(Warning, excessive swearing and slightly suggestive [well maybe a bit more than slightly] suggestive themes in one part, but it is a relatively short part. Hopefully that means I don't need to give this an M rating.)
Yes yes, I know: OH EM GEE! HE HASN'T ABANDONED IT!! Nope, and you'll find out why this took so long if you read til' the very end.
In response to NarutoRocks21113043's (damn that's a lot of numbers!) review saying: Mitsuru is such a bad ass (and more but we don't care about the rest).
Well, if you think that fight scene was good, just wait til' later, it gets WAY better, epic even! (assuming I don't screw up...) There's a little teaser for all of you.
Green, Orange, and Red
Ino had been struggling with her training with the overly energetic Rock Lee. Getting up ridiculously early only to run laps until she felt ready to drop dead was not exactly easy, at least not for her. Lee made it look easy. Ino realized if she wanted to make the most of this, she was gonna have to give it her all. This meant getting up even earlier. To compensate for waking up at the ungodly hour of 2 a.m. she decided to go to bed within two hours of getting home after class. It would eat up a lot of her day, but beating Sasuke would make it all worth it. And it should give her just enough time to hang out with Hinata after class. So in the end, it wasn't that bad.
"Yosh, you are here, now to begin the laps!" Lee announced.
"I... already... did them." Ino panted.
"Lying to get out of training is very u-"
"Unyouthful I know... but do you think I am panting and drenched in sweat because I jogged to get here?" Ino cut him off, beginning to catch her breath.
"Hmm." Lee looked her over, "Yosh, it seems you have done the laps already! Your youthfulness is inspiring!"
"Yeah yeah, now maybe we can do something different for once, normally you leave before I am done." Ino said. To be truthful, she hadn't really completed all the laps, she had done about half before Lee got there. She figured it would still be good enough to help her get in shape, and now maybe she could get Lee to help her train in some other way.
"Not yet, I must do my laps first!" Lee explained.
"Why you little…! I get up at two and run around Konoha while its pitch black and you have the nerve to... AUGH!!" Ino struggled not to strangle the boy, "Ugh, fine, I might as well run them with you." She muttered, "Since technically I didn't finish mine..."She added mentally.
"Yosh, let's go!" Lee said and took off. Ino got tired just watching him, but with a groan she followed. Lee finished his laps quickly, while Ino stillhadn't finished hers... not that Lee knew that.
"Now... can we do... something else?" Ino asked, once again out of breath.
"Push-ups!" Lee said energetically, as if he thought push-ups were fun. Hell, he probably did.
"What? No! I can do those on my own, can't you show me something new?" Ino complained. Lee scowled,
"To become strong, you must not only struggle through difficult training, but you must have discipline, and that means sticking to a routine!" He reprimanded.
"I get that, but usually you're gone by the time I finish my laps, and this time you're not, so it's already different!" Ino argued. Lee didn't immediately respond, thinking over what she had said,
"This is true! Follow me then!" Lee instructed. The boy led her into a wooded training area, and to a large tree stump. The bark had been worn away in a ring around the middle, as if it had been struck repeatedly.
"Wow, someone abused that thing." Ino said.
"That is the results of my training!" Lee said.
"What?! You're the one who did all that? It must have taken days!" Ino's jaw dropped.
"Nearly half a year!" Lee said. Ino just stared in shock; the wood itself had even been damaged.
"I bet he got a lot of splinters doing that..."Ino thought dumbly, "That's umm, impressive. I guess." Ino said. What else could shesay? To do that kind of damage to the tree stump must have taken a lot of blood, sweat, and tears. Little did she know how true that was.
"Thank you!" Lee replied in his usual energetic way, "Now, I shall show you the proper way to kick as Gai-sensei showed me!"
"Err..." Ino wasn't sure what to say. She had asked for different, but the academy had already taught her basic taijutsu. What could he show her that the academy hadn't, "DUH! He relies solely on taijutsu, of course his sensei would have taught him extensively in that; I bet he can show me all kinds of things!"
"Are you ready?" Lee asked.
"Yeah!" Ino grinned in anticipation. Lee seemed pleased with her enthusiasm and walked over to the stump and then showed her a kick. She winced slightly as his leg connected with the wood, thinking that it had to hurt. She also noticed that it was slightly different from what the academy taught. With some verbal instruction, it was then her turn. She expected it to be different and hopefully more effective. What she didn't expect was to fall on her ass on her first try. To do what Lee had shown her required shifting her weight in a way she wasn't used to. That and the stump hurt like hell to kick, "OW!" Ino clutched her aching shin.
"Do not hit the log with the front of you shin!" Lee explained, "If the shin bone hits the stump head on, you will hurt yourself."
"No, really?!" Ino snapped.
"D-do not worry, I did the same thing my first try... though I did not fall over." Lee tried to make her feel better... and failed. Ino would not give up however, and a painful half-hour later, she was starting to get a feel for it. However, it was soon time for Lee to leave. She decided that she had abused her shins enough for one day and set to doing things on the list he had given her the first day they had met for training.
- - -
Naruto felt a weight on his chest when he woke up. It was strange since last he checked, his blankets didn't weigh that much. He heard a giggle and saw that Sakura was already awake and sitting on the floor next to him.
"What?" Naruto asked groggily.
"Look!" She replied, pointing at his chest. Naruto looked and saw something wrapped in brown paper.
"What is it?" Naruto blinked, trying to wake up.
"I told you I'd get you something, didn't I?" Sakura told him.
". . ." Naruto stared at the wrapped object for a second, "A PRESENT!" He shouted excitedly, fully awake now. He climbed out of his blankets and tore the brown paper off his present like a starving animal with food. It turned out to be a bright orange jacket with a blue collar and cuffs.
"I thought it was ugly, but I knew you'd like it." Sakura smiled.
"IT'S AWESOME!" Naruto hugged the jacket.
"Then try it on!" Sakura said, "I wanna see how it looks!" Naruto quickly obeyed and put on the jacket. Sakura was surprised to see that the horrible orange thing actually didn't look so bad on Naruto.
"What do you think?" Naruto asked excitedly.
"I think you're the only one who could look good in that." Sakura answered truthfully.
"Really!?" Naruto asked, taking it as a compliment, though in reality, it was more of an insult to the jacket. Sakura nodded,
"Yeah." She said.
"Where's sensei, I want him to see!" Naruto asked.
"Umm, he's not here, I don't know where he is." Sakura replied. She was telling the truth, mostly. After he helped her get the jacket, he had sent her back with it alone; though he had made sure she got to the hotel they were staying at safely. He had said he didn't want to ruin it by being there, that Naruto would probably be happier getting the present from just her.
- - -
"Give me another...hic..." Mitsuru slurred. Normally he didn't drink, but he decided to make an exception just this once. And if it was worth doing, it was worth over doing. Though with sake, that's not necessarily a good idea...
"You've had enough!" The bartender grumbled. "You tried to feel up my wife damn it!"
"I didn't know!" Mitsuru argued, "an' I still thin' she wash checkin' me out..." He added in a slurring mutter. He then went to lean back in his...stool. This proved to be foolish as stools are most certainly not meant to lean back in. There was a loud thud as Mitsuru crashed to the floor.
"Will someone carry this moron out of here!?"
- - -
"Don't worry Naruto, he'll be back eventually and he can see then." Sakura assured Naruto.
"I guess..." Naruto muttered.
"Will you cheer up! I got you that present so you would be happy!" Sakura complained.
"Sorry." Naruto said.
"Don't apologize." Sakura sighed, "I'm gonna yell at sensei when he gets back for being an idiot, he's messed up your birthday twice now!" She said in a huff.
"Last time you said it wasn't his fault..." Naruto said.
"He has no excuse this time! He's just a big dummy!" Sakura ranted.
Naruto chuckled, "You called sensei a dummy."
"So?"
"Err, well I thought it was funny." Naruto explained.
Sakura giggled, "Well you're silly! You were being all depressed a second ago."
"Silly?" Naruto blinked confusedly.
"Yeah, but don't worry it's not a bad thing!" Sakura smiled.
"So how'd you get the jacket?" Naruto asked.
"Well..." Sakura began.
- - -
"Sheet... where'z the hotel, leff, or righ'?" Mitsuru slurred as he walked down a street... right past the hotel, "oh, there it ish!" He said and walked into the building. . . ten seconds later he walked out with his face beet red, "strip club. . ." He muttered dazedly. He glanced back, considering going back in, but the small part of his rational mind that still functioned told him he really should get back to the hotel.
"Hey mister, you lost?" A young teenage girl asked.
"Err, yesh, yesh I am." Mitsuru admitted, embarrassed, though he was too drunk to care.
"No wonder..." The girl muttered to herself, "where are you trying to get to?"
"A hotel, the one with the red sign... stripes..." Mitsuru explained.
"The one right over there?" The girl sighed, pointing at the hotel.
". . . oh. . ." Mitsuru stared at it confusedly, wondering how he could have missed it, "I. . . um. . . thanksh. . ."
"Whatever..." The girl waved him off, getting back to her own business.
". . . I have to pee now." Mitsuru muttered to himself.
- - -
"The wall?" Naruto asked.
"I said red not purple." Sakura said.
"Ummm... your dress?" Naruto tried again.
"Took you long enough! Some ninja you are!" Sakura giggled. They had been playing a guessing game to pass the time.
"Yeah, well I didn't expect you tobe the answer..." Naruto grumbled.
"Calm down." Sakura scolded, "You did figure it out didn't you?"
"I guess." Naruto mumbled. Though it had been a joke, the remark against his ninja-hood had bothered him slightly.
"I hear footsteps, sensei might be back!" Sakura exclaimed.
"Really?!" Naruto stood up quickly. Moments later they heard grumbling outside their door and the sound of the doorknob rattling.
"Whyyy... are there thereeee... key holesss..." A voice said from the other side of the door. Eventually the door opened and it was indeed Mitsuru.
"Sensei!" Naruto shouted excitedly, "Look!" He pointed at his chest and the jacket he was wearing.
"Baffroom!" Mitsuru replied and stumbled into another room.
"Sensei... that's a closet..." Sakura explained confusedly.
". . . righ'." Mitsuru slurred slightly and tried a different room, guessing correctly this time.
"Is he OK?" Sakura glanced at Naruto.
"He smells funny." Naruto replied.
Eventually Mitsuru emerged from the bathroom, though it took a while. He still looked a bit... off, but not as bad as when he had entered the hotel room,
"Heh, sorry about that, umm, what is it Naruto?" Mitsuru asked somewhat nervously, feeling stupid for getting so drunk when he was supposed to be watching over the two kids.
"Look!" Naruto pointed at the new jacket he was wearing again.
"Ah righ', nice, you look good!" Mitsuru grinned.
"Really?" Naruto asked.
"Of course, hell, you're probably the only one who could look good in that." Mitsuru confirmed.
"That's what Sakura said."
"That's because it's true." Sakura replied.
"Well, I have to lay down for a bit, why don' you two play a game or something." Mitsuru suggested and, still somewhat unsteadily, walked towards his bed.
"Are you OK?" Naruto asked.
"'Course I am, I just didn't sleep too well last night." Mitsuru lied.
"Sensei... you walked into a closet." Sakura crossed her arms suspiciously.
"Everything is fine, I promise, now I am going to rest, wake me up if you need me." Mitsuru replied and lay down on his bed, not bothering to get under the sheets or even take his sandals off.
"He's not telling us something..." Sakura muttered.
"Green." Naruto said.
". . . what?" Sakura looked at him confusedly.
"Guess." Naruto grinned.
"What? Oh..." Sakura sighed. "Fine, uhhh, the lamp shade?"
"Nope!"
- - -
"Y-you look terrible..." Hinata said to Ino after class.
"Ugh, training with him is torture, it hurts to do... everything." Ino groaned. Currently they where sitting on a stone park bench, as Ino refused to take another step for the rest of the year. Well, not really, but at the moment she felt like sleeping and never waking up.
"M-maybe you shouldn't d-do it everyday." Hinata suggested.
"I have to or I won't be able to beat Sasuke!" Ino argued.
"Why is that so important?"
"He humiliated me; I can't let him get away with that!" Ino snapped, just the thought of the arrogant little Uchiha made her blood boil. "Sometimes he's worse than Mia!"
"I-I don't think anyone can be th-that b-bad." Hinata replied shyly. Though it wasn't very funny, spending time with Ino made Hinata use sarcasm and even the odd joke. It wasn't much, but it was a start on the path to self confidence... and very small start, but a start none-the-less.
"True." Ino agreed, frowning. It was annoying, Mia used to be a friend, and now she couldn't stand the sight of the black haired girl. Worse, ever since beating Ino, Sasuke was now the most popular kid in class, and half the girls swooned over him now. Pretty soon, he'd be getting marriage proposals...
"Just wait, your ass is mine, and it'll be in pieces when I'm through with you!" Ino thought angrily. Suddenly, Ino heard something that made her groan,
"Ino-san!!" It was the voice of Lee, and he was running int heir direction.
"Oh no..." Ino muttered.
"Wh-who is that?" Hinata asked.
"Lee." Ino replied.
"The boy who helps you with training?" Hinata looked at the strange boy.
"More like a hyperactive drill sergeant." Ino sighed, "what is it Lee?" She asked once he was standing next to them.
"Gai-sensei wishes to meet you!" He grinned.
"What? Why?" Ino was confused, "Wait, if this is the student, what is the master like?" wasn't sure she wanted to know.
"Because I've been helping you train." Lee explained.
"Oh..." Ino replied, "I guess that makes sense. But I wanna go home!"
"Yosh, so will you come." Lee looked at her expectantly.
"Err, well..." Ino glanced at Hinata, 'Help me!' She mouthed.
"U-umm, I-I uhhh." Hinata had had no idea what to say. Ino sighed,
"Alright, I'll go." She muttered.
"S-sorry..." Hinata whispered. Ino just waved it off, signifying that it was OK.
A few minutes later, Ino was standing before the strangest man she had ever seen... ever. EVER! He wore a jounin vest over a green jumpsuit and had eyebrows bushier than even Lee. He also had a bowl cut.
"YOSH! So this is my student's student?!" He asked loudly.
"Hai, Gai-sensei!" Lee saluted.
"I-I wouldn't necessarily say I'm his student..." Ino replied nervously as Gai looked her over.
"So..." Gai began, "Why do you wish to get stronger?" He asked.
"So I can beat somebody who humiliated me!" Ino answered, trying to sound confident.
"Revenge then? How unyouthful!" Gai declared, "One so young should not train for revenge, but to get strong for noble and youthful goal!"
"I-it's not just revenge, I just, well, umm..." Ino wasn't sure she wanted to explain herself to this strange green man. The only person who had any idea about why she pushed herself so hard was her father, and maybe Hinata, though she hadn't explicitly told the Hyuuga girl.
"Yes?" Gai leaned closer, expecting an answer.
"I-I made a promise to a friend." She looked to the side. There, it wasn't a lie, but it wasn't telling everything either, "And I can't keep it if someone can humiliate me like that."
"Now that is a more youthful goal!" Gai exclaimed and slapped her on the back in a friendly way... that nearly knocked her off her feet, "Well Lee, I cannot see any reason why you should not help this girl train!" He said and gave Lee a thumbs up and a blinding grin.
"Thank you Gai-sensei!" Lee exclaimed, tears in his eyes.
"Dear Kami, what is with these weirdos!" Ino thought, her right eye twitching wildly. The two were now hugging... Deciding that the conversation was over, she decided to sneak off before they remembered she was there.
"Now... wait, Lee, where did she go?" Gai asked, looking around.
"NO! MY STUDENT IS LOST!" Lee shouted in dismay.
- - -
"We must be getting close now, I'm getting sick and tired of this mother fucking shit! How hard can it be to find one mother fucking man! GOD DAMN MOTHER FUCKER!" The angry man punched a tree, leaving it splintered slightly.
"That's fifty, a new record." His female partner replied calmly, she had been keeping track of how many times he said 'mother fucker' . . . it helped stave off boredom ever so slightly.
"Go fuck yourself." The man growled.
"At this rate, I probably will be..." She muttered.
". . . really?" The man looked at her funny.
"You wish." She scoffed.
"Dammit." He sighed, his hopes for staying up late at night to watch her disappearing.
The two Uchiha had been looking for Mitsuru for longer than they cared to count at this point. They weren't getting any closer as far as they could tell.
"And it's not one man." The woman reminded him.
"Oh, right, it's a man and two fucking kids, that makes it so much fucking better!" The man snapped.
"Will you stop swearing, it's getting old." The woman frowned.
"Fuck fuck fuck." He glared.
"Oh, that's real nice." She sighed, "Very mature."
"LIKE I FUCKING CARE!" He shouted.
"Will you shut it; we're getting close to the next town." She scolded.
". . . bitch. . ." The man muttered, but listened.
Little did they know how close they would be this time.
- - -
"Will you just tell me already?" Sakura snapped. She had been trying to guess what the green thing was for over two hours. Naruto had taken to reading his book while he waited for her to guess.
"Nah, now stop interrupting unless you have a guess." He scolded, grinning mischievously.
"I get you that jacket and this is how you treat me." She glared, turning away to pout.
"Come on! Don't give up." He said.
Sakura suddenly noticed the mirror in their room. Frowning slightly she walked over to it and looked at her reflection... and her own green eyes,
"My eyes?" She turned and looked at Naruto.
"Yup!" He grinned, "Took you long enough."
"Well I didn't expect to be the answer..." She muttered.
"Why not, you were last time!" Naruto pointed out.
"Ha ha..." Sakura laughed sarcastically, "hmph, blue!"
"My eyes." Naruto answered.
"No." Sakura smirked.
"Errr... oh, my jacket?" Naruto guessed again, remembering that it wasn't totally orange.
"Darn you!" Sakura scowled.
"You made it too easy that I would be the answer." He laughed, "Don't reuse old tricks."
"I don't need you lecturing me, I'm supposed to be the smart one!" Sakura frowned.
"Hey! I'm not stupid!" Naruto argued, glaring. Their argument, though it was mostly friendly, was cut short when Mitsuru suddenly shot up in bed.
Mitsuru had a sinking feeling suddenly. No, not a sinking feeling, he was sensing something, two huge chakra presences. Almost as big as Naruto with the Kyuubi chakra. He had a good idea of who it was...
"Shit shit shit." He swore and jumped off the bed, "grab your stuff, we're leaving!" He ordered.
"Why?" Sakura stood up.
"JUST GRAB YOUR STUFF!" Mitsuru yelled in panic, quickly grabbing his bag which he never left unpacked, only taking things out when he needed them. He saw Naruto and Sakura scurrying to grab their things as well. Within two minutes they were ready, "Now remember; just act normal." He told them. He wanted to do a genjutsu, but was afraid someone might sense that.
They headed down and checked out of the inn, and Mitsuru led them towards an exit that was away from the chakra he sensed. It was one of those times he was glad for his bloodline, despite how messed up he was because of it. He could sense chakra better than almost anyone.
- - -
"I'll check this inn, you go find another one to check, but don't get yourself killed fighting them like that idiot." The female Uchiha told her partner.
"Like I would." He scoffed, but had no plans of taking such a risk.
The woman walked into the inn and up to the innkeeper, asking if she had seen anyone matching Mitsuru's description,
"He would have had two kids with him, who he has kidnapped." She said.
"Oh my, well they just left a few minutes ago." The inn keeper said, and without a response, the Uchiha woman was out the door in a heartbeat.
She quickly ran to her partner,
"Goro, they're here!" She shouted, "But I think they know about us!"
"What?! SHIT! WHERE!?" He yelled.
"Not so loud!" She scolded.
"You were yelling too!"
"Just get looking!"
- - -
"Wow Tsunade, you haven't had luck this good since we saw Mitsuru and those kids!" Shizune exclaimed.
"I know..." Tsunade frowned, she had a bad feeling.
"Hey, maybe that means they're nearby." Shizune suggested.
"Hm, maybe." Tsunade mumbled.
"I think we can pay off one of your debts at this rate!" Shizune went on, oblivious to Tsunade's discomfort.
"Yeah, great." Tsunade said, and pulled the lever of a casino machine... jackpot. The second one that day.
- - -
"GAH! Ugh..." Ino frowned, looking at the shattered glass on the floor... and the water that had been in it. It had been one of her favorites, with pink flower petals, it reminded her of Sakura. She thought it was silly sometimes, and she wasn't sure if it was good to have reminders, or if that just made it more difficult to go on, always wondering if she was OK. Suddenly the thought that maybe it was some sort of omen occurred to her, "Nah, that's just silly..." It didn't make her feel any better.
She sighed; now she had to clean up a mess when all she wanted to do was get to sleep... she hoped she wouldn't get cut.
- - -
"Come on, breathe, we'll be at another town soon, it's not much farther now." Mitsuru encouraged Sakura and Naruto. They had been running, or jogging, for nearly five hours straight since they had fled from the last town. The two towns traded often and were located near each other, and he figured the Uchiha's, assuming it was them, wouldn't suspect them to head to another town so nearby, again assuming they knew about them. He knew it was risky, but it was the best idea he had at the moment. They needed to stock up on supplies anyway, they hadn't had a chance at the last town, he hadn't thought they would need to do so anytime soon, but now they would have to go back to hiding in the woods for a while, "Dammit, I don't want to have to make them go through that shit again." Thought Mitsuru, glancing at the two exhausted kids, "No choice though..."
"I-I can't..." Sakura said, falling to her hands and knees.
"You have to." Mitsuru said, turning to her.
"I can't!" She argued, sounding exhausted. Naruto quickly went to her side, worried. He had a lot more stamina, so he didn't look as tired. Compliments of the Kyuubi, too bad Sakura didn't have that kind of advantage. Sometimes Mitsuru wondered if it had been a good idea to bring her along.
"Sensei..." Naruto looked at Mitsuru pleadingly.
"Alright, we'll rest for twenty minutes and give Sakura a chance to rest." He said, "I don't think they even knew we were there, twenty minutes won't hurt... I hope."
- - -
Chapter 20
I remember my first mission, a crappy little D-Rank. I hated those things, I thought I was above that, I was a ninja for crying out loud. I'd love to do C-Ranks. B-Ranks, A-Ranks, assassinations, guard duty, so many missions that end up with blood. Lots of blood. The quickest ways to kill a man, break the neck, slit the throat, both nice and quiet, especially the second since it doesn't involve snapping bones... too bad it means emptying a few quarts of blood onto the ground.
Never look at the face if you can, the look of shock, and sometimes desperation if they have the time to realize what's going on can mess with your head. Sometimes it makes you regret what you've done. What right do you have to end their life? I hate them, but sometimes I envy the depraved bastards who enjoy killing, at least they don't have to deal with the regret, hell, they get off on the act.
If you were to ask me would I rather spend my career and waste my years of training weeding gardens for cheap money than kill people... well, let's just say I'd pay you if it meant I could weed your damn garden. I'll weed your grandma's garden while I'm at it.
However, I suppose I shouldn't complain, it was my choice, and for all the lives I've taken, I saved some too. In the end, maybe, just maybe, it's all worth it... maybe.
- - -
"Shishui." Itachi said, walking over to his friend.
"Yes, Itachi?" Shishui replied.
"I need your help with something my friend." Itachi explained as he walked along the bank of a small river, Shishui beside him.
"What?" Shishui asked, giving Itachi a curious look.
"It is somewhat difficult to ask this of you I admit, and I don't expect you to be happy about this." Itachi went on.
"Just tell me already." Shishui urged, "How bad can it be?"
"Oh, you'd be surprised." Itachi suddenly stopped, turning to face his friend, "I need. . . your life." His hand shot out and wrapped around Shishui's throat. So shocked was the other Uchiha, that he had no time to evade, despite his great skill and speed.
"Wh-what are you doing?" Shishui choked out.
"I need power for our clan's plan to succeed. . . I need to take your life." Itachi explained cryptically.
"I-Itachi. . . I. . ." Shisui gasped, clawing at Itachi's hand, but it was futile.
"Now, my friend, die." Itachi said calmly, and then shoved his friends face into the water of the river, and held him there. It didn't take long, and soon Shishui's struggles halted.
"Forgive me, friend, but it was necessary." Itachi stood, letting his now dead friend's body drift away in the river. He felt a slight pang of regret, but he did not let it get to him, it was too late now anyway.
As Itachi watched the body drift away, he felt something run down his cheeks, something warm. He touched it, and found it was blood. He looked to the river and saw it flow in slow motion, he could read the movement of the current. Even more, he saw his reflection, how his eyes were now as red as the blood that had flowed down his cheeks, his Sharingan. However, it was not the Sharingan his father had been so proud to see awakened at such a young age, it was something else...
"Mangekyou...Sharingan..." He whispered to himself.
Dun dun dun!!! Itachi has his super eyes! I am hoping that you understand why named the chapter title why I did (Orange =Naruto's new jacket, Green = Gai, Red = Itachi's mangekyou) I also put in some foreshadowing, though it might not be what you expect, bonus points if you guess what it is. (Note: The points get you nothing, they're just for bragging rights... though who the hell you'll brag to is beyond me.)
So, looks like I didn't get it out as fast as I had hoped, but school has kept me busy, that and playing video games to relieve the stress said school gives me. I also skipped around a lot near the end. Don't know if that'll be bad or not. Well, here's to hoping I didn't mess up too badly! I hope you enjoyed... because that means I rock!!! MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Err, and it means I brought enjoyment to people?
(Heh, drunken Mitsuru...)
P.S. from the Editor of this story: Feel free to send him criticism. Harsh criticism xD
P.S.S from the Author: Feel free to be angry at the editor for taking, oh what was it? TWO MONTHS MAYBE, to edit this chapter. (was it seriosuly two months? I lost count... could have been more acgtually...)