Shadowclone076

I personally enjoy reading song fics, but the vast majority of people seem to hate the guts out of them. My mistake, I will limit the use of songs in books. (I cannot promise so void them, they were incorporated into my plans early on). On To The Story!

Beta: Animewatcher4685

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto (but I do own the characters I created)

(If inclined, listen to one of these songs, just open another tab.)

"Speech"

'Thought'

Reading

"Demon Talking"

XXX

The group of 'bandits' leave quickly, fearing the approach of the cloning fox demon.

"We had better go on; we don't want to attract even more attention than we already have." Said Jariya.

Ichi didn't argue. 'That was strange, this never happened in the original series…'

Ichi walked slowly alongside Naruto, lost in thought and unconsciously within attack distance (Ichi kept his distance at first, to be Sasuke like.) He unconsciously knew that he could trust Naruto not to attack.

Naruto on the other hand was too tired to put the henge up again, so he was leaning forward while he walked. As soon as he noticed that Ichi was 'in' the group, he was also sent into thought.

"Ok, who wants to rest at the next hot spring?" Jariya stated excitedly.

When neither responded, he looked disappointed. "Ok, I guess we keep going then."

Naruto and Ichi snapped out of it immediately, shouting "NO! WAIT!" Now running to catch up.

Mac POV

'Ungh, My aching head…' Mac saw his sword resting on a rock not too far in front of him.

'My sword…IT'S ALIVE!'

"Ok, that was random."

'Think about it! There was a huge battle here not long ago, and I was heroically taken down!'

"Yeah…"

'Aaand, I woke up just now, so they didn't kill me for some reason. And NOBODY would leave a sword that awesome on a rock. IT FOUGHT OFF THE BANDITS!'

"'This is too much.' Ok, if it was alive, why hasn't it spoken to you before?'"

'Heh, you idiot, swords don'thave mouths.'

"…It's amazing you are still alive, you know that right?"

'That's what I am saying! The sword saved me!'

Mac stood up and jumped for the sword and he unexpectedly grabbed it off the rock very easily. There was no special event or magical portal or anything. 'Naruto (the series) is supposed to be more interesting than this.'

Mac then returned to his team, finding them looking the old fashioned way.

'…Is it just me or is today really awkward? They are ninja! Why do they need to look that way?'

"This time, you can figure it out yourself. I'm amazed I held onto my sanity this long!" Hideo continues ranting for a bit more.

"Hey guys! I got my sword back!" Mac said with a huge smile on his face, smug that he didn't have to rely on his team for once. (…)

Rikku quickly ninja tackled Mac to the ground, saying menacingly "Where is Jin?" Holding a kunai to his thought.

"Whoa! Easy with the grip there! You can break the boys like that, this ground isn't 100% polyester you know!"

Rikku twists his wrist. "Where…Is…JIN!"

Mac started freaking out. "Ahh! Ok ok! I am not Jin, I AM MAC! It was me that stole you shrooms and ate them thinking they were some kind of trail mix! That was also the reason I was really happy and sloppy the next morning, Yumi didn't give me any of her alcohol. And I also drew pictures of yo-"

Rikku slapped a hand over Macs mouth, red cheeked at the secrets she may have just learned. Yumi however was being barely restrained by Dusty sensei, looking similar to a rabid cat.

She slowly let him up, and even gave him a black handkerchief. "When did you increase your chakra to this degree? Enough to have that sword on your back?" Rikku said, back to gothic interrogation.

"Oh, I put up a wall so it can't drain me dry like the last time."

Hideo mentally punches Mac's brain.

Rikku nods, saying "impressive, I didn't think you could pull it off at all. I apologize for attacking you."

'Oh yeah, got some points in that department.'

"I look forward to the results of the other department."

Yumi took her turn at attacking Mac. It didn't end quickly. Not. At. All.

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Ok, another chapter to close the gap that was made by this filler. I hope there are some Itachi fans in the audience, cause the plans include him and a lot of screen/read time. Below I will put some songs that I dug up. Listen to them if you want, it is purely optional, but I wrote these chapters with them in mind.

(Update times +-1 week)

Warning! If You are a genius, you will predict plot parts!

Raised by wolves by Falling in reverse: Prediction for Mac (if you care to decode it)

The Westerner by Falling in reverse: Mac's Theme song (Every damn lyric! (His head anyways))

Surrender the night by My chemical romance: Romance element (you may be getting an idea)

Sink or Swim by Falling in Reverse: I plan to end it all with this song (Yes, it happens!)

That's all the appetite I can wet without giving you too much. Review!