~Prologue~

Naruto Uzamaki, 4 years old, sat in the corner of the Konohagakure orphanage, crying. All of the other children had evacuated, as for it was 3:00 am October 10th, and the bad people were coming. Naruto knew what was going to happen, and part of him hoped he would die this time, just so he didn't have to suffer here anymore. But the 4 year old side of him was terrified, and yerned for someone, anyone.

The blonde boy laid down thinking about what the other kids were doing now. Hinata, and Sai, his only two 'friends' were who he was thinking about the most. He had hoped Mrs. Nanny (as she had instructed to be called) had taken them two to safety at least. Hinata was his first friend at the orphanage, though she wasn't an orphan. She had told him her daddy was still alive and well, so neither of them understood why she was there. Naruto had assumed himself and the bluette to be friends, considering she was the only one that talked to him and vice versa. Well at least until Sai had came along. Naruto met Sai when he and Hinata were 3, the other boy being 4. Mrs. Nanny was mean to him like she was to the other two, so they had already found something in common.

I guess you could say the three were a team. They were thought as freaks for how silent and timid they were. Even Naruto, despite his cheeky nature, had been broke to only speak when spoken to and keep calm and quite. Hinata had not had this forced on her, but simply followed suite, seeing Naruto's punishments when he accidently let his true colors slip through. Sai on the other hand was always quiet and his only words were odd facts or out of place comments.

Right now, Naruto yerned for one of his friends odd comments and wished the girl were there to poke her fingers together. But they weren't. Or at least that's what he thought.

"N-Naruto?" Naruto nearly shit himself when he heard the bluette's voice squeak out his name.

"Hinata-chan?!" he shouted, looking around for the girl.

"We are over here, Naruto." Sai said calmly stepping around the corner with Hinata close behind him.

"Wut is ya guys doing here?! You suld be wif Mrs. Nonae!" Naruto shouted out. Despite turning 5 today, the boy still spoke like a baby due to his lack of education or proper care.

"We were left behind as were you." Sai said clearly. "I believe Mrs. Nany dislikes us as well, which I approve of, because I too dislike her."

"Tu gots ta get out o here! Da bad guys awe gonna come!" Naruto shouted, not wanting his only friends to go through what he had to go through.

"Naruto," Sai said patiently "Please remember what we talked about with your speech."

"Im sowwy, Sai-san." Naruto mumbled putting his head down. He really did try with his speech, he would still be too afraid to talk had it not been for his older friend who had taught him how to speak in a way that was even slightly understandable.

"Hinata-chan had an idea. Though I'm not sure how I feel about it" Sai said staring at the girl with his onyx eyes, signaling for her to speak.

"I-I uh well I t-thought we we could r-run away." She said refusing to look into anyones eyes.

"Run away?" Naruto asked trying to take in what she was saying.

"uh huh." Hinata nodded.

"I believe what she is insisting is that we leave the orphanage and try to live on our own. When I lived with old master, we fended for ourselves. Maybe we could even find a master to care for us." He said having a brief flashback.

"You mean parents?" Hinata asked with wide and curious eyes.

"I do think I read somewhere that they are called 'parents'." Sai said still trying to recall where the previous images in his head had come from- and where they had gone.

"But Mrs. Nanni said dat no one wunts ush, so wut if we cant find pawents?" Naruto asked, still contemplating the idea.

"Then I suppose we will care for ourselves." Sai said with a shrug.

"I in!" Naruto squealed.

"Me too!" Hinata agreed.

"As am I!" Sai, for once shouted.

"Lets get out of hwere!" Naruto said and took their hands, running out of orphanage full speed into the dead of the night.

The smiles on all of their faces were the first sign of their true selves that they had shown in quite awhile, and heck Sai's smile might've even been real.

Yay! Prologue done! I would like to thank you for reading and I hope to have chapter 1 up soon if anyone actually reads this haha! And sorry if its a bit rushed.

Things differtent so far: Hinata's dad left her at an orphanage (lets say she was around 2)

Danzo got taken down and all of the root opperatives were taken to orphanages

Naruto is a bit nervous to be himself and can barely talk (this will go away quickly, promise).

Anyways, thanks again for reading, and please review!