"What! Sasuke's been captured!" Sakura shrieked.

"Fortunately, Sasuke didn't want to leave the village, he refused the Sound's offer. So the Sound Four, Orochimaru's personal dogs, have captured him and knocked out the chunin guarding the gates as the left," Tsunade said, "I charged Shikamru taking the most skilled genin he knew to pursue him."

"Why didn't he take all of Konoha 12 available?" Sakura asked.

"Konoha 12?" Tsunade asked questioningly.

"Oh it's what one of the Jounin said, all teams who for the first time participated in the Chunin exams passed the second test. The first time such a high number of teams from the same village have past at once," Sakura said dismissively, "But that isn't the point, the point is he could have taken Tenten, Ino, Hinata as a medic, and me to call for support."

"Shikamaru took Naruto, Chouji, Kiba, and Neji," Tsunade said looking down at her reports.

"So he only took guys because…" Sakura trailed off waiting for an answer.

"They were too troublesome, and you three were seen as a liability, you have little to none ninja ability other than the one to strategize and think ahead, Hinata is still recovering from her battle against Neji," Tsunade said.

"And what about Tenten and Ino, Tenten is still a hard working kunoichi with long to midrange attacks, and Ino could help with distractions as well as interrogation, there is no reason at all they shouldn't go and Tsunade you know as well as I do that Hinata is well enough to go on other missions, she healed rather well and has started training once again, her byakuugan reaches farther than Neji's can," Sakura said.

"Well… Maybe Shikamaru just couldn't find them in time," Tsunade said.

"Tenten was with Neji as well as Hinata, and Ino was with me," Sakura told her, "So why didn't he take two competent kunoichi, they are ninjas aren't they."

"I don't know," Tsunade said going back to her paperwork because she herself couldn't answer the question, "Go ask Shikamaru when he comes back."

Sakura stormed out of the office in a huff. She then promptly went to visit Tenten, Hinata and Ino and wanted to ask them to have a picnic. She wanted to discuss an idea she had been thinking of for a while, it had been tickling in the back of her mind for a while. She however wanted the support of the other kunoichi her age, and wanted to get them in on it as well.

With all the girls agreeing to have a picnic, they decided to meet the next day on in the park to discuss Sakura's idea, they didn't know what it would be about but if it involved in them getting stronger, they were willing to help.

Later that afternoon, Sakura went back to the library, there was no point in telling the girls what she wanted to do if she herself didn't know much about it. Last month, while looking at other famous kunoichi, she had found a mention of the Village Hidden in the Border, however it was also known as the less common Amazon Village, known for all the women warriors it had. There was not a single male in that village.

Looking further into the village Sakura had figured much more about the village, it was located on the border between the Land of Rock and the Land of Dragons at the nborthern most tip of the continent. It was a very well hidden village. It had bred several women warriors that are well known, including the Shodaime Hokage's wife, who was known for controlling bijuu and being a powerful genjutsu user, second only to the elite of the Uchiha. However, all those kunoichi who had gone there and then came back have died, they were the kunoichi of old, there is no living source on the exact whereabouts of the village.

To make it to the village, one had to pass several different tasks and dangers, and once getting into the village, one must pass three trials to get into the village. However, nothing else was known about the trials. This was the village Sakura wanted to go to, this was the village that would help make her strong. Learning all she can about the village she put the book back, and seeing the sunset she made her way home.

Sakura lived in a small home with her mother. Her father had long ago passed away due to an accident. Though life was quiet, it was definitely comfortable. Sakura's mother was a civilian medic. She worked odd hours at the hospital down the road, because it was the highest paid. However, as a result she never saw her daughter much and Sakura treasured the time she had with her.

Today was one of the days when Sakura's mother wasn't home during dinner. Sighing at the quiet and empty nature of the house Sakura made her way inside. She closed the door behind her and took her shoes off before taking off her ninja tools and setting them on the table. She made her way and looked into the refrigerator to see if there was anything to eat. Her kitchen was spacious yet modest. It had the usual appliances such as a stove, microwave, and oven. It also had a coffee pot. That was necessary for both mother and child. So her mother can stay up late nights and go to work coherent, and so Sakura could wake up at five in the morning, and study for a while, and still not go to bed until late at night, more often than not at midnight, to study even more.

Coming from a civilian family, Sakura didn't have the training tools she needed. She couldn't go to the training grounds unless she was a ninja, and unlike Naruto she couldn't train until she couldn't stand because she didn't have a tenant to heal her. No Sakura, was alone on that front simply because she could do nothing, so she studied night and day hoping to pass the test until she could get a proper jounin sensei, that could help her. Show her some things, no, instead she got Kakashi Hatake, the world's laziest ninja, not including the Nara's, and obviously one who cannot teach a genin team. She had recognized it during the chunin exams, he only taught Sasuke, not Naruto, and he didn't leave her anything to do in the one month long break she had. No, Kakashi-sensei was more available to do tutoring, or one on one teaching, he was incapable of teaching an entire genin team, without showing favoritism to one student over the other, especially considering his past.

Sakura Haruno, knew all about his past. She was helping the Godaime Hokage, get settled in and organize some paper work when she stumbled on some old files of her sensei. Kakash-sensei was a genius, he was a chunin by 6, and a jounin by 12. Oh his first mission in charge as a jounin, one of his team mates got killed. According to his mission reports, he had to make a decision, either continue the mission or go save one of his team mates. Apparently the Kakashi-sensei she knew, and the Kakashi Hatake rookie jounin, were two very different people. It was only after Obito Uchiha, had left to go save the other team mate, Rin, instead of continuing the mission did he leave. Obito, then died after saving Kakashi and getting a big pile of rock on top of him. Rin, the medic in the team then transplanted the eye, taking it from Obito's dying body to Kakashi's. After they went home, the ANBU couldn't even find Obito's body in the rubble, and as a result couldn't even have a proper burial.

Yes, Sakura certainly did know, why he mostly focused on training Sasuke, as some sort of way to ask for forgiveness from the fallen Uchiha, and he was always at the memorial. She had seen him in passing, when going through the forest for some peace and quiet, she had seen him, by the memorial, sometimes talking, sometimes crying, however more often than not silent as he simply stared the words, or traced Obito's name over and over and over again.

Sighing she took and made a hot pot of coffee before pouring a cup for herself and going up stairs to her room. He room was mint green, it had her small bed a desk and a bookself which spanned most of the room. On her desk were a few pictures, one from when she was a baby, the one she had of her father, and her picture with Team 7. It really had seemed like everything was falling apart, and now she was left behind.

Because, of all the people after the Kyuubi, Jiraiya had offered to take Naruto on a three year training trip. During this time he was to grow stronger so he could face the Akatsuki, and live. Not only should he be able to live, but also kill them if need be. Yet, Sakura hadn't even had her first kill yet because of what little power she had. But, sometimes she wonders is it worth it to be a ninja, if can't do anything at all.

Then there was Sasuke, with several others after the Sharingan and Itachi still at large, he needed to grow strong, enough to defeat all of his enemies, so Kakashi intended on taking Sasuke out, on his own training trip. The two of them would practice on using the Sharingan, stretching to the limit, as well as going around, and copying new jutsu to learn and new taijutsu forms to practice. Yes, after they come back together the two become unstoppable.

While at first Sasuke had been emotionless, and completely unresponsive to anyone, it was Naruto who became his friend, and rival. It was Naruto that shattered his walls and make him grow up to see the world was not black and white. It was Naruto who became the Uchiha's first friend since he was five. And for a while, Sakura was jealous of him, she was jealous of the dead last, because he could be the one who let Sasuke's walls down.

So she tried to grow stronger, she trained harder, and smarter, she perfected her chakra control and started learning offensive genjutsu, working on stealth, and trying to become a medic. She could do basic healing, and administer healing on the battle field, however, she wasn't strong enough to even consider going toe to toe with Sasuke, let alone Naruto. By, now everyone knows Naruto had surpassed Sasuke, and it was Sasuke's turn to catch up to Naruto. Everyone knew that. In fact, after Naruto was considered the strongest of the Rookie 9 and the second strongest of Konoha 12 only surpassed by Lee at his best.

Nursing her cup of coffee as she mused, Sakura continued to once again read about famed kunoichi. Surprisingly, however there were few she had heard of, those only include Tsunade and the Shodaime Hokage's wife. The rest were not legendary at all if she hadn't heard of them. They were obscure only meant to fill up pages in the book, and Sakura knew that. Kunoichi were only meant as back up. Even Kurenai-sensei, the Mistress of Genjutsu, was a backup, in support of the heavy hitters in whatever team she was sent on. So like Tenten, Sakura strived to have a new goal, to make sure that kunoichi were not overlooked, so they could grow strong.

Soon Sakura slept hoping for the future to come faster, so she didn't have to sit here idly, and wonder what will be. No, she wanted to go full steam ahead to her future, where she grows strong, and the term kunoichi is revered by the civilians. Not just for the medical abilities, not just for their support abilities, no for their power to be strong heavy hitters on the battle field, to grow stronger than others around her.

The sunrise the next morning found Sakura baking cookies for the picnic ahead. She found herself making food between sipping coffee and making sure everything is ready for the afternoon. Noting the time, she saw her mother still hadn't come home and was probably running a double shift for the day. Mrs. Haruno probably would be home at noon, and then sleep until about 5 where then she would wake up and make dinner, before sleeping again for a few hours and then leaving for a midnight shift.

After finishing making enough for the four girls and then some Sakura decided to forgo the ninja clothes and simply wear civilian attire. She decided on donning a simple red tank top with the white circle crest of the Haruno's on the back. She then went for a pair of light blue shorts to counter the heat she was feeling. It was currently early August and even though it was slowly turning into fall, that didn't stop the temperature going through the roof.

Picking up her picnic basket Sakura made her way outside and slowly made her way to the park, smiling at all of her neighbors. Making her way to where they decided to meet, she met Ino on the way, and they walked down there together.

"So you found a place where we could go and get strong, huh forhead," Ino said walking beside Sakura. Unlike Sakura Ino was dressed in her normal ninja clothing.

"Yeah Ino-pig, so we'd no longer be looked down upon as kunoichi," Sakura said, weaving her way through the people to get to the empty park, "Now help me set up."

Ino helped lay down a blanket they could sit on by a tree that provided shade and comfort. Putting the basket down and leaning back on the tree the two girls watched in silence, as the world passed by, each lost in their own musings.

"Did you ever wonder if you could be stronger, Ino?" Sakura asked her as she looked at the sky, "I mean, I don't see why you couldn't you have a ninja family, that would help you and you have all the tools you would need."

"I do, Sakura, all the time. I wonder if I could be stronger, if I could break away from the clans traditions, and I wonder if I can be more than a support ninja," Ino said, also looking up at the sky, "But then I ask myself, is it worth it, to change the ways of the clan so set in stone? Is it worth it to betray the ninja, my parents so want me to be? Is it worth it to be scorned by the rest of my family, because I'm not as strong as them in the mind jutsu, and there are times when I think yes. When a jutsu will get so hard, that I can do nothing except practice day after day for what may take one Yamanaka a week will take me a month, that yes, for me even though I was clan heir, it would be acceptable for me to change, but then when I finally do master the jutsu. I see the joy on my parents faces, I see their happiness that their little girl is growing up and becoming stronger, I see their pride, and that is when I think no, it isn't." Ino said softly looking at the sky, remembering all the times her father praised her at learning her father's famed jutsu. When, she was five and said she herself would be a strong ninja like her father, when she first did the mind transfer.

Lost in memories both girls did not hear Hinata sneak up on them like a ghost, and when they did they scared her as much as she scared them. Though Hinata was far stronger than she when she first graduated the Academy, she still had leaps and bounds to go, and no one knew that more than Hinata. Though she was rather timid and shy, Hinata's aspirations reached farther than anyone could imagine, she did not only want to be Naruto's wife, and bring the Hyuuga clan together, no, she wanted to be a strong kunoichi, and head the ANBU. The strongest ninja of Konoha, and they were more stealthy, strong, and self-sacrificing than all the others, yet they also had the most blood on their hands, have seen the most horror, and have done unspeakable acts. But, to Hinata it was one of the most wonderful jobs in the world, when a person like Hinata who doesn't like being in the spotlight can hide in the shadows, and yet protect the city that she loves so much.

"H-h-hello," Hinata said, scaring the two out of oblivion. When the two jumped up and stumbled back from the appearance of Hinata, she looked at them unsurely, "S-s-sorry, I di-i-idn't mean to s-s-startle you."

"Oh no, it's fine Hinata," Sakura said, being the first one to recover, "Come on, sit down if you want to eat something I have some sandwiches, soda and cookies in the basket."

Hinata, then showed her what she had brought as well, Hinata had been kind enough to make some more sandwiches of different variety, as well as some drinks, among other things. Pooling the two together, they had sandwiches, sodas, and cookies to feed an Akamichi… for lunch. While it wasn't a lot for an Akamichi it was enough for the four girls to comfortably eat. The soon spotter Tenten, coming up the hill with an unwilling Sand kunoichi.

"Tenten," Sakura said laughing at the face Temari was making at the thought of being here, "What are you dragging her here."

Immediately Tenten's face turned rather sour, "Because, I wanted to stew, and I need a buddy to stew with."

"Come sit down Temari, grab something to eat if you want," Sakura said before paying attention to Tenten, "Now stew."

When Tenten, stews she doesn't pout, she doesn't grumble, she doesn't go emo like Sasuke, and she most certainly doesn't whine. No, Tenten rants, and she rants for a very long time. "Those boys are complete idiots. So I was hanging out with Neji and we were walking down to the training ground to spar when Shikamaru comes along and he's all like we need you to rescue Sasuke," Tenten began. The rest settled in for a while to comfortably listen to her as she told the rest of her narration, "So then Neji is all like sure, let's go. And I go up to Shikamaru and I was like, do you need me too. And he was all like, no it's fine. Then I go down to Naruto as he's leaving and I ask him are you going to rescue Sasuke too. Naruto is off course like yeah, Shikamaru needs all the available genin to help him. I then turned on Naruto and emphasized the word all, and Naruto's all like yeah, so I go back to Shikamaru and I rant on him, and yelling at him asking why I can't come. I'm available and I'm a strong ninja. Shikamaru then says I'm troublesome and Neji walks in, and he's all like so what are you doing Tenten. So, then I tell him, that I want to come with you guys to save Sasuke, and Neji laughs at me. Do you know that he has the audacity to freaking laugh at me! Then he's all like, can't you see kunoichi aren't as strong as shinobi, you'd be a liability. He said I off all people was a liability, I could see you Sakura, no offense, or even Hinata she's still healing, but me. I'm a liability. Apparently, I'm a kunoichi who is a fangirl, who like Sasuke Uchiha so much I'd be willing to compromise the mission, no offense Sakura, Ino. Or I'm a weak kunoichi who can't do squat, or hasn't had their first kill. I'm a strong kunoichi, and I am proud of it. But, no, it's my gender that holds me back; otherwise I'd be as strong as the rest." Tenten finally went to breathe at the end of her stewing.

Temari spoke to stave off the silence that had come when Tenten's stewing speech finished, "You really need to breathe more often, this way people could actually talk to you in the middle of your rant."

Then Hinata started giggling, and that started the floodgates to all five of them laughing. Even though they really didn't know each other at all, they were connected, they were kunoichi over looked by their Kage's, and they would overcome adversity.

"Thanks Tenten, but, I'm still wondering why Temari is here," Ino asked.

"Oh, I was hanging out in the hospital, I had to help some of your shinobi, uh Shikamaru, the one you spoke so wonderfully about, he is the pineapple haired one right?" Temari asked and with nods from others she continued "Yeah, they needed a little help and so I decided on helping them out, I brought him back to Konoha, and he is now waiting to see what has happened to the rest of his team."

"Well this kind of leads perfectly to what I was going to talk about," Sakura began, "All of us have been over looked by our Kage's. We are kunoichi, we get the easy missions, there is one female kunoichi for every two male shinobi in our teams, we are the weakest, we are back-up, or we are the medics, we aren't even trained properly, I mean all of our teachers prefers to teach one of the males within our teams. Kakashi prefers to teach Sasuke, Asuma prefers Shikamaru, Kurenai prefers Kiba, and I assume Baki prefers Kankuro," with a nod from Temari, Sakura continued, "So I propose we leave our villages, we know Naruto is set to go on a training journey with Jiraiya, and Sasuke with Kakashi, so why don't we also go on our own training journey.

I have heard of a village known as the Village Hidden in the Border. This village is compromised only of girls. There are other girls who have gone to this village weak and come out as the strongest kunoichi of their time. The things I've researched said that as long as we passed a trial they would teach us, and in that time, when we don't have idiot guys around us, when we have sensei's that will actually teach us, when we have grown into the person we want to become, we can leave the village, and come back home, then we can show that we shouldn't be overlooked that we are strong kunoichi, and most of all we belong in the front lines of the battle field."

The other four girls sat there to digest the information, to leave the village, to grow and be who we aren't but who they imagine to be, to grow strong, and be looked upon not as that weak little ninja girl, but as a strong warrior. "We'd need permission from both the Hokage and the Kazekage," Temari said, "At least if am to join you."

"I want to come," Ino said, "But I do not want to leave home, I don't want to leave my family, and though all of our sensei's aren't exactly fair, I'm wondering if I am willing to go that far just to prove a point.

Hinata then found her words, her normal timid voice was now powerful, "No, but you would be willing to do it to protect your family, the place you call home. Being a ninja, doesn't mean going out on missions day after day just to earn money, no every time you are out there you are protecting the life of your village by continuing trade, or stopping a war. I will be willing to join you if we can explain it to the clans, but not as a training trip. My father does not approve of me becoming a kunoichi because I am… soft spoken per say… if we can explain it as a mission, it will keep my father and the rest of the clan off my back because they want Hanabi to succeed. While children are young it is easier to mold their minds."

"I'm sure we can tell that to the Hokage," Sakura said.

"But, this village is only rumored," Temari stated, "What if we cannot find this village?"

"Then we travel," Ino said wistfully, "We travel from city to city, and country to country we learn what others are willing to teach us, and we make other stuff up on our own, we grow up, without them. Though that is not optimal, that is what will happen if we do. I refuse to come home, the same person I was when I left."

With that the conversation is closed and Sakura put it up to vote. "All those who are leaving their villages to train, say aye," In the quiet, and silence every girl resolutely put their lives forward to be changed forever.

"Aye," they had all agreed. They were leaving on nothing more than a rumor, documented by only a handful of kunoichi, all of them dead, but they would go and none of them would return without growing stronger.

A/N: Hello! Nice to meet everyone here on this website. I have read a lot of fanfictions and this time I decide post one, I have written another fanfiction on another account, but this will be the first one I have a set plan to finish. This will be the first chapter of a story I am hoping to write, however because finals are coming up in the next two months, I probably only will post the first three chapters, and then I won't post until summer break. I do apologize but I just kind of wanted to see what everyone would think, and whether I should continue to post. So Review Please!

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Songless Angel