A/N - Hello, I know I have a lot of stories going already, but I work better when I'm multi-tasking! So, don't worry! I will update, when you guys review!
Burn
Chapter One: Her Homeland
"Come on," Naruto pleaded with the Hokage, in an annoying voice, "Give us a real mission this time!"
Sakura sighed; Naruto is getting more, and more, annoying everyday.
Sasuke, stood off to the side with his arms crossed, and Kakashi Sensei stood just behind Naruto, trying to calm him down.
"Umm," The third Hokage said in response.
"Please?" Naruto said, putting his hands together, and half-bowing to the Hokage, "Pretty please."
"Alright," The Hokage decided, nodding slightly, "This is an important mission I'm sending you four to help rebuild a ninja village."
"Rebuild?" Sakura asked in curiosity.
"Yes," The Hokage clarified, "I want you three to rebuild a ninja village that before was destroyed by leaf."
"We're they our enemy?" Sakura asked.
"They once declared war on us," The Hokage explained, "But we have signed a contract that says we will neither fight with, nor against. We will help each other when necessary."
"So, basically, a treaty of neutral territory," Sakura said.
"Exactly," The Hokage said, "if we don't attack them, they don't us. They don't attack us, we don't attack them."
"Okay," Naruto spoke up, "So, what the hell do we do, then?"
"This certain village wants to rebuild themselves," The Hokage explained, "and they asked for help, so, I'm sending you four to help rebuild the village hidden in the flames."
"NO!"
Naruto, Sakura, Sasuke, and even the Hokage himself jumped as Kakashi's booming voice filled the room.
Everyone turned to stare at him, as he continued in his little speech.
"ARE YOU INSANE?" Kakashi yelled, "THE VILLAGE HIDDEN IN THE FLAMES, THEY…HE…"
"Would be long dead by now, Kakashi," The Hokage said, "Now, I'll ask you to please lower your tone with me, Kakashi."
Kakashi obliged, lowering his tone, but his rant on the Hokage didn't, "why would you send us...her there!"
Kakashi pointed a finger at Sakura, who was clueless to what Kakashi was talking about. Naruto, and Sasuke looked at her, and she shrugged at them with wide eyes.
"Kakashi I am sure that that will never happen again," The Hokage insisted, "Now, you will go to the village hidden in the flames and help them rebuild themselves."
Kakashi glared darkly at the Hokage, which Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura, had never seen him do before.
Kakashi sensei seems so up tight about this mission, Sakura thought to herself, I wonder why, and I wonder what I have to do with it.
Kakashi sighed, turned and addressed Team Seven, "Let's go."
Kakashi walked out of the room, without even bowing to the Hokage, who sighed, and seemed to shrug it off.
Sakura, Naruto, and Sasuke glanced at the Hokage, before bowing and leaving to follow Kakashi.
Rin walked in as Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura left, and she walked up to the Hokage, but before she could speak the Hokage did.
"Don't even start with me, Rin," The Hokage said, raising a hand to silence her, "Kakashi already tried."
"She's not even completely healed, yet," Rin said, ignoring the Hokage advice, "And she doesn't even know why!"
"Rin, let me ask you something," The Hokage, said.
Rin fell silent, and stare at the Hokage, waiting for his question.
"What are the odds that she will ever be able to get better?" The Hokage asked.
"That's not the point," Rin said.
"Just answer the question," The Hokage said.
Rin sighed, answering, "Two point six percent."
"Rin, that is a low number," The Hokage said, "That's nothing."
"No, it's something," Rin contradicted, "its hope...for her."
"If she wants to cling to a hope that's barely there then so be it," The Hokage said, "But it's not going to get in the way of her duty as a ninja of Konoha."
"What about her weekly check ups?" Rin asked, "Ever since that time, I've given her check ups every week, or so."
"Sakura has gone on missions before, without you going to give her check ups," The Hokage pointed out.
"But this is the first time she'll see the flames," Rin said, and then added, "Her Homeland."
A/N - Haha, I know, it's really evil to make the first chapter a cliffy, but that's what it's going to be! Haha! Oh, and I'll probably going to tweak Kakashi's age, well, either his or the three students. So, don't be mad, it just works out later a bit better. So, yeah, please review! I don't update, if you don't review! Haha! I'm going to say...fifteen reviews, then I'll update. If that number doesn't workout, then I'll change it.