Chapter 22

"Someone sent a CD over to our house saying it was for your birthday." Kushina said, waving a CD as she padded towards the CD player whilst the rest settled down in the living room. Sasuke pulled Naruto onto his lap and Naruto asked her bodyguards to sit down. They sat down at the ground, close to Naruto.
The screen turned black before flashing a message. A threat. Everyone was horrified but then it disappeared and the words 'sorry it was a joke' appeared. Naruto sighed, she knew it.
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The rest of the chapter would be pretending to be the video. Double brackets would be audiences reaction and responses.
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Some one was staring at the screen as if waiting for the person to tell her to start talking. "Can I start or what?"
"I already said go, Hana!" Someone off screen exclaimed.
"Fine! Geez! No need to snap at me. Alright. Hey Naru, happy birthday! Let's hope this arrives on time! If it doesn't, blame your boss, he is in charge. Speaking of that, how's your work? I hope you're considering being the model instead of their photographers. You remember how much fun we had right?" Hana blabbered but someone interrupted her, asking her to get to the point.
((Almost everyone looked at Naruto questioningly. Her bodyguards and parents were smiling to themselves as they knew exactly what was going on))
"... What was the point?... Oh right! Birthday... Didn't I already went past the point? Anyways, Naruto, I probably should get off and let someone else talk." Hana left and someone took over the sit. A pretty good looking guy sat there holding up a sketch book with the words happy birthday in cursive Russian, that only Naruto understood because she knows how to speak that language. He then made some sign language hand gestures before he mock saluted and left.
(( Naruto smiled to herself when she saw what was signed to her. He had basically them her to call him in the most complicated way possible. Itachi questioned why he wouldn't speak and Naruto said he was mute. They all wanted to know what the guy had said but Naruto shook her head and they all turned their attention back to the video))
After a few more birthday greetings, the screen jumped to someone standing. "First time we saw her huh... She was hot. Like hot hot. You know? She was like a goddess of goddesses. She is so beautiful you don't even know how to describe her, it's like every way you describe her, it wouldn't be enough to express how beautiful she is. The guys were all tripping over each other to introduce themselves. Even Ken and Akara went over. What's so big deal them going over? They're gay so... You know, they wouldn't be as excited as others but they were! She just turned gay guys straight! The first time she was suppose to come over. We were confused as to why she was holding a camera, I think she thought she was asked to go over to be a photographer as that's her job but we confused her too. Actually, everything is Uchiha-sama's fault!"
((Again, almost everyone raised their eyebrows in confusion. Which Uchiha was she talking about?))
"Uchiha-sama had sent his BEST photographer to us! Do you have any idea how cool that was! We kinda did work it out in the end and the country gained a new politician that same day. I suppose people wouldn't understand what I'm talking about. Gosh, editor, remember to add the film of day one after this." The scene changed to a few people standing around, talking. Then Naruto walked in with a bag on her shoulder and a camera hanging off her neck, she was talking to her bodyguard about who should carry the tripod- her or them- but they reached the group of people so she just allowed her bodyguard to carry the tripod. "Are you Namikaze-Uzumaki Naruto?"
"Yes. I believe I'm here to help with the photographing of the models?"
"What?"
"Am I not?" Naruto asked, confused, her head tilting cutely. Her messy bun bounced a little from the movement. "But he sent you over saying you going to be the model, he says you're his best photographer."
"Who's the h- Madara." Naruto said in realisation, everyone had gasped at her calling the Uchiha by his first name.
((The uchihas and Itachi's friends looked surprised before sending her a few questioning glances, not sure what the connection between them was))
Naruto pulled out her phone and dialled for Madara, putting him on speaker. "So what am I suppose to do actually?"
"Well, you see, you're the perfect one for this. You are beautiful and has the perfect everything to be a model. You could lend them some of your expertise too." Madara's voice came through.
"Is that technically saying I have to be one of the people in charge? Then what about your models?"
"Yes and you don't have to worry about them. But if you do worry, you can always pop in and boss everyone around to make sure they're working. Please Naruto. I owe you one."
"... Anything I ask for?"
"Yes. I'll do anything."
"Let Obito go." Naruto had said firmly.
"What?"
"He wants to be a politician. Let him do it. He doesn't want to take over the business, it's okay. He has potential, I can see it." Naruto said.
"Fine, but only because you said he has potential and you have a good judgement." Madara said and Naruto thanked him before hanging up. She then kept her camera into the bag and adjusted the strap to make it more comfortable on her shoulder. "So... Where do we start?"
"We could start by getting you dressed and then you could see how we work and if you want to say something just take over." The manager suggested and Naruto agreed.
"Why is he in here with a camera?"
"Why are they in here?" The camera man replied with a question.
"Because they're my bodyguards." Naruto said as if it was so common for everyone to have bodyguards. Naruto took the dress and she went behind the curtains to change. When Naruto stepped out, everyone in the room gasped at the sheer beauty. She held her bundle of clothing tightly to herself, covering her chest.
((Naruto turned bright red when everyone watching the video had gasped. She hadn't even showed the whole dress and they were already captured in her beauty.))
They tried to get her to release the bundle but she backed away, her heels clacking against the floor loudly. She shook her head desperately, trying to get them to stop. "No!! I'm not pretty!!"
"Are you f*ing kidding me? The prettiest goddess in the entire universe just said she wasn't! Then all of us would be ugly blobs with deformed faces! Come on. You have a nice figure." The manager tried and Naruto reluctantly handed her clothes over, she tugged at the dress uncomfortably. "I look ugly don't I?" Naruto asks when she noticed they were all staring. "This is a bad idea. Madara shouldn't have-"
"No! Oh my GOD!!! No one here was able to fit in that dress and look as gorgeous as you do! They fit some, yes, but it was almost as if it was tailored for you!" The manager gushed, pushing her out.
"No, no. Wait! I don't know what I'm- hi?" Naruto cut herself off when everyone on set was staring. "See I look bad."
"Is she like real? She is so beautiful!!" Their exclamations of how beautiful she was surprised her. She fiddled with her fingers nervously, her self-consciousness taking over. The models all came rushing to introduce themselves until the manager announce that they should start. Naruto was standing there, her nervousness gone and replaced by a mask of professionalism. They fastward the video of them going through with a few models before Naruto had decided to take over. She took the camera from the tripod and looked at them. "What do you feel like doing?" Naruto asked the models.
"What?"
"Do a pose you feel like doing. I wanna see it." They did and Naruto snapped the photo while they were most unaware. Everyone watched in awe as the model looked as if they came to life. They were all laughing and actually having fun! Not putting on a fake smile or expression. They were joking around with each other, absolutely forgotten that Naruto had the camera and was taking their photos. "Good job guys!" Naruto called out and they froze.
"Wah?"
"Come over and take a look." The photos that showed on the laptop made them shock at the sheer professionalism and skill level it must have taken and the kid made it seem like second nature.
When it was Naruto's turn, she immediately looked scared and nervous. "Hey Hime!" One of them called out, trying to distract her. "No! It's Joo-sama to you!!" One of the girls called out, laughing. Naruto blushed and the photographer immediately took a few photographs. A few of them ran up and posed with Naruto who seems more and more comfortable.
(("You're a natural." Konan gushed. Naruto waved it off, saying she wasn't but the others started backing the blue haired woman up so Naruto just gave up with and accepted it with a smile.))

"Naru-chan! What are you doing?"
"Trying to do my homework." Naruto answered, looking up from her work for a second before turning back to it. She was dressed in one of the clothing they have to model later. It was a black lace dress with Swarovski crystal decorating the dress.
"Homework?"
"I have school you know. I'm not as old as you think I am." Naruto said drily. They approached, crowding around her. "What the hell is that?"
"That is something in chemistry. I would try explain it to you but you probably would get even more confused." Naruto said, scribbling neatly, managing to fill a whole page with words before she flipped the page to write more.

"The times Naruto fell asleep." Was the caption on the screen.
"Naruto-chan fell asleep and her bodyguards told us not to approach her to wake her up because she would lash out at anyone who touches her. She's sensitive to touch but unless she feels in danger, she wouldn't wake up with small noises." One of the models said to the camera which later panned towards Naruto covered with a jacket. "Naruto? Naruto-chan?" Her bodyguards called out, getting louder each time. "Naruto-sama?"
"Only one way to deal with this now." One of them said and the other looked at him. "To think Sasuke is going to die." That bodyguard had said it quietly but Naruto had shot up immediately. "What?! Why? Where?"
"Chill he's fine. May be I don't know. Probably out with his friends."
"How dare you use his safety against me." Naruto hissed.
"Who's this Sasuke?"
"No one you need to know." The bodyguard said, waving the models off as Naruto got up whilst grumbling and glaring at them.

"Someone wake her up." A voice whispered.
"Naruto-chan! Oiiiii!?"
"Do we have to try that method again?" One of her guards asked.
"Try someone else other than Sasuke." Another guard suggested.
"... Itachi?" After receiving a nod, he continued. "Itachi got hit by a car." The guard had mere whispered but she jumped up, looking scared and worried and she was generally panicking. "What? How?!" After a look at her bodyguards grinning at her, she groaned and buried her face into her hands. "Please stop joking about their safety. It's not funny."

"Naruuuuuu!! Uppppp! No?" Another of her guard then said in the quiestest voice he could muster. "Gaara and Sasuke are trying to kill each other." Naruto shot up immediately.
"Which hospi- f* you." Naruto snarled and chucked the jacket into her laughing guard's face.
"I will wring your neck one day and make blood pudding all that blood." Naruto growled into her hands. "You know I have the strength to do it, I can wrestle a heavily muscled man to the ground in seconds so I can wring your pretty little necks."
"Sorry." They apologised, trying to look as confident as they could but they couldn't ignore the fact that the child could actually do whatever she said but they could tell she was only saying it, she treasures them as much as she treasures her bestfriends.
(( Sasuke was shock that she was so protective of him that she freaked by a mere whisper about his safety. Naruto smiled weakly at him before turning to glare playfully at her bodyguards for joking about her love's safety. Itachi had also looked touched that she was worried about his safety. But all of them were horrified about the threat to her bodyguards and judging from their looks, she is might actually be capable of wrestling heavy and muscular man to the ground despite being way underweight for her age and height.))

Naruto was lounging in her sit playing her phone while the other models sprawled around her. "Did you guys know, Naru-Hime has 6 packs." The manager said boredly, stressing on the number six. "No way." Most of them said, straightening up, clearly interested because the girl was so lean and so small.
"Ask her if you want." Every heads turned to Naruto. She raised an eyebrow, peeking over the top of her phone. "Nah. Their packs are nicer to look at. Nice and big." Naruto said, patted her bodyguards' stomach. "Okay.. That came out wrong but meh."
"Actually Naruto has an 8 pack, not a 6." One of her guards commented.
"How would you know that?" The question was directed at both Naruto and her guards.
"You know. Rain does wonders. It is for people to gawk at muscular men wearing white dress shirt." Naruto explained, giving one of them a pat on the stomach to emphasise her point.
"Well you were wearing white too and we saw something more then your 8 packs." One of them said.
"What? Like my black sports bra?"
"All your bras are black." They deadpanned. Naruto mock gasped in horror. "How did you know that?" They rolled their eyes at her playfulness.
"We check your room for bombs everyday? Duh."
"I bet you even checked my bra size." Naruto drawled.
"It's not hard to see as it is white against black." One added in cheekily. Naruto blinked. "You know my bra size. That's great! Now you can buy my bra for me!" Naruto teased, making them splutter in shock.
"I wanna know something." Naruto asked after everyone all went back to their previous silence. They all looked up to show they were paying attention. "I was reading this fanfiction..." Naruto trailed off hesitantly.
"And?"
"It's kinda awkward though..."
"Just spill it!"
"What does being horny feel like?" Naruto blurted out, everyone stared at her in shock and she slap a hand over her mouth.
"You mean you don't know. It's like arousal and-" one of the models tried to explain but was interrupted by Naruto saying she knows the dictionary meaning, she wants to know how it feels like.
"Hmm... It's like... You see that hot guy over there?" A finger was pointed at the hottest male model they have. Naruto nodded hesitantly, still confused. "Do you feel anything when you see a hot guy?" Naruto blinked as she thought about it and slowly shook her head.
"Your boyfriend?"
"Don't have one." Naruto said, and all the male models and a few gay female perked up.
"How can you not have a boyfriend?" A female model asked, horrified. Naruto rolled her eyes and sighed, fiddling with her phone. "Because I am already married." Wait for it... 1...2..3...
"WHATTTT?!"
"Geez, I thought it was obvious." Naruto said boredly.
"What?! But you're only 18 and- and you didn't say anything about it."
"There's nothing to say." Naruto mumbled, not looking up.
"Why?"
"Because, he may come from an important clan but he wouldn't affect anything." Naruto explained.
"Who is he?"
"My bestfriend," Naruto said and continued before anyone could say it was sweet and all, "but he hates me."
"Why? You're such a nice girl. He is the luckiest guy. Do you know how unusual it is for one person to turn gay people straight and straight people gay?" The hot male model had asked. "Why does he hate you anyways?"
"Not important." Naruto said, shaking her head as she stood up to signal end of discussion. "But you still love him don't you?" Naruto stopped in her tracks, her head turned slightly.
"Yes. I would die for him if I have to."
(( Sasuke sucked in a quiet breath, he was treating Naruto like she was invisible and is wasn't worth the time of day but she still loved him. ))

"Naruto... Do you mind?" One of her bodyguards deadpanned at her, wary about how close she is to the edge of the cliff. They were currently at this beautiful place to take photographs. Naruto was waiting for the others to be done getting ready, she was already dressed and ready to go. "Mind what?"
"Not to stand so close to the edge."
"I wouldn't fall." Naruto said absentmindedly causing her bodyguards to sigh in defeat.
"Your mom would decapitate us and use our heads as stools if you as much as almost fall over."
"I have been in more dangerous situation. Why is your head still intact with your bodies then?" Naruto glanced back at them from the corner of her slightly turned head and saw that they were all looking worried and tense, ready to jump to catch her if she falls over. "Because you were the one that wanted to face danger head on and you're the one that charges towards danger instead of away?"
"Exactly. That's what I always do, so don't worry. My mom wouldn't decapitate you guys." Naruto said, waving them all off. Naruto sighed when she heard the all too familiar voice screeching. She had just recently found out that her cousin, Karin Uzumaki was also one of the models, she probably bought her way into the job. She just got back from a vacation even though none of them allowed her a vacation. She was screaming to the manager, demanding they take Naruto away because she apparently harasses her and her supposed boyfriend, which so happens to be Naruto's husband... So, invalid excuse! They were all shock about an Uchiha being Naruto's husband but didn't judge her, which was a start. They even sided her to defend against the red head.
"Naruto watch out!" Naruto instinctively moved away as she turned around, the next she heard was a loud scream. Karin had tried to push her off the cliff but Naruto moved so now Karin was plummeting down towards the dangerous waters. The waves that day was exceptionally strong, crashing against the sharp jagged rocks at the base. Naruto immediately reacted, taking off her shoes and chucking the book of notes she was reading towards one of her bodyguards and jumped down after Karin. "Shoot! What do we do now?"
"The beach, Naruto would swim them there." Her bodyguards concluded when they saw it was the closest safe zone.
Naruto dragged Karin onto the beach and immediately started checking her pulse and breathing. Water in lungs. Naruto started working on trying to get the water out of her lungs as her bag landed next to her with a thud and her bodyguards followed next, skidding to a stop next to her with a few towels they had snatched from the car on their way down. Once Karin was spitting out water, Naruto dug out antiseptic, alcohol swabs, a roll of bandage and a packet of stitching tools. Naruto worked fast. She was cleaning Karin's wound, a big gash on her arm that needs a few stitches. Naruto was stitching the wound neatly, if taken care of properly, no scar would remain. Naruto wrapped the big fluffy towel around Karin and dried her a little. "How?" They asked, incredulous at her efficiency and she hadn't even paused to think about it. It was like another second nature she has.
"A perk of being an apprentice of Tsunade Senju, the most renowned and greatest doctor in the world."
"How!! She chose you to be apprentice?"
"We met in the hospital, I was already getting EMT training in school. There was a car accident, so why not put what I've learnt to good use. Long story short, she said she recognised that I have potential." Naruto said, lifting her head slightly as she heard the ambulance.
The video ended with a few more happy birthdays and a few short messages.

This contains 3492 words, the most i have ever written in one chapter! Broke my previous record from bullied heir! Bold words are not included in the count.

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