Ruki44: Hm, haven't updated this thing in forever.

Hinata: You haven't updated half your stuff in forever!

Rukia: That is so true...

Ruki: But you seem to be on a streak.

Tetra: Yet what gives, you have a bet or something?

Ruki44: Hm, no not really. It's just that Christmas vacation is almost over and I want to do something productive and update the stories I haven't in forever if I can.

Ruki: So basically your shirking doing your schoolwork right?

Ruki44: I had most of it down before vacation...

Tetra: Yea, she's shirking.

Rukia: You shouldn't do that!

Ruki44: I DON'T WANT TO HEAR IT FROM YOU, MS. I ALWAYS CUT CLASS!

Rukia: I have an excuse, I don't need to go to school. Dead? Remember?

Ruki44: And...

Rukia: Anyways, I never cut Shinigami School classes.

Ruki44: I don't cut classes either!

Hinata: Somehow this has gotten way off topic.

Ruki: And your surprised why...

Tetra: This always happens, every single time. Well, this won't be going anywhere too soon, and sorry people who are reading this for this chapter's shortness. If it makes you feel any better, it was three pages typed...

Ruki: You would think that since she hasn't updated in a while, she'd make it longer.

Hinata: Yea, but everyone knows that Ruki44 doesn't go for things that might be considered normal. Anyways, Ruki44 doesn't own anything, enjoy, and sorry for the unbearably long update!

Chapter 5

The boy had admitted he was dead once, so why was she surprised about Kunerari-sensei's revelation. Though why she had called Naruto, Cooro was beyond her.

Speaking of Naruto, the said boy was still in his black robes and went from being completely knocked out to deep sleep. Shino said it wasn't much of a difference except that now there was snoring. Amazing that he was extremely calm about everything, even she was freaking out.

Kunerari-sensei was having a mental breakdown. She was at the edge of the campfire rocking back and forth, her face white as a ghost. But that was nothing new. She had a mental breakdown before, but it was really more flipping out over how retarded Kiba was.

She was finishing cooking the meal. Luckily they had more than enough for Naruto. One of the few times it was good that Kiba was such a glutton.

"So what do you think we should do about him?" Kiba asked as he watched her cook the food, slightly drooling.

"He's staying with us. He's going to need some different clothes though. You still have that random orange jumpsuit your sister gave you to sell off?" Shino told him matter a factually. Hinata tested to see if the soup was hot enough. It was. She shoved her burnt finger in her mouth. She had forgotten about that suit.

Kiba's grandmother had given it to him for a birthday present. Of course she was a colorblind old loon and didn't realize that ninja and the color orange didn't mix that well. Come on, it's like the brightest color out there, and the whole point was to be hidden.

"Yea, but I don't think he's colorblind…I think…" Kiba mused.

"Well maybe he's like you and retarded." Shino shot back. Kiba leaped up.

"I am not retarded!" He yelled at the bug boy.

"Anybody who gets lost looking for wood in a freaking forest is retarded." Shino replied without blinking. Thought with those sunglasses, it's impossible to tell.

"I have no sense of direction, doesn't mean I'm retarded! We're in a freaking forest, everything looks the same!" Kiba yelled back.

"Exactly! A forest! And a forest is made out of trees, which are made out of WOOD!" Shino yelled back, a vein popping in his forehead. So the mighty and calm Shino can get riled up…through Kiba's stupidity.

"Cool it you guys, the food is done. Kiba-kun why don't you get Kunerari-sensei from her emo corner and Shino-kun you wake up Naruto-kun. I'll starting serving everyone." She reprimanded them. When Kunerari-sensei is like this, it usually falls to her to be the grown up.

"Alright! Let's go Akamaru!" Kiba yelled as he ran towards their sensei. She sweatdropped, she hoped he wouldn't do anything rash…

"Ok." Shino replied, pushing up his sunglasses farther up his nose, his cool and calm personality instantly returning. Her teammates were freaks she concluded. With a sigh, she began to fill up some wooden bowls Shino had whittled while waiting for the food to get done with the homemade stew and placed potatoes on a flat board Kiba had found and filled the canteens with some fresh tea she had brewed.

"Food!" Hinata was shocked to say the least when she looked up and saw Naruto's face up close and personal with hers.

"Ack!" She yelped as she scooted backwards, surprised at the Shinigami boy's sudden appearance.

"He's awake Hinata, it seems that Naruto-kun seems to have a large stomach…like Kiba." She sweatdropped as she studied the boy over who was drooling over the food like he hadn't eaten in forever. Now that she thought about it, do dead people eat? Is this Naruto's first time eating real food?

"This looks great! Kai and Uncle Mako can't cook for shit, and the food rations they give us isn't the best either. Real food, real food!" Naruto started to chant gleefully. Hinata sweatdropped. There went that theory flying out the window.

"I brought sensei but she's still a shell…let's draw a fake mustache on her face! Come on, what do you say?" Kiba suggested as he dragged their teacher toward the rest of the group. Shino sighed.

"No Kiba, we are not going to draw a fake mustache on her face. Now will you quit it and sit down already? Naruto is starting to drool." Shino sighed as he eyed the Shinigami boy who was indeed drooling as he stared at the food, stars in his eyes. Kiba sat down next to Naruto and looked at Naruto then Shino then back at Naruto again with a confused look on his face.

"I thought his name was Cooro." Kiba asked confused as he grabbed a bowl. Naruto had started to pay attention to the conversation at hand when he had heard his name.

"Cooro? What gave you that impression?" Naruto asked as Hinata handed him a bowl and a canteen. Naruto then started to try and figure out how to open the canteen, making Shino who was sitting next to him so he wouldn't have to sit next to Kiba take it from him and open it for him before handing it back.

"Our teacher called you that. She said you died on October 10." Shino informed him. Naruto looked confused at this.

"How would she know that?" Kiba who didn't know that Naruto was invisible before spat out his tea all over Kunerari-sensei, effectively snapping her out of her trance.

"KIBA!" Kunerari-sensei yelled at the dog boy, making the said boy whimper and try to hurriedly wipe off the mix of his spit and tea off her face.

"I'm sorry sensei!" He apologized frantically. Naruto watched this with a great interest as Hinata and Shino continued eating as nothing unusual was going on, which in all fairness, it wasn't for them.

"Ack, that's enough Kiba…oh…um…I guess I wasn't imaging things…" Kunerari-sensei stuttered when she caught sight of Naruto curiously staring at her. Naruto then smiled at her.

"Hi, I'm Naruto Uzamaki, not Cooro." He said cheerfully before starting to eat again. Hinata smiled, that was rather straight forward and to the point. Kunerari-sensei just stared at him for a minute before catching on.

"Oh my bad, I must have mistaken you for somebody else…" She apologized with a smile. "Nice to meet you Naruto, I'm Kunerari, I'm Shino, Hinata, and Kiba's squad leader. We're from Kohana…in case you weren't able to tell." Naruto nodded as he slurped up his stew.

"Nice to meet you Kunerari-sensei, and you mistook me for a boy that died on October 10 right?" Naruto asked her innocently. All of a sudden Hinata had a sinking feeling in her stomach, the same feeling she gets right before Kiba says something stupid.

"Yes, I'm assuming my squad told you that." She nodded her head. Naruto smiled and grinned.

"Yes, well, you're right. I'm a Shinigami boy who died on October 10. I was killed in a mob. Apparently a disaster had stricken the village and everyone was scared and panicking. I don't remember much because I was a baby, but lots of the other Shinigami told me about it." Naruto told them all with an innocent smile, obviously unaware of what he just said.

At that statement, Kunerari-sensei chocked on her stew and Kiba snorted the tea out of his nose (which was rather disgusting), while Hinata and Shino who both knew Naruto is…was dead and a Shinigami started a violent coughing fit.

"WHAT?!" Kunerari finally managed to yell as soon as she was able to swallow. Naruto cocked his head, obviously confused by her reaction. He then turned towards Hinata and looked at her with a "please help me out here" look on his face.

"Was it something I said?"

Ruki44: Well...yea...that's it. Please let me know what you guys think. Or something... Happy New Years!