*A/N: Surprise!? Well hopefully not so much sorry it not chap 6 but I shall updated when I'm not so tired revising xD Yes you heard correct! I had explain it on chap 1 but I had changed and added a few more details on the other chaps nothing big just spice things up a bit.

So.., I do hope you enjoyed the edited ver. ;D

Chapter 5

In my defense, I have never been to Konoha before in my fuck-tastic life, so it's only natural that I get lost easily.

So back on track, I'm in search of a job! Any kind of job will do, really. Just not ninja-related. Though in the real world, they wouldn't hire a kid, but look at it in my point of view; at the tender age of five- or so I've read- Kakashi had already graduated from the academy and continued his duty as a mini killing machine. I doubt the mentality of a kid is all that great.

That is why I'm sure I can persuade, or beg, a few people to hire me. Or so I thought...

"Please, Mister! I can do it! Really I can, and I can do it twice as fast!"

Though there might be an itty bitty, tiny bit of a miscalculation on my part.

Five minutes later

CRASH.

"YOU BRAT! YOU'RE FIRED! NEVER COME BACK UNLESS YOU PAY BACK THE PLATES YOU BROKE!"

He shouts at me as he carries me like a dog and throws me out. I wince, sheesh, you didn't have to make a scene. It's just a plate.

...

Alright, maybe more than a plate. But! I doubt it would make the guy go into bankruptcy.

...

Okay, so plates are crashing, customers are yelling, and there's water flying. Probably not a good start...

So helping at any food stall is a big no then. By nature, I'm not clumsy. Not really. It just went from 'hmm... Not so bad' to 'Oh mai god I'm horrible' when I've been dumped into this fictional hell.

I mourn the fact that I've been ignorant at how much luxury I used to have. I guess the saying of 'you won't know what you have until you lose it' is an ideal phrase for me. So, if you think someone's taking something for granted, just dump him or her into a fictional world... Did someone dump me here because of this?

I then try my luck at the library. The old lady at the counter said that I can help by sorting out the books, and I'd get paid at the end of the day.

But there's another slight flaw in this. Are you sensing a trend?

If you remember, I don't understand shit about Japanese, as I'm fully dependent on the miracle named subtitles.

But those subtitles have no use if they only show you dots. Lots of dots on every category of shelves. How the freaking hell am I going to sort these books properly?

In other words, I would need to learn Japanese! Go to school, do homework and stuff probably? I don't know how ninja school's system works here anyway, and I don't plan on finding out.

Or I can try teaching myself Japanese? But the fact that I'm too lazy to put any effort on doing this makes me quickly quit the job without even trying.

The sun is high, and I still didn't find a hint, or any sort of job. So I wander around aimlessly, and end up in front of the Academy. I can see the kids playing around, probably because it's lunchtime.

I see a flash of Ino Yamanaka's platinum blonde hair dragging a pink headed, meek looking girl, probably to find a lunch spot. But in my mind, I feel like the world enjoys messing with my head. Especially with the irrational fear I have with the Yamanakas.

I frown and instinctively hide behind a huge tree, but freeze as I feel my back bump into something that squeaks.

"S-sorry..."

'What part of I don't want to get involved with this world do you not understand?!' I scream to the god above, or any kind of deity who put me through this crap.

"It's okay." And I promptly run away and face-plant every few seconds, curse my uncoordinated legs! I curse with every possible words I can think of. As I recognize the soft-spoken, timid voice as Hyuuga Hinata.

I already planned that I'm not going to change anything, or involve myself with the incoming disaster in the making. I will stick with my plan, even if it kills me!

Well, okay, maybe not the part where it'll kill me. I'd like to stay alive, thank you very much.

I run while my annoyingly long bangs cover most of my vision, and I promptly bump into a blob of blonde.

"Hey! Don't you see where you're going?"

I blink and stare at the blob.

"Oh, Naruto. I'm sorry I didn't see you."

Literally.

"Eh? Oh! It's you... It's 'Kay! You apologized! Unlike some people..."

I hear him grumble the last part. I take a glance at the timid Hyuuga, and see her head poking out to peek at my interaction with Naruto.

I don't mind. Not really. But, ever heard of a domino effect? Yeah, changes are bound to happen, and it doesn't give a shit whether you like it or not. So, I don't feel the need to push Naruto and Hinata together early, no need to make changes that makes me uncertain whether I can handle the outcome.

'Sides, they will end up together in the end, anyway. What's wrong with just going along with the plot? Though I do feel slightly guilty at the timid girl, but I quickly and harshly brush the feelings away with the irrational thought of losing the only person I sort of consider a friend.

"Naruto, want to have lunch with me?"

I'm selfish and a bastard. And I know it by doing this.

He blinks at me and grins as he grabs my hands and babbles on about his first day.

As he talks about a few interesting kids he met; a boy who kept on saying 'troublesome' and sleeps through all the classes- but answers all the questions correctly so the teacher leaves him alone-, a cute pink "strange hair color" headed girl with her blonde hair friend, Ino something. They keep talking and whispering to each other, so the teacher got mad at them a lot. More so at the blonde girl. Then there's also a girl with weird eyes, "Everything is white!," she sits at the back and keeps fidgeting. There's also a boy who brought a puppy to school, though the teacher didn't scold him. Because of that, Naruto pouts and whines because he brought a kitten, but got thrown out.

And I had to ruin the moment by face-planting in the dirt.

...

"Pft, you were all smiley face and then went 'splat'!"

I twitch in annoyance.

"You brat! I didn't smile!" When did I smile?

"Yeah you did! And shut up, we're the same age! Don't call me a brat, emo bastard!"

I'm freaking twenty. My mind decides to respond. And I thought the emo bastard was Sasuke? I feel dread building up in my guts. Oh god, please don't tell me I changed something already! I shriek hysterically inside my head.

"Hey, what's wrong?"

"Eh?" Right, genius. Nice going.

"You just froze up! Come on! We can't slow down! If you don't walk fast enough we won't have enough time to buy lunch! And I wanted to show you my favorite place!"

Naruto started to half run and half drag me. "Ofph." A~nd, there you went splat again. Why am I not surprised? Naruto grumbles feeling annoyed then helps me up

...

What the fuck? Who turned on the lights? I feel my bangs being clipped to the side. I blink.

"There! Ne, you don't look so emo now! Actually, you look sort of normal."

I frown.

"I'm not emo, and what do you mean 'normal'?"

"I thought you were super duper ugly, or weird looking. So you'd keep your bangs long to cover up."

Actually, I didn't even notice that my hair had a random growth spurt. But, it does feel nice.

"Why's your face red? Are you sick?"

"No, nothing like that. It's just..."

"Your face looks even more red now."

"... Uh, where do you get this hair clip anyway?"

"Oh! It's urm... a secret."

I frown. "It might be important to you and I don't even know." He blinks and grins. "Don't worry it's just stuff that I was testing on something."

"Like an experiment? You know you shouldn't try doing anything that would get you in trouble."

I had a feeling from that mischief filled grin that it might be related to a prank.

"Yeah, like an experiment! And you know what, maybe I should change from calling you emo bastard to grumpy, or boring bastard."

I twitch.

"That's it! You brat, come here you!"

"Catch me if you can, grumpy!"

"Man, you're so slow! Come on, we're almost there."

My whole body aches, my lungs ache, my legs and muscles ache. Damn it! But even with these aches, I can't help but feel this persistent itch of fondness creepily growing by it's own accord, -I doubt I'd feel fondness over a short-term acquaintance- as I can see more clearly now, and I don't trip as frequently.

But my coordination still sucks, though. Trip.

"Haaa... Naruto, I'm not a ninja like you. I don't have as much stamina as you, Shortie!"

"Excuses, excuses! You're just sore cause you didn't catch me."

"Oh I'm sore alright..." I grumble.

"We're here! Hey, Teuchi-Jisan!"

I blink as I stare at the familiar looking Ramen bar. I had purposely avoided this stand for a reason.

"This is one of my favorite place..."

He says to me in a much more softer tone. His grin is slightly less forced, and now more genuine. I'm not ignorant to my surroundings. Not really. But I did feel the slight animosity aimed at Naruto while coming here.

As I continue to stare and ponder over his childhood flashback and scene in the manga -I guess that sealed the deal, eh?

"Hello Naruto-Kun, and who might this be?" The ramen chef asks in a pleasant and jovial tone.

"Oh, this is my friend."

Friend.. Hu..

"O-ohayo..."

"Ohayo, any friend of Naruto-kun is always welcome here. Since this is your first time here, I'll give you both discounts!"

"Yatta! This is great! Give me two Miso ramen and can you pack it up, Jisan? My friend here is sort of slow, and we're running out of time."

I twitch at the slow comment. It's not my fault my coordination sucks

"And what would you like?"

"One pork ramen, please."

"Alright! Coming right up!"

I glance at the blonde and notice he seems to glow with happiness. "What makes you so happy, Naruto?" He blinks and stares at me for a moment.

"It feels nice to have a friend."

The guilt of not pushing Hinata and Naruto to befriend each other comes crashing back tenfold. "You're not the only one," He tilts his head in question. "If you try hard enough, if you look hard enough, everyone is lonely and in need of friends, Naruto."

Though I may have not noticed, there's a slight glint in his eyes that showed that he had taken my advice to heart.

One thing I notice is that I'm incredibly weak and thin. Not that model-like attractive thin. More so to the point of unhealthy thin. I don't know what had happened, but my physical strength and stamina is practically non-existent.

Sure, I'm not a muscle fanatic, but some added meat is greatly appreciated. Besides, any sort of job needs strength. Even a minor one, like carrying stuff for one.

And all of this comes to mind as I drop almost dead near the huge tree and a lonely little wooden swing.

"Hehe, I'm first dattebyo!"

"Ha... Gi' me... Ha... A… Ha... Break..."

I say, wheezing. I'm burning more calories than adding it.

"Hehe, this is so fun! Makes me want to make more friends! Ne, ne what do you think?"

I blink and smile at Naruto's enthusiasm. "Troublesome." I mumble and he gasps.

"You! You talk like that 'troublesome' kid! Ah, hey, maybe I should try befriending him, he might feel 'troublesome', but if I try hard enough, maybe I can..."

"Of course you can, now lets eat."

He blinks and grins. "Maybe the puppy boy, too. And the pink headed girl and her friend and the weird eyed girl and-"

"-Hold it, Shortie. One at a time, alright?"

I say as I slurp the pork ramen. Damn, these are good. Let me just enjoy this supposedly fictional food. I'm hungry since yesterday! I'm surprised I haven't drop dead from hunger yet.

I guess the only thing that kept me going was my unrelenting thoughts of surviving.

The thoughts I actually have some sort of motivation makes me sounded like I'd had reform for the better -snort. Doubt it.

"I can do it, dattebyo! Believe it!"

Wait, what you're talking 'bout again? Oh, right!

"I don't doubt you, but you know there's an old saying; Plan ahead, but don't plan overhead, as it might damage things more than fixing it."

Listen to my wise word kid, I speak from experience.

He blinks. "What does it have to do with anything?"

Twitch

"Hm. Think of pouring water in a cup. The cup is you and it's empty and you need friends, meaning the water. You want to fill the cup, but if you rush it the cup will overflow, and you won't just be wasting water, but you will also make a mess. It can also be compared to making friends. If you make too many, and aren't careful enough, the friend you made may just end up making trouble for you while leaving you to clean up the mess."

He goes silent after my explanation for a moment, and continues eating.

"So, you wanted me to be careful on whom I befriend with?"

I nod.

"I'm sure you will find lots of great friends, Naruto."

"You think so?"

"I know so."

...

"Then I'll do my best, believe it."

We both went relatively silent and enjoy the lunch.

"Ne, Naruto, what do you think about traveling into another place -or world- aside from walking?" He blinks and I feel slightly silly for asking this.

"Like teleporting?"

I blink. "Yeah, something like that..."

"I don't know, but I bet Jiji knows it. Maybe it's some kind of jutsu!" I frown at the Jutsu bit. If it's a Jutsu, it's mandatory to be a ninja to get the information legally. Or I can try poking around for information that might get me thrown into T&I department. Both options sound unappealing.

I glance at Naruto and see him staring at me expectantly. "Well, just a thought, ne?"

"Do you want to go somewhere?"

"I..."

"Do you?"

"Well, yeah I do, but it's very far away and..." I wanted to go back. Even though this place offers an adventure of a lifetime, I still have a life back home. Did I? I didn't die at least... I don't think so.

"Uzumaki! What are you doing here?! Are you skipping classes?! And who's this?"

"Ah... I…"

"Oh so you're skipping with him, too? It's bad enough that it's the first day for both of you and you're skipping already? Come on, both of you."

The scarred, I assume, teacher starts to nag, grabbing both of our hands and starts dragging us to the Academy. He didn't even acknowledge your reasons as he continues babbling about rules and stuff.

"Ne."

I tilt my head and look at Naruto's oddly serious expression.

"It's your dream, right?"

"Uh... What?"

"To travel to that far away place."

I blink at him. Well, it's not really considered a dream, but it is my goal somewhat.

"Yeah, sort of..."

"Well make it happen. I believe you can do it, dattebyo." Even though the way Naruto said it was slightly childish, I still felt encouraged by the words because of how sincere it sounded.

"Are you both listening?!"

"Yeah..."

"Hai, Iruka-sensei!"

Wait, Iruka?...

Ah, shit. I don't want to go to the Academy!

A/N: Long Author note ahoy! Oh god this is the longest chapter I ever write and I even have to cut it half! what do you think of the interaction? I don't know how to write kids or more precise ninja in training kids but I tried and this story if you notice is very slow on building up big plot or moving on from this boring monologue and if you expecting my oc to have an epic adventures and make huge changes right away you might be very disappointed as I want it to be as realistic as I can write so it'll be very slow. I tried to speed it up but ended up feel rush.

Secondly information bout my oc, name is unknown, gender is also unknown (sad I know) but since I make this story on a whims I haven't thought much how to build em, but appearance is very slowly starting to build up as I write it. History aside from age is also unknown so romance is so very very far out of reach for it to grasp.

So those blunders and stutter from narrator-san is nothing to take note of aside its easily embarrassed from people whom show any sort of kind gesture. Such as saying thank you genuinely would make anyone feel embarrassed don't you?

But I'm very happy to have a review so thank you so much Darkdust27 (- and hello Summertimefun34 and I don't mind the rant Darkdust~ :D for reviewing ^.^ and thank you for those who favorites and follows I'm so happeh~

Edited 05/08/2015

Beta - Maple

*My fabs editor went sulking for a bit so this chapter might have more grammar issue than others xD especially the new ones I changed and added v