Prelude: The Uzumaki Treaty

50 years ago, the Fourth Great Shinobi War against Madara Uchiha's Akatsuki forces and the Allied Shinobi Forces (ASF) ended. The victory came about upon the 7th Hokage, and Second Leader of The ASF, Naruto Uzumaki's defeat of the sinister Madara and the imprisoning of the Tailed Beasts. The 7th sealed each of the nine Tailed Beasts into inanimate objects made to contain the beasts and keeping them from being used to wage yet another war. Also, in an attempt at peace, The 7th passed the Uzumaki Treaty along to the other Kage and had them all sign it. This act made it a new law against the treaty for one Hidden Village to attack another, and joined all the Hidden Villages together to fight against those who would attempt to break the Treaty. For 50 years, this peace has remained as Ninja have still trained and found work within their own villages. Ninja have migrated and gone to new lands in this time of peace, and so far nothing has come up to ever jeopardize this peace. So far...

Chapter 1: Team 11

50 years into the Peacetime, Ayaka Midori found herself in the Hokage's Office. The bustle of secretaries and meeting happening on the other sides of doors filled the hallway as she marched down it. Ayaka was not the most intimidating of Konoha's Jonin. Her hair was a deep blonde, tied back into a high, fanned-out ponytail. Her eyes were brown, and her face was youthful, free of any make-up and quite contradictory of her age of 21. She wore a green Konoha headband on the top of her head, holding her hair back. Her skin was very lightly tanned, which could be seen in her bare shoulders and thighs. She wore a short-sleeve green top with cutaways at the shoulders and it ended at the belly. Under this she wore a black Turtleneck that ended with the top. Over her belly she wore fishnet, and she wore black short shorts. Over these shorts however was an olive green sash. The outfit was completed with high yellow and green striped socks that went up to the hip, leaving some of her thighs bare, and matching gloves that went all the way up to a few inches before her shoulder.

Ayaka entered the Hokage's office where she was greeted by a man with pink bushy hair. His eyes were a brilliant blue and he wore the robes of the Hokage. This man was the 9th. He smiled as Ayaka entered the office, also smiling. He spoke rather loudly and happily across the room to her. "Ayaka! Here to look at your new team I take it?" He said inquisitively.

"Of course," She said lackadaisically. "I haven't had a team in my life!" Ayaka said, becoming increasingly louder and more excited.

"Sure," The Hokage said with a smile. He handed Ayaka three packets of paper that she quickly snatched out of his hands. She smiled down at them, before turning and quickly walking away. She didn't say a word as the Hokage beamed after her.

Ayaka sat down on her bed in her bright green room. The entire room was adorned with various flowers and plants, and at the center of it was her green and yellow floral-themed bed. She picked up the first packet of papers and smiled at it. Paper-clipped to the front of the packet was a photograph of a boy. The first thing about the boy that caught her attention was the bright red mohawk going down the center of his head. It wasn't a tall mohawk, but a simple stripe of medium-length ginger hair, pushed back and surrounded by shorter white hair. The boy had two black dots on his temple, and red make-up that imitated bags under his golden-brown eyes. He would've had a boyish smile if it weren't for the fact that he clenched a red and gold pipe in his teeth. The boy wore a white robe, lined with red and adorned with red flame pattern at the bottom of it. This robe was tied shut at the waist with a red sash, leaving his entire chest bare. He wore red bandages on his hands and forearms, and matching bandages on his feet. His pants were simple white.

Ayaka removed the picture from the packet and read the name that headed it aloud. "Maguma Irori," She said curiously. She began to read the dossier aloud to herself.

"Maguma Irori was born to the prestigious Maguma Clan. Since the days of Naruto Uzumaki, before the Terumi Clan assimilated to the Maguma bloodline, not a single member of the clan has been able to awaken it's inherent Yoton techniques. The prophets told the Maguma Clan that the firstborn son of its current leader, Kishi, would be the first Maguma to awaken the Yoton and bring the clan back to prosperity. Kishi's wife, Hara, was found to be pregnant a few weeks later with Kishi. However, it turned out that she was pregnant with twins. The entire clan was in an uproar over which son would be named the heir to the clan and be their shining light. They decided that the first child to be delivered would be named the heir, and that child was Irori's twin brother, Kurata.

"Irori was immediately cast into the shadow of his brother from birth. His family seems to look down on him and used him as a bargaining chip by accepting a bribe to marry him to Himoto Aimi. He has simply been a figurehead his entire life. He graduated top of his class in the Ninja Academy and shows great proficiency in his clans signature Fire Style jutsu."

Ayaka frowned upon finishing. It seemed the first of her Genin was top of the class, but still a pitiful fallen prince. She tossed the packet to her side and looked at the photo on the next one. This depicted another boy. Not much could be told about him due to the mask covering the bottom half of his face. He seemed to stand shorter than Irori. His hair was dark brown and his bangs hung down below his left eye. His other eye revealed their color to be dark brown. He wore a tight black turtleneck shirt and simple black pants. His right arm seemed to be a glossy blue. She took off the picture and began to read the dossier, a little disheartened.

"Hyoga Hyoshi. He was found with a scroll and a missing right arm at the gates of Konoha. He lives alone and graduated with average grades from the Academy. He does not know his family."

Ayaka frowned even harder. Her team sounded much more depressing than she had hoped. She picked up the last dossier in hopes that the girl on the team would at least be someone she could relate with. She examined the picture and saw a pale girl in a mauve dress. The girl had hair very similar to Ayaka's but it was much messier and rugged. Her face looked tender in the face, but the smile she wore said otherwise. Her eyes were big and a very vivid green, which contradicted the sly smile she wore. She looked very much the part of the pretty girl, who just had the wrong attitude. Her mauve dress was very conserved. It was not low cut at all, and covered her entire body since she wore skin-tight black pants under it. Ayaka took the picture off of the file very hesitantly and began to read.

"Mayaku. Born to Mitomi, doesn't know her father. Her mother is currently being watched closely by ANBU Black Ops for allegations of crimes against the countries in the Peacetime. Mayaku has not gotten along with a single person since joining the academy. She can barely mold any sort of chakra and only barely passed the class. She graduated at the bottom of the class."

As Ayaka finished reading, her eyes slanted and she tossed the dossier up into the air as she fell back across her bed. She sighed deeply to herself and began to talk to the ceiling of her bright green room. "Aw," she started, "I was so excited for the new team and that's what I get! A fallen prince, an orphan, and a bad-seed girl! There's no way I'll get along with them! They sound no fun at all!" She groaned before sitting back up and looking at the dossier papers strewn across the room. "As if trying to get along with a trio of 15-year-olds wouldn't be hard enough, they have to be misfits..." She put her face in her hands and stared down at the floor. After a few seconds she lifted her head back up and smiled. '... But, I guess they're no better than me!"

Three kids stood outside the gates of Konoha. The gates themselves stood tall, and they were surrounded by trees. It was currently spring, so the weather was pleasantly warm and the wind swayed the trees and blew leaves all around the outside of the gates. Irori Maguma was leaning against the Konoha wall. He only looked slightly different from the picture of his academy days. He now sported a 2-inch long red ponytail hanging from the back of his head, matching his mohawk. Also, this Irori wore his robe hanging open, without the red sash seen in the picture, leaving his entire abdomen bare. Hyoshi Hyoga leaned against the wall on the opposite side of the Konoha gates. He also looked slightly different, now wearing a blue jacket with a mass of white fur for the collar over his turtleneck. Finally, Mayaku stood in front of them, looking in at the gates. The only difference in this Mayaku from her academy picture was that she now sported high slits up the skirts of her mauve dress, revealing the black tights she wore under it.

The three Genin stood silently, none of them making eye contact with the others. Irori took a big puff of smoke after 10 minutes of waiting and released it slowly as he broke the silence. "Some sensei if she's going to run this late!" He commented loudly with an annoyed tone. He was simply speaking to anyone who would listen and after a hesitation, he was answered.

"I don't think she's supposed to be anything special. I've never even heard of her..." Hyoshi droned in a smooth, lazy voice. Irori smiled and responded with a laugh, "Yeah! I asked my family and none of them have ever heard of her either. Ayaki Midori, eh? Not much of a Jonin!" Irori said at boastful volume. His voice was a lot rougher and deeper than Hyoshi's. He spoke like a man with purpose. He spoke like he was a true heir.

Hyoshi had no response to that comment, but Mayaku would speak up for the first time. "Your family? Spoken like a true spoiled brat!" Mayaku droned mockingly. Her voice was very deep for a girl of her age. As she spoke, her eyes slanted spitefully at Irori. Irori returned her glare as he took a puff from his pipe and she began to pick her teeth with her fingernail. Tension was just beginning to get high, and Hyoshi was beginning to scoot away across the wall from the two when a loud rustle came from the forest. All three Genin turned too look curiously out at the forest.

The trees in the front of the forest spread apart leaving a gap in the middle of them and the trees bent inwards towards the gap. The leaves of the trees began to morph into shades of pink, yellow, and green and a massive pink and green rose sprouted up in the gap. The rose was closed at first, but then the flower budded, and inside it stood Ayaka Midori. The Genins' eyes slanted as they stared at her. She shouted out happily as the pedals of her rose lifted her into an ascent towards the Genin, "Welcome my Genin apprentices! I am Ayaka Midori, your Jonin! I am personally incredibly excited to meet you all! Welcome to Team 11!"

Ayaka beamed happily at the three very unimpressed Genin. Irori pulled his pipe from his teeth and addressed her sternly, "A little indulgent, don't you think?" The three Genin shared their first laugh together, as a drop of sweat came from Ayaka's forehead. Her flowers all turned back to normal as she shouted at the team with a pouty tone, "You kids are supposed to be cute! You're not cute at all!"