Chapter 1

Kaida means little dragon

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or CSI: New York. Though I do own my OC. I don't live in NY so forgive me if things don't match or are unreal. I will be making places and stuff up about NY because I have never been there in my life. So please bear with me folks. For Naruto, the Great War is over and Sasuke came back. The Naruto world is in Japan but it is hidden so the modern Japanese know very little about the ninjas. Thanks.

"Thinking " in italics

In NY

"It ain't pretty in there. I may not have all your high tech gadgets but I swear to you that it is our NY Ripper. The same as all the others, killer left a bloodbath." Detective Don Flack greeted Detective Mac Taylor and Detective Stella Bonessera as they made their way pass him and the yellow police tape into the abandoned warehouse aka their crime scene.

"When was it ever easy for us Flack." Mac smiled at his younger colleague. Stella just smiled in greeting, placed her case onto the hard cement floor, took out the camera and started to take photos of the dead body in front of her.

" Victim looks to be about twenty years old, Brunette. Hole in the chest cavity with the heart ripped out, crushed and thrown onto the floor." Stella evaluated, " I have my fair share of violent and brutal murders but this killer is the icing on the cake."

"Well the city does have it's own set of weirdoes, whoever this is, he or she is just plain whoo hoo." Flack offered.

"Hopefully we can catch this weirdo before others start to follow in his foot step." Mac said, serious. Stella looked at her friend slash boss and nodded. The both of them started their evidence collection while Flack went back out to find more eyewitnesses and statements.

In Konoha

"Ha! I win Naruto! Pay up!" I Screamed. Naruto just whined loudly as he reluctantly handed over 50 ryo.

" One more round! I will beat you!" Naruto yelled, banging the table causing the cups to shake and topple, spilling their contents on an unlucky Sakura. She screamed, red in the face and punched Naruto so hard that he flew out of the Ichiruka and onto the main street. I burst out into laughter but I was not alone. Kiba rolled on the ground howling with Lee, Neji, Sai and Sasuke had this very visible smirk-slash-smile on their face, Shikamaru was chuckling, Ino and Tenten were leaning against each other with tears rolling down their faces. The only one who was not laughing straight out was Hinata who ran to Naruto to check on him.

We had not met up in a very long time due to our busy schedules for the rebuilding of Konoha after the Great War. Neji, Sasuke, Sai, Naruto and Shikamaru were all in ANBU, Sakura was a special Jounin and was well known in he medical field, Tenten was a Special Jounin but taught weapon handling at the academy, Ino was a Jounin in the Interrogation squad, and Hinata, Chouji and Lee were Jounin instructors of their own squads. Kiba and Shino were also Jounins in the Tracking squad. I myself am a special Jounin but I just helped out in the academy unless I had a mission.

Today was so far the only day that most of us were free. We had just finished lunch at Ichiruka; Naruto had as usual slurped around eighteen bowls. Glad to see that despite all that we have been through in the war, some things will never change. Hinata and Naruto sat back on their seats.

"Teme! I challenge you to a round!" Naruto yelled.

"You haven't lost enough dobe?" asked Sasuke, smirking.

"Don't call me Dobe! Teme! I won't lose to you!" answered Naruto. The card game between them was surprisingly intense and soon everyone else was drawn in. After two more hours of poker and laughter, we all went our separate ways; Neji Naruto and Sasuke walked their girlfriends, TenTen, Hinata and Sakura respectively, home. Shikamaru walked Ino to her flower shop, Kiba went back to his family's compound, Sai walked home and I went home for an early night since I had a pretty busy mission filled week.

I was having a very nice dream when a shrill beeping interrupted me. "Argh! Stupid alarm clock" I groaned while trying to bury deeper into my warm blanket. Unfortunately that method did not work and I reluctantly dragged myself out of bed and into the bathroom to wash up. After splashing water onto my face, I looked into the mirror and saw a seventeen-year-old girl with amber eyes in a black tank top and girl boxer shorts. Her normally slightly frizzy wavy brown hair looked like a bird's nest.

With a sigh, I picked up a brush and began a long painful process of untangling my mass of hair. After a torturous ten minutes of combing, I went downstairs to find breakfast. Pulling a Pop tart from the cabinet, I flopped onto the sofa and started to munch on it while reading through my week's worth of mail. "Bill. Bill. Bill. Voucher. Bill. Bill. Gaara. Bill. Wait! Gaara?" Gaara and I had seen each other in months, we were both busy with the rebuilding of our villages, writing letters was also of no use as one, he had meetings after meetings and piles of paperwork and two I had missions and missions plus my shifts at the academy so we both barely have time to sleep let alone write to one another. I ripped the letter open and read through it.

"Kaida. It has been a very long time since we have last met or even talked to one another. I apologies, I have been really busy and so have you I am sure. I will be coming to Konoha next week for a meeting with the Hokage. Let's meet up. From Kazekage, Sabuku no Gaara."

"Yay! Tanuki is coming to Konoha!" I cheered. I was probably the only one that got away with calling him raccoon since I did save him from Deidara along with Naruto after he had the one tail extracted. I magically pulled out a piece of paper and a paper and penned my reply.

"Tanuki! I really miss you. Yea, we both have been very busy since the war is over but there are still other threats out there that we have to handle. Let's have Zaru Soba okay? From Kaida Ashira."

"That should do. Now to find an envelope." I scrambled over the sofa to look for one at the side table when someone suddenly pounded at my door, accompanied by a familiar and annoying voice.

"Kaida! Kaida! Tsunade Baa-chan wants to see you at her office! Kaida..." Naruto shouted.

"Naruto! Next time wait till you see me then relay the message!" I yelled, once I opened the front door. Naruto just grinned before screaming the message once more and bounding away to the practice fields.

" It's supposed to be my day off! What does Tsunade-sama want! Sigh no point complaining. Might as well go take a quick shower and go see what she wants. God forbid another mission." I thought as a jumped into the shower. After a quick shower, I threw on a pair of black shorts, a maroon halter-top with a fish net shirt that reached my stomach and a black vest. I attached my kunai and shurikan holder to my right thigh and tied my hair into a simple ponytail with my bangs hanging by the sides of my face. (AN: I suck at describing hair. Sorry) With that I was out the door.

In the Hokage's office

"You called for me Tsunade-sama?" I asked as I entered the room.

"Kaida, just the person I need. I know I promised you a day off today but I have a S-ranked mission of upmost importance." Tsunade started, "We have just received intelligence of a missing nin in the Bingo book. His name is Hito Ryujji of the mist village. He became a missing nin and a traitor during the Great Ninja War. He provided the enemies with vital information for his own village and he assassinated many important figures."

"Uh. Not meaning to be rude or anything but isn't this more of a job for the ANBU, like Sasuke or Someone else? I am only a special Jounin." I interrupted, feeling slightly confused.

" I would send the ANBU however Hito has fled to a country called America, to a city called New York. They speak a language called English and you are the best of all my ninjas at picking up languages. Hito has killed a lot people there and we must put a stop to his madness. So, I have decided to send you on this mission to stop him." Tsunade continued, " Your main mission is to kill Hito. A side mission is for you to learn more about this new culture that we know nothing about. Do you accept this mission?"

"Well, this could prove to be interesting. Plus I really like to learn about a new culture." I thought. "Yes I accept Tsunade-sama." I answered, "About how long is this mission?"

"Good! The main mission will probably last a few weeks, until you kill Hito. The side mission will take slightly longer. About a year or slightly more in total. You will leave in two days time." Tsunade said, as she handled me my mission scroll.

"Hai!" I accepted the scroll and turned to leave when Tsunade-sama called out.

"One thing to bear in mind is that these people know nothing about our ways. Only reveal your true identity as a kounichi if necessary." She warned. I bowed in acknowledgement and left the office.

Once back at home, I slumped onto my bed and opened the mission scroll. I was to report back to Tsunade-sama using a given address in America, which will then be collected from a letterbox in Tokyo, the modern capital city of Japan. "Looks like this mission will take quite a while. Which means I cant meet Gaara. Sigh and I was really looking forward to bully him into buying me Zaru Soba. Oh well, guess I will have to wait for another time." I thought, getting up and making my way down to where I last left my letter and changed the ending, telling Gaara that I would be away on a mission and would be unable to meet him when he came.

After finishing the letter, I sealed it and sent it. I started to pack my bags for the mission. I threw in clothes, medical kit, weapon scrolls (because weapons would most likely not be accepted since they knew nothing about us, so as a precaution) and a dictionary sent by Shizune from Tsunade for my mission.