Hey everyone! Sorry for not updating sooner, my computer crashed because of an electrical surge to the Motherboard. Anyway, on with the story!

Naruto clenched his fists as he watched the Hollow attack Ichigo. 'I wish I could do something. I wish that I wasn't in hiding. Then I could go and help destroy those Hollows!' he thought. He saw Ichigo running towards it and panicked. He got ready to save his only friend and reveal his identity when a female Soul Reaper jumped down and killed it. Naruto sighed in relief and ran up to Ichigo when the Soul Reaper left. "Are you crazy running towards that thing?! it could have killed you!" he yelled in a whisper. Ichigo looked confused. "You've seen them before?" he asked.

"Yeah, they're called Hollows. Somebody dressed like that girl saved me from one, years ago," Naruto said.

"What do they do?" Ichigo asked.

"They devour souls. they go after humans with high energy as well, or people who can see ghosts and them," Naruto said.

"Where do the come from? How are they created?" Ichigo asked. "I don't know," Naruto lied and Ichigo nodded.

Naruto watched over Ichigo that night. When the Hollow attacked and caught Karin, he panicked again. He clenched his fists. He was warring with himself. On one hand his Father had specifically told him not to reveal himself. On the other hand, his best friends sister was about to die. The decision was taken away from him as the Shinigami appeared. Ichigo followed a second later. He watched as Ichigo and the Shinigami freed Karin. He watched as the Shinigami got injured and... gave Ichigo her powers. 'Well, that saves me some trouble. Thank you, Rukia Kuchiki,' he thought. When the Hollow died, he left.

"Hey! Neji!" Naruto turned to Ichigo's voice. He saw Ichigo with Rukia and smiled. "Hey, Ichigo. Who's this?" he asked, gesturing to Rukia. "This is Rukia Kuchiki. She's a Soul Reaper, like one of those people who saved you from that Hollow," Ichigo said.

"Ichigo! Regular people aren't supposed to know about that!" Rukia scolded.

Naruto smiled. "Don't worry, Rukia, I'm not normal. I can see spirits too. And I've seen Soul Reapers before. I was saved by one when I was little and got attacked by a Hollow," he said.

Rukia nodded. "Fine, but only him, got it, Ichigo?" she asked. Ichigo nodded. Then Ichigo explained his new job to Naruto, stuff Naruto already knew about from his training and living with his father. But he bore with it and nodded in the right spots.

"Hey, Neji, how come I never see you in school? My other friends are debating on whether or not you're real," Ichigo said.

Naruto snickered. "Tell you what, meet me up on the rooftop for lunch. I'll show them that I'm real then," he said.

"Ok. By the way, why are you at the park a lot?" Ichigo asked, looking around them.

Naruto blinked. "I live here," he said, nonplussed.

Ichigo furrowed his eyebrows and Rukia frowned. "What do you mean you 'live here'?" Ichigo asked.

"I have no home, so I live at the park," Naruto said.

Ichigo was flabbergasted. "B-but, what about your dad and Aunts and Uncles?" he asked.

"Dead," Naruto said. He almost smiled. He wasn't even lying!

Ichigo's face hardened. "Come with me, we'll talk to my dad about letting you live with us," he said.

Naruto shook his head. "I couldn't. You don't have much space," he said.

"You can share my room!" Ichigo said.

"Then where will Rukia stay?" Naruto shot back.

"She can stay in my sister's room!" Ichigo said.

Naruto shook his head again. "No, don't worry about me," he said.

"What if it rains? Or snows?" Ichigo asked.

Naruto hesitated. He could always exit his body, but Ichigo didn't know that. He also knew that Ichigo wouldn't relent until he said yes. So he said yes. Besides, Isshin would say no, right? Right?!

"Of course Neji can stay! Any homeless person can stay with us if we have the room! Rukia too!" Isshin cried, hugging Naruto and Rukia to him. Naruto saw Ichigo smirking. Oh, there would be revenge. Yes, there would be revenge!

"He only got you off of the streets like you have been for fifty years," Kyuubi said. Kyuubi became his Hollow half when he died. Her real name was Tsune.

Naruto pulled out of Isshin's embrace, taking Rukia with him. She sent him a grateful look. Isshin reminded him of Gai and Lee, so he should have guessed that he'd say yes.

"Thank you, sir. You won't even know that I'm here," he said. Rukia nodded in agreement of his words.

Alright everyone, I had to stop here because my brother wants me to babysit my niece. I'll get to the next chapter next month. Bye, everyone, and thanks for your reviews and support!

Aisu(Because I changed my pen name!)