Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto so don't kill me. I just have an imagination about crazy stuff and this is one of them. Tori is my character if you read Naruto: A New Chapter. This is the sequel and I hope you like it. If you see italics that means their thinking in there head. It fellows somewhat of the manga but not completely. You will see as the story goes on.
Full Summary: Konoha and Jishin think Tori is dead but one of the last three Jinchuuriki not captured thinks otherwise. Naruto, Sakura and Sasuke, along with others try to go find her. Little do they know Tori is on the side of the Akatskui and has amnesia, making her a danger to The Five Great Shinobi countries. Will Naruto and the others be able to save her or will Akatsuki use Tori for their world domination plan.
This is a mary sue story of what people call it out there. If you don't like them, then this story is not for you. Reading the summary before you click this story should have told you that part. If you like to read stuff like this then go ahead.
Chapter 1-Team 8's Mission
"So we are heading where, Hokage-sama?" Kiba asked the blonde hair women sitting in her office chair relaxed. He was accompanied by his two other team members, the white eyed Hyuuga Hinata and the bug loving Aburame Shino.
"It's basically a transportation mission assigned to us by a new village that has formed called Oushiza, located outside of Bird Country," Tsunade tell them. "Though they are a small village and lack the necessary shinobis to defend it, they depend on the aid of larger shinobi countries. Unfortunately we were their last resort." Tsunade pout her mouth, hating to be the last helping.
"Last resort?" Kiba looked at her curious.
"Yes," She replies. "There have been recent attacks on Oushiza cargo for four months. From what other countries say, there seems to be no real motive behind their attacks or what village they come from. From what we know, they were dressed in black cloaks and appear to be extremely skillful in Taijutsu, dealing with explosive speed and power."
"That's extremely odd for a group of outsiders to do, without even attacking Oushiza village itself," Shino explains of this plain not adding up. "I mean from what you are saying, they have the ability to pull off a successful attack, if other shinobis villages couldn't stop them."
"I'm surprised Oushiza didn't ask the shinobis in Jishin village," Hinata speaks up, still having her soft pitch voice over these three years. "There kind of next door neighbor villages', right?"
"That's what I was thinking," Tsunade says massaging her temple, starting to get a headache of this mysterious mission that has presented itself. "But apparently they haven't. Explosive speed in Taijutsu is there specialty."
Tsunade shrugs her shoulders in nothing they can do about it; the attention towards the mission was given to Konoha to resolve now.
"Will just have to accept the mission…And besides we need the money." Tsunade says with a smirk not to worry the young Chuunins. She then looked at the geographical layout of the world map on her desk where Oushiza is located at. For a village starting out, they sure have a lot of money to spare. I wonder where their getting it from.
"Though Kurenai is on a mission herself, she agreed to meet up with you guys in the village of Oushiza.," Tsunade continues. "It may take her a couple days to get there but I ask her to do more investigating into this matter. You will do the same. Just transport the cargo…If you run into any trouble I want you guys to do the same like the rest of the other shinibos from different villages did."
"Why?" Kiba asked not understanding her motives if they are suppose to transport the cargo safely.
"If you want to capture a snake, you need somebody to be the mouse," Tsunade tells them with a smirk on her face. Kind of made team 8 step back of what she had in mind. "Our main priority is to find out what these black cloak men are and their true objectives. They seem to appear when the cargo is crossing the bridge near the Teutoberg Forest. I will advice you to be cautious."
"The Teutoberg Forest?" Kiba and Shino asked at the same time clueless of what that forest was.
Tsunade gives them a slight smile. "Oh I forgot you guys don't know what that forest significances to all of the shinobi villages around the world. Hinata,"
"Yes," Hinata spoke up standing at attention.
"You know pretty much about the forest," Tsunade looked in her direction. "Tell them on the way. Before I dismiss you, I give you one warning to all of you. Do. Not. Enter. That. Forest. You get lost in there; nobody will come to your aid. Dismissed."
"Yes!" They all say and walk out of her door.
Team 8 was walking down the hallway a little worried about this mission the Hokage has given to them. Shino was wondering how Hinata knew about this forest and never told him or Kiba about it.
"Don't enter the forest. OOOhhhh!" Kiba started making ghost noises behind Hinata trying to scare her. Hinata blushed a little of Kiba being close to her neck when he did that, trying not to make eye contact with him that made her feel awkward.
"She made it sound like the forest was forbidden to enter." Kiba said in his obnoxious way, totally disregarding the words the Hokage said about the Teutoborg Forest. Being scared of a forest was kids stuff, he thought.
"It is," Hinata replies back. "Nobody goes into that forest because nobody makes it out alive. They say true monsters live in that forest."
Kiba puts his hands behind his head, laid back, not worrying about this mission at all. With Akamaru by his side, explosive speed and power won't be a problem.
"Hinata, how come you know so much about this forest that none of us heard about it until now?" Shino finally asked in his usual blasé voice.
"W-Well I…." Hinata was feeling somewhat nervous to tell them, not to explain much about the true purpose why that forest is important, especially Okami.
"Hey! Kiba, Hinata, Shino!" Naruto yelled out loud, cheerful as ever.
Actually Team 8 was pretty happy that Naruto was his loud and rowdy self. Being depressed of what happen to him nine months ago, this made everybody feel he was going to be ok.
Hinata stopped, still feeling nervous around Naurto. That secret crush on him still was lingering around greatly as her eyes peered towards the floor.
"Hey!" Kiba shouts back.
Kiba and Shino step in front of Hinata, as she was still in her dazed look. The others saw Sasuke, Naruto's once lost friend, was now back in Kohona. Sasuke was still antisocial to other people, still had girls following him, it was like he never left. He basically picked up where he left off, well almost where he left off.
"You guys going on another mission?" Naruto asked curious that Team 8 has been summoned to Tsnuade-obachan office frequently this past month, he thought.
"Yep," Kiba says. "But it's top secret so we can't tell Genin ninjas about it." A large smile come across his face loving that Naruto and even Sasuke was still Genin ninjas, basically below him.
"What you say!" Naruto gives him an enraged look, pumping his fist in the air. Though it has been nine months, Naruto and Sasuke still have their Genin rank. Unfortunately, they kept missing to date to take the Chuunin Exam. Something always came up.
"Will see whose Genin after this month!" Naruto growled back.
"So your finally going to make that crap between your head function to make it to Chuunin rank. I like to see that happen. You need brains to play with the big boys. Haha!" Kiba mocks him back.
"Will see dog boy! Then you will be taking orders from me!" Naruto tells him back, furious about his smart ass remarks lately.
"Sure, Sure. Will see you guys later." Kiba started walking pass Naruto and a quiet Sasuke.
"Whatever." Naruto mumbles under his breath, angry of his Genin rank. But that was going to change soon. He has been training for months and will show everybody his new Jutsu he development with Kakashi and Yomato.
Shino and Hinata start to follow Kiba down the hallway. Hinata walks pass Sasuke and Naruto last. Though Sasuke did not make eye contact with Hinata, his arm started to slowly react. When he glanced at Hinata, something was off as he watched her walking down the hallway with her fellow team members. This was unusual, for a split second he could have swore he saw Hinata glowing in black chakra.
"Sasuke, Sasuke, SASUKE!!!" Naruto yelled in his ear.
Sasuke gives him an irritated look. "I heard you the first time. You don't have to yell."
"Come on, Tsunade-obachan wants us." Naruto tells him.
Sasuke takes one last look at Hinata seeing that the black chakra surrounding her previously was gone. He shrugs it off and heads towards the Hokage office.
Naruto walk inside the Hokage office seeing Tsunade shuffling through some papers. She actually looked like a working office person then her usual lazy self, like sleeping mostly as Shinuze gave her a scolding about it.
"Yo Tsunade-obachan!" Naruto comes in with a wave and a smile.
"I wish you would stop calling me that." Tsuande mumbles under her breath, making her remind herself she is old.
"You called for us." Naruto says.
"Yes, the Chuunin Exams for both of you is around the corner." Tsunade points out.
A week, Hehe. I can't wait. I'll show that dog boy whose top dog. Naruto thought with a greedy smile on his face. He told himself this time he was going to win and nobody was going to hold him back.
"Good…then I have appointed you another team member to fill in for your three man cell….Nezumi." Tsunade says disrupting Naruto's dream as it shatters to pieces in his mind.
"WHAT!!" Naruto and Sasuke said at the same time, surprised.
Tsunade digs her finger in her left ear from both their loudness. "I thought you guys needed somebody you know well to coordinate with and Nezumi is ready to take the Chuunin Exam."
Naruto puts his arms in an X. "NO!" Tsunade gives him a scowling look. "She is too young. As her guardian I say no."
"I for once agree with Naruto. She is too young to take the exam." Sasuke says aiding to Naruto's protest, knowing what he went through when taking the Chuunin Exam the first time.
"You guys are forgetting Nezumi is a Genin and a shinobi of Konoha now," Tsunade explains to both of them. "We have decided on this decision along with her Jounin sensei. Though she doesn't act like a normal shinobi all the time," A mental image of Nezumi carefree personality pops up in her mind.
"But she is the only one in her team ready to take the Chuunin Exam and besides…Nezumi thought it was a great idea to help you guys out when I asked her." Tsunade says twirling a pen in her hand.
"I still think she's still too young. She different and I don't want her to get hurt either." Naruto replies, still with his disapproval look, with his arms crossed.
Different. Tsunade gives Naruto a weary look of his stupid antics, being the number one prankster in the village when he started off. Then again she kind of agreed to Naruto objection in a way. Nezumi was unusual, but she was skilled for her age, probably because of her older sister, she thought.
"No offence Naruto and Sasuke, but Nezumi scored better then both of you guys in the Ninja academy," She says as both boys give her a sulking look. "She preformed more missions and was less injured on all of them, actually she wasn't hurt at all. Especially when appointed on a C-Rank mission."
"A-Are you serious?" Naruto gave her a surprised look, wondering how she did that. He was cut, stabbed, and stomped on, when he had D and C Rank missions. Most of his burses came from facing the ghost demon from Hidden Mist Village, Zabuza and his apprentice Haku.
Tsunade points to her chin remembering what her sensei told her. "It's very weird when Jiro told me, but sometimes shinobis were afraid or didn't have the will to attack her." Naruto and Sasuke give her a baffled look of what she was saying.
"Like I said weird. But if he said she is ready then she is ready….And besides she…," Tsuande directed her attention behind both the teenage boys. "Vouch for her too."
Both the boys turn around seeing Fushicho leaning on the door entrance giving them a little wave and a smile.
"Fushicho-sama, how come you are here?" Naruto asked a little excited that she was smiling again after what happen.
Unlike Naruto, Sasuke knew Fushicho was not an ordinary Jounin. His Sharingan eyes saw some hidden chakra force inside of her. But somehow it was called back and he was not positive of what it was. He only saw it when she preformed the Fuuinjutsuto suppress the curse mark that was placed on his arm, with a little help from that old lady that lives in the Teutoberg Forest too.
"Well boys sorry to say this time around the Chuunin Exam have become a tad bit harder then you expect." Fushico said walking over to Tsuande front desk. Naruto gives her a confused look while Sasuke just look at her suspicious of what she meant by that.
"Jishin Genins are participating in the Chuunin Exam this year and Fuchicho is head of this group." Tsunade answers Naruto's previous question. Naruto still look at the women in the room clueless.
"Jishin Genins are the highest rank village of becoming Chuunins when participating in the Chuunin Exam, Naruto. Jishin hand picks their students through trail matches before they reach the exam itself. This convinces the council that they are ready for the obstacles they will face in parts of the exam. But because of this, Jishin shinobis may have a small group one year taking the test and then next year nobody taking the test," Sasuke informs him of visiting the village when he was young.
Sasuke eyes Tsunade. "That is why there are going to be a lot of people at this Chuunin Exam isn't it?"
"Yes. Like what happened a few years ago…," Tsunade gives them a serious look. "A few of Jishin shinobis has offered in security duty for this Chuunin Exam to go fourth."
"With our help and me being her, unwanted guess will think wisely when entering the village. They may fool our eyes but their smell can not change." Fushihco says referring her concerns towards Orochimaru and what happen to Sasuke. Orochimaru was still a problem for Konoha and more dangerous on capturing Sasuke's perfect body now that he has received the curse mark from Okami.
"Oh so I see, but…." Naruto looks at both women. "Nezumi will not join the Chuunin Exam."
Fuchicho gives him a little chuckle of his objection and touch Naruto's left cheek. Immediately, Naruto was captured in a seductive trace by her mystical blue eyes.
"Your so cute Naruto, Nezumi is their so the wolves won't eat you," Fuchicho starts to walk out of the office leaving Naruto dumbfounded and waves goodbye to them. "Later boys."
Naruto was blushing of her calling him cute, filling a little proud about himself that older women dig him and not Sasuke. His ego just blew up like a balloon, laughing in his mind. Sasuke was feeling some type of way that a pretty woman like her would say Naruto was cute and not to him first. Yeah, a little jealousy ran through his mind for a split second, than he started to laugh about being jealous of Narutoin his mind. Unfortunately, the boys did not realize they just been caught in Fushicho trap to persuade them to let Nezumi on their team.
Tsnuade just smirks. Gotcha.
Six year old Yamagata Nezumi was swinging her feet, setting backwards on a brown chair, watching the person she enjoys hanging out the most was packing her backpack. In this time of her young life, Nezumi was a Genin in the Konoha village being under the protective care of Naruto. Though Lord Hayabusa said no to the idea at first of Naruto being her caretaker, but Nezumi told him she does not want to be in Jishin because she wanted to respect her older sister's last birthday wish. It was either respect it or she told him she was going to runaway from Jishin.
Hayabusa obviously was not threaten by his daughter's words and still the answer was no. But Fushicho convinced her uncle to let Naruto watch over Nezumi because she would be close in just a blink of an eye if they were in any danger. Hayabusa finally agreed to it. He also thought Fushicho would watch over Naruto's movements in another since. Though what happened with his daughter death months ago was just the beginning in the Akatsuki move, he could not allow Kyuubi to still end up in Akatsuki hands. Even if he had to make his top shinobi watch over him, then so be it.
Nezumi forehead protector reflected light on the walls from the bright sun shinning in the window, followed by a nice breeze moving the curtains in a soft manner. Her clothing style has changed a bit from what it used to be. She still wore her light blue jacket, but it was short sleeves. She wore a black top and shorts, to still give her a camouflage look when in the darkness. Black clothing was usually the primary color for Jishin shinobis, to blend better in their surroundings.
Her weapon holder was on her right leg, wrapped in bandages to stay in place. Though Nezumi didn't like wearing weapons on her, but she is a shinobi now and she promised herself to protect her family. This included Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura themselves. She didn't want them to end up like her beloved sister. This is why she wanted to participate in the Chuunin Exam, to make sure Naruto and Sasuke become Chuunins this year.
"Nezumi are you going to watch me the entire time packing?" Hinata asked her little friend.
"Why…You don't want me to be here?" Nezumi gives her a scowling look.
Hinata immediately put her hands up. "N-No, that's not what I meant. I thought you would be with Naruto-kun or Sasuke-kun by now." A drop of sweat came down her face with the quick save. Tori always told her to keep Nezumi happy or you'll regret it. Though she never seen Nezumi angry or throw a hissy fit like children her age, but she did not want to chance it.
"Naruto-oniisan and Sasuke-oniisan went to Tsnuade-obachan office."
"Oh yeah I forgot. I ran into them going to her office." Hinata start to feel a blush of thinking of Naruto again.
"But hanging out with Hinata-onceehan is fun too," Nezumi gives her a big grin. "I wish you could watch me in the Chuunin Exam this week."
Hinata was about to pack her special scrolls into her bag but paused. "You are taking the Chuunin Exam this week too?"
"Yep. They say I'm really strong." Nezumi put her hand up in a mighty fist.
"Oh," Hinata didn't know whether to congratulate her achievements at her young age or be concern about her safety. Taking the Chuunin Exam was no laughing matter when she first took them. She didn't want Nezumi to end up hurt.
"Don't worry, Naruto-oniisan and Sasuke-oniisan will be with me and I will make sure to protect them." Nezumi says full of energy to accomplish her goal.
Hinata felt a little reassured that those two were going to be with her, especially Naruto.
"Then I wish you good luck. You may even see Hanabi there as well." Hinata says. Nezumi gives her a puzzled look.
"Yeah, Hanabi was also accepted to take the Chuunin Exam this year too. Father was so proud of her." Hinata shun her eyes away from Nezumi as she continued to keep packing. She didn't want Nezumi to see her sadness. Her father still did not accept her to take over the family name no matter how much she improved. Not even when she achieved the rank of Chuunin.
Hinata felt a small hand grab hers and looked down at Nezumi as she had a big smile on her face.
"Now I see why big Oneechan favored you more." Nezumi says in a mild voice.
Hinata looks at her curious then smiled back for making her feel better. She kind of knew what she meant by big Oneechan and didn't want Nezumi to explain what she meant by that comment. Hinata bends down to Nezumi level and puts her hand on her head.
"I'll try to make it back for your big match in the finals because I know you'll make it there. Ok." Hinata replies back feeling more of a big sister to Nezumi then towards Hanabi. Hinata gave her best wishes to her younger sister but she hoped that Nezumi would not pair off against her. Hanabi reminded her of Neji with that serious look in her eyes that made herself feel a little afraid of her younger sister.
Nezumi gives her a thumbs up. "Ok."
As time went on, Hinata was walking out of the Hyuuga Estate waving goodbye to Nezumi. Nezumi waved back wishing she would be safe but something told her she wasn't. Something was going to happen to her but she could not understand what it was.
A gush of wind was felt behind Nezumi neck as she already knew who it was.
"Nezumi, do you see it?" Fushicho asked her niece.
"Yes," Nezumi replies back seeing the black aurora around Hinata clear as day. "She not going to come back is she?"
"Why do you think I'm here? It seems like he's already making his move." Fushicho form hand seals, bits down on her right thumb and slaps it on the ground. "Kuchiyose no Jutsu!"
A Dark Chanting Goshawk appears on the ground from the smoke, known as Yoake. He's Fushicho spy bird to get information and location on enemies.
"Yoake, follow her and make sure she is safe ok." She tells her small bird friend.
He nods his head and flies away in the direction where Hinata was heading. Sending kids on a mission like this. Tsnuade, what are you thinking?
So the next arc begins and Team 8 starts it off this time. I went a little different from what was expected to open this new arc, but it works. Yes as you can see Nezumi is a Genin. Being trained by Tori and Fushicho, of course she is good, that's what were made to believe. There is a method behind Fushicho madness to let Nezumi participate in the Chuunin Exam this year. It will be explained later in the chapters.
So let's see how this next arc plays out. Review.
Next Chapter: Mind Storm