A/N: Sup! I wanted to thank all the reviewers, in, fact, 20 brownie points to anyone who has reviewed.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, or Bleach, or A light saber, but I do own a computer that I'm using to type this story on.

It turns out the surprise had been taking him to Ichiraku. The only reason Naruto wasn't inside the little booth munching on Ramen and saying Hi to the old Man and Ayame, he stood, mouth agape. Behind the small stand, there was now a huge cement building, at least as big as the academy building. From Two small chimneys arose small clouds of steam. "Happy Birthday Naruto!" exclaimed Sakura excitedly. Naruto stopped staring at the building and turned to Sakura, with a confused look on his face. "Wha? It's almost December, my Birthday is in October!" he said. Sakura giggled. "Yeah, I know! I missed three of your birthdays, so, I'm making it up to you! This one is for your 13th birthday." She explained. Naruto Smiled, and gave her a quick hug (he hadn't actually realized he had gone and hugged her, so he was a bit embarrassed.) "Th-thanks Sakura-chan!"

As soon as they walked into the small booth (still with only five seats,) the old man and Ayame went crazy. "Naruto-kun!" came Ayame's High-pitched voice, "You've grown so tall! You're so much more handsome now!" she said teasingly. Naruto (poor, poor, Naruto,) however, wasn't very good at determining whether people were joking or not. "Uh, uh, th-th-thanks, Ayame-chan." He said in a quiet, withdrawn voice. After they had quieted down, Ichiraku explained why the place had gotten so much bigger.

"Well, we are still pretty small here, but out of fire country, we're the best ramen stand, ever! I'm not sure how word spread so much, though… anyway; I built the cement building to house the forty kitchens that my trainees work in, so that I can send the ramen off to all the customers." Naruto could help but burst out into laughter. During the trip, when he visited any ramen shop, he would complain about how bad the ramen was. Usually the chef would dare him to prove it, upon which Naruto would pull, out of nowhere, a steaming hot bowl of Ichiraku ramen.

"So, Naruto, tell me about what you saw on your trip!" asked Sakura excitedly. Naruto grinned. "Do you want me to tell you everything? Cause that would take the entire night!" while he was expecting something along the lines of "are you serious? I just want to know the important stuff, I don't have time for everything else!" which wasn't really bad. But when she said "yup, every last detail." He seemed a little surprised. "Well, okay… where should I start…?"

It had been over four hours since he had started his monologue, and was still at the second year. "Yeah, so after that we went to this doctor guy. He gave me this special pack of cigs, except with some kind of special healing herb in it…" he said. Sakura looked a little puzzled. "Ok, but what's the point of calling it a cigarette if it doesn't have tobacco?" she asked. "Huh? Oh, well, I don't know what else to call it, really…" after a 5-second period of awkward silence was over, the story picked up. However, Naruto and Sakura were forced to leave the booth after and the old man fell asleep (Ichiraku had almost fallen in a large pot of boiling noodles,). Looking at her watch, Sakura gasped. "Oh my god! It's 3 am! I have to go Naruto, I have to be at the hospital at 7!" she said. She quickly sped off in the direction of her apartment. Naruto looked at her with a smile.

I think she likes you, kit.

"…you say that about any girl that looks my way…"

That's not true!

"What about that little twelve year old girl at the grocery store a couple months back?"

She was comin on to you, man!

"She nodded! She nodded, as in a way of greeting!"

There was something in that nod!

"Whatever, I'm tired, and I-"

But before Naruto could answer, he felt someone, a heavy someone, hurl themselves into him. He was knocked to the ground, and when he darted back up, he couldn't see anything. He quickly pulled out two kunai, ready to launch them into his opponent, when he suddenly was knocked over, by, seemingly, the same force.

Are you RETARDED! Can't you feel his energy?

"Obviously not, asshole!"

Naruto felt a few drops of rain hit his hand. It gradually began to rain harder, and harder, until almost all noise was drowned due to the rains sound. (For the sake of this story, rain storms can sporadically appear, like they do were I live.) He looked around, knowing that his enemy could be anywhere, even though he hadn't attacked. Then, he saw the creature. Or, more accurately, its outline, thanks to the rain. It was huge, twice as big as he was. He was shaped like a human, but had four arms.

Naruto quickly made four Kage bunshins, and sent them to take care of the monsters four arms. Naruto launched a kunai with an attached exploding tag into the creatures head. Naruto, surprised that the monster didn't make a sound, jumped out of the way of the explosion.

Ayame and Ichiraku ran over to Naruto's spot. "What the hell happened, Naruto-kun?" Ayame said in a worried voice. Naruto just looked at the now blackened (and slightly cratered,) spot of the explosion. "I'm not sure, exactly, but I have to tell Tsunade's." Then, before they knew it, he had disappeared in a yellow flash…

Little did Naruto know that this day would change his life…?

A/N: hey guys! Alright, glad you liked the chapter, (assuming you did,) sorry if you think that I didn't really go on long enough, but I don't really think it's a cliffhanger, at least. So, please, please, please, please, review! Did you know that people who don't review get breast/testicular cancer and then spontaneously combust? Learn more at