Alright folks! :D I have had Naruto on the brain. I told myself that I wasn't going to start any stories, or write in any other stories unless Termination was finished. but, as authors, you know that oyu have that sudden urge to write another story in the middle of another one. so, that's where this came from. Enjoy!

None of the characters belong to me, they belong the sole creator.

Samade belongs to me, and only me, and other made up characters that appear are mine only!

She remembered sitting outside that door. That door felt like a barrier she couldn't enter. She held onto her favorite doll, hoping that it would help her through this mess. On the other side of the door, screaming could be heard. It stung, and tore away at her insides. It got louder and louder. She clutched the doll tightly, and covered her eyes, hoping that it would block it out. But to no avail. The screaming still reached her ears. The next thing she knew, she was screaming. The door opened up, and her dad came out, picked her up, and carried the screaming girl watched as her mother ran out the room, yelling at her father. Cursing, and threw a shoe at him. But they were gone by then.

She woke up, the sun barring down at her. She covered her eyes, blocking the sun. She knew why she woke up. She was hungry. She had ran out of money two days ago while on her way to Konoha. She knew he was close, but she didn't know by how much. Grumbling, she sat up from her spot in the tree. She stretched a bit with a deep yawn.

"That was such a good nap!" She jumped down from her spot in the tree. Her stomach growled again. She sighed, holding it tightly. "I know you're hungry. I'll go look for some food." She talked to herself. She found she was doing that more often. She walked around the area she was in. She saw berries, but by her experience studying them, she knew they were poisonous. She found the road he was traveling on earlier today. There was a fruit merchant that just stopped there. she looked through her belongings in a bag she had. As she looked through them, she had a forlorn look on her face. She rummaged through it, closing her eyes at the stuff in it. She didn't want to look at it at the moment. She couldn't find anything that she could barter with. she sighed again, and decided to take the chance.

"Good day to you, sir." She waved, walking up with a bright smile.

"Good day to you, too, young lady." He tipped his hat with a greeting. "What may I do for you today?"

"Well, I was hoping that I could have a fruit or two." She nodded. "But, I'm afraid I ran out of money. I don't have anything to barter with, and I haven't eaten anything decent in about a day."

The fruit merchant looked away for a minute, he looked like he was trying to decide if he should give one to her. she put on her best, warm-hearted smile she could give. He looked back and shook his head. "I'm sorry, miss. I can only give you a strawberry. If I gave away free fruit to you, I would have to give away free fruit to everyone. And trust me, that's not good for me."

She brightened up. "I'll take it. I'll take any kind of food at this point!" he then fetched a big strawberry, and handed it to her. She treated it like it was a God or something, handling it carefully so that it wouldn't drop to the ground. "Oh, thank you!" she had an urge to reach over and pull him into a giant hug and say, 'Thanks for saving my life!' but she wouldn't. He tipped his hat and then headed off on his way.

"Oh, wait! How far is Konoha?!" she shouted at him. He stopped, and turned back to her. "About two hours or so down this road." he replied, and then turned back on his way.

"Thank God!" she cried. he looked down at the strawberry. If she didn't eat it now, it would probably go bad. But if she ate it now, it was a big strawberry, but not enough to hold on for two hours, she would still be hungry. She sighed. Then she had an idea. She would split it in half, and eat one right now, and save the other half for another time. But, when she split it down the middle, it was rotten on the inside.

She had a look of shock on her face. Both pieces fell to the ground, and her stomach growled furiously for food. She balled her hands into fists. Her chakra gathered around her wrists and formed into electricity. "Why that dirty, scheming fruit merchant!" she growled. "Why I oughta knock some sense into him!"

She sighed, calming herself down. "Well, if I can get into Konoha in about two hours, meet the Hokage, try to scheme me some food and work my way for more money to buy a house, I'll be set."

Two hours later, she reached the gates of Konoha. There were some guards there and asked to see her pass. She rummaged through her pockets, and found her was from Kusagakure. The village hidden in the grass. They nodded and let her through. She smiled and walked through.

She stopped near the entrance, taking in the huge city. She took a deep breath, the new scents. Especially the scent of food. That only made her stomach growl more. She moaned, and held her stomach tightly. "I need some food..."

She found the center of the city. She knew that she was supposed to meet up with the Hokage as soon as she reached Konoha. But, at the moment, her only worry was to eat. She wanted food. That was it. She stumbled her way through the village. Straight towards the food. The scent of food.

She stood in front of another fruit merchant, drooling at the food. "Excuse me, miss. Ya can stare at them all you want, but unless ya pay, I'm not giving any to ya."

"I know." She sighed, and walked away. "How am I supposed to get me some food?" She asked herself.

"I bet I could scheme someone to get me food for free." She said to herself, while she sat on a bench. "But that would play into Karma, and will bite me in the rear end later. I could place a bet. That would work!" she snapped her fingers and stood up with a smile. She didn't care if people were looking at her. "But, whom to bet against?"

She wandered through the city, trying to find someone to bet against. She would have better luck betting against fellow shinobi. She couldn't go against a Jounin, that would be too hard. She then thought to try and bet against some Genin.

She went around, asking little Genin if they wanted to place a bet. But they all denied, saying the exact same thing,or at least, the same meaning. "No way!" "We don't even know you?" "Why would you want to place a bet against a couple of kids?"

Samade felt like a little failure. She couldn't place a bet against anyone!

She then continued to walk throughout the city, hungry as a bear. There were no fruit trees around her at the moment. She muttered to herself as she walked. She couldn't think of anything to do to get food. She sighed, and found another bench to sit against.

"Dad...give me a sign. A sign that I can get some food." She mumbled, staring up to the sky.

She heard a small crash behind her. She jumped, and saw nothing. She raised an eyebrow, and heard someone yelling at another person. Curiosity got the better of her, as she stood up and walked over to the source. She hid behind some trees, spying on a group of kids. Genin, to be exact.

"Come on, are you even trying?" The pink haired girl exclaimed, folding her arms and sighed deeply. "You can't even get that right!"

"I'm trying." a blonde haired boy said with a chuckle.

The other one didn't seemed to care. He leaned against the tree, arms crossed.

Samade smiled,and looked up towards the sky. She clasped her hands. "Thank you dad!" She whispered.

She then stood up, and walked into the clearing. she had a bright smile on her face. "Hello there!"

They all turned to look at her. The girl raised an eyebrow.

"It seems like you lot are all training." Samade continued,walking still up to them. "Maybe you can spar against me?"

"Do we even know you?" The girl asked.

"Nope, but at the end of this, you will." Samade raised a finger,and pointed at the three. "I ca tell that you are all Genin. I would like to place a bet against you!"

"A bet? What kind of bet?!" The blonde boy jumped up.

Samade thought about it for a moment. "If you can land a punch, or kick, or whatever against me, I'll treat you to lunch. You have an hour to do so. If you can't, you have to treat me to lunch."

"Like we would accept-"

"We'll do it!" the blonde boy agreed, getting pumped up. "I'll get the first punch, believe it!"

"Naruto, wait! You can't." the girl asked.

"Why not, Sakura?" the boy called Naruto whined.

"We don't even know of she's serious." Sakura pointed out.

"I know what you're getting at. You don't think I'm qualified to be a Kunoichi. You think I'm dumb, and weak." Samade smiled.

"That's not exactly what I meant." She said, trying to rethink what she was saying. she looked towards Sasuke, who seemed a little interested.

"So, what do you all say?" Samade put her hands on her hips. she was getting a little agitated. She wanted them to quickly accept the bet. She wanted free food. If they accepted, she would win for sure.

"Yeah!" Naruto exclaimed.

"But, we were supposed to wait for Kakashi-sensei." Sakura still protested.

"Think of it as our little warm-up before he comes." Naruto explained. He made it sound simple to them.

"Well..."

"Come on!" Naruto whined.

"Oh, alright." Sakura huffed, getting annoyed by Naruto's whining.

Samade smirked. "Your hour starts now." She then crossed her arms, and jut stood there, waiting for them to make a move.

"Alright, here I go!" Naruto ran up, gaining speed.

"Don't you ever learn, Naruto?" Sakura sighed.

Sasuke closed his eyes, and stood there, not leaning against the tree anymore. He seemed mildly interested in seeing what she could do.

As Naruto ran up to Samade, he made the hand sign for the Shadow Clone jutsu. Then about three other Naruto' appeared beside him, all running towards her. She still stood there, arms crossed. All the Naruto's then jumped at her. she dodged them all, and knocked everyone of them to the ground, and watched as they all went in a puff of smoke. The real Naruto appeared behind her, kicking her in the back. She seemed a little shocked, and he cheered. But his smile was short lived when she disappeared and there was a log in her place. but, not only that, the log gave off a little shock. Naruto was electrocuted, and fell to the ground.

"You have to try better than that if you want to win!" Samade appeared behind Sasuke, up in the tree. She had an amused smile on her face.