The War of the Hidden Ninja Chapter 1, a naruto fanfic

Chapter 1 – Mission, Retrieve the Convict

Ronin' point of view

I opened my eyes and saw that it was morning. I sat up and looked about the dark, dingy room in which I had resided since childhood. The sight of it depressed me and I felt like I should get out of there as soon as possible, so I slipped on my clothes and walked out of the room. I headed for the spot I usually met my teammates before going on missions. I passed the villagers and said hello but didn't stand around to talk to them. It took me minutes to reach the spot where they were and as I approached them, they smiled and opened their mouths to speak but I bet them to it, "Hello."

"Hey," My teammates said, but there was tiredness in their voices, as though they had been waiting for a long time for me to arrive.

We began to walk in silence but it was broken by Akiama asking where our enemy was meant to be located.

"Where is the target?" I asked.

"In the forest," Ima replied "we should be there by morning if we continue at this pace."

"Well then let's move a little faster," He said beginning to run. Having no choice Ima and I joined him.

As we ran through the forest I felt fear build up in my body. I mean could we really beat him? He was a chunin after all. The target was a rouge ninja not particularly strong by village standard but strong compared to three genin. Our mission was to retrieve him and bring him back to the village alive or dead.

We found him in a cave after several hours of searching. I peered inside and it was there that I saw him; his name was Yamada and he was an accomplished water style user. He was a horrible ugly man with a gelatinous form and a scarred face from the days of the bloody mist. Yamada sat there spinning a kunai on his thick fat fingers. His eyes moved in small darting motions in their fat hammocks. He was nervous and I could sense his anxiety from a the tree in which I was hiding. We retreated back to plan our attack.

"We should attack him head on," said Akiama softly. "He won't expect that."

"Idiot!" shouted Ima "We should surround the cave and then tell him to come out or we will attack with bombs and long range ninjutsu. He has obviously set up traps."

"I think we should..." I said.

"What?" they shouted at me.

"Nothing," I sighed.

"Can we use my plan?" said Akiama.

"No, my plan," said Ima.

"No, my plan."

"Enough! We use my plan!" I yelled.

"Ok," they said in unison.

We returned to the cave, ready for battle.

I used my jutsu to change into paper and flutter into the mouth of the cave. When I had disabled the paper bombs I signalled Ima and Akiama to enter. They moved ahead to face the enemy and I waited back, only being able to use my jutsu in short bursts as paper jutsus take up a lot of my chakra.

We thought we had the element of surprise, but he was ready for us, and as we crept near where we believed he was, there was a puff of smoke and it was then we realised it was a clone. His plan was not perfect, however, as when he moved to strike he scuffed a stone alerting us. Akiama and I managed to dodge it, but Ima was not as quick as us and was struck by his jutsu and sent spiralling into the wall of the cave.

"Damn," he said as he had lost sight of Akiama and I.

"Flower Style – Raging Vines!" Akiama said activating his jutsu. Vines shot up from the ground and tried to smash him, but he dodged it easily and fired one of his water ball jutsu's back. Akiama responded by dodging and launching a couple of his special poisoned thorns. To Akiama's surprise Yamada caught them and then raising the mound of fat in his cheek he made an awful smirk. He threw them back so quickly that Akiama didn't have time to react and was struck in the top of his thigh. Thankfully Akiama was immune to the poison.

It was at that moment that I decided to attack. "Ninja Art - Gai Paper Dance!" I sprang forward creating a scythe made of paper as I flew towards him. I brought it down in an arc, but he dodged and I separated and reformed behind him, but he jumped forward and my strike only scratched his back. I tried one last strike and managed to cut his arm before I had to stop. I had bought enough time for Ima and Akiama to recover and as they dashed towards him, I quickly retreated back to a corner to recover for a minute.

Ima drew her sword and swung it at him but he grabbed a kunai and blocked her strike. Akiama used his genjutsu floral paralysis to freeze him for a few seconds. Ima used her lightening fist to send him crashing into a wall. Yamada lay there motionless until Akiama said, "Is it over?"

He had his answer within seconds as Yamada was up and next to him in a split second. "Not quite," Yamada said, holding a kunai to his throat. Ima however, had reacted quickly and dragged him of Akiama. Taking him by surprise she smiled sweetly and said, "It's time to die." She drove her sword down through his heart and twisted it.

Akiama and I looked at her in horror.

It was then I noticed the slight twinge of insanity in her eyes.

We returned to the village before sunrise and dropped his body off at the Mizukage's office and then we headed to the training field to meet with our sensei, Fushidara.

He stood tall with his dark hair almost invisible in the moonlit sky. His blue eyes were piercing and saw through everything. "Be prepared, as tomorrow we leave for the chunin exams. There may be enemies on the way, so make sure you're rested," he warned and turned to leave.

"Wait," said Ima. "How do you know we are ready?"

"You defeated a chunin," he answered. Knowing that that was all that needed to be said, he left and so did we.