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Arc 1: war

Part 1

Hokage's chambers

"…. So you are telling me that getting involved in this conflict will benefit us" she said rubbing her temple. "For the hundredth time, yes it will help" looking up to him "il let you know"; "What do you want perv?" she asked turning to a man with white hair "I came to give this to my apprentice" he said handing over a scroll to the blonde "Is this what I think this is ero-sennin?" he asked with barely suppressed glee the blonde was gone before the rest of them rooms occupants realized it.

"Didn't we talk about this Tsunade?" A white haired man asked with a frown "Yes we did, I have already made my mind up on this, messing with him a bit of fun; a little pay back for calling me old" on hearing this the frown disappeared "I have a present for you too princess" with an annoyed tone "what Jiraiya?" she asked him but looking at the gift she grinned almost from ear to ear "we have much to discuss" she said the grin not leaving her face "Hai" he said and sat down in his hand a bottle of the best sake from Myōbokuzan straight from Bunta's stash quickly two dishes appeared they did discuss for quite some time or was that drink, Hic!

3 days later

Main Gates

Gate guards were having a boring day so far then they saw a Haruno Sakura, "Hello Sakura!" "Hey Aki, Ko" she replied but her irritation was easily seen "what you doing Sakura? Don't tell me the Godaimae's apprentice is on menial work"

Ko dragged out menial well this was a chance as good as any to rub it in, being Chunin who were the present Hokage's errand boys was both annoying and embarrassing and to see the mighty Haruno doing menial tasks was fun and she hating it was all the better in Ko's books.

Sakura Haruno was having a bad day; scratch that bad week; she found out one of her teammates had been in the village for 3 days before he paid the Hokage a visit; Where she met him accidently, he had not as much bothered to visit her and seemed cold to her; 'since when was Naruto cold to others?' she asked herself.

There was also the fact that every time he paid a visit to the Hokage, she was unceremoniously shunted out of the office or they put a privacy seal and continued on with it, the infuriating part of it was Shizune, Hinata, Anko and even that lazy bones Nara were involved while she was shunted out.

Then there was today, all those said individuals were meeting and she too was in the room but for her to be kicked out with a job of waiting for some dignitary at the gate.

It was nearly 40 minutes later that Ko and Aki saw who Sakura was waiting for, a woman in her late teens or early twenties he was not quite sure She has green eyes, and ankle-length, auburn hair styled into a herringbone pattern at the back, a top-knot tied with a dark blue band, and with four bangs at the front, with two short bangs, with one covering her right eye, and the two long ones, crossing each other on her bust, just below her chin.

She was wearing a long-sleeved, dark blue dress that fell just below the knees. It seemed to be closed at the front with a zip, and is kept open on the front-right side from the waist down. The dress only covered the upper part of her arms and the underside of her breasts. Underneath, she wore mesh armour that covered slightly more of her upper body than her dress.

She also seemed to be wearing shorts in the same color as her dress and, underneath those, mesh leggings reaching down over her knees. Around her waist, she wore a belt with a pouch which seemed to be attached to the back on the left along with high-heeled sandals and shin-guards reaching up over her knees, dark blue polish on her fingers and toes and dark blue lipstick.

She had two men with her they looked like bodyguards a short boy with a huge sword which looked too big for him he had pointed, shark-like teeth; He wore square, black-rimmed glasses connected to ear protectors, a blue pin-striped shirt and camouflage pattern pants.

The other was a middle aged man with blue hair which is styled in a moussed-up manner. His left eye was blue and his right eye was covered by an eye-patch. He wore a striped grey suit, with a green haori that had white trimmings.

After exchanging greetings at the gate they were escorted by a livid Haruno to the Hokage's chambers and then after a few awkward seconds she excused herself, all in all she hated it. The woman being as attractive as she was definitely not helping the situation, some training ground would be destroyed.

2 days later

Mission assignment room

Naruto :"I want Shizune on the team."

Tsunade :"No Sakura is available."

Naruto :"Shizune is better, more experienced has reliable and fool proof communication via summons and better than you in poisons and antidotes."

Tsunade :"No Shizune is still not going on your team though I concede your points you can have another medic as skill compensation."

Naruto :"I want Inuzuka Hana, she can substitute for Inuzuka Kiba."

Naruto :"Shikamaru is my second in command. I will let him explain the rest of the details."

Tsunade :"That will be alright, before you ask; yes you can have Yūhi Kurenai; No Asuma, Gai and Kakashi will not be assigned to this."

On hearing this conversation Shikamaru added his one word opinion on the matter "Troublesome."

K-11 was there in this room as this discussion was going on long with a few other Chunin and Jōnin and ANBU teams. Also present were the Jōnin and ANBU commanders.

Kiba was unhappy he was dropped from his squad but the saving grace was that his sister was his replacement. She better than him had two more partners and was a medic all in all more qualified though he would never say it out loud.

Sakura was a lot more annoyed, rubbing it in that she was not as experienced as Shizune was bad enough but skill compensation that riled her up she put that thought away and concentrated on the conversation when Shikamaru started talking.

Shikamaru :"Hyūga Neji will substitute for Hyūga Hinata in the squad and Aburame Shino will stay on with Naruto as team captain and mission Leader when he is not available Neji will be second in charge of squad 1."

Shikamaru :"Hamachi Nara and Kuro Yamanaka will substitute for Ino and me on the squad 2 with Kurenai-sensei as captain."

Shikamaru :"Hyūga Hinata, Aburame Rann, Akimichi Nao and Inuzuka Takeshi with Hyūga Hinata as Captain of squad 3."

Shikamaru :"Squads Genma, Aoba and Raidu are 4, 5 and 6 respectively. They remain unchanged with exceptions of their captains. Genma, Aoba and Raidu are replaced by Rat, Rabbit and Tiger"

Shikamaru :"Yugao will replace Hayate in the fast response unit."

Shikamaru :"Haruno Sakura, Yamanaka Ino, Inuzuka Takara and Ume Mizuno are special attaches and substitutes in Medical, T&I, Tracking and Genjutsu fields .They are either under my charge when in reserve when deployed they are under jurisdiction of respective captains."

Shikamaru :"ANBU assault squads 2,3,6 and 9; SAI squads 3, 4 and 6; medic squads 2 and 4 are under Jōnin Mitarashi Anko"

Shikamaru :"ANBU assault squads 7 and 11; SAI squad 2; and medic squads 1,3,5,7 and 8 under Jōnin Kato Shizune"

Tsunade :"Approved!"

Tsunade :"ANBU squads dismissed." ANBU squads Shunshined out room. "Shizune, Anko, Genma, Aoba, Raidu, Hinata, Kurenai, Neji, Shikamaru and Naruto stay behind the rest are dismissed." A lot left immediately a couple left grudgingly.

Tsunade stared speaking.

"I hope you know your duties as squad captains Naruto will be over all incharge of this operation with Shikamaru, Shizune and Anko as his subordinates, rest of you will work under Shikamaru."

"In short I want you to infiltrate mist secure the Rebels and return them to Konoha. This is your primary mission Shikamaru and his charges will mostly handle securing and protecting the rebels along with Shizune and the medic core, Anko will support them when needed but main priority for her is to safely move the rebels from Mizu no Kuni to Hi no Kuni."

"Yamanaka and Haruno are considered flight risk with respect to Uchiha Sauske this is a test of their loyalties. Eliminate them with extreme prejudice if found to be disloyal. There is a possibility of running in to Orochimaru or Sauske, do no engage them with less than 2 squads the same goes while facing the Mizukage or the Rokubi's Jinchuriki let Naruto handle them whenever possible."

"You will be briefed about this tomorrow and teams briefed once the leave Konoha once this mission starts all information is classified S-rank, no communications to anyone outside the mission breaking this is a quick way to."

"Dismissed." They all left.

A/N:Beginning of the first arc well it involves the bloodline rebellion but things are not quite the same next chapter will detail the differences with more insight on the teams, personalities and their roles.

Some People are younger than they appear in the Manga.

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