Hey everyone! It's time for a new story :D I wrote a prologue but it turned out to be very very long. So I decided to split the prologue into two parts :)

So enjoy the first part of the prologue of my new story, A Bundle Of Joy!

Please don't forget to review this story!

Summary: Naruto and Sakura are assigned to an unusual mission by Lady Tsunade. Will this unusual mission change how they see each other? Will they discover something about the other person, that they didn't see in them before? Mainly NaruSaku pairing, plus other minor pairings that I like.

Disclaimer: I do not own the anime/manga Naruto or any of the characters used in this story from the anime/mango Naruto.

A Bundle of Joy

It was night time in the land of fire, there were two shadowy figures just outside the gates of Konoha.

"So this is the best protection the famous Konoha could come up with?"

"Yes, and that's what worries me… How can we be so sure our own baby will be properly looked after and protected after?"

"I understand your concerns dear, but this is no time to be picky. We've got to drop our baby off somewhere, and this happens to be the closest village for miles around. I'm sure he'll be just fine. Besides, do we really have a choice?"

"Yes, I suppose you're right…" the voice sighed sadly.

With their conversation over, they made the short jump the rest of the way to the ground, both figures landing in a crouched position firmly on their feet.

The shorter one stood up first and reached into her cloak, pulling from it a small bundle wrapped tightly in a warm blanket.

Lifting up the still and quiet bundle so that it was level with her face, she placed a tender sweet kiss on the tiny creature's forehead, before hugging it gently yet firmly then handing it over to her taller male counterpart.

Taking the bundle from his saddened wife, he also placed a gentle kiss on the tiny thing's forehead and gave the fragile cloth-wrapped thing, before creeping forward, followed closely by his wife, and placing the bundle at the foot of the giant fortress on the ground.

"Goodbye, Sam. Take care, little one," the woman's sweet voice whispered, tears beginning to form in her beautiful emerald green eyes.

"Be good, kid. We'll always be watching out for you, no matter what happens to us, or where we are... And if we can, we'll return for you one day," the male voice whispered, his own cerulean blue eyes beginning to well up with barely contained his unsheded tears.

The female figure quickly swiped the clear liquid from her eyes and stifled a few sniffles, "Then I guess we should go now…"

"Yes, we must. It's for the best, dear, you'll see."

"I hope you're right…" she whispered softly as they leapt back into the safety and cover of the massive forest green treetops.

They stopped at the same time, glancing back down see the tiny bundle they'd left behind at the village gates, waiting quietly to be discovered whenever someone should happen to pass by and see it lying there, on the cold dirt ground.

But, who knew when that would be...

"What say we help them along a bit?" the female asked hopefully.

"Sure, I guess it couldn't hurt right? I mean it is rather cold tonight. Even with those blankets, I'd still prefer he be someplace inside the village boundaries safe, dry and warm," the male agreed.

With that, they both threw a kunai's wrapped in paper bombs onto the ground making a loud sound.

They watched in shared silence with looks of satisfaction when the two slumbering guards suddenly awoke with looks of surprise, pain and annoyance plastered clearly on their faces.

"Just what the hell what that!?" yelled one.

"I don't know, but it sounds like an explosion!" his companion replied.

" Let's hurry and find where it's coming from, do a quick patrol of the borders, and then hurry and get back to slee…umm, I mean get back to our night watch duty… Yeah, that…" the first said.

His companion nodded, and they both left their post and split up to locate the source of the explosion.

However, they forgot all about locating the source, when the first guard literally stumbled, over a wrapped little bundle that had been left behind just moments ago.

Stopping down to exam the tiny bundle of blankets, the guard out of curiosity, picked it up to further inspect the strange cloth wrapped item.

Pulling back the hood of the blankets a bit, he was just able to make out the tiny shape of a head in the dark. Alarmed, he called out to his comrade, "Whoa! Come and look at this!"

"Wh… What is it? Did you find out who threw those paper bombs?" his companion asked as he came running over.

"No, but I think I found something even more surprising…" the guard replied.

"What, what is it!?"

"Here, see for yourself," he said, handing the bundle to his slightly flustered friend.

"I… It's a baby! How'd it get out here!?"

"I don't know, but I think we should go take it to the Hokage right away, she'll probably know what to do. Besides, the Hokage's supposed to be the first one to know when something's going on around here,"

"Yeah, you're right. Let's go!" the other guard commanded.

"But wait, we can't both go. One of us has to stay behind and look for more suspicious activity."

"Then you stay. I'll go take the kid to Hokage."

"Well, if you insist… I can't pass you up on that offer. I'm too tired to make the trip all the way to the Hokage tower and back anyways."

"Right, then, it's decided. I'll go and deliver the squirt to the Hokage's tower right away!" The stealthy ninja darted off toward the Hokage tower disappearing over some far off rooftops.

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The Hokage stared down in shock at the little baby that had just been placed in her arms, "W…What did you say happened again exactly?" she questioned.

She had initially been sleeping peacefully in her room at the Hokage Tower, like most other citizens of Konoha were in their homes, seeing as it was still barely past the early midnight hour.

When she had been awoken by a rather frantic jonin that'd been spouting gibberish about finding something or other wrapped in cloth while on border patrol.

Though the news seemed urgent enough, the Hokage had still remained half-asleep and very cranky up until the moment the squirming little baby was placed carefully in her expectantly outstretched hand, the other placed squarely on her hip in annoyance as she glowered at the poor ninja for disturbing her precious slumber.

At that second she had snapped awake completely and her undivided attention was placed on the man delivering the startling news.

"I was guarding the gates with my partner when we heard an explosion and decided to investigate. However, upon arriving at the scene, we found only a small bundle wrapped in cloth lying on the ground near the gates. And as you can see, it turned out to be more than just a discarded bundle of blankets..." he concluded, staring solemnly at the Hokage.

She curiously unraveled the blankets a little, and pulled back the hood to reveal the tiny face of a rosy-cheeked, blurry-eyed infant.

As the two adults continued to stare at the baby, he gave a soft cute yawn.

She was brought out of her thoughts by a quiet, unsure voice saying, "L… L… Lady Tsunade…what d-do you think it is?"

There was a noticeable pause for a few moments as Tsunade carefully contemplated what would be the best way to respond.

Finally, she said after some time, her eyes traveling from the sleepy and inquisitive face of the young toddler to the vigilant and expectant one of the fidgety shinobi.

"Return to your post and carry out the remainder of your shift as planned. You've fulfilled your duty to see that she arrived here safely, and I thank you for your attentiveness. I'll handle things from here," she concluded firmly.

The ninja quickly bowed before the village leader and mumbled one last farewell before disappearing in a cloud of smoke.

Once he was gone, Tsunade stared down at the innocent face of the apparently orphaned child and couldn't help but smile a little.

The baby was actually quite cute. But there was still the matter of what to do about the situation…Her expression changed to a small frown and a heavy sigh escaped her full lips, "Well, I'll sleep on it and figure out what I want to do next in the morning."

Curious green orbs blinked, giving the hokage the same innocent look as he made a quiet gurgling noise.

Tsunade carried the small child back to her room and quietly closed the door, before settling them both in for the night.

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Well that's all for part one of my prologue for my new story :) I really hoped that everyone enjoyed this new story of mine.

The second part will come out in a few days! So don't forget to review!