A/N: Hey guys. I'm really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, sorry!! I haven't updated in... forever! Like, since, 10-20-08, apparently. My computer decided to crash on me, and I lost everything. I guess it's my fault. It was a shitty computer, really old. Anyway, I bought a new one, this really pretty silver mac laptop, but whenever I try to log in, safari will fail, and everything will close out. I know, bullshit, right? So know I'm using my brother's computer. Since I lost everything, I have to type it all back up. And I had finished it too... And it was rather lovely. Unfortunately, throughout the past months, I've lost interest in Naruto (Uber-Gasp!!)... Here's how it went: My favorite Naruto couple was SasuNaru, (if you've read my profile, you should know that). Well, after a while, I began to watch House, and developed a new favorite couple... House/Wilson. From there, I ventured to read other slash. Then, one day, while watching the I'm Not Okay music video (MCR), I began to think... Thinking led me to searching... and searching led me to Frerard. And... Waycest. So here I was, drowning in MCR slash, and totally forgetting about my fanfic, now rotting on my computer as all interest dies away. Then, checking my emails (which I try to avoid doing ever since I set it up to send an email every time someone even commented on something on my Facebook... Because of that I receive like, 100+ emails a day), I saw an email that caught my eye: someone had review my story. My fanfiction. My fanfiction!! I had completely forgotten!! So, from there, I strained my brain to try and remember my wonderous ending that I had thought up many months ago. But to no avail. After hours of reading the story over and over, I gave up and resorted to thinking up a new ending, probably one much shorter, as, like I said, I had pretty much lost interest in Naruto (Another Uber-Gasp!!). And so here it is. It's not very good, and I apologize. Sorry for such a long note, and since I've missed so much time: Happy Halloween, Happy Thanksgiving, Merry Christmas, and happy any other holidays I've missed that you feel should have been mentioned, but I didn't. Oh, and Happy Birthday to me and everyone else who happened to have a birthday around the time I missed. I love you all.

There was always so much fog in the land of waves, that you could hardly see anything. The boat we had taken winded quietly though the water, only interrupted once by Naruto. Kakashi and Tazuna discussed who was after him, also why. While he explained, I pretended to pay attention, while really taking out my iPod and listening to Ladies And Gentlemen by Saliva. We arrived at the pier and followed Tazuna, and I danced along to my music, not really thinking about all the dangers we were to face those days to come. That was when we met Zabuza. I glanced around, and suddenly a sword, similar to my own, though much larger, came swooping above our heads. I spied a ninja, an evil look in his eye. Kakashi opened his mouth to speak, leaving Team 7 and the bridge builder shocked. "Well, well…" Kakashi began, "Isn't it Momochi Zabuza, rogue ninja from the Village Hidden in the Mist." Naruto began to run up to the jounin, ready to fight and show that he was better than Sasuke, but Kakashi stopped him, and, after pushing the genin back, he placed his hand on his headband that was covering his left eye. I grinned, knowing he was about to reveal the Sharingan. Kakashi glared at the ninja, and ordered Team 7 to Manji formation: protect the bridge builder. We followed orders and brandished our weapons, concealing our fear behind a mask of courage. Kakashi then revealed the Sharingan eye, and I squealed like a fangirl.

"Woot, woot!! Go Kakashi-sensei!! You rock!!" I exclaimed, doing my cool little happy dance again, then explaining to Naruto what Sharingan was.

Zabuza then created water clones, and performed the Hidden Mist Jutsu. I adjusted in my iPod, knowing that the rest of Team 7 could take care of this. Though I still heard Zabuza speaking: "Larynx, spine, lungs, liver, jugular, artery, kidney, heart. Now, which one shall be my kill point?"

It crept me out, and suddenly Zabuza was behind us, and I let out a loud shriek. Kakashi pushed us away and Kakashi stabbed Zabuza, which turned out to be a water clone. The real Zabuza attacked Kakashi, and he turned to water as well. I cheered as Kakashi appeared behind Zabuza and held a kunai up to the rouge ninja's neck. "Don't move." Kakashi said boldly. "Now it's over."

Suddenly another Zabuza appeared behind him and Naruto yelled out, "Hey, that one's a clone too!!"

Zabuza kicked Kakashi, sending him flying into the water, and I ceased my cheering, and started booing at Zabuza. Naruto joined in. Kakashi realized he was trapped when he noticed how heavy the water was, and Zabuza appeared beside him, standing on the water. "Fool!!" Zabuza exclaimed, and did a couple hand signs, "Water Prison Jutsu!!" Kakashi's eyes widened, and water formed around him into a sphere. Zabuza merely chuckled evilly. "This prison is stronger than steel. I'll take care of you later, but first… the genin."

A water clone Zabuza appeared about two yards away from Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, the bridge builder, and I, and gave his famous 'You can't call squirts like you ninja' speech. I rolled my eyes, until he kicked Naruto, sending him and his headband flying in different directions. "Naruto-kun!!" I exclaimed, and ran over to him. "Are you okay?" I asked. Naruto nodded, wiping a dribble of blood from the corner of his mouth.

"You three!! Listen!! Get the bridge builder and run!!" Kakashi exclaimed from the clutches of the water sphere, "He's using all of his power to keep me in this prison, so he has to use Water Clones to go after you. But the clones can't go far from the body, so if you run far enough he won't be able to chase you!! Now go!!" he ordered, but we refused.

"We've got to do it!!" Sasuke exclaimed, and ran towards Zabuza, throwing as many shuriken as he could. Zabuza blocked them with on stroke of his sword, and caught an attacking Sasuke by the neck, then heaving him back to us. We gasped, and Naruto groaned, staring at his injured hand, remembering his oath of pain, then got up, stumbling, but fell back down. I rushed over and caught him in my arms, though I also fell down. Tears appeared in my eyes, filling up to the brim. I gave him a hug, and whispered something in his ear. "Go get him. I know you can, Naruto-kun." He nodded and got up, running towards Zabuza, despite all the cries from the others telling him to stop. He got tossed back at once, but stood up, gripping something in his hand. It was his headband, Zabuza had taken it during his speech, and I smiled proudly as he put it back on. Sakura yelled at him, but I stood silent, knowing that he truly was a ninja, not just some prankster. Naruto suddenly spoke up.

"Hey, freak with no eyebrows. Record this in your Bingo Book: The ninja that will become Hokage of the Village Hidden in the Leaves never backs down. His name's Uzumaki Naruto." He said boldly. "Hey Sasuke, listen up. I have a plan." He paused, then continued, "Okay guys, let's go wild!!"

Kakashi yelled at him, but they didn't listen, for the bridge builder agreed that they could go save Kakashi-sensei. Zabuza chuckled evilly and talked about the graduation exam. Suddenly he came towards Sasuke, and Sasuke fell to the ground, Zabuza's foot holding him down. Naruto created Shadow clones. "Stop right there!!" he yelled. I cheered. Sasuke struggles to get free before the clones piled under him, and the clones were then thrown off. Naruto hurled a Windmill Shuriken to Sasuke, who caught it and spun around, then hurled it to the real Zabuza. The jounin caught it, but there was another one, and both hands full. So he jumped over it. But the shuriken transformed into Naruto, and Naruto threw a kunai at Zabuza with a yell. The only thing Zabuza could do was to release his other arm from the water prison, freeing Kakashi-sensei. I cheered, and Naruto explained what Sasuke and he did.

Then it was Kakashi-sensei's turn to fight. While he did, since Naruto and I had already seen these episodes, I taught him a song.

"Okay," I began, "It goes like this..." and then I began to sing [very loudly, mind you], "MY BOLOGNA HAS A FIRST NAME; IT'S O-S-C-A-R!! MY BOLOGNA HAS A SECOND NAME; IT'S M-A-Y-E-R!! I LOVE TO EAT IT EVERY DAY AND IF YOU ASK ME WHY I'LL SAY... IT'S CUS OSCAR MAYER HAS A WAY WITH B-O-L-O-G-N-A!!!"

Konoha... It was amazing. This had been my best two months and one week of my life. Thinking that, I suddenly froze up. Sixty-seven days... that was about how long it had been since Mayonnaise Girl had announced when I was going home... And today was that day... I had reached my limit. I turned to him. "Um... Naruto-kun... I... um... goodbye..."

He looked at me and cocked his head like a puppy, confused. "What? What do you mean?" he asked, "You're leaving?"

I nodded. "I'm so sorry, Naruto-kun." I said and collapsed into his arms, hugging him tightly. Part of me didn't want to go, to leave Naruto-kun, to leave all my friends. "But, can I ask you a question?" He nodded, "When's you're birthday?" I asked.

He chuckled a little, probably wondering why I would ask a silly question like that. But he answered anyway. "January 22nd." He told me. I nodded. [By the way, I just made up that up. I don't know his B-day...] "And you?"

"February 1st." I replied, smiling as I realized that we were both under Aquarius in the zodiac, as I remained wrapped up in his arms. He smelled of ramen, and I inhaled the aroma in deeply. "Naruto-kun, can you promise me something?" I asked him, not waiting for an answer. "Never forget me, Mr. 'cus if you do, I'll be pissed. Oh, and say goodbye to everybody for me. Even that baka of a genin, Sasuke." I told him, and couldn't help but giggle. "Be strong. You'll be Hokage. I know it."

"Is that another thing you learned from watching the TV show?" he asked, and I shook my head.

"No, I just know it this time. 'Cus no matter what anyone says, you're an awesome ninja. Believe it!" I told him, and kissed him lightly on the cheek, causing us both to blush. He returned the gesture. But that wasn't enough. I lifted my head up to catch his deep blue eyes, and pressed my lips firmly onto his, needful, passionately. He kissed back just as strong. We released after a while and took a breath, then I collapsed into his warm, comforting arms.

"Thanks Nikki-chan. Without you, I might not have made it this far. You're awesome. I don't see how you do it. You don't even care that I have the Nine-Tailed Fox inside of me. That means a lot. Thanks." But before I had time to respond, Mayonaka Hina, a.k.a. Mayonnaise Girl, began the countdown.

5... 4... 3... 2... 1...

And in that last moment, I smiled. I would miss that number-one hyperactive knuckle-headed ninja, and for some reason, I knew he would miss me.

The wind came again and whisked me away, changing me back to how I once was. I reached over to Naruto, who was sitting, frozen, on the ground. I glanced at Sasuke and Sakura, who were watching a frozen Kakashi-sensei battle Zabuza. I walked over to Naruto-kun and whispered something in his ear. "I love you."

And it was true, I thought as I was whisked away to my own world, I did love him. At first I didn't know exactly. But that kiss earlier had confirmed it. I had fallen in love with Uzumaki Naruto.

And as I pondered this, the darkness overwhelmed me, and I blacked out.

I awoke a moment later, feeling dizzy and confused. I was clothed in a black Evanescence T-shirt and a pair of destroyed jeans. They stank of body odor. What had happened to me? Where was I? Everything that had happened in that last couple of month was a blur. I didn't remember any of it...

I glanced around, brushing my black hair out of my face. Wait, had my hair always been black? I was beside a dumpster, and it stank. Wrinkling my nose, I staggered to get up. I recognized this place. It was the alley by my house! Wait, what did my house look like? I couldn't remember... I groaned. What was my name? How old was I? Nikki. 14. Okay, I remembered that. When was my birthday? February 2nd. Good. Where did I live? 6302 River High Avenue. Okay...

I stood up and looked around. Okay, there was the Publix that I always went to go get ice cream when I was depressed [Raspberry Sherbet if you want to know]. And I remembered that my house was around there. I wandered around. God, my head hurt. Suddenly I heard someone's voice. Someone's familiar voice. It made me jump.

"God, I miss Nikki so much. Her and her weird sayings. Holy fudge monkeys, holy dancing Dutch eggplants, holy Coca Cola chickens, they always made me laugh."

I turned and spied a pale-skinned girl with blonde hair and grey eyes, looking up at the sky as she licked a melting grape popsicle. A boy was walking beside her, eating a strawberry popsicle. The boy nodded. "Yeah... I mean, just disappearing like that... it's kind of weird. She never seemed like that kind of person, to just leave her mom like that. And now her mom's in the hospital. How could she take off and leave her mom to suffer in that sort of state? But I guess you never really know someone until it's too late..."

"Jason!! How can you say something like that? It's so untrue!!! You should know Nikki better than that!! Nikki would never leave her mother like that!!" Kit scolded him.

I recognized them. It was Jason and Kit. I jumped up. How could he say that about me? That I would do that on purpose! I would never have left if I knew that that would happen to my mother. I would never hurt her purposely. Never!!! I ran over to that idiot that spoke those stinging words. I had only one impulse: to punch that guy all the way to next year. They turned to see me running up to them. Kit dropped her popsicle in surprise. Jason just stared as I slapped him on the cheek. "You idiot!!" I cried, "If I knew my mother was in the hospital I would still be here!! How could you say that? I thought better of you!! I missed you so much while I was gone, and now that I'm back you repay me with this? I hate you!! I hate you!!" I yelled as all my hatred leaked out. I then turned to Kit. "Thanks. That meant a lot, what you just said."

Kit was shocked. "Nikki...? Oh my god!! It's really you!!" she cried, "God, I can't believe you're back! I was so worried!!" she exclaimed as she gave me a huge friendly hug. I hugged her back, tears of joy falling down my face.

"God, I missed you so much... I wondered if I would ever see you again!!" I exclaimed. "I'm kinda glad I'm back. You don't know how crazy it was where I went." I said and laughed.

"Where were you anyway?" Kit asked, "I mean, you've been missing for almost three months now. We've all been so worried."

I frowned. Where had I been? It was all such a blur; I couldn't remember anything... "I was... um... I was..." Oh god, I couldn't remember anything... I glanced up at her, my bottom lip trembling, "I don't know."

Kit frowned and asked me all the questions that I had asked myself when I arrived. I answered them all correctly. "So... you can remember all that but you can't remember where you've been for the last three months?" she asked. I nodded. "Well then... I don't know what's wrong. Maybe you need to go to the hospital or something..." her voice trailed off.

Jason stood there and I shot a glare at him for no real reason. Of course, he had just insulted me in probably the worst way possible, so of course I wasn't going to get over it just like that. "What are you still doing here?" I snapped, "Go away you retard! You know what? You're the worst boyfriend in the world! Dude, we're over."

Jason nodded [HE NODDED!! AFTER I HAD JUST BROKEN UP WITH HIM!! WHAT AN IDIOT!!!] and scurried off like a puppy, his tail tucked between his legs. Shaking my head, I sighed. I never knew I could be so intimidating. I turned back to Kit. "Speaking of hospitals... What hospital is my mother in? Why is she there?"

"Lake View. But what's causing her sickness, the doctors don't know. Some kind of infection, they say. She's having trouble deciding things for herself, simple things like if she wants water or juice. They say that she'll get better though, so..." Kit's voice trailed off.

I smiled. "Well, that's good. Lake View, I mean. It's right down the street." Kit nodded. I glanced around. "Where is it?"

Kit sighed. I was probably worrying the fudge outta her. "It's down this way, follow me."

We walked down the road a bit, passing Publix, Block Busters, Papa Johns, and a magazine store. Something caught my eye. "Kit, hold on!!" She was about four feet in front of me. She paused and turned around to see what I was holding. The cover had a blonde-haired blue-eyed ninja on the cover. The title read Shonen Jump. "Kit... who is this?"

The way she looked at me, I could tell she knew something was wrong with me. She took the magazine slowly from my hands. They trembled. "Nikki, this is Naruto. You know, from your favorite show in the world." I shook my head. I didn't remember. Kit bit her bottom lip. "Forget about seeing your mom. You need to go to the hospital yourself. You might have something like your mom has." She told me. I nodded. My god, I can't believe I couldn't remember anything. It felt awful. Suddenly a voice popped into my head, and it wasn't the normal one.

Thanks Nikki-chan. Without you, I might not have made it this far. You're awesome. I don't see how you do it. You don't even care that I have the Nine-Tailed Fox inside of me. That means a lot. Thanks.

Nikki... chan? What? Who had said that? The voice sounded familiar. But I couldn't figure out whose it was. I groaned and shook it off. Maybe I hadn't gotten enough sleep last night. Wait, when was the last time I had gotten any sleep? I couldn't remember!! I was on the verge of ripping my hair out, it was so stressful. But it was also frightening. I didn't know what had happened in the last three months. By all I know I could have been abducted by a team of crazy alien scientists, or kidnapped by a psycho killer or something and luckily got away, not before banging my head on the door causing me to forget everything that had happened while I was kidnapped. Thinking about all that freaked me out even more. Who knows, it could happen!

We arrived at the hospital five minutes later, and I explained to the man up front what was going on. He just rolled his eyes and told me to sit and wait. There are two waiting rooms in the hospital. The one for the contagious and the one for the non-contagious [you know, for people who broke a leg or something]. He put me in non-contagious!! I'm sick I tell you!! I mean, what if what I had was contagious? But whatever. I rolled my eyes and took a seat next to a girl with a hole in her head. No seriously, there was a hole the size of a quarter right in the middle of her forehead. She caught me staring and stuck out her tongue. I returned the gesture. There was a baby screaming in the corner and a girl coughing loudly and constantly across from me.

Peter Pan was playing on the little TV, so I turned my attention to that. I had always loved Peter Pan, along with tons of other Disney movies. But of course, with all the noise, I couldn't hear it... L Thank god for close captioning!! Finally, when, in the movie, Peter Pan was battling Captain Hook in order to save Wendy and the Lost Boys, my name was called. The doctor's name was something along the lines of Yashen Bugado Heleumia James, according to her nametag. She looked Indian, perhaps, with almost clay-colored skin and soft brown eyes. She smiled sweetly and led me to my room, where I had to fill out paperwork and stuff. Then she left for a bit, and I turned on the TV to see the rest of Peter Pan.

As soon as the credits were over, the women came back in and told me that she was going to give me something that should help me or something. I wasn't really listening, more just sitting and thinking about how I couldn't remember the last few months. Suddenly she brought out my worst enemy... I let out a squeak, forcing back a loud, really loud, scream. It was a needle. I jumped up from the bed and, as she was fiddling with that darned thing, I made a run for it. Kit met me in the waiting room, and before she had time to ask, I grabbed her hand and made a run for the closest exit. But then I remembered that I wanted to see my mother, to show her that I was okay and that I didn't mean to leave her. So I turned the other way, still dragging Kit, up to the front desk.

"Yo, I was wondering what room Michaela Alice Samson is staying in." I said, stating my mother's whole name. The man at the front desk glanced up for a moment then began to type on the keyboard. Maybe he didn't hear me. I repeated the question. He glanced up again.

"I heard you the first time. Room 837." He told me, "Turn right, then left, then keep going straight." I thanked him and dragged Kit down the hall. I found it quickly, luckily. Really I had totally forgotten the man's directions, so I was just guessing. I'm awesome at guessing sometimes!!

Catching my breath, I paused at the door. I guess I was scared to go in. I mean, what if she's mad at me and doesn't want to see me at all. I kinda deserved it... I took a deep relaxing breath and stepped in. A woman with wavy brown hair and blue eyes lay in a bed covered with machines that were making all kinds of annoying noises. The woman was pale, almost paper-white. She had dark blue circles under her eyes and seemed so frail and sickly. I approached with caution. "Mom...? Mom? Are you... are you awake? Can you hear me?" I reached out a hand to touch her, when someone stopped me. It was that nurse with the long funny name. [Yeah, like you REALLY expect me to remember that whole thing!! Ha!] I shot her an innocent smile, "Hello, nice lady! What brings you to this hospital room?"

She smirked, obviously aggravated with me, "So sorry little girl, but that's not going to work. This room is off limits." She gestured to a sign that hung from the door that I hadn't really taken any notice to when I had entered the room. "No visitors allowed."

I frowned. "Yo, lady! Do you have any idea who I am?" I demanded, placing my hands on my hips and tossing my weight to one side. When she didn't respond, just smirked at me rudely, I continued, "I'm Nikki Samson! I'm her daughter! And I've been missing for three months, therefore I should be able to see my mother."

The nurse rolled her eyes and glanced at her watch. "You've got two minutes. Hurry up." I smiled and thanked her. She rolled her eyes again.

She left and closed the door behind her, but I could tell that she would peek in every couple of seconds, probably to make sure that I wasn't trying to kill her or something. I stuck my tongue out at her, and then turned back to my mother. She looked so frail... so sick... so near death. It almost scared me to look at her. Suddenly a loud beeping noise interrupted my train of thought. Kit and I let out a shriek as nurses and doctors rushed in, pushing me out of the way.

A/N: Well, is it just me or was that like... really long?? I'm not done yet!! There's one more chapter, 2 if I decide to split it up, cus it seems rather long as well... Whatever, I hope you enjoy it, cus right now, I don't. I just wish I could remember my wonderous ending that I had (and I think I'm spelling wonderous wrong... or is it even a word?? .") Reviews... I like reviews... and if you review, I'll give you Naruto-shaped cookies. Of course, I should give you cookies anyway, as an apology... So... Here's some cookies!! -throws cookies into the air- Or, if you don't like sweets... Celery!! -throws celery in the air- Yay!