What if...?
"I have assigned two new teams… it is a last minute decision… but I hope I've made a the right one. Ino Yamanaka, Sai, and Shikimaru Nara you three shall be on team one. TenTen, Hinata Huyga, and Mao Watashi you three shall be team two. Both Sai and Mao have made a remarkable recovery in the past week… So I have put them on these teams for good reasons…" Tsunade says. Everyone remains silent.
"Team one you shall go pursue Sasuke Uchiha and Sakura Haruno. They were last seen outside of Suna or at least the Uchiha was…" Tsunade states.
Ino winces at hearing both Sakura and Sasuke's names. Sai wraps an arm around Ino's waist and she blushes wildly I response. Shikimaru is unaffected as he has gotten over his childish crush on Ino, but something deep down stirred.
"S-Sai-Sama?" Ino asks.
"Don't worry beautiful... Everything's gonna be alright…" Sai replies.
"I-I know I just don't want you to get hurt again…." Ino confesses.
"And what about you? You got hurt by Ugly am I right?" Sai asked.
"H-Hai…" Ino says.
"Don't worry we'll bring them back. I may not have known them well, but by the way your reactions are they were good people…."
"They were the best." Sai gives her a warm smile; she blushes slightly before returning it with one of her own.
"Ah yes, as I was saying, Team two you shall pursue the Akatsuki… I have a lead that they are somewhere near the border's of the Rain Country…" Tsunade says.
"You leave in one hour pack your things and get ready…."
"Hai, Hokage-Sama!" Everyone says at the same time.
"Dismissed!" Everyone disappears in a cloud of smoke.
Hinata is standing in her room, in the Hyuuga mansion; she is currently holding a picture of her and Naruto at Konoha's annual Cherry Blossom festival.
-FLASHBACK!-
"HINATA-CHAN!"
A certain blonde haired ninja comes running up to a beautiful shy ravened haired Kunoichi, Hinata's eyes widen at seeing a goofy looking Naruto run towards her.
"OHAYO HINATA-CHAN!"
"O-Ohayo, N-N-Naruto-kun…"
"Eh? Hinata-Chan why are you all red?"
"I- I-I umm, Gomenosai…."
"Eh! Don't worry about it Hinata-Chan! Let's have fun!" Naruto grabs Hinata's hand and runs to the nearest booth, he see's one with three bottles standing apart from each other at tricky angles.
"Watch Hinata-Chan! I'm going to win you something! Dattebayo!" He says all energetic holding out his thumb for emphasis.
"Alright Naruto, going to win your girlfriend something?" A stall man asks. Hinata blushes wildly.
"Can it! I'm going to win Hinata-Chan that prize believe it!" The thirteen year old shouts out. The stall man rolls his eyes playfully.
"Alright Naruto, Go ahead … seventy-six Yen please." He says.
"Alright!" He hands over the money from his overfilled Froggy pouch; he takes hold of the three baseball looking balls and begins.
-Thirty minutes and 1552 Yen later.-
"YOU SEE! I TOLD YOU I'D WIN IT FOR YA HINATA-CHAN!" He thrusts a huge oversized toad that looks a lot like Gamakichi into Hinata's arms; it's about two times her size.
"Geez… Naruto! Do you always have to be so annoying…? Seriously how can you even put up with a Baka like him Hina?" Ino asks while coming up from behind them. Naruto has a vein popping out of his forehead as he recognizes the voice.
"CAN IT INO!"
"Naruto why are you shouting?" Shikimaru asks, he was currently holding Ino's cotton candy.
"Ne, Naruto… shouldn't you help Hina with that frog?" Ino suggest.
"Ne? Ah! HINATA-CHAN DON'T WORRY I GOT IT!" He goes over to Hinata and tosses the frog over his shoulder, he takes her hand and they walk towards Ino and Shikimaru.
"Were going to go watch the fireworks… coming Naruto? Hina?"
"HAI! HAI! HINATA-CHAN WANNA GO?"
"If you w-want N-Naruto-Kun."
"Yes! Thanks Hinata-Chan!" The four of them to go watch Konoha's annual firework show.
-END OF FLASHBACK!-
"Naruto-Kun…" She sighs and puts the picture in her pack, which is lavender; she fills her pack with shuriken stars, Kuni, and a small medic kit that contained dry food. Hinata goes to her dresser and undresses, then she puts on her under armor; she then puts on her normal ninja attire, and walks to her bathroom and brushes her long hair. She looks at herself once more and heads out of the mansion to meet up with the other rookies.
"Naruto-Kun, Please, please be safe I-I couldn't bear it if you got hurt. Were coming Naruto-Kun! Please don't do anything drastic…" Hinata soon arrives at Konoha's gates after a couple of minutes of walking.
"Crap… of all days that I had to go on a mission and I had to go today...that sucks, Neji-Kun and I were going to go to the park and have a picnic...ah, but its okay, Naruto is my friend and so is Sakura and Sasuke. I must complete my mission, it's my main focus right now… I'm a Kunoichi dammit!"
TenTen the weapon's mistress, finishes packing all her weapons, scrolls, and other small weapons in her pack. She places her most ultimate scroll behind her back and fastens the clips to hold it in place, she says a silent prayer to her small shrine where her grandfather, father, and mother lay, or at least their pictures do, she has a determined look on her face. With that TenTen heads out the door, with Mao waiting outside.
"Ohayo TenTen-Sempai!"
"Ohayo Mao-Sama. May I ask what you're doing outside my house?"
"I-I Uh...I thought we could walk to the gates together… I hate being alone…" Mao confesses.
"Yeah, I know what you mean…" She mutters quietly.
"Pardon?"
"Oh nothing, okay let's go! By the way Mao…" TenTen gives Mao a scary flirtatious look, Mao blushes wildly.
"Where's Haru-San?" Mao blushes an even brighter red.
"Oh, Um…well, I-I wouldn't…" Mao stutters out.
"Liar!" TenTen giggles, she see's Mao as a little sister ever since they met in the training fields.
-FLASHBACK!-
One day TenTen, Neji and Lee are training alone without a Sensei because Gai-Sensei got the flu.
"Ne TenTen-Sempai! We should practice to reserve our youthfulness! Ne?" Lee questioned.
"Lee... We must not over work ourselves… besides aren't you tired from the laps you ran around Konoha?" Neji questioned
"Negative Neji-San! Quite the opposite actually! The youthfulness is running through my veins, Can't you feel it Neji-San?"
"No."
"You, TenTen-Sempai?"
"No."
"Want to train more TenTen-Sempai? Neji-San?" Lee asks.
"I have things to do, Ja Ne…" Neji says.
"Ja Ne Neji-Kun!" TenTen says.
"Yes, Ja Ne Neji-San!" Neji disappears in a thing of smoke; Lee looks at TenTen and realizes she's gone too.
"Very well! I will not fail Gai-Sensei, the youth must run strong! I must train more! Five hundred laps around Konoha it is! "He starts to run with his ninja speed, leaving smoke in his trails.
"Ugh! Stupid Lee why does he have to be so annoying…? Anyways it's better if I practice alone for awhile I need alone time, finally a day away from boys, sucks being the only girl on the team…" TenTen says to herself.
TenTen is in a small clearing, close to team seven's training grounds. Close by Haru is sparing with Naruto and Mao's picking flowers close to the clearing TenTen is at. TenTen goes a little further and feels a small chakra close by, she looks around and see's through some small tree's; Mao picking flowers. From a distance she looks like a thirteen year old.
"Ohayo!" TenTen greets.
Mao jumps at TenTen's voice, dropping her small bouquet of flowers in the process.
"O-Ohayo Miss." Mao greets back.
"I'm TenTen and you are?"
"Mao Watashi."
"Where's your parents Mao? You shouldn't be out her by yourself they might be worried about you and-"
"Oh miss, I-I think you have something wrong I'm a member of Team Seven, of Kakashi Hatake's team… I'm Mao Watashi, eighteen years old…" Mao says with a slight giggle.
"NA NI!" TenTen shouts out shocked.
"Yeah… I guess my height and the way I look can trick some people, it's actually a good advantage in battle :P"
"Gomenosai! Gomenosai!" TenTen says while bowing repeatedly, while blushing in embarrassment.
"Hai, S'okay you didn't know, well I must get back... Haru and Naruto get Antsy when I'm late…"
"Hai… I hope to see you in the near future Mao. Maybe we can hang out more Ne?"
"Hai!" They smile then part ways.
-END OF FLASHBACK-
"TenTen-Sempai?"
"H-Hai?"
"Something wrong?"
"Nope! I'm fine, now back to my question!" Mao groans and walks faster trying to get to their destination fast enough, TenTen just laughs the whole way, she loves teasing Mao, They arrive at the gates a couple of minutes later.
"Sai-Sama?"
"Beautiful, please stop with the formalities. Call me Sai we've known each other for awhile now you know…" Sai says with a chuckle.
"Oh yes, sorry It's just that well…." Ino begins.
"You're scared…"
"H-Hai, but, but how did you know…?"
"Beautiful, you're like an open book, easy to read…" Sai says. Ino has a vein popping out of her forehead.
She swats him playfully on the arm. "Not all books!"
"Don't be scared Ino. I'm here so are the other's we are here for you and we will rescue Traitor and Ugly, and save Dickless in the process…" Sai says. Ino giggles at the nicknames he gave her friends. Sai smiles a real smile at hearing Ino's laugh.
"I believe you Sai… Shall we be on our way?"
"Hai." Sai get's up from the patch of grass he sat upon and gently helped Ino up, they were in a small clearing where patches of Irises grew. He grabs a handful of the beautiful flowers and hands them to Ino, he sticks one in her hair and grabs hold of her hand, he kisses her cheek gently while she blushes a deep red, and smiles at him, they then head off to Konoha's gates.
"Asuma-Sensei?"
"Hai?"
"How is Kurenai doing?"
"Healthy… but she hasnt awoken yet..." Shikimaru looks carefully at his Sensei and notices the bags under his eyes, the weight loss, the sleep deprivation. He knows he hasn't really left her side.
"We have a mission Sensei… it will take us awhile… please until then, take care of yourself, get some sleep, shave, eat or something, it's troublesome seeing you like this, I'm sure she will wake up soon…"
"You're right Shikimaru...okay I will… you take care now you hear? If something happens you'll have to face my wraith…" Asuma says while holding up his arm flexing.
"What a drag…"
"Don't use that lazy tone with me Shikimaru!" He says in a playful voice.
"Hai. I must go now Sensei, everyone's waiting for me…"
"Hai." Shikimaru heads out the door.
"Shikimaru! Wait!" Asuma shouts out when he's outside the door. Shikimaru turns around only to see something silver fly his way, he catches it mid air and looks at it, he sees its Asuma's silver lighter.
"Keep it for good luck." Shikimaru grins and shakes his head.
"Troublesome." He grins walking away.
"What'd I tell you about that!" Asuma smiles and watches his pupil walk away. He then goes back to Kurinei's side. Shikimaru arrives at Konoha's gates shortly after his meeting with Asuma.
"'Bout time you got here Shika!" Ino shouts out.
"Troublesome."
"When do we leave?" Sai asks.
"Now I guess, since I'm the leader of this group we will leave now, it's up to Hinata if she wants to leave now or later…"
"O-Oh, I'll leave after you Shikimaru-Sama…" Hinata says while bowing.
"Hai. Well them Team Nara head out!"Ino, Sai, and Shikimaru instantly vanish.
"A-Alright team Hyuuga D-Departs, now." Hinata confirms.
"Hai!" TenTen and Mao shout at the same time. The teams go to their separate destinations.
"KaKa-Sensei…has he stopped?" Naruto asks.
"Hai. He's resting, I can see his fatigue with my Sharigan; we shall rest as well...this might be our last chance to do so." Kakashi states.
"Alright, but if he takes off please we need to pursue him we cannot let him get away…" Naruto says.
"Hai." They unpack some of their things, when a Kuni comes and lands in the small fire they had built, Kakashi instantly moves into a crouching position in front of Naruto, attempting to protect him. Naruto makes two shadow clones.
"Dobe, Kakashi… I thought I told you to stay the hell away..." Sasuke angrily stated, his Sharigan blazing.
"You know I wouldn't listen, I'm not giving up Teme. Not until I see you and Sakura-Chan happy in Konoha, and Itachi Dead." Sasuke just stares at Naruto.
"Hn."
"Sasuke. I know you might not listen to me, but we want to help. Use us if you must, we want to help you in your quest to kill Itachi, if at the last minute we have to get away so you can kill him then so be it. But do not deny Naruto's wish, he really does want to see you two happy again, you and my other student, I wish the same thing for the two of you…" Kakashi says.
"Fine, but get in my way… and I'll kill you." Sasuke states.
Sasuke and Kakashi smirk, Naruto's eyes portray the excitement within them, at working as an almost complete team.
"So, Teme… where's Sakura-Chan?" Sasuke mentally sighs.
You might as well tell that Dobe where she is… you know he won't stop asking till he gets an answer that's just who he is… Inner Sasuke says.
"Hn."
"She was taken-" He says so quietly that Naruto had to strain his ears to hear, but he caught every word.
"NA NI!"
"Quiet Dobe."
"By whom?" Kakashi calmly asks.
"Akatsuki."
"NA NI!" Both Kakashi and Naruto shout.
"How? When? Why?" Naruto questioned quickly.
"SHUT UP! When I was busy defeating Ritsu, Kabuto, and Orochimaru, I had her locked away because she fell into a slight coma due to my old teammates' childish actions…"
"C-Coma?"
"Aa. By whom? Like I said…Akatsuki, by Itachi and I'm assuming Kisame…"
"You mean the shark looking dude?" Naruto asks.
"Aa."
"When?"
"'Bout three to two weeks ago…"
"Almost a month? Damn Teme… well at least you protected her this whole time…"
"Tch."
"Yeah right… then why was I stupid enough to let her get caught?"
Naruto sighs. "Well Teme don't worry we will get Sakura-Chan back and defeat your brother, then one by one defeat all the Akatsuki, Dattebayo!"
"Hn." But inside, he's thankful to have a friend like Naruto, no matter how annoying he may be.
"Let us rest tomorrow we start early in the morning, and I mean early." Kakashi states.
"Hai, Kaka-Sensei! You just don't wake up late you hear? You're always the one late!"
"Hehe…"
Sasuke looks away and jumps into a tree and leans his back against it while in a sitting position, he closes his eyes and drifts off to sleep, below Naruto rested in his orange sleeping bag while Kakashi kept watch.
"Mmm…H-Hinata-Chan" He says drooling into his sleeping bag.
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Nel: Well now that this chapter's done It's only fair to let the main closer do the closing, right Gaara-Sama!
Gaara: My flu's gone… Gomenosai for being sick…
Hana: It wasn't y-your f-fault Gaara-Sempai….
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