Chapter three fox

(A/N): HELLO EVERYONE!Guess who is back with a brand new chapter? That's right! This guy!

I am really excited for you to read this new chapter! Many of you may be wondering who is on Naruto's new squad. I'm curious to find out myself. hahahhahah! MUHAHAHAHAHAH! ok craziness over.

Just to inform all of you I post things as soon as I am done with them. I'm excited and anxious to get this story out as best and fast as I can so you may enjoy them. I write as much as I can whenever I can. I work long hours sometimes so I write portions of this when half drowsy so if there are some parts that may not make sense. that is because i was just...not there lol.

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All was quiet in the dense forest on the edge of the Land of Fire and the Land of Rivers except for barely heard noises of a squad of ninja bounding off the high tree branches making their way back to Konoha. Leading the pack was a long, pink haired ninja wearing a red top.

Sakura Haruno, Choji Akimichi, Shikamaru Nara, Neji Hyuga, and TenTen were returning from a reconnaissance and treaty security mission in the Land of Rivers. Short back story to this was one of the land's lords paid Konoha for a mission and wanted a treaty, got the mission completed, but never signed the treaty. The unspoken agreement between all five ninja was that this was Danzo just flexing his muscle and bullying the people into paying. The man was such a narcissist. Always wanted to "show the strength of Konoha to the world". What a load of crap. Danzo's influence and power was spreading across the land like the wind. He used his position to bully and to force people to do what he wants, more for his benefit than Konoha's. There had been whispers of sever crimes done in Danzo's name but no evidence was ever really found. Rumors are just that, rumors. But all rumors start somewhere.

Only being less than a half day's journey left back to Konoha the group was in no rush to get home. Most of them enjoyed being out of the village. Especially one lazy Nara. Not to escape work but to get away from Danzo, unfortunately they all would have to return. The group was making their own route through the forest, staying off the main roads.

Out of the blue Sakura saw something up ahead. She landed on a large branch and held up her fist in the air to tell the rest to halt their motions. The rest of the group landed on other branches and Shikamaru made his way forward to Sakura's side.

"What is it?" whispered the Nara.

Sakura's green eyes scanned the forest floor beneath them. Movement to her right caught her eye. She pointed in that direction and Shikamaru's gaze followed. Through the trees they saw a group of three figures, covered in a white cloak with a hood.

Both their eyes widened when they saw the figures. After Danzo revealed what he knew to Tsunade and Sakura he did exactly what he said he would and talked to all the jonin, with the specific order if they were to encounter any of those from the organization, they were to follow and obtain as much information as they could. Do not engage. Except if they were with ROOT ANBU, in other words Danzo held his own men in higher regard and actually trusted them unlike the rest of the ninja.

But being the good ninja they were, they had to follow orders. So intelligence gathering they had to do. Shikamaru looked behind him to the rest of the group and silently gave hand signals for everyone to spread out and silently follow the group. They all launched off in different direction keep the trees between them and their targets that were moving slowly north towards Konoha.

Sakura creped her way to where she was almost directly above the white figures wanting to hear what they were talking about.

"…I hope he knows what he is doing" voiced a female figure.

Another figure that was about half a head shorter than the one who was talking interjected, He sounded like a teenager. "I trust him no matter what. He has never failed us."

The female sighed. "Yes, I know how much you like him."

"B-but not as much as you!" the shorter one quickly returned.

The taller one, wrapped the other in a one armed hug full of love. Sakura's eyebrow rose up in confusion. This was the group they feared? Wow.

The figure leading the group suddenly held up their hand the other two stopped. "We have company", an outspoken voice said. The figure turned around and seemed to look directly at Sakura. "You can out down now. I know you and the four others are here."

Sakura mentally cursed. Did he hear them? No. Maybe he was a sensor type ninja? But they were all great at masking their chakra.

"I'm waiting." Said the figure.

Sakura's eyebrow now twitched form annoyance. Who was this guy?

Finally Sakura hopped down but stayed at the ready just in case they attacked. She at the figures as the rest of the teamed joined her behind her. Now they all got a good look at the people they were told to follow. The most obvious thing about them was the infamous white coats with hoods to hide their faces. But they now saw that the white coats had blue accents to them. On the shoulders were three stripes, there were flames along the bottom of the coats and around the end of the short sleeves, and on the back of the coats were the kanji for "rebirth". The coats were strikingly similar to those the Fourth Hokage wore.

"How did you know we were there?" Sakura asked the group.

"I felt your chakra for a while, just waited until you got closer." He had to be a sensor type.

The only female of the group seemed to look the group over. "They're Konoha Nin," she pointed out.

The leader of the group nodded so slightly. The youngest one spoke. "Oh are we supposed to fight them?" seemingly almost oblivious. "Or are they the people we are not supposed to attack… I forget."

The group of Konoha ninja all basically sweat dropped.

What is with this kid? Sakura thought. But the rest of the group was readying for an attack.

A chuck came from the female. "Not unless they attack us for no reason, and we are to subdue them without much injury and without killing them."

The Konoha ninja now got into position of defense to counter anything the mysterious group threw at them. Sakura was more annoyed about what the woman said. How could she already know she could beat them all when she has never fought them before? She was either really powerful or just mentally insane.

The leader stepped forward with one hand raised. "Stop."

The Konoha ninja all looked at the figure was a confused expression.

"There is no need for that," he once again spoke in an outspoken voice. "We are not here to start a fight."

Shikamaru growled. "Seems like you are."

The leader lowered his hand back to his side and then bowed to them. "Please forgive her. She can be…rash sometimes."

"Hey!"

He paid no attention to her and continued, "Why were you trying to follow us?"

"Trying?" blurted out TenTen.

The hooded man nodded. "Yes, trying."

"WHY YOU!" TenTen ripped out a large shuriken and almost threw it but Neji appeared beside her and stopped her.

"Stop, we don't know anything about them, we cannot attack. Remember our orders."

TenTen growled at him and put the large weapon away.

"You hear that?" said the female chuckled. "They must be trying to get information about us."

The leader nodded. "Just like he said they would."

Sakura caught this. "Who said?"

"Wouldn't you like to know," spat the younger one and did a motion that Sakura assumed he was sticking his tongue out at them.

The female pulled him back to her to chastise him. "Don't act so immature!"

"Like who said?" asked Sakura again.

The mysterious woman glanced at the leader eefor a second before looking back at the Leaf ninja. "I cannot reveal who they are. But they are a member of our organization originally from Konoha."

All the Leaf ninja's eyes widened in disbelief. Someone from the Leaf village was in this mysterious and supposedly powerful organization.

Who could it be? was the general question going through the ninja's minds. The only ninja who was from the Leaf village and in an organization outside of the village was Itachi Uchiha and he was a part of the Akatsuki. So who could it be?

"Do not try to guess who it may be. You will never figure it out."

Shikamaru took a step forward. "Maybe we could just capture you and force you to tell us."

The leader gazed at Shikamaru for a moment. "That is quite rash for a Nara." Shikamaru's eyes narrowed. "We both know you only want to get information from us. So attacking us is your last option. But you think on the side of the numbers game. You have five while we only have three. However you do not know of our abilities and strengths, so attacking the unknown is not a good move. Finally disobeying Danzo's orders comes with severe consequences."

Shikamaru did not show it but he was surprised at how accurate and close the mysterious leader's outspoken thoughts were to his own. All good points, and all fact.

"How about we continue along both of our ways and pretend this meeting never happened?" Proposed the leader.

Sakura needed to follow orders. So they were at a cross roads. What should they do?

"There is no need to worry. You will not be able to catch us." Said the male.

"Say 'hey' to that scumbag Danzo for us!" spoke the female, giving the group a two finger salute.

Suddenly all three white cloaked members burst into flames and vanished. The Leaf ninja looked all over for them only find nothing.

"Either they were never there, or that was genjutsu." Stated Shikamaru.

"I scanned him and there was no chakra being used," added Neji.

Sakura sighed. "Either way we have to tell Danzo about this. Let's get going.

All the Leaf ninja took off into the trees. After a few seconds three white hooded figures stepped out from behind the trees.

"That was close," breathed out the female. She lowered her hood to let her light blue hair out to breathe. Her dark eyes narrowed at the teenager. "You almost gave us away!"

The teenager also took off his hood to show his magenta eyes and pale green hair. "I'm sorry. I don't like it when they talk about Naruto that way."

Guren smiled at the boy. "It's ok, Yukimaru."

"We have company," stated the third figure. "Friendly."

Guren relaxed after hearing at was another of their organization.

The figure stepped out behind the tree. "How did it go?" asked the newcomer more so to the third person than anyone else.

"It went perfectly."

"So they know Naruto-kun is from the Leaf?"

"They are going straight to Danzo."

"Excellent. Naruto-kun asks if you can head to the assigned rendezvous."

Guren turned shocked to this. "He is actually going to go? How many times have we told him it is a trap?" She turned to the older male of the group. "Can you convince him? He listens to you the most!"

The new comer chuckled. "I would not worry about Naruto-kun. He has a plan."

Suddenly the newcomer slowly started to peel and then started blowing into thousands of tiny papers disappearing into the wind.

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The team returned to village around sunset, signed in and headed to the Hokage mansion to give their report.

After getting checked they were led into the large office of Danzo. He barely acknowledged them as they entered. He was discussing something with an ANBU over a document in a scroll. The new arrivals gathered in front of the desk in a single line for Danzo to see all. The conversation between Danzo and the ANBU ended with Danzo nodding and the ANBU poofing away.

Danzo turned to the newly arrived squad. "Report."

Sakura sighed. This was going to be a long evening. Sakura gave the Hokage everything that involved to original mission. Then came the part they were all dreading to tell him.

"Is that all?" asked Danzo.

Sakura slightly shook her head. "No sir."

This slightly intrigued the war hawk.

"We ran into them."

His one eye opened slightly. "Tell me everything."

Sakura looked to Shikamaru. He nodded and he took away telling of what happened since Sakura did all the original talking. Danzo listened very closely to all of what the shadow user was saying.

"…then they must have performed an advanced genjutsu on all of us because they completely disappeared. We canvassed the area only to find no trace was left."

Danzo turned his chair around for a moment to think. After about thirty seconds he turned back around. "You provided us with more than enough information for such little time you actually spent chasing them."

Everyone though he was praising them. Wrong. "That is an utter disgrace!"

The squad got confused. Danzo was pissed.

"You should have stayed longer and looked harder for more evidence to follow them!" He stood up. "They were right in front of you and you let them get away!"

"B-but Lord Hokage! We were following orders not to attack! Your orders!" retorted the Nara.

Danzo turned his fury on him. "Do not tell me what my orders were! I gave them! I am fully aware with what I said. You all should have put more effort into it. As such I will withhold any pay for a month and you are suspended from going on any missions during this time. Dismissed."

Every single one of them wanted to speak up and say something, but long ago they learned to not speak up against Danzo. A jonin once did that. After his punishment, severe punishment, no one ever retorted Danzo back.

The ninja filed out of the office, every single one of the in bad moods. They all said their goodbyes and headed to their respective homes.

Sakura unlocked the door to her apartment, walked in and threw herself on her bed. The mission itself was not that difficult but having to deal with Danzo. That was always draining. After laying there in her thoughts for some time she got up and stripped down and climbed into her shower to wash all the dirt off. She would have to cut back on going out by a lot for some time. That withhold of pay was going to hit her hard. With the rise of the new Konoha so did the expenses of living there. But she did get paid more thanks to her missions and her job at the hospital. Missions got better pay than the hospital, but looks like she will have plenty of time to play nurse.

She thought back to the mission. They were the first official team, she thought official because Danzo's little pets were loyal to him not to Konoha, to run into the new and mysterious organization. They didn't necessarily get into fight with them but how could they so easily fool some of the best ninja in the Hidden Leaf Village? So many questions and yet no answers. It had been a few weeks since the meeting with Danzo about the organization. They have heard nothing. No response.

It was something about the way they were talking about 'him' that captivated Sakura. Whoever 'him' was. They talked about him like they were best friends, yet held him in the highest of regards. That reminded her of him. Naruto.

She missed him. So dearly.

Having Ino was great but it was nothing compared to her teammate. She need to hear his laugh, needed him to make her laugh. She wanted to see those crystal clear blue eyes and that wide cheesy grin that was only for her. She missed her best friend and would give anything to see him again. She remembered the scroll he left for her. She kept it safe and told no one about it, reading it so many times she memorized it. Whenever the pink haired ninja felt down, she read it again. It always made her day better but always made her miss him more. Never in a million years would Sakura Haruno, the girl who always pined over the Uchiha prodigy, think she would actually miss Naruto Uzumaki. She would never admit that to anyone.

Finishing her shower she fell on to her bed and almost passed out immediately. The new day came way too quickly for Sakura's tastes. Getting dressed in a long sleeved civilian cloths version of her ninja gear, she grabbed some money she kept in her apartment and went to out to get some food from the store. Her food storage was not replenished before she left on that mission, and the pink hair girl was hungry, angry, and needed food.

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Izumo and Kotetsu along with two of ROOT ANBU were standing guard at the opened entrance of the Village Hidden in the Leaves checking in everyone who came and left through the doors. It was tedious work, all because Danzo was paranoid about anyone who walked into Konoha. He wanted to stick his nose in everything to know everything that was going on. Especially if he could use that information against you to get what he wanted. The two guards hated Danzo. But he is the Hokage so they have to follow his orders.

Today just seemed like an ordinary day. Lots of merchants, business people, and visitors travel through here every single day. Kotetsu yawned really loud. Taking a look out, he noticed something odd.

A figure wear a white coat with a hood was approaching the gate. "You, halt!"

The figure stopped about twenty feet away. Izumo ran up beside Kotetsu. "State your name and your business here!"

The hooded figure remained quiet. Kotetsu drew a kunai. Suddenly six ANBU appeared with swords drawn and surrounded the figure. One of the ANBU spoke. "State your business!"

The hood figure said nothing and instead tossed something that skidded to a stop in front of Izumo and Kotetsu. The two looked down to find a Leaf Village headband on a long black cloth. But the thing that shocked both the guards was that there was a single horizontal scratch mark through the symbol. Izumo picked up the headband.

"That is my business." Spoke the figure at last.

Kotetsu spoke out orders. "Take him to the Hokage!"

The ANBU closed in on the figure. "Do not resist or fight, and we will get you there without incident."

The lone figure nodded and followed one of the ANBU who was leading the way. The rest of the ANBU surrounded him with swords in hand but not pointed at him, leading him into the village.

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The pink hair medical ninja had just finished making all her purchases and was making her way home. Mentally she was giving herself a pat on the back. Not only did she get more than she needed, but also did not spend all of the money she had. Today was going to a great day for Sakura Haruno.

Making her way back to her apartment she saw a startling sight. She ran forward to get a better look. People up and down the street were pointing and whispering at a white hooded figure surrounded by ANBU. This was not a sight they saw every day.

Sakura gasped when she recognized the cloak. White with blue accents and flames. It was that mysterious group. So they finally showed themselves. Sakura turned and hurried home. She had to go tell Tsunade.