Sup y'all, I've gotten a few good reviews but there were a couple that are suggesting of suicide. One of my stories had someone saying for me to die, whoever said that, you're a cruel person to tell someone that. But, those who're giving constructive criticism thank you and for the supportive reviews.

"Sup"/'Sup' speech and thoughts of people

"Sup" speech of Kyuubi

Jutsu

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Naruto awoke to the feeling of accomplishment, today was the day of graduation. His feeling of accomplishment was over in a moment when he caught scent of the four he felt betrayed him. "We're never going to get to apologize to him for the two stowaways who followed us are we?" That was Shikamaru after sighing sadly. "I don't blame him for suspecting us of telling that Guren-lady he was here, but I wish he had more faith in us." Choji wasn't snacking on a bag of chips while speaking, a bad sign that he wasn't in a good mood. "Well, we can't keep hoping for what *whine* could have been. We *happy-ish bark* have to apologize and hope he will forgive us, we have to charge ahead." "Yeah, we can wish it weren't what it was, but we failed him and betrayed his trust with the girls following our trail. Guren was smart to go looking with those fresh jonin that were with Ma and Inu that day. I want to earn a friend back, it'll take time, but it will be worth it."

Naruto was in the form of a fox, he was among the branches of a tree above them, watching and listening to them, 'They didn't lead Guren to me? They forgot about it being a secret among the younger generation, so they forgot about their trail from the playground. That's how Ino and Sakura-Chan found me, but not Guren. She asked those jonin from the search party with Tsume-San and Inu-San. I've been a fool, I should've trusted them, huh, this is gonna suck. But it has to be done...'

The four of them got to Naruto's Sanctuary, as they had come to call it, with great shame and sadness that they may not be forgiven. They didn't expect to find Naruto with a pile of prey prepared as a peace offering, he was a fox in mind and heart it made sense to him, and an embarrassed look on his furred face.

He began to speak in a series barks, whines, yaps, and other such noises as Kiba began to translate because Akamaru was still having trouble speaking, "I don't have the balls to say this while a shinobi, so I'll say it as a fox. Huuh, I'm sorry for my lack of faith in the four of you, I felt betrayed and I thought you guys had told Guren of my home. So please accept my apology, you guys don't have to apologize because I had assumed too much at the time and I am in the wrong. So please accept the peace offering and my sincerest apologies."

"Naruto, you were justified to suspect us, we were followed by the girls and given your past and the circumstances suggested that we betrayed you. Of course we accept the apology and we apologize for letting the girls find us. Now, about the peace offering...I don't think we can accept, it's raw and we can't eat raw meat, but we can cook it and then eat it..."

A foxy grin adorned the fox's face as his tail wagged in excitement and joy. They ate the squirrels and mice had caught after they had been cooked, they all were happy with no hard feelings and complete trust in each other. The merriment, if it could be called that, wasn't interrupted at all that night. The moment kept going when the question of the girls was asked, "So, since everything's being said, what about the girls? Have they said anything about where I am?"

His voice was joyful, even when he talked about a sore topic. Kiba spoke for the four who had stayed in school for Naruto, "They promised to keep your home a secret, but they wanted to learn about the real you. They saw the fight, not all of the dialogue of said battle, but they wanted to learn about you. It took Guren to show them that you aren't an idiot, Sakura was a bit of an idiot on the topic, but I can see why after all the shit you pulled on her. Did you actually ever have a crush on her?"

Naruto got a thoughtful expression on and thought with great time on his hands, "Yes and no. Yes, at one point I did have a crush on her, no because the way I went about it wasn't how I would have. The Old Naruto, huuh, he was still holding on...To old and new friends and to new beginnings." It wasn't a toast, it was a promise. A promise they wouldn't break, they would make sure of that.

Choji and Shikamaru looked to the skies, noticing how dark it was, they got up to leave, "Bye guys, it's late and we live at the farther end of the village. We got to go, or this place will definitely be found by the village." They got up and left, Kiba and Akamaru weren't far behind, "*Sniffsniff* I scent, *sniffsniff* Tsume-sama! We better go *bark* Kiba!" "Yeah, yeah we should. Don't want Ma to get the actual local of your home, otherwise we're all screwed over. See ya Naruto, good luck with the graduation test tomorrow."

With that, Kiba and Akamaru left. Naruto buried the fire and remains of the meal, as small as it was. He then went and made sure that the trails of his friends weren't going to be found very well. When he finished, he entered his den and slept peacefully.

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The test went as they always did, the students were told to do the three academy techniques and most of them passed. Naruto was up and everyone was anxious to see what he did, "Alright Naruto, use a kawarimi, a henge, and a bunshin. You can make more than bunshin if you wish." With that said, Naruto did a kawarimi with a small log, he henged into a fox to everyone's surprise and the amusement of his friends at their faces, and then Naruto used a bunshin to make twelve perfect clones.

"N-Naruto, how can you..." "I found that my reserves are too large to make only one bunshin without 'killing' it. I could use any other bunshin jutsu as long as it was solid like Iwa Bunshin no Jutsu, just for an example." Naruto had a smug smirk on his face at the surprise of his classmates and teacher.

After the exams, the graduates were given some time to themselves to bask in the accomplishment they made. Naruto got a gleam that everyone recognized and they avoided him as much as possible. The next thing they knew, Naruto made a group of bunshin that split up as the chunin teachers went to catch him.

They lost him. The chunin could never catch him, and they didn't have a prayer of catching him now. Iruka went to his favorite haunts, didn't find him, and when Iruka was at a wit's end...He saw Naruto, talking to Tsume and Inu! He came up to Naruto quietly until Naruto turned and jumped over Iruka with a cane. Naruto's next action confused the people who were near him, in an old man henge and voice he said, "Get off my lawn, you young whipper-snappers!"

Before Iruka could ask, 'What the hell', Naruto ran away. Iruka turned to Tsume and Inu, confusion written on his face,"What was he talking to you two about, Tsume-San?" "He was apologizing for scratching me and giving Inu a hard time with his book when we went looking for him." Iruka looked to Inu, who nodded and had a possessive stance over his pouch with the books mentioned as he watched Naruto's figure disappear in the crowd.

"What books are they anyways?" His response was a perverse giggle from Inu and a groan from Tsume, "The Icha Icha series, don't read it if you value your manhood..." She was dead serious and said this in a sickly sweet voice. "H-Hai,Tsume-San." He left after his, secretly, favorite student without a clue on where to look.

What no one knew, was that Naruto was finding out who his parents were through henge and shadow clones. His findings were surprising and life changing to say the least...

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There y'all go, I gave Naruto a break and a new way to screw with people. I don't 'ave much else to say so, SEE YA!