The wind swept through the Fire country with relentless force, tearing through the trees. The grass, the leaves, the nature danced it's dance. Even though the wind blew fiercely, nature's waltz looked calm and at peace as it swayed back and forth. It was night, the silver moon eluminated the earth with its intense glow. Nature's silence wrapped the village of Konoha in it's embrace. The villagers slept peacefully in their beds, unaware of the unexpected visit soon to come. Unaware that some of their lives soon would change drastically. The soft clicking of boots echoed along the great stone wall surrounding the city as guards patrolled in the night. A small black cat sprang from the shadows and down the streets, searching relentlessly for food in the darkness.
On the wall a guard caugh sight of a shadow in the distance. The small shadow approached slowly, painfully slow. The closer it came the more the moon batrayed the wearer of the shadow. The guard saw a woman, or more acuratly, a girl. Torn clothes rippled in the wind. Her golden blonde hair was stained with blood and mud, as was the rest of her tiny figure. Several open wounds covered her body along with dark bruises. She seemed young, no more than 16. Her body was slinked so low she almost seemed to be crawling. Her hair covered her glossy lifeless eyes and dried lips. The moment she reached the gate all life seemed to leave her and she gave in to the darkness, slowly sinking towards the ground.
The guard signaled to two of his comrades to follow him and they made their way down to the lifeless body by the gate. She was unconcious now, but alive. Her breath was shallow, almost none existant. One of the guards moved to pick her up, but a pair of strong hands beat him to it. He raised the small figure in his arms and silently walked past the guards into the village. They knew who he was, he would make sure she was taken to the medical building and find out who she was. It wasn't safe to take in an outsider, but neither could they ignore the half-dead girl.
The man put the small girl sofly down on a feather bed. Even as gentle as he was the girl opened her eyes for a moment. The glossy blue eyes stared at its rescuer for a small moment, then resigned to darkness once more.