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Sasuke and Kiba made eye contact when they saw the sleeping blonde who's been missing, both overwhelmed with guilt when they saw his exhausted state. There were bags under his cobalt eyes, hair was messy but tied up. Somehow, he pulled the look off without looking lazy, most probably wouldn't even pick up on it but they were looking. They were curious, layered with guilt.
Both seemed to be communicating silently, neither paying attention as it was just Homeroom/ English. Kiba slid Sasuke a note, the latter shaking his head at the predictability.
'Will you come? To the dinner, at my house when I invite him?'
Sasuke rose an eyebrow, shaking his head. Kiba gave him puppy eyes, making him roll his eyes but give a slight nod with a shrug. He returned the note.
'Won't your mom be pissed? Isn't this supposed to be an apology?'
Kiba was about to write but stopped, seeing Asuma go to the door he just walked over. "Nah, she was too upset that I didn't do it yesterday. She just wants it done."
Sasuke Hn'ed and grabbed his own stuff, bumping shoulders with the brunette he walked over the now awake blonde. He hesitated before poking him in the shoulder. They all seemed to freeze when stormy eyes met their own. They watched as the other stood up.
"Sasuke, Kiba, what do I owe the pleasure?" Naruto stated.
They both flinched at the stony tone. They were somewhat secluded in the corner, so most didn't hear or see what was going on. They hoped.
Sasuke swallowed, "We wanted to apologize."
Naruto rose an eyebrow, waving his arms. "You already did."
Sasuke grit his teeth, he never apologized to anybody but at the same time he had never felt the need to do so. Before he could speak up Kiba spoke frantic, pleading, desperate. "Hey man, my mom wants you over for dinner tonight so I can apologize for being a douche. Because I was one, and I'm normally not. But I didn't know how to approach you, so I was being an idiot. I'm usually one of those though. An idiot, I mean. I'm always an idiot, not a douche. So will you please come to dinner?"
It took a second for Naruto to registered what the hell the other said but Sasuke knew, slapping the back of the head of the brunette. Reprimanding him with his eyes they both looked back at the blonde who was looking at them with a look torn between confusion, pain and exhaustion.
Eventually the other shook his head with a sigh and walked out of the classroom quietly. The other two paused, not expecting him to just walk away but soon the other two followed. Kiba started talking again, pleading him to come much to the Sasukes amusement.
They stood by Naruto at he opened his locker, all three seemed to freeze when papers flooded to the floor. Both seemed to know what they were, not wanting the blonde to see they tried to grab them but Naruto was faster.
Naruto though, wasn't surprised as he read them. He's got his share of them before, so he knew what to expect. His mouth tilted up in humor, despite the situation. It was oddly confirming, in its own jacked up way being hated was better than feeling completely and utterly alone. Plus, they weren't even original. He's heard worse, been called worse and done worse than what the notes accused him of.
The other two watched in surprise once again as the other started to laugh. Almost as if this had happened before. Before they knew it Naruto was walking away again, getting his clothes and headed to the gym for PE.
They made it to the locker room, them both following the blonde admittedly like dogs, Gai called out that they were just going to run the whole period. They both groaned at Naruto's indifference. Continuing to talk to the blonde, as if in conversation, they changed. Sasuke could see the well, well-hidden amusement in the blue eyes, at least that's what he thought it was. Making him scoff, he didn't know if it was just him hoping; as odd as that was. But he had a feeling that Naruto forgave them, or at least willing to give them a chance.
Naruto, meeting Sasuke's eyes gave a silent laugh. Sasukes mouth quirked up as Naruto rose an eyebrow at Kiba who had his back turned, telling an overdramatic retelling of a story. Sasuke nodded with a mental smile, he had a good feeling that Naruto was going to be a good friend.
Neither Kiba or Sasuke had Naruto's next class period which was Art, though they showed him where the room was. When asked to see his schedule, Naruto gave it to Kiba stoically, much to both Sasukes and his own secret entertainment as they watched Kiba tire himself out with the sickening sweet niceness.
Most teachers had been briefed on Narutos situation, or at least that he wasn't able to attend the past few days by Tsunade so Kuranai welcomed Naruto into Art without any problems. Naruto appreciated the normal treatment.
After talking with her new student, Kuranai was pleased to have a student who actually knew how to draw and paint. Not that she didn't have talented students, but not all knew that there were different kinds of paintbrushes for different things.
Kuranai normally gave out an assignment on Monday, then it would be due the Friday. She gave Naruto the requirement to work on it over the weekend, not that he minded. He changed his shirt and began working. The period ended much sooner than he would have wanted, seeing as he was in his own world of art and music. Carefully wrapping the canvas in the dried painted fabric, over the piece he hid it and went to put it in his locker.
He was surprised to see Kiba and Sasuke waiting for him outside the room but didn't mention it. Once he got tired of Kibas pestering of wanting to see what was under the cover, he slapped his hands away and glared. He didn't know what to think of the other two right now, too tired to get upset with them.
Putting it away in his locker, he was; much to his annoyance yet amusement seeing as this was normally how he was with the Subaku siblings, pulled away to the lunch room by Kiba with a stoic Uchiha following. Shoved into a seat, Kiba yelling that he would get the blonde food, Naruto blinked.
Sasuke explaining that this is where their 'group' sat, telling him that he should just wait, he went to get his own food. Naruto just blinked at sighed, sitting so he was on the chair, he played with his necklace. The day was turning out better than he had thought, though he was still tired. Kiba reminded him a lot of himself but the brashness on a new level. Sasuke was cool, funny and sarcastic even when the dog didn't notice.
He smiled wistfully, it wasn't the Sand siblings but he wasn't feeling as empty anymore, at least he could feel tired and identify it. He quietly mused to himself. Whatever he was feeling was better than being lonely. His head snapped when a tray dropped on the table. Looking up he saw a teen with a black shirt, green button up over it. Lazy expression and hair that oddly resembled a pineapple.
The other sat down, narrowed eyes but eventually thrust a hand forward. "Nara Shikamaru. You must be Naruto, the one that nobody can stop talking about."
Naruto blinked and shook the hand. "Well you got my name so nice to meet you, I hope." Shikamaru smirked in amusement before systematically sliding over his tray to a bigger teen, who immediately started to eat it in addition to his own, after introducing himself as Akimichi Choji.
Eventually the table started to fill up, some even pulling up chairs. After another minute Naruto was entranced by a bowl of… something. Grabbing the spoon, he emptied it back in the bowl. "What the hell is this?"
His voice cracked but nobody said anything if they noticed.
Sasuke spoke through Kibas cries, "I told you he would want the sandwich." Sasuke sat down next to the blonde, Kiba sitting on the other side. "Though, to answer your question, nobody really knows what that is. It's mostly a dare to see if you can eat it, that's why it's still here. People want to show they can eat it, but everybody just ends up in the nurses."
Naruto's jaw slightly dropped, "That's insane."
Sasuke nodded and bit into an apple, listening to some of the other conversations around the table.
"So, will you come tonight?" Kiba asked, some people stopped their own conversations to listened.
Naruto tilted his head, then shook it. "You know. I'm not sure, I mean…" Before he could continue Kiba spoke up. "Please man! We could do whatever you want after, or nothing at all. Whatever you want, just please? I really am sorry."
Naruto sighed, playing with the… food. Today was a lot better than he thought it would be but that really wasn't saying anything. That didn't change the fact that he was still so tired. He really just wanted to go home and sleep. But at the same time, it was his birthday and it really wouldn't be bad to get out of the house. Maybe he would-
Naruto sighed, "I guess-"
Kiba stopped pestering, eyes wide in surprise that Naruto would agree despite him being a douche. Maybe, he had even forgiven him- "I mean, if I don't agree now, you'll just keep annoying me all day. So, I might as well stop you now."
Sasuke choked on the food, Sakura had to pound his back through her own laughter as the rest of the table laughed as well. It took Kiba a minute to realize that the kid was teasing him. Laughing to cover up his own insecurity in the situation.
Naruto sighed as the table laughed. He already regretted agreeing. Even if Kiba and Sasuke weren't being rude today didn't erase the fact that… Naruto groaned. The whole first day back at school, the fight… the words whispered behind his back and the hate notes. Naruto feigned a laugh, closing his eyes so he could hide tears. He couldn't get the voice in his head to stop talking, taunting that he was faking this. That he didn't deserve this.
Not a moment after he had those thoughts he swallowed, mouth firmly closed as his own soup -that was still hot- was poured over his head. The chatter around the table froze before they gasped when the situation dawned on them. Still in shock to react, however.
Narutos lips broke open as a ragged choke escaped him. His eyes were still shut but that didn't stop the tears from escaping. The soup was still somehow hot, which burned Narutos cold state that matched his mood. His hands wiped his eyes free from the food but didn't open them. Gritting his teeth he stood up, the chair flying behind him with a loud scrape.
He turned, prepared to let out some of his emotions but froze. Eyes widened as he took in the figure he hadn't seen in a small handful of years. His mind seemed to spike yet again, this time in slight fear. He unknowingly took a small step back before he feigned courage.
"Auba. What are yo- What are you doing here? You're supposed to be at East Suna-"
Naruto licked his lips, stepping further away instinctively when the other smirked tauntingly at him.
"I could ask you the same thing little fox."
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The lunchroom was admittingly divided by groups of year with smaller groups in-between. In the middle left there was a group of more well known seniors. They had a habit of calling themselves Akatsuki, for whatever reason. They generally liked to mind their own business but some things did generally catch their attention.
Such as when one of the other seniors, who somehow made it that far, went over to the younger years table. Kisame stopped talking when Deidara spoke up.
"Hey, that's Naruto. The kid I was telling you about-"
Itachi turned curious but stopped when he saw Aoba pour food over the new kid. He stood up in shock, appalled by why somebody would do something like that. Apparently he wasn't the only one.
"What the hell!" The blonde in their group stood, along with everyone else. They stepped forward to stop whatever their fellow senior was doing but froze at what they saw when the other kid stood up.
There was a faint door slamming open and closed in the now quiet cafeteria.
The other sophomore backed away from the scene that seemed to do a 180 somehow. Sasuke swallowed, getting pulled back from Kiba who actually looked scared. They unknowingly grouped backwards, away from the two that gathered the rooms attention.
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Naruto could both hear and feel the rooms silence. His heart started to beat faster, remembering Aoba from the system. Admittedly, one of the reasons he never…. He never. Naruto backed further into a wall, seeing two kids follow Aoba up behind him. Aoba laughed, finding this situation humorous.
"Not going to say hi foxy? That's rude you know? I thought we went over this."
Now, for a story going around the whole school, they knew that Naruto was new. But they were getting more entranced and losing their ability to do anything about this situation as it unfolded. Naruto noticed this and spared a small glance at Sasuke and Kiba. It couldn't even count as a look since they didn't meet his eyes.
Narutos heart beat seemed to slow, mind fading into a memory when he was nine. Even before he had Gaara or any memories of sand besides nightmares. Aoba was 13, and had been in the system less than he had been.
Naruto jumped back from the similar caress on his jaw. He, despite this happening before, could hardly believe that the hundred other students weren't doing a damn thing. When the hand wiped some of the food off and curved to his jaw Naruto froze, eyes glazing over at the others similar smirk.
"If you don't like what they do, change it. That's what you said when we first met. Or are you a twofaced liar?"
Narutos blinked away the dam of tears, fists tightened at his sides as he recalled Gaaras words. At the time he was hopefully naïve, bordering on ignoring the truth however. But Gaara quite literally beat some sense into him. After that they were brothers and took nothing from anyone.
Naruto slapped the hand away with enough force to make the other lose his balance. Naruto grit his teeth, he was crying but he didn't care. Everything that happened in the boys home came back to him. All the kids ganging up on him, Aoba laughing at his expense. The lying when parents wanted to adopt. The beatings, harsh words-
"Don't touch me again."
The atmosphere in the room changed yet again, blue eyes bled into an indigo. The door opened and footsteps tried to pry their way into the circle of students. Naruto didn't pay any attention however, too busy watching Aoba and the other two. Aoba hesitated, never had the fox done that before.
"I'm sorry, care to repeat that?"
"What is going on here!?"
Naruto spared the principle a glance before he cleared his throat. He didn't know what emotion was in her eyes but he didn't want to think about it. He stood straighter, shaking his head and watched as liquid splattered all over. Glancing back ne narrowed his eyes.
Taking a deep breath he walked over to where he was previously sitting and grabbed his bag. Sasuke stepped forward, having some kind of internal debate but didn't actually do anything. Naruto turned back to the room, his voice cracking when he spoke.
"Nothing Principal Senju, nothing at all."
Naruto summoned enough energy, if only barely, to send Aoba and the other two a warning look- waiting for it to register- before turning and walking out of the silent cafeteria.
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Gaara knew he should wait for Naruto to call him but he was worried. Naruto hadn't replied to any of his friends since their conversation those days ago. It was lunch hour and he and his siblings were trying to decide what to do. When Naruto first told them he was moving they thought he was joking. But two weeks later the blonde was gone and alone. Again.
"We should just call him." Kankuro spoke, but you could trace the desperate tones in his voice.
"I don't know, he's having a hard time and we know that he prefers to deal with it alone-" Temari started but Kankuro over spoke.
"When he was here, we were still there for him! We just didn't bring anything up, and right now he is all alone. You really wanna do that to him!?"
Temari made an angry sound in the back of her throat but Gaara spoke up. Despite being quiet his voice demanded attention and radiated authority. "We're going to call him. We don't even know if he'll answer. But it's his birthday and god knows Jiraiya won't say anything. We'll at least call him and see where to go from there."
After a minute the other two agreed and Gaara called, putting it on speaker. They all held their breath in anticipation.
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Once Itachi snapped out of it he glanced over the room to see what their reactions to the whole scene was. Swallowing he saw that the principle was clearly upset but she had a tendency to always look like that. His eyes drifted to his brother who was now freaking out. Actually freaking out, he blinked. That was a new thing.
"Shit."
He wasn't sure if Deidara meant to be over heard but Itachi had. Looking over at his blonde friend he rose an eyebrow. Deidara looked shocked, running a hand through his hair that was down today, he continued to mutter to himself as he glanced around the silent room.
"You three, in my office. Now!" Tsunade seemed to have some sort of handle on herself now. The three who started the scene followed after a small moments hesitation. The lunchroom reigned in silence before a student cursed, sitting down and talked about what had just happened. Others soon followed.
Itachi looked back at his brother who was freaking out once again, about to announce to his friends that he was going to check on his brother. However, Deidara seemed to break out of his trance and ran out, following the other blonde who left minutes ago. Itachi took a deep breath before following at a slower pace, shrugging in reply to his friends silent question.
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Naruto slowed when he got to his locker, palming his eyes before scrubbing his face furiously -trying to get the food off it. Swinging open his locker, he shrugged off his jacket and shirt before pulling an old paint driven shirt from art on. (It fell past his thighs.)
Gasping he bent down to pick up another note that fell out. About to thrown it back in he paused, seeing a balloon sticker on the back. Letting out a shaky sigh he set it more carefully in it. Holding his head he counted to ten, trying to clear his mind.
Ignoring his crying he pulled out his mistreated schedule from the locker, relieved to find that Fridays actually ended early for early out. Taking a deep breath again he slinked the floor. Closing his eyes, he thought about what to do.
He could always just go home and talk to Kiba later, maybe?
Naruto let out a whined groan. Pulling his knees to his chest he rested his eyes, deciding to just finish the day. It wasn't like last period can top what's happened so far. Before he could continue those thoughts his phone went off.
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Deidara ran up the stairs, sliding into the locker hall before backing away when he saw Naruto. He seemed to be talking on his phone, which was held loosely in his lap and on speaker. Deidara was about to walk away but froze, feeling a million times worse when he heard the conversation.
'-ruto, Happy Birthday!'
'Happy Birthday!'
Naruto let out a breathless laugh. Head hitting metal as he looked up the ceiling. "Hey, guys."
Deidara rubbed his temple, trying to think how any of this happened to the poor kid. Before he could think any further Itachi came up with a questionable expression. Deidara signaled for him to be quiet before telling him to listen. Itachi rose an eyebrow but followed.
Peering down the hall the two watched Naruto who looked like he had been through hell and back.
"How have I been?"
There were affirmative sounds from the other end that made Naruto laugh again bitterly.
"Never better. I mean, I decided to go to school today. That was a major plus. I had two people who wouldn't stop following me, one was the mutt who I fought with before. Then, -you'll love this guys,' I got some love letters. Remember those, ah- don't they just bring back memories?"
There were gasps, but neither of the elder teens knew if it came from them or not.
'-Naruto?'
The blonde continued but stood up and picked through his locker. Getting a rag out he spot cleaned his leather jacket.
"I had PE, then Art, which was probably the best thing so far to happen in this godforsaken place. Then lunch. And you won't believe what happened then!"
Deidara winced at the fake enthusiasm, eyes shut to prevent tears from happening because hell, this was turning out to be worse then he thought. Turning back he found he missed a part.
"I met Aoba guys! Isn't that great!?"
The elder teens felt a sense of dread at the phones silence before they started shouting through the phone. Naruto ignored this all as he tied his hair into a pony tail with the help of the locker mirror.
'Naruto, what the hell!?' 'What's that asshole doing there?' 'What did he do?'
'Just come over! We can figure something out. Just don't- Aoba-'
The blonde let out another wet laugh, shutting the locker door he threw his food stained shirt in a trash bin and picked up his bag. As he continued his faked enjoying this conversation he made his way down the hall towards the two eavesdroppers who were too enthralled to move.
"Though, I also got drenched in my lunch which was exciting. I only have one last class, then I'll go home and enjoy some silence. It's not like Jiraiya would be there, you know? Anyway, I gotta go the bell just rang."
You could hear shouts of protest before Naruto ended the call. As the blonde turned, the thought came to Deidara and Itachi that there was no way they could come up with an excuse for being right there. Naruto, however, didn't look the least bit shocked. If anything it was the exact opposite.
Putting on his wide (fake and worn) grin, Naruto asked rhetorically. "Ne, you want an autograph? Show off how you confronted the monster and survived? You want to paint the word embarrassment on my forehead? Is there anything I can do for you?"
Naruto ended with a clap. The two stayed silent, having no idea what to say. Naruto just laughed, tears falling from the worn indigo blues. "No? Well how about this?"
Turning to Itachi Naruto generally gestured to his varsity jacket. "From what Sasuke told me, you're his brother right? Captain of the football team, names Itachi?"
Not waiting for an answer, mostly since it was self explanatory, since they looked so much alike- Naruto continued. "Then can you tell him to leave me alone? Same for you, though I have no idea why you came up here. It would be better for everybody to leave me alone."
Naruto then walked away without another word. The two followed him with their eyes. The blond opened a door right before the bell rang. Snapping them out of their funk.
Taking a deep breath Deidara met Itachis eyes who somehow looked more troubled then he felt. Though, they shared the same thought.
"Fuck."
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Computer tech, the last period of the day was spent splendidly by Naruto who stayed in his own private corner. Succeeding in ignoring Shikamaru, who granted didn't try very hard to get his attention. He just stayed on his own computer, listening to music and finished his assignment in peace.
Naruto continued to listen music as he left, though he saw Kiba trying to make his way through the crowds. Ignoring him, Naruto made his way outside and through the parking lot. His bike had got a lot of attention, people still staring at it, and started whispering to themselves who owned it.
Naruto gripped the handles before driving through the miscellaneous students and onto the main street. He didn't go home though. As far as he knew, he didn't even have a home. Suna, it had Gaara, Temari and Kankuro.
But-
He couldn't drag them down with his problems. Barely a week away and they were already worried about him. He had to grow up, he was hours away from them now. He was alone, and he had to do with things alone now. He couldn't rely on them, it wasn't fair to him or them.
-That much he knew.
But what he could do now? He had no idea. Looking around he found himself at an older park. He didn't know how long he had gone but he didn't recognize the area. Though, it wasn't saying much. Pulling onto the grass, Naruto got off the bike.
The swing was rusty but worn, comfortable. One hand holding the chain he looked around. He had no idea how the hell he got here but it looked like the middle of nowhere. Scoffing to himself, he closed his eyes and took out the headphones and listened to whatever.
Time passed as he hummed along with the instrumental piece. Taking a deep breath he opened his eyes, noticing that it was already dark outside. Looking down at eye level he blinked. Then blinked again.
"What the-?"
It seemed that the fox had the same idea. Tilting his head to the side, Naruto unknowingly following the action. Eyes widening he gave a slight chuckle. Hesitantly he drew his hand from the chain and rested it a foot or so in front of the fox. Both doing mental evaluations of the other.
The fox was pretty small, only about a foot long. Naruto knew next to nothing about foxes. Butt was able to identify it as a red fox breed. The paws looked a darker color, nearly black; same as the ears.
Naruto let out a small smile when the fox nuzzled his hand. Fingers curling, he began to scratch the ears. The foxes back leg twitched as it gave out a happy mewl. Naruto let out a wet laugh, getting to his knees. The fox leapt at him and licked his tears. Narutos smile broke, tears coming harder but the fox didn't seem to care. If anything it seemed to have been the opposite.
Naruto returned the awkward embrace the fox had on him before he turned on his back, the fox curling on his stomach. Woodchips dug into his neck but Naruto didn't care. The lamppost that lit the park were either too far away, dull or broken and the stars were beautiful. Not nearly as pretty as they would have been in the sand dunes but they were close enough.
Sunas highschool, had an astronomy class, he mused in remembrance. Both he and Temari took the course and enjoyed it, Gaara and Kankuro hadn't cared. Though, they did go out camping with them on the weekends when they went. They actually did that before the course, but it had become a routine as time had passed.
Naruto didn't know how long he had laid there but he was tired and unless he planned on sleeping in the park, which he was definitely considering. He should leave. However, the fox didn't seem to like that. It bit at the blondes jeans and he was too tired to yell, instead he just stared at it with a raised eyebrow.
The fox sat down with a yip, staring at him with narrowed eyes. Naruto continued to watch it, taking a step but stopped when the red creature resumed it's previous biting and yapping activities. Naruto took a deep breath, trying to think what to do. He sat back down and opened his backpack.
Since he and the Sabuko siblings often did crap together on the beck and call, they all often had food in their backpack. And luckily enough, the habit wasn't broken. He pulled out a granola bar, an orange and a chocolate bar. He spread the rest of his books out, boredom drawing him to look at what courses he was actually taking. He was about-
Naruto blinked confusedly, looking down he snorted. The fox licking chocolate off it's nose, eyes lit almost as bright as the stars as it took off running in large circles. Naruto laughed despite himself, peeling the orange he popped a piece into his mouth. He grabbed the English folder and flicked through it before doing it with the others.
Math, English, History, Bio, Art, Computer Tech, Free Period and… a writing class.
Narutos mouth tilted in humor. Seemed the school was easy going, if a little boring. He snorted, that's what he would have thought but he knew differently. He popped another orange slice in his mouth and packed his bag. He really wanted to get into his bed, having been on the couch the past few days.
He swung the backpack over his shoulder as he dug his key out of his pocket. Right before he could get on his jeans were pulled back. He cursed, half a second before he regained his balance. He exhaled heavily, turning and was about to try and explain to the fox that he had to go but froze.
The foxes hazel green eyes were wide and sad.
Naruto had been around animals often. He had seen animals sad as well. He wasn't as much as an animal fanatic as Gaara, but he didn't exactly like looking at sad animals. Or people, he didn't like people in pain since he was familiar with it in general. With that in mind he squatted, holding his hands out. The fox nuzzled his hand before curling at his toes.
Naruto frowned, wondering what was up with it but he understood one thing.
"You're not gonna let me leave, are you?"
The fox merely looked at him, the sky then curled back up. Naruto clicked his tongue and stood up. He ignored the yapping as he zipped up his jacket about three quarters. He bent back down and lifted the fox, gently pushing it's face away when it tried to lick his face. Naruto narrowed his eyes, the green hazel seemed to tear up again. Naruto only shook his head.
"If you bite me, I will throw you off my bike. We clear?"
The fox yipped as Naruto pried it into his jacket. If fit surprisingly well and seemed content. Naruto snorted again, sitting on the bike and started it. He looked down and, despite his best efforts, smiled at the foxes ears. The kits back was to his chest so Naruto couldn't see it's expression but when he started to go slowly down the road, the fox made what he presumed to be happy sounds so he had no problems.
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Welp. This chapter is longer then the last, so that's good. The next chapter is pretty much good to go, I just need to decide when to put it up. Hoped you guys like it. I plan of having things pick up a bit within a chapter or two. I think (think) that Jiriaya will make his entrance near the Halloween party.
You guys should let me know what you want me to do with him though. What kind of relationship the two will have. I personally love Jiriaya as a character, even if he's an ass in my story.
Let me know! XOXO, see you next time.
