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"Words"- Quotes or speech.
'Words' - Thoughts.
Words- Kyuubi's voice.
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Chapter 5: After All Promises Aren't Meant to Be Broken
It was october 15th, 8 years past the attack of the Kyuubi in Leaf village. Ino, just like Naruto, was skipping down the stairs, having firm belief that her balance was good enough to keep her face from meeting the floor anytime soon. She reached the end of the stairs as she quickly headed into the clan head, Inoichi Yamanaka's room. She told him with a cheerful glee that she was going out to play outside, she saw the semi-permanent frown in his face form into a smile. Even after dealing with all the paperwork and meetings after the Uchiha clan massacre yesterday, he had the strength to smile whenever her daughter came to his mind. Her father's smile could ease her of any worries, just as her smile eased off Inoichi's overloaded head.
She headed outside to play, the cheerful smile vanishing from her face now. How could she smile knowing that she was the reason her father had gained few more wrinkles on his forehead skin. She never wished to learn why, but now that she knew it she felt helpless.
Flashback
Ino was walking through the hallways of her house, as she was about to stumble into her father's room, but stopped herself to hear the groggy voice of an old man she assumed to be one of the elders in the clan.
"Inoichi, our clan has gotten weaker over the last few generations. We lost Fū to Danzo-san, and we already lost most of our strongest fighters including Yoshinoki during the Kyuubi attack. I really hope you understand the grave situation we are in. You sense the tension in the Uchiha clan, don't you? The village is changing fast, and I don't think the next heir is ready to face all these changes. She doesn't seem to have special talents and at a time like this, I don't think she is fit to be considered the next heir. That's all I have to say."
"You are quite right about our current situation, and truly she isn't ready." Ino felt the twinge of sadness in her heart. Even her parents didn't believe in her abilities. The clan members always eyed her in disgust, often whispering about how she is just an average girl, not a person who can lead a clan. She didn't want to be a clan heir by her own choice. But now that she was in this position, she couldn't give up, she trained day after night to become worthy of the role. She might be a female, and her taijutsu and physical strength might be lower, but she would make up for it with her intelligence. She just wanted to prove that she too can be worthy of the role. But she left with a frown, as she missed her father saying that she was the perfect heir since she has the mindset of a person who embodies the meaning of their clan symbol Bush Clover. She cared for others, enough to become friends with the most hated person in the village. She can be the sole reason for uniting and maintaining friendly relationship with the other clans in this village. He also praised her work ethics, and then had to give a friendly warning to the elder to not bring up this topic ever again.
Flashback end
Ino was walking her way out of the mansion. As soon as she went past the sharp glares of the guards in her house, she started skipping and humming her way to the playground. Yes, her mood changes were faster than what other women experience during their periods. And the reason for her mood change this time around was the recollection of her new friend's face. The smile on his face could keep her happy forever.
She always wanted to make a friend who she could trust. She had many friends, in name only. The girls acted like they were her friends, but it didn't need her to have a I.Q similar to that of her genius acquaintance Shikamaru to figure out that all the girls hated her. She was prettier than almost all the girls around her, and she was the future heir to the Yamanaka clan. While the girls hated her out of jealousy, the boys lusted her for her status and beauty, nothing more. But on the other hand there was Naruto who didn't come to her like the other hunting dogs she was used to dodging in the playground. Yes, to Ino the other boys were nothing more than hunting dogs, if they liked her as a meal they would jump onto her, and those who weren't hungry would plain ignore her, well at least most of them. She always tried to make new friends in hope one day she would find a friend who cares for her deeply, but every one of her friends proved to be similar. She befriended Sakura and when she was being bullied she made Sakura confident in herself. But Sakura liked her attention only, and once Ino wanted to play with Naruto, Sakura left her just like her other friends. But Naruto made her feel special, he was flying over the moon just because she became his friend. The excitement in his face clearly told her that he really valued his friendship with her. She finally found someone who cared to be her friend instead of acting to be one. Also she really liked playing with him, he was a bit on the stupid side, but he looked cute nonetheless.
Her happy mood changed again as she saw three genins blocking her way. They were the same people that glared daggers at Naruto, as if their urge to slice his throat increases every second of seeing him happy. As the next heir to the head of the interrogation department, Inoichi, she started her training by profiling any random people that came to her attention, and so far the three of them were on the top of her 'people to-avoid' list. "Oi, Yamanaka, where are you going? I don't assume you are going to the playground to play with that demon brat, are you?"
"I don't know what you mean by demon brat, but who I play with or what I do is none of your business, so kindly move away from my way."
"Oh, so you're telling me you don't know the demon that you played tag with for the whole afternoon yesterday?"
"Once again, I don't know how you found out I played tag yesterday, but the person you call demon has a name, and it is Naruto. So now for the second time move out of my way."
The three genins weren't too pleased however. "Oh I'm sorry for blocking your path but if you want to go play with that demon then I will be blocking your path for a longer time Missy."
"Well I'm going whether you like it or not."
The tick marks on the Genin's head were prove that Ino's response wasn't what he had wished for. "If you insist on playing with him, then I will have to play with you a little." He did a Kukuku laugh to complement with his creepy choice of words.
Ino put her finger on her lip as of trying to point out a conclusion from her mind. They missed the mischievous smile she had for an instant, "So you are a pedophile, aren't ya?"
The boss' face was red in shame and embarrassment. The two genins who were supposed to be helping him gain respect as the boss, were instead rolling on the floor in laughter. The boss hissed in anger. "So what, I like your face, your age doesn't bother me. Now go out with me instead of playing with the demon." Yup, he was aiming to hit two birds with one stone from the beginning, make the demon feel lonely and also get a beautiful girlfriend of a relatively younger age, with one proposal.
"Sorry, but I'm not into shady perverts like you. So I will have to turn down the offer."
The genins that had recently managed to stop their fit of laughter went back to their previous rolling and laughter only much louder this time. The boss of the genins were pissed beyond limits. "Why you bitch," He took a breath to calm himself "you know what I'm going to show you some pain to teach you some manners to talk to those who are stronger than yo-" He was about to slap Ino when she with her flexible and fast movements dodged underneath and landed a kick. She had learned from her father that no matter how strong a man was, no matter how much chakra a man had, the pain of getting hit in the organ placed in between their legs would definitely knock them out. The other genin's eyes popped out in imaginary pain in thinking what could have happened to their own precious golden balls had they underestimated her. The boss was laying on the floor, crying about how the blow to his pride needed to be avenged. The genins looked up to see Ino's silhouette fading into the horizon by the time they were done helping their boss stand up. They started running after her, and she just kept running towards the ground. The genins had more than one advantages, they had a larger number, and had more experience in shortcuts in konoha and most importantly were really coordinated in team work. But their knowledge as genins also was crucial for this task. They found out that the Uchiha massacre took place yesterday and today not too many people were expected to be spotted near the playground or the training ground. The ninjas would be busy too, so as long as they are not near Yamanaka compound, they were safe. The three split up, two of them split up to cover the road near the park's entrance, leaving the road right next to the park open. That road led to training ground 3. Since the genin chasing behind her blocked her way back home, she couldn't do anything but head towards training ground 3.
She was desperately hoping someone would help her, even though she was ashamed to admit it. But sadly enough there weren't many people surrounding the place. There's no way she could hold her own against three genins. Right now she really wished she had trained with the gravity seals like she saw Naruto using while playing tag, at least she could have been a bit more stronger. Then she remembered Naruto was supposed to play with her today and Naruto has a really sharp sense of smell, so if she delays them for long enough Naruto might be able to find her. But then again those three genins hated Naruto as far as she understood, so he would probably get even injured if they find him. Maybe she could just delay them long enough to find some other shinobis in the village for help. But unknown to her, most of the shinobis in the village were attending the funeral of an entire clan excluding the lone survivor.
After running for a while in circles she realised there were two openings from the training ground, she went through one and the other opening was near the other opposite end. She began to run towards it, without having the knowledge that the other two genins met up at that opening. By the time she went to the opening she saw the boss closing in, but the gate was really close, and she could even see two civilians near the gate.
"Help! There are three thugs chasing me!"
The civilians faced her direction and just when she approached them they grabbed her hands, put them behind her back and held it tightly. Ino was shocked as to why the civilians did it, until she heard a 'poof'. Yes, henge, a basic academy jutsu required to pass the genin exam was what tricked Ino into getting caught. The next few minutes were spent the same way as before, the genins kept telling her not to play with the demon, with a few slaps to knock sense into her mind, but her answer was always that she would play with whoever she wanted. Just by playing with him, she made him so happy, he had no other friends, so she was not going to leave him by any chance. She didn't want to be like Sakura and just leave her friend.
"Oi, Yamanaka brat, I am telling you we are not gonna do anything else to you, if you stop hanging out with the demon."
A wise sage once said, "Thou mustn't taunt thine enemies when thou haven't the strength to screw em up." Only if she had known about his quote, she might have been spared from making a horrible mistake. But she wasn't one who really enjoyed to keep opinions to herself, how could you be the Queen of gossip if you keep your thoughts to yourself? The defiant look in her eyes made him furious as she said, "Screw you and your tiny brains. I don't think he did anything to be called a demon."
His twitching eyebrows were a sign that he definitely didn't appreciate her rebellious nature and cheeky insult. "Alright I've had enough, you know how much I would like to have fun with you and teach you some manners." Her eyes opened wide as she saw his hand reach for her body, not with the intention to harm. No, she would have been far happier if he was simply trying to slap her right now, because what horrified her was the glint of lust in the boss's eyes. It was disgusting and something she hated the most. But her eyes went even wider to see Naruto closing in, the look of pure hatred in his eyes, his eyes could easily bore holes through the Genin's head. She was about to call out to Naruto to tell him to leave, but she couldn't, as she saw the air all around get thicker. Wind stopped blowing across the landscape, and she could see a darkened aura around the boy which she blew off as imagination.
Suddenly the three genins dropped down on their knees. She watched in amazement as Naruto punched and kicked and knocked the crap out of them, she watched in horror as Naruto took a Kunai hit and fell down for her sake, and then she felt the joy of overwhelming victory when Naruto, with a badass line, broke the genin's elbow for hurting Ino. Naruto mentioned a lot of jokes about movies in the few days that he played with her, but she played them off as childish obsession. But now she was sure, if her life was a movie, Naruto would definitely be the hero, oh how much she could gossip about it to everyone. She could have hours worth of gossip material solely based on how heroic Naruto was. But then her heart melted like a pudding when Naruto gave her the Bush Clovers and told her why. He meant every word he said, and it was clear from his eyes, since her parents' special talents in interrogation helps her out a lot in detecting any lies. He didn't lie when he said he was happy he was friends with her, he didn't lie when he said that she made him the happiest, he didn't lie when he said that her kindness was what he admired the most. She finally found the person she wanted for a friend, someone who saw her for more than just a clan heir and a pretty girl, someone who had admirable character and of course it's an added bonus if the person has a cute face like Naruto. His dream of being Hokage didn't seem like a joke to her, considering how much he trained by himself, even during playing. And she wasn't joking either when she said that she would help him out by being the strongest Kunoichi in the village.
She couldn't have been happier that she asked Naruto to be her friend. And she couldn't have been more honest when she promised that she would make this friendship last forever.
And now just a few months after their last encounter, she was face to face with the same boy again in the academy. "Who are you?" That was all that Ino responded to Naruto's constant barrage of questions demanding why she didn't come to academy yet. Naruto stood there without any more words, his eyes not blinking, empty pupils and no consciousness of what was happening in the world outside. He forced himself to stand upright, to not give into the urge of just lying down and screaming his lungs out, but even a mere blow of wind could make him topple over at this moment. Is this what he waited all these months for? Just to hear her forget him? Just to hear his only friend not even remembering the promise to forever be friends? Did that promise really mean that little that she would forget it? A promise that gave him hope, now was nothing but a mere memory of betrayal. But the future Hokage can't cry, maybe she just forgot a little bit, maybe she wouldn't remember something from that long ago, so he just needed to help her remember a little, she was still the same person so no need to worry. He thought up his next few actions, he would stand up and laugh it off as a joke and tell her if she remembers playing during summer, if she doesn't then it just means she forgot about the whole time.
Ino saw the look of hurt all across his face, she couldn't understand the reason why he felt such sadness, but she for some reason felt the same pain in her heart. The longer she looked at the boy's lifeless face, the more her heart felt empty. She couldn't understand why, but she knew what to do, she needed a distraction.
Naruto shook his head to come out from his statue pose, and was about to say his designated line to laugh it off as a joke, but then he saw the audience missing. He moved his head around in a 360 degree to find her next to the bench in the front. He didn't need to go close to her to see that she was talking, and his super sensitive ears definitely eliminated any needs to get near her to eavesdrop on the conversation.
"Sasuke-kun would you like to come to my house today? I haven't seen you since last summer, and I am pretty sure my mom would like you to be there too!"
Why was everything like this all the time? Why did that Sasuke get to have everything that he didn't? Why did he get to get everyone's respect, admiration and love when he only got hate and suffering. He should have been viewed as a hero for saving the village, but the only villager that viewed him as a hero, didn't even remember him, but she did remember Sasuke. He covered his ears, how could he listen to Ino sweet talk with Sasuke about how the time she spent with him during summer was greatest in her memory. He didn't care how many people saw him crying, it didn't matter what others thought of him, he just wanted to cry his lungs out, he just wanted to get rid of all the sadness he kept trapped in him with chains of hope built by Ino's memories. His sanctuary was always the top of Yondaime's head. At first it was his admiration that made him want to be like the 4th, but now it was nothing more than hate that made him sit on his head. He would surpass him and show him that burdens aren't meant to be simply put on others without reason, he would never let his loved ones suffer, but now the problem was finding who he had left. The third was always there for him, old man Teuchi and Ayame made food for him to cheer him up, besides that he didn't know anyone else who remotely cared for him. He always valued the third's teachings, a Hokage is a person who can give up his life for the village, but how can he even do that for a village that wants his existence to disappear? How long could he keep doing pranks to gain attention, how long would he have to wait to be acknowledged like that Uchiha? At the direction that everything was heading, it wouldn't be long before his existence becomes a blank memory to the village.
He had been constantly crying and screaming out loud for a long while, the Kyuubi didn't even stand a chance to console him, he just couldn't find how to do it. One thing he learned after being sealed in Naruto was that, Kyuubi's chakra was the most powerful in existence, but he had no control over human emotions other than enraging them. He couldn't do a single thing to make Naruto happy when he was crying by himself. Naruto bottled up all his pain in a corner of his heart throughout the years, not once had he shown his tears that built up every time he saw someone living a normal life. But all these years of tears, pain and sadness broke through the dam, as he wailed, howled throughout the afternoon to night. Even the third Hokage didn't have any way to make him feel better, since he had been merely standing behind the boy for the last few minutes, watching the boy cry his eyes dry. The Anbus and all the high ranked ninjas felt it through the village, the unstable fluctuations of the most feared Chakra in Konoha, the Kyuubi's chakra. The Hokage being bound by his job and also his sense of responsibility to his surrogate grandson, sealed off the area around the fourth's monument and stood there in hopes to ease the boy's suffering.
After minutes, which to the Hokage seemed like painful hours, the boy's howls grew into inaudible sobs. The Hokage walked a few steps closer to him, finally receiving a reaction from Naruto regarding his presence. Naruto turned towards the Hokage, and looked at him with his puffy eyes, still tears streaming down.
The Hokage bent down in his knees, to get down to Naruto's sitting form, and hugged him tightly, allowing the boy to cry onto his shoulder. "Naruto-kun it's alright to cry sometimes." He took a deep breath, before speaking again, "If you cry it doesn't make you weak, the burden on your heart makes you weak. You could tell me whatever is bothering you, and I promise it will ease the burden."
Naruto, cried for long enough to have the Hokage's robe dripping wet with tears from his shoulder to belly. "Jiji, you remember when I told you that I made a friend?" The Hokage nodded in response. The memory was still clear as a daylight to him, after all it was one of the few moments when Naruto got so happy even without having ramen involved. "I played with her for a few days, and I never felt happier. She even stopped playing with her friend, so that she could play with me. She also taught me to play Hide&Seek and Tag, even though she wasn't really good at either." The memories always cheered up Naruto, and even on the Hokage's shoulder he was almost jumping when he described his friend's adventures with him, how he beat those genins to save her. But then his cheering stopped, the Hokage already understood that the root of his conflict lies in the next few moments of the story. "After she went home, she never came to play. But I knew she was going to the academy, so I trained hard and joined the academy. But when she came after *sniff* a week," he broke down in another fit of sobs, that greatly interrupted the flow of his story, almost leaving the third on a cliffhanger "I saw her come into class, but she couldn't even recognize me." And then he broke into another fit of painful sobs as he said, "You know I really thought maybe she had forgotten since it has been months. But then she went to Sasuke-teme and could remember everything about him from the summer before." He came out of the Hokage's hug and looked down. "I don't have parents or any family just like Sasuke, I am even stronger than him. But why does it always have to be me? Why does everyone want be his friend, but in years my only friend doesn't even want to recognize me? I am really horrible, am I not? I can't even see others being happy around can I be a Hokage if I can't even see my own villagers being happier than me?" He let out a bitter laugh at his own personality which he considered to be the equivalent of a loser. " I wish at least sometimes they would let me be happy too, just for a few times I wish they could let me feel what it is like to be loved and respected by everyone.
The hokage put an arm on Naruto's shoulder, and sat right next to him, like a grandfather who was about to console his grandkid after losing a toy. "Jealousy, desire and loneliness. These are all human emotions. You are simply a human bound to these emotions, it doesn't make you bad. And I really feel pity for all those villagers who have less maturity than a child. You know, sometimes I really do hate this village, even though I am the Hokage. I really hate the people who could hurt a little kid just over some blind belief." The Hokage stopped for an abrupt moment, he didn't want to reveal more than necessary, and certainly tonight wasn't the time to reveal his burden. But he looked at Naruto's face to see no reaction. He realized at this moment that Naruto might have already learned about it somehow, but not certain as to how. He decided to talk about it later. But at the moment he had further pressing matters, he needed to know why his friend left him, since according to him his friend wasn't willing to unfriend him even when threatened. "So who was this friend of yours?"
"Ino, Ino Yamanaka, the girl with blonde hair and blue eyes."
The Hokage's eyes widened at the information. Understanding swept through him, and finally he took a breath in peace, he solved the mystery. But the real problem was, neither could he tell Naruto the reason, nor could he solve the base of the problem. He understood the situation as soon as she heard Yamanaka, the clan famous for their expert handling of memories, the clan that conceded huge damage during the Kyuubi's wrath. Even though he couldn't explain the situation to Naruto since it would only make him sadder, he decided to at least give him tips to deal with the situation. His years of experience would definitely come to use, "Rest assured, she had a memory loss issue which caused her to lose your memory." The Hokage then lifted Naruto's head up to face him eye to eye, "A true friend would never give up on someone. If she means so much to you, go befriend her once again. If she forgot about the times you spent with her, then spend time with her once again. If she was the friend you always wished for, then make her your friend again."
The Hokage felt the pride of accomplishment in his chest, which was now puffed to its maximum size to hold in the joy that he gained to see his grandson smile even when his eyes were tearing. "I knew it, I knew it. I told you right! Hokage-jiji is the best!" Kurama knew the sentence was directed towards him and also knew that the Hokage would soon ask Naruto about him since the Hokage was setting up sound barriers nearby.
Naruto looked around confused to see the Hokage erect a barrier. "Naruto-kun, be honest to me, do you know about the burden you carry?" Naruto saw the concern in his eyes, and knew it would be best to answer truthfully to him.
"Hai, jiji, the day you saved me from that axe man, I went into my mindscape and met him. I can talk to him." The Hokage's eyes went wide, he expected Naruto to have learned about it by some other means, but now it complicates things much more. He didn't want to have to deal with the paperwork, and maybe Naruto's chittering about his heritage. But then he released a sigh of relief as he heard, "But Kurama doesn't remember much about anything about his previous Jinchurikis. By the way did you know before the Yondaime sealed him in me, he remembered being controlled by a sharingan user with a mask." The Hokage's eyes widened at this piece of information. He knew there needed to be a reason for sealing the beast into Naruto. He could have sealed it into Kushina who was almost dying, and simply finish off the threat completely. But he didn't, most likely because he knew the power of the strongest tailed beast would be necessary to defeat an enemy that could even control the Kyuubi. And there was no Sharingan user in Konoha at that time, capable of facing and surviving Minato Namikaze, even near his death stage. "And before you think he can control me or stuff like the other villagers, I only talk to him with a mind link, and sometimes he teaches me jutsus in my mindscape. Besides that he has no control over me, and neither do I over him. In a way he actually seems like a family member, although a bit annoying." The hokage's worries all washed away, not only because now it seemed that the Kyuubi's threat wasn't too great, but also because Naruto had already started joking which means his mood was changing for the better.
But he had a concern in mind. Naruto didn't have control over the Kyuubi's chakra, because a few hours ago when he was crying, the radiating pulse of the chakra could be felt throughout the village. But then talking about Minato, he remembered his own student, the legendary pervert. Not only did he need to borrow a new update on the Icha Icha series directly from the author, but he also needed him to train Naruto to use the Kyuubi's chakra properly. The reason was apparent, if Minato deemed the enemy strong enough to sacrifice the future of the boy, then the boy has to be able to use that strength to make the sacrifice meaningful. "This summer, I will be let you meet one of my students, who is really strong, if you train with him you will grow a lot stronger you know. Maybe you could become the Hokage even faster. The faster you take over my seat, the better for me."
Naruto with a wide goofy grin replied, "I will snatch the seat from you before you will know it, Dattebayo!"
He released the barrier, and after patting the boy good bye, the third left. 'Mission Stabilize Kyuubi's chakra Successful.' And the payment for him for that mission was more than enough, the sweet smile of the boy was enough to let him rest in peace for a while before he faces off against his eternal rival, not Danzo Shimura, but Paperwork. He sighed in depression as he remembered the stack of paperworks he had left in his office hours ago when he left. Well not everything can go your way, so make the most of what you can, that was his motto. He took out his Icha Icha book and started reading it while walking lazily towards his office instead of Shunshin- ing in order to increase the reading time. Well there were many more things he would now need to do to ensure that the future is in safer hands should he die anytime soon, but for now he was enjoying his Icha Icha goodness while giggling like Kakashi, dearly hoping that the female population doesn't notice him.
Naruto stayed on top of the monument for a while longer. The breeze soothed his senses. The tears on his face dried up in the windy night. All the stars now visible and the moon brighter than ever, standing atop his head. Out of all the stars and objects in the dark sky, the first thing he noticed was the bright moon. Out of all the ninjas in the village, he would be the Moon, that reflects the light of hope from the Sun or the previous Hokages. Goddammit, he was venturing further into the deep end of his poetic mind once again, he needed to get out of this habit or else the fox might hear hi- Naruto muttered Dammit again as he heard the fox rolling and laughing in his mind.
"I Will Be the Moon to Light Up the Dark Sky!" The fox did his imitation of Naruto's determined face trying to form his paw into a fist to hold tightly against his heart. Now he wished Naruto was there to look at his imitation. "Well brat, you could definitely be the moon, I believe in you!" Naruto was hopeful that the fox was actually taking his feelings into consideration after his last few hours of crying, but nope. "Cause you got no light of your own!" The fox said devastating jokes to destroy the opponent's brain cells, and then he would roll on the floor to squish the opponent to the ground, a fatal submission move. "So Naruto, what are you planning to do about Ino? You are seriously not gonna give up right?" The fox already knew Naruto wouldn't give up, but asking just for confirmation couldn't hurt anyone. Just as expected he received the reply he believed he would hear from him.
"You know she promised to forever be my friend. And if she can not keep her promise for some reason, at least I can help her do it." He said with a smile, while looking at the moon with determination in his eyes, " After All Promises Aren't Meant to Be Broken."
Author's note:If you are bored by the flashback of Ino I am sorry. I just wanted to show that she didn't choose Naruto as a close friend just because it was luck or something or because she likes to flirt with anyone. I wanted to show where her personalities came from and why she was the person Naruto admired and valued most in this story.
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I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Due to the ending of the last chapter, I had to think for a long time about what should be in this chapter, since there were thousands of ways I could have approached this chapter. So it took a while to Upload, so sorry.
Also I hope you liked the way I took my approach on the Third's characteristics. I felt he was the closest to him in the village even before Iruka, so I decided to make him a key person here. In this story he is going to play a bigger role than in the canon.
In this story I will also be including the best characters of Naruto to have deeper interaction with him, and have a part in the plot.
Also many more cool moves are waiting for Naruto to learn and use for his upcoming pranks, so stay tuned! Review, fav, follow, and of course keep NaruIno in your heart. No? No? Alright I'm just gonna log off before I make some more random jokes.
