Hey guys! I decided to start a new fanfic. Gosh, this one was definatly hard to think of. But i managed. It would be great of you left a review. There might be some OOCness somewhere in the story, but i'll try and restrain as much as possible.

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Determination

Chapter 1

We Need You

Haruno Sakura got out of her 2005 orange Nissan and locked the door. She casually took off her sun glasses and slipped them into her black purse. With a heavy sigh, she walked into Kanoha University and looked for room 1409. The university was quiet. All the students were already in class listening to the lectures of the teacher.

"Dammit. I'm late again." she mumbled as she picked up her pace. She walked up a flight of stairs and then turned to her right. Classroom 1409 was engraved in a brown piece of metal which was stuck to the door. Sakura pushed her pink hair behind her ear and pushed the door open. She peered inside and saw that her teacher had her back turned. She quickly ran to her seat and sat down beside one of her friends.

"Nice to see you are here Ms.Haruno." her teacher whipped around and eyed Sakura. Sakura mumbled something under her breath and slumped in her chair.

"Let's continue class shall we?" her teacher turned back around and continued writing difficult math sums on the board.

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"Pink hair, green eyes, 22 years of age, female..."

"WOAH! FEMALE! LET ME SEE!" Naruto shoved his partner over and stole the file from Ino's hands. She sighed and kept reading over his shoulder.

"Intelligent, 5"8, karate blackbelt..."

"OH MAN! She sounds hott!"

"Shut up you idiot." she rolled her eyes and continued reading. "Piano player, single, 2005 orange Nissan..."

"Do they like have everything about this chick?" Naruto turned around and faced Tsunade.

"Of course we do. Now can you guys complete your task?" she eyed them both curiously.

"Of course we can! You doubt us? We'll prove it to you." Ino smiled a big smile.

"Good. Now go." With that, she flicked her hand signaling for them to leave and they both scurried out of the dark room. Once the reached the main hall and the door to the dark room closed, Naruto started laughing.

"This is going to be too easy!"

"I wouldn't bet on that." Ino smirked as they both walked outside.

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"Stupid, friggin, class and the friggin teacher." Sakura mumbled as she walked out of the university. It was a chilly autumn day, but it was still sunny. She whipped out her sunglasses before getting into into Nissan. She started the ignition but it wouldn't start.

"Come on baby, come on." she whispered to her car as she turned the ignition again. The car wheezed and then died.

"GOD DAMMIT!" she got out the car and kicked the door. She started rubbing her arms as a cool breeze swept passed and then started walking home. Her cellphone was broken and it was gone for repair, so she couldn't call anyone. As she walked down the main street, cars whizzed passed and her cheeks were freezing. To stop the wind from whipping her face, she looked down and started walking faster. Suddenly she felt herself collide with someone in front of her. She lost balance and was about to fall when a hand grabbed hers. Her eyes were shut and when she opened them she saw a raven-haired man with onyx eyes.

"Sorry about that." he mumbled and then walked passed her.

She wanted to say thankyou but had no time because when she had turned around, he had already turned a corner. Whatever. She shivered and continued walking.

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"Are you ready?"

"Of course. Should we move?"

"Not yet, wait till my signal." Ino spoke into her walkie talkie and slid behind a building.

"Right." Naruto was hiding behind another building. "Are you sure she'll take this route?"

"As long as you messed her ride, i'm sure she'll come."

"You don't believe I did? GEE, THANKS!"

"SHUT UP, YOU IDIOT!" she sighed. She then gasped. "Here she comes. Get ready."

Naruto pulled his black hood over his head and put on his black sunglasses. Ino did the same.

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Sakura shivered one last time before turning the corner into an alley way. Once she was between two buildings, her muscles loosened up. There was barely any wind because the tall buildings shielded it. She sighed in relief and started to walk faster. The sooner she got home, the better.

Suddenly, she felt someone elbow her back. She immediatly fell to the ground.

"Is she down?" Ino was cautiously walking towards Naruto who had knocked her out.

"That was easy." Naruto chuckled and kicked Sakura to see if she was conscious. She lay still. "Well, let's take her in."

Ino looked around to see if anyone had seen the deed while Naruto stooped low to pick her up. Suddenly, Sakura's arm swung towards Naruto's face and, because he was off-guard, he got hit and sat down in pain, his nose bleeding. Sakura quickly rose and got in her karate stance. Ino ran towards her and started a punch but instead she kicked Sakura in the shin. Sakura grabbed Ino's arms and swung her to the left, throwing her to some garbage cans. Though she was in pain, Sakura tried to limp quickly out of the alley but Naruto jumped on top of her. There was only one thing Sakura could do. Scream. She screamed as loud as she could until she felt a sharp pain in her neck. Her scream got quieter, and quieter until she could feel her eyes shut and everything turned to darkness.

Ino sighed and removed the tranquilizer from Sakura's neck.

"She's a loud mouth."

"I like her." Naruto boomed as he lifted her up.

"Shut up. Let's go." Ino pulled one of Sakura's arms over her shoulder, while Naruto got the other, and walked her out to their black car. She got inside with Sakura, who was fast asleep, and stretched out her arms. They were paining a bit from the throw.

"Go." Naruto instructed the driver as he started the ignition and travelled down the road. Once they had started, Naruto pulled off his hood and drips of sweat started falling from his forehead. He brushed his hand through his blonde hair and sighed. He took off his sunglasses and glanced towards Ino. She was combing her long blonde hair with her fingers, still with the sunglasses on. As he was about to lean back into his seat, a small LCD screen, hanging from the top of the car, turned on.

"Well done. I knew you both could complete the task. I want you to tell all the details. I have to fly to America today to complete something of my own. I'll come and see you three as soon as i'm finished."

The screen turned off. Naruto's eyes shifted from the screen to the driver who still seemed to be paying close attention on the road. Then they shifted on Sakura. She looked very peaceful sleeping, but there was a lot of hair covering her face. He brought his hand close to her face and pushed it behind her ear.

Ino, who was looking out her side of the window, suddenly spoke to Naruto as if she had seen him push her hair back. "Trying to get a better view, idiot?"

"Shut up Ino."

"Don't worry dobe, you'll get a girlfriend soon. Maybe even that chick you like, what's her name, again?" she smirked and turned to him.

"SHUT UP! I DON'T LIKE HER AND HER NAME IS HINATA!" he angrily shouted.

"Oh, you don't like her and yet, you still seem to remember her name even though she's on the other side? Haha, if Tsunade ever figured this out.."

"SHUT UP!" He flailed his arm towards her and she quickly smacked it away. Then she started laughing as Naruto slumped lower into his seat. He mumbled, sneered and then turned his head towards the window.

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Sakura awoke on something very soft. She opened her eyes and saw she was in a completely white room with only one white bed. She immediatly sat up and looked around. There was nothing to see but white so she just started looking at her shoes. Suddenly, the door opened and in came a blonde-haired boy, and a blonder-haired girl. She stood up and glared at them.

"What do you want from me?" she demanded.

"Relax, Sakura. You have to come with us." Ino instructed.

"Ew, what an ugly room. They definatly need to redecorate." Naruto was looking around the white room.

"How do you know my name? I'm not going with you!" she shouted in confusion.

"I suggest you come with us, before we have to kill you. We can kill you, in an instant." Naruto was now staring right at her.

Her eyes widened and she quickly got up. Naruto and Ino led the way.

"We can kill you in an instant? What the hell, Naruto?" Ino whispered in Naruto's ear.

He shrugged. "It worked didn't it?" He glanced behind him and noticed Sakura was intently looking around at her surroundings.

The hall she was walking through seemed pretty busy. People were walking in and out of their offices and most were on the phone. She could hear them say things like, "GO! HIT! Nice." She was too bewildered to take much notice to where she was going. Everyone was so into their work, that they didn't even notice Sakura. Were they blind? Could they not see that these strange people were going to murder her if she didn't listen? Why wouldn't they save her? The boy and girl led her to a room with a table and three chairs. Two chairs were infront of the one chair and the lights were dimmed. It was like some dramatic questioning was about to happen. Like in the movies. The boy and girl both sat on the two chairs infront of the one chair. Sakura sat down opposite of them.

"Now..." Ino began. "Firstly, I would like to say, my name is Ino. This is Naruto."

Sakura nodded her head.

"Secondly, we aren't going to kill you. Don't worry."

A huge sigh of relief came to Sakura, but how could she trust them? Suddenly, each of them took out a badge.

"We are from the MATP." Ino's face looked dead serious.

"The Martial Arts Tactic Program. We base most of our skills in the martial arts. Karate, Tae Kwon Do...the list can go on and on." the blonde-haired boy spoke.

"That doesn't mean, however, that we can't use objects." Ino's eyes quickly shifted behind Sakura and then back to her. Sakura slowly turned back and saw three guns hanging on the wall.

"What does this have to do with me?" Sakura asked.

"We need you. Our team members have been running low, due to the many deaths from the Other Side." Naruto said cooly.

"The Other Side?" Sakura asked.

"NTP. Ninja Tactic Program. You should find it obvious that they use the skills of a ninja." Ino spoke.

"Why are they enemy to you?" Sakura was getting interested in the whole concept.

"Our goal, is to save people. They use their power to rob banks, steal and most importantly kill. Anyone who will get in their way, they will die. They have weaknesses, we just don't know what they are yet." Naruto felt uneasy as he said the last sentence.

"We have gotten a reliable source, however, to tell us that the NTP has one person who controls the whole "gang". This is similar to us. We look to Tsunade. If she was to die, our "company" would fail and we wouldn't be able to continue. We must keep her safe at all costs. Like how NTP, must keep their person safe. We do not know who their "leader" is, and they do not know ours. By getting Tsunade to do menial tasks, like capturing new recruits.." Ino smirked at Sakura. "..she will get NTP to believe that she is just a member of MATP, not a leader."

"That doesn't mean, though, that they won't try and kill her. We kill them, and they kill us. Tsunade, however, is strong and usually doesn't get in such difficult situations."

"Right now," Ino interuppted Naruto. "our main goal is to find the leader, and defeat them. Which is where we turn to you. All the NTP members, know exactly what each of us look like so we decided that we will choose one person, not a member of MATP, to defend us and, because the NTP will have no idea what they will look like, it might be easier for them to successfully kill the leader. We have developed a new technique which we only try on the person we choose."

"Why me?" Sakura's eyes widened.

"We know everything about you Haruno Sakura. We know where you live, eat, sleep, study etc. We think, you have a lot of potential." Ino said calmly.

"Tsunade even said that you could be better than us." Naruto crossed his arms and snickered, leaning back into his chair.

"Yes. Which is why, we need you. If you don't help us, the whole of Japan could be in serious trouble. NTP is still getting bigger and soon they will take over most areas causing our world income to become very low. You see, if you don't help us, you aren't helping yourself."

"I'm not that good."

"You," Naruto stood up pointing a finger at Sakura. "are the first person I know, who has actually withstood my elbow-to-the-back technique." His eyes were fiery and then he sat back down.

"With some training...you will be good." Ino smiled slightly and then it went away. "Will you help us?"

"Is this some kind of joke? You want me to save this country by going out and killing some random person, who must be a billion times stronger than me? Are you insane?"

"If you don't help us.." Naruto's eyes became soft and then he sighed.

Sakura noticed his eyes and realized that this was all up to her. She woke up in the morning tired and ready for another normal day but this was far from normal. If she didn't agree, she would be burdened for the rest of her life and if something bad would happen to Japan, it would be all her fault. She sighed deeply and looked up at Ino.

"I'll do it."

Ino smiled and held out her hand for Sakura to shake. "Welcome to the squad, Haruno."

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Hehe, did you like it? I promise it'll get more interesting after. It's just the beginning and all. Gosh, it was complicated to write. All questions will be answered soon. I hope. Leave a review?

Luv Anna

P.S- 9 pages. So short. Haha, it will get longer...I swear.