Hiya! Just to point out…I made up a lot of the ages apart from the likes of the kids like Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, etc. Also…I know who stands where in this story but I may need some ideas! Tank-chu! ^_^

By the way, I don't own Naruto but I do own The Region.

Chapter 1: The visit

"What are you?" The first Hokage spat at the girl who had previously had some kind of armour rip through her skin in attempt to block his jutsu. The "armour" was shaped like a spike only it was flat and had moulded to the limb it was protecting. As one ended another grew. When it came to knees and elbows she had wrapped thick leather around them as the Hokage had noticed before.

"I thought I told you, I am a member of the region." At this the Hokage was slightly annoyed. He knew that this woman had somehow landed here from a different dimension, however he did not enjoy being ridiculed. He was pondering while he fought about why she had come to him for battle. She had said something about wanting to show that she was different, and indeed she was! She explained that she knew no jutsu whatsoever, yet she was perfectly able to fight a Hokage. So far she had transformed her fingernails into claws, had wings rip from her back, exploded into flames and she controlled it just by her eyes without burning once! Her eyes were unique, they helped her with her power. Certain parts of the irises had shrunk and some had extended to form a star similar to the shape of shuriken only with 5 or 6 spikes instead of 4. She had a mark on her left palm too. Four squares overlapping to form four rectangles and one small red square in the middle. Before they fought she took it upon herself to explain hat the eyes and the mark were what gave her power and also what controlled it. These were the marks of the region and their decedents would receive them too. The armour, however, was unexplained.

"Don't hesitate to attack." Immediately the Hokage snapped out of his trance to see the woman rushing at him with abnormal speed. He jumped up and flipped backwards mid-air lading on her shoulders and pushing her backwards o he ground. When she hit the ground he jumped slightly so his feet were in the middle of her lower arm. She was about to kick him off but she noticed how tired he was. She also noticed the noble man in him, he was trying to resume he fight. Smiling she let him have a bit longer to rest up, after all, this was the first breather he'd had. About a minute later she had lost herself in her thoughts about this "Hokage" guy until she felt a kunai being pressed to her throat.

"I w-" she kicked his thighs, throwing him off her.

"No, you don't win. People from the region don't give in easily!" Knowing that his could go on for a while the Hokage decided to end this once and for all.

"Look, we've been fighting for a whole hour. Should we call it a tie?"

"NEVER!" She rushed at him once more with her kunai, quickly blocking her attack he created five shadow clones and surrounded her. Panicking she crossed her wrists over her chest as she always did before something big was going to happen. He guessed that it was the region's equivalent of hand signs. The sound of an explosion broke the silence. The clones disappeared in the huge gust of wind and earth that was thrown around her. When he came to after his short sight loss, he was lying next to a shallow crater and in he middle of it was the mysterious unnamed woman.

"It is said that many years from now, the creatures from the region are still alive after they separated themselves form humans. All we have left is memories…and their descendants" Sakura finished off and sighed.

"Very good Sakura. Well phrased. Your research is clear." Kakashi stood up from the rock he was sitting on and sighed before breaking the news to them.

"The reason why I asked you to research he region (it's all very good with the exception of Naruto…)" Kakashi glanced at the blonde.

"It's not my fault! They are blood-sucking freaks!"

"They don't suck blood, drinking blood is a once-in-a-lifetime ritual to help them get stronger. Moving on…The reason why I asked you to research the region is because we are getting on good terms with them again. Their leader, the Ryukage has agreed to let one 18-year old member of the region be added to each team of 12-13 years." Kakashi smiled, though you probably couldn't see it under his mask. Team 7's mouths dropped.

"Girl or boy?" Sakura gasped.

"How long?" Naruto yelled.

"…When?" Sasuke muttered

"One at a time! There's no way of knowing yet Sakura. They should be around for a year Naruto. Sasuke! I didn't think you'd be that bothered! Anyway… they'll be here in 3 days. See you!" and with that he walked off.

"Well, it would've been nice if he had explained a bit more!" Naruto huffed.

"What else was there to explain? If you'd have researched them maybe you wouldn't be so clueless…" Sakura rolled her eyes.

"There's no point sticking around any longer. I'm going. See you in 3 days." SASUKEEEEEEEEEEEE! 3 days! I am NOT gonna end up like Naruto! I'm gonna train even more! Inner Sakura yelled to herself. She had noticed that Sasuke's muscles had gotten bigger after training. She had also noticed that Naruto had trained just as much as her, which wasn't a lot.

3 Days later

"Oh my God, I can't believe this. He's even later than usual!" Naruto folded his arms and tapped his foot.

"Normally I'd say calm down but he is REALLY late today…" Sakura sighed.

"He's here…" Sasuke coolly pointed out "…with some girl!" They all looked up to see Kakashi walking towards them while talking to a girl just a bit shorter than him if you don't include his hair. She had medium length black hair with two bright red streaks down the sides of her high ponytail. She wore a slightly baggy leather jacket with thin black jeans and leather boots.

"Is it me or does she look kinda…"

"Goth?" Sakura commeted.

"Quiet but warm towards Kakashi-sensei?" Sasuke noted.

"…I was gonna say hurt, as if someone close to her has just died…" Naruto finished off. She did. She laughed when Kakashi laughed, she smiled when Kakashi shut his eye, showing that he was smiling. Any other time she went into a trance when listening to him.

"… So anyway you should pick up one of Jiraya's books sometime!" Kakashi laughed. Is there anything other than that damn book on his mind? Naruto thought.

"Oh, hi, this is Katarina Ryuza. Katarina, this is Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura." Sasuke blinked. She looked oddly familiar…he knew that since The Region were a race of telepethatic beings, their eyes gave them most of their power…he knew that as half-breeds were born into the Uchia family the Sharigan developed…was that why he fel that he knew her?

"…Sasuke?" Katarina exclaimed. Sasuke looked up questioningly.

"Sasuke Uchia? I don't believe it! I'm…your cousin."

"!" Sasuke stood up and went to hug her violently. But before he could even touch her she caught him by his arms.

"Can we save his for later?" Nodding to hide his blush Sasuke sat down and drew his knees up to his chest while watching her, eyes sparkling. Saukra was obviously trying her hardest not to squeal and crush him with one of her own hugs.

"Uh- so anyway…why don't you introduce yourself?" Kakashi sat on the same rock he always sat on.

"As you already know…I'm Katarina Ryuza. Ryuza comes from the word ryuzai, meaning luck in the ancient tounge. I descended from the first member of The Region who stepped foot in this dimension. That means that I am unusually powerful and there is only one other like me. Put together, we are invincible. I am usually known as Attack and the other person is Defence. We exchange weapons regularly to make each other stronger." Naruto got slightly annoyed when Katarina slipped back into her depressive mode.

"Soooo…who's died? It's so obvious with that look on your face!" He laughed. She looked at him and her blue-grey eyes changed to a red spiral in an instant.

"Do you know how strong I am?" Her words sounded empty. Naruto gulped.

"I can kill you without having to even touch or look at you. You could be on the other side of the world and you'd still die if I wanted you to. All it takes…is a few seconds…" Naruto tried to breathe in but couldn't there was some force or something blocking his throat. It was like his body had been redesigned so that he wasn't meant to breathe. The force was lifted and he fell on all fours, gulping in air until he got the hiccups.

"I wouldn't advise bringing up that subject with that tone. Unless you have a death wish." She grinned evilly.

"Please try not to use your Regionic ablilies on Naruto Katarina." Kakashi sighed. Naruto couldn't work out if he said that for the sake of his safety or for he sake of her not wasting her powers on him. He got up and said,

"Hey!I read somewhere about there being Region followers!"

"Yes, they are humans who learn our ways and abilities but they are not blooded as one of us." Katarina explained robotically.

"That's it! I'm gonna become a Region follower! Then I'll be the strongest! Then I'll finally be accepted and become Hokage!" Sakura and Sasuke groaned at the Hokage business.

"Many have tried Naruto. ALL have failed and died pathetically."

"How? How can anyone die pathetically?" Naruto was curious about the culture of The Region now.

"They want to take their own lives, but they don't, since they are weak and do not have the courage. Instead they wander into ridiculously hard battles designed for us because we are stronger, they get themselves killed in these fights, and their teammates get dragged down with them." Kakashi, glad of his mask and headband looked away, remembering his teammates and how they died all because of him. He was half-tempted to take out a weapon and join them in death, but like always, he calmed himself and he kept their faces in his mind.

Me; Yay! It's done! I must admit, for me that wasn't so bad! Ok so, does anyone have any ideas on their first mission? Helpz!

Kakashi: LOL

Me: What?

Kakashi: You have no ideas…for ONCE!

Me: O shut it :(

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