Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto
Warnings: Violence , Gore and Lemons(Much Later)
Credits: If I may have used some Ideas that are not my own, I apologize. Some of the Jutsu's were taken from The Legend Of Kyuubi's Profile page so credit goes to him
Chapter 5
Naruto sat down with Tsunade the next morning and talked. They talked well past lunchtime and were able to understand each other much better. Naruto had spent the whole night ranting and raving at Kyuubi about what had happened that day and although Kyuubi herself was angered that the Hokage would do something to Naruto, she realized that getting angry herself wouldn't help Naruto. So, she had listened patiently, told him her views on the matter, and just held him close to herself when she thought that he looked like he needed a hug. By the time Naruto woke up he was considerably calmer and placed the blame where it belonged. He had decided that he would give his Godmother a chance; it would be helpful for both him as well as her. Shizune had told Naruto of Tsunade's past before he had sat down to talk with her and Naruto found out that he really couldn't blame her for leaving Konoha. Losing you fiancé, your brother and your godson to the same village tends to inspire such feelings towards the village. Naruto couldn't help but feel sympathetic and had ended the discussion with giving Tsunade a huge hug.
"So Naruto-kun care to tell me why you wanted to fight me yesterday?" Tsunade asked.
"I wanted to gauge my progress with my training . . . and also by fighting you I was able to stem my bad feelings towards you." Naruto replied honestly.
Tsunade was surprised by the maturity shown by him. Then again he had been living by himself for nearly a year now so that had to account for something.
"I don't know if Sarutobi has told you yet but the Kyuubi was not defeated by your father. Although he was strong, he couldn't defeat the Kyuubi decisively. So he . . ."
". . . Sealed her within me. I know." Naruto finished cutting across Tsunade's sentence.
"How do you know that? Kushina told me that Kyuubi was not what everyone believed it to be, and was actually a nice person, but its actions that day doesn't exactly reassure you." Tsunade said.
"Better get comfortable Baa-chan; this is going to take some time."
With that Naruto began his explanation, starting from where he had been having strange dreams right up until yesterday morning.
Tsunade was fuming at the life that Naruto had been living up until now, she was happy however that he seemed to have at least one friend. Naruto had then asked her if she would help him in his training, Tsunade had happily agreed to that. It was not as if she had anything better to do anyways. She could teach Shizune when Naruto was at the academy and Naruto when he got home.
She knew that Naruto had to get strong as soon as possible, while keeping people in Konoha and thus everywhere ignorant of his true abilities. He needed to be at least Jounin level before he could start showing his abilities. Then he would be able to hold off some of the people that would come after him, both due his history with Madara and due to the grudges against him due to his parents.
As soon as she had received Sarutobi's letter she had sent an urgent message to Jiraiya telling him and asking him to come to Konoha. He was supposed to be Naruto's Godfather but he had declined the position stating that he was too valuable to Konoha as its spymaster and could better help Naruto by giving him valuable information. Tsunade had been both proud and angry at him after he made this comment. Proud of him, for actually thinking of his responsibilities before blindly accepting new ones and angry at him, for putting Konoha above Naruto. After meeting Naruto and talking to him she was glad that she had contacted him, Naruto would need any information that he could get and Tsunade was certain that Jiraiya would have something for Naruto. Jiraiya would also be invaluable in teaching Naruto, while she was considered a Sannin as well as her teammates; the fact was that she was much more of a medic than a frontline fighter. She knew for a fact that she would lose against Jiraiya in a one on one fight, but it would be a cold day in hell before she let him know that. Naruto had all the markings of an incredible Ninja and she would make sure that her Godson would achieve his potential, and surpass it if she had anything to say about it. Naruto was sitting down on the couch reading a random novel when he felt a familiar chakra signature on his doorstep, he was confused however by the second signature that was accompanying Mei. Naruto opened the door and came face to face with Mei and Sakiko. He was surprised by her presence here but he smiled it off and invited both of them in.
"How are you feeling Naruto-kun? You missed the Academy today." Mei stated with a worried glance at her friend.
"Don't worry Mei-chan, I sorted out my differences and am much happier than I was yesterday." Naruto stated.
"Naruto-san I would like to thank you for your help yesterday." Sakiko said with a slight bow.
"Please stand up Sakiko-san, I did what anyone should have done. But you are welcome." Naruto smiled at her.
"She asked me if she could train with us after the academy. I told her I didn't have a problem with it if you didn't." Mei stated cheerfully.
Sakiko turned startled eyes towards Mei before she glanced at Naruto and looked at her feet.
"Of course you can join us." Naruto stated.
Sakiko whipped her head up to look at him surprise clearly evident in her eyes.
"I don't know why everyone ignores you, even though you are an Uchiha, you are constantly overlooked, and I suspect that you don't like your brother much." Naruto ended his statement phrased as a question.
Sakiko's eyes were brimming with unshed tears as she was reminded of her situation again. She was born with a defect that rendered her unable to ever gain the Sharingan, the Uchiha clan's pride. Growing up she was constantly ignored by her father and as he grew up Sasuke. Itachi had always been pleasant to her more so than to Sasuke but he wasn't around the house much due to his ANBU duties. The only person that she could honestly say loved her unconditionally was her mother. She had joined the Academy in the hopes of pleasing her father. She had done well for herself at the Academy, but as time went on she realized that she was steadily losing ground and would no longer be able to keep up with her brot . . . no he had lost that title long ago; she would now only refer to him as Sasuke. She had wondered about that and had found out that he was being trained by her father after the academy. Approximately 4 months after she started at the academy, her whole clan had been massacred at the hands of her elder brother Itachi. She hadn't been present when it had happened; she was at the hospital, recovering after her spar with Sasuke.
She had been devastated after she found out, not so much for the Uchiha Clan as a whole, not even for her father or brother but for her mother. The only one that cared for her had been ripped away from her. After that she had simply lost her will to be a Ninja. She had not attended the academy for almost two months. Sasuke had become even more insufferable after the massacre. She had lived in a separate house ever since then. Over her personal Sabbath of two months, she had realized that there was nothing else that she could do with her life. Even though Sasuke was going to be the clan head when he graduated from the academy she had suspected that she would be banished from the clan as soon as he was able to. He had stated as much yesterday. So she would be a clanless orphan with no means to support herself. So she had gone to the Hokage and requested to be allowed to continue at the Academy. She had unfortunately been placed in the same class as Sasuke. She had gone to the Hokage again, but he had sat her down and explained that her current class was the one class that was going to produce the most graduates, and her chances of becoming a Ninja would improve if she stayed in this class. So she had relented. She had failed to make any friends in the Academy, not that she tried very hard to make some. Almost all the girls were busy swooning over Sasuke and would imitate Sasuke in belittling her. She didn't show it but their comments hurt. There were a few people that she thought that she could be friends with, but they each had their own circle of friends and she was too nervous to approach any of them. All that had changed when Naruto had helped her yesterday; she had been reviewing all of her interactions with him over the semester, and found that he had always been kind to her. She had thought long and hard about the chance that she had now, she would try to become his friend and if he rebuffed her, she didn't want to think about that.
When she had arrived at the academy the next day she had immediately sought after Naruto, she had been disappointed when he didn't show up. She had noticed that Naruto's friend Mei Terumi, had been distracted the whole day. She couldn't help but glance at her several times during the day, wondering how it would be if she was the one that was Naruto's friend. She had been surprised when Mei had sat down next to her and started up a conversation. Sometime during the conversation Mei had mentioned that she and Naruto would train together every day after the Academy was let out. Before she could think about it she had asked her if she would mind if she joined them sometimes. Mei had just smiled at her and told her that she didn't mind but she would need to ask Naruto about it.
When Naruto had just agreed to her request as if there was nothing to think about, she had been filled a wonderful sense of lightedness, as if a great weight had been lifted from her shoulders. A culmination of her high emotions, her reminiscing and her happiness led her to do something that she never would be bold enough to do otherwise. She flung herself at Naruto and wrapped her arms around him, crying tears of happiness into his chest.
Naruto was startled when she had flung herself at him. He had just agreed to train with her and the next thing he knew he had a crying girl in his arms. Instincts kicking in, he just held her and allowed her to get control over her emotions, rubbing her back gently. After sometime, she just rubbed her eyes on his shirt and stepped away from him.
"I'm sorry. . ." Sakiko stated looking in every direction but straight at Naruto.
"Don't worry your pretty head over it Sakiko-san." Naruto said as he sat down on the couch.
Sakiko blushed faintly, shook her head and sat down on the chair.
"So why didn't you come to the academy today, Naruto-kun?" Mei asked as she sat down beside Naruto on the couch.
"I had a long talk with my godmother. You were right Mei-chan, I'm glad that I decided to follow you advice, and she is a nice enough person, strong too."
"So . . . where is she?" Mei asked looking around as if expecting her to just pop up somewhere in the room.
"She said that she had some unfinished business to discuss with the Hokage, she'll be back later tonight." Saying that, Naruto got up and walked towards his bedroom.
"I'll be back in a few minutes; I just need to grab a few things before we leave for training."
Naruto, Mei and Sakiko proceeded to the training ground and they spent that day mostly talking and determining each other's skills, areas they felt that they needed to work on and planning future training sessions. Naruto didn't like deceiving his friends about his true level of strength, but just looked at it as a necessity in order to protect his friends. It was a well known fact that Mei considered Naruto to be his friend. the villagers would sometimes call her names, and sometimes would settle for glaring at her. It was nowhere near as bad as Naruto was treated but Naruto still felt bad about it. Mei just waved his apologies aside and told him not to worry about it. Naruto was sure that it wouldn't take much time for them to figure out that Sakiko had joined their little group as well. They had warned her about this fact; she had just shrugged and said that whatever the village thinks didn't bother her that much, as long as she had someone that she could call a friend it was worth it. Naruto and Mei could certainly relate to that.
Timeskip – 4 months
Over the past four months Sakiko had improved in heaps and bounds. She was almost at the same level as Mei was. Sometime during these four months, Sakiko had told the both of them about her childhood and needless to say they had vowed to never ever break their friendship with each other. Mei had even asked her to move in with her stating that her apartment had an empty room and that she would be happy if she would accept to live with her. Sakiko had accepted and was now much happier for it. She had even told them about her disability in acquiring the Sharingan. After knowing about that, Naruto had asked Tsunade to check up on her and see if she could do anything. Needless to say Tsunade hadn't gained her title as the best medic in the world on a fluke, she was able to heal her eyes and told her that they were back to normal and it would be possible for her to gain the Sharingan in time. Sakiko had thanked Naruto and Tsunade profusely.
Naruto had asked her if she would like to tell Sasuke about this and see if he would change his mind about banishing her from the clan. Sakiko had flatly refused saying that she wanted nothing to do with the Uchiha clan anymore.
They had seen Naruto train one day and were amazed at the skill shown by their friend. they could barely follow his movements, the only time that they could tell anything was when Naruto separated from his opponent either to catch a break or as was often the case to use Ninjutsu.
The trio of Ninja trainees were currently sparring against each other. Mei and Sakiko against Naruto. Naruto was able to easily outmanoeuvre them, sliding away from their attacks with apparent ease, taking advantage of every opening that they left in their guards. He jumped above a leg sweep from Sakiko and saw that Mei was charging towards him with her fist cocked back, he turned in midair grabbing her wrist and then using her own momentum against her, he redirected her towards a nearby tree sending her sprawling towards it. He just landed beside Sakiko, who was busy staring at the spectacle before her.
"Never lose your focus Sakiko-chan." Naruto said before incapacitating her by holding a Kunai at her throat.
"Man no matter how hard we try we never get to beat you. One of these days I'm going to kick your ass so bad that you will remember it for a long time." Mei grumbled as she came walking towards them.
"You might not realize this but you improve a bit everyday both individually and as a team. I have to try harder each day to beat you." Naruto stated.
"But you always look as if you are hardly trying. It's as if whatever we do you just counter it, without showing surprise. Are we really that weak?" Mei asked. She had wondered about this fact ever since Naruto had trained with her, but never had the courage to ask him. Today at the academy, a kid in their class had asked a seemingly innocent question. He had asked why there were so many Academy students, but there were not that many Jounin in the village. Iruka-sensei had gazed at the eager expressions of the class, sighed and told a very grim tale. He told them that many of the Genins died in their career. The class had been understandably shocked and subdued that day. Mei was always worried that if she didn't grow strong along with Naruto-kun, he would just leave her in the dust. She knew that he would try his hardest to be there for her and would undoubtedly be her friend, but if they were a different rank they would no longer have any common ground, and would simply not spend as much time with her. She didn't admit it out loud but she was a little intimidated the one time that Naruto had gone all out against Tsunade.
"That's not the case at all Mei-chan." Naruto said.
"But. . ." she was silenced as Naruto placed his finger on her lips.
"It is the Ninja way, Mei-chan. Never let your opponent know what is going on in your mind. Never show pain, or even satisfaction on your face. Never let you emotions show on your face during battle, a skilled opponent might be able to talk you into circles long enough for you to leave an opening that he can exploit." Naruto explained.
Both of the girls were listening to what Naruto had to say with rapt attention. They decided that they would follow his advice as best they could.
"Though I have to admit that I am far more powerful than you can imagine." Naruto stated cheekily.
Mei just chuckled and swiped her hand at him half heartedly. Sakiko giggled lightly.
Suddenly Naruto sensed something approaching him and acting on instinct pushed Mei and Sakiko away from him. He had used all his power and thus they were able to avoid the blast resulting from an Exploding note attached to a kunai that was thrown at their position.
"Naruto-kun!" shouted the two girls.
"Well . . . what do we have here, a couple to cute academy students practicing with the Demon brat huh?"
Mie and Sakiko turned their heads rapidly from side searching for the assailant. Their attention was then drawn towards the centre of the blast, where Naruto was standing, worry for their friend etched onto their faces.
With Naruto
As soon as Naruto had sensed something, he had seen the end of paper trailing behind a kunai headed for his position. He pushed his friends away to save them from the inevitable blast and then released his seals just as the kunai impacted the ground before him. His subsequent release of chakra had been masked by the force of the explosion. He jumped back made a Shadow Clone that took his place and hid in the trees, searching for whoever had attacked them. The Ninja was good, he couldn't detect him. Naruto was beginning to feel a little bit of fear, he wasn't sure if he could take on the Ninja and protect his friends at the same time.
He spotted someone walking into the clearing, and just by looking at him Naruto knew that he was in for a tough fight. The man was wearing a standard Konoha Jounin uniform. Naruto cursed inwardly. He thought that they were secluded enough that no one could find them here, he had made sure every day that no one followed them to this location.
He saw that the Jounin was walking deliberately towards Mei and Sakiko who were staring at the remnants of the place where they believed him to be. He saw the Jounin tense slightly and Naruto immediately burst into action.
"Looks like all the training that you did didn't help the Demon at all huh? I don't have anything against you personally but you are a liability, and needs to be dealt with." The Jounin stated and charged towards them.
Just as he was about to reach them, a giant gust of wind blew in front of them and slammed the Jounin into a nearby tree after he had flown for about 50 meters. They looked ahead of them and saw Naruto leaping down from a tree. He stopped directly in front of them.
"I need the both of you to go get Tsunade or Shizune here, tell them what happened, I'll keep him off your back. Now go!"
"NO! You can't fight him alone Naruto-kun, please we'll go together, please." Sakiko pleaded.
"NO! I don't have time, Sakiko-chan please understand, go with Mei-chan, I can't forgive myself if something were to happen to you two." Naruto said looking pleadingly at Mei.
"Damn you brat that hurt."
Naruto got into his fighting stance and looked towards the Jounin, who had a thin trail of blood going down one side of his mouth. The Jounin suddenly seemed to phase in front of him and sent Naruto flying back into a tree with a vicious backhand to his face. Naruto coughed out some blood and tried standing after the impact.
The Jounin just sneered at him. He walked up to him and kicked him in the stomach, hard. Naruto was lifted a few feet off the ground, and the Jounin again punched him, sending him flying.
'Damn it! He's too strong. At this rate . . . I'll really . . . Kyuubi-chan . . . Mei-chan . . . Sakiko-chan.'
Naruto was suddenly filled with determination. He got up on his feet albeit unsteadily, and charged at the Jounin. Naruto fought with everything that he had, he put his training with Tsunade to good use, blocking some of the Jounin's punches but he soon realized that he just wasn't able to keep up. He was too weak from his initial beat down.
The Jounin chuckled evilly staring down at him, he was standing up but was unable to move, his whole body ached, his regeneration was working but it wasn't fast enough. The Jounin went through some handsigns concentrated a massive amount of chakra and shouted out Katon: Karyuudan (Fire Dragon Projectile)
With the Jounin
Just as he finished shouting his technique, he panted a bit, and went down on his knees. He had seriously underestimated the demon brat, although he had dominated throughout the fight, he had been hit several times. He had just been promoted to Jounin and he had promised himself a long time ago that when he was made Jounin he would kill the demon brat that had killed so many during that night 8 years ago. And today was the day that he finally accomplished his goal. He watched with satisfaction as his fire dragon approached its victim.
Suddenly he saw that the demon was engulfed in a strange Chakra that was black in colour. He watched as he dodged his technique and suddenly appeared in front of him, what he saw shook him to his very core.
His eyes had totally changed.
Naruto just stared wide eyed, trembling at his approaching death. He was rooted to the spot, unable to do anything.
'Damn it . . . if only if had been stronger.'
"Naruto-kun!"
Naruto suddenly felt chakra returning to him and suddenly his perception of the world changed. He could see things with clarity that he hadn't been able to before. He picked up subtle movements around him, he could clearly see the fire dragon approach him, much more slowly than before. He tried moving and found that he was able to do so easily. He saw that the person who attacked him was on his knees and out of breath. He rushed towards his position. He got directly in front of him and backhanded him towards a rock in the clearing. The Jounin impacted with the stone, making a rough crater. Naruto didn't let up on his attack, he again got in front of him, ducked under his punch and opening his palm straight fingers slightly bent, moving it in a spiral fashion, punched him with all his might in the stomach whispering, Atsuryoku Sutoraiki (Pressure Strike).
The rock which had already weakened slightly by his earlier attack shattered completely, and the Jounin was sent crumpling to the ground at Naruto's feet, coughing up vast amounts of blood. Naruto just stared at him dispassionately and left the clearing heading in the direction of his house. He hadn't gone far away before he saw his Baa-chan, closely followed by Mei and Sakiko heading towards him. He just smiled at them and promptly slipped into unconsciousness.
Naruto's Mindscape
Naruto woke up blinking rapidly. He looked at his surroundings and realized that he was in his mindscape. Looking around for Kyuubi, he frowned when he couldn't see her anywhere. Normally she would be waiting for him to wake up. He got up and began searching for her. He entered the house and immediately saw that Kyuubi was laid out on the couch. Naruto was shocked to see that she appeared to be completely exhausted and was breathing quite heavily.
"Kyuubi-chan, what happened?" Naruto asked as he sat down beside her and took her hand in his.
Kyuubi smiled up at him gently, and picking herself up a little bit motioned Naruto to get behind her. Naruto understood what she wanted and sat down on the couch and laid Kyuubi's head in his lap. He automatically began running his hands through her hair. Kyuubi just enjoyed the position she was in, closing her eyes she sighed in contentment. She got up and laid her back against Naruto; she took his arms in hers and wrapped them around herself. Naruto had a faint blush on his cheeks that she completely missed.
"Kyuubi-chan, why were you so exhausted earlier?" Naruto asked after sometime, concern laced in his voice.
"When I gave you the Sharingan, there was something that I left out. The Sharingan is cursed, when the user masters the Sharingan and gains its final form the user steadily loses his eyesight the more he uses its powers. The Sharingan of the Uchiha's is a double edged sword, while it grants the user amazing abilities, it comes at the cost of losing one's vision. I knew of a way to get rid of this curse, I simply needed to use my chakra to make a final change to it. I just miscalculated the amount of chakra that would be required, I used up about eight tails of my chakra, that was the reason that I was so exhausted." Kyuubi stated tensing slightly, afraid of Naruto's reaction.
She knew from previous experience that the chakra used by her would forever be lost to her; the seal prevented her from restoring her chakra. She knew that Naruto was also aware of this fact. She really didn't want to tell him what she had done; Naruto would definitely get mad at her. She sighed, she would just have to tell him and wait for the consequences.
"Eight tails? But. . . but why? I know you are aware that you can't replenish your power while sealed, so why?" Naruto asked confused.
"The Sharingan had a second level Naruto-kun, it's called the Mangekyō Sharingan, the longer that you use this level, the more you are blinded. The only way for the user to overcome this disability is to take the eyes of a blood relative that has also awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan. But even this level is a bridge between the Sharingan and the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, the true and final form of the Sharingan." Kyuubi said.
Kyuubi noticed the shocked look on his face and seeing that he was about to argue with her, she hastily begun to continue her story.
"The basis of this fact is that the Sharingan requires another chakra source, one that is similar to the user's chakra in order to gain stability and finish its evolution into the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan. What I did ensured that whenever you gain the Mangekyō Sharingan it would not stay in that stage and directly transcend to the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan." Kyuubi said letting out her breath after her monologue.
"How do you get the Mangekyō Sharingan?" Naruto asked.
Kyuubi was happy that Naruto had not blamed her for not informing him of her plans. She knew that had she told him, he would have flatly refused her offer and said that he would find another way. Kyuubi always admired his sense of righteousness and his fierce loyalty to those that he considered friends.
"There are two ways to gain the Mangekyō Naruto-kun, though the Uchiha believe that to gain the Mangekyō you need to kill your closest friend the other way is for the user to gain complete mastery over the Sharingan, this however takes a lot of time and training. With me helping you master the Sharingan it would take you about 5-6 years." Kyuubi said.
"You should rest Kyuubi-chan, you're still a little tired." Naruto said.
"I will Naruto-kun, but first you have to show me your Sharingan." Kyuubi said spinning around in his arms and facing him directly, with an excited gleam in her eyes.
"What do you mean Kyuubi-chan? Why would my Sharingan be any different?" Naruto asked with a confused expression on his face.
"Well I altered the Sharingan a bit. . . I improved it you could say. Just know that your Sharingan while having the same powers as the Uchiha will be much better and should you fight against another Sharingan wielder, you would have a slight advantage. Now hurry up, I wanna see . . ." Kyuubi said with a childlike pout on her face.
Naruto chuckled at the face that Kyuubi was making and channelled chakra into his eyes, he saw that he had the same perception of the world as he had when he was fighting earlier. Looking at Kyuubi he saw that she was looking at his eyes in wonder and amazement. Getting curious himself, he turned his head and looked at the mirror behind the couch. When he saw his eyes, he was shocked and frankly, a bit unnerved.
His sclera had turned completely black; his irises were a bright golden yellow with one tomoe similar to the Sharingan in each eye. He stared entranced into his eyes for quite some time, before Kyuubi caught hold of his chin and peered into his eyes for a long time. Seemingly in a trance, she was leaning closer to his face. Naruto just stared wide eyed at Kyuubi's actions and before he realised it, he had just received his first proper kiss.
Kyuubi broke contact almost immediately, as if realizing her actions and blushed an amazing shade of red so much so that her whole face including her neck was red.
"That was . . . I uh. . . .what I mean is . . . umm." Kyuubi stuttered her face still glowing.
Kyuubi was mortified. She just up and kissed Naruto on the lips. Sure she planned to do that . . . and so much more. . . but this was a few years before she planned to tell him. She decided to just tell him and leave the rest up to him.
Letting out a deep breath she said, "Naruto-kun what I meant to say is that I . . . love . . . you." She faltered slightly at the end, her blush intensifying.
Naruto wasn't doing much better than her, he had a huge blush adorning his cheeks, and was staring at her in slight shock. He stared at Kyuubi's face that was looking up at him expectantly with a slight hint of fear and nervousness. Naruto just pulled her in for a hug, and spoke to her, his voice slightly muffled by her hair.
"You're always there for me, always helping me selflessly, I never thought that you would feel the same way about me. At first I thought that you helped me for getting revenge on Madara, but over the past year I realized that you genuinely wanted to help me. I was happy to be your friend, just being with you together, made the whole training that I'm going through worthwhile. I would always get happy whenever you praise me or mastering a Jutsu or completing my stances. What I'm trying to say is that. . . Kyuubi-chan . . . I'm . . . I . . . I that I . . . love you too." Naruto said his eyes still sporting his Sharingan shining with emotion.
Naruto watched as Kyuubi's expression gradually changed from nervous and fearful to hopeful before it softened and teared up a bit at Naruto's words before erupting into pure joy at Naruto's ending statement. Kyuubi just hugged him close and after sometime, Naruto plucked up his courage and leaning forward captured her lips in a soft and innocent kiss. They didn't know how long they were laid out on the couch, lying together in each other's arms kissing softly after some time of being apart. They didn't say anything, just enjoying the moment, happy that they would be able to continue doing this for a long time to come.
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Author's Note: I just wanted to inform you guys that this will be the last update for this month. I'm going for a trip and will not have access to the Internet during that time. This story is not going to be abandoned.
The next chapter will have a 3 year Timeskip to 6 months before their graduation.
See Ya!