My first fanfic! yay! I hope u enjoy!
Disclaimer: It would be nice if I owned Naruto, but sadly I only own a copy of the books (Waah!).
Chapter 1: A Trap
It was midmorning when Kakashi found Naruto lying on the ground, sleeping. Once again, the young chuunin wore himself out while training, testing his new ninja skills and pushing them beyond the limit. How Naruto found the time (and chakras) to do all this was entirely beyond Kakashi. Of course, he had to do some vigorous training himself when he was a chuunin, but not until he wore himself out in the process.
"Naruto, I think you should wake up," he finally said, "unless you want to die of the cold."
Naruto's eyes slowly opened, and began to sit up, wiping the drool off his mouth. "Wh-what?"
"You need to get up because the Hokage has just assigned you and your teammates a mission," Kakashi explained. "I don't have details yet, but—"
Naruto suddenly shot up to his feet. "A mission! Really! Thanks, Kakashi-sensei! You're my man!" Then he jumped up to Kakashi, choking him in one of his big hugs.
"Get off! You're going to kill me!"
"Oh, sorry." Naruto released him. The masked ninja continued.
"Anyways (cough), you, Sasuke, and Sakura need to go to the Mist village again. Something is up and since you three have been there before, you've been chosen. So, think you're up to the challenge?"
"What do you mean 'do you think I am'!" Naruto shouted, "Hell yeah! When do we go! Now! Huh! When!"
"Calm down. I know you're excited about this, but first you should meet up with your team at the Hokage's house to be briefed for the mission."
"Okay, gotta go!" The young blonde quickly turned around and disappeared in a puff of smoke.
Naruto's skills are developing at an amazing rate, the Kakashi thought, smiling. I'd only be half surprised if he really did become the village champion. The Jounin turned the opposite way pulling out his "adult" book, when he heard a string go taut. Suddenly, a net shot up from the ground beneath him and soared up to the branch of a tree. Scrambling, he grabbed hold of a kunai knife and sliced at the rope. To his surprise, the knife was cut in two instead. He noted dozens of talisman tags, scattered all around the trap, preventing him from casting any spell or illusion. Kakashi realized that whoever set this trap must have been a high ranking Jounin. Otherwise, he would have noticed the trap.
"Damn," he muttered. "I've got to find a way out of here."
"There is no way out," a voice said from the trees.
"Who are you! Show yourself!" Kakashi demanded.
A man cloaked in a tunic appeared mysteriously from the shadows of the forest. He withdrew the cloak, revealing one red eye and a scarred headband.
A Sharingan eye! Kakashi realized. And that headband! That means he's—
"Yes," the man answered. "I am Sasuke's older brother, Uchiha Itachi."