Things were different, this time, in the Elemental Countries.
During the Chuunin Exams of the Rookie Nine of Konoha, Kirigakure had sent one of their best Genin teams to compete.
This one consisted of Mizu Kazuki, Chimidoro Isamu and Monotachi Ryu. Mizu Kazuki was a blue haired boy, with blue eyes and an affinity to genjutsu. Chimidoro Isamu was also a boy, black haired and green eyed, he was stoic and was a taijutsu specialist. Their last teammate was Monotachi Ryu, a brown haired grey-blue eyed girl of the infamous Monotachi-clan, who were well-known for their bloodline that allowed them to manipulate liquids, which they mostly used to manipulate water in several deadly moves. Ryu was well-known for the fact that she was very lazy and laid-back, unless she was fighting.
They entered the Exams, and managed to strike up a friendship with Team Ten of Konoha, most importantly, with Nara Shikamaru and Akamichi Chouji. They all reached the Finals, and during the Invasion of Konoha during those Finals they, with permission of their Kage and the help of their comrades, helped the Leaf-nin defend their home against the Sand and Sound forces. This helped the Kirigakure-Konoha relation immensely, and after the inauguration of the Godaime Hokage, Senju Tsunade, Kiri and Konoha signed an alliance.
During that time, the team of Ryu had remained in Konoha to help rebuild and as a sort of diplomats, and Ryu and Shikamaru got rather close, finding that they had many things in common.
In the following years, as they all rose in rank, Ryu and her team became a sort of diplomats between Kirigakure and Konoha, and Ryu and Shikamaru got together as a couple not long after the Chuunin Exams. Several years after the Invasion, the Alliance of Kirigakure, Konoha and Sunagakure managed to defeat and kill off Akatsuki, taking them away as a danger to the Jinchuriki and their peace. Well, sort of peace. They are shinobi after all.
It is in this version of the Elemental Countries that this story happens. So sit back and enjoy, for they would do nothing but entertain you. Unless they kill you of course, but reading this is your own choice, whether you survive it or not…