Naruto couldn't help but smile. Misaki had never been a fast eater, but she was messy. Diving into her strawberry frozaen yogurt, mixing it in with her toppings: gummy bears, icecream cones, health bar, and of course, lot's of mochi. Mochi had been an obsession of Misaki's ever since he could remember, then again, he wasn't much different. He was obsessed with Misaki's homemade mocha, not the store-bought crap. Yes, the ideal wife she was seen as by many. That thought made Naruto growl. Though, she wasn't nearly as developed as most of the girls in her class, Misaki was sought after due to her gentle demeanor, femine nature, crystal blue eyes, her brave soul, and her god-sent cooking skills. Luckily, Misaki was just so innocent, that many guys didn't have the heart to approach her, and even if they did, it would only take one look from Naruto to scare them off.

Pleased and reassured at though, Naruto turned his attention back to Misaki. Strolling over, he took a seat beside her, and stared at her. "Yes?" She asked with a fullmouth of yogurt?

"Don't talk with your mouth full." Naruto said, placing his hand below her chin and tilting it upwards.

Afer swallowing and wiping her face, Misaki pouted. "Same to you. You always stuff your face with sushi whenever I make it."

Smirking, he said, "Fine. I won't eat sushi like that anymore, and you won't eat yogurt like that anymore. Agreed?"

"You're so bossy!" Misaki huffed and turned away from him. Sighing, the boy got an idea. Smirking, his hands went to Misaki's sides. "EEAK!!" Instictivly throwing her head and body back towards the boy behind her, she only made herself more vulnerable to his assault. "PLEASE NARUTO!! STOP!!" She partially screamed, while she was laughing.

"Am I bossy?" Naruto smirked, moving his fingers faster, increasing the tickling.

"NO! NO! You're not bossy!!" She squealed. Finally letting up, Naruto glided Misaki so she was on his lap, while Naruto stroked her head in order for her to calm down. Noticing people starting to stare, he scooped up Misaki and went outside. Spotting a good building, he hopped up the building, and sat down, with a partially-concious Misaki. This made him worry, all it took was some laughter to put her to sleep again. It had always been like that, even when they were kids.

~~~~~~~~~~PAST~~~~~~~~~~~~```

"Misaki!!" Naruto quickly caught up, to his coughing companion. Bending down slightly, he placed a hand on her back. "Hey, no running so fast. Remember what the doctor, your grandma and grandpa said?"

Still coughing, Misaki managed to say, "I know…but…I need to try for gym class."

"Why? You're exempt from that class." Naruto pointed out.

Misaki finally stopped coughing. "I know. But the kids at school keep calling me "sicko" and "weaklink", and before you showed up to pick me up after school, a couple of boys stole the leaf necklace you gave me."

Clenching his fist, Naruto growled. "What?

"It's true. They said I had to run with the rest of the class, so I'm not the favorite anymore. And if I don't, they'll burn it." She started to cry.

Naruto was getting angrier by the minute, but he managed to ask one last thing. "Misaki, was there a reason why you had mud and scrathches all over you when I picked you up yesterday?"

Looking down, Misaki replied. "A couple of girls held me down, scratched my face. And then the same boys pushed me into the mud. They asked how could I be alive, if I'm this small…" Noticing his friend was now crying, Naruto pulled Misaki to him and picked her up. Holding the girl always calmed him down, especially after getting back from Konoha.

"Misaki…I'm taking you home all right?" Nodding her head, to indicate she had heard him. Naruto took to the trees, reaching her house in a matter of minutes. Once he was sure, Misaki was safe and sound in a securely locked house, Naruto took off towards her school. He had hunting to do.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~PRESENT~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Sighing at the memory, Naruto couldn't help but frown. Girls always wanted to look as thin and scrawny as possible nowadays; Misaki had that, so she received many jealous looks from girls, to this day. The boys were a different problem than before, but the boys back then, just made it a point to attack whatever was weaker than them. After Naruto beat the information he wanted out of the gym teacher, he went to each kids house, and beat the shit out of them. He knew he shouldn't have done that, but no one bullied her after that, so it had been worth it. Now he had to worry about perverts, lolicons, and of course, Sojiro (I think that's Icchan's little brother's name). Sojiro was making it a point to piss Naruto off, as well as staying near Misaki.

"Don't let the fudge boil over…" Misaki mumbled in her sleep. Smiling, he pulled the girl closer to him, practically cradiling her. Sometimes Naruto couldn't believe he had Misaki for a friend, hell, he couldn't believe that he had a friendship like this at all sometimes. Compared to how he was treated in his village, Misaki was heaven and paradise in one. Thinking back on it, he truly did think he was in heven for awhile, during his first days with Misaki.

~~~~~~~~~~PAST~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

This was the last time he decided. Naruto slowly made his way towards a cliff on the edge of the woods, outside of Konoha. Just two hours ago, he was cornered, beat, and almost raped. He had killed several men with Kyuubi's chakra, and he wasn't about to hesitate to do it again. Naruto had long-since known Kyuubi was there, the third hokage was insane if he though he wasn't aware. So not only did they not trust him, but they also saw Naruto as stupid.

Naruto looked at the bottom of the cliff with dead eyes. Without hesitation, Naruto stepped off, and fell into oblivion.

HOURS LATER

Blinking, Naruto groaned and slowly sat up. Disapointed that he had survived, Naruto turned to head back to the village. But after several hours of searching, as well as notcing the strange vegetation, he wuickly came to the conclusion, that he was no longer in Konoha. 'Kyuubi, where are we?'

'I don't know. After you stepped off the cliff, our chakras merged, a big flash of light appearead, and I wake up inside you, and I find myself asking what world we're in." Kyuubi answered snidely.

'A different world? Can we get back?" Naruto asked.

'Yes. But why would you want to?' Kyuubi asked.

'Just in case.' Naruto replied. Naruto continued to walk, he looked up when he felt something hit his head: rain. Naruto sighed at the annoyance and continued walking. Hearing rustling behind him, he took to the trees and glanced at was following. Naruto gaped. It was an Asiatic Black bear. A species long-exstinct in his world, hunted for their fur. A tragedy in Naruto and Kyuubi's mind. After the bear sniffed around where Naruto had been, he turned his head to something else. Sighing, Naruto was about to go the other way.

"AAAAGUUGHH!!" A cry pierced NAruto's ears. It was a girl, defiantly his age. Realizing the bear gave him up for an easier meal, Naruto sprinted towards the bear. Hearing the girl scream again, Naruto began to grow angry, feeling Kyuubi's chakra sink in, Naruto attacked.

~~~~~~~~~~~~PRESENT~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Neither of them would forget the day they met. But to Naruto, Misaki had saved his life, and he would forever be indebted to her for that. Misaki was Naruto's most important person, despite that, he couldn't stay with her permantly. He couldn't risk staying in Misaki's world for too long. Kyuubi warned him, it only took a freak-accident to travel here, that's all a Konoha anbu would need as well. So, in learning shadow clone, he could disappear and reappear with no one noticing he was gone. So, for the sake of preventing that minimal, yet highly dangerous risk; Naruto keeps going back to Konoha, despite his hatred towards it.

"Naruto." Misaki tugged on his jacket. Looking down, Naruto gave her his attention.

"We need to head back. The second round is about to start." She said sleepily.

"Sure." Shifting her onto his back once again, he jumped back to the collesium. More than ready to help Misaki face her next oppoenent.