The sound of running water was all that was heard. A sound he could always find peace in. He looked to his right and saw a fox with blood red eyes look curiously at him. It was orange with black lining on its eyes. It tilted its head and looked at his wounded torso.

"Is something wrong, master?" The fox asked, showing concern for the boy.

"I'm fine, Kurama. Just go get Kakashi-Sensei. Tell him I'm not feeling to well." He eye smiled as his mask started to grow wet.

The fox looked back at the boy. "As you wish, Naruto-Sama..." The fox had shunshined away. It was Naruto's ninken. His personal Ninja Fox. Or in Inuzuka terms, Ninja Hound.

Naruto moved his head so he could look up again. A bird, full of black feathers, and what looked like a red eye from afar, flew over him. He was glad he didn't look into the birds eyes because the squirrel next to him did and instantly fell to the ground, trembling.

He got up and walked, more like limped, to a tree and jumped up, only to stumble. He quickly caught his self and continued on his way, back to Konahagakure. Also known as Konaha or the Hidden Leaf Village.

Right before he could fall face flat forward, a felt someone's back on his chest and strong reassuring arms hold him up.

"It's alright. You can rest now, Naruto. "

Oh how familiar that voice was to him. It sends chills up his spine every time he hears it. But, the warmth in his face didn't last long as his tiredness suddenly took over and pulled him to sleep.

~<•>~

       ⚠️warning! Incredibly long flash back⚠️

                           ~Flashback start~

"Alright everyone! That is the teams. You instructors will be here after lunch, so eat up!" A dark colored man with a scar across his face, and black Nara Clan-like hair. He was wearing A Chuunin vest over his ANBU like shirt. He sat up and took the papers off his desk, stacked them up, and put them into his bag and walked out.

Naruto sat with a sweat drop at this. After all, the "Number One Knuckleheaded Ninja" who was not at all a knucklehead, was teamed up with an Emo Duckbutt and a screaming banshee!

The pinkette didn't have a care in the world about the blonde prodigy. She didn't. She was constantly trying to ask the Emo duckbutt, AKA Sasuke (Sauce-Gay). Both boys had a growing tick mark because of how loud she was. Heck, even the rest of the class did.

                                         ~<•>~

Soon enough, the rest of the class was gone. And right at the three hour mark, Naruto felt a chakra signature. He got up from his chair and walked to the door, grabbed a stool, then grabbed an eraser, then put it on the door. He did all this in a matter of seconds. And as soon as the chakra signature was at the door, he was in his seat in a matter of milliseconds. Sasuke and Sakura looked at him with a look of concern. No, he knew it was fake concern. He didn't miss the look of disgust in their eyes. He sweat dropped at this.

As soon as the door creeped open, the eraser fell onto a silver haired nin. No doubt about it, this was the famous Copy Ninja in the bingo books he stole from the library.

"YOUR LATE!!" Sakura said with a more than angry expression on her face. Her left leg was on the table, her right on her seat. While her hands were balled into fists and held them up. All three men sweat dropped.
   
      ~Flashback continues to the next chapter ~

A/N Whew! 624 words! That's a lot for me. Yes, this flashback is long, but do I care? Absolutely not!

Have a nice cliffhanger for now!

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~Kai~