The halls were empty. Everything was quiet. The royal family was sound asleep in their dreamlands. Little did they know that a familiar figure was sneaking into the royal grounds at this moment. A full moon brightened the horizon and lit up the figures features.

One of the guards at his post outside the palace spotted something in the corner of his eye. He turned on his heals with his weapon ready. There was nothing there. Thinking he was only seeing things he turned back around, the scenery in front of him was the last thing he saw that night.

The king was awoken by the bell. He sat up and looked around in his chamber. He recognized this certain bell and threw on his robe then rushed out the door.

The kingdom was a buzz with worry. Guards were running every which way, readying there weapons. Everyone watched as the King made his way to the front. One guard walked up to him and bowed.

"Your heinous someone has broken into the grounds. He managed to kill two of our men but escaped into the forest. The men are searching for him now." He said without hesitation.

The king scanned the area. Many men were running into the forest and disappearing into the darkness. "Is my daughter safe?" Was the only thing he could think of now.

The guard lowered his head. "Well that's the thing… she wasn't in her room."

"WHAT!?" The king boomed. "She did it again!? That girl is impossible!" The king was filled with rage. Wondering how he was going to punish her, he turned back to the guard. "Forget about the search for the trespasser. I want all your men looking for my daughter."

The guard bowed then ran past the King, giving out the order. The King however was shaking his head. "Yumi… why do you do this to me?" He said to himself.

The next day in the village of Kohona, the Hokage was going through some papers with a very bored expression. She sighed and threw the last piece of paper to the side. "Finally I'm done."

Just then her assistant walked in with a pig trotting by her side and her arms full of files. The Hokage rolled her eyes. "Don't tell me…"

"That's right, you got plenty of more work for you to do." She said setting the pile of papers onto the Hokage's desk.

The woman groaned. "What's this? Missions?" She said scanning a piece of paper on the top.

Her dark haired assistant nodded. "There is one there that you might find interesting." She said handing the Hokage a piece of paper.

She looked over it quickly. "Another one from the Itabinei Kingdom? It says here that the King wants the specific ninjas for the job…" The Hokage looked up from the paper at her assistant. "Are they all here?"

"Well three of them are." The assistant said.

"Well then go fetch them."

Meanwhile in the middle of a training ground, a team short of one member was going through the daily routine. Their sensei held up her hand, signaling for them to stop. The two boys stopped and followed their sensei's stare to the Hokage's assistant and Naruto who was walking up to them.

"The 5th has asked for your team's presence. They have been assigned a mission." The dark haired assistant explained.

Naruto just stood there, his arms crossed, looking up at the sky.

Kiba chuckled. "It seems Naruto isn't happy about coming."

"Hmpft." Naruto looked over his shoulder. "Hey where is Hinata?" He asked as he looked around. He new something was missing.

"She is on her own missions right now." Kiba said letting Akamaru jump onto his head.

"Come the Hokage is waiting." The assistant said.

They did as they were told. Naruto, Kiba, and Shino made it up into the Hokage's office where they waited for their orders. The Hokage was looking through some more papers before she looked up at the eager team.

"I am assigning you a B-rank mission. It seems that the King of the Itabinei kingdom is a need of your assistants again." She said.

"Again?" Naruto asked trying to recall the missions she is talking about. Itabinei sounded so familiar to him.

"Oh you mean Itabinei Yumi?" Kiba asked. He remembered her friend Riko, his cheeks blushed slightly.

"Exactly. Apparently the King was fond of your work so he asked for you to come again and guard his daughter. An intruder had gotten into the kingdom grounds, he fears for his daughter's safety." She explained. "But they asked for Hinata too and this is a four man mission so…" She looked up to her assistant. "Go get the fourth man."

The woman bowed slightly and rushed out of the room. The team chosen stood uncomfortably, waiting for their new teammate to arrive. Soon enough they got their wish, and the door slid open once again. Everyone looked over to see Sakura entering the room.

"Sakura, I need you to insist this team on their mission. You will guard the princess of Itabinei kingdom. This mission will take one week." The Hokage said with a firm voice.

Sakura bowed. "Yes sensei."

"Now… Shino I am appointing you as the leader since you did such a great job before." The 5th said.

Shino nodded.

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Here it is.. the first chapter! this story is longer then the first :) and the chapters are a bit longer as well... so i hope you like readin Yumi is the main character in this story

Yumi: Thats right! muha
Me: Yumi! get outta here! get back into the story...
Yumi: You are no fun XP