Disclaimer: I do not own animaniacs, Naruto, or anything Dreamworks besides the released videos. The song I use 'Through Heaven's Eyes,' is used for its uplifting quality, not it's relation to religion. I would also like to ask anyone who has played 'Skyrim" to check out my other fic, "Half-Blood Hero," and leave a review on how you like it so far. BTW, there will be multiple character references, and Naruto will meet Rita and Runt. Rita will be JUST a friend, not added to the harem Naruto will eventually have. Thank you and enjoy.

Maelstrom on the lot

"It's time for animaniacs!" -Talking/yelling

'And it's zany to the max' –Thinking/Thoughts

"So just sit back and relax" –Singing/flashbacks

"We're animaniacs!" –Angry/Shouting

Chapter 4: House Hunting: Part two

Last time on Maelstrom on the lot; turning to the audience, he just smiled and said, "I knew I was hard headed, but what a way to test it." Shrugging, he turned around and started walking deeper into the forest. 'Maybe the next person can help me out,' he thought to himself.

Now;

After being told to leave by Slappy, Naruto traveled deeper into the woods. Of course, before he left he made sure to leave a little gift behind. He could only imagine the chaos it would supply her for the next few weeks. "Goes to show ya, be careful who you yell at," he said with both mirth and vindictiveness in his tone

FLASHBACK (close up of Naruto's back as he looks at Slappy's tree)

Chuckling to himself, Naruto raises a paint brush and swipes a spot on the tree. "Hehehe, this should show her," he laughed a bit evilly. Pulling back, we can see that Slappy's tree has been covered in Bright 'kill-me' orange paint, with red words at the top. Reading the message it says "I'm lonely and want a friend; please hug me!" Naruto throws the paint cans and brush away before walking into the forest.

FLASHBACK END

Chuckling once again, Naruto began looking around. He found himself at the edge of a crystal blue lake. Down the way was a giant log shaped house, built right along the lake shore. It had a red mailbox out front and a part on top that acted as a chimney. Before he could even think about asking the resident of the home, the bush beside him rustled loudly. Tilting his head, Naruto walked over and peered over the bush to see what was making the noise.

Behind the shrubbery was a squat, fat dog. His fur was a light bluish color, with black ears, a white muzzles and a big, red nose. He was sniffing the ground and mumbling to himself in what sounded like a German accent, "I can smell it. It is here some vhere, und I vill find it." Smirking at the opportunity to prank someone, Naruto leaned down and whispered, "What you looking for?" too focused on his sense of smell, the dog replied, "a fox, I 'ave been following its scent for a few hours." His smirk growing, Naruto pulled back and looked around. Spotting a giant tree trunk a little bit away, he rushed over to it.

Running around the tree in a blur, he painted an exact duplicate of himself on the tree and jumped behind it. Whistling loudly, he yelled, "HEY DOG FACE!" the dog popped out of the bushed and glared at the smiling picture on the tree, mistaking it for the real thing. "YOUR MOTHER WAS A PUG, AND YOUR FATHER WAS A CAT!" Naruto yelled out loudly, then quietly snickered when he heard the dog growling. Seeing red, the blue dog ran at the tree, barking out, "YOU…YOU GIANT BALL OF FLUFF!" jumping at the picture, the blue dog smashed into the tree head first.

BANG! CRASH!

The dog had gone so fast and hard into the tree that his head was now stuck on one side and his body on the other. Naruto just began laughing loudly as the dog tried to get free, failing every time. Growling in anger, the dog demanded, "GET ME OUT OF HERE!" wiping a tear from his eye, Naruto stood up and grinned at the dog. "Alright, alright. Hold your horses, I'll get you out." Snickering to himself, Naruto walked to the front of the tree while holding a baseball bat behind his back.

Over by the log house

Walking out of the house was a very beautiful mink. She had clean white fur covering her body, a blonde tail and blonde hair, and was currently wearing three different things of clothing. First, she had a purple head band that held her blond hair out of her eyes. Second, she had on a pink, sleeveless top that held in, but also showed off, her generous bust. And finally, she had a pair of green running shorts that cut off close to the top of her thigh, giving the world an excellent view of her long, luscious legs and perking butt. This was none other than Minerva Mink, the resident 'hotty-with-the-body' of the Burbank forest. Straightening her hair, she sighed, "oh, I hate being alone." Pouting cutely, and causing several male animals to faint at the sight, she said, "There's no good men around here. Newt's a fat pervert, Wilfred is a nerd whenever there's not a full moon, and none of the other guys around here are remotely smart." Sighing to herself, she smiled a wistful smile, "I wish I could find a hot, but smart guy around here."

Before she could start her run, she heard Newt's voice yelling from a little ways away. Sighing in irritation, "what's that dumb dog doing now?" walking over to the area she heard the yelling coming from, she was surprised to see that, 1) Newt was stuck in a tree, with his backside facing her and 2) it looked like he had rammed himself there. Confused, she was about to call out to the dog when she heard his yell, "GET ME OUT OF HERE!" then, she heard a deep laughing voice, clearly male, say, "alright, alright. Hold your horses, I'll get you out." Just that voice alone sent a pleasant shiver down her spine, 'oh! Lord! That voice…Mmmmm, I wonder what he looks like?' then, walking out from behind the tree came a fox. Not just any fox, but an absolute HOTTIE! His silky looking orange fur, his bright sky-blue eyes, and those muscles! He had a six-pack under his fur that she could break rock off of.

Her eyes turned to hearts, tongue falling out of her mouth and pooling onto the ground, and tail fluffed up into the air. It took everything in her power not to sound off like an air siren or howl like a wolf at the moon. 'OH MY GOD! LOOK AT HIM!' she screamed in her head. She then noticed him standing behind Newt with a baseball bat, taking a stance. "Uzumaki slides up to the base, calling his shot as he does. There's the wind up and-"he swung with enough power to shatter a boulder and smacked Newt's rear end hard.

WWWHHHHAAAAMM!

Newt was sent flying into the air, out of the woods, screaming for his mommy. Minerva giggles at his misfortune and heard the fox, Uzumaki apparently, laugh. "Now that. Was funny," he said to himself as he wiped a tear from his eyes, "well, better get back to house hunting. Minerva shook her head quickly and tried to call out to him, "Wait-!" but he was already gone. Huffing in disappointment, she started home, jogging forgotten. 'I WILL find out who he was, I am not letting this one get away!' she thought with determination shining in her eyes.

Studio streets; Night

Naruto sighed, grumbling to himself, "nothing. There's not a single place I can live in so far." After walking through the entire woods, Naruto had come back to the city to try his luck there. So far all he had found were two white lab mice, three weird pigeons (seriously, one was squinting, one looked pissed, and the other was just smiling at nothing), two BIG hippos making out (que shudder), and what looked like a psychiatrists office. Sighing, Naruto decided to take a load off and sat down in an alley. "This stinks," he grumbled to himself. "I know what you mean my friend," said a female voice from further down the alley. Surprised by the sudden voice, Naruto jumped up into the air and then fell back down on his butt. He glared into the dark alley and called, "alright, come on out." He heard the voice chuckle as two animals came out of the darkness.

One was a big dog, covered in brown fur and a big dark brown spot on his back. He had shaggy hair and a big black nose. 'Well, looks like I found Ralphs soul-pet,' Naruto thought to himself when he saw the dimwitted look on the dogs face. The second animal was a small, grey cat. She had white fur on her paws and the tip of her tail, she also had a small smirk on her face. Obviously she was the one who spooked him, and she thought she was funny for it. Shaking away the thoughts of future playful pranks, he asked, "Hey, who are you two?" the cat chuckled and answered for both, "my name is Rita. And the goof below me is Runt, say high Runt." The dog just laughed and said, in a dim voice, "oh! Hiya! How are ya? You definitely look like a friendly person, I like friendly people" Naruto just blinked and smiled, 'dumb, but friendly. I could learn to like these two.'

Shaking his head, Naruto said, "nice to meet you. I'm Naruto. So, what are you two doing out here?" they both looked sadly at the ground as runt answered, "oh, we don't have a home. No, definitely not." Naruto smiled sadly at them, "oh. Well don't feel bad, I'm sure you'll find a home." Rita just huffed, "I'm starting to doubt that. We been looking for months now, but haven't found anything." She sighed, "People just don't see us as important enough to care about."

Naruto looked at them sadly, 'they've started to give up, and I can't let that happen.' He suddenly had two ideas, and smiled, 'that should work, but first I need to cheer them up. And I know just how to do it.'

(Play 'Through Heaven's Eyes' form the move 'The Prince of Egypt')

A single thread in a tapestry

Through its color brightly shine

Can never see its purpose

In the pattern of the grand design

Rita and Runt looked at the singing fox in shock, as the weight of the world's grabbed hold of them. Naruto just gave a small smile as he continued.

And the stone that sits on the very top

Of the mountain's mighty face

Does it think it's more important?

Than the stones that form the base?

Naruto smiled as he stood, waving for the cat and dog to follow him. They look at each other and shrug, following after him. He lead them down the street and pointed towards a church that was helping the homeless, by giving them food and shelter for the night.

So how can you see what your life is worth?

Or where your values lie?

He then pointed towards a family, who were all smiling and laughing. Rita and Runt both smiled at the family, seeing the love they had. Then, both felt a hand on their heads, looking up they saw Naruto smiling at them.

You can never see through the eyes of man

You must look at your life

Look at your life through heaven's eyes

His smile widened as they found a party in the park. Waving the animals to follow, Naruto joined in the celebration, still singing his upbeat song. Unbidden, the other party goers joined in.

La-la-lai

La-la-la-la-la-lai-lai-lai

La-lai

Naruto eventually joined Rita and Runt again. Smiling at them he said, "There is always someone who will care about you. You just have to look at your life." He then pushed them together to prove his point before continuing.

A lake of gold in the desert sand

Is less than a cool fresh spring

And to one lost sheep, a shepherd boy

Is greater than the richest king

Continuing their walk, they saw a young boy playing and hugging his dog. Runt stared wistfully at that, but soon found himself smiling as he remembered the good times with Rita. Unknown to Runt, Rita was having the same thoughts.

If a man lose everything he owns

Has he truly lost his worth?

Or is it the beginning

Of a new and brighter birth?

They all watched as a couple walked past them, hand in hand. Looking at the man they saw he had been in an accident at some point, because his right leg was gone. Despite the loss, he was still happy. Trying not to disturb the couple, Naruto whispered the next few lines.

So how do you measure the worth of a man?

In wealth or strength or size?

In how much he gained or how much he gave?

The answer will come

The answer will come to him who tries

To look at his life through heaven's eyes

Naruto was beaming when he saw the hope in Rita's eyes return, 'there we go. Hope should never be lost in anyone.' Rita looked at him and smiled as she picked up the next verse in her melodious voice.

And that's why we share all we have

Though there's little to be found

When all you've got is nothing

There's a lot to go around

Naruto chuckled and pulled the two of them into a group hug, reassuring them that he would be there for them as well. 'First day here and I have five new friends, a great day to be me'

No life can escape being blown about

By the winds of change and chance

And though you never know all the steps

You must learn to join the dance

He go some weird looks at that, until he smiled and grabbed Rita. She was surprised until he started dancing with her, then she just laughed.

You must learn to join the dance

Lai-la-lai=lai

La-la-la-lai-lai-lai

La-lai-lai

Runt soon joined the dance, with all three of them laughing joyfully. The people around them just smiled at the happiness they excluded. Naruto smiled as he finished the song.

So how can you judge what a man is worth?

By what he builds or buys?

You can never see with your eyes on earth

Look through heaven's eyes

Look at your life

Look at your life through heaven's eyes!

As he ended the song, Naruto looked at Rita and Runt. Their eyes shined with renewed hope, both silently thanking him. Smiling, he said, "you know guys, tomorrows another day, I'm sure it'll be better." They nodded as they arrived at a clearing in the park. Naruto sat with his back against a tree, with Rita and Runt curling up next to him. He smiled as he started falling asleep, 'life is goooood.'

Chapter 4: END