I do not own Naruto. Period. Only Kouga, Daisuke, and Kimiko are of my own imagination.
(PS Sorry is Neji is a little OOC, always hated writing him, always will)
"WHERE IS OUR MOST YOUTHFUL SENSEI? IT IS NOT LIKE HIM AND HIS YOUTHFUL WAYS TO BE LATE TO A TEAM TRAINING DAY!"
Team Guy could be seen standing about in their normal training field while grey clouds hung low in the sky, casting a dreary shadow over Konoha. Currently, Neji, Tenten, and Lee were waiting around the grounds for their sensei, Konoha's Green Beast, Might Gai.
Tenten shrugged, "I don't know, Lee. Gai-sensei always seems to disappear on this day every year. Remember last time we tried to bring it up with him? He just blew off the question and made us run around the Forest of Death."
Lee struck an exaggerated thinking pose while squatting on the ground, "Then where could our most youthful sensei be?"
Suddenly, Lee shot up from the ground, fist raised high in the air, "THEN WE MUST GO FIND OUR GREAT SENSEI AND CONFRONT HIM!"
Thunder rumbled across the sky as a few drops of rain could be felt.
Neji 'hnn'd before motioning his hands to the sky, "Well, we won't be able to find him in this type of weather, even with my Bakkiugan activated. Let's wait and see if it lets up before we go and try and find him."
Lee and Tenten looked at each other for a second before agreeing and making their way towards a local tea shop with the possibility of waiting the storm out there.
Memorial Stone….
A hunched figure could be seen squatting in front of the large memorial stone. Slowly, the figure reached a hand out and placed his thumb at the beginning of a name before swiping his thumb slowly over it, memorizing the grooves and crevices of the name engraved. The figure paid no attention to his surroundings as the heavens growled and rumbled before unleashing a mighty down pour of rain. Civilians rushed past the hunched figure, most either ignoring him or missing his form entirely. Rain soaked his green spandex suit, turning it a darker shade of green, the same green as his fiancé's eyes before she had gone missing. His black, bowl cut hair was plastered to his neck, forehead, and cheeks, blurring his vision, yet he had no intention of moving it. Sitting at the base of the stone, collecting drops of rain and the occasional salty tear, was a blooming lotus flower. Rubbing his hand over the name once again, Gai sighed.
'It has been nine years, my lotus blossom. I know you are still alive somewhere and somehow I will find you Kimiko.'
Acadamy...
Rain pitter-pattered against the windows of a classroom on the second floor of the academy, causing an even drearier mood to form. More than half of the class had fallen asleep, so the teacher of said class decided to switch topics.
"Now," started Iruka as he turned around from the chalk board and faced the class, "Who has heard of the ANBU team, Team Wolf?"
Only one hand was raised. Said hand belonged to a 12 year old girl with waist length pink hair a red and white one piece dress.
"Alright Sakura, what can you tell us about Team Wolf?"
Sakura cleared her throat, "Team Wolf was made up of three of the highest ANBU to ever come from Konoha. About nine years ago, Team Wolf was sent on an A-Ranked Mission to retrieve information from Snow country. Within a week, Team Wolf had made it to Snow country and retrieved the information. On the 8th day, they began to make their way back to Konoha, but after another week had past, Team Wolf hadn't made it back to Konoha. Search teams were sent out to find Team Wolf but nothing was found. No battle sight, no blood, no bodies. They had just disappeared. They have never been heard of since."
By this time, everyone had begun to pay attention to Sakura's recollection of one of Konoha's best ANBU Teams. Even the lazy Shikamaru had woken up from his nap to listen in.
Iruka nodded his head, "Very good Sakura. Now, I shall add more to yours."
Carefully, he pulled a scroll out of his desk and slowly began to unravel it while keeping the contents inside a mystery from his students.
"Since over eight years have passed since their disappearance, the Hokage has allowed people to know of who the people were under the masks of Team Wolf."
A few seconds of silence passed as Iruka finished unraveling the scroll. By this time, all of the students were on the edges of their seats in anticipation. Finally, Iruka turned the scroll around for the class to see. Inside the scroll was a painting of three people, two men and one woman.
"The first male was Kouga Yamamoto, tracker and scout of the group. He was said to have greater senses than that of the Inuzuka clan."
As he continued to speak about Kouga, he pointed to the man that was standing to the far left in the painting. Kouga had long, shaggy brown hair that covered most of his left eye, that of which were deep red in color, as well as a very tan complexion. He wore black, baggy hakamas tied off with a red obi and black shinobi boots. No shirt could be seen on his person, but he, instead, wore a long, dark brown trench coat. Attached to his obi, though, was a pair of iron claws, his main choice of weapon.
"The second male was Daisuke Takeda, medic of the group. He was the top, male medic ninja in the village before his disappearance."
At this, he pointed to the second male that was standing to the far right of the painting. His hair was long, pale lavender in color, the same color as that of the Hyuga's eyes while his eyes were the darkest of blacks and his skin was pale. His outfit could be considered to be the exact opposite of his male team mate. With white, baggy hakamas and a white ANBU styled shirt, his pale skin looked slightly tanner than it normally did. A dark lavender colored obi was tied off at his hips and, attached to that, was a dark silver colored sickle and chain.
"And the last member of the group was Kimiko Tsukino, both the Captain of her squad and of all ANBU in the village. Her natural strength was on par with that of the Lady Tsunade's chakra enhanced strength and, before she and her team went MIA, was engaged to the legendary Might Gai."
He motioned his hand towards the center of the scroll, where the only female on the team was located. Her hair was black in color and went down to her mid back in loose ringlets. Her skin was fair in color, which made her dark, emerald colored eyes stand out. Her outfit consisted of a black, Chinese style shirt, green spandex shorts, and a grey skirt with two splits that almost went up to her hips. Like most female kunoichi, she wore black, knee high shinobi boots and, because of her strength, black, fingerless, leather gloves. Strapped diagonally across her back, though, was a large halberd. The blade was about six foot in length, stained dark silver in color, and looked easily to be at least 300 pounds. The handle was about three foot in length and was black with a green ribbon wrapped around it. What caught the eye of many was the guard of the sword. It was in the shape of a blooming lotus flower, petals facing up towards the blade, ready to stop any advancing blade from touching the wielder. Its color, unlike the dark silver of the blade, was a shimmering white gold color, obviously coated in true silver for extra protection.
As Iruka continued his lecture on the extraordinary team, the down pour outside continued, drenching anyone who dared to step foot out in the open. What no one knew though, was that over 1000 miles away, another ANBU team had just stumbled across a recently abandoned hideout that, at one point in time, had belonged to the cursed Sannin, Orochimaru. As they traveled deeper and deeper into the tunnels, they came across nothing but old blood splatters, dust, and the occasional snakeskin. As they reached the end of the tunnel, that of which opened up into a large, underground cavern, they were met with the sight of only three bodies strapped to tables, two of which were dead, while the third was breathing very shallow breaths. They (The ANBU team) approached the breathing body, hopefully to put it out of its misery, until the person's eyes snapped open and stared at them with pained and determination. The leader of the ANBU squad gasped behind his mask, causing the sound to echo out and into the room. Quickly, he turned back towards his other teammates.
"Dragon! Bird! Run as fast as you can and inform our nearest outpost that the Lady Kimiko of ANBU Team Wolf has been found alive, if not barely. I need medics waiting for her when I arrive! Go, quickly!"
….I'm evil, oh so evil. I'm not sure if I want to end the story here and make it a one-shot, or, if I get enough reviews, make one or two more chapters. Who knows, cause I don't.
Hope you guys liked it.
Ja-Ne!
~Silent Kage