I own NOTHING! Except Sonya, she's allllllll mine.

I'm writing this story because , frankly, the abuse against Naruto pissed me off. (Which led me to also want to kill Gaara's dad and smack most of the Uchiha family) So, In order to resist the urge to kill people while re-watching the anime and seeing the hate, I decided I'd write my own little story that features Naruto getting some family love.

Some characters are going to be OOC I'm sure.

I might get some questions like "Aren't bounty hunters like hunter nin?" Honestly, I'm not really sure, and I don't really care. I wanted to call her a bounty hunter ... SO THERE!

Also, I'm not a die-hard fan of Naruto, so I might not now all the ninjutsu or ginjutsu or I might get some terms wrong or whatever! Please, if I did something wrong, I'm sorry. Send me a review and I'll see if I can correct it! Also, this is my first fanfic, so I'm kinda nervous about sharing it, but I believe this will only help me improve my writing skills!
So please

ENJOY!

Dattebayo

Chapter 1

… Sigh. Here I am, walking down the street, overwhelmingly bored. Oh, where am I you ask? Oh, no where in particular … -cough-sarcasm-cough-. Nah, I'm actually currently in Konoha, at ahhh, about 6 in the morning? Very few people out at this time of day, at least the civilians anyways, I don't doubt all the ANBU and other ninjas are out about, doing whatever the heck they do. I let out another sigh as I continued on my way down the street, randomly kicking a stone out of my path. My stomach suddenly gave out a loud growl, which caught the attention of several people passing by me, which thus got me some odd glares and a few whispers. I let out a small chuckle and quickly looked to see if there was any place I could grab some food at.

After a particularly good bowl of ramen at a small ramen shop, Ichiraku Ramen Bar I believe, here I am again. Bored. Walking down the same street. If I become any more bored, I'll begin to fear for my own sanity and might have to start hacking at random people and cause a commotion. Killing people is always a way to make the boredom go away … right? I let out a sigh again. Heheh. Yeah, ok, maybe not the best way to entertain myself. Maybe that's why people call me a bit bloodthirsty at times? Ah well, can't help it much. Ah, now, I know what you're thinking. What person is thinking about murdering random people after having ramen for breakfast? Well, that's simply answered really.

My name is Sonya. Yes, plain name. It's also related to Sophia or Sophie, but Sophia always struck me as snobbish and Sophie just seems weak. Blahblahblah, anyways, to put it simply, I am a bounty hunter. Why? Because. That's my job. Or at least, it was. I enjoyed it too. Thrill of the hunt ya know? I generally got contacted by different nations to assassinate lord so and so or the occasional jealous lover. I stopped though; kinda decided it was time for a change of lifestyle. Killing all the time isn't exactly healthy for the soul. Or, well, the things that I used to kill for. I've got sandy gold hair that reaches a bit past my shoulders. It's pretty wavy, and I usually wear by just tying a ribbon or ponytail holder around the very end of it. I've got long side bangs that part to the left side of my face, almost covering up my left eye. I've got an ok face, at least to me. Everyone always tells me I'm extremely pretty, but, honestly, as a bounty hunter, you don't really care how you look. I've got a round face, with high cheekbones and a small round chin. I'm usually always smiling. I've got a natural rosy blush thing going on, and I hate makeup. I've also got two curved dark blue lines coming from under my eyes. It starts right under my eyes, and becoming thinner while going down, softly curves down my cheeks, and ending just below my jaw line in points. Most people say it almost looks like I'm crying. My eyes are a light blue, with a dark grey ring on the outside, and towards the center you'll see a gold band flecked with green around the iris. My nose is kinda roundish too. I s'pose I'm a roundish woman too.

I've also got a giant broadsword called Naomi (named after my mom) strapped to my back. Or was, right now I have it slung over my shoulder, occasionally giving it a flip, just trying to give my hands something to do. It's taller than I am a bit, if you're directly facing me you'll see the hilt stick over my head. The blade itself is almost as wide as my back. I suppose I'm pretty tall for a female. Oh yeah, did I forget to mention I'm female? Well, I am. Anyways, I'm about 5'9 almost 6'0. It's nice to be able to tower over people, makes me seem more intimidating, especially with my huge broadsword.

I'm also well muscled. Comes with years of training I s'pose. And when I say years of training, I mean I've been training since I was 6. And I'm 26 right now. Good gap ta grow some muscles, ja? But I don't have a manly-ish figure, no not at all. Unfortunately for me, I've got a big bust size. Hey, you wouldn't think, but boobs can get in the way of fighting. I generally wrap my torso, even with a bra on. I've got some rather long legs, with strong thighs. You could tell I was an athlete if you looked at me. I've got a tan to my skin. Comes with years in the sun … I'm glad I can tan, I don't like sunburns. They suck … Right now I'm wearing a one-sleeve dark blue silk kimono (Yeah, it IS my favorite color) with a white obi. My left arm is the only one that has a sleeve on it, and it's kinda large and billowy to make sure it doesn't restrict any movement. My right arm is left bare, showing off my dragon tattoo. He's a black dragon with white fur running along his back and down his tail, with what can only be described as a mischievous smile on its face, as if promising that something bad might happen to you. His head starts off on my upper arm, then further down it looks as if his arms and legs are gripping onto me, and then finally his tail wraps along my forearm and ends at my wrist. If you're looking straight at me his head is positioned to look like he's staring straight at you. On the white obi I've got 3 dark blue circles on it, the center one the biggest, and the other two off to either side. There's slits on either side of the kimono that run up about mid-thigh, and you can see a white silk material underneath. And then just some good ol' regular wooden sandals.

And at the moment I'm still walking down this street. Damnit, someone kill me now please, something break this air of boredom! Oh, right, anyways so there ya have it. Ex-Bounty hunter Sonya, at yer service.

Just as I thought it couldn't get any worse, a blur of yellow rushes past me.

'The hell-?'I thought

Then suddenly, there comes an entire mob rushing in front of me.

"Ok. It's not every day you see an angry mob rush past you."

I quickly scan the area in front of the mob, trying to catch a glimpse of whatever it is they're chasing.

That's when I see him. A small runt of a thing, head full of this ungodly yellow hair, running for his life, trying to get away from the angry mob.

"Ok, that ain't right. The hell are they chasing him for?" I wasn't about to wait for an answer.

I quickly jumped into action. I ran forward and lightly jumped onto a roof and began following the poor boy. The mob had him cornered in some alley.

I could hear angry shouts coming from the people. Something about 'kill the demon!' and blahblahblah. They were throwing stones at the kid. THAT ticked me off.

A group of three males stepped in front of the mob, kunais in hand, and the killing intent apparent.

'The hell if I let that happen!' I thought furiously.

I quickly jumped off the roof I had been standing in front of, and landed lightly on my feet in front on the child and the men.

"Yo! Whatcha think ye're doin' to this poor kid!" I shouted

Out of the three men, the center one stepped forward and answered me in a snarl like tone

"We're going to kill him! What does it look like? He deserves to die! He's a demon brat!"

I growled before answering "Yeah? Well guess what. I'm not letting you!."

I lifted Naomi off my shoulder are held it in front of me.

Their expressions were priceless. I bet half of them thought it was just for looks, much less than that I could actually lift the thing, single handed at that.

The men in front of me hesitated. They quickly threw each other a few nervous glances. But the center man that spoke to me earlier growled and then charged at me.

I let him get about halfway to me before I acted. I quickly put Naomi into the ground and then grabbed the man's wrist, and spun so that I was behind him. I jerked his wrist and it gave a sickening 'crunch' clearly a sign that I had broken it. The man dropped the kunai and screamed. Screamed like a girl I might add. I gave a dangerous smirk and effortlessly picked the man up by his arm, and flung him backwards into the crowd. There were screams of terror and protests coming from the angry mob, the fear evident in their eyes. The two men that had accompanied the center guy, quickly gave out a terror filled yelp and quickly fled the scene with the rest of the mob.

"Ugh, what jerks!" I shouted at the now emptying alley

I soon heard a whimper behind me.

'Crap I almost forgot that I had a kid behind me!' I thought

I turned back to see the yellow –haired kid. He was such a mess. There were tears streaming down his face, evidently from fear. He had scrapes and bruises all over him. He had big blue eyes, and the oddest thing I saw from him, were whisker lines on his cheeks? He was dressed in no more than dirty old rags. I heard him whimper again and look up at me, fear still there. I swear, I could feel my heart crack in sorrow at this poor boy. He looked no more than 3, maybe 4.

"Hey, I'm sorry if I scared you earlier. But I had to make the bad men go away. You okay kid?" I asked in a soothing voice.

He still had some fear in his eyes, but he visible calmed down. His tears stopped, and he sniffled a few times before answering.

"My name is Naruto. I'm thwee years old. Thank you for making the big bad men go away. Those people gave me lots of boo-boos."

I gave him a small smile before I continued

"Well, nice to meet you Naruto. My name is Sonya!"

I knelt next to him so that I could get a good look at his scratches. I've always been rather good at medical jutsu. My hands glowed a soft green and I lifted it to his face and began to heal his scrapes, before continuing with the rest of his body.

Satisfied with my work, I gave Naruto a big smile. He gave me a toothy grin back also.

"Well, now that that's over, let's get outa here ok?" I asked and slowly got up, picking Naruto up with my and balancing him on my hip.

He looked a bit shocked at this, but the shock slowly melted away and he gave me a big smile before he wrapped his arms around my neck and hugged me. I was a bit shocked when he did this, but then I smiled warmly and hugged him back. I could feel something tugging at my heartstrings. Closing my eyes and savoring the hug, I thought

'Man, this kid really gets to me. He's just so cute. And in an awful situation. No one deserves what this kid has gone through.'

Right after this though, I heard soft thuds around me. I quickly opened up my eyes, to see several ANBU members standing around me, with their freakish masks on.

'Ugh, I never did like those masks. They either make me giggle, or they just outright creep me.'

One man stood out though. He had dropped right in front of me. He didn't have the usual ANBU masks on, but he did have a mask one, but it only went up to cover his nose and seemed to slope up to cover one of his eyes, where I also noticed he had his village headband slung down so that it covered up that eye entirely, leaving only one eye exposed. Despite the mask, he is rather cute. And dear God, he had some gravity defying spiky white hair. And for some reason, his hair just made me burst out into giggles.