Hey! Hows it going? You all enjoying your summer? Cuz im not! Im bored out of my freakin mind! God! Sometimes I wish school would start already! But there are times when I like staying up late till the sun rises and sleeping till the afternoon. Ahhh…nice…Anyway lets get this story on the rode, shall we?

Disclaimer: I only own aki, lily, kiki and any other characters that are not in the show! That's it!

Recap

"No! I refused to go back to that place!" she yelled and then ran away.

"Aki, wait!" lily shouted and ran after her. The others followed her. They couldn't let Aki get away when they just had her! If they don't get her back, then they would fail the mission! And they so did not want that. Not after all they've been through.

They were going to get her back, even if it killed them.

Which it almost did.

Aki P.O.V.

No…No…No!! I refuse to back there! I rather be lost in the woods then go back there! So I'm going to keep running and running. The further away I am, the better! All I wanted to do is find my childhood friend! I have been looking everywhere. I even ended up going in circles. Its all Konoha fault! If they had been more understanding then I wouldn't be in this situation! What they did to me, my friend, to grandfather! Unforgivable! I ran as fast as I could through the forest. I could hear the other behind me, calling out to me. How could they want me to return to a place like that? Hmmm…sounds like their catching up. I have to run faster but my energy hasn't fully return and I don't want to use my demon's chakra. Damn, I'm going to have to push it as long as I can!

Normal P.O.V.

Naruto and the rest of the ninjas chased after aki, who was pushing herself past her limits.

"Shit! Just when we had her!" Naruto said, a little annoyed.

"I wonder why she doesn't want to go back to the village." Hinata said, confused.

"…" Lily stayed quiet with a sad and guilty look face. Kiki glanced at her and got worried.

'Something wrong. Why does lily look so sad?' kiki thought. Kiba, on the other hand, thought something completely different.

'She knows something but is refusing to tell us. Does she know the reason why aki doesn't want to go back?' he thought but decided not to say anything yet. He wanted to wait till she was ready to talk.

The group kept getting faster and faster but every time they thought they caught up to her, she would speed up and then be out of their view again. Hinata used her byakugun and looked for aki.

"She's pushing herself. I can see that her chakra has almost gone." She said, staring straight ahead.

"Good! This means that we'll be able to catch up to her!" Naruto said, happily. He was tired of chasing her everywhere.

"Don't get your hopes up. Aki is very stubborn and wont give up that easily." Lily said. Naruto just smirked.

"Well I'm pretty stubborn myself and I wont give up either!" he said loudly. He started to speed up so that he was going faster then the rest of them. Lily stared at him with shock.

"I wonder where he gets all this energy from?" Lily thought out loud.

"Its because his spirit is strong and he never gives up no matter how hard the problem is." Hinata said, staring at naruto's back with a look that lily couldn't place.

'This girls seems to know a lot about him.' Lily thought as she looked at him and then back to her , 'I wonder if she has some kind relationship with him.'

Aki's P.O.V.

My breathing got heavier, my feet felt sore, my chest hurt, and I felt like I could collapse any minute. I shook my head and kept going. I heard them getting closer. They either got faster or I got slower. No, I cant go back! I still have to find my friend! Its been so many years since the last time I saw her! I know shes out there, waiting for me. Don't worry Natsuki, I'm going to find you so we can be together again and do everything we used to do! My legs started to feel like rubber and my head felt very light. I heard my name being called.

"Aki! Wait come back!". I think that was naruto's voice. I'm not to sure. He kept calling my name but to me, it sounded like it was muffled. Before I knew it, I felt my legs collapse and started to fall from the tree. The last thing I saw was the ground and something orange.

Normal P.O.V.

Before Aki could hit the ground, Naruto jumped down and caught her and embraced as they hit the ground. Naruto landed on his back and aki was on top of him in a tight embrace. The rest of them caught up to the two.

"Naruto!" they all shouted. Naruto slowly got up, winced in pain a bit since he the ground pretty hard.

"Are you okay?" Kiba asked. Naruto just smiled and nodded. Lily kneeled down next to him and stared at aki, who was sleeping from lost of energy. She brushed some hair out of her face.

"I'm glad both of you are okay." Lily whispered softly. Hinata kneeled down on the other side of naruto, with a very worried expression.

"Naruto, are you okay?" she asked. Naruto nodded at her.

"Don't worry hinata! It'll take more then falling from a tree to do permanent damage." He smiled at her and she blushed. Hinata thought about everything that happen to him and all the bruises he has. She doesn't know what she would have done if he got even more hurt. Before she knew, she found herself giving naruto a hug around his neck. Everyone stared in shock, especially naruto. Lily moved aki so she had the girl's head on her lap. When she did, she looked up at Naruto, whos face turned completely red and hinata who looked happy and sad at the same time.

"H-Hinata?" naruto managed to say. Hinata, who had her eyes closed, opened her eyes wide and jumped back, face also red.

"I-I'm sorry N-Naruto!" she stuttered. She hasn't stuttered around him for a long time. Guess bad habits die hard.

"Its o-okay, hinata. You just took me b-by surprise that's all." He ,also, stuttered. Then both of them looked down at the ground, afraid to look at each other in the eye. The rest of the group just smiled at them and then turned their gaze at the passed out aki.

"This has been on my mind for awhile now but I need to know, do you know why aki doesn't want to go back to the village?" kiba asked. Naruto and Hinata looked up and stared at lily, who was looking down at aki. She closed her eyes and sighed.

"Yes I do." She said, "I know why she doesn't want to go back."

"Then why didn't you tell us earlier?" Naruto asked. Lily didn't respond, instead she said,

"It's a long story. This happen when me, aki, and her grandfather moved to Konoha for the first time. We wanted to start a new life and forget about the past but Houkou made it impossible. But we did the best we could. Life seem good at first but…fate had other plans."

Flashback

It was a regular Monday morning and everyone was getting up and getting ready for their daily routine. Inside a small apartment, lived Lily, Aki, and the grandfather. Today was the first day aki would go to academey. Lily walked up to aki's door and open it. There on a twin size bed with a blue cover on top of her was aki. She was still fast asleep peacefully. Lily smiled at the sleeping girl and then walked up next to the bed. She softly nudged her.

"Come on sleepy head, time to get up." She said in a sweet voice. She got a grunt in return.

"Come on, you don't want to be late on your first day to school, do you?" As soon as she said that, aki sat up quickly and looked at the time. She had an hour and half to get ready.

"Oh no! I'm going to be late!" she shouted as she pushed the covers off her and ran into the bathroom, leaving a stunned lily. Lily smiled and walked into the kitchen, where the grandfather sat, reading the newspaper. He looked up to see lily preparing aki's breakfast.

"So today is her first day is it?" he said, smiling. Lily nodded her head without turning around.

"Yeah and I hope she makes a lot of friends and does well." Lily said. There was silence between them until the grandfather broke it.

"So are you going to join the ANBU?" he asked, looking down at the paper. Lily stiffened and then continue what she was doing.

"Yes I am. I couldn't protect everyone like I wanted too. Especially Sonia." When she said that name, looked down sadly and with guilt. Ryuu, the grandfather, got up, walked over to her and put his hand on her shoulder. Lily looked up at him to see him smiling.

"Do not worry, lily. You were only doing what she told you to do. There was nothing you could do about." He said. Just then a rushing aki came running in and sat at the table. She was wearing a black shirt with short fish net sleeves and on top was a sleeveless navy blue jacket with a hood. Her short black pants had two pockets on each side and a kunai patch on her right leg.

"Ohayo, ojiisan(grandfather)." Aki said with a smile. Ryuu look at her and smiled back.

"Ohayo to you too, aki. Are you excited about your first day at the acdamey?" Aki nodded excitedly.

"I cant wait to meet new people make a lot of friends!" she said. Lily walked over to aki and placed a plate of scrambled eggs and grits with toast on the side in front of her.

"Now hurry up and eat so you wont be late." She said and aki nodded and started to eat while lily place another plate in front of ryuu, who sat back down and was reading the newspaper. Once Aki finished her breakfast she put in the sink.

"I'm off!" aki said as she open the front door.

"Have a wonderful day, sweet heart!" lily called out and with that, aki walked out the door closing it behind her. Once lily finished washing the dishes, she got her purse and walked towards the door.

"Well, I'm going to get some food for dinner and then I'm going the hokage." she said. Just when she was about to walk out the door, Ryuu called out to her.

"If your going to be an ANBU, please be careful. If you die, Aki will be crushed and wouldn't know what to do." He said. Lily didn't turn around to look at him but nodded and walked out the door.

Hokage

Lily knocked on the door and she heard him say 'come in'. She slowly opened the door and walked in. The third hokage sat at his desk with mountain of paper work sitting on top. He looked up at the purple haired woman and smiled.

"How can I help you today?" he asked. Lily looked him straight in the eye.

"I want to join the Anbu Black Op." she said and his smiled disappeared.

"What is this? Why do you want to join?"

"Because I want to protect the village that gave me and my family shelter. This is my thanks to you." She smiled softly. The third thought about it.

"You do realize that if you join, you will barely see you family?" Lily hesitated but nodded.

"I do but as long as I can protect them, that all that matters." He smiled and nodded his head.

"Very well then." He called upon an ANBU, who appeared out of nowhere.

"Yes, how may I help you?" said the masked person.

"I want you to make this woman an ANBU. I believe she as the potential to become one." He said proudly.

"Yes sir." He said and bowed. The masked man turned towards lily.

"Please come with me ." he said and lily nodded. Just before they walked out the door, lily turned around and bowed to the third.

"Arigato!(thank you)" she said and he smiled and waved as she left.

(A/N: Ok, I have no idea how you become an ANBU so lets just say they put her through a lot of difficult tasks and training.)

At Home

Lily open the door and took off her shoes. She was badly beaten up. There were a few cuts and bruises here and there. The test they put her through were not at all easy as she thought.

"Tadaima.(I'm home)" She shouted.

"Okaeri nasai.(welcome home)" Ryuu said from the living room. Lily slowly entered and ryuu's jaw dropped. He got up immediately and ran to her.

"What in the hokage's name happen to you?" he asked, looking at each and every bruises and cuts. Lily just laughed nervously.

"Its from the ANBU. To become one, I had to push my body past its limits. But it was all worth it."

"How was this all worth it?" ryuu asked but then his eyes went wide, "Don't tell me you…" Lily smiled and nodded. She turned her body to the right to show him the symbol the ANBU usually have. That only made his eyes grow bigger.

"I made it. I'm officially an ANBU!"

End of Flashback

Everyone stared at her with eyed eyes. They all looked at her right shoulder but there was nothing there.

"But wait, if you're an ANBU, wheres the symbol?" Naruto asked. Lily put her left hand on the side of her shoulder and pulled on her skin. It started to peal right off. When it came off, there on her shoulder, was the ANBU symbol.

"So you really are an ANBU!" Kiba said, in shock. Lily nodded.

"But then what is that in your hand?" Hinata asked as she stared at the skin she pealed off.

"Oh this? Its something that I made. It's a patch that can cover anything on your skin up. A first its white, but put it on your skin an it will match you skin color." Everyone stared in awe.

"So what happen after you became an ANBU?" Hinata asked, very curious. Lily looked down and sighed.

"After I became an ANBU, our lifes were much easier. Aki became stronger and made new friends, Ryuu started to work at the construction even though I told him not to. Saying he was too old. But he never listens. I continued my duties as an ANBU, taking on dangerous missions and risking my life to save others. But then, one day, Ryuu and the other workers were working on building some kind of new apartment. One of the worker did tighten the bolts for beams(A/N: I thinks that's what its called. Those long stick on the floor that hold the building up.) that held the second floor. Ryuu was under the floor working on floor boards. It all happen at once. One of the workers fell and hit one of the beam. Then that beam started to break. It broke and the second floor started to come down. The other beams broke as well. The others worker ran. Ryuu started to run as well but he ran back for something he dropped. Before they knew it, the whole thing came crushing down on him."

There was a silence in the air. No one dared to speak. They just looked down, feeling sorry about what happen. Since everyone didn't speak, lily continued.

"Once Aki heard, She probably cried. Cried so hard that her eyes were red and she couldnt breathe. They had a funeral for him. Aki, the hokage and some other of his friends came and prayed for him. I couldn't make it since I was searching for a cure. But I know aki, I know her very well to know she probably hates the village and blames them for everything. Shes that type of girl. Blaming people who couldn't help what happen. So my guess is that's why she doesn't want to go back."

"Well that makes sense. I would hate them to if they did that someone I cared about!" kiki said.

"What are we going to do? Should we still take her back?" Hinata asked. Naruto didn't know how to answer that one. He closed his eyes and thought about it. Then he reopened them when finally thought of something.

"How about we take her back and show her that not everyone in the village is bad!" he said with a grin on his face. They all looked at each other and nodded.

"But wait, what if aki wakes up again? Wont she just run away again?" kiki said and everyone had to think about that.

"How about we tie her up and put her on either Akamaru or Kiki's back?" Naruto suggested. Since they all had nothing better, they all agreed.

"Just becareful. She can be sneaky sometimes." Lily said but that just made naruto smile.

"Don't worry! She wont run away this time!" he said without a doubt in his voice. Lily just smiled and let them do there job.

Aki's dream

After I left the house, I ran towards the academy. I'm so excited! Today is my first day and I'm so happy. Before I knew it, I was staring at the school's door. I cant believe I'm actually here! I'm so nervous! What if I faint? What if I lose my voice and stand there like an idiot? What if I cant make any friends? Calm down, Aki! You can do this! I took a deep breathe and opened the door. I walked around looking for my classroom. Wow, this place is amazing! Its so big and theres even a training field. That means I can perfect my jujus! Sweet! Okay heres my classroom. I took a deep breathe and then slowly open the door. The teacher was writing something on the board and everyone was copying. But as soon I walked in, everyone stopped what they were doing and stared at me. Okay, I don't like the attention I'm getting. Oh god, I can feel my cheeks heat up. The teacher looked at me and smiled.

"Ah, you must be the new student! Welcome, my name is Iruka-sensei." Iruka said with a smile. I did my best to smile and made me face everyone, which only made feel a little dizzy.

"Class, this Aki Uindo, she just move here so please welcome her with open arms." I waved a little to everyone. Iruka-sensei told me to sit in the third row next to some girl who was at the end. She had light golden hair that went down to her shoulder and light brown eyes. I walked up and sat down next to her. She turned to face me and smiled.

"Hi, I'm Natsuki! Nice to meet you, Aki!" she said in a cheerful face. I just stared at her and then I smiled.

"Nice to meet you too, Natsuki!" And from that day forward, we've been the best of friends. We would always hang out and have lunch together. If one of us was in trouble, then the other would help. Sometimes we would even go shopping. We were inseparable. You would always see us together. It was as if I had a sister.

"Hey Aki, guess what?" Natsuki said as they were sitting under a roof. It was pouring and they were all soaked. So they decided to stay put until it lighten up.

"What is it, Natsuki?" Aki asked, looking at her friend.

"My mother taught me this new song! Its so beautiful! Wanna hear it?" Aki nodded her head.

"Sure!" Natsuki smiled, closed her eyes and cleared her voice before she started to sing.(i do not own this song!)

I camly feel
That I never forget
What I don't want to forget
Even if I don't try to remember it

It was a clod day
I kept on waiting
Just for you
In the hard rain

I was afarid of nothing
I could even think
That even if it was the last day of my life
I didn't care

I closed my eyes and listen to each word coming from her beautiful voice. Its so peaceful and calming.

People who were
Happily smiling together
Passed so close to me
So many times

But I was smiling
More gently then anyone else
Standing alone
Without an umberalla

When I shaded my eyes with my freezing hand
And saw you appear
It wasnt because of sadness
That I was about to cry

A flash of light
Shone on us
As if it to celebrate
The way we were going on

When she was done, we both opened our eyes.

"Wow, that was beautiful, Natsuki! You should become a singer instead of a ninja!" I said with a smile. She smiled right back.

"That would be nice. That's why as soon as im a jounin, Im going to work on my singing and become a singer!" she said, proudly. I just kept smiling. With her voice, she can go so far.

"Your so lucky! You already planned your future but I still don't know what I'm going to do yet." I said, looking down a bit.

"Don't worry! You still have plenty of time to plan your future! So don't just give up yet!" Natsuki said, winking at me with a grin on her face. I just smiled. I'm so glad I have her. She knows what to say to make me feel better. I hope we never get sepereate. Before we knew it, we notice the rain had stopped.

"Oh wow, aki look up! It's a rainbow!" I looked up and there it was. A beautiful rainbow. We stared in awe. I'm happy we got stuck in the rain. We didn't care if we were wet or that we might catch a cold. All that matter was that we had a big future ahead of us and we were in no rush in growing up!

Reality Aki's P.O.V.

Hmmm…What happen? Why does it feel like the ground is moving? And why does the ground feel warm and soft? I squinted my eyes and then opened them slowly. At first, my vision was blurry but after blinking a few times, I started to see things a little better. Some things are still blurry. It seemed like everything was moving towards but not hitting. There were a few figure walking in front of me which means I'm moving too. But my feet aren't moving. I looked underneath me and saw white fur. I tried to move my hands but couldn't. What the…? I couldn't move my feet either! What the hell is going on?! I started to squirm around, which didn't work. But it did get the figures in front attention. Everything stopped moving and one of the figures walked up to me and I recognized that long purple hair anywhere.

"Aunt…Lily…?" I said, my throat is kinda dry. That's when my vision got better. I saw aunt lily in front of me and the other ninjas behind her, staring at me.

"Your finally up, which means your chakra has returned fully." Aunt lily said. I tried to move again but still couldn't.

"I'm sorry sweetie but to make sure you don't run away again, we had to tie you up. Please forgive us." MY eyes went wide and I looked at my hands and feet. Sure enough, there was rope around them, hold me very tight. But wait…If I'm tied, how am I moving?

"Akamaru is giving you a ride. Him and Kiki switch places carrying you." Kiba said. Oh well that makes sense. But why am I tied up?!

"Why am I tied up though?" I had to ask.

"We didn't want you to run off again! This way, we can hold on to you till we reach the village" Naruto said with his goofy smile of his. Its kinda cute actually. But besides that, they still want to take me back to that village? Hell no! I squirmed even more but there must have been some kind of chakra on it, cuz I couldn't use mine on the rope.

"Try all you want, but lily was able to use a binding jutsu on you, so theres no way you can get free." Kiba said with a smirk. Its kinda sexy too…hold it! I should not be thinking about that when I'm tied up!

"I don't want to go back! You don't understand what I've been through and what they did to me!" I shouted.

"Actually we do. Lily told us that you're angry at the village cuz of what they did to your grandfather." Hinata said. My eyes went wide. But aunt lily left after that happen. How did she know? Well it is aunt lily. She is very strong so maybe she got some resources or something. But I guess that's all she knows. That's not the only reason but I'm not going to tell them anything. Its none of their business. I notice aunt lily staring at me and I gulped. I know her very well to know that she knows there more then what she knows.

"Theres something your not telling us. Theres another reason as to why you hate the village." She said. I had a feeling she would ask. She can read me like a book! Everyone looked at me and I started to feel weird. I hate it when I'm the center of attention. I looked down, my face flushed.

"Wait theres another reason?" Naruto said, confused. And by the look on everyone's face, they are all thinking the same thing.

"I wont tell you anything! If Aunt Lily knew about grandfather's death, then she should know something about what happen!" I shouted. I'm tired of this. I don't want to talk about her in front of them. No! I heard aunt lily sigh.

"I might have heard something but it was only a little." Aunt Lily admitted. I knew it!

"I heard that two ninjas ran off and were never seen again."

"But wait, how do you know that was aki? A lot of people run away from the village!" Naruto said and then his face fell a little as looked at the ground. Whats wrong with him?

"But these two ninjas were different. One had a sword attached to her back and the other had a bow and arrow." I stiffened at that. Natsuki had the bow and arrow and I had the sword…wait. What ever happen to my sword?

"Bow and arrow?" Hinata said, "I didn't know ninjas still use those."

"There are some who use arrows instead of kunais because they believe that it would be more effective when your at a good distant." I've seen Natsuki fight with kunai but only when the opponent is too close or she ran out of arrows.

"So the girl with the sword was Aki and the one with the bow and arrow was…"Kiba trailed off. Aunt lily nodded and looked at me.

"I also heard that there was a fight after Ryuu's death. Tell us aki, who was that other girl and what happen that day?" I looked down. If I don't tell, aunt lily will get mad at me. But I don't want to speak about that day. The day that our lives were changed. I looked back up at her and saw that she was determined, sad, and worry. I sighed.

"Ok, I'll tell you about the day when we left our old self behind and started on a new future. A future that changed our lives forever."

Ta da! An awesome long story! That should make up for my tardiness! I hope you enjoy this awesome chapter! And I know what your all thinking.

"Isnt this suppose to be a NaruHina story? Where are the naruhina moments?"

Well its kinda hard to add them. Before I had no problem but just you wait! There will be more! And if not then I will just put in some bonus chapters filled with naruhina! Except it will have nothing to do with the story. Hmmm I might add a bonus chapter next! Eh, o well!

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