Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto in any way possible, except Saki, I made her. Also, I don't know too much about the later episodes, so this takes place before Sasuke goes away and even before Itachi appears. Link for a picture of Saki at the bottom. So, enjoy .

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Welcome

A small path curved its way to a village. A hidden village where bandits and assassins alike hid. A village of those who were taught to kill with but a small needle.

"So, Kakashi-sensei, this gonna be a really hard mission?" asked a blonde with spiked hair.

"Yeah, didn't you listen?" answered a black-haired boy in a cool, collected manner.

"Yeah, baka!" added a girl with light pink hair and then blushed when she looked at the black-haired one. Behind them, a man with spiked silver hair walked, an orange book in hand, a black stop sign on the front.

As they walked along the path, a woman watched silently from above. Her short white hair with long bangs camouflaged her face within the birch trees, and the white mask showed her red, determined eyes. Her black kimono was dotted with lotus flowers, and two huge fans were in her hand, elegantly folded into her black kimono. A small smile came across her face as she thought, 'Just children.'

As the group neared the village, a person erupted from above. Then, a couple seconds later, a huge black panther gracefully jumped down as well. The panther rubbed up against her leg, and then stared deeply into the blonde boy's eyes, as if to say 'I'm going to kill you'. Both the panther and the woman simultaneously jumped forward and disappeared. The woman came up behind Sakura and Sasuke, and wrapped her unopened fans around their necks, holding them close to her body. The panther appeared next to Naruto, grabbed his arm in its teeth, pulled him down on the ground, and put a paw on him. As she was about to call for "pick-up", a hand came over her mouth, stifling any noise she could've made. The woman let go of Sakura and Sasuke, and swiftly jumped behind Kakashi.

"What are you here for?" asked a clear voice.

"Just to find somebody," answered a smiling Kakashi.

"Who?"

"You," he said as he turned around and grabbed her tiny wrists. Then, he head-butted her and she fell unconscious. The panther immediately let go of Naruto and ran to its mistress. When the panther saw there was nothing he could do, he instantly turned into a white, fluffy kitten, and jumped on the woman, as if ordering Kakashi to take him with him.

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He carried her all the way back to the Village Hidden in the Leaves.

"Neh, Kakashi-sensei?" asked a certain blonde.

"Hmm?" he answered.

"I thought you said this would be hard,"

"Well, I never thought she would've given up so easily," he said, "or maybe, she just didn't know I was there."

"Sensei?" asked Sakura.

"Yeah?"

"How do you know it's her?"

"Umm...I don't?"

"Then why don't you check?" she asked again.

"Well, not many people have black panthers that turn into white cats, that's all,"

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As she opened her eyes, she saw four figures crowded around her, looking intently: the three kids from before, and an old man. They all seemed to smile when she woke up.

"Okay," said the old man as kept prying into her eyes, "You'll be staying with Kakashi-sensei, may I ask your name?"

"You can ask, but who said I'll answer you?" she said in that same clear voice from before. A couple seconds later, Kakashi came back from wherever he went with a big bar of chocolate.

"Saki," he said.

"What?" asked the group surrounding the woman.

"That's her name," he said walking up to her. "Here," he said, giving her the bar of chocolate and smiling. Saki lightly blushed thinking, 'How did he know I liked chocolate?' As she took the bar cautiously, he patted her head.

'Who is this guy?' she thought, 'And how does he know me?'

K9: Yeah I know really short ; but it is the prologue thingy so... Please review! And, I'll actually try to finish this one ; Link:

http/i69. Photobucket. com /albums /i49/ maureen104/animegirlfav 73.jpg Just delete all of the spaces, k? Next time I'll have the pictures of her kitty.