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Major Edit! XO
I made a bit of a mistake. ^_^; There is a plot hole that I totally missed until I read through the story last night, so I'm redoing this chapter, so the story runs smoothly, and I feel better about having no plot holes. I HATE plot holes. *headdesk**headdesk**headdesk*
To all my reviewers: Thank you so much for the feedback and here is a new (edited! XD) chappy just for you. =D
The last chapter's final joke (If you didn't get it) was from Devil May Cry 4, the X-box version. (Which Capcom owns)
Chapter 7: Noodles Ahoy!
After returning to the village, Naruto noticed some familiar faces…
"Sakura! Temari!" He ran over to them. "How did you guys get here?" He looked over Sakura's shoulder. "Hey! What's that girl doing here?!"
"We came after you, Naruto. Lady Tsunade became worried when you and Lord Jiraiya didn't return from your training. So, she sent us, and a few others. But, we got separated, and now they're all lost. And that girl just followed us…she doesn't say much…"
"Miss Sakura?" ShadowFoxx asked quietly.
"Who are you?"
The girl bowed. "I am the authoress. You may address me as ShadowFoxx. I would like to assist you in finding your friends. I believe that they are all over the forest, and the enemies are many. We must find them quickly, and bring them back here, so we may send all of you home, where you belong."
Sakura nodded. She wasn't sure what was going on, but Naruto and Jiraiya seemed to trust her, so…she couldn't be all bad, right?
Lee quickly snapped out of his drunken stupor, and went to help poor Abyo up.
"Forgive me, but I do not recall what happened in our fight…"
Abyo was more, to Lee and his team's surprise, impressed. "You were amazing! Do you think you could show me some of those cool moves?"
Lee blushed with the compliment, and agreed.
"Great! Tell you what, I'll take you and your friends back to my village, and we'll talk over noodles."
Having nothing else to do, they agreed, and went to the village to gather intel on Naruto, and to fill their rumbling bellies.
Naruto, meanwhile, was still in awe of the authoresses' powers.
"That was awesome!" He grinned.
Kiba turned to his ninja dog. "Remind me never to get her mad…
Akamaru barked his agreement.
ShadowFoxx lead the troupe to the village to stay for the night, with the promise that their friends will be there by morning.
SF15: I apologize for the shortness of this chappy, but I really haven't had the time to update lately…Gomen…that and the damn plot hole incident…but, I think it's fixed now…and I tried to get some more in, so we wouldn't feel cheated…I hope this is better…