Disclaimer: Last time I will say this, I do not own Naruto.
Song Playing: Grief and Sorrow
Chapter I: Travels
The carriage ride had lasted for a week or so, seeing as the maroon haired woman had picked up more children like him: lost, alone, and wondering little things. He could see the way her eyes seemed to dull as she looked over the children, as if feeling their pain, as if knowing what they were going through. Though that would soon disappear as a smile perked up at the edges of her mouth, which soon went to her painted red lips moving. Words spilled from the pink muscle, words then turned into stories, stories that captured the attention of the orphans.
Then a true smile would appear on her, lighting up her lilac eyes.
"No one ever found them though, but let me tell you something, the two lived happily." she said her words coming to a stop, her eyes looking over each face that sat in the plush seats, whose rapent attention was on her and her now finished story.
"Do they still live happily?" asked a black haired boy, whose toffee colored eyes seemed to gleam with a certain emotion – or was that just life filling him and showing itself?
"Of course!" she said as she leaned forward to place a hand on the head of the boy, "You'll meet them soon so you can see how they live."
"Woah! Look at that!" gasped a blond haired girl as she pointed out the window to a dark tented tip.
"That's mama and papa's home."
"You mean, that's where Emilio and Emilia live?" asked the blond haired boy, his eyes widening with surprise.
A nod from the woman, made all six children stare at each other. Excitement was the only word that would seem to describe their feelings. Would they actually meet the two lovers, the ones who were never supposed to be together, will they actually hear the same story from them as they did from Yua.
"Yua, Emilio and Emilia, are they good people?" asked a auburn haired girl, whose copper colored eyes seemed to still have doubt within them.
Yua nodded. Her hand reached out to grab the dark skinned girls.
"Trust me, Shula, they are good people. They've known what the world's people could do to each other and they see how most seem to abandon children like you. They are kind hearted people who only wish to help those who need it, but will only truly help those who also seek it. That goes for all of you, if I had not seen a fire in your eyes, I would have left you were you walked."
"Yua, are there any more people who live in the home of Emilio and Emilia apart from you?" asked the blond haired boy, curiosity finally getting the better part of him.
"Yes there is Naruto and they are, or were, kids just like you."
Before anymore questions could be asked the carriage pulled to a sudden stop.
"Milady there has been a slight problem," came the gruff voice of the gray haired coachman.
"And it is..?"
"Ninja, Konoha Ninja to be exact."
Startled azure eyes looked outside the window in hopes of seeing said aforementioned people, only for a gloved hand to settle on his head before he could stick out the window.
A cool feeling washed over Naruto and looking at the faces of the other children, something had happened to him.
"Shh, I'll take care of this, don't do anything silly," murmured Yua as she opened the door and slid out. The carriage door closed with a easy 'click' and her mellow voice could be heard talking to the men and women outside.
"What do you think is going to happen?" asked the aqua haired girl beside Naruto, voicing the quesiton that was running through all of the children's mind.
"I don't know."
"Do you have a traveling pass?" asked one of the ninja as they stepped towards the maroon haired woman.
"No, I didn't think you'd need a pass to go on vacation," spoke Yua, hands placed on her hips, "And don't begin to say you do, I've been traveling long enough to know that such a thing is unneeded. Now may I ask, why are you hindering my travels?"
"There have been rumors of a woman, such as yourself, picking up children, is that true?"
"If it is, then so be it. Those children are orphans and have no home. The people who spoke are the ones who shoved these children out of a home and out of their hearts, they have no right to speak of me picking up unwanted children."
The brow of the dark haired man furrowed, but he backed away hands held up in surrender as if he didn't have anything to say as that.
"We'll check the carriage and be on our way then, no more trouble from us will occur."
"But you will have to stop picking up children, no matter if they're orphans or not."
A smirk made its way on Yua's lips as she nodded to the words of the ninja. Lifting her right arm up, she held it out before her, giving them the 'go ahead' to check out the carriage.
"There doesn't seem to be anything odd and the children are safe," spoke the man that she had been speaking too. There seemed to be a bit of movement on the other side of the carriage and a yelp was the only thing that Yua needed to go into action.
"Leave them!"
"Hold her back!"
A pair of arms wrapped around her, or were going to seeing as they passed right through her. Yua turned and struck the person in the center of their head with her palm open, causing the person to collapse. The remaining two members stared at her, before moving in to attack her.
"I feel sorry for you two," she whispered, her eyes closing as she waited for their attacks to hit. "Because at this moment, you two -" a white spiral appeared on the two remaining ninja's foreheads and glowed a soft purple color before they both fell forward, "-are nothing but pawns on the chess board."
"Yua, what did you do?"
"The best thing for people to do is forget." was all she said in reply.
Since the small skirmish with the ninja, the children and Yua were quiet. The only sounds making themselves well known was the pitter patter of rain and the carriages creaking sounds.
"We're here." smiled Yua, as she lifted her head off the palm of her hand and looked out the window. The children did the same thing as her and looked out the window, their eyes widened at the sight of the place.
"Is this home?" asked Naruto, his eyes taking in the mansion.
"Yes...this is home."
'Home?'
Author Note:
To those who are somewhat interested in reading this, I hope you enjoyed reading this chapter, even if much didn't happen. But this shows that this story will have OCs seeing as Naruto is one of the Canon characters I have mentioned so far. I'm' hoping to include more CC's later on, but if not, well, I hope you grow to like the OCs!
Thank you koukatsu for reviewing and your words - hopefully people do like this enough to give feedback :3
Uh, anything other than that, well, just ask away or review away? Or just do as you wish.
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