"Normal speech"
'Normal thoughts'
"Demon/Summon speech"
'Demon/Inner Sakura/Summon thoughts'
"Jutsu name"
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flashback/memory
~locations and transitions~
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Bloody Rogue dragon deity king: I don't think it needs to be shown how he returns the stuff. Seems like it would be that odd filler piece in this. Naruto likes to get Tsunade mad but not mad enough to get him killed. Th was more of a jab at Tsunade's habit of leaving those. It's more of a personal jab at her
Robertroy1: glad you like it
Scott the Wanderer: it was kind of hard to come up with what could be stolen from Iruka but since he was a teacher his time with his students just seemed appropriate
DragoonSensei: precisely
ZyiareHellsing: you're welcome
12Ookami12: ok first, nice play on the fic's title. Second I just came up with it, I can come up with some odd but sometimes clever stuff if given the chance but either way I came up with this.
Otakumode: glad you enjoyed it and glad you are looking forward to it
Voltblaze0522: glad it made such an impression. Never mess with a prankster
Absolom Hellgate: that's why he was the hardest one to think of what could be stolen from him but then I figured that since he was a teacher he would value the time he had with his students
Guest 1: are you the one that kept asking questions on stuff in earlier chapters about things that I had made clear? They sleep in his room because they want to. They are in a relationship so I made it that they sleep in the same bed. They don't do anything major, just sleep.
Firestar001: glad you enjoyed it. I had planned on some of the suggestions but didn't know if I should. Since a few wanted to read them I chose to go with it
Thor94: a shinobi prankster is dangerous to their sanity
Dragon Man 180: That would have been funny but unfortunately I did not plan for that. I might use it but not here. Ebisu was not such a memorable character that I did not even look up some of his info. I like him, don't get me wrong but he just wasn't in the show much. I also felt that his item should get him into a perverted mishap
Guest 2: thank you. I'm glad you liked the stealing time bit.
Guest 3: well here is the latest
WAIT!
When you finish this chapter, please read all of the notes at the end as it has important information. Aside from that...enjoy
Chapter 63: See you
"Why the hell did you agree to this!?"
"It is well within his right to request time off so he can go off to do his own personal mission!"
"But with a group of S-rank Rogue-nin after him?! It's like fishing in shark-infested waters with the biggest chunk of meat on your hook and using a stick and string!"
"That's why you are going with him."
Jiraiya slumped down onto the couch as he was growing tired of arguing with Tsunade about this. He really did not like this one bit as it was extremely risky on all ends. Naruto wanted to go to the other villages to speak or interact with the other Jinchuriki and warn them about the Akatsuki, which will not end well in many different scenarios. And here he was, being called back to the village so he could be an escort to the kid. He thought about this and looked back to Tsunade "you didn't answer my question. Why did you agree to let him do this? You should be more against this kind of thing than me! So why let him do it?"
Tsunade sat in her chair as she swirled around to look out of the village "he was very persuasive with his argument."
Jiraiya deadpanned at this as he thought about what the statement could mean. "Did he promise to pay off your debt or something?" all he got was silence, which just made him sigh "he did, didn't he?"
"Even if I didn't allow him to go, he would have just snuck out of the village on his own. This way, he at least has some form of protection."
Jiraiya facepalmed 'kid played on her weakness. Damn it.'
~Ichiraku ramen~
All of the rookies were gathered at Ichiraku's with most of them standing or leaning on the wall, with Kiba, Ino, Naruto, Hinata, and Karin sitting in the seats.
Kiba slurped up some noodles and swallowed it before looking to his right "so you leaving the village for real?"
Two seats from Kiba, Naruto brought a bowl to his lips as he drank the broth before answering "yep. I'll be leaving in a few days and I have to make sure I get everything I need before heading out."
Shikamaru was leaning on the wall as he spoke "Troublesome, so what exactly are you going to be doing when you go out on this mission of yours?"
"There is a group of rogue nin after the other Jinchuriki. I want to go and warn the other villages about the coming threat and meat up with my aunts and uncles."
Karin took a sip of her tea before looking towards Naruto "I still think it's weird that you call the other bijuu aunts and uncles. I just can't picture them as such."
"She has a point. To call the other beasts like that could come off as an insult to them."
'You told me how you were all made at the same time from the same source right?'
"Yes." he had told his kit as such though he had yet to go full into details about the whole thing.
'Well if you were all made from the same thing, then it makes them your brothers and sisters, and since I'm your kit, that makes them my aunts and uncles.'
Kurama figured that he would have to tell him the whole truth on this trip as it is either they plan to create new jinchurikis, which was extremely unlikely, or most likely, the Akatsuki are after something far more dangerous.
Naruto looked to Karin as he smiled "well it's sort of true with what I am."
Neji was standing with a bowl in his hands "I see how you can perceive it as such but it is an odd family, to say the least."
Haku nodded as he and Sakura stood next to Neji with their own bowls "family comes in many different forms. To accept them so readily even if you have not yet met them is commendable."
Choji finished another of his bowls as he lifted his chopsticks "actually he met one of them already, though it wasn't on friendly terms."
They all nodded as they remembered that day
Shino finished his tea and moved to place it on the side of the counter for pickup. "Do you have any other plans for your journey?"
Naruto nodded "yeah. I plan on upping my training and seeing if I can make some new jutsu."
Lee threw his bowl in the air as he brought his fist in front of him "Yosh Naruto! You inspire me to push myself, even more, to show you my flames burn as brightly as yours!"
Tenten moved her bowl to one hand as she stretched out her other hand to catch Lee's bowl, making sure not to spill any of the ramen in it, before handing it back to Lee "hey if you see any weapons in the other village shops, bring em back so I can check them out. I always wanted to see weapons from other villages."
Ino sighed in satisfaction as she finished her second bowl "just try not to do anything too stupid out there."
"I'll try."
Kiba pointed his chopsticks at Naruto as he spoke "don't think you will always be the strongest in our group. I plan on training even harder."
*arf*
Naruto smiled at this "you better if you want to catch up to me. Heck, I trained with Ino and Hinata and they both can now train even harder since I taught them the Shadow clone jutsu."
Kiba gaped at this as he looked at the two girls "that's so not fair."
"Hey, they are my girlfriends so I'm going to help them out the most."
"Lucky bastard"
Sakura finished her bowl and moved to place it on the counter
Ino placed her bowl to the side
"Another bowl please!"
Everyone looked to Ino and Sakura as both said the same thing at the same time.
Ayame peaked her head out from the back with a smile on her face "coming right up!"
Ino and Sakura looked at each other and sparks began to fly for a minute before both smiled and giggled at each other.
Shikamaru quirked an eyebrow at the two "never saw you two each this much before. I know it's good but why the sudden taste for ramen?"
Both Ino and Sakura looked to Hinata who had a stack of bowls next to her. They eyed the stack before they eyed a certain part of Hinata.
"No reason!"
"troublesome
Haku smiled as Sakura moved to stand next to him and wait for her order. Once she was next to him he wrapped an arm around her waist and brought her in close before placing a kiss to the side of her head "you're fine the way you are."
Sakura smiled up at Haku as she appreciated that he finds her attractive the way she is.
Naruto finished his bowl as he looked at it before saying "I'm going to miss not having any Ichiraku on the road." looking up he smiled and pumped his fist in the air "Ayame-nee-chan! Teuchi-Jiji! Another round for me!"
"Coming right up Naruto!"
~day of~
Naruto finished storing the last of his traveling scrolls and some notes of things that he would work on during his journey. One of them being a personal mission that he felt needed to be done for Anko and a special request from Hinata regarding Neji. He would make sure to get them finished by the time he returns. He got up and put the scroll that had everything in his jacket. He moved to leave his room and smiled at it with a smile on his face. "Can't wait till I can come back." he left the room and began to make his way to the village gate.
~Main gate~
Everyone that cared about Naruto were standing in front of the gate as they all wanted to give him a fond farewell.
Well most of them
"Woofy! Don't go!"
Naruto was looking down at Asa who was hugging his leg and crying into his pants. "Asa, please let go."
"no!"
Naruto lifted his leg only to see Asa holding on tight. He chuckled as he looked to Anko "do you mind? I don't think she will listen to me."
Anko moved up to the little girl that was being held in the air by Naruto's leg "Asa, can you please let Naruto go?"
"NO! I don't want woofy to go away!" Asa looked up at Anko before looking at Ino "Tell Woofy to stay Flower girl."
Naruto chuckled at the name Asa gave Ino. the little girl gave Ino the name when they first met.
~Flashback~
Asa was looking at the playground in awe as she now had her own personnel one.
"Hey, Naruto!"
Asa jumped at the sound of someone she didn't know and due to it being so sudden, she hid behind Anko
Ino had come out of the compound and walked over to the main gate where Naruto and Anko were. She called out when she was halfway to them and she saw someone hide behind Anko. she figured that it must have been Asa since Anko was here and Naruto told her that the two would be moving in. once she joined them she looked to Naruto "Hinata wanted to know what we should make for dinner tonight to see if we need to go shopping today." she looked to Anko and saw the little hands gripping the coat. She smiled as Asa peeked out from behind Anko. she knelt down to be more at eye level and gave a greeting "hi there. My name is Ino, what's your's?"
Asa peeked her head out a bit more as she bowed her head a bit "I'm Asa Mi...tarashi…."
Ino smiled wider at that and then she noticed that Asa was gripping a little fox Naruto plushy. She called it that because it looked like a chibi fox naruto with blue button eyes. 'A think this is where Naruto's vanity goes. To make girls feel better.' she pointed at the plushy and spoke "I see you have a little fox plushie."
Asa felt a little better and took a step out and brought up her plushy "yeah, this is Lil' woofy."
Ino felt a mischievous side to her pop up 'oh I'm going to call him that one of these days.' she then put on a fake frown "well it looks like Lil woofy is missing something."
Asa brought Lil woofy up and looked it over "what is it missing."
Ino smiled again as she spoke "here. Let me fix it." she brought her hand up to Asa's face before moving past it and behind her ear.
Asa's eyes widened as she saw Ino pull a daisy from behind her ear and place it behind Lil woofy's ear
"There we go."
Asa was still in awe before she said "flower girl!"
Ino laughed at the new nickname she gained
Afterwards, Ino had told Asa that she was one of the two girls that could tell woofy what to do. It was then that every time Asa wanted something that Naruto would not do for her, she would go to Ino to get the Yamanaka to tell him to do it. Didn't work most of the time but Asa kept the thought.
Ino smiled as she moved to stand by Anko "sorry Asa but Woofy has to do this. It's something that he feels is his responsibility."
"But I don't want him to go." Asa began to tear up more.
Naruto decided that he should say something to her so he lowered his leg back to the ground and knelt down with the leg being held still being propped up. "Asa. I know you don't want me to go but I have to. I have family out there that needs my help. This is my one chance to go and do that. I know you are afraid that I won't ever come back but I promise you that I will come back and when I do, you can play with me all you want."
Asa lifted her head to look at Naruto with tears falling from her eyes. "You promise?" She still didn't want him to go but she understood that he was going to help out his family.
Naruto pet her on top of her head and gave his foxy smile "I promise."
Asa brought up her hand with a pinky up "pinky swear."
Naruto met her pinky with his own and gave a gentle shake "pinky swear."
Asa reluctantly let go of his leg and walked over to her mother.
Naruto stood back up and smiled at everyone "well everyone, I guess it's time."
Everyone nodded as Shikamaru spoke, "so I guess this is goodbye."
Naruto smiled wider as he shook his head "I don't believe in goodbyes. I believe in...see ya laters"
Tenten shook her head "only you would come up with something like that."
"Hey, it's a good line."
Everyone chuckled at this as Naruto pouted a bit before smiling
Once Kiba stopped, he gained a nervous look as he rubbed the back of his neck "Hey Naruto, you're going to Suna right?"
Naruto nodded "yeah. It will be my first stop. Why?"
Kiba grew even more nervous as he tried to find the words to use for what he wanted "well…"
Naruto gained a knowing look "I'll tell Temari you said hi."
The Inuzuka began to stutter out excuses "that wasn't….I didn't… why would you…..how did you?"
Shino stepped up to Kiba as he put a hand on his shoulder to calm him down. "We all know about it, Kiba."
Kiba could only slump as he saw everyone nod their head "aw man." he looked up to Naruto before saying "thanks."
Naruto smiled and nodded before he gave his farewells to everyone as they all gave their own.
Tsunade moved up to him before removing his hitai-ate and placing a kiss on his forehead. "Take care of yourself out there."
Naruto nodded "you got it Baa-chan."
Tsunade smiled as she flicked his nose….gently, before moving back.
Then it was just Ino and Hinata that stood in front of him
Naruto sadly smiled at both of them before he spoke "think you can take care of yourselves without me?"
Ino huffed as she put her hands on her hips. "Please. We should be the ones worried about you being out there without us." her frown became more sullen "just...make sure that you come back ok?"
Hinata nodded in agreement with Ino's statement "don't overdo things and don't hurt yourself. Try to take care of your health and make sure that you sleep the full eight hours and…"
Ino placed her hand on Hinata's shoulder "Hinata. He knows to do all the things that we put on the list we gave him or else he will suffer when we see him again." she glared at Naruto getting the boy to feel nervous.
Naruto took a breath and nodded "I will Hinata, Ino. I'll be back before you know it."
"You better."
Naruto hugged both of them and cherished having them in his arms and knew that he was going to miss these kinds of moments the most. After a few minutes, he finally let them go and took a few steps back. "Well, see ya later." he waved as he and Jiraiya began to make their way out of the gates.
Everyone watched the two leave as none of them knew how long it would be until they saw him again.
Suddenly Naruto stopped walking before running back to them.
Tsunade quirked an eyebrow at the returning blonde "what? You forget something or did you finish your mission so soon?"
Naruto stopped back in front of Ino and Hinata. "Actually I forgot to give Ino and Hinata something." he began to grab something from his back pockets.
Hinata tilted her head "what is it Naruto-kun?"
Naruto kept rummaging before he looked at the two embarrassingly "well, close your eyes."
Ino and Hinata looked at each other before shrugging and closing their eyes. After a second they heard a couple of poofs and then a pair of hands covered their closed eyes
Both were startled by this with Ino yelping out "hey!"
"Sorry Ino, but I wanna make sure that you don't see it. Now stretch out your hands."
Ino shook her head, as much as she could with the clone's hands covering her eyes, as both she and Hinata brought up their hands to receive the gift.
Naruto took a deep breath as he moved forward to give them his gift.
Ino was waiting for Naruto to place whatever it was he was going to give her in her hands and was wondering why it was taking longer than it should. She opened her mouth about to ask why it was taking so long until she found that she couldn't. "Mmm!" Something had covered her lips. Something warm, gentle, and…..loving. She found her hand had been pushed up and pressed against something familiar. In the back of her mind, she recognized that her hands were on Naruto's chest but the thing that was unfamiliar was what was pressing into her lips but after a couple of seconds she realized what it was. Naruto was kissing her. Her body began to heat up as she felt her legs begin to weaken. "Mmm~" she could not help but enjoy the feel of his lips on hers. She gently gripped his shirt as if to keep him in place and not leave. But after a few seconds, his lips left hers and she felt herself lean a bit forwards as if not to lose the feeling. She may not have his lips on hers but she could still feel the lingering taste of her Naruto. She took in a small breath as if she had lost it and stood there with a dazed look and a heavy blush as the clone released her eyes and poofed away.
Hinata waited patiently for Naruto's gift as she enjoyed the little things that he had given her over the time they have been together. She had heard Ino make a sound and was a little concerned for the female blonde that she had gotten so close too and would have said something but it was halted. Hinata wanted to activate her byakugan to see what was right in front of her but she couldn't think of anything anymore. A pair of lips were pressed on hers and she could only think of one person to do this. She wrapped her arms around the neck of Naruto, as only he is allowed to kiss her and she knew in her heart that it was him. "Mmm~mm" she loved him. That was all there was to it and this was his way of saying it to the fullest. She tightened her grip around his neck as she wanted to pour in all the love she had for him. She was no longer thinking with her head. She was thinking with her heart. After what felt like an eternity she slowly moved her lips off his and the clone covering her eyes removed his hands. This allowed her to open her eyes to see a blushing Naruto so close to her. She then realized what she had done and although she did not regret it, it was too much for her and she fainted, luckily into the clones' arms
Everyone there were wide-eyed at what Naruto had just done as they didn't think he would do something so bold.
Kakashi was giggling perversely but did his best to hide it.
Asa tilted her head in confusion at what woofy was doing but she didn't get to see it all since Tayuya covered her eyes with one of her hands
Jiraiya was scribbling into his little book as quick as he could so he wouldn't be caught but even though he was still on the road and away from everyone, Tsunade noticed this and pulled out a pen before tossing it like a kunai to pierce the notebook which caused Hiruzen to chuckle
The naruto clone moved over to Ino who was still in a daze and handed the fainted Hinata to her which amazingly Ino took in a bridal carry while still dazed.
Naruto then began to run back into the village with Kiba shouting out "hey where're you going?!"
Naruto shouted back "I have one last thing I have to do before I leave!"
Everyone was confused about what he could possibly have left to do in the village. As they waited, some of them tried to get Ino out of her daze or try to get Hinata, who was still fainted in Ino's arms, to wake up. Not getting any success with either, they went back to waiting and wondering what Naruto was doing at the moment.
They didn't have to wait long as they got their answer
"ROAR!"
In the form of the Kyuubi appearing in the middle of the village.
Screams from the people could be heard all over and shinobi could be seen jumping all over the place.
Kurama looked down at al the little Ningen running in a panic and he grinned
The adults that were there to send Naruto off were all gaping at the sight of the Kyuubi in the village.
Ino shook her head as she finally got out of her daze and turned around to the surprising sight of Kurama in the village.
Hinata woke up in a start at the loud roar and looked around to see what it was and gaped at the sight
Asa was wide-eyed at this but she wasn't afraid. All she said in a voice of silent awe was "big woofy."
Tsunade was wide-eyed, staring at the Kyuubi until she saw it look at her and the group. Her mind paused as she saw Naruto standing on top of its head and she could swear she saw the fox smile at them.
Kurama looked down at everyone with his toothy smile making sure Naruto was visible to all of them "we'll see you Ningen soon." with that he poofed away back into Naruto as said boy fell back to the ground before running full speed back to the main gate
The group could not help but stand there in shock at what just happened. They got out of their shock as they saw Naruto running in their full speed.
Naruto did not stop as he shouted "I'll see you guys when I get back!" and he ran past everyone and out the village
Jiraiya shook his head as he then ran after Naruto "hey Gaki wait!
After a few seconds, Tsunade looked back to the village to see everyone was in a panic. She felt a vein in her head pulse as her anger grew. This was going to be mountains of work to get the village to calm down after that stunt and she would not be getting any sleep for days "NARUTOOOOOOOOOOO!"
Jiraiya caught up with naruto and spoke as he ran "did you have to do that Gaki! You probably caused half the village to have a heart attack!"
"Hey, he wanted to say goodbye to the village too."
"More like you wanted to leave a lasting impression on them. A bit petty if you ask me."
'Petty? Maybe. Was it worth it? Hell yeah! Besides, don't act like you didn't enjoy it."
"Of course I did. To see them fear me was so satisfying"
'Your sadistic.'
"You'll get there someday."
Naruto couldn't help but laugh as he now began his journey
~Later~
Tsunade slammed her office door open as she stomped to her desk "I'm going to kill that gaki when he gets back! I'll pummel him so hard into the ground that Taki would hear him cry for mercy!"
Tsunade was tired as she had spent the entire day trying to calm the populace down and tell them that there was no attack. Amazingly, the only damage in the entire village done by the Kyuubi were many broken windows from the roar and many people now had a pool in their backyard the shape of one of its fingers.
She dropped into her seat before opening the draw that held her special sake that Naruto thankfully returned. Popping off the cork, she chugged a good helping of it straight from the bottle. "Gah! I needed that!"
Shizune walked in to see Tsunade chugging the bottle but this time she did not reprimand the woman as she too was tired from all the work they had to put in after Naruto's stunt. She was about to say something when they both heard a tapping on the window
Tsunade turned her chair around to see who it was only to see a hawk and crow tapping it. The crow she knew who it could be from but the hawk was new. Opening the window, she let them both in and saw they both had a message. Deciding to see what the hawk had first she grabbed the message and opened it up. As she read, her eyes widened at the contents. She soon had a mischievous smile on her face "two Uchihas working to help the village. Never thought I'd see the day." She looked at Shizune "call a few Anbu squads. There are a couple of hiding spots the snake left behind that we are about to raid."
Shizune nodded before she left
Tsunade looked at the hawk and nodded before the hawk disappeared in a puff of smoke. 'Hawk summons huh? Should make it easier for him to send messages to us.' she moved to the crow and took the message it had. This one caused her previous smile to drop. "Damn it! This couldn't have happened at a worse time." she dreaded the message as she looked out the window and towards the main gate "you better hurry Naruto or your mission could become a lot more complicated." she placed Itachi's message on the table
It read: "one year till Jinchuriki captures begin. Be ready"
~that night, Uzumaki compound~
Ino and Hinata walked into Naruto's in their sleepwear as they were about to go to sleep. Both laid on their respective spots. If Naruto was there Ino would be on his right and Hinata would be on his left.
Ino looked at the empty spot between her and Hinata with a look of longing. She huffed as she hit the spot Naruto's chest would be "not even a day and I already miss him!"
Hinata nodded as she also felt something missing with Naruto gone. "We just have to be patient Ino-chan. He will come back to us."
"How can you not miss him already. The first night of him not here and I want him back." she gripped the bed sheet between them as she closed her eyes and took a breath to calm down. She felt a hand grab hers and opened her eyes to see Hinata shimming closer to her.
Hinata pressed her forehead with Ino's as she spoke softly "he isn't gone forever Ino. He promised us that he will come back to us soon. So we just have to have faith in him about this."
Ino turned her hand to hold Hinata's "I'm still worried about him. What if something happens to him? There are rogue nin out there trying to catch him and the other jinchuriki and if he runs into them on his mission, he could end up captured or…." she paused as she felt a hand on her cheek and looked up at Hinata but went wide-eyed when Hinata placed a small chaste kiss on her lips.
Hinata pulled back with a heavy blush before she spoke "Naruto will be fine Ino. I have faith in him and you should too."
Ino was blushing but nodded her head as she would have faith in Naruto as well.
Both held each other as they slept in the middle, where Naruto would usually sleep and both looked forward to the day the three could sleep in the same bed once more
(play "Better Days" by Breaking Benjamin)
Anko, Hitomi, Hanabi, and Asa were at the park with the children trying to catch flying leaves to the rhythm of Tayuya's music.
You carry me places I'd rather be
Well mannered gardens well-tempered seas
Anko and Hitomi couldn't help but smile at the sight of their daughters enjoying the peaceful day it turned out to be
We're gathered in reason I should believe
That this is different that this feels free
Asa jumped as high as she could and clasped her hand together.
How could this be~
Landing back on the ground she opened her hands to reveal a single green leaf
I'm on my way to better days
I'll find my faith, I'll find a way
Tsunade sat on the sill of her office window as she, Shizune, and Hiruzen smiled at the village they call home.
I'm on my way to better days
I'll find my faith
As they enjoyed the sight, a leaf landed on each of them, with one landing on the collar of Tsunade's jacket, one stuck itself to Shizune's sleeve and one landed on Hiruzen's shoulder
I will slip again, and you'll find me
I will live again, and you'll find me
Shikamaru wrinkled his nose as a butterfly landed on it causing him to sneeze which caused Choji to laugh a bit.
Run, but carry the meanings of your past~
The two were enjoying some time with their best friend. Neither noticing a leaf landing in their hair
I'm on my way to better days
You'll find your faith, you'll find a way
You're on your way to better days, you'll find your faith
Team 9 were having a group spar as a means of improving themselves as best they can. Guy was on the side as he suddenly burst into tears spouting how youthful his students were. One of the genins paused the spar to join his sensei causing the other two to deadpan at them
The genin didn't notice a leave attaching to them with one attaching to Lee's leg warmers, the other landing on Tenten's weapons pouch, one landing on the back of Neji's Hitai-ate, and the last sticking to Guy's eyebrows
Oh~
Kiba was arguing with Shino about bringing fleas to their training ground as it caused both him and Akamaru some problems. Kiba had to give up as Shino merely said that it was part of his hive. The three then let the argument go and began to walk down the street. With a leaf falling on Akamaru's fur, Kiba's hoody, and Shino's jacket collar
Sakura and Haku were finished with training for the day and felt the need to just walk around the village, enjoying each other's company. As they walked they ran into Iruka, Kakashi, Asuma Kurenai, Hana, Ayame, and Teuchi.
None of them noticing a leaf landing on different parts of them
I'm on our way to better days
We'll find our faith, we'll find a way
Gaara looked out the window of his home with his siblings behind him as they smiled at a few leaves flying by
Ino and Hinata were at the Hokage monument, standing on Minato's monument.
We're on our way to better days,
We'll find our faith, we'll find a way
We're on our way to better days,
We'll find our faith
Both saw a couple of leaves fall towards them and they reached up and grabbed one each.
Hearing movement behind them, they turned to see everyone walking towards them
I'm on my way~
They all stood at the top of the monument looking at Konoha as a small gust of wind blew past them, blowing the leaves into the sky
I'm on my way to better days
I'll find my way
Ino and Hinata smiled as they twirled the leaves they caught before they let them go to join the others
We'll find our faith
Naruto and Jiraya were now walking on the road as Naruto stopped all of a sudden and looked up
Find our faith
Naruto opened his palm as two leaves landed in it
Ooh!
A swirl of leaves blew around him as he smiled at the two in his hand and gently closed his hand
Our way
Naruto then watched as the leaves around him blew up into the sky. He thrusted the fist that held the two leaves in their direction and winked at them.
Find our way
"See ya next time! Dattebayo!"
End
Hope you liked the credits. It was either going to be Lions from Skillet or this song. This song seemed more appropriate
Well, ladies and gentlemen. Over a year and a half, 63 chapters, almost 400 thousand words, and all you readers out there that have made it to this point. I'm sure that some of you that love this fic won't want to hear this or read it, whatever but Fox in the Leaf has made it to its end.
Does this mean the end of my Naruto's adventure? ABSOLUTELY NOT! There is the Shipudden Era that I will be getting to as well as the amazing amount of Side fic crossovers that my Naruto, Ino, and Hinata will be going on. Not only that I also planned on working on the movies as well.
Speaking of which, the poll is now closed and as you are reading this, I am uploading the first chapter of the winner. And the winner of the poll was….. Highschool Dxd. honestly not surprised since there are some great crossovers between the two universes. 2nd place was Fairy tale and 3rd place was Inuyasha. Inuyasha was in the lead until Dxd and fairy tale were put there. A new poll is up on my profile for the next side fic. Same choices sans dxd to see what would be worked on after a certain point of the naruto dxd fic. you have up to 4 votes so use them all wisely on the new poll. The new Naruto/dxd fic is called "better the devil you know" name is subject to change since I can't think of anything else to call it. I'm bad at names.
this fic won't gain the complete mark until after a few days but it is as such
Announcement: I will be taking a break from writing as I finally finished this long fic. I need to recharge my mind to work not only on the Naruto dxd fic as well as work on my other fics as I have not worked on them in months as I was focused on this one.
At some point, I will be going back and fixing up some stuff in this fic but it will be later on.
Thank you all for reading and if you haven't yet, please favorite as it helps motivate me to write more.
I'll still be around so if you have any other anime crossover for the three to go to than pm me the world and reason, if I can do it then I will add it to the list
See you in another world or in the Shippuden era!
update 10/12: I now have a deviant art page that I will be uploading my cover art so that people will have a better look at them. my user name is Artistfan62
