Chapter 13

Romeo

"Talking"

"Thought"

"Inner/Demon Talking"

"Inner/Demon Thought"

"Move/Ability Talking"

"Move/Ability Thought"

Last Time: Sasori revealed himself as a traitor and a sellout. As it turned out, Sasori's loyalty was always with Orochimaru, he led Konoha and Fairy Tail into a trap. The only question was, why?

(Story Begins)

(Flashback: Three Days After Naruto Left Konoha, Location: Konoha Hospital, Specific Location: Room A113 Ino's Room)

Knock! Knock! Knock! The white door opened, which revealed every one of the Rookies with the exception of Naruto entering the room.

"Hey Ino, we heard you woke up. Are you okay?" Choji asked in concern for the Yakamana, as he and Shikamaru, who was the closest to their teammate by her bed, looked in fear.

"Yes and… No…" She said in a tone of sadness and hurt. She wore hospital robes, and her hair was a mess in all directions of her head, but they still could see the troubled eyes of their friend.

"What's wrong, Ino?" Tenten asked.

"Sakura…" Sakura's eyes widened when she heard her name. "Come here at… Please…" She heard Ino's plea, and complied and walked up to Ino. Sakura soon placed a hand on her friend's side, which shocked Ino a little, before she smiled.

"Did we… Did we get Naruto back?" Ino looked into her best friend's eyes, hoping to see the happiness in them. But, to Ino's disappointment, Sakura's were laced with sadness upon the mention of Naruto's name.

"No, Ino, we didn't, we couldn't," Sasuke said. "He was strong, powerful. I-I've never seen Naruto like that before, he was like a different person." Sasuke said.

"No. No, you're wrong. Naruto was not acting like a different person, not at all. He was acting like he should've been a long time ago…" Everyone grew either shocked or questioned over Ino's sudden words. The way she said them, the tone she used told them in a way that… Something was not right.

"Ino, before you were knocked out I told you to trap Naruto in his mind. After you were knocked out, Naruto said something, he said that he showed you something. What was it?" Shikamaru asked.

"Naruto… He showed me… He showed me his life…" Ino said. "A life… A life that… I can't say…" Ino suddenly curled up in a ball.

"Ino…" Sakura said. "If you can't tell me, tell any of us, then show us. Show us what you've seen." Sakura said with determination while trying to soothe her friend in a hug.

"I… I can't… I won't…" Ino said.

"She's right, Ino. Naruto left in a way I know it was not like him, we need to know what you've seen. Maybe it will answer some questions I had for a long time?" Shikamaru said, which made Choji look at him in confusion.

"What do you mean Shikamaru?" Choji asked.

"Think about it. When you, Naruto and I were younger, we seen how the villagers looked at him, they gave some strange looks that indicate they were aware of Naruto, like if he was a murderer. Every time I would ask my parent, the Senseis in our classes or Asuma, they would always say something else than what I asked. They're hiding something, and I would like to know what it is exactly." Shikamaru said, as he eyes Ino. "So please Ino, show us what you saw, it might help us get Naruto back, or understand something about him that we might not know about." With that said, Ino nodded, and she got out of Sakura's hug and sat on the edge of her bed and pointed her hands in a strange position which was recognised as the Yakamana's Mind Transfer Jutsu.

"Mind Transfer Jutsu," Ino said quietly, and everything from the Rookie's minds went pitch black.

They all looked in confusion, as slowly a small area of the village opened up, a shopping area. They all started to see some familiar parts of the town, some everyday people, some familiar faces, faces which belonged to shop keepers, merchants, regular villagers who were none-Shinobi.

What was strange, that all of the people they were seeing around them were circling something, something they had to move to get a closer look at? To their shock, they saw a boy, no older than ten years of age. He had blond hair, whisker-like markings, an unforgettable facial look which they recognised instantly as Naruto, a younger version of Naruto. He wore a white T-Shirt, green pants, open slippers, he also had messy hair covered in dirt.

"THIS IS ALL YOU FAULT!" A villager screamed.

"I had a son, a son who had a wife who had a child! You killed my son! You killed my son, who will never see the face of his young boy ever! You murdered him!" A shop keeper growled.

"My parents fought an incurable disease for years, FOR YEARS! And after all the fighting they did, they were finally cured before YOU CRUSHED A BUILDING OVER THEIR HEADS!" A young adult yelled.

To the Genins shock, the few people who spoke started beating on the little Naruto hard with sticks and bats and rocks.

Shikamaru gritted his teeth, and so did Sasuke. Tenten clenched her fist as she stood back in shock and disbelief. Hinata held her hands to her mouth as a few tears leaked out of her eyes. Neji was in utter shock, too much to display any emotion. Choji was angered. Shino was shocked. Kiba was visibly growling with Akamaru in anger and rage. Lee was angered to a point he hardly could contain himself. But all of their passion, sadness and disbelief could not hold a candle to both Sakura and Sasuke on how they felt.

Sasuke was enraged, saddened beyond belief, and guilty with the latter being above the rest. How? As in, how could Konoha do this to a little boy? And for what reason? Why would they harm Naruto? It could not have been because he was annoying, nor could be for his pranks either? All of this seemed too much like… Like… Revenge…

But, Sakura… Where to begin on how she felt? Naruto, her Naruto, their Naruto, Konoha's Naruto, the one who always smiled like nothing in the world had ever been infected with anything wrong. The Naruto who would always slap someone in the face whoever was lost in the darkness. Had suffered a horrible and agonising time… She felt worse, much worse than anybody, even more than Sasuke. She didn't know why? Or how? But she felt so upset, she felt shattered, like her heart was dropped by accident and broke like a fragile Chinese plate collection against the hard-cold heavy ground. Compared to the times Sasuke was injured, nearly fatally, could not come to terms with how she felt right now with Naruto's suffering.

And it only got worse. The image changed to many sceneries, somewhere Naruto was refused better clothing, refused better teachings from the Sensei other than Iruka back in their old days at the Academy, he was also refused better Shinobi equipment, from nearly all stores with the exception of Tenten's family shop, he was denied proper food from all places except for Teuchi Ramen Shop and the BBQ Restaurant.

And the final image displayed something that would sicken all of the Genins to their very stomachs. Themselves…

"This is such a waste of time, Naruto!" Shikamaru, a few days before graduating the Academy said to Naruto, who seemed hurt yet kept his smile.

"We have to pay because of your mess-ups! Just forget it, you'll never be a Shinobi!" Ino complained, also a few days before they graduated from the Academy.

"I'm sorry, Naruto, but I don't have a lot of time to play with you. Also, I think you can be a little bit annoying." Choji, one day prior to their graduation, said to Naruto in a voice of annoyance, yet he failed to notice Naruto's pained expression.

"How the heck did you become a Shinobi! I'll always be the better Shinobi than you ever could be Naruto! Ha! I bet that's why your parents left you?! Because you were a waste of their time!" Kiba, at the Chunin Exams, mocked Naruto.

"N-Naruto… E-Even if you can't be a Shinobi… I-I'm sure there are other things you can do?" Hinata, a few days before the graduation said to Naruto.

"Only those who have the right can be called Shinobi. I don't think you are one of those people, Naruto." Shino said to Naruto, a day prior before their graduation.

"Honestly! I have no idea what to say?! Either Konoha's Sensei in the Academy are lacking, or the village itself is getting desperate! How could someone like you become a Shinobi?!" Tenten said from the VERY first day she and Naruto had met in the Chunin Exams first test.

"I would prefer to fight someone, such as Sasuke! Not some Shinobi-wanna-be who thinks he could stand face to face with a true prodigy!" Lee declared when he first met Naruto and the rest of Team Seven before the first test of the Chunin Exams.

"You should just give up. A boy such as yourself could never be a true Shinobi. You're far too loud and annoying to become one. A boy such as yourself is a direct disgrace to the Shinobi program." Neji spoke harshly towards Naruto after the second Chunin exams test before the finale.

"A person like you Naruto could never understand true pain. You will never be able to understand how painful it is to be alone, to be the last of your kind. You will never be able to understand how much being stronger means to a person, and never will." Sasuke growled the time when he spoke to Naruto after the Tea Country mission when Sasuke was injured from his fight.

"Naruto, I'd wish you would grow up for once like REALLY grow up. Sasuke-Kun, he, he lost his family. I know you act like this whole rival-thing is important but, can you at least give Sasuke-Kun some room. Sometimes, I actually think you care about nobody else but yourself. At least give some pity for Sasuke-Kun, some pure pity for Sasuke-Kun." Sakura spoke to Naruto, right after Naruto's conversation with Sasuke as she slowly backs him out of the room.

Everyone watched as their other-selves spoke to Naruto harshly and rudely, pretending he was just some idiot they didn't care about. At the time, they didn't really think of anything about how they reacted towards Naruto, but now that they see themselves for what they've done to him, their guilt grew much more significant.

Shikamaru was speechless, he didn't realise how harsh he sounded towards Naruto. Sure, Naruto did make a fool of himself which forced Iruka to punish Naruto by giving him a transformation exercise with the whole class, but after witnessing what Naruto had suffered, Shikamaru immediately took all of those words back. Most likely, Ino felt ashamed of herself too.

Choji felt terrible to the core of his body, he was very guilty. Choji only thought Naruto was just a loud-mouthed brat, even though he was the same age as him, but he didn't like how he sounded towards Naruto which made him regret his words a lot.

Kiba and Akamaru were practically in shock, complete shock at that. Kiba sounded such a jerk to Naruto for scolding him so hard. Naruto always worked hard to become a valuable Shinobi to Konoha. Initially, he thought it was funny the way he spoke to Naruto, but after witnessing himself talking to Naruto made him guilty beyond belief.

Hinata felt guilty too, even though she wasn't harsh in any way towards Naruto, not did she ever insult him, she could not deny the small hint of her voice that she did not believe in Naruto. Naruto needed some comfort, Hinata provided only a little of that and hurt Naruto a little more, which made her feel guilty as well with the others.

Shino didn't really think much about Naruto, but he had to agree that he may have stepped over a line when talking down to Naruto.

Tenten was similar to Shino's case; she didn't think much about Naruto either. But, after the Chunin Exams, Neji became a lot more tolerable than before, his belief in fate controls everything was shattered and replaced by the hope of changing destiny. She remembered when Lee broke his leg, which at the time was un-healable, Neji said to Tenten that I may have been faith that Lee lost his use of his leg until Naruto beat him of course. The next day after the Chunin exams, Tenten saw Neji apologising to Lee, something she never saw Neji do before to anybody, apologies. She just felt guilty that she never apologised for saying those things to Naruto.

Lee didn't feel guilty at all, not the slightest… He felt HORRIBLE! He felt like he betrayed everything Gai had ever taught him. He never apologised to Naruto for berating and neglecting him like that, never did. Lee only wished he could've apologised to Naruto before he left, as he cried tears.

Neji felt terrible, very terrible. He never apologised to Naruto of any of the things he said to him before. Even after the Chunin Exams, and after Neji changed his perspective over a few things, he still had a lot of doubt about Naruto being a Shinobi, with his attitude and his character in question. But, after witnessing the beatings, Neji understands now how Naruto must've felt all this time, and the sadness he must've contained in him.

Sasuke, he felt like a traitor, a traitor to Naruto and Team Seven. Those who betray the rules are scum, but those who betray their friends are worse than scum. Sasuke had realised what he said was selfish, very selfish, he in some way, had felt horrible. After he had witnessed everything, the villagers put him through.

And last, but not least, Sakura… Sakura felt broken, hurt, pain, guilt, regret, and basically every negative and regretful emotion one person can think of. She felt like a dagger cut through her heart hundreds-millions of times over, and over, again, and again. She felt like crap, awful. She wished the Naruto she saw in Ino's Jutsu was the real Naruto, the Naruto who just left the village in anger. It wasn't long before she saw his hurt expression after Sakura's last rejection. She wanted Naruto back, more than ever, and more than she ever could for Sasuke…

Everything cleared, and the Jutsu was removed. The Rookies returned back to the real world, where they saw Ino, who had a bright look of guilt in her eyes. The room was silent, and nobody could say a word. Except for…

"Well… I guess it's about time we told them." Everyone turned to look behind, to see Kakashi with Gai, Asuma and Kurenai standing in front of the closed room door.

"Tell us what?" Choji asked.

"Listen, we lied and kept this from you kids for far too long. You all may have questions about Naruto, questions like how he obtained such power in a short amount of time? Or why he was mistreated in the Leaf Village?" Asuma said.

Shikamaru looked at his Sensei with his usual Nara look, quickly recovering from the shock he had earlier. "Yeah. But the question I want to know is, why was Naruto mistreated in Konoha? It can't be for his pranks, or his attitude, that was just too much?".

"Let me explain…" And so, Kakashi explained everything. Naruto's Birthday on October 10th, the Kyuubi attack, the villagers' anger, a secret they never knew about him, Naruto being the Nine-Tailed Jinchuriki, and all about Naruto's suffering in detail.

They were shocked but guilty, very, very guilty. They had no idea Naruto suffered so much. But it all made so much sense.

"But… The Kyuubi is dead… The Fourth made sure of that…" A shocked Tenten said.

"The Fourth Hokage is strong Tenten. However, it's not his strength that was the issue. Even if there was someone at the time who was more powerful than the Fourth Hokage, it's highly doubtful they could ever kill the Kyuubi." Gai explained to his confused Kunoichi student.

"The Tailed Beasts may appear to look like our everyday animals, and they may be solid like us. But they were created originally by Chakra. You can stab, you can blow up, and you can touch Chakra, but it's a power that can never die. For example, our Jutsus. While we can use Jutsus which uses up our Chakra, the Chakra we release goes into the water, earth, air and all other elements, until it eventually circles back to us." Kakashi explained. "The Tailed Beasts are purely made out of Chakra, so if the Kyuubi was to die, sort of speak, the Kyuubi's Chakra would be transferred into the earth, it would take half a year before it would return to its full form." Kakashi finished his explanation.

"And the best way to defeat the Nine-Tails, at the time, was to seal it into a human vessel," Kurenai added.

"But that vessel couldn't have been a fully-grown person. It had to be a child, a human child, a newborn baby for the process to be fully complete. Naruto was born in the right place but at the wrong time." Asuma said, regretfully.

"And so, Naruto became the Nine-Tailed Jinchuriki, but not by choice." Kakashi finished. "Naruto should've been praised a hero, maybe acknowledged as the jailor and the seal of the Nine-Tails. However, the villagers' anger became too much for them, that they saw Naruto as a demon himself, the Nine-Tails reborn in human skin." Kakashi explained.

"And so, you have it. The abuse, the Chakra you've seen in Naruto, all of it is connected." Gai said.

"Yet, I have to wonder, why did it take so long for you to figure out his abuse?" Kakashi asked the rookies, who all looked at him in confusion.

"Naruto's abuse was not a very well-kept secret. I mean, surely you al noticed the looks and the anger in the villagers' eyes every time Naruto walked past them in the streets? Or at least noticed the times Naruto was kicked out of shops and restaurants as soon as he stepped foot in them?" Asuma asked.

Each of the rookies looked at each other. Why didn't they notice this before? Especially Sasuke, Shikamaru, Hinata, Ino, Choji, Kiba, Akamaru, Shino, and Sakura of all should've seen this?

"For shame. You all call yourselves Naruto's friends yet, you never noticed his abuse before?" Kurenai said in a tone that said she was ashamed of her students along with the other students.

"All you had to do was look at the surroundings around you, and you have the answer," Asuma added.

It was then that Sakura's need to bring Naruto back only grew larger…

(Flashback Ends)

(Location: Unknown, Specific Location: Unknown)

In a sizeable spherical-like cave structure, where there was large waterhole, Sakura was dripping wet while placing her hands on Ayato's wound, who was on his back.

She managed to pull Ayato out of the water, but she couldn't' heal the wound fast enough, he was losing too much of his own blood. Usually, Sakura would take someone as injured as Ayato to a hospital, to be treated by the best and most experienced doctors like her mentor Tsunade. But she did not have that luxury.

Ayato grew paler by the minute, and his body became colder and colder, his eyes were closed, which meant they might not open, maybe never.

"I-I can't… I can't heal his wounds. He's losing too much blood. In the next few minutes, he might not make it…" Sakura thought as she looked sadly at Ayato. She remembered his smile and the promise he made. She already let down a few of her friends in the past, and now she was gonna let down another. Was all her training for the past few years' worth nothing? "He won't make it! DAMNIT!" Just as Sakura was about to give up hope for her friend, a hand touched her back, which glowed a bright blue colour of Chakra. At first, it shocked Sakura.

"Maybe with this, you might be able to heal him…" But a voice said behind her. She complied and healed Ayato.

(Location: With Team Natsu)

"FIRE DRAGON'S: ROAR!" A burst of flames was roared out of Natsu's fiery mouth, towards a group of Shinobi. The Shinobi danced around comically in flames before jumping to a nearby harbour into the water.

"AHHHHH!" Erza gave a fierce warrior roar as she slammed a giant, spiky black steel sword into a group of Shinobi, who all were launched away from her.

"ICE MAKE! FREEZE!" Grey yelled as he froze a group of Shinobi.

The three members all went back to back to each other in a triangle in battle positions. "GEEZ! These guys don't know when to give up!" Grey complained.

"This isn't right! They shouldn't have any reason to believe we'll be here! We were betrayed!" Erza said as she prepared her weapon for another strike. She charged to a group of Shinobi again, but she suddenly felt her own feet getting stuck in the sandy ground. "WHAT?!" Erza exclaimed.

"ERZA!" Natsu yelled as he was about to approach Erza until his feet got stuck too.

"WHAT'S HAPPENING?! Grey yelled as his feet were trapped as well.

"WHAT IS THIS?! QUICKSAND?!" Naruko yelled.

"I doubt it could be Quicksand in the middle of a village!" Kiba growled, like him, and Akamaru who was transformed into Kiba, began to sink into the ground.

It'd seemed like the whole group's feet was trapped in a weird mercury liquid puddle that pulled them in like Quicksand.

"Well, it's not exactly Quicksand…" A voice spoke, and everyone turned their heads to a man.

The man was in his late thirties. He had black hair, with yellow stripes and grey dots mapping his hair. He had a yellowish-brown tint skin, his eyes were yellow, pupil-less. His hair was short on the back, but long in the front, only a twin of bangs hugged his cheeks, down to his chin. He wore a brown robe, underneath he wore more dresses coloured black. He had black gloves on his arms and wore brown pants and black boots. One of the exciting and open features of his face was the "=" rotated 90 degrees to the right on his forehead, looking like a scar. He had a black blade, but the detail wasn't visible.

"The name's Jack, Jack, the Slicer. And what you're sinking in is usually my special technique, Portal Magic. I would usually use a spell like this on my dead victims or to transport cargo, but for your case, it's a little different. I'll only send you outside the village borders." Jack chuckled.

"I EHHH! CAN'T MOVE!" Natsu struggled up to his shoulders.

"HANG ON I GOT YA!" Happy yelled as he swooped down to save Natsu, only for a Shinobi to knock Happy into the liquid that was pulling his friends in. He got sucked under so fast.

"HAPPY-MHHHHH!" Natsu yelled, but the liquid soon covered his mouth.

Erza was up to her breasts, but she managed to get to Natsu and grab him by the armpits. "NATSU!" Erza yelled in concern, as she attempted to pull Natsu up, only to fail as she sunk to the same depth as Natsu was.

"HMMMMMMMMMMM!" Both Natsu and Erza muffled a yell as they were sucked under the liquid.

"NOT GOOD! HMMMMMM!" Grey muffled, as he was sucked under. Soon, Naruko, Kiba and Akamaru followed them as they were sucked under as well.

The liquid puddles soon shrunk down in size and disappeared, as Jack stroked his chin in victory.

"What now?" One of the Shinobi asked.

"Now, we wait. I'm sure the others will come here soon. Meanwhile, I'll start the preparations…" With that said, Jack slowly walked away from the area, straight towards the Kage Tower.

(With Shikamaru's Team)

BAM! The last of the enemy Shinobi fell face-first on the ground. Shikamaru's shadow returned to him, Neji's eyes returned to normal, and Wendy took a deep breath.

"There doesn't seem to be any more coming our way," Neji informed.

"However, the enemy knows we're here. It might've happened with Erza's and Kakashi's team for all we know. The best option would be to-." Shikamaru was cut off as a liquid portal was formed from the ground creating a wall facing the team.

"AHHHH!" Happy yelled, as he was flown out of the portal, and onto the ground.

"AHHHHH!" Natsu was thrown on top of Happy.

"KYA!" Erza shrieked as she was thrown on top of Natsu and Happy.

"AHHHH!" Grey yelled as he was thrown on top of Erza.

Naruko, Kiba and Akamaru all were thrown, but thanks to their ninja reflexes, they managed to land on their feet safely. Akamaru transformed back into his original form.

"NATSU! ERZA! HAPPY! GREY!" Wendy yelled as she rushed to her friends' side.

"Ow, my aching head-!" Grey was punched off by Erza.

"GET OFF ME!" She yelled at Grey.

"Hey, look! It's Wendy and the others!" Natsu said as he pointed at said people.

"Neji?" Naruko said.

"Shikamaru, Lee?" Kiba said.

"ARFF!" Akamaru barked.

The three looked in confusion as they saw their friends in front of an entrance to a large cave.

"What happened? How dd we get here?" Kiba asked in confusion.

"I think we should be asking that question. I thought you were in the village?" Shikamaru asked as he crossed his arms and walked closer to the group before stopping a few meters away from them.

"We were," Naruko explained. "But, another one of these weird Mages used some weird technique and create a weird portal-thing and sent us here." Naruko tried to explain, but she was just in awe of the recent events.

"What about the other team? Did they make it?" Shikamaru asked.

"Kakashi's team? No, not as far as we know. We didn't see them anywhere before we were ambushed." Naruko replied.

Grey got up, rubbing his aching head. "Judging by the way this place looks, you guys got ambushed as well?" Grey said, inspecting the fallen Shinobi on the ground.

"We were. But we dealt with those hooligans." Carla said.

"Now what?" Grey asked as he looked at Shikamaru and Erza. "Our stealth mission isn't so stealthy anymore. What do we do now?".

"Only thing we CAN do," Shikamaru said. "We need to search for a campsite, and we need to meet with Kakashi-Sensei to discuss the next plan of action," Shikamaru said.

"I'm concerned with Ayato," Erza said. "I was hoping if we did reunite in the village, I would be close to Ayato to protect him if he needed protection," Erza said in worry.

"He's with Lucy. I also heard this Kakashi-guy is supposed to be strong, right?" Grey looked over to Shikamaru.

"Without a doubt," Shikamaru said.

(Location: With Ayato And Sakura)

A lamp was lit on the shore of the cave. Ayato had on a blanket that Sakura wrapped around him to warm him up. He was shaking visibly, his jacket and shirt were removed as she dried. Well, she dried his shirt, but not the coat, it was too ruined to be wearable.

In front of Ayato, from where he was sitting, a man in his thirties, with fair skin, with messy, shoulder-length black-purple hair that partially hangs in front of his face on his chin. He wore a black cloak, brown boots. He was also slender. He had a scar on his right cheek, like a bad cut.

He looked at Ayato and Sakura, who both returned the look to him.

"Hey… Thanks for saving me." Ayato thanked the man. The man turned his dark, half-closed eyes to Ayato.

"Is something wrong?" Sakura asked in concern, not liking the man's look.

"You…" The man pointed a finger towards Ayato. "What's your name?" He asked.

"A-Ayato Usagi Kaze," Ayato replied in confusion. It was the way the man asked Ayato's name.

"My name is Romeo, Romeo Williams." The man now known as Romeo explained. "I am a simple traveller, nothing more." He said as he took out from his pocket a small canteen filled with Sake, and took a sip.

"My name is Sakura Haruno. I am Tsunade-Sama's apprentice, and a medical Kunoichi, I am also a Chunin of the village hidden in the Leaves." Sakura explained herself, giving the man a simple bow.

"Don't care," Romeo said simply.

"WHAT?!" Sakura exclaimed before she cleared her throat and let go of the subject. "As my friend said, we are thankful you helped us. I don't I could've saved Ayato if it wasn't for your help mister." Sakura said in a thankful tone.

"I told you my name, didn't I? Or are you two just wasting my time?" He asked while taking some more sips of his drink.

"Geez! This guy's grumpy!" Ayato whispered to Sakura.

"Tell me about it," Sakura replied to Ayato.

"I heard that!" Romeo said in annoyance.

Ayato gave the man a stare of annoyance, comically as his eyes were white triangles looking at him angrily.

"Excuse me, mister. But, what are you doing down here, in this cave?" Sakura asked, brushing aside some of her annoyance in order to continue the conversation.

"Me? I'm a resident of this village. I am a clerk for one of my shops, a shop which has been taken by those Shinobi. I was thinking of getting some help, but I was too worried about getting help, probably because of the Shinobi who attacked the village could find me so they could kill me?" Romeo said. "Which is why, I want you to help," Romeo said.

Author's Note: Yeah, kind of abrupt to end this chapter here, but I wanted to upload it today. I'm sorry this was uploaded on January 20th, where it was meant to be Sunday 19th I was involved to upload this chapter. But don't fret, I will upload this Sunday Chapter 12 of Trying To Move On this Sunday.

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