bAN: Hey there! I hope you will stick around and enjoy this Naruto fanfiction I have written since 2006! I have rewrote the beginning to fix any errors and I will have to ask you to bear with the first few chapters. My writing has improved as you can tell if you've read my Hetalia Rps. Anyways, thank you for at least clicking the title and checking this out! This story will follow the plots in Naruto but not fully. /b

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In the fast swirling sand, in the vast and flat land, three figures were barely seen among the desert. They were three girls, traveling from Suna, on a journey. Each wore a cloak, different in color, which protected them from the sand pebbles and the sun's heat. The shortest girl spoke out from under her brown hood. "Sister, have you heard anything of Konoha?"

The one in the lead nodded in disagreement. "No." She turned back to her sibling then faced forward. "Are you sure you're ok?" Her voice, bewildering.

The shortest looked down to the sand. That dream she had a while ago was still bothering her. "Even though I saw that man from my dream in reality, I can manage." She replied weakly. That man she'd never met, what if she met him again?

"I'm only concerned like an older sister would be. You did act hastily when you were in his presence."

"Ha!" The girl under the red cloak laughed. The other two looked at her as she began. "The poor girl nearly jumped out of her skin!" She appeared to be insensitive to one's weakness and fears. Taunting had to be her specialty just by the way she talked. The black cloak wearer stepped up to the red one. She paused without a word. "You're going to attack me with senbons aren't you?"

The black one nodded as three weapons dug in the red cloth. It burst into brown feathers, flying in the wind, seconds later. "Feather clone. At least you're getting faster," She turned around when the real girl in red appeared, "Leeandra."

"Thanks to my protector, I got those feathers from her." Leeandra laughed, pulling down her red hood.

"Yes but don't bother Margay to the brink of-"

Leeandra interrupted as if teasing wasn't a big deal. "Oh, c'mon she can't be that frail."

The other girl took the lead again and continued to walk. "Margay is fragile now but one day she will become strong, perhaps stronger then you."

"Hmp,"Leeandra smirked while following, "that day will come when I hate all Inuzukas!" She didn't like the 'when pigs fly' saying, it was too corny for her.

"Still with Unari, I see." The girl in black noted. "Didn't you say he was strange?"

Leeandra put a finger under her chin, hazel eyes into the sky. "Umm...kinda. There have been a few times when we hugged, I felt like I got pinched in the back."

"To know someone cares for you is a wonderful feeling." Margay swooned little. She didn't have a special someone before but she found love to be the emotion to surpasses others. "I wish you and Unari the best of luck!"

"Oh," Leeandra's blushing was blending in with the redness of her cloak as she stuttered. "Well..d-don't think too f-far ahead." She needed change the subject before she fell prey to her love of Unari Inuzuka. "Why are we going to Konoha, tell me again?"

"To test the younger ninjas of Konoha, if they have be working to their highest."

"Hm? What are we going to do? Ask them exams questions?" It was new to Leeandra, a few days ago she was told to get Margay and her sister from Hitotoki.

"No, I'm going to be fighting against them." The black one corrected.

"Now I get it. I'm going to be translating, right?" Leeandra seemed that she had done this before. She also seemed she wasn't flustered by the thought of Unari anymore.

"And referee." The same one ended.

"I get to call the shots?" Leeandra liked the sound of being in control of who fights who. "I can handle that, so don't worry."

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A carrier trailed slowly in the sand, winds picking up showed signs of a sandstorm. The driver stopped. "This doesn't look too good." He went to one of the side doors and opened without knocking. "Miss, I'm afraid we have to turn around for safety before we can reach our destination."

A woman with whitish hair and green eyes stepped outside. "Do tell me why?" No problem could stand in her way of reaching the place she wanted to be.

The man was a tad nervous to break the news to her. Since he was paid on performance. "A sandstorm is arriving and we must take shelter."

She gazed outwards at the sand tumbling. "Just that? A simple small sandstorm?"

"Simple? Ma'am these winds can grow up to skin ripping speeds!" He was baffled by her ignorance.

A girl peered out the carrier door, displease at the unneeded stop. "Hey mom, why did we stop?" She had the same white hair as her mother but blue-green eyes.

"A delay not to get upset about." Her mother answered then looked at the driver. "A sandstorm is going to sweep upon us and so I must put up one of my mirror barriers until it subsides."

"Oh, is that it?" The daughter rolled her eyes and stepped on the sand forming clouds.

"Don't be sassy, Salise." Her mother formed three hands signs then slammed her hand in the sand. The terrain around them shook.

"An earthquake?" The man fell to his knees as the shaking continued.

Mirrors around them began to rise high in an igloo shape. "Not even." The mirrors formed a structure as tall as a house. It sounded strange inside, like when you need to pop your ears. "I might as well start a fire before it becomes nightfall."

As she walked to the back on the carrier, Salise stated. "You know, I could of done that instead."

Her mother took a few logs from the trunk then walked to spot on the sand. She began to built a fire with Salise. "Yes but my chakra supply is much greater then yours."

The driver spun around, eyes glued to the mirrors. He was aware they were a strong defense and the mother didn't seem to think it was a big deal. He had no information on his customers, nor did he ask for any. He had a hunch once her white hair was in his view but he had to be sure. He approached the mother and daughter as the wood was burning.

"Yes?" The mother asked, sensing him.

The driver took a spot then question. "Your jutsu, I've heard of a clan that uses emotions in their attacks and that they have very..." He tried a word that wouldn't seem offensive, "unique physical features. They were called 'Mirror Manipulators' so to speak."

The mother chuckled, moving the logs with a stick."Mirror Manipulators? Is that what they're calling us?"

'Us?' The driver thought. He was very sure but asked just to be positive. "So...you're both...?"

"Medazoas?" The mother ended for him. "We are. My name is Medazoa, Kakorei. This is my daughter, Salise."

Later in the night, Salise looked up at the sandstorm passing over the mirrors with anxious eyes. She sighed as she poked at the flames with a blade on her shoe.

Kakorei knelt next to her on the sand. "What troubles you?" She could always tell when her daughter dwelled on something.

Salise shrugged turning to the fire. "It's just," She sighed again, "I won't see my friends I made over there when we go back to our home village."

"Friends?" Kakorei thought back at the previous village. "Oh, you mean that sweet girl with the short hair and her sister who had that blanket?"

Salise nodded with a smile. "Yep, don't forget the one with the wild hair."

She chuckled. "How could I? I think she enjoyed insulting the other kids." She faced her child then tried to make her feel not as sad. "You'll get to see them again. It'll be a while but we'll go back and visit them."

The younger Medazoa trusted her mom. "Ok," She chuckled also, "I remember how I met them too. Cousin Nagashiro took me to the park that day when we visited him. Oh, how I loved calling him Nagi."

A slight frown came on Kakorei's face. "He didn't like being called that."

"I know, that's why I called him Nagi."

iSeven years ago/i

Five year old Salise held Nagashiro's hand as they were in the middle of a park. Salise gasped happily and ran to the monkey bars. "Wow Nagi, this play place has lots!"

"It's Nagashiro." He muttered.

"You say something Nagi?"

"Nothing, do you want to play first on the monkey bars?" He looked down at Salise, who cheered as she climbed on the steps. When she was on the last step, she reached her small hand out to the bar. Salise held on the side pole as she reached out, inches from the bar.

"I can almost..."

Nagashiro nodded and smiled as he held on her waist. "Need some help?"

"No, I can do it all by myself." Pushing his hands away, she crouched then jumped and grabbed the bar. Her grip was loose and a second passed when she fell on her knees.

The older Medazoa knelt to the injured one. Her skin was scratched from the patting on the ground. "You're not cut but see what happens when you don't let me help you?" She learned the hard way.

Salise began to sniffle and cry from the pain. She wasn't screaming, just tears seeped from her blue-green eyes.

"Shh..." Nagashiro started to try a tactic to calm her, singing. "Shhh...don't cry, there's no need to weep. The wounds isn't that deep. Don't shed tears, not even in front of your fears." He began to stroke her hair, continuing with his soft voice. "You're my little cousin, even you're not sweet. So let me help you," He held his hand out as Salise started to stop sniffling, "up on your feet."

"Thanks, Nagi." Salise wiped her face a bit.

"Would you like some ice cream?" He asked once he heard that small bell ding.

"Yeah!"

Nagashiro nodded with a smile at how kids can bounce back so quickly. "What kind do you want?"

"Nilla with that green goo."

"Green goo? Oh, you mean sour squirts." He stood then began to walk off to the ding. "Try not to wander off."

"Okay." She got up then looked over at the bars. No, not again. She then saw a swing set next to a slide. Salise started to walk to them but she heard.

"Go away."

"What are you doing here?! Leave!"

Salise went to the other side of a slide. There she found a small group of children throwing rocks at a black blanket. It took her a second to realize that someone was under there. She stepped up to them. "Stop it! That's not very nice."

The kids stop throwing their rocks, one of them yelled, pointing to the blanket. "It's a demon! Get rid of it!"

"But it's not ok to hit!" The young Medazoa yelled back.

"Don't hurt my sister!" She heard from her behind. Salise faced a brown haired girl running up to the blanket."Sister, you ok?"

"Big meanies, look, she not a demon." Salise added as the children started to walk away. She then looked under the blanket but the person stepped back. "Huh?"

"Sorry, she's doesn't like or talk to new people." The brown haired girl had slightly sadden eyes. "Thank you for standing up for my sister, I'm Margay. This is my sister."

"No problem, I'm Salise." Salise laughed then asked, noticing Margay's sister didn't seem to be upright. "Is she a baby?"

"No, she likes to be on her hands n' feets." Margay added, those brown eyes still showing no sighs of glee. They drew to the red mark on Salise's knee. "You have a owie?" Margay took out a small clear vile out from her pocket. "Here."

Salise gladly took it, at that moment Margay's sister began to cough loudly. Salise took a few steps back as the girl continued to cough but she started to spit out dark green.

"Sister..."

Margay's sister coughed one last time before a small tooth landed on the ground. It had some green on the root. She cleared her throat as part of the blanket covered Margay's foot.

"Ok, bye Salise." After a small wave Margay and her sister disappeared, leaving the tooth behind.

iCurrent time/i

Salise held that same tooth in her hand, there was a green stain on the root but the strange thing about the tooth was that it grew. "After that incident. The next time we visited Nagashiro I started to become friends with them. I never did see what was under that blanket but Margay's sister started to wear a black cloak." She sighed again, putting the tooth in a case wrapped on her leg.

"It's getting late, let's rest. By morning the sandstorm should be over." Kakorei suggested, hearing the sand hit against the mirrors which were holding up pretty well.

"Ok."

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"I'm so tired, is anyone else tired?" Leeandra began to complain, walking in the sandstorm with the others.

Margay suddenly came to a stop.

"What?" Leeandra stopped also and wondered.

"There are two men ahead of us. With bad intentions." Margay announced as looked to the redhead.

While sighing deeply, Leeandra looked forward to find the men. "Who would want to be in a sandstorm?" She saw their armor and weapons as they approached them.

"Look here, little kids." The one holding a giant ax behind him laughed. He was smaller then the man with the muscles. "Brats, give us all your money or we'll won't kill you for it. Either way is fine."

Margay's sister walked up to the two men then walked between them. "Leeandra, you can attack if you wish."

"Hey." The man lifted his ax off his shoulders then swung it down. He appeared to miss as the girl was uninjured.

Leeandra rolled her eyes. "Ok, let's get this done and over with." The two men faced her as she added. "Can you just kill us later?"

The man with the ax looked over at the other then whispered. "Throw that boy in the sky," Referring to the girl who walked passed them, "I have a plan."

The muscled man ran to the girl and wrapped his arm around her then tried to lift. He grunted as he pulled up but he couldn't get her off the ground. The girl didn't seem to notice the man's pointless efforts. "He weighs too much."

"Too much?" The ax man yelled. "You can lift a giant bear!"

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The blonde hair, blue eyes and a smile that never let's up were very clear to see. Naruto was running away from his usual pranks, after he just pulled them. The Hokage's funeral was taken place not too long ago but he wouldn't be very upset about that. Jiriya had asked him to prepared to go look for the next Hokage, by the name of Tsunade, in then next week. Naruto naturally would rather take the position but he was too young. He would have to wait but sure enough Naruto was going to take his first step. Not to Tsunade but to a weird encounter.