Every Genin who been through the second exam has to go on a mission (except for sound village ninjas): visiting the forbidden Island of the Moon. What will happen to them? Read & Review!

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I don't own Naruto, I wish I own Sasuke though 3

Chapter 1 The Preparation For The Mission-To be dead or alive

(Scene One)

The ninjas lined up in Tsunade's office.

Naruto: "Whoa, everyone came! Even bushy brow and makeup creep!"

Sakura: "Naruto! Be quiet!"

"Pang!" A big bump like a…like a manju steam bun rose up on Naruto's head.

Naruto: "Eh… Sakura-chan, you don't have to be so mean!"

Sakura: "What did you say?" With her inner self shot out by the anger that has built up in Sakura's organized and intelligent mind.

Naruto whimpered, frozen like a stone statue.

Suddenly, Sakura stopped.

She took control of her old and childlike behaviours, and didn't know what else to say.

Naruto stared at her in puzzlement.

Sakura turned away, ignoring him.

Tsunade: "Now,"

Silence filled the room with suspension.

"You are all going to go on a mission together. You will have to travel through the Land of the water to the forbidden Island of the Moon, which is right between the village hidden in the mist and the village hidden in the leaf. Your goal is to come back alive, and to meet and escort the Tsuchikage to come back to Konoha village. You won't have to protect her much since her chakura and skills are even beyond every Hokage in history."

Ino: "Wha…What? You mean she is actually better than you?"

Tsunade: " She has excellence in all Ty, Nin and Gen-jutsu. She can beat anyone in Konoha single handed, she is known as the sacred moon. Legend says that she was born by the moon goddess herself, and she masters multi-elements."

Everyone's mouths widened in surprise, other than a few genins like Neji, Sasuke, Gaara and Shino.

Tenten: " But that's impossible!"

Tsunade: " That's why she is sacred."

Kiba: " Why do we have to bring her back, what are you going to do about her after she is back here in Konoha?"

Tsunade: "This... That's top secret really, so…"

Wind rustled outside the window, twisting pieces of fallen leaves. The shadow of trees swaggered back and forth.

All was quiet, except for Akamaru who kept on growling under his breath.

Tsunade: " Any more questions? If not then go home and pack up, it's a very long journey, you will have one week to prepare, good luck. Go to your sensei for further information and special scrolls and items to pack."

"Hai!"

(Scene Two)

The sky darkened, the bright orange sun was fading with the dusk. It was nearly nightfall; the stars and the moon were dull and unclear, but somehow managed to show up in the misty air. Sakura-chan, sat by the window, with her backpack and weapons. Slowly, the sun began to fade, leaving pieces of scattered clouds drifting behind.

(Sakura Haruno-chan first person Narration)

Another mission, huh. I'm worried about Sasuke-kun, after Orichimaru gave him a curse mark he hasn't been well. Who is this "special ninja" Hokage has talked about? Why aren't the sound village ninjas here? Since the Zichikage is so strong, why can't she come to Konoha village by herself? Oh, right, I must pack up and train a little, it sounds pretty dangerous to me. I really should keep the questions for later. (Back to narrator) Sakura packed her kunais, shurikens, bandages and some other weapons in her small weapon bag that always hang by her slim leg.

(Sakura Haruno-chan first person Narration) My comb, should I bring it? Since we will be gone for a long time, a few weeks at least, no, at least a few months. Fish shaped or pink plastic? Um… Uh! Now is not the time to pick out combs, I have to hurry. Now lets see:

3 bags of kunai refills

3 bags of shuriken refills

1 bag of senbon refills

2 changes of clothes

1 comb

2 bags of emergency food supply

1 winded up bandage refills

1 tube of medicine

1 blanket

All in a big olive green backpack

Anything else? Hmm... I just hope I don't forget anything... Oh no! I'm going to be late; Kakashi-sensei is waiting for our team at the ramen shop!

(Back to narrator) Sakura dropped her heavy backpack on her wooden chair, fixed up her hair in front of the mirror, the head off for Kakashi-sensei and her teammates.

(Scene Three)

At the Ichiraku's Ramen place, there sat Kakashi-sensei and Sasuke-kun. Naruto was late, as usual. Sakura-chan flipped aside the portiere and greeted her sensei and teammate. She sat down quietly right beside Sasuke-kun and ordered a cup of organic green tea like the others.

Finally, Naruto arrived scratching his head: " I thought we were meeting by the academy though… I came here just to have ramen."

Sakura sighed, in an unusual quiet way: " Uh… Naruto, as expected from you, late again!"

Naruto: " Gomannan, mina! But I still have to have my ramen. Ayame-chan, Miso ramen please!"

"Hai, Naruto."Ayame hurried back to the kitchen.

Sakura: "So what are the scrolls and the special items, sensei?"

Sasuke: "Hmm…" For somewhat in his voice, there was a strand of curiosity, but it was too small for anyone to notice. He hid it right after, hoped no one noticed.

Kakashi-sensei: "Well, listen closely. This is a mission that is ranked higher that an A rank missions, so be very careful and work well with each other and other teams. Beware of the sand Nins, I sense a demonic aura inside that red haired kid, and he is no kid. Do not underestimate him, or any of them for that matter. I'm sure you will all understand and cooperate; you all have grown so much since back then. Get on with the topic now, shall we? Here are the scrolls. Naruto, listen closely, this is the toad family summoning scroll, Jiraiya told me to give it to you, in case you need to summon the toad boss to help you in dangerous situations. Do not use him for any other purposes like traveling; he will leave too much of a damage. Um? Naruto?"

"Hai, sensei! Slurp, slurp~"

"Sakura,"

"Yes, sensei?"

"You have to protect Sasuke from Orochimaru, every genin was told to do so."

"Don't worry, I won't let anyone hurt Sasuke-kun."

"Good, here is a jonin healing scroll for you, Tsunade-sama made sure that I gave it to you."

"Ah!"Sakura. Thank you, Tsunade-sama.

"As for you, Sasuke. No going off alone now. Here, take this sealing scroll. Don't loose it, it will help you to heal your curse mark, Sakura-chan will hold it for you now."

Sasuke:"Um…" Why am I standing out from the others, do I care about this stupid mission? No, Itachi is all I seek and will seek for my entire life. My revenge, the bloody memories…

"Here are the special items: A fire seal, a healing seal, and a summoning seal. They shall protect each one of you."Kakashi-sensei disturbed his thoughts, Sasuke cleared his head and looked up at his teammates.

Kakashi-sensei held up three medicine-looking bottles of pills. Each wrapper has each character that stands for fire, healing and summoning.

"Take these once a day, one pill per each time. Bring it with you all the time, there are enough pills for 2 months."

"We have to eat these? How bad will they taste any ways?" Naruto scratched his head impatiently.

"Naruto, they taste like water, you can force it in with anything, other than miso."

"What! Why! No! Not my ramen! No body can take it away from me…" Naruto cried, tears poured down like a waterfall.

"Miso contains fish fins and tails, which will react badly with these pills. Oh, forgot to warn you, don't eat any fish fins or tails in this mission, you may die from the pain." Kakashi-sensei spoke quietly while winking at his students. He made it look like it was a big deal. Anyone could have known he was exaggerating, but too scare to doubt his comments.

Naruto looked scared, pushed away his huge bowl of miso ramen, half of it was left. How am I suppose to know that miso can be so dangerous? I thought the only thing about it is that miso makes great soup of ramen, eh… Miso… Ramen…My baby...

Sasuke did a hardly noticeable smirk that he never wanted to do. It was just something to cover his inner self, to differ from everyone else. Somehow, he always wanted to smile, but whenever he tried, he either looks like he's in pain or the shocking and painful memory will come back and haunts him. That made him think that happiness was not an choice of his in life.

Sadness and anger should be all his feelings were before he avenged for his parents.

Kakashi: "Please do be careful, come back alive. Now, if there are no more questions, you can go train a little. Meet me at the 2nd training ground tomorrow at 9 in the morning, sharp."

"Hai."