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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. I also make no profit! 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!

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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.

So read and review! 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. Also note that most of these stories are posted on Fanfiction under the name I give. If they are posted here and if I get the name wrong I'm REALLY sorry!

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