Ok guys, I'm back with a new chapter. I don't really have anything I need to discuss with you guys other than to leave a review on how I can improve. Hope you guys enjoy the chapter. And sorry for not updating for so long, Easter break and all.

Over the break I've received a few pointers on how I write, I hope these changes please you.

And one more thing, about my Kage Bunshin no Jutsu/Shadow clone Jutsu. I'm super sorry for confusing the two, I thought shadow clones were a lower version of the Kage Bunshin, but thanks to you, my commenters, I now know.

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Naruto tried opening his eyes, but was forced to squint because it was so bright in the room. He then looked toward the source. It was the window in the room, the curtains that once covered it were now pushed to the side. "Another beautiful morning," said Naruto. He then looked down to the sleeping figure laying on his chest. She had her arm draped across his torso, her mouth slightly open as she snored slightly. 'She really is cute,' he thought.

He then looked down at his chest to see his condition. Slowly moving her arm out if the way, he got a good view. The bandages weren't as bloody as he expected, and he felt no pain. 'All good,' he thought.

(Kid, there's something we need to discuss.) said the Kyuubi.

'Alright,' thought Naruto.

Naruto closed his eyes and rested.

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He awoke again in the sewer. He looked into the darkened cage. "What is it?" Asked Naruto.

(It's the contest... You know only one can make it right? You should be careful.) asked the Kyuubi, sounding a little, concerned.

"Yea, I know. Wait! Since when did you care?" Asked Naruto.

(That's another thing I'd like to discuss. You see, when that scroll transported us here, it brought me peace. I know longer feel hatred, anger, or sorrow. I'm, happy. Due to this change, my body changed physically as well.) the Kyuubi said.

"What are you talking about?" Asked Naruto.

(See for yourself.) said the Kyuubi as it slowly presented itself, walking outside of the shady cell. It's figure was no longer of that large, evil, fox. No, it actually looked somewhat human. He was white, had long brown hair, and cerulean blue eyes. He Had a small, and well trimmed beard. He wore glasses and a black kimono. He was surrounded with a blue aura. "Hi, my name is Kyumi Hatsuge, and I'm a spirit," he said with a smile and wink. The voice was no longer a low, growling mumble, but a soft, light, voice.

Naruto was speechless. The Kyuubi, the giant menacing fox, was now a male spirit, who seemed to be in his twenties? "But, what happened to that giant fox?" Asked Naruto.

"Like I said, I'm a spirit now, not a demon," said Kyume.

Naruto looked examined him, making sure it wasn't some trick. "Alright. Now what else do we need to discuss?" Asked Naruto.

"Good," said Kyume before lifting his arm and pointing his hand toward Naruto from behind the cage. A few seconds later, a wooden chair was emitted from the ground. Naruto looked at the chair behind him. He then looked at Kyume who did the it again, creating a chair behind himself. He then took a seat. "Please, sit," said Kyume. Naruto backed up a few steps before reaching the chair. He looked back behind him, making sure he was above the chair before dropping down on it, relaxing his legs.

"Now, as I said before, only one can make it out of this game alive," he said before slapping his hand to his forehead. "Oh god, I'm such a cruel idiot for creating this game," he groaned. He lifted his head and sat up straight to face Naruto. His hand retreating to his side where it was before. "Anyway, in order to ensure success, you've got to do a little hunting. Sitting around here relaxing in the house won't change a thing. Wait, scratch that, yes it will, it will make you an easy target," he said.

"But I'm a ninja! I'm good at these things," said Naruto.

"Stop right there," said Kyume. "While it's true that you are ninja, you aren't exactly familiar with this kind of territory," said Kyume lazily while scratching his beard.

"So? It can't be that much harder than the academy, it's one of a ninja's jobs to get familiar with unknown territory," said Naruto.

"Oh, I know it's your job, believe me, I've read enough books to figure out what a ninja's duties are," said Kyume. "But this isn't Konoha anymore, alright, these people have machines that fight for them, machines that are far greater than some jutsus. Guns and vehicles, not kunai and horses," said Kyume. "I'm not saying you can't win, Naruto. I'm saying be careful."

Naruto nodded, "Alright." He said.

"And, uh, one more thing I need to warn you about," said Kyume.

"I'm listening," said Naruto.

"Well, I'm not exactly sure what happened, but, one of my tails are missing. Which means," he sighed. "Someone has one-ninth of my power. So, keep a lookout," said Kyume before getting up out of his chair and slowly walking back into the dark cell. Naruto closed his eyes.

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He woke again in the comfortable bed. He noticed the bundle of warmth he once had on his chest was now gone. He then heard the loud clanging of plates as they were pulled from the cabinets in the kitchen. It was then he noticed the smell of the breakfast she cooked. He then heard the hurried footsteps rushing up and down the hall, and finally at his door. She opened the door and was holding a pair of clothes in her hands. She was wearing a dark blue uniform shirt with a red ribbon tied on it right on her cleavage. She wore a dark blue skirt for the bottom half.

"Oh, your already awake, well hurry and put these on," she said as she threw the clothes at him. The clothes consisted of a blue, white striped t-shirt and grey shorts. He turned over on his stomach and caught them. "Wait, what's going on?" Asked Naruto.

"We're going to school," said Yuno with a plateful smirk.

"But why do I have to go?" Naruto asked.

"Because, your not from around here, and it could really help you if you learned about this place," said Yuno.

'Well she's right, might as well,' thought Naruto as he put his shirt on, working on sliding his pants on.

"Now lets hurry up and eat, wouldn't want to be late," said Yuno as she rushed back down the hall.

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Naruto and Yuno hurriedly ate their breakfast. When they finished, Naruto walked out, waiting on Yuno, who was locking the door. She put her textbooks in her book sack, her diary in her shirt. "So how far is this school of yours?" Asked Naruto.

Yuno turned to face him after making sure the door was locked. "Oh, it's about fifteen miles from here. And," she started to giggle, "The bus already passed, so you know what that means," she said playfully.

It took Naruto a minute to realize what she was talking about. He sent her a deadpanned look. "Your kidding, right?" Asked Naruto.

"Nope, and besides, it would be a good workout," said a smiling Yuno. "Now let me hop on," she said.

"What do I look like, a horse?" Asked Naruto.

She then sent him an annoyed glare, "Well maybe I should start making you pay for your stay at my house," said Yuno.

"Alright, alright," said Naruto while needling on one leg, "Get on."

Yuno's expression immediately softened, "Thanks," she said. She climbed on his back. "Ready when you are," said Yuno.

Naruto readied himself, his foot propped against a wall holding up the house. He pushed himself off and was soon sprinting. He ran on the sides of houses and jumped from rooftop to rooftop. Yuno had been pointing things out, like some of the restaurants, telling him what cars were, and other things she assumed he didnt know about.

They were soon there in a mere ten minutes or less.

Naruto gently let her down. "So, how was that?" Asked Naruto as he turned around. He looked at Yuno, her hair in wild contortions. Naruto bust out laughing, "You look ridiculous!" Naruto said still laughing.

"Huh?" Said Yuno. She then pulled out a pocket mirror. Her hair looked horrible! Her cheeks darkened. "Oh shut up," she snapped as she pulled a brush from one of her side pockets of her book sack. Naruto stopped laughing and finally gathered himself. He looked up at the somewhat tall building.

"So this is the school, looks a lot different from mine," said Naruto.

Yuno finished brushing her hair and put her mirror and brush back in her book sack. "Well, we need to hurry up, I need to get you registered for this school," she took his hand and pulled him inside the school. They walked a bit before coming across the principle's office. She quickly opened the door and pushed Naruto, who stumbled in.

The principle looked up from his desk. He was a slightly balding man, his hair was black and he looked to be around forty or so. From the looks of it, he was very busy. His face wore a frustrated look, "What do you want, kid?" He asked looking at Naruto. Naruto was about to respond before Yuno peered from behind Naruto, "Hello, Katuke!" Said Yuno.

His expression immediately changed. "Yuno! How's my favorite little girl," he said as he held out his arms, smiling widely. "Great," she said. "Wonderful, I would love to talk with you but I have business with this man," he said pointing toward Naruto.

"That's what I'm here to talk about," said Yuno. "This is my first and best friend, Naruto Uzumaki," said Yuno.

'First and best?' Thought Naruto, "Oh yea, that's right, she grew up friendless... like me.'

"Oh, my apologies, Naruto, I had no idea you two were friends. Well what is it you need?" Asked Katuke.

"Well," Yuno explained, "I need you to register Naruto as a student here."

"Alright, does he have any parents here to sign him in?" Asked Katuke.

"I'm an orphan, and I don't have any relatives," said Naruto looking a bit down.

Katuke looked at the kids eyes, looking for any source of a lie. He found none. "Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't know," said Katuke. Yuno stared at Naruto, her mouth slightly parted. She had a slight look of disbelief written on her face.

"It's alright. Will I still be able to register?" Asked Naruto.

Katuke scratched the back of his head. He leaned back in his chair before giving Naruto a response. "Well, I don't normally do this, but since you are a friend of Yuno's, I'll let you in," said Katuke. "I'm going to guess your in the same grade as Yuno, correct?" Asked Katuke.. He turned around in his chair and grabbed a small slip of paper of a shelf. He turned around and grabbed a pen. He quickly wrote a small note on the slip and looked up. He handed the yellow slip to Naruto.

"You'll be in the same class as Yuno, 9-A, hand this to your teacher when you walk in," said Katuke.

"Alright," said Naruto. He turned to follow Yuno who was already at the door. She soon flung it open and exited.

"Wait, Naruto," said Katuke, "You have a moment?"

Naruto turned toward him, "Yes, what is it?" Asked Naruto.

"I'm really glad that your acting to be her friend—" Katuke was cut off. "I'm not acting, she is my friend," said Naruto.

Katuke looked at him. He was serious. "You really care for her, don't you?" Asked Katuke.

"I do, because even though it doesn't seem so, she's my only friend too. And she's everything to me," said Naruto.

Katuke was speechless. This was the only person he knew, besides himself, that actually cared for Yuno. He broke into a very toothy smile. "Thank you, Naruto. You have no idea how much this means to me. Yuno really needs this," said Katuke. "Please do take care of her, for me."

"I will, you can trust me," said Naruto.

"Thank you. You may go," said Katuke.

Naruto walked out of the room and walked through the office. He went for the doorknob and twisted it. As soon as he opened it, he was enveloped in a hug by Yuno. She held on to him for a few seconds before letting go. "Did you really mean that," she asked, her cheeks adorned a dark red hue. She was smiling.

Naruto found it hard to answer while making direct eye contact with Yuno. He tilted his gaze upward toward the ceiling when he was about to answer. "Well, yeah, I mean, your my first friend and you are important to me," said Naruto who started to blush as well. As soon as he returned his gaze downward, Yuno reached forward and kissed his lips. Naruto, for his part, was really surprised. Here, was his best friend, pinning him against the wall, and kissing him! He knew it wasn't fist time this happened, but this time was different. This kiss felt natural, warm, and real.

Her eyes were closed and she forcedly pushed her head forward. This was a new feeling for Naruto, it wasn't bad, he actually enjoyed if. He then felt her tongue enter his mouth. Acting on instinct, Naruto returned the favor, and soon, their tongues were playing a game of domination. After a few minutes, Yuno pushed off of Naruto breathing heavily, Naruto was doing the same. She then smiled and took grasp of his hand, "Let's get to class," said Yuno.