Lone Fox Missing
burningshadow
Rating: PG-13
Pairings: None so far. You'll see hints of ones that may come in the future, but nothing real yet.
Summary: Naruto left the leaf when he was 7. Now, 5 years later, 12-year-old Naruto returns to take the Genin exam.
Note: What surprises lay in store for our favorite genins? Who is the mysterious person hanging around Naruto? Why is Kakashi acting so strange? Find out now. Enjoy.
"Blah" speech
'Blah' thought
Blah other thought (mainly inner sakura)
Blah extra
Blah author note
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Prologue--Departure:
Please, please forgive me
But I won't be home again
Maybe someday you'll look up
And barely conscious you'll say to no one
Isn't something missing
You won't cry for my absence I know
You forgot me long ago
Am I that unimportant
Am I so insignificant
Isn't something missing
Isn't someone missing me
Even though I'm the sacrificed
You won't try for me, not now
Though I'd die to know you love me
I'm all alone
Isn't someone missing me
--Evanescence; Missing
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"Why are you still here, demon?"
"Get out! We don't want you here!"
"Don't touch my child, you bastard!"
"Go back to your kind, filthy demon spawn!"
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"Why is everyone so mean to me? What did I ever do to them? I can't take it anymore! The stares, the names, the screams, the loneliness. Why does everyone treat me like I'm a demon or something? I can't stand them! I'm leaving. No one's gonna stop me!"
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"Well, old man, good-bye," a lone figure said as he headed for the forest outside of Konoha. "You and Master Iruka were the only one's who ever cared. Sorry Master Iruka, but I won't be home again. At least not for a while. I hope you'll forgive me. You'll probably forget me like the rest of them. Maybe even be glad that I'm gone. You'll probably come by my place when I don't show up at the ramen place. You'll probably walk in, calling my name, searching my apartment. Then you'll go into my room to wake me up, but what you'll find won't be so pleasing. I hope you find my note…and I hope you'll forgive me. Goodbye, Master Iruka. Goodbye, old man. Goodbye, Konoha. I'll miss you whether you miss me or not. Goodbye!" The lone figure turned around one last time to face the village as he said his goodbyes. Then, tears forming in his eyes, he fled into the darkness.
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Dear Master Iruka,
By the time you get this I will be gone. Please fourgive me, but I won't be coming home again. Maybe someday you'll say to no one, isn't someone missing? Hopefully you won't cry for me. I never really liked people piteing me. The village will fourget me. I'm too unportant and insignifigant for them to care anyway. I want you to know that I thought of you as a brother and a father and I know that you luved me. I luv you too. I promise I will come back. I don't know when, but I will. Please do this for me. Give my stuff that I left to the old man, and you can have the partment. Also, I left some money on the counter to pay for all my free ramen. I hope it's enuf.
I luv you!
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"Naruto."
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The name hovered in the air and blew with the wind, taking with it the lone tear shed by a sorrowful man. He would wait for the boy no matter how long it took. Little did he know that it would be 5 years before he saw his surrogate brother and son again. And when the boy did return, he wouldn't be a fragile little boy anymore.
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Author's Note: Well, how was it? I promise chapter one will be a little bit longer. Please R&R. I wrote this while listening to "Missing" by Evanescence. If you've heard it before you can guess that happy stories can't come out of it. Here's proof. Some of the words in the letter are misspelled, but that's on purpose. I figure a 7-year-old won't have the best spelling in the world. So deal with it. I'll try to update again either today or tomorrow.