The sun rose in the horizon, illuminating the forest and prying open the eyes of the sleeping animals of the day and putting to rest the nocturnal creatures of the night. The morning birds chirp their happy song; the start of a brand new day, and the start of a new adventure for an unsuspecting ninja.
Out of the clumps of bushes emerged a girl with long cherry hair that fell messily past her shoulders to the small of her waist. "Aaah-ha-ha" she yawned. She stretched her arms toward the tree tops and then reached for the dirt, touching her toes. Her hazel eyes looked at the bushes she aroused from, revealing a small door at the bottom of the giant tree behind the shrubs. She looked up to see the tree in bloom with beautiful pink petals of tiny buds that occupied all the branches.
"What a beautiful sight to see in the morning," she whispered. She dusted off her thin shirt and sweats and headed toward the sound of running water nearby. It wasn't long before she was kneeling before a sparkling stream with a towel at hand. In some of the trees nearby she had stored necessities for every day: toothbrush, toothpaste, soap, shampoo, extra towels, fresh clothes, and other female needs.
As she splashed the cool water on her face she heard a familiar sound overhead. She dabbed the water out of her eyes and by the time she opened her eyes met with a pair of pale twinkling stars. It was a small wolf pup, whining for attention. His black fur gleamed in the morning sun because it was now drenched in the stream.
"Fuuto, what's wrong with you?" she laughed, "I just gave you a bath yesterday and now your wet! When you go play, you'll get dirty again and guess who'll have to clean you then!" She giggled as the pup looked at her with innocent puppy dog eyes before snatching her towel from her hands and ran off, splashing her in the process. The girl shrieked with laughter as she chased her furry companion over the stream and through the forest.
By the time she caught Fuuto they were on one of the main roads. The girl tensed a bit but relaxed as she looked down to see that the pup was still bouncing around her. She turned toward the forest to return home but her ears picked up the sound of footsteps coming toward them; it sounded like a group of people some yards away. "Hmmm, probably another bunch of farmers or traders," she told herself, but she took hold of Fuuto and leaped to the top of a tree branch without a sound. The leaves blanketed over the two and they peered onto the road.
Fuuto wasn't shocked at the sudden change, nor was he shaking from the tall height. He jumped out of the girl's arms and walked along the narrow branch till he reached the end of the thick part of the branch and laid on his stomach, head erect and paws tucked underneath. His pale eyes scanned the road and let out a low grumble from the deep of his throat when he spotted people. He briefly looked over his shoulder at the girl and his eyes said, "Not commoner. Ninja."
The girl's eyes widened a bit. She and Fuuto don't usually deal with ninja's often.
She normally helped people by protecting them from thieves of stray animals that prevented them from traveling any farther. That happens very often, especially the stray animal part. She silently decided that she and Fuuto will see how the ninja's were like.
Finally the ninja's were close enough for their conversation to be heard from their position. "Kakashi-sensai! Why do we always get lame missions? I'm ready for some action!" said a loud blonde boy. His orange jumpsuit made the girl smile. That's my favorite color, she thought. He seemed to be fuming at a silver haired man, but clearly in his mid twenties. His only exposed eye was reading through a book that the girl recognized as a dirty fantasy tale. Come, Come Paradise, was it? The name doesn't really matter to me. It's still a naughty book. The man took no notice and continued to read. A girl at the other side of Kakashi also started complaining. "Shut up, Naruto! You couldn't even get the client's cat down from the tree!" Her sharp tone suddenly changed as she looked hopefully at a boy walking a couple of paces in front of them. "Sasuke on the other hand got the job done nice and quick" The pink haired girl stared at the dark haired boy with her green eyes dazed and blushing. "Sa-Sakura-chan…," moped Naruto.
Sigh… Crushes are so stressful, but always entertaining, thought the girl in the tree and silently giggled. But she realized that was a mistake. The dark haired boy suddenly stopped in his tracks and glared at the trees around them. "We're being watched," he said in a fully aware voice. The blonde boy, Naruto, jumped with shuriken in his hands and a smirk on his face. "Yes! I'm gonna find him first and bring him down!" He threw one of the daggers at a bush that rustled the second he finished his statement. "Ha! Got' em!!"
A shaking rabbit stumbled out of the greenery and fainted before the group. "Hmm," said Naruto, "Why does that seem so familiar?" The silver haired man looked up at the tree with the girl and the wolf pup hid. They didn't move and inch and the girl softened her gaze. You look so familiar. Where have I seen you before? The instant she stopped thinking of possibilities she could have seen him, he was in the tree branch beside her. "Hello there, young lady"