Naruto was angry. He was very angry. In fact, he had to use almost all of his will power to not allow himself to transform into his four chakra-tailed form. The blindfold was one of his biggest challenges yet. It had taken him about twenty minutes just to find his clothing. Then, after the painful trip of finding his way out of the hospital, getting to his home was taking forever. Twice he had to ask for directions, and once again he was lost. It didn't help hearing that damned fox laughing at him every step of the way either.

After walking for what seemed to be an hour, Naruto felt his way to the side of a building. He sat down and hung his head. "You know what fox? I think all that stuff you were telling me earlier was crap."

The fox answered amusedly. "You really think so? Why do you think that?"

"Because it's late at night and I'm not at my house! I don't even know where my house is!"

"How do you know it's late at night?"

"I…" Naruto stopped. How had he'd known it was late at night? He thought a second. Well, he heard crickets, and no footsteps on the street. Oddly, he could also here the building behind him settling down, like what houses do late at night. Also, he could smell smoke. However, this was ember smoke, meaning the houses that had fireplaces had put out their fires, and they had been put out a while ago.

This made Naruto blink in surprise. So he was in the urban part of the village. That meant his house was nearby. He was almost home. He started to get up, but sleep overtook him. His last conscious thoughts were those of the fox's. "Well, it finally seems your getting the hang of it."

Naruto woke up with a start. Though his eyes opened, he couldn't see anything. He started to panic. Then he remembered. He stood up and yawned. He wondered what time of day it was. Naruto put a hand to his ear and listened. The bustle of people was pretty loud. The streets must have been packed. So it must be lunchtime. His stomach growling loudly told him that as well.

Walking out into where he knew the street was, he set off for the bridge. Maybe Kakashi and Sakura were waiting for him still. Tat was virtually impossible, but a guy had a right to dream. His stomach growl was realities slap in the face for him. Not only could he not find anything, but also he kept smacking into things. Some of those things were people, and had a tendency to smack back. He noticed something though.

He couldn't avoid hitting into people, but every time one of the people took a swipe at him, he was taking less of a full impact from the blow. His reflexes were improving at a tremendous rate, and after awhile, he was unconsciously dodging the blows. So now, Naruto decided to try dodging the people all together. However, he was not that good, and the next thing Naruto knew, he was at the bridge, covered in various liquids and foods he had picked up knocking into stalls. However, no one stopped him and forced him to pay. Actually, as he had gotten closer to the bridge, people started to dodge him instead of the other way around. He could tell from the sound of their footsteps. Also, people were starting to whisper about him.

"What the hell is going on?" he asked himself as he got to the bridge. The clunking of the wood gave comfort to him. At least he knew where he was. Wait a minute, how did he find his way here? Naruto shook his head and decided not to think about it.

"Kakashi sensei? Sakura-Chan? Are you here?" he called out. The silence answered his question. He sighed and stumbled his way over to the railing of the bridge. This was tough work. Naruto's patience with this training was starting to grow thin. Worst of all, he knew he couldn't do anything about this. His other senses did need fine-tuning, and this was a very effective way of tuning them, or so he hoped.

His ears caught the sound of footsteps. They were coming at a quick pace, but it sounded like they were moving slowly at the same time. It seems this person was in a hurry, but was moving cautiously. Not trying to figure out how he knew that, Naruto turned to where the sound was coming from. His impatience got the best of him, and he decided to take a little peek. He lifted up the blindfold and opened his eyes. Two things happened at once as soon as the light hit his pupils.

First off, everything went white. His eyes felt like they were on fire. He had just enough sense to close them and pull down the blindfold before he collapsed. Secondly, his head started to pound. All the rest of his senses became dull. He could no longer hear, see, smell, or taste. All he could do was feel, and all he felt was pain.

In a few seconds, everything went back to normal, though he still couldn't steady himself enough to stand. He heard the footsteps again. This time they were at a quicker pace, coming towards him very fast. The person had lost all sense of caution. He could even hear the breathing, but it was to far away to use it to help figure out who it was. Not wanting to be seen in such a fashion, Naruto grabbed the bridges railing, and tried to haul himself up.

It almost worked. About halfway up, his knees buckled, and he tumbled to the ground. He heard the person stop beside him and kneel down. From the smell, he could tell it was a girl. "Who is that?" he asked the person.

"Naruto-Kun! Are you alright?" came his response. It was Hinata.