Authoress note: Hi everyone! I'm back with another Naruto story...as I'm sure you noticed lol. Well this one has Dakota (An OC I created) in it. Some of you may know who she is but if you don't and want some info on her just let me know OK? Oh this isn't a continuation of 'The Escape'. R and R please!


Dakota was deep in a forest currently practicing her taijutsu. She was the only one around for miles or so she thought. Only a few miles away a boy was fighting for his life. He fought as well as he could but there were to many people and they were strong. The boy was so busy trying to fend them off that he didn't notice that a man who was behind him was performing a set of hand seals.

Dakota had just finished her set of taijutsu moves when suddenly an explosion rocked the forest. Startled she whipped around and saw a huge cloud of smoke rising towards they sky. 'Oh man...what was that?' She thought then hurried towards the explosion site. Making sure to keep her presence hidden. She didn't know if their were people around...people who may be dangerous.

When she reached the clearing she saw that the majority of the clearing had been destroyed. 'I don't think anyone would have been able to survive that.' She thought jumping down from the tree she had been in and beginning to search the area.

"Well...I guess I was wrong." Dakota said kneeling down next to a half buried fox. She moved the dirt and debris off of the fox and looked at it amazed. It wasn't like any fox she had seen before. Instead of the usual reddish orange fur that foxes have this one had golden yellow fur. "Aren't you an odd one." Gently picking it up she saw there was a small amount of blood over it's ribs but other than that and it being unconscious it seemed to be alright. "Let's get you back and cleaned up." She said as she jumped in to a tree and hurried in to another.

A while latter the fox laid on her sleeping bag cleaned and bandaged. She watched it for a few minutes hoping it would make it. 'I hope it does...I could use a friend out here.' She thought. Two days passed and it still hadn't woken. It was on the third day when she was making breakfast that the fox finally opened it's eyes. "Good morning little one." It stared back at her with wide blue eyes. "You must be hungry...breakfast will be ready in a few minutes."

Change of POV

Groaning I opened my eyes and looked around. A girl sat not to far away next to a campfire.

"Good morning little one." She said smiling at me.

'Little one? She can't be talking about me.' I thought. I was short once...but I'm not anymore. A few months ago I finally hit my growth spurt and the last time I checked I was just about 5' 8". I looked at her blankly.

"You must be hungry...breakfast will be ready in a few minutes."

'Ugh...what's going on?' I thought as I tried to stand but I couldn't. Some thing was wrong. Looking down at my hands I let out a yelp. My hands weren't hands. No they were paws!

The girl hurried to me when I yelped and knelt down next to me. "It's OK little one." She said as she reached out and petted my back.

'Hey...stop!' I thought. Then I saw something out of the corner of my eye. It flickered in and out of my sight. Turning my head the first thing I saw was that I no longer had hair but fur and then I saw that the thing flickering in and out of my sight was a tail...mine to be specific. I yelped once more and the girl scooped me up in to her arms and cuddled me against her body. 'Hey whoa!...wait...this is kinda nice. Soft...' I thought. Turning my head I saw I was being cuddled against her chest so the soft things... 'Holy shit!' I cried and began to struggle to get away.

This only caused her to hold on to me tighter. "It's OK I won't hurt you. At least have something to eat before you leave."

I stopped struggling and she walked over to the fire. She set me down and a few minutes latter I had a steaming bowl of oatmeal in front of me. I stared at it for a few minutes debating on whether or not to eat it. I didn't really like oatmeal...but then my stomach growled really loudly. Shrugging I began to eat the food slowly. The girl watched me as I ate. 'Hey...this is pretty good!' I thought and began to eat it faster.

She laughed and said "Well I guess you like it. It's my own special recipe."

After I finished I sat and studied her. She looked to be about my age and she was wearing a Leaf head band. 'So she's from Konaha...' I thought. I hadn't seen her around the village before though.

She had short silver hair and when I looked at her eyes my own widened in surprise. Her eyes were three different colors! Was it possible to have eyes like that? 'Well obviously since she has them.' I thought. Her eyes matched her hair. They were different shades of silver and gray. The darkest shade was around her pupil and the next ring was lighter and the final one was the same shade as her hair. 'Well this girls interesting.' I thought.

She stood a few minutes latter and smiled down at him. "Well you can go now if you want. As for me I'm heading down to the river." She then picked up a bag and headed out of the clearing.

I watched her go and thought 'Go? Where the heck can I go? I have no clue where I am!' Shaking my head I stood and began to walk. Two seconds latter I fell flat on my face. Grumbling I went slowly trying to get the hang of walking on four legs. It took me for ever to get to the river. Once there I pushed my way through a thick bush and stopped in my tracks. 'Holly...cow...' I thought as I stared wide eyed at the river. 'I must be dreaming...'