Chapter 3: The Escape Artist

A/N: Here's a little extra-extra-special-exclusive footage of the escape of Nartuo Uzumaki!

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The smell of antiseptic was the first thing she noticed about the room.

'I'm in a hospital,' Naruko thought to herself.

She sensed a strong chakra in the room, and maybe another one close by, so she cracked one of her eyes open to see who was there. She saw a young shinobi reading a book, slouched in the chair. He didn't look like he was really paying attention, but she waited anyways.

Suddenly the shinobi stood up and walked to the door, "Hey, I'm going to go to the bathroom. I'll be right back. Make sure the girl doesn't sleep walk away," He said sarcastically.

He didn't know any better.

They were told she would be asleep for at least another day and a half.

As soon as the door clicked shut, Naruko sprang out of bed and made a shadow clone.

"Just stay here until I get back, okay?" She whispered to her doppelganger.

With a snicker, Naruko crept quietly to the window and opened it slowly. Without a creek, she managed to open the window, and jump out to escape.

Naruko grinned wildly, proud of her stealth, 'I'm going to need some different clothes if I'm going to get away with this…'

She walked along the side of the building, scanning the windows for an empty room. When she found one, she quickly opened the window and invited herself into the room.

'I wonder if they keep spare clothes around here…' Naruko thought to herself, then shivered as her feet touched the frigid tiles. After a quick scan around the room, Naruko exited out the door. As she was walking down the hall she saw a sign that read Laundry Room and an arrow pointing down the hall. Following the signs, she was lead to a room full of white sheets, blankets, pillows, and a small pile of freshly cleaned clothes.

'Bingo! These must be from the patients in the hospital,'

Naruko looked through the piles, but her trademark orange clothes were nowhere to be seen. With a sigh and a shrug Naruko picked out some pants that looked like they would fit, and a fitted long sleeved black shirt.

'No shoes?' Naruko thought to herself as she looked around. 'It looks like they keep the shoes by their own beds… Wait where the hell are all my clothes then?' she thought angrily to herself

"These damn hospital people think they can steal my clothes!" she shouted to nobody in particular.

"Hey, did you hear that?" Naruko heard voices approaching the room, and in a panic jumped to the ceiling, walking silently above the two male nurses who came running in.

"It was probably just Bonto playing a trick on us gain," One of the nurses said to the other.

While the nurses squabbled about what the voice was, Naruko quickly darted out of the room. With a flip, she landed on the floor and sighed in relief 'That was a close one…Where do I go now though…I need some shoes, ramen, maybe a kunai… maybe some ramen… No shoes first then ramen…'

With a nod she continued her quest around the hospital.

-.-.-.-.-.-]Back in Naruko's Hospital Room[-.-.-.-.-.-

The spiky haired ninja, named Kakashi Hatake, yawned as he returned to the room

"Can it get any better than this?" His comrade said as he approached the door.

Kakashi raised his eyebrow, confused with the statement, "What do you mean, Tenzo?"

"I mean, we are getting to do a B-ranked mission, by doing practically nothing. We get to relax for the first time in a while…" Tenzo trailed off, unsure if he had said something to offend his elder.

Kakashi looked up, then with a shrug said, "Yeah I guess you're right. Although it is ranked B for a reason. We don't know how powerful this ninja is. So, if she wakes up and tries to make trouble, we'll have to deal with it,"

Tenzo nodded eagerly, "Yes. I won't take this too lightly,"

Kakashi eye smiled, then said, "But in the meantime, I get to catch up on some reading," pulling out his book to hold up.

"What are you reading?"

"It's called 'Tales of a Gutsy Ninja'. Minato-sensei recommended it to me. Apparently, his sensei wrote it. It's pretty good so far,"

Tenzo nodded in reply, "You really do read a lot of books Kakashi-senpai,"

Kakashi just shrugged, "Well I've got to get back to my chair. I don't want sensei to see us slacking off,"

And with that he walked into the room to watch over the sleeping girl.

-.-.-.-.-.-]With Naruko[-.-.-.-.-.-

Naruko strolled down the halls, whistling innocently to herself, and casually peeking into the rooms to see if there were any shoes.

'Why do hospitals have to have such cold floors,' she mused to herself. Finally, she saw a room with the door half open, and a pair of shoes by the bedside, but she heard people talking in the room.

With a huff, she slouched against the wall, trying to think of how to get the shoes.

'Aha!' She proclaimed in her head, and with a devilish giggle she said, "Harem no Justsu"

-.-.-.-.-

"Why hello there," Naruko said sexily,

Four heads snapped to where the voice was,

"I heard you boys wanted some entertainment"

The men in the room all nodded profusely, while turning as red as tomatoes.

While her clone distracted the ninja, she shuffled on the floor to take the shoes.

'Man, these actually fit? This guy has small feet… Or do I just have big feet…'

An image of herself walking round with clown shoes filled her thoughts for a moment, and she shook her head, shivering from the thought. She decided to grab a few kunai and shurikin from the unsuspecting ninja as well, 'What a bunch of suckers,' She then shimmied back out of the room, dispersing the clone with a "Bye Bye!"

She heard a chorus of 'Wait where'd she go?' Before she ran off, giggling to herself. People are just too easy to trick.

She turned a corner, and waited for her pursuers to pass. She then strolled leisurely down the hall in search on one last thing.

'Where do I find instant ramen…' She dug around in the pocket of her pants, and was greeted by the satisfying clinking of coins in her pocket, 'Perfect'

She walked down to the lobby to find the convenience shop that would sell some cheap ramen.

"Hello! could I have the pork flavored instant ramen?"

Little did she know, Minato walked in the doors behind her, asking for what room the very same ninja was in. After exchanging some words a nurse nodded and motioned for him to follow her up to the room.

-.-.-.-.-.-]Back in Naruko's Hospital Room[-.-.-.-.-.-

Kakashi gazed at her peaceful looking face, admiring how relaxed she looked. He thought back to when they had found her a couple days ago.

Kakashi ran up to where Minato was calling him, to see a girl lying on the ground. Her hair, though partially caked in mud, shone like Minato's in a brilliant shade of yellow. Her face was pale, and her eyes glassy. He looked down to see blood slowly covering his sensei's hands. His eyes widened, and he managed to stammer, "What… I…" before Minato interrupted him

"Find a medical ninja now Kakashi. Please hurry,"

Kakashi stared at the girl for a second, wondering who she was, and how she got hurt. He then nodded quickly and motioned for Guy to follow him. As he ran through the streets, trying to find a medical ninja who could come, he worried about that girl. 'I wonder if she will be okay… that injury looked serious…'

"Excuse me, Sir? The Hokage needs you to come help him," He said to a medical ninja seeming to finish up with his previous patient. The ninja only nodded and followed behind Kakashi.

Kakashi stared at the girl for a little longer, then got up to walk closer to her, setting the book down on the chair as he stood up. He leaned in slightly to look at her face, noticing some similarity to Kushina Uzumaki, thinking maybe she was part of the same clan as her.

'She's beautiful…' Kakashi thought to himself.

Her skin was no longer pale, but a healthy tan color. Her hair and face were freshly cleaned, and she smelled like lavender. He watched absentmindedly as the sun created odd patterns on her face. It was shining softly through the leaves of the tree blocking half the window.

He kept staring at her face. It captivated him, and drew him in.

He looked at her shining blonde hair pooled around her head and her closed eyes; at her lightly blushed cheeks and her thin whiskers; at her small nose, curving slightly up, and her delicate pink lips.

He imagined a sweet smile gracing her face as she woke up to the soft sun of the summer, and the quiet sound of leaves brushing up against the window.

'I hope she's not an enemy spy…' He thought with a smile. After gazing at her for a few more seconds he sighed and turned away, stuffing his hands in his pockets. He plopped back down in his chair, picked up his book, and didn't read a single word. Instead he gazed at the page thoughtlessly. He let his mind wander to illusions of sunshine and a cerulean blue sky as he drifted off into a daydream.

-.-.-.-.-.-]Right Outside the Door of Naruko's Room[-.-.-.-.-.-

"Hello Tenzo," Minato said with a smile, "How's the watch going?"

Tenzo stood up a little straighter, putting a serious look on his face, "It's going pretty well I'd say. She hasn't really moved,"

Minato nodded and opened the door. He saw Kakashi jump a little, as if he was daydreaming,

He smiled to himself, then nodded at Kakashi. He would pretend he didn't see Kakashi slacking off. He was normally very observant of the rules.

"So, we put her under a sedative to help with the healing…"

Minato zoned out for a minute, thinking about the girl.

"…What will you do with her after she is well?"

Minato looked up and stared for a second, contemplating, "I honestly… Don't know at the moment,"

-.-.-.-.-.-]In the Hallway Leading up to Naruko's Room[-.-.-.-.-.-

Naruko strolled confidently through the halls of the hospital. Nobody had called her out, and she doubted anyone even knew she was gone. 'I wonder how I'll get back into the room…' she thought, 'Eh… I'll just walk in…' She decided, slurping her ramen with satisfaction. Having not eaten anything solid for a few days, she was (understandably) craving something in her stomach. And as per usual she chose to eat her favorite food around.

Ramen.

-.-.-.-.-.-]Inside Naruko's Room[-.-.-.-.-.-

"… What if she's a spy?" Kakashi objected, 'There's no way she's a spy… But what if she is? What if that prett- stupid face is just a big trick to get us to trust her?' Kakashi doubted himself, but he couldn't allow himself to indulge in those thoughts. If his sensei wouldn't take this seriously, then he would have to.

-.-.-.-.-.-]Right Outside the Door of Naruko's Room[-.-.-.-.-.-

Naruko stopped outside her room, noticing a young shinobi standing with his back against the wall.

He looked up at her and raised one eyebrow, "Do you need something?"

Naruko finished her mouthful of noodles and swallowed loudly, "Yeaaaaaaah, sorry I'm totally running late here. I'm supposed to be in there too and I just totally slept through my alarm and I forgot to eat breakfast so I had to eat instant ramen, and It's just been such a hard day, and-''

Tenzo rolled his eyes, "Yeah yeah okay just go in already,"

"Thanks," She said with a contagious smile, making the sides of Tenzo's lip twitch

'She's pretty cute'

-.-.-.-.-.-]Inside Naruko's Room[-.-.-.-.-.-

Minato started to walk to the bed when he heard the door click…

-.-.-.-.-.-]Right Outside Naruko's Room[-.-.-.-.-.-

Naruko twisted the handle of the door, using her hips to push the door open while simultaneously finishing off the last of the noodles in her ramen bowl.

When she saw a group of people crowded around her bed she gulped,

"Wait, you're…" She heard Minato say, and watched as they all gave the clone and Naruko confused looks. Her attention was on the imposters in the room though.

"Who the hell are you, and what are you doing in my hospital room?"


A/N: This is just a short little thing about just how Naruko managed to get out of that stuffy hospital.

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