Then sun rises in the beautiful city of Konoha.
Naruto awakes, and gets ready for school, as he heads downstairs, Minato and Kushina are standing downstairs waiting for him.
Naruto looks at them for a moment.
"What?" he asks.
"We need to talk, Naruto" Kushina tells him.
"Okay, can you make it fast? I'm getting late for school" He tells his mother.
"We want to know what happened at school the other day" Minato tells him.
"That's right, you're acting completely different" Kushina tells her son.
"Nothing happened at school, you're just worrying too much" He tells his parents.
"Then what is up with your attitude?" Minato asks.
"Nothing happened, just leave me alone!" Naruto yells at his parents, before running off to school.
Minato, and Kushina both look at eachother.
"I think we should just leave him alone" Minato tells his wife.
"I guess so..." Kushina replies.
Naruto walks to the bus stop, and takes the bus to school, as he gets off he sees Sakura and Sasuke talking with eachother.
Naruto looks at Sakura for a moment, before heading into class.
"Hey, Naruto!" someone yells out.
Naruto looks back, and sees Sai, and Ino running up to him.
"Sai, Ino..." Naruto calls out
"Where's Sakura?" Ino asks.
"Well... she's over there" He points at Sakura and Sasuke.
"Sakura, and Sasuke talking... Just what the hell did we miss?" Sai asks.
"Nothing" Naruto replies.
"I'll see you two later" he tells both Ino, and Sai before leaving.
"What's gotten into him?" Ino asks.
"I really don't know" Sai answers.
The school bells rings, and all the students head to class... except Naruto, who instead walks out of the school.
Naruto walks a few blocks from the school, and enters the Ichiraku Ramen Restaurant.
"Naruto, what are you doing here?" the chief asks Naruto.
"Can I have a small bowl of Ramen?" Naruto asks.
"Sure, but shouldn't you be at school?" the chief asks.
"I don't want to talk about it" Naruto answers.
Later that day Naruto walks down the street of Konoha in silence, he approaches the beach, and sits down on a large seat big enough to fit five people, he looks at the beach.
"I wonder how deep that water is..." Naruto thinks.
Just then an old man comes up to Naruto.
"Say, young man... can I sit here?" He asks Naruto.
"Uh, sure" Naruto answers.
The old man takes a seat next Naruto, and notices that he is deep in thought.
"You're not thinking about drowning yourself are you?" the old man asks Naruto.
"Huh?" Naruto looks at the old man.
"You have a long life ahead of you, don't throw it away, in time things will start to get better, trust me on that" the old man tells Naruto.
"What makes you think I want to kill myself?" Naruto asks.
"Because, I was once a lot like you, by looking at you... reminds me of how I felt back when I was your age, my life was difficult, I never had parents, friends, and I never had a girlfriend."
"But then how did you decide to live on? You must have had a very difficult life!" Naruto asks the old man.
"I once wanted to kill myself, and I almost did... but I came to realise that killing myself would mean I have given up on life, and that I have been defeated" He tells Naruto.
Naruto looks, and listens to the old man's lectures.
"Don't throw away your life, think about how it would make your friends feel, and think about how your parents would feel... live your life to the fullest, I promise you that one day your life will get better, just like mine did" He tells Naruto.
Naruto stays quiet for a moment, and thinks about what the old man tells him... he then smiles.
"I don't know who you are... but that for the lecture, old man... I think I understand what you're talking about" Naruto stands, and runs off.
Around 3:30 pm Naruto arrives home.
"Well this is it... man I am so grounded" Naruto tells himself.
Naruto opens the door, and walks in, and then...
"NARUTO!" Kushina runs to hug Naruto.
"You had us worried, the school called and told us you did arrive to school, where were you?" Kushina asks.
"You nearly gave us a heart attack, Naruto... you're grounded for a week" Minato tells Naruto.
"Mom, Dad... I'm sorry..." Tears drip down from his eyes, as he hugs both his parents.
"I promise to be a better son from now on" He tells both his parents.
"We're just glad you're okay, Naruto" Minato tells his son.
The chapter ends with Naruto hugging his parents.