Yume: okay so I'm gonna try to make this chappy longer

Mykell: yupz

Kahea: I'm just the helper so.... Yume doesn't own Naruto! 3

Mykell: Kahea what are you, a girl?

Kahea: no I'm definitely a guy

Mykell: so stop acting like a girl!!!

Yume: well.... on with the story

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help me find myself chapter 7

Naruto had never really been to the mall, well at least with friends. This was pretty new to him.

"Naruto, lets go in here" called Kiba. It was a spy shop with all kinds of stuff. Naruto didn't mind going in, it would probably be alittle boring since none of this stuff is actually used by a spy but Naruto nodded and they went in.

Naruto sat on a chair in the store watching Kiba run around looking at different thing trying to figure out how they worked. A boy with dark black hair and sun glasses sat next to Naruto, his name was shino. Naruto turned to Shino and smiled. A tiny smile, hardly noticeable found it's way to Shino's lips. That was it, they just sat there in a comfortable silence.

Next was Shikamaru's turn to choose a store. They ended up in a book store, Naruto found it ironic that it would be his turn next and he too would probably choose a book store.

Naruto was wandering around the young adult, fantasy section with a pretty large stack of books in his hands. The books ranged from manga to informational books... and each time Naruto would move to a different section the stack would get larger.

The stack was pretty heavy, but Naruto could handle it. The only problem he was having at the moment... was seeing in front of him, so i was no surprise when he bumped into someone.

Naruto fell on his butt, books scattered around him. "oh my gosh, I'm so sorry, are you o-...." Naruto knew that voice "Naruto!?" Naruto looked up, and sure enough, standing in front of him was someone he knew all his life. His older brother kyuubi.

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Kyuubi was tall and slender, but you could tell that he wasn't someone to mess with. He had long, orange-ish blond hair with red at the ends. His eyes were a deep crimson red, they were big, but not as big as Naruto's eyes and they slanted making him look more like a fox or a cat. His complexion was the same as Naruto's -tan but at the same time pale- but unlike Naruto he didn't have the whisker like marks on his cheeks. All-in-all you could probably say that Kyuubi was drop dead gorgeous.

"Naruto we heard something crash.... you alright" said Neji. They weren't even noticing Kyuubi, well all but Itachi, who fallowed the others quietly. Itachi was staring at Kyuubi the way everyone else stares at Naruto. Itachi's mouth lifted into a smirk, Kyuubi caught that and turned his head to glare at Itachi. "What the hell are you looking at" Kyuubi growled out. "you obviously" replied Itachi in a bored uninterested voice, but his eyes sparked with amusment. That, of course, pissed Kyuubi of "Well stop staring and wipe that smirk off yer face, you asshole". Itachi didn't comply, he kept staring (and smirking). Kyuubi glared at Itachi one more time and turned his attention toward Naruto.

Naruto lifted his brothers hand. Unlike the others Kyuubi didn't have to say the words out loud to figure out what Naruto wrote on his palm. Why are you here? I thought you had a mission today? Naruto asked "I did, but I finished early." Naruto nodded with a knowing look on his face. "And as to why I'm here, I had to pick up some books" Kyuubi shrugged.

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After exiting the mall they all headed towards the park.

Everyone was sitting on the jungle gym. Kiba and Sasuke were sitting on the monkey bars. Shino was sitting on the roof of the slide. Neji was sitting on the top of the slide under Shino. Shikamaru was half asleep on the plastic bridge that connected the two platforms. Kyuubi was leaning against the tick-tack-toe spinning thing, Itachi right next to him. Sai was sitting under the platforms where the toy steering wheel and Naruto was in the tree next to the jungle gym, reading a book.

"So is there a reason that Naruto doesn't talk?" Itachi asked Kyuubi. "Yeah, I've been thinkin' about that for awhile too" added Kiba who was now hanging upside down on the monkey bars. Kyuubi sighed "yeah there's a reason" he looked up to where Naruto was laying, on a branch with a book in his hands. Naruto didn't seem to mind too much that they were talking about this -Kyuubi knew that Naruto heard them- but he could see the slight sadness in Naruto's eyes. Kyuubi continued.

"It was a long time ago. Me and Naruto were orphans and were adopted by a nice woman that looked about in her 20's. We were happy with her and fell into the pattern of calling her mom, Naruto was only six. Whe Naruto was eight and I was ten there was a fire, we unfortunately got caught in it. I was so panicked I forgot about them and jumped out the window, luckily i was only the first floor. It wasn't till later that I remembered Naruto and my mom were still in the fire and was screaming at the firemen to find them. They found Naruto curled up in a ball next to mom's dead body. Since then Naruto never used his voice. And that's it".

Everyone was staring at Kyuubi with wide eyes. "The doctor said that eventually he'll try to speak" Kyuubi concluded "I'm sorry" Shikamaru said "why? it's not your fault" Kyuubi replied.

A moment later it was Sasuke who broke the silence. "Has anyone seen Naruto?" Kyuubi looked up in the tree, Naruto wasn't there but his stuff was still at the base of the tree so he wasn't worried. "Sai's not here either" Kiba added. Every ones eyes got wide again "Shit, you don't think he's with that pervert do you?" asked Neji. "Or he might have seen Naruto leave and fallowed him, either way they're probably together" Shino said in a sort of worried voice, but it was hardly noticeable.

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Naruto was jumping swiftly from tree to tree, he had a feeling someone was fallowing him so he wandered farther and farther into the woods it wouldn't be long until he was at the other end of the wood where the roads were. But he figured that he'd lead whoever it was that was fallowing him on a wild goose chase and get him lost for a while. He stopped when he was sure the other was gone and he sat down. He thought he was strong enough to hear the story that Kyuubi told, but it still hurt. He wanted to tell them that he was tell them his side of the story of what really happened, That the fire was intentional and whoever had started it wanted him dead. He just didn't know how.

"So it was you Naru-chan" Someone whispered into Naruto's ear. Naruto jumped back ready to knock out the person that was there, Damn he couldn't afford to get distracted he needed to keep on guard but he let someone slip past his defence. Naruto was ready to throw a punch that would knock anyone out cold, but he stopped when he saw who it was. Sai?Naruto gave a questioning look.

"I thought so..." Sai said more to himself, but Naruto heard it. Sai looked down at Naruto "So it was you the other night." Naruto's eyes went wide "The one that saved us back in the alley" Naruto cringed H-How did he find out? As is reading his mind Sai answered "I don't think it was that hard to find out. The others are just clueless is all. It's the way you carry yourself, You walk with no noise what so ever and you look like you're always on your guard." Sai shrugged "just like the nigh you saved us. I think that was a dead give away, but I wasn't sure. The way you got me lost and I'm pretty sure I saw something like a shadow in the tree's confirmed my thoughts".

Naruto was absolutely dumbfounded. This is why he hated going under cover, Tsunade would kill him if she knew someone found out. "No worries I won't tell anyone" Sai said. Naruto looked grim. "What is it?" Sai asked Naruto took Sai's hand and wrote on his palm. you don't have too.was all Naruto wrote. Sai looked at him with an unsaid question. Naruto pointed behind Sai and shook his head.

Sai looked behind him. Out of the shadows of the trees, the others came out of hiding

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Mykell: HAHAHA.... CLIFFY

Kahea: o.O they found out!

Yume: yupz..... I hope yall's liked it

Yume, Mykell, Kahea: (bowz) please review

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