Chapter 5
Okay I want to get straight into this because I am so tired of leading up to the action and the real plot so im going to start going a bit faster if this chapter is short I apologize ive been told this and I really do try to fix it but things don't work out like I want them to.
Disclaimer: I don't b owning Naruto cuz if I did the kunoichi would be stronger and would not have to be protected so much. Konoha would give up on sasuke (he clearly despises them)
Surprise
"He's here. Sasuke's here."
The four words sent chills up her spine. "Here?" she repeated. She looked into the eyes of her apprentice and saw the truth. Further inspection revealed the girl had been crying.
'Poor girl her heart must have been torn in two'
"Where is the Uchiha now?" Tsunade asked
"Team eight and Sai are detaining him at the moment" Sakura said
"What" Shizune yelled. "Sasuke Uchiha not only killed Orochimaru but Itachi as well!! Not to mention his akatsuki affiliation!!" He can't be detained by those four alone!"
"It's weird he doesn't seem to want to attack he says that he needed help." Naruto offered as he watched Sakura try to use her arms and legs.
Tsunade was looking very distressed 'Well so much for a good night's sleep'
"Shizune, assemble 9 members of Anbu and take the Uchiha in for interrogation, Naruto you go ahead too." The buxom blonde ordered
"Yes milady!" was Shizune's reply. Naruto simply left. Once the two were gone she turned her attention on Sakura.
"Are you okay?" she gently asked. Sakura looked up and Tsunade felt her heart wrench. Sakura wore the look of helplessness.
"Why does it never change? I spent years of training and it never changed one bit." Sakura started with her eyes sparkling with tears that would soon fall.
"Sakura don't talk like that!" Tsunade started but was cut off.
"Shishou, did you ever feel so weak and helpless when a friend needed you? Over and over again things kept turning out the same! During our chuunin exams I was left to fend off enemies that were way out of my leauge. I almost got killed! The only thing that saved me was Ino, Shikamaru and Chouji! I've been a burden since day one and I could never change no matter how hard I tried!" Sakura screamed out her insecurities as a streak of tears flowed down each cheek.
"Sakura..." Tsunade tried again
"Why can't I be strong shishou? What's wrong with me helping out?" Sakura choked out.
It was too much for Tsunade.
"SAKURA!!!" she yelled, snapping the pinkette out of her gloom,"Don't ever talk like that again!! You are a strong kunoichi! You save lives all the time, you inspire those around you to get stronger, and you help the helpless and defend the strong! You, no all of you are great shinobi! You are strong because you will never give up! You have got to realize that as long as you think of yourself that way you are holding yourself back!"
Sakura sniffed and fell to her knees. Tsunade got up and gave her broken student a hug (A/N: OOC?)
"Thank you, shishou. I'm sorry." Sakura said as she wiped her tears.
Tsunade smiled and said "Don't worry. Everything will get better." Tsunade smiled
'Uchiha will regret this' she thought as she watched Sakura leave the room.
ELSEWHERE
Sasuke's face was devoid of any emotion for a while but as Shizune, Naruto, and the nine Anbu approached he smirked and laughed. "Did your hokage think that nine ANBU could stop me? Well let me tell you I can break free of anything Konoha can throw at me with no problem. And since we are all going to be here I think I should at least be a little comfortable." After saying this he burst free of the bugs and landed softly.
"You do know I could have done that at any time right Aburame?" Sasuke said looking at team eight and Sai.
Sasuke smirked again and said "C'mon out guys"
The konoha Nin got a surprise as 3 foreign ninja came out of the alleyway.
"What's the deal Sasuke? I thought you said this could take a while?" said a male shinobi with silver hair purple eyes and sharp teeth. He wore a purple shirt and white pants. But the thing that stuck out the most was the giant sword on his back.
"HEY" Naruto shouted," that's Zabuza's sword. Where did you get it!?" Demanded Naruto. The shinobi grinned at him and said "Got it from his grave. Some baka left it there sticking out of the mud. So I took it. He wasn't goin ta use it now was he?"
"Why you. My team, that guy included buried him, his ally and that sword there as a memorial!" Naruto said while pointing to an expressionless Sasuke.
"Really" the strange ninja said," thanks"
Sasuke looked at Naruto and smirked once again. "This is my team, and that's Suigetsu." He pointed to the rude shinobi.
Naruto took in each appearance. The tall one was glancing at a stray squirrel. He wore a cloak that hid his form. His orange hair stood up in messy spikes.
"What's his name" Naruto asked Sasuke
Sasuke pointed lazily and said "Tch introduce yourself."
The ninja stepped up and said "Greetings, my name is Juugo,"
Team eight and Sai looked at the giant and remained silent. Naruto looked at the female and it was his turn to smirk.
"Did you really miss Sakura that much Sasuke?" He asked and enjoyed the brief look of annoyance on his former teammate's face.
"What is that kid talking about Sasuke?" The kunoichi asked stepping forward. She was indeed a beauty. She had long hair on one side and on the other, it stopped short. She wore glasses, a shirt that revealed her stomach and short shorts.
"That dobe is referring to an old teammate of mine who had affection for me. She was here recently didn't you sense a chakra signature leaving that was hers." Sasuke replied
"In fact I did." Was the female's reply.
"Sasuke Uchiha come with us" Shizune said as she warily stepped forward.
"Sasuke do we have to do this?" the girl asked
"Unfortunately Karin, we do." Sasuke said as he walked up to Shizune and ordered his squad to follow. They left and the tension in the air eased up a little. Hinata and Kiba looked confused.
"Shino, Akamaru and I didn't sense them" Said Kiba who was casting a worried look in their previous location.
"My byakugan didn't either" Said Hinata
Naruto looked worried at this and looked at Sai who was standing there contemplating the recent events. He looked up and said "Can I attend this meeting tomorrow?"
Naruto smiled and said "Sure."
NEXT DAY
It was a beautiful morning in konoha, the sun was rising, the birds lazily cawing, and the air was crisp. It was this silence that Tenten amachi made her ready for the day. She loved to train when no one was around. Everyone knew this because she told them that if they needed to she would train with them at this time. Usually she was alone though but she liked it that way sometimes. Today she stood in the middle of a field of lush green grass surrounded by trees. She had her speedy teammate Lee set up targets in specific locations last night for exactly this occasion. She closed her eyes and gathered up her chakra in her feet. Then she jumped higher than she'd ever jumped before, even when performing Rising twin Dragons. She gathered several senbon, kunai, and shuriken in both hands. She began to spin in the air with the assorted weapons in between her fingertips. Then she coated her self with chakra. The air around her grew heavy as she passed by. Suddenly she became a great spinning blur. She let loose the weapons with deadly accuracy then she grabbed several more that had been pre-threaded with ninja wire and let them fly out to her sides. They spun around with her and the blur stretched out more. Finally she landed with a graceful twirl. She was going to have to think of something to do at this point to make sure she wasn't leaving herself open to attack. She sighed and went to go see the targets. She was greatly pleased with the results. All of the targets had a kunai, senbon, or shuriken in its center. And when she returned to her landing site a small but deep hole was in the ground.
"Hmm maybe I should throw more out? But how will I hold all of them at the same time?" the bun bun girl pondered as she set about the business of collecting her thrown weapons."
Tenten was joined by Lee and Neji just as she finished putting them away for the tenth time. Neji raised a questioning eyebrow when he saw her covered with a thin layer of sweat.
"Practicing eh Tenten? Any new techniques yet?" he asked
"Not yet" the girl replied wiping her brow" but I'm close. If I do it again will you help me figure out what's missing from It.?
"An excellent idea Tenten! May your flames of youth burn brightly as you perform your new technique!!" Lee shouted out looking anxious to see her new technique.
She sweat dropped at Lee's antics but performed her move again. This time she threw a smoke bomb down and shot up from a triple back flip. As she landed Neji put his hand on his chin.
"I like the fact that you are at high altitudes so you can get a better vantage point. Hmmm maybe you could find a specific weapon to make sure more area is covered Maybe a crescent blade." Neji noted
"What a youthful display Tenten, Guy sensei would be so proud of you!!!!!!!! Maybe you should involve paper bombs in this so the attack would be more useful to damage and destroy. I personally think this is already perfect it just needs a name…but that is not my choice. Whenever you are ready to use it in combat, you will.
"Tell me Tenten" Neji said "What was your inspiration for this jutsu?"
The girl looked up at the sky and said "Well if anything it would be your technique Neji, rotation. You deal damage to your surroundings while protecting your body. That's where I got the spin from. It reduces the chances of me getting hurt."
"Maybe you should focus your chakra into the weapons so they can do more damage." Lee offered.
"Yeah that sounds like a good idea But how would I build up speed faster?." Said Tenten
The group stood there for a moment pondering what she could she could do to make it better when Neji looked up. Suddenly a large bird of ink appeared before them.
"No doubt a message." Said Neji went over to retrieve the message from the bird. He took the scroll and unrolled it. He rolled it up then put it back on the bird's leg. It soared away then Neji turned to face his teammates. Practice will have to wait you two," he said. "An urgent meeting has been called for by Team Kakashi and Team 8."
"Well what are we standing here for? Let's get moving!" Lee shouted
The three left for the lake where all of the Konoha 11 meetings were held.
ELSEWHERE
BANG BANG BANG BANG
"Shikamaru! Get your lazy ass up!" Cried a girl as she pounded on a door. She had beautiful blue eyes and a long blond ponytail. There was no sound of movement inside so she went outside to a window that was in a dark room with a bed, a mirror, and an alarm-clock. She noted a "sleeping" form on the bed.
"Why you" She grumbled as she flicked through several hand signs and poofed into his room.
"Mind Transfer Jutsu!" She shouted. She fell limp and the boy got up. He walked out of bed, opened the window, and stepped outside wearing no shoes a shirt and pajama pants. He threaded his fingers together and shouted out
"Release!!"
The boy looked around and mumbled
"Troublesome."
As he looked over he saw the girl coming out of the room with her eye twitching.
"Next time I have to do this, Shikamaru, you better be prepared for the consequences…GOT IT???!!!"
"Geez Ino, calm down. I was just sleepin."
Shikamaru jumped back in his window and gathered His Jounin vest, His black pants and his Hiate-ate. He padded into his bathroom and the Shower turned on.
The girl, (who will now be referred to as Ino) Jumped into his room and sat on his bed, waiting for him to come out of his shower.
15 minutes later
Shikamaru emerged from his room and Ino jumped up.
"You have a soft bed y'know?" She said as she swung herself out the window once more.
Shikamaru jumped out as well.
Ino set off at a brisk pace towards their other teammate's home. Shikamaru followed, mumbling about women being troublesome. The two walked on for a minute or two then Shikamaru broke the silence.
"So why are you waking us up today for?" He asked
"Konoha 11 meeting." She replied as she approached the Akimichi household.
"Why did I ever come up with that idea?" Shikamaru mumbled
"It was a great idea Shika!! We have to stay in touch!!" Ino said as she knocked on a red door. It was opened to reveal a chubby boy with long spiky brown hair, and red pants and shirt with shoulder pads.
"Hey guy's what's up?" The boy asked
"Choji, we gotta go there's a meeting this morning." Shikamaru said.
"Okay! Let's go!!" he said as he stepped outside and closed his door.
MEETING
(A/N: Finally)
As Naruto, Sakura, Sai, Kiba, Hinata, and Shino stood waiting for their friends to arrive they ran over what they would say to them. Their thoughts were interrupted as Hinata spotted Team Guy approaching. When they stopped in front of the 6 ninja Neji looked to Hinata.
"What's going on? " He asked
"Wait til Ino, Shikamaru, and Chouji get here." Naruto said.
They waited another minute until they saw the aforementioned arrive.
"Okay we're here now let's start." Ino said as she slowed to a stop.
The 6 looked at each other wondering who would break the terrible news.
Finally Shino stepped up.
"Last night at 9:00 we came into contact with an S- class missing Nin." He said in his usual monotone.
"Is that what this is about??" Shikamaru grumbled
"Yes" Hinata said
"This was no regular missing nin" Said Kiba as he stroked Akamaru's ear.
"It was Sasuke." Sakura whispered
"What" came Ino's reply.
"Sasuke and his team of rouge ninja are here at this very moment." Said Sai who was looking though the assembled ninja.
"Why would he be here?" Neji wondered as he stroked his chin.
Ino walked over to Sakura and they started to talk.
"Did he attack, Sakura?" She asked Sakura looked up and saw the others looking at her
"Not really. He said he needed our help." She answered
"What do we have that he wants?" Chouji pondered while munching on a chip.
"I don't know guys and what's worse is that his team is really strong." Naruto said.
"Kiba, Shino, and I couldn't even detect them." Hinata spoke up
There was a chorus of gasps at this. Team 8 was one of the best tracking teams there were. Could these invaders really disguise themselves from them?
"We called this meeting as a warning." Sai said" You have to be on your toes.
"Ino! Let's go see if Lady Tsunade found anything out. Sakura called as she turned to leave.
"Right!" Ino said as she and Sakura Jumped away.
"To the rest of you, I gotta say this one thing…. Train. Train like crazy because you never know what could happen." Naruto said
"HAI!!"
ELSEWHERE
Tsunade stared at the collective ninja in front of her. Each of them was all experimented on by Orochimaru they told her.
"What are you doing here?" She asked in her best 'don't mess with me' tone.
"I already told the others, we need your help." Sasuke said coolly.
"What could we possibly help you all with? After all my intelligence says that you took on the eight tails and bested him." Tsunade said with dislike etched onto her face
"That's true. But we had major diffulty doing so." Said Karin.
"You do know that if I allow you contact with the other shinobi, and Naruto found out about that he would be very very…angry."
Tsunade asked while cocking her head to the side.
"Who is this Naruto?" Said Suigetsu.
"Naruto is the one who yelled at you yesterday" Said Sasuke.
"Why should we be concerned about whether or not he is angry?" Juugo calmly asked as his eyes flashed yellow.
'What the hell?' Tsunade thought as she saw this.
"Naruto is a jinchuriki" Tsunade said. "And only few people know about it so not a word." She said as she stared down each one.
Karin looked surprised." Is that true Sasuke?" She asked
"Yes." He simply replied.
"You each will be interrogated for 2 days until you can be let out. And you can only remain here if you do so as konoha ninja. "Tsunade sighed.
"WHAT!!!!!???" The group(minus Sasuke) yelled.
"You heard me." Said Tsunade.
"Fine." Said Sasuke "Tell me," he said catching everyone's attention. "Is it true that Sakura Haruno and Ino Yamanaka are your apprentices?
Karin looked behind Tsunade and saw two Konoha kunoichi appear behind each of her shoulders.
"Why don't you ask them yourself?" she said
"Hello Sasuke" Ino hissed
'This is going to be very very' interesting
"Ino, Sakura." Sasuke said curtly
"Don't speak to me…Traitor." Sakura spat out.
Sasuke's team looked at the unfolding scene. All thinking the same thing:
'What did Sasuke do to them?'
Hey!!!! there you go!!! It's really going to get juicy now and there will be some original jutsu and some AUness from here on out.
As always
R&R plz