Ok here is chappie 4 as a quick and late...christmas prezzie for you! hope you like it and i'm sorry i didn't update it any sooner as i've been ill still and ran out of ideas...^-^'... anyways on with the story!

Two figures were running through the streets of Konoha, one chasing the other. Naru was the one chasing the unfortunate person to interrupt her and Neji. He kept shouting that he was going to put this in his next book after he did some 'research'. The unfortunate as you could've guessed was Jiraiya, he was seeking Naru as he knew she would be in the Anbu headquarters round that time. He didn't expect to burst in on Naru and Neji but it was too late now here he was running for his life from Naru.

"Come back here you pervert!" Naru shouted as she used Shunshin to catch up with Jiraiya who just kept jumping house to house as fast as he could.

"Now Naru let's be reasonable here, how about you don't hurt me and I'll never tell anyone what I saw," Jiraiya tried to reason and this made Naru pause for a second while Jiraiya stopped to catch his breath.

"I'll accept your deal for now but if I'm not satisfied with the agreement then I'll hunt you down to the ends of the earth, understand?" Naru told Jiraiya who gulped but kept nodding hoping that Naru wouldn't hurt him. Soon Naru had turned back to go meet with Neji and the gang but a memory suddenly flashed back.

XXXXX In the past at the Academy XXXXX

Naru was abit scared as she walked through the academy hearing footsteps approaching her fast. She began to run for what it was worth, she was used to running by now. Pink hair was swaying in the air as Sakura ran towards Naru angry as hell. Naru didn't even do anything to anger or hurt Sakura so she didn't have a clue why she was chasing her. Sakura was mad at Naru as she was getting friendly with Sasuke, he was hers only no other girl would have Sasuke except her. Naru heard the hateful things that were being said to her as she ran.

"Demon!"

"Go home where you belong!"

"You don't belong here!"

"Go live in the streets like you're supposed to!"

"Freak!"

"Go to hell!"

"Die!"

Soon Naru collapsed from exhaustion after running straight out the academy to one of the many training grounds to hide from the rest of the village. She always noticed that Sakura was flirting with Sasuke, she admit it hurt to see Sasuke with any other girl but she thought that as long as he was happy, she would be. But she never knew that Sasuke hated that girls threw themselves at him specially Sakura, he liked Naru as she was different to them.

XXXXX later on in the flash back XXXXX

Sakura had gotten some of the older academy students to beat Naru up for going near Sasuke. Naru just put up with the hurt and torture, this was to keep Sasuke happy so she accepted her punishment for something she couldn't control. Soon the students and Sakura left Naru's bloody, bruised corpse behind. Sasuke just happened to see Naru's form and ran to her body but he couldn't get a reaction from her so he feared the worst. He took her to the hospital to find out she was ok and would be discharged the next morning. Sakura found out about this and was furious.

XXXXX end flashback, back to present XXXXX

Naru winced as the pain shot through her once again as another painful memory made itself known. She needed to find Neji as he knew how to comfort Naru better than anyone else. She pulled herself up then made her way to find Neji, she found him training with his teammates, Tenten and Rock Lee. She stayed hidden in the trees watching his body twist as though he was doing a dance. Naru suddenly thought of how flexible he would be naked in bed…without any clothes on…Naru's cheeks were tinted with a bright red as she thought of Neji on her bed waiting for her naked, ready to take her. She never knew she had her eyes closed when she opened them, there was Neji straight in front of her. He gave her a quick kiss but smirking at her blush.

"May I ask why are you hiding in a tree watching me train?" Neji asked as he watched Naru's cheeks go red. She turned away from Neji's gaze and thought of what reason to tell him as she couldn't really tell him about the pain.

"I just wanted to see you…" Naru spoke as she avoided his gaze once more as she knew Neji had the power to see when she was hiding things. Neji knew by the tone of her voice that she had the painful flashbacks once again.

"Naru are you having the painful flashbacks again?" Neji asked softly as she nodded looking into his eyes, her cold gaze worrying him abit. Naru just looked away then not wanting Neji to see her like this, she was becoming more aware of her emotions meaning her emotions were making themselves known after so many years so being locked away. Neji just pulled Naru close to comfort her as he did every thing she got hurt. They didn't notice Tenten watching the couple jealous of where Naru was, she had fancied Neji but he never paid any special attention to her.

"Neji…I just want to say thank you for being there for me…after so many years of taking care of me…I'm grateful…" Naru got out as she blushed a slight tint of pink making Neji smirk.

"I'm happy as long as you are, I'm always here for you remember that," Neji told Naru who gave the slightest smile but it was gone as soon as it came. They kissed each other on the lips before they wandered off to their houses.

XXXXX Later that night – Naru's dream XXXXX

Naru was about six when she was getting trained in the Anbu. One of her senseis liked her with a passion but didn't want to be demoted so he trained her. He soon learned that Naru wasn't the Kyuubi container but a helpless six year old girl.

"Sensai!" Naru shouted as she ran into the room he was sitting in and jumped onto his lap. He looked up at Naru who smiled grinning widely at him. He gave a little smile back before he trained her abit. This lasted for two years and the two had grown close before he did something horrible and left Konoha. Naru became abit lost after that as she remembered the words he spoke to her before he left her for the last time.

"Naru, I'm always here for you, remember that," were the departing words but the person who told her was the one and only Itachi Uchiha. They were like brother and sister but he left her making her lost. Soon that's when the experiments began along with the other torture for her. Those words caused her pain, they led her into a world of pain and into the killing tool she was now. All she could see was Itachi's face telling her "I'm always here for you, remember that…"

XXXXX end dream XXXXX

Naru woke up crying out in pain as she remembered the painful memory of Itachi. Pain soared through her body making her curl into a feral position hands on her head eyes clenched shut. She tried to get rid of the pain or just forget about it but nothing worked so she stood up slowly then staggered downstairs fully dressed to go to the Hokage's meeting. She noticed her whole Anbu team was there when she jumped in through the window. Confusion was written on her face but her mask of course hid this, Sarutobi then cleared his throat signalling for their attention. They all turned to face him as Sarutobi pulled out a folder with a grim face.

"The sound nin that Naru caught was a spy sent to gather information on all of you including Sasuke and most of our shinobi. This is very worrying at a time like this as we fear Orochimaru sent him, so I'm sending you all on a mission to sneak into Orochimaru's latest base which Jiraiya knows it's location, good luck Team Shadow." They all met at the gates wondering what the mission had in store for them as Naru feared something completely different was going to happen which would affect her in the near future…

OK there we go i'll leave it at another cliffy so i'll update before new yeari promise you this! i'll give you the poll results next chappie and here is another poll :

Who should Naru bump into on the mission causing her destiny to change?

This is a different type of poll as you get to choose who Naru will bump into and either the total number of a certain choice wins or if i like someone's idea that will be chosen anyways...

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Everyone enjoy your christmas and hopefully you'll have a great time!

Ja Ne Kisa xXx