MS: Hey guys!! Sorry for the long wait!!! School sucks and all that. Oh, and remember when I told you about the jerks at school? One of them got expelled!!! Even though i'm not supposed to be happy, that guy was a MAJOR pain to me!!! However, my best friend got expelled too. ( Sad) That sucks. Anyway, if he's reading this, sorry that you got expelled, man.

Jiraiya: Meh, he wasn't that good of a friend anyway.

MS:( Has an MK-47.) What was that?

Jiraiya: (Gulp) N-nothing, MS.

MS: (Ahem.)

Jiraiya: (sigh) Master MS.

MS: That's better. Anyway...(Punches Jiraiya soooooooooooooo hard, that he landed in Rikku92's story, ' Is she lost or Kidnapped?') Huh? (looks around, only to see Rikku with her powered-up axe, along with Mari, Vincent, Cloud, Yufffie,me, Naruto, Itachi, etc. etc.) NOBODY messes with my friends.

Jiraiya: Meep again.

All: ATTACK!!!!!!

Jiraiya: (bleep!!!!!)

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Sora came in when Sakura opened the door. " Hey Sakura." He said kindly. As soon as they were in, Mrs. Haruno came in. " Oh, hey Sora! How have you been?" " Just fine, thanks. Anyway, what's goin' on?" Mr. Haruno came in. " We're just about to have dinner. You can join us if you want." Sora waived his hand. " Sorry, but i'm seeing a friend. I'll be gone for a few minutes."

With that, Sora walked out the door, only to have Sakura run up and say bye for a while. Yet again, showing that Fate is a cruel mistress, she tripped, and Sora caught her, and it showed that sort of 'radiant' light on the two. After a while, the two regained control, and went their seperate ways. As Sakura came in the door, she saw her mother glaring at her. After a questioning look from her daughter, Mrs. Haruno sighed, deciding to finish her ignorance. " I saw that little scene right there between you two." Sakura blushed 10 times harder than a regular blush after that. " And all I want to say is..." She then got a teary, happy face. " Why didn't you say you had a boyfriend in the first place?!"

Sakura, to say the least, was shocked with that. In a few seconds, Mr. Haruno's head popped in from the corner. " What?! My daughters dating that Sora boy?! Oh, no. Mitsumi! Where's my kunai?!" Sakura was about to protest, but her mother interrupted her. " Oh, this is exciting!! Where's the camera?! I need to take a shot when he comes back!! Also." Mitsumi said as she turned to her husband. " Ginta, I think it's about time you gave Sakura...the, talk." This right here made him pale even worse than Orochimaru. Really, if you looked at him right, you would say he looked like a zombie. Sakura sighed. This would take ALOT of explaining.

(back with Sora.)

After a few hours, Sora came across a small restaurant, which he remembered as Ichiraku's. Happily, he cam in, and took a seat. " Ah, hello there! You're one of Naruto's friends, aren't you?" Teuchi asked. " Yep, name's Sora." After introductions, Sora ordered the pork ramen. However, he was left a little red when Ayame served it to him and winking. However, when Teuchi saw this, his eyes squinted, and as he passed Sora with food in hand, he whispered, " I'm watching you."

Sora shivered greatly after that. Even if he is a warrior, there's no telling what would happen if he faced against an over-protective father. After a little while, the hyperactive ninja, Naruto, came in, happy to order some food. " Hey Sora! You eatin' here too?" Naruto asked. " Yep. I ordered the pork. What're you gonna order?" Sora asked. " Hm, let's see.." Naruto said with his hand cupping his chin. " I'll have 7 miso, 12 pork, and 6 regular old man!"

As soon as Naruto ordered, he turned to Sora, who he saw had his head on the ground in shock. " Hey, what's wrong?" Naruto asked, a bit oblivious. " N-nothing. That's just alot of ramen right there." Sora said. Naruto, however, scoffed. " Like I said, you sound just like Kakashi sensei." They both laughed loudly at that comment. Pretty soon, however, a tall, drunk guy came in with a bottle of sake. " H-hey deeeeeeeemon, (hic) how-how ab-bout a re-(hic), a remaatch?!" Naruto suddenly became angry. " Oh, for the love of...(bleep)it Frank, i'm not fighting you!!!" ( I'm Christian, so I try not to cuss, even though that' a bit hard to do when you go to my class section. Also, the character Frank comes from my other story, A day with her crush.)

" N-no way!! It's about t-time I d-(hic) did this town a f-f-favor!!" He charged at Naruto again, but, like last time, he ran straight into a wooden pole. Sora was a bit disturbed by the whole thing, but he didn't ask about it. After the meal, they both payed, and were walking down the road towards their houses, and Sora was telling a funny joke. " Yeah, and this old guy said that this earthquake came by his house at a bad time." Sora said. " Why's that?" Naruto asked, a bit curious. " Well, he said that two minutes before the earthquake, he asked his grandson if he could pull his finger. He pulled his finger, he farted, and three houses fell down!!" He couldn't continue because the two were laughing hard. " H-he a-also (laugh) said that his son avoided him ever since. Also, once when he cracked his knuckles, his grandson dove under the couch!!" The two were then full-out laughing. " Man, that Walter sure is funny!!" Naruto said. ( All credit goes to Jeff Dunham.) " Yeah."

Finally, before they split ways, Sora asked Naruto one thing he reaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaly didn't want to answer. " Hey Naruto, why is it that that guy called you a demon? That was a bit harsh." After a pause, Naruto said, " Go talk to the Old man Hokage about that." After that, he went into his house. After a bit of thought, Sora decided to visit the Hokage, even though it was a bit late.

( At the Hokage tower.)

The third sighed, seeing his mountain of paperwork. As he was about to begin, however, he heard a knock at his door. " Come in, please." Pretty soon, he saw Sora come in, and smiled. " Ah, Sora! What can I do for you?" However, he was a bit apalled by Sora's serious face. " Uh, Hokage sir, if I may, could I ask why the villagers are so cold towards Naruto?" The third sighed. " Well, since you're one of Naruto's most trusted friends, I suppose i'll answer you. Please, sit down." Sora sat in a chair as the hokage looked quite stern. " Have you ever heard of the Kyuubi?" " The..Kyuubi?" The Hokage sighed.

" The Kyuubi, also known as the nine-tailed fox, is a demon with incredible power. You see, exactly 12 years ago, Kyuubi attacked our village, destroying nearly everything. Even though we were at a great population, and more than prepared, the beast was too much. However, there was a hero in our village, by the name of Minato Namikaze, the Fourth Hokage. He fought against the beast, and rumors say that he killed Kyuubi at the cost of his own life. And, well..." a small pause.

" That was a lie."

Sora was a bit shocked to say the least. " The thing is, it was too powerfull for any human to destroy, so Minato did a sealing jutsu at the cost of his life to seal it into someone. Since sealing isn't good with grown-ups, we had to seal it into an infant, and well, that infant was..."

" Naruto." Sora said with shock." Yes. And it's a bit ironic. As he died, the Fourth said that he wished that everyone would treat his son as a hero for containing the beast, and stopping it from completely destroying it. And yet, the village did the exact opposite, hurting him in every way. " Sarutobi then shed a tear. " It's a bit sad, really. Him being hurt, not knowing why for the rest of his life. I just wish that he will get the respect he deserves when he does become hokage." He then finished. After a while, Sora spoke up. " That's..just wrong." Sarutobi looked at him questioningly. " They shouldn't do that to Naruto. It's not his fault his fate was sealed by the thing. They think that he is the thing, even when the Kyuubi was sealed into Naruto, and when Naruto was born hours before. I just can't believe it. They.. they just won't give him a chance."

Sora also shed a few tears. " But i'll keep my promise. I promise that as long as I live, I will help Naruto, and treat him like a brother, and try and act as part as his family." Sarutobi just wiped his eyes a bit from that. " Thank you Sora." Sora smiled a bit. " No problem. Thanks for telling me. I'll be gone now." Sora then left the room. As soon as the door closed, Sarutobi turned to a large painting of the Fourth. " Minato...At least someone else is keeping your promise."

( Hidden alley.)

In the alley, a figure draped in a large trenchcoat was consulting with a black-haired, pale guy. " And these heartless..I'll be able to command them to my every whim?" Orochimaru asked. " As long as they get hearts in return." The figure said. Orochimaru cackled evilly. Oh, don't worry. With the plan i'm about to execute, they'll get all the hearts they can feed on." After that, the figure disappeared, and Orochimaru poofed away, both with evil intentions.

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MS: Phew!! Sorry for the long wait guys!! It's just that i've been bonding with the family morer, and also, i'm practicing for the basketball team the next time the season comes up.

Jiraiya: That, and he's a lazy son of a---

MS: (points needler at him.)

Jiraiya:...shutting up now.

MS: Good.

Rikku92: Take this Jiraiya!! ( swings axe.)

Jiraiya: Crap!! ( narrowly misses, and runs away with Rikku92 chasing him.)

MS: ( Follows along.) Where's a camera?! We could win $1,000,000 dollars! See what happens!!" ( once again, credit goes to Jeff Dunham.)