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Chapter 4

"I'm.. I'm a... I'm a cat!?"

What the hell happened!? How did it happen!? Sakura didn't know. She was so confused and frightened right now, she didn't know what to do! Seriously, what is she going to do? Sakura lifted a paw over the uncontrollable beating of her heart. She froze herself in place and tried to calm herself down, trying concentrate here on this sudden, terrifying realization. Okay, she already remembered being with her shishou about the little problem with the unwanted ninjas creeping into there village. Oh! Wait a second! Those ninjas! Sakura gasped as she remembered hearing that huge blast last night! Yeah, and she remembered heading towards it. But... what happened after that?

"You passed out." Her inner self told her.

Right. She did pass out. Still though, none of this is explaining exactly how she transformed into a cat. What else did she do yesterday then? Oh, well, there was of course the Konohagakure festival that she went too. Ah... yes, she was looking for Sasuke-Kun and Ino. A small pang entered in her heart. Just what were those two doing together yesterday anyways, she stopped and pondered. She shook her head, saving this subject for a later time. Alright, what else was there?

"Uh.. ahem, I believe Naruto was in this picture as well." Her inner helped again.

Naruto? .....Naruto! She remembered! She was with him, but she's walked away from him. Oh yeah, and later when he almost found her! Sakura frowned and hung her head low. She really wished she didn't separate from him now because maybe... none of this would have happened? Sakura wondered if this was true or not because still doesn't know how this happened to her yet!

Once again, this is only leading right back to whatever happened to her. Enough with any other crap she did yesterday, what the hell happened to herself!!

"Maybe Kami is punishing us from all the bad deeds we've done in the past!" Inner Sakura panicked.

A vein popped in Sakura's head as she closed her eyes in annoyance. "Yeah.. right."

Realizing the obvious sarcasm, her inner spoke, "Well it could happen."

"Please.. don't. Not today. I'm really not in the mood for this. I... I just need to... think here." Sakura sighed. She saddened while looking at herself through that puddle. She was barely able to see herself with puddle rippling in slow calming waves, but enough to see her color. She was indeed a pink furry cat. She was half pink, half white everywhere around her. The back side of her, head all the way down to her fluffy tail was pink while on the bottom, mouth all the way down to her butt was white. Though, all of her legs were pink, her paws were white and the tip of her tail was white as well. Her nose and eyes were the only two to stand out. Her orbs were light shade of green and her nose was a dark reddish color.

Sakura looked at herself in shame. "What happened to me..." She looked away from herself, tears already forming from her beautiful eyes.

"Gah.. Sakura-Chan, stop that. I hate this feeling." Well.. the inner is Sakura so she can feel whatever Sakura feels.

Sakura didn't reply to her.

"Aww come on! Um.. hey, let's look at the bright side here! At least we don't have to worry much on life now!!"

Sakura felt a little angered when she said that, but did not reply.

"And um... at least our stomachs don't hurt anymore from that rice ball that lady gave us!"

Sakura had enough. "Didn't I just tell you to not be-- what did you just say??" Sakura spoke in surprise as another sudden realization was kicking in.

"Huh? Worry on life?"

"No! The other one damnit!!" Sakura yelled.

"Stomaches not hurting?"

"After that.."

"Rice Ball?"

"Augh, never mind! That lady!! You mentioned that lady."

"Oh right, her! Man... that lady was bitch for giving us that rice ball! She must have placed something in it! We've never felt so much pain in our insides before! Ugh, it was horrid!"

Meanwhile, Sakura's feline eyes widened each time her inner was telling her about that bitch lady, Kira. "Y-Your right... she must have dosed something into that Rice ball to cause this to happen to me!! That's go to be it!"

"Oh..well..okay..." The inner agreed, confused. She wasn't exactly thinking that the rice ball could have been the problem, she was just thinking about how much the pain was.

Sakura's eyes creased. "I'm going back, and demand her to change me back!"

Hearing her confidence, the inner grinned. "Okay!"

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Four homes. No deaths. One note.

Four homes was all that was destroyed from last night's attack. And not one person was around due to the festival everyone was at, having a marvelous time.

The first to arrive at the scene were Shikamaru, Chouji, Ino, and Sasuke along with a couple of other random shinobi. The first thing they noticed were the huge flames, but then they also took notice of the missing ninja's who caused this explosion and set the houses on fire. More shinobi soon arrived, taking in the fire. The houses were badly burning, tearing apart. They had to stop it right away.

"We have to stop this fire before it spreads all throughout the village!" Iruka yelled to all those who heard.

"What about those ninja's?" Ino shouted.

Then a voice boomed for everyone to hear. "Alright, listen up, everyone!" Tsunade came in suddenly from the crowd. "I want half of you to get rid of this fire and the other half to find those nins. I don't care who does what, I just want the task done now!!" She finished and everyone was quick to comply to her words.

So now everyone was doing there own thing, half putting out the fire, half finding those missing ninja's. Tsunade stayed to watch as everyone was successfully putting out the fire with Shizune right beside her.

Suddenly, a random shinobi ran up to her. "Tsunade-Sama!!"

"Yes, what is it?"

"During a search around the area, I found this note on one of the poles!" He said and quickly gave it to her.

Tsunade skimmed through the note, Shizune taking a glance at it as well. Tsunade grew intense and looked back at the man. "Thank you, keep searching for any more clues."

"H-Hai, Tsunade-Sama!" And with that, he ran off.

There were no other clues aside from that note, and the missing ninja's were long gone from the village. Tsunade gave a deep sigh as she sat back in her office chair.

"So let me get this straight.." Shizune spoke, never taking her eyes off the note. "Those ninja's that attacked four homes turned out to be the shinobi's hidden in the mist threatening us stay away from there village and... leave them alone?" She pulled away the piece of paper at the last of her sentence, confusion written all over her face. "What are they talking about? None of our shinobi never stepped foot in there village in years! Let alone torture them in any way."

"Yes, I know. That is why I am going to solve this dilemma and write to them. Sending a shinobi may cause the village to attack, so sending a letter may be the proper way of getting rid of this mess."

"Ah, yes, that should do." Shizune agreed.

"Boiyou!" The little piglet cheered.

All of a sudden, a yell was heard from the far end of the hall. Sounded like two people yelling, actually.

"Hey, get back here! You can't just waltz in! She could be busy!!"

"Don't worry, she knows me all too well to get mad at me! Besides, it's really important, I must speak to her!" The voice boomed throughout the hall. A familiar Tsunade knows all too well.

She sighed again. "Shizune, open the door..."

Shizune immediately replied and opened the door, greeted by a loud yell that made her jump.

"TSUNADE-BAA-CHAN!!!"

"Gah! Naruto!!" Shizune squeaked.

Naruto pushed past Shizune and ran to granny Tsunade. "Baa-Chan! Baa-Chan!"

Just then Iruka raced inside grabbing the backside of Naruto's kimono. "NARUTO! I told you not waltz inside like that!! Ah.." Iruka quickly glanced at Tsunade. He bowed apologetically to her. "Tsunade-Sama, I apologize for Naruto's rudeness."

Tsunade didn't seemed fazed by all of this at all. She waved her hand over at Iruka. "Eh.. It's alright, Iruka. I'm far too used to this."

"O-Oh." Was all he can say.

"Okay, Naruto, what is it you wanted to-- are you still wearing that?" She asked, realizing he was still wearing his kimono?

"Oh.. this... I never went home last night."

"Never went home?" Shizune asked stepping next to him. "Why?"

"This is the reason why I am here. Last night, when you told half of everyone to burn out fire and the other half to look for the missing shinobi, I left to look for them... only... I didn't go look for them."

Tsunade glared. "You didn't look for them. Then what were you doing, Naruto?"

"Looking for Sakura-Chan."

Tsunade raised an eyebrow. "Exactly... why were you looking for Sakura?"

"Well... you see, I was with Sakura-Chan yesterday at the festival...um... some things happened and we got separated, and I wasn't able to find her since. I've checked her home, wasn't there, I've checked the hospital, wasn't there either, I've checked here last night too, wasn't here. I... looked everywhere! I'm really worried, Baa-Chan."

Shizune's eyes widened. "You mean she's missing? Oh! What if those hidden mist shinobi kidnapped her!!"

Naruto glared, shocked. "Nani!? Did they!?"

"Relax you two. I highly doubt that's the case. Sakura is perfectly capable of taking care of herself."

"Yeah, Naruto. I'm sure she's fine." Iruka told him. "Heck, I've seen her yesterday myself."

In an instant, Naruto was all up in his face, causing him to freak out in shock. "You did!? When!?!?

"I-I... uh.. yesterday! Um... on the roof, on the roof! She was jumping from roof to roof to the explosion I've seen."

"You see, Naruto. You must have missed her last night. I'm sure she will turn out somewhere eventually." Tsunade reassured him.

"B-But--"

"Now get out of my office, I have things to do."

"But, but, but--"

"You heard the lady, Naruto. Come on. Let's get you home and to bed." Iruka told him while grabbing onto his kimono again, dragging him out the door.

On the way out, Naruto shouted. "I don't want any sleep until I find out if Sakura-Chan is really okay!"

Shizune walked over to the door and shut it. She turned around with a worried expression. "Tsunade-Sama..." She began, slowing walking over to her. "What if Naruto is telling the truth. What if she really is missing?" She asked.

"She is fine, Shizune. She will turn up sooner or later."

"R-Right." Shizune looked down, nodding.

"Speaking of Sakura," Tsunade continued, "Bring her to my office. I have a favor to ask of her."

"Right away," Shizune replied and scurried away out the door.

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"Last night has got to be one of my most dumbest nights ever!" Kiba shouted to the air without a care. Kiba, Hinata, Shino, and Akamaru were relaxing over by the big oak tree having breakfast together. There sensei, Kurenai was suppose to be joining them, but it appears that she is late so they began eating without her. Back on Kiba, he was being very cranky this morning simply because, "I didn't one wink of sleep last night!"

Hinata frowned, feeling sympathy for Kiba while Shino was just being his silent, emotionless self. Hinata didn't get much sleep last night either. Her mind was too wrapped up on Naruto and partly the attack. She always thinks about him at night, curious about him. What he thinks about at night, what he does before going to bed, what he.... -cough- wears -cough- to bed. Hey... when you get to a certain age you can't help but think about those things. And Shino, well... Shino, as long as he still has his glasses with him he can sleep through pretty much anything.

"Everything about last night was a bitch!" Kiba continued. His eyes suddenly softened. "Well.. except that plushie you got me Hinata." Kiba smiled at her.

Hinata, yet again blushed and smiled back at him. "G-Glad you like it."

Kiba then decided that he wanted to start a nice conversation with her, to forget about his lame night. Scratching the back of his head, he began, "So.. Hinata--" He was interrupted.

"What do you guys think last night's explosion was all about?" Shino asked. To be honest he interrupted on purpose, knowing where Kiba was going to lead with the converstion. If Kiba were to say anything to her about love Shino just knew that there relationship now would be hell later. There team would probably be broken up as well, and he did not want that.

An innocent glare along with an glowered one stared over at Shino.

Hinata spoke first. "I-I honestly d-don't know. I mean... t-to see an e-explosion and to f-find out that nobody was t-there. Maybe it w-was a warning?"

"Maybe." Shino replied.

"Well, I think that whole thing was just a big waste of my god damn time! Another thing that pissed me off to no end yesterday!" Kiba roared. He felt his face burn up the more he thought about it. Stupid explosion ruined his chance to confess, damnit!

Seeing this, Shino was quick to reply. "Kiba, I think you are overreacting."

"Shino is r-right. I-I can understand w-why you'd be a-angry about it, but I do think y-you are overreacting."

Kiba gave a doleful expression at her. "Yeah, yeah I know... it's just..." If only you knew...

Hinata tilted her head in wonder. "W-What is it, K-Kiba?" Why is he so sad all of a sudden?

Shino glared back at the two with utter displeasure. Now how the hell did this conversation come back into place? He silently sighed. Time for another interruption.

Maybe this could be his chance! Screw the fact that Shino is here, he would be a lot more calm if he were to tell her. "Well.. uh.. Hinata, do you? Do you remember yesterday?" Kiba then rolled his eyes at his lousy words. "Ha.. of course you remember yesterday, what I mean is do you remember that little talk we had last night, you know what I was about to tell you?"

Hinata nodded and waited for him to go on.

"Uh.. well I.."

Shino cleared his throat, ready to give another interruption until...

"A-Arf! Arf!" Akamaru barked, most particularly at a certain someone.

Kiba glared, surprised at Akamaru then to that certain someone.

"Can you at least let me go? I'm not going to run away from you."

"Aha, nice try there. Look, we've already told you that Sakura-San is fine. Will you leave it already!"

"But-But-But!! I-I can't just--Hey..Hey! It's Kiba, Hinata, and Shino!"

"DOH!" Kiba screamed in his head as they were spotted by Naruto. If they were in a world of cartoons, Kiba would have literally melted right there on the spot.

Hinata seemed completely caught off guard and surprised. She always does when he's around. "N-Naruto-Kun!!"

It's a good thing Shino was well covered because his teammates would have noticed the bright smile he was showing. Thank you, Kami!

"Iruka-Sensei, can I? Can I please just ask them and then that's it, I swear!"

They saw Iruka turn around, but couldn't make clear of his expression. "Alright, Naruto. Go on. Don't you run away from me!!"

"I won't, I won't!"

"Oh nooooo!! He's coming!"

"OI! Guys! Need to ask you something!" Naruto spoke and waved. As soon as he made his way up to them he immediately greeted them. "Hey guys, looks I need to ask you something."

Kiba mustered a grin. "Oh... Naruto! How it going, buddy!" Fuck you, Naruto! Fuck you and your ways!

Hinata couldn't even muster a word at all. Why is it so difficult to speak to him!

"What is the problem?" Shino politely asked.

"Have any of you seen Sakura-Chan?"

Well... that ruined Hinata's morning. Typical he'd be asking for her.

"No, I have not."

"Nope, haven't seen her. Last time I saw her was when she was with you when you two were searching for the duck butt."

Naruto slouched and saddened, not taking notice of the insult of Sasuke. "So you haven't seen her? Hinata, what about you?"

Upon hearing her name she instantly jumped, her heart skipping a beat. She turned beat red and looked down. "N-No, N-Naruto-Kun, I h-have n-not." She answered, stuttering more than usual. Something her teammates took notice of, but not Naruto.

"Oh..." The look of hurt shown clearly on his face. That look always pains Hinata every time she'd see it. Oh how she wishes to bravely stand her ass up and hug the boy. Her anxiety was just too much though.

"It's not like it's the end of the world." Kiba responded to him, looking rather annoyed. "She'll turn up somewhere."

"Yeah, everyone keeps telling me that. I hope you all are right. Thanks for the help you guys." And with that he began slowly walking back towards Iruka-Sensei.

"B-Bye, Naruto-Kun!" Hinata waved and smiled at his figure.

Shino glared at Naruto's back for a moment before thinking, "Wait a minute. Why is he still wearing his kimono? Was he up all night?" He soon realized.

Kiba became relaxed now that Naruto's leaving. "Hmph, what a love-sick douche." Kiba said, though unaware that he practically called himself that since he is love-sick as well.

Ah yes! Now that Naruto is gone Kiba can now finish what he was trying to say earlier! "Hinata!" Kiba called suddenly, surprising her.

"Kiba?"

"About what I was saying earlier..."

Shino immediately looked over to Kiba. Uh-Oh, trouble.

"N-Nani?"

"Ah....well..you see..."

*Poof*

"Oh, my students!" Kurenai popped in. "I am very sorry to be late, my baby woke up sick and--"

He couldn't take it. He screamed. Loud. Kiba shot up from the ground and ran away, still yelling, leaving behind his very confused teammate, !love, his mans best friend, and Sensei. When Kurenai asked what she missed, for the second time Shino smiled and replied, "Nothing much."

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"This is it." Sakura said while looking upon the building she's entered the previous night. She continued to stare for a moment longer. "She should be in there, and once I find her I'm going to demand her to change me back!" She told herself for the second time

"You do that."

Sakura ignored her inner-self's comment. She took a few steps back to look for an opening since going though the door was no longer an option for her to use. None of the windows there were open and it doesn't seem like there were any entrances from the roof either. Damn, maybe there was a way in from the back. A bit annoyed, she began trudging her way to the back of the house.

Just as she was heading to the side of the house, the door opened. Sakura gasped, freezing in her spot and glared.

"And that concludes the end of the tour, any questions?" A very bright yellow lady asked. Sakura watched as two other people walked out of the house seconds after. They seem to be a couple.

"We got nothing other than we'll take the house! Anything to get away from all that destruction from last night. Can you believe our old house was just a block away?! It's crazy!" The man rambled throwing his hands up without a care in the world.

"I know," the woman continued this time. "I'm sure that if we were to stay our block would have been next!"

The bright lady grinned, locking her arms around the couples necks. "You two made a fine choice of moving! You won't be disappointed, I assure you that!"

This was definitely unsuspecting for Sakura. What on earth is going on here?? Who the heck are these people? "Is this even the right place?" She pondered to herself. Yes, it has to be! She doesn't forget a place when she sees one!

Annoyance boiled up in her system. Answers, she wants answers! That witch has got to be here somewhere, and damnit she's going to find out! Without even thinking, she ran on over to those civilians hoping to get something.

As soon as she reached up to them, she spoke. "Hey! Listen up! I have no idea who the hell you people are, but you just might have some connections to this lady I'm looking for. She lives here and I want to know what happened to her! Anyone mind telling where exactly she is? Hey, guys? Hello, I'm talking to you here! Listen to me!"

"Meow Meow Mew Meooow Meow!!" The three civilians glanced at her.

"Hey, it's a cat." The man said.

The wife's eyes glistened. "Aww, oh my goodness! Isn't that the most prettiest cat you've ever seen!!" She immediately crouched down to her knees and picked her up.

"H-Hey!" Sakura cried as she was being brutally glomped by this woman. "Let me go!"

"Ooh so adorable! I've always wanted a cat!" She blabbed on. She took a slight moment to admire her look. She cat was truly beautiful. Perhaps the most prettiest cat she's ever seen! The sun shinning upon her soft, pink fur. Her eyes the clearest shade of green, which is what made her face look so go damn cute! She was a clean cat, the lady noticed. Meaning this cat was a stray. But she does have no collar. The lady slightly drooped. Even so, she would never be able to have a cat simply because of her husbands problem.

Her husband back up a few steps. "Ah.. honey, I know you love cats, but you know I'm allergic to them." He said while covering his nose.

"Um ma'am, I don't think that cat likes to be picked up." The other lady said, sweat dropping, noticing Sakura's struggle and cries.

The lady glared, "Oh! I'm sorry there, Kitty!" She finally released. Sakura quickly jumped out of her arms, more annoyed than ever now.

"What is wrong with you people! Treating me like I'm some kind of animal!"

"News flash Sakura-Chan, we are an animal! And... there's no use in speaking with them either, they won't hear you."

"I..." Sakura froze. Her inner was right. There's nothing she can do about talking... because she is an animal. A cat. A cat meaning she will be treated like one. Her life is completely changing! She seriously needs to find that Kira chick pronto or her life will be a living nightmare!

The wife noticed the strange look in the cat's eyes. "Aww... what's wrong, Kitty? Ooh I know! I bet your hungry! Honey," She glanced at her husband, who was still holding his nose and looking at the cat with unease. "Let's take her home and feed her!"

The husbands eyes widened. "What are you nuts, woman?! Didn't you just hear a word I said earlier!"

"Ooh, but honey!! Look at her, she's suffering!"

"Out of the question, dearest!"

"But honeykins I--" She was interrupted.

"Hey you cat! Where do you think your going?!" The landlady screamed when she noticed Sakura running into the house.

Sakura ran into the familiar hall that she was brought too from before, turning the corner into the living area. Empty. The table, the bulokku lamps, the chairs, the scrolls and anything else she had. They were gone. She was gone.

Sakura's frowned and looked down, her ears drooping. "So she really isn't here. She's gone. I have to find her but..." She trailed off, not really know what else to say or do now.

"There you are you--! Thought you can be slick!" The landlady stomped in. She roughly picked Sakura up causing her to grunt and carried her back outside.

Not used to being carried in such a way, Sakura struggled in her grasp. "Let...me...go!" She cried.

The landlady tried to restrain her struggling. "Will you stop the struggle and cries, we're almost out."

As soon as they were back outside she dropped Sakura to the floor, and being a cat she swiftly landed on her four paws. Sakura turned back at her, a strong look of displeasure shown clearly on her cute face. "Anyone who touches me again is dead meat!"

Now if Sakura were human when she told them this, the three would have easily backed away from her, but seeing as they obviously didn't they just glared strangely at her.

"Why is she so angry?" The wife asked with worry.

"I guess she's just one of those cats who doesn't like being picked up." Her husband answered, grabbing his wife's hand.

Not to be rude in front of the lovely couple, the landlady sighed. "Well... you know cats..."

Hearing every word, it only annoyed Sakura even more, along with a different feeling inside of her. Sadness. "Damn it, how can I explain to these people that I am not a cat!" She inwardly cried. She can already feel it coming. Her warm, wet tears surfacing from her emerald eyes. "I..I can't stay like this. I can't..I can't!!" Sakura shook her head, pushing away her close tears. Anger settling back in now. "That broad has got to be somewhere! I'm going to find her even if I have to search every nook and cranny of this village, Shannaro!!"

"Hell yeah!" Her persona had to shout. "Look out bitch because the hoe is coming!!" Her inner paused. "Wait... reverse that."

Sakura paid no attention to her inner as she hastily scurried away from the group.

"Aww she's leaving!" The wife saddened.

"Pff, she'll be iight. Now as we were back to before! What I need to you two to do is sign these forms here..." She snapped them out of it when she shoved a few forms in there hands, forcing them back in business.

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"Honestly, Naruto, how can you live like this?" Iruka inquired, examining his one-room apartment he still lived in. As usual Naruto's little box was an utter mess. Ramen cups around, clothes scattered all over, sticky floors from all that ramen, old empty milk cartons everywhere, and to top it off a funky odor surrounding them. Ooh, Iruka had to open a window, and he did just that, too.

Naruto was already in bed wrapped up tightly in his blanket staring intently at Iruka who was still suffering from the smell. "Gomen, Iruka-Sensei. I've been busy."

Iruka made his way to the side of Naruto's bed while saying, "Yeah, busy being lazy! Naruto, you haven't done anything in the past few days, you had your time then. What were you doing anyways?" As he arrived near Naruto, he sat down next to his jaded form.

He saw Naruto's eyes bulge slightly. "Umm... it's uh.. personal." He turned his head away, flushing.

Okay, now Iruka was curious. He raised an eyebrow at him wanting to push this forward a bit more, but Naruto was sure to be quick to change the subject.

"Iruka-Sensei," Naruto looked so tired, staring downhearted at his teacher, surprising Iruka completely. "I can't sleep... actually, I won't sleep unless I know if Sakura-Chan is okay." Naruto told him.

Iruka felt like anime dropping right there next him. He gave a sigh. "Sakura, again?" He must really, really care for her...

Naruto didn't say anything, just simply showing how serious he was about this. Iruka understood.

"Naruto... if she means this much to you, I guess I can help. I'll go and look for her and come back once I find her, okay?"

That brightened Naruto's mood, though he was just too damn tired to jump arond so he just smiled thoughtfully at him. "Arigatou, Iruka-Sensei." And with that, Naruto turned over to his side, facing away from Iruka sleep finally coming to him.

Iruka smiled then chuckled. "Hey.. I thought you didn't want to sleep unless she's all right?"

Without turning or opening his eyes, Naruto spoke, "Wake me?"

Iruka smiled contently. "All right." He placed a hand on his shoulders, rubbing them gently while staring him down for a few moments. Naruto barely noticed the contact he was giving already being half asleep. Pulling his hand away, Iruka stood up from the bed. He carefully made his way back over to the door and took hold of the knob. He ganced over back at Naruto, "Good night, Naruto.." He whisped. Wait a minute... "Er.. I mean good day, no wait that doesn't sound right either..." He murmured. "Eh...good bye? No!! Good year? Wait, good year?! What the hell?! Aww fuck it!" He yelled, agitated with himself. He quickly shut the door giving Naruto some peace to finally get some sleep, and himself on his way in search for Sakura.

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Another set of 5,000 words for you. Finally done... after what? 9, 8 months?? I don't know. 'Bout time, eh? And things are now finally just beginning!! Those of you who are disappointed that Sakura hasn't reached Naruto yet, I'm sorry but that ain't gonna happen just yet. Maybe the next chapter if I can squeeze it in. Lawl, of course I can squeeze it in, it's just that... it will take longer for me to update if I did, would you want that? The chapter after next for sure!

Also.. those of you who are wondering just what Naruto was doing for the past few days before the Konoha festival... you'll find out eventually in the later chapters.

Beta reader!! Need one! Badly. =(

Let me tell you a little so'm so'm 'bout Kiba and his relationship with Naruto. To tell you the truth, Kiba doesn't really hate Naruto. He just despises when Naruto shows up whenever he's trying to get close to Hinata. Naruto and Kiba are gonna get a lot closer in this story, you'll see...

And lastly... what did you think? Not bad? Personally, that's my sentiment on this chapter. Review pwease! I'll list off all the names in the next chapter.