The Little Senju (Little Senju Series Book One): A Naruto Fanfiction

The Little Senju and an A-Rank Mission

Sorry, I think I'm missing a chapter here... :( Thankfully it wasn't an especially important one. If I find it I will still publish it, but if not sorry... I can hardly remember what I wrote back then, so I'm not going to try and rewrite whatever it was that I had written...

Third POV

Everyone's eyes focused intently as Sauske sped around Gaara at an incredibly fast pace mimicking what he had seen of Lee in their previous encounter and then he easily landed several hits on the red-haired boy causing Gaara to let out several groans of pain. Sasuke huffed as he pulled away watching his opponent slowly recover from the blows he'd received. A crack worked it's way across Gaara's face as he too searched for breath. The sand ninja made a hand sign in a dramatic fashion causing Sasuke to let out a sharp gasp as Gaara became enveloped in a dome of sand.

That technique.... Izumi's mind grew panicked as Sauske dashed for the slowly closing dome of sand, I've only seen it in a book, but it has to be... This can't be good! Blood dripped from Sasuke's face and hand as he tried to attack the sphere and Izumi backed away from the railing, What can I do?

"So he's absolutely protected..." Sasuke muttered to himself as he considered what his next move would be.

Izumi's POV

I shambled onto the arena's tile roof with little effort despite Rin's complaints and the fact that he had decided to follow me. It was significantly quieter since I had escaped everyone's cheers and voices. My eyes fell upon my raven-haired teammate as I sat cautiously on the roof. Sasuke threw kunai and attacked the sphere of sand with all his might, but it had no effect and left him panting for breath as his eyes locked onto a curious section of sand. There was a quiet snap as Sauske skidded up the wall of the stadium before making a few quick hand signs. A familiar crackling noise filled the air and I understood why he and Kakashi Sensei had been so late.

"What is that?" Rin gasped out loudly as his eyes widened, "There's no way I'm seeing that right...! It's like lightning in his hand!" the green-haired boy concluded.

"That's right it is isn't it?" I smirked not at all surprised that Sasuke had learned the technique, "It's called chidori... And I guess you could say it's an extremely powerful jutsu..."

A crevice was left in the arena's wall as Sasuke sprinted down it his glowing hand trailing just behind him. There was a cloud of dust as the Uchiha reached the bottom of the wall and continued towards his target. The sphere tried to defend itself as he approached, but in a moment Sasuke's palm connected with its surface causing sand to splatter everywhere before coming into contact with a softer target.

Everything fell silent until a soft voice was heard from inside the sand, "What is this...?" it asked unsure what to make of the current situation, "It's so warm... And wet..." they continued, "Mother, what is it?" a silent moment later realization hit and a bloodcurdling scream echoed from that spot, "Blood!" the voice whimpered, "It's my blood!"

At that same moment Sauske returned to reality and tried desperately to remove his arm from the hardened sand. A burst of lightning and a scream later left Sauske flying backwards followed by the arm of a beast. The arm slithered back inside its sandy cocoon with a disturbing noise. Even from my high perch I could see it moving around inside and a shaking over came me as a blood lusting eye rested upon my teammate. A crack spread across the sandy sphere before more cracks were formed and the sand slid away revealing Gaara panting while clutching his bloodied shoulder. Suddenly... Feathers? and I felt sleepy?"

Looking down at the jonin I understood, "Release!" I chanted placing my hands together before looking over to see that Rin hadn't escaped the genjutsu, "What a pain..." I mumbled to myself pulling the boy over my shoulder and poofing down in order to speak with Kakashi Sensei, "Sensei..." I placed Rin against the wall near Naruto and Shikamaru as an explosion sounded from the box where the kage had been seated.

A member of the anbu black ops appeared in front of us, "What're you doing here?" Guy Sensei questioned seriously, "You should be with the hokage!" several sound ninja joined the anbu.

There he goes... I grit my teeth as Sasuke followed the three sand Genin, "Sasuke..." my sensei said softly and with a glance we saw the infamous Orochimaru holding a kunai to the hokage's throat, "Orochimaru..."

Sakura's POV

"Orochimaru..." I repeated what our sensei had just muttered, What is he doing here?!? My mind flashed back to our first encounter with him back in the forest of death, Don't tell me he's after Sasuke again! "Hey, Sasuke!" I yelled out before realizing my teammate was nowhere to be found. As I gaped two sound ninja prepared to attack me causing me to close my eyes and cover my head with my arms.

I opened one eye to see that my silver-haired sensei had come to the rescue at just the right moment, "Sakura, just stay there, while I trim the enemies numbers down to size." he smiled his usual closed eye smile before joining the other jonin in fighting the large amount of sound ninja that had gathered in the arena.

. . .

"Sakura! Izumi!" Kakashi Sensei called in a commanding tone, "Release the genjutsu on Naruto and Shikamaru!" we turned our heads to look at the two boys, "Naruto will be delighted..." he remarked still facing the enemy, "He'll be getting a mission after such a long time..."

"What kind of mission?" I asked curiously as Izumi nodded obediently.

"You'll have to be careful on this one." he continued, "It's the first A-rank mission since the land of the waves..." we stared at him with what could only be described as surprise, "Sauske's chasing Gaara and the other sand ninja, so I want you to release the genjutsu on Naruto and Shikamaru and then follow after Sauske." he slit his finger with a kunai, "I must not leave this place, so...." he pressed his hand to one of the civilians backs, "Summoning jutsu!" there was a puff of white smoke and a small dog appeared.

"Huh?" I moaned loudly staring at the headband wearing dog, "Our fifth member is a puppy?!?" I inquired as the dog rubbed its face.

He leapt forward placing his face in my face before speaking, "Alright, listen little girl..." the dog's voice was deeper than expected, "Don't go around saying that I'm just some cute puppy!" he scolded me.

But I didn't even say cute...

"Let's go...!" Izumi spoke up tugging on my sleeve, "We don't want to fall too far behind Sauske, so let's get moving!"