Invisible

Disclaimer: I do not in any way shape or form own Naruto or any of the characters


Chapter 1: watching from the trees


Naruto Uzumaki sat alone with his back against a tree in the training grounds he had become a Genin in. He came here everyday after he returned from missions or training with his friends. It had been nearly a year since Sasuke Uchiha, Naruto's long-time friend and rival, had come back to Konoha. Naruto was happy his friend had returned of course, but once he had Naruto had found himself living in Sasuke's shadow just like before.

"I don't get it." He mumbled under his breath while taking out a kunai knife from his pocket and using it to tear at another tree near by where he sat. "All those people, the same ones who called Sasuke a traitor and hated him after he left, are the ones who call him a genius, and a hero now."

Naruto was right that had happened, many people in Konoha had turned against the dark haired Uchiha in his absence and those same people fawned over him and adored him now that he had returned. Naruto continued to scratch at the tree with his kunai and was so lost in his own thoughts he didn't notice a pair of pearl-white eyes watching him from the tress a few yards away.

Hinata Hyuuga stood behind a tree not to far away from where Naruto sat. She watched as her long-time crush hissed something under his breath and dug harder into the tree he was attacking with a knife. She took a deep breath and thought over what she wanted to say to him. Earlier that day, Sakura and Ino had convinced her to tell Naruto how she felt about him. She was extremely nervous and it didn't help that it seemed she had picked a bad time to talk to him.

"I'll find him later and tell him, when he's in a better mood. He looks really pissed about something right now." Hinata said to herself, perhaps a little too loudly. She saw him freeze as if he had heard something and she left so quickly Lee couldn't have caught up with her.

Naruto turned around; he thought he had heard someone.

"Hello, anyone here?" he called cautiously "Weird, could have sworn I heard someone there." He said to himself as he got up to leave. It was nearly dinner and he hadn't eaten all day so he was headed to the Ichiraku Noodle Shop. As he walked he became once more engrossed in his thoughts so that he did not notice the pearl-white eyes that watched him from a tree branch above his head.


Authors note: Hi guys! Hope you liked the first chapter! Please review, constructive criticism welcome as is ideas to be used in the story please no flaming though, is it really necessary? Anyway incase you're wondering they're about 17. And I'm not going to update until I get at least 5 reviews so review away!