Chapter 1

Naruto sat with sakura and sasuke while waiting to go into the chuunin examination room. It was 3 years since the last chunin exam but last year there had been no exam because of the threat of orochimaru. Naruto had matured in the last year. In fact everyone did. Sakura had become a very successful ninja medic. Let's just say that without Sakura around Naruto and Sasuke might not be holding up as well as they are. She also matured and didn't try to chase after Sasuke. She still liked him, but not just for his pretty face. After Naruto managed to break Orochimaru's hold on Sasuke, Sasuke returned home and slowly started to return to his old self and then he started to open up more. For those who didn't know him still thought he was cold but his friends knew otherwise. Sakura was the one who brought the best out of Sasuke. Hinata Still liked Naruto but she had grown up and no longer blushed and stuttered when she spoke. She was one of the strongest and kindest shinobi in the village. Her adaptation of the hyuga clan technique was becoming well known through out the area. Ino became stronger and her feeling shifted from dear sasuke to another. She finally realized that she no longer had feelings for Sasuke. It was just her will to win that pushed her towards Sasuke and away from her dearest friend Sakura. Once she realized this, she changed her ways and now she and sakura are back to the way things were when they were young. The one her attention shifted to however, I will keep that information until later. Shikamaru, having already gained the chunin status, was only there to cheer his teammates on. During the fight against Orochimaru, he started to take more of an initiative. He realized that he couldn't just let his life roll away with his beloved clouds. He started working harder, but only by a little. I mean come on; this is Shikamaru we are talking about. Choji is well… Choji. He still eats all of the time, but he has become a much more determined and stronger ninja. Neji finally realized he had been wrong about his view on life. He made up with Hinata and they are now as close as brother and sister. TenTen has become known as the best weapons specialist in the area. Other then that not too much about her has changed. Luckily all of the praise didn't go to her head. She was very humble about her skills. Lee had given up on Sakura. He realized she had no feelings for her and instead they are now extremely good friends. Lee left the village for a year after the defeat of Orochimaru to study other forms of taijutsu. Kiba is still pretty much the same except he calmed down… a little. Akamaru is still faithfully at Kiba's side only he is now huge. Shino is still obsessed with bugs (no surprise there) but he has started to talk a lot more to people about things other than bugs. That for Shino is a big step. Well now back to the present. All of the shinobi sitting in the waiting room looked up when they heard the doors open. In walked 3 ninja from their village but most people didn't recognize them.

Suddenly Hinata exclaimed, "Nakoto, suni, hoko! What are you doing here?"

Everyone turned to look at Hinata, each with the same question in their minds. Who were these shinobi and how did Hinata know them. As if reading everyone's minds she turned to her friends and explained.

"This is Nakoto, Suni and hoko. They are fellow shinobi from the hidden leaf village but have always been away on missions so I'm not surprised you don't know them. Kiba, Shino and I met them when we were called to assist them on a mission. They had need of our tracking skills and my byakugan. We were with them for a month trailing some rogue ninjas. I can't believe you guys are here! I'm so happy!"

Nakoto was a happy looking girl full of energy. And I mean full. She could honestly give Naruto a run for his money. One of the things people instantly noticed about her was how similar she looked to Naruto. They weren't identical but there were some traits you couldn't help but notice. She has blond hair, which was slightly duller the Naruto's but still very bright. It was cut to just above her shoulders and her bangs reached to just above her chin. They were also kind of spiky. She also has beautiful deep blue eyes. On her left cheek were 3 scars as if some one with claws had scratched her. They looked like Naruto's but they were only on the left cheek. She wasn't extremely tall. Maybe 5'1". She was thin but solidly build. Many of the guys couldn't keep their eyes off of her. She was wearing black fitted shorts that reached mid thigh and a black tube top that covered until about mid torso. Under those was a fishnet body suit that covered from the elbows to the knee. Like with all other hidden leaf shinobi she wore the kunai leg sheath and had a pouch for supplies and other weapons on her lower back. She wears her hitai-ate around her neck like Hinata.

Suni was a solemn looking girl with glasses. She too was quite thin. In her hand she carried a book. Not like Kakashi's love novels. This one was about all of the different plants in the area. What our friends didn't know yet (other then Hinata, Shino, and Kiba) was that Suni specialized in using plants like how Shino specialized in bugs. She had green hair in a tight braid that reached all the way down her back. Her eyes were also a light green. Her hitai-ate is on her right arm. She wore a simple pair of dark green pants that reached to mid calf and a fitted black top with her family symbol on the back. Her clan was well known for their talents with plants. They had techniques that were passed down through generations for hundreds of years.

Hoko is extremely kind, but if you threatened her village or friends you would not like what was coming your way. This girl has strength to spare and specializes in stone style techniques. You wouldn't realize how strong she is because she is very petit which I suppose is why people are always shocked to see her fight. She has brown hair in a pixie cut. She was wearing hip-hugging kaki knee length short that were loose fitting and a blue tee shirt that reached just above her belly button. She also wore bandages wrapped from her wrist to her elbow on her left arm and from her ankle to just below the knee on her right leg. Her hitai-ate was worn around her waist.

To answer Hinata's question Nakoto simply answer, "we're here to become chunins." What everyone didn't yet realize was that there was a lot more to Nakoto then meets the eye.

AN: I hope everyone likes it so far. I had started to write this in my head I really liked where it was going. Review please!!!! And I'll try to get more chapters up fast! If anyone has any suggestions feel free to send them to me. But please if you don't like it don't be mean. Just don't continue reading. There is no need to send reviews saying that it sucked. Thanks a bunch!