DISCLAIMER: I do not own the Naruto series as well as the characters in it!
Prologue
When the Earth Daimyō sends a diplomat to Sunagakure to discuss trade strategies that could strengthen both countries economically tragedy struck. While the meeting with the Kazekage, Gaara of the Sand, had went well it was what happened afterwards that changed things drastically. It is common knowledge that many of jonin and chunin leveled ninja in the sand village liked to go for drinks after their duties were taken care of and joke with one another. It is also known that outsiders were only tolerated to a certain extent. So when the diplomat drinks a little too much at one of the sake bars in the village he finds himself in a rather deadly situation.
In a drunken stupor the politician began to boast about how the ninja of Iwagakure were far more superior to the sand shinobi. When word of this politician's bragging got to a group of chunin who had been drinking for several hours after guard duty they took it upon themselves to let the foreigner know that he was beginning to overstep his boundaries. Unfortunately what started as a argument quickly escalated into a fight that resulted with the Earth Daimyō's representative dead in the sandy street. Gaara was furious and knew that this wouldn't end well considering the already unsteady relationship with Iwagakure.
After dealing with the irresponsible chunin accordingly Gaara immediately took the only action he thought to be sensible. He dispatched a team of his own shinobi to Land of Earth with gifts to make amends for what happened. Weeks went by without word from his team and Gaara began to wonder if they even made it to their destination. Unfortunately his fears were replaced with a much more undesired discovery. When Kankuro burst into the office with several ANBU carrying a large box Gaara immediately expected the worst. The box contained the decapitated heads of his entire team with lines scraped over the Suna symbol of their hitai-ate.
"Kankuro-Kun, call a emergency meet for all squads as well as the ANBU. I believe we have just started a war.."
A war they started, indeed. Within a week the Tsuchikage, Ōnoki, had dispatched a small army of his best shinobi to the land of wind to make a statement that they were out for blood. Gaara knew that he couldn't afford to go headfirst into this without reaching out to their ally, Konohagakure. It was at a very bad time considering the village hidden in the leaf was still in the process of rebuilding their home. No more than two months after the battle with the Akatsuki's Pain on their home front, the village and its people were still in a weakened state.
Newly appointed Hokage, Danzō Shimura, immediately tore the message to shreds and pretended as if he had never received anything. It wasn't until Temari arrived at the village that the news reached the Konoha shinobi. Danzō realized that the leaf ninja were learning of Sunagakure's situation and established a order which decreed that no shinobi of the leaf were to leave the village to help Sunagakure. His reasoning behind this was that the village was too weak for them to be helping another. Much of the villagers were outraged by this order but could do nothing about it… Or could they?
This is where our story begins…
Author's Note's
Well first off I need to make a pretty important confession!
This is my very first story! So being new to this whole thing I'll take any help I can get!
That is the main thing I would like to get across! I'm a pretty big fan of the Naruto series and I felt like writing a story would be a fun thing to do! The story setting is placed just a few months after Konohagakure is destroyed and Naruto defeats Pain. There could possibly be some spoilers as the story continues but none from any events after the Invasion of Pain arc. As for the characters in the story and what pairings there will be, I will only be throwing a handful of Konoha shinobi in the story and the main two pairings with be NarutoxHinata and ShikamaruxTemari!
I should also point out that in this story Danzō Shimura doesn't die and actually claims the title of Hokage while Lady Tsunade is in a coma. He is the official extremist nutjob of the story!
I would really appreciate reviews on any part you see fit! Whether it be the plot of the story or just my writing style. Considering I'm new to this whole deal my writing may be a little weak at points so help would be greatly appreciated! Also, being a college athlete as well as a student I'll be pretty busy at times but I promise to submit chapters on a regular basis!
Thanks!
