You know what? I was looking through Japanese names on the internet one day, and I found out that the name Koto is supposed to be for a girl. oO. Anyway, thanks for the reviews, I don't own Naruto, and I hope that you'll enjoy this chapter.

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It was around ten when Koto arrived back at the park, it took a while for him to find his way back. He found a bench and sat down.

'What do you think you're doing? Go back to where you were training earlier and start training, this time use your dad's dagger,' Kyuubi snapped at him when he sat down.

'Training ended a little while ago, so I'll chill out for now…' he stretched out and pulled out a small flash light and the book he bought hours earlier.

'And since when did you decide that training ended a long time ago?'

'Since I was born, you can't make me do anything,' sometimes he enjoyed being a genius.

'At this rate, it'll take you forever to do it. And I was hoping to teach you a new jutsu this week,' Kyuubi sighed.

'So, I could wait,' Koto continued to flip through the manga as Kyuubi fell anime style.

'You're supposed to fall for that! What happened to the 'I want to show the world that shinobi are real'? And you're supposed to get really excited about that!'

'Wow, I really am a boring kid…' he said in a bored voice, making Kyuubi fall anime style again.

'What the- what happened to the real Naruto? The one that always plays pranks and always wants to train?'

'Lost somewhere, besides I'm not the real Naruto,' Kyuubi falls anime style…again.

'And I thought it was a miracle that you were a smart person…I think I like the real Naruto than this reincarnation…' Kyuubi started to pout a little (1) (Aw, that's cute!).

'Don't think that I'll stop acting boring, I've always been this boring when I'm not around people I know,' Koto thought of himself as lame and boring as well.

'How…could…you…live…like…this? You've got to be the most boring person in the whole world…'

'Hm…Maybe not, I'm better than you think,' he put the book down and stood up.

'Now what are you gonna do? Take a walk?'

'If I remember correctly…' he formed his hands into a hand seal, "Kage bunshin…"

When the smoke disappeared, four clones were standing in front Koto; he could have sworn that he heard Kyuubi's jaw hit the ground.

'How did you…' the kage bunshin disappeared as Koto sat down and started reading again.

'I remembered how to make kage bunshins; I wasn't that sure if it would work, so I thought that I'd try it out now. Besides, I wanted to show you that I'm better than you think…'

'Hm…this might be easier than I thought. You learn fast right?'

'Maybe, I'm not sure. I may be a genius on normal stuff, but I might be terrible on shinobi stuff…'

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(Next day…)

Koto was back to training once he woke up (which was around four in the morning), the farthest he went was about two and a half quarterson the tree. Each time he went up the tree, he went about a centimetre higher than the last time, so far, he wasn't really getting anywhere…

'(Sigh) I was hoping that you'll get further than that…I guess you're still Naruto, but you're a little better than him. At least you were able to make kage bunshins at your age…how old are you anyway?'

'Quit jabbering, baka kitsune. I'm trying to concentrate here…' his stomach growled, he looked at his watch, ten minutes past eight.

'Better get some food,' he put the dagger away, grabbed his back pack, and left.

'You still didn't answer my question,' Kyuubi was determined to know how old he was.

'I'm ten years old…Now, where to eat?' he started to think of places that he passed by the day before.

'Hm, ten years old and was able to make kage bunshins on his first try. That's pretty good, for a beginner…'

'It isn't really my first try; I was able to do it because I remembered how to do it…Hey, want to try some curry? I think that the curry store we past by yesterday is opened at eight…on second thought, I should by some bread and some orange-' as he turned a corner, he collided into someone and in progress knocked over the groceries the person was carrying.

"G-gomenasai…" he leaned down and started to pick up the food, while the person in front of him just stood there. Koto continued to pick up the rest of the food and stood up to find Ino staring at him.

"You're that kid who was at the ramen shop…" she continued to stare at him.

"Ano, here's your stuff," he handed the groceries to her.

"Oh…uh arigoto…" she took the stuff from him, her mouth was opened but she didn't say anything.

"Hey, are you living on the streets or something? 'Cause it looks like it," she said when Koto was about to leave.

"Nani?" Koto cocked his head to one side.

"You're clothes are dirty," she stated as she pointed at his clothes. His clothes were covered in dirt from falling off the tree so much.

"Well, it wasn't from living on the streets. Demo, I am living on the streets," he admitted, a bit embarrassed.

"Need a place to stay?" Koto blinked. "Nani?"

"You heard what I said; you can stay at my place, if you want. My parents won't mind having you stay over; if they see you like this they probably will feel sorry for you and let you stay for a while," Koto looked at her strangely.

"And why are you giving an offer to a total stranger?"

"You know, it feels like I've known you for a very long time. Even though I don't remember seeing you before, it still feels like I know you from somewhere…" she started to look on the ground.

'Now this'll be interesting…' "Ano, I guess I could stay over at your place…" Koto said as he scratched the back of his head.

"Really? Great! Let's go!" she grabbed Koto's arm and started to drag him along (I forgot to mention that Koto is short for his age and is very light, so he could be dragged around easily…).

'Ano, is Ino supposed to be this excited?'

'People could change, right?'

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It didn't take very long till they finally reached Ino's home… or should I stay store?

"I'm back!" she dragged Koto through a maze of flowers until she reached the counter, where Ino's mother was.

"Ah, now who do we have here?" she leaned closer towards Koto.

"Oh, umm…well, he kind of lives on the streets-"

"NANI? What do you mean by 'he kind of lives on the streets'? Take him upstairs, get him into some clean clothes, and give him some food," Koto sweat dropped.

'Whoa, she was right…' he thought as he was dragged upstairs. She stopped in the kitchen to put away the groceries.

"So, what's your name, kid?" she asked as she put some things in the cabinets.

"Kotomaru Zakuro…"

"I'm Midori (2) Kai, thirteen years old. You're Kachiro Zakuro's kid right? Ten years old and already in high school as a junior…" Koto blinked in amazement.

"How did you…"

"I've got a photographic memory; I read about you somewhere in the newspaper…hey can I ask you something?"

"Shoot," he put his bag down and started to look through his bag.

"Huh?" she stopped what she was doing.

"I mean by go ahead."

"Oh…Well, I was wondering, did you run away from home or something?" Koto paused for a moment.

"You could say I did, demo it doesn't really feel like it, why?"

"There's a small article saying that you ran away or something, want to see it?" she took something of the counter and offered it to Koto. Koto looked at like it was going to attack him, but took it anyway.

Kotomaru Zakuro, son of Kachiro Zakuro, disappears weeks after the death of his father. There are no clues of where he could have gone to except for the note he left behind:

Gone to look for someone,

You'll understand later on

Koto

Witnesses say that they saw him going to Akita, "He was sleeping on a bench when I came to the train station. I never knew that he was Kotomaru until I read the newspaper. I never had a second thought of why a child would be there," said Inui Takari, one of the witnesses.

"He didn't run away, he said that he was going to look for someone. He should be able to take care of himself," says Fai Genki, Kachiro-sensei's student and one of the last people to talk to him…

The rest of the article was about what other witnesses said.

'I'll have to search this place fast, or I'll end up back home,' "Do you have any scissors I could borrow?"

"We have some, demo nani are you going to do with them?" she walked over to a drawer and took out a pair of scissors.

"I hope you won't mind me cutting out the article," he took the scissors and started to cut out the article.

"I thought I told you to get him some clean clothes and something to eat," Midori's mom was standing by the doorway.

"Ano, you don't have to give me anything. I'm not all that hungry-" his stomach disagreed with him.

"(Sigh) Midori, get him something to eat, then show him where he'll sleep," she turned around and headed back to the store. Midori took out a wrapped up onigiri from the fridge and handed it to Koto.

"Eat this for now, follow me," she started to go up another pair of stairs, leaving Koto behind with his bag in one hand and the onigiri in the other.

'What are you waiting for? A invitation?' Koto started to drag his bag after Midori, eating the onigiri as well.

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Well, that's the end of the chapter. I won't be able to update soon because of school, demo I'll try to at least update once a month. Please review…

(1)I know that Kyuubi doesn't pout but I thought that it'll be cute to have him pout in this story. D

(2)The name Midori means green in Japanese, I didn't really think about naming her that but I thought that it be a good name for a daughter who has a mother that owns a flower shop…