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"I sure hope this works…" he mused as he dropped to the floor and waited, still monitoring the boy's vitals.

Now:

Naruto awoke with pain all around his body. He opened up his eyes, but everything seemed different. His eyesight was enhanced; he had funny readings at the top right hand corner and lower left hand corner of his eyes. He slowly got up, only to be greeted by a small robot. "OH, thank god you're alright!" the small robot yelled in a weird language, making the boy yell and jump back. "WHO OR WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU!" Naruto demanded.

"Oops, let me make a few adjustments here.." Claptrap said in English, making the nanobots in Naruto's bloodstream travel to the brain. Within a few seconds, the nanobots had accessed the boy's brain and read small bits of the language. Within a few minutes, Claptrap knew as much of the language as Naruto did. "Hello, my name is claptrap! I am a service bot turned intergalactic assassin turned vault hunter turned back into standard claptrap!" The bot replied happily.

"What?" Naruto asked as he continued to back away from the small robot. "Oh right, a bit of background information first!" Claptrap said as he sent a few commands to the now-machine part of Naruto. Naruto's vision went dark, and a large amount of info flooded his mind. To Naruto, it was like a ton of new information was learned within the span of a few minutes. "Wait, so you guys…" Naruto began, and the robot nodded. "And then.." he continued.. "YEA!" claptrap said. "With the.." Naruto continued, smiling. "SUGOI!" Naruto yelled.

"Wait, you have to get to the next world.." Naruto said with a sad smile. "Hey, what's wrong?" Claptrap asked. "Last night, I saw a shooting star, and I wished for a friend.." Naruto began. By this point, Maya and Lilith were listening in the background to make sure claptrap didn't get killed by the natives of whatever world he was in. "Well, don't ya have any friends?" Claptrap asked. "Well, no…" Naruto began. "Nonsense! Let's go to the park!" Claptrap said as it began dragging Naruto.

"Just one quick question..Which way is the park?" Claptrap asked as he suddenly realized he had no clue. "We'll go to the park, but promise you'll stay in hiding. The most technologically advance thing we have here is electricity." Naruto replied. Claptrap gave a nod and followed in the shadows a distance away from Naruto as he headed to the park.

*With Claptrap – In Hiding*

Claptrap established another transmission with the vault hunters as he followed Naruto. "Claptrap how's the kid?" Lilith demanded, concerned. "He's fine! Nurse Claptrap fixed him right up!" He replied, accidentally sending a picture of himself in a nurse's outfit to the vault hunter's display. "Woops.." he replied as he backtracked the photo. "So, when are you coming back?" Gauge asked, worried about her spare parts.

"As soon as possible, I'm just making sure he gets back with other humans who can take care of him!" Claptrap replied as Naruto arrived at the park. He shifted the view from the transmission to pick up anything he saw with his eyes.

*With Naruto*

Naruto arrived at the park cautiously and looked around. There were a few drunks still stumbling home from last night, but they were a good distance away. He spotted a group of kids consisting of a blonde with baby blue eyes, a pinkette with dazzling green eyes, and a big kid eating chips. "Hey guys, wanna play?" Naruto asked as he slowly approached them. "No way, daddy told me not to play with you! He said you're a bad influence!" The pinkette yelled as she ran away.

"Mommy told me you're a bad kid who will hurt me!" The blonde replied with a smug look. The big kid eating chips looked sad, but didn't reply. "Sorry, I have to get home!" he said as he left in a hurry. "SEE! You made choji leave! Help!" The blonde began, and the pinkette joined her soon after. "HELP! HELP!" They both screamed, getting the attention of adults. A few told them to get away from the boy as a three drunks approached him.

"This boy giving you trouble?" They asked the girls, getting a nod as they ran away. The drunks growled as they threw whatever they could at the boy. From rocks to branches to a bottle one of the drunks still had on him. "Don't corrupt the new generation, ya damn brat!" A villager yelled as he kicked the boy. Naruto slowly got up, blood flowing from his head where the bottle had slammed and holding his ribs. He began to run towards where he knew Claptrap was.

As scattered cheering began from the villagers, two of the drunks became emboldened and began chasing the boy.

*With Claptrap*

"What the fuck just happened!" Brick demanded as he saw the exchange. "Was it the kid's fault?" Maya asked as she saw Naruto get hit with the bottle. "No, I'm listening in right now.." Claptrap replied as he saw Naruto make a run for it. "All he did was ask if they wanted to play.." the robot continued. "And that institutes him being hit?!" Brick demanded as he saw the kid being bullied by adults no less.

Bullying was one of the main causes Brick had taken up boxing. So he wouldn't be a victim. "So, that's why he said he wanted a friend.." Claptrap mused as he saw the cheering begin. "What do you mean claptrap?" Lilith asked as she saw the villagers cheer, making her feel sick to her stomach. Claptrap quickly explained what happened to the present vault hunters. "But why is he ostracized?" Mordecai demanded.

"Hard to tell.." Claptrap replied as he saw two villagers begin chasing Naruto. "Claptrap, you have a new mission on behalf of myself, Brick, and Lilith." Mordecai began. "Don't let any harm come to that child!" Gauge yelled. Claptrap nodded and reached into his compartment, pulling out a Jakobs revolver. Naruto yelled past him crying, and the two drunks followed. As soon as they were near claptrap, Claptrap put two shots into each man's heads.

The two hit the ground with a thud as claptrap twirled the gun. "If it took more than one shot, you should have used a Jakobs!" he replied happily. He then heard various villagers approach his spot, so he picked up the bodies and rushed towards where Naruto ran. Before proceeding, he stopped by a dumpster and dropped the two men inside. "Um… Here lie two dead men!" Claptrap whispered to himself as he dropped an incendiary grenade into the dumpster and ran behind Naruto, watching him slip into a rundown apartment complex.

*With Naruto*

Naruto sighed as he approached his rundown apartment. His door had been smashed in, and his things were thrown all around the outside of his home. He began picking things up, and looked to something that had been ripped. His teddy bear, Freddy, was lying on the ground, missing an arm and an eye. 'I can't believe I thought I had a friend..' Naruto thought as he hugged the small bear to him, only to see a small metallic hand stretched out holding a button. "I found this for ya.." Claptrap said.

Naruto turned to see claptrap holding out his teddy bears eye and holding the rest of his stuff. He quickly proceeded to hug the robot. "Claptrap! I'm so glad you're back!" Naruto yelled as he hugged the robot. "You wished for a friend didn't ya? Well, you got one now!" Claptrap said, then turned serious for a moment. "Naruto, is there somewhere we can talk?" Claptrap asked as his HUD delivered a message.

"SHOW US TO HIM" – Lilith

Naruto nodded and grabbed the robot by his hand, leading him into his rundown apartment.

*Inside*

Naruto watched as claptrap turned off the lights, then proceeded to project the other vaulthunters from his lone eye on the wall. "Wow, Lilith! Maya! The deadly siren duo! And Brick, the awesome giant! Mordecai and Zero, the lone assassins!" Naruto said as they appeared on the wall. They all saluted, unaware of how he knew their names. "Hey kid. Not that it isn't nice, but how do you know us?" Mordecai asked. "Claptrap showed me!" he replied, pointing to the small robot.

"You guys are like freaking heroes!" Naruto said excitedly. "Well Naruto, do you mind if we ask you some questions?" Lilith asked as nicely as she could. Naruto nodded and took a seat. "Now, Naruto, how old are you?" Maya asked as an ice breaker. "I'm this many!" Naruto said as he raised seven fingers. Maya smiled at his child-like response, thinking it adorable. Lilith almost tried to jump through the hologram to cuddle the adorable kid.

"Naruto know this is a weird question, but why did you wish for a friend? You're a cute kid, and I'm sure your parents love you." Mordecai asked. "I don't have any friends. The grown-ups tell their kids to stay away from me, and on my birthday, I have to hide cause the grown ups get mean." Naruto replied. "Where are your parents?" Gauge asked, having shown up to the meeting. "I don't have parents. There was this place that took care of me, but they kicked me out a while back. Said I was corrupting the other children.." Naruto replied

"What do they mean by that, Naruto?" Asked Lilith, concerned by what they had just seen. "I don't know. Jiji just said that people are afraid of what they don't understand. He gave me this place and usually takes care of me, but yesterday, I didn't see him all day and the grownups were acting mean." Naruto said with a cute pout. "Well, how would you like for Claptrap to stay with you for a bit and take care of you?" Axton asked. He had been hearing and listening, but finally decided to speak up.

"WHAT!?" Claptrap demanded. "Really?" Naruto asked hopefully. "Yea. Claptrap's a good robot, and you look like you could use some help." Axton replied. "But why am I being used as a babysitting unit?!" Claptrap demanded. "You saw the kid needs help. Plus, you owe us for the guns you launched into orbit!" Axton replied with a smirk. "You're just lucky we activated the camouflage unit so only users of the Interface can find them." Mordecai continued.

"And if you don't take care of the kid, I'll use you for spare parts!"Gauge finished. "No deal!" Claptrap replied. "Oh claptrap, you be nice and I'll re-attach your battle upgrades.." Hammerlock bribed. "No, it's ok. You guys need him to help save the galaxy!" Naruto replied, looking slightly sad. Claptrap sighed as he saw the sad look on Naruto's face, along with the fact that he had crashed into the boy from Orbit. "I guess I owe him. I'll stay and look after him!" Claptrap replied as he saluted.

"Good!" Lilith said as she smiled. "And maybe teach him a few things. The HUD display does allow him enhanced combat capabilities!" Axton replied. "We'll reach out to you once we get to our destination and find a way to come get you! Vault team signing off!" Mordecai finished. 'Great. Now how do you care for a small human child?' claptrap wondered as his communications went offline.

*Outskirts of Konoha*

"Now jimmy, I expect you to behave while we are here in Konoha. It was quite a hassle to get your family a long term stay here, but Canada was becoming risky!" McCool said as he led the Falcone…er, McDougal family towards Konoha. Special agent strait McCool was a tall man, with blonde hair and a strong build. He wore a red Canadian Mounties uniform and rode atop Horse, one of the finest pure-bred white horses from Canada.

"Yea, yea, yea McCool!" Jimmy replied offhandedly as he stepped back into the carriage. Jimmy was a regular sized male with black hair. He wore slacks, a white polo, and a blue sweater vest, though it did little to hide his muscle-bound physique. He smoked a cigar as he went back into the carriage making their way into Fire Country, towards Konoha.

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