Guardian Angel

"Speech"

'Thought'

"Summon/Bijuu/Inner Speech"

'Summon/Bijuu/inner thought'

A/N: Ok, so I have been gone for a VERY long time… Sorry. Just been an… interesting year. Good, bad, and overall chaotic… Take it from me, just because you're a senior does not mean you'll have the time of your life… Anyway! Gotta get writing! Let's go!

"So, he took a soul huh?" Goza asked, his usual grin gone and a somber look on his face. Echo didn't answer him right away, and instead focused on the noise that was the troupe, finally heading home after the festival. Goza and Echo were seated on the lead carriage, the sky darkening above them.

"Yes," Echo finally whispered.

Goza glanced at his friend, taking in the man's thoughtful and rather depressing aura. He sighed and said, "You don't have to look so sad about it, I mean, it was bound to happen sooner or later, right?"

Echo only shook his head, "I wouldn't expect you to understand Goza," he replied.

The goblin snorted at that, "Oh? And what exactly is that supposed to mean slug jockey? That I'm stupid or ignorant?"

Echo smirked as he replied, "A bit of both," the smirk vanished, "But I mean, Naruto has officially taken a soul, and at the moment, that soul has yet to be…" Echo paused, searching for the correct word to use, "Processed," he finished.

"Processed?" Goza asked.

"Souls are powerful things Goza, and they must be 'processed'" Echo explained, using air quotes when he said processed, "Before they can enter into the afterlife,"

"And how exactly does a reaper 'process' a soul?" Goza asked curiously.

"By removing the excess energy," Echo answered, "You see, there is a difference between the souls of the living and the dead," he explained, "A living soul is saturated with all kinds of energies, mostly physical and natural, but because of that it is tethered to this realm of existence, the realm of the living," Echo made a flame appear in his hand, a blue thing thrumming with life, "In order for it to pass, the excess energy must be removed," Echo explained as he used his other hand and seemed to absorb some of the flame's energy, causing it to dim and shrink.

"Huh, so Naruto hasn't removed the excess then?" Goza asked, "Wait, how does a reaper remove excess energy?"

"First off, removing energy from a spirit isn't exclusively reaper," Echo explained with a frown, "Second, there are many ways to do it," he started ticking off ways on his fingers as he explained, "You can eat it and absorb the excess for yourself, store it inside a weapon forged from Aes Damnatis or crystal, or you could even just dispel it, heck, you can even use it for rituals and spells if you wanted,"

"Ah I see," Goza nodded, "You're afraid that if he eats it, the excess will be absorbed by the Kyuubi,"

"Exactly," Echo answered, "I don't trust her,"

"Why?" Goza asked. The demon didn't understand Echo's distrust of Kyuubi. He thought maybe it was because she was extremely dangerous or that maybe it was because she was Kitsune? The goblin almost felt like laughing at himself as he thought that. Echo trusted beings far more powerful and tricky than Kyuubi! Beings that had existed long before the nine-tailed fox.

Echo didn't answer. Instead he merely clutched at his red jacket with a pained look.

Seeing as he wasn't going to get anymore information, Goza gave a snort before spurning his oxen on, determined to get as close to Konoha as possible before they had to stop and make camp.

With Naruto

While Goza and Echo talked at the head of the convoy, Naruto had hidden himself inside the hay cart, creating hollow room for himself. He sat alone in the dark, the only light coming from the glowing soul resting in his hand. He was lost in thought, just marveling at it.

"This is so weird," Naruto whispered to himself.

"Whats so weird?"

Naruto gave a cry of surprise as he whipped around, the soul now behind him as he faced the only person he actually trusted more than the old Hokage back in Konoha.

"Heya Whiskers!" Kiki greeted happily as she crawled into the hollow, "Why are you hiding in here?"

Naruto didn't answer and instead just presented the soul to the curious redhead. Kikioko only stared in amazement at the white orb, her visible blue eye sparkling with wonder.

"Is that…?" she asked.

Naruto nodded.

"Whose?" Kiki asked.

"Khan's" was the simple reply.

The two sat in silence for a minute or so, enchanted by the soul that floated between them. It was just so captivating, so supernaturally beautiful! No one would have ever guessed that it belonged to a murderous bandit; that this white light had been the thing fueling a bloodthirsty bandit king. Naruto had expected it to be black, like when Fredrick had extracted the soul of that council member. He had expected some form of taint, but it just wasn't there.

"So what are you going to do with it?" Kiki asked, breaking the silence.

Naruto shrugged, not looking up as he continued to stare at the soul, "I dunno, I know I'm supposed to reap it by eating it or slicing it or something, but it just feels… weird, kind of wrong you know?"

Kiki frowned at that, unsure of her friend's words, "I don't think I do Whiskers," she confessed.

"Welll," Naruto scratched the back of his head, "It's hard to explain… I mean, yeah I was trained to be a reaper and stuff, but I'm not, I'm a shinobi,"

"Shinobi are expected to take lives though," Kiki stated.

"Yeah, but we don't deal with this stuff after we kill!" Naruto exclaimed, "We're supposed to let the gods or whatever take care of souls, but here I am with one and I don't feel like I have the right to do anything with it," he sighed.

"Oh Naruto-kun, you're being silly," Kyuubi told her container, "Just because other shinobi can't capture souls doesn't man you have to feel bad or guilty! In fact, you should feel privileged! No one else in the world can do what you can and you have every right in the world to devour that delicious soul," she praised.

"Well I say you should just keep it then," Kiki answered, stopping Naruto from replying to his tenant, "I mean, souls are pretty useful things, least, that's what Damian and Tetsol say,"

"How the heck do you keep a soul?" Naruto asked in confusion. Sure he knew there were ways to store a soul temporarily, like in his prayer beads, but as far as he knew, there wasn't any real way to keep a soul. He was told that eventually they'd dissipate, gone to who knows where.

"By putting it into a crystal," Kiki answered simply. Reaching into her pocket, the girl withdrew a small, silver crystal, "Watch this," she grinned.

Before Naruto could stop her, Kiki touched the crystal to the soul. In complete shock and fascination, Naruto watched as the soul was absorbed into the crystal. In all reality, the process took no more than a moment, but to Naruto, it took a little longer. He watched, as the crystal seemed to suck the soul into it without a problem, as if it were a vacuum! When it was done, the crystal now glowed with the soul's light, amplified and enhanced by the pristine confines of its prison.

"Whoa," Naruto breathed. Kiki cupped the crystal between her hands, a small smile on her face as she stared at it.

"Back before Goza took me in, I remember this cave back home that was hidden in the gardens and it was filled with crystals like these," Kiki whispered, more to her self than Naruto, lost in the nostalgia of her memories, "It was beautiful, all those different lights and crystals!"

"It must have been amazing," Naruto said quietly, staring at Kik's face bathed in the ephemeral light of the crystal.

Kiki nodded, looking up to speak again but stopped when she caught the startling blue eyes of her teammate. She was entranced by the glow of those eyes, eyes that reflected the crystal's light.

Naruto was much the same.

Time seemed to stop for the two of them. They were lost, lost in the sea of entrancing blue that was each other's eyes. There was nothing else, no sound, no people, no missions, not even the hay. It was only them, hidden away from the prying eyes of the rest of the world.

They stared at each other.

Lost in each other's eyes.

So big, so blue, so… close?

Kiki's gaze flicked down, and her heart skipped a beat. They were mere centimeters from each other! She could feel his warm breath on her face.

She shuddered, wondering if he'd noticed as well. She looked back to his eyes and found that he had.

'He's not backing away' she thought 'Does that mean-?'

Unfortunately for Kiki, fate decided to intervene just then. Two hands burst through the hay and grabbed both teens by their respective collars before yanking them out of the straw.

"Now, now, you'll have plenty of time for this after we get back to the village," Kakashi said in amusement as he set the two down.

"We're not like that!" they retorted, both sporting furious red blushes and refusing to meet each other's eyes.

Their sensei merely chuckled, "Right, of course you're not," he replied with a roll of his eyes, "Now, Kiki, go get some rest, we're stopping for the night, and Naruto, Echo needs to talk to you before you turn in,"

The two nodded before quickly leaving, unwilling to stand in front of their sensei any longer, both far too embarrassed. Kakashi just laughed as they walked off before he too left, intent on finding his two other students.

"Jeez, stupid Kakashi sensei, ruining a moment like that," Naruto mumbled.

"I'm glad it happened," Kyuubi spoke up haughtily, "That girl should mind her own business, especially when it comes to things she knows nothing about,"

"Well, Kiki was just helping out, besides, now we don't have to worry about that soul anymore! It's safe in that crystal," Naruto assured.

"She still shouldn't be poking her nose in your business, Naru-kun," Kyuubi sniffed, "And you should stop her before she gets hurt,"

Naruto grimaced, "About that… are you sure? I mean, Kiki's strong, and so is Echo-sensei,"

"Glad you think so,"

"Gah!" Naruto jumped in surprise. The boy had been so caught up in his conversation with Kyuubi that he didn't notice that he had walked right into Echo's tent, "Ack! Echo-sensei!"

Echo waved his hand in an uncaring motion, "Eh, don't worry about it, I talk to myself all the time," he waved off, "Good way to pass the time, and a good way to work out ideas too,"

"Uh.." Naruto chose not to respond to that. He'd rather Echo didn't know that he'd been talking to Kyuubi. Despite how funny it may seem, being hit with a shovel hurt like no other. Besides, he'd just learned his sensei might be a little deranged...

"Now, enough of the chit chat, I asked you here to discuss something important," Echo stated, his face growing serious, "I need to talk to you about Khan's soul,"

Naruto stiffened at that.

Echo stared at him then sighed, noticing how uncomfortable the boy was, "Huh, talk about your déjà vu," he muttered to himself.

Naruto blinked in surprise, "Wha..?"

"I mean you're reacting a lot like I did when I first took a soul, but right now, we're here to talk about you, not me" Echo declared.

"Eh? What about me?" Naruto demanded.

"What did you do with Khan's soul?" Echo asked coolly, his entire demeanor calm and collected. Something that always put Naruto on edge.

"Well," Naruto started wondering if he should tell him or not, "It's… safe, if that's what you mean," Naruto answered finally.

"Safe?" Echo questioned, a single eye visibly glaring at Naruto from underneath Echo's bangs, "Safe can mean a lot of things Naruto,"

"Look, it's dealt with, what's the big deal Echo?" Naruto complained. The blond really didn't want to discuss this with his mentor.

Echo shot to his feet, an angry look on his face. He opened his mouth wide, ready to scold his student severely, but he stopped. Snapping his mouth closed with an audible 'click' the man brought a hand to his eyes and inhaled deeply through his nose. Releasing a calming breath, Echo spoke again, hand still over his eyes, "Naruto, I need you to tell me what exactly you did with Khan's soul,"

"Why?" Naruto asked, curious. He had expected his sensei to yell, as he usually did when he was frustrated or angry. It was the first time he'd actually seen him try to calm himself.

"Because I want to help you," Echo answered, removing his hand to make eye contact with his student, "I realize I can be an ass, and I apologize for that, but Naruto, you must try understand just how delicate a matter this is," he paused, "A soul isn't something to be played with, it's a living thing, the very foundation of life and a power not to be trifled with,"

Naruto stared at Echo, eyes never leaving his and trying to understand just what Echo was trying to say, "Ok…" Naruto said slowly, "Well… What if I said that I put Khan's soul into a crystal?" Naruto ventured.

Eccho's brow furrowed in confusion, "A crystal? You put Khan's soul into a crystal?" he asked.

"Well, I didn't exactly do it, Kiki did," Naruto confessed, "She said that it would preserve it,"

Echo's face gained a thoughtful look, and Naruto watched as his sensei mused to himself. Naruto was almost sure he could hear his sensei talking to a mental projection of himself… He wondered if he looked like that when he talked with Kyuubi…

"And you let Kiki do this because…?" Echo asked finally.

Naruto looked down, embarrassed to look his sensei in the face, "Because… I… just couldn't do it," he finally confessed, refusing to look up, "I mean, I know I'm supposed to eat it, or collect it with my scythe, but I just can't!"

Echo stared at his student, taking in the downcast look and hunched shoulders. 'He couldn't do it' Echo thought to himself. A wave of memories hit Echo and he couldn't help the bitter smile that came to his face, 'So very different' he thought 'Yet so much alike'

Meanwhile Naruto had braced himself for a scolding. He was waiting for the disappointed words to come dripping out of Echo's mouth like venom from a viper's fang. He heard Echo move towards him and he prepared.

"I'm proud of you," Echo stated as he laid a hand on Naruto's shoulder. Surprised Naruto looked up and beheld a smiling Echo, which was pretty rare, and even more rare because it was a genuine smile, "You did the right thing,"

"Eh?! B-But I-" Naruto stammered, he'd failed to do what a reaper does! That made him a failure! He should be getting lectured, or told to man up or something like that! He didn't expect praise!

"Naruto, you're human," Echo cut the boy off, "If you had just eaten that soul right off the bat, I would have been concerned, less if you had used your scythe, but still concerned," Echo paused, "It's not easy for mortals to take other people's souls, at least, it isn't easy for a good man to take another's soul, a good man hesitates on what to do with one, even if he didn't hesitate to take it,"

"Eh?" Naruto said, completely lost.

Echo shrugged, "It's fine boy, just keep that crystal in a safe place and I'll show you some ways to send it off properly," he turned around, "You can go grab some sleep now boy, you've earned it,"

Naruto stared at his sensei a moment before slowly nodding and leaving. 'What the hell just happened?' Naruto thought, replaying the events in his head. There was him coming in, Echo asked about the soul, Naruto complained, Echo got mad, then Naruto confessed he just couldn't reap the soul and Echo… praised him?

Naruto grinned all the way back to his tent as he remembered Echo's words of praise. Jumping into his sleeping bag, Naruto had one last thought before entering blissful sleep.

'Sure is nice to be praised though' and with that, Naruto fell into a peaceful, dreamless sleep.

Meanwhile though, while Naruto slept without a care in the world, his best friend, Kikiok Atezuiryo, was tossing and turning in her bag; trapped in a dream that teetered on the edge of a nightmare.

She stood alone in blackness, the entire world around her nothing but a void. No sound could be heard besides her own voice that echoed when she called. No light pierced through, yet she could see just fine. Kiki didn't know where she was or how she got there, but it was a very empty place.

Except it wasn't empty.

Someone was there.

"Hee, so you're the one?" whispered a voice, full of glee and excitement. Kiki looked around, searching for the source of the whisper that echoed around her.

"Hello? Who's there?" she called.

"Won't be long now," giggled the voice, ignoring Kiki's call, "Oh boy, I can't wait!"

Kiki shivered. That voice was creepy. It wasn't evil, she knew that, but it wasn't good either. It was… different. That's the only way she could describe it.

Not good.

Not bad.

Different…

"Oh, time's up girl, but we'll meet soon!" said the voice.

With a start Kiki woke up, one hand clutching at her chest while the other held her up. She panted slightly, a light sheen of sweat coating her face.

"Oi! Get up people! We're heading back to Konoha on the double!" Goza's voice rang out, diverting Kiki's attention from her strange dream. She was slowly forgetting it though… except for that laugh.

That's something she'd never forget.

Konoha, Mission room

"Well, it seems your team has had quite the adventure," Hiruzen stated in amusement.

Team 7 had arrived back in Konoha early that morning and had reported straight back to the Hokage's tower. Upon meeting with the aged leader, Kakashi proceeded to retell the entire chain of events that ws the mission. Now, the team stood in front of their leader, waiting for his next orders.

"Well, you'll all be happy to know that Goza was more than pleased with your work and has granted you all with a substantial bonus," the team all grinned at this, "All in all, I'd say your mission was successful," the teens all beamed at the praise, "Now, you all seem capable, so how's about doing a couple more missions for me?" the hokage asked.

The team paled slightly at that. While they were pleased their first C-rank was a success, they weren't exactly looking forward to another mission… at least not like the one from Goza.

"Uh, if it's all the same to you Jiijii, we're not exactly up for another C-rank," Naruto spoke up with a small laugh.

Hiruzen chuckled, "Oh no, these missions will be much easier, but there are quite a bit of them," he replied, "Seems a lot of people needed help while you were away,"

They shared a glance. It's not like they couldn't handle a little extra work…. Right? "Of course Hokage-sama, what are your orders?" Kakashi asked.

Hiruzen's grin seemed to become just a little more sinister.

One week later

High above the ground, hidden within the leaves of a giant tree, a shadowy figure crouched. He crouched, waiting and watching for his target to make itself known. His prey was elusive, quick and actually quite dangerous.

"Kilo, in position," a voice crackled into his ear.

"Hawk, standing by," another voice crakled.

"Sierra, ready to go," came the last voice.

Kakashi nodded to himself and touched the button on his throat mike, responding, "Good work, Omega, do you have visual?"

There was silence. Kakashi frowned, trying again, "Omega, respond," he commanded. Still no response, "Omega-"

"Keep your pants on! I just found the damn thing," Omega responded, "Tango is within my sights, green light to proceed with operation?"

"Go," Kakashi ordered.

Without any further warning, a figure burst through the foliage and into the clearing. It was small, lithe and bestial, but more importantly, it was their target.

On an unspoken command, Kakashi and his students leapt from their hiding places and at their quarry. The creature was surrounded on all fronts, and capture was inevitable.

"Got him!" Naruto cried as he wrapped his hands around the elusive beast.

It was unfortunate that the animal couldn't get away.

Unfortunate for Naruto anyway.

Immediately upon being grabbed by Naruto, the animal attacked the blond, clawing and biting at the boy's face without pause. Naruto tried to keep the beast away, but, like every time before, his attempts were in vain.

"Is it the right cat?" Sakura asked as she stood back to avoid the raving feline's strikes.

"Yup, red bow and stripes," Sasuke stated, confirming the identity, "This is Tora,"

"Yay! Now we can be done and go home!" Kiki cheered. The redhead hated the cat, and it was probably the fifteenth time this week they had captured it!

"Mm, good work on catching Tora team," Kakashi congratulated them.

"Team my ass!" Naruto roared as he had finally managed to tie the cat up, "I'm the only one that catches it!" he claimed, holding up the tied cat and getting strange looks from the rest of his team.

"Uh… Naruto?" Sasuke said slowly.

"What?!" Naruto asked in annoyance. The boy was pissed beyond reason.

"Why did you tie Tora to a pentagram?" Sasuke deadpanned.

Naruto blinked and looked at his captive. True enough, he had tied the cat to an iron pentagram. He frowned in thought before his face brightened up in realization.

"Echo says that demons are easily trapped by these things!" he said happily.

There was silence, then, "Naruto, it's a cat," Kiki said plainly.

"Says you!"

Hokage's office

"Well done Team 7, you've captured Tora once more, and this time, much faster than anyone else," Hiruzen praised.

"Whopee," Naruto muttered angrily under his breath.

Kiki elbowed her best friend, a fat fake smile on her face, "So does that mean we can go home?" Kiki asked eagerly. She was really fed up with all these 'missions' the hokage had been giving them.

Ever since they had gotten back from their first C-rank, it had been nothing but endless D-ranks! Day in and day out for a week, all they had done were the meaningless chores that somehow garnered the concern of ninja! For some reason, there never seemed to be an end to them, and the genin were nearly at the end of their ropes…

"Sorry Kiki-chan, but there's far too much to do," Sarutobi apologized with a not-so-apologetic smile, "Now then, we have painting fences, a farmer needs some help bringing in his crops, babysitting the-"

"NO!" Naruto shouted, hands up in an X formation, "I am DONE with shitty D-Ranks!" the blond complained, "If I have to do one more chore," he spat out the word like it was poison, "Then I'm killing that hell cat the next time we chase it!"

As if on cue the Daimyo's wife let out a shrill, "TORA! NOOOO!"

Naruto's eye twitched erratically. Slowly, the blond unsheathed his scythe and turned around.

"Naruto! What the heck do you think you're doing?!" Sakura demanded.

"What needs to be done," he growled back.

Immediately, Kiki tackled the boy to the ground, "Oh hell no! You are not killing that cat!" she spat as she wrestled with the blond.

"It must die!" Naruto retorted as he tried to buck her off. The two scrambled on the ground; completely ignorant of the embarrassed stares the others were sending them.

"Those two are too hyperactive for their own good," Kakashi mumbled as he turned to the hokage, "Uhm, Hokage-sama, if it's all the same to you, I think it would be best if we didn't get another D-rank," he stated lazily.

"Sensei!" Sakura asked "Aren't you going to stop those two?" she pointed to her fighting teammates.

Kakashi merely shrugged, "They need to blow off some steam anyway, just let them tucker themselves out," he said uncaringly.

"Well if not D-ranks, then what do you want me to do? The majority of them are D-rank, see?" the hokage said, showing Kakashi a box labeled 'D-RANK' that was overflowing with scrolls, "It would appear that there isn't really anything I can do,"

"What about that one?" Sasuke said as he pointed at a lonely scroll lying in the nearly empty C-rank box.

Sarutobi rubbed his chin, "You want another C-rank?" he asked.

"YES!"

Immediately, Kiki and Naruto had ceased their fighting and leapt onto the Hokage's desk, eyes begging and starry with excitement. At the moment, they were bare inches from Sarutobi's fae, and the only thing that had kept him from being surprised were his many years as a shinobi.

"Well, you certainly are qualified," Sarutobi mused, "and it's not a particularly difficult one,"

The genin on his desk grinned at the prospect, their eyes nearly popping out of their heads with excitement.

"It's really up to you Kakashi," Hiruzen shrugged, a devilish glint entering his eye when the genin flew to their sensei and latched onto Kakashi's legs.

"Please take the mission!" they both begged pitifully, wide puppy dog eyes shining up at the one eyed jounin. It was hard to imagine that just minutes ago the two of them had been complaining about missions.

Something Kakashi was well aware of.

"Hmm," Kakashi hummed, "Well it would be nice to go on a C-rank," he mused, making the teenagers latched onto his feet grin in excitement, "But you tow don't seem to really want it," he sighed.

"WHAT?!"

"Sorry, but wasn't one of you complaining about how he doesn't want to do anymore missions?" Kakashi asked, glancing down at the blond Uzumaki.

"I was just saying that about D-ranks!" Naruto whined, "Please Kakashi-sensei! I don't want to do any more chores!"

"Well Naruto a mission is a mission, but I also recall that someone just wanted to go home," here he glanced at the redhead.

"Not if it's a C-rank!" she exclaimed, "Please sensei, I promise I won't complain about D-ranks ever again if you let us go on this mission!"

"Yeah! Me too!" Naruto said eagerly.

Kakashi merely smirked to himself. 'Oh these two… so stupid!' he all but mentally cackled, "Alright, alright, we'll take the C-rank," Kakashi 'sighed' much to the joy of the two genin at his feet who released the man and bounded back to the hokage.

"So whats the mission Jiijii!" Naruto exclaimed, Kiki nodding eagerly beside him.

The Hokage ave a short laugh before buzzing his secretary, "You can send in the client from Nami,"

A couple of seconds later, a man burst through the door, or rather, he stumbled through the door. He ended up leaning on the door frame with one hand while the other helped him down a jug of alcohol. The man was deeply tanned, had a grey beard dripping with the foul smelling liquid, wore glasses on his nose and wore a traveling hat. Currently he was eyeing his team through bloodshot and unfocused eyes.

"Thesh are the shinboi that shupposed to pr-protect me?" Tazuna slurred.

"Indeed they are," the Hokage said.

The man gave a loud belch and replied, "You've gotta be kidding me! They're nothing but brats! And whatsh with the punk and the clown?"

It took a moment for the teen's to decipher the drunkard's words, but when they did, Naruto and Sakura scowled in fury.

"Punk?" Naruto growled.

"Clown?!" Kikioko shrilled incredulously.

Slowly, the two withdrew their weapons, Naruto his scythe and Kiki two of her throwing knives. Seeing the danger, the other two genin jumped to subdue their teammates.

"Dobe, don't even think about it!" Sasuke growled as he put the blond in a half nelson.

"Then I won't! Leggo of me!" Naruto replied, swinging his scythe wildly towards the drunkard.

"Kiki! You're better than this!" Sakura said as she struggled to keep the redhead from skewering the client.

"No one makes fun of my looks and gets away with it!" Kiki shrieked.

Needless to say the drunk was a little disturbed by their actions. As well as a little terrified. It would be best if he didn't anger the punk and clown.

Kakashi merely ignored his students, "Nevermind those two sir, they're just a little… stressed,: Kakashi said with an eye smile, "We may not look it, but these 'brats' have actually already completed a C-rank, and if anything does go wrong, I'm a jounin, so you'll be fine,"

The old man grunted, "I better be," he mumbled. Inhaling, the man suddenly shouted, "All right you brats! My name's Tazuna, the super bridge builder!" he declared jabbing a thumb at himself, "And your mission is to protect me!"

A/N: And stop! Agh, so long since I've done this… stupid school… Anyway, leave a review if you want it to keep going!