A/N: First story published here, hope you will like it, I'm already happy you got to reading this, lol. Anyway it's pretty much about a new hidden village and some other stuff.

Disclaimer: A little angel fell from the sky and told me I don't own Naruto, I accepted that fact, but only after I smashed his face into a wall.

Warnings: Language, blood, action.

'blabla' – Thoughts
"blabla" – spoken dialogue
OooOooOooO - time-shift or change of scenery.

Chapter 1: Escort the Sand

'I just came back from a mission and already Tsunade has a new one for me.' Kakashi thought as he was walking towards Hokage Tower. As he approached the entrance he spotted Asuma sitting on a rock.

"Hey Asuma, what are you doing here?" Kakashi asks. Asuma lifts an eyebrow and smiles.

"Waiting for you off course, Kurenai is in the Hokage's office. You do know you had to be here an hour ago, right?"

"Yeah whatever, I wasn't told anything about teaming up with you two though."

"Hehe, yeah, if you were told that we are in your team you'd show up even later just to annoy us even more. Now let's go, can't let the ladies wait any longer." Asuma said walking inside with Hakashi behind him. As soon as they entered the office the doors closed behind them and all hell broke loose. The guards outside the doors could hear Tsunade yell something about retards that are always late. Kakashi was dodging several objects while Tsunade was yelling and throwing stuff at Kakashi. As Kakashi caught the last object thrown at him, which conveniently was a chair he could sit on, Tsunade calmed down and sat down behind her desk.

"Well, now that that's out, let's go to the matter at hand. You are going on a mission, the mission is to escort a trader to the Hidden Sand and it's an A-rank mission. Here are the details, now scurry off please and meet him at the west gate at 4 PM." Tsunade said handing each of the three jounins a scroll with information. As the three were about to leave Tsunade turned to Kakashi.

"Don't be late Kakashi, the client doesn't like waiting, also he has to arrive in Sand in one piece, would be bad for our relationships with the Sand if he died." And with that Tsunade dismissed the three.

OooOooOooO

Clothes, weapons and scrolls are flying through the bedroom as Kakashi is packing as fast as possible to be on time for the first time in his life.

'Maybe being late for five minutes wouldn't be too bad, and it would definitely piss off Asuma and Kurenai.' But his thoughts were interrupted as someone knocked on the door. Kakashi walks to the door and opens it to find Sakura standing there.

'She still comes to wish me luck for every mission I go on…… she must've taken it bad with Sasuke running away and Naruto disappearing 5 years ago.'

"Can I help you?" he asks. Sakura looks into Kakashi's only visible eye and starts speaking.

"I'm here to wish you luck with your mission, I heard it's an A-rank mission. Please don't die Kakashi"

'Well, that's new, she never asked me not to die before. She also looks pretty depressed today, probably had a nightmare again.' Sakura waves her hand in front of Kakashi's face.

"You seem to be busy packing so I'll be leaving now, have fun." Sakura says walking away.

"Sakura, wait a minute." Kakashi says stopping Sakura.

"What is it?"

"I should ask you that, did you have a nightmare again?" He asks, the concern visible in his eye.

"Yes, how did you know?"

"The way you act pretty much gives it away. What did you dream, or don't you want to tell?"

"I don't mind telling…" she says "It starts with you going on this mission and at a certain point you are stopped by a group of ninja in black and red robes. One of them seems familiar and also seems to be the leader of the group." She pauses for a moment checking if Kakashi is getting everything.

"Well this guy then knows all your names and even knows there is backup for you guys sitting in the trees…"

"Tsunade didn't say anything about backup."

"It's not like my dream is the future or anything, and don't interrupt me please."

"Oh yeah, sorry."

"Well, he then calls out to the guys in the trees, he then orders two of the other ninja to knock you all out and steal the cargo. The worst part is though that in the fight something goes wrong and one of the ninja stabs a sword through your heart, when that guy pulled his sword out you fell, but at that point I woke up." Sakura finishes, Kakashi looking a little shocked.

"Oh well, I bet it's just a silly dream, no need to worry about me, I wasn't planning on dying within the next fifty years or so." Kakashi says reassuring. Sakura smiles at Kakashi and leaves for home.

'Right, back to packing, I don't feel like pissing of the others anymore.'

OooOooOooO

Kakashi approaches the gates and notices that the others are there too except for the client.

"Where's the client? He should be here by now, right?" Kakashi asks.

"He still has 15 minutes to show up, the weird thing though is that you are actually early." Kurenai replies teasingly.

"Yeah well, I couldn't find any fires to put out today." The three jounin start to laugh, but stop when they sense a familiar presence.

"Who is there?" Asuma asks with a demanding tone.

"Chill out dude, we're here as your backup, the client is afraid one team isn't enough for this mission."

"You're still a smartass, aren't you Kiba?" Kurenai says smiling.

"And Neji also here, great, when ANBU are backup something is definitely about to go wrong." Kakashi says while reading Icha Icha Paradise.

"Maybe, maybe not, I'm just precautious." Everyone looks at the source of the voice.

"He's the client?" Kiba yells.

"Like it or not dog-boy, I am the client."

"Nice to meet you again Kankurou, but aren't you strong enough to fight off bandits yourself?" Kakashi says.

"Strong enough to fight off most ninja too, but a bunch of specially trained ninja who are all almost as strong as your legendary sannin are too much for me." Kankurou replies, hating to admit being weaker than anyone.

"How high is the possibility we will be attacked by these guys?"

"Pretty high, they are the personal guard of the leader of a new village and the order to raid my cargo comes from that leader himself, and since they are so loyal to him, well you can do the maths."

"This might prove to be a challenge." Asuma mutters.

"Oh well, might be fun too, lets go." Kakashi says with a very cheerful voice while throwing his arm around Kankurou's neck and dragging him along. Kurenai and Asuma follow them dragging the cart that was left standing with them. Kiba and Neji put on their masks and jump up into the trees to follow the team stealthily.

A/N: Well that was chapter one. Hope you liked it. Comments and criticism are welcome. Flames are also welcome; they come in handy to roast my marshmallows.

Next chapter they'll get ambushed and you can try to guess who the familiar feeling leader of the group is. Also, dunno if anyone was OOC but you can expect some OOC later on in the story and also OC's. this chapter may not be too long, but I might make future chapters longer, unless you like this length, I'll probably update frequently anyway since I've got vacation.