A/n: hello every one I'm back but not way I was hopping for my, family problems are over and done with and I'm sad to say it was not the way we had hopped it would end. For on June 2nd my dad passed away due to his liver cancer, and we have been mourning his loss. Now as time goes on I have decided to return to this story which he liked to see me do in honor of his memory. I have decided this when I visited his grave today, so new chapter's will be going to come as soon as they can and as soon as I can get my team back together (maiden of books and alexa_catta123) but for now I hope this one will do I will work on the next one asap while I am still on my vacation to see my dads grave and spending time with our family.

Summary: What if Naruto was a girl and she was blinded by the villager's when she was six and thrown out into the woods and left to die. Only to find the one person who will help her on her path to becoming the greatest ninja the world has ever seen. My first story so please tell me what you think.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto no matter how much I want to.

"Talking"

'Thinking'

"Kyuubi talking"

'Kyuubi thinking'

"Blaze talking"

'Blaze thinking'

Jutsu

Chapter 12: Crimes of the past.

Naru was slowly making her way toured the front gate of Konoha, she was told last night by Kakashi that Sarutobi had requested her team to join him on a S-class mission. When she asked why Sarutobi would request team seven for such a mission, all she got for an answer was "recent news has come to Hokage-Sama that concerns you, so thinks it best that you accompany him on a prisoner exchange. Zabuza and I are going as your body guard's as the exchange is with Iwa. Your team mates and Haku are going for the learning experience". She had been up half the night trying to figure out why a prisoner exchange with Iwa would have anything to do with her.

'Jiji must have some resin why he ordered that team seven come along for the exchange but for the life of me I just cannot figure out why' Naru thought with a sigh

"He could just want you by his side for the exchange to make sure they do not try to kidnap or kill you while he's at the exchange" blaze said as he stretched his wings from his perch on her shoulders

"no if that was the case than he would just have stationed her with 4 of Konoha's most elite ANBU units and have me come out of the seal to watch over her till he got back also Naru-chan isn't exactly defenseless ether." Kyuubi replied from under a tree in the seal

'No if that were the case then Jiji would not bother to go himself. Whoever this person is that were exchanging for must be pretty important if Jiji is going to personally oversee the exchange' Naru replied back while her brow knitted up in deep thought.

"Hey Naru-chan! Wait up!" someone yelled behind her. as she turned around she caught the slight smell of sakura blossoms and honey and gave a soft smile as she stopped to fully to face her team mate Sakura Haruno.

"Konichewa sakura-chan. Are you ready for the mission today?" she asked with a smile on her face.

"Konichewa Naru-chan. Yeah I'm ready for the mission, but still a little nervous I mean why would the Hokage request us to accompany him and the ANBU for a prisoner exchange?" sakura asked as she and Naru began their trek to the front gate once again.

"Well from what Kakashi-sensei said, Jiji want's me to be present at the exchange because it concerns me. Whatever that means" Naru said with a shrug of her shoulders

Sakura looked at her confused "why would it concern you? Do you know the person that were exchanging for?" she asked in confusion

"Not that I know of. I'm not really sure what Jiji and sensei mean by 'it concerns you'. As far as I know I have no connection with any one from the land of earth especially Iwa" Naru said than let out a frustrated sigh "man I hate being left out of the loop like this. I feel so useless"

Sakura looked at her before putting an arm around her shoulder "don't worry Naru-chan will find out what's going on when we reach the exchange point right?" sakura said with a smile witch got Naru to give her a small one of her own.

The two girls reached the front gate five minutes later for sakura to see their last teammate, their sensei, Haku and Zabuza and finally the Hokage and some guy with chakra cuffs on his wrist and ankle's with two ANBU guard's on either side of him and she was sure that others were watching from the shadows.

"ah Konichewa Naru-hime. allow me to introduce you to Shukaru Ishuka. he is the the prisoner that we will be exchanging at the Kage summit." Sarutobi said then taking a puff from his pipe.

naru looked at the man in the cage and what she guessed was his prison uniform. "Konichewa Hokage-jiji umm Konichewa Ishuka-san." naru said with a happy smile to sarutobi then it turned to a nervous one as she turned her gaze back to shukaru.

"so... cough... your the... cough... girl i have to thank for getting me a prisoner exchange huh? what makes you so important to this old man that he is willing to exchange me for whoever it is I'm being exchanged for? not that I'm not grateful mind you, after spending fourteen years in that prison of the leaf's I'm quite grateful just a milled curiosity." shukaru said after looking naru over with questionable gleam in his eyes.

sarutobi found at him but other wise said nothing as naru looked at him with a confused expression on her face "i... umm... not quite sure what you mean Ishuka-san" she said tilting her head to the side in confusion.

"hmmm maybe it's for the best if you don't know the answer for that question little lady. i make no illusion that i don't deserve to be locked up for my crimes in the third grate war, but time changes a man and after awhile old grudge fade with time, but for me of all people to be released for someone important to you tells me that the old Hakage hold you vary close to his hart. not a good thing for a man of his position to revel to a potential enemy a week ness such as that but i will not hold it against ether of you" shukaru said with a harsh chuckle.

"that is quite enough Ishuka-san, you listen and you listen good i will be releasing you from your life of imprisonment for the war crimes you have committed against the land of fire but both myself and the fire daimyo agree that should you or any one from Iwa try any thing funny from now till the exchange is over and were all safely on our way to our own village you can and will be killed on sight no questions asked. now if you so much as look at my little hime any way she or i don't like i will have you killed and your village razed to the ground to get the prisoner your father has back to ware she belongs, and know this while we took you from your father you were already a seasoned shinobi naru was not so lucky so i will remember what your father has done out of a stupid grudge he has agents the leaf. i may seek peace between us but i will not for one second hesitate to issue the order to finish what the yondame started thirteen years ago and wipe Iwa from the face of the elemental nations." sarutobi said glaring at shukaru while releasing his KI at him

shukaru looked at him with only slight fear "a bit over protective, though i think i can understand why. you need not fear me like that old monkey I'm in no position to do anything and even if i was i can honestly tell you i wouldn't. look i know what you may think about me and I'd be the first to agree with you about all of your doubt's about me and while I'm in no position to say it, i will tell you one thing. I'm not proud of what i did back then, i wasn't then and I'm not now. no one, no one has the right to take the life of a parent in front of there child, Their Own child to make them watch as you slit their parents throat all fore a plan to brake the will of the people and make them cower and rise up against their daimyo to take a stand to end the fighting NO one has the right to do that yet i did and i regretted that the vary moment i did it. time changes all thing sarutobi I'm no exception to that but in my case time had nothing to change, no nothing to change. now i look upon this child, this child who will knowingly or unknowingly decide my fate, i look at her and i see the child tide to a chair and forced to watch as her parents are killed in front of her, no you have no need to fear me after all how can one fear what is already dead... i died the day i killed though's people, and as i look upon this child who set free a dead man and hear the reason behind it i think kami my have seen fit to judge me of my sins with one who has been affected also the same way and though a dead man may get back what was taken from her. yes sarutobi you may hate me, you have every right to kill me, but the one thing you need not do is fear me." shukaru said with a dead look in his eyes as he stared at both sarutobi and naru who had moved closer to haku during his little rant.

"tha.. that's what yo... you di..did? you killed parents in front of their children? how could you! why would you? to kill in a time of war is unavoidable but to kill an innocent is inexcusable even if you repent you don't deserve the chance to be free. your right no one has a right to do that even if order to shinobi may do dark things and they may have no honor to speak of but they do have their pride the pride to do what is right and justice shinobi fight in the dark to serve the light. we condemn our selves to hell so that other may rise to heaven above, we kill to bring peace to the world and yet you raise a blade to kill which we as shinobi are sworn to protect? you are worse then trash you are the lowest form of scum there is" naru said with tears in here eyes as she glared at shukaru

"you are wise beyond your years young child, truly wise indeed. yes i don't deserve what i am being given, in fact to be given it at all is a surprise of the highest caliber. when i turned my self in fourteen years ago i did it with the hope i would ether be killed for my sins or left to wrought for the crimes i have committed only to be released a decade and a half later with only you to thank. no dear child i don't deserve to live nor do i deserve to spend an eternity in hell for what i did. the only thing i deserve is to have my soul wiped form existences never to be a blight on anything ever again." shukaru said looking at naru with dead eyes and a heavy soul

" yes well i believe we have wasted enough time and we should get moving. the Kage summit is a long way and we have a longer trek ahead of us" sarutobi said taking one last puff from his pipe before he put it out and tucking it away started to walk off into the Forrest and to to the point were he would give his hime her mother back 'no one has a right to take away one's parent from their child eh? well that is true shukaru-san you may yet still find redemption in the days to come, question is will it be enough for you and the young you have told of your crimes... will it be enough to bring some form of peace to the dead that you failed to do in life? kami have mercy on your soul for i fear naru-hime may not. then again how dose one kill that which is already dead...Shukaru Ishuka you need not fear death when life can be ten time worst and little naru-hime may just bring you back to life yet. after all if theirs one thing she's good at, it's doing what can't be done.' sarutobi thought with a slight chuckle

A/n: well that's all for now I hope you liked it and will leave a review. I will try to have an update with-in a weak but no promises. Have a good one every one and it good to be back just wish it was under better circumstances.