DISCLAIMER:I DO NOT OWN NARUTO.Although I really wish I did, I don't.
Just for the record, I'm going to put the meaning of the skills and techniques that the characters use, at the end of the story. Also In this chapter, I'm using the direct info from the anime episode where you see Sasuke stab Naruto through his chest with Chidori, and from then on the story is going to take a different turn of events from the anime.
"BLAH" talking
"THINKING"
Kyuubi talking
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"Naruto, I wonder how you're doing," thought Sakura.
"Sakura, you will be given a B ranked mission, but be precautious, you will be given an hour to prepare to leave, of course, if you want to take this mission," said Tsunade with a smirk on her face.
"I will do it, Tsunade-sama, but what is the mission?" asked Sakura, "And what's with the smirk?"
"You will catch up to a group of companions, and become their medic nin, and meet with them at the entrance of the hidden cloud village," asked Tsunade.
"Aren't the hidden village of the leaves and cloud on bad terms or something?" asked Sakura.
"Yes I know what you mean, but do not worry, you will have an escourt,"said Tsunade, "Alright I expect you to be at the gates in an hour, and I will give you something, so don't be late,"
"Yes mam," said Sakura as she left.
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"Naruto, how far have you come since that day..." said a person standing wrapped around in a very dark cloak, at a large statue at the valley of the end.
"I will defeat you this time, with no regrets,"
With that the shadow lept off from the bridge and disappeared into the forrest across from the waterfall, towards his past home.
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"Thank you Tsunade-sama, you won't regret this, I promise that I won't fail you," said an excieted Sakura.
"Don't mention it," said Tsunade with a huge grin on her face.
"I'll be leaving now Tsunade-sensei," said Sakura.
"Oh, by the way, who's the companion that I'm suppost to be catching up to?" asked Sakura as she stopped walking from the gates of Konoha.
"It's Naruto," said Tsunade as she disappeared from view.
"What? Naruto?" thought Sakura with wide eyes.
Then Sakura started her walk towards her apparent destination, deep in thought, with her companion, Gaara of the dessert, silent through the wole conversation.
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As the person swiftly ran towards the hidden village of the leaves, he was suddenly stopped in his tracks by the sound of people leaping through the trees. He swiftly dropped and hid himself in the shadow of a tree, hiding his presence to the best of his abilities.
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"What was that?" asked Gaara to no-one in particular.
"What was what?" asked Sakura nervously, she still hasn't gotten over the fact that she was travelling to the lightning country, with the person who almost killed her. And quite frankly, he looked damn freaky.
"Nothing," said Gaara.
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"Was that Sakura?" asked the person to himself.
"Well, whatever," said the person swiftly ran towards the village.
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"Oi, Ero-Sennin, I thought you were teaching me a neww jutsu!" shouted Naruto.
"Shut up brat, I will, here take this scroll, it has some useful techniques, now stop bothering me," said Jiraya as he was peering through a small whole in a wooden fence, into the hotspring.
"Why can't you teach me yourself?" whined Naruto.
"Because, I'm doing research, now stop bothering me brat!" said Jiraya.
"Whatever," said Naruto as he took the scroll, " oh and by the way..."
"PERVERT!" yelled Naruto making sure that he caught the attention of the women in the hot springs, then jumping out of the way before he heard loud yells of women as they beat the living hell out of Jiraya.
"Hahahahah," laughed Naruto as he ran off.
"I'm going to get him back for this one day..." thought Jiraya as he was getting stomped on by young women with towls wrapped around themselves.
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Akira was silently walking down a wide clearing, minding her own buisness, when she felt the presence of a strong killer intent.
"Ninpou, Kuroi-hitomi kinjutsu!"
With that called, she jumped out of the way as shuriken began to fly from out of the tree's at her, taking out a kunai from her pouch.
"Ita! (found you!)" said Akira, "Kurai(Eat this!)!"
Akira then threw her kunai at a person who leaped out of the trees, to launch a jutsu.
"Raiton, Raidan no jutsu!"
As the jutsu was called, Akira had already appeared behind the enimy and had finished the series of hand seals.
"Raiton, Raidan no jutsu!"
The attack connected. The nin began to fall, but when the nin hit the ground was about to hit the ground, the person had activated his jutsu.
"Ninpou, Kuroi-hitomi kinjutsu!" shouted the nin as two blades appeared where his eyes were.
"Crap," said Akira before she was hit with the illusion.
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Naruto had felt the killer intent. It was very faint, but none the less, he felt it.
"Shit, I hope Akira-chan's okay," said Naruto aloud in concern.
Naruto then jumped off into the direction of the intent.
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Two shadows had appeared one moment, then disappeared again as two figures dashed towards the hidden cloud village, in a hurry.
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A cloaked person had appeared in front of the gates of Konoha where he was stopped by two guards, around chuunin level.
"Halt, State your name stranger!"
"Uchiha Sasuke!" the cloaked person shouted, "remember it as the person who sent you to the depts of hell."
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"So, the hunters have reached the traitor, it will be interesting how the events turn out."
