Searching For Light (Naruto)

Running

I grit my teeth, growling as I kept running. Just running, and running, it seemed like I've been doing it forever. My lungs burned, but I refused, I ignored my body that urged me to stop.

"When will this kid get tired already!" One of the rogues that were chasing me yelled out in frustration. I could hear it in his voice, he was just as tired, and out of breath as I was, maybe even more.

I definitely was no prodigy, far from it. But I had some skills, but not enough to take down a ninja. I was just a speedy, eight-year-old brat trying to avoid danger.

'How the hell did you even manage to get a group of rogue ninja after you?' You may ask.

Well, one thing led to another, and these guys mistook me for the daughter of some guy that apparently owed them alot of money. So yeah, I was trying be taken for ransom.

I had far better use for my time than being chased by a bunch of idiots. I could be hunting for food by now, or finding a way to get some money.

I was tired even before I started running. Tired both physically, and mentally. Life exhausted me, and the only person I could ever trust was myself.

There were a few scratches on my skin, and my clothes were pretty dirty. My only option was flight over fight. So if I stop running now, I was for sure a goner.

These guys could be taken out by a Jonin in less than a few hits, but sadly it was just me, them, and this wretched Desert.

"Don't worry, this little twerp's battery will run out soon. Not even the Seventh Hokage, or Sasuke Uchiha can run forever." One of them said, and I can just feel the psychopathic grin crawling onto his face.

I turned around as I felt one of them get nearer, his hand inching closer in attempt to grab onto my light brown hair. Big mistake. The moment I looked back, was the moment I screwed myself over.

Not looking in front of me, caused me to trip over a rock. I tried desperately to catch my balance, but it was futile, I end up on the ground. The rogue stopped a few feet infront of me, as I sat up.

It bruned my whole respiratory system as I took in deep, slow breaths. A headache slowly crept in as I was getting light-headed. It was obvious that I most likely looked flushed.

"We gotcha' now kid." I looked up, remembering that there was a group of five rogue ninja about to kidnap me.

They were glaring daggers at me, clearly unhappy at the fact that I put them through alot of trouble.
Whatever, they looked like they could shed off a couple of pounds anyway.

I was suddenly lifted up off the ground by my collar. A rogue with brown hair and eyes looked me dead in the eyes, a hint of malice in his own eyes.

"Woah, we can't kill her." One of his associates reminded."If you've forgotten we need her alive in order to get our money."

"Yeah, but that doesn't mean that I can't break a few of those.... fragile bones of hers." He said venomously, wearing a smug look.

I gave him my own dirty look, which only made him even more mad. He clutched my shirt tighter. "What? If you have something to say, say it!" He growled at me. Pathetic...

I only kept my glare fixated on him, not caring about the situation that I was in. His temper was getting the best of him, and I was starting to wonder how long will it be until he ends up beating me into a pulp.

"Use your damn words kid! Or are you too much of coward?!" He yelled loudly, almost busting out my ear drums.

Coward? Look who's talking... He's the punk who has to use a little kid as a punching bag in order to give himself a confidence boost.

My silence was starting to dwell on his nervers. He took it as a challenge, as if I was testing his patience. Maybe I was, maybe I wasn't.

What did it matter anyway, I was going to end up the same either way, so I may aswell entertain myself as a reward for having to deal with all of this.

"That's it!" He yelled. He pulled his arm back, hand balled up into a fist. I just stared at his incoming hand with narrowed eyes, just waiting for it to land and badly bruise my face.

But that wasn't what happened.

Right at the last second he froze.

"W-What the-."His eyes widened, looking every which way frantically. "I-I can't move..."

"You guys sure did put on a good show, but it had to end when you were about to cave that kid's face in." Everyone looked to the right in shock, well everyone with the exception of Mr.Temper here.

There stood a black-cladded ninja, the headband on his forehead made it evident that he was a shinobi from Suna.

My eyes traveled to his fingers which were twitching slightly. Chakra strings, huh?

"Quite observant, aren't ya?" He looked at me. I glared at him too.
He sweatdropped, before glaring right back at me. Then he muttered, "Ungrateful little brat..."

"I think it's time you stop starting quarrels with children, don't you, Kankuro?" A femine voice appeared a few feet behind me.

"Wait.... Kankuro?" One of the rogue ninja said nervously. "Y-Your Kankuro, a-and Temari of the Sand... Br-Brother and sister of the Kazekage."

"So you know us." The girl behind me said cockily.".... Well now that we have introductions out of the way, I assume you have a good explaination on why you're harming that little girl that you're holding."

"Before we get to that wonderfully, reasonable explanation, how about I free your hands." Kankuro said, moving his fingers, causing the man to unclutch his fingers from my shirt.

With that I was about to fall to the ground, but was caught by Temari. I looked up, squinting my eyes as my vision soon turned blurry to see that she had four, spiky, blonde ponytails, and bluish-green eyes.

"This kid has extremely low chakra levels." She said, sounding alramed."I wonder how long she's been running for..."

"It's a miracle that the kid is still even breathing." Her brother replied, tying up the rouges.

My eyes began droop, until they closed, beating me and my attempts at trying to stay awake.

"Tough kid....." Was the last thing I heard before I finally drifted off into oblivion.

So that was that. You will learn more about my little character as the story goes on, and why she acts the way she does. The only things you've learned is that she is eight, and has brown hair. Her name will come next chapter.

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