Hello there!

This is the second chapter for this fic and I'm hoping to get a few more words into this. Some characters may be ooc but well… The Phaethon siblings are going to be a bit more badass and more willing to go in the hollow themselves. Also, I will be considering side ships and ideas and that sort of thing so, feel free to make a suggestion. Anyway, let's not delay anymore. The disclaimer is in the first chapter. Hopefully, you enjoy!

To any normal person, Nicole Demara would seem like an irresponsible person who cared only about money, but if you asked anyone who knew her better, you'd know that was not the full story. Sure, she absolutely adored Dennies and tried her best to freeload as much as she could, but she also cared for her friends even more. Growing up in an orphanage, she learned young that friends were important and that she'd do anything to help them if they were in trouble. As she got older, she developed the personality of the money loving leader of the Cunning Hares but that compassion for friends still remained hidden within.

And right now, that same trait meant that she was going to help everyone. What was a small errand for their new client, Nekomiya Mana, aka Nekomata, had ended up uncovering a plot by Vision Corporation to cut costs for the Dead-end Hollow metro project in exchange for the lives of the residents of the area's residents. As a person who had friends and deeply cared about them, she could not stand this one bit. So, she asked her companions Billy and Anby to gather signatures while Nekomata went off to alert the Phaethon siblings with her Bangboo, Amillion. In the middle of collecting the signatures to sue the CEO of Vision, she got a call from someone she didn't expect to hear from. "Hello! Is that you Naruto? I haven't seen you in over a month! Listen, I'd love to talk right now, but the Cunning Hares are in a pickle. A big one."

"Oh." The voice on the other side sounded concerned. "Can you tell me a bit more?" So, Nicole explained everything that happened, from Nekomata to gathering signatures, and waited to hear his idea on the matter. "Sounds bad. If you need any help from here, let me know. I may be new to this, but I can still do something."

Nicole thought about it. "Yeah! There is something. Give me a minute." She put the call on hold and opened the camera to take a video of the situation. "Hey granny! Can you explain what Vision told you again?" She asked the same question from a few more people like this and finished it off with a headcount. Once she skimmed over the footage, she sent Naruto the video and got him back on the line. "I just sent you a video. Give it to Pub-Sec and explain the situation and the urgency. *crash* Oh, Nekomata! You're back! I'll call you later Naruto. Give the video to Pub-Sec and let them know about the situation." She hung up and went to check on the client that had just crashed through a wall with Phaethon's Bangboo right on her tails. "Nekomata! You're back! Belle! Wise! You there? Can you hear me?"

"We hear you loud and clear Nicole." The familiar enthusiastic voice that filtered through the Bangboo brought a sense of relief. "Nekomata has already given us a brief on the situation. On the way, Wise and Fairy did some analysis and found that it would take a good while for the evacuation. However, I recall that there is a train there?" Nicole nodded. "Then we can use that to get the citizens away from the Hollow quickly. What do you say?"

Nicole though about it. "Are you sure the train can shield them? They have no Ether aptitude, so they can survive in the hollow for a minute at best."

The Bangboo nodded. "I'm sure. That train can go fast and it is well shielded. Wise hacked into the train's interface and has full control of it."

Nicole hummed in amazement. "Hacking? That's new. What got you thinking of getting into that field? Also, how'd you manage to hack the train? It can't be that easy."

"You don't need to bother yourself with that Nicole." This time, the voice was a calm and collected one. "If you can get the passengers on the train, then we can get them out. But before that, there are a good number of guards on it that we'll have to take out. On top of that, Pearlman is also there, so we'll have to be even more careful. On second thoughts, maybe use Pearlman as a hostage. We also have the Ether explosives to deal with. Best case scenario; they're blown up from outside. Worst case; they're on a timer. We have to plan this out carefully."

Nicole nodded along to his words. "Alright then. Lead the way Proxy."

Naruto and his squad jumped along the roofs and ran across the sides of buildings towards the Dead-end Hollow, wearing special rings, engraved with seals. To them, the city with its tall skyscrapers felt like a glass forest, very different but also similar to their home. They suddenly leapt from the roof of a skyscraper, towards the Hollow below with no hesitation. On the way down, Fuu recalled what Naruto had told them about Hollows before they made their way to New Eridu.

*Flashback (pre chapter1)*

"The Hollows are mainly dangerous because of how confusing they can be." Naruto's voice echoed through the meeting room with the authority of a seasoned leader (even though he was only 17). "Even if we enter at the same place, we can appear in different areas, so staying in contact is crucial. Other than that, we need to make sure that we know where we are and that we have a way to know where everyone is. Once we land, our first step is finding each other, and for that, we'll be relying on my signal and our mental connection to form a basic map of Hollow Zero and get the bearing towards the rendezvous point. Our Jinchuriki status means that we won't have a problem with Ether corruption, since our tenants can convert Ether into metabolic energy; no idea what that means, but I assume it's something good."

*Flashback end*

Seeing the incoming dome, Fuu braced herself by tucking in her arms and legs and met the Hollow head on. She felt her senses tumble like she was inside of a washing machine. Just as it started, the spinning abruptly stopped, making her see that she was hurtling headfirst towards a wall. She moved quickly, spinning herself around to get her feet under her and harden her legs. she crashed into the wall with enough force to crack it, but the hardened carapace that had formed over her legs left her with just a dull ache that disappeared soon enough. 'Thanks Chomei!" She heard the sound of wing beats in her mind and smiled to herself. "No problem Fuu!"

Her smile widened as she jumped off and called her wings to fly up higher. Once she was high enough, she reached out with her mind to try and connect with her fellow Jinchuriki. "This is Fuu and I have landed safely landed. Does anyone hear me?"

Almost immediately, she got a reply. "This is Naruto, safely landed and copy loud and clear. Anyone else copy?"

"This is Gaara, landed and copying." Gaara's calm voice was accompanied by Shukaku praising him for the landing.

"Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee! Landed on the roof safely! I c- I think that's enough Bee." Naruto interrupted Bee without a second thought.

"Anyways, I'll share the route into your mind and we can make our way to the rendezvous point. Oh yeah, for this mission, I need you to not rap one word, or better yet, just stay quiet." Sure enough, Fuu felt a tingle in her head and she covered her eyes with a thin layer of Biju Chakra. Almost instantly, her vision was tinted red, and she saw a beacon of white in the distance along with three other red dots moving towards it. How Naruto 'marked' locations, she still did not understand and she doubted others did either.

'Probably has something to do with those 'fox eyes' of his.' She thought and flew towards the rendezvous point while listening to the mental conversation between Naruto and Bee.

"Listen up Bee." The blond's voice had a certain edge to it that made you want to stand at attention and listen to what he's saying. "In here, we'll be spending more time out of the masks than in them, so if you want to rap now, you'll have to stop rapping for our time here so that we can keep our cover. We have voice changers in our masks but your rap style is quite easy to recognise. Now that you know that, I'll let you make the choice."

She heard a loud sigh of acceptance from the older man as he agreed to not rap for the mission. While she felt somewhat sad for the man, she couldn't help but feel quite happy for the peace and quiet they'd have on missions. She reached her destination in a few minutes and saw Gaara also appear in a sand shunshin. They exchanged a nod and waited for the others. Soom enough, Naruto appeared in a yellow flash, followed by Bee through a fissure.

Naruto did a headcount according to protocol and looked at what looked like a wall before walking towards it. The others looked at eachother in confusion until they saw him stick his hand through the wall, creating purplish ripples in the wall. "Here we are. This is the exit of the Dead-End Hollow. Go through this and we'll come out at-" Naruto stopped talking and looked behind him as a loud roar echoed around the area while the sounds of something crashing through everything and coming towards them fast was heard. Naruto gave them a look that clearly meant 'Go' and jumped up into the air before summoning his guns and landing on a building. He looked over the situation and sealed away his guns, and in their place, he unsealed a larger one with a scope and what looked like a handle above it (look up Denel NTW20). He unsealed a large magazine, jammed it into the side and pulled back the charging handle before setting it down and making a Kagebunshin that unsealed a binocular and placed them over his eyes.

With all the prep work done, the two Narutos crouched down and the original Naruto picked up the sniper, looked through the scope, and saw a large ethereal that looked sleek and smart. It had a whiplike tail that waved slowly in the air and held an axe made of some old road signs. It also had some bone-like protrusions that partially covered its core along with what looked like a green tinted visor. He looked at his enemy and remembered the words that his mentor told him.

'One shot.' He took a deep breath as Kakashi's voice sounded in his head.

"One Kill." He held his breath and squeezed, but before the bullet was released, a giant explosion got the Ethereal's attention and it bounded off. Naruto released the trigger and looked through his own binoculars to see the commotion. Seeing that it wasn't in their way anymore, he re-sealed his gear and returned to the Hollow exit. When he got there, he was surprised to see hie team standing there, waiting for him. He chuckled, knowing that asking them to leave him was a broken venture, and led them out of the hollow, into a darker corner of the abandoned mall. "Is everyone ok?" His team checked themselves and gave him a nod. "Good. Now comes the hard part."

"Crap! This is bad! What now?" Nicole and the Cunning hares were running back with Eous in hand, followed by a group of guards. Looking around, Anby suddenly stopped and stabbed her sword into the ground before pumping electricity through it. The soldier's metal boots absorbed the voltage like a sponge, directing it through the wearer's body and frying them in their suits. Once she was sure that they were down, Anby sheathed her sword and followed the others.

Their plan to use Pearlman as a hostage failed because one stupid rant from the businessman had caused an even dumber soldier to blow up a part of the rail that lead them outside. On top of that, Nekomata had revealed that she was the adopted daughter of Miguel Silver, the leader of the Red Fang Gang and ran off with Pearlman and the intention of trading both herself and the tycoon for the lives of the people, leaving them to sit tight and hope for the best.

"Damn it Nekomiya! Why did you have to be so reckless!" Nicole paced around in agitation while the others watched her in silence. "What now? How do we know if Nekomiya's plan is going to work?! What other options do we have?!"

"Maybe we can suggest something." The Hares whirled around and came face to face with four people in black, wearing four different masks. The one in the back was the biggest and wore a mask that looked like a bull. The one on his right had some sand floating around him and his mask bore the likeness of a tanuki. The one next to him was obviously a girl and her mask had the likeness of a knight's helmet. Nicole could've sworn she heard something buzzing around the girl but she ignored it. The last one standing in front of the others was clearly the leader and something about him put them off. He wore a mask that resembled a fox, with its mouth curved in a slender and sinister grin. All of the masks had a symbol on their foreheads that they couldn't quite decipher and a small, sharp blade near the 'mouth' portion. "The Ether activity in a hollow can be controlled by the Ethereals inside the Hollow, and there's a tunnel near this mall that was taken by this very Hollow. Three quarters of it is consumed, but the rest is still usable."

"Are you suggesting that we shrink the hollow by killing off Ethereals?" Anby asked calmly and the man in the fox mask nodded. Behind the Bangboo, Belle and Wise were watching with interest. These people just popped in out of nowhere and said that there was a passage to the outside and all they had to do, was kill off some Ethereals to get access.

"They're right Nicole." Wise's voice came through the Bangboo, followed a confused sound from Belle. They heard a keyboard clacking and a light came out of Eous' eyes, projecting a map of the area onto the wall. "I just checked the maps, and there is a tunnel that was swallowed up by the Hollow when it came to be. It was never destroyed and Vision used it to transport supplies for the railway, so it is still very much usable." Markers appeared on the map and the person in the fox mask hummed appreciation.

"So their idea is feasible?" Nicole asked hopefully. She didn't know why, but she had a bad feeling that Nekomata's plan was going to go horribly south.

"Not exactly." Anby's monotone voice cut through Nicole's hopes like her blade cutting through Ethereals. "To achieve a shrinking on a level that is enough to expose the tunnel, there has to be a significant reduction in Ethereal numbers, possibly numbering in the thousands."

"Or, you could take down one target with enough Ether activity to match that thousand." The fox masked man's voice sounded proud. "Also, call me fox."

"Wait, you don't mean…" Billy trailed off.

"Yep." Fox answered the android. "We mean taking down the Dead-End Butcher."

"Are you crazy!" Nicole shouted. "Take down the Dead-End Butcher? That's a suicide mission and a half, and even if we did, how can we be sure that the Hollow will actually shrink enough?"

Fox sighed. "Leave the Butcher to us. What I want from you, is to get the people ready for evacuation. In roughly thirty minutes, the Dead-End Butcher will be no more, and you'll have a clear path for evacuation. Be prepared. Let's move out!" With that, the masked people went back into the Hollow, leaving the hares along with the Proxy.

"Do we trust them?" Asked Phaethon.

Nicole sighed. "I don't know." The Bangboo nodded and looked his arm like a watch. A small compartment in the limb opened up and released a small drone, that followed fox and his men into the hollow.

"We'll see what they're going to do. If they fail, we can try the same thing with the explosives on the train." Wise said calmly.

Belle sunk into her chair with a loud sigh. She was in the basement of the video store, Random Play that she co-owned with her brother Wise to cover up their work as Proxies. Said brother was sitting opposite to her on a triple monitor setup, that he was using to track the Hares and the new masked people that had appeared.

The siblings worked together, Wise on the computer, and Belle through the Bangboo, to form Phaethon, the best and most well known Proxy in New Eridu. A few days back, their friend and regular client Nicole had requested their services and that had ended up with them almost losing their account if not for Wise backing up everything and launching a devasting cyber attacking on the hacker that probably scrambled their systems while framing them as the actual Phaethon for Pub-Sec. The whole situation had taught them to be more careful about everything, and also gotten them a new partner in crime, namely an AI by the name of Fairy. Fairy had claimed that she was the most powerful AI in New Eridu, and within the short span of time they had her, the AI had managed to prove its claim by finding all sorts of new routes through hollows.

"Fairy. Check if they are any Pub-Sec records about this 'Fox'." Right now, Wise was in the middle of working with the AI to try and find out anything about the people that had just arrived to help. "We need to make sure that they aren't going to try anything funny and dupe us."

"Affirmative. Checking Public Security records for designation, Fox." The AI hummed a tune while Wise got to checking through news articles. "Master. I haven't found anything related to designation 'Fox' in the Public-Security records."

Wise sighed. "Thanks Fairy. No records here either. Belle, load up the drone feed."

Almost immediately, Belle answered. "It's done Bro." Wise nodded and took control of the drone to follow the four individuals through the hollow.

"Are you sure about this Na- Fox?" Fuu asked Naruto. The others also listened in on the conversation because they hadn't expected Naruto to pull this card out of nowhere.

Naruto answered with a sigh. "Yes Beetle. I'm sure. Besides, this will give you a good introduction on how the enemies here think and behave. That, and something else, but I'll let you know that later. Ignoring that, we have to set the stage first. This Ethereal is going to come in fast and it's going to come in hard, so we need to be careful. Best option is to set up a homefield advantage. That means getting soil under our feet for Racoon and enough space for Ox to use his bomb. We also need an open space for you to fly and some high ground for my sniper." Ater a few more minutes, the four arrived on a roof and Naruto made a half ram sign. His eyes turned red with a slit in the middle and the Shinobi felt a pulse of Chakra coming off him. The next second, he pointed his finger at a circular structure made of debris. "There. That's a good place."

It took another five minutes for them to get to the location Naruto spotted and saw that it was perfect for the plan. A large crater, with a vaguely circular space with an earth ground that was perfect for making sand and plenty of nooks and crannies for Naruto to hide. "Let's get started." Naruto jumped down with his fist charged with Katon Chakra, which sent out a pulse of fire that dried out the ground. He then unsealed what looked like a strange smoke grenade, pulled the pin, and left it in the crater before jumping outside and hiding. The grenade emitted a green smoke and the sounds of scratching and screaming were heard as smaller Ethereals swarmed into the arena. Gaara, Bee and Fuu made to dispatch them, but Naruto's hand, that was closed into a fist, told them to stop. "Wait. Send out your beetles, but do nothing more." With that, he unsealed his loaded sniper and did a quick check before placing to on the ground and using a Binocular to check his surroundings. "Here's the plan…"

Up in the sky, the drone was watching all this with the viewers looking on in fascination. "What are they doing?" Nicole asked out loud. "Shouldn't they eliminate the Ethereals?"

Anby hummed. "I'm not sure what they're planning, but it better be good." A sudden roar brough their eyes back on the projection. "That's…" Anby trailed off but no words were needed to understand the fear painted in her eyes. The Dead-End Butcher had arrived.

With a loud roar, a giant green monster jumped over the opposite side and landed on the smaller Ethereals, crushing them and sending the majority of them, scattering like bugs. Naruto took a deep breath and squeezed the trigger, sending a round straight into the monster's head.

The Butcher staggered back with a roar of agony and the ground under its feet started sinking. The quicksand sucked in the monster, who's weight did nothing to help its case as more of Naruto's rounds came down on the ribs it used to protect its core. Once the core was exposed, the sand solidified, and a swarm of bugs came out of the hidey hole and landed on the core, siphoning the monster's Ether energy and converting it into pure Chakra.

"Are they actually doing it?!" Belle asked loudly. She was gripping onto her brother's chair and watching the drone feed of the Dead-End Butcher energy getting sucked dry.

"It is. The Hollow is shrinking!" Wise was as calm as ever but his tone contained excitement. "Wait." That excitement was quickly replaced with dread when he looked at the readings from the drone. "Ether activity is on the rise! Something is happening!"

Back in the hollow, Naruto also felt it and led his team out of the hidey hole. Right on cue, the Ethereal broke free and two bubbling appendages of Ether came out of its back and grew into a second pair of arms. "Well, this is new." Naruto spoke calmly with his arms crossed over his chest, like there wasn't a powerful monster just waiting to kill them. "No matter. How about we get started for real?"

Naruto spread out his hands and ten orange-coloured harpoons appeared in the air. With a flick of his fingers, they stabbed into the Butcher's flesh and spread out its arms. With a grunt, Gaara raised his hand and closed his fist, making the sand bury the monster alive. However, it suddenly sent a concentrated beam of Ether towards him in retaliation, but Gaara didn't flinch as a wall of sand rose up to protect him and took the shape of a Tanuki. "Ultimate defence; Shukaku's shield."

The shield stood up to its name and tanked the hit head on while Fuu sent her beetles to continue siphoning off the energy. "Is this enough Ox!"

"Oh yeah!" Bee shouted loudly. He was covered in a layer of bugs that fed him the Chakra that Fuu converted from the Ether and his tentacles were feeding into a gigantic Bijudama. "I'm ready!"

Naruto nodded and gave a signal to Gaara, who nodded and sent the whole chunk of sand into the air with the monster still bound by the chains. Fuu evacuated her bugs and everyone backed away. "Fire in the hole, yo!" With a loud shout, Bee released the Bijudama, and it hit the monster head on, creating a large explosion that sent out a shockwave, destroying their arena and knocking out the drone for a few seconds. Bee sat down on the floor, tired out from unleashing the large bomb. "That was fun."

Naruto chuckled and looked up at the drone that had managed to regain control. "And I believe that is time."

The Cunning Hares' jaws were on the floor in disbelief at what they had just seen. This group of four people had just dropped in out of nowhere, said they can help, claimed they can kill the Dead-End Butcher in 30 minutes, and actually did it with FIVE MINUTES STILL ON THE CLOCK!

Nicole snapped out of it and shook her teammates. "Come on. Let's get the evacuation started."

Wise and Belle were in a similar state of shock as they watched the infamous Dead-End Butcher get decimated in a fight. "What was that? Please, please, please, tell me you recorded that Bro."

Wise nodded dumbly before breaking out of his shock. "What about the Hollow? Has it shrunk? Fairy?"

"Affirmative. The tunnel is now usable." Fairy said in her monotone voice.

*Timeskip*

Nekomata made it out of the Dead-end Hollow with a tied-up Pearlman slung over her shoulder. On her way, she had seen a giant explosion, but she ignored it in favour of getting her mission done. When she arrived, there was already an entourage waiting for her, guns locked and loaded. In front of said entourage, was a tall woman dressed in red with a hand behind her back that she recognised as Pearlman's secretary, Sarah. "Listen! My name is Nekomiya Mana, adopted daughter of Miguel Silver and temporary leader of the Red Fang Gang. I've got an offer for you! Evacuate the citizens and you can have both him, and me!"

Pearlman screamed at her to let him out, but his rant was cut short by a fast projectile that hit him in the shoulder. Nekomata stared in shock at the now unconscious business man. She heard a sinister chuckle and saw Sarah standing there with a gun in her hand, pointed at Pearlman. "Don't worry, he's just unconscious. Sorry, but when you bring a bargaining chip to the table, make sure you know its value. The evacuation will take too much time, and we can't have them talking, can we?"

Nekomata gulped. She had failed to plan ahead. In her desperation to redeem herself for trying to kill the Hares, she had just left Nicole and the others in the hollow with the intent of saving them, but in her rush, she had forgotten about putting up any backup plans.

Suddenly, she heard the sound of footsteps, coming from the nearby tunnel and in a sight that she'd remember for the rest of her life, she saw the people that were trapped behind the hollow, walking out with the Cunning Hares and their Proxy friend proudly in the lead. Before she even knew it, she had let out a whoop of joy and relief and ran down to her friends. "You did it! You actually did it!"

"Don't celebrate too early." Sarah's voice drew their attention to her and the fake Pub-Sec officers who still had their guns pointed at them. "Even though you got out, I can't have you people blabbing about this incident now can I?" She snapped her fingers and the fake officers placed their fingers on the triggers. "Take them out."

"Stop right there!" A voice shouted from behind the men. They turned around to face a blond-haired boy with blue eyes and whisker marks on his face, holding a gun at Sarah and trembling all over the place. "I won't let you hurt my friends!"

Sarah chuckled. "How admirable. Even so, what are you going to do against us? Go home kid. You are alone here."

"Is he now?" Fox's voice echoed around the site, with no visible sight of him. Just then, the mercenaries felt cold metal touch the back of their necks. "I doubt these fake vests are going to be enough to save you from this." When the mercs looked around, they saw a person with an identical fox mask standing behind each one, pressing a Desert Eagle to the back of their heads. "Either way," The mercs breathed out sighs of relief when the guns were lifted from their neck. "We won't be needing these anymore. Take care."

With that the masked men vanished and the mercs took aim again, but the loud sound of sirens stopped them midway. The next second, dozens of cars with actual Pub-Sec officers came in and cornered them, followed by helicopters with people (and bears) working for Belobog Construction, the rival that Vision beat. The Pub-Sec officers didn't miss a beat and started taking the mercs into custody while Naruto put away the gun and walked up to the hares. Nicole saw him coming and gave him a smile. Naruto reciprocated with an even bigger smile. "You did it! You saved them!"

Nicole laughed while Billy and Anby came to stand next to Naruto. "Of course we did! Big sis Nicole never fails when it comes to jobs like this. Also, why is Belobog here?"

"Oh them? I figured since they're rivals, they'd be very happy to hear about a scandal like this; so I gave them a call." Naruto answered happily.

"Good work bro!" Billy cam around him and put his hands on Naruto's shoulders. "How about we go for a dinner? Our treat!" Naruto looked at Anby and Nicole, who both nodded at him.

He smiled. "Thanks!"

Nicole watched the scene with a smile until she noted that Nekomata was standing aside. "Nekomata!" The cat thiren looked over at her. "Care to join us? They have mackerel." The girl smiled and nodded happily.

Through all this, no one stopped to question how Naruto, appeared where he did and how he knew about their plan to use the tunnel to evacuate the citizens.

Belle slumped down on her chair and groaned. "That was something. Should we also join in? Nicole did invite us." When she didn't receive an answer, she turned to face her brother, only to find him going through scores of records, trying to find some king of lead. The girl sighed and walked over to her brother and slumped down on his shoulders, jolting him out of his stupor. Seeing his sister's smiling face, Wise also smiled and rubbed her head affectionately. "So, what about the dinner?"

Wise thought about it. 'I guess I can put this behind us for now.' He smiled. "Sure. Let's go."

*Timeskip*

Naruto walked down the road with his hands in his pocket and a content smile on his face. He was returning from a dinner with the Cunning Hares, Nekomata, and the Phaethon siblings and was heading back to the safehouse in the area. Once he reached his destination, he extended his senses and felt four people inside. He unsealed his gun and tucked it behind his back before carefully walking inside. What he saw inside surprised him. "Hello there Gaki. Good to see ya. Looks like you've been having fun."

Naruto smiled. "Good to see you too, Pervy Sage."

Archive entry – Teams - Jinchuriki teams - Team 1789.

Can also be found under New Eridu Surveillance teams

Members – Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze (leader), Fuu (no clan name found), Sabaku no Gaara, Killer B

Biju – Kurama (9), Chomei (7), Shukaku (1), Gyuuki (8)

Kekkei Genkai (if any) – Fox eye, Affinity towards insect jutsu, Sand manipulation, Ink manipulation

5200 words. And done! Apologies for the late upload again. I added some more words here to compensate for the lower amount from the other one, but is it any good? And for anyone wondering, yes, the Rain arc will still be there. Just because Wise can hack, I'm not skipping Victoria Housekeeping.

Also, as for why I wanted to add guns, New Eridu is a modern city and Kunai and Shuriken won't cut it. Sure, they are helpful, but by the time you drew one in the open, you'd be staring at a gun barrel, so I thought I'd even things out. Also, about the ship, some fanfics converted me into a Naruto x Fuu shipper. Also, before I leave, an 'accomplice' of mine (he called himself that) let me know that the author of The Fox Inventor (Naruto x ZZZ fanfic), aliceaileen, gave me a shout out on Wattpad (if you're reading this, thank you!)! As thanks, please go check out that fanfic (I did and now I'm hooked!). Anyway, please leave a review and Peace out!