A/N: I'll be as breif as possible. This fiction's pov comes from an OC of mine. Why? Because this fic is based off a series of dreams I had, and that OC was my avatar in the dreams (meaning I saw the events happen from this persons POV). Also, events in this fic will not follow the Naruto manga or anime (RAW or Dubbed) perfectly. I will try to keep the characters as in character as I can. And because I personally perfer fan-subs it will included Japanese terms. I will list these terms and their meanings (as far as my limited knowlege goes) at the beginning of each chapter. If you do not like the sound of this, I apollogize. If you don't mind, I hope you enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any of it's characters. (But I claim ownership of my OC)

italics - indicates memory recollection or 'visions', but in quotes (' or ") indicate thought.
bold - indicates emphasis

Definitions:

Honnorifics:
-ba-chan: a non-flattering way of calling a woman and old woman.
-kun: suffix attached to a males name. Used when adressing a friend, someone you are close to, etc. sometimes also used between male friends.
-san: a general suffix that can be used at the end of anyones name. Is like Ms. or Mr.
-chan: used at the end of a girls or young boys name. for a young woman it indicates you are a close friend or otherwise close to them.
-sama: used at the end of the name of someone who is 'superior' to you as a show of respect. Most in Konoha would use it at the end of Hokage, or other respected leader.
-sensei: for a teacher or doctor.

Terms using Honorifics:
Onee-chan: I'm pretty sure this was for an older sister
Nii-chan: brother

Jutsu One: The Meeting


Konohagakure: Village hidden in the leaves - name of the village. Also called Konoha which translates to leaf.
Shinobi: ninja - well, this is what ninjas may be called
Jutsu: technique - included when a character is saying the name of their technique
Kunai: a type of throwing knife - one of the ninja tools used in Konoha
Oi: "hey" - That's what it means as far as I know...
Nani: "What" - may be used on it's own as an exclaimation ("What!") or in a way of questioning ("What?")
Nanda: "What" - I think this is either a more polite or formal way of saying what. But it's generally for asking something I think.
Dattebayo: well... the dubbers translated it to "Believe It!" but it's like a trademark to Naruto. My friend told me it's supose to mean "Yeah" or something along those lines, but I just like to think of it as as saying of it's own.
Zori: traditional japanese sandles - the zori in the Naruto world look different than thast straw thong sandals I'm used to associating with zori. Ninja in Konoha wear blue zori, they are open toed and have a cuff above the ankle. Usually the Jounin, and Chuunin, ranks are the only to have the open heel.
Daijoubu: (may be misspelled, I'll check it) "Alright" - My friend told me it means 'alright' but when I hear it while watching Naruto it seems to be more like a question of asking if someone is alright/okay. It could be a slang way of asking, I've also heard daijoubu used with other words to ask if someone is alright or okay.
Gomen Nasai: "sorry" - a way of appologizing. More formal than Gomen, which is more intimate, meaning it's used between close friends, family, or lovers.
Ne: I guess it's like saying hey. It's used when you are calling to someone to get their attention and to listen to what you have to say.
Hokage: Name of the village leader - the manga tranlsated it as "Dancing flame" I think. 'Kage' means shadow and I think the 'ho' was flame. So I think it's also translated as flames shadow or something like that. I'll re-check this.

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'Ne, what am I doing here? Konahagakure is nearby isn't it…? I shouldn't be near there…' thought the girl as she pulled the navy blue cloak closer and coughed quietly.

With her face half hidden in the shadow of her cowl the slow pace of her obscured form shifted through the forest. "I've traveled so far, why does this place call out to me? I've never been there before, and it was troublesome getting information."

A sudden whistling noise disrupted her chain of thought. Acting on impulse she clutched the hem of her cloak, whirled it around herself and sank to her knees. The sound of metal clashing against itself, cloth tearing, and thunk of objects digging into trees and ground was almost obscured by the deafening wing beats of many birds exploding out of the nearby trees and the scurrying of surprised forest animals. There was a creaking noise and then a large branch that had been hit by a flying kunai snapped off and fell onto the pile of navy cloth below. A grunt and moan followed by some slight, yet sudden, movement came from below the now kunai riddled cloak of the girl.

"Oi! I've got you-" a blonde, cerulean-eyed boy wearing a bright orange jumpsuit with blue shoulders and fur-trimmed collar burst from the tree tops. His sentence was cut short as his gaze settled on the tattered navy material with a lump underneath and a branch on top, "Nani?" The boy tossed the branch away and lifted up some of the cloth to investigate.

The girl lying underneath had some of her clothing torn, tiny cuts along her body, and a lump on the back of her head. She had also been wearing a forehead protector… but the size of the lump forced the knot holding it onto her head to come loose, so it lay next to her instead.

"Nanda, dattebayo!" the boy exclaimed as he quickly let go of the cloak and leapt back.

"Ungh… Nani…?" The girl moaned quietly and slowly sat up, a dazed expression on her face. She blinked a couple times before her eyes focused on a pair of blue zori in front of her, above that were orange pant legs, the right had bandages wrapped around the thigh with a long, narrow, pouch-like thing fastened around it. Higher still was an orange coat with blue shoulders and a white fur-trimmed, wide collar. There seemed to be a string hanging off the left shoulder of the coat alongside a couple of pegs on each side of a swirl patch. This apparel stood out plainly in the surrounding greenery. As her gaze trailed up past a pair of slightly parted lips she saw three marks on each cheek that looked like whiskers. Blue eyes further up were wide open in surprise, but quickly her attention was drawn to the metal of his forehead protector, the late afternoon sunlight shone through the tree branches and shimmered around the leaf shape carved into it.

"Who… the heck… are you?" both asked while pointing at one another. Wind whistled through the forest rustling the leaves and hair of the pair frozen in place.

The girls' reddish-brown hair was long and flowed down her shoulders, she had long bangs framing her face, and her eyes were a soft brown shade. The sleeves of her black shirt went just past her elbow, the hems of the shirt were wide and sewn with silver thread, and it was a v-neck style and the type you wrap around your body after putting your arms in the sleeves and tie up at the bottom hem. The knot holding her shirt closed had also loosened slightly, so the bandages she wears wrapped around her chest were somewhat visible. The cloth of her shirt was also quite worn, the hems were even beginning to fray. She wore pants that were the same shade as her shirt, but there were patches around the calf that were so worn that they were nearly see-through and the hem was also wide yet fraying. Her sandals were quite dirty and old looking. They were the same as the boy's, except they were dark grey and had dark patches of something dark staining them.

When the two final realized they were starring they shook their heads and clenched their fists in front of themselves. The girl stood but then nearly fell again before the boy caught her.

"Ne, diajoubu?" he asked her while holding her. She was leaning against him with her hands resting on his chest.

"Tch, no thanks to you…" her voice was quiet and her breathing unsteady, "You shouldn't go around randomly attacking people like that…" She'd tried to exclaim, but it ended in more of a gasp. She could feel his warmth and hear his heart beating. It was soothing.

The boy responded heatedly without noticing the girls' exhaustion, "Well who are you to be running around the forest near a ninja village?" Then he felt something warm and sticky on his fingers, "Nani?" when he took his hand from her back to look at it he saw blood.

Coming to the realization that she was not in the best of conditions and wounded the boy cried out in surprise, but the girl was already losing consciousness, so his following questions were falling on deaf ears. She passed out just as the boy picked her up and headed towards the high walls of Konahagakure.

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Terror stricken voices rang out through the night, the smell of blood was intoxicatingly thick, my heart raced and my body acted of it's own accord. Flesh that was being torn open splashed hot sticky fluid onto me. The taste of it was tangy, metallic, and even a little sweet. Heavy objects ricocheted off me and clanged to the ground. Something long and thick was beginning to bind around me, but I broke through it and blasted the area around me with the power raging through me. I bit into something struggling beneath me, a sharp cry echoed, but it was cut short with a loud crunch, the taste of that hot fluid filled my mouth and coated my tongue. I opened my mouth wide and threw my head back, a deafening roar issued forth… is that coming from me?

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The girls eyes flew wide open, her body drenched in cold sweat, her fists clutching the sheets beneath her, she gasped in air. She began to sit up, it was a little painful, but she just sat up more slowly. Her head was throbbing and her body was sore and a little stiff. She could feel the pressure of bandages wrapped around various parts of her body. Slowly turning her head to look around she took in her surroundings. There was a small nightstand to her right, and above that was a window with a tree outside beyond that. To her other side was a pale curtain drawn so she couldn't see further. Ahead of her was a blank wall.

'Must be a hospital. What happened?' prodding her mind the images began to piece themselves together again. The kunai attack, the blonde boy in orange, then… what? She couldn't remember anything beyond the warmth she felt emanating from him and the steady beating of his heart before things had gone dark. Her fingers rose up and touched her forehead, he wore a forehead protector like she had, but his had a leaf with a swirl in the middle. 'So it's true? Konaha?' she gasped, 'Where did my headband go!" her hands felt across her head, but instead of the cool metal on her headband, or the soft blue fabric she felt more bandages. 'No! It must still be-'

Just then she heard a door open and quiet footsteps approach her. She stiffened and clenched her fists at her sides waiting for whoever it was to come into her view.

The first thing she saw was a familiar looking head of blonde hair peek over from the other side of the curtain, followed by blue eyes and the whiskered cheeks. "You're awake!" his loud voice made her head throb again, so he hand flew to her head and her eyes shut.

The boy nervously chuckled, "Gomen nasai, I didn't mean to surprise you like that. You've been asleep since yesterday, dattebayo!"

Her eyes creaked open and settled on him again, he was smiling and rubbing the back of his head. "So…" they boy started, but then the girl joined in, "Just who are you?" They sweat dropped, "I asked you first!" they shouted as they pointed at each other again.

"Oi, oi, Naruto, this is a hospital." Another boy had entered the room. She hadn't even noticed. He wore a fishnet shirt with a grey-greenish vest trimmed in green. On his right sleeve was pinned the same headband that the boy, Naruto, wore, above that was a green circle with a line dividing it. The other boy wore an irritated expression and had his hair in a ponytail. Immediately the girl began to think of a pineapple.

"Ne, Shikamaru, even after all I've gone through she still won't give me her name!" Naruto exclaimed still pointing at the girl.

Shikamaru sighed, "This is so troublesome, Hokage-sama told me to find you and give you an order."

The girl simply glared at Naruto, who wasn't even looking at her anymore, but listened to what Shikamaru was saying.

"Oh yeah? Is she going to give me a super awesome mission? I've been waiting for this, Dattebayo!" Naruto punched the air and grinned.

Shikamaru slouched with his hands in his pockets, his expression unchanging, "She said you're to take the girl you found to her office as soon as she's released."

"Nani!" Naruto and the girl exclaimed.

"So troublesome…" Shikamaru closed his eyes and put a hand behind his neck.

"I'm fine!" the girl shouted.

Naruto looked over to her, "You didn't seem fine when I brought you here."

"I was just tired!" she shouted again..

"You were bleeding!" he replied.

"Whose fault is that?" she sneered.

"Oi, dattebayo! Be thankful I brought you here!" he shouted.

"It's the least you could do for wounding me!" she replied.

"What were you doing alone in the forest to begin with!" Naruto yelled.

"That's none of your business!" she'd started leaning towards Naruto, but then her head began to pound and her body was becoming sore again so she winced instead, "Tch…"

Shikamaru had been covering his ears and sighed, "Also, Naruto, I'm to give you this." He took an envelope out of his pocket.

"Nanda?" Naruto asked as he looked at it, there was money inside.

Shikamaru was already turning away, "Hokage-sama said it's for her." The nodded in the girls' direction and walked away.

Naruto hung his head, "Dattebayo…"

The girl studied Naruto for a few moments while he muttered incoherently to himself. 'I have to stick with him? I'm not sure if he's very reliable.'

"Oi! You! Get better soon." Naruto said as he turned back to her.

"Tch, don't worry about me. I've been in worse situations." She replied.

Naruto seemed to study her quickly again, "I don't recognize you… are you a ninja too? You have a forehead protector like me, but there's nothing on it."

He reached in his back pouch and pulled out her forehead protector and held it out to her. She took it back and looked down at it.

"I'm Uzumaki Naruto, I'm going to be the next Hokage, dattebayo! And then everyone is going to respect me!" He fiddled with his forehead protector and grinned.

The girl looked up at him. She couldn't help but smile back. Something about him just made her feel more at ease. "You can call me Roy-"

She was cut off as the door was opening again. They both looked over. It was a nurse.

"Well! It seems your conscious again. We've treated your wounds. They were scratches for the most part. Just the one on your back was a little deep. You'll be fine in a while. All you need to do is rest. You shouldn't let yourself get that exhausted again," The nurse wore a pleasant face and seemed to ignore Naruto for the most part, "You will be staying here overnight for observation. If all is well you are free to go tomorrow." She was studying the chart at the end of Roy's bed, "Your clothes are in the drawer next to you. I would recommend getting new clothes too. Those ones looked ready to fall apart!" she giggled and left after replacing the clipboard to the end of the bed.

Silence hung in the room for a while after the rather enthusiastic sounding nurse had left.

Just then Roy-chan realized Naruto-kun was holding his hand out to her, "Friends?"

She smiled and took his hand, "Friends."

"Ne, Roy-chan, I guess I'll be picking you up tomorrow then" Naruto had his hands behind his head and was avoiding eye contact.

Roy-chan nodded, "Hai, I'll be needing new clothes…"

"Tsunade-ba-chan gave me money for you, we could use that I guess?" Naruto suggested and held the envelope up.

"I suppose so, but…" Roy-chan's expression was suspicious, "why would a total stranger give me money, Naruto-kun?"

"Knowing Tsunade-ba-chan you'll have to do something for her in return…" Naruto-kun smirked.

Roy-chan blinked, "Why the look?"

He laughed, "When you meet her you'll see."

"Naruto-kun! Tell me!" she pleaded.

"Truth is… I'm not sure how to explain it, dattebayo." He laughed nervously and rubbed the back of his head again.

Roy-chan hung her head and exhaled.