Chapter 1:
The Hokage (Tsunade) summoned Hyuuga Hinata, Haruno Sakura, Uzumaki Naruto, Hatake Kakashi and Yamato. When they were gathered they immediately expected to receive a mission, it was too obvious. Tsunade stated…
"I will assign you to go to River Country and guard a scroll that is said to have something special, according to my sources is somehow connected to the Akatsuki." The serious chocolate brown-eyed blond woman said emotionlessly.
"Yes, we will go right away. Even if there is only a very small chance to be able to find Sasuke I will go, dattebayo." Naruto said with his sweat dropping. "Old hag." He murmured quietly so that no one would hear.
"Yes, Master." Sakura said politely with a serious face.
"That's not going to be easy." Kakashi said with a serious face and dangerous tone even though you could not see his face behind his dark mask that he was wearing.
"Yes Hokage-sama." Hinata said with a very shy and unconfident tone although she didn't stutter.
"Yes Hokage-sama but could you send a backup when things got serious." Yamato said with a serious face and his sweat dropping clearly indicating that he was a bit worried about this mission.
"This is an S-rank mission. So handle it with care and be sure to come back alive. I will not pay for your funerals if you ever come back with your corpses." Said Tsunade with a very stern tone it was practically screaming an 'Anyone who dare defy me will be killed!' she sat on her old, bright green chair resting her elbows on the wooden table in front of her, lacing her fingers together and resting her chin on it.
"D-d-don't j-joke l-like t-that, datte-b-bayo…" A unusually stuttering Naruto said shivering with fear, from behind you could practically see the others were also scared, Tsunade sure knows how to scare the shit out off anyone's pants. By looking at her you would most likely wet you pants.
They were all dismissed after the explanation of the mission with them given an hour to prepare before they leave.
Hinata told her father that she will be in a mission for a few days so she won't be at home for a while. Sakura told her mother the same thing and bid them goodbye. Naruto only looked at the picture of the old team 7 after he finished packing his things.
And they gathered at the main gate when the hour given was finished they are all there except for one person, obviously Kakashi. After more like a thousand years Kakashi came with a happy grin on his face, he saw his teammates' obvious anger for his tardiness so he made another lame excuse.
"A black cat crossed my path so..." his cheerful voice rambled but before he got to finish his story-obviously a lie- Naruto and Sakura rudely cut him off by shouting.
"That's a lie." They both yelled in unison while Hinata and Yamato stayed quiet.
"Well well calm down, let's just forget about that and go" said by Kakashi with his grin gone then they started to jump from tree to tree moving closer and closer to the River Country.
While they were traveling, Sakura ate too much soldier pills (Hyologan) Kakashi tried to stop her but in return, he got yelled instead. Naruto and Sakura picked up their pace, while the others were left behind.
"N-Naruto-kun, I don't think we should hurry I mean should be in such a hurry." Hinata muttered softly.
"Yes I agree with her." Kakashi said and Yamato slightly smiling. Because of that after a few hours Hinata was already, tired so Kakashi offered to have a break.
"We should take a break after all it is nighttime," he said. Naruto, Hinata and Sakura were sleeping on the ground but Yamato was sitting on a trunk of a tree and Kakashi is looking up the moon on a branch. When the sun rose up Kakashi woke up the three sleeping ninjas.
"Good morning." Hinata said with a sleepy face
"Morning." Sakura said while rubbing her eyes.
"Good morning, dattebayo." Said Naruto after yawning.
"Good morning, Naruto, Sakura and Hinata." Kakashi said with a happy face.
"If you're all awake now let's go." Yamato said with a little cheerful face. They traveled again and they reached River Country by noon and there they found their client and introduced themselves.
"I' am Uzumaki Naruto, dattebayo." Naruto said while smiling proudly.
"I-I am Hu-Hyuuga Hinata" said by Hinata a little stuttering.
"Haruno Sakura, desu." Sakura said cheerfully.
"I am Hatake Kakashi, the team leader." Kakashi said smiling a bit.
"I am Yamato, reinforcement for them if something serious happened." Yamato said with a straight face.
"I am Asou, your client" said the client with a serious face.
"So about the scroll, Asou-san." Kakashi said his serious face appearing. With that sentence he made everyone's face turn serious.
"The scroll is in the shrine it hasn't been stolen yet. According to the feudal lord, the founder of River Country wrote the scroll. According to our records, the scroll was written more than ten years ago. And it seems that it has something to do with the Akatsuki, because the title was "The Foundation of Akatsuki".
"Why didn't you report right away?" Kakashi stated.
"But I didn't hear anything about an organization being called Akatsuki, not until the fifth Kazekage was abducted. I heard they were S-class ninja so I hired you guys." the client said very seriously.
"Did you tried to open it?" said by Naruto with a serious face and with his sweat dropping.
"Yes but the scroll has a seal and it can only opened by the one who put the seal on it." The client said being very serious.
"May I see the scroll, I may find a way to open it." Kakashi said seriously.
"Yes, but I will first ask permission to the priest, and borrow the key to the shrine." Asou said excusing himself. After an hour and a half he came back to the room with a key made from silver and gold with a lace made of silk twisted with the colors of red and white.
"What took you so long? Hmm, is that the key, dattebayo?" Naruto said with a bored tone.
"It looks pretty special." Sakura said with amazement.
"It is where the founder's ashes remain after all. This way please." Asou said smiling a bit. He led them to the shrine when they were there, he opened the door of the shrine. There was nothing there but a closet.
"I-It looks pretty empty." Hinata said. Asou opened the closet there was a jar and a scroll.
"This is the scroll." Asou said relieved that it still there. He gave it Kakashi. Kakashi inspected it and found out that…
"This scroll can also be opened by a person who has his blood. Did he (the founder of River Country) have children?' Kakashi asked Asou.
"No, the founder didn't have any children. But he had a wife, her name is Sapphire. Although she remarried to another guy after the founder died, she has grandchildren now." He said wondering why the founder used that kind of seal, even it is to protect it from people who want to know what is inside the scroll.
"Can we see her now?" asked Yamato with a serious face.
"No but you can meet her granddaughter her name was Saki but her house a bit far away. Why did you suddenly say you want meet her?" asked Asou with a confused look.
"Because there is a possibility that her grandmother was pregnant before the founder died." Hinata said without any hesitation. He led them the house of the granddaughter of the founder's wife. After walking a few meters, they found the house.
"It looks pretty normal." Sakura said.
"Of course, we're not here to meet a rich person or someone from a noble family." Yamato said. They knocked on the door and then a woman about twenty years old opened the door.
"Who are you? May I help you?" the woman said politely.
"I am Asou and I am an official." He answered politely.
"I am Haruno Sakura, a Konoha kunoichi. I am a Chunin." Sakura answered with a smile.
"I-I am Hyuuga Hinata, I am also a kunoichi from Konoha and I am also a Chunin." Hinata introduced herself politely.
"I'm Uzumaki Naruto, a Konoha ninja, Genin, dattebayo." looking at the floor, because after two years he is the only one left who is still a genin.
"My name is Yamato, I am a ninja from Konoha. I am an ANBU. Yamato said politely with a serious face.
"My name is Kakashi, I am also a Konoha shinobi and I am a Jounin." Kakashi said simply.
"I am Hotaru Saki. How may I help you?" The woman repeated.
"We wanted to ask you a favor." Kakashi started moving on to business.
"Is that so… Well anyway it seems like it will take time so please come in." She said while gesturing them to come in.
Author's note: please give me your opinion about it. This is my first fan fiction I hope you like it. I edited some parts of this chapter so please just read it again.