… (Has nothing to say, doesn't own Naruto, and enjoy the chapter)
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Koto looked out of the window as the train went past houses and out of the village, 'Good bye village and hello world…' he thought over and over again.
(Flashback)
"So you're going to go look for Sasuke and Sakura? Well that'll be hard, you'll have to find out how they look like, what their names are, where they live…besides, do you know how their parents will react?" Fai stated after Koto told him what he was planning to do.
"Well…I didn't really think of that…"
"Besides, are you sure that they'll help you? They probably think that shinobi are fake, legends, in fairy tales, fictional characters…Think, how are you going to convince them that shinobi are real?" Koto had never thought about it at all, he never did any planning or thought about a backup plan. 'Who knew that it'll be this hard?'
"Well, you better think of a backup plan soon. If you don't, your plan will fall apart," Fai turned and left.
'Start thinking kid because I'm not helping,' Kyuubi told him.
"I'll think of something sooner or later…" he said as he went to his room.
(Five hours later…)
"Grr…How hard is it supposed to be to think of something?" Koto growled as veins popped in the back of his head.
'And you're supposed to be a genius…I guess people never change, you're still a baka…' Kyuubi sighed after listening to the plans that would never work.
"Shut up. If you're all that smart then why don't you think of something?"
'Well…I don't have any plans at all. I wasn't planning to do anything about it, besides you're the one who wants to find them.' Koto was getting more irritated by the second.
"Well, better get packing…" he got up and reached for his backpack.
'What do you mean by 'better get packing'?'
"Well, it'll take a while for me to find them. So better started the searching soon, who knows how long it'll take to find them," he replied as he unloaded the books he had in the bag.
'What about the plan?'
"I'll think about it as I search for them," he went over to his closet and started to look for clothes that he'll need.
'Question, how are you going to get out of here? Isn't the next town about one hundred miles from here or something?' he stopped for a moment then continued.
'I wonder how much money dad saved…' he thought with a smile.
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It was dark by the time he finished packing what he needed, all he had to do right now was to visit the bank. He left a note before he left the house that he most likely will never be in again.
"Well, good bye old times," he turned and left.
"Can you take out everything from Kachiro Zakuro's account?" he asked when he arrived at the bank; the person looked at him for a moment and then went to get the money.
When he came back, he brought back a suitcase with him. "Here's all of the money Kachiro-san saved," he opened the case and in the case was thousands of one hundred dollar bills, Koto's jaw hit the ground.
'Why didn't he tell me he was a billionaire?' Koto asked as he started to put the money into the hidden pocket in the back of his backpack. When half of it was in his backpack he stopped, 'I'll save the rest for the donation center .'
He asked if they could give him an envelope and then putted the money in it when he received the envelope and left. He went to the donation center and went inside and gave the money to the people working there.
'You still didn't tell me how you're going to get out of here.' Stated the kitsune before Koto left the center.
'Going by train,' was Koto's reply.
'Are you sure that the train station will be open this late?' Kyuubi asked as Koto headed towards it.
'If it's not, I could wait till it's opened.'
'And by then you'll be fast asleep.'
'Just shut up,' but the last time he checked, the last train to the next town was at six. It was half past six.
'Well, get ready for major back pain, gaki,' well…that's a helpful fact.
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(Next morning...)
The first thing people saw when they entered the train station was a boy sleeping on one of the benches.
'Hey, gaki…Gaki…Wake you FOOL!' the next thing that could be heard was someone falling off a bench really hard.
"N-nani?" Koto asked looking around startled.
'It's morning, isn't there a train leaving into the next town soon or something?' Koto looked at his watch.
'The next train there is going to arrive in about half an hour or something, demo I should buy a ticket now…' he yawned, picked up his backpack, and headed to the ticket booth.
"Ticket to the next town, please," 'Now, how much do I have to pay…' he wasn't planning to spend his dad's money that easily.
"That would be nine hundred dollars (1)," the lady behind the counter told him. He pulled out a few hundred dollars from his wallet and left with the ticket (Koto doesn't spend a lot of money, so he has lots of money in his wallet).
"Itai, itai, itai, itai…" every step he took sent pain in his back.
'Told you you'll get back pain…' Kyuubi listened to Koto continuously repeat 'itai' until he sat back on the bench he slept at.
'If I slept on the floor, it would have been a lot more painful. Besides it'll look really weird, plus there was no other place to sleep.'
'Ask anyone who lives near the station. Doesn't everyone in this village know every person living in it or something?'
'Would have asked me why I'm leaving Kiraniville (2)…'
'So this is what this place is called, by the way. Thought up of anything yet?' a groan was heard from the boy.
'Still got some time…hopefully,' he mentally preyed that he would have enough time to think of something. Growl… (T-T - what Koto's face would probably look like)
'Need…food…' he mentally complained.
'Get used to it, I'll start making you walk from town to town to make your legs stronger, build up speed and possibly stamina. You'll probably have to eat lesser food than you used to.'
'But I have to at least eat something, if I don't I'll end up weaker than usual. Besides, I'll get dehydrated, and when that happens, I won't be able to-'
'Okay, okay, I get the point. Don't get into the complicated stuff that I don't understand, you'll have to ration food and water then. Or you could just find your own food or bring food with you…'
"Train to Akita (3) has arrived. Passengers to Akita please head towards the east gate. I repeat, passengers to Akita please head towards the east gate," blasted the microphone from somewhere.
'East gate… (sigh) on the other side of here,' he got up and headed towards the east gate.
By the time he reached the train, most of the train was already filled, mostly people in with suitcases that obviously contained important papers. Other than a few kids that look under the age of five, Koto was the only kid there. He found himself a seat across a mother and her daughter, and they had food with them. Koto watched them as they continued to eat in front of him, his mouth started to drool.
'Sssooo hungry,' he continued to stare until his stomach growled again, his face turned red as the family in front of him looked at him.
"Would you like some onigiri?" the mother asked as she took out an onigiri, Koto's expression turned from a embarrassed expression to an expression that looked like he was saved from something.
"I'd love to!" he reached out eagerly and ate the onigiri in one huge gulp.
"Arigoto! I hadn't eaten anything since yesterday," he thanked them after eating ten pieces of onigiri.
"So, why are you travelling alone? Shouldn't your parents be with you?" the lady asked the lady as her daughter slept in her lap.
"…Well…I'm looking for someone…" after the mother realized that he had nothing else to say she asked, "So…who are you looking for?"
"…" Koto looked out the window, realizing something.
'What am I really looking for? I know what I'm looking for demo…' the train started to move, the people on the platform were moving by slowly until the train gained more speed.
"Not sure…" and he continued to look out the window.
(End of flashback)
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A bit lesser than the other chapter, but should do. In case you're wondering why I'm still calling Koto, Koto it's because I'm used to it, but I might change it to Naruto later on…Well anyway, please review!
Notes:
(1).I have no idea how expensive a ticket is so I just decided to make it expensive. Naturally I meant to have the money in yen but I don't know how much it'll be…
(2)Just to let you know, this isn't a real town because I couldn't think of any place that has a small population, so I made a fake one…
(3)Akita is a real city because I found it in the internet.
(4)Ano...In case you're wondering why the banker gave Koto the money without asking why he needs it, it's because everyone in that village knows everyone that lives there. So the guy trusts Koto with Kachiro's money...