A book is simply a bunch of paper bound up and written on. But once you open that cover those pieces of paper with writing on them turn into something much more. The story in a book can easily be something so bad that you shut it after reading the first sentence. Then there are those books that captivate your attention from the very first sentence, or maybe even the chapter title. A story can be fact, fiction, myth, real, an escape from reality, or even something to show you the harsh events that can happen in reality. A book, a story, a paragraph, a sentence, or a word all mean different things to different people. But to me, the story that follows this short introduction means that one of the greatest people I've ever know will be remember forever. Her story will last for generations to come, and I will make sure of that. I start this story in the early morning of January, 16, in the fourth year in the reign of the Godaime Hokage.

In the almost light of pre-dawn a girl could be seen walking along the forest border by the guards stationed at the Kohona gates. Outside, it was still dark enough that the guards could barely see the person because it seemed like she blended with the surroundings. The only reason they knew there was a person there and it was a girl, was because of the long, strangely coloured hair swaying gently behind her as she approached the gates. The guards continued to wonder why someone with light blue hair wouldn't hide it to avoid being seen by others. Surely if anyone was roaming around at this ungodly hour, they would have a reason not to be seen. Soon enough the girl had come to the gates and was standing there as if waiting for one of the guards to start a conversation.

"Who are you and what do you want?" one of the guards barked. Upon closer examination it looked like this girl was roughly 17 years old and she looked to be a ninja. She wore black baggy pants with a kunai holster around her right leg. She wore a tight fitting white tank top under a black jacket that was left open. Her long hair was pulled back into a braid, most likely to keep it out of her way. The strangest thing though was the fact that she wore dark blue sunglasses in the hour of the morning where you could barely see without them on.

"I want into the village, and my name is no concern to you." When she spoke her voice was emotionless and it seemed like it could freeze over the fiery pits of hell.

"You honestly think that if we have no information about you, were just going to let you into the village?" While the guard spoke he tried to look through the sunglasses into her eyes, but it was a hopeless effort. The sunglasses were so dark that it was a miracle that the girl even found her way to the village, let alone two steps ahead of her.

The girl sighed and brushed a few stray strands of hair behind her ear. "I was invited here by my friends."

"Well then, your friends should come and get you then, right?" The guards smirked and looked pointedly at the girl in front of them.

"Fine. If you want to play that way," she took a seat on the ground and looked up at the guards who were staring down at her, confused. "I'll just wait here until they come and get me."

The guards looked at each other and returned to their proper posts closer to the gates. Twenty minutes had passed before anything happened. The whole time the girl just sat there staring up at the sky as if it was the most interesting thing in the world. The guards turned as the heard footsteps coming up on the other side of the gate. A small door in the bottom right of the right door opened and four ninja walked out. As the group approached, one of its members spoke out.

"You two haven't seen a girl with light blue hair and sunglasses have you?" A man with silver/gray hair stood in front of them. He had on the normal ninja attire, except that he had a mask covering half his face and his headband was covering one of his eyes. Beside him stood two more males and one female. One male was also dressed in the normal ninja attire and he had a cigarette sticking out of his mouth while the other wore this green unitard thing. The female with them had on red pants and a white shirt, while her hair was black and her eyes were red.

"You don't mean that one sitting on the ground over there, do you Kakashi-san?" The four heads turned over to where the guard pointed and saw the girl sitting there on the ground. She was still looking up at the sky, but she seemed to have a smile on her face now and she seemed more relaxed.

"Asuma, Gai, Kurenai, Kakashi, have you ever realized that it takes you forever to meet someone? It's not that hard to walk here is it?" She turned her head away from the sky and got up. When she lifted her head up she was smiling at the four ninja. "I would've come find you but some people wouldn't let me in the gates."

"Come on now Rayne, you can't blame them can you?" Kurenai said.

"You have no forehead protector, and you did show up here really early," Asuma added.

"Everyone knows that she can get here so early because she has the power of youth flowing in her and..." Gai started but was cut off by Rayne.

"Gai...shut up right now or I'm going to punch your face in." By now she was at the same spot as the rest. They all turned and walked into the village talking and laughing.

The guards at the gate looked at each other, looked at the group then back to each other.

"Is it just me or was that really confusing. I mean she was so cold to us and she was the complete opposite when talking to them .Can one person possibly have that much range in attitude?"

"I have no idea but that was really weird."

((Back to our main group a bit later))

By now it was time for the group to go train with their former genin teams. Now that all the Rookie Nine were seventeen and Gai's team was all eighteen, they had a choice of when and who they wanted to train with. That day all the former teams were getting together with their former sensei's and were training together. The four jounin with Rayne had told her that they usually did this at least once a month. She decided that she wanted to meet the people that she heard her friends talk so much about. So they were on the way to the pre-decided training grounds, albeit a little late. Arriving Rayne looked around seeing a group of 12 seventeen and eighteen year olds.

"YOU'RE LATE!" Rayne blinked twice and looked at Kakashi.

"I'm guessing that they're two of your former students." She stated raising an eyebrow and smirking. Kakashi sweatdropped and nodded in return. Rayne took a moment to look around at the people in the clearing. They all looked back at her with intrest except for a couple of the boys who looked like that had better things to do. (a/n: I'm guessing that u kno who they are..) Looking back at Kurenai Rayne gave her a look that met a bet. Kurenai caught the look and raised an eyebrow.

"Okay, what do you think you can do?" Kurenai asked.

"I bet you that I can name everyone one of the people here, excluding you four." Rayne replied. "And if I get all of them right, Kakashi has to buy me as much ramen as I can eat." Asuma, Gai and Kurenai started to laugh and Kakashi had gone white.

"But...but...you can eat more than Naruto!" Kakashi complained. "And why do I have to buy it?"

"Because I've known you longer. And if I get even one wrong, I'll buy you the new Icha Icha Tactcis that came out today." She smirked at Kakashi who had a little heart in the eye that you could see.

"Don't cheat now, Rayne," Asuma said.

"Don't worry I don't need to cheat to win this." She looked back at the people infront of her who stared at her like she was crazy. "Let's see, Gai's former team was Tenten, Rock Lee and Neji Hyuuga." As she said each name she pointed to the person. "Then Kurenai's team was Hinata Hyuuga, Shino Aburame, and Kiba Inuzuka. Asuma's team was Ino Yamanaka, Shikamaru Nara and Chouji Akimichi. And finally, Kakashi's team was Naruto Uzumaki, Sakura Haruno and Sasuke Uchiha." Once she was done she looked at Kakashi with a smile on her face.

"You know I hate you right now," Kakashi stated. "I;m not going to have any money left by the time your done eating am I?"

Rayne's smile grew wider as she said, "Nope!"