Book 1
Leaf and Moon
Chapter 1
Hoshiko and Mikazuki
Tsunade sighed as she flipped through papers. She became concerned when she came across a letter sealed with a moon. She opened it and read it carefully. She called on team 7 for this mission.
Naruto, Sakura and Sasuke stood in front of her desk. Naruto was tired seeing as how it was almost midnight. He was growing impatient, "Why did you call us at 12:00 in the evening?" Tsunade frowned, "Be quiet Naruto I'm giving you an important mission… a B rank mission, but it can evolve into an A or S rank if need be." Naruto got excited, "So what is it tell us!" "You are to guard the princess of the Village Hidden by the Moon. She has been trying to get away for some reason and it's your job to keep her where she needs to be…" Sasuke sighed, "So it's a babysitting mission?" Tsunade coughed, "No… there has also been rumors that a secret army from the Village Hidden in the Stars is wanting to take control of the Moon village.
Sakura looked at Tsunade, "Sorry for me asking but why are we here at 12 in the morning?" Tsunade smiled, "It is always night time in the Moon village, so they are only able to travel at night. If they go out into the sunlight they get sunburn instantly." Sakura nodded, "I see…"
Just then there was a knock on the door. A ninja opened the door and two female ninja came into the room, "Ninja from the Moon Village are here." Tsunade smiled, "Thank you… Welcome, I hope your travel wasn't too rough?" The woman with long pale blonde hair smiled, "Not at all, are these the ninja who will be coming with us?" Tsunade nodded, "Yes, team 7 is are our best team of Shinobi. They are fine ninja and will be going with you for the allotted time." The girl with blue hair smiled, "Excellent. Since we are only able to travel by nighttime we will be leaving at dusk today. That should give them plenty of time to rest and get things together." The other girl looked at Tsunade, "We require a dark room for the day." Tsunade smiled and nodded, "Of course, I'll show you to your room." As they left the blue haired girl smiled at Naruto, which gave him chills. They went home to get ready for their long journey.
They bowed to Tsunade, "Thank you very much for your hospitality." Tsunade smiled, "It's no trouble, I'll make sure no one bothers you." They thanked her again and Tsunade left. She looked at the two guards, "No one is to enter this room. Got it?" They saluted, "Yes ma'am." She walked away. The blue haired girl opened the window and looked at the setting moon, "Let's go talk to those ninja Hoshiko!" She frowned, "No, you are to stay here you understand me Mikazuki?" She pouted, "That's no fun…" She looked down and got excited, "Look there's that cute blonde one! HEY!" Hoshiko grabbed her mouth and ducked her head, "Have you lost your mind? This is a mission not a search for cute Leaf ninja!" She pouted again, "No fair…" Hoshiko let her go and sat on the floor. Mikazuki stared out at the village until the sun started to come up. They shut the window tightly and yawned. They laid down and fell asleep, or so Hoshiko did. Mikazuki grabbed her cloak and put on a long sleeve shirt. She covered Hoshiko's face and opened the door. The guards looked at her, "Miss… are you sure you should be walking around in daylight?" she smiled, "It's ok I'll be back before she notices I'm gone." Before they could protest anymore she opened an umbrella and walked out into the village. The guards were a little worried about her being out… mostly for how she was dressed.
Mikazuki was amazed at the village. She followed the path that the ninja took and followed it to an apartment. She smiled at her tracking skills and opened the door. She went down the halls until the found the room marked Uzumaki. She smiled and knocked on the door. She heard stirring and then nothing. She knocked again and only heard stirring. She knocked on the door really hard and finally got a result. He opened the door and stared at her, "What?" She smiled, "We met in the Hokage's office?" His eyes opened wide and he looked around, "Can you hold on for a second?" He shut the door and put some pants on seeing as how he was asleep. He made sure the blinds were closed and opened the door, "Come in, sorry it's a mess I wasn't expecting anyone." She tilted her head, "Why?" He shook his head, "No reason, make yourself at home…" She looked around and sighed taking off her cloak and sweater. She looked around and smiled, "It's nice, I like it." He scratched the back of his head, "It keeps me sheltered, I usually make more money, but I'm saving it." She looked at him, "Why?" He blushed, "It's no big deal…" She walked around his room and saw the picture of his team together when they were younger. She smiled, "You have been together a long time… must be nice?" He seemed confused, "Why are you here? And where is your other teammate?" She smiled, "I kind of snuck out… she's still asleep." He got a little concerned, "But why did you come here?" She smiled, "I was curious about you." He blushed, "Yeah well… um I kind of need my sleep and since we're leaving at dusk I think you should get some too." She looked at him with wide eyes, "Oh I see… I'm curious about your other teammates… can I meet them?" Naruto yawned, "You can't be serious?" He could just see the expression on Sakura's face if he showed up at her apartment at 6:30 in the morning. He could feel his face hurt and he winced. Sasuke's would be worse… She looked up at him with sweet eyes, "Please?" He sighed and nodded, "Ok, but I warn you now the other guy is not much of a talker…" He grabbed a shirt and his jacket and she put on her cloak.
She walked beside him excitedly. She looked around as they walked down a street and stopped at an apartment. He took a breath and knocked on the door, "Sakura? I'm sorry that I'm waking you up, but please don't hit me for this." He said a little scared. She opened the door and looked at him, "What do you want this early in the morning?" Naruto took a breath, "This is one of the moon ninja. She wanted to meet you…" Sakura gasped and let them inside. She quickly shut the blinds and Mikazuki took off her cloak and smiled at Sakura, "My name is Mikazuki!" "I'm Sakura…" She glanced at Naruto, "Did you tell her your name?" He widened his eyes and looked at Mikazuki, "I'm Naruto." She smiled, "It's nice to meet you and know your names… Where's the other one?" Sakura's eyes grew wide, "You mean Sasuke? He's probably asleep and it wouldn't be wise to go wake him. He can get a bit cranky." Naruto coughed and looked away, "Cranky? More like crazy… never wake him this early in the morning." She frowned, "I see…" She smiled at them, "It was nice to talk with you… please don't tell my teammate that I snuck out, ok?" She looked at Naruto pleading. He nodded and she smiled brightly, "Great… um, now can you show me the way back to the Hokage tower?" Naruto sighed, "I'll take you." She smiled and went out the door waving at Sakura. Sakura sighed and went back to bed.
Once they had arrived back at the Hokage tower Mikazuki turned and looked at Naruto, "Thank you for letting me talk to your other teammate. She was nice…" He smiled, "No problem." She kissed his cheek quickly and smiled running into the tower. Naruto stood there confused and blushing. He shook it off and headed home to finish resting.
To be continued…