Yes, it's here. After rereading Adventures in Lightning, I've decided it's horribly written and am going to rewrite it. The story will not change much, but I will most likely be adding more detail and MAYBE some other things which I highly doubt. People liked the story enough the first time around, and I'm hoping for a somewhat similar, if not better response to the new version.

DISCLAIMER: I don't own Naruto or any of it's characters. This is merely a fanfiction created using his characters and my own setting/turn of events.

Well I'm back, I had originally planned to CONTINUE with the story…but after rereading it, I decided it sucked and am using the old story as a template to create a better, more interesting story.

Well, here it is, complete with fixed grammar, more words, and an intro that almost doesn't suck! Woot! GUARD THE LEFT FLANK!!

ADVENTURES

IN

L I G H T N I N G

--Digitally Rewritten--

Chapter 1: The Impossible Mission

Naruto's alarm clock rang out in the darkness of his room. The loud, flashing contraption was situated right next to the boys head, otherwise he would just sleep right through it. The blonde boy slowly lifted his hand up and hit the snooze button and yawned. He looked up at the glowing clock, which told him it was seven in the morning, and he rolled onto his back. He didn't know whether or not to love or curse the man who invented alarm clocks. Without them, he'd never wake up before noon…but on the other hand, he really liked sleeping till noon. He laid there for a few more minutes until the alarm went off for the second time. This time he got up and turned the damned thing off.

He groaned as he stretched his muscles, which were tight from last night's sleep. The boy looked around and blinked several times before meandering into the bathroom. After several minutes he exited with wet hair and a towel covering his man-parts. The boy scratched his now wet blonde hair and looked at the calendar. On it, written on that day's date in big red letters was the words, 'MISSION BRIEFING' followed by several exclamation points. Seeing this caused a huge grin to creep across his face.

"YES!" He yelled to no one and jumped in the air. He heard a loud thumping next to him and through the wall he heard,

"Keep it down in there!" It was the old man next door. Naruto stuck his tongue out at the wall and continued to get ready. He threw on one of his many orange and black jumpsuits and grabbed his metal forehead protector. He snagged his equipment pouches on the way to the door and tied one around his leg and set the other on his belt.

"Here we go!" he said do no one again as he stepped out the door and into the day.

It was the beginning of winter. There was no snow on the ground yet, but it was wrapped in a blanket of leaves from the autumn fall. The wind bit at Naruto's face as he walked down the street towards Tsudane's office. Apparently this mission was one only HE could do. The boy was ecstatic. He kept thinking that she was finally seeing how strong he was. With his hands behind his head, he walked down the road with a giant grin on his face. He stopped at Ichiraku ramen on the way over to see if Iruka was there for his morning ramen. He wasn't there and Naruto pouted for a moment. He wanted to tell Iruka-sensei about is mission! He continued down the road until he got to Tsudane's office. He walked up the stairs and into her room, to see Hinata, Lee, Tenten, Kurenai, Gai, and Kakashi all standing around Tsunade's desk.

"But why THESE four?!" The masked ninja, Kakashi, yelled as he slammed his hands down on the table. "It makes NO SENSE!"

"It does make sense Kakashi," Tsunade sighed, "Lee is an excellent brawler, Naruto is crafty and quick-witted, Hinata has the Byakugan, and Tenten can provide ranged support." She explained. "It's a very balanced team."

"I'm inclined to agree with Kakashi on this Tsunade." Said Gai. "You're going to break up my team for this mission!" Kurenai simply nodded with agreement and looked at Tsunade expectantly.

"Kakashi, Gai, and Kurenai," Tsunade sighed as she looked up, "I assure you that nothing will happen to these four on this mission." She narrowed her eyes and added, "I've arranged for them to have ample help."

Kakashi snorted, "But that's not the POINT Tsunade-sama." Kakashi sad in a very frustrated tone, "You're breaking up three teams for one mission!"

"Just how important IS it?" Asked Kurenai shooting Tsunade a sidelong stare.

"This mission will change the Konoha as we know it." Tsunade said. "Naruto, please." She motioned for him to come in. "Have a seat. It's important that you hear this too"

"Y-Yeah…" Said Naruto cautiously as he walked into the room. All eyes were on him as if everything was HIS fault. Something he was quite used to actually… He sat down next to Hinata and the yelling commenced once again.

"So!" Prodded Kakashi. "You say this mission so important that it will change Konoha, but you're only sending three Chuunin and a Genin away to do it!"

"You know how shorthanded we are Kakashi, and I personally can't leave the village because of my workload." She eyed the group and sighed "It's a diplomatic mission," the Hokage said, "To the Lightning Country."

Everyone just stared at her. Kakashi's jaw dropped so far that his mask almost fell off.

"How could you…?" Kurenai started.

"How could you even THINK about sending THESE nin on THIS mission!" Kakashi completely lost it. "You've got Naruto, the king of messing up delicate situations, Hinata, the most quiet ninja EVER, Lee…he's Lee… and Tenten, which I don't know ANYTHING about. WHAT ARE YOU THINKING?!"

"Are you quite done Kakashi?" Tsunade asked furrowing her brow. "Now I know this may be a bit of a shock to you, but we have a cloud nin who is willing to take them to the Lightning Country."

"WHAAAAA--" Kakashi started, but was cut off by Tsunade.

"There will be NO discussion here!" Tsunade Yelled.

"Umm…" Hinata started to say, but was cut off by Kakashi.

"There WILL be discussion here! None of us want our teams…"

"Uhhh…" Hinata started again, but was cut off by Tsunade this time. Naruto glanced over at Hinata and frowned.

"Kakashi! These four have been hand-picked by ME to go on this mission."

"Errrr…" Hinata tried to interject one more time, but was interrupted again..

"5th-sama, I know that you have…"

"HEYHEYHEY!" , yelled Naruto, which caused everyone in the room to look at him. "You haven't let US have any input on the situation!" Naruto made a face and looked up.

"None of you have tried to say anything." Kakashi said, looking at Naruto.

"Yeah?" Naruto yelled, "What about Hinata? I've seen her try to say something three times! And you guys just ignore her because of your stupid adult nonsense!"

The outburst was followed by a short silence.

"Hinata," Asked Tsunade, "If you'd please?" Hinata's face turned bright red. She certainly didn't expect that.

"I…Umm…think…that it might not be… too bad of an idea…if we had a jounin go with us…" Hinata said, poking her index fingers together.

"Yeah! Good idea Hinata-Chan!" Naruto said patting her on the head. Causing her to blush even more and make a small squeak.

"Hmm…" Tsunade considered. "That's not a bad idea…" Tsunade agreed. "Though it should probably be a jounin sensei since it won't impact our ranks as much…

"I would feel better about this if there was a Konoha jounin with them…" Kurenai added. "But, I'm still not very happy about it…"

"The question is, who should it be…?" Tsunade asked.

"I don't get it, is this mission THAT dangerous?" asked Naruto.

"Yes Naruto, In order to get to the Lightning Country, on must go through the Sound Country."

"S-sound?" Hinata shuddered.

"Isn't that where that Orochimaru guy is from?" Asked Naruto.

"Yes. Yes he is Naruto," Tsunade responded.

"Psh," Naruto scoffed, "As if I'm afraid of Orochimaru. If we run into him, he'll be eating a rasengan for breakfast!"

"So, It seems like Naruto is in…" said Gai.

"If he's in, I'm in!" Lee said, with fire in his eyes.

"If Lee is in, I'm in." Tenten said staring at Lee with glossy eyes.

"I-If…t-they're all in, I g-guess I am too." Hinata said shakily.

"Just you watch Granny!" Naruto yelled pointing at her with a huge grin on his face, "This is gonna be cake!"

"We'll see about that, Naruto." The Godaime Hokage said with a smile. She got serious quickly again and looked expectantly at Kakashi and Gai."Well…" Tsunade sighed. "Who's it going to be?" Kakashi and Gai looked at each other.

"Jan!" Gai yelled.

"Ken!" Kakashi yelled.

"What the f-!" Naruto yelled.

"POI!" Kakashi and Gai yelled in unison as the swung at each other. Their Chakra filled the room as the two rivals hands met in midair. As the smoke cleared, it showed Kakashi's open hand covering Gai's fist.

"Two out of three," Gai yelled furiously.

"You're on." Kakashi said with a hidden smirk.

"JAN!"

"KEN!"

"POI!" They flung their hands at each other again. The smoke cleared once again, to reveal Gai's open hand in-between Kakashi's index and middle finger.

"Scissors cuts paper," Kakashi said with a gleam in his eye.

"CURSE YOU KAKASHI!" Gai yelled in fury. "YOU WILL RUE THIS DAY! RUE IT!" Gai stormed out.

"THAT MAKES IT 50 to 50 GAI!" Kakashi yelled out the door.

"RUE IT!" Gai yelled as he stomped through the door.

"What on earth was THAT Kakashi?" Tsunade yelled. Kakashi looked at her.

"JanKen." Kakashi said simply.

"Why did you just play JanKen…?" Asked Tsunade.

"To see who escorts these nin to the Lightning country of course." The masked man said simply.

"So you're doing it?" Tsunade asked surprised.

"Yup." Kakashi said. Tsunade grinned.

"Alright kiddies, pack up. Cause tomorrow, you're going on a mission."

"Lets do this." Naruto said with a wide smile. He was overly excited about this mission. The whole going through Sound country concerned him a bit. But he couldn't say the thought of finding Sasuke hadn't crossed his mind.

"C'mon Hinata!" Tenten said happily, "Lets go pack!" She grabbed Hinata's hand and smiled.

"S-sure." Hinata said as Tenten pulled her out the door.

"Why do girls have to make everything into a group project?" Naruto asked. "Especially something as simple as packing…"

"Cause girls are weird." Kakashi said. He had already busted out his Icha Icha Tactics and was reading. "C'mon boys, I think there's something Kurenai needs to discuss with the 5th."

"Hey…Kakashi-sensei, I skipped breakfast to get here on time, so I think you should buy me some ramen." Naruto yelled as he walked out the door. Kurenai waited till there was no more audible noise from the boy before she began.

"5th, I know that this is an important mission. But…" Tsunade cut her off.

"Why Naruto?" She asked.

"Yes, and its fairly obvious that Hinata has a crush on him. So why did you put Hinata and Naruto on a mission together? It's insane!"

"Maybe." Tsunade said smiling. "But Naruto has a way of bringing out the best in people." She started to work on some papers on her desk. "So that's why he had to go. And for Hinata…She needs to build confidence if she ever wants to become head of the Hyuuga house. And to be with the boy she likes for a long time with almost no one else around to talk to…she'll eventually be forced to talk to him, thus bringing up her confidence." She smiled, "Not to mention Naruto just might work his magic on Hinata like he did to ,many others."

"Fine, but if something happens to her, I will NOT forgive you." The red eyed jounin glared angrily at the Hokage.

"Duly noted." Tsunade said as she continued her work. Kurenai left with an angry glance at Tsunade who didn't look up from her papers.