Chapter One

Starting back a few years ago I lived happily in my village and I was loved by its citizens. People appreciated what I did for them. And I'll be honest, enjoyed the love they gave me. I protect my village from other ninjas that are trying to get there dirty hands on a secret that this village holds, even though I have no idea what it is. I asked the elders what these enemy ninja wanted, but they kept telling me that I would find out soon enough. So I let it be. It's not that easy even finding this village. It's called the Village Hidden in the Night, or Yoru Village. The village has always been secret to most, and even in history books there is little or no mention of our village. But for those that do know about it, know that it holds a secret that they have been hiding for the last decade. So, with my ninja talents I make sure that the secret stays safe.

I'm also the only one in my clan that lives here. My mom, who's not actually my biological mom, but my adoptive mother, said I was found just outside the village gates in the woods as a baby. The only thing I had with me was a card written by my father that had some information about me and my clan. Too bad it didn't say anything about were I was originally from. Though she did tell me that I have a living relative, a brother. I've thought about looking for him many times, but I don't want to abandon my home. Maybe one day I will look for him.

Anyways If you're wondering why I am so crucial to this village I shall tell you. I am one of the very few ninja that we have. There is a small total of 10, and unfortunately excluding myself and two others, we are not that strong. We have managed this long, but more and more ninja are coming and things are starting to fall apart, and I'm afraid we aren't going to be able to keep this up for much longer.

Ohh I almost forgot my name is Azailia, Azailia Hatake, and this is my story.

Leaf Village

Sasuke POV

"Kakashi-sensei? When are we going to go on a real mission?" A certain yellow-haired ninja asked.

"The missions we are doing now are just as important as the higher ranked ones. The village depends on ninjas to do these lower ranked ones." Kakashi reasoned, not sparing the genin a glance since he was currently occupying himself with his wonderful book.

"But-" Naruto started. I rolled my eyes.

"No buts," Kakashi sighed. "Until we have had enough experience, and the Hokage has decided to let us do one, you will do the missions that you are assigned, no exceptions."

"Guhhhh, fine!"

This team is ridiculous, I need to train and get more experience so that I can get revenge for what happened to my clan. I sighed, and sat down under a tree. Naruto does have a point, these missions are really boring. Hopefully we will get the chance to go on a real mission soon.

Months later

We had just gotten back from a mission that we weren't supposed to do where we fought Zabuza, and for some reason Naruto turned out to be the big hero. I don't know how he did it but it really pisses me off that he might have some skills as a ninja. Anyways we finally get to have a break after that mission. Kakashi told me that I needed to have some rest since I got pretty injured, but at least one thing came from this mission. My sharingan has awaken!

I'm just that much closer to my revenge and the real training will start.

Weeks have passed and things were pretty much a routine doing small petty D ranked missions. I can't say that I minded too much except for my lame team and their lame ninja skills. It made time for me to train on my own. Right now we were training together and then Kakashi poofed, finally pleasuring us with his presence. If only that we're true.

"Hey team, we have a new mission."

"It's about time! Is it a hard mission? Like to protect someone or to steal something?" Naruto said his eyes eagerly waiting a positive response.

"Well it is exciting, but it might take a while." Kakashi replied.

'As long as it gets me out of this village for a while I really don't care.' I thought to myself.

"So what do we have to do Kakashi-sensei?" Sakura asked.

"The mission is to help a very small village from attacking ninja."

"What's so important about the village?" Naruto asked.

"Actually I wasn't told much since it's classified. The village has private information that can't be leaked. We are just told to protect the village from thieves that want to get their hands on whatever it is." Kakashi said while scratching his head looking like he's pretty curious about what the villages secrets are.

"Cool! Maybe the secrets something like a forbidden curse or some really amazing Justus!" Naruto yelled only to get a hard punch from Sakura.

"Shuddap Naruto!"

'Geez will these guys ever stop?' I thought.

"Anyway, we are leaving in an hour, and pack for a long journey. Who knows how long we will be gone. Meet together at the gates." Kakashi said and then 'poofed' away.

We all went to our homes and I quickly packed all the things I might need for this trip. I packed plenty of clothes, and lots of weapons since we inevitably will be fighting other people. At least this mission will hopefully get me some time to use my sharingan in the field of battle. I swung my backpack over my shoulders and headed out of the compound. Kakashi and Sakura were already there, I guess that knucklehead is taking his time. No doubt he's packing pounds of ramen. I sighed.

The journey took 2 weeks. We made a few wrong turns since this village is so hidden. They also trick people into taking a wrong route with false signs and stuff like that. Once we got there we were also questioned a lot. They were trying to make sure that we were actually real Leaf ninja. Kakashi had to hand them their own message, with the job request on it that they had sent us and also a note from the Hokage, just to be sure. 'Security sure is tight here.' I thought. After they let us in we were directed to the building were we would be staying. The villagers seemed quite friendly to us too.

After we unpacked they said that we could tour around and get to know the village to better be able to protect it.

I decided to quickly get away from my team since I've spent the last 2 weeks straight with them, it is a well needed break. The village seemed like it was thriving quite well even though it's so isolated from the rest of the country. It was quaint and seemed peaceful. It definetly wasn't as busy and bustling as Konoha is. The quiet was nice, I felt myself relax just the slightest bit, feeling like I didn't have to keep my guard up as much. Just as a let out a content hum, I felt a tap on my shoulder.

An old man had approached me. He looked my up and down, and seemed to be assessing me in his mind. "So your a Leaf Village Shinobi?" He pointed a shaky finger at my headband.

I just nodded to him unsure of what the thinks about outsiders in his village.

"Well it's good to have you here," The man nodded approvingly. "Azailia has been working so hard to protect this village with such little help." The man said and smiled.

'Azailia?' I thought.

"Here's a thought," The mans eyes glimmered happily. "Maybe we should introduce you, and the other Leaf Shinobi to Azailia since she has been in charge of all the defences. "

"I suppose so." I said to the old man. I followed behind the old man and we walked through the village. It didn't take long to find the others since this place is so small. I nodded to the old man in thanks and he smiled and gave us a small nod and began to lead the way to meet this girl.

"So we are going to meet the person that's been protecting this village?" Sakura asked, following behind the man.

"Yeah, and we will discuss tactics about how we should go about protecting the village." Kakashi said, curious eyes flickering around taking in the shape and possible defensive strategies they could use.

We made our way to a large building that looked like a security base. It had high ceilings and a wide hallway that led to a huge desk with a map. A girl was standing there, her wavy silver hair shimmering in the light. She had a hand on her hip as she was looking down at the map. She was wearing a long black outfit with a long purple open vest with a purple tie about her waist. She also wore a mask which reminded me of Kakashi sensei. I looked at Kakashi and his eyes were wide but then he shook his head ignoring whatever he was thinking.

"Ehem." The old man coughed trying to get the girls attention. The girl looked up and looked quite suprised to see us. She went to take a step closer to us but hit her foot on the table leg pretty hard. She suppressed a grunt and pursed her lips tightly together.

"Oh Haru," She managed to say, and twirled her foot as she balanced herself on the table with a hand. "I'm sorry I was just working on some tactics." The girl started and set down her foot. She rocked on her feet, nodding to herself that her big toe would live to see another day.. "And you must be the Leaf Shinobi we requested. Thank you for coming." She then bowed.

"Pleasure to be here." Kakashi began as we had watched her whole ordeal with a humorous gaze. "My name is Kakashi, the dark haired one is Sasuke, the blonde is Naruto and lastly Sakura."

"Nice to meet you, my name is Azailia Hatake the head ninja here." I heard a gasp and Sakura said "Sensei, isn't your last name Hatake too?"

Now that you mention it, their likeness is uncanny. I looked between the two of them.

Kakashi looked absolutely stunned. "Impossible. I thought-" He whispered to himself. He ran a shaky hand threw his high-standing silver hair.

"What's going on?" Azailia questioned, looking at my team. She was slowly becoming more and more tense.

Kakashi looked straight at her, his face looked serious but his eyes held something else that I have never seen in them before. "You might not believe this but, I'm your older brother."

What the hell?! My eyes shifted back to the girl.

The look on her face, from what I could tell from her mask, when he said that was just unforgettable. First it was questionable, then thoughtful, and then small tears began to fall down her face and she walked towards Kakashi.

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