Hey everybody I'm back! I've got a new story for you guys and I've got big plans for this one! This first chapter is just to set the scene for other chapters so it's pretty short. I will have a real chapter out as soon as I can! Let me know what you think!

Chapter 1: Their History

Back when they were only genin, they despised each other. But at the same time, they needed each other to get them through. Whatever one did, the other had to do better. Eventually, their whole team became chunin and they were looked up to by the younger generation. On one fateful day, they were sent on an A rank mission that would change their lives. Team 7 was sent on a mission to retrieve a secret scroll from the Hidden Mist Village. The retrieval was the easy part. Getting back to Konoha was a different story. They encountered many enemy ninja, including ninja from the Hidden Sound. 2 members from Team 7, Naruto and Sasuke, received curse marks from Orochimaru. Sakura was the only one that wasn't cursed.

After that mission, everything changed. Naruto was no longer the annoying little kid that everyone saw him as. He rarely smiled or hung out with his friends. Also, Sasuke had changed. His whole perspective of life changed. His only goal was to punish whoever had made him this way. And that feeling was what turned Naruto away from the rest of the village, but it also created a new relationship between him and Sasuke. They no longer bickered or fought, but they rarely talked either. It was almost as if the could communicate telepathically. If they went on missions, they were always put together because how how well the pair worked together. As they both got stronger, they became more and more distant. When they were both 20 years old, they left the village together. Search teams were sent regularly for the first year that they were gone but they gave up after that. No one knew where they went or what they were planning to do. And to this day, 4 years after their disappearance, the two remained a mystery.

And so, our story begins...

That's all I've got for the background info! PLEASE REVIEW!

~Scarlet