Please Read and Review: it is my first fanfic for a long time - but this will be something new.

Chapter 1 - The Unexpected Arrival

The girl shivered as she entered Konohagakure under her disguise of an old travelling civilian. She was sure that she would not be caught that easily, even if she could not disguise away
the things she could not hide...
However, the girl was confident that after meeting with the current Hokage, Tsunade of the Sannin, she would be able to succeed.
To carry out the fate, the prophecy that had been passed down and heard again and again.
Even though it was during the night, civilians passing through a shinobi village was not uncommon at any time. Whether it was to live there for extra protection, or request a mission, or to pass by, she would be perfectly safe, as long as no shinobi could sense her disguise, that was masking her physically and most of all, hiding her chakra. Even with the invasion of the man named Pain, people still constantly went through the town.

She nodded towards the guards, and no hostility leaked from them at all. Which was fairly surprising, because of the recent invasion of Pain. Her disguise had worked better than she suspected.

As she passed through the bustling and cheerful town (even with the recent construction), and glanced at the people, and moreover, at the Great Hokage monument, she could not help feeling a sense of loss. Her country could have easily flourished the same way and risen as one of the Great Shinobi Nations...
No, she shook her head mentally. This was exactly why she had come here. To seek assistance and give her own as well. She had heard of Tsunade as she was travelling and all the bustling events that were leading up to another Shinobi War. She knew Tsunade, legacy of the Senju Clan, would definitely keep the promise that had been made, generations ago...

She narrowed her wizened eyes. Where the Hokage Office was supposed to be was now destroyed. They must have moved it to a different place.
She carefully unleashed her disguise and put her cloak on carefully. She covered her face with a hood. After a few pondering moments, she tied the forehead protecter to her head. She knew that this, would at least help convince Tsunade she was part of the Akatsuki that were roaming around.

After a while, she found the newly stationed Hokage Office within the trees. There were obviously guards and ANBU stationed everywhere. She ran quickly and jumped around the trees. She could hear the movements of others everywhere.
She quickly cast several simple clones to dart around the trees and confuse the others. There was no moon and it was dark enough to keep them distracted at least when she prepared her techniques to stop them while she got into the building.
She performed the seals:
Rat. Ox. Dog. Dog. Clap of Hands. Boar.
She quickly slammed her hand to the trunk of the tree and let the technique web and stop the guards. The girl heard their cries of surprise as they weren't able to move.
She darted her eyes left and right. Using her technique allowed her to sense the people she caught and their surroundings.
Four, Six, Ten... Fifteen.
They looked able and strong. She would have to knock them out quickly before reinforcements came or they used long range attacks. The girl pulled down her hood and pulled down the heavy sleeve of her cloak. A black and dragon like ornate tattoo circled and bloomed over half of her forearm. A thin and sharp needle unsealed from it and glinted faintly. She didn't have any intention to kill them, but she must knock them out.
She darted from the trees immediately and speeded from one guard to another. They all collapsed before they knew it and the needle resealed itself back. She heard a shout from several directions: from the west and some towards the stairs. The girl leaped with ease onto the roof and quickly entered from the classic way: the window.

The window shattered and before she knew it, she had leaped over the Hokage's blond head and what seemed to be a young dark haired woman, holding a pet pig near the door.
The Hokage's eyes had been closed, but then she snapped her eyes open.
The girl heard the mutterings get louder and louder like a premonition.
"I finally get back from a coma... and now we're entering this alliance... endless paperwork... finally trying to get my beauty sleep... and now an intruder BREAKING MY GLASS!" She roared. A vein was threatening to pop on the Hokage's forehead.
And then guards she had knocked out came running into the room.
The girl adjusted her hood so her forehead protecter was visible. She walked in front of the furious Tsunade (carefully: this was the famed and the only existing member of the Sannin after all) and looked right into her eyes. She had be clear and careful: it wouldn't be good to let too many people know who she was, but she had to be clear to the Hokage.

Tsunade gave a death glare but then as she glanced at her forehead protected, she opened her mouth slightly with shock.
"You... you are..."
The dark haired attendant and the guards walked forward cautiously.
Tsunade quickly stood up. "Retreat and go back to your positions. Shizune... it's fine. I need to handle this myself."
Shizune opened her mouth... "But..."
Tsunade shook her head quickly. The fearless Hokage almost felt slightly afraid. The arrival of this person could mean many things. "Go."
Shizune and the other guards left tentatively.
Tsunade quickly shut the blindfolds and went back to her seat.
"I'm sorry for the glass," The girl said almost sheepishly. "But there really wasn't anyway to get here."
"What... are you doing here? Many years ago, your country, your clan, they all disappeared from the place. Most of them... they all..."
The girl nodded.
"I haven't come to avenge or hold some grudge. But the promise generations ago... will you help us all?"
Tsunade closed her eyes for a long moment.
"I can't say I won't because of the promise... but so suddenly..." She opened her eyes.
"What is the reason for this?"
The girl nodded.
"This isn't just because of selfish reasons. There is a reason why, it must be now, and why decades ago, the clan was split apart and almost destroyed."
Tsunade sighed, with weariness and worry.
"Let's hear this."

Please read and review! I will be posting up the next chapter shortly... but review and suggestions and ideas of who this person's lineage might be will be great! Thanks!