Run Away

By: Naruto's Mask

NM-chan: Hope you like this! It just came to me on a stormy night when I had nothing else to do. Ahh, the power of boredom. Anyways, I do hope it doesn't torment you too much. If it does, tell me so I can laugh and say I annoyed one more person today! If it doesn't, let me know so I can pout and say 'Oh well, better luck next story'. Don't worry, I won't purposely make this annoy you if you tell me it doesn't.

Hmm, I think this is the time when I start the story, right? Maybe I should annoy you a little bit longer. Lets see...do be do be do be do be do be do be do be do be do be do be do be do be do be do be do be do be do be do be do be do be do be do be do be do be do be do be do be do be do be do be do be do be do be do be do be do be do be do be do be do be do be do be do be do be do be do be do be do be do be do be do be do be do be do be do be do be do be do be do be do be do be do be do be do be do be do be do be do be do...hahahah! I had fun. Okay, I'll give it to you! Have fun!

Naruto looked around his apartment. Empty. That was good. Other than a few papers strewn about, it was empty. The cupboards were open, the drawers, and every room. Totally empty. The blond nin had a pack tossed behind him and a smirk set on his face as he held his hitai-ate tightly in his hand. He was done. He was through. It may make him a hypocrite, but he was done, and he was going for good.

Did they really expect him to stay here? This worthless place that doesn't even deserve his acknowledgement? Since childhood they've done nothing to persuade him to stay. Nothing! He had friends, who didn't, but all his friends didn't like the real him. Hell, they couldn't even see the real Naruto that was hiding behind the mask he constructed to keep other happy. If they saw him, if they knew him, then they would turn their backs on him like everyone else.

From day one he's done nothing but give to this village, and they took it and refused to give back because they think he owed them for what the Kyuubi did to their family. He's helped this village, saved this village, not to mention, he brought their precious Uchiha back by the ear. What did he get in return? Well, for one, when he brought Sasuke back, they yelled at him, accused him of hurting the raven more than necessary. In fact, while Sasuke got off with house arrest for a year, the council almost had Naruto executed for goodness sake! Saying that it was his fault in the first place Sasuke left.

Why in the world would anyone expect him to stay after that? Well, he sure as hell wasn't going to! Unlike Sasuke, he had a good excuse to run. What is the better reason to leave? To gain power to kill your elder brother? Or to make sure the village you gave so much to didn't kill you in return? They would register him as a missing nin, send countless hunter-nins to bring back his head, and, hell, they'd probably succeed. Did he really care? Tch, yeah right. It wasn't like they weren't after his head from the beginning.

With another sigh, Naruto opened the door to his apartment and stepped out. It was nightfall and everyone was asleep. The only people he had to worry about were the ANBU who he never had trouble getting past anyways. He jumped to the edge of the village, where he knew there was an exit that no one else knew about. While they thought he was just goofing around, the real reason behind his pranks was to cover up his self-assigned mission to study every escape route possible so he can be prepared the next time the villagers go after him.

Naruto was planning on leaving quietly. He was planning on letting everyone know he was leaving after he left and they found an empty apartment the next morning. Also he was planning on leaving without anyone sees him. Apparently, whatever higher being up there felt like he had to kick the poor blond in the ass just one last time before he left.

"Naruto?" a voice said behind him. Naruto groaned, glared up at the sky, then turned to see Sakura. The girl must be cursed. She was the one to see Sasuke leave, and now she's going to witness Naruto's departure as well.

"Hey there, Sakura-chan." He said to the pink haired medic-nin. She seemed concerned as to why he had a bag on his back and his hitai-ate clenched in his hand.

"Naruto…where are you going?" She asked bluntly. She wasn't about to beat around the bush, especially after Sasuke.

"…Away." He answered simply. Her eyes widened at the tone of his voice. This was the first time she ever heard him speak that way.

"Naruto, please tell me you're not doing what I think you're doing!" She almost begged. She already lost one of her friends, she doesn't want to lose another. He sighed and looked at her again. His mask was off. There was no smile on his face. Sakura's eyes widened at his eyes. Where she would always see a sparkle of life, it was now empty…just a dull blue that definitely didn't belong to the cheerful ninja she worked with.

"Sakura, I won't lie to you any more than I already have, but if you ask me questions I cannot answer, I will lie to you. Please don't make me do that. I'm so, so sick of lying." His voice lacked the usual cheer. In fact, he almost sounded tired.

"No…NO! I won't let you leave, Naruto! What about all those things you told Sasuke-kun and the others? Don't you dare do the very thing you've told so many people not to!" She cried clamping her hands on his shoulders. He sighed and whacked both her hands away.

"Sakura, I won't stay here. I can't stay here. I refuse to stay in a place where I can't even go to sleep at night without the fear of killing me." He snapped with a sneer.

"What do you mean?" She asked him with her eyes wide. Naruto glared at her, but then he calmed and shook his head.

"No…I can't tell you. Look, I'm going. You can't do a thing to stop me. I may turn into a missing nin, but I prefer to be hunted down for something I did do, rather than something I didn't." He told her sadly.

"Naru-" she was cut off when he seemingly disappeared. Suddenly, she heard a deep voice speak to her from behind.

"I won't say I'm sorry for leaving, but I will apologize for doing this." That was all she heard before she was hit, and her world went black.


NM-chan: Okay, there you have it. Retarded story number ONE! I had a story up earlier, but I deleted it because it was retarded beyond compare. HOW WAS I SUPPOSED TO KNOW THAT ITACHI WAS FIVE WHEN THE KYUUBI WAS SEALED INTO NARUTO?! Okay, maybe if I actually did some research I would have known, but why waste valuable Internet time researching when I can make stories to annoy the pants out of people?