Author's Note: Gaah! All my plans for this months chapters have been erased, couresty of my little brother playing on my laptop. He seemed to have shut down the computer without anything saving. I no longer remember what I had in stored for this chapter, only the latter ones. Therefore I will start with a time-skip towards the Sasuke retrival Arc, combining it with an Arc of my own.

Story Start!

Ritsuka's Pov

Everytime I think of what happened at Konoha, I feared for the safety of Eudia. All this time, I've kept running away from the place that I am to inherit one day.

"Are you okay?" Elle asked me, her emerald eyes full of worry. Her hand was placed at my shoulder.

I nodded," Just thinking. . ."

Along the way, I befriended a number of people. People with there own ideals, own personalities, own ways of the ninja.

"I heard Konoha got a new hokage, One of the three sannin." Arc babbled on, Everyone suddenly took interest in what she was saying.

Kyo raised an eyebrow,"Sannin?"

Aoi was looking out the window," The kiri-team is here."

Kirigakure ninja's were tolerable to enter Sunagakure, but not an ally like how konoha is.

Kurumi scoffed," You don't know Konoha's legendary sannin?"

Not that I knew either, but I can tell that they must be important.

Kyo frown," Forget it."

Suddenly, The door bursted open."HELLO IDIOTS!"

Aoi continued looking through the window, What's wrong with him?

Mai sat down next ot kyo and began bothering him like she usually did.

Haru came in and leant on the door, Kizuna beside him.

"Awkward. . ." Elle shivered at the pregnant silence.

Aoi spoke up," Did you hear..? About that worldwide mission."

Oh, That...Every ninja invited to come to our region for information and training, The main control group insisted..

"Oh yea! That!" Kyo remembered it,

Aoi sighed, Kurumi nodded," I 've heard of it, rumors is the kazekage, Gaara is going along with his siblings."

Arc blushed,"Kankuro as well?"

Mai laughed,"You like that guy?"

Arc glared shortly then smiled,"I'm so going now."

Everyone sighed, including myself.

"So we're all going right?" I spoke up.

Everyone made remarks of approval.

Kizuna giggled,"How is it over there Rii?"

I smiled,"Horrible."

Everyone sweatdroped, Aoi shrugged and kyo merely looked away.

"It's true, I mean...There's mutants and stuff like that, running around in the forest, No oe knows how they got that way.."

I felt my chest tighten slightly, It was my ancestry that was the cause of that, if ritsuko's words were true..

"If you're going to train then, hide your hair if it's long, They'll cut it to like ritsuka's hair lenght." Aoi remarked.

Mai's eyes twitched," Hell no."

Everyone girl except me, touched their hair. Kizuna realized something," Isn't that going to far?"

Aoi shrugged,"Meh.."

Kizuna's eyes widened,"Then the villages are unprotected..! If every ninja is supposebly going."

"Not every ninja, They lie. The assistant and the ANBU would stay or the kage will stay. Not much people fancy the idea of going somewhere new, they know nothing about." Aoi added in

Kyo's eye twitched,"Smartass."

I looked down in my lap, It was going to be a long week.

Author's Note: Sorry, Short chapter. I really was stuck.. sigh. I'll think of something.

- Late -

The setting of this chapter is in Suna, in an inn that Jikan reserved.