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Chapter 1 The Escape

Sakura ran for her life, pink hair clinging to the sides of her face in the rain. She ducked behind a wall and narrowly avoided a shower of senbon as she skillfully navigated the streets of Konoha. But her pursuers were equally as skilled, seeming to know exactly where she was going. Shifting her stuffed backpack as she ran, she tried to strategize while still dodging attacks. A kunai just barely missed her, wizzing past her ear. She knew she stood no chance of escaping so many enemies. She'd have to try and take a few out first and then make a run for the wall.

She felt a pang of sorrow mingled with anger at the thought for the fact that her enemies wore the Leaf headband. It would be hard to kill them, but not impossible. Danzo had turned them against the rest of the village and she could not afford to show them mercy of any sort.

She unsheathed the katana strapped between her backpack and her back and turned around to charge her attackers. The blade sheathed itself in flesh and she ripped it free, cutting open the stomach and side of the first Shinobi.

Her next attacker met her blade with his own tanto. Pushing him back with her enhanced strength, she leapt back and began to gather chakra into her fist. Her enemy charged again and Sakura slammed her fist into the ground as he neared her. She watched the ground break apart and swallow him up, crushing the ninja beneath the rock and hard earth. Two more left.

The next to charge her was a woman. The Anbu mask hid her face but not her distinct chest. The womans hands flew through seals and a shower of kunai and senbon came at her. Sakura dodged most of them by leaping back, grateful that none of them had hit anything vital. Her hands flew through the seals Kakashi had taught her.

"Katon: Gōkakyū no Jutsu!" She took a deep breath, feeling the chakra fill her lungs and she released it in one big breath. A giant stream of fire engulfed the other kouoichi, burning her quickly enough. Sakura didn't stop, however, until she could no longer feel the presence of the others chakra. She cut off the flow of chakra, ending the jutsu.

She stopped to observe the damage she'd done. This was the team of three that had been sent on her trail. More would follow, but for now this was it. Just enough time to jump the wall and escape into the forest. She stripped the bodies of anything useful, like kunai, senbon and exploding tags. She also found a few bottles of what looked like poison and some more Soldier Pills. Shoving everything into her already full bag, she cleaned and sheathed her blade and jumped onto the rooftops.

Using her chakra to increase her speed she ran and jumped as quickly as she could. When she reached the wall she scaled it almost effortlessly before jumping into the forest. From there she began to slow, making sure to mask her chakra as she thought about where to go from here.

Tsunade was likely dead, and Naruto and that pervert sensei of his had left yesterday. She wasn't sure what remained of the Rookie Nine. Shaking her head, she forced herself to think about a plan. She couldn't head to Sand. While Gaara would gladly shelter her, straining the alliance with something like that wasn't worth it right now. She would head to Wave Country, she decided. Danzo wouldn't care about her nearly as much once she crossed the boarder there. She'd still have to be wary of bounty hunters and hunter nin, but it would be better then staying in Fire Country.

Decided, she began to increase her speed once again. She would push herself until she couldn't travel anymore. She needed to put as much distance between herself and the village as she could.

It took three weeks to reach the boarder to Wave Country. As she hovered at the edge, a thought came to her. She was now a missing nin. She ripped the leaf headband from her head and stared at it. Should she keep it? Somehow, she couldn't seem to imagine parting with it. A kunai in one hand, she felt tears gathering in her eyes. It wouldn't do to be thought of as an actual Leaf kouoichi. Even as a missing nin would not sully the name of her village. She dragged the kunai across the surface of metal, leaving a deep and obvious gouge through the symbol. Placing the kunai back in its pouch, she tied the headband back on. It was now official.

Taking a deep breath, she began running again. She would stop when she reached the next village. Until then, she couldn't afford to sleep. Wiping away tears, she took what felt like her first steps on an unknown journey.

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