A/N: Okay, I know I've kept you all waiting for a loooong dang time to update any of my fics, so I hope you'll appreciate this chapter. I also know that some of you complained about Yang being chosen as 'better' than Naruto in hand-to-hand combat, and here's what I say to that: My story, my rules. It's okay if you don't like something I do, nobody's going to like EVERYTHING about a story they read, and it's okay if you say Naruto's better than her. However, for the purposes of this fanfic, I needed her to be better so he'd have someone whose level of efficiency in CQC (Close Quarters Combat) that he could strive to be like in terms of taijutsu.

Anyways, hopefully that clears some things up in regards to that. There'll be another A/N at the bottom, after the chapter's done, so look for that as well.

Chapter 4 – The Test & a Rescue Mission

As Naruto entered the council chambers with his godfather, he couldn't help but mentally go over what he had read in his mother's letter mere moments earlier. If his intuition was correct, and he was certain it was, these asshats were going to put him in the CRA and they were probably going to try and control everything about it too. If they did, he would follow his mother's instructions to the letter and tell them exactly what he thought about their demands and of them.

Feeling a tap on his shoulder, Naruto returned his focus to the many presences in the room and nodded once at his godfather to show his thanks. It wouldn't do him any good to be distracted during a meeting such as this, especially since they loved to try and screw him over every chance they got. Or at least, that's what he's known from past experiences with these people.

Looking down at her godson, Tsunade frowned for a moment before steepling her fingers and resting her chin atop them. "Naruto, you have been called here tonight to discuss a recent revelation I have given to the peoples of the council. They have decided to enact the CRA, or Clan Restoration Act, on you in the hopes that you'll help restore the Uzumaki clan in the village of Konohagakure. Now, before I continue with what the council has decided in the terms of the CRA, do you have any questions regarding this Act, or do you have anything you would like to say?"

Looking up into his godfather's eyes, Naruto smiled to himself when Jiraiya nodded in his direction. It was a signal to go ahead, one that signified that he was being given permission to speak his mind as he wanted. So, deciding to do just that, Naruto raised both hands and flipped off everyone on the council. "This is what I have to say to all of you on the council. I'll accept being in the CRA, but I decide how many wives I'll have, I'll decide when I marry, I'll decide how many children I have and when, etc. I'll make all the decisions regarding everything and I won't let you assholes dictate my life like you enjoy trying to do. From now on, I'm doing things my way and if you can't accept that, then tough molasses ya assholes! Besides, I have a lovely girlfriend already that I'll gladly marry when the time comes if she's okay with marrying my sorry ass. Now, any questions?" After all was said, Naruto smirked wickedly at the entirety of the council, just daring them to question him.

Before anyone could say anything, the sound of giggling rang throughout the room. It eventually grew into full-blown laughter. When everyone turned to find the source, they saw Tsunade clutching her stomach as she was doubled over laughing. When she finally managed to calm herself, she wiped a few tears out of her eyes and smiled at Naruto. "Well said. They were going to try and dictate everything about who you were to marry, how many you were to marry, and even when you should be married by. But if you're already planning to marry your current girlfriend and you can safely say you'll manage the CRA in your own way on your own time, I don't see any reason to question you. Does anyone disagree with me?" She asked with a menacing grin on her face. When nobody said anything, she smiled sweetly down at Naruto and nodded her head once. "Good, it seems that the council is in agreement. You get to dictate the CRA for yourself Naruto-kun. I've already dealt with any other problems that came up before you arrived, so you're free to go now. Have a good night."

Smiling thankfully up at his godmother, Naruto nodded his head and mouthed a quick 'Thank you.' to her before leaving the room with Jiraiya following after him. As soon as they left, one of the civilian councilmen dared to open his mouth. "Hokage-sama, why would you allow that boy to dictate everything for himself? There are many perfect candidates to become his brides and bear his children! More than that…"

Tsunade sighed and decided to cut the fat councilman off. "More than that…you want his inheritance for yourselves. You don't care one bit for the boy and you still can't accept that he's truly the Yondaime's son. You're so stuck in the past that you can't believe that you assholes were in the wrong all this time. Meanwhile, the Shinobi Council wanted to marry off members of their clans to increase their own standing within the village. Finally, the Elders still want nothing more than to treat him like the village's weapon. Nobody really gives two shits about Naruto-kun himself. This meeting is dismissed. Goodbye." With a heavy sigh, Tsunade rose from her seat and left for her office. She didn't want to deal with them any longer than she had to.

Uzumaki-Namikaze Estate

Naruto was currently sitting with his girlfriend and the other otherworld girls in the living room of his home. They could tell he was conflicted about something and were just waiting patiently for him to speak rather than trying to force it out of him. When he finally opened his mouth to speak, they were ready to listen. "Well, my mother was right. They put me into the CRA. But like the letter said, I told them that, while I'll agree to being in the CRA, I'll determine everything about the CRA rules regarding me myself. Told 'em that they could essentially all fuck off. I'm not marrying anyone I don't love, I'm not having children before I'm ready, etc. So Rikku-chan…while I do have to marry more than one woman and birth multiple children with them, we'll decide together who we'll be with, okay? And…"

The blonde male blushed and looked away at this point, unable to speak what was on his mind any further. While he wanted to tell her that he wanted to marry her, he found himself unable to utter the words. However, Rikku understood what he was trying to say and gently gripped him by the chin before turning him to face her. Leaning in slowly, she kissed him sweetly on the lips and smirked at him. "Were you about to say you wanted me to be your wife my lovely Naruto? If so, then I'll gladly accept. I love you more than anything and I'd be happy to marry you. If you're worried about me wanting to one day return home, then don't be. While I'd like to see Yunie, Paine, and the others again, that doesn't mean I'd want to stay there. I want to be with you my silly Naruto. Understand?"

Smiling gratefully at his Rikku-chan, Naruto hugged her close and kissed her back. After the kiss had ended, he nuzzled his head against her neck and chuckled softly. "I love you Rikku-chan. Thank you for saying that. Just to make it official, will you be my wife Rikku-chan? Will you marry me and make me one of the happiest men alive?"

Giggling, Rikku nodded her head and hugged her beloved closer. "Of course I will Naruto. Though we'll have to work on finding a way to open a portal to Spira so we can invite Yunie and Paine to the wedding, 'cause I don't want them missing out on the big event! So that means we gotta double time it on getting your portal magic under control Mister Uzumaki!" Poking his cheeks, Rikku smiled at him before she couldn't hold it in anymore and began to giggle again.

Sighing softly, Naruto nodded his head and poked his girlfriend on the nose. "Don't worry sweetheart. I promise I'll make it happen. Yuna and Paine will be there for our wedding, I'll make absolutely sure of it." Looking over at the women from Remnant, Naruto smiled at them and nodded his head. "And I haven't forgotten my promise to you two either. I'll find a way to get the two of you home. Please just continue to be patient with me. I'm…still not too sure how to create those portals or where they'd even open up at. I hope to figure out that portal magic soon though."

Smiling at this, Blake shook her head and looked into her girlfriend's eyes. They both had a clear message sent between them silently that said 'We need to talk after this.' before Blake turned back to Naruto and shook her head again. "It's alright Naruto. We understand that this is something that will take time. It could be years before we see Remnant again, and we've accepted that fact. Don't push yourself too hard on our account, please."

Nodding his head and smiling in thanks for the understanding, Naruto replied with, "Thank you for being so patient with me Blake, Yang. I'm just sorry that it's taking so long. I know you must miss your loved ones terribly." Sighing, Naruto shook his head a moment before looking up at the ceiling. "Anyways, I don't know about you girls, but I am dead tired. Rikku-chan, do you want to cuddle with me tonight or do you want to find your own room for now?"

Rikku leaned back in the couch next to her boyfriend and smirked at him. "Really? My own room? By myself? Nuh-uh mister! I want my cuddle buddy with me! I can't sleep without my cuddly Naruto anymore!" After saying this, Rikku hugged onto Naruto tightly and began to pepper his whiskered cheeks with kisses, causing him to blush in embarrassment while the other girls of the house began to giggle at his expense.

With a sigh, Naruto nodded his head and bade the others a good night before walking off upstairs with his girlfriend so they could both change and go to sleep in each other's arms in their new bed.

Back downstairs, Towa looked at Blake and Yang with a smirk. "So, I couldn't help but notice the looks you sent each other earlier. Something you two need to get off your chests?" She queried with a raised eyebrow to hint at her curiosity. She had a feeling that she knew what they were thinking/feeling, but she wanted to confirm it before she offered an opinion on their 'problem'.

Sighing softly, Blake looked to Yang again and, after receiving a quick nod, turned to Towa and began to speak. "Yang and I were thinking…and we both like it here in this world. There's no Grimm and, despite the occasional bandit and the missing nins, and even that Akatsuki group, it's a really nice place. We miss our world terribly, but that's mostly because we have people there that we love and miss. But…"

When Blake clammed up and began to blush furiously, and even found herself unable to speak anymore, Yang let a smirk play across her face and decided to speak up. "What my wittle kitty cat is trying to say is that we've both kind of fallen for our blonde ball of sunshine. We weren't going to act on our feelings, but with that CRA thing in the mix…well…" Shrugging her shoulders, Yang waved one of her hands in the air in a lackadaisical manner and let her smirk widen ever further. "I'm sure you can imagine how we're feeling."

With a sigh, Towa nodded her head and looked into Blake's amber-colored eyes. "That's nothing to be ashamed of. If you have true, genuine feelings for the man, come clean and tell him. Don't hide your feelings. You'll only hurt yourselves and him in the long run by doing so. Naruto's a good man and I'm sure that he'll give you a positive response. Besides, Rikku wouldn't turn you two away from him. Look at how long we've all known each other. We're a good team and she genuinely trusts you two. Why wouldn't she trust you two with her fiancé as well?" The princess advised in a sagely manner.

Smiling thankfully, Blake nodded her head and walked over to the blonde ex-princess before hugging her tight. "Thank you. We'll…we'll talk to them tomorrow. For now I think we all could use some sleep, don't you?"

Yang chuckled and walked over to her girlfriend and gently gripped her shoulder. "C'mon Kitty, let's go get some sleep. I'm hoping that Tsunade gets that jonin prepped for us early tomorrow. I want to get this test of ours over with so we can start going on missions together as a team! Talk about fun stuff right there!"

Sighing softly, Blake shook her head and just walked off with her girlfriend without saying a word. It seemed that despite everything that had happened, her girlfriend would never change. Not that that was a bad thing, mind you, but sometimes it could be a little exasperating for the feline Faunus.

Now that the two of them were alone, Towa turned her attention to the only other occupant of the room now: Meru. Frowning slightly, the ex-princess folded her arms under her bust and looked hard into the Wingly's eyes. "So when are you going to tell him?"

Slumping over in her chair, Meru couldn't help but let out a heavy sigh. "That obvious, huh?" Glancing up into Towa's eyes, she only received a deadpan stare in return. So, releasing another sigh, Meru sat up straight and shrugged. "I'll…I'll tell him soon. Probably. Maybe? I don't know! How do I tell him that I love him, huh?!"

Quirking one of her brows in disbelief, Towa walked over and slapped Meru upside the head. "It's easy. You walk up to Naruto, give him a hug and a tender kiss on his lips, and tell him: "I love you." It's as simple as that." the ex-princess explained with a small smirk playing at her lips.

"Suuure. And Rikku would just be okay with me doing something like that? I doubt it. Still…it could be fun. I…hmm…I guess I could try your idea. It certainly sounds like the most fun way to go about doing it!" Giggling to herself, Meru nodded twice as if to confirm her decision before she jumped up and hugged the blonde ex-princess tight. "Thanks Towa! I think I will do just that! It might even make Rikku jealous. I think that would be quite the sight to see." Giggling even more, Meru rushed off to get changed and go to bed for the night.

Back in the living room, Towa couldn't help but giggle herself. "Naruto, life is never going to be boring as long as I'm around you, I can tell. I'm looking forward to seeing what the coming days will bring." With a bright smile on her face, the blonde woman left the living room and went off to get some sleep.

The Next Day – Third Training Ground

Naruto and the girls were currently standing before the jonin chosen to lead their team. He was a tall man with shaggy brown hair and black, almond-shaped eyes. He also wore an oddly shaped forehead protector that resembled the kind Tobirama Senju, the Nidaime Hokage, used to wear. Finally, he was dressed in the typical jonin attire, minus the usual Uzushiogakure swirls on the flak jacket. After a moment of the two groups (or one individual observing a group in the jonin's case), the jonin decided to introduce himself. "Good day to each of you. I am the jonin that has been assigned to lead this team. My name is Yamato. It's a pleasure to meet you." He said with a pleasant smile on his face.

Seeing he had their attention, Yamato nodded his head and looked directly at Naruto for a moment before looking around at the others. "Now then, I've been brought up to speed on the current situation, but I'd like to get to know my team first, and not just from Tsunade-sama or Jiraiya-sama. Why don't you all tell me something about yourselves? Naruto, since this will be similar to when you introduced yourself to Kakashi and your prior teammates, why don't you go first and show the others?" Yamato suggested.

Shrugging in response, Naruto nodded his head in resignation and made a silent agreement to start things off rather than argue that their new sensei should go first. "Alright. As everyone here knows by now, my name is Naruto Uzumaki. I like my girlfriend Rikku-chan, my dear friends Meru, Towa, Yang, and Blake, my godfather Jiraiya-sama, Tsunade baa-chan and Shizune nee-chan and their pet pig Ton-Ton, ramen, and more that I don't feel like listing right now. I dislike how long it takes for ramen to cook, all the bigoted villagers that believe I'm the Kyuubi incarnate, how I'm the only Genin left amongst my graduating class, and Sasuke-teme. My dream is to become Hokage someday, but I also want to marry Rikku-chan and have a big family someday with her and any children we have. Though…I also know that, thanks to the CRA, I have to marry multiple women, so I hope to marry for love and for Rikku-chan and I to be happy with whoever I end up marrying."

Smiling in response to this, Yamato nodded his head and patted the young blonde on the shoulder. "Those are good dreams Naruto. Just make sure to treat the women you're with right and do right by them and everything should end up being great, I'm positive of that. Now, who wants to go next?"

Meru shrugged and raised her hand, at which point Yamato pointed at her and signaled for her to begin. "My name is Meru. I like Naruto and all my friends you see here. I also like my magic and flying. I dislike the fact that I don't know what became of my friends back in the world I came from, but I don't blame Naruto for that at all, just so you know. I do miss them, but I love being here and I love my new friends too much to want to go back to a world where…where…"

Taking a moment to take a few deep breaths, Meru hugged herself and shook her head as her friends each hugged her in turn, one by one. When they were done and she was settled again, Meru looked into Yamato's eyes and sighed. "After everything was said and done in my world…I'd have nowhere to go. I was an exile amongst my people…I would have never been allowed back into my home. And my friends would have each gone their own way after we saved the world, I'm sure of it. Sure we'd probably stay in contact somehow, but it just wouldn't be the same. I don't know what I would have done, but I know I'd go back to being lonely and it would have been a miserable existence despite being part of a group that had just saved the world. So…I'm glad to be here and…well…"

Here, Meru looked at Naruto and gained a slightly devilish smirk. Thinking back on the words that Towa said to her the night before, the Wingly dancer giggled evilly to herself and quietly said aloud, "What the hell." before grabbing Naruto's cheeks in her hands, making him face her, and leaning in close before claiming his lips with hers in a passionate kiss. It didn't take long for her to probe at his mouth with her tongue, and when he opened his mouth to speak out, she snaked her tongue into his mouth and began to probe around in there.

Soon enough, Naruto began to return the kiss and wrapped his arms around the bluenette's waist and hugged her close. After a couple of minutes of this, they pulled their faces back a few inches and breathed in a couple of raspy breaths. "W-Wow…that was amazing Naruto. I should have done that sooner!" Meru exclaimed, a happy grin on her face.

Naruto was blushing up a storm as he looked to Rikku who had a look of shock on her face before she turned her gaze on Meru with a look that said: 'You'd better explain right now!' So in response, Meru decided to do just that.

"You might be a bit upset with me right now Rikku, and that's perfectly understandable, but I realized that I'm in love with Naruto six months ago and I may have been in love with him since before then, but I don't know for sure. With him being inducted into the CRA, I finally felt I had a chance to be with him, despite the fact that you were with him first and the two of you had a say in who got to be with him. I just…I had to make it known to him and you that I can't hide my feelings anymore, that I'm in love and I'm willing to do whatever it takes to earn Naruto's love in return. So…please, just take whatever time you need to discuss this revelation and I hope you two decide to let me be a part of this relationship. But just know that no matter what, I'm not going to give up, I'm willing to do whatever it takes to prove that I'm worthy of Naruto. Believe it." At the end, she stressed those words just to tease Naruto and it worked because he groaned and facepalmed himself in embarrassment, saddened by the fact that he had used that particular verbal tic around the girls enough times that they'd be willing to tease him with it from time to time.

Rikku sighed and looked between her boyfriend, now fiancé, and back to Meru and nodded slowly. "We'll discuss this later, between the three of us. Right now, we need to get back on track." Receiving nods of agreement from everyone, the perky blonde decided to go next. "I love my darling fiancé Naruto, as we're all more than aware. I also like all my friends here, of course. I…I like Yunie, Paine, my brother Brother," here she received a weird look from Yamato, so she decided to elaborate. "Yes, my brother's name is Brother. I also like my dad Cid and my other friends back in my old world. I do miss everyone from time to time, but I'm happy here in this new world. I…fell into a pit of depression in my world after what happened. Naruto saved me from that, so I'm very grateful to him for saving me from that."

Smiling at her fiancé, Rikku hugged him tight and gave him a sweet, loving kiss on the lips that lasted for approximately thirty seconds before they separated and she continued on with her introduction. "Anyways, I dislike anyone that dares try to harm those dear to me. I also dislike the stupid people of this village that dare to treat my Naruto poorly because of what he contains. Finally, I dislike the idea that the councils may try to push their daughters or other female relatives onto my fiancé for their own selfish reasons!"

Taking a deep breath to calm herself, Rikku hugged her fiancé tight and buried her face in his shoulder for a moment, just breathing in his scent and using it and his presence to relax herself once again. When she felt she was finally calm enough to continue, she raised her head again and looked to Yamato, but she didn't remove herself from her love's embrace. "Finally, my dream? My dream is simple. I want to live a happy life with my fiancé and have a lot of children together that we can spoil rotten and watch as they cause all kinds of chaos around the village just for giggles. Wouldn't that be fun?!" Giggling to herself at the images running through her head of her future children pranking the people of Konoha, Rikku couldn't help but smile and hold her fiancé tight, happy just to bask in his presence.

Yamato blinked a couple of times before nodding in acknowledgement of her dream. "While, for the most part, that is a nice dream, the idea of your children causing chaos around Konoha is a bit concerning to me as a former ANBU agent. Just trying to deal with Naruto's pranks was bad enough." Shuddering for a moment from the memories, the jonin shook his head to rid himself of the memories and turned to Yang. "How about you go next?"

Grinning, the busty blonde nodded enthusiastically and began her introduction in earnest. "The name's Yang Xiao Long. I love my girlfriend Blakey," here she had to duck a swat from Blake due to the little nickname, "and I love my friends here. I also love my sister Ruby Rose and my dad Tai. Aaaaand despite how much of an ice queen she could be sometimes, I also like Weissicle." Here she didn't manage to avoid the punch and took it right to her arm. Rubbing the spot she was punched, Yang gave her girlfriend a mock offended look and pouted cutely at her. "Aww, Blake, that hurt. You don't like the nickname I gave her?"

Blake merely sighed and shook her head before motioning for her girlfriend to simply get on with her introduction. Grumbling a bit, Yang decided to just get things over with. "Fine, fine spoilsport. Ruin all my fun why don'tcha? Anyways, I always like a good brawl and a good adventure too. However, I greatly dislike Adam, the bastard that hurt Blake. I'll never forgive him for that!" Here Yang's eyes turned red and her aura flared for a moment until she felt Blake's hand on her shoulder and she managed to calm down. Taking a deep, calming breath, Yang nodded in thanks to her beloved and continued on. "I also dislike anyone that harms my hair. My hair is precious to me damn it! Finally, I also dislike anyone that dares try to harm any one of my friends or loved ones. Basically, if you try to harm Blake, my hair, or my friends and loved ones, you'd best have made plans for your funeral already because you're fucked."

Yamato looked around at this and saw everyone nodding and could only wonder just what a berserker Yang would be like. He supposed he would find out eventually, but he also knew he'd have to try and work with her to try and harness that rage into a fine-tuned weapon rather than let her go wild. Unless of course Jiraiya had managed to train her into using that rage as a strength instead of simply attacking wildly without any control, in which case, all the power to her. Deciding to put those thoughts on the backburner for now, he decided to simply ask her for her dream(s). "And what about your dream? Have you given any thought to that?"

Smirking to herself at what she was about to say, Yang looked into Blake's eyes as if seeking permission for something. When Blake blushed deeply and looked almost hesitant to agree, Yang mouthed to her, 'It'll be okay. Trust me.' After a moment to think it over, Blake gave a slow, almost hesitant nod and just hugged onto one of her girlfriend's arms and buried her head into the crook of Yang's neck, as if she was afraid to watch what would happen next.

"My dream, or rather dreams, are simple Mr. Yamato. I want to live a full life full of adventure! But…my main dream? That's even better. I want to settle down with Blake and marry her. But more than that, I want the both of us to be happy with the man we've fallen in love with. I want us to marry Naruto and settle down with him and give him the children he deserves." Yang said before smiling kindly at Naruto. When he started to blush furiously, Yang began to giggle and simply hugged her girlfriend close as Blake was starting to shake a bit, almost as if she was fearful of what Rikku would do in response to the revelation that the two of them were in love with her boyfriend.

Once more, Rikku looked gobsmacked for a moment before she released a sigh and nodded slowly in acceptance. Lowering her head a moment, the beautiful young thief released another sigh and took a moment to think things over. That's two more of my friends that have feelings for my Naruto. At least they're people I can trust to have nothing but the purest intentions and not greedy, stupid meanies. Still…I need to talk things over with each of them later. Nodding to herself, Rikku looked into Yang's eyes and then glanced at the back of Blake's head. "We…we'll talk later. Right now just isn't the time."

Nodding in understanding, Yang nudged her girlfriend and, when she looked up into her eyes, the blonde with the bountiful bosom kissed her sweetly on her lips before motioning towards Yamato. "Your turn sweetie." Receiving a nod in return, she watched as Blake fought to get her blush under control before she began to speak.

"My name is Blake Belladonna, and my likes are simple. I like fish, especially tuna. I, of course, like my family, though I do miss them greatly. I love Yang and, as she's revealed, I am in love with Naruto as well." At admitting this, Blake began blushing prettily again before she decided to simply get on with her introduction. "I like to read and I'm also interested in writing my own book someday. I've begun work on it and I've already written three chapters to my first story, so hopefully it turns out well." she admitted, a small smile appearing on her beautiful face.

"Now, my dislikes are next, right?" Receiving a nod from Yamato in return, the cat Faunus continued on. "I dislike anyone that bullies people that are different, such as the idiots on Team CRDL from our world." Blake said, motioning between herself and Yang when she said 'our world'. "I hate what the White Fang has become. It used to be an organization that made simple protests against all the bigotry in our world. But thanks to people like Adam, it's turned into nothing more than a criminal organization and made the Faunus even more hated than what they already were. On that note, I also greatly dislike Adam. He's the one that gave me the scar on my stomach, and he was also preparing to hurt Yang simply because she's my closest friend and my dear girlfriend."

At this point, Yang pulled Blake in for another hug and began to gently stroke at her girlfriend's cat ears, causing a deep blush to take hold of her features again right before she began to purr like a cat would. After a couple of minutes of this, Blake scowled and swatted at Yang's hand to make her stop. "I swear, you're incorrigible sometimes Yang. Don't do that to me in front of our new leader."

Taking a deep breath to calm herself, although the blush wouldn't fade completely, she spoke up again. "Anyways, my hobbies are, as I already explained, reading and writing. I have a few other hobbies, but nothing that immediately comes to mind right now. Finally, my dreams? I...guess I dream of seeing my family again someday to ensure that they're alright and doing well. I also want to settle down with Yang and Naruto and have at least three kids. I can already imagine little Blake's and Naruto's running around playing together." As her imagination began to run wild, the cat Faunus giggled happily for a while until she remembered where she was and what she was doing and immediately clammed up, her blush increasing once again.

Yamato found himself smiling at this point and nodded his head once. "It's unfortunate that you've been torn from your family. I'm sure you miss them very much, as do the rest of you for your precious people." Receiving nods in return from this statement, Yamato continued. "Still, those are nice dreams Blake and I'm positive they'll come true for you. Anyways, it's time for the last member of our little group to go. Your name is Towa, correct?"

Receiving a nod in return from the blond princess in confirmation, Towa decided to speak up. "Yes, my name is Towa. And I used to be a princess in my world. Or at least I was a part of the princess there. Her name is Toki and she looked almost identical to me except for the eyes and hair color being different. Whereas I have blond hair and amber-colored eyes, Toki had beautiful red hair and red eyes." the former princess explained. "I won't go into details about what happened as I don't know you well enough to reveal my life story, but suffice it to say, things happened and I was cast aside in a sense so that Toki and our fiance could be together."

With a shrug of her shoulders to signify that she didn't really care for that topic any longer, Towa began her introduction in full. "Anyways, likes, dislikes, hobbies, and dreams?" Receiving a nod in confirmation from Yamato, Towa nodded once and began again. "Alright. I like all my friends that you see here before you. I've grown rather fond of all of them and wouldn't trade them for the world." Smiling at the others, the amber-eyed woman turned back to Yamato and continued. "I also like swordplay, or rather the art of combat using this." At this point, Towa grabbed her dagger by the handle and unsheathed it so she could show it off to her new team captain. "And yes, in case you were wondering, I love a good fight. I also like to practice with my magic and trying out various new spells I can think up."

Shrugging again, Towa continued on with her dislikes. "I dislike a few of the people back home, the primary focus of my dislike goes to Moebius however. It's because of her that things got as screwed up as they were. Also...after having my eyes opened by Moebius, I know, you don't understand yet, but like I said, I don't trust you enough just yet to reveal the whole story." Towa said as she noticed the look of confusion on Yamato's face. "Anyways, I greatly dislike Toki's new husband, the same fiance I mentioned earlier. He's a pervert, a liar, and a damn scumbag that I feel is only going to hurt Toki in the end with his antics. There are times where I wish I had castrated the bastard." Towa grumbled to herself, not caring that Yamato and Naruto winced at the idea of being castrated like that.

"Anyways, I dislike a few other things, chief among them being perverts. The only one I can somewhat stand is Jiraiya, but that's only because he made the effort to reach out and help us in whatever way he could. For that I'm grateful to both him and Naruto for everything they've done for all of us." Smiling at Naruto at this point, she watched as he blushed a bit and scratched at his nose in mild embarrassment for being put on the spot like that.

Turning back to Yamato, Towa decided to get on with her introduction, starting with her hobbies. "As for hobbies, like I said, I like swordplay, so I enjoy practicing with my dagger. If I feel like it, I may get a sword sometime soon and begin practicing with that as well. I mentioned this earlier as well, but one of my hobbies is practicing with my magic and attempting to think up new spells I can use. I may not be as skilled with fire magic as Toki was, but when it comes to ice and lightning spells, I've got her beat hands-down. Still, I'm trying to broaden my knowledge of magic and have begun really delving into the earth and fire spells so I can someday be as effective as Toki is in their usage."

Releasing a soft sigh, Towa closed her eyes and shrugged again. "As for my dreams? I haven't really given that much thought before. Actually, never mind, I do have one dream. I dream of…" Glancing out of the corner of her eye at Naruto at this point, Towa smiled softly and shook her head. "Well, I dream of marrying the man I love and just...being happy together. Whether we have children or not doesn't matter to me, though I would like to have at the very least one child, a daughter that I can name after Toki. And...I'm sorry for this Rikku, but…"

Here, Towa stopped speaking and walked up to Naruto before grabbing him by the hem of his shirt and pulling him into a fierce kiss that took his breath away. After a few minutes, she finally pulled back and watched as Naruto stumbled back a couple of feet before catching himself. Smirking at him, Towa placed her right hand gently upon his whiskered face and began scratching at his whisker marks, causing him to let out a small rumble from his throat that sounded suspiciously like a purr. Giggling a bit to herself, she stopped teasing him and turned to look at Rikku, folding her arms across her chest and pushing up her bosom just slightly. "I suppose I should apologize to you, but I wanted to let it be known in my own way that I've taken an interest in your fiance. I hope you don't mind sharing him with all of us?"

Rikku sighed and closed her eyes, rubbing at the bridge of her nose in frustration. "Like I said to the others...we'll have to talk about this later. Now just isn't the time." the perky young thief explained. "Although, I suppose having someone as responsible as you around will help keep things stable." Rikku said with a shrug. Looking back up into Towa's eyes, Rikku smiled at her and shrugged her shoulders. "We'll talk later, okay? Just you, me, and the girls. No Naruto allowed! Got that mister?" Rikku exclaimed as she tugged on his cheek a little just to mess with him.

Yamato chuckled softly at seeing their interactions before he decided it was time for him to give an introduction. "My name is Yamato. From this point onwards, I'm your team leader. I like nature, reading, and my absolute favorite food is walnuts. I'm also rather fond of my friends. Finally, I love Konoha and would do anything to protect my home." Nodding his head determinedly, Yamato offered his new team a smile before continuing on. "I dislike oily foods and those that underestimate me. I also dislike traitors, such as the Uchiha you were once friends with Naruto." Yamato said, giving a stern stare at the young man that kind of creeped him out, though he wouldn't admit it.

"My hobbies? Well reading is one of them, I especially like to read books about architecture. I also like tending to my garden. Finally, I love to play with my pet cat, though she can be a real pain sometimes." Yamato said with a chuckle. "Finally comes my dreams I suppose. One of them would be to have a real, all-out, no holds barred spar with my senpai, Kakashi Hatake. Though I am rather disappointed with him for his neglect in yours and Sakura's training. He should have done more for the two of you and he didn't." Sighing heavily, Yamato shook his head and stared calmly into everyone's eyes. "I have other dreams, but nothing too important that requires mentioning."

Nodding his head a couple of times now that introductions were over and done with, the team leader decided to get on with the test. "Now, considering you're all familiar with one another and can no doubt work very well together in a team, I need to put you all through some kind of test. I want to see how you fight as individuals rather than as a team. So, let's begin, shall we?" Walking away from his team, Yamato formed three quick hand seals and muttered quietly. "Wood Clone Technique." With this, a collection of clones made of wood appeared around him, each facing away from the team.

Turning back around, Yamato and his clones stared at each member of Team Yamato. "I've pumped enough chakra into these clones of mine to take quite a lot of abuse. They should be able to more than handle whatever you throw at them. Naruto, you're with me." Motioning for Naruto to follow him, Yamato walked into the woods and waited for his new protege to arrive. As soon as he did, Yamato decided to lay down some ground rules. "Now, I've been informed that you've been trained somewhat in controlling the Kyuubi's powerful chakra. How many tails do you think you can safely control?"

Frowning at this, Naruto closed his eyes and shook his head. "Not many. I can go up to four tails easily enough, but anymore than that and I run the risk of going out of control. I don't like to use that power though because of what it does to me and those around me. Why do you ask?" Naruto questioned as he folded his arms in front of his chest.

The brown-haired man nodded once as he took in the information Naruto had just given him. After a moment of thought, Yamato spoke up. "The answer is a simple one Naruto. I was chosen to lead this team not just because Hokage-sama felt I would be the best fit to lead this team, but also because I'm capable of using Mokuton (Wood Release). With my Mokuton, I should be more than capable of restraining the bijuu's chakra should I see signs of you going out of control. Do you understand? That's why I asked how many tails you could control, so I'm aware of what you can handle and when I should step in."

Nodding at this as he made an 'o' shape with his mouth, Naruto grinned and gave his new team leader a thumbs-up. "That makes sense! Well if you can help keep me under control, then I'm glad to have you Yamato-sensei. Anyways, I assume you wanted to test me in other things as well to see my own abilities?"

Yamato nodded once before getting into a stance used for battle. "I want you to show me what you are capable of Naruto. Don't hold back, alright? I'll let you know when we're done." he explained as he prepared for the spar that was to come.

Meanwhile…

Rikku winced as she was hit by a backhand by the wood clone she had been assigned. She almost fell to the ground, but she managed to stay standing and quickly turned back to the clone, an angry look on her face. "That hurt you meanie! Haven't you ever heard of taking it easy on a lady?!"

The wood clone simply quirked an eyebrow before chuckling. "You can't really mean that, can you? If you can't handle this, you're more than welcome to return home and act the role of a 'proper' housewife for your soon-to-be husband."

Rikku found herself grinning and shook her head. "Meh, it was worth a shot. Now that I know what kind of person you are, I can take this up a notch." the perky young blond said before she grabbed hold of a dressphere and performed a spherechange. When the light show ended, she was clad in a different outfit and was holding a firearm in her hands. "Let's see how you like my Gunner dressphere, shall we?" Giggling, Rikku looked hard into her team leader's eyes and pointed the weapon at him. "Bang!" she said as she fired off a single bullet at the clone, who barely managed to avoid the shot in time.

Eyes widening in shock at the speed of that projectile, the wood clone turned back to Rikku and began to figuratively sweat; as a clone made of wood, he couldn't really sweat for real. Seeing her grin widening, the clone quickly went through hand signs and called out: "Wood Release: Underground Roots Technique!" In an instant, roots began shooting up out of the ground, attempting to coil around Rikku and stop her from firing that weapon again.

Sadly for the clone, Rikku was faster and managed to perform a series of backflips to avoid the roots before she pointed her gun at the man and fired three more shots, each one hitting home in the clone's left shoulder, its right kneecap, and the final one right where the sun don't shine, causing the clone to let out a loud scream before he did the smart thing and dispelled himself. Giggling to herself, Rikku flashed the area where the clone burst apart a V sign with her fingers. "And that's how it's done!"

Meru vs. Wood Clone #2

Meru frowned as she took to the air in her Dragoon form. She didn't have to transform to defeat her designated clone, but she decided she would show him just the kind of foe he was messing with. So, taking hold of her hammer, the blue-haired young woman flew down at a speed that the clone didn't expect and began to unleash her D-Addition (Dragoon Addition) upon him. Hitting him once in the side with a powerful blow, she flew up again and around him, slamming her hammer into his back this time while he was still dazed from the first blow, and then took to the air once more. Rushing down, she hit him a few more times, each blow more devastating than the last, and, when she had finished raining blows upon him, Meru flew backwards and decided to unleash a spell on him for good measure.

So, raising her hand, Meru said with a devilish little smirk on her face, "Freezing Ring." As soon as she said this, a brilliant flash of light erupted and when it cleared, she had over a dozen shards of ice floating around her in a circle of water. After a moment, the Wingly dancer thrust her hand forward, palm facing Yamato, and sent the shards of ice flying at him. The wood clone was confused at first when, instead of hitting him, the shards of ice began to circle around him as well. Before he could act, they closed in on him and a large spear of ice shot out of the ground, impaling him upon it and causing him to let out a gasp before he crumbled apart into chunks of wood. "Take that!" Meru exclaimed excitedly before she landed upon the ground and exited her Dragoon form. "Nobody messes with Meru and you just found out why! Ha!"

Towa vs. Wood Clone #3

The wood clone facing off against Towa was finding it hard to get a blow in as Towa was on a furious assault, swinging her dagger at him time and time again as he ducked and weaved between her attacks. She wasn't getting frustrated or sloppy in her attacks either, as she wielded her dagger with shocking efficiency. After a moment, he fell for a feint and paid for it by getting a few quick cuts along his chest and right cheek. Deciding he needed to stop playing it easy and go on the offensive, the Yamato clone ducked under one of Towa's swings and landed a punch to her midsection, catching her by surprise and knocking the wind out of her.

Leaping backwards, the Wood Clone went through some hand signs and slammed his hands to the ground, yelling out, "Earth Release: Earth Flow Spears!" This caused numerous earthen spikes to shoot out of the ground, making their way towards Towa who began to call upon her magic in an effort to counter his attack.

Thrusting her hand forward, palm facing Yamato just as Meru had done with her spell, Towa unleashed an extra powerful blast of ice that burst through the spears, stopping them in their tracks, and slammed into Yamato at full force. Smirking at him, she watched as the area where the clone was hit was flash frozen and he began to shiver. "Goodbye Mr. Clone." Towa said with a wicked grin on her face as she raised her hand towards the sky and called on her magic once again. Within an instant, a great bolt of lightning shot down and utterly destroyed the clone, leaving it as nothing more than a charred clump of wood due to the intensity of the lightning bolt.

Yang vs. Wood Clone #4

Yang was feeling a little hard-pressed when dealing with her designated wood clone. She had attempted to take him out in pure hand-to-hand combat, but he was proving to be quite the tough one to nail down. For every punch she threw, he'd either block it, redirect the blow to another part of his body, or just dodge it completely. Now normally, at this point, she'd get frustrated and her semblance would activate, causing her attacks to power up and giving her an extra boost of energy. However, over the course of the past few years that were spent in the company of people like Naruto and Jiraiya, she learned how to maintain control of her emotions...to a point.

When the wood clone reacted to a particularly vicious punch and threw her off balance, Yang snarled and was about to pound the living shit out of the wood clone in her ever growing frustration. However, what the clone did next cemented it for her, she was going to fucking annihilate her opponent. Yamato's wood clone had decided he wanted to see Yang at her best, and considering she mentioned having her hair cut as one of her dislikes, the clone withdrew a kunai and, with a quick flick of his wrist, used it to cut off a few loose strands of her hair.

Seeing this, the buxom blonde bombshell of a woman quickly grew furious with the Yamato clone and proceeded to turn around and slam her fist into his face as hard as she could, unleashing a shot point blank that resulted in the wood clone's head exploding. Watching as it crumpled into wood chunks, Yang panted and glanced around with her furious red eyes. "Where the hell did the real one go?! I'm going to kill him!"

Blake vs. Wood Clone #5

Blake and her designated wood clone winced as they watched what happened to the other Yamato clone. Turning to her wood clone, the lovely young woman sighed and gave him a flat look. "Really? Did you really have to cut some of her hair off? You couldn't just let it be, could you?" Blake asked irritably. Sighing, she shook her head in disbelief for a moment before she proceeded to perform a few hand seals and pointed her hands at her Yamato clone. "Lightning Release: Electromagnetic Murder!" she shouted as she sent a furious blast of lightning towards her clone.

The Yamato clone quickly flew through hand seals and shouted out, "Earth Release: Earth-Style Wall!" before slamming his hands to the ground. Both Blake and the Yamato clone watched as a large wall of earth rose up between them, halting her attack, if only just barely. After the attack had finished, the clone hopped on top of the wall and looked down, hoping to spot Blake still there so he could ask her about the technique. From what he had heard, none of them were from this world and they didn't have a chakra network. So, how is it she was able to use one of their techniques?

Suddenly, he felt the sharp steel of a blade against his neck and sighed as he looked down at the obvious clone of Blake down below. "Very good Blake. Using your time wisely, I see." the clone said with a smile before its head was removed from his body by Gambol Shroud.

Watching as the clone crumbled before her into wooden chunks, Blake breathed a sigh of relief and shook her head. Glancing towards the direction she had last seen her girlfriend, the black-haired lass frowned when she saw that Yang wasn't there anymore. She had obviously gone off in search of the real Yamato, which meant she was going to end up interrupting his and Naruto's duel. Oh well. It's his own fault for doing what he did. she thought to herself with a small grin tugging at the corners of her lips.

Back with Naruto

Naruto backflipped from an attack made by Yamato and quickly threw out a couple of kunai in an effort to ward his new team leader off for a moment. Reacting quickly, Yamato deflected the kunai with one of his own and proceeded to begin going through hand seals for a technique. Before he could finish however, Naruto smirked at him and held up a sphere before going through a spherechange. Not wanting to see what this new outfit of his brought in terms of abilities, Yamato finished the hand seals for his jutsu and slammed his palms to the ground. "Wood Release: Underground Roots Technique!" he exclaimed, unknowingly mimicking his clone from earlier.

After the lightshow ended, Naruto smirked as he grasped a rather large blade and sported a new outfit in the style that samurai often wore. Quickly jumping over the roots and above Yamato, Naruto reached into his inner pocket before pulling out a large amount of coins. Before his new sensei could react, Naruto shouted out: "Spare Change!" and proceeded to unleash a hail of coins upon Yamato that caused him to bring up his arms in a feeble effort to defend himself from Naruto's attack.

Naruto watched as the unusual money attack left a variety of scratches and other such marks on his sensei. Upon landing, Naruto moved forward with surprising speed and swung his oversized blade in an effort to hit Yamato. Rushing through a quick set of hand seals, Yamato used the Replacement Technique to swap himself out for a log that was neatly sliced into two separate halves, showing off just how sharp and deadly Naruto's sword was. Thinking he was safe for the moment, as he had hidden himself as well as he could, Yamato wasn't expecting for Naruto to suddenly appear behind him and unleash another attack.

"You should pay more attention to your surroundings Yamato-sensei! Sparkler!" Naruto shouted as he unleashed a point blank firework that exploded in Yamato's face, dealing damage and stunning him in the process. Yamato screamed out from the pain he felt and stumbled backwards, rubbing at his face, trying to restore his vision after being temporarily blinded by the firework. When he could see again, albeit blearily, the wood-using man raised a hand and halted Naruto's impending attack.

"That's enough for now Naruto. I suppose I shouldn't have been holding back as much as I was. Good job." he praised, a smile on his face. Shaking his head, Yamato finished rubbing at his eyes and looked around once he could see clearly again. However, he wasn't prepared for Yang to come leaping out of the trees for him. Squawking in fear, Yamato used a hasty Replacement Technique to escape her attack and watched her from behind. "That was close. If you're finished with your test, why are you attacking me Yang?" he demanded.

Turning around, her eyes blazing a vicious red color as he hair flailed about, Yang raised up her left hand and pointed a single finger at him. "You! Your clone cut my hair! I am going to take a pound out of your ass for what he did to me!"

Blinking in shock at this, Yamato quickly tried to go through hand seals for a technique he knew that could contain her until she calmed down, but Yang was upon him too fast for him to finish. Yamato did his best to block her blows, but he found out real quickly that when she was enraged, her attacks hurt. So, he began avoiding them to the best of his ability until he was decked by a haymaker and sent crashing to the ground.

After this blow had been dealt, Yang releashed a calming breath and smirked down at him. "There, I feel so much better now. Thanks for taking it like a man Yamato. You're a peach." she said with a wide grin appearing on her face afterwards.

Yamato, meanwhile, groaned from the pain as he pushed himself back onto his feet. Turning his head, he spat out a small glob of blood and frowned at her. "Ouch." was all he deigned fit to say for a good while. After he took the time to think for a moment, he sighed and shook his head. "At least you've calmed down. For what it's worth, I'm sorry my clone had the oh so brilliant idea of cutting your hair. Still, at least it worked to get your full focus on the fight, right?" he asked with a sweatdrop.

When Yang narrowed her eyes at him, Yamato quickly raised his hands up and shook them. "Hey, I'm not trying to be rude, I'm just saying I'm glad I got to see you go all out like that. And from the looks of it, your friends are all finished as well." the team leader said as he glanced towards the open field. "Let's go greet them, shall we?" Yamato asked with a smile.

Walking back into the field where the others were waiting, Yamato motioned for Yang and Naruto to take their places in the lineup and proceeded to clap his hands a couple of times as he turned to face them. "Very good, all of you." Nodding at his hidden shadow clone to dispel itself, Yamato waited until he got the memories and quirked a brow as he looked at Blake. "Well that's certainly interesting. How are you able to use such techniques when you don't have a chakra system?"

Giggling nervously at being put on the spot like this, Blake rubbed at the back of her head in a very Naruto-esque fashion before she began to explain. "Yang and I have aura. Jiraiya theorized that, because of how similar Aura works when compared to chakra, that she and I could learn how to utilize ninjutsu and genjutsu, as well as dabble in the arts of fuinjutsu if we so wished. So, after some researching and some trial and error processes, Jiraiya and Naruto managed to develop a seal that they proceeded to place on the palms of our hands." At this, Blake raised her hands and pointed them palms out towards Yamato so he could get a closer look at the seal. "Anyways, this seal converts our Aura into chakra and allows us to utilize such techniques, so long as we know of them and have practiced for some time. It took a while to build up the power in our techniques though, and they still aren't at the power that you ninjas are capable of, but we're getting there. It just requires that Yang and I practice more and get used to molding our Aura in such a way. We've been at it for about six months now, so it's still a work in progress. We first had to learn all the hand seals and what each hand seal is used for in terms of elemental nature and all that, but we've been making good progress according to both Naruto and Jiraiya." Blake explained with a smile.

Yamato nodded his head as he examined the seal on Blake's palms. "Remarkable. Truly, the wonders of fuinjutsu never cease to amaze me. What about Towa, Rikku, and Meru? Would this seal permit them to utilize jutsu as well?" he queried, feeling rather curious about the subject.

Shaking his head, Naruto decided to answer his sensei in place of the girls. "I'm afraid not. They don't have chakra or Aura, and despite being able to use magic and other such abilities, there's no real network we'd be able to 'link with', so to speak, in terms of placing the seal. That seal would only work for people from Yang's and Blake's world." the blonde shinobi explained, a small frown appearing on his face at not being able to share the gift with any of the other girls.

"That's a shame. But it's not a big loss, considering what my clone saw from each of you, you all are more than capable of standing up to just about anything the world can throw at you, so it's fine." Yamato said, a smile appearing on his face. "Now, what do you say we go report to Tsunade-sama and then go get some lunch. On me of course." Receiving smiles and nods of the head in response, Yamato nodded and began to lead the way to the Hokage Tower. At least, he was until he saw a hawk flying overhead that he recognized as one used for emergencies, this one being a native of Sunagakure and the Land of Wind. Frowning, he decided to pick up the pace and motioned for the group to hurry up.

Upon arriving in the Hokage's Office, Yamato found her looking at a letter in her hands with a scowl on her face. "Hokage-sama, what's wrong? I saw the messenger hawk from Suna and hurried straight here with my team, as you can see."

Looking up at the group before her, a frown marring her pretty face, Tsunade shook her head and decided to explain. "It would seem that Gaara has been taken by the Akatsuki. More than that, Kankuro's been poisoned and they can't seem to cure him. Normally I'd send Sakura-chan with you, but I heard from Jiraiya that some of you are remarkable healers. Do you have any spells that could cure him of the poison plaguing him?" she asked hopefully.

Meru looked between her and Rikku for a moment before nodding at the Hokage. "Yes, Rikku could easily cure him. I could as well, but I think Rikku's the best fit for it with her White Mage dressphere. I have to ask, are you planning to send our team out on this mission Lady Hokage?"

Nodding her head, Tsunade placed the letter down and steepled her fingers in front of her face. "Yes Meru-san, I am. Yamato, I want you and your team to head out at once to Sunagakure. I'm sending Kakashi with you as I've no doubt his dog summons could easily help you track down the Akatsuki members that took Gaara. This is an order. I know you've got some problems with Kakashi, but I want you to put those feelings aside and work with him together to rescue Gaara. You're dismissed."

Hurrying out of the office and the tower as well, Team Yamato went their separate ways so they could quickly go about packing what they needed for this mission. Some time later, they were each at the village gate where Yamato and Kakashi were already waiting for them. Giving them his usual eye-smile, Kakashi gave a brief wave and decided to speak up in greeting. "Hello everyone. It's nice to see you again Naruto-kun. How've you been?"

Frowning at this, Naruto glanced away from Kakashi and turned his attention to Yamato. "I'm...fine Kakashi. Now, Yamato-sensei, we should hurry up and go, don't you think? Gaara's in trouble!" Naruto exclaimed impatiently.

Sighing at this, Yamato nodded his head reached up, putting a hand on Kakashi's shoulder to get his attention. When his senpai turned to him, Yamato shot a glance at Naruto out of the corner of his eye and shook his head. "Later senpai. You can try to talk to him later, after the mission, but I wouldn't get your hopes up." And with that, Yamato began barking out orders before the group all took off, Kakashi hesitating for just a moment before leaping off after them.

Naruto, I know I've wronged you in the past, but I hope you can find it in your heart to forgive me for my treatment of you. I'm sorry… Kakashi thought to himself as he sped up to fall in line with them once more.

A/N: Again, I know I kept you all waiting for a long darn time for this chapter, and I'm sorry for that. Hopefully this chapter was good enough to tide you over for a little while, as I've come up with a few new ideas for fanfics that I'd like to begin working on soon. Or I could end up writing up a chapter for another of my fics. I dunno yet. Point is, I'll be working on something new as soon as I can. Thank you for the patience and understanding you've shown me thus far.

Also, as I'm sure you'd like an explanation of why it took so long to get this chapter out, allow me to explain. For MONTHS I was without access to a proper computer. My old laptop died and took all of my progress down with it. I was then stuck using a Chromebook until I FINALLY got the money to purchase myself a new laptop. Unfortunately, I need to either purchase Microsoft Office or I need to find a dang product key that I can use to activate Microsoft Office again, because my 30 day free trial period ended and left me unable to work on this chapter AGAIN.

I eventually said 'fuck it!' and decided to complete this chapter in Google Docs and download it as a Word document so I could upload it here for all of you to read.

Also, I've been dealing with a LOOOT of crap from not just my family, but from a lot of other shit as well. I DO have good news though! I was approved for disability after having to go to a hearing and giving testimony as to my disabilities and whatnot. So I now have a steady source of income each month that's helping me out. I can't remember what else I was going to say here... Oh well. *shrugs* Again, hopefully you liked the chapter. If not...well...crud. lol