Saturday, August 12, 2006

Inuyasha the movie 4 summary
For those who want to know what it's about.

Basically theres this half demon island that appears from out of the sea once every 50 years thats ruled by demons who call themselves the four war gods. So Inuyasha must defeat all four of them to save the half demon children who live there. Of course Sesshomaru is there because one of the demons dared to leave there mark on him. That mark itself prevents the half demon kids from leaving the island. Inuyasha has new moves called adamant barrage and the adamant backlash wave and Sesshomaru's dragon strike is stronger than ever (it even takes the shape of a dragon).

If you want to know the rest you've got to watch it.
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Monday, August 7, 2006

OH YEAH
I'm now the proud owner of Inuyasha the movie 4 fire on mystic island! I've only watche the first couple of minutes but it look like it's gonna be better than the 3rd, which was better than the 2nd, which was better than the 1st.
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Sunday, August 6, 2006

new layout
I'm sure you've noticed the new layout. It's based on my favorite RPG TOS! Now I awiat the OVA!.................This is taking to long!
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Tuesday, August 1, 2006

Chapter 3
Else where in a forest far from Konoha a man that looked in his 20’s, with short black hair and a Konoha head band with a slash through it sat by a fire. He was approached by a 17 year old with brownish hair a sand village head band, with a slash through it as well around his neck and a gourd on his back, he said to the sitting man “Itachi sir our scout has yet to return. I have reason to believe he was captured and may have leaked information to the hokage.�
The man we now know is named Itachi responded with “I expected as much. I sent him to check on Sasuke. It appears you’ve grown stronger little brother. But our plans will continue as scheduled, as leader stated. This will be the point and time where you’ll prove your worth to the Akatsuki Varri� (A/N: Varri is an original character of a friend of mine and me. So don’t expect to see him in the show)
Varri nodded his head and said “I understand. Next time we meet you won’t fair so well cousin� whispering the last part to himself.

Back in Konoha the sun is rising and we see our favorite teams awaiting there trainers when Ino yawned and said in a tired tone “What’s taking them so long?�
Shikamaru laughed and said “what’s wrong Ino rough night?�
Ino jumped on Shikamaru from behind and had him in a head lock and shouted “you know good and well I like my beauty sleep.� She then loosened her grip and whispered “you would know how rough my night was wouldn’t you Shika-kun� (A/N: interpret however you wish)
Her last sentence turned his face red then he said “I was just joking, how troublesome. Plus we all know how much you need your beauty sleep.� That last part caused Ino to start strangling him again.
There were several puffs of smoke and came of voice that belonged to Kakashi which said “sorry were late. We would have been here earlier but we saw a lady whose children were lost so we decided to help out.�
This caused Sakura and Naruto to shout “liar you always make us wait! You even made the others take longer� in unison.
Tsunade stepped in and said “calm down and report to your respective trainers. Sakura you will be with Kurenai and Ino will be with Gai. You will switch everyday of training. What are you waiting for I said get to your trainers!� The last part scared a couple of the genins and chunin and they rushed to get over to there trainers.

Kakashi turned to Sasuke, Kiba and Shikamaru and said “I would like to test my new trainees and old on there skills. I’ll be using a training method of mine that highly resembles tag.� He pulled out two bells and alarm clock and said “You three will have 3 hours to take a bell from me. The ones that have a bell, besides Sasuke will get a special reward. You are allowed to use any and all ninja arts and ninja tools in your possession. The exercise begins in 3...2...1...Go!� As soon as Kakashi said go the genin and chunin took there position. “Very good you’ve hidden well. Hopefully there won’t be an idiot like-“Kakashi was about to finish when he was interrupted by Kiba.
“Okay this is going to be easy! I and Akamaru will take a bell from you in a matter of minutes.� Akamaru barked in agreement before barking again and turned into Kiba’s man-beast doppelganger form which Kiba took as well. “Let’s go Akamaru! Down on all fours technique!�
Kakashi sighed, took out his book and said “spoke to soon�

Ino asked Lee in a shaky voice “Lee is Gai’s training hard� after thinking about how strong Lee was in the chunin exams and now it was a while later and he had gotten even stronger.
Lee replied “not really unless you want to learn the moves of the lotus.�
Ino gave a sigh of relief and said “thank god I thought I was going to go home sweaty, battered and bruised all over.�
Gai stood in front of his star pupil Lee and the others and shouted in an upbeat tone “alright you youthful people were going to work up a little sweat1 I’m going to help you tap into that youth of yours by training and pushing you to your limits. First will start with 100 push-ups for the new student, while Lee will do his standard 500 push-ups with one arm, a couple of laps around the training area, and some sparing matches.
Lee saluted and shouted “yes Gai-sensei� and was about to begin on his push-ups when he was interrupted by Ino.
“Lee you lied to me you said his training was easy� she said almost as if she was about to cry.
Lee looked confused and said “no I didn’t. This is my usual training. Plus after training with Gai I do more of my own freewill.� And they began on his push-up and for every one Ino did he did five.
“What are you doing?!� a loud voice that seemed to come from Gai who was yelling at Chouji, who was eating chips.
Chouji just said “I really don’t feel like training so you guys can go on without me� and went back to eating his chips.
Gai sighed and said “this is going to hurt me more than it’s going to hurt you.� Gai snatched Chouji’s chips away from him. “You’ll get them back after you finish your push-ups. All 200 of them.� That caused Chouji to quickly began his push-up because he wanted to get his chips back.

Asuma took a drag from his cigarette and said “looks like I got the easy job of training one student. So you want to do this or what� he put out his cigarette and got into a fighting stance, but he got no reply. “Not much of a talker, huh? Good that way we can get straight to the point� shouting the last point and threw a point that was blocked by Shino.
Shino chuckled to himself then said “you’ll end up just like the guy from the exams.� His last sentence brought a puzzled look to Asuma’s face, until he heard a scratching noise behind him, which meant Shino’s bug army, was behind him. “As you can see my destruction beetles have surrounded you. You know your options so I suggest you choose wisely like it’ll matter.�
Asuma gave a smirk then said “I think I’ll give my self a different option.� He grabbed Shino’s arm, rolled backwards kicked Shino into the air, jumped after him the slammed him into his own bugs which let Asuma escape both options that Shino presented to him. “You gotta think a head. You may have had an ace in the hole but I had three and unless you play with a loaded deck there’s no way you can win. Plus stop letting the enemy have a chance to escape and just get the fight over with. You talk a little too much in battle but not enough when you not.�
“And you say I talk too much. Well here’s a move I’ve been working on.� Shino divided his bug army into two separate groups and charged at Asuma and swung with his right.
Asuma blocked it and said “Well at least you didn’t te-� he was cut off by something that came from Shino’s right. Asuma thought to himself it couldn’t be his fist and it couldn’t be his leg because they were to close for him to throw a kick. He looked up just in time to see that half of his bugs were returning to his side. “So you used your bugs as a secondary attack that your opponent wouldn’t expect because there so busy focusing on your fist or feet. Well let’s see what else you can do.�

Jiraiya shouted to Naruto and Neji “chakra control! Chakra control! Chakra control! Your control of chakra is the key to all jutsus. So new guy how your control?
“Its fine I guess� responded Neji.
“Well see about that. Would you gather some and force it to your feet. Now I want to� Jiraiya stopped mid-sentence and shoved Neji into the nearby lake and watched him make a splash and sink to the bottom.
Neji resurfaced to the sounds of laughter and asked “what was that for� in a highly agitated tone.
Jiraiya said clutching his sides “to see your chakra control. And may I say it’s not very impressive. Naruto show him what real control is.� Naruto took this chance to show up the supposed genius of Konoha and step out onto the lake.
Neji’s eyes widened at the site of Naruto standing on the water and not sinking. “How are you doing that?�
Naruto “Exactly how I was told to do it. I send chakra to my feet so that it will push me away from the lakes bottom. And you call yourself a genius. A now even more agitated Neji, at the fact that Naruto was better than him at something crawled out of the lake to begin his road to perfect the water striding technique.

Else where with Kurenai, Tenten and Sakura were giggling at the sight of Neji being pushed into a lake, reattempting and failing a technique Naruto mastered. “Alright girls that’s enough giggling. We have to get back to work. (A/N: I have no foundation on how you perform genjutsu so bare with me) Remember you must send your chakra into your opponent’s eyes to blind them from the real world and make them see an image you have in your head. So basically I want you girls to have a staring contest and attempt to create an illusion for your opponent.

“At this rate you’ll never get a bell. I really disappointed in you guys, especially you Sasuke considering this is your second time taking this test� said Kakashi, chuckling over his book to the genin and chunin. The fight had continued almost exactly the same as when Sasuke first took it except Kiba was playing the part of Naruto and Shikamaru was actually doing something, unlike Sakura. Shikamaru was busy talking to Sasuke about something possibly a plan, while Kiba and Akamaru in Kiba man-beast was rolling on the floor clutching there rears after being on the receiving end of Kakashi 1,000 years of death.
Shikamaru stood up and said “well we’re just going to have to change that� in a triumphant tone as if he had already had his bell. “Kiba, Akamaru use fang over fang!�
They had finally stopped rolling around on the ground and Kiba said “huh what? Oh right. Let’s go Akamaru fang over fang!� They shouted as they went into a wild spin headed straight for Kakashi.
“Sasuke you up� said Shikamaru signaling Sasuke that it was his turn to take part of the fight as he made the hand seals for his families special technique. Sasuke let fly multiple windmill shuriken. (A/N: the smaller ones he used against Orochimaru in the forest of death, not the one he used on Zabuza.)
Kakashi had just dodged Kiba and Akamaru’s fang over fang and was now fending off Sasuke’s shuriken with a kunai and said “well at least your acting like a te-� he was stopped mid sentence when his body was moving against his will. He then realized that he was now under the control of the Nara family’s technique the shadow possession jutsu. So you used Kiba, Akamaru and Sasuke’s attacks to mask the true attack which was your shadow possession jutsu. Very clever.�
Shikamaru smirked at the recently received praise and said “we’ll what do you expect from one of Konoha’s brightest minds? Sasuke would you like the pleasure of retrieving the bells.�
Sasuke sighed and said “whatever� as he went over to Kakashi, took the bells and tossed one to Kiba and Shikamaru.
Kakashi smiled behind his mask and said “you pass. We have a couple more minutes left on the clock so let’s take a break. We’ll be beginning our real training our next training session.�
“Real training!?� Shikamaru and Kiba shouted in unison because they thought what they just went through was the hardest training ever, with Akamaru barking in agreement.

“Com on! You youths should have more energy than that!� shouted Gai to a sparring Ino and Chouji while he sparred with his protégé Lee.
Ino aimed a kick for Chouji’s head which he ducked under. He aimed a punch straight for her mid-section but Ino used the momentum from her previous to dodge his punch while in a spin so she could sweep kick him. Chouji saw it at the last moment and jumped. Ino just smirked as she saw he was in no way able to defend him self and delivered a windmill kick (A/N: A kick that follows the path of a windmill with one leg targeting the head/neck area while the other targets the ankle/shin region) which sent him into a spin until he landed on his back. Ino asked panting “how much longer do we have to do this for?�
Chouji who was still dizzy from Ino’s kick said “we’ve been at it for nearly 30 minutes and before that you made us run several laps around the training area.� Then laid his head back down on the ground because he was still feeling dizzy.
“No you have the rest of your lives to be lazy. You must spend your youth working to your fullest potential! Plus you haven’t even started training with the waits yet.� Said Gai which everyone groaned about except Lee who was shouting how cool his idol was.
“I finally…got it.� Said Neji panting from the exhaustion of using so much chakra to use the water strider technique.
“Finally I took you long enough. Even Naruto here mastered that move quicker than you.� Said Jiraiya, as he put away his work in progress to a growingly agitated Neji. “Well anyway your next test is at the art of summoning.� Now saying this to a more excited Neji, as he took the giant scroll from his back and unrolled it. “Sign…in blood� Neji mad a small wound in his hand and signed the scroll. “Now focus your chakra, while focusing on summoning, slam your bleeding palm on the ground and hope for the best.
“Time to see if summoning is all what it cracked up to be.� Said Neji prior to him slamming his palm onto the ground causing a blast of smoke. When the smoke cleared there stood an average sized but red toad with a black jacket on its back.
The toad opened its mouth to speak and said “I am Gamakichi son of Gamabunta. I hereby dub the Neji Hyuga wor-� he was cut off when Neji spoke.
“This is a summon? How is this supposed to aid me in battle? I’ll fair better without him�
This angered the toad and he said “I was going to dub you worthy but now I see that you are nothing but an insolent brat.� With those last words he disappeared.
“Well at least be thankful you’ve learned such a high level jutsu in such a short amount of time. It took Naruto maybe 100 more tries before he finally got it right, but he still screws up from time to time.� Jiraiya said in a agitated tone because someone dared to call his frog summoning craft weak. Now he was glad he was never going to teach Neji “that� technique. But he wasn’t really allowed to teach it to him anyway because the move was only to be passed from master, which he no longer was to apprentice.

The sound of an alarm echoed across the field. Once it finished Tsunade shouted “today’s practice is over. Report to Hinata and me for medical treatment. Kiba was one of the first to apply the medicine to his aching muscles and his reply was “Yahoo! This medicine is great! I think I could go toe to toe with Kakashi for hours by myself!�
This caused Shikamaru to snidely say “You do that and even the best medicine in Konoha won’t be able to help you. An idiot boasting about something they may never be able t do, how troublesome.� (A/N: I think that’s the first time I’ve had him say that) This of course made Kiba very angry.
Tsunade was rubbing her temples and said “both of you are giving me a headache. All of you can report home or wherever else for that matter, just get away from me.� All of the genin and chunin began walking back to the village with the exception of Tenten who was going over to Kurenai and Hinata and Naruto who were talking about something.
Making sure Naruto and Hinata were out of earshot Tenten started to talk to Kurenai. “Um excuse me Kurenai-sensei there is something I want to ask you.� Which she said in a quivering tone similar to that of Hinata.
“Sure you can ask me anything. You don’t have to be scared� Kurenai said.
“Uh well you see there’s this guy that I like, but I’m not sure if he’ll like me back so I was wondering-� she said as she was prodding her fingers in a similar way to Hinata.
“Oh I get. You want a way so you can tell him but not be there just in case he reject you.� She said once she figured out why Tenten was acting as shy as Hinata. “Well I suggest you-� she whispered the last part to make sure the still remaining Naruto and Hinata didn’t here. “Understand� she said winking.
“Yeah� the now smiling Tenten said before she turned to catch up with her friends and Kurenai disappeared like jounin always do.
Naruto said “Finally there gone. Now for our own personal training Hinata.� Then he began to smirk.

Back with our favorite teams Ino had her arms wrapped around one of Shikamaru’s with her head resting on his shoulder then asked “Shikamaru you know what would be good� with a little seduction in her voice.
Shikamaru was a little embarrassed and happy that she was that close to him in front of everyone but was even more excited to find out what it was she wanted unless it was to make him go shopping with her. Then again he did like it when she tried on swim suites and other things and said “what?’
“Ice cream. I want you to take me out for ice cream. For some reason I really want some now.� She said in a happy tone while smiling.
Shikamaru knew he couldn’t say no to Ino especially when she was like this. Plus he got to spend time alone with Ino. He was about to agree when Chouji said “Oh can we Shikamaru.�
Both Ino and Shikamaru groaned, there date was practically ruined because they had to take Chouji along. “Fine, how troublesome� Shikamaru agreeing to take him.
Sakura who was watching her friend turned to Sasuke and asked “That sound good. Would you like to take me out for ice cream too? Usually you’d say we should be training instead but we just finished.�
Sasuke replied the same way he always did “No� in a cold tone, which made Sakura a little depressed.
“No need to worry Sakura I’ll take you� said an energetic Lee at the chance to get a date with Sakura.
“No way!� she replied while sort of feeling sorry for him because he was the only one who showed interest in her besides Naruto, who should be asking her for a date any minute now. But when he didn’t she looked around and said “Wait a minute where is Naruto? Hinata and Tenten are missing to.�
Kiba replied “Who cares? He probably went on ahead to the Icharuka Ramen stand. After me and Akamaru go there were going home to crash.�
Sakura looked back toward the training field only to see Tenten rushing to catch up with them. When the girl finally caught up she said “Neji there’s something I want to show you� before pulling him off toward the forest, which no one paid any attention to.

Finally snatching his arm from Tenten Neji said “I think you’ve taken me far enough. What is it you want to show me?�
Tenten was a little surprised by the outburst but soon got over it and said “there’s this move Kurenai told me about and I was wondering if I could test it out on you.� Neji thought long and hard about being the guinea pig. After a minute, which felt like an hour to Tenten Neji nodded his head in agreement. “Here goes nothing. Kurenai I hope this works.�
[Enter illusion]
Next thing Neji saw was that he in a forest of cherry blossom trees whose petals were slowly falling to the ground. Neji finally stopped staring at the site and said “if you plan is to distract your enemy with this site I’ll give you a B. But seriously did you have to tie me to a tree?!�
“Well of course sill. I didn’t want you to run away� was said by a giggling Tenten who just came from behind the tree Neji was tied to. She was wearing a dress similar to Sakura’s except it was pink instead of red, with a dragon which wrapped around her, she wasn’t wearing any shorts, and the dress was very figure fitting which Neji thought to be a little revealing for a konoichi, even if it was an illusion yet still couldn’t look away. “Neji you starring� said Tenten who was now staring at the ground swaying from side to side.
“It’s just that a konoichi shouldn’t be wearing something like that. It leaves little to the imagination.� Neji said then thought ‘what did I just say’ but it was too late.
A smile crept across Tenten's face and said “Neji you pervert. Have you been picturing me with out my clothes on?� She moved closer to him and whispered “well do you wanna see if you thought right?� then watched his face turn bright red. She giggled and said “I was joking. Come on lighten up Neji.� Then her voice took more of a seductive tone “but for helping me I guess I could give you this� she leaned closer to him, closed her eyes and pressed her lips to his. Neji's mind was in a whirl and closed his eyes too.
[Illusion shatters]
When Neji finally opened his eyes and he found himself in the same exact position. He was pinned to a tree by Tenten with her lips pressed to his. He pulled them apart and said, both of there faces were red and said “you tricked me. The point of the illusion was to get me to confess wasn’t it?�
Tenten just smirked and said “you got it. Worked like a charm too. Now the only thing left to do is go tell the others� and started to go toward the village. Neji was going to stop her because he didn’t want her to tell everything but she stopped turned to him and said “Neji stop being such a pervert.� Her sentence confused the boy a little. “It’s about what you said earlier about imagining me naked. I just remembered you can use your byakugan to see through walls and see the chakra lines inside some ones body. So then I thought what about clothing. You could be looking through mine whenever my back is turned.� Then she turned back toward the village.
“Huh? Tenten I haven’t used my byakugan to do that. But now that you mention it it’s a really good idea.� He shouted after Tenten, who was sticking her tongue out at him as he gave chase.

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Monday, June 19, 2006

wisdom teeth
today when i went to the dintist they removed my wisdom teeth. it doesn't hurt now but later it most likely will.
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Wednesday, June 7, 2006

Back by simi-popular demand
I recently noticed a comment to the fanfiction i put before. Bu i thought no one was reading them so I've stopped posting them but now i know i have some fans. I now present Chpter 2!

Chapter 2
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(A/N :…….) = authors note. The author will be giving his own opinion.

“Let me ask you again who are you working for and why are you here” asked a blond woman, who appeared to be in her 20’s and now is the current hokage of Konoha named Tsunade. On one side of her was Kakashi and on the other side was another Jounin but a female with black hair and red eye’s known a Kurenai. When Tsunade did not receive her answer she nodded at Kurenai, who performed a few hand seals and the captured ninja began to howl in pain.
Kakashi knew that Kurenai was great at genjutsu illusions and making them feel real. But what he wanted to know was what she was making him see and feel. He leaned over to Tsunade and asked “Hokage-sama what is she making him see?”
Tsunade smirked and said “He’s experiencing a very slow and a very painful death of him and all of his comrades.” Hearing this made Kakashi cringe a little. “Alright Kurenai that’s enough for now” and she stopped the illusion. “Now will you cooperate with us” asked Tsunade again but received no answer from the now heavily breathing ninja. “Fine have it your way. Kurenai” she said to the Jounin and the Jounin began her illusions once more.
Several minutes later, while still in the confines of the genjutsu the mysterious ninja said through the pain “I’ll talk! Just make it stop!” Tsunade nodded at Kurenai who stopped the illusion. “I’m a member of the Akatsuki group, one of our leaders is a man named Itachi Uchiha. I was sent to gather information if I could on his brother Sasuke and the demon fox child.”
All of the ninjas from Konoha had shocked expressions on there faces at the information the just received. Tsunade was the only one who spoke and the words she said were “Kakashi, Kurenai gather your students and if you see the other Jounin instructors of 10 and 12 (A/N: is that the one Lee is in?), tell them to come as well. Our little Naruto will have to finally let his friends know his and the adults of Konoha secret, the secret of the demon fox” and those words may change the future of those 12 kids lives.

Else where in Konoha cell 7 was in there usual training spot waiting for there teacher Kakashi when Naruto said “he’s late again.”(A/N: He has very good reasons)
Sakura replied with “actually he has about 20 more minutes before the usual time he gets here”
They continued to wait until Guy’s cell approached and Guy asked “how’s my greatest rival’s team doing? Enjoying your youth” he finished and did his signature thumbs up and his pinging white teeth (A/N: How do the get there teeth to do that? I want mine like that.)
Sakura was approached by a boy who looked like a miniature Guy named Rock Lee, but every one just calls him Lee, who asked her “Hey Sakura would you like to go out with me on a date” and took a pose similar to his teacher/idol.
Sakura replied “no way your eyebrows freak me out.” This obviously shattered the boy’s heart until next time.
“Hey Naruto you look well. I’m still looking forward to our rematch” said a boy with long hair and white eyes like Hinata named Neji Hyuga.
Naruto replied with a grin on his face “good luck. Only next time I’ll beat you faster.”
Tenten, the third member of Guy’s cell giggled at the thought of how much Neji has changed since he lost the fight to Naruto during the chunin exams. She then thought “maybe he needed to take a beating more often. Which she giggled to even more.
At what he just heard from the genins Guy was stuck with an idea. “Why waste your youth and try to do something later when you can do it now? You can have your little sparring match right here and now! I’ll judge and make sure it doesn’t go to far” Both Naruto and Neji nodded there head in agreement. “Then begin!”
Naruto’s opening move was him throwing a kunai at Neji. Neji just smirked at the simple and easily deflectable move Naruto just used. “You should have learned during the chunin exams that won’t work” he said before doing one of the Hyuga style move called Eight Trigram Palms Heavenly Spin which was used to deflect projectile weapons. “Told yo-” Neji attempted to say when he was caught with a fist to the face from Naruto, which sent him sliding a couple of feet. While whipping a little blood from his mouth Neji said “So you figured that while I’m in mid spin I wouldn’t notice you sneaking up on me. Very clever. I won’t make the same mistake twice.” Once he finished he activated his family’s signature trait the byakugan, which gave him a 360 degrees view around himself. But a smirk of victory turned to shock as he saw that hidden in the area was a least 10 Naruto clones.
“So you’ve finally noticed the clones’ Naruto said right before he and his clones let go a barrage of kunai and shurekein to Neji.
Neji saw that he had no other choice but to use his deflective move again but this time as soon as he finished he had to use the most devastating move in the gentle fist arsenal called the 128 heavenly palms to combat the 10 clones who were just as strong and stubborn as the original Naruto. But even though this move was powerful he wasn’t dealing out much damage because the move was originally designed to fight one on one not ten, so instead of one getting the full 128 hits they only got at least 12. “Dang if this keeps up I won’t be able to win’ thought Neji. Suddenly Neji was struck with an idea. He used his Eight Trigram Palms Heavenly Spin but this time he used it offensively to blow away the clones. All his hard work drained a little of the clones chakra but due to them being actually living they had there own separate chakra that they got from Naruto so it didn’t help much. He used this window of opportunity to charge at Naruto and gave him a palm to the chest and drained some of his chakra.
Naruto knew that now that he had to fight Neji at close range and he would need as much chakra as possible so he dissipated the clones. Naruto quickly went after Neji who was tired from his battle against the 10 Naruto’s and gave him a swift kick to the stomach. Neji was going down or so it looked when he grabbed his leg to drain his chakra more then hit him with the 128 heavenly palms move and sent Naruto flying across the field with his chakra completely neutralized. Naruto tried to get back up but collapsed.
“Well the winner is-huh what” Guy stopped mid sentence before declaring Neji the winner because some how Naruto was getting back up.
“H-how” Neji wondered as he watched Naruto rise with his chakra level full, actually greater and still rising. But this chakra was different compared to the standard Naruto type but it was the same as the kind that he felt right before he lost during the exams. Not only was his chakra different so was his face. His eyes had the look of animals. Neji had no other choice he had to finish this fight here and now or things may get out of hand, he charged at Naruto to deliver his master strike that he used to defeat his cousin Hinata. But Naruto was charging to but with more power and speed that it left a trench in his wake.
Neji knew that these final moves would decide who the victor of this match. Neji watched as they drew closer and closer. They were no more than 5ft from each other, about to land there final blows when out of the blue they were stopped. It was Kakashi. “Yo, great match guys but I’m going to have to stop you for a bit.” He explained to the boys.
“Kakashi how could you stop a match just as my youthful student was about to defeat yours and break the rivalry between us” Guy shouted to Kakashi.
“You’re only half right. My student was going to win. You see my student has a special and devastating technique, that he was about to use on your student. Which reminds me we’ll be talking about that later, just as soon as Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura get to the Hokage’s office. Your team is welcome to come too.” After saying this he was gone.
Neji had noticed the slight change in Naruto’s eyes and facial expression after Naruto had risen, which was the same look he saw during the chunin exams. But now Naruto was back to normal. Neji wondered what just happened, then he remembered Kakashi’s words and said “I guess we shouldn’t keep Hokage-sama waiting” and with that the 7 of them headed to Tsunade’s office. But what they didn’t know that Sasuke was watching closely with his sharingan eyes activated ever since the fight began so he could study Naruto and Neji’s moves. He too had also noticed the change in Naruto during the last portion of the fight. He remembered that he also saw this change during the chunin exams. Now he was growing more and more curious of.

Else where Hinata and her team were having there own little training session. Hinata who increased her skills at the gentle fist style of fighting that objects she tried it on were reduced to ruble. But those things never moved so now she was taking part in the 3 way battle with her teammates which may seem unfair because Shino had his families ability to manipulate beetles by will and Kiba whose families dogs were trained to fight along side there owners and were also skilled at ninjutsu. But she had her own families skill, the byakugan which made it hard to sneak up on her and also it gave her the exact locations of vital points on the body this made her a very formidable foe. They were right in the middle of there fight and sweating when they were visited by Kurenai whose there Jounin instructor. “That will be enough practice for now. We need to report to Hokage-sama office” she told her students who agreed and they set off toward the tower.

“Were finally here! I wonder what old lady Hokage want” Naruto said which earned him odd looks.
“Naruto you know I support you youths expressiveness but why did you call our Hokage old” asked Guy in a freaked out yet relaxed tone.
“Oh you guys didn’t know she’s our first Hokage’s granddaughter which makes her 50 even though she looks like she’s in her 20’s” Naruto explained which caused everyone to gain a shocked look.
When the other 2 teams arrived they were trying to figure why everyone was looking so shocked. Shikamaru was the only one who said something and he asked “what’s up with everyone.
Tenten responded by barely saying “We just found out that Hokage is actually 50” this caused everyone who just arrived to become shocked as well.
Naruto noticed there was something wrong with the picture. He pointed to Ino’s and Shikamaru’s direction and said “hey something weird is going on. Usually at the first site of Sasuke Ino would have grabbed onto him for dear life. But now she’s doing it to Shikamaru.”
Ino blushed and giggled a bit before she said “well it happened yesterday after Sasuke made me cry and I ran home. I’ll let Shikamaru explain the rest.”
Shikamaru just scratched his head and said “Well like she said it happened yesterday. On her way home she passed by me and I noticed that she was crying, so I followed her home to see what’s wrong. When I got to her house I comforted her and got her to stop crying. Then I kind of told her how I felt about her and we became a couple.” Once he finished he was squeezed by Ino which everyone got confused by but realized they’d have to get use to it at some point.
At the mention of yesterday Naruto finally remembered what happened between him and Hinata yesterday (A/N: Biggest idiot ever) “Um Hinata I need to talk to you in private” he said as he pulled Hinata to another corridor of the Hokage’s tower.
Kiba asked “okay does any one know what that was about” But everyone just shrugged except for Ino and Shikamaru, who had a pretty good idea what it was. “Well anyone know why we’re here?”
Neji replied “I think it’s about some special skill Naruto has that-”
“Um Hinata I was wondering about that kiss yesterday. Was it a thank you for dinner kiss or an I really like you kiss’ asked Naruto. But Hinata didn’t give him an answer. She just averted her gaze to prepare for the possible heart break. “I’m sorry” he said. Hinata had now shut her eyes which were beginning to fill with tears. “I’m sorry that I didn’t realize it sooner” the boy said before placing a kiss on her cheek.
Hinata’s face turned bright red and her once tears of sorrow were now tears of joy as she jumped at Naruto hugging him. “I love you Naruto” she said.
Naruto wrapped his arms around Hinata and replied “I love you too Hinata.”
“I’d hate to break up a lovely moment. But Naruto the Hokage request that you come see her” said and ANBU ninja who just came upon the hugging pair, who were now separated and red faced. They then followed the ninja to where everyone else was but Naruto continued into the office where Tsunade awaited him.
While outside Chouji asked the Jounin instructors among them, while eating a bag of chips “do you Jounin even know why were here?” They all just shook there heads.
A now agitated Sasuke shouted “then why are we here? I could be off training some where.” Shortly after the ANBU ninja told them to enter.
Upon entering they saw Tsunade sitting at her desk with Kakashi and a rather large white haired man named Jarayai, who is one of the 3 senin of Konoha and Naruto standing in front of the desk with his head down. Tsunade said to the crowd “please take your seats. I’m pretty sure you’re wondering why you’re here and that is-” she was interrupted by Naruto.
“I just want to say one thing. Once you find out please don’t hate me” said the boy looking toward his peers, especially Hinata with a sad expression on his face.
“Okay the reason why I have brought you here is we need to speak about something our fourth Hokage did. I’m sure you all know the story all know the story of the demon fox” everyone nodded. “Well you only know half of the story. Your only know up to the part of the sealing. You don’t know where or what the fox was sealed in. The fox was sealed within an infant, who became hated because the fox was within him, he didn’t even learn about this until some time ago.”
She was then interrupted by Sakura who asked “then who’s the kid. He should be about our age and attended the academy the same time as us.
Tsunade then said while walking over to Naruto “I was just about to tell you that. That kid is our little Naruto here.”
“That obscured I think we, his close friends would have found out by now or he could have told us. Our parents could have told us by now. So do you have any proof about that” Tenten said questionably to Tsunade.
Tsunade replied “you see a law was passed over Konoha that we could never tell Naruto or the children of Konoha so he could live a normal life, but that failed. An academy instructor named Mizuki told Naruto what was inside of him and the seal slightly cracked so Naruto is now able to tap into the power of the fox. The proof I have is on Naruto. Naruto would you mind lifting your shirt and gather some chakra?” Naruto just did as he was told.
Everyone just watched as Naruto gathered his chakra and watched as some kind of tattoo appeared on his stomach. “Tha-that’s the foxes seal” said Shikamaru in a shocked tone. “I did some studying on sealing techniques and what the seals looked like. That one is the one that was used to seal the fox. You can tell because those swirls coming out of it represents one of each of the fox’s nine tails.
The continued to watch as he gathered more chakra and it began to show it’s self outside and gather above his body. The watched as the chakra began to take the shape of a face, an animal’s face, a fox’s face, the face of the demon fox. They also noticed that before the foxes face appeared Naruto’s face changed to, his eye pupils narrowed like an animals. Sakura asked “Naruto is it true are you really the embodiment of the demon fox?” He gave his answer as a nod. “And just how long have you Jounin knew about this”
Tsunade answered for them and said ‘They’ve known ever since the sealing. Like I said we were sworn to secrecy. Besides the adults you 12 children are the only others who know. But the question is now that you know how will you treat Naruto?”
Lee spoke for everyone when he said “Why should we treat him any different? He’s our friend! Plus it’s not like he’s a different person. We just know more about him now. If the fox was really out of control I don’t think any of us would be here right now.”
Tsunade smiled and said “just what I wanted to hear. Naruto you can now take a seat amongst your peers”
He walked over and took a seat next to his teammates. Once he arrived he was poked in the back by someone. When he turned around to see who it was he saw Hinata’s smiling face who whispered to him “I don’t care.” Naruto face reddened and turned around with a big smirk across his face.
Tsunade was now once again sitting behind her desk and said “Now the second reason I’ve brought you here is about the intruder cell 7 caught was a member of the Akatsuki. There a group of runaway ninjas who have banned together to conquer all of the villages. Also to do it they want to get there hands on the demon fox’s power which means they’ll want Naruto.” The last sentence scared the genins at the thought of losing there friend. “One of there leaders is a man named Itachi Uchiha.
Ino asked “I thought Sasuke was the only Uchiha left? Sasuke why didn’t you tell us you have a brother?”
Sasuke replied “because I swore if I ever did see him again I’d kill him because he is the one who killed my entire clan.” The sharp cold words Sasuke just said sent a shiver up the spines of everyone in the room.
Tsunade cleared her throat and said “thank you Sasuke for that bit of your family’s history. Now like I was saying the Akatsuki are a very dangerous group so we’ll be increasing security around the village and missions outside of the village will be reserved for those of a great enough rank. Lastly since there targeting Naruto and maybe even Sasuke I will be changing your trainers, but you’ll still be in the same cells that you’re currently in; you’ll just be training under separate coaches. Starting with Kakashi’s team. Sasuke you will continue your personal training with Kakashi. Sakura due to your great chakra control I want you to train under Kurenai and to strengthen your body I want you to also workout under the supervision of Guy. Lastly Naruto you will continue you training with Jarayai” she finished when Neji made an out burst.
“Naruto you’ve been training under Jarayai who is currently one of the three senin of our village” he asked.
“It’s not really that big of a deal” Naruto replied relaxed.
Tsunade regained the floor and said “Neji don’t worry you’ll get a very good trainer too. Now Asuma’s team. Shikamaru you are very talented in most arts so you’re getting a medium level training program, so you will be paired up with Kakashi. Ino you will be training alongside Sakura with Guy and Kurenai. Chouji you lack a lot of skill so you will train under Guy. Now Kurenai’s team. Kiba you are a very talented student and your tag team style with Akamaru makes you a force to be reckoned with. But you can’t always count on Akamaru so you’ll train with Kakashi. Shino you are a well rounded student with your control over a destruction beetle squad and your battle tactics. So to increase your tactiton skills I want you to train under Asuma. Asuma I don’t want you to baby your students either. Finally Hinata you will not be training under any of the Jounin teachers. I’m aware that you’ve increased your fighting skills sense the previous exams. I also know of your great skills at making medicine so I want you to train to become a great medical ninja and be able to cure any injury. You’ll be training with the best in Konoha which is me. Finally Guy’s team. Lee I know you have basically no chakra so to change your trainer wouldn’t do much so you’ll continue on training with Guy. Tenten you’ve only been training with ninja tools thus far so I want you to train under Kurenai so you can train your weaponry skills with genjutsu. Last but not least Neji. I said I’d give you a good trainer too so I want you to train along side Naruto with Jarayai. Now that you all know your trainers we will meet at the training grounds tomorrow at 8 a.m. sharp. This now concludes our meeting” she said and the time of the meeting scared a couple of students because they never woke up that early.
Outside everyone parted there separate ways except for Ino and Tenten who dragged along Neji and Shikamaru against there will to do some shopping. Naruto and Hinata decided to just take a simple walk.
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Tuesday, May 23, 2006

What is Your Super Smash Bros. Fighting Style?


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Sword rule. Marth and Roy make the best team
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Monday, May 22, 2006

What Final Fantasy VII ShinRa Turk Are You?


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Even though he's second in command he's the coolest and best. Have you seen his climbing ability?
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Saturday, May 20, 2006

   My fanfiction
I have this fanfiction of mine and I haven't found a site to host it so I figure I could just put it here. Warning it's long and may possibly contain something most Naruto fans may be against. Well any way here it is:

Chapter 1
Key of symbols you may see
========: scene change
(A/N:…): author giving his thoughts

It was another day in Konoha with our favorite team seven was following an intruder in the forest near the city. “Naruto he’s heading you way. Slow him down” Said a raven haired boy known as Sasuke Uchiha to his blond teammate Naruto Uzamaki.
“Alright who ever you are that’s far enough” said Naruto to the intruder with his kunai ready. After performing a hand seals he used one of his signature moves, the Kage Bushin no jutsu and the boy was backed by several clones surrounding the intruder each with kunai in hand. “3...2...1...charge” shouted the blond as him and his clones pounced on the intruder slashing at him. But he knew nothing of his opponent’s skill level and he and his clones were blown away, destroying some after doing medium damage.
“As weak as ever Naruto. Stop fooling around he’s gonna get away” Said Sasuke as he passed over his teammate while he was still giving chase.
“Stupid Sasuke thinks he know everything. Thinks he’s so tough” grumbled Naruto as him and his clones continued there chase of the intruder.
“Not so fast.” Said Sasuke after he threw a kunai knife which caught the intruder in the arm. “There is no point in continuing. So why don’t you make my job easier by giving up” Sasuke tying to bargain with the intruder but got his answer when the intruder pulled the kunai in his arm out and got into a fighting position. “Fine have it your way” said Sasuke as a smirk grew across his face while he activated his clan’s signature trait the “shaingan eyes”. Sasuke attacked with a combo of kunai slashing and kicks, all the while using the sharingan to anticipate his opponent’s next move and dodge. He dealt some damage but currently he was just tying to stall. He thought to himself as about how long it’s been since he had a fight as good as this one as he let a couple of kunai fly but they were dodged. But it went exactly as he planed as 5 identical Naruto clones burst thru the bushes and unleashed there signature move the “Uzamaki Naruto barrage.” “Took you long enough Naruto” said Sasuke mocking his teammate.
“Well if you would have caught him earlier we could have been done by now” shouted Naruto to his teammate Sasuke as he delivered a punch to the intruder sending him sailing into a tree.
Sasuke threw two kunai that caught the intruder in both his hand’s nailing him to a tree. “And to make you don’t try to fight back” said Sasuke before forming a few hand seals and clamped his hand over the wire he attached to the knife and unleashed his “Koton ryuuka no jutsu” which caused flame to travel along the wire and burn the intruders hands. Causing Naruto to gulp at the horrific sight.
Then out of the blue a tall man in a green vest with a mask over his mouth, a headband over one of his eyes appeared in a smoke cloud who was known to them as there Jounin instructor Kakashi. “Yo. I’ll take care of this intruder. Me him and
Hokage-sama are gonna have a nice long talk. So team seven will get the rest of the day off and Sakura you can come out of the bushes now. And just as he appeared he disappeared.
The third final and only female pink haired member of team seven named Sakura Haruno stepped out of the bushes and asked the same question she always did “Sasuke would you like to go out on a date with me?”
And he gave the same answer he always did. “No I’m going to go train like you should be doing.”
“Even Naruto always said something in these situations which was. “Sakura I’ll go out with you if Sasuke won’t.”
“No I’ll never go out with you Naruto” said Sakura once again shooting down her ever persistent teammate.

Back in there village Konaha the three were greeted by a blond konoichi know as Ino Yamanaka. “Hi Sasuke-kun! Hey I was wondering if you would like to go shopping with me like on a date.
“Like I told Sakura I’m telling you no.” Replied the slightly annoyed boy.
“Yeah Ino-pig! So back off Sasuke mine” Sakura shouted triumphantly.
“Oh hey forehead girl and you too dead last” said Ino mockingly to the other members of team seven.
“Like you’re one to talk Ino-pig” Shouted Sakura.
“Stop calling me pig billboard brow” Ino shouted back at Sakura.
Naruto heaved a sigh and said “I’m getting tired of this I’m gonna head to the Icharuka for some ramen” and walked away leaving the increasingly annoyed Sasuke with his two most annoying and still arguing fan girls Sakura and Ino.

All the while walking to his favorite place to eat Naruto kept thinking how unfair life was that he was always made fun of, how there wasn’t a girl for him in all of the Konoha village because the either 1: was a Sasuke fan girl, 2: there parents didn’t want them near him, or 3: they were to old, but the main reason why he was hated the reason why life was so unfair but was his greatest strength and secret was the Kyuubi sealed within him. He was to busy thinking he didn’t realize the person walking in front of him until they collided knocking each other over. Looking in the direction he was going he now noticed a person with violet hair and white eyes who could only belong to Konoha’s shyest girl Hinata Hyuga. “Sorry Hinata I didn’t see you” He said while trying to help the girl up.
“Oh N…Naruto sorry I w…wasn’t paying attention. It’s my fault” the girl stammered while twittering her fingers while not even looking the boy in the eye like she usually did.
“Ugh how about we both take a little blame. So where are you headed” asked the Naruto scratching his head.
“Um…Ugh I j…just finished training so I was heading home for something to eat” she said nervously.
“Hey I’ve got an idea. Since were both hungry why don’t we eat together” Naruto said with a grin across his face.
Shocked and a huge blush spreading across Hinata’s face from what Naruto just said. Never in her life did she ever expect Naruto, the boy she admired from afar ever since she laid eyes upon him was asking her out on a date even if he didn’t think it was one. “Ugh…um…I would love to Naruto” Said Hinata with a bright red face.
Naruto was confused by the fact that Hinata was blushing but shrugged it off like he did most things. “Then it’s off to the Icharuka ramen stand” Shouted Naruto gleefully.
Um…Naruto what’s ramen” asked Hinata still blushing.
Naruto’s jaw dropped from the shock received from what he just heard. “You mean you’ve never had ramen? Ever?
“No not once” replied the girl.
“Were just gonna have to fix that now aren’t we” said Naruto as he grabbed Hinata’s hand which made her blush again and he led her in to the direction of the Icharuka.

“Grr I can’t take this anymore!!! I’m sick and tired of you girls always bugging me about a date even though I keep saying no! All I want is some peace1” The Uchiha heaved aster most likely the biggest outburst of his life.
“Come on Sasuke-kun I know you don’t mean that” Said Ino as she grabbed onto his which she would soon learn was a big mistake.
“Let me go! I told you to leave me alone! I hate you! Why can’t you get that through your thick head! Your annoying” Exclaimed Sasuke after snatching his arm away from Ino and with that he gathered his chakra to his feet and began hoping from one roof to another to get home.
“It’ll be okay Ino I’m sure he just needs to calm down” Explained Sakura but Inner Sakura was saying “Take that Ino-pig. Now you chances of getting Sasuke is zero.”
“Just*sniff*leave me alone*sniff*” Said Ino between sobs and tears filling her eyes from Sasuke’s icy words. “I just wanna*sniff* be left alone” tears streaming down her cheeks, Ino turned from her friend/rival and ran home.

“Check” Said Shikamaru to his Jounin instructor Asuma over there game of chess.
“Check” Asuma called back to his student grin across his face.
Shikamaru was about to make his next move when a crying, blond konoichi ran past them. “I think that was Ino and I think she was crying. I had better go check on her. Oh and before I go checkmate” and with that he was after Ino leaving his teacher looking over the board only to find out he had once again lost to his student.

Ino burst into her house, tears still streaming down her face and runs straight for her room to cry into her pillow saying “I can’t believe Sasuke said that to me. After all I did to try to get him to notice me.”
Mean while outside of Ino’s house was Shikamaru who was knocking on the door in vain. “How troublesome. I could have sworn she had ran in here but it looks like no ones home. Only one way to find out” Shikamaru said while reaching for the doorknob and giving it a turn to find out the door was still open. “Hello Mr. and Mrs. Yamanako are you here” asked Shikamaru but he received no answer. “There not here but I do hear crying, that must be Ino. I hope she’s alright” finally arriving at Ino’s room where he found her on her bad crying into her pillow. “Hey Ino what’s wrong?”
“Leave me alone Shikamaru” Ino managed to get out between sobs.
“I’m just trying to help” explained the boy.
“I said get out” Shouted Ino as she tossed a kunai in Shikamaru’s direction.
“Wow you’re pissed. The only thing I can think of that could get you this angry and sad is Sasuke saying he hates you” After hearing what Shikamaru said Ino’s eyes filled with tears and she began to cry again. Taking a seat next to her whipping away her tears while he said. “Ino stop crying. Just forget about Sasuke he’s not worth your tears.”
“How? I’ve spent so much time chasing him I’ve shunned everyone else in Konoha. I’ve pretty much have no one left to turn to” said the girl while crying into the boy’s chest.
“Don’t worry I’m sure you’ll find some one. I believe that there is always someone for somebody and sometimes that person could be right in front of you” said Shikamaru trying to comfort her.
Ino finally stopped crying but now a blast now creeping across her face and her heartbeat was growing louder and faster. She couldn’t understand why this was happening, it had never happened before. This didn’t even happen around Sasuke but now she was alone with Shikamaru. Shikamaru her teammate, Shikamaru who had been by her side, who protected her and who now was comforting her-then it hit her. She finally understood what this feeling was that she had. She now knew that Sasuke was just a crush but the one she truly loved was Shikamaru. “Um…Shikamaru I have something to tell you.”
“What is it” he asked.
“I…um I-I ugh” Ino stammered face growing redder by the second. “Come on Ino get it together” she told herself. “Shikamaru I l-love you” In finally said.
“You what” asked Shikamaru a little shocked and confused.
“I said I love you Shikamaru! I love you! I love you!” Shouted Ino as she jumped toward Shikamaru embracing him.
A smirk grew across his face and said “Ino I’ve always loved you” and he sealed there new relationship by placing a kiss on her lips.
The girl face was completely red from what just happened and she said “Shikamaru you jerk! Why didn’t you tell me before” she yelled while pummeling him.
“I didn’t tell you because you would have just ignored me and continued after Sasuke” said Shikamaru while catching Ino’s fist and asked “But lets say I did tell you and you said you didn’t like me and rejected me do you think we’d be here right now” He asked before placing another kiss on his new girlfriends lips.

“Hey if it isn’t my favorite customer Naruto and who’s your cute friend” The owner of the Icharuka asked making Hinata blush.
“She’s a good friend of mine who I’m treating to some ramen. So what kind of ramen would you like Hinata” asked the boy
“Ugh remember I’ve never had any ramen” replied Hinata.
“Then how about chicken ramen? It’s my favorite” suggested Naruto which Hinata agreed to.
“So that’ll be two chicken ramens” said the owner of the Icharuka as he turned to prepare the orders.
Several minutes later when Hinata finished her first bowl Naruto was finishing off his third, fourth or maybe even fifth bowl. “That was delicious! I think I’ll head home now. See you later Hinata” said Naruto while he paid for the meal and prepared to leave when he was stopped.
“Hey Naruto why don’t you walk you little friend home? It would be the right thing to do” asked the owner as if he knew what Hinata was wishing for.
“I guess you right. Come on Hinata I’ll walk you home” Said Naruto as he outstretched his hand to lead Hinata home even though he had no idea where it was.
“S-sure let’s go. I’ll show you where it is because I know you don’t know where it is” said Hinata as she stood up, walked off with Naruto and waved to the Icharuka owner to thank him what he had done. “Oh and Naruto the ramen was great.”
“Huh don’t mention it. It was only right” said Naruto.
The rest of there walk was filled with silence and every now and then Naruto tried to make Hinata laugh, which worked. When the finally arrived on the Hyuga said “W-well this is my house. T-thanks for walking me home Naruto.”
“You’re welcome Hinata. See you later” said Naruto as he turned to walk to his home.
“N-Naruto wait” Said Hinata a blush spreading across her face. Naruto turned to her and was about to say what’s wrong when Hinata did something he didn’t expect. While he was in mid-turn she placed a kiss on his cheek. Before he could even react she was already closing the door to her house.
On his way home Naruto, who still had a blush across his face was thinking about what happened. The whole walk home he said to himself “What just happened. Why did she do that? I’ve only seen people do that when they really like-” Naruto stopped short upon reaching his house he finally figured it out (A/N: Took him long enough). “She like me! Yahoo! She like me, she like me” Shouted Naruto as he opened the door to his house jumping around wildly. “I can’t believe someone actually truly likes me. I have to see her tomorrow” said Naruto and went to sleep dreaming about his future with Hinata.

END OF CHAPTER 1

You’ve just finished reading the first chapter of my first ever and first Naruto fan fiction. I really hope you enjoyed it. For the guys I do plan to put more fight scenes in it. The girls you’ll have your mushiness too. By the way I’m a guy who has no idea how he wrote a fan fiction like this. Well I’ll hope you’ll stick around for the next chapter.

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Friday, May 19, 2006

What Good Shaman Are You?


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yep thats me. Theres only one problem. HIS NAME IS TREY RACER NOT HORO HORO. Even though Horo Horo is his actual name. Trey is cooler.
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