He was dying.
Kakashi counted the number of enemies catching up to him. Too much for him to fight, just too much. He used all the energy he had left to hide behind a tree. Quite a foolish trick, but he hope it would buy him time until backup arrived.
If they could reach here within time.
He could only lay against the tree. He held his ANBU mask tightly, knowing this could be the last time he wore the mask. His breath wasn't stable anymore. The sounds of the enemies approaching him became louder by the second. Kakashi closed his eyes, waiting for death to welcome him to the afterlife.
He didn't know death would be really cold. He could feel his body shivering, which is quite weird considering that he was dead. Sounds of leaves rustling were clear within his hearing, which proves one thing: He wasn't dead. Yet.
A person was standing in front of him, he couldn't see the person's face with his/her back to him. But judging from the moves, he was sure it was a girl. A young girl. He scoffed, allowing few drops of blood to accidently came out of his mouth. How could a young girl possibly beat an army of highly skilled shinobi?
Kakashi continued to cough badly. He didn't have much time left.
The girl turned around, seeming to sense the ANBU's doubt on her. He couldn't see her face as her hood consumed her whole head. His eyes locked with the cold sapphire eyes of hers. The girl turned to focus her attention on her enemies. Kakashi watched, eyes widening the moment the girl started to do hand seals.
A snowstorm appeared out of nowhere. The girl, who could manipulate snow, was moving swiftly in the storm before taking out her kunai. The enemies were screaming, Kakashi watched as some of them had started to die from frostbite.
In ten seconds, she killed a quarter of the shinobi.
In twenty seconds, half had died from frostbite.
Kakashi was protected by an ice wall around him, the cold from the ice gave a soothing aura around him.
In forty seconds, the girl was moving at the fastest speed to finish them off.
In a minute, the whole enemy was defeated. The girl dropped her bloody kunai, wiping the blood on her hand on the soil. She buried the kunai, before turning to Kakashi. He still couldn't make out her eyes, only relying on the sapphire eyes to detect any movement from her. She remained still,as in thinking on her next actions.
Kakashi did not notice her moving towards him. He especially did not expect her to kick him at the head, knocing his consciousness away. Before passing out, he locked eyes with the girl one last time.
The girl turned away before running into the forest.
Kakashi was eventually saved by his troops, who praised him for surviving the ambush of the army of the enemies. Unfortunate for them, Kakashi did not tell them the truth. He did not tell about the girl who could manipulate snow. The girl who had cold sapphire green eyes.
Heck, he didn't even knew her name.