A.N.: Well here's the start of yet another Naruto fic. This story is based off the Alanna books….otherwise known as the Lioness Rampant series by Tamora Pierce. Great books if you haven't read them please do. Title sucks I know…leave me alone. It will not follow the books exactly… Parings will be decide later…Actually…I know whose going to be with who…but I'm not telling…well ..Not for now… Hehe… Anyways… On with the summary and Story….Wheeeeeeeeeee...

Disclaimer I do not own Naruto characters or the Plot line from the Lioness Books.

Summary: In an age where women are looked down upon as being too weak and foolish, where women are forbidden to hold a blade, neither can they fight. One girl dares to dream and goes undercover as a boy to become the only woman Knight. Her Name: Sakura… Her Mission: complete Knight training without being discovered. Will she be able to keep her secret for 8 yrs of knight training? Read and find out.

A girl of about the age of 10 stood in a courtyard outside her father's castle. She held a sword in her hand and was sweating from the physical exertion of the sword play exercise she was learning. She pushed her long pink hair out of her sweat soaked face. She narrowed her brilliant catlike emerald eyes in concentration on her opponent.

Her training master lunged at her and she barely had time to deflect the attack. He backed away from her looking for an opening. She did the same. She saw one and lunged for it. He was nearly able to block it but she used her speed to knock his sword out of his hands and spinning in to the air not far behind her. She held the tip of the sword to his neck. He grinned at her.

"Very good, Lady Sakura, you did very well today."

Sakura bowed to her teacher.

"It is only because I have a good teacher…thank you, Kakashi."

An arm swung around her neck and she was roughly pulled in to a hug.

"That's my Sakura! You did great ...Father is going to be so proud."

"Let go Haku…." Haku smiled at her. He was her older brother and a knight, something Sakura desperately wanted to be, but in the Leaf Kingdom's it was forbidden for a woman to even hold a sword, let alone become a knight.

Her father, Kakashi, Haku and her self could be put to death if Sakura was ever caught holding a sword…it didn't matter that they were high ranking nobles.

"Haku's right...I am proud of you. You're doing well Sakura…if only you were a boy. Then you could go on to be the best knight in the 7 Kingdoms." Sakura blushed and thanked her father…it was a rare treat to receive a compliment from hers and Haku's father.

"Second best, Father, I'm the best." Haku grinned, his arm still around Sakura's shoulders.

Their father smirked at them and said... "It is time for dinner …put your sword away Sakura and clean up for dinner…We have an important issue to discuss."

Sakura nodded bowed to her father, brother and then to her teacher and departed from them to go to her room and clean up. On the way to her rooms she wondered what her father wanted to talk to her about. Her father and brother where seated at the table when she entered the dinning hall, talking quietly. From the looks of it, what they were talking of was confidential.

"Sakura, there you are, took you long enough." Haku said loudly when he spotted her walking towards him and their father. A servant came and pulled the chair out for her on her father's right side. Both watched her silently while she sat and the servants began to serve dinner. What ever her father wanted to talk about…it was serious, but how serious she wondered.

After dinner had been served her father began to speak.

"Sakura, traditionally, young noble ladies such as yourself are sent to convents to learn how to be a lady."

He watched her while he said it and she felt her heart sink at his words. She didn't want to learn to be a Lady! She wanted to be a knight like her father and brother. She cursed the fact that she was born a female. She clenched her spoon tightly in her hand her knuckles turning white. Her father would not tolerate any out burst from her.

"They are there for 5 years before being sent home. They are at marriageable age then… but…a knight is sent to the palace for 8 years… So what do you want? Being away from home for eight years or for five years?"

Sakura's widened and she stared at her fathering shock at what she heard. Was this some sort of joke? He knew woman were not allowed to hold a blade much less become a knight. Her father watched her with a strange look on his face.

Lord Zabuza was known for dislike the laws on women not being allowed to hold a blade. "If there was ever a war then the women would be unable to defend them selves or their young." He always argued. Lord Zabuza was also known to have a great dislike for the King and Queen.

To help his daughter become the first lady knight in 100 yrs. he would be breaking the law he hated and dishonoring the King and Queen whom decided the stupid law… It made him happy to know that.

"Father, you know I wish to be a knight….but I am a girl….How would I become a knight?"

Her father smirked at her. "You'll know when you figure it out. Try to figure it out before tomorrow…I have a letter to write to either Duke Iruka of Golden Fox Forest or to Lady Head Mistress of the Convent of Lady arts."

She looked away from her father, she quietly said, "I could disguise myself…as a boy."

Her father's smirk widened it to a grin. She was a fast thinker…that would be a good quality to have as a knight. But would she be able to handle the hard path that would lead to knighthood? "Would you be will to go through the hardships that come with being a knight? And what about when you start to turn into a woman?"

Sakura looked at her father. He could see determination and a strong will in those young eyes. "I am willing to face those hardships. And about becoming a woman…I will deal with that when it happens…"

He nodded his head. "Then you will go to the palace to learn to be a knight…you will become the first woman knight in a long time! I'll write a letter to Duke Iruka in the morning…you will leave in one week daughter. Tomorrow you will get your hair cut by old lady Hyoku. Kakashi will go with you and stay as your manservant. What will you be called as a boy? Sakura is hardly a name for any boy."

"I will be called…" she thought for a second. A thought came to her. "Lord Saku..."

Her father nodded his approval. "Lord Saku it is then."

He finished his meal and before leaving the room he bid both his children goodnight.

Her brother got up after finishing his meal and walked over to her. He smiled down at her.

"Sakura…when you try to become a knight…..I want you to be the best there is…you'll have to be better than the boys…they have it easier then you do. Kakashi says you have potential. It'll be hard, but I believe you're up to it. And never let anybody know you are a girl...they will kill you…remember that…never tell about your identity until you get your knight's shield. Good night, sister dear."

"Good night, Haku"

One week later

Sakura was mounted on a gently grey mare named Wind. Her packs on a horse behind her, next to her Iruka mounted on his chestnut bay mare. He was muttering about something she couldn't hear. He had been grumpy since he learn she was going to the palace to learn to be a knight. Not that he didn't think she could pull of her disguise and become a knight, he thought she could. He didn't like the fact that he had been dragged into the plan.

Sakura waved goodbye to her father and brother one last time before easing Wind forward with a soft squeeze of her knees on Wind's sides. Kakashi's chestnut fell in beside Wind and the pack horses behind them, packed with her and Kakashi's stuff as the made their way slowly out of Leaflet Glen 's Court yard and on to the road that would lead them to the royal city Konoha. It would take four days to get there.

Four days later they rode in to the Royal City called Konoha. Sakura tried to look at so many different places at once. Her eyes and ears trying to take in the sites and sounds. The city was bustling with more noises and people than Sakura had seen in all her ten years.

Kakashi smiled at her. "A little overwhelming for the first time here, ain't it, little one?"

Sakura nodded. She kept looking around her at the busy market place. A boy a few years older than her with jade green eyes caught her eyes and he smirked at her.

"You're new in the city." He stated

She nodded and asked." How did you know?"

He smirked at this. "Well…"

He was interrupted by Kakashi who pulled his horse up beside her horse, staring lazily down at the jade eyed boy.

"Let's go… Lord Saku…We have a deadline to meet." He said to her before whispering. "Keep an eye on your purse."

The boy smirked, his jade eyes dancing in wicked amusement. "Yes, Lord Saku…you had better keep an eye on your purse there are suspicious men in this city."

"Yes, suspicious men, maybe the one who stands before us is one of those…" Kakashi muttered.

The boy smirked again. "Suspicious? Who me?" He asked before melting in to the crowds.

Kakashi and Sakura continued on their way to the Palace. When they reached the palace, Sakura stared at it was the rode through the gates. This would be her home for the next 8 years if everything went according to plan. A slender plain looking young man came to take their horses as the entered the large courtyard.

"I'll be taking your horses now, young noble, I am guessing you here to become a page, skinny little short thing you are, am I right?"

Sakura nodded not trusting her voice at the moment. Fear and exhilaration clenched at her throat. She was here. What if she was discovered? She would be beheaded. It was simple as that. Women were not allowed to hold blades, or impersonate a boy to try to become a knight. If discovered she would definitely be beheaded.

'Oh, that won't do, I like my head where it is…. I'll just have to be very careful and not get caught.' She thought.

Sakura and Sakura climbed off their horses and the man began to lead them away, before he called back to her and Kakashi

"Your packs will be placed in your rooms and I will be sending a servant to take you to Duke Iruka."

After that they waited for the servant in the courtyard. She was actually going to become a page and be on her way to becoming a Knight. That's if she survived the years here. If she could kept up with the other pages. They would be so much stronger than her, like Haku said; she would have to work harder then any of them. She would do it; she would become the best knight.

A.N.: I know a boring chapter but tell me what you think…. As long as I get reviews to continue, I will. This story is long and there will be romance later on. I will tell pairings later