Third update, I hope you enjoy!

I don't own Naruto

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"Hey Sasuke, you want to do something after school?" A kid from his class asked. Sasuke turned around by the wall outside and looked who called his name.

It was a short boy with shaggy looking brown hair and brown eyes. He had strange triangular markings on painted on his face, slightly smeared on his left cheek. His hands were stuffed inside of his green shorts with his grey shirt ruffled up around the hem. The boy's name was Kiba or something and was standing with three other kids.

The girl of the group with long,blonde, put down hair began giggling and hiding behind one boy with pineapple hair, while the third was just standing and eating a small bag out chips.

Sasuke was about to object and walk away, but then remembered what his mother said earlier about making friends. He looked to the ground and folded his arms. Kiba nudged the blonde, Ino, and whispered, "I told you he wouldn't answer." Ino dropped her head down and almost started walking away.

"Sure." He said in a quiet voice which almost went unheard.

Kiba paused and went a little closer to Sasuke. "What did you say Uchiha?" He asked genuinely confused on what he had heard.

Sasuke began to glare. "Nothing. Nevermind." And began towards the river by his home, no family with him this time either.

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"Let's go on a walk Gai-sensei!" Naruto ran to the worker's section of the mansion, desperate to move after being trapped in his room for two extra hours. After his father's meeting with the other man, the man decided to stay for a while longer, being an old friend of his.

The workers all heard Naruto's yell. "No running in the halls Naruto!" Iruka shouted from his and Kakashi's room.

Naruto slowed down a little. "I'm not!" He lied back.

A room door opened to reveal Kakashi standing there with a pile of clean clothes in his hand. "You are a terrible liar Naruto."

Naruto smiled up at him. "Do you know where Gai-sensei is? I wanted to go on a walk because I don't like staying in my room for that long." Kakashi shook his head.

"He must be in Konoha right now on an errand, but when he comes back he may be able to take you."

Naruto gaped in betrayal. "He left to go to Konoha? Without me?"

"Naruto," Iruka said from inside the room, "you already know you are not allowed to go to the village, so don't be mad. One day you may be able to go." Even though Naruto knew, he still wanted to.

"Why don't you ask Asuma-sensei if he could take you on a walk and maybe later help us with some stuff?" Kakashi offered, trying to keep Naruto away from thinking about the village.

"Hai." He said in a quieter voice, heading back up the stairs to the spot he had left Asuma in.

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"Hey Asuma- sensei, can we play hide and seek?" Naruto suggested as they reached the "end" of the trail. The two didn't bring Pakkun on the walk because Naruto wanted to stay out for a bit longer without worrying about the dog.

"Over here? Why don't we wait until we're back at the house?" Asuma suggested, confused about hiding in a small trail.

"But I wanted to hide in the forest. It can be harder like this." Naruto pleaded with the puppydog eyes that almost worked on everyone.

"...Fine, but no going too far. I don't want you to get lost or hurt without me knowing."

Naruto smiled. "Close your eyes and start counting!" He demanded, excited to play.

Asuma laughed. "Okay, okay." He covered his eyes and began counting. "60, 59, 58, 57…"

Naruto ran between the bushes that blocked the entrance to the magical clearing in the forest and tried to find the best place to hide in it. "33, 32, 31, 30…" He spotted the giant bushes near the metal bench and went to dive in, making sure there were no thorns. "10 more seconds Naruto. 9,8,7." Naruto went further into the bush until his back hit something hard, assuming it was a tree stump. He went to lean back on it, but as he did, the hard object fell down flat, making him fall back too. The sounds was quiet, due to being silenced by the branches surrounding and leaves under the bushes.

Naruto looked down and inspected the object with the limited lighting he had in the bush. "Ready or not here I come." He heard Asuma speak close by, yet the words only passed him by, more interested in the object. It was a big plank of wood, smooth on the large face, but rough on the sides. It seemed to be untouched, width as wide as the bush, but shorter in height, being hidden from sight. Naruto continued to go in further where the plank had blocked.

"Naruto where are you?" Asuma continued the search. He reached the end of the bush and, to his surprise, saw that the trail continued on this side. It was less kept, plants and weeds growing over the trail of bark, but was still visible to the eye. He was about to stand up, but then remembered he was still hiding from Asuma. "Naruto!"

Naruto went back into the bush and picked up the plank to set it back up. Quickly, he left the clearing and searched for a more obvious place to hide. If he wanted to continue going to his spot in the forest, he decided he wouldn't let Asuma or anyone else find out what he found.

Asuma stepped back onto the trail and went to the right of it. "How did he get so far in one minute?" He heard a shuffle from his left ear and began to smirk. "Naruto I know where you are. Better just come out now." He heard a slight giggle and went to go and find the blonde.

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Three more weeks with the deal he and Kakashi made. One day to plan out his escape. Even though Naruto was only eight, he wasn't clueless and was actually pretty smart for his age. Heck, he was even learning pre algebra!

Usually when he plans his escape to go to Konoha, he only put in mind the option of going through the regular route which is heavily guarded with people he has never seen, but that trail was possibly blocked off because it leads to the village. If the others knew about that, they would never let Naruto walk on that path, or at least, not let him go to the end.

Naruto plopped himself on his swivel chair in his study, sliding to the desktop computer. Time to plan his escape.

Yes, this one is a super short chapter, but trust me, it will be worth it later on.