Chapter 1
The storm hit Konoha with a violence that was unusual for the fire country. 50 MPH winds, lightning and hail were only some of what the people of Konoha had to worry about.
Shinobi went building to building depositing sand bags in front of doors and basement windows to keep the shops and homes from flooding.
Off the main road in a small ally a gennin was placing a sand bag in front of a basement window when the small room was flooded with light. He silently watched as a small bloody, blond boy was thrown into the room and the large figure left slamming the door behind him.
Masashi reached into his hip pack and pulled out a small flashlight, flicking it on he flashed it towards the boy. Blue eyes stared back at him unfocused.
Flicking the flashlight off he placed the sand bag in front of the window.
"I'll be back." Masashi whispered turning and running towards the main street.
He didn't see the blue eyes blink and a small hand reach out.
Anbu were on the move a little after midnight, speeding over the buildings of Konoha to surround the old Kurosaki Bar. Each stood there waiting for the signal to attack. A bird masked Anbu in the cloak of a captain landed in front of the basement window, he pulled out his flashlight and shown it around the room till it landed on the small boy kneeling on the cot, a small dirty orange blanket wrapped around his shoulders, murky water lapping at his thighs.
The Anbu stood up and nodded to his partner.
Instantly the building was under attack and they broke open the closest window rushing past the fighting to the basement door.
He stopped at the door and kicked it open, slamming it against the wall with a crack that echoed in the small room, the child stared him, wide-eyed and shaking from his crouched position.
He took three large steps toward the boy and reached for him.
"Come on little guy, let's get you out of here." Itachi pulled him into his arms gently letting the cloak fall around them both.
He turned to his partner and they ran towards the stairs
The boy whimpered under his cloak as he jumped from the window ledge to the building accost the street, he pulled the blond closer.
"Shhh, It's ok."
His headset buzzed to life.
"Captain, head to the closest secure area. There's 3 men on your tail." Itachi paused in his jumping and took a sharp left, heading to the edge of town, his partner behind him.
Jumping from building to building until he reached the Uchiha compound he landed with a light thud between the guards he explained the situation before jumped over the gate and into the alleyway between houses and they ran down a little ways before jumping into one of the yards.
He stayed there for a second, listening for any sound of pursuit but could only hear the child's harsh, shaky breathing, watching as his partner jumped silently to the roof before walking into the porch, toeing off his shoes and walking into the kitchen. Depositing the blond on a pillow at the table, Itachi knelt beside him and started looking the blond over for major cuts, scrapes or broken bones.
The blond sat still, watching silently as Itachi looked him over flinching when he went to fast, slowing down he ran his hands over the blonds legs and arms, there were lots of bruises and a few scratches but they seemed was healing already. Itachi pulled the boys shirt off and cringed, his skin was molted with bruises, each rib showing clearly through his pale skin.
"Itachi?" Mikoto pushed the kitchen door open, "Your back early... Oh." She stopped at the door.
"Mom, I'm going to need the first aid kit and some of Sasuke's old clothes?" Itachi interrupted, not lifting his head from looking at the blond. Mikoto nodded and rushed off.
Itachi got up and dug through the kitchen looking for something simple to cook he found a cup of Ramen in the back. He quickly set a pot to boil as his mother came back.
"The pants should fit but the shirt will be a little big." She sat the clothes and first aid kit on the table before grabbing a wet rag and gently started cleaning the blond.
Itachi rested back against the cupboards and watched his mother took over cleaning and bandaging the boy. The blond never flinched only watched curiously and giggled as she washed his feet.
Itachi pored the boiling water in to the cup and covered it before turning to watch his mother.
"What going on in here? Mikoto..." Fugaku's eyes widened in shock as he slowly walked over and reached out to run his hand over the boys blond hair but pulled back when he flinched away. Fugaku turned to Itachi.
"Where did you find him?" Itachi's father asked as he knelt on the pillow next to the blond.
Itachi looked away from them, they knew about the boy.
"A gennin found him yesterday wile placing sandbags and we Hokage-sama out this evening. It was in and out job but three of them escaped, we came here to keep him safe. The Hokage is coming with an Inuzuka to search for the missing nin." Itachi pulled the top off the Ramen and added chopsticks before handing the container to the boy.
He leaned forward, sniffed it before taking it and devoured it without using the chopsticks. His mother's eyes welled with tears as she pushed the boy's hair from his eyes.
"You need to slow down or you'll choke."
Itachi and Fugaku turned toward the door as Itachi's partner came in.
"Report." Itachi glanced back to see his mother helping the boy put some clothes on.
"Uchiha Dai, Inuzuka Iba, Hatake Kakashi and I followed their trail into the forest but it disappeared a mile in, the others are still out there looking and Kakashi-san will send a hound to us if he finds something." Uma glanced behind Itachi.
"And the extraction team?"
"Everything went according to plan, we had one injured but he's fine. We captured 8 men, 4 injured, 1 killed. No women nor any children were in the bar." Uma glanced behind Itachi again. "Sir, how's the little one?"
Itachi relaxed. "No major injuries he'll be fine once he gets some food in him."
"Thank you, sir." Itachi nodded, turning back to the blond.
The blond was dressed in Sasuke's old clothes and was hugging one of Sasuke's less favored stuffed bear and petting it softly watching Fugaku and Mikoto in the kitchen whispering.
Itachi picked up the empty Ramen container a dumped it in the trash as the door slid open and the Hokage stepped in.
"Hokage-sama, thank you for coming." Fugaku stepped forward.
"No, Fugaku-san, thank you for taking him in." Sarutobi smiled and walked to the blond and knelt.
"Hello, little one. I'm Sarutobi, whats your name?"
The blond sat very still for a few moments looking at everyone before looking at the hokage and then down at the ground.
"My names what ever you want it to be, master." Sarutobi clenched his teeth so hard they threatened to crack.
"No, little one. Do you have a name?" The boy looked up at him through this hair.
"Naruto."
A.N: 11 hand written pages and only 2 were scraped... and that adds together to be 3 pages in #12 on WordPerfect 12... Wow, just wow.
So this is 1312 words, it took 3 days to type and was started 10/14/10... yes it took me 4 years... for one chapter... I need to stop reading other peoples stories. '-_- But I have come back strong! (And with a website!) And I will finish the crap that I started!
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