"Pfft, Naruto Uzumaki, the stick in the mud, a prankster?…"
Naruto sapphire orbs widened in disbelief. "You think I'm lying"
Poof
Kurama the Kitsune joined the chat.
"Trust me, you don't want to be a target of Naruto Uzumaki."
"It's starting!"
The trio watched different movies throughout the day to the late hours of the night before calling it when Gaia started yawning frequently.
(In a random guy's apartment)
In a dimly lit unorganized room, an average looking man with a pot belly wheezed roughly as he chugged the contents of a bottle. The average room reeked of alcohol and vomit and the wooden table creaked as he slammed the bottle on top of it.
"Why don't I just end it all..." He said with remorse. "My daughter... My sweet daughter. I brought her to this world but yet, I haven't brought her a single good thing" The Old man Drowned his sorrows in a mouthful gulp of Alcohol.
The old man puffed his cheeks when he felt the urge to puke. He stumbled on the floor when he tried to reach for the bathroom door handle before dumping his stomach's contents on the ground.
"How am I supposed to pay her tuition fee?" He cried. The stench of the vomit on the floor made him nauseous. His nausea came back full force and he quickly emptied his stomach's contents holding his stomach on his knees.
An eerie silence descended into the house. It was like the wind itself stood still for a moment. The silhouette of a cloud seeped through the window like a fluid before it took a demonic humanoid form. It bent to the man's ear level and spoke, "You poor little thing. Your daughter doesn't need a pathetic man who drowns his sorrow in alcohol only to vomit in his own living room. What she needs is money and there's a lot of ways to get it."
The silhouette pointed at the old TV on the old shelf. A bank advertisement was going on.
"We will take from those who have to give those that don't." The old man stared at the silhouette in trance as if it's words were his salvation.
"Come. Take my hand." The silhouette extended a clawed hand." Take my hand and receive a portion of me."
The man reached out with both hands and the moment his hands touched the otherworldly being's hands, his eyes went completely black before he started screaming, a black cloud of smoke erupting from his body.
"Haha! Yes, We like the greedy ones." It hissed like a snake who's just found it's prey.
(The next day)
Naruto came out of bed today with a goal: To have as much fun as possible staying indoors.
He tried his best but he quickly lost interest in everything he tried to do.
"Oi, kozo, care for another round?" Kurama came out to play video games with Naruto. Thanks to his opposable thumbs, something Gaia hadn't noticed until now, he was able to grab the controller.
"Nah, I'm too bored for a rematch. All I've done is play video games."
Gaia sighed in the corner. She tried to contact his friends - keyword friends - but Naruto had none. The closest thing he had to friends was the red dragon emperor. Naruto once told her he could tolerate Issei, Asia and Kiba to an extent but the rest were bats to him. Unfortunately, Issei wandered off to the Underworld which left one person.
Ding dong.
Talking about a certain person.
"I'll get it." Naruto said. Kurama proofed back to the seal when He reached for the knob on the white wooden door. Naruto flung the door wide open and his mood dampened even further upon laying his eyes on the person in the front door.
"Kuroka… what an unpleasant surprise." Naruto greeted without luster.
A grimace graced her beautiful features and with little effort, she brushed Naruto aside.
"Gaia-san! How have you been" Her mood changed instantly as she gave the goddess a hug.
Naruto closed the door and went back to the game he was playing, ignoring them and just hitting the buttons with a dull look on his face.
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"I can see. He's more 'Naruto' than usual," Kuroka said, scanning Naruto with something akin to pity. "He's just clicking the buttons. Don't worry! This sexy cat will have him purring in no time!" Kuroka
marched straight to Naruto.
"Good luck. Be careful." Gaia whispered cheering her on.
Kuroka placed herself between Naruto and the screen. "Oi, Naruto, let's play a versus."
"Go. Away."Naruto replied curtly.
"Little Naru's scared of me?"
Naruto knew what she was doing and decided to play along anyway. He grabbed the other controller and gave it to her.
Naruto won every single game they played.
"You're good, but i bet you can't beat me at sports games" Kuroka boasted.
And so they played sports. Mostly racing and the blonde menace proved to be too good. He proved he was the king of video games in his house.
In the end, Naruto had a smug look on his face.
"I wanna wipe that off his face!"Kuroka raged mentally. "You're lucky I don't have much talent for video games." She said hoping not to lose face. It was all for naught though.
"Hn, Loser." Naruto channeled his inner Uchiha very well. Sasuke would be proud, heck, Madara's soul would have given him a proud nod of approval.
"I bet you'll fail at other games."
Naruto raised an eyebrow at the challenge and replied, "Hn, Bring it."
They tried different games from puzzles, to scrabble, to rock, papper, scissors, to any game an average person could play. They tried all sorts of games and Naruto stood victorious. At one point they tried Magic/Chakra enhanced games which came to an abrupt halt when Kuroka broke the table in frustration making Naruto glare at her as he demanded another table be bought instantly.
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It was 9:20pm and Kuroka, miffed at her losses today, challenged Naruto to another game. A game of poker.
"That's a bad idea," Naruto said reluctantly.
"You're scared?"She asked.
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