Okay guys here I am again with a new fanfic. But I really needed to get this out of my system so I could go back to focusing on the other two fanfics. Besides the other two fics are doing pretty good for me. Anyways, all my updates will be extremely slow due to the fact that the finals are coming up and I seriously need to study so I will write whenever I have free time. But please, enjoy my new fanfic!
That night, the night of the Kyuubi attack, Uzumaki Kushina survived by a thin miracle. While all the moniters proclaimed her dead from child birth, she woke up minutes after her husband took off with their son, Naruto to stop the Kyuubi no Kitsune, in perfect health without even a scratch on her. Everywhere around her was destruction, the hospital had been sheaved directly in half and whoever still survived was tending to the wounded.
Assuming the worst, Kushina took off towards where the historical battle that would be told for generations and generations was taking place, kicking up dust as she went. Burnt trees and piles of rubble that were once buildings flew by in a blur. She could think of nothing else except seeing Minato one last time and taking her baby boy to safety. Knowing the village, they would probably kill Naruto because of the Kyuubi and the fact that they didn't know he was the Fourth's child didn't help the situation at all.
At last she came upon a clearing that was not there to begin with but had now shown up because of the giant battle that had taken place just moments before she had arrived. The clearing was empty, except for a body lay in the middle of it, the hands tightly wrapped around a wicker basket lined with cloth.
"Minato..." her voice cracked with emotion and tears streaked her dirt covered face. She walked over unsteadily over to where Minato's body lay and kneeled down beside him. She picked up his limp and still warm hand and held it to her face, "Oh why? Always playing hero, I told you it was going to get you killed some day, and now you're really- hic- dead..." Cries coming from the basket snapped her out of her thoughts.
Letting Minato's hand fall to his chest, she pried the basket out of his tight grip. In the basket, wrapped in many layers of blankets lay a baby with strikingly familiar blonde hair with a slight red tinge. Already, although the baby was a newborn baby, he already had four little sharp canine protuding from his mouth. 'Kyuubi's work presumably,' she thought to herself.
"Naruto..." she cooed, affectionetly stroking her son's hair softly and rocking the basket gently to stop his crying. She straightened up, basket firmly grasped in her hands. "I don't care what you said Minato, this village will only treat our one and only son like trash, I'm taking him back to my homeland, back to Uzugakure, to Soragakure."
"That wouldn't be the wisest Kushina-sama," a voice spoke from the shadows of a tree behind her.
"And why would that not be Itachi-kun?" Kushina snapped in replied, if it was anything she hated the most, it was being critisized and lectured on her decisions, "You can come out too Shisui-kun and Hizashi-san,"
The two Uchiha prodigies and the twin of the Hyuuga's Clan Head stepped out into the ruined clearing. The three of them were close to Kushina and Minato, closer than most people in the village. In Hizashi's was a little boy no older than one. He had the black hair and pale eyes of any Hyuuga.
"As soon as Danzo finds out that little Naruto is gone, then he'll start sending his Ne ANBU after you, not the enviroment you want Naruto to grow up in..." Shisui replied, backing Itachi up with his reasoning.
"And he'll be treated better in Konoha where everyone thinks he's a demon and a monster and tries to kill him," Kushina growled, already protective of her son.
"I think he would be better off if he left Konoha," Hizashi spoke up from where he stood, his son Neji trying hard to stay awake. Both Uchiha's shot glares at him, "What! I'm speaking from a parent's point of view!"
"Thank-you Hizashi," Kushina sighed, then she turned to the three of them after a moment of thinking, "Why don't you three come with me and little Naru-chan? It'll be safer if we travel in a group and besides, don't you two want to get away from all that pressure of the Uchiha clan? And with the coup d'eaut they've planned out, you two aren't exactly going to be welcomed... Besides Hizashi, your son doesn't have too bright of a future with the Bird Cage Seal. I'm sure we could find a seals master in Uzu or Sora," Kushina offered.
"She has a point there Itachi," Shisui murmured, deep in thought as he pondered about this new offer.
"I'll go with you then," Hizashi caved in, "It's for little Neji's future though, not for anything else," If it was anything that Hizashi cared more about in the world, it was his son, his one and only connection to his dead wife whom he had loved so dearly.
"Fine, I'll come with you, only because I promised Yondaime-sama to protect you and his heir from any harm," Itachi relented, Shisui nodding his agreement to what Itachi said.
"Then we'll have to leave now, we'll buy supplies and what-not at the next village we come upon, it's too dangerous to go back into Konoha at this time," Kushina said, slipping her hand through the handle of the basket carrying Naruto. "Come on, we'll plan as we move." All of them took one last look at Konoha, the clearing behind then and the fallen body of Minato which confirmed their decision was righ before taking off into the night.
An hour later...
They had safely reached a little lumber town of Mokuzai and was currently having a quick bite to eat at a little restaurtant in the little village. They were mere minutes away from the fire border, which once they had crossed it, it would be near impossible to track them down in the nations. Itachi and Shisui had gone off to buy supplies from a list that Kushina had quickly scribbled down on a napkin with the waitress' pen.
Kushina was spoon feeding Naruto some warmed up milk since he was bawling earlier that he was hungry. Neji was eating his rice pretty neatly for a one year old, 'Hyuuga thing,' Kushina deemed it as and brushed it off.
"Back," Itachi and Shisui strode in, carrying a couple large packs filled to the brim with supplies, they had managed to find a store selling supplies open still open at this hour. They hurriedly dropped the packs onto the chairs and sat down, stretching out their sore muscles. "We have to hurry, there's an outpost here with a couple Jounin and ANBU are stationed there, it's better if they don't see us,"
Hizashi nodded and removed his hi-taite and stuffed it inside his robes, motioning for the others to do the same. Once the hi-taites were done away with, they hurriedly wolfed down their food and paid. Once outside, they hurried to the town's main gates, guided by the occansional lamp post only to find two alert looking ANBU and Jounin on guard duty/
"Shit," Itachi cursed under his breath and swiftly spun the others around into the darkness and headed to the back into the little town, "We'll have to find another way out of here," They walked briskly back the direction from which they came from until they found an alley that led right up to the towns's outer wall.
Shisui scanned the surroundings, it was a good 35 to 40 feet tall wall and beside them was two solid brick walls of two buildings. But atop of one of the buildings was a large water tank reaching a little bit over halfway up the wall. "There," he whispered and pointed to the hazy sillihoute of the water tank.
Itachi nodded and dashed up the wall of the building first and helped Neji up before Hizashi joined him on the roof. The basket containing Naruto was passed up next, followed by the bright red hair that easily identified her as Kushina. Shisui arrived last, carrying both packs, one from which Itachi took from him.
They climbed the rusted ladder as silently as possible, choosing stealth over speed. Often they would stop in the middle of their climbing as a patrol of shinobi walked by on their rounds. But it went quite smoothly over all. Once all of them stood atop of the water tank, Itachi picked up young Neji and jumped skywards with a rustle of cloths. Hizashi went over next, followed by Kushina, Naruto's basket clutched firmly in her hand. Finally it was Shisui's turn, dragged down by the two large packs of supplies, disaster struck. One of the patrols had spotted his form leaping clumsily due to the packs over the wall. All patrols were immeadietly dispatched to their area.
Shisui hit the ground running, everybody else dashing after him as well. Itachi still carried Neji on his back so Hizashi caught up to Shisui and took one of the two bags from him, helping lighten his load. "Catch them!" the shout resounded from behind them, it did not sound all that far away.
"Hurry, we'll lose them at the border!" Kushina hissed, pumping more chakra into her legs and taking to the trees, gesturing for the others to do the same. The thick foilage of the leaves provided some cover, knowing that they'll be harder to track amongst the branches and leaves. Just ahead of them they could see thick and tall fields of grasses and beyond that, mountain ranges. This sight refeuled them, making them go faster and faster, until the sped out of the forest, out of Fire Country and into the grassy fields, into freedom.
There we go, the first chapter, the second chapter will come out after my other updates of my other fanfics. And be prepared for my OC's coming soon! R&R I need serious suggestions for this fanfic because I only have a rough idea of how it's going to end. My OC's pairings are decided but everyone else is still free! ~AnimeClouds~