The Lonely Stray Chapter 2, a naruto fanfic

AN: I'm glad to be back for one more chapter although a tad bit delayed. Last chapter we saw a bit of family drama as well as some scandalous plot points. I'd like to also thank all of you who reviewed and pm'ed me on the story; it's good to know that I am at least getting some feedback on this story.

So someone pm'ed me asking when in the canon timeline this is taking place? Well for one as stated in the summary this story is AU….kinda. The story takes place a little less than a year and a half after the Invasion of Pein arc. Now certain things happened during the arc differently than how they did in canon, they will be explained throughout the story as well as in the AN's. This is mostly due so that you the readers can understand the story as well as to not have so many people wondering why certain people are around or for a select few alive, also this will be done so that there won't be so many people asking questions like this again.

Now to all of you who reviewed.

Dragon0905: Well thanks for the feedback, although I would like to know what you personally expected of this. I'm very open to opinions and would like to get your take on things, so please go ahead and leave me a PM sometime soon.

Aldo Montoya: Thank you as well and as to the parings…..well I have different scenarios set up, but for now I'm just gonna focus on each girls development and their feelings for him. Meaning that each girl is in play and competing with the others.

The Immortal Doctor Reid: Hmm….Maybe not for a while, but definitely a must.

Mr. Motivator: No. I've already said why I won't be adding her in the group. Dot get me wrong I guess I'm pretty okay with Sakura it's just that I wanna do something outside the norm.

Un-Named guest that suggested Kurenai: I would but like I said, the story isn't totally AU so that means she did have Asuma's Baby and Asuma did die. Hence she isn't gonna be jumping into a relationship anytime soon.

Dragoon Of Darkness: I have read a few of your stories and have found myself liking some if not mostly all of the ones I've read. That said I hope you know your word holds a substantial amount of weight with me, and that I respect you as a fellow writer and some one definitely above my level of writing in some regards.

Now let's begin….

Inuzuka Compound:

Patience, by all definitions, was an obvious virtue. It was, however, equally obvious to be amongst the weakest...possibly exceeded, only by humanity's inability to truly forgive others. Either way you looked at it, eventually both routes crossed, and somebody would eventually lack the patience needed, to forgive.

Such was that, in Naruto's current predicament. It was his fault he knew, yet couldn't she have let him speak before punching him in the face. He was currently sprawled out on the couch inside the Inuzuka clan heads home, as he groggily awoke he could tell something was amiss. For one he was alone, he couldn't see anyone though faintly ever so faintly he could hear voices down the hall. As he rose from the couch and trekked towards the kitchen door the voices grew louder. At first they seemed as harsh whispers, yet with every step they escalated further and further to the point where it was a damn near screaming match. He didn't have to press his ear to the door to know they were talking about him…but he did it anyway.

"IM DONE MOM WHERE NOT FIGHTING THIS ANY MORE!"

"Now Musume, just hear me out….would you rather it be someone you know wouldn't want any harm to come to me, who is kind and valiant with every intention of my happiness OR some sleaze I happen to pick up at the bar in the middle of the night?"

"THAT'S NOT THE POIN-"

"YES it is….do I ever question your taste in men? Did I question you about that snake Mizuki? Or Mr.' too cool' Genma? What about that guy with the sunglasses and spikey hair…..what was his name? AOBA! That's right him. And now that creep Ebisu today all of a sudden."

"…..Whatever. Just wait till Kiba finds out he's gonna kill him. Then there won't be much of him left to care about anyways."

"Say what you want but Uzumaki can handle himself just fine. There no doubt I believe in Kiba's skills as a shinobi, but Naruto is in a league all his own."

Hana began to fume, for the past hour and a half she had been at it with her mother. After setting Naruto down in his more eye friendly clothes on the couch she had literally been dragged in to the kitchen. They had touched base on more than a few more personal subjects such as each other's love life's, their preferences in good men, their whereabouts the past few months as well as a few unnecessary comments about how Hana was just jealous that she had found someone better than all her previous interests, and she just wanted to have him as well. That had set of the slowly ticking bomb within Hana, she was through, after a few more prods and a subtle 'I don't mind sharing' comment from Tsume and she exploded. Now though she had to get away from the situation, all this talk about her failed love life and father-less childhood was starting to get to her. She was starting to see reason, but she wouldn't admit it to herself and certainly not to her mother. If Inuzuka's where known for anything it would be there stubborn ness it was just as memorable as their brashness, and was said to even rival the Uzumaki's stubbornness as well. So she turned her back to her mother and headed for the door, not in defeat or surrender; but in resolution, resolution that the fight was now without point, her mom was lost and her own feelings turned against her.

"If you need me I'll be in my room thinking of ways to kill him when he wakes up."

She hadn't known he was behind the door when she had all but thrown it open, and he was to enrapt in their conversation to move out of the way as door began to suddenly come closer. It took a mere second for the door to come into contact with the front of his cranium, and only a few more for his world to blur and his body to lay prone on the floor. Yet as he began to black out again he heard their rushed steps and fumbling hands.

"What is it with you and hitting his face? Are you that mad that he looks better than all your guys too?"

"UGHHH"

AN:

Now I wanna go ahead an apologize to everyone that has patiently waited almost a year for an update and those who have also waited since the poll was announced. I felt really shitty for not giving you guys anything for quite sometime now. So to amend for that I have decided to give you this, even though it is not worthy of being read by your beautiful eyes 'flattery,check' and that someone such as myself should have know that I am nothing without all of you. My loyal readers, I haven't really been able to write as of late due to life and writers block but I hope this does appease some of you. For again I am not worthy of such great readers. 'Modesty,check'

Now onto what many of you have been waiting for since the end of the poll. If you haven't seen the poll then you will be happy to know (depending on who you voted for,if you can remeber) that the overall winner with Yugaou coming in close second is the alluring hebi goddess herself.

Mitarash,Anko!

So be sure to keep an eye out next update for her. Again I am truly sorry and I hope this helps tide some of you over. Don't kill me...just yet.

Keep it up,

JoshMacantosh