Prologue
Hatake Kakashi walked along the beach, waves lapping at the sand, snow falling softly as he made the first footprints through the fresh sheet. He enjoyed the serenity of the ocean during winter, but most of all, he enjoyed the solitude. Kakashi always wanted to be alone after visiting Obito's grave. He needed to mull over the past by himself.
He scanned the horizon, looking at the bluffs, taking in the jagged edges and sheer size of the rocky cliffs. Then he noticed something strange, a lump in the snow, some color that didn't belong in the subdued winter landscape. Jogging over to the anomaly, he stopped. Hatake Kakashi wasn't one to show emotion, even if there was no one to see it, but shock was evident on his masked face.
There, lying in the snow, slowly being dusted over, was a young girl, no older than eleven. She was unconscious, sprawled out on the beach. Kakashi thought she looked so familiar, but he couldn't place his finger on who it was she resembled.
He quickly flipped on his communicator and radioed ANBU, notifying them that he had an unconscious girl on the way to their medical unit. He arrived moments later in the ANBU hospital, a black op healer waiting for him. The ninja took the girl from Kakashi's arms, and went through a set of swinging doors.