Naruto woke up, he had fainted after the separation, Sakura, Sasuke and Kakashi were standing next to him, in his room. "Hey guys! Orochimaru is back!" yelled Naruto. "Shut up so you can rest! Besides, we already know he's back: Sasuke told us earlier" said Kakashi calmly. "HOW CAN I JUST SIT BACK AND RELAX WHILE THAT GUY IS OUT THERE, HE TOOK THE OTHER SIDE OF ME!!! HE TOOK MY BAD SIDE, NOW I'M HALF OF WHAT I WAS, AND I WAS NOTHING BEFORE..." shouted Naruto. "Naruto, what do you mean: he took your bad side? Is it a new jutsu?" asked Sasuke. He looked at Sakura who was cuter than ever. "No, he bit me like he had bitten you back at the Chunin exams, I was going to give in to evil, but the Fox seperated me in two halves, the good and the bad, knowing that the good was the only one who would have his power. Orochimaru left with the other me, Shadow." Snow has falling outside, squirrels were running towards their tree holes. "I think that's enough for now. Everybody, meet me at the training spot tomorrow, very early..." Then Kakashi disappeared in smoke. "Well, see you tomorrow Naruto." said Sakura who left, she walked to her house. "Naruto, you fought Orochimaru all alone and you survived to tell the tale. I actually died when I fought him. But mark my words! I'll become stronger, so I can defeat you and beat the crap out of my brother. I swear." In the blink of an eye, he was gone.

                  Gaara was on the rooftop of his house, thinking of the next day, it will be the new year. "*Sigh* I'm bored." The sky was now as dark as ink and the stars were so shiny that Gaara felt something inside of him. He leaned over and puked on the street. "The fu*king hamburgers were not fresh enough." So he waited, and waited, he hummed the Mister Sandman song, and waited some more. Temari and Kankuro were coming to the house, they were totally drunk. "You guys make me sick" They looked up and saw Gaara. "Oh hey Gaara! How's it going?" said Kankuro. They entered as fast as they could and jumped on their beds, they fell asleep as soon as their heads touched their pillows.

              "What am I going to wear tomorrow?" Ino was singing, checking her humongous wardrobe. "Ino dear, you should come down! The new year's eve countdown is going to begin!" said Ino's mom downstairs. "I'm coming!" She went down. There was a party there. Choji was eating everything at the food table with his father, Shikamaru was sitting there alone, his father was talking to Ino's. "What a drag! I'm bored." He took a sip of his soda then burped. Kiba and Hinata were talking in a corner. "Ok everybody! It's almost time!" "5, 4, 3, 2, 1, HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!" everyone shouted.

Happy New Year Tokyopop!