The day I left Konoha

By Hiddnleaf

The sun was going down, and the fire was growing stronger. People were lost, and homes were destroyed. Things looked unfamiliar and broken. Nothing was left, in the Village Hidden in the Leaves.

The fire was great, burning everything within its path. People ran out wearing nothing but nightgowns and flashlights. All the Ninja were working on saving everyone. Ninja and civilians alike died in houses that collapsed on them. There were only a few who survived, the few, who they called: The Last Generation.

Naruto 12:37

Naruto awoke at the smell of smoke. The air was black, and the moon was gone. The room was hot and uninhabitable. The smoke was choking him, and he knew he had to get out fast.

By the time he came to his senses about what was happening, the floor was blazing hot, burning his feet. He grabbed the door handle, which had turned the color red from the intense heat, and scalded his hand. He had no other options. He turned around grabbed his pack, stuffed everything he could without even looking what it was, and hurdled out the window and jumped off the roof. He could hear screams and cries for help as he fell to the ground. He looked up and saw the roof was collapsing.

He hit the ground hard, rolled away and braced himself for debris. Seconds later, the entire building crashed to the ground. All of his neighbors were gone, in a few seconds.

His only thought on his mind was: Sakura. He needed to know that she was alive. He sprinted down the street, his fastest in his life. He passed the Ramen shop, or the place where it was. It was a pile of burning rubble. The smell of Ramen still in the air, and Sakura was still on his mind.

He came up to the house, and threw the door open. Smoke came billowing out. Naruto plowed his way in there, knocking his shins on tables and pulling down paintings. He finally found the stairs, and scrambled up them. He kicked down several doors until he found one with Sakura's bed in it. She was still asleep, and not breathing. He grabbed her and carried her in the most rushed way he most possibly could. He was sprinting out of the house and slipped, inches within the front doors reach. He made sure he had Sakura was safe, and he slid on his shoulder, dragging it on the ground, until he was outside. Naruto got up, and pounded on Sakura's chest trying to tell himself it was all going to be ok. He was crying, but he wasn't sure if it was from the smoke or raw emotions.

His watery eyes blurred his vision, but he still was able to do CPR until he would die of exhaustion. Because he wasn't going to let Sakura die. Even if he had too.

His lips touched hers, but it wasn't the joy it was as he imagined just a week ago. It was the fear of losing her, and everyone else he held dear to him. He pounded on her rib cage some more, making sure that the small chance of her living was a reality. She coughed and was now breathing. That was all Naruto cared about. He got her to sit up, and he piggybacked Sakura away from the blazing village.

Kiba 12:34

Kiba noticed the smell of smoke first in his family, as his window pointed toward the city center. The great air that he was able to breathe just a few hours ago was filled with smoke and cries for help.

Kiba got up and stumbled to his Mom's and Sister's room, which was just down the hall, but it felt like a kilometer away. He gripped the handle and plowed the door inward, and more smoke billowed out. Kiba was frozen with fear, even though downstairs the fire was just beneath the bedroom. Kiba shook his head, tears splattering the wall. He shouted for Akamaru because he was not going to have his entire family die on him. The injured dog waddled over to him with a bleeding forehead. Kiba scooped him up and tucked him in his arms, and climbed down the small staircase and staggered out of the door, spilling tears as he went.

Choji 12:31

The Smile of Ino made him laugh and dance in his dream. He locked eyes with her, and she stared back. They danced in a trance, as if nobody knew that she was there with him. She didn't have another care in the world, and neither did he. His dream was growing weary, and black smoke poured into the place where they were, blurring the vision. Choji started to cough, sending him out of his trance. Breaking the spell, he woke up and looked around, but found nothing. He was stuck in a black cloud of smoke, stinging his eyes and inflaming his lungs.

The room breaking the boiling point, he fumbled out of his bed and dove out the window, forgetting anything (food) he owned and loved. He hit the ground on his left shoulder, causing it to grind against the gravel road. He got up, and ran as fast as his legs could carry him. He was slow to think, and tripped on his own foot and broke his fall with his hands. His left shoulder popped out of place, making it hurt worse than it did seconds ago. He sprinted out the gate of the village, with the flag burning high above, regretting he didn't get to rescue Ino.

Ino 12:31

She was lost in sleep, breathing in smoke, and exhaling clean air. She coughed into her hands and instantly knew what was happening. She got out of bed, wearing not much at all, except a bra and lacey undergarments. Her great floral shop was just about to fall apart, into nothing except buds and plywood. She sprinted to the door, burning her feet on the soft gentle wood that she stepped on four hours ago. Just as she was bout to get to the freedom of outdoors, a rose display fell on top of her, crushing her to pieces.

She was bleeding, and her legs were broken and trapped under the display. Her arms unharmed, all but cuts and bruises. The smoke was unbearable, and just about impossible to see anything, except the doorway, which was just within fingertips reach. She saw a person running past, through the door. She quickly used Mind Body Transfer Jutsu and got the person to a screeching halt. He sprinted into the floral shop and to Ino's surprise, used his bugs to drag the display off her crippled legs. He picked her up and carried her off into the night.

Shikamaru 12:39

Shikamaru awoke and saw that even though that he and Neji were in the same room, they couldn't see each other. Then he realized that smoke had filled his lungs, as if he was drowning. He jumped out of bed and tripped over Neji, and he fell to the hot ground smashing his face on the hard floor. He winced and got back up dizzily and dragged the almost lifeless Neji out of the room, and into the long hallway. He got Neji's arms to lock together and used him as a cape. He sprinted down the hallway, bumping into flaming pieces of furniture, and breathing in more smoke. He got to his parent's room, and they weren't there. He realized he wasted precious time because now there was no path to the front door, except if you were to walk though the smolders and flames. He got into the room and dropped Neji onto the burning floor. He got out a paper bomb and ducked behind the bed with Neji, and blew a hole through the room. Debris flew everywhere and the fire grew to an enormous inferno. Shikamaru jumped out with Neji, safely tied around his neck, and he dropped him once more as soon as he was away from the burning enclosure.

Shikamaru then heard the screams of his mother, coming from the downstairs. He instantly shot up with watery eyes. He went to the front door and pounded. The door collapsed and scorching heat came from inside. There was no way that he could go in there and get out alive. He just stood there, screaming his mom's name. He heard her scream back "run away!" and then he heard a body drop. Shikamaru, in the first time in his life, dropped a tear on the grassy ground.

Hinata12:32

The small room with her bed was growing hot and eerie. It broke the silence when the door was kicked down by Rock Lee. He was determined to make everyone in the village safe from the fire. He was not about to let Hinata die. He grabbed her limp body and carried her until he heard something peculiar; the warping of wood, and the creaking in the roof. He spun on his heels and ran, trying to fit in the small window in Hinata's Room. It was too small for both of them. He shed a quick tear and decided who was to go first. A girl's body crashed to the ground below, hardly awake, and frightened beyond belief. The small tree in the front yard was on fire. Everything on fire. Screams and yells were coming from the house. She was crawling away from the house all in time. The roof collapsed.

The black and grey sky covered the moon, and three people gathered around her. They were discussing if they should take her or leave her to die.

"I know this girl… she's weak"

"Well, all I'm saying is that it's better to save one person than to save none…"

"I'm going to look for my opponent. He was climbing through the window when it collapsed."

"Fine. But don't try to use your sand on him this time."

Gaara searched through the rubble, trying to find his opponent. He used his sand to drag all of the roof tiles away, so he could see if he was still alive. Rock Lee looked up. Gaara was right above him, staring at the crossbeam that fell on his chest. Rock Lee couldn't breathe, but that didn't matter, because he wouldn't have been able to breathe anyways with the smoke. Gaara pushed off the crossbeam and carried him. Rock lee asked him why he was doing this for him.

"Because, I want to fight you again someday. Uninterrupted."

Chapter - Narrator: 2:04

The small group of friends was taught what to do and where to go in this exact situation. But unfortunately, so did the enemies. They got their torches and the Hokage building was soon on fire. The structure stood for several hundred years, and even still, everything has to perish at one point. The large flames grew up and destroyed thousands of years of research and mission records. The screams from the civilians inside were crying out into the night for the ninja to help them. But most ninja were lost, combating old rivals and new foes from villages far and close. It was all too much.

The fires of the village roared on into the night, causing a glow that could be seen from miles away. Naruto and his band of few friends were still and bowed their heads, on top of the mountain with the Hokages face on them.

"I once wanted to be Hokage of this strong village" Said Naruto, "but now it will never be this strong again. Most of the village has died off, and the last that live won't be able to live without the people that died. I lost my parents when I was little, to the thing that is inside of me. I think I've lost too much here. I don't think I can go back to an empty village. Nobody will be their. People houses will be gone, and people's lovers will be lost. Thankfully, Tsunade made a plan for this about five months ago. I still want to be Hokage someday, but I can't do it here."

Kiba butts in "We got to help the people! Have you lost y-your mind? If we can't help them, then they WILL die."

Naruto, the most serious time in his life was now, began to sigh and say:

"I just can't think about losing you. Any of you. I know I signed up to be a ninja to die for the village. But I'm not going to do it without cause. I think that if I go down there again, NO ONE will be alive, and I'll still be stuck in a giant inferno getting the life poured out of me. It's already been two and a half hours. If I wanted to help, I would've gone. But I already helped the village. I got out alive. And I helped out a little more too. I got Sakura out too. I made sure she stayed alive, because I can't think of the world without her. Hell, I can't think about the world without any of you. You all are special to me, and I don't want you to go kill yourself just so we all can act like heroes for the last time."

"…" "well, I guess I saved Akumaru…"

"Rock Lee saved me..."

"Neji was going to die if I didn't help him."

"I saved Ino, even though I didn't even do it, it was all her. I think everyone really did save everyone else's butts. Those people are dying down there. I know. But if I come to think of it, we NEVER got any thanks from them. We never got thanks, as if it was a small thank you, or just a hug. I've actually am hated for being a ninja in some parts of town. Who knows, but maybe it's just me? I really don't feel like saving those people.

We all lost our parents, or don't know where they are. All I did was save my own skin, but Ino wanted me to save her just as I ran by. I helped her out. There is no one in this world that I'd like to save more than my teammates. And I truly don't care what happens to the rest of them. Sure they were good people, but they never did stuff for us. Heck, we saved the entire village when Orochimaru came. I don't think that they even remember that, and I'm not going to put my life on the line to do that twice."

"Sakura, I know what your thinking. It's ok to just let go, because I know that you're the only medical Ninja here. We need you, because we have Ino with broken legs, Choji with a popped shoulder and multiple burns on just about everyone. We need you more than you need them. I looked at the Village while you were knocked out. I don't think that I'd ever be able to go back in there ever again; which is why I want to save years of emotional scaring instead of a few minutes of being a hero."

Kiba got up off the ground and looked away. He was crying mass bundles of tears.

He then said "We have to go now because if we don't were going to die now, just like all of them down there. There'd be no leaf village left, and I don't think anyone wants to have more dying than there has to be." He stepped his back to them and started dripping the rain from his face onto the soft dirt. He dragged his feet going down an old abandoned path. Soon the group started to follow and wince in pain every step of the way away from the village.

A/N: Well, just wanted to show a bit of the more grim side of the ninja, this maybe a one-shot, depending on views, or it could very well be a series if i have the time. Please be patient, and leave reviews if you want to keep it going! I am currently working on Rose Stems and Flowershops, a KibaIno, so please feel free to check that out. AGAIN: I may start this up soon, so please keep this one in eye. Well, see you all later! Hiddnleaf - OUT!