Ten Tails ~A Naruto Shippuden Fanfic~

Kirai was kept a secret since birth. She never knew where she grew up, who her parents were, or why she doesn't know these things. She was trained till she ached every day for reasons that she doesn't know. She had never even seen herself in a mirror. What she did know is that there was something massive inside of her that she couldn't handle. The power, when not controlled, even made her sick at times. Her sensei, who's name she didn't know, taught her to be ready for something.

She didn't want to be ready for that something, so she ran away. She ran into the woods when the sky was dark and ran until her legs failed.

A rustling came from the trees as soon as she slowed down. "W-who's there?" Kirai whispered. Sensei dropped out of the tree and landed on her chest. Kirai shrieked as she fell to the dirt floor. Sensei slapped her across her cheek, Kirai froze in shock. "You're going to get killed out there," Sensei lectured, "no one wants you! I hate having the burden to tend to you like some child!" "Then let me leave!" Kirai spat. Sensei smirked, "then I will have the pleasure of watching you die out there?" "Yes," Kirai spoke firmly. "Have a nice trip," Sensei sarcastically said. Sensei took out kunai and held it to Kirai's neck. "I want to kill you myself, I hate you," Sensei muttered, but then jumped off Kirai's chest and walked back.

After days of walking, Kirai could sense a huge mass of people. Up ahead, she saw large doors. Walking through them, she met two men sitting nearby. "Hold up, what's your business in the hidden leaf village?" One of them asked. "Actually, I would like to stay here." They looked at each other for a moment then sent her on.

While walking the streets, Kirai smelled a similar thing to herself. She followed the scent to a small ramen shop. She went inside and sat down at the bar. "More please!" A rather obnoxious tone bellowed out over all the city noise. Looking towards the scent, she saw a boy around her age stuffing his mouth full of ramen. He was rather tall and wore orange and black. He wore a black headband, which Kirai noticed on many of the people in this village.

Noticing her staring at him, the boy turned to look at her. She connected her eyes to his, and he lifted of an eyebrow to her. "Why you staring at me like that?" The boy asked, his mouth full. His spiky blonde hair blew a bit by a breeze and his blue eyes bore into her own questioningly. Kirai slowly looked down. The boy moved his face right up next to hers, but she didn't budge. He poked her once on her head and she shot her head up and looked at him.

"I've never seen you before, who are you?" The boy squinted his eyes at her. "Who are you," Kirai repeated in a monotone voice. The boy grinned and pointed to his headband. "I'm Naruto Uzumaki!" He said proudly. "Now you have to tell me yours," Naruto pressed. "Kirai," Kirai muttered. "Sorry what? I couldn't hear you there," Naruto practically screamed in her year. "My name is Kirai!" She screamed back. "geez nice to meet you too," Naruto muttered sarcastically.