Aki: Hi there, I would like to thank kris1809, Naruto69, ashhat (that's funny... rolls on floorrecover), and lamson who have taken a shine to my story! Arigatou!


"Adji woke up, she's doing well. I've got to say, Naruto-kun, you don't take it easy on people." Gaito said picking up a roll of sushi from his plate and sticking it in his mouth. He chewed and swallowed quickly and continued. "As usual, it appears Konoha has a strong contestant."

"How often do you do this?" Naruto asked looking over at Jiraiya.

The Sanin shrugged, "Once a generation, I know the last time I was here, I brought Kakashi. He nearly disemboweled Gaito-kun here." Jiraiya said picking up a piece of bread.

"I remember that, in fact I still have the scar. Luckily Jiraiya stopped him before he killed me." Gaito smiled.

"Wait…" Naruto said looking at his fingers processing a thought. "That means you went through the bloody mist!"

"Hai hai. But I never took killing to heart, I prefer just to sedate. Barely passed, I accidentally killed someone, they counted that as okay so it was fine." Gaito said and stopped eating. He turned down the hall where light foot steps were heard coming down. Adji turned around the corner, a little wobbly. "Ah, you can walk already?"

"My legs are fine, it's just my chest a bit." She said walking down over to the table, sitting down next to Naruto.

"I'm sorry, Adji." Naruto said in a low voice.

Adji began waiving her hand dismissing it. "You did what you had to do to win. It's what anyone would have done. If I had gotten a chance to hit you then I would have."

"That doesn't make it any better! I shouldn't have hit you in the chest; it could have caused serious damage."

"NARUTO!" Jiraiya yelled, Naruto calmed down and stared down at his food. "You must remember that the rules allowed death, and if death happened… oh well. Not everything in life is pleasant, most isn't and we must accept and move on. Got it?" Jiraiya said shoveling rice in his mouth.

"Promise to behave and not run away?" Jiraiya asked, he, Gaito and Ms. Mitsubi were in front of her door. There was an angry groan on the other side agreeing. Jiraiya lifted the seal off the door. "We need to have a talk."

"Fine, but I need some food." Tekaimaru said walking into the light of the hallway. Her long black hair prevented Naruto, Tori and Adji from seeing the face which was probably scruntched and pissed. "And some field mice."

"No mice! Just food for you." Gaito said strongly. "We know what the mice can be used for." Tekaimaru stepped out of the room and walked down the hall passing the three young Genin. "You three, go find something to do for and hour or so."

"Go visit Nershii and Kimichi, they'll come up with something." Jiraiya said. They just stood there until he pressed them out of the hall. Filing outside the ninjas looked up at the stars. Tori stepped foreword and turned around. "I vote we go find something else to do then visiting."

"I'll second that." Adji said and Naruto just stuck his thumb up. Adji walked over to Tori and looked at him. "Why don't you like me?" She stuck her finger in Tori's face, "you don't even call me off, you just poof, that's highly hurtful!"

"Um.. I'm sorry, but… Things." He said confused. Naruto sat down and began laughing. "Date him!" Tori said point a finger at Naruto.

"What! No! She's like you not me!" Naruto yelled pointing a finger back at him. "He's just afraid of commitment!"

"You don't even know what commitment is!" Tori yelled back. "Listen it's nothing personal…" He said waving Adji off, he disappeared as a log dropped in front of her.

"Coward!" Adji screamed. She backed off and sat down next to Naruto. "I try and I try… and they all run away or use an escape Jutsus…."

"Maybe if you weren't so foreword they wouldn't flee in terror." Naruto said and straighten out his back sitting up straight. "I'll teach you on how not to be foreword!"

"Really!" Adji said sitting up to fast; she gasped and clutched her ribs for a second. She sat back up. Naruto sighed and was about to tell her to go lay down but she spoke before he did. "I'm fine, just need a little time more."

"You sure?"

"Hai hai, I've been hurt worse then this before." She wrapped her arms around her knees and didn't move any more. "So… what's there to teach?"

"How about stop chasing him, it's kind of stalker-ish." Naruto said, he began to try and think of more. "Don't do anything drastic, and don't make him think you're obsessing over him, that'd annoy people. Mainly, just back off… a lot."

"Alright… I guess, but then how do I get him to like me?" Adji asked before gasping again. "Ow… I'm going to have to see Mitsubi-sama later tonight. That attack of yours such does pack a punch."

"Rasengan, yeah, Jiraiya taught it to me. It took me only a week to learn it." Naruto gloated. "But damn… it was hard to learn, hopefully other things will be easier. Jiraiya's suppose to train me, but so far he's just been wasting my money."

"Stop giving it to him." Adji said happily. "I only give Gaito money after he's taught me something. It also helps improve a working relationship because they understand that it's your money not theirs."

"He'd kill me if I did that." Naruto said and took a deep breath. "I had an idea, why not apologize to Tori and explain why you did those things to him!"

"That's a great…" She clutched her ribs again. "That's a good idea. So is healing this a bit. Well, I'm off to see Nershii and Kimichi, whoever they are."

"I'll show you, come on." Naruto said getting up and beginning into a huge explanation of who they were.

The forest was mainly dark except the area Tori had set up his string of hand flares around. He had decided to practice after seeing the condition Adji was in from her fight with Naruto. He stood in the center of the small grove and focused all of his chakra into one hand, and turned it into a weapon. Chakra to cut tendons and slice organs. He ran at the tree and unleashed it further; his arm hit his chest as he stopped; the top of the large tree tumbling down.

He then walked back into the red light of the flares and went through simple hand signs and two large flat blades like rocks came from his knuckles. "Close." He said recalling them back in. He went through more hand signs and focused as many needle like rocks came flying from his body. "Mid-range."

Gathering up what he could of the remaining chakra he held he placed a hand down on the ground, all around rock spires began jumping up from the ground, all around. He turned his hand, in less then a split second thinner longer needles of sediment came out of those spires. "Multiple enemies."

Tori took a deep breath and put the rocks back into the ground by turning his hand the other way, the ground looked undisturbed. "Restoration… This will make Grandma proud of me."