THREE YEARS LATER, AGE THIRTEEN

Years had went by, three years of being unable to escape. Why was I so weak? Why couldn't I get myself out of here? Orochimaru had discovered what my kekkei genkai was, he tried to figure out how I had got it since none of my family members had it. He couldn't come to a conclusion about it, even his medical shinobi couldn't figure it out. Experimentation after experimentation had failed, he hadn't figured it out and Orochimaru was quite the impatient being. I didn't understand why this all had to be happening to me. Why couldn't I phase through these walls? What was stopping me from doing it? What if I couldn't ever escape, I'd be trapped here forever. I sighed absentmindedly and looked around my room, trying to keep myself from going completely insane. I'd seen this room so many times, yet I continued staring at it. What was wrong with me? Perhaps I was hoping if I continued staring around my room, the walls would just disintegrate or something. It wasn't happening as quickly as I would have liked if it was going to happen. 'A click.' I sighed and watched the door open.

"Dinner for you, your majesty." Tayuya said with plenty of sarcasm.

She dropped the plate on the ground, and I listened to its ring throughout the room. I also heard the food scatter a bit, that wasn't good. I looked down and heard the door shut. 'Click, locked.' I sighed and crawled over to the tray looking at the food she had left me. It wasn't alot, but it was still something. This was so much worse then being trapped in the prison when I was five. I stared at the wall, not really thinking about what I was eating, and thought about other things. That's all I was doing lately was thinking. What else could I do?

I sighed to myself and looked down at the silverish tray. I could see my reflection in it, but I didn't look like me. Well in a way I did, but then again I didn't. There were circles under my eyes, my eyes were bloodshot, my skin didn't really look like skin, I was so pale. The only thing that helped me remember my identity, was my hair. It was still so beautiful, that was the one thing that reminded me of who I was, my hair. Of course I'd been taking care of it myself, but I was doing a rather good job. I couldn't smile, it's as if I had forgotten how to. After all these years, I'd still held onto the one thing that was precious to me...my necklace; Haku's necklace. I remembered that he used to wear it everyday to remind himself of who he was. He had given it to me, before I was taken away. I missed him so much. He was my best friend, I didn't know what I'd do if I ever saw him again. I'd probably cry tears of sadness along with happiness. Oh how I wish he could have rescued me from my fate.

BOOM　

'Explosions? What's going on?' I stared at the door waiting for someone to come bursting in my room, what was happening? 'Running, people are running, but who?' I stared more, what was going on? Had one of the Sound shinobi accidentally exploded something during training? 'More running, and that sounds like kunai as well. A...a battle!' I could feel my heart racing, enemies of Orochimaru were here. I had a chance, a new chance for life if they rescued me. I watched the door, waiting, waiting for it to open. Suddenly the clashes, yelling, and running stopped. 'A click.' The door opened, and some shinobi walked in. They weren't Sound shinobi but shinobi from the Village Hidden in the Leaves.

I'd heard long ago from Zabuza that the Village Hidden in the Leaves was quite a welcoming village. They took people in and brought it upon themselves to rescue and help people. They were rather soft when it came to battle, they weren't really the type of shinobi that enjoyed killing each other. They were allies with a great many number of villages and one of their main goals was to stop evil. Sounded like a load of bull to me, but I didn't really care. I just wanted to be somewhere that I wouldn't have people experimenting on me all the time, people that would accept me for who I was, and a village that didn't just kill people for the heck of it. Saving the world though…eh, I didn't like that sound of that too much.

"Get the girl." one of them instructed. "Be gentle with her, she looks very fragile."

'I'm fragile now?' Another nodded and the other man cautiously walked over to me, I guess he was trying not to scare me or something.

"We're going to get you out of here, along with everyone else." he whispered. I nodded, and he gently lifted me into his arms.

"Let's go find more of the prisoners." the first said. My savior nodded and followed the Jounin out of the room. We left the room, and a Chunin ran up to the Jounin leader.

"Orochimaru's escaped." he said. "Along with a good number of his followers."

"Did you see him?" asked the Jounin holding me.

"No, but we saw some shinobi escaping. They were saying 'Hurry Orochimaru-sama, they're coming'." the Chunin replied

"Damn it." the other Jounin cursed. "Let's merely find all the prisoners in here and take them back to the village." The Chunin nodded and ran off to tell his companions of their new orders. The Jounin looked in my direction and said "Take her outside Ryo, there are medical shinobi out there that need to look over her." Ryo nodded and walked down the hallway looking for an exit.

"What were you doing in there child?" he asked, walking towards the exit. I looked up at him and sighed sadly.

"I was...taken away." I whispered quietly.

"It's alright, that will never happen again. The Leaf Village will make sure that Orochimaru never hurts you again." Ryo said smiling.

I couldn't smile; I nodded and looked around the hallway. 'Doubt it, no one can stop Orochimaru if his mind is set on something.' He carried me outside, and I looked around the area before focusing my thoughts on trying to phase. I touched his arm lightly with my hand, and it went through it. I pulled it back through and stared at it. 'So it was that place that was stopping me from phasing?' A few shinobi walked over to us, looking at Ryo.

"What's the orders?" one of them asked.

"We're looking for imprisoned people at the moment, your orders are to look over them and treat their wounds." Ryo said. They nodded, and Ryo looked down at me. "Don't worry, these people are going to help you." I nodded, and he handed me over to the medical shinobi. "Be careful with her, she's extremely fragile."

'Fragile again? What the heck?' They nodded and while they were looking over me, I spaced out wondering what was going to happen to me.

"Hey." I looked at one of the shinobi, and she smiled. "Get some rest ok? We'll be leaving shortly." I nodded and closed my eyes. I didn't even notice when I lost consciousness.　

HOURS LATER, THE LAND OF FIRE

I opened my eyes and looked around the area we were in. 'A forest?' After being inside for years, I loved the scenery outside, it was all so beautiful. I stared at everything around me and finally looked at all the shinobi around us. All of them were carrying someone, Orochimaru had a ton of prisoners I was guessing. I let a soft sigh pass through my lips and looked up at the dark night sky. All the stars were just so shimmery, it was so dazzling. I began counting, wondering if I could be my old record of four hundred and eighty nine.

"You can't help, but wonder what kind of horrors these people went through." Ryo said, I turned my attention to him and the shinobi he was speaking with.

"Who knows what Orochimaru did to these people?" the shinobi beside Ryo said. Ryo shrugged and sighed to himself.

"At least they'll all be safe in the village." he said.

"That is, if they want to stay." the other said.

"Asa, how can you say they won't stay in the village?" Ryo asked shocked. "The Village Hidden in the Leaves would be the safest place for them." Asa shrugged boredly and said

"Some of them might want to go back to their home villages." Ryo nodded, realizing Asa's point, and sighed.

"You're probably right." he said.

"We're approaching the village!" someone yelled from the front.

"We'll just see how many stay." Asa said.

I looked away from Ryo and Asa, moving my gaze towards the village. It was absolutely huge. I couldn't believe my eyes, how could the Village Hidden in the Leaves be this big? I shook my head slightly confused and closed my eyes. 'I can't handle this, what's going to happen to me?' I opened my eyes after a few minutes and looked at the inside of the village. It was so gorgeous. 'Wow.'

"Are any of the people awake?" a voice asked from the front. I looked up at Ryo right when he looked down at me, and he smiled.

"Here sir!" Ryo yelled.

"Take her to see the Hokage." the voice said.

Ryo nodded and carried me off somewhere. There was this huge building, circular shaped it looked like. It must've been the main building or something like that. Ryo carried my up the stairs and down the hallway.

"Don't be scared." he told me. "The Hokage is a kind man, he'll make sure you get taken care of." I nodded, and he gently set me on my feet. He knocked on a door, putting an arm around my back to hold me up since I was slightly weak, and a voice said

"Enter." Ryo opened the door and led me inside. I looked up and saw a rather old man sitting behind a desk.

'So this is the Hokage of the Village Hidden in the Leaves? He's old.'

"Hokage-sama." Ryo said, bowing.

"Ah, Ryo. What can I do for you?" the Hokage asked, setting down his pipe.

"We've brought back a number of Orochimaru's prisoners as you ordered sir." he replied. "This girl is one of them." The Hokage finally looked at me and smiled kindly.

"What's your name?" he asked.

"Sada." I whispered.

"Well Sada, would you like to stay in my village?" he asked me. I had no where to go, and I knew how welcoming the Leaf Village was; I nodded. "Excellent. Are you a shinobi?" I nodded again. "What rank?"

"I don't have one." I whispered.

"Of course, create some clones for me." he said after a moment.

"Demo Hokage-sama-" Ryo started.

"I know what I'm doing." the Hokage interrupted. I made the handsigns and created four clones. "Good work, you're a Genin."

I nodded, knowing I was actually above Genin rank, but didn't complain. He got up from his desk, walking over to me. He handed me a headband along with some keys and some money.

"Ryo will show you to your apartment. There are already supplies in there so you won't have to supply it yourself." I nodded, and he sighed. "Come here some time tomorrow so I can assign you to your new team." I nodded for what seemed like the billionth time and bowed slightly.

"Arigato." I whispered

"Your welcome child." the Hokage replied. I followed Ryo out of the building, and he took me to my new apartment.

"Here you are, hope things go well for you."

I nodded a thank you and went inside my apartment. I walked into the bedroom and looked through the drawers of the dresser. There were actually clothes in there. I stared at the blankly for a second before making myself a really cool outfit out of them. I looked in the mirror and nodded to myself. 'This looks ok.' I was wearing a pair of black semi baggy jeans with some rips at the knees and in other random places, fishnets under the jeans, ninja sandals, and a long sleeved fishnet shirt with a dark purple tank top over it. I got out of my new clothes and put on my pajamas. I slipped under the covers of my bed and stared at the ceiling thinking. 'Well…I've finally escaped from Orochimaru, what happens to me now? What will my new team be like? Will people dislike me? What if I can't deal with all this sudden change? Ok, calm down Sada. You can do this. You're just slightly paranoid about everything that's happened in the past four years. Everything will be alright.' I nodded, assuring myself that everything would work out, and closed my eyes tiredly. I didn't even notice when I fell asleep.　

Author's Note: So I'm pretty happy that things with this story are moving quickly, I haven't been having to do too much re-writing so far, but I'm pretty sure it's coming. So troublesome, I used to suck as a writer...anywho! Yeah, I hope you like it so far =]

PREVIEW: CHAPTER SIX

Kakashi sighed, apparently annoyed that I had hid behind him, and stepped behind me. He put his hands on my shoulders and said

"This is your new team mate, Sada." I looked up at all of them through my bangs and quickly looked down, seeing them staring at me. "Well introduce yourselves you three."

"I'm Sakura." said the girl.

"I'm Uzumaki Naruto, and I'm going to be the next Hokage. Believe it!" the blonde yelled.

"Could you not be so loud Naruto?" Sakura asked annoyed. I looked up at the raven haired boy, not hearing him say anything, and Sakura said "That's Sasuke by the way."