Naruto ran to the springs again to find exactly the two he was looking for. Sakura was standing there, trying to get close to the horse, while Epona simply watched her. Naruto leaned against the gate, waiting to see what would happen next.

Sakura slowly brought her hand down, but just before it touched Epona, the gate Naruto was leaning against creaked. Sakura jumped before darting her eyes over to Naruto. Upon realizing who it was, she quickly gained a scowl on her face.

"You moron! You should treat your horse better! At least try bathing her, she IS a girl afterall!" She yelled before fixing her hair with her hand. "Afterall, us women should be treated like queens, NOT SLAVES!" She screeched, making Epona's ears fall down. Naruto nodded his head, signaling he got the memo AGAIN. He had actually just washed his horse the day before, and was going to do so again tomorrow, but, as usual, Sakura took his horse and decided to bathe her herself. Naruto walked over to Epona, the horse meeting him halfway. Sakura had a crest-fallen look on her face, but it was quickly replaced by her scowl again. As she walked towards the gates, she spoke to Naruto again.

"If you don't start taking care of her, I'll take her for myself! So start taking better care of her!" As she left the spring, Naruto faintly heard her whisper something.

"One day, You'll see, that horse will be all mine!"

Naruto sighed. You'd have to brainwash Epona before she left him. They were really close friends, one of the few Naruto could be with without feeling awkward in some way, even if Epona WAS a horse.

"C'mon Epona, let's get going. Asuma needs our help again." He chuckled. On the way back, Naruto smiled at the horse.

"She did a really good job on you, maybe I should ask her for some tips." Naruto said. The horse rapidly shook its head, signalling, 'NO'. Naruto chuckled at that. He figured the reason Epona didn't like Sakura too much was because she was much rougher than Naruto, who had a gentler touch to his brushing and bathing.

That night, Naruto lay in bed, having just come from the bath himself. He stared at the cieling and reached his left arm out.

"Two days...in two days, I'm going to see Hyrule...I wonder what it'll be like?" He asked no-one in particular.

He fell asleep that night, dreaming of the festival that he heard would be going on that day. He had tomorrow off, Asuma saying he could take care of things, which actually worried Naruto more than he had ever worried before. Asuma was anything BUT capable of taking care of things on his own for long. Maybe Kakashi or Bo would be able to help him.

The next morning, Naruto was awakened to,

"HEY NARUTO! GET UP! IT'S MORNING!"

Naruto yawned before stretching his stiff joints. He looked out the window to see three of the children outside his house. Naruto stared at them blankly, his eyes still full of sleep. It was quickly knocked out of him when Konohamaru threw an acorn at him.

"Okay okay I'm up already!" Naruto shouted as he rubbed his head. The blonde shook his head before sliding down his ladder and grabbing a set of clothes. After Naruto finished dressing in his usual attire, he looked at himself in a mirror.

He was wearing a White shirt with a Blue and Orange shoulder patch on his right arm. He had grey pants that stopped at his shin with brown straps around the pants, as well as a blue triple folded cloth that was kept together by a rope around his waist. He finished off the look with brown strip-sandals and leaving his messy blonde hair to sway freely in the morning breeze. Naruto exited the door and slid down another ladder before landing in front of the children.

"Hey guys! What's up?" Naruto asked the three kids in front of him.

The three children were smiling like no tomorrow.

"The store's got a Slingshot!"

"YEAH! It looks awesome! Too bad we can't afford it..."

"Would you guys quite yapping! If you want the Slingshot so badly, just go and buy it from my parents store!" The girl shouted to the other two boys.

"Are you joking? With OUR allowence? Are you nuts? That'll NEVER happen!" Konohamaru shouted.

Naruto sighed before he spoke up.

"Mah, mah, why do you guys need to play with a Slingshot? If you really want one, then make your own." Naruto said. "By the way Moegi, did you ever tell your mom what her cat's been doing?" Naruto asked the girl.

"Nope. Mom won't listen to me..." She said sounding depressed.

Naruto shook his head.

"Anyway, I need to head into the village, I'll be right back."

As Naruto was heading away, he could hear the complaining of Konohamaru and the other boy, Udon.

"Is he nuts? How are we supposed to make one! Anyway, PLEEEASE Moegi, can we at least borrow it?"

Naruto chuckled. Maybe he would be nice to the kids.

Naruto sighed as he walked back to his house, soaking wet. He had just talked to Kakashi, one of the villagers, who was laughing at Sera's cat standing by the water staring at fish.

Kakashi was, to keep it simple, lazy. He was a good guy, just lazy. Anyway, Kakashi wanted to show Naruto where some Hawk-grass was growing. It was growing on top of an uprising of the earth. A VERY strange place for it to be. Naruto jumped over to it, only to find MORE Hawk-grass growing a bit farther up. Naruto jumped across when he heard it.

It sounded kinda like a...monkey? Naruto turned to see a Monkey on a small rock area jumping around holding what seemed to be a basket. Naruto squinted before he recognized the basket. It was Tsunami's! Naruto scowled at the laughing monkey before he turned and picked up a piece of the grass. With a deep breath, Naruto blew into the grass, creating a strange melody. When the song finished, a Hawk appeared and landed on Naruto's arm.

It was definitely a special gift, given to him by the Gods. So said the Mayor. Naruto had always been on friendly terms with animals. He liked a lot of them, and he had a strange attraction to foxes, which he figured was because of the whiskers on his cheeks.

Naruto held the Hawk before pointing to the monkey holding the basket. The Hawk nodded in understanding before flying over to the Monkey and snatching the Basket away, returning it to Naruto. After he had returned the basket and was given a Fishing Rod made by Rusl's son, Inari, he got the Slingshot, shot down an Ordon Bees Nest, (which he then jumped into the water to avoid getting stung from) and was now returning back to his house, soaking wet.

Naruto trudged up to his house, noticing Rusl walking up to him.

"Naruto? I just finished dropping something off at your house, I'm sure you'll be thrilled." He said before walking home. Naruto shrugged before he turned to the children. He grinned after he showed them the Slingshot. The looks on their faces were what he lived for. The awe, the little stars that danced around their eyes, the look of excitement evident on their faces.

After Naruto showed them the power of the Slingshot, which, to even HIS surprise, he had GREAT aim with, he heard Moegi tell him that Rusl had dropped something off at his house. Naruto thanked her for reminding him and was about to go inside to get it, when he heard the small boy, Udon, say, "I command you to show us."

Naruto stared at the kid.

'The way he said that...that's just creepy...'

Naruto came back out a moment later carrying the newly repaired wooden sword that one of Kakashi's dogs had chewed in half. While Naruto didn't mind dogs, Kakashi's were just...irritating. Almost as Irritating as him. Almost. Naruto then started displaying his abilities, including a horizontal slash and a vertical slice. Just when he was demonstrating a Stab, he tripped on the root of one of his trees, so instead of showing a stab, he did another vertical slice and fell on his face. However, what Naruto did was nowhere NEAR as funny as what Moegi's response was.

"WOOOW! That was Awesome Naruto!"

"but that wasn't a stab..." Udon mumbled.

Naruto then redid his Stab and got it right this time before demonstrating the Spin Attack. Once he finished with that, the other children were about to leave, but Konohamaru stopped him.

"WAIT! You still havn't showed me THAT attack! You'know, the one where you scream out, "HIAAAA!"

"oh please, the jump attack?" Udon mumbled again as he rolled his eyes.

Naruto sighed before he turned to face the poor pumpkin that was to face his onslaught. The poor vegetable.

Naruto had felt stupid when he found out that the children had been watching. He felt even MORE embarassed that they heard him shout out like that. Because of that, Konohamaru had dubbed it, the 'Shout Attack' Naruto really hated his life at times. But it wasn't so bad. It's not like in another Universe he was a demon container or a ninja or something.

Right?

Right.

Naruto took a deep breath before glaring at the pumpkin.

'Prepare to die, pumpkin.'

Naruto suddenly jumped at the pumpkin, bringing his sword back before shouting out.

"HIAAAAAAA!" He then swung his sword down sharply.

Nothing seemed to happen for awhile, and Konohamaru was about to say something when the pumpkin suddenly exploded into pieces. The three kids had wide eyes as they saw the damage Naruto had done to the poor training dummy.

"That was awesome!" Konohamaru suddenly shouted. Naruto stood up and smiled at his work. Konohamaru spoke up again. "All right! Now the next time one of those monkies come around, I won't let them get away with...HEY! YOU!" The rest of the group turned to see a monkey with a pink flower on its head standing there. Konohamaru suddenly ran after it once it had turned tail and ran, shouting "I'M NOT LETTING YOU GET AWAY THAT EASILY!"

The other two children followed after the boy while Naruto just stared at the spectical. He turned to the side to see Inari standing there.

"Oh...Oh no...what, what are they doing that for? They shouldn't go out in the forest..." He said, slightly shaking in fear. Naruto put a hand on his shoulder and smiled.

"Don't worry. I'll bring them back." He said before running off towards the direction the children had gone.

Naruto had found out the forest was much more dangerous than usual. He had gone back and brought along Epona when he realized he would need her. After awhile, he had caught up with Moegi and Udon, who were both watching him. Udon was the one who spoke up.

"It's all up to you." Naruto smirked before nodding and riding off towards the forest.

Naruto got a lantern from some store guy named Rock Lee, creepy guy, but not a bad person. He had found Bulbins, Bokobaba's, and even Keese, creatures that usually didn't attack so violently, especially in the daytime. Naruto fought through the ranks until he finally reached the Forest shrine. He went up to an area where he found Konohamaru and the Monkey, trapped in a cage and having two Bokoblins closing in on them, their mouths drooling. Naruto felt a rage build up inside of him and attacked the two before they could start on their meal.

Naruto charged at the one on the left with a horizontal strike to the head. The Bokoblin flew to the side before slamming into the wall. The other Bokoblin saw his friend slam into the wall before he turned to see a charging Naruto, who then stabbed the creature, throwing him back towards the edge of the tree area. Naruto quickly brought his attention back to the First Bokoblin, who was now charging at Naruto, Club raised in the air. The creature swung its club down, but Naruto jumped back, just in time to get hit in the back by the second Bokoblin.

Naruto rolled to the other side of the little arena before looking back up at the now multiple Bokoblins. Naruto shook his head, ridding himself of the dizzyness that plagued his head, and jumped in between the two creatures before his left hand glowed. Naruto didn't notice it, and spun around rapidly, his speed increasing more and more before he swung his sword in a rapid movement. The Bokoblins' eyes widened on seeing the Hurricane coming towards them before they were both hit by the rapidly spinning sword.

It took a little while, but Naruto finally slowed down, but wobbled around as his world had suddenly started spinning around and around and around. Naruto fell on his butt while trying to calm his spinning head, and soon he could see clearly again. He looked around and noticed the two creatures now absent, and grinned. He tried coming up with a name for his cool new attack. He didn't really know how he pulled it off, but he liked it. The words, Hurricane Spin floated through his head. From where, Naruto didn't know, but he decided to stick with the name. He ran over to the imprisoned two-some and easily broke the wooden cage.

As Naruto was returning with Konohamaru, he was suddenly stopped by the boy.

"Naruto, look...I'm sorry you had to come and save me. If it wasn't for you, me and that monkey would have been eaten for sure. She's actually really nice. When I was cornered by them, she stayed with me, and we got captured together." He stopped and then turned towards Naruto. "But please, DON'T TELL MY DAD! He would FREAK if he found out I went into the forest. They're always telling me to stay away from there..." Naruto chuckled before he nodded his head.

"Don't worry about it, all right? My lips are sealed." Naruto said ruffling the boy's head. Konohamaru ran off and Naruto started following after him when he was suddenly stopped.

"Naruto!"

Naruto turned to see Rusl running up to him.

"Inari told me everything. I came running as soon as I heard, but, it seems you have things taken care of. I can't thank you enough. You've done enough for now, go and get some rest. Tomorrow you head to Hyrule."

Naruto nodded before heading home. He had a big day tomorrow.