Author's Note: I decided to try something just a little bit different. Avatar and Naruto. I don't intend for this to be a long story. In fact, it'll probably just be a few chapters. I just wanted to experiment with this. So I have to tell the big Naruto fans out there that this is AU for Naruto...a little bit so don't bash me.


On the western side of the sand nation, sand shinobi were on guard. This was on the border near the ocean. Very rarely did someone come by boat. After all, in their continent, everyone was closer by ground, so there was no point to go around. There was of course the rare chance that someone would invade that way. Then again, boats cost a decent chunk and add on to that the fact of an invasion on one of the great five shinobi nations, the idea was ludicrous. The only nation that would even attempt that would be the Water Nation, the Mist Village. But even they wouldn't attempt it from that side. Still, guards were necessary even in the unlikely chance.

Four guards, all equipped in the traditional shinobi Chunin uniforms, were in a small hut playing cards with what little money they had. A fifth came in through the front door, which was just a opening with some curtains on the top. The new guy sat down and got dealt some cards.

"Boy it's brutal out there," the man commented drawing a card.

"It's brutal everyday," corrected another guy. "Oh well, guess I can't really complain. This isn't hard after all. We just take turns watching the sea. Nothing ever happens here."

"Yeah, and they pay isn't that bad considering," said the third Chunin. "Still, I wish Lord Kazekage would give us better conditions."

"Hey no complaining," scolded the new guy. "The Kazekage is new, and he's actually given us better conditions. Like this hut and more food."

"True, but I'm still amazed that he became the Kazekage with that monster inside him," muttered the fourth chunin. There was a moment of silence. "Then again, he did save our village from that Akatsuki member Deidera."

They all smiled and nodded before the final guy, a sixth Chunin came rushing in. "Everyone there's a ship. You gotta see this!"

Everyone rushed out. Just by the sounds of it, it didn't sound promising. After all, the Sand Nation had boats that caught fish once in a great while, but they weren't supposed to report that. When they got out, they say a large black boat, or rather, a battleship, off the coast. It was continuing north. It let out smoke and ash from it's exhaust at the top of it's structure, and a lot of it.

"What type of ship is that?" asked one Chunin amazed at it's size.

"Don't know, it doesn't meet any of the designs of any nation," responded the sixth Chunin.

"It looks quite advanced," noticed another. "I thought only the Snow Nation had technology that advanced."

"What's going on here?" asked a different voice. They turned to see a Jounin, they're leader of this coming up to them. The men pointed it out to him and he observed it for a minute. "Report this to Lord Kazekage immediately. Tell him we've spotted an unidentified ship."

A chunin saluted and chakra ran to the hut. He scribbled a report, attached it to one of their fastest birds and let it loose, flying back to Sunagakure. The ship continued to sail north for awhile, then shifted it's course and headed west, away from them. The Chunin and Jounin went back to their positions as the bird made it's way to the village.


A general in armor came into the royal room where Fire Lord Ozai resided. The general stopped at the stairs and bended his knee where he put his hand upon it, and bowed. The Fire Lord looked upon him.

"You said you had news worthy enough for me to listen, it had better be good," warned Ozai.

The general swallowed but started. "My lord, one of our scout ships have found a large desert in the east."

"Fool, I'm not interested about deserts," bellowed Ozai. "Deserts are harsh territory, and is one reason why the sand tribe hasn't been invaded yet."

"But my lord, there's more," continued the general. "There seems to be a nation there, though more organized. We saw a few men watching us in uniforms, though primitive."

"Why are you bothering me with this trivial information?" reminded Ozai starting to get angry.

"Because my lord, there seems to be a whole nation, small, but a nation none the less. If we were able to conquer it, we could learn there methods of surviving in the desert, and use it here," suggested the general. "Plus, the eastern fleet is already over there, ready for orders that they haven't received in a month."

There was silence for a moment, which wasn't a good sign. But finally Ozai spoke. "Very well, send the eastern fleet over. But let me remind you, should you fail, the fault will rest on you."

"Yes my lord, I won't fail you," said the general bowing and getting up, leaving. He was going to make sure this would work. It had been two weeks since the report came in of the new nation. The general, General Lee, got on his leading warship, and led his own fleet to meet with the eastern fleet, for an invasion of Land of Sand.