Naruto looked around the room as it faded from black to white across his vision. His head felt like it was going to cave in on itself. And yelling wasn't helping at all. He pinched the bridge of his nose and growled. "Anata mōshibun naku*, Naruto-kun?" He recognized the soft voice and smiled slightly through his clenched teeth, but unknown to himself, it came out looking like a snarl. At this point, after seeing that destructive soul, everyone couldn't help feel that everything Naruto did was strangely animalistic. "Un. Subete no subete no yoi*, Tsubaki-chan, dattebyo." Something about the way the words rolled off his tongue made him pause for a moment. For some reason, his language came out a bit slurred and broken, as if he didn't know it well. But it was his first language, the only one he knew how to speak. But that isn't what he felt. He felt as though he knew more. So he decided to test his knowledge. But before he could do that, a flash of blue blinded his vision and gripped his shoulders tightly, pulling him so that now he was confronted by green.

"Naruto! You just spoke English! Do it again!"

"What the hell Black Star!"

Naruto's hands flew up to his mouth. What did he just say? He could actually understand what Black Star had said to him.

Wait a minute…

Naruto had a headache.

He had a nose, and a hand that he used to rub it in order to rid himself of the headache.

He had a tongue.

He had shoulders.

Most importantly…

Naruto had a body.

Shinigami-sama pulled the startled Black Star away from Naruto and knelt in front of him. Naruto remained motionless, spacing out at his new discovery. "Naruto…. Can you, um, understand me?" No response. "Blink if yes." His wide blue orbs opened and closed in a rapid sequence, making it seem as though he were having a seizure, minus the seizing. The grim reaper snapped his fingers a few times in the blonde boy's face. Naruto's blinking stopped, and his head rolled down to his legs. They twitched slightly under the white sheets, and he began to wonder how much he could move them, if he could move them at all. He flexed his fingers a little, making sure that they were still functional, then bent his arms. He reached out and quickly yanked the sheets to his right, then slowly moved them so that they were hanging off of the bed, and so that he was in a sitting position over them. He rotated his feet around and wiggled his toes, cracking them and stretching his legs out.

Well now, that was odd.

He tapped the balls of his feet on the floor and examined the length of his legs through the white material that covered them. The hospital beds back home were around the same size as the one that Naruto was laying on, and the last time he had sat on one, his knees didn't hang that high over the ledge of the bed. He put his hands on either side of himself, and pushed up to a standing position, only to be greeted with a large white hand pressing against his abdomen slightly. Naruto looked up to Shinigami-sama and blinked once to focus his eyes on his blindingly white mask. "Hey…. Um… what gives?" Naruto decided to test his new knowledge and raised a full blonde brow at the reaper in question. "You don't feel tired? Or exhausted in any way? Dizzy even?" He rubbed his eye and gently pulled the hand away. "Um… No, not really…" his voice was hushed and shy, and he stood up on his new legs, arching his back and throwing his arms up to crack it. A loud yawn escaped his lips.

Tsubaki maneuvered her way around the bed and stood next to him, her hands clasped together tightly and held high under her chin. Naruto turned his head slightly and blinked at her over his nose. He slowly looked her over, from the tips of her toes to the top of her pony tail. Tsubaki knew the look in his oceanic eyes and made sure to stand extra still. His torso turned to face her, following after it was his legs and his head, in that order. His eyes portrayed astonishment and good old fashion curiosity. It made him look rather childish contrast to his animalistic features. It made everyone in the room who had been on edge before calm down. A big grin broke out across his face, one that was almost as bright as his eyes and his hand rose up high above Tsubaki's head. She looked up slightly and flinched when he brought it down and ruffled her hair. She starred up at him underneath his arm. He was still grinning like a mad man.

"It's great to get to meet you as a person and not a soul! Though I gotta admit, I could have sworn you were taller, hahaha!"

Her eyes glazed over, and her cheeks flushed. "Believe me, the feeling's mutual." And she began to laugh along with him.

Black Star jumped over the bed and hooked his arm around Naruto's neck, grinning just as widely as the blonde. Naruto took his hand off of Tsubaki's head and threw Black Star into a head lock. He brought his fist down on the blue haired boy's head and laughed harder. "Nice to meet you too! Now I can have a real conversation with you!" Black Star squirmed in Naruto's grasp and began to shout. "Put me down before I show you my real strength!!" Naruto put him down and grinned down at him. "It's awesome to finally get to talk to you Black Star." The blonde held out his hand. "Uzumaki Naruto. Ha-ha, or Naruto Uzumaki." Black Star grinned and shook his hand vigorously. "I just go by Black Star, but one day you'll know me as the man who surpassed God." Naruto winked at him and ruffled his hair. "Yeah, I get ya big guy." The younger boy couldn't have been happier.

Liz and Patty picked themselves up off of the floor, and Kid approached them from behind. Soul and Spirit joined them. "Hey, I like his attitude. He seems like a pretty cool dude." Soul was the first to approach the dark arm group. He grinned at Naruto and held out his hand. "Hey. Soul Eater. Nice to meet you, Uzumaki." Naruto stepped around Black Star and Tsubaki and shook Soul's hand. "Nice to meet you too. Black Star rants about you all the time." Black star and Soul wrapped an arm around each other and gave him a thumbs up. "That's because we're best buds!" Naruto laughed. "Yeah, I can see that."

The two stepped aside as Kid made his way over to Naruto next. Naruto blinked at him in confusion. "Ah. I remember you. You were there when we first arrived in the death room. I'm assuming you know about everything as far as we go, right?" Kid looked down at the ground. "Yes. I'm sorry. None of it was any of my business and yet I-" "Hey, Hey! It's totally fine! You look like a trustworthy guy, so I've got no problem with it!" Kid nodded. "Don't worry. I am." He held out his hand. "My name is Death the Kid. I'm Shinigami-sama's son." Naruto smiled and shook it. "That's cool. I can't exactly say that I'm anyone's son, but my Dad was the fourth hokage, if it's any consolation prize." Kid chuckled whole heartedly and released his hand. Naruto scratched the back of his head. "So, Death…" This earned him another chuckle from Kid. "Kid is what everyone calls me." "Oh. Ha-ha, alright then!."

Next came Liz and Patty. Liz stood in front of him and poked him in the cheek, all the while grinning. Naruto turned his head slightly to look at her. It seemed that they were the same height. Liz grinned. "Hey there. Liz Thompson. You came out looking as cute as you did in the picture. Maybe cuter. What'd you say your name was again?" Naruto flushed slightly and scratched his nose. "Heheh… Naruto Uzumaki." Patty popped in front of the two and waved. "Hi there! I'm Patty! Liz is my big sis! Heeeeey! Hey Naruto, you kind of look like sis!" Naruto glanced at Liz and raised an eyebrow. Liz did the same, vice versa. How in the world did they look alike? Liz spun Naruto around and made him crouch down slightly next to Patty. She smirked and brought a hand to her chin. "More like you look like him." The two blondes exchanged a look and smiled. "Cool! Hey sis, we've got a big bro now!" Liz chuckled. "Yeah. I guess so."

Though the others had warmed up to the boy already, one person did not. Death Scythe stood his ground, analyzing the boy with burning eyes. This boy wasn't the same as the thing inside him. He could tell the moment Naruto stood that he wouldn't hurt a fly. But before passing out, Sakura mentioned being attacked by the kyuubi before. This told him that there must have been a time where Kyuubi escaped Naruto. And if that were the case, then if the kyuubi ever broke free again, then next time it wouldn't be just Maka. He would be sure to keep a very close eye on this boy.

"Hey, what's up?" Death Scythe's eyes snapped up to a separate pair that he could have sworn were his own reflected. This caused him to step back, surprised. "Whoa! Heh, sorry there buddy, didn't mean to startle you." Naruto grabbed Death Scythe's arm to make sure he didn't fall. Death Scythe smiled hesitantly. "Yeah. Don't worry. It's no problem." He was pulled to his feet in one fluid jerk from Naruto's arm. This kid was pretty strong considering he just got his body back. "I'm Naruto." Death Scythe nodded. "I'm Spirit Albarn. But I'm to be referred to as Death Scythe." Naruto cocked his head in confusion. "If you don't mind my asking, why Death Scythe?" Death Scythe smirked and straightened up, putting his hands on his hips and puffing out his chest. "I'm Shinigami-sama's weapon, that's why!" Naruto blinked. "Oh. Kind of like Tsubaki's Black Star's weapon, right?" "Yeah, something like that."

Naruto turned around to face everyone and grinned. "Ha-ha! This is awesome! So when do we-" A look of realization snapped on his face faster than anyone could blink. The inhabitants of the room stared at him. "Hey, is something wrong?" Soul asked, stepping forward. Naruto's head snapped back to the pink haired girl laying on the cot next to his. He sprinted over to her side and starred down at her. A wide grin graced his features. "Hey, she's alright." His eyes softened and he looked up at Shinigami-sama. "She's going to be okay, right?" "As soon as she rests up she'll be good as new!" Naruto nodded.

Everyone in the room new it was no secret. Naruto made no effort to hide it either. He cared deeply for this girl. How deeply though? A friend? A teammate? Something more? The blonde stood up and looked out to the other side of the room. "How 'bout him?" His tone was dangerous as he looked at the Uchiha sleeping soundly on his own cot. "Erm… same I suppose." Naruto sighed and walked around Sakura's bed, wearing a melancholy smile.

GROWL

Until his stomach cried out. His face blazed like a fire, and he grabbed it in a horrid attempt to keep it quiet. He glanced up to the others in the room who just blinked at him.

"Eheheh… anyone know where a guy can get some ramen around here?"


Aah~ that was refreshing ^_^ sorry it wasn't as long as last time, and sorry it's been about two months since I've updated =_='

I've been having encore practice from the end of school to 6:30 pm for the play that's coming up.

I'm a story teller :3

I only get to sing one line though 3

And the only reason I got it was because I was the only Alto 2 who could sing the line 3

Lol, it's really fun.

The story is really sad though.

I doubt any of you have heard of the play once on this island. Maybe your school has performed it before?? Maybe not. But it's absolutely heart breaking and sad. But still awesome ^_^

So sorry for lack of updates, I will make it up to you somehow…

But anyway!

The votes are in!

Sasuke/Sakura-10

Naruto/Sakura-2

Kid/Sakura-7

Naruto/Tsubaki-8

Sasuke/Maka-2

Soul/Maka-6

Black Star/Tsubaki-3

Thanks for keeping strong with me guys ^_^

Oh, and for all you people voting Hebi/taka…

I took that option out because off no one saying anything on it…

But if you really want it in, then try to convince everyone who reviewed this to vote yes or no .

Or I can…

People are wanting Hebi/taka in the story, but others wont vote.

So if you REALLY want hebi/taka in, or if you REALLY don't want them in, then say so 3

Please??

Lol, anyway, I'm not joking.

So yeah, gimme the votes or I'll make Hibari hit you with his tonfa.

(random reviewer: This is Soul Eater and Naruto! Not Reborn!)

Who cares? Hibari is a sexy beast.


Hey! You're probably curious as to what Tsubaki and Naruto are saying at the beginning of the chapter.

Tsubaki: Anata mōshibun naku* Well, my translator's messed up, so I'm going to give you the rough translation of what it's supposed to mean; Are you okay?

Naruto: Un. Subete no Subete no yoi* what it's supposed to say; Yeah. Never better.