Kya! Done with chapter one... my brain's fried and I'm dead tried now... mwu... Well, this isn't my first fic but this is my first time writing a fic for Naruto. Anyway, enjoy!

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto

Phase 1: The Fallen

Dragging his tired legs as he walked down the dirt path, his sandals scrapped against the ground nosily; he felt the weariness creeping up his sore body and his eyelids were threatening to fall, blurring his vision slightly. The shadows of the trees on both sides on the path stretched backwards as the rays of the setting sun beat down on them.

Hugging two huge grocery bags with his tired arms, he turned his head lazily and glanced at his teammates. Sakura, clutching the lightest bag with both arms, was also having difficulty to keep her head up while walking. Sasuke on the other hand, looked… fine, neither tired nor drowsy. Two grocery bags on his arms and his face had his trademark expression: expressionless. Damn that Sasuke bastard... he doesn't even look tired… No! Damn that Kakashi-sensei! Why in the world would he want us to walk all the way to the next town to get stuffs for him after a whole day's training! Gazing down on the bags of items in his arms, he scowled at the new volume of "Icha, icha Paradise" with a special free gift of "Icha, icha Paradise" notebook and pen attached to it. That sicko perverted-sannin, when I get back, I'll so gonna bash that two bastar-

Thud!

"Naruto! Can't you watch where you're going? Geez, now we've gotta pick the stuff up! Can't you give us a break already?" Sakura glared at Naruto as she strode over him, his limbs sprawling in four directions with one foot over a rock and items lying on the ground before him.

An irritated grunt came out from Sasuke as he puts the bags down and walked over to Sakura to pick the things up. "So much for your four years training with Jiraiya…"

Upon hearing the comment, Naruto, still lying face down, was trembling in anger. Jumping up instantly, he kicked the rock which tripped him up to the sky with a frustrated shout and pointed a finger at Sasuke,

"Sasuke, you bastard! You have a problem with me? Don't you dare to give me that look! You're so gonna regret this, bastard!"

Gazing at Naruto lazily, Sasuke rose up from his squatting position; shifting his weight to one leg and stuffed a hand into one of his pockets he tilted his head back slightly and looked at Naruto from the corner of his eyes,

"…try me, dobe."

Shaking in absolute anger, Naruto lets out a yell and was about to lung at Sasuke when something fell from the sky and hit him hard on the head. A trickle of blood flowed down from his forehead before he fell flat on the ground again, dazed. Sakura and Sasuke watched in amusement as the rock that Naruto had kicked rolled down from the yellow mass of hair. Sighing in resignation, Sakura trudged over to Naruto and pulled him up, inspecting the healing wound as he cursed and shouted at Sasuke, who in turn, ignored him. Annoyed with Naruto's sudden loud behavior, Sakura twitched an eye on him and lifted a fist to punch him when suddenly; a strong pressure weighed itself down on them, practically forcing them down to the ground.

Eyes wide and alert, they stared at the direction of the force. Looks of uncertainty and agreements were exchanged before they sprinted towards the origin.

Following the flow of the unknown pressure, they entered a dense forest and reached a clearing near a small river when the pressure stopped suddenly as it came. Halting along the side of the clearing, they assumed a fighting pose to different directions. Sasuke reached for three kunais from his pouch and scanned the surroundings with his Sharingan for chakra. As everyone surveyed their part of the area, Sakura spotted a figure near the river from afar. Signaling to her teammates, she pointed to the figure's direction. It looked injured.

Taking out their kunais, the three-man team advanced to the figure cautiously. When they were within assaulting range, Sasuke signaled to the other two to surround the figure. Scowling at Sasuke, Naruto moved to the extreme right reluctantly. Forming a semi-circle around the figure, they minimized the range by approaching more to the figure when they stopped dead on their tracks, gawking at it. Surrounded by masked corpses, a girl, barely able to stand, drifted her gaze to them. Clutching a gapping wound on her right arm with her free hand, black blood flowed continuously from the wound, dripping down her finger tips, staining the soil. Panting heavily, her eyes squinted as a trail of black blood escaped from her mouth. Staring at the bloody girl before them, they lowered their weapons together when suddenly, the girl, unable to support herself any longer, fell backwards into the river.

続く道にただアタシひとりだけ...

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Ah! So sorry about the first 'intro' of my OC... very cliche huh. But please stay with me for the final reveal of the story plot! Well, at least for the first season... I don't know but my friend said the plot is good and encouraged me to write it so... please review because I think my writing have gone rusty (haven't been writing for a long time... mwu...) Anyway, thank you for reading! I'll update as soon as possible!