Introduction

"Off to War"

"Naruto, please don't go. Skip this mission, I beg of you…." a desperate Sakura pleaded. She was at her knees, holding on vainly to the determined ninja in front of her.

"You can't stop me Sakura. I feel it is my duty to protect you and the whole of Konoha." He said calmly, trying to ease her pain as best as he could. "I promise I will return to you, and this time, I'll keep it." He stooped in front of her and kissed her on the lips, and he left. Sakura couldn't do anything except cry. She hated the world, the war of the five great villages. If the war didn't happen, Naruto wouldn't be risking his life. How much she tried to persuade herself that everything will be alright, she felt that something was wrong…

Naruto met up with his team mates at the office of the Hokage to be briefed on the mission at hand. He was teamed up with the best jounin of Konoha for this rare class S mission. Their goal was to safely guard the only remaining bridge that connects Hidden Sand and Hidden Leaf Villages. Losing this pass would mean a loss of communication between the two villages and their defeat from the combined forces of Hidden Mist, Hidden Rain, Hidden Stone and Hidden Sound.

"Naruto will lead his team, consisting of Hyuuga Neji, Rock Lee, and Inuzuka Kiba. They will reinforce the west side of the bridge while a Hidden Sand team will guard the east side. We will require that both teams can hold their position until reinforcements from our allies, the Hidden Snow village arrive." The 6th Hokage announced to the tactical commanders in his office during their briefing.

"Naruto?" The 6th called after him. "I hate to send you guys into this mission, but it calls for the best, and guys are. There was also a report that Sasuke is with the sound Nin…"

This is just the introduction of one of my new fics. Its not very special, but I promise you the following chapters will be!

Instead of the usual disclaimer, I will post things that I usually notice. The thing I noticed recently, why does someone always say they own an anime?