aghostownwhereibelong
Hello, before I start the story I would like to address a few reviews.
Firstly we're going to discuss the review from "zx2(whole bunch of zeroes)6".
So here they say," can someone explain to me just what the fuck is going on in this chapter, how the hell did kaguya escape what is happening to naruto what do you mean his whole body is red did he become a hollow? what is this golden star you are talking about what is going on I am so confused?".
So, I do not know if the explanation in chapter 4 was good enough, so I'll try to redo it here.
Kaguya regenerated from the arm that Naruto failed to throw in the Eternal Truth-Seeking Orb, Naruto never turned into a hollow, all the atoms of his body already existed in one universe, him being forced to trespass into another universe caused the aforementioned universe to try to erase all the atoms that weren't created in its own universe.
Naruto belongs to -- Narutoverse.
Everything Naruto is made of was born in the --Narutoverse.
Naruto was forced into the -- Bleachverse.
Naruto doesn't belong in the -- Bleachverse.
The Bleachverse detected Naruto's existence and proceeded to try to destroy him.
Because he wasn't born in the Bleachverse.
He was healing too fast for the universe to destroy him completely.
And the atoms that his body are made of now were created in the Bleachverse.
His skin and organs, all of him was stripped of its original creation and remade to be in the Bleachverse.
He was red because his muscle were exposed and shit.
All the hair on his body, his skin and organs, blood ALL that shit was recreated inside of the Bleachverse.
Which is why he isn't being eviscerated rn.
His spirit was the only thing that couldn't be tampered with.
And so, he's still very much out of place in the Bleachverse.
btw, the existence of something in one universe that exists in another will cause the timeline to mess up, and fate to go all over the place. think people blinking out of existence and being born with their literal head up their ass, or the moon crashing into Jupiter, some real eotw shit.
The stars are pretty much irrelevant, its just what Naruto saw before passing out.
Idk if that provided a better explanation for you, i hope it did but i just don't know.
Now to address the second user,'Otsutsuki no Yami', "Sorry, but this doesn't make any sense. You made him younger? And then he fucking away from a Hollow when he had fight much worse? You just fucked up your own story. Your writing style, sorry to say isn't to my taste. Naruto of the fourth shinobi war wipes the floor with everyone in Bleach.
You just nerfed him just to fit your story. You should have used a different way than nerfing him or using fourth shinobi war naruto."
Alright, so firstly, Yes i made him younger so that the age difference between Ichigo and Naruto wouldn't be too big, and just in case you didn't read the rest of my story, when Naruto is forced into Bleach, it all takes place a year before the actual story. Also because i want them to develop actual relationships.
So with the Hollow at the window, you could most definitely say that my writing was poor here(you could say that about all of it lol) But i think the main reason he was afraid was because the fear he felt while fighting them was always there, its just that he only reacted when they did(they screamed n shi).
So you could say that Naruto was scared because he was always scared, and the other main reason was because he was in a house full of innocent people who fed him and helped him get back on his feet- he didn't want to risk them being in danger because of him and was scared for there lives.
Some of your problems with my story are pretty much subjective, a result of preference.
And you having a problem with my story is 100% okay! You can always find an author with much better writing than me, or someone who fits your consumption preferences better than I do.
I did nerf him because I'm not gonna start him at God Level at the beginning of the story, that don't make no sense to me.
So yeah, you having a problem with me nerfing him and making him younger and not being a powerhouse where he's at right now is a you problem tbh, and it makes complete sense to take away that shit for the sake of the story.
So yeah, I offer apologies since the person with a whole bunch a zeroes and Otsutsuki didn't find an optimal level of satisfaction with my story, but all i can do is take constructive criticism and use it to make the experience better for yall.
If you don't offer ways for me to improve my craft while pointing out the things I'm bad at, I won't improve in the areas i don't know i need to improve on.
So now that thats settled, without further ado...
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...may the story continue.
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SAME DAY
Naruto awoke with a start, panting heavily while scanning his surroundings for signs of danger.
It took him a while to stop breathing so hard, his heart was beating harshly against his ribcage.
Ichigo stirred in his sleep to Naruto's right, Naruto snapped in that direction.
" *zzz...zzz...zzz *". Ichigo had continued snoring, his orange head showing itself at the top of his bed.
Naruto stared at him, wondering how he didn't wake up from his loud breathing.
But then, he shook his head and decided to look towards the window.
Suddenly, the memories of what happened came flooding hard back into our boy.
His heart sped back up again while he was thinking about the eye in the window, 'that was another one of those things. what else could it have been? '. Naruto pondered, trying to calm himself down.
He stepped off his beds, and began walking towards the window.
Leaning over his roommate, trying to make sure he didn't wake him, he grasped the curtains with trembling hands.
Pulling one side open halfway and slowly, he peeked outside with anxious eyes.
There was actually nothing this time. No screaming, no dark presence, no scary mask creature.
But the moon was gone too. He looked and searched, but he couldn't find it.
Upon closer observation, be found that the sky was turning blue on his left.
'thats a pretty shade of blue '. Naruto pulled away from the window, double checking to see if Ichigo was awake.
" *...zzz...zzz...zzz...* ". Yeah, dead asleep.
He paced the room slowly, trying to think about his next moves.
Those things were still after him. If he stayed he was probably gonna draw even more danger than just now towards this family.
'it was just the day after too... i'm not safe for these people, huh?
'i don't have anywhere else to go. i'm probably a danger to anyone i go to. it wouldn't be fair to Tatsuki or Ichigo to try to go over to her house. they'd look at me weird if told them, but maybe its not a bad idea? i need to be careful. what do i do? what can i do? '.
" *sighhh * , fuck." Naruto was mentally exhausted.
Naruto walked over to the front door, thinking he should probably leave, but decided against using the front door.
'maybe i could use that?...'
Naruto stepped towards the window, and reached out to pull the curtains back all the way, slowly.
Naruto scanned the window for a way to open it, he tried pushing, pulling, and eventually pulling.
.*schhk *. It opened a little bit. Even with that small opening, he could already feel the cold air creeping into the warm room like an intruder.
He looked towards Ichigo again, watching his movements and breathing patterns.
" *...zzz...zzz...zzz...* ". Still sleep, miraculously.
Naruto then pulled as lightly as he could.
.*schiiiik *. Once he opened to where he could crawl out, he looked towards Ichigo again. Still snoring.
He then climbed out the window and closed it behind him, jumping onto the roof above.
He almost slipped several times because of the snow.
'Ok, I'm outside now. What do I do?.' He climbed on top of the house like yesterday, sitting and feeling his surroundings.
He decided to do the family what he thought was a favor and spend the next 30 minutes or so kicking the snow off of the roof.
" *sniiiiif...huuuffff * ". Naruto lost his train of thought, getting distracted by the cold air entering his lungs and greeting his exposed arms, feet and face.
Out here, the cold air made the presence of the sweat all over him present. It was uncomfortable, but he decided to try to ignore it.
He smiled, feeling at peace.
Naruto stared at the sky, and was shocked to see the stars above him once again.
' Wow, this place has cool stars.'
The same colors from yesterday showed themselves and shined brilliantly. He laid down as best as he could, his head and golden blond hair resting in his hands as he looked towards the brightening portion of the sky. The sun was coming up pretty slowly.
Naruto was at his most serene since waking up for the first time.
Not a thought was in his head as he looked towards nothing and laid down, embracing the brisk air.
He closed his eyes, and fell asleep after a few minutes.
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7:26 AM/SAME DAY
" *Yaaaawwn * ".
Ichigo awoke slowly, stretching as best as he could, and sat up after a few minutes passed.
He reached for his phone in the desk beside him, checking the time.
7:29 AM Sunday.
He woke up before his alarm again.
"That's three days in a row." Ichigo commented to no one as he waited for the alarm to go off, turning down the notification sound.
.*BZZZZT...BZZ-* Ichigo turned it off with a simple press of his fingers.
He then got up an stretched once more.
He walked to his closet," *OOF!*". He fell over something big.
Ichigo looked down at himself, but then remembered the boy who was sharing a room with him.
"Oh, sorry about that Naruto, you good?". Naruto didn't answer.
Ichigo saw why, he wasn't even in the bed. The comforter had was sprawled over the bed.
'That's kinda weird. Where could he be at seven in the morning? '
Ichigo scanned his room just in case anywhere else in there for some reason.
He then checked the door, and the bathroom outside his room, as well as the bathroom downstairs, and everywhere outside the house, but he didn't find him.
"Where the hell did this kid go??". Ichigo started to worry. He understood that he was healed up and all, but he had lost in this world without his memories, especially without knowing what the hell a phone is, let alone a picture.
He looked out a window downstairs, and saw that it was snowy, so he hiked up to his bedroom to put on snow wear.
He put white jacket over his shirt, and a pair of black snow boots.
Ichigo grabbed his phone and walked downstairs, prepared to search wherever he could find him.
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Ichigo spent twenty minutes searching around his house, but he still couldn't find the blond boy.
" *sighhh *". Ichigo ran his hand over his abnormal orange hair, exasperated.
"Where is he?". He didn't want to start screaming and wake up his probably still sleep family.
"Ichigo?".
The owner of the aforementioned name jumped, spinning around to surprisingly find his father standing out in his own set of snow wear, walking back into the house.
"What are you doing out here so early son?". Isshin walked over to his son in confusion.
But the confusion wasn't to equal to Ichigo's,"I could ask you the same question, Dad! Why are you out here so early on a Sunday?". Ichigo felt his temper starting to flare up automatically in the presence of his father, a habit it seems.
"I think you should answer my question first. You seem to be looking for something. What is it?".
Ichigo scratched his head, an expression of mild frustration and worry on his face. "*sighhh , Well, I've been looking for Naruto and I can't find him anywhere at all."
"What?! You can't find him?! When did he disappear?!". Isshin looked rather worried all of a sudden, grasping onto Ichigo's shoulders and shaking him slightly.
"Whoa-Dad what's wrong?". Ichigo felt a small amount of fear build up in him at his fathers concern.
"You don't have ANY ideas as to where he could be?".
"N-No." Isshin sighed heavily, running his hands through his hair.
"...damn it...He's an amnesiac in a strange world. He barely knows anything about this place, and he's bound to run himself straight into danger. That's why I'm so worried." Isshin appeared to be thinking about something.
Ichigo tried his share of thinking as well, trying to see if he could come up with another answer pertaining to his whereabouts.
As Ichigo looked around to try to help himself jog his memory, he looked towards the roof and got a sudden idea.
"Wait, yesterday Naruto was on the roof for some reason!". Ichigo didn't wait for an acknowledgement, he ran back into house after taking his boots off and went upstairs.
He went to his sisters bedroom and knocked on their door five times.
He slowly opened the door after not hearing an answer for a few minutes, and crept up to their balcony. He noted that Yuzu was asleep, but Karin wasn't in bed.
He decided to deal with that later, and opened the door to the balcony.
After closing the door, Ichigo called out quietly,"Naruto? ", but after deciding not to get louder because if the time, he climbed onto the railing and attempted his best jump towards the roof.
" * Hrrgh! * ", Ichigo grunted with effort as his hands made contact with the gutters and the covering of the roof.
He tried to climb further but couldn't find a spot to grab onto without breaking something, or slipping due to the snow and moisture.
Suddenly, Ichigo felt himself slip,"Whoa!". His right hand had completely slipped off, and he was now hanging off of the gutter, which (unbelievably) managed to hold his weight.
Obviously not for longer, so Ichigo reached once again to find something dry to grab onto.
Just then, Ichigo felt something warm grasp onto his hand, and pull him aggressively and almost easily onto the roof.
"WHA-*OOOF! *". Ichigo was found that he was pulled onto the roof by someone, and looked up to find Naruto peering down at him in confusion.
"What are you doing up here Ichigo?". Naruto backed up against the roof and pulled him up the roof again, finding a spot to sit without slipping at the top.
"No-YOU are going to answer your own question! Why are you out here by yourself in the snow-at 7 AM?!". Ichigo berated Naruto, wondering why this boy was prone to such strange tendencies.
"He's not alone." A feminine voice rang out calmly behind Naruto, and Ichigo peeked behind Naruto to figure out who it was.
Naruto leaned backwards to offer Ichigo a better view, and to Ichigo's utter surprise he found not only his little sister Karin sitting up here on a pillow and a blanket wrapped around her shoulders, but he ALSO found Tatsuki up her, mimicking Karin's current appearance with a blanket.
Ichigo gawked in disbelief,"WHY is half the house on the roof?!!".
" *SHHH!!, stop being so LOUD Ichigo!". Tatsuki chastised Ichigo.
Ichigo moved to find a safe spot on the roof,"Whatever, you three need to get down here before you catch an ass-whipping cold!".
"Oh well excuse me Dr.Ichigo, i didn't know the repercussions of being outside in the snow for prolonged periods of time without sny protection." Ichigo's sister argued for jo apparent reason.
"We should probably get off of this roof though, its wet, and and these blankets really aren't doing much to warm us up." Tatsuki advised the group of roof-dwellers.
"Sureee, whatever". Karin rolled her eyes at the sound advice, and slid down suddenly off of the roof in the direction of her room on her pillow.
"Wh-KARIN!!". Ichigo clambered to reach his rapidly descending sister, but Naruto quickly made the distance that Ichigo wouldn't have and grasped her blanket.
"WHOAWHOAWHOA-", Naruto let out his exclamations as he managed to hook his arms underneath Karins, and he anchored his feet on the roof, his heels digging into the materials.
"OHSHITOHSHITOHSHITFU-".
Ichigo slipped once more, smoothy gliding towards the edge in increasing speed, headfirst.
Naruto glanced towards the swearing and saw, to his horror, Ichigo preparing them all for an early funeral.
He moved before he could think, hoisting Karin up into his left arm and turning on his chest to try to catch Ichigo's right hand.
Naruto managed to catch him, gripping his right wrist tightly and standing on his legs to serve as a good anchor for his falling roommate.
Ichigo grasped onto Naruto's right hand for dear life, hanging off the edge of his roof with his right leg an inch above the gutter, but otherwise safe.
Tatsuki, the only one not in immediate danger, gasped as she stared at Naruto saving his housemates, probably their lives too.
She wondered how strong Naruto's legs were to be able to put holes in the roof and save Ichigo while standing, all without budging an inch!
"Yo, you okay bro?." Naruto called out in concern.
"NO!."
"Hey, what's going on son? What's with all the racket on my roof?!". Naruto saw Isshin walking out in the front of the building, his hands on his hips.
"Oh, Naruto! So good to see you!! Why are you holding my children like that?". Isshin quickly became cheerfully nonchalant.
"Uhh, cause i decided to fall asleep up here and they went looking for me." Naruto replied, still not showing signs of tiring.
Isshin walked to pick up a pillow he saw on the ground,"Oh yeah? You guys might want to get off that thing. You could hurt yourselves!".
"YA THINK?!!". Came the aggravated reply from both of his children.
Naruto leaned over the roof slightly,"I'm gonna let ya go over this floor, okay?".
"Alright, let me get ready". Ichigo put his left hand on the gutter and said,"Alright, whenever your ready!".
Naruto swung him back and forth a little, making sure that he fell towards the wall.
" *SMAK , *Oouf! *". Ichigo certainly fell towards the wall, and against it, but he managed to also land in his feet.
" *huff *...shit...Alright, hand me Karin!". Ichigo held his hands up to catch her, and Naruto gently leaned further down and lowered Karin from his hand into Ichigo's arms.
"Hehe, that was kinda fun!". Karin said with a slight smile on her face.
Ichigo scowled, shook his head, and said,"Ok, next! Come down Naruto."
But Naruto didn't come down, instead he walked further upwards.
Naruto stuck out his right hand towards the raven-haired girl,"You coming down? Or you just gonna admire the clouds while you freeze your ass off?". Naruto remarked with a smile on his face.
"Ok, don't drop me!".
Tatsuki grabbed his hand, 'how are they so warm? ', and put her left hand on his shoulder.
Naruto guided her other hand to his shoulder, suddenly getting an idea.
His hands gently grasped her waist once she leaned some more, and he pulled her from over the apex of the roof, and she slid from her position.
" *WUAA!! * ". Tatsuki screamed as she lost her balance and fell on her bottom, sliding back off the roof with Naruto, now holding onto his neck.
Naruto picked her up from her waist and secured her with on hand on her back, turning around to slide and jump off the roof, cackling with a smile on his face.
"HAHAHAHA!!".
"* AIEEEK!!! *",Tatsuki instinctively wrapped her legs around him, screaming in his ear with her eyes shut tight.
Once Naruto reached the edge, he leapt off the edge, somersaulting into a landing position on the snow.
"WOOW!!! TEN OUT OF TEN!!!". Isshin had begun clapping and cheering profusely.
"WHA-THAT WAS SO EXTRA!!". Ichigo yelled out from the balcony.
"IT REALLY WAS!!". Tatsuki had pushed herself off of Naruto, breathing hard.
"Wait a minute, did you guys hurt anything?". Isshin asked as he began to inspect Tatsuki and Naruto for any injuries.
"Not any that I can feel 'doc!". Naruto said with a smile on his face and his arms behind his head.
"Wow.. You most definitely should have gotten an injury from that. Come inside so I can take a closer look." Isshin put his hands on the two teens' backs, leading them back inside.
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Everyone was back downstairs, Ichigo and his sisters as well.
"Ah, sorry Yuzu, did we wake you up?". Naruto said once he saw
Ichigo's other sister following her siblings down the stairs.
" *Yaawn , It's fine. What time is it?". Yuzu asked while stretching.
"I dunno". Naruto shrugged his shoulders, Isshin had made Naruto sit down so that he could check his legs for any injuries.
" *klik , It's 7:43". Ichigo said, sitting down on a chair in the living room, he had taken his snow wear off.
"Hmm... You carried the full weight of two growing teenager, WHILE jumping off of a two story house, AND FLIPPING a couple times for good measure, and the most that I see is redness?! Not even a bruise?!". Isshin said after his inspection.
"Damn, I'm cool huh?". Naruto smiled in pride for himself.
"You sure the redness isn't a bruise?". Tatsuki piped up from beside Naruto on the sofa.
"I think the redness is from the impact of the fall, and the snow.
It's gone away already." Isshin scratched his hand in confusion.
This is the second medical mystery concerning Naruto. This one wasn't as crazy, so maybe he could write it off?...
" *Yaaawn *. Are you guys hungry? I could make us some breakfast?". Yuzu offered, to everyone's immediate appreciation.
SEVERAL HOURS LATER
1:21 PM SAME DAY.
Naruto was currently sitting in the living room with Karin, with a separate set of clothes that he changed into after a shower hours ago, a black T-shirt and simple black sweats with the word , 'LIFESTYLE' in a white font running up the left leg.
Yuzu had cooked something called kuri okowa, sticky rice mixed with somethings called "chestnuts", along with NattÅ, basically beans mixed with something, Naruto wasn't listening over his own gagging at the sight, smell, and taste of the dish.
He liked everything else though, which were Shishamo, grilled fish(Naruto didn't know about this one at first either), and a soup, miso soup, with some green tea, from the same box that they had yesterday.
Breakfast had been pretty good, but Naruto had to admit to himself that he was still hungry.
He had a good breakfast overall with the Kurosaki family and Tatsuki, but she had to go home shortly after breakfast.
But that wasn't on the forefront of his mind.
Naruto was still thinking about the creature from yesterday.
Silently brooding, Naruto was contemplating where he should go, but he still wasn't coming up with an idea.
He decided he was just going to leave. He couldn't live here while those creatures were out there, searching for him.
Naruto walked towards the exit, and saw a lot of shoes in stands aligned on the left wall.
'Well, If I don't want my feet to be filled with rocks, I'm gonna need some shoes.' Naruto surmised.
He then jogged up the stairs, past Yuzu who was walking down at the same time."Hi Naruto! Whatcha 'doin?". Naruto turned and said,"Nothin, just going to talk to Ichigo about something. How ya doing?". Naruto asked to try to distract her from something she wasn't suspecting.
"I'm doing good! Did you like breakfast?". Yuzu asked for the third time.
"Yeah! It was pretty good, uhh I'm gonna head up now ok?". Naruto said without waiting for a response.
"Oh! Okay!". Yuzu walked down the stairs, ever cheerful.
Naruto made his way down the brightly colored hallway, headed towards the door with the number 15 on it.
.*knock, knock, knock *.
("Come in!") Came the monotone reply on the inside.
Naruto opened the door, finding Ichigo laying on his bed and on his phone.
"What's up?". Ichigo asked, looking back at his phone.
"Yo, you got some shoes I could wear?". Naruto asked, trying to sound casual.
Ichigo didn't catch on,"Yeah, I probably do, but why do you need them?". Ichigo sat up.
"Uhh, well I'm just trying to... understand this place, ya know? I wanna explore, ya know?". Naruto didn't completely lie, he was able to engage with his curiosity about his surroundings.
"Oh, well I could show you around." Ichigo moved towards his window.
.*schiik *.
"Oh, well you don't really need to come with me, do ya?". Naruto asked worriedly.
"I think I do. No offense, but I think you'll just forget the way back home." Ichigo got off his bed to walk towards his closet.
.*Vrrrrrr *.
He grabbed something from the closet, and Naruto saw that it was two things, a black shirt with long sleeves and a cover over it, as well as a blue shirt with long sleeves and small circles running up and down it's front.
Ichigo tossed the black shirt towards Naruto.
Did he want him to wear it?
"What's this?". Naruto asked before putting it on.
"It's a hoodie. You know what those are?".
"Ohhh, yeah!". Naruto lied.
"Anyways, I'll show you where the shoes are." Ichigo said as he pulled the blue shirt on, walking towards the exit to his room.
Naruto managed to pull the "hoodie", pushing his arms through the sleeves and his head through the opening, but the cover was in his face so he had to shift around to cover the back of his head instead.
Naruto caught up with Ichigo, running down the stairs and almost into Ichigo.
"Okay, here are the shoes. What size are you?". Ichigo asked once they got to the front exit.
"Huh?".
"What's your size? Your shoe size?".
"I dunno."
"Oh. Should have known, my bad. 'Siddown."
And sit down they both did.
"So basically, you see how your feet are kinda similar to mine?
Since your similar to mine, you can pretty much wear the same shoes as me without much difficulty. I'm size 28.5 (authors note 10.5 in America)."
Ichigo took two pairs of shoes from the stand, and gave the black and white ones to Naruto.
"Try these on." Naruto grabbed the pair of shoes, watching how Ichigo put his shoes, and mimicking that.
Naruto wasn't able to get the shoe on fully before he determined it was too small to be comfortable.
"Yeaah, it's a little to small for me, Ichigo." Naruto handed the shoes back to him.
"Wow. I thought MY feet were big." Ichigo scanned the stand and picked a blue and white pair,"These are barely bigger, but it should be good. Try 'em out." Once Naruto was handed the shoes, he tried one on, and felt the small difference disappear.
"Yeah, these do fit a bit better!". Naruto put them both on and jumped in them.
"Yeah, there a bit bigger."( Size 30 in Japan, Size 12 in America).
"Yeah, these'll do nicely!". Naruto said.
"Alright, let's head out. We're gonna be going outside you guys!".
Ichigo called to his sisters.
"Whatever". Came the usual remark from Karin.
"Oh, your leaving so soon?". Yuzu quickly walked to their position.
"Yeah, I'm gonna show Naruto around some. He said he was curious." Ichigo explained.
"Alright, well make sure to check in every now and again!". Yuzu said.
"I will, see ya."
"Bye boys! Have fun!". Yuzu waved at them, watching as they walked out the door.
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"So, where do you want to go first?". Ichigo asked Naruto.
"Well, I kinda don't know where anything is, Ichigo."
"Oh, right. Damn. I keep forgetting. I got an idea, lets go!".
2:21 PM
The two strange-haired boys walked in multiple directions, Naruto had no idea where he was leading him, but he wasn't thinking about that.
'Maybe I should ditch him somewhere? That's kinda rude, I don't really wanna do that. But I also can't wait for another one of those things to come and attack me for a reason to do that.'
Naruto thought long and hard about his next options.
A breeze of wind had brought Naruto out of his thoughts.
Naruto had established the smell of nature, and it smelled like that wherever he went outside.
He looked in the sky, it was very blue, the sun was out and glaring at everyone, small amounts of clouds went drifting by in the otherwise spotless sky.
It had warmed up considerably ever since Naruto was first out.
The snow was disappearing again, and there wasn't a chill in the air anymore.
It was pretty noisy, children playing everywhere and there were strange noises in the distance, but Naruto never got close enough to find out what they were.
Naruto and Ichigo were walking down a road, and Naruto saw that to his left was a long river.
'Wow, that's a lot of water '. Naruto thought.
He admired the day in front of him. Sunny skies, warm enough to take the "hoodie" he was wearing. Nice breeze, It was nice.
Those creatures that come out in the night were at the back of his mind.
'Well, now they're at the front. Shit '.
His worries came back in full force, making him wonder about the same things again.
He didn't get to worry long though, because he heard the nearby sounds of grunting and laughing.
Ichigo had stopped in front of him, Naruto peeked around him to see what he was staring at.
In the distance, there were three men on the ground to their left, next to the river.
Naruto couldn't make out their features, but he saw that there was someone beating up a really tall guy.
"Oh shit-Chad!". Ichigo started to rush towards the three men, and naruto wasn't at all far behind.
In fact, even though Ichigo got a head start, Naruto quickly overtook him in a race to save the man getting beat in the distance.
Naruto ran as fast as he could, sprinting into a spinning back kick, landing on one of the men.
The man fell over, then Naruto decided to use his bottom as a springboard to jump and flip over the really tall man in front of him, seeing the shorter man behind his previous obstacle with a rock, and falling into an axe kick.
Naruto's heel came down hard and fast, breaking the big rock and moving down unto the mans skull.
Naruto took the mans arms and pulled them, flipping onto the ground and threw him over his head.
" *AUUGHH!!! * ". The man screaming at the sudden pain.
Naruto turned the man over and punched him directly in his nose.
" *AGHHH * FFUCK!!". The man was still awake, so Naruto took his foot and stomped on his head, hard.
The man was making anymore noise.
"Well! Job done." Naruto turned around to see the other man laid out on the floor like his buddy, a phone laying next to his hand.
"Oh, nice job Ichigo. Who are you by the way?". Naruto turned to ask the man on his right.
"My name is Yasutora Sado." The man, Sado, had a very deep voice. He was beaten and bruised, blood coming out of his mouth, his hair covered his eyes partially.
Oh, and he's, 'REALLY fucking tall '. Naruto's thoughts.
"Nice to meet you, Sado! My name's Naruto, that's Ichigo."
"He already knows who I am Naruto." Ichigo picked himself off the ground, not a scratch on him either.
"Oh really?". Naruto asked, turning to the giant.
"Yes, I know of Ichigo. I helped him out a while ago with a situation not too dissimilar to this one." Sado wiped himself down, then offered the blonde boy a handshake.
Naruto took it,"Hey, I got a question, big guy. Why are you letting these guys, pretty much kids, beat you, pretty much ass grown man, up?". Naruto's handshake was firm as he asked his question.
"Yeah that's a good question Chad." Ichigo walked up to the pair as Sado/Chad sat down.
"It's a long story. And my name is Sado." Sado/Chad said without any vehemence or agitation in his voice.
"Sado, Chad, whatever, just answer the question!". Ichigo went to sit down next to Chad.
"If you really want to know. I made a promise to someone not to ever raise my hand against anyone if it wasn't to protect others."
"Oh, so it's a promise, huh? Well, you can get yourself killed all you want, at least don't let people like that get their shitty hands on that coin. What is that by the way? It looks foreign." Ichigo said.
"It was a gift from abuelo. That's who I made the promise to."
"Uhh... Is that a name?".Ichigo asked, perplexed.
"Abuelo means 'Grandfather'.
His name was Oscar Joaquin Del La Rosa."
"...is he Spanish?". Ichigo asked.
"No, he's not. He's actually Mexican." Sado informed Ichigo softly."I had lived in Mexico before I moved here."Sado continued.
"Waiiiiit a minute, when I first met you, I asked you where you were from and you said Okinawa?".
"Is that right?". Was all that Sado said.
"Whatever the hell, If you don't want to tell me where your REALLY from, then go ahead and keep it behind those bangs of yours!". Ichigo retorted. "And don't expect me to save your ass like I did just now again!".
Naruto stayed silent because he had no idea where some of this conversation was about, all these names had come up out of nowhere all of a sudden and he didn't want to make himself look stupid in front of someone new.
But Naruto took the chance to steer the conversation into a different path,"So, you said your granddad gave you that coin?".
Naruto asked, sitting down with the pair.
"Yes, he did." Came the short reply.
"They probably attacked you for your coin huh? I bet that thing is valuable, somewhere." Naruto said.
"I don't think they saw it before they started beating me. Although It is very valuable. More than my own life." Sado said.
"Oh yeah? That's interesting."Was the only way Naruto knew how to respond to that.
"So, it's from Mexico is it?". Ichigo surmised.
"Yes, it is."
"Figures." Ichigo saw a white object on the ground in his peripheral vision.
"Uh, this your Android Sado?". Ichigo asked after picking it up.
"No. I think it's from one of the men that attacked me. We should return it to them once they wake up." Sado said.
"Well, we can't really do that considering they snuck away like, 3 minutes ago." Naruto stated nonchalantly.
"Wha-how?! I didn't even hear them!".Ichigo glanced around him in utter confusion.
"I didn't hear them either." Sado said.
"Well, maybe it's because you guys have shit hearing." Naruto stated matter-of-factly.
"Welp, since they don't want their phone back, the best thing to do is throw it in the river!". Ichigo said as he hurled the phone into the river.
"Damn. That was somebody's phone, ya know Ichigo?". Naruto said sarcastically.
"Whatever, let's get going. Catch you later Chad." Ichigo said as he began to walk off.
"See ya later big guy!". Naruto gave Sado a fist bump and a large smile before following his roommate back up the hill.
"Yeah, see you."
As the pair walked away, Naruto continued to ponder how he was going to abandon this family that had so graciously accepted him into their arms.
He didn't want to, yet again, but it was necessary for their survival.
He just didn't know how to go about that yet.
OWARI/FIN/DAS ENDE/THE END.
