Nushiko looked up at the gates of Konoha, four months, four months of listening to her cousin's incessant chatter. That was how long it had taken them to get here, it would have been shorter if Hano hadn't insisted on stopping at every village and inn along the way for something to eat. She was about ready to kill him, but the pressure and anger of her father's betrayal and her mother's suicide kept her from doing so, she wouldn't betray her clan unless they betrayed her first. She walked up to the gates of Konoha and stepped aside as a team left, obviously going for a mission, the team consisted of a silver-haired, masked leader, a male with short dark hair, a boy with spiked blonde hair and the most enthusiastic, and a pink haired female that looked very annoyed with the blonde haired boy. They all appeared about Nushiko's age and her gaze lingered on them for a moment longer than necessary, especially the pink haired girl. Then she turned and entered the village as her cousin started shouting at the blond haired boy to keep it down.

She sighed and walked over to her cousin, who had started a verbal fight with the boy and grabbed his ear, pulling him along as he yipped in pain. She walked past the gate guards who hurried to step infront of her, forcing her to stop.

"Halt," one of them said, holding out his hand infront of her, "Who are you, what village are you from, and what is your business here?"

Nushiko looked at them from under the rim of her hat and said, "I am Kasaikei Nushiko, this is my cousin Hano, we come from Tsumigakure on a diplomatic mission to try and amend the treaty between Konoha and our home."

The guard faltered at that, not sure what to do," ummm, well, ermm, wait here please as my companion goes and informs the lady hokage of your arrival."

Nushiko inclined her head in understanding and stood where she was, one hand still a hold of Hano's ear to keep him from going anywhere. She watched as the other guard scowled at the first and then rushed off to tell the Hokage of their appearance, and probably to ask what they should do with the visitors.

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A squad of anbu ninja appeared out of nowhere and surrounded Nushiko and her cousin, and then the lady Hokage herself walked up to them and demanded, "What is the meaning of your arrival Shadow Ninja? We are at war with your land and have been for the past fifteen years."

"My clan, the Kasaikei clan, seek to mend the treaty between our countries, they are tired of fighting, and the Tsumikage agreed with their plea to send a duo to try and start up a diplomacy with you, and possibly a treaty, the Kasaikei clan requested that both be from their clan, the Tsumikage agreed. I was picked because of my diplomatic abilities and Hano," Here she grimaces at the still captive cousin, "To try and get me to warm up to him, I just know that their going to try and marry me to him."

"I see, and how should I believe any of this? What if you're both spies." The Hokage asked them.

Nushiko pinched her brother's ear harder to keep him from blowing their cover and said, "The Tsumikage said to tell you that he wishes for an Otorana, and that you would know what it meant."

The Hokage nodded and said, "So he really does wish for peace, that phrase is only used if the intentions are true, to break it would be to bring down the wrath of the gods."

Nushiko nodded and said, "Well then, shall we?"

She let go of her cousin's ear and followed the Hokage through the village, to her office, where they began to discuss diplomacy.

A/N: I tried to keep the Canon characters in character as much as I could, btw this story takes place during Shippuden, but no one has died that dies in Shippuden, it's around the begginning but advanced, and Sai is part of the team. All the characters, like Naruto, Sakura, Hinata, Tenten, etc. are about 17-19, and the older ones are aged appropriately.