By animeninjaNIPPON
Seasons changed. Days went by. All the while I endured my stay in that hellish domain, somehow, but I longed for my home in Hokkaido. Every night I could hear Tamao crying softly in her sleep and Faust making plans to do away with the evil execs who dared to touch his "Dear Eliza." My only condolence was hearing from my pen pal, Naruto. He worked for a company called Viz, which gave his group more freedom than 4Kids gave mine. Secretly, I wished I could trade places with him, but then again no one deserves to be a slave to 4Kids.
Pirika came in with the mail. There was a bill for Manta, some bills for Ryu, a letter of acceptance from the Jelly-of-the-Month club for Faust, and a Reader's Digest for Ren. I turned away sadly. No letters for me.
"HoroHoro," Pirika called. I turned back around. She held out an envelope with my name on it.
"Yay! A letter from Naruto!" I opened it up. Sure enough, he had written to me:
Dear HoroHoro,
Hi! How are you? I am well. Two days ago 4Kids tried to buy out Sakura with candy and flowers, but she refused, saying that she would only accept gifts from Sasuke. I'll never know what she sees in that dolt...
Anyway, everyone here at Viz seems to be doing well. (Except for Zoro, that is- he received a name change and went berserk down at 4Kids a few months ago. He's been incarcerated there ever since.)
I also have some very good news for you- Viz is considering hiring you and your friends part-time! I hope they do. It would be cool to meet you in person.
Your friend,
Naruto
"I can't believe it!" I cried. "Viz might hire us part-time!"
"You mean we can leave this place?" Ryu exclaimed.
"Don't get your hopes up," Anna interrupted. "It's not a sure thing."
Just then, two suits stormed into our living space.
"Pack your bags, people," one of them said. "You're going to work for Viz."
End of part six
