Dear Readers,

It is with a heavy heart that I finally admit I just no longer have the time to write fanfiction. My last ditch attempt to finish them by posting them to my livejournal, with my last upload being almost a year ago, unfortunately did not work. I'm sorry to those of you who followed me there that I was unable to finish them.

I am placing all my uncompleted stories up for adoption. If you choose to adopt a story, please pm me (on ) so that I may let those interested know by posting your penname in the story in question.

I will very shortly be privatizing the fanfiction posts on my livejournal (if I haven't already), and hosting them solely on . The few fanfictions that were introduced to my livejournal but not on , will be posted on fanfiction shortly after. I will also be uploading any remaining written portions and notes for each chapter to fanfiction. I'm sorry for the inconvenience.

Thank you for your time,

RuneWitchSakura/MChilz

Below you will find the remainder of written parts/notes I have for the rest of this story.

Remaining Written Portions

Chapter 4

More ANBU Issues

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Itachi rarely heard noise outside Naruto's apartment in the morning. Inside, yes, because Naruto usually was up and about by the time Itachi arrived to relieve the night watch. Outside, however, there was never any sound. Naruto was the only one on his floor (No one else willing to live on the same floor as the 'demon' no matter how cheap the apartments were).

Several villagers were currently outside Naruto's apartment, spray painting words on his door that no child should be exposed to. Itachi cleared his throat, startling the civilians.

"Ah, ANBU-san! Look fellas! Another one's come to help us!"

"Another one?" Itachi asked.

"Oh yes. You aren't the first ANBU to help us against the demon."

"I see." The villager that had been speaking fell to the ground dead. "The Sandaime's law is still in effect. Anyone who speaks of the Kyuubi dies. I suggest you leave now." The remaining villagers started to run away, when Itachi spoke again.

"Who wrote this?" he asked, pointing to the spray painted 'Die Demon!' on Naruto's door. One of the villagers raised his hand. He fell to the ground dead too, making the rest of the villagers run quicker.

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It wasn't that hard to distract Naruto, while simultaneously telling the person on night watch that there were two bodies to be cleaned up outside. That, of course, still left the problem of getting out of the apartment without Naruto seeing the bodies. It was Naruto's first day at the academy, after all. And then, he would be off tracking down those ANBU the villagers had mentioned.

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Four ANBU, two of which were on duty, shivered in fear without knowing why. They were apprehensive for the rest of the morning. Later that day, three of them would regret not running while they had the chance. The last ANBU member, off duty at the moment, decided to cut his losses, and disappeared from Konoha altogether.

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"Are you sure it's safe?" Naruto asked, glancing out the window. "We're really high up."

"I'm sure Naruto-kun," Itachi said, holding onto the blonde as he prepared to leap out the window of the apartment. The bodies of the villagers hadn't been completely cleaned up yet.

"Really?"

"Really." And with that, Itachi leapt out of the window, landing on a balcony railing, an extended roof, and then the ground. Naruto was shaking. Before Itachi could ask if he was alright, he looked up and grinned.

"That was SO COOL! Can all ninja do that? Will you teach me to do it? Why-" Naruto continued his questions until Itachi got to the academy.

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Getting Naruto into the academy was no problem – the Hokage had already been by to 'explain things', as he put it. Getting Naruto to settle down in the classroom and allow Itachi to leave was the problem. Thankfully they were early. Itachi wasn't sure he wanted his little brother to see him with another child. Sasuke was already jealous enough of Shisui and Konoha for 'taking Itachi's time' away from Sasuke.

Notes

This was based on My Blue-Eyed Blonde, so don't forget to take a look at that if you adopt this story.

Feel free to adopt this story. If you do, please remember to PM me so I may add your penname below.

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