Before we start here's a little profile on an Oc going to be featured in this story.

Name: Hikari Nekojiwa

Age: 12

Appearance: Has long red hair and two red whisker tattoos on each cheek. Wears a black hairband and a black choker with a jeweled heart. She wears a small red and pink sports jacket over a dark red turtle-necked tank top which reveals her navel. She also has a pair of golden gauntlets on her forearms for defensive purposes. Around her waist is a red sash and a pair of brown khaki shorts and black sandals. Basic ninja gear are in the usual places. See "Hikari Nekojiwa" on my profile.

Other notes: Has three weapon scrolls labeled "Heavy weapon", "Close Combat" and "Agility weapon".

Team: The Nekojiwa Sisters. Consists of an oldest sister as jonin instructor(Zakuro Nekojiwa), and two other triplet sisters (Kaori and Cori).

Background: Hikari is the oldest of the Nekojiwa Triplets. She specializes in fire jutsu and has a talking cat called Akane who has the ability to transform into a winged panther as well as a normal one. Her 'younger' sisters, Kaori and Cori, both specialize in their own respective elements, namely lighting and water. Kaori is a prodigy who trained as a miko before learning the ways of the Ninja. Cori is a gifted medic nin in training who developed her own Water Healing Jutsu. Both the extreme talents of her younger sisters have given Hikari a bad inferiority complex which she tries to hide. In truth, Hikari actually has the largest amount of brute strength that rivals Sakura but doesn't see the special-ness of it. Admirer of strong kunoichi.

Fanfiction first featured: The Power of Triplets

Chapter 1: Weakest Links

Konoha's fifth Hokage, Tsunade sat in her office looking obviously pissed and ticked off. She had only recently came back from a casual meeting with the fifth Mizukage of the Hidden Mist to discuss about forming an alliance. "Stupid, bitchy,vulgar, little git..." she grumbled under her breath.

Although she appreciated the fact that there was finally another female Kage, she couldn't stand the cockiness of the new Mizukage. How dare she insulted her village kunoichi!

Flashback

Terumi Mei sat across a coffee table where the Lady Hokage casually sipped her sake. The new Mizukage passed off as cheerful on first impressions but Tsunade soon found out how much of a snob she was.

"So Lady Tsunade, let me get this straight, you want an alliance right?" asked Mei, folding on leg over the other.

"I believe I made that clear when we started this meeting, Mei..."

"SO you did,so you did..." said Mei sighing as she leaned back in her chair. "But let me just tell you this, I'm all for an alliance with a good village full of handsome men and strong kunoichi.."

Lady Tsunade narrowed her eyes in annoyance. "But?"

"But, last I heard, your latest generation of kunoichi are pretty weak compared MY kunoichi," boasted Mei with a smirk.

A small crack appeared on Lady Tsunade's sake bottle as an eyebrow began to twitch. "Oh? You seem pretty confident, kid. What makes you think the Hidden Mist kunoichi are better than my Konoha kunoichi?"

The Mizukage held her nails to the light to admire them. "Oh I dunno...because I'M the one in charge of their training regimes..."

Now a vein began to visibly throb on Lady Tsunade's forehead. "You're pretty cocky aren'tcha, missy? Care to place a wager?""

This was exactly what the Mizukage wanted to hear as she smiled. "Now we're talking. As you know, in a few months time the Hidden Mist is going to play host to 'The Battle of The Kunoichi' that takes place every five years. Make sure your genin make it to the "All-Out Round" at the end. If you win, I'll acknowledge your kunoichi's strength, pay you a years supply of sake AND will go with the alliance, no arguments."

"And if you win?"

"I'll still go for the alliance, on the condition you acknowledge me as the superior kunoichi and pay ME a whole years supply of sake."

Tsunade's eyes gleamed at the idea. "All right then, girlie, you're on!"

Tsunade slumped over her desk slightly in regret. "I said I'd agree...but... I'm the freaking Legendary Sucker for Pete's sake... I'm so screwed..."

Shizune leaned against a wall and face palmed herself, shaking her head at Tsunade's rashness. "We're doomed...so who are we going to send for the 'Battle of the Kunoichi'?"

Tsunade got back up and leaned in her chair. "Let's see, the 'Genin' category requires a team of 5 kunoichi..."she began to mutter. "I'll just go with my regulars, Sakura, Ino, Tenten, Hinata...and what's the name of that red head with the black cat from the Nekojiwa clan?"

"Nekojiwa Hikari?"

"Yeah that's the one, find them Shizune and fill them in on the situation, I've got an old friend to message!" said Tsunade excitedly as she grabbed her ink brush and a piece of paper and began writing furiously.

Shizune nodded and quickly ran out to find the girls.

Which brings us to the now, our story starts like every other normal day in Konoha, unless you call a bunch of kunoichi trying to beat each other senseless while standing on the surface of a lake no less, normal.

"SHAAANNARO!" screamed Sakura as she began using her abnormal strength to throw a series a punches and kicks at Ino, who skillfully dodged her way out of danger. At the same moment, both girls jumped up to dodge a meteor hammer thrown their way with such precision and strength that a large splash erupted from the lake spraying the two girls as they landed.

Tenten jerked the chain attached to the weight to pull the hammer back to her hand and swung it once more around her to deflect multiple shuriken and kunai coming at her from all angles. "Hey! No team ups!"she complained as she ducked to avoid a kick from Ino.

"Hikari and Akane Drop Kick!" yelled two voices from above as a red head girl and a black kitten came bombarding down on Tenten and Ino who dived under water in time.

Just as Hikari landed on the surface of the lake she quickly bent over backwards to dodge a strong palm thrust Hinata who in turn blocked an oncoming attack from Akane. Using her Gentle Fist style to push back Hikari and Akane, Hinata then proceeded to counter an oncoming punch by Sakura from above. Sakura's fist connected squarely with Hinata's palm thrust feeling the full force of the impact consisting of her strength and Hinata's technique. The impact managed to repel the pink haired girl, who skidded on the water until she stopped.

For a few minutes, after Ino and Tenten pulled themselves out of the water the five girls stood squared off against each other. Each one of them shifted their eyes from left to right determining who would make the first strike as a warm breeze blew past them. Suddenly at the flap of a bird's wing, all five girls made a dash at each other.

Akane jumped on Hikari's head as the girl formed a few seals and the two took in a deep breath. "Katon: Hoshi no Tama!" they both yelled, spewing a series of small multiple fireballs.

"Multi- Jyuuken!" cried Hinata thrusting her palms forward with amazing speed. (Made up this move since she doesn't learn the Thirty-Two strikes until the timeskip.)

"Dancing Meteor!" went Tenten as she manipulated her meteor hammer to the point it weaved about in the air effortlessly. ( Again, this move is made up.)

"Binding Group jutsu!" yelled Ino forming a triangle with her thumbs and index fingers and fanning out the rest of her fingers towards the rest of the girls. (Once again made up.)

"Sakura One Shot Strike!" cried Sakura using chakra to enhance her already monstrous strength. (You get the picture here.)

All five simultaneous attacks hit collided head on. Ino's Binding Group jutsu stopped everyone in their traks but not before Sakura's fist collided with Tenten's Dancing Meteor. Hinata's Multi Jyuuken technique also managed to connect with Ino's face and Sakura's shoulder before getting frozen but it was Hikari and Akane's Hoshi no Tama that created a large explosion which blew back everyone in opposite directions screaming.

When the smoke cleared, it showed the girls lying dazed in various places around the lake. Sakura landed head first in a large shrub with her legs sticking up while Ino was not far from her, sliding off a tree trunk upside down and partially unconscious. Tenten was lying tangled up in her weapon in a trench created from when her body dragged across the ground due to the explosive force. Hinata lay sprawled among the branches of a tree while Hikari and Akane dangled upside down from the branches of another tree like laundry.

2 hours later

The five kunoichi sat together in a circle applying medicine and bandages to each other while Tenten was still trying to untangle herself with some help from Sakura. "Ow!" yelped Ino as Hinata wrapped up her forearm.

"G-gomenasai!"

"Man, what a blast! Literally!" exclaimed Tenten cheerfully when Sakura finally managed to help her untangle herself.

Hikari and Akane sighed heavily, their heads drooping, catching the attention of the others. "What's up guys?" asked Sakura.

"I've been thinking...we've all been sparring together in secret for over two weeks now... I don't think our training working out for us -nyaru..." said Akane a little dejectedly.

"I mean I still feel that I'm way behind my sisters..."added Hikari equally depressed.

"What! How can you say that?" exclaimed Ino angrily, only to hear the others sigh in unison as well.

"You have a point there Hikari-chan, Lee and Neji still haven't acknowledged my new weaponry techniques..." sighed Tenten.

"Otou-san, still doesn't see me fit as an heiress..."added Hinata.

"And I've still got a long way to go with Tsunade-sama's training..." muttered Sakura.

Ino buried her face in her hands and groaned in defeat as her shoulders sagged. "ALL RIGHT! I admit it, I sick and tired of being treated like the weakest link in the team!" she screamed in frustration. "We each need to learn a new style if we're gonna get any better!"

"That's the spirit, girls!" a new voice cheered. Everyone turned their heads to see Shizune jump down from a tree branch.

"Shizune-san!" exclaimed the girls in surprise.

"Ya-ho! I couldn't help but overhear you guys and I think I might have a solution for you!" offered Shizune excitedly. Needless to say, the girls were all ears to Shizune.

Few minutes later...

"So you're saying that by winning this 'Battle of the Kunoichi', we'll receive the title of the most Strongest Kunoichi team ever?" asked Sakura excitedly, her eyes a gleaming. The other girls also looked just as interested with the thought.

Shizune nodded seriously in reply. "You bet! Tsunade-sama definitely has some form of training regime up for you girls! I'll you all posted when anything turns up okay?"

"HAI!" replied all the girls eagerly as they all hopped up and down together excitedly.

Meanwhile, a peregrine falcon wearing a holster bearing the Konoha symbol on its chest had left the village flying far and fast as it's wings can carry it. Normally, Tsunade would have used a regular brown eagle, but for this message she needed a bird with speed and resilient stamina, which was why she chose this particular falcon, Inazuma, as it was called. Inazuma's species are considered the fastest of all birds of prey but Inazuma was specifically trained to go ten times faster than a normal peregrine would.

"With the speed the bird its going at currently, it would definitely reach him in a day or two, perfect!," Tsunade said slyly as she watched the falcon disappear.

Tsunade's estimation was right. In a single night, Inazuma had already flown far from Konoha and beyond all the ninja villages and found itself approaching a huge glittering city we all commonly know as Tokyo. Inazuma gave a screech as it folded its wings and made a dive bomb towards the city. In a matter of seconds, the falcon was weaving between buildings, its sharp eyes scanning for one particular dojo.

Elsewhere...

All was peaceful at the Ryozanpaku Dojo where a certain stoic faced kunoichi sat on a roof admiring the full moon with her pet mouse while she vigoruosly jabbed her katana at a perverted bald Chinese man armed with a camera who dodged the jabs with amazing speed.

"Oh Shigure, come on now, just one picture?" begged the Chinese Man as he ducked in time to avoid another stab. Unfortunately,the hat he wore was not as lucky as the kunoichi, known as Shigure, stabbed her sword through it.

"Not..a...chance..Kensei..." replied Shigure. Suddenly the two people heard a falcon screech above there heads, causing them to momentarily stop what they were doing. The falcon spread out its wings as it made a landing on the roof not to far from where Shigure and kensei were standing. It cocked its head towards them, as it screeched again, sticking out its chest.

Shigure glanced at the symbol and a look of recognition took over her usual stoic face as she nodded and held her arm wearing an arm guard. "Inazuma..." she called.

The bird looked at the kunoichi and immediately flew over to her arm in response and allowed Shigure to stroke its feathers. It was then Kensei noticed the holster on its back. "Hmm, there seems to be a message Master Hayate..." he noted.

Without another word, the two martial artists jumped of the high roof an went inside. But not before, Shigure swung her katana, slicing Kensei's camera in half so that he wouldn't try take any more pics.

Hayate Furinji was inside enjoying a late night cup of tea with Akisame Koetsuji, the resident Jujitsu master. They both turned their heads in when they saw Shigure and Kensei enter with the bird. "My,my, it seems we have an unsual guest tonight. Did you have a nice flight,Inazuma?" asked Hayate, cheerfully.

Inazuma gave a small squak as it flew from Shigure's arm to the table where it showed Hayate the holster tube on it's back. This was when Hayate looked surprised as he removed the message from the tube. "Well, I never thought messenger hawks would stillbe used in this time and age," quipped Akisame in surprise as Hayate unrolled the message.

The old master's eyes grew slightly larger as he read the signature of the letter after reading the message. "My friends, you better prepare yourselves because it looks like Ryozanpaku Dojo is going to get some new students!" he exclaimed slightly excited.

R.F.:Well, dats chapter one done! Be sure to review or Story alert this if you wanna keep reading~!