This is the first Fanfiction that I've uploaded, so constructive cristisism is welcome! I don't really know what people will think of my fanfictions, but if you don't like it, please don't waste everyone's time by writing a review about how much you hate my writing.
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto (If I did, the storyline wouldn't be as good and there'd be a lot more kidnapping! :D)
The darkness wove it's way through the forest trees, wrapping itself around the eyes of the beings in the forest and stealing their sight. Mist snaked it's way through the trees, silently wrapping itself around everything in it's path.
There was a omninous silence before a large explosion sounded in the distance and and trail of smoke filtered through the trees...
A young boy raced through the forest, terror in his eyes.
"Oh Kami! Dear Kami!" he cried as the roaring and crashes kept coming closer and closer. "KAMI! HELP ME!" he screamed as the trees behind him fell to the ground. The broken shackles around his legs rubbed as the young blonde ran, but he ignored them and continued to avoid the trees.
Three HUGE summon bears ran out of the debris towards him. The blonde screamed in terror.
"IE! MY CHAKRA'S SEALED! Kuso! The poison! It must've sealed my chakra! I don't have any weapons and my Taijutsu'll be hampered by these damn shackles!"
One of the bears lunged at the boy, managing to avoid his defences. The boy cried out as the bear's teeth ripped open his shoulder and he was thrown against a tree. The boy just managed to slip behind the tree as the second bear clawed straight down the trunk where he had been seconds ago. He felt the poison seeping through his veins as he became more and more groggy.
"Oh... Kami... Help..." he whispered, continuing to run, pushing through all of the undergrowth. "I'll... never make... it back... to Konoha..." suddenly, the bears caught up to him and threw him into the air, back bleeding from several gouges. He saw a branch above him and stretched, trying to grab it, but he missed and tumbled back through the branches, hitting a particulary large one with a thud. He coughed out blood and silently thanked Kami for not letting him land on his back - if he had, he would be paralysed or dead. - but the blonde felt despair sweep over him as he began to slide over the branch.
Suddenly, a hand grabbed his arm and dragged him back onto the branch and over to a small hollow in the tree trunk. He felt himself be put down, leaning against a wall.
"Who... are you?" he asked, voice hoarse.
"Kitsune Ami, and you?" a girl answered.
"Uzumaki Naruto..." Naruto answered, azure eyes searching for the girl. He eventually found her crouching in a corner of the suprisingly large hollow. The girl wore a well-made deer skin top which showed her stomach and loose deer-skin knee-length trousers. She had a small goat-skin shoulder bag on and a katana strapped to her back. There were loads of shuriken and kunai sealed into a scroll strapped to a deer-skin belt and several daggers dangled from the belt. In her hand she held an oak staff. A bear launched itself at the hollow and the massive tree shook from it's force. The bear managed to climb to their branch and Ami reacted immediately. She leapt from the hollow and knocked the massive bear's legs out from underneath it with one blow. The bear roared, unbalanced and Ami jabbed it in the chest, narrowing her eyes in effort as she pushed the bear off the branch. It hit the ground and vanished. Another bear roared in anger and launched itself at the branch. The entire tree shook and Ami kept her balance, drawing her sword, she hit the bear in the chest with it and ripped upwards. The bear screeched and vanished. Ami turned and raced back inside the hollow, ignoring the other bear's frantic attempted to climb the tree.
"You're not from around here, are you?"
"Ie..."
"I've never seen another shinobi since that damn Ren captured me. Did he get you too, Naruto-kun?"
"Hai, Ami-chan. My team tried to rescue me..."
-Start Flashback-
Naruto's head shot up as he heard something crumble outside of his cell. He fought against the chains binding him to the wall, but they didn't budge and he fell limp, listening to the sounds of battle. 'Is Kakashi-sensei here? Is Sakura-chan here?' he wondered anxiously.
Suddenly, a blinding light hit his eyes and Naruto cried out.
"I should've known that your little shinobi friends'd try to save you..." snarled an iritated voice. Naruto winced as his cell door was thrown open and a tall, muscular man stormed in. He lifted Naruto up by his hair and took the chains binding him to the wall off. Naruto stumbled as he was pushed forwards, his shackles clanking echoing around the mossy dungeons.
"SHINOBI!" Ren called out from where he stood on the battlements of his highest tower. He saw the shinobi in the courtyard below stop fighting and look up. "I WILL KILL YOUR COMRADE IF YOU DO NOT CEASE FIGHTING IMMEDIATELY!" Naruto was pushed up to Ren, who pushed him to the edge of the battlements. The forest below Naruto swayed in the breeze and the genin whimpered in fear.
"Oh KAMI! NARUTO!" yelled Sakura. Naruto saw her familiar pink hair and smiled to himself, before Ren nudged him and he nearly toppled over the edge of the battlements.
"What do you want?" Kakashi's call floated up to them.
"Oh, Nothing. I was just going to attempt to extract the Kyuubi- it probably wouldn't work, but when the gaki dies, Kyuubi'll probably come back eventually... Beside's, the gaki's no fun. He won't say anything when I torture him and he doesn't beg for mercy." Ren smirked as he heard the cry of horror from Sakura.
Suddenly, Ren shoved Naruto in the back and the genin was thrown off the battlements. He screamed as he fell towards the forest.
"SAKURA-CHAN! KAKASHI-SENSEI!" Naruto yelled in terror as the trees reached up to meet him. The fell through them, breaking through the small branches, being knocked off the rest, before he saw something blue beneath him.
Naruto hit the lake with a splash and floated to the surface, injured, but alive. He swam to the edge of the lake and realised that his shackles had been broken in the fall. He smiled and got out of the lake, before he saw Ren standing on the battlements, watching him. Suddenly three massive summon bears appeared o nthe battlements. He saw them look at him before they launched themselves at the ground.
"KAKASHI-SENSEI!" he screamed, although he knew that the Konoha shinobi probably thought he was dead.
-End Flashback-
Naruto saw Ami's eyes narrow in anger when he mentioned Ren's threats.
"Almost the same happened to me- we are about the same age and I've been living here half my life..." Ami sighed gently.
"So... you're 15 too?" Naruto asked. "Ah! Damn this poison... I'll never be able to stay awake longer than 5 minutes..." Naruto groaned and closed his blurry eyes.
"Hai, I'm 15, and, don't worry-the poison'll wear off in a day and you'll wake up perfectly healthy." Ami smiled gently. "Don't fight the poison. I'll fight off the other bear and we'll get back to my home." Naruto heard Ami's voice as he fell into the darkness. "Ami-chan... Arigatou..." he whispered.
Ami smiled as she saw the young genin slip into unconsciousness.
"Right, now to deal with this damn bear!" she grabbed her staff and leapt out of the hollow, leaping through the trees like she was walking around a town. The bear saw her and gave chase. Instantly, Ami noted this and turned around, stiking the bear in the neck as it reared up to swipe at her. The angry creature hit the ground hard and struggled to it's feet, growling at the girl. Suddenly Ami froze.
"Ie..." she whispered, turning just in time to see a tiger leap at her. The girl cried out and grabbed a shuriken, about to throw it at the tiger, before the bear ripped open her leg from behind. Ami stumbled and let out a wail of despair as the tiger closed in. Suddenly thoughts flashed through her mind, of Naruto, lying unconscious in the hollow, trusting that she would look after him. Ami opened her eyes and ducked, the tiger flew over her head and hit the bear, roaring in anger. Ami limped through the trees, making her way back to the hollow. She leapt to the ground when she was near to it and listened to the bear as it raced towards her.
