A/N: Hey guys and girls! Thank you for being interested in this story!

It's my first attempt at writing so any criticism to better myself is highly appreciated. There might be some similarities to other stories on this site, but considering the amount of stories in the Naruto genre and how many of them I have read so far, it's not really surprising ;)

I have a few chapters already written so far with aprox. 6000 words each. I might accept your suggestions or ideas that I like, but please note that this is MY story. So, if you want to see your own ideas to come true, I highly recommend writing your own story. It is actually easier than you might think, once you get started!

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I woke up with a heavy sigh. 'Just like any other day, I will get up, do my morning routines in the bathroom and get dressed, and finally I'll go downstairs to eat breakfast all by myself again.' My family, which means my parents, my little sister and I, moved to this quiet little town in the middle of nowhere almost four years ago and I had to say it became boring pretty fast.

My sister attended a boarding school in the capital and my parents travel a lot for their work, which left me alone at home with too much free time. I finished university earlier this year and now I'm trying to find a job somewhere around here in order to live rent free some more before I finally move out and get away from this godforsaken no man's land. Although I really enjoyed this quiet life, there are quite some downsides to it. We had to drive almost ten kilometres to the next supermarket and the little grocery store in town didn't have all the stuff needed for us. And most importantly the internet connection really sucked out here...

During my time as a student my roommates convinced me to try out some of the new online games and I had to admit that they had me hooked in no time. Almost every time I didn't have to study for exams, I was online and playing with people all around the world. And since I was unemployed at the moment, I had way too much free time and nothing to all day which left me right here at our kitchen table, eating cereals and reading the newspaper, looking at the job advertisements. 'Seriously, who looks for a job in the newspaper nowadays?'

After I had finished breakfast, not finding an interesting job offer, I went to the living room and started my gaming console. Now that I couldn't really play games online without serious connection issues, I went back to my trustworthy console and played some RPGs almost the entire day. Exceptions were only made when I had to go grocery shopping, or I had a job interview and had to leave the house. I had no real friends here since I just moved back in after my time at the university was finished. Before that I just visited during the holidays and once or twice a year for a weekend when the whole family got together for birthdays and such. 'Now that I think about it, I was always quite the loner. I preferred the company of my online friends more than that of real people.' Which left me at the situation at hand.

Recently I rediscovered my love for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, so that was what I was playing most of the time. I was just about to enter some ancient north ruins to slaughter some Draugr at get myself self a nice treasure when our doorbell rang. 'That's unusual'. I thought. 'Who visits this time of the day? Pretty much everyone here knows that my parents aren't home this week.'

I paused the game and went to open the door. I was greeted with the slightly bored look of the mailman. "Package for Mr. Alex Davis", he said. "Well, that's me", I replied. "Sign here please... and here." Done and done and he turned and left me with the small bundle. I closed the door and went back to the living room. The package was from my sister, I realised. 'I wonder what she would send me. My birthday was three months ago, so that can't be it. Only one way to find out...'

The package revealed some comic books and a card from my sister. 'Well, that's unexpected. I was never really much into reading except the books I needed for my studies. And my sister knows that...' At this point I had to say that I got along with my little sister quite well, so she wouldn't do this to annoy me. I opened the card and read my sister's message:

Dear Alex,

I know your probably bored out of your mind these days with no well-functioning internet connection so I got you something to read and watch for a change. Seriously, you can't play these console games all the time! One of these days you might think your entire life is a video game, silly!

These are a collection of some of my favourite manga and anime and I hope you'll enjoy them. You can have them until I return home for the summer break, since I already read or watched them and know them like the back of my hand. Let me know if you need more, I have quite the collection in my room here.

Hope to hear from you soon, big bro!

Love Anna

Sigh... 'She just managed to be caring and insulting in the same letter again. But I might as well give it a try. It's not that I have anything better to do...' I took the first book and skipped through the pages. Something about a guy getting almost killed by a ridiculous monster with a mask, getting stabbed with a sword by some midget and therefore gets a huge sword for himself which he uses to slay the beast... meh, not really my thing. In my games I always go for a sneaky character, with some magic skills to the side. The next one showed a bald, not so impressive guy in a yellow jumpsuit with a red cape. 'Heh, caped baldy...'. I thought to myself. Apparently, he went bald due to his ridiculously hard training (as if that was even a thing) and is now bored because he is so strong that he kills every enemy with a single punch and nobody is a real challenge for him. On top of that he has no real social skill and struggles with everyday life. 'Might be funny. A superhero with the same problems as me. I wonder if she added this one on purpose. Maybe I read this one first, if there is nothing else interesting in my sister's stash.' Among others, there was another one about a pirate with a straw hat, one about a competitive cooking school, and an anime about a normal person which suddenly gets a dragon as a maid. 'Seriously, wtf are people imagining out of boredom?!'

Underneath all those was a manga about a blonde kid with bright blue eyes in a orange jumpsuit who wants to be some awesome super ninja, called a 'Hokage'. On top of that, they can use something like magic, but their source isn't Mana like in most games, they call it chakra. 'A magic wielding ninja story. Since played a sneaky mage not more than an hour ago in Skyrim, I might just give this one a try. Not that I have anything better to do anyway...' So, I took the book, put the rest back in the box, and made myself comfortable in the living room couch. I became enthralled pretty quickly. The boy was called Naruto, an orphan, and obviously everybody in his village hated or ostracised him for some unknown reason. He was pulling pranks left and right for some attention but except his academy instructor, the chief ninja of the village which he called gramps and some loving father-daughter couple of a ramen restaurant nobody really liked or recognised him. 'They are kind of raising child soldiers in this academy of theirs' I deadpanned. 'I have to admit the ramen waitress, Ayame, is somewhat cute, though. I hope they get together later, even if she is a little older than him. This Sakura girl he crushes on seems like a bitch to me...' Well, what can I say, I am a sucker for sobbing love stories. And I have a weakness for everything adorable and cute. Except chihuahuas and pugs, they are just glorified rats to me or just plain ugly. I will never understand why they are so popular among some people.

I went through the few books my sister sent me pretty quickly. 'Damn, now I have to ask for more. And it will take a while before her next package arrives, with me sending her a return letter first.' Well, it can't be helped. I got myself some pen and paper an wrote my reply:

Hey little sis,

thanks for the reading material! You are right by the way that I don't have anything interesting to do around here and I really appreciate your help to counter the boredom. I really enjoyed this Naruto manga you sent me, and I humbly ask for more. (Actually, I can't wait to get my hands on the next chapters.)

Hope to get your next package soon!

Your big bro

Love Alex

With the letter done, I went to the town's post office (thank god, we are not totally isolated from the rest of the world!) and sent it to my sister in the capital. The next few days were as usual, and I returned to my video games as long as I had to wait for Anna's response. When her, this time slightly larger, package arrived I was almost giddy to open it and start reading. The suspense was almost killing me these past few days. Her card with it simply read 'Enjoy' with a big smiley face. This was our routine for the next weeks. Before I ran out of books, I would send her a letter, asking for more, and when I finished the last episode the next books would arrive the next day or the day after that. Life was all good and well until this one faithful day, when my life would change forever...

'The Mail man should ring the bell any moment now'. I thought impatiently. 'Man, I'm almost through the entire series already. I wonder what happens after their fight against Madara. Naruto sure got a long way from the orange jumpsuit wearing knucklehead. Although, now that I think about it, the author must really have a thing for Sasuke. Or for Doujutsu in general. Some things you can do just by having a fancy pair of eyeballs seems just unfair and overpowered. Thank god Naruto could do some cheating by himself with those shadow clones of his, otherwise he would have never caught up with the others. He sure as hell will be Hokage after this. If not, I might make a trip to Japan and beat some sense into Kishimoto. Naruto even got himself a girlfriend after his fight against Pain, or Nagato, although I still think that Ayame would have been a great match for him. Seriously, with his love for ramen it would have been perfect. Hinata is nice enough, though. At least it's not Sakura, even if she got better after some time...' The sound of the doorbell interrupted my musing and I eagerly made my way to the door. I really couldn't wait any longer for the last chapters.

"Good morni-". My greeting was interrupted with cold pain in my chest. I looked down only to see blood pouring out of a deep stab wound in my chest. My formerly plain yellow shirt went red pretty quickly and I felt myself stumbling to the floor. The last thing I recognised were two men in dark clothing entering the house over may dying body and the words: "Hurry up and grab everything valuable. We don't want to be here any longer than necessary." After that everything went black.

I woke up with a splitting headache. "Oah..." I groaned. "What happened and where am I?" I remembered getting stabbed...and dying. "Shit. Is this the afterlife?" I looked around and realised that I was lying in a hammock made of plant fibres. A few metres away was a small fire place with some neatly stacked berries and herbs as well as a small pond with crystal clear water. The whole clearing was surrounded by giant trees. "How did I get here?"

I got out of the hammock and sat down at the fire place. I recognised the berries as edible and the herbs as some sort of medical plant. I wasn't sure what exactly they were since I specialised in human anatomy in my biology studies at the university, but I was able to categorise them correctly. I also realised something else. I was small. Too small. My hands and feet were a dead giveaway, but I still wondered what had happened to me. I got up again and went to the small pond. The person that looked back at me was unfamiliar. When I touched my cheek and the person did the same, my eyes widened in shock and I fell back on my butt. "What the hell happened on me?" The reflection that had stared back at me seemed to belong to a six-year-old child with fair skin, silver hair and dark chocolate brown eyes without pupils. The hair was styled in a low ponytail with two small bangs framing the face. "Is that really me? How am I even able to see without pupils?" My clothes also didn't resemble anything I had ever seen in my wardrobe. I wore a long-sleeved mesh undershirt and a light green t-shirt over it. My pants were dark blue and loose fitting with bandages wrapped around my shins and ankles. Lastly, I noticed a pair of blue shinobi sandals on my feet. 'Shinobi sandals?'

I took a few deep breaths. "Okay, calm down, Yuma." 'Wait, Yuma?! But my name is... I can't remember my name!' I panicked. No matter how much I tried, I couldn't remember my name or the name of any person in general. The rest was all there, my master's degree in biology, my love for video games and even the recently discovered love for manga and anime. But no names. The only thing that came up was that my name was Yuma, I was six years old and wanted to be a Konoha shinobi. "Wait, Konoha? But that's Naruto's home." Okay, I had the weirdest suspicion now. "I was reborn in the world of Naruto... oh my god..." I fainted.

When I woke up again, I was still in the forest clearing. "Okay, so it wasn't a dream." I mused. You can't wake up from a dream within a dream, that only worked in movies. Kind of ironic that I was reborn in a fictional world then. "Hmm, I have seen enough of these survival shows on TV that I now better find some sort of civilisation. Or I could use this small clearing as a base for a few days and get familiar with my surroundings. But what if there are wild animals in this forest? Also, since I want to be a Konoha shinobi for some reason I'm probably in the Land of Fire." 'Thank god I still had my knowledge about the Naruto universe!' I knew that the forests of Hi no kuni were known for their tall trees and size in general. It might take a few days to reach the end of it if I was somewhere in the middle of one. I knew now somewhat where I was, but I didn't know about the when. "I hope I can meet Naruto somehow, maybe even in his childhood. He really needed a friend back then." With this thought I made up my mind. It was time to head out and find my way to the Village hidden in the Leaves. I gathered the few berries and herbs, took a few gulps of water from the pond and made my way out of the clearing.

I had been probably walking for three to four hours when I heard a high-pitched whining noise from somewhere in front of me. I wasn't really sure what to do since I didn't know what lived in Hi no kuni's vast forests, but it sounded like a small animal in pain. If it was aggressive or went crazy in pain, I should be able to deal with it, I reassured myself, it seemed to be wounded after all. I wasn't a coward in my previous life, I was just somewhat antisocial and bad with people. So, I made my way in the direction of the noise. When I was close enough, I crouched down and peeked through the bushes. What I saw nearly took my breath away. It was the most beautiful creature I ever laid my eyes upon.

It was a tiny and fluffy little fox with the purest white fur I had ever seen. It had a black marking on its fur which kind of resembled a lightning bolt right between its ears. The tips of its ears and tail were also black. The only problem in this perfect picture was the bear trap around one of its hind legs. It seemed like a sacrilege to me to stain such a beautiful animals' fur with the red of its blood. So, I carefully made my way out of the bushes in order not to scare it and make the injury worse. There was no way that I leave the little buddy trapped like this only for greedy hunters to get to it first. 'Wait, hunters? Hunters mean that there is probably a village or town somewhere near here. I might have to look for more signs of traps around the area after I set this cute little fox free... oh man, I am still weak to all things cute and adorable.' I sighed. This world was also famous for its puppy dog eyes no jutsu if I remember correctly. I could just hope people will never find out. But I had a more important issue at hand right now.

The little animal spotted me almost immediately and went silent. Its eyes followed every move I made, so I held up my hands in the well-known gesture 'I mean you no harm'. "Okay little girl", I said. "Just hold still for a moment and big bro Yuma will get you out of this in no time." I had no idea if the fox really was a girl but it seemed to work and she somewhat calmed down. I made my way to the trap and pried it open with my hands. When I thought about it later, I didn't know if I had enough strength to open the trap or if it was just dumb luck, but it worked and that's what counts. Seriously, what six-year-old could open a bear trap with his bare hands?

The little fox got it's leg out of the trap and tried to hide in the bushes immediately, but it stumbled after the first few steps and fell to the ground. I let the trap close slowly, not to scare the fox away and walked over to the downed animal. She (I was pretty sure now that the adorable little fox was a 'she', even without biological proof) breathed heavily and I could see that she was still in a lot of pain. I took the medical herbs out of my pocket and mashed them to a paste with my hands and spit. Since I had no water at hand, spit would have to do for now. I went on my knees next to the tiny creature and gently smeared the paste on the wound.

I made use of the little first aid knowledge I had and instead of just smearing the green paste on the wound I took some of the bandages from my shins and wrapped them around the animal's leg so that the herbs won't just fall off after the first few movements.

I was quite happy with the result, since I had never done this before. The little girl yipped at me and tried to stand again. Moving still seemed somewhat painful so I just did what anybody else in my situation would do. I picked her up. She tried to wiggle out of my grip at first but calmed down after a few attempts without success. 'I guess it's true what they say about foxes and their smartness. She probably understands that I don't mean her any harm and just want to help. I wonder if I can keep her like the Inuzukas do with their dogs?' Now that I held her in my arms I realised something I completely overlooked when I treated her. Her fur was so soft. She is without a doubt the fluffiest thing I ever touched, almost like cotton candy. I now held her like a newborn baby, and she looked at me with curiosity. Her eyes were just as black as the few markings of her fur. No irises, no pupils, just black. Probably creepy for most people but I certainly wasn't most people.

"...so cute."

Silence.

"That's a first."

It turned out that I didn't just save any fox with unique white fur, but the messenger fox of the fox summoning clan. She introduced herself as Kameyo which kind of was ironic. If I remember correctly the name's meaning had something to do with turtles or tortoises, considering my Japanese lessons from my previous life. But I kept my thoughts to myself, I didn't want to antagonise her and she was just so damn cute. I put her down carefully an sat on the ground in front of her.

"So, Kameyo, what were you doing out here in the woods? And how did you get trapped in the first place? Actually, now that I think about it, I have never heard about there being a fox summoning clan in the first place..." I asked curiously.

"It is no wonder you never heard of our clan. We never had a summoner because our boss doesn't really like you humans in general. As a consequence, we never fought in one of your meaningless wars and kept to ourselves", she replied. Her voice sounded somewhat bored but kind of melodic at the same time. It really clashed with her role as the messenger type which I expected to be rushed and impatient, but it fitted her name. She continued with her sing song explanation: "As for why I'm here, it is none of your business." I sweat dropped.

"Okay, but how did you get trapped?" I pressed on. I couldn't imagine how a fox summon, which I considered smart and cunning, could fall for something as simple as a bear trap. It wasn't even hidden that well in the first place...

"I was distracted for a moment." I stared at her, waiting for an explanation. "And I would have freed myself in no time anyway. I just didn't want to reveal my true nature when I sensed you approaching" She finished haughtily and raised her head as to proof her point that I was beneath her. That I was more than three times her side, even in a sitting position, made it just that much more adorable.

My thoughts must have shown on my face as she looked at me again and scoffed. She got on all fours, looked me dead in the eyes and starting from the tip of her nose to the end of her tail she slowly turned herself into an avatar of lightning. I was stunned. 'She looks like a fox shaped chidori, crackling lightning everywhere! But instead of the chirping noises of one thousand birds, it's more like a deep humming sound, kind of like a light sabre from Star Wars'. The bandages around her leg had disintegrated into nothingness once she finished her transformation and the hairs on my body reacted to the massive electric currency in front of me. She also radiated a massive heat.

"Okay, but how would you have gotten out of the trap like this?" I started sweating now, the heat became quite uncomfortable.

As if to proof her point, she turned to a nearby tree and walked through it. Just like that. She only left behind black scorch marks and glowing ember where she entered and exited the tree. Next, she startled me by disappearing and reappearing right in front of me. I fell on my back and when I got up again, she was already returned to her former fluffy self, sitting on her hind legs and staring at me with emotionless black eyes. "Like this", she replied smugly and waved her tail behind her. 'This must be the foxes' equivalent to a girl throwing her hair over her shoulder.' I deadpanned.

I realised that there was no wound on her leg anymore, just unblemished white fur. 'I wonder if that's because of my treatment or because she heals herself when she turns into a lightning bolt. I can see how that would be an impressive ability to have. Offensive because of the damage you can deal with a mere touch, healing previous injuries instantly and defensive because you are intangible. Wait a second. Metal is conductive. That bear trap was made of metal. Can you really hold your true form when your entirely made of electricity and touch a metal object? I don't think so...'

It was my turn to look at her smugly now. "You can't do this little trick of yours when your touching a metal object." I accused. Her reaction wasn't what I expected.

Kameyo deflated like a poked air ballon and hid her face under her paws. "It's true." She admitted in a defeated tone. "I would have had to wait for the hunters to return to open the trap and they would have likely tried to kill me at first sight. Foxes aren't well regarded in Hi no kuni for some reason and I would have been sent back to our summoning realm upon my 'death'. I can't afford this, not with everybody counting on me."

"There, there...", I petted her head and tried to console her. 'Foxes are probably unwanted around here because of the Kyuubi attack. If Naruto is hated for simply being its container, I can clearly see people being stupid enough to think of all foxes as some kind of bad omen even if they are just animals.' I thought. "Why is everybody of the fox clan counting on you anyway?"

She got back up and looked at me again. Kameyo didn't move away from my petting hand so I started scratching her behind the ears. Considering her wiggling tail, it looked like she enjoyed it. "I can't tell you. It's a mission I was sent out to accomplish." She answered carefully after some time. "I was sent out by the others to find someone, that's as much as I am allowed to tell you. I'm the fastest among us and can cover large areas in a short time, so we all pooled our energy together and sent me here. Without our bo- I mean a summoner that's the only way one of us can enter this realm. I am grateful for your help, I truly am, but we of the fox clan don't trust easily. It is one of the reasons we never had a summoner." She finished somewhat sadly.

I accepted her explanation with a nod. It was not my place to pry but I couldn't help myself asking another question. "So how long have you been on that mission of yours now?"

"It has been a little more than four years now." Kameyo sighed. I could only imagine how frustrating it must be to look for someone for such a long time. "I have been all over the Elemental Nations now and the Land of Fire is the last place I have to search in now. It's more difficult than the rest of the countries because foxes are hunted down here, and I can't go looking into the bigger towns and villages. Most people would try to attack me immediately and I don't want to turn into my lightning form around them. I was told not to draw unwanted attention."

During her explanation Kameyo crawled into my lap and made herself comfortable there. I was still scratching her behind the ears, and we sat together in silence for a while. 'Maybe I should offer my help.' I mused, looking at the clouds through the treetops. 'She must feel pretty lonely all by herself.'

I remembered being quite the loner in my previous life and see where it got me. Thrown in an unknown world where people can kill each other with a few hand signs. 'She probably misses her clan, too, considering that she enjoys my scratching this much. Or interaction with others in general.' After a few more minutes I had formulated a plan in my head. It was worth a try and maybe she would consider accepting my help.

"Hey, Kameyo." She looked at me curiously and I stopped petting her. "You want some berries?" I swear I could see stars shining in her eyes and her tail wiggled in anticipation. I reached into my pockets for the berries I found in my clearing earlier this day. When my hand came back up, I held the little red berries in front of her face. She sniffed them and after a few licks (which accidentally also tickled my palm and I had to suppress my not so manly giggles) she ate them. She chewed carefully, tasting them, and finally swallowed. "Delicious", she sing-songed. I pulled out some more and after giving her most of them, I tried one myself. They really were delicious. Just the right amount of sweetness and the taste was a mix of strawberry and red currant. I wasn't really hungry or thirsty, I just wanted to know what they would taste like. 'I might as well just keep some treats on my person at all times. It could sway some people's opinion about me when given at the right moment.'

I looked at her and tried to find the right words. She didn't make it any easier for me as she tried to lick up all the delicious red sweetness around her mouth. "I can help you." I stated bluntly after some time.

Kameyo got out of my lap and sat in front of me again. She tilted her head to the side and looked at me with a calculating gaze. "Why would you want to help me? And how could you help me in the first place?" She asked sceptically. "Actually, now that I think about it, what were you doing out here in the forest? I can't remember seeing a single human child out in the woods all by himself during my travels."

I started sweating under her gaze. "I can go into the towns and villages which you have to avoid." I explained. "I would need a description of the person you are looking for, though. As for me being here, it is the only thing I ever remember. I was always living in this forest." That was technically correct, if you didn't count my earlier life in an entirely different universe. This half-truth had to do for now.

Her gaze softened a bit. "So, you were abandoned by your own kind for some reason and left to die in this wilderness. The cruelty of humans never fails to amaze me." I guessed she had seen quite a lot of human interaction during her mission. And not always the best kind of interaction, considering her last statement. "Very well. I accept your offer. It would be foolish of me to deny such an opportunity. You are in fact the first human I interacted with since the start of my search and you have shown me nothing but kindness in this short amount of time. Reach out with your left hand, palm up."

I did as I was told and Kameyo placed her paw in my hand. From her paw outwards an intricate seal spread around my hand and I could feel it reaching my shoulder and the left part of my chest. It stopped right above my heart. I became slightly worried since fūinjutsu was quite the abstruse and dangerous art and she didn't tell me what she had planned for me. Foxes were known to be cunning after all.

What seemed like hours to me probably only lasted a few seconds. The seal concentrated itself back in my palm and when she removed her paw, only her black paw print remained. "This is a temporary tracking and summoning seal, among other things. I do not have the authority to speak for my brothers and sisters but to me, Yuma, you have proven yourself as trustworthy. So, I allow you to summon me when you happen to stumble across the person I am looking for. When you get close to my target, the seal will respond to its chakra signature and heat up. In order to summon me to your location you have to channel chakra into the seal, and I will appear. You do know how to channel chakra, don't you?" She finished somewhat sternly. She probably realised that she should have asked before placing the seal on me.

I had no idea how to do channel chakra, but now was a good time as any to find out and apply my manga knowledge. I knew that every human and even some plants had chakra but most of them simply aren't able to channel it for some reason. I focused on the seal in my palm and felt a warm source of energy emerging from my gut, reaching out to the small paw print. With a poof of smoke Kameyo disappeared from where she was standing in front of me and reappeared with another poof on my shoulder. We both stared at the seal in my palm. "Interesting", she mused. 'That was way easier than I thought. Maybe I have good chakra control? Definitely something to look into at a later date.'

"What does it feel like?" I asked curiously. I always was quite the inquisitive person and wanted to know what was going on around me.

"It is not unpleasant, if that's what you are thinking. I could sense the chakra build up when you started channeling it to the seal, so it wasn't completely unexpected. Since we never had a summoner before, this was the first time being summoned like that for me. An experience I will certainly share with the others once my mission is completed." She explained.

"How many members does your clan have anyway?"

"Including the boss, there are always nine of us. We don't age or reproduce like the other summoning clans. As a matter of fact, we don't die for the same reason. The reason itself I cannot tell you, as it is not my place involving you in our clan's secrets." She hopped down from my shoulder and started to walk away.

"So, I guess this is where we part ways?" I asked sadly. I really hoped we could have traveled together for some time. But considering she left me with this kind of seal it probably was never her intention.

She turned her head to look at me. "Yes. Trust me when I tell you that it is better when you aren't seen traveling with a fox in this part of the world. And I can continue my mission in Hi no kuni at a much faster pace on my own anyway. You wouldn't be able to keep up with me." She reasoned. I had to admit it made sense and I couldn't see a fault in her logic. "But I enjoyed our short time together and I really hope that you will be able to help me out so that we do meet again. The person I am looking for will recognise the seal on your palm. You might get some more answers from him, but considering his personality it's not very likely... You are an interesting person, Yuma, and I can feel that you will leave your mark in this world."

"One last thing, Kameyo! There are traps around here so I figured a village or town must be nearby. Can you tell me which way to go?" I got to my feet saying that and took a step after her receding form. She just pointed her paw in a random direction and the next time I blinked, she was gone.

"Thank you." I whispered to the wind.