(no one's pov)
Naruto ran away from the people who where yelling at him and calling him names, and hiding from him. He wanted to get away from all of it.
He just sat on the swing, feeling down. Being a 6 year old boy, he doesn't know why all the people dissed him and called him names and wont let him play with other kids.
He felt lonely and unwanted. He just wanted to hide away from every thing.
Ixia come across a town and started to walk in. No one noticed she walked in, or they would have checked to see if she was any harm. She saw many people, kind people and thought to herself 'this is why I'm here, to protect all things'.
Even though Ixia was 6 years old, she was very smart. She understood more things that not any 6 year old would understand.
She walked across the whole town for a couple of hours and enjoyed it very much. It was the first town she visited. After a while of the walking, she heard yelling and walked towards it. She saw a boy running past her saying, "I will become Hokage! Just you wait and see! I'll prove you all wrong!"
She went over to a man and asked him about the boy and the man said, "Oh that boy, he's trouble. I wouldn't get to close to him. He wrecks things and messes with people, but worst of all, he's the nine-tailed fox kid."
Ixia was scared to here nine-tailed fox, but thought 'he's only a boy though, how could he be the nine-tailed fox?' "Thank you," she said kindly to the man and started running the way this nine-tailed fox boy went.
She blended with the tree that Naruto was barely swinging from, since as she is born from a garden, she can morph with other plant like things. She popped up on the branch that was holding the swing and sat there, watching his expressions. 'I'm going to try and at least help him or make him not sad,' she thought before jumping right in front of Naruto.
"AAHH!" Naruto screamed and fell backwards of surprise, because of the girl that just jumped in front of him. "Hi! Sorry did I scare you?" Ixia asked. "No! I never get scared! You just surprised me," Naruto said standing up.
"Sorry for 'surprising you' then. I'm Ixia, nice to meet you!" Ixia said reaching her hand out to him. He was surprised because he's never had anyone talk to him. "U-um, I'm Naruto," he said grabbing her small hand and shacking.
"Good, now that I know your name, why don't we play?" She said. "Y-you w-want to play with me?" he asked even more surprised. "Of course silly! Let's play hide and seek! I love hide and seek," she squealed. "O-ok," he said going around from the swing. "I'll count and you hide. Ok?" she said going up to a tree.
Naruto was getting excited, since he hasn't played with anyone in a long, long while. He found the perfect hiding spot, in a bush. 'She'll never find me here' he thought.
~twenty-eight seconds later~
"twenty-niiiine, THIRTY! ready or not, here I come!" she yelled, starting to look for Naruto. She sensed something in the bushes, she could feel it. She walked towards the bush and peeked and said "I FOUND YOU!" she laughed out.
"How did you find me so fast?" Naruto asked. "I just had a feeling," she smiled and winked.
They played for the rest of the day in the sun by the tree. "That was fun!" Naruto said laying in the grass. "Ya it was!" Ixia said laying beside him. They sat and looked at the clouds, spotting animals, ships, and other things.
She sat up and looked towards Naruto. He sat up too and asked her, "Will you be here tomorrow?" Sadly she couldn't stay, she was only visiting for a day, "Sorry Naruto, I wont. But I wont forget you! Ok?" "But I don't want you to go!," Naruto yelled, starting to cry. He finally made a friend, and now she was leaving? Why? Why did she have to leave? "Why are you leaving?" He asked.
"Because Naruto, I have important business and that is to take care of things. But never forget me and I will be sure to come back one day! Alright? here." she said getting up and went towards the tree with the swing on it.
She took her hand and used it to write something on the tree. When Naruto came over, it said
BFFL
N + I
in a shape of a star. "What does that mean?" Naruto asked. "It means Best Friends For Life. Naruto + Ixia, so you wont forget me." Naruto just started to cry. He was so happy he finally made a friend. And she said she would come back someday. He gave her a hug, making her blush a little and hugged him back. (a/n: little girls can blush tew X3)
"bye Naruto," Ixia said turning around to walk the way she came from so she could go to the exit from there. "BE SURE TO COME BACK AND SEE ME AGAIN!" Naruto yelled at her. "I WILL! I PROMISE!" she yelled back and smiled.
For the rest of his childhood, Naruto would remember his friend and her green hair and eyes, and how they became friends and played all day.
Ixia left the village and started walking to find the next village, to soon meet a little boy after his tragic accident.
Sasuke.