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Chapter 1: So We Meet

All was silent in Lady Tsunade's office, except for the occasional shuffle of papers. Sai was sitting on one of the couches, legs crossed and glasses on. He was drawing something in a sketch book. He occasionally glanced at Tsunade, then back at his work. Sakura Haruno was sitting on the couch directly in front of him discussing something with Shizune.

The blonde haired Naruto Uzamaki was impatiently pacing around the office. "When are they gonna get here?" The loud mouth asked. "Quit Complaining Naruto." Sakura sighed. "Just shut up and be patient." Sai said, not looking up from his drawing. Naruto growled and glared at Sai.

"Why do we have to team up with another village again?" Naruto continued to question. "Because Lady Hokage thinks it's best." Sasukra spoke, knowingly. "Because, I personally have ties with their Kurokage, and we are coming together against the same enemy, for the same cause." Tsunade spoke up.

"Well, if you say so." Naruto spoke, crossing his arms with a pout on his face. "Besides, they are kunoichi if that settles your worry." Tsunade announced, a smirk playing on her lips. Naruto beamed at this statement, which caused Sakura to look displeased.

There was knock on the door. Tsunade looked up from her paper work. "Come in." She said. The door opened and two tanned skinned girls walked in. One of the girls had black hair with red streaks and crimson red eyes. She was wearing a gold belly shirt with the kanji for light on it, a short black skirt with lacing gold ribbons on the side, black net stockings and heels. The taller of the two had black hair with silver tips and gold eyes. She was wearing a red button up silk shirt, black jeans, and red slip ons. She also wore a black bracelet with a charm of the kanji for darkness on it.

"Wow." Naruto commented, as if no one else were in the room. "Are they really ninja?" He whispered to Sakura. The kunoichi gave him a hard nudge. "Apparently, just very fashionable ones." Sakura said, almost with a bit of distaste, as her friend and rival Ino Yamanaka popped into her head.

The taller on was first to speak. "I'm guessing you're the Hokage." She said, addressing Tsunade. "I'm Kotoko Haruhara." She said. The shorter girl smiled at the Hokage and bowed slightly. "I'm Hikari Sanzuku. We're the shinobi from the village hidden in the shadows, whom you sent for." Tsunade smiled.

"Glad you could make it. As you probably were told you'd be accompanying a team from Konoha on a mission." "Yeah, we were told that. But we weren't exactly told the details of the mission." Kotoko said. Tsunade sat up straight in her chair. "A pretty simple mission really. Well, unless there's an unexpected ambush or something. Anyway, there have been rumors of a few spies of the Akatsuki roaming around in the village hidden among the stones. It's your objective to go and capture them. Without killing unless necessary, but if you must at least leave one alive." The Hokage stated.

"It doesn't sound too bad." Hikari said, still smiling. "Yeah, I'm sure we can handle it." Kotoko said, with a smirk on her face. "Good. Now let's introduce your new team." Tsunade said, looking towards Sai, Sakura, and Naruto. Hakari and Kotoko turned around to face them. "I'm Sakura Haruno. Nice to meet both of you." Sakura was first to introduce herself.

"I'm Naruto Uzamaki!" The hyperactive blonde exclaimed, bounding over to them. "And if you guys are planning on being here for a while you should know I'm gonna be Hokage someday!" Kotoko felt the moment become awkward. "Okay. Are you really a ninja?" She asked. "Yeah. Why do you ask that?" He said, crossing his arms.

"Oh okay. It's just cause you're clad in orange. What a horrible color for a ninja to wear."

Naruto frowned. "Hey, I like my orange jump suit!" He huffed. "But it's not very stealthy. We could see you approaching from a mile away." Hikari commented.

Naruto began to fume. "Chill out Naruto. They're just kidding around." Sakura said, coming up being him followed by Sai. "And who are you?" Kotoko asked, looking at Sai. "You can call me Sai." He smiled. Kotoko smiled back, taking in Sai's handsome features.

"Don't be fooled by that fake smile of his." Naruto mumbled under his breath. Sai heard him, but continued smiling. "Shut up you dickless pansy." He said. "What did you just call me asshole?" Naruto raised his voice.

"Ahem." Lady Tsunade cleared her throat rather loudly. The five shinobi turned to face her. "Heh heh, sorry." Naruto apologized rubbing the back of his head. Shizune walked over to Tsunade and stood beside her desk. "I hope they don't argue this much on the mission." She told the Hokage worriedly.

"Speaking of the mission who is our team captain?" Hikari asked, looking at the blonde haired lady questioningly. "He's not here just yet." Tsunade said. As if he had heard his name Kakashi Hatake poofed inside the office in a cloud of smoke. "Sorry I'm late." He said, rubbing the back of his head. "As usual." Sakura said, rolling her eyes.

Kakashi turned to the two newcomers. " Hey, I'm Kakashi Hatake and I'm the captain for this team. Nice to meet you both." He said, holding his hand out for the girls to shake."You're Sharingan Kakashi!" Kotoko exclaimed with glee. She shook his hand. "I'm Kotoko Haruhara."

Hikari squealed and shook Kakashi's hand. "I'm honored to meet you Kakashi-senpai." She said, letting go of his hand and gave a slight bow. Kakashi smiled. Or so it seemed by the way the wrinkles formed in his mask.

"So, is everyone acquainted with one another now?" Kakashi asked, receiving a nod from everyone. "Good. Now then, we'll be leaving in about an hour and a half. So do what you need to then let's meet at the village gate."

With that the silver haired jounin disappeared in a poof a smoke.

Naruto turned to the others "Let's go to the Ichiraku before we leave!" He said grinning. "Sounds like a good idea." Sakura smiled. "Kotoko-san, Hikari-san, and asshole teme are you coming?" Naruto asked. "Sure." Hikari and Kotoko said in unison.

Sai turned away and started to leave. "I'm going to go prepare for this mission unlike you dimwit." He said.

Sakura caught Kotoko staring at Sai as he walked away. "Ignore Sai. He's such a rude asshole." She sighed. Kotoko smiled. "It's cool. He doesn't seem too bad." Sakura scoffed. "Wait until we start the mission, then I'm sure you'll think different." Naruto and Sakura walked over to an open window and leaped out of it.

"C'mon follow us!" Naruto called over his shoulder. Kotoko waved goodbye to Tsunade and Shizune and Hikari bowed again. "Later." They both said, jumping out of the window.

They landed in the street. Seeing a blonde and pink head bobble through the crowds, the two ran to catch up with them. They soon reached Ichiraku's in a matter of minutes. Naruto and Sakura ordered first followed by Hikari and Kotoko who both ordered Shrimp ramen. They ate in silence until Naruto spoke up. "So how long are you guys staying here?" He asked.

Kotoko looked up from her steaming bowl of ramen. "Well we're not exactly sure yet." She said. "If we like it here me and my cousin will stay here for a while." Hikari said. "You two are related?" Naruto asked, looking from one cousin to the other.

"Yes, couldn't you tell?" Hikari asked, taking a bite of her noodles. "Nah, I really didn't pay much attention." Naruto said, ordering his fourth bowl of ramen. "You eat too much and we're going to have to roll you around during the whole mission." Sakura teased. "Then you won't be of much help."

Naruto thought about what Sai said about him being a useless ninja. "That's it! I'm not eating anymore until after we start the mission. I'm not gonna give Sai something to bitch at me about." He said, refusing to eat anymore. "About Sai," Kotoko said, catching Naruto's attention. "Does he not like to hang around you guys or something?" She asked. "No. He's a emotionless douche bag." Naruto responded.

Hikari smiled. "I'm guessing you two don't get along." she giggled. "Not at all. All he wants to do is talk about penises." He said. Kotoko and Hikari both turned pale. They both looked at each other both of them thinking the same thing. "Is he gay?" They both asked.

Sakura put a hand over her mouth to stifle her laughter. Naruto burst out laughing. "I wouldn't be surprised if he was." He said. Kotoko laughed.'Let's just hope he isn't.' She thought to herself. "Do you guys like him or something?" Naruto asked.

"Well..." Hikari hesitated. "He seems like a big asshole, but I don't know I haven't really been around him long enough to actually decide if I like him or not." "He seems pretty cool to me. Besides he's kind of cute." Kotoko said, looking at her cousin. Sakura twitched. "Eww." Was all Hikari could say to her cousin. "I bet he's gay." Naruto laughed. "In that case you better watch out Naruto." Hikari teased. "Hell no!" Naruto yelled, crossing his arms.

The four laughed and finished eating. Naruto glanced at his watch. "Well it's about time to head to the village gate." He said, getting up and putting his money down on the counter. The three girls also left their money on the counter, Sakura leaving a small tip. They made their way to the village gate. "Do we have everything we should need?" Kotoko asked Hikari. " Yeah. We should have everything we need. Though I have no clue how long this mission will take." She said, adjusting her backpack.

Sai was sitting underneath a tree, apparently awaiting his teammates arrival. They walked over to him. "Have you seen Kakashi-sensei?" Sakura asked him. "Nope." He said, closing his eyes.

"Now leave me alone." Sakura twitched "Jerk." She said, storming away, Naruto right behind her. "Ya know you don't have to be so mean." Hikari said kneeling down beside Sai. "You know, I really don't give a damn." Sai said. " I could care less about dickless and ugly over there."

Hikari frowned and sighed. "Do you even have a penis your self?" Kotoko asked him. Sai smirked. " Are you two even women?" He asked. Hikari and Kotoko shot him a glare. Hikari raised her hand and slapped him on the side of the face, leaving a red mark. "Bitch." He said, looking at her with his expressionless eyes.

Kotoko rolled her eyes. She plopped herself down beside him. "What are you doing?" The boy beside her asked. "Sitting here, is that a problem?" She asked, giving Sai an annoyed look. "No not at all." Sai said, putting on his fake smile. "Looks can be so deceiving." Hikari groaned. "I'm gonna go over there with blondie and pinky." She said, walking towards her other teammates.

Kotoko looked at the ground fascinating herself with a bug. Her eyes wondered from the ground and over to Sai. Her eyes roamed from his face down to his visible and very toned stomach. 'For someone who's supposedly gay he sure is built.' She thought. Sai felt her gaze on him. "Why do you keep staring at me?" He asked. Kotoko blushed. "I'm not staring at you!" She lied. "Why would I stare at you anyway?" "Whatever." Sai waved it off.

Hikari was having a conversation with Naruto and Sakura about Kakashi. "Is it true that Kakashi-senpai knows over 1000 techniques?" She asked. "Yep." Naruto grinned. "He's totally awesome!" "That's so cool! You guys must be a pretty strong team." Hikari smiled.

"We are when we work together." Sakura said. "Hm...that must be a problem considering you guys don't get along with Sai very well." Hikari stated. "Sai's actually okay, until he opens his big mouth." Naruto said, shooting a glare at Sai who was at the opposite end of the gate. "Which is like every five minutes, but just don't let him get you too much." Sakura said, also shooting him a glare. Hikari laughed and smiled. "But I guess it's all cool. It's not the first time Kotoko or I have had to deal with someone who wouldn't shut their mouth."

There was a poof of smoke and Kakashi appeared before the trio. "Yo." He said, giving a wave. "It's about time." Hikari said playfully smiling at him. "Sorry I got lost on the path of life." He said, rubbing the back of his head. "Sure..." Naruto said. "Excuses, Excuses." Sakura added.

"Where is Sai and Kotoko?" Kakashi wondered, but then feeling someone approach him he turned around to face the two. "Yo, Captain Kakashi." Kotoko greeted him. "Hey." He said, looking around at everyone. "Is everybody ready to head out?"

They all nodded. "Alright let's go then." Kakashi said, heading out the village gates. The other five followed, the gate guards waving a goodbye to them. Kakashi and the others leaped into the trees, rushing through the forest. "How long is it gonna take us to get there Kakashi-sensei?" Naruto asked leaping beside him. "It's gonna take a little while. A couple of days or so." Kakashi said, not taking his eyes off of the path in front of him.

A/N: Please review guys! Thanks.