Journey to Americagakure pt. 1
"Ugh, I'm so bored! Why doesn't anything happen around here!" Tenten complained at the breakfast table one morning. Contradictory to her complaint, however, a lot had happened before this morning. A young ninja named Jonathan came from a place far away called Americagakure and helped the Konoha twelve defeat the Kurokishi, a band of rogue ninja bent on world domination. He had left after the ordeal, and shortly after the event, the Hidden Leaf Village got another surprise. Sasuke Uchiha returned to the village, with his brother, Itachi. For reasons known only to them, the siblings set aside their differences and Sasuke's want for revenge on Itachi for killing his family had completely vanished. They returned together as friends and despite some skepticism, were accepted by the others that they had left behind.
The now Konoha fourteen (consisting of Naruto Uzumaki, Sakura Haruno, Sai, Sasuke Uchiha, Shikamaru Nara, Ino Yamanaka, Chouji Akimichi, Kiba Inuzuka, Hinata Hyuuga, Shino Aburame, Neji Hyuuga, Tenten, Rock Lee, and Itachi Uchiha) all bought a large house to foster their new friendship in, large enough so that everyone could have their own room. At the breakfast table in the kitchen was where Tenten was droning on about how boring everything was.
"I don't know why you're complaining, Tenten," said Ino, who was at the stove cooking eggs, "Between Jonathan and the Kurokishi, Sasuke and his brother coming back, and this new house, our lives have had more action than a lot of the ninja in Konoha." Sakura nodded her head in agreement.
"She's right, you know. Although, what Tenten said has some truth, too. It's been over two weeks since anything really major has happened. Tsunade hasn't even sent us on any missions."
"You think the Hokage would actually send any of us on a mission this soon after what we've all been through?" asked Neji, who was drying his hair after a shower, much to Tenten's amusement, "If you ask me, I'd say this break is much needed and well deserved, so just enjoy it."
Tenten sighed.
"Ok. I guess it isn't all bad. It does mean that we can—whoa!" The weapons master was interrupted by a large dog jumping up into the seat next to her.
"Kiba! Akamaru may be able to talk, but he's still a dog! He eats on the floor!" scolded Ino, "And no back sass, or you'll eat on the floor, too!" Both Akamaru and Kiba whined.
"Heeeeeeeeeeeeey!" Called a voice. It appeared to be coming from the roof, where messages were sent via bird to the Konoha fourteen. It was Naruto, summoning his friends to the top of the house. When everyone got there, some of them still half asleep, they were alarmed to see a large bird they had never seen before resting on Naruto's arm. It had a white head, brown feathers, and a familiar headband on it.
"What is that?" asked Sasuke, who was still in his pajamas.
"That's the ugliest bird I've ever seen." scoffed Kiba, his face looking like he just sniffed something terrible. The bird flapped its wings and screeched at him.
"Don't you guys know where this came from?" asked Naruto to his friends, "It's from Americagakure! Jonathan sent us a message!" This got everyone's attention.
"That would explain why we've never seen it before." said Hinata, who was at a safe distance from the fierce looking bird of prey.
"So where's the message?" asked Sakura. Naruto reached into his pocket and pulled it out. It was written on some pretty fancy paper.
"Right here!" he exclaimed. There was a silence.
"Well? Aren't you going to read it?" asked Shino.
"Let me read it, you're too stupid to understand." said Sakura. "It reads,
Dear friends in Konohagakure,
I have made it safely back home, where the transition from a normal country to a ninja nation is nearly completed. We've even appointed a kage to lead us all! In honor to our name, we call him the Jiyuukage, or protector of freedom. My summon, this bald eagle, has worked hard to travel this far and deliver this message, so he must be very tired. You can dismiss him when you're done.
Getting to the real point, it must be a bore in Konoha now that the Kurokishi are taken care of. It's not too exciting here, either. I've already seen your village, so I think it's time you all saw mine. Why not come to America for a little vacation? It's a huge country, so there's lots to do, and it's a good way to spend some R&R time while you're waiting for a mission from Grandma Tsunade. Attach this message to one of your messenger birds with your reply on the back. There is a seal in this paper that will give it the strength to fly all the way here. Hope to see you!
Sincerely, Jonathan of Americagakure"
Everyone seemed to glow with wonder. Sakura looked up and saw their faces.
"So, are we going—"
"YEAH! LET'S GET PACKED!" cried everyone in unison. Little did they know, their two worlds were about to collide hard with unprecedented results.