Ruki44: Man oh man, I'm gonna get killed uh huh.

Ruki: That's for sure.

Rukia: Yup

Tetra: So you gonna make an excuse or not?

Hinata: Guys, I don't think Ruki44 has a very resonable exuse for not updating in...months.

Ruki44: ...Um...thinks of the first thing that pops into head I was taking a shower.

Hinata: ...ohhhh Ruki44 surely you can do better then that...

Ruki: OMG SHE'S IN TOTAL CARNAGE MODE, RUN AWAY!

Tetra: HOW COME IT'S ONLY ME CONTINOUSLY FACING DEATH!! DAMN YOU GANON AND BELLUDULM!

Rukia: Hahahaha, I can't die because I'm already dead...wait a minute what am I saying, yes I can! RUKI, TETRA WHERE'S THE HINATA ANTI-CARNAGE BUNKER!!

Everybody runs away

Ruki44: Ack um, ENJOY, ARGH!

Hinata: IM GONNA FREAKING KILL YOU! chases after Ruki44

Chapter 4

Hinata just blinked.

"Come again?" She asked him, cocking her head. Naruto did an anime fall.

"You can't tell me you've never heard of Shinigami!" He whined, anime tears running down his face. She sweatdropped, apparently being a Shinigami meant a lot to him.

"I know what a Shinigami is. Who doesn't? But what I don't understand is that how you're a Shinigami. Aren't Shinigami's supposed to be demonic or something? You're nothing like that. You're a kid. Like me." She explained. Naruto looked at her funny then burst out laughing.

"Ah of course! I forgot about the folklore's of Shinigami here. Yes, some of us are demonic looking, like my Uncle Kai for example. But most of us are humans. Shinigami for the most part are souls who have passed away that have enormous spiritual pressure. There are a lot of ninjas who died who have become Shinigami, but mostly they're placed in the Special OPS squad under Soi Fon-taicho. Feel bad for them, Soi Fon has some…issues. I got lucky, I'm in Squad 10 under Hitsuyaga-taicho. He's the youngest captain in history. He doesn't look older then us, but he is. You really can't judge a soul's age on how they look." Naruto explained, nodding his head.

"Oh. Ano…if you don't mind me asking…are you dead? I know it must be an uncomphertable question for you…" She trailed off, looking down while playing with her fingers. Naruto however just laughed.

"Not at all! Yes I am dead…but you can't tell anybody this…I shouldn't even be telling you but…" Naruto looked around, she really didn't know why, she was the only one who could see him, and leaned forward and leaned in her hear. "I'm gonna return to life one of these days." He grinned at her. She just stared at him.

"Return to life…how's that even possible?" she asked in awe. Naruto grin grew even wider.

"Well for the most part no. Once your chain of life has been cut, there is no way to return to life, but I wasn't supposed to die when I did. So my father made a pact with the Shinigami that owed him one anyways. In exchange for being a Shinigami, at the age of 16 I can return to life. Of course when I'm living I'll have to slay the occasional hollows and send wholes to the Soul Society and that kind of stuff…but I'll be alive!" Naruto told her gleefully. She smiled at him.

"That's great Naruto-kun! How old are you now exactly? In years I mean." She asked curious. Naruto seemed confused for a moment before he realized what she was asking of him.

"Oh, I'm 12, same age as you. I'm the youngest soul reaper in the history of the Soul Society. I don't age by soul years like the rest of the souls. I age by human years. I'm the second one of this kind; the first was Ichigo Kurosaki-taicho. Although he was alive when he became a soul reaper…" Naruto trailed off.

"I see. Are there are a lot of Shinigami?" She asked, thoroughly curious. Naruto nodded his head.

"Yes. You see there are the 13 Gotai, with a captain and a vice-captain in each. Also not only that, but there are seats in each division, those who have the seats are incredibly strong Shinigami that are powerful but not powerful enough to be named captain or vice captain, or who just don't want to. Seated people are often considered candidates for captain or vice captain if one should die or like this incident we had awhile ago, betray the Gotai 13." Naruto explained, somehow producing a scroll from nowhere.

"What are other Shinigami like? Are they like you?" Hinata found herself enthralled by this boy and his stories. She talked to spirits before, when she was little, but she never realized they were dead.

"Um, it's like people personalities. Like Soi-Fong-taicho is…a bit eccentric. Then there is old-man Yamato-taicho. Old fart he is. Then there is Kai, my guardian in the Soul Society." Naruto explained.

"Kai?" she mused thoughtfully.

"Hai, he is more of what you envisioned a Shinigami to be." Naruto told her. What she envisioned a Shinigami to be…

"You mean he's a demon?" She asked incredesouly, a bit awed, a bit afraid at the same time.

"Yea, though he's more of a perv though. Like that guy who writes Icha Icha Paradise books here…" Naruto mused. Hinata sweatdropped.

"Like Jiayra-sama?" she questioned him. Just what they needed, another peeking tom, and a demon at that too! Women around the world weren't safe, that's for sure…

"Jiayra-sama? Why do you give such reverence to a perv like him?!" Naruto asked waving his arms frantically. She couldn't help but giggle.

"Jiayra-sama is one of the Three Legendary Senin's of Kohana. He was the student of the Third Hokage and the teacher of the Fourth. Of course I'm going to use his name in reverence, even if he is a pervert." Hinata explained to the young clueless Shinigami boy.

"Oh, so he is an Ero-Senin…" Naruto mused nodding his head. She sweatdropped.

"Something like that I suppose…" She admitted.

"Hey Hinata! Who are you talking too?" Kiba yelled, running up to her and Naruto.

"Um…" She muttered playing with her fingers. Kiba however just waved her off.

"Doesn't matter. Anyways, I was like totally trying to find firewood but I just couldn't find any. What should I do Hinata?" Kiba whined. Naruto and Hinata both sweatdropped.

"Jackass, we're in a freaking forest!" Naruto yelled in Kiba's face. Much too Naruto's surprise, as well as Hinata's, Kiba started looking around wildly.

"Ok, whose the smartass who just called me jackass? COME OUT HERE SO I CAN DRINK YOUR BLOOD!" Kiba yelled waving his arms around.

"Interesting, he can hear spirits when he's insulted…" Naruto mused stroking his chin. A grin that would scare away even a demon formed on his face.

"Jackass, your such a dumbass, go look in the forest dumbass! Trees are wood you know bastard." Naruto yelled into Kiba's ear. Kiba whipped out a kunai.

"Where are you! How dare you mock me!" Kiba roared waving the sharp pointy thing around wildly, making Hinata and Naruto duck.

"I'm in the trees baka! Did you go blind now too! Maybe that's why you can't find any wood, lowlife!" Naruto shouted. Kiba roared and ran into the woods. After a few moments both of them heard Kiba shout.

"WOW THIS IS A LOT OF WOOD, COME ON AKAMARU HELP ME WITH ALL OF THIS!" Naruto stared at Hinata.

"Your team mate is loud." He commented nodding his head.

"Yes…" She agreed softly.

"Yo Hinata, Kiba got lost looking for wood again? Hm, my bugs tell me somebody is standing right next to you…a friend?" Shino asked handing her some rosemary.

"Oh…a bug user…person…" Naruto observed moving all around Shino when Shino hit him hard on the head. Surprising both Hinata and Naruto.

"I may not be able to see you like Hinata can, but my bugs can sense you and are telling me where you are. So stop circling me bastard." Shino commented still hitting Naruto on top of the head.

"Tell him to stop Hinata! I think I can feel them, the bugs, the bus! I pranked a Shinigami who used to be a bug ninja in life and the consequence was horrible! Bugs everywhere! Noooooooo!" Naruto cried out in anguish struggling from Shino's grip.

"Shino-kun, will you please let Naruto-kun go?" Hinata asked watching the scene with a sweatdrop. Shino let go of Naruto who ran and hid behind Hinata whimpering.

"Naruto is the guy's name huh? Isn't that something in ramen?" Shino asked somehow looking right at Naruto. Probably because of the bugs.

"Hey! Ramen is great…what!" Naruto whipped around and drew his sword. "I sense a hollow! What's going on, I just killed one!" Naruto yelled confused.

"A hollow, Naruto-kun what are you talking about…" Hinata started to ask before a large white thing from under the ground lifted her in the air.

"Hinata!" Both Shino and Naruto yelled.

"How wonderful! A human with such high spirit energy, with this power, I'll be invisible!" A menacing voice roared from under the ground. The ground erupted to show a large white beast with a hole in its chest, something like the monster Naruto killed earlier. "Give me your power!" The beast roared and Hinata felt like all her life energy was draining away, like when she used to much charka.

"What…what is that thing?" Shino yelled, drawing out a kunai. Hinata weekly opened her eyes. She was wrapped in what she assumed to be the monster's tongue. She could see her charka running down it and into the monster. Apparently her chakra was making it visible.

"Let her go bastard!" Naruto roared as he jumped up. With a mighty swing he cut the monster's tongue clean off. Hinata started to fall before Shino leapt up and caught her.

"Damn you Shinigami, how dare you interrupt my meal!" It roared lunging at Naruto who swiftly dodged.

"Hinata, what is that thing?" Shino asked starring at it as he landed on the ground.

"It's a hollow according to Naruto-kun." She told him what little she knew.

"I'm assuming that Naruto is the Shinigami. Damn this is the stuff you could see all along!" Shino growled as he dodged the monster's tail as it slammed into the ground where they were moments ago. "Ask Naruto how you kill it! Quickly!" Shino commanded as he whipped out a kunai.

"Naruto, how do you kill a hollow?" She yelled out. Naruto stopped dead in his tracks.

"It's head…" was all he managed to get out before the hollow who took advantage of Naruto's momentary lack of attention to grab him.

"Foolish boy! You should have not turned your back on me! Now you suffer!" It roared as it began to suck Naruto's powers from his body.

"Naruto-kun!" She cried out. Shino grabbed her shoulder.

"What did he say!" He asked her, and she noticed his voice was shaking. She looked at Shino with tears in her eyes.

"All he said was its head…" she sobbed. Shino grasped the kunai tightly.

"That's all I need." With that Shino charged the hollow and before it knew what was happening, threw his kunai deep into the monster's forehead, cracking it's mask. With a yell, the monster started to disappear when all of a sudden the power that it was sucking from Naruto and the charka it took from Hinata left it and flew out through its body, circling it until it could find only one way to escape…into Naruto's body.

Naruto yelled in pain as all this entered his body and as the monster disappeared he fell to the ground, his sword clattering behind him. Shino panted heavily and stared at Naruto.

"…Apparently your chakra made him visible Hinata, like it did that monster." Shino observed. All Hinata could do was dumbly nod as she walked over to the fallen boy who was breathing quite heavily.

"Hinata, Shino, I had found Kiba who got lost again looking for wood when I heard some screams, is everything all right…" Kunerari asked as she and Kiba with Akamaru ran into the clearing. The duo plus dog stopped dead upon seeing Naruto.

"Shino, Hinata, what happened to that boy?" Kiba asked running in, looking at Naruto worriedly.

"Cooro…" Kunerari whispered. The three genin whipped around to see their sensei having a look like she saw a ghost. "That's Cooro, the boy who was killed 12 years ago on October 10…" She whispered falling to her knees.

Lethe: Wow it looks like a total hurricane came through here.

Asuka: Yea Ruki said something about Hinata and total carnage mode or something or another.

Riza: Hm...maybe...

Kallen: Hey! I'm gonna get first dibs on this killing machine.

Lethe: I'm outta here

Asuka: Hey wait, Lethe! Riza, Kallen read Ruki44's last testiment while I get Lethe!

Kallen: What the heck does this say!

Riza: Something about Cooro being a name from +Anima...or other...I can't read this!

Kallen: Well Ruki44 doesn't own anything please review.

Riza: Wow, how could you read that.

Kallen: I don't know...