This is my first story here ^ ^ I hope you like it, please leave a comment and let me know what you think. I want to make this a good stroy so comments are always good. :D

It started snowing right as you got inside your cozy little home. You passed your refrigerator knowing nothing was in it. You laid on your side and curled up into a ball under your covers in your bed and tried to go to sleep. Even for you it's pretty cold tonight. Definitely below zero. Even under your three blankets you were shivering.

Why does this have to be happening now? you thought.

The Land of Ice is an island directly north of the Land Hidden in the Clouds. It's the dead of winter and famine has struck your village. Due to an earthquake in the land of lightning, the bridge that brought food, has collapsed and the only way food could get to your village was by boats. But not only did an earthquake hit, after that a huge tsunami came hit your village. But luckily, your house is near by the Kage's mansion, which is on higher ground. And also, the weather this year could not be worse. It is so cold that ice surrounding the island is extremely thick, and the boats rarely made it without having to turn around because the ice prevented it from going any further.

Today, your mission was to help unload a cargo ship and help distribute it out to markets, but it quickly change when it never showed up. Being one of the only ninjas that are still alive and not in the hospital from hypothermia, your mission was now to find out what had happened to the ship.

It turned out it had capsized about 3 miles away. Ice had damaged the ship, but luckily there was no casualties. You returned them to the Land of hidden in the Clouds but being in the weak state you were, you could only get them to shore and had to return to your village and help there.

So far, it has been 3 days without food. Just water and some food pills to keep your chakra up. But, food pills don't work forever… you were slowly fading from starvation. Same goes with your team mates. Your squad was one of the last standing ones, but no team could last longer than 5 days on the missions you were constantly being sent on. And being in the state your village is in, missions aren't getting easier, but harder, much, harder.

You laid as still as the night in your bed, only hearing your heartbeat a steady, but fast pace. Faster than normal, probably because you were shivering so much.

What happens if I don't wake up tomorrow? What happens if I die in my sleep from the cold…or starvation…I'd never see anyone again…

You sighed and closed your eyes, snuggling deeper in your blanketsand actually feeling a little warmer. You opened your eyes and blinked, thinking you saw something… someone?

What?

You squinted, making out a shadow in the hall. Not having enough energy to start a fight, or get up, you fell asleep, thinking it was a hallucination from your sleep and food deprivation.

"You think she's okay Sakura?"

"Yeah, she's fine, but she needs something to eat, right when she wakes up."

"Yeah, all those people there…I can't believe we couldn't do anything for them."

"Yeah… But Naruto, the Kage really wanted ___ out of the village so badly. He didn't want to loose his best ninja."

"Yeah, I gettcha, but leaving all those people."

"It wasn't our mission to do anything but get her, we couldn't have done anything."

"Yeah…"

You woke up to hear these voices, unfamiliar ones, but now you knew that the shadow you saw last night wasn't a dream. They seemed nice, knowing that your Kage wanted you out.

Oh uncle… You thought. That's right, your uncle was the Kage of the Land of Ice and would do anything for you. But seeing that the village was in such a bad state, he only wanted the best for you. But having these people take you away just wasn't right. Your village was in trouble and he sent you away, knowing that you would refuse to leave he made you leave, by practically being kidnapped!

But here, it was warmer, with a breeze as if you were skipping through trees. Birds were singing and you heard leaves rustling. It felt good to be out of the below zero temperatures, but you preferred the winter and cold much more then the heat. You gathered enough strength to lift your head and speak.

"W-who are you?"

"Sakura! She woke up!" They stopped running and set you down on a tree beanch since, if fact, they were indeed skipping through trees.

"I'm Naruto Uzumaki!"

"And I'm Sakura Haruno! And please don't worry, your Kage sent us."

"Oh…" you said weakly, "Where are we going?"

"Well, we were ordered to bring you back to the leaf village with us. We understand that you're a pretty strong ninja back at your village so that's why you needed the best protection from the Leaf." said Sakura.

That's being a bit conceited calling yourself the best… but I guess it's because all the other villages are recovering form the shock.

"But, why I couldn't I just be sent to the Land in the Clouds?" You asked.

"We're not sure but, you'll be safe with us. But right now you need something to eat. Fast," said Naruto. And before I knew it he was on the ground starting a fire and got a pack of instant ramen out.

"Naruto loves ramen," Sakura giggled and brought me down. A little later we all ate some ramen and, boy, did instant ramen ever taste so good. We rested a little bit for you to get some rest and regain some chakra. You sighed a sigh of relief and said,

"Boy did that taste good! The last thing I ate was a piece of bread. Thank you."

"No problem!" They said simultaneously. Then we all took off, a little slower for you, but a stead pace. It took about another day to get to the boarder, but you got there safe.

Well… until you ran into some people…some very bad people.

"Well well well, looky who we have here un." Said a tall blonde man wearing a cloak with red clouds.

"Ooo! Sempai! We found the nine tails!" shouted another... man? With a swirly mask on.

"And it looks like they have a pretty little new freind with them too, un." the blonde guy said ignoring the other.

"You again!" Shouted sakura with a face of disgust showing. You looked at Naruto and saw he was filling with rage.

"Get out of here you scum bag, you don't need your trouble!"

"Well, we're not looking for trouble either, well much anyway un. We just want the girl. She's not your property or anything, so just hand her over un."

"But Sempai... the nine tails is right in front of us!"

"NOT NOW TOBI! It's not our mission."

"What do you want with ___!?" asked Sakura.

"It's none of your buisness. Now u can hand her over or we'll take her by force."

"Make us!" Shouted Naruto while he ignighted a smoke bomb and grabbed you.

Or did he?

Someone grabbed you, but you didn't move, you stayed in the smoke being held by some very strong. But not Naruto. Your arms were held behind you and you fell to your knees couching from the smoke, and as the smoke cleared you only heard a voice say,

"Gottcha, un."