Looping, oh the fun! (Naruto)

Ch18 The Emperor's New Clothes

As Sasuke had expected, their first mission was to catch Tora the cat. Though Sasuke could use his knowledge and power to catch Tora in seconds, he had learned from experiences to not do so, because completing e mission too quickly would only push Kakashi to take more tiresome missions.

So, sighing like an old man, Sasuke and his clone-Naruto-began chasing after the cat and making a fool of themselves.

When Naruto woke up, he was surprised to see Sasuke gone. A glance at the clock told him it was already past noon. He couldn't believe Sasuke was actually generous enough to allow him to sleep in, which means Sasuke had probably made a shadow clone to take Naruto's spot so Kakashi wouldn't check up on him.

Perhaps he should thank Sasuke for this.

Reaching the kitchen, Naruto stopped in front of the refrigerator. A note with elegant writings imprinted on it was pinned on the magnetic door.

I let you sleep in because you had worked hard on the stories last night. There will be no next time, dobe.
-Sasuke

Chuckling, Naruto crumbled the note and threw it in the trash can. He proceeded to open the door and take out the breakfast Sasuke had prepared for him. A simple heating spell made the food ready to be consumed. As usual, Naruto took big bites and finished it within minutes. After he was done, he walked around a bit, allowing the food to be digested, then he sat down at the computer and started it. Naruto checked the document carefully and thoroughly, then printed them out. It took a while, but he wasn't complaining, because having already gotten this all done means he only had to spent time on practicing playing the guitar in the next few days.

Taking only the first three pages of the printed pages, Naruto cast an invisible spell on himself and a silence charm on his shoes and made his way outside. A few minutes later, he reached a small company called "Playhouse," a Publisher for publishing children's books. Naruto had done research on this Publisher; it seemed that this was the only Publisher in Konoha that publishes children's books, which confirmed just how unpopular children's stories were, or shall I say, how badly written they were.

Smirking, Naruto made his way inside and found the Head Editor office with ease. Without the editor's noticing, Naruto left the pages on a nearly empty pile of commissioning work and silently left.

Now was time for some ramen!

Mia was the Head Editor of Playhouse and at the same time a single mother of a twelve years old civilian daughter. Her husband had died twelve years ago in the Kyuubi attack. Ever since then, she had hated the demon boy who bore the demon marks on his cheeks. She believed that the demon boy was the one responsible for her husband's death. She had been telling her daughter to stay away from the boy ever since the girl was little. The boy was a monster and no one could convince her otherwise.

Twelve years had past and Mia had gotten used to her life as an editor and a single mother. After years of refraining to cross path with the demon boy, Mia was able to repress her anger and hatred for the monster and live her life peacefully.

Today was no different. Mia was planning to finish her job quickly and return home to spend time with her daughter. As she read the commissioning stories absentmindedly, she began thinking about what she should prepare for dinner.

The title of one story caught her eyes.

"'The Emperor's New Clothes'? What's that supposed to mean?" Mia wondered. In all the children stories she had read, this was her first time coming across such a strange title. Almost all the children stories currently published were about peace and animals and love and were things that could put an adult to sleep. With a spark of curiosity in her eyes, Mia began reading the story.