Ok McCrazy23 here. I have redone Runaway to make it better in a sense. I apologize for any inconvenience and hope you forgive me. Chapters One through Four are still the same. Five through Ten are the Omake Flashbacks I have written before except for part two and three of Kumo, all of Kiri, Taki and Iwa. After that the chapters go back to normal except for Chapters Thirteen and Fourteen are gonna deal with the academy arc as I would call it. Then it goes back to normal with minor changes. Except chapter eighteen which should have been the new chapter before the rewrite…I confused myself. Hope people don't hate me for this. I even locked up Bob. I need the concentration. No flamers saying you suck as a writer or this and that. You try to concentrate having over twenty stories in your head while writing one.

Disclaimer: I OWN NOTHING NARUTO

Kyuubi/Asa speaking

Kyuubi/Asa thinking

Jutsu being said

Flashback/'thinking' ('thinking during flashback')

Runaway. Chapter One.

Rain pours overhead as thunder roars and lightning flashes in the skies. It is one of the worst storms Konoha has ever seen. But, it seems like the weather isn't exactly random. No, it is more like it is angry, angry at the village. People are rushing to get into their homes, shops being closed early, windows being closed and boarded up. But, if any could see outside the village gates, they would see a small figure running away from the village. The figure is in the shape of a small child. In fact, it is a small child.

If anyone with good eyes could have been watching, they would be able to see a little boy running. They would have been able to see his clothes; a white shirt and some black shorts with some sandals tattered like someone ripped them. They might see his blond hair all dirty and messy. But, if they could really see, they would be able to see that on his cheeks are tears mixed with the rain going over his whisker marks. His name is Naruto Uzumaki, who is seven years old. Now you may ask, why is he running and crying with his clothes messed up?

Well, a couple hours earlier, he was asleep on his bed when a group of people came into his home and dragged him outside of his apartment. They started to beat him for reasons he didn't know. After a couple of hours of beating him, he saw that the group burned his apartment, destroying everything in it. The group walked away with satisfied smirks on their faces as little Naruto lay on the ground, beaten to an inch of his life, crying. He cried as the sky opened up to cry with him. He felt his bruises and cuts and whatever else they did to him heal, for reasons he didn't know, until he had enough strength to get up and start running, heading to the gates.

And that's where we find him, running away from the village he called home, even if it isn't a good one. He keeps running, not caring where he might go, not caring if he will be homeless; just as long as he isn't in the village anymore. He runs and runs for what feels like hours, but is around twenty minutes, until he runs into someone and falls.

The person he bumps into looks down, wondering what hit her. "What the...?" She says as Naruto looks up, lightning flashing and illuminating the woman. She is over five and half feet tall, wearing a green haori. Under that she has on a grey, kimono-style blouse held closed by a broad, dark blue obi that matches her pants. She also has open-toed black sandals with high heels, not that he can see since he is looking up still. Her straight blond hair is waist-length with shoulder-length bangs framing her face. But, the most noticeable feature of her are her huge breasts. On her cleavage is a necklace. Also he notices on her forehead a small diamond. He isn't sure if it is painted on or if it's a birth mark.

She looks down at the boy as he looks at her in fear, wondering if she is going to hit him like the villagers had done to him. He closes his eyes as he puts up his arms in a defensive position as he says with tears running down: "PLEASE DON'T HURT ME! I'M SORRY I RAN INTO YOU!" The woman looks at him as she kneels. She speaks in a soft voice, but loud enough for him to hear. "Hey, I won't hurt you. What's this about hurting you?" She goes and picks him up as he shakes from the touch. Noticing he's not on the ground anymore, he looks at the woman, wondering what she will do. She looks at him, wondering if he will answer.

"Hey, going to answer my question, little one?" He nods before speaking. "I ke-keep getting hu-hurt in my vil-village." The woman frowns at that. "What do you mean by that?" He answers. "We-well I don't kn-know why, but th-they hurt me a l-lot. Ever since I go-got out of the place I u-used to live as an or-orphan." He says between sniffles before he starts to cry more. "Even in th-there I got hurt a-and I don't kn-know why. I nev-never did anything wr-wrong. Honest. Please, don't ta-take me back there. I wa-want to leave…" He goes and cries on her chest as the woman consoles him.

"Hey, don't cry. I'll protect you." Naruto stops crying, but keeps sniffling. "You will?" "Of course. What's your name?" She asks. "I'm Naruto. Naruto Uzumaki." He says in a somewhat cheerful tone. The woman wonders why his name sounds familiar, but can't remember at the moment. "What's yours?" She looks at him. "I'm Tsunade. Tsunade of the Sannin. The slug princess." Naruto looks at her with a weird look, forgetting at the moment what happened prior. "The Sannin?"

Tsunade laughs a hearty laugh as she nods. "Yep. Guessing you don't know, huh?" He shakes his head as thunder roars and lightning flashes once again before slowly dying down. Tsunade looks to her right before speaking. "Well Shizune, looks like we won't be stopping here for a while. Besides, I still haven't come to terms with the past just yet." Naruto looks where she is looking to see a girl in her early twenties. She has on a black-bluish kimono with white trimmings, held closed by a white obi. Her hair is black and straight, stopping above her shoulders with bangs that cover her ears. Shizune has a sad and glum look, but decides that it might be best, considering what she just heard.

"Yes, Tsunade-sama." She says as she holds a big umbrella over all three of them. "Oh, this is Shizune, my student. I'm teaching her in medical jutsus." Tsunade says, answering an unasked question. Naruto nods before he hears an oink. He looks around, wondering where that sound came from before Shizune giggles. "I see our little friend also wants an introduction." Naruto looks at her, pondering what she means until she brings her free hand up, only her arm is carrying something. He looks and sees a pig, wearing a pearl collar and a dark red jacket, which looks odd to him.

"Her name is Tonton." Shizune says as Naruto gently pets the pig. She oinks a pleased oink. Naruto looks at Tsunade. "So, I can go with you?" Tsunade nods. Naruto smiles and hugs her crying, this time happy tears. She hugs him back before she looks at his face and sees he's asleep. She chuckles at that before looking at Shizune. "Come on. Let's go to another town then." "Yes, sensei." Shizune says before they walk off away from the village, but opposite of where they came from prior, unbeknownst to them how much both of their lives will change.

Meanwhile…

While in a different village, an almost exact situation is occurring. However, it isn't raining like in Konoha. But, there is another child running. It is a young girl, who is the same age as Naruto. She also has tears running down her face as she runs, her shoulder length hair moving from her running. Her hair is unique since it is red, bright red, but not exactly pink. She is wearing a red dress as it moves with her running that reaches her knees, flapping around with some open-toed sandals. Her name is Tayuya and her reason for running is what she heard a couple of hours ago.

See, her family is poor since where they live isn't exactly the best of places, especially when their house is run down. But Tayuya managed to try to have a decent childhood. That was until she heard some noise and went to check. She saw her parents, along with a weird looking man, talking in the kitchen. Well, more like her mom was arguing with her dad and the stranger. She couldn't hear much, until she heard that her father was planning on selling her to the stranger.

She was, in a word, shocked. She didn't want that. Her mother didn't either, until Tayuya saw her get hit and taken down. She shed silent tears for her mother before she decided to get out of the house as fast, but silently, as possible. Only bothering to take a picture of her small family and a flute her mom made for her, she crawled out of the window and headed to the gates of her village. She passed by some people, but none bothered her, none noticing her tears.

And now, we find her still running, away from her village. Away from her father, who she thought he loved her, who shouldn't have tried to sell his daughter, no matter how tough times were. Away from whomever that man was, even though she heard faintly the name Orochimaru. Right now, all she wants is to get away. But, where would she go? Who would help her? Where could she be safe? All these questions run through her mind as she heads in the direction of where Naruto, Tsunade, and Shizune are heading. What's the future for these two young children? Only time shall tell and only fate will know.

Chapter One Done.

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