Naruto : The Renegade

The Escape

That day after returning from the fight home Naruto went inside the house and tried to go in sneakily only to be caught by a small sleepy voice that belonged to his daughter, "Daddy, is that you?", Dhriti hugging her pillow came out of her brother's and her room with a pillow in her hand, dishevelled hair and her pudgy hands rubbing her drowsy eyes.

"Yes sweetie, it is me, why are you awake this late at night?" Naruto asked fearing his daughter might have listened to his and Jiraiya's conversation. Many might ask what the harm is in a six-year-old child eavesdropping, well not much unless you count the fact whose child it was. Dhriti was far more intelligent and perceptive than anyone gives her credit for, well, there are times when she acted like an airhead, missing the obvious sometimes, both qualities she seemingly got her father making the term 'daddy's girl' perfectly true. While Vassilis on the other hand has a strong sense of justice and is stubborn to the T but is very understanding of others and takes good care of others, qualities he got from his mother and thus was always jeered by his sister as 'Momma's Boy'.

Therefore, if she heard him, she would be curious, and that curiosity would lead her to things he did not want her to know, things that would lead her to his past life, a life he was running away from. Was he being a coward? Hell Yes! Is it necessary? Yes! If he running away from his life, would ensure that his children have a happy and normal life, though he was not counting the part where monsters would hunt them, still, he wanted to give them a normal life, and he would do anything. As he was musing, he was interrupted by something hitting his leg, so he looked down.

"Daddy, you were spacing out again! I was asking you why you have red paint on your hands and your clothes are so dirty. And since when do you have that red shirt?" Dhriti rapid-fire questions at him. "That was an escape" He mentally patted his back for his daughter thinking that it was red paint on his hand and not blood.

"Well Daddy was in the kitchen so had some ketchup spilled on me, so why are you awake?"

"I heard some strange sounds outside, so I came out." She explained innocently

"Dhriti, Daddy checked the outside and found no one, so go sleep, tomorrow I will give you two a huge surprise!"

"Really Daddy?!"

"Yes sweetie, now go and sleep"

"Okay, goodnight Daddy"

"Goodnight sweetheart"

With that, she left and Naruto released a breath, he did not know he was holding in. After dodging the biggest bullet he went into his room and started packing, not before thoroughly checking every corner of each room to check for spy seals or toads so that he was not being spied on, then he dialed an unknown number and said "House is compromised here, move to JFK" and only got a monotone answer from the other side.

"Copy that sir!"

The Next Morning

As the sun rose in Turkey, two children were woken up by the smell of pancakes and bacon as their father was making them breakfast. As if being hypnotized, both the children came out to the dining room.

"Good morning kids," Naruto said to them.

"Good morning, dad." Kids said in sleepy voices which could be easily misunderstood as a drawl

"Well, pancakes and bacon are on the table, come eat." Both the kids started eating and then Naruto said "Well kids, I have a surprise for you!" This brought both Dhriti and Vassilis out of their sleep completely and both their eyes were sparkling, urging their father to continue, "Well yesterday I and your mother were speaking and we thought about it a lot." By this time both kids were a bit confused about what was going to happen but they did not expect what was coming. "We are leaving Turkey and will be living with your mom in the US and we are leaving today." As the bombshell was dropped the kids waited. As the kids finished listening to their father they couldn't believe their ears and cried in excitement "Really!"