Hey everybody I'm back! You know what's funny? When I finished the first chapter, I didn't like it at all and was actually thinking about discontinuing the story. Like I said before, I only like writing comedy stories, so writing this one was kind of dull for me. It was actually just a spur of the moment thing and I didn't think anybody would actually like it. Then all of these great reviews came in, and not one person had anything bad to say about it! You all seemed to really like the story, so I'm thinking that I will keep writing it, even though I don't like it. I'll do a good job writing the rest of it, just because I have so many wonderful fans! Ok, now I'm going a little overboard. I'm extremely upset right now because I had this Fooly Cooly CD sitting on my desk on top of a bunch of comic books, and my cat doesn't like it when I lock her in my room at night, so she decided to knock all of the stuff off of my desk. She does that whenever she is mad about something, either she finds something to chew on, or she knocks random things off of tables and desks. Anyway, when I woke up in the morning I saw that when she knocked the CD over it must have hit something because it had all of these little chips missing from it. Then later, I was talking on the phone to my friend Katie while going through my CD book to get my Less Than Jake CD, and I noticed that the chunks missing from the Fooly Cooly CD were bite marks. That made me even angrier. I loved that CD so much, that even though I can't listen to it anymore, I still don't have the heart to throw it away......I'm pathetic. I want to tell you about the rest of my life, but I just don't have the time! (sarcastically) Darn! You know what? I bet some of you are reading this paragraph and going "Come on will she just get on with the story already, nobody cares about her boring life and stupid, unfunny jokes..." But did you ever realize that you can just skip reading this paragraph and go right to the story? Well, if you read this whole paragraph, and were thinking about how you can't wait to read the story, all I have to say to you is HAHA!!!!!!!! YOUR STUPID AND I JUST MADE YOU WASTE YOUR TIME READING INFORMATION THAT WAS IRRELEVANT TO YOUR LIFE!!!!!!!

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.

(Wow, that is one boring disclaimer. Did you ever notice how people always seem to make up new interesting ways to create disclaimers? Oh well, I guess I'm just a boring person with absolutely no creativity......(fake sob) KAKASHI IS PRETTY!)

On with the story! (oh, by the way, I'm not going to say "on with the story" before every chapter, I just felt like saying it today.......and yesterday when I wrote the first chapter to this story.............your probably getting sick of me babbling now aren't you? I'm sorry, I just have something to say about everything so I just keep going and going......like Energizer batteries! Extra Disclaimer: I do not own Energizer batteries. Anyway.....)

On with the story! (tee hee, I said it a third time!.....sorry, couldn't help it, now I will actually start the story)

On with the story! (hey, I said it a fo-gets slapped by random person ow, fine, I'll start the dumb story!)

On with the story! ((presses lips together to stop self from saying anything else irrelevant to the story))

The girl was just Sakura's height, and even though she had a sad face with dark eyes, she was so very beautiful looking. Her hair was straight, jet black, and pulled into a high pony tail that went all the way down to her thighs. If she hadn't been wearing that ponytail, it would probably have reached her knees. The area around her pupils where their should have been some color (like green or blue) was also jet black. She wore a tight- fitting black t-shirt that stopped just when it reached the tops of her legs, which were covered in tight fitting white pants (kind of like what Sakura wears on her legs under that red thing) that must have gone to her ankles. It was hard to tell where they ended because of the knee high boots, that had two inch heels, covering her legs. The boots zipped up the side and conformed to the shape of her legs perfectly. She was slender, and held her back straight with her arms at her sides. The only things that added any color to her look were the shuriken holster around her right leg just above her knee, the really dark red wrist bands, and the Leaf Village hitai-ate that covered the place where her forehead met her hair.

Since Sakura always had half of her attention on Sasuke, and the other half on whatever was going on around her, she noticed Sasuke's small reaction to the girl, and Inner Sakura was now getting hysterical. [NO WAY! I DID NOT JUST SEE SASUKE EYEING THAT GIRL! NO WAY! NO WAY NO WAY NO WAY!] Naruto looked from the girl, to Sakura, and immediately began to question whether or not he really loved Sakura THAT much. Kakashi just had his usual bored expression as Iruka sat back down next to Lord Hokage and the girl stood between the group and the Hokage.

"Kakashi, Naruto, Sakura, Sasuke...I would like you all to meet the new member of your group, Ichigo Natsu." Hokage said, indicating the girl standing in front of him. "Natsu, this is Hatake Kakashi, your new instructor. I believe he will introduce your new classmates to you later today, but for now I need to explain the mission you will all be completing together."

All the students except Natsu perked up, waiting to hear the new mission. Kakashi still just looked bored.

"It will be the protection of a certain individual."

Naruto leaned forward. "Who is it? Some great lord? The Daimyo!? A princess!?"

"Compose yourself. I will perform the introductions straightaway." Was the Hokage's reply. "Please invite him in..."

An old man entered the room, and immediately developed a smug expression. "What's going on here? They look like a bunch of wet nosed brats. Especially the midget. He's got the face on an imbecile. It's a joke, right? You kids aren't really ninja, are you?"

Sasuke and Sakura just furrowed their eyebrows, while Naruto stood between them looking from one to the other, laughing. "Haha! Who'd you mean? Which midget? Which imbeci-" He paused, suddenly looking angry; Sasuke and Sakura smirked. Suddenly Naruto lunged forward. "I'LL KILL HIM!"

Kakashi, still looking bored, grabbed the back of Naruto's jacket and said, "Wrong. No killing the old man you've been assigned to protect."

The old man leaned forward. "I am Tazuna, a bridge builder of ultimate renown. Until I am safely back in my own country, where I'll be completing my next bridge, you'll all be expected to protect me...even if it costs you you're lives!

Then Tazuna and the team where outside, preparing to begin their journey to Tazuna's homeland. They started walking with Natsu behind them, looking as though she was trying to keep her distance. Kakashi turned around and said, "I suppose I should introduce your classmates now, Natsu." Natsu just looked at him and raised her eyebrows. Kakashi pointed at the other three students. "That is Haruno Sakura, and this is Uchiha Sasuke, and here we have Uzumaki Naruto."

The name "Uzumaki Naruto" seemed to have sparked an interest in Natsu. As soon as his name was mentioned she looked at him. "Hello, Naruto." Her voice was low, and monotone, but at the same time, there was a kind air about it. She stared at Naruto for a couple seconds longer, then diverted her attention to the other two. "Hello Sakura and Sasuke." Natsu then turned her head away as Sakura smiled, while Sasuke just nodded his head and then turned away as they all continued walking. Both were wondering whether the the reason she talked that way was because she was shy, or because she was trying to keep her distance.

Naruto was ecstatic that this girl had acknowledged him first. His head was buzzing. "Wow, she is so hot! And the way she talks is so cool too! A little creepy, but cool! Forget Sakura! This chick rocks!" He thought to himself, then fell back from the group a little to walk by Natsu's side and talk to her. He immediately started babbling non-stop. "Hey Natsu! What's up? Yeah I'm Naruto. It's nice to meet you! Do you like ramen? I love ramen! My favorite is miso, but I really love pork too! Actually I don't know which one I like more, they are both pretty good. So what is your favorite flavor of ramen? Do you have a favorite flavor? Some people don't have a favorite, some people like all of the flavors. Have you ever been to Ichiraku's Noodle Bar? I have. They've got some really good ramen there, and I go there to eat all the time with Master Iruka. Master Iruka is my best friend you know. He also used to be my teacher, and he takes me out for ramen all the time! (and it just went on and on...)

Okay everybody! That's it for the second chapter. Tune in next time to find out how Natsu reacts to Naruto's babbling. Will she be like Sakura and punch him? Or will she ignore him? Maybe she'll do something else, but what? Well, now you just have to wait for the third chapter I guess! Yeah, I had to mow the stupid lawn today, and I hate that job. I don't even get paid for it. You know what? I think that Fruits Basket is really sad. I'm only halfway through the third graphic novel though. I can't wait to find out what "the curse" is. My friend Britt, watched the whole Fruits Basket anime series already, and I have only seen the first 10 or 11 episodes on DVD. I feel kind of sad, because I lost a really good friend before school ended. His name is Cody, and we used to be dating, but we broke up. The months following after that he became a really good friend to me. He was always so sweet! This one time we went to a café together with a bunch of friends, and after everybody left, me and Cody were the only ones left waiting at the café to be picked up. His parents came before mine did, and the café was located in a really shady place, full of shady people, so before he left, he gave me a hug and told me to be careful because he didn't want me to get raped or anything. Then, a few weeks before school ended, he started to go out with my best friend. Cody always hung out with all of these people that could be classified as "popular" and a lot of them didn't like that he hung out with me. So Cody did something really unexpected, and started being an (bleep) to me like he was trying to push me away. He kept it up for about a week. He would be nice to me, then he would suddenly see all of his other friends and turn mean. Every time he did it I would get angrier and angrier, until one day, three days before school ended, I gave him a bloody nose. He was really mad, I had never seen him so mad before. That was the end of it. I haven't talked to him since. (Sob) He didn't even sign my yearbook! (Sob) Come to think of it, Cody is friends with this guy Nick, and I still own Nick two bucks from the sixth grade....ah well, Nick probably forgot about it.....I hope......Anyway, please read my other story, and give me more characters for that one. I really need them!!!!!!!!!!!!