"Naruto san" i cried loudly from down the street, making him turn his head at his name.

"Eh akai-chan" he said slightly surprised by my visit

"ne ne, look what I found"

I took out a thick wad of money holding it up to his face

"EHHHHHH! WHERE DID YOU FIND THIS!?" he exclaimed

"I found it outside of the gambling house" I said as a wide happy grin swept across my face

"what were you doing there?" he scolded

"I was looking for my sweater" I stated in defence, yet he sensed I was leaving something out.

"why … how did it get there?" he corrected

"I saw some kids take it and take it over there" I stated as a fact, not giving up now.

"why would they do that?... are they picking on you?" he questioned

"no!" I bursted quickly, oops. Mistake in action.

"are you sure?" he asked again

"why would I lie to you?" I huffed my cheeks puffed up and turned a light shade of pink

"why wouldn't you"

"Well i'm not" she protested as she turned further away from him

"tell me"

"no no NO!" I repeated not hoping to let go of the agreement.

"Fine, ill just figure it out myself" he contradicted, I now knew that my argument was lost.

"ok ok...you win but it's not that bad they're just playing around and ..." I whispered silently.

"Alright it's ok i just wanted to know alright, lets go then" he said happily

"where?"

"to the ramen shop"

"YAY! ill pay" I cheered

"don't, remember your rent is due in a week no? besides you can buy yourself a new shirt, that one is ripped and the sleeve is torn, come on its on me" he said as he pointed his famous thumb at himself

*at the ramen shop*

"ok now lets count it out" he sighed as I breathed in the bowl's contents.

(many numbers later)

"5,000….. THAT'S ALLOT OF MONEY" he yelled

"wow" I awed, I have honestly never seen that much money in my life, my luck had struck once again.

"yup guess luck struck you really good this time" he paused "again"

"yup" i finished my third bowl and was now full to the brim, yet again I was unable to win to Naruto with ten

"Naruto-san wanna train with me?" he asked hopefully

"gomene akai-chan but i have to go on a mission" he said reluctantly.

"it's ok i understand, just as long as you promise you train tomorrow" I bargained, still hopeful for the results.

"yosh, you got a deal"

he ran off in the direction of the front gate and soon left, I walked into the shallow part of the forest. I trained and trained until dusk. I grabbed my torn backpack and started to pack up, a silent shadow loomed over me. I looked.

"you again"