Good day, everyone. Here's the rewritten chapter one. This was made two years ago and I think I've edited it before, like several months ago but I know I didn't do good so now I'm gonna take the time to rewrite and edit (again, only better this time) all the typos, grammar and whatnot for a clearer and more understandable story. I hope you guys enjoy

Summary: A kunoichi joins Shikamaru's platoon of the Sasuke's Retrieval mission. After being reunited with one of the Sound 4 members, her once perturbing dream with a mysterious, yet familiar, young man in it now served as a sign in the reality of her unraveling unconsciously lost and long forgotten memory. Sound stories, not necessarily good, not necessarily very serious. (Summary sounds serious but believe me it's not)

WARNING: Possible slight crack, slight OOC, WAFF, mature language, randomness and unexpected events.

Genre: General, (possible) romance, friendship, humor, corny drama

Fruits of Chaos

Chapter 1: Headache

In a dream…

A peaceful village, surrounded by tall trees, called Konoha was, as usual every night, enveloped in the relaxing cold air and the silent yet entrancing rustling of the nature around them. The tranquility shattered like glasses on the floor when a screech from a small, unlit, hidden behind many other homesteads was perceived.

"Please, go away! No-- Don't! Don't touch her, please!" A young lad, with grayish-blue tainted hair, desperately beseeched a tall shadowy figure hovering over him. Fear and rage filled him, as it was apparent in his wide, tearful eyes.

"This child…" The moonlight illuminated the dark room and caught the glint of bright, yellow, malevolent serpent eyes. Both youngsters stared in dread at the man's deathly pale face revealed by the moonlight. The dark clouds floating in the sky veiled and uncloaked the moon continuously throwing shadows and light dancing on his ashen face.

"No… p-please…" A young girl whispered almost inaudibly shuddering at the corner of the room. The man stepped gently towards the girl as she reflexively pushed her back against the wall in fear. The lad shot his head to the side with fearful eyes, looking at the young girl and slowly up to the creature. He scrambled towards her, grabbing her arm and pulling her into tight, protective hug. The 'being' strode slowly forward, casting a shadow over them with a slight chuckle drenched in nothing but pure malice.

He hung his head enough to hide his face and as quickly and silently as possible, whispered, "Let's run for it." He stood up and pulled her forcefully to the back door. He slammed it open and dashed a few meters away. He looked back and to his horror found out that they have not gone far enough with their little legs as he could see the man walk slowly out of the door, laughing dementedly.

He pulled and pushed her towards him, flapping his hands in and out in front of him gesturing her desperately to keep running.

"Run! Keep running!" He shouted.

"But I--" Her little eyes enlarged, terror written all over her face, as she looked over at the back of the boy whose body was already frozen out of panic and fear.

"What an endearing sight." The man hissed with a bone-chilling and harsh voice.

"Moriko, run!" The boy shooed her away with his arms as the girl, Moriko, steped back a little.

"What about you--"

" Run!!" He shouted angrily at her that scared her more.

With her mind already messed up more than possible, she turned around with only guilt and regret empowering her to escape. She ran no matter how much she stumbled and staggered. Even as she gasped for air, she didn't stop running until her legs couldn't move a muscle anymore. Unbeknownst to her was the boy she left behind smiling at her slowly disappearing figure before putting on his bravest mask and turning around to face the purple eye shadowed snake orbs.

Falling down on the tall grasses, Moriko squeezed the last bit of her strength to fight for air. She completely felt herself get paralyzed when she heard a heart-wrenching wail echo in the forest. She wanted to kill herself for what she had done but she couldn't even move her numb legs. Throwing her back on the ground, she reluctantly closed her eyes slowly and wished that she would never wake from that slumber.

"Mm… sss… Sa…?" Moriko murmured in her sleep trying to make a word, or rather probably a name, unconsciously in her sleep.

"Moriko, wake up!" Roughly waking up to the loud voice opening the door with a slam on the wall.

"What? Eh… Shizune?" Moriko opened her eyes slightly, and brought her hand up to her head grasping it.

"Hey, I said wake up!" Shizune stomped across the semi-messy room, walking directly towards her bed.

"Damn it, she's so loud… it's giving me a headache." She pulled muttered while pulling the sheets over her head.

"Morikoooo, wake up. Tsunade-sama is calling you." Shizune whined over the girl. Annoyed, she grabbed a pillow and hit her head a couple of times.

"Alright, okay! I'm awake." She pushed herself up groggily and stared at Shizune blankly for several seconds before falling back on the bed.

"Tsch." Shizune sighed and grabbed her shoulders, shaking her violently. "Moriko, you need to wake up. It's very urgent."

"God, she won't stop." Moriko thought as she felt like all those shaking was gonna make her foam in the mouth.

"Fine, I'm awake now." Moriko stated in an annoyed tone, slapping Shizune's hands away. "So where is she?" She asked as she jumped out of her bed, trudging towards her bathroom.

"In her office." Shizune replied as a matter-of-factly.

"She wouldn't mind if I take bath first, right?" She asked again as she started stripping off her pajamas.

"Just get in there and get your ass in her office in 15 minutes." Shizune rolled her eyes and stepped out of the room and muttering, "That girl seriously has no shame."

"I wonder what's taking her so long." The Godaime tapped her fingers on her desk feeling more impatient than usual. Just a few seconds later, she heard three booming knocks on her door.

"Finally. Come in!" She shouted from the inside. Tsunade watched her carefully as she opened the door laxly and close it behind her with a loud thud. "So… Shizune-nee told me that you called me?" She asked as she walked towards Tsunade's desk.

"What took you so long?" Tsunade answered with her own question.

"I had to take a bath Tsunade-nee. Gomen ne" She grinned sheepishly in attempt to not say in a rather annoying way.

"Moriko, I told you, you can't address me like that in public." Tsunade sighed.

"But no one's here." Moriko looked around the spacious office to make sure and then back again to the beautiful old lady. Tsunade stared at her and then blinked. She sighed again and pushed the subject behind her mind.

"Well, anyways. I called you because I want to inform you that you're joining Shikamaru's platoon and will take action in about…" Tsunade paused and checked her wrist watch. "… 20 minutes."

"For what?" Moriko raised an eyebrow at the statement.

"Haven't you heard?" Tsunade raised an eyebrow at her. "Heard what?" Moriko asked obviously oblivious about the news of a particular genin leaving Konoha last night. "Sasuke left last night to go to Orochimaru. And so I asked Shikamaru to gather a few shinobi to create a platoon that he thinks will suit perfectly in pursuing the Uchiha."

"And? I'm sure his platoon is strong enough, considering that it's Shikamaru who's controlling it. I don't think they need an extra shinobi like me to join them. Plus… I just came from a mission last night." Moriko applied a whining tone in her last sentence hoping that Tsunade would let her slip on this one though she knew that Tsunade wouldn't consider such a childish request on a serious mission.

"I want you to join them so they can have a medic-nin with them. It's not that I'm saying they can't handle it on their own but one chuunin and four genins going against Orochimaru's henchmen is not a comforting thought. His underlings are much tougher than they look like so I thought maybe a medic-nin would be necessary for this."

"Am I the only medic-nin joining them?" Tsunade nodded. "What if I get killed first? Isn't that a waste?" Tsunade kicked against her desk and placed her feet at the edge. "Nah!" She said with a carefree grin. "A-are you saying you don't mind losing one kunoichi?!" Tsunade laughed as Moriko's anxiety grew over the thought of getting killed first. Tsunade clapped her hands and stood, an aura of confidence emanating from the female Sannin.

"There's no time to waste. Come, let's catch up with them in the gates before they leave." Moriko nodded with a determined face. "Right."

If I want to come back alive, then I'll just simply not die. Moriko thought and grinned to herself stupidly.

"We've already lost some time." Shikamaru said as he glanced on his wrist watch.

"Naruto… arigatou." Sakura asked, tears rolling down her cheeks. Naruto only smiled endearingly as his reply.

"Let's go!" Shikamaru ordered everyone.

"Halt!" Everyone looked back to see Tsunade walking towards them with Moriko.

"Tsunade baa-chan? What do you want?" Naruto asked in that usual Naruto tone which Tsunade always find a little annoying. "Take her with you." Stating that the girl beside her was the one she's talking about.

"We're fine on our own. It's a dangerous mission Moriko and I know you'd rather hang around here and drag your lazy bum around the village." Kiba smirked as Akamaru barked in approval.

"I know, right? I still feel tired from my last mission. I just--" Moriko was cut off with a small cough from Tsunade. She mentally sweat dropped and quickly replace what she was saying with something else. "I mean-- don't get too confident, Kiba. I may be lazy but I train a lot too so I can catch up with everyone!"

"I think you all know the reason why I want her to come with you guys." Everyone nodded and Tsunade looked down at Moriko. "And you, make sure you're always out of trouble. Take care of yourself during battle. Putting your life in danger will risk everyone else's life as well. Don't be a burden, understood?" Moriko nodded, "Hai!"

"There's no time to lose let's go." Shikamaru noted. "Go!" Tsunade threw her arm in the air with that order.

Rewritten: April 22, 2008

Yes, yes. I edited it and I know it's not any better. Okay, maybe it is but just a little. Despite the little improvement of this chapter, I do hope you guys enjoyed it since I put lots of my time and effort in this job. I had no idea it would take me this long to rewrite a chapter (4 hours or so, stupid and slow, yes)

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