A/N: Hi guys! This is my first story so I hope you appreciate it. In this one, Sakura is an Uzumaki and houses the 9-tails. Her parents died on a mission a few months after she was born. Minato died sealing the kyuubi in her when she was just 7 months old and Kushina is alive here. Sakura possesses a lot of kekkei genkais which will be revealed later on.

Disclaimer: I do NOT own Naruto and never will. I'm just borrowing the characters for my own make believe.

Reviews and constructive criticism are appreciated.

A New Friend

Run away…. That was all she could do at the moment. Her big jade eyes were filled with tears as her long pink hair fluttered around her petite frame.

A mere 5 year old was being picked on by the villagers. Her fragile heart couldn't take the pain caused by the cruel words they uttered as they threw stones at her every day. 'Monster…' 'Demon child…'

She was sure she wasn't any of those, she didn't even know any of the villagers who hurt her. Having no one to talk to, she would usually just go home and bawl her eyes out. The only person who cared for her was the Sandaime and he was the Hokage so she felt as though she would just waste his time with her problems.

She sadly had no idea who her parents were and why they left her in such a cruel place. She vowed, though, that one day she, Uzumaki Sakura, would be super strong and show the village what she was made of.

That would be for the future but for now, she's as helpless as can be.

She kept running, passing by her house, bumping into numerous people along the way until she reached an open field which was covered in colorful flowers. With a small sigh, she lied down.

The sun was setting over the horizon and the breeze made her hair swish with every movement it made. She took in the raw smell of the flowers and was about to fall asleep until the sound of a person's footsteps jerked her awake.

She got up immediately and turned around, ready to run, but she crashed into the legs of another person. Mentally berating herself, she looked up to find a woman with striking red hair scowling down at her and a young blond to her right. She jumped away, feeling tears pricking her eyes once more. "I'm really sorry, miss. I didn't mean to bump into you, I promise. Please don't hurt me," Sakura shielded her face using her bruised arms.

"Oh my, dear. Who did this to you?" the woman asked, worry and concern laced in her voice. Sakura blinked back her tears, slightly confused. 'Why does she seemed worried? Maybe she actually is?'

"The villagers did," Sakura looked down at her feet, feeling scared. "Let's patch you up then. Oh! Silly me, I haven't introduced myself. I'm Namikaze Kushina and this little boy here," Kushina ignored the indignant 'Hey!', "is my son, Namikaze Naruto."

The young blond stepped up towards her, "Hey there! My name's Naruto, dattebayo!"

Sakura stood confused, she looked at Kushina to find her smiling. "That's just a catch phrase (idk if it is) that the both of us like to say when we get overly excited."

Sakura smiled back and nodded her head. "My name is Uzumaki Sakura!"

Kushina looked taken aback. 'She's an Uzumaki, eh?' "Well then! It's nice to meet you Sakura-chan!" Naruto happily said.

Kushina noticed that it was already night time, "Sakura, it's getting late," she noted, observing the pink haired child's small frown, "How about you come to our house for dinner?"

Sakura looked shock. "If you don't mind…" she shyly said.

"Of course we won't!" Kushina confirmed. "Yeah, Sakura-chan! Let's be best friends!" Naruto suggested handing her his right hand.

She felt tears gather in her eyes once more but this time, they were tears of happiness. "Sure!" she grabbed Naruto's small hand with her own and looked at Kushina.

Kushina smiled knowingly and nodded her head, guiding the two new friends to the house. 'Looks like you're right, Minato. She would be best friends with Naruto and I'm sure one day, she'll show everybody who's boss, dattebane!'