Pre-story notes:

This story is rated T for awesome butt-kicking ninja action, some uncontrolled tempers and a touch of pervyness.

This story is a Naruto story; told long after the event of Naruto and the nine-tailed demon. (Like hundreds of years after.)

Pronunciation of the names are below the story.

I don't own Naruto (Duh!)

If you don't like Naruto don't read my story (Another Duh.)

Enjoy!

Chapter 1

No matter what, I am ready!

"Years ago, the nine-tailed fox demon unleashed a horrible reign of terror on the Village Hidden in the Leaves. The overwhelming power and sheer size of this demon was enough to make a large tree look more like a toothpick! I mean this thing would simply look at you and you'd die from the massive amount of chakra given off. Well anyway, not even all of the ninja from the Leaf Village could stop it, they where killed left and right."

"Then, just as all hope was lost for the poor Leaf Village, the Fourth Hokage came out from the distance and fought the great demon one-on-one." "Even though the beast roared out and lashed at the ninja with pure chakra, the ninja, about the size of an ant to the demon, was an even match for it. The Fourth Hokage knew that nothing good would come out of continuing such a fight; he decided to give his all for his village."

"He made several complicated handsigns and hit the beast in the gut; such a hit from a normal ninja would have never even phased such a massive beast, but remember, this was no normal ninja, this was one of the best ninja ever born, the pinnacle of ninja excellency. The single attack sucked the great beast up and drained its spirit into a young boy, sealed away never to be seen again. The Fourth Hokage, having used a forbidden jutsu as powerful as he had, had drained the last of his chakra. He…"

"Yea I get it, he didn't last till the next day." I cut in as my History teacher almost finished his story, "I have to get going." "But I haven't finished the story yet!" Old man Shigeo yelled out as I jumped out onto the window seal.

"Yea, I get it, demon attacked village, and a great ninja killed it, yadda yadda yadda…" I said back, knowing anything else would give him reason to continue. "But I didn't get to the part whe…" I heard him almost finish as I jumped out into the fresh sunlight. "See ya later Shigeo Arf!" I yelled back at him. It was already three, if I was going to go on the mission with Miku and Ryo I was going to have to get moving.

My name is Daichi Mayato; I am sixteen years old and am a ninja of the Cloud village. I am cool, wild, and impressively awesome looking. I have been called arrogant, quick tempered, and even stupid at times, but who cares what they think.

I have light blonde hair, always a wild mess, even when it dries out when it gets wet it is still a mess, but it is the kind of mess that makes it look cool and wild. I wear my headband where it should be, around my head (Duh.) I have no facial hair (Don't want any anyway.) A 'long' body build, which is defenently enhanced by my muscles (Which I am very proud to have,) and deep murky blue eyes (Like looking into a deep puddle.) I always wear a white shirt, jeans, and a tan jacket with black 'fuzz' around the edges.

"Daichi, why on earth are you 20 minutes late?" Miku asked in a not-so-nice manner as I walked up. "Well, I had to finish something." I said. Well, I guess technically I didn't even finish it… "I thought we would have to leave without you! Whatever reason you have it isn't a good enough reason to not be here on time." Miku lectured me as I double-checked my equipment.

"Oh good, I didn't forget anything." I muttered to myself. "You weren't even listening to me where you!" She continued to rant, "We might as well have just left you h…" "Let's get moving." Ryo interrupted. "Whatever." Miku sulked. "Alright! Let's get this mission done with, I have only a few more missions to go before I'm eligible for the Chunin Exams next month Arf!" I yelled as we started to walk toward my sixth Genin mission.

Even though Ryo was 'officially' the one in charge of the mission, Miku Tsukiko was the one really in charge. She had a temper that could break a tree in half without even touching it, and her impressive strength does nothing but make her even more scary. She has been getting better with following Ryo's orders (Although she still won't listen to me…) And I think she is 'trying' to work on her temper.

She has light red hair (Almost pink, but not quite,) that reached down to her shoulders, that she always puts these two butterfly clips into. She has shallow brown eyes (Like looking at tree bark,) and she always puts her headband around her waist (Almost like a belt,) because she says it always 'gets in the way' of her finer techniques. She is medium built (Not thin, but not large.) And makes a large deal with her appearance (Even during missions.) She wears a light blue shirt and a light purple mini-skirt, which she never allows to get dirty.

The walk was nice (The other two didn't want to run like I did,) we walked through the mountains and the air was fine. It had been so stuffy down in the village that I had almost forgotten what oxygen tasted like. The air had a nice scent to it, a little musty and very pleasant with a light smell of flowers. "Ryo, what is the mission anyway?" I asked after about an hour of walking.

"What?! You didn't read the mission before you left? I made sure to give one to you." Miku piped up. "Well, I just…" "It's a reconnaissance mission" Ryo interrupted, "there are rumors of another village taking up camp within out borders. We have been selected to find them, and observe a few details, but no fighting. That goes for you Daichi." "What me? Fight? Of course not." I replied to Ryo's directions.

"What are the details we need?" Miku asked. "Well, we have a list," Ryo replied. I rolled my eyes at the idea of needing a list for such a task. "First, we need to know who they are." Ryo continued. "Easy enough." "Second, we need to know why they are here," Ryo continued again. "No problem Arf!" "And last," Ryo finished, "we obviously need to know where exactly they are based." "Alright, sounds like an easy job." I said knowing that we'd be in and out within a day's time. "So… No fighting?" I asked. "NO!" Miku yelled at me as we continued walking.

"All I did was ask…"
"Well, a stupid question deserves a stupid question! It isn't like we're asking you to learn some jutsu that is far to advanced or something…"
"I'm gunna learn an advanced jutsu?"
"Oh forget it…"

"Daichi, we are almost there, can you please not run around anymore." Miku asked a long while later. "Fine," I pouted back "killjoy…" She had apparently caught wind of what I had said. "What did you just cal…" "Hold on," Ryo stopped us in our tracks, "There are enemies up ahead." He finished, now whispering. "How do you know?" I asked in a whisper. "How do you think he knows? Have you already forgotten that he's a Hyuga?" Miku said brashly.

Ryo (Ryoichi Hyuga is his full name,) is an odd one, he doesn't talk much, and when he does he doesn't care about not being heard. His attitude matches a turtles, uncaring about anything he isn't directly involved in. His hair is light grey (Almost white,) other than the black tips (Which made the light grey look even whiter,) and it is always combed back with large bangs covering his eyes. It is pulled back into a ponytail (Which I only made the mistake of making fun of once,) and reaches down longer than Miku's hair (About to the middle of his back in fact.)

He wears a tan shirt and brown shorts, and a dark black jacket that has a small turtle neck collar on it (Which I only made the mistake of making fun of once…) His headband is wrapped around his arm, 'so that it is not in the way, but can be seen from afar.' quoted by Ryo himself when asked why he puts his headband there. His eyes are the normal Hyuga white; and his body is in the 'thin' category, he also thinks that practicing his ninja techniques is more important than most other things (Sometimes even eating, which I still don't understand.)

"Well… What's a Hyuga again?" I asked innocently. Wham! Miku hit me in the head so hard I thought I was seeing the enemy. "Don't you remember!? They can see through walls and see chakra! Duh!" She raged almost uncontrollably. I couldn't take her attitude. "Well how am I supposed to remember so many dam…" "Great, look what you two have done." Ryo said pointing to the enemy. "They heard you two arguing over here." "Crap!" Miku yelled to herself. "Alright! Just what I needed Arf!" I yelled as I jumped out at the enemy.

Once the enemy was close I started running faster, eventualy starting to run on all fours. I have to be moving faster for my technique to work, with four enemies I have to take one out quickly. The enemy looked surprised at my speed; I had to take the first one down. Miku and Ryo where not far behind me, I jumped up and tackled the first enemy with a full body tackle, but, right before hitting him, I used chakra to give me a powerful speed boost. The enemy went flying, sailing past the other three and slamming into a tree, knocked out by the force of the assault.

"Eat that!" I yelled at the man. "Don't get over confident, there are still three more Daichi." I heard Miku say behind me. I saw the second come at me with a sword from behind. Right as he swung I jumped backwards, jumping clear over the attacker and landing behind him. "I've got you now Arf!" I took my weapon out quickly and landed a blow on the back of the man's head.

The attacked man slumped to the ground unconscious, bleeding from the wound I had given him with my weapon. I looked at my weapon, it was a staff with a handle, but not just any staff; this staff could break into three pieces and screwed together easily, quicker than any weapon of it's kind in fact. I put it back into my bag and remembered the vow I had made, 'I will never kill another person as long as I live.'

"Daichi!" The other two had already taken out their opponents and Miku was pointing past me. "The other man just ran off, we have to stop him!" Miku yelled as Ryo was tying the men up. I ran after the man, knowing he couldn't have gone far with the injuries that he had. I looked down the hill, no man. Then I saw it, a door in the root of a tree!

I studied the door for traps for a second, and then continued to open the door. The door led to a dark cave, and the door shut behind me automatically. I walked into the cave carefully, I didn't have any light, and I had to walk by touch only. Then, the darkness started to dissipate; the light came from a large cave 'room' the size of a whole city. The whole place was covered in people and buildings and carts and other thing one would find in a small village. I snuck in quietly and quickly found the man that had escaped "Remember, we don't need a full out war, we just need a bit of info without letting them know who we are."

I remembered Ryo saying. I snuck in quietly, making sure that nobody noticed me. The people in here look like nothing but thieves and thugs; this may not be so hard. I was gaining on the man without him noticing, he stopped a moment as if to check for something and I knew a good chance when I saw it. I made a few handsigns, 'Rat, Ox, Dragon, Ram, Reverse Dragon' and I kept repeating it.

The man looked straight at me then seemed to be hypnotized by my handsigns, I started to rock back and forth slowly while doing the handsigns and he started to do the same. I knew the Genjutsu had worked; I started to walk back into a side ally in between buildings and the man followed in a hypnotic trance. Once in the shadows I hit him on the head and knocked him out again. "Nighty night." I joked as I started to sneak out with the man.

By the time I had gotten out, it was dark. I could see a fire nearby and knew that Ryo and Miku had set up camp. "Miku, Ryo!" I yelled out. "What is it Daichi?" Miku asked. "I found the last guy; and a whole lot of other thieves and thugs Arf!"

"Really?"
"Yea, I'll show you, it's right ove…"

"First," Ryo broke in, "We should tie that guy up and make sure those four can't get away." "Alright." I said, but then my stomach intervened with a large hungry gurgle of its own.

"It looks like we should eat first." Miku said as she grabbed the supplies. It took only about 10 minutes to tie the man up and eat quickly (Although the other two ate soooo slowly.) We walked over to the base of the giant tree, but the door was gone. "What!?" I objected, "The door was just right here, I just went throug…" "Daichi," Ryo said, "I see something beyond this door here. It looks like a large cavern but I can't quite make it out."

"Well, how are we going to get in?" I asked. "Well, if I was a bad guy," Miku answered, "I would have more than just one door into a large secr…" "But," Ryo stated, "They will be just as well hidden as this one. The only way we will be able to find them will be with my Byakugan." "Alright!" I knew we would want to get this mission over quickly. (I know I did.) "This shouldn't take too lon…"

"But I have almost run out of chakra." Ryo said as he walked back toward camp. "We will have to continue the hunt tomorrow." "Alright then!" I yelled, "It looks like we should all get a good night sleep!" "Where on earth do you get all of your energy from?" Miku asked.

"What energy?"
"You know, your all ready for everything all of the time."
"Shouldn't all good ninja be ready for everything?"
"Oh nevermind…"

Names: Shigeo (Shi-Gee-Oh) Miku Tsukiko (Me-ku Tisuk-keyo); Ryoichi Hyuga (Ree-oh-ee-chee Hue-guh); Daichi Hayato. (Die-Chee Hay-ah-toe)

P.S. I am currently looking for a beta! If you want too beta for me, P.M. me!