Uchiha Fugaku was in deep shit. He hadn't been this careless since he had been a genin. He hadn't been this stupid since he had been a child...

He wasn't exactly sure how this had happened. He wasn't sure how he had gotten cornered. Wasn't sure how he hadn't noticed that there was a cave there. Wasn't sure how he hadn't noticed that he was being backed into a cave.

And right now all he could do was pray for a miracle, even though he didn't really have a religion, even though he didn't really think there was any such miracle in the world. Though he didn't think that he could, or would be rescued, he prayed.

His chakara reserves were much too low to use his sharingan, and he was much too exausted to try and fight through them, maybe if he just waited the numbers would thin out and he could get past them.

Wrong.

As Fugaku looked up, frowning slightly as an enemy nin dropped down in front of him. "Hello little boy." it hissed.

Fugaku inhaled deeply, and wondered how he was ever going to get out of this, when he saw a flash of white out of the corner of his eye, and two more enemy nins dropped down on either side of him, Fugaku felt like he was about to get his ass kicked, and couldn't help but wonder if he was about to die, just as the three enemy nins attacked him.

Fugaku couldn't believe what was happening to him, he was out numbered and he was exhausted, he was almost out of chakara, and he was sure he was about to die... when a white chakara charged tanto cut through the air, easily slicing through the enemy nin it was directed at, and a well aimed kick hit another in the side of the head, sending him flying across the cave, when the owner of said tanto flipped around, his tanto decapitating the third man.

And he landed in front of Fugaku as the young man collapsed onto the ground, breathing slightly heavily, as he looked up, his eyes slightly glazed.

"Wh-White Fang..." he whispered softly.

"Get some rest, young man, you could really use it." Hatake Sakumo said as he wiped the blood from his tanto on his sleeve, " I can stay here with you while I rest up, and make sure you're ok...what was your name?" Sakumo asked as he slipped his tanto back into the holster and smiled widely at the young man at his feet.

'My miracle...' Fugaku thought as he fell backward onto the ground, closing his eyes.

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A/N; not sure if I want this to be a one shot or not. Does anyone think I should continue this? Let me know