Three figures looked over Konohagakure from nearby.

"We're here..."


Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura were becoming weary. They've been waiting for Master Kakashi for nearly five hours now, and the sun had already risen high above their heads. Just as they were about to give up, he materialized.

"Master Kakashi!" Naruto spun around as soon as he felt his presence. The others did likewise. "You're la-" He stopped when he saw the grave expression on his face.

"What...happened?" Sakura asked, seriously troubled. If Master Kakashi looks like that, then it'd have to be terrible!

As usual, Sasuke stayed quiet.

"There's been a bit of a...conflict," their Master explained. "Now, the Hokage and most of the Jonin, Chunin, and Genin are at a meeting to sort it out," He turned. "Come! We'll discuss on the way there."

Following Master Kakashi's lead, they silently wondered what could have happened to cause such a meeting to occur. As if reading their thoughts, Kakashi began. "It seems there are three Genin such as yourselves who want to become ninjas serving under Konohagakure."

"From where?" Sakura asked.

"They come from Sunagakure." he replied.

"So they're sand ninja." Naruto commented.

Sakura frowned. "Why do they want to switch citizenship from Suna to Konoha?"

"I don't know the full story myself, but I'm sure we will when we get there."


The moment they stepped into the room, the threesome were greeted by the other Genin teams. Asking for details, Naruto's team heard again that the three Genin had requested for Konoha citizenship. Not learning anything, they quietly listened as the Chunin and Jonin were loudly debating on what to do on this matter.

The majority felt that if these sand ninja were to receive Konoha citizenship, then they should cut any ties they had with The Village Hidden in the Sand. Others disagreed, saying they should have dual citizenships in order to strengthen Konoha's ties with Sunagakure. Others yet said that they should not even accept these unknown ninja into their land.

Shikamaru, a lazy whiner, sighed. "They're fighting over nothing." he said to the whole Genin group. "It doesn't even matter what the majority is. The Hokage gets the last say in the matter." He then yawned. "Can't we just go home? This is so boring."

The othershad to agree with him. They didn't see a point in staying. But as soon as they agreed with Shikamaru, the Hokage spoke.

"Silence!" he cried to the fighting ninjas. "I have decided."

Everyone was anxious to hear his decision.

"We shall accept them into our Konoha circle," he began. "But I do not think it is necessary for them to dispose of their citizenship with Sand. They shall have, therefore, dual citizenship."

There were angry outbursts at this, but after explaining his reason for doing so, they subsided. It was, without a doubt, best to strengthen their connection to the Sand. Allies should be accepted into their country.

With that decided, the Hokage ordered the entrance of the Sunagakure ninjas. The Genin group was very much curious to know how they looked like. So were the Chunin and Jonin from the sound of things. A man quickly departed to bring them in right away. After a few minutes, the door opened once more, and in walked the three ninjas from Sand.