Summary and Author's Note
Well, this is my first story of this type, the character Itari, is my own, all the other characters I don't own. Oh, and um.. There are a lot of scene jumps in this chapter, so, uh, try and keep up on it, haha. Anyways, along to the summary.. Basically, Itari shows up, and no one knows how he got there, or who he was, all of a sudden Tsunade makes him a member of squad seven to replace Sasuke. Itari will alter the lives of the people he meets in either a good or bad way, but that's up to him. He is very different from the other people of the village, and other villages, hes hiding something, but no one seems to know what it is. This is going to be a pretty long story, but I think I will make it good. Anyways, sorry for the crappy summary, haha. Well, please, review this, give me some constructive criticism, please? Like I said, this is my first story on here, also if you want you can give me some ideas for a new story.. If you want that is, anyways, please enjoy the story.. ( Wow, I sound so odd, don't I..? ._. )
Prologue: New Start, New Life, New Squad Member
" … We can't just do things without any leads, Naruto, you must understand th-"
" Lady Tsunade! A boy.. He.. At the village gate.. Please, come quickly!"
A young boy, about the age of thirteen, near Naruto's current age lay on the ground, right in front of the gate, he had messy black hair that fell over his eyes a bit. He seemed extremely pale as he lay there on his side in the dirt, his eyes closed. He was covered in dark black clothing; several areas of the clothing seemed darker, probably wet. Tsunade, with her long blonde hair pulled back from her face, tapering into two separate sections gasped softly, then pushed through the crowd of people that had gathered around the boy. People murmured as they saw her, it was a bit unusual to see the Hokage out and about in the village.
" Who is this boy? How did he get here, he doesn't have any symbol of a village, is he a civilian?" Tsunade asked the Jonin who had asked her to come to the scene. He turned a bit looking at her and shrugging a bit.
" Ah.. Well, he just showed up here, he must have been attacked or something, apparently no one saw him being placed here.. He's badly injured, I tried to get the medical corps to heal him, but for some reason he isn't having any reaction." As he spoke the man was very distressed, frantically moving his hands around in the air. Naruto, who had followed the two was standing behind Tsunade, looking at the injured boy with a frown on his face, folding his arms across his chest as he squinted his bright blue eyes.
" He doesn't look like anything special at all. Geez, how come he has to show up now?" Naruto mumbled as Tsunade pressed her palms to a wound on the boy's side, chakra coursing through the wound, but as the Jonin had said, the wound seemed to give no reaction.
" Damn it, take him to the hospital, wrap his wounds, use medicines on him, try as much as you can to save him, I want to know who this boy is and how he got here." Tsunade ordered, turning to the Jonin beside her. He nodded, as he picked the boy up, blinking a bit as the boy was extremely light. He then rushed to the hospital.
" But, it.. It's the Hokage's ord-"
" Yes, but, I'm sorry, we will have to wait until tomorrow, we are short on medical staff, his wounds aren't very severe, he will be fine, he will just need to rest." As the nurse spoke the Jonin stared at the boy lying on his back in a bed, the bleeding had stopped completely and as he looked closer he didn't even seem to have bled that much. He sighed then nodded, walking out of the room with the nurse.
" Recovered completely, but the medics weren't able to do anything?" Tsunade sat at her desk as she looked at the Jonin from yesterday, beside him stood the boy. He kept his head down as the two spoke, his dark black hair falling over his face.
" Y-yes, the medics, they have been short on staff, and the boys wounds weren't critical so they waited to treat him, but when they were going to he was completely healed, just standing there beside the bed.
" Boy, whats your name, and how did you get here?" Tsunade asked, watching the boy as she clasped her hands together, leaning her chin onto them.
" … Itari... Mangetsu..." The boy said as he looked up, a solemn look on his face. His dark black eyes piercing into the Hokage's own light brown ones.
" I see.." Tsunade then turned to the Jonin. " Get Kakashi's squad over here, they have a new member of their team."
" Yes, Lady Tsunade." The man then bowed, walking out of the room to fetch the squad.
" Ahh! It's you! That boy from before!" Naruto pointed at Itari, who looked very confused, taking a step back as he narrowed his dark eyes.
" Naruto! Be respectful!" Sakura said, glaring at the blonde as she punched him in the shoulder. She then turned to Itari, smiling as she closed her light green eyes, fixing her short pink hair as she bowed.
" I'm Haruno Sakura." Kakashi then stepped forward, looking at the dark haired boy with his one dark eye, the other covered by his headband. He closed the book he was reading and put it away, putting his hands in his pockets.
" I'm the leader of this squad, Hatake Kakashi.." He said as he looked at the boy who seemed very bored at the moment, now sitting on a log that was in the training ground.
" Mh.. My name is Mangetsu Itari.. So.. Uh, could you please explain this all to me..?" Itari mumbled as he turned his gaze over to Kakashi. The group all of a sudden looked confused, Naruto slapped his palm onto his forehead as he grimaced.
