I don't own Naruto, or 'The Invisible Man', for your information.

The ending is way better the beginning.

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Naruto jumped from tree to tree, scanning his surroundings for enemy ninja's. He had just been chased by assassins. He had just barley saved himself, and he needed to know if he was being followed.

It wasn't the first time. Naruto was sure that it was someone in his very own village who had sent the assassins.

Turning back once more, Naruto was sure he had lost the assassins. Nobody could catch Naruto when he went full speed.

Still jumping, a large grin plastered itself over Naruto's face.

Walking past the gates of Konoha, only one thing was on his mind.

'Ichiraku Ramen!'

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Konoha's masked stranger sighed. It was not every day you had to prance around wrapped up like a mummy.

He was in a lovely inn. If lovely could even describe the place he was staying at. You see, the masked stranger wasn't rich. He had almost nothing and worked hard to get money.

'It will be hard to start over.' He thought, recalling how the morning had gone. After a trip to a weapon shop, he had stopped at many stores trying to pick up new clothes. Nothing he had seen interested him.

I think I'll visit one of my favorites, the man said to himself.

'Hikaru weapon shop, here I come.'

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"One Miso ramen please!" Naruto shouted, enjoying the fact that he was now back in his favorite seat. 2nd from the left. Ah, it was quite comfortable.

"Coming right up!" Ayame, the girl who, with her father, ran the ramen stand said. She then disappeared.

"Make that two!" Naruto heard a shout from beside him. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw someone who brightened up his day.

"Sakura-chan!"He yelled. His pink haired goddess!

"Hi Naruto!" Sakura said with a smile. Okay, maybe she wasn't quite his, yet. Okay, she wasn't his at all.

Sakura stretched, relieving her back muscles. "Tsunade-shishou is a harsh sensei." She said.

"I can imagine." A pregnant silence took over them for a few minutes, until Naruto broke the silence.

"What's wrong, Sakura-chan?" He had known her long enough to tell when something was wrong. Sakura's eyebrows wrinkled in – what Naruto thought it to be – worry or frustration.

"It's just… I don't know, Naruto, it's that 'masked stranger'.

"Who?"

Sakura sighed. Leave it to Naruto to not know about the most talked-about thing in Konoha. "There's a man that's been appearing here-"

"Oh, like a ghost?" Naruto cut in.

"No not like a ghost!" Sakura yelled. She then paused to regain her temper. "There has been a man appearing all over Konoha." Sakura looked up to see Naruto who had a bored look on his face.

"So?"

Sakura fumed, and before Naruto could react, she whacked him upside the head. "'So'? What do you mean 'so'!" Sakura asked/screamed.

Naruto turned to see his ramen still not ready. "I mean, he's here, so what?"

"You don't care that a weirdo man is rampaging around Konoha?"

"You don't know he's weird! And he hasn't done any rampaging."

"Bu-" Sakura began, but before she could punch Naruto, two bowls were set in front of them. Ayame wore an apologetic smile.

" Sorry for the wait."

"No problem." Naruto said.

"Thank you!" Sakura shouted.

They broke their chopsticks at the same time, shouted "itadakimasu" at the same time, and began to eat at the same time. The only difference, Naruto shoved food in his mouth, while Sakura ate at a regular pace.

After Naruto finished his first bowl and his second, he asked for the bill. Sakura had already left, so he just left.

In mid-Konoha, Naruto felt his wallet.

'Good, still enough left…' He thought with a broad grin.

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The mysterious masked stranger got dressed. Here's how.

Step one: Wrap yourself head to toe in bandages (basically toilet paper)

Step two: Add some normal ninja clothes over it, shirt, pants, sandals, and the most important, a hat and the Konoha headband.

Step three: put on sunglasses, a fake nose, and fake hair (wig)

And you are done!

He sighed as he gathered all his money and stuffed it into his wallet.

The first store he entered was a weapon store. The last one he had been to didn't have quality service. The kunais were dull too.

As soon as he entered, he was approached by –

"Hi I'm Tenten. Is there anything I can help you with?" The girl couldn't be older than fourteen, fifteen at the highest.

"I'm looking for…" He trailed off.

"I'll… show you around, and see what catches your eye?" She suggested.

"Yeah."

The first stop was a shelf with antique swords. One was curved and had carved flames rising from the handle. That caught his eye. Tenten noticed, and grabbed it off the shelf.

"This is a very valuable sword. It used to belong to… a respected person."

The masked man smirked when he noticed the girl stop herself from saying who the sword belonged to. "Who?"

"The Yondaime."

"Sooo… how much is it?"

"2,000,000 ryō,"

The masked man's jaw hit the floor! That was most of what he had! "That… is… too expensive!"

"If you want the sword, you'll fork it over." Tenten teased, as she raised the sword and waved it in the air. The masked man's eyes followed the sword.

Tenten looked at him expectantly.

Sighing, he slid his hand into his back pocket. He slipped the money out of his wallet, and held out the money.

Tenten pulled on the money, and looked back at the masked man, who wasn't letting go.

"Sir. You. Have. To. Let. Go." Tenten said, emphasizing each word will a pull.

With all her might, she ripped the money out of the man's hand. She wiped invisible sweat from her forehead before she counted the money.

"1,000,000, 1,005,000, 1,700,000, 1,800,000, 2,000,000. The money's correct." Tenten announced.

'I knew it was.' He thought.

"Now… let's get this wrapped up!" Tenten held up the sword and walked to the front desk, the masked man following gloomily.

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As the masked man entered the inn, in his arm, the carefully wrapped sword, he was stopped by his landlady.

"Time to pay up." She demanded.

"Uh… what?"

The landlady sighed. "You," she pointed to the masked man, "have been staying at my," she pointed to herself, "inn for a month now without paying. Your rent's due."

He stood there for a moment, letting all the words sink in. Then he panicked.

'Holy shit! I can't believe I forgot!' He panicked for the next few minutes, before finally calming down.

"So do you have my money or what?" his landlady asked, a vein popping on her forehead.

"How… much was it again?"

"2,000,000 ryō."

'Oh yeah, I planned for this!' He thought as he pulled out his wallet.

After searching it, he realized it was basically empty. He looked up and grinned sheepishly while scratching the back of his head.

'The money I saved to pay my rent. That's the same money I spent today…'

"Can I have another week to pay it?" He asked, smiling stupidly.

The landlady looked at him hard before sighing. "ONE week. Okay?"

The masked man bent down, kissing his landlady's feet. "Oh thank you! I promise I'll pay in a week!"

"You'd better, or else your ass will be on the street." She grumbled, walking away.

The masked man had a happy smile until a realization dawned on him.

'How the hell do I come up with that money in a week!'

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"WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU SOLD IT!" Naruto yelled at Tenten, who looked apologetic.

"Well Naruto, a customer, who was ready to pay, asked me about it. So I told him the price and he wanted to buy it, so he bought it." she lied.

"THAT'S NOT THE POINT! YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE LET HIM BUY IT!"

"I did raise the price, but he still bought it."

"BUT YOU STILL SHOULDN'T HAV – how much?" Naruto interrupted himself.

Tenten bit her lip. "… 2,000,000 ryō."

Naruto threw his hands up in the air. "AND HE STILL BOUGHT IT! THAT'S OVER TWICE OF ITS PRICE!"

Naruto had been coming to Tenten's weapon shop for a while, hoping the buy the flame sword. Unfortunately, he never had enough money to afford it. So Tenten was supposed to be keeping it until Naruto could afford it.

"AND THE ONE TIME I HAVE THE MONEY TO BUY IT!" he kicked the floor.

Naruto continued his tantrum. While all of this happened, Tenten couldn't help but feel bad.

"Um, Naruto," She said quietly, "Why did you want it so badly?"

Naruto sighed. " Well… it belonged to my father and all…" Naruto's voice trailed. Tenten knew this was a touchy subject for Naruto.

"As weird as this sounds…" Tenten tried to phrase her question correctly. "Why do you have the sudden interest in your father?"

Naruto paused and blinked. "I honestly don't know… I guess I just want to know what he was like… I made this image in my head where, I thought that by having his stuff with me… it would be like he was with me."

Naruto sighed. "I guess it was really stupid, huh?" He kicked the floor again, but softer than the last time, "Stupid to think he'd ever be with me. No matter what we'll always be apart."

"I'm Sorry Naruto…" Tenten began, but was cut off by Naruto as he held the door open.

"Forget it." And with that, he closed the door and left.

"I'm sorry Naruto…" Tenten thought, sinking to the floor.

'I'm sorry…'

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"Do you know how much trouble you caused me?" The masked man asked. He was in his room at the inn he was staying at. There was nobody else present in the room, though.

Outside of the room, Shimura Akane, the masked man's landlady, had her ear pressed to the door as the listened to what the man was saying. She was making stops at every room delivering tea and crackers. Was, being the key word in that sentence.

"I had to spend 2,000,000 ryō to get you back." Shimura's eyes widened. It would take two S-class missions to get that kind of money. Where in the world did this man get it from?

"I hope you know, I won't be fighting with you a lot here." The man said again. Shimura had never considered herself a nosy person, but how was it possible to not spy on this conversation.

"Damnit! I can't go on like this!" There was a loud crash heard afterwords. The landlady was shocked at the change of tone.

"Is everything all right in there?" She replied on reflex. She hated herself the second the words left her mouth.

Faint footsteps were heard, moving towards the door.

"Landlady?" came the yell. Shimura flinched.

"Yes? What were you yelling about? Do you feel okay?"

"Ye-yeah, I feel great. Goodnight landlady-san."

Faint footsteps were heard, the lights went out, and the sound of sheets ruffling was the last thing Shimura Akane heard as she walked away from the room.

'There is something wrong with that man.'

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I shove my thumb is the faces of the people who said I'm unoriginal! How's this for unoriginal?

And this fanfic is a little bit based on the book, 'The Invisible Man'.

Also, I want to thank the users:

Hollow Mashiro: You don't want me to get into detail, there will be 16 paragraphs explaining one thing.

Mel72000

Dragon-Wolf Tamer

For reviewing.

I also want to thank No Name and Melle, I did use 'Results of a Poker Night' as inspiration, but I did not copy.

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