Mysterious Blue

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A/N: Hey there! Thank you for taking the time to read my newest story, Mysterious Blue. It's about a 12 year old Genin kunoichi called Itsuka Namie. She wanted to live a new life in Konoha but found it was being ambushed. This story is set in Part I and begins on the episodes of the Invasion of Konoha Arc on Season 3 (Episodes 68 – 80). However, parts of the episodes are only included in this chapter.

I'm sorry if my character really seems Mary Sue, please tell me if she does because I have tried not to make her be, however these are her powers.

This is my first Naruto fan-fic and third story so far that has been re-written but I am not changing the plot for anything but any comments on how this can be improved are welcome, this first chapter is pretty descriptive but I'll leave you to read the story.

EDIT: This chapter has been proofread by Jesus Power/Benji. – 03/09/09

Chapter 1: Konoha's Newest Kunoichi

A brown-haired girl named Itsuka hid behind a nearby tree as two sound ninja past her in a hurry. "Hurry! The operation has already begun!" One said to the other. The Kunoichi breathed a sigh of relief as they left without noticing the girl; her short brown hair at the front was tied into a tight, white long band and began to blow in the wind as she quickened her pace. Her attire was a white tube top that ended at her lower waist with a black line at the top. She wore blue shorts with a golden bow as a belt on the side and the usual ninja sandals. Itsuka had white ribbon sleeves on her arm and a gold dragon symbol was on her upper left arm

What is this operation they speak of? She thought as she began to follow the ninja's trail, now keeping a steady pace so she wasn't too close to them. As the trees began to depart more and more, she began to understand what the sound ninja were talking about; Konoha, the village hidden in the leaves and the place she had destined to come too. Her blue eyes focused on it for a while as she watched destruction break out between sound ninja and leaf-nin.

It was all falling apart for the Hidden Leaf Village. She too, was a leaf ninja. Her headband was tied firmly around her neck. However, Itsuka left to live in the Sand Village long ago for a while for personal reasons of her own. Now, she was back and hoping to start a new shinobi life - if the Hokage would let her – but, looking around, Itsuka could see it wouldn't matter right now. She caught sight of three familiar Sand ninja, the Sand Siblings disappearing into the forest to her left, the oldest; Temari was helping her youngest brother, Gaara along with their brother, Kankuro. A leaf-nin was right on their trail but she only caught a blur of black from the person.

As if it couldn't get worse, the ground began to rumble and three large snakes appeared in a far area of Konoha. The Kunoichi recognized it immediately as it began to destroy the large building in front of it. "Isn't that Orochimaru's snakes?" Itsuka whispered to herself and she began to grow angry at the thought of the missing-nin. "No! It can't be! He's really here?" She despised the snake lord so much.

Whatever his purpose is, I will stop him. "Intruder!" Damn, she thought. The two sound ninja had spotted Itsuka and began to charge her. Itsuka retreated into the village moving at a powerful speed to avoid the many weapons aimed at her.

"Is that all you got?" She taunted while running backwards and smirking at them.

"Why don't you stop and show us what you've got, little girl?"

"Fine. Let's settle this!" She replied and stopped atop of a house. Luckily, the rooftop she stood upon was a flat surface so it would be easy to fight. Once the sound ninja landed opposite her, she got into a fighting stance.

-Rooftop-

Two men continued to fight on the rooftop of the stadium where the Chunin Exams were supposed to be held; one of these men was the Third Hokage, Sarutobi who had come to watch the final round and the other, Orochimaru, his former student who, throughout the years, had become evil. Orochimaru suddenly jumped back and thought to himself. That strange feeling again, could it be…?

The Third Hokage looked back at the evil snake lord smirking. "What are you smirking about?" The Third Hokage asked. "What are you planning now?

Orochimaru shook his head and carried his grin on his face. He took one last look at the sky and then charged at him chuckling evilly. So, she's here now, Orochimaru thought. Then it will be easier for me to take her down…

-Itsuka-

The battle finished quickly between Itsuka and the two sound ninja and once it was calm, Itsuka clasped her hands together as if was a 'take out the trash' way. "Too easy." She said to herself. Itsuka was about to take off to find Orochimaru when she heard clapping come from behind her.

"Too easy, was it?" A man with slate hair and brown eyes stood before her. He didn't have a headband on him, though, and only stared down at the ground at the fallen sound ninja. "Impressive, little girl. You fight well."

"I'm not little and I only knocked them out .Who are you anyways?" She asked, readying her kunai.

"My name…is Maseru Aoki." The man replied.

"Why would you tell me your name so easily? Any ninja wouldn't do something like that. Are you a fool, old man?" Itsuka asked as she glared at him. She made sure not to let her guard down.

Maseru smiled at the brunette. "No, and I'm not as old as you think. Unlike other ninja, I can tell you my name no matter what because I'm not like those other fools. Plus, I have been watching your techniques and I am quite impressed."

Itsuka smirked. This man is just asking to be defeated. "Want to fight and see more?!" She questioned.

"Why not?" Maseru Aoki got into a fighting stance and nodded.

"Well then, let's have fun!" She said and put her hand forward ushering for him to come as Maseru began to charge her at great speed.

-The Forest-

A dark-haired boy sped through the forest. He was trying to catch up with the Sand Siblings and finish his fight with the red-head boy, Gaara. If he stopped, they would be able to get away and that was something he could not let happen. One of them, Kankuro, had tried to stop it earlier, but Shino, another leaf-nin, was facing him now.

He caught sight of them nearby and stopped in a tree above them. The boy watched as Gaara's older sister, Temari, tried to help him up but he merely brushed her aside and she slammed onto a nearby tree hard. Gaara looked up at the boy who was now leaning against a tree; his face expression was serious.

"What's wrong? You're not afraid of me, are you, Uchiha Sasuke?" He asked but the dark-haired boy did not reply. Gaara held his head and tried to stand up steadily.

"Gaara!" His sister managed to shout. "Don't fight! We need to get back!"

"Shut up!" He hissed. "AARGH!" Gaara yelled in pain. The beast inside of him was going to be released anytime soon. He covered his face, screaming at the top of his lungs. His head was titled back, arms in front of his body like claws. Temari turned her head away from her younger brother's sight; it was scary to watch his transformation because he acted so differently…like a monster.

Sasuke readily watched as a beastly hand appeared on his back and half of his face had evolved into part of the One-tailed Shukaku. His now third arm reached out to grab Sasuke but missed as he avoided it. "Come on! Fight!"

Gaara kept on going hoping to make him tired; Gaara's third hand began knocking the trees to keep Sasuke going and make sure there was no place for him to hide. He stopped; only a few trees were left standing and Sasuke hid behind one of them. The Uchiha pondered what to do next. "Come out, come out Sasuke." Gaara called looking at the remaining places he could have hid. "I won't let you get away, you can't escape me."

This is unreal. His strength is off the charts. "Are you just going to hide and be a weakling? Let's fight already!" A weakling. It made Sasuke think of his brother and how much he wanted to get his revenge for the death of his Clan; it was something his brother would say to him. All the Uchiha's - including his parents - murdered in one night by his own brother, Itachi. He had to avenge them and become stronger.

The insults from Gaara were only pushing him to fight; Sasuke stood up and formed a hand sign while running forward to Gaara, taking a deep breath. "Fire Style! Fireball Jutsu!" Out came a fireball from his mouth and hit the red-haired boy. But to his dismay, it didn't seem to affect him.

He darted from tree to tree, closing in on the red-head and throwing several kunai at him; they absorbed into his beast form. But his plan was about to backfire. "Here, you can have them back!" Gaara told him and threw the kunai back at them, but with fire.

Sasuke covered his face and managed to evade the fire. He quickly formed a quick hand sign and headed towards Gaara. A bolt of lightening was placed into his hand and he held it up towards the red-head boy. "Chidori!" It hit Gaara's sand arm, slicing it in half. The result was to watch Gaara scream in agony. Sasuke smirked. Looks like it worked.

But really, Gaara's arm was forming again, it was sand after all. No way, He thought as he stood up. Sasuke took deep breaths and began doing the same hand sign again, running towards Gaara.

The Uchiha boy just managed to land on the next tree. He took deep breaths and dropped to his knees, grabbing his neck in pain. Not the curse mark again. Sasuke thought. He tried to move his body but couldn't. Gaara growled in anger and charged forward at the dark-haired boy. There was nothing Sasuke could do as the red-head boy ran towards him at such a great speed…

-Back in Konoha-

After much fighting, both opponents looked at each other wearily but still stood their ground. Itsuka was still trying to find a way to weaken him but from every kick and punch she tried at him from her Taijutsu, it just wasn't working. It was as if he could read her moves before she did it. But compared to her, Maseru however was impressed; this girl was actually giving him a challenge and he was beginning to feel tired. Itsuka could see he was definitely tired. "Getting tired, are we?" She taunted.

"I don't know who you are kid," Maseru said. "But I am definitely going to destroy you now." He put his hands together and suddenly everything surround them was engulfed in darkness as if they were in a different dimension.

What's going on? She thought to herself. Genjutsu, no! "Argh!" She yelled and held her head, falling to the ground. Memories of the undying pain from a loved one, blood from that dead person and betrayal from someone she thought she could trust clouded her thoughts now. No matter what, she tried to think about something else but whatever Maseru was doing was working and she could no longer concentrate.

Had enough? Maseru whispered inside her head.

"Leave me alone!" She yelled. Wherever she looked, the images repeated continually in front of her and wouldn't go away. A painful memory suddenly came into Itsuka's mind. One she thought she could forget forever. A little girl, her, running away from the home because of a secret she knew. She thought she could escape when ninja attacked Itsuka and she had to fight them off with her last strength. She could remember the blood everywhere and her own self collapsing afterwards.

So, you're Itsuka. I have found you. Maseru said inside her head.

"Stop please!" She shouted, shaking her head furiously. "I give up! Please just stop it all!"

Very well. Mind Genjutsu – cancel! Just like that, the darkness vanished and went back to normal to the Village Hidden in the Leaves. Itsuka took deep breaths before standing up once again, glaring at the man before her.

"You…Why did you do that?"

"None of your business, little girl; or should I say Golden Dragon." Itsuka growled at the man when he called her that. She wanted no one to know about that name. "I'm sorry that I have to leave but I'll be back. Now that we have found you after all these years. I guess the rumors have been true about you getting stronger." Maseru took one last look at Itsuka. "Until next time, Golden Dragon." He said before fleeing.

We? Who is he referring to? "Get back here!" Itsuka got up, going in pursuit of the sound ninja. She threw a kunai at his arm and just missed her target; she growled in frustration and picked it up as Maseru dodged past it and escaped.

Once again, the ground began to rumble. Itsuka lost her balance on the tree and fell on the ground. What now? She thought as she jumped back on the tree to the highest branches. She saw a large toad with a blonde-haired boy on top of him.

"Shadow Clone Jutsu!" He yelled and in seconds, a thousand duplicates of the blonde-haired boy started to attack the one-tailed beast in anyway they could. Many failed and were thrown off the beast. Amazing, Itsuka thought.

"Let me help." Itsuka butted in, looking at the blonde-haired boy from a tree. "Hey, spiky!" Itsuka called, standing opposite in front of her.

"I'm not spiky! The name is Uzumaki Naruto! Who are you anyways?" He asked her.

"Namie Itsuka." She told him. "I've got a plan to stop Gaara but it will involve you using your shadow clone Jutsu."

"Wait a second. How do you know Gaara?"

"We're acquaintances. I used to live in the Sand Village."

Naruto pointed to her leaf ninja headband. "Then how come you have the same headband as me?"

"Incoming!" Gamabunta yelled, darting out of the way before the Shukaku dived at them.

"I'll explain who I am, do you want to know the plan or not?" Itsuka asked, starting to get annoyed. He nodded in agreement and listened to her.

Once the curse mark's pain ceased, Sasuke stood up slowly and was informed by Kakashi's summoned dog, Pakkun, the current events since he fought. The Uchiha boy was watching from the trees as the mighty toad tried to take out the One-Tailed Shukaku. His attention turned to the brown-haired girl on Gamabunta. He could just make out her hair color and some of her appearance. She seemed to be very unique to anyone he had ever seen and Sasuke guessed she was not originally from here so instead, he continued to watch as the brown-haired girl stood in front of the One-Tailed Shukaku.

"Sorry, Gaara!" She said and began to form another hand sign. "But it looks like me and Naruto are going to have to take you out!"

Itsuka bought her hands to her body once again. She closed her eyes and almost instantly, opened them in a flash. The One-Tailed Shukaku found itself in a tight electrical barrier. Itsuka's eye color changed from blue to yellow like lighting.

The brown-haired girl slammed her hands down on the ground. Electric currents were going up the one-tailed beasts' body and now electrocuting it! After a while, Itsuka let it go and disbanded the barrier. The One-Tailed Shukaku yelled in pain. She smirked but kept her distance from the creature. Her eyes had changed back to her regular color.

Unexpectedly, the One-Tailed Shukaku used its tail to hit flick her off at full-force and she fell backwards landing hard on the tree. She watched as Gamabunta went back and fought the One-Tailed Shukaku, trying hard to distract it. Itsuka winced at the pain on her arm; the Shukaku's attack had left her with a pounding headache and an open wound on her arm.

Itsuka ignored her injuries and armed herself with three kunai in place; two in her hand and one in her mouth ready to attack. Arms back, Itsuka ran at the beast and threw one at each of its sides. Itsuka spotted Gaara on its left side; he looked like he was unconscious and had half his body stuck inside the Shukaku. She gasped and tried to land another kunai in the Shukaku's tail. It missed.

The Shukaku screamed in pain and tried to find Itsuka's position on its body. She ran towards Naruto and the toad. "I know where Gaara is! He's on the left side of Shukaku's body. You have to stop him!"

"Got it!" The blonde-haired boy said, putting two thumbs up. "Let's go Gamabunta!" The toad sprang into action heading to the other side of the Shukaku.

"Hey Gaara! Gaara!" He shouted hoping to get his attention, but it seemed the red-head couldn't hear him.

"Naruto!" Gamabunta said. "I don't think he can hear anything right now especially since he's summoned the Shukaku, it is draining his body, we'd better make this quick because the Shukaku has spotted us!"

"I've had enough!" Naruto yelled and ran over to Gaara. The One-Tailed Shukaku was still being distracted and didn't know that unexpectedly, the spiky-haired boy had head-butted Gaara hard. Blood poured slowly down from his head and the One-Tailed Shukaku began to crack and break to pieces.

It was as if that was to be done to stop Gaara. Itsuka breathed a sigh of relief, accepting this. "Finally!"

Sasuke had kept his distance, but now he was making his way to where Itsuka was. The Uchiha boy jumped onto one of the trees and noticed her right away. "Hey, you!" He said running towards where the brunette girl was. "Who are you?"

The Kunoichi tumbled backwards, her head was still aching and there was a loss of blood where Gaara's one-tailed beast had injured her, not only that but Itsuka's chakra was running low. Her body felt limp and she grew tired; she dropped from the branch and was now tumbling towards the ground. Sasuke saw this and acted quickly; he jumped off and caught her just in time. "I've got you!" He told her. It was the last thing Itsuka heard before everything went dark. Sasuke got a good look at her face, before her eyes closed; he could see they were a sea blue color.

-Orochimaru's Hideout-

"Namie Itsuka was there; I definitely saw her, my lord. She has grown and become stronger." Orochimaru had fled along with his Sound Four, and any other Sound Ninja survivors and one of them told their lord of the girl summoning the Golden Dragon. "She came unexpectedly but our men fought hard and sadly died." Maseru told him.

"Hm. I see. You are dismissed." He told the Ninja and thought about it for a while. Orochimaru had run-ins with Namie before. Maybe it was time he captured her.

"What are you planning, my lord?" A distant voice asked from his side - it was Kabuto, his personal assistant.

"I am still carrying on with the plan however I need Itsuka."

"But I thought you were planning on getting Sasuke Uchiha's body?" Kabuto suggested.

"I am but I also need the power of the Golden Dragon too. We can get both but let's focus on Itsuka for the time being. She is trying to start a new life in Konoha, if she refuses, we can always expose her and Itsuka would hate that. Send some ninjas to spy on them and get them to report back first."

"Yes, my lord." Kabuto said and left immediately.

-At That Moment-

Flashes of memories past through his mind. Whether they were good or not, they would remain with him eternally, he had done his best to help other people and touched so many lives with his wisdom and advice.

Because now, the Third Hokage had fallen to his death but he would live forever through people's memories and hearts forever.

Now, a new tale would be beginning for Itsuka Namie and Team 7…

A/N: Just wanted to say that I have been watching Naruto for six months now and I know that's not a long time since more people are Naruto-tards or others have watched it since it has started but I have been re-watching the episodes of the Invasion of Konoha and trying to write the way it is.

Still think I could have done better but I will let you review it and tell me for yourself.

Stay tuned for the next chapter. Thank you for reading and I hope you can comment on how my story was and how I can improve. Please review! Thanks for reading yet again!