Disclaimer: I still hereby state that I, Keitorin, do not claim to own the Naruto Manga or Anime. The show and all it's wonderful characters are Copyright to Kishimoto Masashi sensei, and umm…whoever else? The only thing I own for sure is the plot. I'm just using my evil and twisted ways to scare people off. Honest
I just realized that this can't be a one shot. Not when I've decided to make my chapters somewhat short, and it's hard to write these parts, so that means more but short chapters -.-
If it weren't for two hours, it'd be only a day since I posted the prologue…I wrote it really quick o.o;
If there are any mistakes, please feel free to correct me.
Chapter One
One hour later Naruto still hadn't moved from the spot at the table. He had been certain that he would come…the Hokage. But he realized how childesh he had been thinking that. Why would the highest Ninja in the village want to play with him? This boy…who had no parents, and had to be taken care of by people who obviously seethed over his very existence. He couldn't helpthinking this way…especially after that look the woman had given him. He buried his face in his hands and breathed shallowly. Now that he thought about, he really hadn't been thinking…the Hokage had only visited him a few times. Even then he had just hung out in the office while he worked. Maybe he had just wanted company…he didn't really care for Naruto…right? He was getting a headache from all this thinking. And as he peeked up from his arms, he could have sworn that the walls were getting closer together, and the air thinning.
He needed out. While he was used to being alone most of the time, and didn't like to be around people because it made him feel like he did something very wrong, just this once, he wanted to be free.
If he'd never been serious, he was now. He straightened up and looked around the room with slightly squinted eyes.
The room couldn't be more ugly in his eyes. Lonely…
He knew he had to get out of here, if just for a while. The lady had said someone would check up on her later…so he had time. Now all he had to do is figure out what he was going to do. If he could just get out of this room…
He let his eyes wander around the room for a moment before they came to land on the door. He walked quietly over to it and turned the nob. His eyes knit together when he discovered that it was looked. Baka onna…they thought he was so young that he'd wonder off? Heh…they were right -.-
His eyebrow twitched slightly before he scratched his head in thought. Well, wasn't there a window in the bathroom? He tiptoed slightly as he walked, for what reason, no one knows…
He stopped in his tracks as he heard a noise right outside the door. He heard a thump and a curse being said before whoever it was moved on down the hall. Naruto listened for a moment longer before turning back toward the bathroom again. If someone where to discover him gone so soon, his fun would be ruined.
As he thought, there was a window. A small one, but he was sure he was small enough to slip through. But first, he needed to get it open. There didn't appear to be any possible way to open it. No lactches, locks, anything. After a few minutes of looking, Naruto sighed and leaned against the sill in frustration. To his surprise, the window pushed right open. He sweatdropped before peeking out the window.
He didn't appear to be that high up, all he had to do was slide down the wall and to the base of the building. At the bottom he would have to be careful, because there was a stand selling food just below.
He took one last glance behind him, cast one last sad look, before hopping onto the sell and over the side. He made sure his hands had a good grip on the edge before slipping slowly down the wall. He gasped as the stand owner began to look up, seeing as how Naruto had accidentally kicked a piece of dust off of the building as he slid. He closed his eyes and did something he would later regret. He let go and let himself fall to the bottom and land painfully on his back. That would leave a mark…
"You said it came from over here?" A voice very near to Naruto asked someone out of his viewing range.
"Yes, I could swear that I saw something…orange fall from the building…"
Naruto stiffened in fear. He so did not want to be caught lurking around the building, especially when he knew he'd get in trouble if Hokage found out. So he silently, but hurriedly, climbed through the bush nearest and made his way around the corner. It appeared he was just in time, as the people rustled over to the place he had just been.
Naruto sighed in relief, before paying closer attention to his current surroundings. He saw a trash dump nearby, and a few boards lying around, but not much else. Boring. He sat up and winced as he felt the burns on his back and hands. He really shouldn't have grasped onto the wall like that…
He looked around once more before nodding decisively. He'd just wander around until he found something interesting…
Review Response(s)~!
All must bow down to Ayako! Thanks you very much for being my first reviewer. It's funny, because before I checked to see if I had any reviews, I was out there reading one of your fanfics! Coincidence? I think not.
Remember when the woman made him White Rice? I had no idea what food it should be. I thought about Ramen, but for some reason I didn't do it…but he'll get some Ramen! When the special part comes up!
And you know, I had never thought about that before I started this fic. After the Kyuubi was sealed into Naruto's navel, did the Hokage take care of Naruto sometimes? Hmm..makes one wonder.
And the reason that all must bow to Ayako because she gave me a wonderful idea~!!!! It's going to happen at the end where the second special part is ^o^