Disclaimer- I do NOT own Naruto is any form except the plot and what people you do not recognize from the series. The ideas are my own and if you recognize characters names, I do not own them. Now, I will only say that once for the WHOLE story.

Chapter 1- Blackened Memories

In the pitch-black remains of a forest, in the far reached corners of the Hidden Leaf Village sat a hidden camp. From the air, no one could see anything but the remains of a charred forest, trying to re-grow. From the ground, no one would see anything in the area until it was too late and their blood painted the scenery. The only way into the hidden camp was if the person knew the hand signs to deactivate the genjutsu and where to step to avoid hidden traps. This was no ordinary camp that people could just waltz into; it was the base camp for the last remaining ninja from the Hidden Leaf Village.

The camp was small—nothing like the great villages from where the ninja had come. The Konoha 11 had dwindled to the Konoha 4 with two young bloods, and the last remaining sand kunoichi remaining as well. The group was small, but they were not to be taken lightly in or around the battlefield. Much time had passed since the Chuunin Exams, but they all had one thing in common: to bring down the ninja that had killed so many of their loved ones, and who had destroyed their lives and homes.

In their youth, the remaining leaf ninja knew nothing of the tears, blood and death that they would see in the upcoming five years. After those five years, the time for the nightmares would start and be put into motion. The years would pass and the time for innocence would be gone in a flash and the time for war would begin to flow like the blood on the vicious battlefields. After those five years, the ninja would lose friends, comrades, lovers, family and teachers, but they would never lose hope to one day avenge the fallen and reclaim their home once again. The time was approaching that they would let the blood of their enemies rain down on the earth that they had destroyed with war. Let the Battle begin!

Authors Notes:

Read and Review please!!

This is my first time writing fanfiction and posting it. I fell in love with the series and even more so with the characters and I hope you all like the story. I also want to thank Cherry BlossomUchiha for her great Betaing and being a patient person with me. And yes, the chapter does get longer after this.

I will be updating when I get time, until it's done and posting a recommend-read-of-the-week at the bottom of the chapters. Some will be completed others are in the process and will be Sakura/?, and also check the rating because some or most are M or T.

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