Disclaimer for all chapters: I do not own Naruto in any way shape or form!
Ok, here is my first attempt at writing two stories at a time! I was working on "Moments" when I started to feel angsty, so here is the result! I hope you all enjoy this as well!
Inspiration: Runaway – P!nk
I love you my amazing beta Anari Cross!
Blue eyes scanned the dismal apartment. A pack on his back held his clothes, his favorite pillow, his sleeping bag, a tent, a few weapons, and the few possessions he held dear. "Looks like that's everything." the man said, making his way over to the window; he rarely used his door, there were usually hateful people waiting for him there.
As he climbed out the window, he took one last look at his home, if it could even be called that. "Tsk, I wonder how long it will take them to even notice that I'm gone." he said, a light breeze tousling his blonde spikes.
Naruto Uzumaki made his way to the front gates of the village he had lived in all his life. He had spent every day trying to get people to notice him, to acknowledge him; and even when he finally did, it didn't last long. He had finally come to realize that there was no pleasing these people. He was done with them all. He left all his pictures, memories, and pain behind and was leaving to try for a new start. Naruto was well aware of the fact the he may not have anywhere to go, but even nowhere was better than here.
The guards were asleep at the front gate, as usual. The blonde man sighed. "And they wonder how enemies keep getting inside the village." he scoffed at the sleeping forms, making his way out the gate before someone had the chance to see him.
Naruto took off running in a random direction. He didn't know where he was going; nothing was planned, he just needed to run away. Get away from all the pain the people in that village had brought him.
Finally running out of energy, Naruto stopped. He had no clue where he was; he didn't even know if he was in the fire country anymore. He had run blindly for miles, but he couldn't anymore. It was time for some rest.
He opened his backpack and started to assemble his tent. He dug a fire pit, gathered wood, started a nice fire to last him the night, and crawled into his sleeping bag, leaving the tent open.
Naruto reached behind him to undo the knot that held his headband on, and let his golden spikes cascade around his face. He looked at the symbol on the front. "I can never go back." he said, pulling out a kunai. He placed the tip of the kunai on one side of the metal plate. "Goodbye Konoha, may you burn in hell." Naruto dragged the tip of the knife all the way across the plate, leaving a deep gash through the leaf symbol.
The blonde man set the headband down next to his bed as he laid down. He couldn't stop staring at it. Never had he thought it would come to this. He rolled over to look at the top of the tent, and raised his arms above his head; he peered at the scars that littered his arms. Some were self-inflicted, others were from villagers, but none-the-less, there was more scar tissue than skin at this point. Throwing his arms back down to lay at his sides, the man sighed. This had become an addiction.
He sat back up, and lifted the kunai he was using before. Holding the tip near the middle of his wrist, he gouged his arm all the way to his elbow, knowing that wretched demon would heal him before he died. Naruto watched as the blood oozed out of the wound. He was fascinated by it.
Naruto laid back down on his side, situating the cut arm near his face so he could watch it bleed as he fell asleep.
The next morning, Naruto awoke to noises in the forest. 'Who the hell is that?' he wondered, pulling out the already blood-stained kunai from the previous night. He laid back down, and pretended to be asleep.
He could hear voices as they neared the camp. Two guys, one girl.
"Look, there's a camp here!" the girl shouted.
"Shh!" said one of the males. "There's someone sleeping in the tent!" he whispered.
Naruto felt, rather than heard, someone approach his tent. A deep voice spoke next. "Guys, do you not realize who this is?"
'OH SHIT!' Naruto internally screamed. 'THEY KNOW ABOUT THE KYUUBI!'
"This is Naruto!" the deep voice said upon realizing no one was answering him.
The other man walked over. "It is!" he gasped. "What the hell is he doing all the way out here?"
The woman walked over, scanning the tent. That's when she saw the pool of blood. She screamed. "HE'S DEAD!"
The male with the deeper voice swung around on his heels to take in the situation. "Call a medic!" he called out. The woman quickly left to find one.
The other male moved closer to Naruto in order to inspect the wounds, when suddenly he was grabbed and pushed to the ground. The blonde held his kunai to the man's throat. "What the hell do you want?" he yelled.
The look on the man's face was one of pure terror. Naruto looked down, finally not just looking at, but actually seeing the face. Recognition came over him. "Kankuro?"
Well there you go. I heard the song listed at the top just before I took a nap, and this was the dream I had. I know, I have some fucked up dreams! hahaha
Please please please please please review! I have no idea if I'm going to keep this story going! I need to know that people will actually read it before I start to write this one!