A girl of about twenty-three hung on a wall in a dark, dank room in the Hidden Mist Village. Her only attire was nothing more than some torn clothing that hung off of her in rags, her raven black hair hanging messily in front of her face, unwashed and dirty like the rest of her. The chains that held her bit into the soft flesh of her wrists but she was too weak, too tired to notice.
She looked up when the door opened slowly, the hinges creaking in protest, almost as though the door was never opened.
"Miss?" The voice said shakily. The girl blinked her eyes slowly, as though she weren't sure if she was awake. "Miss I'll get you out of here soon! Please just hang on!" The voice of a woman whispered harshly near the door. The girl chained to the wall bowed her head again, acting as though she hadn't heard.
A moment later, she heard shouts in the hallway and the door clanged shut as the woman that spoke slammed it shut and ran away, like all the rest. A few moments later a group of what the girl thought to be ninja, as she heard them talking about it so long ago, walked in and stalked over to her. One of them lifted her limp head up and made her open her eyes. The girl's eyes opened and she blinked at them.
"Who was here?!" One of them screamed at her. The girl only blinked her eyes in response, her throat to dry to allow much speech.
"She's too far gone. Leave her be. Maybe we can find a clue as to who tried to rescue her..." The men nodded and vanished before the girls eyes, the door shutting of its own accord. The girl hung her head again, wondering if she would ever again see the light of day.
"Please Hokage-sama! The girl is dying!" A woman cried helplessly after recounting what she had seen in the dungeons of the Hidden Mist Village's prison. "She is on her last life!"
"How do I know I'm not sending my Shinobi into a trap?" The Kage of the Hidden Leaf Village asked.
"You only have my word that I wouldn't send you into a trap. But it will be hard, even for ninja," The woman said, desperately trying to find help from the elderly Kage. "And if you won't help that poor girl I'll find someone else that will, or I'll do it on my own!"
"Calm down. I'll get one of my best Jounin on it." He stood up and opened the door for the woman. "You both can set out tomorrow and you can show him the way. Go to the hotel and rest for now."
"Thank you Hokage-sama! Thank you so much!" The woman bowed, her brown hair falling into her eyes. The woman walked from the room and Sarutobi turned and sighed, closing the door before turning to his desk, pressing a button on the speaker phone.
"Send Kakashi to me," He said into the speaker.
"Right away Hokage-sama," The receptionist replied. Sarutobi sat down at his desk and laced his fingers together, resting his mouth on them as he thought deeply about what the woman told him.
When the door opened again he looked up to see a white haired Jounin, his face covered with a mask and his left eye hidden with his hitai-ate.
"Good, you're here, Kakashi," Sarutobi said and stood up, folding his hands behind his back.
"What is it you need, Hokage-sama? I was training my dysfunctional team..." Kakashi said lazily.
"I have a mission for you," Sarutobi said, ignoring Kakashi's comment. "I need you to go to the Hidden Mist Village on a rescue mission. Here are the papers, and the hotel where the client is staying. You will go see her at dawn to leave." Kakashi nodded, opening his mouth to ask about his team. However he thought better of it and bowed slightly before disappearing in a puff of smoke.
"What'dya mean there's no training tomorrow?!" A blonde haired, blue eyed boy yelled at his sensei, his sapphire orbs angry.
"Naruto we went through this already. Kakashi-sensei has a mission!" A pink haired girl snapped at Naruto, her emerald eyes blazing as she looked at him. IGah! Why does he have to be so stupid!?/I
"Sakura is right, Naruto." Kakashi sighed, sitting on a tree stump with one arm holding his head up lazily.
"Kakashi-sensei when will you be back?" A raven haired boy asked, his onyx eyes emotionless as he gazed at his sensei.
"Whenever I complete the mission, Sasuke," Kakashi said. "Training is over. You three are dismissed." Kakashi stood, performing a hand sign and disappearing in a puff of smoke. His team glared at the ground in disbelief, two of them wondering why they had to miss out on training while the third thought of ways to get a certain raven-haired Shinobi to notice her…
In his house Kakashi splayed the papers in front of him and looked at them, trying to figure out what course of action to take.
"No picture, no known name, no known background... This girl they want me to rescue has nothing about her. How would that make her so valuable to Kirigakure village and the Mizukage?" Kakashi wondered aloud, looking down at the papers. "Well whatever it is the Hokage agreed to rescue her, so I have no choice but to do so." He sighed and gathered the papers back together and files them away before turning into bed, his mind straying back to the mystery girl somewhere in Kirigakure.
"It's at the edge of town. I can show you-"
"That's fine I'll find her easily. You did say no one else was down there."
"Thank you, Mr. Hatake," The woman said and bowed. Kakashi only nodded in response. "And when you get her take her back to your village. I can't say why now but she needs to be kept safe, and she isn't safe here." Kakashi opened his mouth to ask the woman what she meant, but when he turned around to look at her, she was gone. He blinked, confused, but closed his mouth and jumped into the nearest tree, darting threw the forest until he reached the prison the girl was being held in.
iThe woman said she was in the lowest level. Well that will be annoying./i Kakashi thought, looking around. He lifted his hitai-ate up to reveal a red eye with comma's swirling around the red iris. iNo one is around. That makes my job a bit easier. Let's just hope I can get this girl out safely./i Kakashi jumped from the tree and landed on the ceiling, climbing into the air duct the woman had told him about on the way to Kirigakure. He climbed down, making his movements as quiet as possible until he reached the basement of the prison.
Kakashi slowly and quietly looked out of the air duct, waiting for someone or something to move in the dingy basement. However nothing moved, nor made a noise so he slowly snuck out of the duct and quietly moved to the only door down there.
Kakashi opened the door slowly, wary of traps and looked in. His breath caught in his throat at the pathetic sight of the girl and he rushed over to her, breaking the bonds that held her and catching her against his chest as she fell.
The girl looked up slowly, her green eyes dull, as though all the life was gone from her already.
"Who…?"
"Shh. I'm here to rescue you, but you need to be quiet," Kakashi said. The girl nodded weakly, letting him pick her up. Her body slumped into his chest and Kakashi looked worriedly at her. Her body was much too frail and way too light for someone her age.
He sighed ran out, dodging kunai and shuriken as they flew at him and the girl. "Please… Hold on," he whispered to her as he ran through the many halls, unable to go back the way he came with the girl.
Finally Kakashi broke free of the prison with the girl safely in his arms, dodging randomly thrown weapons. Kakashi quickly lost the men chasing him, though not without several injuries marring his arms and legs. Kakashi sighed as he looked at the unconscious girl in his arms. IWhat did they do to you?/I He wondered as he ran back to his village.
"So this is her?" A man asked, his voice cracking with age although he still sounded very wise. I cracked open my eyes slightly to see who it was, since I didn't recognize the voice. There was one man, obviously old, with the outfit that the Mizukage had back in the other village I was in except in a crimson red color. The other one is the one who saved me, judging by his gravity defying hair that I couldn't forget anywhere.
"Yes. She's in a much better state now than when I brought her here last night. She was half dead chained to that wall." The man with the strange hair sighed.
"I understand. You did well Kakashi," The old man said. I guessed that he was the 'Kage' of this village just like the other man from the last village
"Hokage-sama, I have to ask you and Kakashi to leave her to rest," A doctor scolded.
"I- I'm already a- awake..." I slowly opened my eyes and looked at them completely, my voice not sounding like my own.
"Ah good. You're awake," The old man said. My eyes flickered over to him and he smiled kindly. "Can you tell us your name?" He asked. I stare back at him, searching for my name, but nothing comes up.
"I... I don't know..." I said, realization dawning on me. I had no idea who I was... "I don't know who I am... I... I can't remember..." Tears spilt from my eyes as I looked up at the Hokage.
"Ok out!" The doctor said, shooing Kakashi and the Hokage from the room. "She needs to rest! We will try to get her memory back when she is stronger!" The doctor closed the door and walked back to me, holding a small cup of strange red liquid and a glass of water out to me. "Here. Drink this," He said, handing me the medicine. I look at it warily, and sniff it. It smelled like medicine, so I decide to go ahead and drink it, causing my face to twist in disgust.
"Sour?" He asked with a slight laugh.
"I hate this stuff..." I muttered and happily reached up to get the water. However the doctor wouldn't let go as he stared at me.
"You know what that is?"
"Of course. Everyone knows what that is don't they?" I ask quietly, taking the water from him. He nodded slowly, watching my every movement. I was starting to feel uncomfortable under his gaze when he suddenly looked away.
"Go to sleep. When you wake up, if you feel up to it, we can do something to get your memory back," The doctor said.
"W- Will it hurt?" I asked.
He smiled. "No it won't hurt. Now sleep." He took the glass from me and set it on the table beside the bed, leaving the room. I sighed and leaned back in my bed, letting the medicine take over and wash me into sleep.