Chapter 1:

I was walking down the street headed towards the Hokage's office. As she had called me to come and see her immediately, though she wouldn't say why, as usual. All I did know was that it most likely involved some mission or other.

I had to admit I was surprised that she had started sending me on missions so soon after I moved here from a small town not too long ago. I had thought that she would at least wait a few months or something like that. 'Oh well, guess I can't argue too much about it since it pays so well, I mean before long I'll get to see if my family will get to move to konaha as well. Oh I can't wait to have someone I actually know here with me!'

As I walk down towards the Hokage's office, I look around me at this village that has allowed me to live within it, and I find that I love it already.

When I arrive at her door I go to knock, to find that it is already open. So I peek around the corner, "Um, M-Ma'am, may I come in?"

Tsunade looked at the door from the sound of my quiet and mostly unheard voice. "Of course, come in" she said, so I came around the corner into the somewhat small room. "Alright," she continued to the now four people standing in front of her, "I want you to find out what has been happening in a small town near the border", she looked at me, "and I want you to take Tsuki here with you, understood?"

Everyone nodded and we set off. As we were leaping through the woods a hooded shinobi turned towards me. "We have not properly met, why? Because we were short on time earlier, my name is Aburame Shino, what is yours?"

I suddenly got nervous, as I tended to do when someone started talking to me. "Um, m-my name is H-Hikari Tsuki" I said as I not-quite-so looked at him. He just turned to stare at me through his dark black sunglasses. "I haven't seen you around before, where are you from?"

"Um w-well…." I looked down not quite sure I wanted to tell an almost complete stranger my entire life story. "Well I uh…" I started to blush from my nervousness.

"Alright, we'll set up camp here for tonight" said a man with silver hair and one hidden eye as he signaled for us all to stop. To my relief the guy didn't ask any more questions and seemed to drop the matter. We jumped down from the trees and started setting up tents; one for the guys and one for the girls.

I went into my tent along with the other girl that was with us. As I got a better view of her I realized that she was around the man with the silver hair's age. She turned and caught me starring at her, much to my embarrassment.

" Is this your first B rank mission?" she asked.

"Um n-no it isn't" I answered, unsure if I should be uneasy or something else by this woman's somewhat intimidating aura.

"Then why so nervous?" she inquired with an almost quizzical expression on her usually blank face.

"Uh well it's just I'm fairly new to this village and w-well I guess I'm just not uh…comfortable…with everyone yet…" I told her as I looked everywhere except at her.

With a monotone voice she told me "you'll get used to it." Then she turned over into her sleeping bag and advised me to get some sleep. I blinked at her wondering if I would ever really get used to this new life. I sighed, 'oh well, maybe she's right, maybe I will get used to it. After all life does have it's twists and turns.' I rolled into my sleeping bag and closed my eyes, hoping she was right.

*Author's Note: Tis is my first fanfic, I hope you all enjoyed it! ^ ^ I've decided that I'm going to wait and see if anyone reads it before I make more chapters and stuff. So if you have read this and you want me to keep writing, just comment that you think so!*