm going to be looking for a kimono that will suit you..." Ino-sama walked out. Aoi looked at all the stuff in her hands and shrugged and took a shower. Aoi climbed out of the tub and reached for a fluffy purple towel. She turned around and looked at herself in the mirror. Her shoulder-length raven black hair was slick and wet with water, and her twilight eyes twinkled. Ino-sama barged in. "Ugh! You're finally done! I think I have the perfect kimono for you." Ino-sama dragged her out of the bathroom. "This will absolutely suit you. The blue is going to bring out those pretty eyes of yours and ah! I'm excited. Hurry, we still have to do your hair and make-up." "You're so pretty, why don't you ever dress up?" Ino-sama sighed. Aoi shrugged. "No matter, you need makeup and I need to do your hair." Aoi was once again dragged into the bathroom. "Finally, we're done. AND we still have 10 minutes to spare." Ino-sama chirped happily. Aoi looked at herself in the mirror. The kimono was a deep sapphire blue with silver specks scattered around the hem, in a deeper blue, there were majestic mountains. The obi was a dark grey and was tightly wrapped around her small waist. She had blue-grey eyeshadow on, further bringing out her twilight eyes and matching her kimono. Her pink lips shined with the "super-shine" lip gloss Ino-sama had put on her. Aoi's hair was in a simple yet elegant bun, tied with a blue satin ribbon. "I... feel pretty..." Aoi looked at herself. "Baby, you ARE pretty. You just don't know how to show it off." Ino-sama fixed an invisible flaw in her hair. Aoi smiled, reminded that she was raised by her older brother. "Honey! Guests are arriving now! Might wanna hurry up!" Naruto-sama called from the front. "Good good. Right on time. Come on." Ino-sama once again began dragging Aoi through the house. It was Sasuke and Sakura-sama, along with their new baby daughter, Kyoko. "Welcome welcome!" Ino and Naruto-sama ushered them in. Sasuke and Naruto-sama immediately began arguing over who's baby was going to be better. Sasuke-sama turned around and took the chortling Kyoko to show Naruto. Naruto did the same with Yumi. Both babies began squealing when they saw each other. Yumi even attempted to grab Kyoko's hand. "No Yumi!" Naruto scolded her for attempting to make friends with the 'enemy' baby. "Aoi-chan! You look so pretty all dressed up like that." Sakura-sama complimented her. "Thank you." Aoi replied shyly. After Sasuke and Sakura-sama's arrival, then came: Shino-sama, Neji-sama, Shikamaru-sama, Choji-sama, Ten-Ten-sama, Hinata-sama, Kiba-sama along with Akamaru, Rock Lee-sama, and Itachi was last. "Aoi-chan, you... look... great." Itachi complimented her as everyone did. "Thanks..." She looked away and blushed. The festivites went on well into the night, "5 minutes everyone!!" Sakura-sama announced as she bounced Yumi on her hip. Aoi looked up at the clock. 11:55, the exact time as her father began murdering the family, 10 years ago. Her mind filled with horrible images of her past and her eyes filled with hot tears. "Excuse me, I'll be out for a second." Aoi briskly walked out the door. As soon as she was out the door, Aoi began running. She ran until she couldn't run anymore. Aoi found herself in the forest and sank down next to a large tree. The ice cold air of winter burned in her lungs. Her hot blood rushed through her body. Aoi began crying. "Aoi-chan?" someone called softly. "Yes?" she hiccuped. "Found you." Itachi pulled her up and hugged her. "I told you I can't go out on New Year's." she cried softly into his shoulder. "Shh...shh... It's okay..." he soothed her. "No! It's not okay! My fath...I can't be with you." Aoi pushed him away and Itachi's eyes flashed anger for a second. "I can't be with you Itachi, I... My past is... isn't the most perfect thing in the world. My past is...." Aoi was silenced by a tender kiss, she pulled away with surprise. "I told you before and I'll tell you again. I don't care what kind of past you have, I don't care if your demented father will come to kill me, you and our family. I don't care, I can kill the bastard before he ever touches you or me, I probably have a more screwed up past than you do. We can do this Aoi, we can, because... I love you." "Itachi..." Aoi's eyes filled with even more tears. Itachi pulled her in for another kiss. His lips were soft and tender. In the distance, Aoi heard the bell tower toll twelve times. Midnight and a new year. HAPPY NEW YEAR'S EVERYONE!!!! Hope you guys liked it ^^

[uzamaki549]

	wow! whew that was long!