Re-Re-published: 27/01/16

Chapter 1

This is my first Fanfiction, I've already planned for this whole book a sequel. I've had this idea since July 2014. This book may be similar to other books, and I just want to say that this book is original.

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I do not own Naruto. There might be a few spelling mistakes. I'd love to hear some feedback on the story!

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The village was silent, most inhabitants of Konoha were asleep but a few. A young girl was running down the dirt path leading to Konoha. Her brown hair flowing at her back, the ends of it shining a bright blue, standing out in the night. Her piercing red and black eyes widened before she rolled to her right, out of the way to avoid a kunai hitting her leg. After rolling she sprang back up and dashed towards the thick forests surrounding the village. She continued running in-between the trees for another minute before she pushed off the ground and landed on a branch, not a second later she took off towards the walls of Konoha.

The two men that tailed after her were close on her tail. Suddenly two kunai imbedded themselves in the tree in front of her. Coming to a halt the girl grabbed them and spun around to face her pursuers throwing the two kunai with ruthless precision, she made her work look messy and uncoordinated, one hitting the men in the chest only just puncturing the lungs. The other kunai hitting the man in his abdomen, causing loud screams to sound. Both kunai in at an angel only an unskilled Gennin would throw at. Now alarmed the young girl took off running towards the village. Scaling the walls, she reached the top and looked back to see ANBU surround the two pursuers and then send a few lower ranked Shinobi after her.

Pushing off she landed on one of the house tops and took off running, ignoring all warnings and yells coming from the Shinobi tailing her. As she landed on the ground she took off running and skidded around a corner. She looked back for a moment before she turned forwards again and ran into someone's chest, the force causing the two to fall.

Opening her eyes she looked down and saw a boy that looked her age with eyes as dark as the night sky above them, pale skin and his hair was spiked at the back, the sides of his face framed by two short bangs the same black as his eyes. She stared down at the boy with pale skin and dark eyes, almost like her own. Stunned into silence he watched with wide eyes as she gasped and jumped off of him, hearing more footsteps the girl started running leaving a stunned boy on the floor.

As she ran the girl pushed off the ground and landed on the side of a building, running alongside it. After a few minutes she saw a large clearing ahead, she pushed off the building and saw a boy in her path. As she fell her foot landed in the stomach of a boy. He had spikey blond hair that stuck up in all directions and three whisker like marks on each of his cheeks. He looked up with wide cerulean blue eyes as the two fell to the ground. She stared down at the boy below her, his blonde hair reminding her of the sun, his eyes the sky. Pushing herself up with a quick apology she ran off and into one of the alleys, the blond haired boy watched after her a dazed look on his face as he watched her go.

The girl ran off into one of the alleys and as she was about to run across the main street an ANBU member appeared in front of her, their gloved hand reached out across in front of her face connecting with a an audible thump to the wall next to her, leaning back in fright she glared up at the masked figure.

Seeing the girl about to struggle the ANBU grabbed her with his other hand and lifted her up above the ground, a small amount of fear passed through her eyes before she pushed it back and replaced it with defiance. The ANBU disappeared in a swirl of leaves.

Hokage's POV

It was late and I had to stay at the office for 2 extra hours... stupid paperwork. This was the reason I tried to retire before. I looked out the window up to the stars, sighing contently as my paperwork was magically forgotten. A sudden poof caught my attention, looking straight again I saw Kakashi standing there holding a young girl by the collar of her kimono. She was small, probably smaller than Naruto and around the same age. I got a shiver up my spine, like the instinct that she wasn't right- that she was an enemy- but her chakra wasn't moulded- at all. I couldn't place why I felt that way but I chalked it up to paranoia at the time. She had an air of defiance around her but also didn't look like she was evil, simply mislead maybe? She also seemed to be ever so slightly out of breath.

"Kakashi?" I asked. "Lord Hokage, this girl was found outside the gates with two shinobi after her. She scaled the walls and ran from the Chunnin soldiers."

I looked over her again... she seemed familiar... "What's your name child?" I asked. The girl swallowed before answering, all signs of fatigue disappearing "Yumi." She said with a large amount of confidence despite the situation she was in. "Why are you in this village?"

"I remember my old sensei telling me to come to this village and look for either Uchiha Itachi or Sarutobi Hiruzen." Yumi said. My eyes widened, Itachi... what on earth could she be looking for him for? "Who exactly was your teacher?"

"Who's asking?" She retorted - she'd been taught well, keeping information to yourself was a good trait. "Sarutobi Hiruzen." I said. She raised an eyebrow and looked me up and down, seeming satisfied with my identity she continued. "My sensei's name is Jiraiya your former student and Tsunade, your other student."

"I see. So what is your name?"

"Nakahara Yumi*" She answered. I nodded. "And why did my student ask you to come to this village?" I asked, leaning back. She glanced at Kakashi before turning back to me, she reached under her red sash on her kimono and pulled out a red stained Hitai-ate (Headband) with the Nakahara clan symbol on it. Two diamonds on top of each other connected by a vertical line straight through the centre of the two and a red circle with a horizontal line through it (Photo on the next chapter).

"The Village was attacked, I believe I am the only survivor but I was unable to return and identify the bodies without alerting the enemy." She answered. I narrowed my eyes in thought. If the Nakarhara village was taken down then that meant that they'd lost the support of the village, and with things becoming shaky with the Sand and the Rock, something was bound to happen- and Konoha had lost another ally. "I see. Would you like to be escorted back to the village, to check if any survivors were located and if we can retrieve your possessions?" I offered, of course she'd be kept under surveillance in case she was an impersonator. "Thank you Hokage-sama." She said with a bow, her blue and brown bangs obscuring my view of her smirk.

"Until then, you'll stay in the village- in case there are no survivors you can stay in a pre-furnished apartment .Come back here tomorrow morning." I reached into my desks draws and searched around a bit, finding the money that was put aside for repayments- since the Nakahara has saved Konoha so many times it was only fair. I pulled out an envelope and after a few moments of searching found a map with the apartments on it. I looked back at Yumi "How old are you?"

"8 years and 4 months" Yumi said. Nodding I looked back down at the map and crossed of one of the apartments, usually reserved for orphans and retired shinobi, maybe she and Naruto will get along. I pulled out the box with the keys and pulled out a key chain with three of the same keys on it. Taking off one of the keys I placed it back in the box and placed the two keys on top of the money, sitting up straight again "Alright, Hound will take you to your new apartment. Make sure you remember where it is." I said handing the key and money to Kakashi before he nodded and held out a hand to Yumi. Yumi reached out and took it with a bit of hesitation. She thanked him and bowed, a perfect bow that I'd come to recognise as the Nakahara clan form.

Kakashi bowed as well before leaving and making his way towards the allocated apartment, Yumi following close behind, hand gripping the headband in her hand. I couldn't shake the feeling that I should be wary- that the Nakahara clan was planning something- but trust is a two way street. So I pushed the thought to the back of my head, just after the mound of paper work on my desk.

Third person

As the ANBU and the girl walked in silence Kakashi realised something "Where did you get the headband?" He questioned quietly. Yumi jumped slightly at the sound of his voice before she looked up at him before she looked down "I am..." she cut herself off "Was a Shinobi of the Nakahara clan." Yumi said. "Then the two men chasing you-"

"No, I didn't betray the village. They were against us the whole time, at least that's what I gathered from the experience." She answered. "... Are they okay, I didn't kill them did I?" She questioned,

Kakashi paused, the girl may have been a gennin, but that didn't mean she was used to death. "They're dead." He answered after a long pause. "... Oh." Yumi said. 'This kid... she isn't showing any register of sadness... Either Hokage-sama was right and she'd an imposter or they must have trained their Shinobi well... But how could she throw a kunai so poorly but be trained so well if it is the latter? It doesn't add up.' Kakashi thought.

With no more conversation the silence became tension filled and mistrust was thick in the air. After the awkward walk the two made it to the apartment building, they walked up to the door before Kakashi gave her the key "Here it is, you have some clothes, food and furniture already in there. This money is for a month, use it wisely. Tomorrow morning before I come and get you say hello to your neighbour and let him know that you live here, so he doesn't get worried about any noise. I'll be back here at 10:00 tomorrow" and with that the ANBU gave her a key and an envelope before disappearing. Yumi sighed and walked inside, it was a very small apartment. It had two rooms, a bathroom, and a lounge with a couch, no TV and a coffee table with a rather small kitchen. She looked around a bit before she had a shower and found a shirt and pants, they were a little big for her but would be comfortable to sleep in.

Yumi's POV

I heard a faint knock on the door outside and opened up the door, a kunai hidden behind my back. I opened the door to come face to face with blue eyes. Jumping back in a bit of fright I looked at the boy he seemed familiar, he looked around my age. He had spiky blond hair, he was extremely skinny and had three whisker marks on each cheeks. I pointed at him and said "You're that boy" At the same time he said "You're that girl!"

I laughed, hands tightening around the kunai at my back "Sorry about that... I was kinda in a hurry." I said in apology. He stood in a bit of a daze before replying "it's... no problem... ah..."

"So, what are you doing knocking on my door?" I asked casually. "Oh! Well this apartment's been empty for a long time and I thought someone broke into it... I didn't know you lived here. Sorry. I'll just go." He said.

"Wait, do you live around here?"

"Yeah, just next door."

"Oh, why don't you come in? I was just about to make some dinner." I offered he looked at me with wide eyes, before they narrowed "Why?" I blinked, I knew tensions between villages were high, but I didn't expect it to be difficult to build trust.

"It's the least I can do after I pushed you down like that earlier... besides I'm hungry and you don't look to good yourself." I said poking his chest. His stomach growled and I laughed "It's not funny" He said with a slight dust of red covering his cheeks. I grabbed his wrist and pulled him inside, shutting the door behind him. I placed my kunai back onto the bench and walked into the kitchen.

"Won't your parents be mad? I mean we just met..." He said. I shrugged "They aren't here anymore." I said. "Where are they?"

"They died." I said as I opened the fridge. He stopped "Sorry... I didn't mean to ask so suddenly..."

"It's fine. My mum was a really... bad person anyway." I said as I pulled out beef and some noddles. "Where are your parents?" I asked as I pulled a stool up to the bench and cut up the beef and put it in a pan with some oil, amazing that everything had been stocked up. I added some noodles to it afterwards with a bit of water so it wouldn't be too dry. (DO NOT ATTEMPT: I'm bad at cooking!)

"I think they're dead..." He said. "You think?" I questioned, eyes flicking over to and seeing his eyes glued to the kunai I had placed down, not a good sign. "Well I've been alone since birth and nobody told me anything about them." He said. I nodded before turning off the stove and gave him a bowl. "There you go... I haven't even asked your name!"

"It's Uzumaki Naruto." He said with a grin, I smiled "Nakahara Yumi." I said before we both began to eat. "So, Naruto-kun are you a Gennin yet?" I asked "A Gennin? No way! I'm just a student at the academy!" Naruto answered, I sputtered "How old do you have to be to be a Gennin?" I asked, wiping my mouth with a serviette. "You have to pass the academy first and most people do when they're 12 or 13."

"That's late..." I said. "In my village I was already a Chunnin." I elaborated at his look. "Your village?" Naruto asked. "I only just arrived here when I crashed into you." I answered. "That's awesome! Maybe you could teach me how to be a ninja?" He asked quietly, he was shy, but polite and sociable at the same time... "Why do you want to be a ninja?" I asked, I honestly didn't want him to be a ninja- but enjoy the childhood he'd gotten. "I want to be strong, so I can protect myself- and the people I care about**. I also have this guy Sasuke that I want to beat."

"Sasuke?"

After a whole night of talking Naruto decided to go home to sleep. "Bye Naruto-kun! I'll see you later." I said as I closed the door he waved goodbye as he entered his apartment as well. I walked back inside going over the plan again and again in my head. This'd be easy- she'd been taught by the best of the best.

*Nakahara means middle plain while Yumi means beautiful.

** Naruto's still young- so he hasn't wanted attention as much as he does when the cannon starts, so he just wants to be strong enough to stand up against bullies and or adults.

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I'll be starting my second last year of school, so updates will be a bit sporadic from here on out.

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