INTRO
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Shinobi means ninja. There are six levels of shinobi.
Genin are the lowest level of shinobi and they always work in a team. They have just graduated from Shinobi School.
Chunin is a Genin who is more mature and stronger but they still work in a team.
Jonin is one of the higher levels of shinobi and they can work in a team or by themselves.
ANBU is the highest level of shinobi.
Medical Shinobi is a shinobi that can also use healing chakra. They act as a doctor for their team.
Konoha is the name of the Hidden Leaf Village.
Hokage is the leader of a village.
Taishou means captain of an ANBU team.
Sensei/Shishou means teacher.
Haruno means blooming but in my story it means wolf
Sakura means cherry blossom
Kunoichi means a female shinobi
Bakka means idiot
Hai means yes
Chakra-is the energy in a shinobi that they use to perform jutsus
Justu is a type of fighting method. There are three different kinds of justus.
Genjustu is when a shinobi creates an illusion to confuse their opponent with. For example making them believe they are being attacked by a pack of wolves.
Taijustu is hand-to-hand combat without the use of weapons. No hand seals are required for Taijutsu because you only depend on your strength and speed.
Jutsu is like magic tricks where you can make yourself disappear or clone yourself.
Hand Seals are making signs with your hands. The seals consist of mixing and matching the basic12 oriental astrological signs the Rat, Bull, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Rooster, Dog and Boar.
Kunai is a throwing knife and is one of the most common weapons of a shinobi. It is often kept in a holster on the leg or in a pouch attached to the belt.
Shuriken is another common weapon, the shuriken is often kept in a holster on the leg or in a pouch attached to the belt.
Senbon is a type of needle and was first used by doctors in acupuncture. It was then adopted by shinobi to hit points on the body to cause death, deaden limbs or cause their target to fall unconscious.
Soldier Pills- allows a shinobi to fight for several days without rest. The pill is full of proteins and a special stimulant that momentarily increases the ninja's chakra.
isclaimer. I do not own Naruto or any of its characters. They belong to Masashi Kishimoto. This story is based on the Naruto manga series but I have made a few changes to it. The story takes place in an alternate universe. Haruno Sakura, Kakashi-sensei, Uchiha Sasuke and Uzumaki Naruto make up Team 7. Kakashi is the leader of Team 7 and he is an ANBU level shinobi. Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura are jonin level shonobi. Tsunade is the Hokage of the Hidden Leaf Village. Tsunade is also a medic shinobi and Sakura studies under her to become a medic also. Itachi is Sasukes' older brother. Itachi is an ANBU captain. On his team are Genma and Shino. In this story I use some Japanese words, here are the translations.CHAPTER 1- Haruno Sakura
I shot out of bed at the sound of my window breaking, grabbing my kunai I quickly scan my room to see who is stupid enough to attack me while I am sleeping. Seeing no one I lower my kunai. "Why did my window break?" I wonder.
My question is answered when I hear Naruto whispering, "Sakura are you awake? Psss, Sakura can you hear me?" Groaning I head to my window. Of course, Naruto would throw a boulder sized rock at my window to wake me up and not a pebble or knock on my door like a normal person.
"What do you want Naruto and it better be good I was sleeping. Ohh and you are going to have to buy me a new window." I hiss down at Naruto.
"B-b-but Sakura, Granny Tsunade told me to come and get you while Kakashi-sensei gets Sasuke." whimpers Naruto.
"Fine," I hiss back, "I will be down in a minute." I hurriedly change into my jonin uniform and rush down stairs to meet Naruto. "Do you know why we are being summoned at this time of night?" I question Naruto.
"Nope," replies Naruto, "but it must be really important for Granny Tsunade to call us at this time of night and not wait until morning." Naruto falls into an uncharacteristic silence as we travel to the Hokages building.
I knock on Tsunade-shishou door, "Enter" I hear her call.
"Why do you want to see us Tsunade-shishou?" I ask.
"I have an important mission for Team 7. You are going to Sound country." replies Tsunade-shishou.
"Why us Granny Tsunade?" questions Naruto.
Tsunade-shishou glares at Naruto and snaps, "Because you are the only operational Jonin team I have right now and this is an emergency. Haven't I told you before Naruto to call me Lady Hokage or Tsunade?"
"But Granny Tsunade suits you much better." says Naruto smiling and completely oblivious to the glare Tsunade-shishou is giving him.
"I better make him shut-up before Tsunade-shishou snaps and I have to heal him before the mission even starts." I think to myself. Kakashi-sensei must have been reading my mind. He reaches over and swats Naruto in the back of the head.
"Owww. What was that for sensei?" yelps Naruto, rubbing the back of his head.
Kakashi-sensei puts his finger over his lips and says, "Sshhh."
"Your mission is a retrieval mission. I have an undercover shinobi in the Snakes gang. This shinobi just sent me a message saying his cover is blown and he is trying to escape but fears he will be captured. All the information you need is in these files. After you have read the files destroy them. I expect you back with my undercover shinobi in three days." orders Tsunade-shishou.
"That's not enough time." whines Naruto.
"Time," shouts Tsunade-shishou. "is of the essence! Now get going!"
Kakashi-sensei, Sasuke, Naruto and I leave Tsunade-shishou office as quickly as possible. We want to get out of there before Naruto really makes her mad which he has a habit of doing.
"Meet up at the gates in half an hour. Pack light but bring plenty of weapons." orders Kakashi-sensei.
"Hai." we all reply. We all rush to our houses to pack for the upcoming mission.
I arrive at the gates first. I sit down and wait for my other teammates to show up. I look up at the sky frowning, it is a cloudy night and I can't see the stars. When I look back at Konoha, Sasuke is standing there. 'When did you get here?" I ask.
"If you weren't so busy trying to star gaze you might have noticed me coming." smirks Sasuke.
"Whatever." I mumble.
Kakashi-sensei arrives in a pouf of smoke. "Hello, ready to go?" he asks.
"No, you actually beat the bakka for once." I tell Kakashi-sensei.
"Speaking of the dope." mumbles Sasuke, as Naruto runs towards us.
"Naruto Uzumaki has arrived! Let's go!" shouts Naruto.
"Sshhh! You bakka, you will wake up the entire village!" I whisper to Naruto as I punch him in the arm.
"Oowww, you hit too hard Sakura." whines Naruto.
"Just be happy I didn't use chakra." I mutter as we rush out of the village.
We cross the Sound border just as the sun is rising.
As we approach a village that is about 6km from the Sound border Kakashi-sensei motions for us to stop. He points to a clearing. We all jump down from the trees. "Why did you make us stop sensei?" questions Naruto.
"I want to make sure you all understand the mission." states Kakashi-sensei. "Did you all read your files and destroy them?" We all nod our heads. "Good, Sasuke and Naruto you two will pair up and search the surrounding forest for the target. If you find him send a clone to tell Sakura and I. Sakura and I will search the village for the target, if we find him I will send a clone and Sasuke and Naruto will cover our tracks and make sure no one is following us."
"What if we find the target first sensei?" pipes up Naruto.
"If you and Sasuke find the target, bring him to us and then cover our tracks." instructs Kakashi-sensei.
"Hai" agrees Naruto.
"Hnn" grunts Sasuke, before they dart into the trees looking for the target.
I nod my head at Kakashi-sensei and we race towards the village but we slow down to a walk as we approach the gates. As we walk through the streets I try to sense any enemy shinobi or our target. A sudden flare of chakra attracts my attention to an abandoned warehouse.
"Did you sense that?" I whisper to Kakashi-sensei. Kakashi nods his head and makes a motion for me to grab his arm. After I grab his arm he starts to perform a series of hand seals for transportation jutsu, next thing I know we are inside the warehouse.
The first thing I notice is our target lying on the floor. I can not detect any signs of life but I run over to check his vital signs anyway. When I don't find a pulse I check my chakra to make sure I am not under a genjutsu. I'm not, our target is really dead!
I hear a grunt behind me. I turn around to see Kakashi-sensei toppling over. "Kakashi-sensei!" I scream. Before I can reach him a handful of kunai, shuriken and senbon are thrown at me. I manage to dodge them all but too late I notice there are strings dripping poison attached to them. If I move I will be poisoned. I sense a senbon coming towards me but I can't dodge it. Before the kunai hits me I quickly perform a messenger jutsu, "Target dead. Team is dead or captured. Requesting backup. Location, village 6km past the Sound boundary. Send." Then my world goes black.