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Hi everyone! Its me again! xD Before the end of our school year, I promised two of my friends that I would write a Naruto story (fanfic) over the summer vacation. And, here it is! (See? I kept my promise!) I'm thinking about attempting to write about three chapters total. Maybe four if I do really good and get lots of people to like my story. If you're thinking this is too long to read, its actually not. It just looks long because I used the 'enter' button too much. Aside from writing my Naruto fanfics, I'm also going to continue drawing more HNKNA stuff (and writing stories for them too)... Enjoy! (I, too, wonder how will I mold this story... Ah, this is so exciting^^)

This fanfic is dedicated to my other team memebers of 'Squad 16'. (Thank you for your patience) Fighting dreamers all the way! CHA!!
And one other person... you know who you are... (I'm sorry this isn't as short as you thought it would be. I can't make it JUST five paragraphs with four sentences EACH!) xD

Chapter 1: Friend

"Lady Tsunade, we have successfully pin-pointed Orochimaru's location as of now," a masked anbu ninja said, kneeling down.

"Good. Send word to Kakashi," Tsunade replied brutally. "We can't let him escape. This may be our only chance." she thought.

"Yes, Lady Hokage," and with that, he disappeared in an instant.

"You called?" Kakashi said as he appeared, "I'm ready to take orders."

"Hmph. You know what to do. Battle formation! Send word when you need more backup. We'll surround him before he can get away," Tsunade explained, "Now, GO!"

"Right. On it," he said, and vanished.

"Are you sure this is it," a low, sinister voice asked.

"Yes," another replied, "It took awhile to disengage the other sealing jutsu and seals, but because of all the years, they were weakened and I was able to break through them all. I just need your help with this last one."

"Hmm... Looks rather pathetic, this better be worth my time."

"Oh, it will be. With this strength in our possession, we'll be able to wipe out entire villages."

"Fine. Let's get started, shall we?"

"Don't rush me. This will take some time..." The wind blew in the trees, causing a loud swaying noise from the leaves. The smell of death arose as the two began to work.

"One more thing, my lord, they've already tracked us down. Time to pick up the pace.... But don't worry, I've set up quite the amount of traps. We won't go down so easily," Kabuto grinned.

The afternoon sun made the sky streak dark orange and pink. Two tired ninja walked home from school, with their stomachs grumbling.

"Man! Today sucked! I'm starving. Let's get some ramen at Ichiraku's," one ninja said out loud.

"Fine," the other replied, "But this time it's on you. I bought last time's bowls."

"What?! Come on, Keigo! Aren't you hungry?"

"Yeah, but I'm not paying."

"How about a little race? Last one to the training fields has to pay."

"You're on. The Uchiha never lose! But if when I win, you'll have to buy me an extra pork bowl."

"Hah! That's IF you win! We'll see who's better! The Hyuga won't go down easily!"

"Hey, Shiki, you're hungry, right? Then eat my dust!"

"Not if you can eat mine's first!" The young boys took off at high speed. They pushed objects in the other's way, and jumped over other people's heads. Shiki struck first by knocking down a couple of barrels to distract Keigo. In an instant, Keigo countered by dodging them and throwing a cart of fruit in Shiki's way. The race did not last too long because both were eager to win. When they finally approached the field, both slid and reached their destination at the same time, ending the race in a draw.

"W-Who won," Shiki asked, out of breath.

"I don't know," Keigo panted, "Let's just call it a tie. I'm so exhausted I don't think I can walk back to Ichiraku's."

"Yeah... Same here."

"Do you think we'll get yelled at again 'cuz we made a mess of things back there?"

".....Nahh!" They both said, bursting with laughing. The tired out ninjas slowly closed their eyes and fell asleep, dreaming of ramen.

"Release! Reanimation jutsu," They both said, as they made hand signs simultaneously, and with that, the final seal broke. Dust escaped the coffin as the lid was taken off. Inside the coffin was a body, well preserved and clean. It looked as if the person had died recently and was not buried long. The body slowly rose, opening its lips to speak.

"Who... are you?"

"That is not important now. We have awoken you because your village is in danger of dying out. Please, follow us," Kabuto grinned and extended his hand out to the reanimated figure. Before Kabuto could reach for his hand, a voice stopped him.

"Looks like I made it just in time," a familiar voice called out.

"Tch," Orochimaru hissed, "Kabuto!" Kabuto spun around and threw a paper bomb at the direction of the voice. He then grabbed the corpse's arm and began to make a run for it.

"You aren't going anywhere," the voice said. Multiple figures were moving from place to place, causing the trees to sway loudly. Anbu ninja surrounded Orochimaru, trying to stop him from escaping, but he used his snake jutsu to block their every move. Kabuto's traps went off, one by one. Smoke screens appeared and barrages of paper bombs and kunai knives flew everywhere, but that didn't stop the anbu from attacking the duo. Kakashi finally revealed himself and went for Orochimaru.

"What are you planning," Kakashi shouted as he clashed against him, using a kunai knife. He noticed the body Orochimaru was holding was gone. Other anbu members appeared, attacking Kabuto and Orochimaru with various jutsu and weapons. There where teams using summoning jutsu to bring reinforcements, while others attacked with an artillery of fire bombs and stars.

"Shadow possession jutsu," a young ninja shouted, and trapped Orochimaru in his jutsu.

"Perfect timing, Shikamaru," Kakashi said.

"Yeah, yeah. I heard from Lady Tsuande. It's a pain, but..."

"Like that will stop me," Orochimaru grinned his clone disappeared into smoke.

"A clone," Kakashi said, "So then that means-"

"Look out!" Shikamaru shouted. Orochimaru was quickly closing in on Kakashi, but he dodged just in time. After missing, he disappeared again.

"Damn clones," Shikamaru grunted. The rest of the anbu surveyed the area, and found nothing. Kabuto and Orochimaru had escaped without a trace.

"Hold on," Kakashi announced, "They left this." He found the corpse hidden in a pile of leaves and grass.

"Do you think this will be of use to plan out their next move?"

"Maybe...." And with that, they carried the body back to the village.

"Pro...tect," the reanimated corpse muttered as they raced back.

"What are you saying? THIS is why Orochimaru appeared out of nowhere?!" Tsunade boomed, frustrated.

"Well, from the information I've found," one ninja from the research department said, "This reanimated ninja here came from one of the few organizations that wiped out thousands of villages back when the First Hokage was still around. Apparently, this assassin was a traitor and left his organization. My guess is that he probably got tired of murdering or something like that."

"The most puzzling part to me is why the body is so well preserved after years," Kakashi said.

"I'm still researching that part, I'll have to get back to you on that."

"Then what do we do in the meantime? Bury him and wish him a restful sleep? If we let him run wild, he might destroy us," a scared ninja blurted out.

"No," Tsunade said with her elbows rested on her desk, and her fingers intertwined in front her face, "Let's see what Orochimaru does. While we wait, let's see if he can help us in any way. Let's start by asking him questions."

"We already tried doing that, Mi'lady. He doesn't seem to remember anything; his name, his jutsu, his village, or anything. He has amnesia," Sakura announced, as she came through the doors.

"That doesn't leave us with very many options, then. I suppose we could try to teach him some defense techniques so he'll know how to fight if Orochimaru comes back."

"Alright. Send him to the anbu...."

"Why? Mila-"

"Sakura, many will treat him like Naruto if they knew about him. People aren't used to seeing reanimated corpses walking around the village." The room fell silent after Tsuande finished her sentence. They all remembered how painful Naruto's past was, having another face the same horror he did, made everyone have a feel sorry for him. The lonely reanimated figure just sat quietly in the corner.

"Pro... tect... To protect," he said.

"He keeps mumbling that same phrase over and over. Something like that must be connected to why he left his organization..." Suddenly, the boy fell to his knees and then on his side.

"Yuri! Kalen! N-Noo!" He shouted, tightly covering his head. Shocked, everyone jumped at the tone of his words.

"That's new. Is he starting to regain him memory already?," the research ninja asked.

"They're deceased people. I'm not sure if we even have records that go that far back. And by the way, he's not a he. She's a girl," Sakura said.

"How can you tell?"

"I just can... By the look of things, she must be about sixteen or so." Sakura turned her head towards Tsunade, "Milady, with your permission, I would like to take care of her for the

time being. Will that be okay?"

"Hmm... I guess its alright. Just make sure you hide her eyes... I have a bad feeling about this though. Can I count on you, Sakura?"

"Yes, Milady! I will do my best," Sakura saluted.

Sakura led her new guest to her kitchen and seated her in a chair.

"Do you remember anything," Sakura asked as she began to prepare dinner. The girl shook her head in response. Sakura noticed how she was looking at the vase of flowers on the
table. She gently nudged the flower petals and became surprised when some fell onto the table. Nervously, she tried picking them up and placing them back where they belonged, but they fell once again. Sakura smiled at her, then reassured her that the petals would grow back again. "She's like a little kid," Sakura thought to herself.

"I know! How about I give you a temporary name, until you remember your own. Will that be alright with you?" Sakura said, cheerfully. Her guest nodded in agreement.

"You seem to like flowers.... So how about 'Misaki'? It means 'beautiful blossom'."

"Mi-Misaki..."

"Yes, I think it's a pretty name. Don't you think so, too?" "Maybe with this name, others will recognize her as a girl, too..."

"...Pretty," Misaki repeated.

Sakura laughed, "I'm glad you like it. Now about some dinner?" She set the table with bowls and chopsticks, then served the food. Misaki began to reach for some soup, but Sakura stopped her. Embarrassed, Misaki put down the bowl and remembered what she had to do.

"Thank you for the food," they both said out loud, and ate.

A few days passed, and after living with Sakura for awhile, Misaki remembered small bits and pieces like respect and such, but nothing major. Every day she trained and learned ninja skills with a select few anbu ninja who knew about her. No matter how much she trained, she could never remember her own ninjustsu. She became skilled on how to manipulate string and paper bombs to attack and trap her sparring mates. With every day passing, Misaki continued to live her undead life and learn something new. When she got accustomed to the village, knowing every short cut and route, Misaki finally got her own apartment place for her to stay in. As long as she swore to never reveal her eyes or talk to others, Tsunade agreed to let her reside there.

One day when she was walking home from her training, Misaki heard the sound of faint crying. A sudden pain shot inside her head. Misaki staggered and clutched her throbbing head. Her stance became wobbly and her mind spun out of control, Misaki grabbed ahold of the nearest object, a lamp post, and held on to keep her balance.T-This feeling... Why does this feel familiar? ... Do I know it? She slowly pressed on as she made her way towards the sound, and found a young girl crying on a bench.

"Mommy! Where are you," the girl cried. Misaki had never seen someone act this way, so she did not know what to do. Lady Hokage, please forgive me...

"Are you lost, little one?" Misaki asked gently and took a seat next to the girl.

"...Can't find my mommy," the girl sobbed, her tears muffling her speech.

"It's okay, don't cry. I'll help you look for her."

"You will? For reals, mister?"

"Uh... Yes." Why does everyone think I'm a guy? "First, let's try to stop your crying. My name is Misaki. What's your name?"

"Racheru..."

"Alright, Racheru, what do you like?"

"Racheru likes flowers."

"I like flowers too."

"R-Really?" Racheru's crying slowly came to a stop. Misaki placed her hand on Racheru's face and brushed away her tears.

"Yes. I love to pick them, but I can't find them growing anywhere."

"Oh! Racheru knows a place where there's lotsa pretty flowers." Racheru stood up and took Misaki's hand. They both dodged people walking and street signs to a desolate area. She then led her through some bushes to a vast meadow, filled with almost every kind of flower. It looked like a rainbow was planted on the floor. Misaki had never seen anything as amazing as this.

"This place is beautiful," Misaki said, admiring the sea of colors.

"Yup! Mommy takes Racheru here lotsa times. Mommy said mommy took daddy here 'cuz daddy was special to mommy. Now Racheru took Misaki here 'cuz Misaki is special to Racheru," the girl grinned, "This place can be Racheru's and Misaki's secret place to play games and stuff! Will Misaki come again to play?"

"Of course I will," Misaki smiled, "I promise."

"Yay! Racheru loves to play 'Hide-and-Seek' and 'I-Spy'!"

"Sounds like fun, but we can play on another day. It's getting late. Let's go back now."

"Aww! Okay... But remember Misaki's promise!"

"Don't worry, I will." She knelt down and picked a bright lavender flower and presented it to her new friend. Racheru placed it on her hair and tucked it under her hat.

"Racheru looks so purty!" Racheru gleamed, feeling pleased.

"Hey, Misaki," Racheru yawned, feeling tired from the day's excitement, "Can I call you 'Big Brother'? And Big Brother can call Racheru, 'Ra-chan'."

"Alright..." Misaki sighed, "Come on, Ra-chan, time to go now." She bent down and let Racheru crawl onto her back, and had Racheru put her arms around Misaki's neck. With that, Misaki carried the sleeping girl back to the village.

To Be Continued...

Writer's Corner
The first thing I would like to say to you, the reader is...THANK YOU!!! ThankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouSOSOMUUCH~~! m(_ _)m
Writing this was so intense! I hope many of you enjoyed reading this. Um... so yea.. This is my first Naruto Fanfic... even though I just barely started writing, I hope to get better and more people will like the story as it progresses. I hope to see you again, next time! xD If you're wondering about what happened to Shiki and Keigo, they probably went to Ichiraku's after their little nap and paid for their own ramen bowls. Yes, they got their ramen. I'm not sure if they did get scolded or not... Wait... I'm the writer... Aren't I supposed to know?! Um... Ok, I guess they get away with it? (I promise I will write more about them!) Please look forward to it!

About the drawing: here's Misaki and little Ra-chan. At first, I thought Misaki would look cool if i colored her hair black, but then I changed it to purple cuz i think it looks awwwsomee!! (plus its anime/manga, everybody gots to have cool hair colors!)
Right now, Ra-chan is supposed to be like, 5. Shiki and Keigo are in the ninja academy, and yeah.... Misaki can't age or whatever cuz she's 'dead'.

Naruto©Masahi Kishimoto

Drawn/Written/photographed by iotaku96

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Hi everyone! Its me again! xD Before the end of our school year, I promised two of my friends that I would write a Naruto story (fanfic) over the summer vacation. And, here it is! (See? I kept my promise!) I'm thinking about attempting to write about three chapters total. Maybe four if I do really good and get lots of people to like my story. If you're thinking this is too long to read, its actually not. It just looks long because I used the 'enter' button too much. Aside from writing my Naruto fanfics, I'm also going to continue drawing more HNKNA stuff (and writing stories for them too)... Enjoy! (I, too, wonder how will I mold this story... Ah, this is so exciting^^)

This fanfic is dedicated to my other team memebers of 'Squad 16'. (Thank you for your patience) Fighting dreamers all the way! CHA!!
And one other person... you know who you are... (I'm sorry this isn't as short as you thought it would be. I can't make it JUST five paragraphs with four sentences EACH!) xD

Chapter 1: Friend

"Lady Tsunade, we have successfully pin-pointed Orochimaru's location as of now," a masked anbu ninja said, kneeling down.

"Good. Send word to Kakashi," Tsunade replied brutally. "We can't let him escape. This may be our only chance." she thought.

"Yes, Lady Hokage," and with that, he disappeared in an instant.

"You called?" Kakashi said as he appeared, "I'm ready to take orders."

"Hmph. You know what to do. Battle formation! Send word when you need more backup. We'll surround him before he can get away," Tsunade explained, "Now, GO!"

"Right. On it," he said, and vanished.

"Are you sure this is it," a low, sinister voice asked.

"Yes," another replied, "It took awhile to disengage the other sealing jutsu and seals, but because of all the years, they were weakened and I was able to break through them all. I just need your help with this last one."

"Hmm... Looks rather pathetic, this better be worth my time."

"Oh, it will be. With this strength in our possession, we'll be able to wipe out entire villages."

"Fine. Let's get started, shall we?"

"Don't rush me. This will take some time..." The wind blew in the trees, causing a loud swaying noise from the leaves. The smell of death arose as the two began to work.

"One more thing, my lord, they've already tracked us down. Time to pick up the pace.... But don't worry, I've set up quite the amount of traps. We won't go down so easily," Kabuto grinned.

The afternoon sun made the sky streak dark orange and pink. Two tired ninja walked home from school, with their stomachs grumbling.

"Man! Today sucked! I'm starving. Let's get some ramen at Ichiraku's," one ninja said out loud.

"Fine," the other replied, "But this time it's on you. I bought last time's bowls."

"What?! Come on, Keigo! Aren't you hungry?"

"Yeah, but I'm not paying."

"How about a little race? Last one to the training fields has to pay."

"You're on. The Uchiha never lose! But if when I win, you'll have to buy me an extra pork bowl."

"Hah! That's IF you win! We'll see who's better! The Hyuga won't go down easily!"

"Hey, Shiki, you're hungry, right? Then eat my dust!"

"Not if you can eat mine's first!" The young boys took off at high speed. They pushed objects in the other's way, and jumped over other people's heads. Shiki struck first by knocking down a couple of barrels to distract Keigo. In an instant, Keigo countered by dodging them and throwing a cart of fruit in Shiki's way. The race did not last too long because both were eager to win. When they finally approached the field, both slid and reached their destination at the same time, ending the race in a draw.

"W-Who won," Shiki asked, out of breath.

"I don't know," Keigo panted, "Let's just call it a tie. I'm so exhausted I don't think I can walk back to Ichiraku's."

"Yeah... Same here."

"Do you think we'll get yelled at again 'cuz we made a mess of things back there?"

".....Nahh!" They both said, bursting with laughing. The tired out ninjas slowly closed their eyes and fell asleep, dreaming of ramen.

"Release! Reanimation jutsu," They both said, as they made hand signs simultaneously, and with that, the final seal broke. Dust escaped the coffin as the lid was taken off. Inside the coffin was a body, well preserved and clean. It looked as if the person had died recently and was not buried long. The body slowly rose, opening its lips to speak.

"Who... are you?"

"That is not important now. We have awoken you because your village is in danger of dying out. Please, follow us," Kabuto grinned and extended his hand out to the reanimated figure. Before Kabuto could reach for his hand, a voice stopped him.

"Looks like I made it just in time," a familiar voice called out.

"Tch," Orochimaru hissed, "Kabuto!" Kabuto spun around and threw a paper bomb at the direction of the voice. He then grabbed the corpse's arm and began to make a run for it.

"You aren't going anywhere," the voice said. Multiple figures were moving from place to place, causing the trees to sway loudly. Anbu ninja surrounded Orochimaru, trying to stop him from escaping, but he used his snake jutsu to block their every move. Kabuto's traps went off, one by one. Smoke screens appeared and barrages of paper bombs and kunai knives flew everywhere, but that didn't stop the anbu from attacking the duo. Kakashi finally revealed himself and went for Orochimaru.

"What are you planning," Kakashi shouted as he clashed against him, using a kunai knife. He noticed the body Orochimaru was holding was gone. Other anbu members appeared, attacking Kabuto and Orochimaru with various jutsu and weapons. There where teams using summoning jutsu to bring reinforcements, while others attacked with an artillery of fire bombs and stars.

"Shadow possession jutsu," a young ninja shouted, and trapped Orochimaru in his jutsu.

"Perfect timing, Shikamaru," Kakashi said.

"Yeah, yeah. I heard from Lady Tsuande. It's a pain, but..."

"Like that will stop me," Orochimaru grinned his clone disappeared into smoke.

"A clone," Kakashi said, "So then that means-"

"Look out!" Shikamaru shouted. Orochimaru was quickly closing in on Kakashi, but he dodged just in time. After missing, he disappeared again.

"Damn clones," Shikamaru grunted. The rest of the anbu surveyed the area, and found nothing. Kabuto and Orochimaru had escaped without a trace.

"Hold on," Kakashi announced, "They left this." He found the corpse hidden in a pile of leaves and grass.

"Do you think this will be of use to plan out their next move?"

"Maybe...." And with that, they carried the body back to the village.

"Pro...tect," the reanimated corpse muttered as they raced back.

"What are you saying? THIS is why Orochimaru appeared out of nowhere?!" Tsunade boomed, frustrated.

"Well, from the information I've found," one ninja from the research department said, "This reanimated ninja here came from one of the few organizations that wiped out thousands of villages back when the First Hokage was still around. Apparently, this assassin was a traitor and left his organization. My guess is that he probably got tired of murdering or something like that."

"The most puzzling part to me is why the body is so well preserved after years," Kakashi said.

"I'm still researching that part, I'll have to get back to you on that."

"Then what do we do in the meantime? Bury him and wish him a restful sleep? If we let him run wild, he might destroy us," a scared ninja blurted out.

"No," Tsunade said with her elbows rested on her desk, and her fingers intertwined in front her face, "Let's see what Orochimaru does. While we wait, let's see if he can help us in any way. Let's start by asking him questions."

"We already tried doing that, Mi'lady. He doesn't seem to remember anything; his name, his jutsu, his village, or anything. He has amnesia," Sakura announced, as she came through the doors.

"That doesn't leave us with very many options, then. I suppose we could try to teach him some defense techniques so he'll know how to fight if Orochimaru comes back."

"Alright. Send him to the anbu...."

"Why? Mila-"

"Sakura, many will treat him like Naruto if they knew about him. People aren't used to seeing reanimated corpses walking around the village." The room fell silent after Tsuande finished her sentence. They all remembered how painful Naruto's past was, having another face the same horror he did, made everyone have a feel sorry for him. The lonely reanimated figure just sat quietly in the corner.

"Pro... tect... To protect," he said.

"He keeps mumbling that same phrase over and over. Something like that must be connected to why he left his organization..." Suddenly, the boy fell to his knees and then on his side.

"Yuri! Kalen! N-Noo!" He shouted, tightly covering his head. Shocked, everyone jumped at the tone of his words.

"That's new. Is he starting to regain him memory already?," the research ninja asked.

"They're deceased people. I'm not sure if we even have records that go that far back. And by the way, he's not a he. She's a girl," Sakura said.

"How can you tell?"

"I just can... By the look of things, she must be about sixteen or so." Sakura turned her head towards Tsunade, "Milady, with your permission, I would like to take care of her for the

time being. Will that be okay?"

"Hmm... I guess its alright. Just make sure you hide her eyes... I have a bad feeling about this though. Can I count on you, Sakura?"

"Yes, Milady! I will do my best," Sakura saluted.

Sakura led her new guest to her kitchen and seated her in a chair.

"Do you remember anything," Sakura asked as she began to prepare dinner. The girl shook her head in response. Sakura noticed how she was looking at the vase of flowers on the
table. She gently nudged the flower petals and became surprised when some fell onto the table. Nervously, she tried picking them up and placing them back where they belonged, but they fell once again. Sakura smiled at her, then reassured her that the petals would grow back again. "She's like a little kid," Sakura thought to herself.

"I know! How about I give you a temporary name, until you remember your own. Will that be alright with you?" Sakura said, cheerfully. Her guest nodded in agreement.

"You seem to like flowers.... So how about 'Misaki'? It means 'beautiful blossom'."

"Mi-Misaki..."

"Yes, I think it's a pretty name. Don't you think so, too?" "Maybe with this name, others will recognize her as a girl, too..."

"...Pretty," Misaki repeated.

Sakura laughed, "I'm glad you like it. Now about some dinner?" She set the table with bowls and chopsticks, then served the food. Misaki began to reach for some soup, but Sakura stopped her. Embarrassed, Misaki put down the bowl and remembered what she had to do.

"Thank you for the food," they both said out loud, and ate.

A few days passed, and after living with Sakura for awhile, Misaki remembered small bits and pieces like respect and such, but nothing major. Every day she trained and learned ninja skills with a select few anbu ninja who knew about her. No matter how much she trained, she could never remember her own ninjustsu. She became skilled on how to manipulate string and paper bombs to attack and trap her sparring mates. With every day passing, Misaki continued to live her undead life and learn something new. When she got accustomed to the village, knowing every short cut and route, Misaki finally got her own apartment place for her to stay in. As long as she swore to never reveal her eyes or talk to others, Tsunade agreed to let her reside there.

One day when she was walking home from her training, Misaki heard the sound of faint crying. A sudden pain shot inside her head. Misaki staggered and clutched her throbbing head. Her stance became wobbly and her mind spun out of control, Misaki grabbed ahold of the nearest object, a lamp post, and held on to keep her balance.T-This feeling... Why does this feel familiar? ... Do I know it? She slowly pressed on as she made her way towards the sound, and found a young girl crying on a bench.

"Mommy! Where are you," the girl cried. Misaki had never seen someone act this way, so she did not know what to do. Lady Hokage, please forgive me...

"Are you lost, little one?" Misaki asked gently and took a seat next to the girl.

"...Can't find my mommy," the girl sobbed, her tears muffling her speech.

"It's okay, don't cry. I'll help you look for her."

"You will? For reals, mister?"

"Uh... Yes." Why does everyone think I'm a guy? "First, let's try to stop your crying. My name is Misaki. What's your name?"

"Racheru..."

"Alright, Racheru, what do you like?"

"Racheru likes flowers."

"I like flowers too."

"R-Really?" Racheru's crying slowly came to a stop. Misaki placed her hand on Racheru's face and brushed away her tears.

"Yes. I love to pick them, but I can't find them growing anywhere."

"Oh! Racheru knows a place where there's lotsa pretty flowers." Racheru stood up and took Misaki's hand. They both dodged people walking and street signs to a desolate area. She then led her through some bushes to a vast meadow, filled with almost every kind of flower. It looked like a rainbow was planted on the floor. Misaki had never seen anything as amazing as this.

"This place is beautiful," Misaki said, admiring the sea of colors.

"Yup! Mommy takes Racheru here lotsa times. Mommy said mommy took daddy here 'cuz daddy was special to mommy. Now Racheru took Misaki here 'cuz Misaki is special to Racheru," the girl grinned, "This place can be Racheru's and Misaki's secret place to play games and stuff! Will Misaki come again to play?"

"Of course I will," Misaki smiled, "I promise."

"Yay! Racheru loves to play 'Hide-and-Seek' and 'I-Spy'!"

"Sounds like fun, but we can play on another day. It's getting late. Let's go back now."

"Aww! Okay... But remember Misaki's promise!"

"Don't worry, I will." She knelt down and picked a bright lavender flower and presented it to her new friend. Racheru placed it on her hair and tucked it under her hat.

"Racheru looks so purty!" Racheru gleamed, feeling pleased.

"Hey, Misaki," Racheru yawned, feeling tired from the day's excitement, "Can I call you 'Big Brother'? And Big Brother can call Racheru, 'Ra-chan'."

"Alright..." Misaki sighed, "Come on, Ra-chan, time to go now." She bent down and let Racheru crawl onto her back, and had Racheru put her arms around Misaki's neck. With that, Misaki carried the sleeping girl back to the village.

To Be Continued...

Writer's Corner
The first thing I would like to say to you, the reader is...THANK YOU!!! ThankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouSOSOMUUCH~~! m(_ _)m
Writing this was so intense! I hope many of you enjoyed reading this. Um... so yea.. This is my first Naruto Fanfic... even though I just barely started writing, I hope to get better and more people will like the story as it progresses. I hope to see you again, next time! xD If you're wondering about what happened to Shiki and Keigo, they probably went to Ichiraku's after their little nap and paid for their own ramen bowls. Yes, they got their ramen. I'm not sure if they did get scolded or not... Wait... I'm the writer... Aren't I supposed to know?! Um... Ok, I guess they get away with it? (I promise I will write more about them!) Please look forward to it!

About the drawing: here's Misaki and little Ra-chan. At first, I thought Misaki would look cool if i colored her hair black, but then I changed it to purple cuz i think it looks awwwsomee!! (plus its anime/manga, everybody gots to have cool hair colors!)
Right now, Ra-chan is supposed to be like, 5. Shiki and Keigo are in the ninja academy, and yeah.... Misaki can't age or whatever cuz she's 'dead'.

Naruto©Masahi Kishimoto

Drawn/Written/photographed by iotaku96