Shadowclone076

My life is now stable. For those of you still there, I had been busy with papers. It is a LONG process, but I am finally going to go to university! (It's a step up from collage) Now that that's out of the way, (for now) I will get back to writing again! Time to dust off the old Microsoft word program!

Beta: Animewatcher4685

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

(If inclined, listen to one of these songs, you decide when.)

"Speech"

'Thought'

Reading

"Hideo Talking"

Theme song: Let These Words Last Forever by We Come as Romans (I don't own them either. Awesome Band)

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It was a sunny day, birds chirping and dogs barking, one more so than others. Standing in a field, Naruto was yelling at Jariya for not showing him how to make a proper air ball. Somewhere close by, Ichi watched in the shade of a tree, leaning with his arms folded. He was satisfied that his being here was not all that necessary. But it was slightly concerning, seeing as how he wasn't grasping it.

The next morning of training, as Naruto got out of his room, there stood a water balloon on the floor. A cat came up and started playing with it. The ball burst and Naruto grinned. He ran off without closing his door.

'Aaah, Naruto you idiot.'

The cat poofed to reveal Ichi. He closed the sliding door, and locked it. In this world, thieves DO exist. He turned around and saw Sakura, a girl who was not supposed to be anywhere near here.

"That was a very noble thing to do, Ichi." She said in her way. This was bad, she really could spoil his plan!

"I didn't help him, I am just locking up his room." He said, dully and began to walk away.

"What about the cat? Why did you transform into one if you didn't want to show him something?" She said inquisitively.

Has she been following me?!

"I wanted to test something. It worked." He said, walking with increasing speed. She kept in pace.

"What were you testing?"

"How easily I can pull off a cat disguise. Naruto was first, now I need to find someone who can tell the difference." Ichi bluffed. She thought about it for a bit, then said;

"I wouldn't mind if you turned into a cat for me…"

Perspectives change when you are the main character…one of them…the sub main character.

"Not now, we need to go back to the village." Ichi decided, having confirmed that the situation was not so bad. He mentally gave himself a pat on his back. He was after all the one who was trying to protect the main plot line.

"You may be right, I just won a load of yen from the lady I met yesterday! I can't wait to spent it!" Sakura smiled. 'No…she didn't.'

It was apparent that his work was never done. Time to repair the cracks again…sigh.

Macs POV

Mac was living it up. Not having a village to return to meant that he could wander as much as he wanted. But he himself was also wanted, so he needed to hide constantly. Between the span of day 1 of training for Naruto and the final day, he did everything that was typical of him;

He was banned from the drinking bar.

He was wanted by authorities for more than just his missing nin title.

He had stolen all of a local eating houses' bacon, and proceeded to feed the dogs he saw wander the alleyways like one would feed bread to birds.

It was an eventful week. When the time came for Naruto, Tsunade and Jariya to fight Orochimaru and Kabuto, he was prepaired…to sit back and watch it all live!

Everything was cannon. Nothing changed. Not a single thing. It was shocking and scary at the same time! All those changes, and even Ichi and Sakura were here. (as far as he knew). In fact, the only thing that changed was that Tsunade was secretly smiling at the thought of going back to the village and be in charge. One can only wonder what she had in mind.

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Arc Skip! (Not fully)

Let's be honest, this training montage was dryer than sand with salt mixed in. Now that I have most of the band back together, updates will be regular again! (as long as nothing happens). Now, for the ultimate poll; who would like to see this series go on? Send your reviews on the story so far with your answer. If they come in late, so will the next update. See you then!

(Normal Update times: +-1 week)