Naruto: Memories in the Rain

It was a nearly clear night sky in Konoha. The hidden village was lit up by all of the lights of businesses and houses. It was a rather warm night so many of the villagers were out and about walking around and having a good time or trying to anyway. A few of the ninjas were worried about their friends on their current mission. Naruto and his team were still on their mission to find Uchiha Itachi. Satori, Hanako and Junshin had just gotten back yesterday from their mission plus their side mission to the mirror universe. Azumi was in her room getting dressed. She put on her blue halter top that showed off her flat toned stomach. She tied her head protector around her waist and it hung there loosely. She then grabbed her Chuunin vest and put it on without zipping it up. Just then there was a knock at her window. She was a bit startled because her window was on the second floor. She looked over and saw Satori standing at her window upside down. He was using his chakra to hang off of the overhang of the roof. Azumi walked over and opened the window.

"Hey. How you doin'?" Satori asked.

"You know you could've used the door." Azumi said with a smile.

"Yeah but I like to be different at times." Satori replied.

"Yeah I've noticed."

Satori held out his hand, holding out a bouquet of flowers. From Satori's point of view the flowers were upside down but they were right side up for Azumi so they wouldn't fall everywhere. She took the flowers and smelled them.

"Do you like them?"

Azumi's only reply was a kiss on Satori's lips. Satori wasn't really prepared for it. He was expecting a verbal answer. The kiss made him lose concentration and he lost the chakra control in his feet and he slipped off the overhang and fell to the ground. Azumi watched and winced as Satori hit the ground.

"Are you ok?" She asked with worry in her voice.

Satori got up holding his back. He forced a smile and waved to her.

Azumi walked downstairs and slipped on her boots. She opened the door to see Satori waiting for her.

"Hey, you come here often?" Satori asked with a smile.

Azumi smiled as she leapt into Satori's arms. She kissed him and the two of them began to walk off. They walked along the streets of Konoha; Satori had his right arm around Azumi's shoulders while Azumi had her left arm around Satori's waist. They walked past Shikamaru and Temari. A few Sand ninjas were in the village because they were delivering documents from the Kazekage to the Hokage. The Sand ninjas had arrived at the village earlier today and were going to leave the day after tomorrow. The two Konoha ninjas walked out of the light of the businesses and onto a hill that over looked a part of Konoha. The two lied on the grass and looked up at the stars.

Junshin, Neji, and Kanaye sat in a restaurant eating when two Sand ninjas came in. They both wore Sand style vests. One of them looked younger than the other. The younger one wore her head protector around her neck and had shoulder length brown hair. She wore a navy blue short sleeved shirt, a same color skirt arm guards and fingerless gloves. The other looked more like a Jonin only she had purple markings on her cheeks. They sat down a few feet away from the three Leaf ninjas. The younger sand ninja was still in view of Junshin.

"The younger one is pretty cute." Junshin said.

"Yeah she is." Kanaye said.

"Personally, I like the one with the green markings on her face." A voice said beside them.

The three of them looked over to see Shuji standing there.

"Where the hell did he come from?" Kanaye said.

"That's the Ghost of Konoha for you." Neji said.

Shuji sat down with his friends. "So, how about you go talk to them, Junshin?"

Junshin smiled then got up and went over to greet the Sand ninjas. He walked over and the two foreign ninjas looked up from their menus. Shuji, Neji and Kanaye observed Junshin as he talked to the Sand ninjas. Then all three of them came over to the table and joined the Leaf ninjas. Junshin introduced them.

"This is Matsuri." He said pointing to the younger one. "And this is Kagura." He said pointing to the Jonin.

Meanwhile, on the shores of the Wind Country multiple boats arrived on shore. Their occupants disembarked and marched through the surf onto dry land. Their eyes were as black as the night. Their only identifying marks were the different head protectors they wore. The Sand's border patrol was in the area and noticed they had visitors.

"Halt! Identify yourselves." The commander ordered.

The intruders paid no attention to the Sand ninja's orders.

"I said halt! Identify yourselves." He said again.

Again, the intruders didn't listen they continued to march forward.

"You leave me no choice. Futon: Mugen Sajin Daitoppa." Wind Release: Infinite Sand Cloud Great Breakthrough.

The Sand commander spit out a large amount of sand. The sand then struck multiple targets. The targets that were hit were annihilated but others remained. The Sand commander did the attack again but it was ineffective for unknown reasons.

"What the hell?" He said.

The intruders turned their attention to the Sand ninjas. The commander did the same attack as before hoping it would have some effect on them but it was unsuccessful.

"You will now join us." One of them said.

The Sand ninjas backed up but the intruders had cut off their escape. The Sand ninjas were surrounded.

"Get away from us." One of the Sand ninjas yelled.

"You will not resist us. We are the Reapers. You will join us."

The Sand commander backed up into one of the Reapers. The Reaper grabbed him by his head and pulled it back. He then touched the Sand Commander's neck with his index and middle fingers. The Sand Commander gasped as something was injected into him. The commander fell to the ground rolling around in pain, then after a few seconds the pain stopped and his eyes shot open. They were black, just like the Reapers.