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I made up the following: Nomura, Boa.

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Assassin in the Moonlight

Chapter 02:

The next day Sakura wakes up to the sun shining on her face. She groans, as Sakura's never a morning person. 'A shower would be great to wake me up' She thought and headed to the bathroom. After her shower, Sakura opened her front door and sat on her porch, drinking a cup of coffee. Suddenly, a figure caught her eye, coming straight for her cottage. Sakura pulls out her kunai from her holster and just as the person stepped on the porch, her kunai was at his neck.

"Geeze, it's just me." He said taking off his mask. "Or am I an enemy now?" Sakura sighed, it was just Kakashi. "I could never be too careful as I am in many Ninja Bingo Books." Sakura replied. "So, why are you here anyway?"

"I've come on behalf of Lord Hokage." Kakashi began proudly. "You have a new mission, one I hope you'll carry out." Sakura raised her brow. "And why wouldn't I?" Kakashi stared into her eyes. "….because it involves….Orochimaru."

Meanwhile…

"Did you carry out the mission of killing Shiori?" A man asked, smoking a cigar. "Of course, it wasn't a problem." A young man replied. "Surely you'll give me a much greater target this time." The man laughed manically. "Are you sure you're ready?" "Yes, Nomura." "You mission will be to assassinate a great ninja, and you will be paid $5 million when you bring me the head." Nomura began, puffing his cigar. "Your target: Sakura Haruno.

"Orochimaru?" Sakura asked puzzled. "Isn't he dead?" Kakashi nodded. "Now, I didn't say that he was alive, I just said it involved Orochimaru." Sakura urged him to continue. "As you can see," Kakashi pulled out a photo of a woman. "Orochimaru's daughter, Boa, is trying to gather together all of the ninja that were once part of the Akatsuki and Hidden Sound Village. At least, those that are still alive."

"Why would she do this?" Sakura asked. "She probably wasn't even alive yet." "Actually she was. Orochimaru had kept her from the world to protect her in the Hidden Sound Village. She is about 18 years old now and this was her father's last death wish."

"Will you accept?" Kakashi asked. Sakura nodded, maybe she could find out more about this Boa. "Great, I'll report it to the Hokage. He will be expecting you at 3:00 PM. Oh, and Sakura? Don't die." With that, he was off. She rolled her eyes, it was always the same whenever he would appear with a mission.

At least he cared about her, he was like the father she never had. Her dad died when she was very young, about 3 years old, and had no memory of him. Her mother had told her that he had died because of a disease, but when she grew old enough, her mom told her the truth.

Sakura's dad was on a mission to kill an S-Ranked ninja, while he was a new rookie Jounin who had just passed the exam. At the time he was the best ninja the Fourth Hokage could count on, as everyone else hadn't trained enough to perform a jutsu that would kill anything in it's path. Sakura's father had killed the ninja, but unknown to the Hokage and everyone in the village, it was also a double-edged sword, leaving her without a father. The technique was later sealed away in a sacred scroll by the Forth Hokage.

Three hours later…

Sakura made her way to the Hokage's place, it was quite a surprise how much he had matured after becoming the leader of Fire Country. She opened the door to see Konohamaru sit down into a chair and a huge farting noise arouse.

"Naruto!" He screamed, pulling the whoopee cushin out from under his butt. Sakura groaned, scratch that, he was still a prankster. Old habits die hard, especially for Naruto.

"HAHAHAHAHA! I got you again Konohamaru!" Naruto laughed, nearly falling off his chair. Konohamaru just glared at Naruto, it looks could kill, Naruto would be dead in a second. "Stop with the pranks Naruto, even Konohamaru matured faster than you." Sakura stated, getting Naruto's attention.

"Sakura-Chan, how are you?" Naruto asked way too politely, which was so unlike him, something was up. "I'm fine Naruto, you?" Sakura asked. "I will be if I get a kiss….or a date, how about it?" Naruto grinned. He hadn't changed.

"Not on your life Naruto and I am here for information on my mission." "Straight to business, eh? Alright, here are the documents needed about the mission. You'll have documents on the location, profiles of everyone working for Boa and her subordinates." He said handing her a yellow envelope. "You have three days. Any questions?"

I hoped you liked this chapter and please update soon! Chapter 03 coming soon!