Sup my peeps! Dis b me 1st story, so b nice, k? this might actually turn out 2 b a rele long story, but don't worry. it wont b boring. ill post another chapter but only if u review! D so how bout it? The future of this epic tale of Naruto depends on u! u hav the power! the power of youth!

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The Masked Ninja

It was a clam and peaceful day in Konoha. A day where it seemed like absolutely nothing could go wrong. And so far, nothing had. It was the kind of day where even the most determined ninjas, meaning Naruto, took a break to appreciate everything around them.

Naruto sat on the balcony of his apartment and watched the people on the streets below. He was glad to have a break, but now he was bored, as he so easily gets. He hadn't had a mission in days and he was starting to get mighty wrestles. After another 15 minutes of sitting around doing nothing, Naruto left to find the Pervy Sage so he could do some training. Just then…

"Stop that man! He's getting away!"

Naruto immediately perked his head up to see what all the commotion was about. He looked to his left and saw a masked man wearing black pants, a high collar shirt ripped at the sleeves, no shoes, and he was holding a sack. He was running, very fast, down the street, until he got to a congested area, in which he jumped to the roof tops and continued his get-away. There seemed to be some one chasing the masked man. Naruto, using his very limited common sense, saw that the man stopped running because he had obviously not seen him jump to the roof tops. Naruto saw his chance for a little excitement!

"Yosha! Finally! Something to do! You're not getting away from me, buddy! Believe it!"

Naruto stood up and darted off in the direction of the masked man. The ever predictable Naruto did his usual kage bushin no jutsu, which he almost always used in a chase. The masked man was fast, but Naruto was faster. He and his clones caught up to him rather quickly. "Hold it right there!" Naruto yelled. Apparently, the man had just noticed that Naruto was even chasing him due to the surprised expression on his face. However, his surprised look quickly faded into a smirk (Ya, i know hes wearin a mask. its the kind tht has eye and mouth holes).

Two of the clones had leaped forward to attack when all of a sudden the man disappeared! Into thin air! Naruto quickly put on the breaks and looked around frantically for the guy. "Where the heck did he go!? Show yourself, coward!" But of course there was no response. The masked man was gone. However, he did notice that the man wore a head band around his waist, similar to the way Ino wears hers, meaning that he was a ninja too. He didn't see what country he was from, though.

Just then, an ANBU member appeared a few feet behind Naruto. "Naruto Uzumaki…" the ANBU said in a deep, serious voice, "come with me. You are needed for questioning."

"What? Why?! I didn't do anything! It was that brat Konohamaru! He did it! What ever it was…I swear! You have no proof!" Naruto yelled in his usual knuckleheaded way.

"Relax. You aren't in trouble. Hokage-sama just wants to ask you a few questions about the ninja that you just chased this way," the ANBU calmly replied.

"What does Granny Tsunade want? Is there something about that man that I should know about?" Naruto didn't feel like answering questions right now. He was too busy thinking about the mysterious ninja. Besides, he had better things to do (use your imagination…..on second thought….nvm. don't).

"All your questions will be answered if you come with me. Come. Hokage-sama is waiting." Reluctantly, Naruto followed and they soon arrived at the Hokage mansion.

The ANBU lead him to Tsunade's office but he didn't need to since Naruto had been there so many times before. He went there for mission briefings all the time, but he guessed it was just his job to escort him there. They reached the room and entered. The usually lazy Hokage was practically buried in paperwork. She's working? That's not something you see everyday, Naruto thought to himself.

"What is it, Granny? This better not take a long time 'cause I have things to do!" Naruto said as the ANBU left the three alone (the third is shizune, just in case you forgot tht shes always there). With his rude remark, and the expression on her face, Tsunade clearly became more frustrated than she already was. Seeing her anger, Naruto immediately regretted saying what he did. She has such a short fuse…Naruto thought. Tsunade closed her eyes, sighed, and regained her composure.

"The time you're here depends on your cooperation, Naruto." Tsunade said thought forced calmness. "I need to ask you a few questions about the ninja you saw in the village a little while ago. For starters, what did he look like?" she said in a serious tone.

Naruto screwed up his face, trying to remember what the man looked like. "Hmmm…well he wore mask, so I didn't see his face. He wore all dark clothes and no shoes. And that's all I remember"

"That's all?" Tsunade asked slightly disappointed, "Did you see anything like a head band?"

"Hmmm…now that you mention it," Naruto said with his face still screwed up in concentration, "I did see a head band around his waist, but I didn't see what country symbol was on it."

Tsunade and Shizune exchanged glances. "So far he sounds like our man." Shizune said looking over a report attached to clipboard in her hand. "Mask, dark clothes, no shoes…" she flipped through more pages, "it's all in the other eye witness accounts." This last statement snapped Naruto out of his little thinking trance. "Oh ya! There was one more thing! He was carrying a sack. No idea what was in it, though. But it had to be small 'cause the sack was small, right? (Naruto is so smart, aint he?)

"Tsunade-sama? What should we do now that he's gotten away?" Shizune asked her. "Well," Tsunade said while sipping her tea, "whatever he was here for, he's gone now. Still, knowing him, he wasn't here for a good reason.. Are there any reports of very recent robberies? Assuming that what he had in his sack was stolen…"

"no, nothi-" Shizune began. But suddenly, the door burst open…..

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