Legendary Team 13

Prologue

3rd Person POV

The Treaty

The current leader and ruler of Amegakure stood in his new office in the the middle of the village, the Kage tower stood tall and proud and if one looked closely enough they'd be able to see said ruler looking over his village through a large window.

The rain, as per usual, was pouring down making almost certain that every villager and shop keeper was indoors. The only place still probably oped would have to be the Hotels, Inns, Bed and Breakfasts and the bars for any travelers.

The Amekage looked to the heavens and raised both hands in the air and summoned a jutsu into the clouds, infusing his own chakra into the rain.

"What was that for?" A soft spoken voice asked as they had entered the room, without even looking he knew who it was.

"A protective infusion jutsu, it allows me to use my chakra to sense everything it touches. Now nothing and no one gets into this village without my knowledge." The Amekage replied to the soft voice from earlier. He had lowered both of his hands and allowed the stranger to take his hand.

"Did you do it for her?" The woman asked. The Amekage looked down to see a pair of auburn eyes looking back at him. The Amekage reached out with his other hand to tuck a strand of light, pale blue hair behind her ear in a rare show of affection.

He took in her appearance from the half bun in her hair,the origami flower, her lip piercing all the way down her cloak covered body ending at her black toenails. The cloak she was wearing used to be a dark tan color that was now soaked in blood.

He frowned at what the blood made him think back on, all the lives that were lost no longer than an hour ago. He had just finished fighting against his toughest foe yet, Hanzo the Salamander.

Five hours ago he, his two brothers and his beloved stood amongst several other men that were willing to die for their village in order to bring peace to their lands. At first it had seemed like Hanzo had wanted him and his brothers deaths before seemingly changing his mind and said;

"What's an organization without its members?" And proceeded to slay down several of his men.

But that was only the beginning. The battle had lasted for three hours and in the process, he had lost all his men. The only ones who had survived were, thankfully, his two brothers and his significant other whom he was proud to call his wife.

"Konan, I'm doing this for everyone. The village and its people, my brothers," he took her hand that was in his and brought it to his lips. "for you and for us. And especially for her, our family." Konan had smiled a rare smile that she only shared with her family. "Speaking of which, how is she? Is she safe?"

"She's right here big brother, still kicking and screaming, literally." Both had looked to the the two newcomers, which one was holding something in his arms, or rather, someone.

Said little someone was crying her little hears out and flailing her limbs about, obviously wanting to be held be her mother.

Konan cooed softly at the baby in her brother in laws arms and took her from him.

"Hi there little Sakura, are you happy now to be in your mommy's arms? Hmm?" Konan smiled again when Sakura indeed stopped crying and looked at her mother with stunning emerald green eyes and bright cotton candy pink hair.

"She looks nothing like either of you. Are you sure that he's the father Konan?" Both glared vehemently at the two brothers that were grinning cheekily at each other. They both knew that their brother was indeed the father, they were just pulling their leg, trying to make light of the situation they just dealt with and lighten the mood.

"Imbecile."

It was quiet for a moment before the brothers burst out laughing, making Konan smile and the Amekage grin.

"Thanks for bringing Sakura back here Nagato, Yahiko." Konan said after the brothers succeeded in lightening the mood a bit.

"No problem, she is our niece too after all." Nagato said as he brushed his crimson red hair out of his purple ringed eyes. Yahiko next to him shoved his hands in his pants pockets and leaned all his weight to one side before smirking.

"Besides, if anything happened to little Pink over there Pein would have our heads, right big brother?" Pein, the Amekage smirked sadistically.

"On a silver platter little brother." Konan frowned at the topic of conversation.

"Not in front of my daughter." She said with a fiery aura around her making all three powerful men in the room take a step back.

Yahiko rubbed the back of his head ruffling his orange hair, his brown eyes shined with mirth as he looked back to his eldest brother who had stolen the title Amekage from Hanzo only an hour ago.

"So Pein," he got everyone's attention. "what are your first plans of action as the new Amekage?" They all looked at Pein expectantly.

He looked troubled for a moment, he walked back to where he was before in front of the window in his office and looked about that village. It was practically in ruins.

Several buildings needed to be rebuilt, funerals needed to be made, new ninjas were needed if the village wanted any sort of income. Not only that but they needed some kind of defense against any other villages, they were in a very vulnerable state, to put it simply…

"We're weak." He stated bluntly as he crossed his arms over his chest. He was able to see his reflection through the window, he looked at his spiky orange hair, similar to Yahiko's, and his purple ringed eyes identical to Nagato's. His eyes moved from his own reflection to the other three people in the room. They all looked shocked.

"What are you talking about Pein? You're the strongest person I know!" Yahiko said, looking at Nagato in confusion.

"We are strong, yes, us four are, the village however is probably the weakest it's been since its creation. We have beed a battlefield for war for far too long. And although they have moved the fight elsewhere they still left damage in their wake. It'll take years for us to get this place up and running." Pein took a moment before looking back to his wife and baby who was two months old. "It's not safe for Sakura, with the state of things now we have hardly any means of support for her." Konan looked taken aback before glaring at him.

"What are you saying Pein? That we're unfit to be parents?"

"I said the village wasn't safe Konan, and you know it's not. We were just barely making it before, and that's because we stole to survive. Even when the Akatsuki was still up and going, and now that all its members have been wiped out I fear that Ame may fall into poverty."

"Well, what should we do then?"

Pein took a moment to think about it before coming to a conclusion. "I have an idea, but you're not going to like it." Pein moved from the window to his desk and sat in his chair, giving a sigh of relief as his legs were no longer screaming at him for a break. "How do you suppose treaties are made?" They were all confused by the question.

"Is this a trick question?" Yahiko asked. Pein gave him a look that said; 'Just answer it.'

"Well, usually the rulers of both lands hold a meeting and discuss the terms, weather it be an exchange of powerful ninja, supplies, materials or food."

"Exactly, but only such treaties can be made when the opposite village has what the other needs, what do we have to exchange for a treaty?" The other three occupants in the room all moved to find a place to seat themselves. They didn't know what to say, how to answer. But if Pein was asking it's because he knew the answer already, and as he said before, they weren't going to like it.

"Several years ago there was a temple where the monks lived, but the village the temple resided in was loosing its value and the people started to leave. The neighboring villages was wealthy full of crops and other things. The monks had asked for some supplies and of course, they were given the supplies. But naturally they ran out and asked for more. Eventually they stopped giving them what they asked for, saying they were getting nothing in return. The monks offered up a relic the worshiped in exchange for resources. And although both benefited from the treaty it was obvious the village had gained the better end of the deal." Everyone was looking at Pein in confusion. Not only was he particularly chatty right now, they had no idea what this story had to do with them or where this was going.

Seeing their confused faces the Amekage decided to elaborate. "In this case, we are the monks, Sakura is the relic, and Konoha would be the village." Konan gasped while Nagato and Yahiko looked shocked.

"Give her away?! Do you have any idea what you just said Pein?" Konan yelled, not noticing that she had accidentally woken up he daughter who was now looking at her mothers worried and angry face.

"Yes Konan, I do. Think about it, about everything I just said, and then you tell me if my decision is wrong." Konan opened her mouth to say 'Of course it's wrong!' But then she had a flash back of when she was little and had to steal just to live till the next day. They might have won against Hanzo, but he had waisted all the villages money, leaving them yet again, poor. Konan closed he eyes a let a few tears escape. It would take years for the village to be restored to its former glory.

"When do we take her to make the treaty?"

"Who knows." Nagato and Yahiko's jaws both dropped. "What do you mean 'Who knows?' Pein?" Konan asked, her patients wearing thin.

"What I mean is that I chose Konoha for a reason. It's the most peaceful of all the villages not to mention it's where Jiraiya lives, I'm sure he'll help in protecting her. But Konoha is a main part for this war along with Iwa, and until this war ends no place that can guarantee safety."

"So you're saying that when the war ends, we'll take Sakura to Konoha? Then what? What if they don't accept our terms, or even worse the treaty itself?" Konan asked worry lacing her voice as she held her daughter closer.

"Somehow I doubt that. You need to have a little faith Konan. This is the same village our sensei came from. They'll take good care of Sakura."

"So, what are the terms of this treaty anyway? I highly doubt that you're just going to give your only daughter away." Nagato asked, looking at the little baby still in her mothers' arms, seemingly content with playing with her mothers necklace that was around her neck.

"The conditions are…

Three Months Later

Konoha

War has ended with Konoha victorious.

The four remaining Akatsuki members can still recall the day it happened.

Fireworks from Konoha and Suna were seen from the Kage Tower in the middle of the village.

It was obvious that it had ended. Everyone knew what had to be done, but none were more reluctant than Konan, who although refused to shed a tear, still looked teary eyed. They had still waited a couple of days before making the two day trip. They probably could have made it sooner than that, but they were in no rush.

As soon as they arrived they were taken to the Hokage immediately.

Now

"A treaty with Konoha? I thought only the village leader was able to do that, and if I'm not mistaken, that would be Hanzo." Jiraiya said as he looked at his students with a happy grin on his face at seeing his students but a curious look in his eyes as he looked to Konan who was clutching a wadded up cloth to her chest.

As soon as he had found out that his students had come to Konoha he all but dropped everything and ran to the Hokage tower, dragging his teammates along with him, happy to see them alive after the war.

"Well I suppose it would be Hanzo if I hadn't killed him and he was still alive." The Fourth Hokage looked at his sensei's other pupil in amazement.

Everyone knew that Hanzo was a coward that would only ruin Ame, to be honest he was quite impressed.

"Well then, I suppose the little brats weren't such a waste to teach after all."

"Indeed."

Jiraiya's two teammates, Tsunade and Orochimaru said as they too looked impressed. Especially Orochimaru.

"Well," Began Minato. "We'd love to have Amegakure as an ally."

Pein was momentarily stunned. He didn't think it would be that easy. He was even prepared to give up his own daughter, would it really be that easy?

He looked around the room to Tsunade's smiling face, Orochimaru's smirk, that seemed a bit sinister, Jiraiya's happy grin and Minato's kind smile, and of course he didn't miss the hopeful look in his family's eyes.

Just as Konan looked like she was about to burst with tears of joy, someone had to ruin it.

"Not so fast Hokage-sama."

He knew it was too good to be true.

All turned to see one of the village elders, Danzo Shimura.

Pein could hear Tsunade begin to curse, heard Orochimaru click his tongue and frown, Jiraiya was scowling and Minato had a fake smile on his face.

"You can't just make a peace treaty with out discussing the terms of agreement first. And besides, as far as we know this could turn into a plot against Konoha who used Amegakure as battlegrounds. Not only that but you should have discussed the treaty with the village elders as well, you are not the only one running this village, Hokage-sama."

"I may not be the only one running this village Danzo-san but I am the Hokage and leader of this village and can easily pull rank to do what has to be done. And please refrain from just barging into my office when I'm in the middle of a meeting to discuss a treaty among other villages." Nagato, Yahiko and Jiraiya all had their mouths in an 'o' shape and were staring with wide eyes while the others smirked or looked amused.

"As you have said before Ame could potentially retaliate against Konoha and the other countries for using their land as a battlefield, all the more reason to agree to this truce."

"You can't possibly be serious! What would we gain from such a small and weak village such as Amegakure?"

"Allies are allies Lord Danzo. All can be helpful, you know that as well as I do."

Everyone had kept looking back and forth between the two men before Pein had finally stepped up.

"With all due respect Hokage-sama, I'm afraid I have to agree with Lord Danzo on this." Everyone froze to stare at Pein.

"What?"

"Although we appreciate what you're trying to do we couldn't possibly ask you to do that. We came knowing full well what we were getting in to and what we had to give up." Pein said as he gestured Konan to come forward with his hand. She looked almost sick.

"Give up? Pein what are you talking about?" Jiraiya asked, looking concerned with the way Konan was acting.

No one even breathed when Konan had finally showed what was in her arms the entire time.

"And infant!?" Danzo spat. "You think giving us a mere baby will be accepted as payment?" Pein was trying really hard to stay calm.

"This is our daughter; Sakura." Pein said through gritted teeth and a hard voice.

It was like a switch, Danzo became immensely interested in the little girl who had stayed quiet throughout the whole ordeal. As was Orochimaru.

"Daughter? You're giving Konoha your daughter?" Minato questioned, stunned.

"No." Pein said in the same hard voice as before. "There will be conditions, should this treaty be made."

"Conditions?"

"Yes, the conditions are…"

Flashback

3 Months Ago

"The conditions are that Sakura will grow up in Konoha, not knowing who we are or where she comes from. The only ones who will know are those who are in the room at the time and whoever adopts her.

Second, when Sakura is old enough to join the academy is when she will be informed of who she really is and where she really comes from.

Third, as soon as Sakura becomes a Genin, she and whoever her teammates are will come to Ame to train for the Chunin exams.

And the last condition…"

"And the last condition, after Sakura has become a Chunin, her life becomes her own, she gets to choose where she wants to stay, if she wants to stay."

Just as Danzo said; "That's too many conditions." Minato said; "The conditions are accepted, the alliance is made." Danzo snapped his head to the Fourth Hokage and glared.

"I'm glad we've come to an agreement." Pein said as he stepped forward with a piece of parchment for the Hokage to sign. Danzo stormed out of the Hokage's office throwing one last look at the pink haired baby Sakura.

"I don't like the way that old geezer was looking at my little niece." Yahiko said as he combed his hand through his hair.

"Don't worry, we'll keep her safe. As a matter of fact, I think I know just the person to adopt her." Minato said just as he sighed the paper and filed it away.

"Who?"

"Kizashi Haruno, he along with Orochimaru, was a candidate for the position of the Fourth Hokage."

"So he can be trusted then?"

"Absolutely, I can even say that after she's told the truth about herself and decides to become a ninja he'll teach her everything he knows. I guarantee you she'll be in good hands." All the Amegakure ninja smiled and nodded.

"You're welcome to stay the night here in Konoha before going back home if you'd like, Konoha would gladly pay for your stay."

"I'm afraid not Hokage-sama, Ame is currently without its Kage so I must get back by early tomorrow morning."

"Of course, you're welcome to come back to see Sakura when she's been told the truth." Pein hummed.

"Perhaps."

"We'll leave you four or, rather five to say your goodbyes." The Fourth Hokage said as he and the Three Sannin left for a few minutes, Jiraiya patting his old students on their shoulders in comfort.

Soon the five were left alone to say their farewells.

"This isn't good bye little one, we'll see you again in a few years time. And we promise you that it'll be a place worthy enough to call home."

"And we're all sure that you'll make us even stronger, you'll even surpass your old man."

"She'll have surpassed you before I."

"She'll be the strongest of us all. I know we're going to be proud of her."

At the last minute Konan have her daughter the necklace that was around her neck, the same one she always loved to play with. It was a dog tag, on the front of it was the Akatsuki cloud and the Amegakure insignia. On the back had the day she and Pein got married and the day Sakura was born.

Sakura was soon placed atop the Hokage's desk and the four disappeared just as the Hokage came back into his office.

Minato gave a sad smile before picking up Sakura and looking at the others in the room.

"Just as Pein said, nothing concerning this meeting is to leave this room. The Haruno's get back from their mission tonight. We'll inform them of their new daughter then."

"What about Danzo?"

"I'll have my ANBU watch him and Sakura, nothing is going to happen to her, I'll make sure of that."