A/N: Well it seems I lied to you all: I said I'd have this up shortly after chapter 17, and yet here it is months later and it's finally up…sorry. I can say I've been busy with schoolwork and I have been but I've always been able to at least write the chapter during class when I was supposed to be listening to my teachers, so that's no excuse. All I can say is I'll try harder to update faster.
Live or Let Die"Nice to see you too, sensei. Him? Oh he's my…friend." He's the guy who found me in the forest after I fought this freaky bear-thing. What did Tsunade say the thing I fought was again, Loki? Oh his name's Loki by the way." Naruto knew he was rambling, but he couldn't seem to stop. Perhaps it was some misguided instinct he had that made him want to protect his father. He'd fully intended to tell Kakashi exactly who 'Loki' was, and by the slightly narrowed eyes looking slyly at him, the 4th had too.
"She said it was a minor bear demon with poisonous claws your enhanced immune system couldn't quite handle." Despite himself, Naruto felt proud of how quickly the 4th had taken up his lie. Whatever else could have been said pf him, the man was a good liar at least.
Naruto noted the minor narrowing of his sensei's visible eye and restrained a gulp with difficulty. An awkward silence swept over the room.
Kakashi knew that voice; he knew he did. It tugged and nagged at his mind telling him that this Loki was someone very important to him.
'But who do I know has blonde hair, a beard, freaky blue eyes and nose piercings?' Kakashi didn't like not knowing who this stranger, familiar as his favorite kunai, was, and he would find out who this familiar stranger was no matter what the consequences.
