S O U L M A T E S (SasuNaruSasu Magazine) Christmas Special 2018 | Page 3

In the ninja academy a gifts’ exchanges was
about to take place. Iruka proposes that they
become a "secret Santa" so that no child is left
without a gift. Sasuke has to give Naruto one.
He does not know the other boy much, but
he knows that he constantly shouts out to the
heavens that he will be Hokage. He’s clumsy,
but he’s a dreamer. Thinking about this brings
an idea for the perfect present: goggles. On
the day of the exchange, Naruto becomes
even more unbearable due to his excitement.
When he opens your gift, he sees something
that undoubtedly enchanted instantly. He
adores the googles, but he does not know
who to thank for them. He searches among
all his classmates until he meets the eyes of his
eternal rival: Sasuke, arms crossed, who is
looking at him with indifference. Naruto as-
sumes then it could definitely not be him.
And Sasuke smiles without the blond boy
seeing him, because he noticed Naruto's hap-
piness and that's enough for him. - Shiki1221
Menma does not believe in all those Christmas
fairytales they tell children. It’s just seems im-
possible that there is a fat man dressed in red
who spies on children all year. He doesn’t be-
lieve in that, but he still indulges dad Naruto
pretending he does. Sasuke, his other dad, told
him long ago that they used to spend Christ-
mas alone and that Naruto was excited to sha-
re with them what he had wanted so much for
himself as a child. For that reason, Menma pre-
After toasting at midnight on Christmas
day, Naruto and Sasuke go to the Hokage
Monument to honor the memory of their
relatives. They climb onto the head of the
fourth Hokage, and they pray for everyo-
ne: for Itachi, who was a hero, for Kushina,
for Sasuke's parents, and for Minato too.
tends to be excited about Santa Claus, though
his happy smile s is not a lie when he opens his
gifts.
It is not because of what’s inside them; but be-
cause dad Naruto’s excited face it’s so bright,
as if the gifts were his. Whe he looks at him,
dad Sasuke just gives him a knowing, proud
smile.
- Shiki1221
In that time of the year both missed them,
and so they burned incense to honor them.
They had a mutual understanding bet-
ween, that though that day was designed
to spend time celebrating merrily, it was
also necessary to remember all those who
were no longer there.
- Shiki1221