Hello! Umm, I'm writing this right before the piano lesson I'm having (eep!), but not all of it so it's not going to be a super-bad chapter, since it's not rushed. Umm, well, here you go! A good song to listen to while reading this is Numb, by Linkin Park.

P.S. Translations are at the end, again.

"Kage bunshin no jutsu!" 4 clones appeared at the sides of Naruto. They spread around in a square around the spot where the attacker was, jumped up and threw a few shuriken each. "Naruto Ninpocho, Shihou Hapou Shuriken no Maki!" A scream was heard from the spot. The other Narutos searched and found someone.

He had light brown hair, had a white T-shirt and jeans. His forehead protector was on his left leg, kunai in hand. And he was bleeding badly, 3 shuriken in his arm, 2 in his leg, and one in his stomach. Blood dripped from the wounds.

"Please!" he gasped. "Please help me!" Kiba, Akamaru and Naruto walked up to the boy. They gave each other a quick glance, and nodded. Kiba held on to Akamaru and put his other hand on Akamaru.

Naruto did a couple seals and touched the boy slumped on the ground. All four disappeared.

"How is he?" asked Naruto as he stepped into the Konoha hospital. "He's badly wounded, but it's not life-threatening," replied one of the medical nin. Naruto gave a sigh and asked, "May I see him?"

The brunette woke up, seeing the blonde he was ordered to kill sitting on a chair, staring at him. He gave a yelp and tried to scramble out of the bed. He slumped back on the bed, feeling intense pain surging through his body.

"Hey, don't push yourself," Naruto said, trying to calm the boy down. "What's your name?" "Okaeshi." The older boy flinched at his name. "Sorry for getting you in the hospital here..."

"Hey Hinata, can you come with me? I wanna show you a new friend of mine."

"This is Okaeshi," said Naruto. "Ohayo," greeted Hinata, tucking some of her light purple hair behind her ear. Okaeshi nodded. "Tell me, why did you try to kill me?"

He nodded and began his story.

FLASHBACK

A small boy sat down on the side of the street, holding a small cup with a few coins, begging people passing by, some dropping him a few ryou, some just ignoring him. A tall man with long black hair and inhuman white skin walked up to him. "Excuse me, do you need a job?" he asked in a snake-like voice. "Y-yes," replied the little brunette. "You used to be a shinobi, right?" he asked. "H-how did you know?" stuttered out the little boy. "Your shuriken pouch is still on your leg, and the outline of your hitai-ate shows up in your pocket," he replied, matter-of-factly. "Come with me."

They sat down at a candle-lit table at a small mansion. It smelled lightly of incense and lilac. "Allow me to introduce myself," said the white-skinned man. "My name is Orochimaru. I thank you for taking offer of the job I'm going to give you. But first, please introduce yourself." "M-my name is Okaeshi," stuttered the little boy. "I don't know how I got it, it's just been my name for ever so long..."

"My job for you is to kill a boy named Uzamaki Naruto. Once you finish your job your reward will be given to you."

END OF FLASHBACK

"That's it, I guess..." said Okaeshi. "Orochimaru, ne? It doesn't matter if you did the job or not, he would've just killed you," said Naruto, choking back tears. "J-just like he killed S-sasuke." Tears dripped down his cheeks. "H-he was a very good f-friend of mine." He coughed, and Hinata whispered to him, trying to comfort him.

"So, that's what my reward would be. My death."

Kyuubimaster: There's chapter 2! How do you like it? Please review for me to tell me how I did. The translations are after this. I want to thank Atari-Atagashi-Chan for pre-reading my stories for me.

Japanese Translations

Kage bunshin no jutsu: Shadow clone jutsu

Naruto Ninpocho, Shihou Hapou Shuriken no Maki: All Direction Shuriken Attack

Okaeshi: Revenge

Ohayo: Good morning

Shinobi: Male Ninja

Hitai-ate: Forehead Protector