Naruko

I shifted my fee uncomfortably. Mom was sitting next to me, I wanted to ask her something and she was patiently waiting. I don't know why I felt so unnerving. It was my own mother! I shouldn't be nervous around her... but I was. I didn't feel as if I could trust her anymore.

"Mom?" I started.

"Yes?" She asked calmly.

"Why... why did you get me out of the prison?" I asked. My mom hesitated. I saw it.

"Because I was looking for you." She smiled, ruffling my hair lovingly. I smiled, but it faded. I sighed again.

"Why were you looking for me? Please! Tell the truth!" I practically begged. Mom was silent, for a while. As if deciding if I should know. And she sighed.

And started a story.

Sasuke

I ran out of Konoha. Naruko was in danger if she stayed there. I knew she was. She didn't know, they tricked her. She trusted them, I know she does. I ran through the trees. Trying to pick up Naruko's chakra signal. Now is as good a time as any to tell you the story I heard. Parts aren't a surprise. But the ending. Well, it doesn't put Naruko in a good place.

Sasuke's information

Naruko has the nine tails sealed inside her. For this reason she was locked away after she learned to walk and talk. She was supposed to be used as a weapon, for wars. The Kyuubi would take over if she was in any danger. Or if she felt like she was in life threatening danger.

But others wanted Naruko. They wanted her for the Kyuubi inside her, not the girl herself. The elders locked her away in case someone came to take her away.

But sadly, just that happened.

Pain had ordered the Akutsuki to attack Konoha in search of the nine tails. That happened to be the day where Konan and Nagato broke into the prison. They had heard somehow that the nine tails Jinchuriki was imprisoned. When they found the Jinchuriki was missing, the Jonins of the village tried desperately to find her. She was the fourth's daughter. She had to be protected.

Even if it was in a jail cell.

The white haired man I saw as a Sannin. Jiraiya. They didn't know if Naruko was a danger to the village, as long as she was with Akutsuki she was an enemy, an unpredictable one at that. He was ordered to go find Naruko and try to bring her back.

He was ordered to kill her if she made up her mind to stay.

Konan's Story

When I broke into the prison we were told to find the Jinchuriki and bring it back to begin the separation process. I did as I was told, me and Nagato eventually found the door with a large '9' plastered on it. But when we looked through the sliding window. Well, I couldn't believe it myself.

A little girl with long, blond hair was crowded up in a corner, she had a collar around her neck, chains on her ankles and wrists, and looked frightened. She was crying her eyes out too. Nagato had the same reaction as me. We went in to retrieve her. I told her it would be okay. She seemed to trust me, but still backed away. She was so small and timid. I could see her face. He scared blue eyes. Her scarred cheeks. She told us her name. Or rather, what she thought her name was. I told her we would get her out of here, and she practically jumped into my arms. She agreed to do whatever we asked of her. She seemed happy. So we took her away, as promised.

Pain wasn't happy when I refused to preform the jutsu on her. She was asleep. Even Nagato helped me argue for her sake. They said we had become attached to her. They called her a tool. But they didn't see her. Scared of the slightest gesture. I convinced him. We would raise her, we wouldn't need to separate her from the nin tails. She would follow us no matter what. If we trained her, she could help us, and be stronger.

Pain agreed. But made it known, that if anything jeopardized her training or she tried to return home, she would be killed. He still saw her as a tool, a weapon that he could destroy whenever.

I saw her as a daughter. And she saw me as a mother. I couldn't kill her. I just couldn't allow her to die. She had so much to learn. So much potential. I saw it. Nagato saw it. Even Itachi saw it. He offered to have Naruko on his team in the future.

Naruko grew up without a problem. She was strong, a bit rude, but obedient. But then, Someone told her Konoha wasn't that bad. It was a traveler. And that's where all the trouble began.

Naruko started sneaking out. She would go camping alone. She started hanging out with Kisame more often, she hit a rebellious streak. She had a short temper. And no patience. It was like she couldn't help being wild. People from Konoha tried to convince her to return. Of course she would refuse, but you could feel the doubt around her when she walked through the halls.

Her mistake was going to see Pain first.

Because later he came to see me.

He told me the separation process would take place in one week.

Naruko-

I sat wide eyed. They wanted me dead? My uncle wanted to kill me!? This couldn't be happening. I looked at my mom, she was crying.

"Naruko..." she started. She hugged me.

"I don't want to die." I muttered. "I haven't even got to live yet." I admitted. Which was true. And not true. I still have more freedom but it was like moving from one cell, to a bigger one. I couldn't lead my own life. That's all I want.

"Naruko." My mom said, pushing me away. I looked in her eyes and saw fear.

"Yeah?" I said. My mom sniffled, led me back to my room and started throwing stuff in a backpack.

"You have to leave Naruko." My mom said, packing all my clothes, besides my robe.

"Leave? Why!" I asked. My mom gave me the signal to be quiet. Then she zipped up my bag. And handed it to me.

"Because, I can't do it." she said, gripping my shoulders. "I can't let you die." she cried. I stood and grabbed her hand. I didn't want to leave. I was supposed to stay with my mom forever. But, this was hard for her too. Making me leave like this.

I nodded. Tears welling up in my eyes.

"Okay..." I said, slinging my bag over my back. I gave my mom one last hug. It was long, she squeezed me tight.

"I'll always love you." My mom smiled when we pulled apart. She grabbed my wrist. When she let go, some sort of paper bracelet was there. I smiled at it. It was our bond. It had the words she said on it. 'I will always love you.'

"I love you too. Thank you, Mom. For everything." I said, then, I ran.

My shoes hit the stone ground as I ran through the hall way. Tears were streaming down my face. I didn't look back. I almost made it to the door and out into the forest. I kept running. I was well into the forest when Pain appeared. I stopped. And wiped the tears from my face.

"Where are you going?" He asked, keeping his cool. I couldn't keep my cool though. I glared at him.

"I'm running away!" I shouted.

"Is that so..." He said, voice lined with boredom. Then he moved aside. "Then go ahead." He said. I watched him cautiously. He obviously had something up his sleeve. I stayed to the side. And ran past. But not before a kunai whizzed by my arm, making a cut open. I gripped it, it hurt. Then, I kept running, and tripped on a wire. I fell on the ground, when I looked up I saw a bunch of Kunai and shuriken flying full speed at me.

I screamed, and waited for death that never came. I heard a cough and felt blood splash onto my face. I opened my eyes and saw my mom standing over me. My eyes went wide.

"I'm sorry Naruko." She coughed again, blood dripping off the side of her mouth. "I got blood on your pretty face.." She said, wiping it away. Then she fell over.

"Mom!" I yelled. I was kneeling over her. She was smiling. I was crying.

"I had a bad feeling... I shouldn't have made you go alone." she said.

"It's okay! Mom really! We can leave together! Come on! You'll be fine!" I smiled. I was trying to convince my self. But the tears still flowed.

"No, Naruko... This, this is the end for me." She said, reaching up to run her fingers through my hair.

"No! You said! You said we could be together forever!" I was still smiling.

"Naruko, my only regret. Is not being able to see what you'll be." she said, staring off into nothingness.

"You can! Come on! You okay! You'll survive!" I said, still smiling. Still crying. Mom closed her eyes. "I'll always love you." She wheezed before going limp.

I shook her.

"Mom?" I said. "MOM!" I shouted. I felt a burning on my wrist. It was the bracelet. The one she gave me earlier. It started burning. Dying along with my mom. I took it off and tried to put it out. "Please..." I muttered. "Don't die." I cried. "Don't leave me." I read the bracelet on last time...

'I Will Always Love you'

And it was gone. Mom was gone. I can't go home. Because without my mom, I have no home. I felt tears running down my face. I looked up at Pain. He was just standing there. He didn't care. He just killed his sister. He didn't even care!? My anger built.

"HOW COULD YOU!?" I yelled. Red chakra surrounded me, the last thing I saw was Pain's surprised face as he turned and ran away.

Then, every thing went black.

Sasuke-

A large explosion rang in the forest I was in. I ran over to it. Feeling something slightly similar to Naruko. When I peered out from behind a tree I saw her, Naruko, she was covered in red chakra and was destroying the forest around her.

"Naruko!" I yelled, she looked over at me, and attacked. She wasn't herself. But why? I looked and saw the ground littered with Kunai and shuriken. I looked on the ground and saw someone. She was dead. Was that why Naruko was mad? I took a cautious step towards her. She growled at me and continued to destroy the forest. This must be the nine tails power. I had to calm her down.

"Naruko!" I yelled. "I don't know what happened here! But you need to calm down!" I yelled over the falling trees.

Naruko glared at me. She seemed to have gained some control. She was crying.

"My mom. He killed her." She said. "He killed her!" she yelled slamming her fist into another tree.

"It's gonna be okay! Naruko! Calm down!" I yelled again. She looked at me. Then around the forest. The chakra started to dissipate.

"I just, don't know what to do." She cried before falling unconscious. I walked over and picked her up.

"Well, I do." I said, and started carrying her back to Konoha. She was crying, even In her sleep. She gripped my shirt and shook with sadness. She needed help. But was it my place to give it to her. I looked at her. She seemed so small. So little. So, so... so much like me, when I lost my clan.