Chapter 1:
Konoha
It was a very long day in Konoha. All of the people were very busy. Messenger birds flew in and out. Shinobis running back and forth from other places to the Hokage tower just for their mission reports. You may think that this is just how it always is, but the day was more busy than usual. Ever since the new Hokage had been in the village, he has been doing things they cannot understand or get, even the missions he would send the other ninjas off duty was disturbing… but no one dared to ask him questions. He was the Hokage, that was how he put it, so no one must ever question his motives… it was all for the village's sake…
"Ah, I'm full already!" a young blonde shinobi said as he was patting his stomach…
"I am always surprised how you tend to always eat so many of our shop's ramen, Naruto." Teuchi said, while he was cooking for other costumers, Ayame just gathered up the bowls that were beside Naruto and went to clean it up…
"Ohayo Naruto!" someone said behind him, he turned around to see Sai and Sakura smiling at him…
"Hey guys, want to eat some ramen?" he asked grinning at them…
"No time for that Naruto, the sixth Hokage wants us." Sakura said pulling him towards the Hokage tower. Once they got there, they opened to see the room very crowded…
Familiar faces filled the room; they didn't know what was happening or what this was all about…
"Uh… is this some sort of a reunion?" Naruto asked to no one in particular…
"No, it isn't… I have summoned all of you for a mission." He said finally turning to them…
"What kind of mission?" Neji asked…
"It is just some mission to gain more alliance for this village." All of them were surprised…
"But why so many people?"
"And why not? You too, are escorting the Kazekage for this matter."
"The Kazekage? You mean Gaara comes too?" Naruto asked him, Danzo turned his attention to him…
"Yes, fortunately the Kazekage volunteered for the mission to help strengthen our bonds with him. And seeing that the more ninjas there are to protect him is something to be able to say thanks for his cooperation, don't you think?" He said towards them and sat down…
"Now go, the Kazekage arrives in fifteen minutes. He'll tell you the details later on, when he arrives." He said dismissing all of them…
Alice Academy
It was just like an ordinary day in that academy, as a bunch of delinquents were just about to leave the classroom, the teacher next walk right in…
"Now, no need for that." He said as he smiled at them, the raven haired leader scowled at him…
"Yep, I will be gone after this announcement." The blonde teacher said still smiling at him; he sat back down with his hands on his pocket and a comic book to cover his face…
"Just get to it… Narumi." He stated settling down on his chair. Narumi just smiled at him, and then looked at the class.
"This is just going to take a while before you guys get summoned for the general assembly we are going to have." The class looked up on Narumi, curiosity getting the best of them. He stopped at the middle of the class…
"Now Natsume, I promise it will be interesting." He said smiling at the uninterested student, Natsume finally sat properly and looked at him, and Narumi was pleased and went back to the front…
"We are going to have visitors arriving." He said, and he heard the students curse at him, he just sighed…
"Just shut-up… and let Narumi speak." Natsume stated, Narumi turned to him and smiled…
"Arigatou Natsume-kun." He said turning back to the class, "Well as I was saying, we are going to have visitors… so far we have no information about them, or where they come from."
"Well then, why are you inviting them in?!" Sumire had suddenly stated, "The last time we had visitors Natsume-kun was kidnapped!" She finished. Narumi sighed and looked at his students and noticed that they all tensed up as they recalled the hideous incident.
"And that is why we are going to have a general announcement this time." Narumi stated as all eyes were on him now, "Get up and go out to the assembly. Sit with your classmates children." He stated and walked out of the door but left it opened for them, waiting outside. They stood up and walked to the assembly place accordingly.
Once they reached the place, they half expected the principal to show up; the other half expected he wouldn't. They also expected it to start right away, but were dismayed when they had to wait for half an hour or so…
Finally Jinno-sensei went up above the stage. The rest of them knew that the principal wasn't going to present himself to them once more. So they just continued to sit on their seats and waited until he started to talk to them or rather brief them on what they should be doing the moment these so called visitors arrive…
And they all listened attentively…
Akatsuki hideout
It had been a while since Danzo was first made Hokage, and Tobi had had the feeling that he was up to something and he didn't know what it was. He unconsciously clenched his fists and looked around his empty domain. Team taka had been out for some time now, probably just killing time or training. Zetsu had been sent out to spy on Konoha and keep an eye on taka while Kabuto… only kami-sama knows what he's been up to…
As he was thinking how ridiculous it was that the feudal lords appointed Danzo as the sixth Hokage, he'd be more furious if they made Kakashi Hokage… after all, it had been his dream once to rule over that village so that he'd be acknowledge by…
Before he could continue though, he was interrupted when he felt an all too familiar chakra return… Zetsu was back, and about time he was. He was itching for someone to talk to in this forsaken place. It had been quiet for quite some time now and had started to wonder where the others had gone off to…
"Ah Zetsu, how nice of you to finally show up… so, what's the news?" he inquired, hoping for something interesting to happen. White Zetsu just looked up at him for a while and then started to brief him about what had happen just recently…
"Danzo had just made a move." He said…
"Oh?" he asked, interest hinted in his tone, "How so?"
"He just had a meeting with the Kazekage."
"Why? What is it that they talked about?"
"Something about sending over some ninjas to some place in Tokyo." He replied
"The civil lands?" he said, he never thought of the civil lands before. There was a reason why they were called civil lands. They were more civilized, more talking than taking actions… they were more on plans and money, while they… they were different. They were more barbaric and end up with more fights anyone had ever seen for the past centuries. Their land had a barrier, and that concealed them from the outer world… but the outer world wasn't concealed to them…
This was quite interesting indeed; this will make a way into the history of the world of ninjas… the first time ever they were going to mingle with the likes of civilians…
No one in the world of ninjas were civilians… it was either they gave up on the title of ninja… or they died a ninja, either way, once a ninja… always a ninja… and there was no denying that they were indeed more prone to peculiarities than those outsiders… but perhaps some peculiarities were forgotten to be contained, that's why Danzo wanted some ninjas to go over there…
"Zetsu, get Sasuke and his team here… I have a mission for them." He said and Zetsu nodded and sunk back into the ground…
'What are you planning Danzo? Why would you involve the outer world into our fight?' he thought… something was just not right, but he couldn't help but smirk behind his mask… this had just escalated into a whole new kind of excitement for him, he wondered how it'll be like in the outside world… was it more peaceful… or as chaotic as this world?
Konoha Gates
They were now going to the meeting place, each team was assigned to meet at a certain place and end up all at the Konoha gates… so far they've been looking for Sai… it was the first time that they had been sent to some place they haven't even been to before and now they were wearing ridiculous clothes! Naruto missed his ninja clothes… his orange jumpsuit, and he was eyeing the piece of clothing he was wearing for a while now…
He looked at Sakura and noted that she too was uncomfortable, but was handling it better than him… she too looked somehow more fitting in that type of clothing… what just didn't register in his mind was the fact he had to change his clothes for this mission and why he never heard of Tokyo or Gakuen Alice in the entirety of his existence…
"Oi, Sakura-chan… what do you think Danzo's up to, eh?" he asked her. He saw the corner of her eye twitch; of course he was expecting to get punched due to his lack of respect but was surprised when she decided to ignore him…
"Normally I would have punched you Naruto," she said clenching her fists, "But I have to admit… I too am wondering what he's up to. Frankly I never like him as Hokage… if I were to choose between him and you," she said and halted at her steps, she looked back at Naruto with a smile, "I'd choose you." And she started walking once again. Naruto just stared at her retreating form. He then scrutinized her with his eyes…
A pink laced tube that had a ribbon underneath her chest, a pink frilly skirt and a pair of pink flip flops with Sakura blossoms on each of them… he definitely think it was weird they'd be told to wear this kind of outfit for a mission, it was completely unfit to wear in a battle… much less for travelling! He then looked down on his outfit…
It was orange, chequered button-up polo, with a pair of black jeans on and orange running shoes…sure, it looked good with him, but he just didn't see the purpose, until suddenly Sai appeared right behind them…
"He only means well." He suddenly said, as if he had been hiding from them, at the same time eavesdropping. They both turned to see Sasi in the same outfit as Naruto, only different with the colour. Sai's was grey… while Naruto's was orange…
"Are all outfits like these?" he asked at Sai, he just nodded…
"Come on," Sakura said to both of her teammates, "Don't want to be late for our first mission the sixth Hokage gave us. Let's hurry up!" she said and sprinted of… they followed her, not minding if their outfits got a bit dusty… the scroll said it was dirt-proof…
Once they arrived at the Konoha gates, all of rookie 9 and team gai had gathered up along with the Kazekage and his siblings…
"So, you guys ready?" Gaara asked them all, he was the head of this mission… he was responsible for them all…
"Hai." They chorused, and they all started to sprint out of the village and towards the end of their barrier from the outside world… they didn't know that they had passed through the barrier, neither of them had looked back also, but if they had… they would have been shocked or petrified that their beloved village… can no longer be seen, but just a bunch of empty land… all the trees they passed by… gone…
Akatsuki's Hideout
Sasuke and his team's training had been disrupted when Zetsu suddenly sprung up in the middle of their sparring session… of course he wasn't too happy either but had told them anyway that their presence was requested and that they were going to have a new mission… of course that got their attention and about time they had, but what bother Sasuke the most was why they had to go over to that place? As far as he knew, they were locked inside a barrier… concealed from civilians' sight so that they'd be safe and their secret kept a secret… so why make a move after a thousand years?
"And that is all you needed to know… and all you needed to do." He said, to them and they all nodded and proceeded to gather up the things they should be bringing. Of course, Tobi had taken the liberty to also choose their outfits for the mission as well…
Sasuke decided to stay and put on the peculiar clothing on later…
"Is there something you need Sasuke?" Tobi said, eyeing him behind his mask…
"There's something you are not telling us." He said, and Tobi just chuckled…
"Impressive, you sensed me not telling something… impressive it is." He replied
"Well?" Sasuke asked, "What are you not telling us?"
"The moment you reach Tokyo, Sasuke," he said, "You are going to run into a few old friends of yours."
Phew… glad that was over… had a hard time actually trying to piece back the pieces on this one… I lost track on Gakuen Alice, but I never lost track of Naruto… so I had to do a lot of research on the Gakuen Alice part so some of them might make sense…
I just want to say belated happy birthday to Mikan, and a happy birthday to Haku of Naruto January 9 :*
I don't own Naruto… or Gakuen Alice at all… but if I did, my favourite characters won't die… and my favourite pairings would come true :3, and don't worry… this will still be SasuHina… with a hint of Gakuen Alice ;)
'Til next time!
This is a rewritten chapter already :3 watch out for "The Job" because I am going to rewrite the first chapter!
Please leave some reviews for this edited chapter… if you happen to read the previous first chapter before it was changed… but if not… skip to the next chapter and you'll know what I mean… until then! Next rewriting schedule is on… January 19, 2013! That's Gaara's birthday minna!