I just have to say I'm very sorry for not updating very fast…

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, just the plot of this story.

'Why do I have a strange feeling about this?' Koto slowly looked around the wall, checking to see if the hallway was clear.

'Just go already.'

'What would happen if I get caught?' he started tiptoeing down the hall.

'Run for it.'

'Easier said than done,' he slid through the door that led to the staircase just as a doctor walked by.

'Get used to it; you'll probably be doing that a lot more than you think.'

'Wouldn't it be better if I just stayed here?'

'No.'

'Why?' jumping off the last step, he looked through the small glass window in the door.

'Because I said so.'

'You still can't make me.' He crouched and tried his best to get past the nurse that was doing work near the front desk, which was in front of the main entrance.

'Then what are you doing right now?'

'…I hate it when you're right,' the nurse sat behind the desk and started typing on the computer.

'Crud…' he looked around; then started heading back down the hall. 'There has to be another way out of here…'

'Turn left, go through the closest door to your right, go all the way to the back, and then there's the side door. There, you're out of here,' he froze for a sec.

'How did you know that?' turning into the hallway on his left, he looked for the closest door opposite of him.

'When you were asleep, I did some exploring.'

'Would have been nice if you told me earlier…' he opened the door and found himself in what looks like the staff room. Silently, he walked across the room, when he was in the middle of the room he stopped and turned.

'Where are you going?'

'…I'm hungry,' he opened the fridge that was in front of him and started looking for something to eat. 'Besides, I need some food for the trip.'

(Twenty minutes later…)

Picking up his bag of food, he started to leave. 'Hopefully they won't notice…'

'Oh, right…They won't notice anything, lets hope that they won't notice half of their food missing. You do know that there is food in the wilderness, right?'

'I do, but I can't tell if it's edible or not.'

He slowly opened the door that was supposed to lead him to an alley. 'Turn left, skip two alleys and then turn left. Keep going straight…' right; left; straight; left; left; right; the directions came non-stop as Koto walked through the alleys; it seemed more like a maze than an alley. Once a man with a face as read as a tomato walked over to him saying; "What's dat ya got 'ere? 'Rugs I presuuummmmmm…?"

"Ano… (Sweat drops)" he couldn't understand what he was trying to say. The red-faced man moved his face closer to his, glaring into his eyes; his face was so close to his face that Koto could smell alcohol and rotten food coming from his mouth (1).

"'re ya sure? Whad abou' money? Any food?"

"…" 'Kyuubi…?'

'Just run away.'

'What if he chases me?'

'Just do it.'

"'Ey! Aren't cha listening to me?"

"Uh…I have to get home now, bye!" quickly he snuck behind him and started running, following Kyuubi's directions to who-knows-where.

"'Ey! Where'd cha think yer goin'?"(2)

'Where are we going again?' he couldn't remember where they were going.

'(sighs) If you be patient, you'll find out.' Slowing down a little, Koto looked at his surroundings. He was still in the back alleys', but he was in what looked like a neighbourhood. There were a few apartments here and there and a few houses, 'Are you sure you know where we're going?'

'If I didn't know where I was going, I wouldn't be giving you directions. Now go straight till you reach the end of the alley and then turn left.' Muttering under his breath, he went down the alley.

"Are you sure we're going the right way?" after going through the alley, he walked for another hour. While he was walking through another alley, he let Kyuubi out so he wouldn't lose his voice telling him all those directions and so he could get some exercise.

'For the last time, I know where I'm going!' by the sounds of it, he was getting annoyed. He pouted, 'I was just making sure…but if you did know where you're going; wouldn't we be there already?' Kyuubi snapped around.

'If you don't shut up, I'm going to leave you here and I won't come back to get you,' with that, Koto shut up. For most of the trip, both of them were silent, Kyuubi led the way while Koto followed. Koto's mouth was twitching to make a sound; he couldn't stand the silence. To both of their surprise, he was able to be quiet for more than half an hour; it was so surprising to Kyuubi that he almost thought that someone had replaced the real Koto with some mute person.

'And here we are,' he finally said with a sigh. Looking around, there were a few houses behind them and in front of them was a road that looked like it led to nowhere.

'Where exactly are we?'

'Outside of Akita,' was the simple answer he got.

'Ok…well then why are we here?'

'You're going to walk to the next town.'

…

Koto turned on his heel and started walking away. 'I'm not walking twenty-five miles (3) just to get to the next town,' he would have kept walking if only Kyuubi hadn't sunk his teeth into his right leg. Luckily, Kyuubi had baby teeth instead of adult teeth; if they were adult teeth, he would have screamed instead of letting a small yelp escape from his mouth.

'You're walking there no matter how far it is,' he growled as he continued to bite into Koto's leg.

Sighing, he turned on his heel again and started down the road that led to his next destination. He started to have some doubts about this adventure…but since he already accepted it, he might as well continue on his adventure. He stopped walking, "Huh, now that I think about it…" he looked at the stars.

'What?'

"…Nothing," he continued walking, looking at the stars who twinkled back at him. I'll have to find out some day…

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I should have spent more time on this than on school work and other things. It feels like I write a few paragraphs every month (and that might actually be true). I'm sorry if I've made you wait too long, but since I'm putting two other stories on hold, I might update faster and I'm very sorry if you think that this chapter is too short for you're liking.

(1)I'm not very certain if alcohol and rotten food can smell that strong, but if they're close enough there might be a really bad smell…

(2)I've never heard a drunkard talk before so I'm just using my imagination.

(3)Using my atlas I roughly checked to see how far the cities were apart from each other, so it obviously isn't very accurate.