A/N: Look at this! CHAPTER THIRTY! Wow. I feel so accomplished. XD I feel better about this story than I do this entire semester of school. LOL That is SO bad. I'm such a bad student. >-< (I have decent grades, I'm just generally very hard on myself. lol)
Anywho! I'm considering splitting up my story in multiple stories. I'm thinking of actually following the show since my story is essentially following it. I'm thinking of ending THIS story right when Naruto ended and starting a new story picking up during his training, that three years we missed in the show. And then ending it again and starting a new story in the Shippuden series.
The reason I'm considering this is because I'm not even CLOSE to being done with this story. This is gonna be a LONG one. If you couldn't already tell. And I thought maybe splitting it up into three "books" might be better than one MASSIVELY long "book".
SO! I would so very much appreciate ya'll's thoughts on this. Leave a comment and lemme know.
(Art isn't mine. Don't know whose it is. <3 Enjoy.)
ON WITH THE SHOW!!!
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The ocean sparkled under the sun's warm rays. The day was pleasant, a nice breeze coming off the sea and flitting through the port city, relieving its citizens of the heat. Today was the day they'd make sail for the Land of Waves. Then they'd encounter Zabuza and Haku. Naruto stared at the small ship they'd be taking, his legs dangling over the dock he sat on. The boat was one dock over, swaying slowly in the calm waters.
"Something bothering you?" Kurama sat down next to Naruto, tossing his legs over the edge as well.
Naruto shrugged a little. "Something feels wrong... Like I should be aware of something but it keeps slipping through my fingers." He frowned, looking down at the water. "Like it's circling the edges of my mind and I can't pull it forward to see it."
"Yeah, I feel it too, kit." Kurama sighed, leaning back on his gloved hands. "Kind of like when you're trying to think of a word and it's right on the tip of your tongue, but it keeps evading you."
"Or like you KNOW there's something you should be remembering... But the memory just won't make itself known." Naruto closed his eyes, leaning back on his hands too, tilting his face to the sky. "I'm thinking of breaking up with Sasuke..."
Kurama looked at Naruto in awe. "What? I never thought I'd hear those words come out of your mouth."
"I don't really have the time to be having a relationship." He sighed, slumping forward, his hands dangling between his knees. "There's so much I have to do... At first, it seemed fine, like I could juggle both. But...the closer we get to all the really important shit... I just..." He shook his head. "I plan on leaving Konoha too..."
Kurama choked on his saliva and jerked forward, hitting his chest as he coughed. "WHAT!?" He rasped out loudly. "Why the fuck would you leave Konoha? And where would you go?" He paused and tilted his head. "Oh wait... the three years of training and traveling you did with Jiraiya. I forgot about that."
"I'm not going with him." Naruto stared off at the horizon.
"...then why?" Kurama frowned. "I don't know if I'll be approved to go with you... I'm..oddly high rank in Konoha now... Apparently, I even have a nickname in the bingo book. I didn't even know I was in it."
Naruto snorted. "Shi no Kitsune." He grinned. "I think it suits you. You're pretty much a Kitsune Shinigami."
"Shi no Kitsune no Shi no Kage..." Kurama shook his head. "A bit redundant if you ask me."
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