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CHAPTER 1 - KUSAGAKURE

" itadakimasu ! " the white haired shinobi cringed and held his right hand to his ear hoping it would somehow heal the pain at his eardrum, he glanced over at his yellow headed companion, who was now gorging down yet another bowl of ramen.

" Naruto! That's your 5th bowl already! How you stay so slim I'll never understand " the pinked haired kunoichi on the other side of Naruto scowled at her team mate very tempted to just snatch the bowl away from him. As if he sensed it he hugged the bowl close to him, not once stopping to finish of what was left in the bowl. he let out a satisfied sigh, pushed the bowl forward and put a hand on his now engulfed stomach.

he grinned at his female companion " I just work it all off in training Sakura-chan! Oh.." he leaned closer to Sakura and poked her arm slightly " maybe you should go with me .. I think you've gained some wei-"

Sakura lunged up and grabbed him by his collar growling at him dangerously " What did you say? "

Naruto closed his eyes and gave a light smile out of fear " n-nothing Sakura-chan " as Sakura kept hold of her teammate and naruto whimpered in fear of his life, their former Sensei smiled contently at the both of them ' seems things haven't changed that much after all' he was glad that Naruto had returned to Konoha, things were getting way too quiet without him causing trouble, even though Konohamaru was doing his best to carry on Naruto's way of living. He sighed, he still couldn't believe that Naruto and Sakura got the bells from him, it was so easy when they were younger. He flipped the green book in front of him a couple of times glaring at it, his former students knew him too well. Kakashi snapped out of his thoughts as he heard Naruto put the bowl he just finished onto the little tower he was building, the older shinobi knew very well what was going happen next and spoke up before Naruto could speak to Teuchi-san behind the counter.

"Naruto, if you ask for another bowl I'll take back my promise of taking the two of you out for diner " the young blonde looked up at his sensei and wrinkled his nose a bit in confusion

" meaning? "

" meaning, that if you dare ask for a refill you will pay for the three of us "

Naruto frowned and crossed his arms in front of his chest, admitting defeat. It was already quite late when the 3 of them walked along the streets of Konoha. Kakashi walked a few steps behind his two younger companions as he listened to the 2 of them talking, well ..talking, Naruto was complaining that he was still hungry and Sakura told him to stop whining already, when Naruto pouted and hung his head after Sakura's blunt comment, Kakashi couldn't help but smile as he looked at the blonde ' he's just like you…Obito'

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the young ninja groaned as she closed the door behind her, as a grass ninja her missions mainly exists out of rebuilding or back up tasks, due to the fact that Kusa is always caught in the middle of battles between Konoha and Iwa their leader thought it was better to not make too much enemies and the fact that Kusa isn't very big made them an easy target as well. She sighed as she shuffled through the streets, jumping aside once and a while for running children. Kusa was a blooming village, they had a lot of young people all wanting to become a shinobi and serve their country. She laughed a little at this though, being a grass ninja wasn't that special, it wasn't like they did anything special or exiting. Currently Konoha had some rebuilding to do and as Kusa and Konoha are allies they had to help. She was ok with helping out their allies what she wasn't ok with is that she will have to explain to her teammate yet again why he couldn't join them. She put up a smile as she saw him sit a little further in the meadow, she noted that his skin was glistening under the bright sun and she assumed he had been training again, that and the fact that he was massaging his own right leg. She frowned and walked closer to him ' he's overdone it again ' . as he sensed her coming near he turned his head completely to the left so he could see her, his left eye was covered with bandages so he had limited eyesight. Having limited eyesight did force his hearing to evolve dramatically and she was very sure that he had heard her coming when she wasn't even close to the meadow.

" what's up Mia? " he asked as he closed his eye slightly shielding it from the sun.

she smiled and kneeled beside him " not much .. " she reached over to his hands that were putting pressure on his right leg and replaced them with her own, allowing him to lean back a little. When she felt the tensed muscles in his leg she glared at him, her glare was shot back with a goofy little grin. She shook her head and new that the glare was gone already, she had tried being angry at him millions of times but he was the kind of person you couldn't stay angry at. " you know you can't overdo it, your leg isn't fully healed yet" she looked up as she heard him sigh, he was looking down at the grass and was picking at it, flicking strands of grass at her once and a while. She smiled, the guy was 29 and still behaved like a child, not dramatically like brain damaged but just ..childish. but that's why everyone liked him really.

Mia was pulled out of her thoughts when she heard her teammate's voice " so ..what did Kaida-sama needed you for? " she groaned again, she totally forgot about the mission.

" oh, there is a new assigned mission " she saw his face lit up "… rebuilding " his face fell a little but he still had a smile.

" fair enough, where? "

she sighed "..Konoha " even the smile on his face left now and was turned into a frown

" let me guess.. I can't go? "

" you're needed here " she tried smiling lightly at him.

he huffed and laid down in the grass , turning his face away from her " sure I am "

she let go of his leg and sat back, she knew he was annoyed and he'd rather not have her touch him. Every time they had a mission involving Konoha he was pulled off the team, he had confronted her, their other teammate; Leran and Kaida-sama several times, both her and Leran always said they didn't know, Kaida-sama said it was coincidence. It was a lame excuse, he wasn't stupid, he knew something was going on. Mia sighed and moved a few lime green strands from her face tucking them behind her ear, she glanced over at his forehead protector and followed the zigzag line engraved in it, maybe she should give him back the other forehead protector..she'd wanted to show him it before but Kaida-sama told her not to. She bit down on her bottom lip ' if konoha finds out what we're doing, they'll declare a war' she stood up, casting a shadow over the male's body. He still wouldn't look at her and she knew it was best for her to leave for the mission " please don't be angry " when he didn't react she sighed again " I'll see you when we get back " with that said she flashed off.

when she was gone he sad up and glared at the spot where his teammate had just stood. He huffed and stood up, he decided he should go home, he'd have another heated talk with Kaida later.

Authors Note

riiight ok ^^ i think i made it quite obvious lol maybe a little too ... hmmm *ponders*

anyway i'm not sure about this chapter it's sorta just to let you guys know how things are now-a-days.
well hope u like it anyway.

i'm constantly saying leader cuss the hidden Grass village doesn't have a Kage ...they would have one if i knew which land they belonged to! grrrr believe me i looked it up, it's never mentioned where Kusa belongs. damn you Obito for dying in a land with no information at al

Chapter 2 will be up soon hopefully ...and will hopefully be a little more interesting as this chapter was mainly information ^^; i'm sorry

aaaand again sorry for spelling mistakes, i did my best ^^