Mesa no own Naruto (I have a good disclaimer? Funny all it is is four words and I say it all the time. Mesa sleepy.) Important stuff bolded.

Seito: =is currently dead=

La/=/er: =pops up from nowhere= Seika!!! You didn't!!!!

Seika: Nope. PE

La/=/er: Oh. Can you get her up? She can't die now! She still has to finish KWWHNSNT and this story. SHE CAN'T DIE!!!

Seika: Err... Actually I wouldn't mind if she doesn't finish KWWHNSNT. (La/=/er: =glare=) Waking her up. =WHACK!!!!!!!=

Seito: OW!!!! Seika!!!! That's three times today!!!!!

Seika: Serves you right. Blame your co-writer. She wanted you up.

Seito: =whines= La/=/er couldn't you have let me died in peace. PE is killing me. Did someone dig my grave yet?

La/=/er: It can't be that bad.

Seito: 5 and a half hours of torture and you call that not bad? (La/=/er: Actually I pity you.) =Sarcastically= Geeze thanks. I envy you. (La/=/er: =smile=) Wow, 31 reviews... Might as well answer those reviews. Umm... Can I just say thank you for the reviews and enjoy the chapter?

Seika: =Whack!!!!!=

Seito: Ow!!!!

Seika: Just answer the stupid reviews. =mutter= I have an idiot creator.

Dark Mimiru-Chan

Thank you and enjoy chapter. (Can I go to sleep yet? Seika/La/=/er: NO!!!)

V G Jekyll

YAY!!! Nothing to criticizes. That's a good sign right? Thank you for the review and enjoy the story.

Maboroshi-hime

Umm... (currently confused for some odd reason) Thank you and enjoy? (Seika: Once again I have an idiot creator. =Whack!!!=) OW!!!! SEIKA!!!!

Lostlily

Stuck it in a bottle? Oh dear. That's not good for Shin. Thank you and enjoy the chapter. (=mumbling= stuck in a bottle? Never would have thought of that)

Kisu

I would explain why Shin doesn't get hot, but that would ruin the story. (Yes there's an actual reason to why Shin doesn't get hot) But let's just say that he'll survive. It's only a little heat. Umm... the Lee seeing Shin's face, well dunno if that will happen. If it does then it does, if not it doesn't. So yeah. I have no idea.

Someone

That's an interesting way to sign your review. Lol Um yeah thanks for the review and enjoy the chapter. (Why am I replying to every single review? Seika: Just hurry up. La/=/er: Agreed)

Ghostninja85

Ummm... La/=/er will answer your question in the next chapter. (La/=/er: Why are you asking me? You should know!) Umm... (Seika: She's just lazy. She hasn't sat down and thought about the answer or talking to La/=/er about it.) Hehehe Okay So I have no idea what the answer to the question about Akamaru and Naruto's charka. =sweatdrop= yes I haven't given much thought to it. I'll get back to you on that one if La/=/er doesn't. Sorry.
And why does everyone think that voice that Shin is always speaking to is Kyuubi? I guess that works. (Never would have thought of that) but the voice will be revealed in this chapter, sort of. Thank you for the review and enjoy.

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=blink, blink= Okay I'm too tired to make sure if you make sense in your review. So I'm going to save myself the mental strain and just say thank you for the review and enjoy the chapter.

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Yum

See Ghostninja85 about the Kyuubi and Mysterious Voice answer.

Izumi

You'll get to see Sasuke in this chapter. Once again see ghostninja85 about the question about Akamaru. (La/=/er! You're poisoning me. Your laziness is contagious!! La/=/er: I influence you greatly. Seika: Perhaps a little too much. Keep up the good work La/=/er! At this rate she won't be able to do any sort of writing at all.)

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Two reviews? Thank you. I hope you find this chapter interesting. (That means I didn't completely kill it)

Lokisash

You won't have to kill me. PE will do it for you. (Someone dig my grave now. La/=/er: You're not going anywhere. Seika: If she dies then she can't write any more stories, hmm... I should talk to one of those PE teachers. They need to work her hard. 5 and a half hours is too short. Seito: you're so cruel Seika. Cruel.) Yeah anyways enjoy.

Seito: There done. Can I sleep now?

La/=/er/Seika: NO!!

Seito: T-T

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Without Life

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Chapter 3: And you are?

Where are you going?

[[Shouldn't I be asking you that?]]

You always know where I'm going. I'm asking you otouto.

[[Out. For a walk. I wanna see if I can remember everything Lee told me yesterday.]]

I'm sure you will.

[[Onee-chan, why are you going?]]

Mother wants to see me. I'll be back by this afternoon. Hopefully

[[Okay.]]

Be careful.

[[Aren't I always?]] Shin left.

Silence.

... No.

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Everything is always quiet in the morning. A few birds were singing. Early risers were awakening. Storeowners began to open their shops. Restaurants and bakeries began to warm their ovens as they waited for the first group of people to arrive at their steps. The sun hung low in the sky, just having risen minutes before. The clouds were high up in the sky as the night faded away into shadows. The sweet scent of dew lingered on the grass. Everything seemed crisp and cool.

Shin walked through the near empty streets of Konoha. His black cloak flapped in the gentle breeze as his scarf blew against his face. Sometimes he disliked that scarf. There were few people awake at five in the morning and those who were up, were probably up for their jobs. He had seen an elderly lady strolling by with a package of groceries. She had stopped to talk to him, remembering the rumors and stories from yesterday. Shin was more then happy to chat. Soon though, the old lady had to go. She had a busy day ahead and stories to tell. She waved goodbye to him and walked away.

Now he wandered through the streets, trying to remember everything Lee had told him yesterday. (Shin remembered to leave the boy a note before he left, so that Lee wouldn't awake to a panic to find his guest gone.) Just as his sister said, he remembered most of what Lee had told him. Shin wandered through the streets as if he had been a resident for years. Besides, he liked morning strolls. It was good time to think and reflect on the day before him and the day he had just experienced hours before.

Just as he passed a small grassy lot, Shin saw someone. It was the one person Shin wanted to meet, but didn't get a chance to yesterday. Wandering around not too far from him was a teenage boy with spiky bluish/blackish hair and obsidian black eyes. His hands were jammed into his pockets of his white pants. Shin saw the usual symbol on the backside of the blue shirt. It was a circle with a single white line dripping down from the bottom. The top half, shaped like a crescent moon, was red. The bottom half, which was like another circle, was white. Shin wondered what the symbol meant as he watched the boy walk around in a bit of a daze. This was the perfect chance to find out more about this Uchiha Sasuke.

"Hey you!"

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Sasuke had often found himself taking morning walks every so often after Naruto's disappearance. Things he didn't want to think about, things he did want to think about, all came back to him then. It was no surprise to see him wandering around at five in the morning. Sasuke liked walking around this time. It was quiet and peaceful. It allowed him to think without distractions.

As he strolled past a grassy green lot, his mind wandered to yesterday, during the Chuunin Exams. That person Sasuke saw standing next to the Hokage seemed familiar somehow. But Sasuke had no idea why. Never had he seen someone with blue and red eyes before. It was very... unique. But how much different was it from his sharingan? Sasuke had spent yesterday wondering who that person was and why that person was here. It was probably the first time that Sasuke was thinking about someone else other than Naruto for the rest of the day.

"Hey you!"

Sasuke snapped out of his apparent daze and automatically reached for a kunai. He looked to see the person from yesterday. Sasuke relaxed. If Tsunade was okay with letting this person into Konoha, he had to trust his Hokage's decision. This did give him a chance to find out about this person.

The person walked over to where Sasuke was standing. Sasuke studied him carefully. Now that he got a closer look, he was sure the person before him was a boy and about his age. If anything this teenager had some sort of basic martial arts as the boy seemed relaxed, but had his guard up. He couldn't see hair color or the bottom half of his face thanks to that scarf and cloak. But Sasuke could see the brilliant sapphire blue eyes with crimson red in them, twinkle and gleam at him. To him they were like gems that never lost their shine. Only one other person had those kind of eyes.

"Uchiha Sasuke," the teenager asked.

Sasuke's eyes narrowed dangerously. How did this boy know his name? "Yes and you are?" he asked. If Sasuke could see behind the scarf, he would have seen an sincere smile. "I'm Shin. Nice to meet you, Uchiha-san," said Shin cheerfully.

So this was the boy from yesterday. Interesting. Shin could tell that Sasuke was a skilled ninja. Smart too. Not everyone would be on guard around him, which meant Sasuke was suspicious of him. To some people that would be a bad thing, but to Shin, it was a good thing because that showed that Sasuke knew he couldn't be easily trusted. I mean who would trust a guy walking around in a black cloak and tan scarf that hid his identity, without a village symbol, and carried himself like a martial artist? If they weren't suspicious of him, then Shin began to worry because that meant the person was too trusting. When it came to trust, Shin was picky about whom he trusted and whom he didn't.

Silence fell over the two teenagers as they studied each other. Finally complete with his analysis of Sasuke, Shin decided to break the silence. "So why are you up so early in the morning. I thought you ninjas would sleep every possible minute you could since you're always so busy," Shin asked.

Several of the words Shin just said helped Sasuke further solve who Shin was. The phrase 'You ninjas' proved that Shin wasn't a ninja. 'Always so busy' proved that Shin had a basic idea of what a ninja life was. Last was that Shin seemed to be an early riser. Then other questions began to flood Sasuke's mind. Did that mean Shin wasn't a ninja? If he wasn't ,then why is he here? Shin can't be a genin as Sasuke didn't see him at the beginning of the exam. Well, as the saying goes 'There will always be more questions than answers'. After all if we knew everything, imagine how boring life would be. What makes a human, human, is our ability to learn and adapt to new things.

"Just walking," answer Sasuke in a deadpan voice. He would be friendly on a simple level, but he would never drop his guard around him. He didn't trust this guy yet; his eyes showed that.

'Scary they sound alike,' thought Shin. Sasuke's deadpan voice reminded him of a certain someone. He hated when people talked like that. That kind of tone never had any life or emotions to it. Shin noticed a lot of things that didn't seem to be right yesterday. To Shin everything was dull. Nothing seemed to be alive. Even the plants, which looked healthy and green, seemed liked they were withering. It scared Shin. Who would have thought such an empty town would exist? What could have happened to change this town so drastically? It couldn't be the war. Shin had visited other places affected by the war, they seem to be alive despite all the casualties. Perhaps it was because Konoha was where the war started and the effects of that were devastating. Or it could be something else. Shin wasn't sure. On the brighter side things didn't seem all that gloomy today. Perhaps it was just an off day yesterday for the village.

Sasuke's words brought Shin out of his thoughts. "You?" Shin blinked and looked towards Sasuke. "Huh?" Sasuke repeated his question. "Why are you up?"

"Oh I wanted to look around. Say you don't happen to know where some kid named Rock Lee lives," asked Shin. He just happened to look around his surroundings to noticed that he was completely lost. While he was wandering he hadn't noticed which direction he was going in.

Sasuke just seemed to stare at him for a moment. Then he shoved his hands back into his pockets and began to walk away. He had some thoughts to get to. Shin was about to say something when Sasuke spoke again. "Turn around, walk straight ahead for two blocks, then take a right. Follow that street until you come to Umi Street. Turn left on that street. Follow that street until you come across the house number 6875. That's Rock Lee's house." Then Sasuke disappeared around the corner.

Shin blew some hot air. 'I know he told me and everything, but that was rather rude of the guy to just walk off like that. I guess he's a bit of a jerk,' thought Shin. Then he turned around and began to follow Sasuke's directions. Hopefully that Lee kid wasn't up yet and in a panic in case he hadn't found his note.

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Shin managed to find his way back to Lee's house. Upon his arrival, he was greeted by a panicking Lee who hadn't noticed that he was standing there yet. "Where did he go?! Maybe he's lost or something," asked a frantic Lee. He was running around in circles. On the floor was Shin's note, forgotten. Shin picked it up and called out to his host. "Lee, what are you doing?"

Lee stopped running around. "Shin," cried out Lee. "Where have you been?" Shin handed him the note. "I went out for a walk," said Shin. "I assume you didn't read my note." Lee read the note and grinned sheepishly. "Oops?" Shin crumpled up the note and tossed it into the trashcan.

Then Shin saw something he didn't see yesterday when Lee showed him around the house. Nearby sat a picture frame. The picture was of Lee and another boy. Shin looked closely at the other boy. The boy that was in the picture with Lee had spiky yellow hair and sapphire blue eyes. He wore a bright orange outfit and had a big grin on his face. Except for the fact that he had red flecks in his eyes, Shin realized that he and the boy in the picture looked alike. How strange. "Lee, who is that boy," asked Shin with curiosity.

Lee looked at the picture, his eyes clouding over with sadness. "His name is Uzumaki Naruto. He was a good friend of mine. Most of the people you met yesterday were all good friends of Naruto."

'So this is Naruto,' thought Shin. 'I can see why everyone thought he and I were the same people. We look alike.'

Then a cheerful expression, a fake cheerful expression, appeared on Lee's face as he didn't like the silence that hung through out the room. "C'mon," said Lee before Shin could say anything else. "There's one more place I have to show you. Plus there is someone there I want you to meet too." Then Lee grabbed Shin's arm and dragged the younger teenager off to see a certain schoolteacher.

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Just minutes later both Shin and Lee stood outside the ninja academy. (They saw Yuri on their way there. After saying a quick hello, the two boys continued their way to the academy.) School hadn't started yet, so many of the kids lingered around talking or playing with their friends. "Welcome to the ninja academy," said Lee. Shin's eyes widened in shock. This was a big school.

Lee didn't stop there though. He continued to drag Shin into the school. After hunting through a few empty classrooms, Lee came upon the one he was looking for. Lee opened the door and walked inside with Shin right behind him.

Inside the classroom behind the teacher's desk sat a man in his thirties. His brown hair was pulled into ponytail; black eyes were trained on the papers before him. Shin noticed the standard ninja outfit consisting of the Chuunin vest, blue sandals, and blue clothes underneath. 'He's probably a Chuunin,' thought Shin as he looked at the man before him. 'I didn't think they had ninjas teachers. I guess that's the best way to learn, from a professional.'

"Iruka-sensei," called out Lee. The man looked up to see one of his former student and a person he never seen before.

"Hello Lee. Who's your friend," asked Iruka. He gave a weak smile. Iruka was slowly recovering from Naruto's disappearance as everyone else was. So Iruka attempted to get his life back on track and to add some smiles into his life. It was time for him to get his life together. He just had to accept the fact that Naruto was gone and not coming back. Nothing could change the past, no matter how much they wanted to.

"This is Shin," Lee introduced. Shin smiled and bowed. "Nice to meet you Iruka-sensei," he said politely. Iruka didn't say anything at first. The same thought that pass through Tsunade's head when she first met Shin, passed through Iruka's. 'He sounds so much like Naruto,' thought Iruka sadly.

"Nice to meet you Shin," said Iruka, coming out of his thoughts. "I haven't seen you around Konoha before. Are you visiting?" Shin nodded. "I am."

Iruka was about to ask why when the bell started to ring. "Oh. You better go," said Iruka. "The kids will be coming in soon and unless you want to stay for the day, you better get going or you'll be trapped here." Shin and Lee nodded and left. Iruka watched them leave. The nagging thought that he knew who Shin was hung in the back of his head for the rest of the day.

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Shin wandered through the streets again. Lee went off to train with his teammates, trusting that Shin won't get himself lost (Shin: Like I get lost. Sasuke: What about this morning? Shin: ... -.-). So he was alone by himself. Perfect. This gave Shin the chance to see if he could locate that man.

Sapphire blue and crimson red eyes closed. He could sense the man's aura better with his eyes closed. His senses spread out like casting a net over where he was walking. If the man was here he would not escape Shin's senses of smell, sight (reading the auras), hearing, and touch. He had been at it for several minutes when his heightened hearing picked up an interesting conversation.

"Sasuke, I need your help with something."

"Sakura, I don't want to do this."

"You shouldn't be moping around all day."

"I don't."

"You do. Now I need your help with some shopping."

"Sakura, your definition of shopping always spells trouble."

"Oh, stop being a stick in the mud Sasuke."

"..."

Shin opened his eyes just in time to see Sakura drag a relenting Sasuke along. Sakura stopped as she saw Shin, causing Sasuke to run into her. Sasuke would rather be somewhere else lost in thought. Not being dragged around like a rag doll by his teammate. He didn't care what Sakura wanted to do, but Sasuke didn't want to go shopping. (Like every other male in the world, stringing the words shopping and female in the same sentence together is bad thing. Stringing the words shopping, money, your wallet, you, and female in one sentence is even worse.)

"Shin," called out Sakura as she spotted the cloak-clad visitor.. Immediately she dragged Sasuke over to where Shin was standing. "Konnichiwa Sakura-san," said Shin. He remembered the pink haired girl from yesterday quite well. Sakura smiled falsely. Shin didn't miss it. 'She's also like that. Lee said most of the people I met were close friends with that Naruto guy. What could have happened that it made everyone so sad? What kind of impact did this Naruto person have on the town,' Shin asked himself. How interesting...

"Oh. Have you met Sasuke-kun yet," asked Sakura. Shin smiled behind his scarf. He spoke since Sasuke made no qualms of telling, "We had the pleasure of meeting early this morning," said Shin. Sasuke didn't meet his eyes, lost in thought once more. Shin sweatdropped. Was Sasuke always like this?

Then Sakura just noticed something. Standing right next to her was two teenager boys. She had a pocket full of money. Sakura knew she was going to need help carrying home all of her stuff. Sakura genuinely smiled. After all, they say the most spirit-lifting thing for a girl is to do a bit of shopping. Before either boy could protest, much less say a word, she had dragged them off to the nearest store.

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Shin collapse onto his bed. Mental note: NEVER, NEVER, NEVER, NEVER, EVER go shopping with any girl again. The only good thing that came out of him going shopping was that Shin got another chance to talk to Sasuke.

=Flashback=

"Is she always like this," Shin asked. Sasuke peered out from behind the stack of boxes that he was carrying for Sakura. "I suppose," he said plainly. "I guess having a girlfriend sucks sometimes," commented Shin. He was under the expression that Sasuke and Sakura were boyfriend/girlfriend. (Sakura: =blink, blink= Ino: =blink, blink= Naruto: What?! Sasuke: Change that now Seito or I will kill you. Naruto: ditto. Seito: hehehe =Sweatdrop=) Sasuke glared at Shin with a death glare that would have killed Shin had it been a weapon. Sasuke said as calmly as he could yet still in a dangerous tone, "She is not my girlfriend. She never has and never will be. Besides, she likes someone else." Shin took a nervous step back. He didn't meant to offend anyone. Boy, Sasuke reminded of his onee- chan sometimes.

=Somewhere=

"ACHOO!"

=End of Flashback=

'So, Sasuke is single. Strange, it looked like a lot of girls like him. Maybe he doesn't like any of them,' thought Shin. He thought about the people he had met yesterday and today. This was a very interesting town. That was an interesting memory.

Shin scowled a bit. [[Will you stop looking into my memories?!]] Damnit! Why did she have to have a bad habit like that one?

I see what I want to see, otouto.

[[Onee-chan!!!]]

Laughter just rang in Shin's head. He sighed. His sister could be so stubborn sometimes. That was the last thing he wanted her doing, going through his memories without his permission. He was going to have to talk to her about that one day. [[Just show yourself please. I like to talk to you physically if you don't mind.]] The laughter stopped.

Very Well.

There was a shimmer of light before Shin and a gust of wind suddenly blew through the room. Suddenly there was a girl standing before him. She had long sun kissed brown hair and amethyst eyes;. Her pale blue dress swayed in the wind as her wings beat. While she was shorter then Shin now, she hovered a few inches off the ground making it seem like she was the taller one. She didn't look that much older than Shin, but he knew better. "Why that form," he asked. The girl's feet touch the ground, her wings disappearing as she willed them away. "Just because," she answered plainly. "Besides, I like this form."

Shin opened his mouth to say something when Lee unexpectedly burst into the room. The girl just stared at Lee, momentarily forgetting that she could be seen. Shin was too speechless to remind her. "Dinner is ready," said Lee. He then noticed the girl in the room. Almost immediately he dropped into a ready stance just in case the girl attacked or did something funny. Lee didn't know who the girl was or how she got in here, but she didn't belong in here. "Who are you," Lee asked.

The girl blinked and looked at Shin. She didn't understand. Was thick eyebrows talking to her? Shin sighed and said, "You are so forgetful. He can see you remember?" The girl's mouth formed an O shape.

"Shin, do you know who this is," asked Lee. His eyes were trained on the girl before him; his guard never dropping. Shin nodded. "Yeah I do, Lee. Relax. She isn't even real." Shin swiped his hand through the girl as if she wasn't even there.

You are so lucky that I am able to do illusions.

"See just an illusion," said Shin. He hoped that Lee would buy a crazy idea like this. He didn't want to explain anything, but he didn't want to lie to Lee either. "Wait a minute. How are you able to do that? You're not a ninja, right," asked Lee. The idea would have sounded convincing if Shin was a ninja.

Shin grinned behind his scarf. "I'm no ninja. This is just something I saw one day. I've been perfecting it since. Isn't it convincing?" Lee stared at the girl. Not entirely convinced yet. "But... that doesn't make sense. You shouldn't be able to do that. Not unless you had some sort of training in genjutsu."

Shin was starting to sweat buckets. Lee was definitely smarter then he looked. How was he going to explain this one? "Ummmmm..." said Shin nervously. He was running out of ideas here. [[A little help Onee-chan.]]

You could just tell him the truth. Or...

Shin didn't listen to her after that. A brilliant idea just hit him. He just hoped Lee would buy it. "Fine, Lee listen up. I was hoping I wouldn't have to tell you this, but you might want to take a seat." Lee did that. "Okay. Now Lee don't go telling other people about this." Lee nodded. "The girl you see is my guardian angel."

Standing behind Lee, the girl practically fell over. As she stood back up her expression said 'I'm-your-WHAT?!!!!' Shin didn't say anything, but shot her a look, telling her to be quiet. The girl just glared at him. "Your guardian angel," Lee repeated, not really believing what he just heard. Shin nodded.

"Yeah. Normally you can't see, her but she's there," said Shin. What he was saying was partly true. Lee just stared in shock. "But if she's angel, shouldn't she have wings." Shin pointed to behind him. Lee turned around to see the girl floating in midair on a pair of white feathery bird-like wings. What it just him or did her hair and eye color change? Lee could have sworn that the girl had brown hair and purple eyes but the girl behind him had white hair and blue eyes. How strange.

"Umm... okay," said Lee. He was still in shocked. Who would have thought, a guardian angel?

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"What do you want Kakashi?"

Kakashi walked into the paper filled office. Somewhere behind the tall stacks of paper and in front of her desk, sat Tsunade reading the document before her. Kakashi noticed that Tsunade was sitting quietly humming to herself as she continued to read. 'Since when does she hum when she's working? I thought she hated paper work,' thought Kakashi. For reasons unknown to him, Tsunade was humming as she worked. What a strange and peculiar sight.

"About that boy Shin," started Kakashi looking for the right words to say. "He looks a lot like Naruto, right," finished Tsunade for him. Kakashi nodded. "Could it be that Shin is Naruto," he asked. Tsunade looked up from her paper work. She didn't say anything at first.

"It's not my place to say. It could be that Shin is Naruto or it could just be that Shin just looks a lot like Naruto. I have no idea," said Tsunade. "But I have a feeling that Shin just may be Naruto. But I can't be sure." Kakashi nodded. He understood... partly. So there was a chance that Shin was Naruto. Kakashi silently hoped that Shin was Naruto, but it didn't explain the change in behavior and why Shin hasn't said anything. If Shin was Naruto, then why the charade? Kakashi was left with even more unanswered questions than before. Who was Shin?

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Lee sat up in bed. After dinner Shin explained to him about his 'guardian angel'. It was a bit confusing, but Lee got it after a few tries. 'I feel like I'm forgetting something,' thought Lee to himself. Deciding to forget about it, he brushed the thought aside and fell asleep.

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You could just erase his memory of me.

"And what? I don't want to do that to anyone. I of all people should know what it is like to lose your memory, even if it's a small bit."

Still... It is a big risk for him to even know I exist. If he catches wind of this, he'll use the boy against you. Do you want history to repeat itself again?

"No. But..."

But what?

"I feel like I can trust Lee. Not just Lee, almost everyone I've met in this town so far. There's something different about this place."

... You're learning and moving on. You'll recover your memory one day Shin.

"Maybe. I don't even know if he's here."

You'll never know. You didn't have to tell him I was your guardian angel. I'm not a guardian and certainly not an angel.

"True. But you are a guardian. You've been there for me since we met. You're still an angel in different, unexplainable way. Besides..." Shin trailed off and turned around. His sister was floating there on her wings, sitting in midair. A ghostly smile played on her lips. Her amethyst eyes gleamed mischievously. Shin finished his sentence, "What else could I have told him... Hotaru."

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Seito: I have completely murdered this chapter. It doesn't really flow all that nicely. This isn't my best work. The chapter is short too. See! This is what happens when you write when you're half dead and have no inspiration. Yes so warning I have lost all inspiration. Even if La/=/er manages to come out with chapter 4 tomorrow don't expect to see chapter 5 any time soon!

Seika: Yes. No inspiration means she can't write. No writing means no chapters and no chapters mean no update. No update means no more torture for me.

La/=/er: You're not only one who's stumped.

Seito: Sigh. Oh and La/=/er? (La/=/er: Yes?) I can write Kakairu and Neji/Lee. I like those pairings. It's the Sakura/Ino that I'm not too fond of. That one I can't not write so I'll let you handle that pairing but I'm fine with the Kakairu and Neji/Lee. I'll even help you write those two pairing.

La/=/er: So I don't need to change your opinion?

Seito: Would I be writing those two pairings in KWWHNSNT if I didn't like them? Yes Neji/Lee and Kakairu will also appear in my chapters (if and when I get to them). But Sakura/Ino will only show up in La/=/er's chapter because I have no idea how to write that pairing. I hope I covered everything.

La/=/er: My turn next.

Seito: Please Review!! But don't flames for my chapters please. (Now can mesa go sleep? La/=/er: I guess. Seito: Good because it's midnight. [actually passed it])