I do not own Naruto. I do, however, own Hitomi.

Her Red Saviour.

Chapter 1

She was on the move, constantly. It was too dangerous to even be out in the open and the dense forestation just gave her the cover that was needed. She didn't know why she was targeted but one thing was certain; She was in no condition to even attempt to fight back

Her sandalled feet were light against the forest floor, her speed just allowing her to stay ahead of her attackers. Honestly, she had no idea how long she had been running for- And it was completely against her jurisdiction to flee from a battle...However under the circumstances that she was bleeding from a wound at her left side and her chakra was running on low, she needed to flee.

She miscalculated one stretch of a jump- And just as her foot touched the edge of a rather unstable tree branch, it snapped beneath her little weight. She did her best, of course, to somewhat fling herself in the direction of the branch she was trying to get hold of but her attempts were futile for as soon as her arms begun to rotate in the air like cogs and her fingertips just brushed the bark of the branch, she plummeted towards the ground and smacked into it- Hard.

As she lay there on her stomach, pain overcoming her entire being, she contemplated the damage that was possibly done.

Her ankle was twisted, that was obvious from the way it surged with a terrible aching pain. Her left arm seared with a burning sensation to which she put down to either dislocation or some sort of temporary numbness. Although, she was no medic and therefore, she couldn't properly diagnose herself from a few feelings.

Rolling over onto her back, she begun to sit up to try and raise to her feet- If she could do that, she could be out of the danger that lurked in forest with her at the very moment. But which way was she to go? She hadn't a clue where she was nor where she was heading

"Hey! Over here! This way!" The masculine voice cut through her thoughts as her pursuers were on her trail once again which had her springing to her feet and limping through the forest brush as fast as she could be humanly capable of. She staggered this way and that before collapsing to her knees in front of a tree to catch her breath.

"W-What the h-hell." She managed to gasp out, exhausted and hurt. Why was this happening? She had so many questions. The number one question on her mind was, however, who were these people?

While lost in her thoughts, she let her guard down which showed to be quite bad considering the hand that had now grasped ahold of her shoulder begun to lift her to her feet and then thrust her to the trunk of the tree.

"Got you." The man's voice filled her ears with sympathetic tone- One of which she did not believe at all. She begun to thrash about, trying to get away from her captor and the tree which he had her pinned to.

"Stop it. Fighting is useless." The man cursed out and jabbed his fingers at her side wound which has her crying out and thrashing more.

"Get your hands off of me!" The girl yelled out and brought her right knee up, connecting it to the males groin and then as her arms were freed, she had grabbed hold of his ebony black hair and slammed his head down onto her knee.

"What do you want with me! Tell me!" There wasn't much more she could do but yell out in frustration and pain. She wanted answers and she wanted them now. Her breath came in short and harsh gasps which showed how exhausted she really was. Her eyes trained upon the figure of the hunched over male who was now profusely bleeding from his broken nose and grasping at his groin.

"You better start talking before I start breaking bones, you filthy piece of shit!" She shouted more, becoming confident with each and every word. While being followed by a group of men, she would be forced to flee due to her injuries but with this one lone ninja, she could easily defeat him.

"Hitomi" He spoke her name with a certain acid to his tone, his breath becoming raspy as he fought the urge of tears back. A mans weakness to his body would possibly always be his groin and with that hit, as hard as she had striked him, would most likely give him the undesirable feeling of nausea.

"You are under suspicion of betraying the village and-"

"What?!" She spluttered out in absolute disbelief. Her? A traitor? Who the hell could spew this sort of lie. Now that Hitomi had a closer look, she noticed the man as one of the shinobi whom walked the Rain Village. Before she managed to speak more, she was cut off by the man as he continued what he was saying.

"And therefore we must...Dispose of you." And then he lunged.

It all happened fast and none of it made sense in her mind. She was being called a traitor and then all of a sudden- She was to be disposed of?! Even she knew that was absolutely ridiculous. If she was under suspicion, she would be taken in for questioning to get to the bottom of this silly accusation.

She felt the man tackle her and, unfortunately, both of them tumbled back through the brush and down a cliff-side. The terrain begun to morph before her eyes. She had just been in a lush green forest and now she was tumbling down this steep cliff and plummeting towards a sandy surface which did not look like it was going to be comfortable in the least. They both scuffled- He for total dominance into which he could possibly kill her with one swift strike, and she to put as much distance as she could between them. Until she was upright and on her feet, she wanted to get out of the mans grasp.

Finally she felt the connection of the sand as she landed on her back with her arms held in front of her face to stop the oncoming blow that would have struck her head had she not blocked. Hitomi had gotten herself in a tight squeeze and she couldn't get an attack in that could potentially knock her assaulter off of her. She continued to block to the best of her advantage and finally she found a opening. Hitomi pulled her fist and launched into the jaw of the man, connecting with the skin hard and sending him flopping to the side in agony. She had no time to lay there and as much as she wanted to catch her breath, she needed to be up and on top of him, dealing the finishing blow. Hitomi stumbled forward, her ankle aching with every step she took as it was not liking the added pressure that was being afflicted to it.

"You..." She begun as she reached behind her torn shirt to grasp a kunai from a pouch that was fastened to her makeshift belt. "Made a mistake." Hitomi continued as she dropped to her knees, straddling the male. "I am no traitor." She raised the kunai and as the man begun to try and fight back, she grasped at his neck with her free hand- Despite the pain that shot through it. And with no more words other than her eyes flashing a brilliant blue in the setting sun,she drove her kunai through mans forehead...Killing him.

She had been walking for, what seemed like, an hour. The sun had set and she was left trudging through the sand. Hitomi was not only dehydrated, she was hungry. She could barely feel any pain any-more- And the bleeding had stopped, thankfully. How much longer would she have to go until she happened upon a village? Her knees buckled beneath her before she had time to think more and she simply allowed herself to face-plant the sand, grunting as she did so. Surely she could rest here for a little while. All she wanted to do was rest her eyes for a minute...Or two.

..Hey...

"Mm?" She mumbled, not really understanding if she had heard someone or if her mind was playing tricks on her.

...P..Ou..ve..

"Hey!" That voice had dismissed her thoughts of her mind playing tricks on her. A foot nudged her and she glanced up to just barely make out the dark shade of red hair in the desert night.

"Are you alive?" The voice was clearer now and she couldn't help but snort at the stupid question. However, instead of retorting with a sarcastic remark, she uttered the only thing she thought would possibly make sense at this point.

"W-Water..." And she she slumped forward again, this time- unconscious.