Narutoverse

OblivionRose

AN: Okay, so I was lazy again, but I'm gonna have to take a break from Fanfiction for a week or two to finish up the project. (I only have the book for 2 more weeks ) So I decided to give you guys another chapter before I go on Hiatus. Hope you enjoy!

And THANK YOU for all of the lovely reviews! If I get more, maybe I'll update sooner than two weeks :P

Disclaimer: Don't Own Naruto. But I can dream, can't I? Oh, I also don't own any of its characters or any of the familiar quotes/scenes. I do own Shira and Kat!

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Kat woke up early to find the light to still be dim. The sun hadn't even started to rise yet, so she figured it was 6 in the morning. She got herself ready for the day and walked out of her room quietly to find the funniest thing she'd ever seen. Sasuke lay sprawled out on the couch. His one leg was laying on the back of the couch while the other was on the armrest. His right arm hanged off of the couch and his head was laying on the edge of the cushion, looking like he was about to fall off. His hai was and unruly mess and hanging off of the side of the couch. His left hand was lying on his chest holding something while his blanket was twisted around himself as his legs stuck out. He looked kind of peaceful in that position and his face didn't bore the 'Leave-me-alone-you-annoying-person' look. Kat tried hard not to laugh when she saw the last thing that completed the strange position. The 'something' his left hand was holding, was an old stuffed-dog that was blue and white and had the Uchiha emblem on its back. Who knew that the great Sasuke Uchiha slept with a rag-puppy? Kat wished she had something to capture this picture and use as blackmail.

She crept away slowly with a smirk on her face, trying not to disrupt the sleeping boy. She would tease him later about her discovery. Kat decided she wanted to explore the place she was living even if it did give her the chills. The place was so big and looked like it should be filled with life, but no one else was there. She noticed a crack in one of the Uchiha crests and stared at it. Why would there be a crack there? It looks like someone threw something at it… This place doesn't seem like it's falling a part… She thought. She went up to touch it, but withdrew when she thought she saw a kunai fly right into it. "What the…" She looked around to see who the intruder was. None one was there. The kunai she saw fly into the wall wasn't there. Weird… She decided to walk on, ignoring the incident.

The eerie feeling she had wouldn't go away and she didn't feel like she was alone anymore. She started to run, trying to escape the stalker. She then started to see what looked like bloodstains on the walls and ground. And she saw a shadowy figure up ahead that made her stop running. "Who are you?" She asked, as it seemed to turn around. At first it reminded Shira of her sister in her dream, but soon the face changed into a guy. His face looked similar to Sasuke and she started trembling as she remembered her dream. Except, instead of seeing her sister as the murderer, she saw him. She was frozen on the spot when, the creepy feeling went away and the figure and bloodstains disappeared. Kat looked around to see she was alone again. She sighed and noticed up ahead there was a dock. I'm still just tired and hallucinating… That's probably it… She thought as she walked down a hill and onto a long wooden dock that led out into the lake.

She sat down at the water's edge and looked in to see her reflection. Whoa… I look… different… I really look like a ninja instead of a normal girl… She smiled and looked up to see the sun rising in the sky, and the light shining on the water. A beautiful day… This is such a pretty spot… She started to zone out and think about the things that have been happening to her. This place is so weird… she thought.

"There you are." Called a deep voice. Kat was broken from her trance of thought and turned around to be greeted by the spiky, dark-haired Uchiha boy. "What are you doing out here?" he asked as he came closer, his face emotionless.

"Clearing my thoughts… The weirdest things happened to me…" she said shuddering at the thoughts. First the dream and then the visions… Were they real?

"Hn." He walked up behind her and stared at the lake, his hand seemed to be in a fist as he stared at his reflection.

"Sasuke? I don't mean to be rude, but why do you live in a place like this alone? Don't you have any family?" She asked curious.

Sasuke seemed to glare at the water more as his fist tightened. "I used to live here with my family until… He killed them all…" He said in a cold voice.

"Oh…" Kat felt sorry that she brought up the subject. She saw the picture of the guy again and blurted out his name. "Itachi...?"

Sasuke froze and quickly snapped his head onto her. "You know my brother? Where is he?" He shouted, startling her. She could see the anger in his eyes and realized that name was taboo around him.

"No! I d-don't even know h-how I came up with that n-name! It just… popped into my head." She said as she looked back down into the water. "It's not fair… Everything here seems familiar, but I can't remember why."

Sasuke calmed down a bit, but was still angry. "Amnesia." He stated.

"Sucks." She finished. She looked back at Sasuke and remembered the images she saw. Blood and that figure… And the dream. Maybe the dream was really his past but with her family? "Sasuke… I know it's a touchy subject, but did he kill everyone here? I thought I saw…" she trailed off not wanting to say because she knew he would probably disbelieve her.

"Are you talking about the haunting feeling around here?" He asked. He didn't know why he was talking to her, but for some reason it felt like she knew what he went through.

"So it's not just me…" She said. "I thought I saw blood… And that person… And the dream…" She put her head in her hands as she felt a sharp pain in her head.

Sasuke just stared at the girl in pain sitting next to him as he stood on the dock. He stared out at the lake and decided to get off the subject. "We have missions to do. Let's go." He said as he walked away, not showing any concern for the girl behind him. What's going through her mind… Blood? I didn't see any… He thought as he walked away with his hands in his pockets.

Kat stood up a bit dizzy and tried to shake the pain away. It was like she was remembering many things at the same time. She walked forward, still holding her head. Eventually her headache went away and she wanted to get rid of her thoughts, so she said something to the Uchiha boy. "So, Sasuke… What's the name of your dog?" She asked slyly.

Sasuke raised an eyebrow and said, "I don't have a dog."

"Then what was the thing I saw you sleeping with this morning?"

Sasuke froze and looked at her, "What did you see?"

"Oh… Just you sprawled out on the couch, clutching your precious stuffed dog. It's cute by the way." She walked ahead of him with a smirk on her face.

"…" He was angry and shocked and glaring at her back. "I don't know what you're talking about." He said still glaring.

"Then why are you glaring?" She turned her head to show the smirk on her face.

Sasuke turned his head away and stuck his hands deeper into his pockets as he said, "Hn."

"So what's its name?" She asked again.

"…" Sasuke was getting really annoyed with Kat and just grumbled. "HernameisShmoo." He said grumbling.

"I'm sorry, I didn't get that. Could you say her name again?"

Sasuke yelled, "Her name is Shmoo and she was a gift from my mother before she was murdered! Okay?" He was seething and didn't feel like talking about it anymore.

Kat just laughed and smiled. "Wow, didn't actually expect you to give in so easy. Awww… She was a gift? That's sweet. No wonder you were holding her protectively." She noticed the Uchiha's glare intensify and stuck her tongue out at him in a teasing way.

"Annoying…" He said.

The surprisingly early Naruto and Sakura soon greeted them. "Usually Sasuke-kun is here first, but instead I found Naruto." Sakura said as she pointed towards Naruto.

Naruto complained, "Awww… Sakura-chan didn't you like talking to me?"

Kat interrupted before they could argue. "Hey, Naruto-kun, Sakura-chan! Sorry, we're late." She said.

Sasuke followed behind her and replied with, "Annoying." Kat just giggled making Sakura raise an eyebrow.

"What happened, Kat?" She asked.

"Oh, I just discovered something new about our Uchiha friend." Kat smirked and continued to get a glare from Sasuke. "You wouldn't dare." He said, venom in his voice.

Naruto got curious about the way Sasuke was acting. "Eh? Katana-chan, what did you learn about Sasuke-teme?" he asked loudly.

Kat just smiled and waved her hand in the air. "Now, now, it's not my place to tell what Sasuke-san was caught with. But I have to say it was so cute!" This statement just got herself another glare from Sasuke and eager faces on Naruto and Sakura's faces wanting to know what his secret was.

"Cute? Oh, now I'm even more interested!" Sakura squealed. Cha! Maybe our Sasuke-kun has a soft side we don't know about? Inner Sakura blared.

"You could say something like that, Sakura." Kat replied, only to get a confused look. Kat then wondered if Sakura said that out loud or not. "How did you..." Sakura started, but Kat just shrugged her shoulders and she stopped.

Naruto was persistent. "What's Sasuke's secret? Is it embarressing? Come on Katana-chan! Spill!" Naruto whined.

Kat just shook her head and said, "I'll be nice to Sasuke, today." She poked his arm and smiled. "I won't tell anyone."

Sasuke crossed his arms and said, "Hn." He leaned against the railing of the bridge. Sakura decided not to bug Sasuke about it, but Naruto wouldn't quit. "Awww… Come on! Tell us Katana-chan! What did Sasuke have? Teme, what were you 'caught with."

Naruto's nonstop begging for news was soon ceased by Sakura, who hit him on the head hard and said, "Shut up, Naruto! If Sasuke-kun doesn't want us to know then we don't need to know!"

Naruto rubbed the new bump on his head and groaned with the pain. All of a sudden there was a POOF! Their late Sensei arrived in a cloud of smoke like usual. "You're late!" they all cried except for Sasuke.

Kakashi scratched his head and said, "Well, you see I got lost on the road of life and-"

"LIAR!" They all shouted. Well, Sasuke stated. Kakashi sweat dropped and waved his hands in the air in surrender. "Now, we have missions today, so the less you guys nag me about being late the sooner we can get to them." He stated. They calmed down and listened to what they had to do.

Meanwhile, in Sunagakure…

"You four are to capture all of the missing desert toads and return them here." Baki said to his genin. The three of them groaned, while Gaara just looked like he didn't care.

"You had something to do with his." Temari accused Shira, who was standing next to her.

"Me? Nah… I had nothing to do with the opening of the locked cages that said 'Do Not Open.'" Shira replied. "Those toads must have banned together and gotten free themselves." She explained, as if it made sense.

"Shira, don't even try." Kankuro just said, shaking his head.

The four of them searched the village and captured any stray desert toads around. Kankuro used his puppets to catch them, Temari teamed up with Shira to blow the toads into the bag she carried, and Gaara used his sand to gather the toads. One time, Gaara had the thirst for blood and was about to sand coffin them when…

"Gaara! Noooooo!" Shira ran up from behind him and miraculously avoided his sand shield and tackled him to the ground. Well, they landed in a pile of sand. "We're supposed to catch them, not kill them!" She scolded. Gaara gave an evil glare that said 'Get-off-of-me-now-or-I'll-kill-you.' Shira did so and quickly shoved the toads into the bag before they could escape the sand. Gaara wondered how his sand shield didn't block her. This girl was weird and different. Out of everyone in the village she wasn't scared of him. He wondered why he hadn't killed her already.

"Shira!" Temari said surprised as she witnessed what had happened. "How the heck did you do that?"

"Umm... I shouted 'Gaara! Noooooo!' and then tackled him. It's not that hard." Shira explained in a matter-of-fact tone.

Gaara glared at her and was starting to move his sand around the oblivious Shira's ankles. Kankuro showed up, interrupted him, and said, "I think those were the last ones. Let's get rid of these things."

"Right." Shira agreed as they headed back to Baki and handed him the bags with the croaking desert toads. When they were placed in their cages, Temari yelled at Shira who was looking at them. "Don't you dare open those cages again!"

"I won't. And I already told you, it had nothing to do with me." She lied. She looked at the toads and smiled. "Ya know, they're kinda cute." They remind me of Jiraiya… I wonder if I'll see him in this world… She thought.

"I think they're creepy." Kankuro said. "They were a pain to catch."

Baki grunted to get their attention and said, "Mission complete. You may now go until your next mission." He replied as he went to talk with the store owner to tell him the toads were there.

The four of them left the place and headed off to do whatever.

"Is the target in sight?" Kakashi asked over the headphone.

"Target in sight." Kat said, eyeing their target.

"In position." Sasuke said.

"Ready." Sakura replied.

"Five meters away." Naruto informed.

"Go!" Kakashi commanded and the four genin sprung out from all directions to catch the cat. Naruto had grabbed it and was now being scratched and clawed from the angry and startled cat. Sakura watched laughing to herself as she saw her teammate getting beaten up by a cat while Kat just sighed.

"Ribbon on left ear, are you sure it's the target?" Kakashi asked.

"Yeah, we're sure." Sasuke replied.

"Good. Lost pet "Tora" search mission complete." Kakashi replied into the headset.

Kat had gotten Tora away from Naruto and was holding it while Naruto gave Kakashi a shock as he screamed into the microphone, "CAN'T WE GET A BETTER MISSION?" Kakashi almost fell over from the ear piecing shouting.

Sasuke, Sakura, Kat, and Naruto were finally finished with all of the 'missions' they had to do. More like labor. All they did was pull weeds from a lady's garden, pick up trash, and miscellaneous jobs that an average person could do. Not to mention the 'search and rescue' mission they just completed. They were waiting in the Hokage's office while Kakashi filed the reports. The four genin were in a circle talking about their day.

"Man… What a lame day. I didn't know ninjas were supposed to do chores for the lazy villagers." Kat said. She wanted some adventure, not stay in the village and do work.

"Yeah! We should be out on a mission using our ninja skills!" Naruto proclaimed.

"Hn." Sasuke replied.

"I wonder what our next mission will be, I guess we won't be able to go shopping, huh, Kat?" Sakura stated.

"I guess not. Good thing I bought some clothes yesterday." She said scratching the back of her head.

They watched the rich, fat lady squeeze the cat tightly and rubbing her face against Tora's. "Oh, my cute little Tora-chan! I was so worried!" She exclaimed, smuggling the poor cat.

"In your face, you stupid cat!" Naruto said, mad about the scratches it gave him.

"No wonder it ran away." Sakura stated as she saw the cat getting suffocated by its owner.

Katana felt sorry for the cat.

The Hokage spoke up with the pipe in his mouth. "Kakashi's Team 7. Your next mission is…" He paused reading the choices on the scroll. "Babysitting an elder's grandson, shopping in a neighboring village, and help digging up potatoes."

"NO!" Naruto yelled, tired with the boring missions. Kat couldn't help but hit her forehead. Please don't get us in trouble Naruto… She thought. "I'll pass on those, I want to go on a better mission! Find us a better one!" He proclaimed.

I agree… Thought Sasuke.

Geez… How annoying Sakura thought of his outburst.

"Yeah! No offence, Hokage-sama, but I'm BORED with the missions we have now!" Kat joined in.

Kakashi just said thinking, I thought it was about time they'd start to complain…

Iruka who was sitting next to the Hokage, helping out with reports, yelled, "You're just rookies! Everyone starts with the simple duties and works their way up!"

"But, but…" Kat and Naruto both complained. Kat stopped knowing arguing was futile, but Naruto continued. "We get stuck with the worst missions possible!" His ranting stopped when Kakashi knocked him on the head. "Be quiet, you." He also looked at Kat who waved her arms and backing up saying, 'I-know-stop-complaining.'

And thus the Hokage explained the deal with the missions and I don't feel like typing that since we already know the deal. Hmm… Let's see what the others were thinking while the Hokage was giving his lecture?

I already know this stuff some how, so why hear it again? Kat thought.

A lecture… Tch… Annoying… Sasuke thought.

I learned this in the academy… Sakura thought.

These guys already know, they're just stubborn… Kakashi thought.

Hm… A, B, C, D… I wonder what ramen I'll eat today? Naruto was still sitting on the floor and discussing what type of ramen he should eat.

When the Hokage noticed they weren't paying attention and talking about ramen, he shouted. "Listen!"

Kakashi apologized and Naruto stated the obvious of the Hokage giving lectures.

Now let's get to the main part, huh?

"If you want it that much…"The Hokage chuckled. The others raised their heads to listen, "I'll give you a C rank mission. It's the protection of a certain individual."

"Who? Who?" Naruto turned around and asked. The others were interested to hear to. Naruto was thinking they were going to protect some famous person, but was surprised when he found out whom they were protecting. The Hokage called the person in.

The door opened to reveal an old drunk guy with a bottle of Sake in his hand. He seemed to be surprised as to who was protecting him. "What the… They're all a bunch of brats!" He took a drink and the others stared at him. "Especially the shortest one with the stupid-looking face." He continued. "Are you really a ninja?"

Naruto laughed and said, "Who is the shortest one with the stupid-looking face." Sasuke was the tallest of the group, then Sakura, then Kat, and lastly Naruto, who is the shortest one with the stupid-looking face. When Naruto realized this he shouted. "I'll kill you!" but was being held back by Kakashi.

"What's the point of killing the person we're supposed to protect, baka?" Kakashi stated.

The old man looked at them and took another gulp of his drink. Then he introduced himself. "I am the bridge builder expert, Tazuna. I expect you to provide me with super protection until I get back to my country and complete the bridge. "

The three genin, one jounin, and one bridge builder where standing outside the gates of Konoha getting ready for their journey. They all carried their stuff on their back and were ready to set off. Naruto was ahead and raised his fists in the air shouting, "All right! Let's go! Tazuna was in front of Kakashi, who had Sasuke and Sakura behind him. Kat stood next to Sakura.

Sakura commented on Naruto's hyperness, "What are you so excited about?"

"I've never left the village before!" Naruto said, looking around outside the gates.

"Hey, Am I really going to be safe with this brat?" Tazuna said.

Naruto stopped looking around and froze while Kakashi laughed saying, "Well, I am a jounin. Don't worry."

Kat looked at Naruto who had his arms crossed over his chest and seemed to look like he was pouting. I guess he doesn't like out client… She thought giggling softly.

"Hey, geezer! Don't disrespect ninjas!" Naruto yelled. "I'm incredible! One day I'm going to take on the super awesome elite title of Hokage! My name is Naruto Uzumaki, Believe it!" He shouted while pointing his finger at Tazuna.

Kat just sighed, Does he have to say that to everyone he meets…? She got a couple images of him saying it to random people and drooped her head. "Yep…"

And their journey begins!

AN: Okay! Thank you so much for those of you that review! And yes, I know we have to go through the Zabuza, Haku saga. But I love them so much I couldn't leave them out! I will hurry it up and not go into as much detail like the show does. (Yes I'm using the show as reference) Heh… Sorry for Naruto shouting the B.I. word. But, he's only said it twice in this fic so be happy, I could have done it a thousand times like the shows! (Did anyone see the Naruto Movie in English? I saw it and it was cool! But he never shouts, "Believe it!" It was crazy! XD) Anyways, PLEASE REVIEW! They make me happy! And if I get enough I might forget the fact I'm going on Hiatus and add another chapter. ;) You guys are going to love the Chunin Exams! Oi, I'm not there yet, I can't tell you guys anything. :X