A/N: Hello, please understand that this is my first fan fiction and I will try my best with this story and I can guarantee that I will get better as I get more and more used to this. I will also try to update regularly, not just for anyone reading, but because if I do then I know I will get done. Plus I'm a bit of a procrastinator so setting a deadline should help.

Summary: What happens when a mysterious shinobi shows up with an interesting offer involving three different shinobi? Follow these three shinobi as they go through many different adventures filled with new strengths, discoveries, and a village thought to be destroyed. Follow these three as they go experience joy, sadness, anger and romance. These three aren't coming back to Konoha the same as when they left it.

"Normal speech"

'Thoughts'

"Demon/curse mark speech"

'Demon/curse mark thoughts/ inner Sakura'

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. If I did Naruto and Hinata would be together already.

The Three Failures

Chapter 1

Pain. All he could feel was pain. Each foot dragged as he carried on towards his destination. It was getting harder and harder to breathe with each step he took, but he couldn't stop, not until he reached those gates, or find help, whichever came first. He looked over to the extra baggage he was dragging back, the cause of his pain. Bluish black hair with blood dripping down greeted his eyes. Looking closer he could see the pale face graced with unconsciousness, although he knew behind those closed eyelids were a set of serious onyx eyes that watch as if superior to their opponent. That's right; he was dragging the Uchiha Sasuke back to Konoha. He had actually managed to defeat him and drag him back.

'I can't wait until the others hear about-,'He stopped. The others. He completely forgot about the others! He started worrying. Chouji had been left alone with that big guy and Neji with the six-armed guy! He shook his head. 'They're strong, they'll be fine.' He couldn't focus on that right now, he had to get back to the village and quick, things were starting to double and blur and in all honesty he wasn't too far from joining the last Uchiha in unconsciousness. Just one foot after the other. Easier said than done, his legs felt like they were going to collapse. He looked at his own injuries. He was covered in blood and had a hole in his chest close to his heart from where Sasuke had shoved a Chidori through it. On top of that he deducted that he probably had quite a few broken bones as well as some damage to his internal organs. He suddenly coughed up blood. Yeah, definitely some internal damage. Time started drag and his vision blurred. Before he knew it, he was on the ground. Everything became a blur from then on, he could hear a faint cry of "Naruto!" and, before he succumbed to the darkness, saw a shock of silver hair.

Hatake Kakashi was constantly prided on having good judgment and a cool attitude, but at the moment he felt that couldn't be farther from the truth. He screwed up, big time. He hasn't felt this guilty since Obito died. Sasuke had tried to kill Naruto. His own teammate! And with the very jutsu that was supposed to be used to protect his comrades! The very same jutsu that Kakashi had taught him. He burrowed his head in his hands. He had given Sasuke special training and had all but abandoned the other two, specifically Naruto. Yet it had been Sasuke that had betrayed both them and the village, and five Genin got hurt because of it.

"Kakashi."

He quickly looked up, a pair of brown eyes glared back, not happy in the slightest.

"Will he be alright?" Kakashi asked, squirming under the intense glare and preparing for a flying fist, courtesy of the world's strongest kunoichi.

"He'll be fine, both of them actually," the Sannin replied, trying to keep her anger in check. She and Shizune had been here for hours healing Kiba and Sasuke, and keeping Naruto, Neji and Chouji alive! She was tired and facing the man who taught the traitor the very move that almost killed her some-what adopted little brother wasn't helping her mood any. The most surprising part of this is that earlier she had to stop Shizune of all people from coming in here and killing both him and Sasuke. Shizune! More often then not it's the other way around. She sighed, she didn't blame Shizune in the least, but she had to remind her that as medics it was their responsibility to heal, not hurt, at least outside of battle. She glared at the sliver-haired man before her, somewhat amused as he faltered under her glare.

Kakashi, though relieved at the news, stared uncertainly at Tsunade. She didn't say anything as she, he could only assume, collected her anger. He stood there waiting, his anxiety growing with each second that ticked by, wishing she would do something. Five minutes passed before she finally said anything.

"I expected more from you Kakashi," she finally said, looking him dead in the eye.

He sighed, regretful, but didn't say anything.

"If it weren't for Kyuubi, he'd be dead by now." Tsunade growled out, her anger starting to spill over.

Kakashi cringed; Tsunade had a legendary temper just as well known as her legendary strength.

"Ts-Tsunade-sama, I can assure you that I didn't mean-"

"Your student tried to kill him!" Tsunade spat out, refusing to say the traitor's name.

"Your student shoved your signature move that you gave him through his chest with your special training!"

Kakashi said nothing to that, it was true.

"And on top of that you didn't even-"

"Tsunade-hime."

Tsunade looked over to whoever dared to interrupt her when she was ranting. Standing before her was a tall man with white hair and a large scroll on his back, the legendary pervert himself.

"I'm sorry to interrupt your ranting, but I would like to know how my student is doing before you kill his teacher." Jiraiya said, serious for once.

Tsunade sighed; leave it to the pervert to stop her from killing someone who he is just as pissed off at. She looked back at Kakashi.

"I'm not through with you; I'll see you in my office in an hour." She left no room for argument. She watched as he quickly left the two powerful, yet pissed shinobi.

"You can't really call him Naruto's teacher if he never taught him anything." Tsunade pointedly said when Kakashi left."

"Well he taught him a few things, just not enough." Jiraiya stated, though he looked a bit doubtful of his own words.

"So how is the gaki doing?" Jiraiya asked, looking at Tsunade as they started walking down the hall.

"He'll live, but he'll be out of commission for awhile, even with his accelerated healing." Tsunade then looked at him.

"You called him your student."

"Yeah, so?"

"You are actually going to train him then?" Tsunade said, smiling softly, something she rarely ever did.

"Well, no offence, but he's not getting the training he needs here, so I just thought…"

"Well good, I was thinking about training him myself if you weren't going to." Tsunade said as she walked out the doors of the hospital. Jiraiya followed, knowing exactly where she was going, and it wasn't the Hokage Tower.

Hinata ran to the hospital, going as fast as her legs would allow. She had just heard from Ino that Naruto had returned with Sasuke, but was severely injured in the process.

'Oh Naruto-kun, please be alright,' She thought as she finally went through the doors where she nearly collided with Shizune.

"Oh! G-Gomenasai!" Hinata quickly apologized, bowing deeply.

"That's alright, so you going to check on Naruto-kun?" Shizune asked, noticing the flowers in her hand that she probably picked up on her way here. Hinata blushed, and then looked at the flowers, they looked a bit worn from the dash here, but they still looked alright. They were Orange Gerbera Daisies*, a fitting choice considering who they were for and who they were from. Shizune smiled, happy that Naruto had someone in his life, besides herself, Tsunade and Jiraiya. Hinata looked up.

"Is h-he going to be alright?" She asked, stuttering a bit. Shizune's smile faltered.

"He'll be fine, but he won't be able to do too much for awhile." Shizune answered. Hinata sighed in relief, then thanked her and made to go towards Naruto's room.

"Oh, Hinata wait!" Shizune called after her. Hinata turned around.

"He's in room 202," Shizune said, throwing Hinata a playful smile as Hinata berated herself for forgetting to ask.

"A-Arigatou." Hinata thanked her and left.

'Let's see, 200…201… aha! 202!' Hinata smiled to herself, looking down at the orange flowers in her hands. 'I sure hope he likes them.' She then heard footsteps coming this way and looked up, then mentally sighed. A girl with short pink hair and green eyes happened to be coming with an armful of pear blossoms*, the pretty kunoichi, who also happened to be her crush's crush. Oh well, she put on a smile and waved.

"Konichiwa, Sakura-san," Hinata greeted politely as the other kunoichi looked up.

"Oh, hey Hinata-san," Sakura greeted casually, adjusting the flowers in her arms.

"So, I take it that you're visiting N-Naruto-kun as well?" Hinata asked, trying to start a conversation. Sakura just looked at her strangely, as if the idea seemed foreign to her.

"No, I came to see Sasuke-kun, I heard he was on this floor," Sakura replied starting to get lost in her fantasies of the raven haired boy.

"Oh, I hope he likes the flowers I picked out! I thought they might help him feel better." She smiled with a blush on her face imagining how Sasuke would smile then by some twist of fate profess his love towards her. Then they get married, have five kids then-.

"Kanban no mayu!" She looked up and glared at the blonde who dared to interrupt her fantasies.

"Nani-yo, Ino-buta?" Sakura asked exasperatedly, eyeing the… were those pear blossoms? She glared even harder. The blonde rolled her eyes.

"I've been trying to ask if those flowers were for Naruto," Ino said, sighing at her friends antics.

"Why does everyone think that? I'm here for Sasuke-kun!" Sakura said getting frustrated.

"Well he is your teammate, Sakura, and he did bring back Sasuke." Ino stated pointedly.

Naruto hated hospitals. He hated them with a burning passion, yet sometimes it seemed like he spent more time here than at his own home. He sighed, boredom setting in. Tsunade had checked on him once he woke up, and Shizune had left just a few minutes ago, but now he had nobody to talk to.

'I just wish something would happen already.' As if on cue he started to hear a heated argument coming from outside his door.

"Brought him back? He beat him with unnecessary force!" Hmm? That sounded like Sakura.

"What do you mean unnecessary force? If he didn't then Sasuke wouldn't even be here right now!' And that sounded like Ino. Wait, Sasuke? Were they talking about him? He listened more intently.

"Yes he would if that baka had just talked to him instead of starting fights! Sasuke is in the hospital!'

"In case you haven't noticed Sakura so is Naruto-kun!" That sounded like Hinata, wait Hinata? He never heard her speak louder than her normal talking voice, which was the equivalent of his whisper. This shocked him, why would Hinata of all people be yell- wait; did Sakura just say that he started the fight?

"And in case you didn't know I told that baka to bring back Sasuke-kun, not try to kill him! He never does anything right and only gets in the way of me and my beloved Sasuke-kun! If he were smart he would have talked to him! But because of his stupidity the mission almost failed!" His eyes widened, that- that can't be what she truly thinks right? But the truth was right in front of him, or technically a few feet from his side and though that door. He gripped the sheets tightly, trying to keep the tears from falling out.

"Ko-Kono-ama!" He heard Hinata yell. He froze; did Hinata just say what he thinks she said? It seemed that he wasn't the only one surprised either as it was silent outside the door for a moment.

"Naruto-kun almost died to bring back your 'beloved Sasuke-kun' and all you can think about is how much he failed? I don't see you dragging him back to Konoha using words alone! Even though if I know you at all I know you tried to, but seeing as he still went rouge I doubt that did much good now did it?" He could hear Sakura falter, trying to stutter a good comeback.

"S-Sasuke-kun would have come back without a fight if he heard from both of his teammates!"

"Are you kidding me? That teme is too power-hungry for words to have any effect! With Orochimaru offering him power on a silver platter Sasuke is more likely to try and fight anyone in his way to achieve that power! I can't believe you're even defending him Sakura! I thought you were smarter then this!" Ino shouted back, her voice full of rage.

"And I can't believe you're defending the baka! Hinata I can somewhat understand, but you are just as infatuated with Sasuke as I am!"

"No, I was just as infatuated with Sasuke as you! But that changed when my two teammates almost died because of him, as well as three others! Unlike you Sakura I actually care about my teammates more than an obsession over some traitorous teme!"

"Yeah right! And those flowers aren't for Sasuke-kun either!"

"Actually they're for Chouji! He was in the most critical condition!" He started tuning them out after that, getting lost in his thoughts. Sakura was actually angry at him for bringing him back like this. As if he had a choice. Sakura said the mission almost failed because of him, because of his stupidity. He always knew that she thought he was an idiot, if the constant shouts of "Baka!" followed by a punch to the face were any indication, but he never thought she'd take it that far. He sighed, Sakura hated him, it was official, and it hurt like hell.

Tsunade sighed, a bit relaxed as she sat in her office. She had just returned from a bar that she and Jiraiya went to so as to drink their troubles away. Although Shizune had caught up to her and pulled her away before she could get too drunk, the sake still calmed her nerves after such a stressful day.

Knock knock knock

Strange, she wasn't expecting Kakashi for another twenty minutes, and that's not even taking his infamous tardiness into consideration either.

"Enter!"

When she saw who walked in her eyes widened, then she suddenly smiled.

"Well, well, well, I haven't seen you for quite some time." Tsunade commented looking at the figure.

"Yes, it's been about ten years hasn't it?" The figure responded, smiling.

"You sure have grown; in fact, you look just like your mother." Tsunade said, feeling a bit nostalgic. The figure chuckled.

"I get that a lot."

"So, what brings you to Konoha?" Tsunade asked curiously. The figure suddenly grew serious.

"I've got a proposition for you."

A/N: And that's the end of the first chapter of my first story. I'll try and update as soon as possible. Tell me what you think of the story! Like it? Hate it? Please review, I want to know what you guys think of my first story. Constructive criticism is appreciated.

*Orange Gerbera Daisies- like other daisies represent innocence and purity, but the bright orange color also represents cheerfulness. By giving someone these you are saying "You are the Sunshine of my life." I thought it was fitting since Hinata means "towards the sun" and Naruto always is her sun.

*pear blossoms are white flowers that mean health and hope

Japanese translations:

Hime- princess (referring to Tsunade being the granddaughter of the First Hokage)

Gomenasai- I'm very sorry

Konichiwa- Hello

Kanban no mayo- Billboard brow (sorry if this one's wrong, I got it from Google translate)

Nani-yo- What do you want?

Ino-buta- Ino-pig

Baka- idiot

Teme- bastard

Kono-ama! - You bitch! (Ama meaning bitch and kono directing it at a specific person, ex: Kono baka! You idiot!)