Lost Tales of Ninja:

Part 1

Disclaimer: I may not own the rights to Naruto, but I'm still Hinata…don't ask…But Shinjite is my sister's character, no mine.

Note: Shinjite will make, most likely, no sense yet, but I will slowly line up the pieces of who she is.

The lost pieces of the puzzle are found, now to see how they fit.

Shinjite approached the village of Konoha, to be her home again. She sighed, the walk from the waterfall village to hidden leaf turned out to be tougher than she'd thought. Not wanting any bad impressions, Shinjite brushed the dirt off of her orange spaghetti-strap shirt, redid the bun in her bright blond hair, and tightened the headband she used as a belt for her blue shorts. Once she seemed presentable, Shinjite rushed into village, eager to see her Oni-chan again.

The team seven students were taking a lunch break from their "missions", which at this time seemed to just be a fancy name for chores that people were too lazy to take care of themselves. Naruto was halfway through his ramen cup; Sakura had finished her lunch already, at least as much as she could, and was gazing at Sasuke across the table, fantasizing. Sasuke was also finished, but he actually ate his entire meal. Seeing Sasuke finished made Naruto eat faster. It was the usual as things were.

"If you keep eating like that you're going to choke." Sasuke told Naruto matter-of-factly. Of course, the warning just aggravated Naruto more. Sure enough, at one point he gagged on his noodles, coughing to get them out of his lungs. "I told you." Sasuke muttered. Naruto stared daggers at his rival.

"YOU SHUDDUP!!" The blond yelled, jumping up from his seat. "You don't know everything, dattebayo!"

"Sit down!" Sakura hissed, hitting Naruto on the back of the head. "You're making a scene!" Yes, everything seemed normal for this team.

Not too long after they'd all finished their bickering, their sensei, Kakashi, appeared near them. He often seemed to appear out of nowhere whenever he showed up. "Hey there! Having fun?" He asked.

"Kakashi-sensei, there you are!" Sakura said as a way of greeting. "Say, where were you?"

"Eh? Well I was just waiting for someone to arrive in the village." He explained, his eyes closing as if he were laughing. "But they haven't arrived yet, and I could hear you guys all the way from where I was waiting." Naruto looked thoroughly embarrassed. He had no idea he'd been that loud.

"See what you did, Naruto!" Sakura growled.

"Please, Sakura-chan, you already hit me once for it!" Naruto pleaded. Sasuke just sighed and tried to ignore the surrounding chaos.

"ONIIIIIIIIICHAAAAN!!" A high-pitched, feminine, and loud voice then interrupted. Everyone turned their attention to the excited girl running in their direction, watching as her longish blond bangs waved past her gray-blue eyes. Least expected, she tackled Kakashi instantly.

"Shinjite-chan! Good to see you!" Kakashi laughed. The team seven students were confused, wondering who the hell this girl was.

"Wait, is this the person you were waiting for, Kakashi-sensei?" Sakura asked as Kakashi pulled himself back up.

"Yes, she is." He answered. "This is my little sister, Shinjite-chan." They all looked at the jumping girl.

"Hatake Shinjite, eleven years old!" The girl said as her own introduction. It seemed she had a slight osakan accent.

"Wait, Kakashi-sensei has a sister?" Naruto asked.

Ignoring Naruto's comment, Shinjite proceeded to ask, "Now, who are you guys?"

"We're Kakashi-sensei's students. I'm Haruno Sakura!" Explained the girl with long pink hair and green eyes

"Uzumaki Naruto!" Exclaimed the boy with messy blond hair, blue eyes, and an orange outfit. He almost seemed like a male counterpart of Shinjite, which irritated her a little.

"Uchiha Sasuke." Said the strange boy with the jet-black hair styled like a cockatoo's, and an angsty expression

"Nice to meet ya guys!" She said, smiling widely. Then she peered behind them. "Hey, who's tipped over ramen is that?" She asked. Naruto turned around quickly to see his ramen cup flipped upside-down on the seat he had used previously.

"Nooo! My ramen, dattebayo!" He cried. "And I'm still hungry, too!"

Shinjite turned away the devastated Naruto, and looked to Sakura. "You're really pretty!"

Sakura was shocked for a moment by Shinjite's short attention span. Then she smiled, "Oh, really? Thanks!" And Sakura's inner-self was saying "Hell yeah! This girl obviously knows what she's talking about!" Then something occurred to her. "Hey, why aren't you with a team?"

"Well I graduated at about four and a half, and then I went to the waterfall village and trained and graduated, and I kinda became a lone ninja…" Shinjite began to explain, then stared mumbling. Sasuke turned suddenly, Sakura's jaw dropped, and Naruto slipped.

"Lone ninja?" Sasuke asked.

"Four and a half?!" Sakura yelled.

"What…eh…neba…huh?" Naruto stumbled. Shinjite stood there smiling.

Sasuke smirked. "Well, what would you say to a challenge then?" After hearing this, Shinjite's silly smile changed into a devious grin.

"That's more like it!" She answered.

"This should be interesting." Kakashi commented.

Sasuke and Shinjite both got into fighting positions. She was a little excited, as it had been a while sense she'd fought with someone.

"HEY! You better not hurt Sasuke-kun!!" Sakura yelled.

Ignoring Sakura completely Shinjite charged at Sasuke, crouched extremely low. She was pretty fast despite her slightly short stature. In an instant she seemed to be passing Sasuke's legs, and she launched her elbow right at the back of his knee.

He moved around just an instant before impact, leaving Shinjite to roll into the dirt. She instantly jumped up and spun around, to show that she didn't give up so easily. She ran quickly to get closer, faked a punch, ducked around behind him, and yelled "Surprise!" While slapping him in the back of the head. Sasuke stumbled forward from the unexpected sissy attack.

"What the HELL was THAT?!" Sakura yelled.

"Shinjite tends to mock people by being ridiculous in battle." Kakashi explained. "Even if she's matched in strength, she'll act in weird ways, mostly to confuse."

More punches were thrown, a few landing, and Sasuke grew tired of it after a while. He reached into his pouch, withdrawing a kunai unseen. When Shinjite drew near enough, he quickly slashed across her arm.

"GAH!" Shinjite gasped, jumping away and looking at him with the eyes of a scared and abused animal.

"Oi, oi, oi!!" Kakashi yelled out. "Nothing too dangerous here!" While Sasuke's attention was on Kakashi, Shinjite jumped over his head, and turned to face her target.

"Hai, onichan!" She called back.

"Damn." Sasuke muttered to himself in an inaudible whisper. When he tried to turn on his foot to face Shinjite, a horrible pain shot through his let. His foot had not followed the way it was supposed to. He yelled out and fell over.

Shinjite stood confused. "Wait…did I just win?" She asked. Sakura ran over to Sasuke.

"Sasuke-kun! Are you alright?" She asked worriedly.

"Fine. Just a twisted ankle." He answered reluctantly.

"That's what happens when you don't stretch." Shinjite pointed out when she suddenly appeared crouched beside them. They couldn't help wondering how she'd gotten so close so quick without them noticing. Probably a skill she had picked up from Kakashi. "So, I haven't won fairly yet." She paused. "Oh well, we can continue this some other time." She smiled, got up and turned to leave. "Anyway, I've gotta go. I need to get readjusted to the village." She began to walk off, when suddenly she tripped over a rock. "I'm okay!!" She shouted. Then she ran off, and disappeared behind a corner.

"What the hell was all that about?" Naruto asked.